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Subject: Covctnusncse.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Prenchlng At the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Knmburg avenue and Welrfleld
street, on the theme "Covetousness," 1
the Rev. I. W. Henderson, pastor, '
took as hts text Kx. 20:17, "Thou
halt not. rovet." He said:
Timothy tells us that the love ol
money Is a root of nil kinds of evils.
Covvtousness Is part of the soil tn
which the tree of evil is nourished
and out of which it grows. The child
of darkness and of the hrood ol
greed, covetousness Is a canker to
the soul. Born nf blackness, It
makes dark the life that Is under
Us control. Where greed 13 nnd
covetousness abides are no more
found peace, purity, contentment,
quietude of life. Before Its evil
presence happiness Is destroyed. Un
der Its godless Influence joy and
pence lire Impossible. It will fill a
quiet life with turmoil and discon
tent will rule.
Covetousness Is greed let loose. It
Is selfishness compounded nnd the
mainspring of energy In the grab
ber's life. Its fruit is sin and ltf
consequences are appalling.
Covetousness must not be con
founded with honest desire to emu
late good example. Covetousness
and righteous discontent are not one.
Covetousness and manly ambition are
not similar. The man who looks
with greenish glinting eyes at his
neighbor's well deserved reward Is
no brother to the soul who longs to
follow In the path of those who have
achieved success. However wrong
envy may be adjudged to be, the man
who wants to do and to become nnd
lo earn a higher plnce in life. Is wor
thy of all praise. To look upon the
wealth and power and eminence of
others with the evil eye Is wrong, but
It is no less reprehensible than Is
that unmanly, self-stultifying lack of
pure ambition and of noble aim
which is characteristic of so many.
Discontent with our lot in life may
be a blessing or a bane. Dissatisfac
tion with self and w-.th success at
tained Is a motive to larger and con
tinued effort. Satisfaction and stag
nation are not far removed. Righte
ous discontent Incites to progress.
Unrighteous discontent makes the
soul sick. The history of the world
Is the record of the discontent good
or godless of Individuals and na
tions. The unrighteousness discon
tent of a Bismarck that Is to say,
the covetousness gave to the world
the scourge of the Franco-Prussian
war as he price of Prussian predom
inance nnd of united Germany. Rus
sia wishes Asia for a province all
her own nnd our news is full of war.
Napoleon is covetous of empire nnd
Europe is bloody as a shambles. The
wretched thief is envious of money
and your gold is gone. The well
dressed speculator on the street mad
dened with the lust for wealth plun-'
ders a host as hungry for shekels as
himself. But opposite Napoleon
stands discontented Washington
fighting for his country's weal. Kos
ciusko. Garibaldi, Wycklif, HUM and
Luther, all rise up as discontented
men. The exalted dissatisfaction of
our forefathers finds expression in
the country ttet wo love so well.
""ovetoiKness is contrary to the law
God fcnd the commands of Christ,
hteous discontent Is a boon to
mnity for without it men would
jr move ahead. But let us not
eas too much. Covetousness ie
subject of the tenth command for
i and sufficient reasons. It is
feless; It brings distress; it Is a
Ci me.
Covetousness 13 senaeless, It is un
wise. No man by taking thought
can annex his neighbor's property tc
himself. The highroad to unhappi
ness is founded, as much as it is
built upon anything, upon envy ol
the other fellow's fortune. Envy it
silly for h makes us sick with Jeal
ousy and disappointment, the while it
offers no relief. The fact that youi
neighbor lu undeserving of his for
tune or has no real appreciation ol
hts benefits neither alters your posi
tion nor remoulds his state of mind.
That other toiler's place will not be
yours whether you are covetous or
no. The other woman's clothe?
mUht not become your style at all,
altho they do look well on her.
But grit and go may put you In a
higher place and make you peer with
him whom now you wish you were;
and taste with sense and little cash
may keep you in becoming clothes.
Covetousness ol the other person's
clothes or place or wealth Is sense
less and It certainly Is. sin.
Then, too, to covet is to undergo
distress. Think of the heart aches
and the head aches of those who for
get their present blessings in jeal
ous contemplation of the other peo- '
pie's Joys. The pleasure of the hour
lies unused. The opportunities for
immediate happiness lie unnoticed.
The Joys of the fields and the skies
and the hills and the vales all are
forget en. Life with Ub many un
priced happinesses is a thing uncared
for and unknown. The aoul, the
heart, the mind, the every faculty j
of being, all are distressed and dls-
eased with inordinate desire for the
other man's possessions. Woe be
tide the man or the woman Into
whose heart the devil of envy enters. 1
For to covet is lo be aflame with sin. 1
Covetousness li a curse. The
courts are calendared with cases of
unholy lust for land. Love lies slain
In many a home because of mar
riage ties undone. The jails are full
of men who coveted the property of
the other man a little hit too much, I
The business world well knowi the I
necessity of "thou shalt not covet
thy neighbor's man -servant." Too
often the sureBt way to down a rival
has been to lure away Borne trusted
employe who could draw away hla
' old employer's trade. But in the
ethics of many a business house this
! sagacity and not sin. The shop
girl is greedy for the ribbons and the
trinkets of the moneyed maid above
her and she sells her body, while
she damns her soul to gratify her
v.. i in Covetoasncis Is a curse.
But while there Is admnnltlor ana
a lesson for those who are guilty of
this stated aln there Is also another
lesson for our day which springs out
of this command.' The careless, os
tentatious, Ill-balanced display of
wealth by those who possess It is a
sin. The ownership of property be
yond the average enjoins wise ad
ministration on the owner. The man
at the top has a mighty regulative
Influence upon the world of men be
neath him. If men are covetous of
other people's wealth, hey are so,
many times, because plenty has
flaunted Itself so recklessly In the
faro of their great need The girl
whose life Is wrecked may not be all
to blame. The useless, vulgar dis
play of finery by women whom she
never met mny be the rentrnl renson
for her downfall. The millionaire
Squander! 'W millions and the ex
ample Is followed by the poorest of
the poor. America Is the land of
those who live a life of "bluff" be
cause our moneyed men hnve been
extravagantly wasteful. 8hnm, pre
tention, desire to nppenr to he or to
be worth something more than wo
are may readily be traced to the In-
fluence of the unwise rich. If a man i
is entitled to all that he can use i
righteously then some men ought to
be deprived of nearly all they have. I
Those who have much should con- i
slder It a bounden duty not to give
cause to those who nre less fortunate
than they to become covetous. The
wasteful millionaire heads a list of
thousands who nre living far beyond
their means. The list of suicides
throughout our land Is filled with I
names of men who, urged by unholy 1
discontent, have risked and lost their
all.
Bui more than this covetousness
unnecessary. I for one believe
that all men are entitled to fair
hours, a fair wage, a decent home
and a few of the luxuries of life. My
heart goes out to the toller who Is
ground and crushed In the whirling 1
wheels of trade. My prayer Is that
he soon may have a chance to live
a manly life. I take off my hat to .
his discontent, for God knows there j
Is reason for it. But to yearn for ,
better things and a decent chance
In life is not to be covetous. Covet- ,
ousness is unnecessary no matter I
how poor a man may be. The blue
sky arches over rich nnd poor alike.
The air cares not whose lungs It fills.
The sun smiles down Impartially up
on us all. The love of God Is free.
Wealth cannot buy the charm of
studying humanity. Money cannot
purchase love. Even a poor man may
be upright, kind nnd true nnd pure.
The humblest soul may do the noble
act or speak the cheering word
God's Presence in All Events.
The providence of God is a very
comforting doctrine to the believer.
He guides with His eye and holds in
His hand the destinies of men and of
nations: and His people have the
comfortable asrurancO In the words
of prophecy nnd in the examples of
history that the eyes of the Lord run
to and fro throughout the whole
earth, to show Himself strong In their
behalf.
His eye directs His hand und the
arm of His power. He governs the
world ii unerring wisdom and for
the good of His people. Ho Coeth
all in pursuance of the counsels
of His love concerning their sal
vation. Hence, they have all the rea
son in the world for trusting in Him
and depending on Him, since -.vlsdom
and might are His. Therefore, in
stead of all .his worry, this self-planning
and self-seeking, why not let
God Into our plans and take counsel
Of Htm?
He will keep and mould our lives.
His providence will end to the per- j
fecting of our being according to i
some one of His standards of Infinite
beauty, if only we do not. In our
self-Will, disturb the process. Every '
movement, every event, every trial
He will work Into the marvelous har- !
mony, so that by and by we may be '
gems of His crown of glory. If we, 1
In our short-sightedness, cannot see
the end from the beginning, what
matters It so long -s He sees If;
An affectionate, confiding fait'.. In
God and His providence would save
us half the annoyances of life that
fret and worry us, for it would lift
us up above the reach of ..hem. The
promise to all of them that put tneir
trust in God I", "they shall mount
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JUNE 2S.
Hcly and Unholy Ambition Mark
10. 35-45 Passages for Refer
ence John 5. 44; Phil.
3. 7-11.
One of the most interesting Inct- I
dents recorded In the Word is given j
us In the main reference for our les
OA, They are on the way to Jeru- I
snlem, nnd as they go .lesus has told
them of the coming days of sorrow
nnd testing. He ussu-es them that j
the way to victory lle-.i through the
ralley of humiliation. It seems that
then Is a mingling of strange emo- 1
tions In the breasts of the disciples j
James and John and their mother
seem to have reasoned something
like this: "Our Muster has a hard
experience to pass through. We will
stand by him through It all, and cer
tainly he will see our devotion, and
he will reward us with the best
i. l;.c k In the kingdom." It. Is to be
rented that, nlthough loyalty WSJ
there, yet the thought of exalted
position was more In their thoughts.
Their ambition for preferment was
hardly restrained. Tho attitudo of
the other ten disciples toward them
for making the request shows that
there was In their own hearts the
lame spirit that they condemn In
the two. It furnishes Jesus with on
Opportunity to teach them, and all
ages, the striking contrast between
the spirit of the world and of
Christ's kingdom. "Not to be min
istered unto, but to minister." In
the reference In John, Jesus charges
heme to their hearts that tho sel.
Ilsnnesi which led them to seek
honor one of another made It Impos
sible for them to bellevo In him.
In Phlllpplans, Paul takes a fair
look at all the things In his posses-
gieii and life, by which he might
Claim honor among men. and then
Uyl he counts them as nothing.
What a transformation of ths
church nnd of the world If the young
people could be thrilled with a noble
ambition! The man wno Bimpiy sw
lsts with no purpose to make his
life tell for anything In this world Is ,
an Incumbrance to the ground j
There must be some principle firing
the soul with enthusiasm If the life
is to be of any benefit to the com'
munltjc
The world's Idea of greatness 1
position, honors, a great name, popu
larity, nnd such things. Succesl
wins- the applause of men. But God
has a different standard. He does
BOt look bo much at tho thing done
as nt the heart of the doer of the
Work. Some o the greatest heroes
thut ever lived on earth will nevei
have their names In books.
A Toad and a Golden Carp THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Age of Horse.
When horses reach nine years of
age, the dental star, or yellowish
ring, appears next the enamel on the
corner of the Intermediate teeth. The
following year the dental star appears
on tho corner teeth.
Double Moulting Pullets.
The common occurrence Is for pul
lets beginning to lay tn the late sum
mer or early fall to lay at least sev
eral weeks and from that to several
month-., then quit laying and go
through a partial moult before begin
ning again, says The Feather. In
stances of old hens moulting twice
the same sea.ton occur quite fre
quently. Of the causes of these
phenomena practically nothing Is
known. Their occurrence 1b so for
from regular that ordinary observa
tions have not yet suggested proba
ble causes or rules of occurrence.
Boston Cultivator.
Poultry Feed.
Cottonseed meal is attracting at
tention as a valuable poultry food.
Tile people of tho South have used
It more or less for years. It Ib just
beginning to he used In other local
ities. Some use u mixture of corn
meal and wheut bran, wheat mid
dlings, (lour and cottonseed meal of
equal parts. This is made into a very
thick, dry mash and then fed. Cot
tonseed meal Is rich In the require
ments for an egg production. Too
much of It Is not a safe food, how
ever, for poultry or milch cows at
certain periods of their life. The
Feather.
JUNE TWENTY-THIRl.
Ex 2:
Moses saved as an Infant.
1-10.
Prepared In the wilderness.
15-2:..
Called as a leader. Ex. 3:
Out of Egypt. Ex. 12: 43-iil.
Or. Mount l'lsgah. Num. 27:
With Jesus. Matt. 17: 1-S.
Lessons from the Patriarchs. V
Moses. Heb. 11 : 23 29.
There Is a faith of silence as Tell
as of speech, and a courage of lnnc
Ex. 2:
1-10.
12-23.
Fair Profit in Timber Crops.
Culture of timber as a farm crop
seems to have reached a profitable
stage In Illinois, whore growers re
port annual returns of $4.20 per acre
from larch plantations and over $5
per acre from catalpa. These were
the average results from twenty-six
plantations, nnd the profits were ob
tained from the sulo of posts and
poles. Om of the larch plantations
paid $7 per acre profit. Average re
turns from black walnut plantations
reported from the experience of sev
eral growers In Illinois showed an an
nual income of $2.03 per acre for
posts. But this tree is not adapted
for quick returns, as It requires at
least fifty years to reach a profitable
cutting size. It Is reckoned that the
annual returns for these plantings,
reckoned aB an Increase to bo cut at
the end of fifty years, was $3.32 to
$3.06 per acre. Boston Cultivator.
With hogs one of the plainest In
dications thnt they have been crowd
ed with feed when too young Is the
breaking down in the feet.
No Bingle grain ration meets the
entire wants of the young growing
or fattening animal. In all cases,
nnd especially with pigs, a good vari
ety gives the host results.
Dust, cobs and other filth should
not be allowed to accumulate on the
feeding floors. Cleanliness In the
feeding places will aid materially In
maintaining health.
It Is much better to have the pigs
a little hungry nnd come to the!"
feed with a sharp appetite than to
have them lazy and lndlferent about
it.
If rich food 1b given the farrowing
sow too soon and In too large quan
tities, It will cause the milk flow to be
too rich and abundant.
Indolence In the healing power of
wounds Is always a sign of constitu
tional debility. Give a good tonic.
Too close and long-continued In
breeding tends to a rapid degenera
tion In nearly all Instances.
The amount of food consumed by
swine in comparison with other ani
mals in proportion to weight is very
great.
Young breeders In purchasing
breeding stock should always give
quality the preference before fancy
points; when these can bo had to
gether, oil right, but quality should
come first.
ut with wings as eagles; they shall 1 lion as well as of action,
run and not be weary:' they shall "It la the first step that costs.
una meaning bwkj irwin imwo..
walk and not faint
telligencer.
" Christian In-
Our Put and His.
Providence hath a thousand keys '
to open a thousand doors for the de
liverance of His own when it has
ccme to the greatest extremity. ' Let
us be faithful and care for our own
part, which is to do and suffer for I
Him, and lay Christ's part on Him- l
self, and leave It there; duties are
ours, events are tne i.ora s. wnen
our faith goeth to meddle with events
and to hold a court (If I may so
speak) upon God's providence, and
beginneth to say, "How wilt Thou do
this or that?" we lose ground we
huve nothing to do there; It is our
part to let the Almighty exercise His
own office and steer His own helm.
Samuel Rutherford.
Hand That Receives God's Gift.
It Is very plain that what Is nor
most wanted in the Christian world
Is more faith. We too little respect
faith, we dabble too much with rea
son; fabricating gospels where we
ought to be receiving Christ; limit
ing all faith, If we chance to allow
of faith, by the measures of previous
evidence, and cutting the wings of
faith cyhen, laying hold of God, it
conquers more and higher evidence.
Be it unto you according to your
faith, is tho true principle, and by
that the whole life state of the
church on earth always haB been, al
ways will be graduated "Increase
our faith, then, Lord!" and be this
our prayer. Busbnell.
Keep Hoping Alnuys.
We are saved by hope. .Never man
hoped too much. The plague Is that
we don't hope in God half enough.
Hope never hurt any one never yet
Interfered with duty; nay, It always
strengthens to the performance of
duty, gives courage, and clears the
judgment. St. Paul says we are
saved by hope. Hope Is tho most ra
tlonal thing in the universe George
MacEonald
Razor Strop.
These are prepared from strips of
linoleum of the usual length and
width, left for twenty-four hours In
a one-eighth to one-fourth per cent
solution of hartshorn salt, to which
one and one-halt per cent of alum
has previously been added, at the or
dinary temperature; the strips are
then dried at the normal tempera
ture, rubbed with Boap and polished
with pumice stone. They are finally
fastened In the usual manner to
wooden handles. Strops made tn this
way will give a smooth sharp edge
to the razor. Scientific American.
HER SCHEME.
Mrs. Lawson "How can Mrs.
Wykeslelgh afford to keep three
servants?" '
Mrs. Dawson "Ob, she plays
bridge with them every Monday
afternoon and wins back all their
wages." Somervllle Journal.
Is usually the first step In a heroic
life.
Both the worldling and the Chris
tian look for a reward; but the one
must have his at once, and the other
can wait.
Nothing Is so tangible as a vision;
nothing la so enduring.
Suggestions.
It has been said lh.it no hero of his
tory has owed so much to his mother
as Moses did; but do we not ull owe
as much to our mothers?
Of the three periods, of forty years
each. In Moses' life, the least event
ful, that in the land of Mldlan, was
the most Important
Brery Christian of our days has a
burning bush better thnt. that of
Moses the Mble.
Only an authentic record could re
late such wonders as Moses wrought,
and at the same time make bo evi
dent the weakneaa of Muses.
Illustrations.
The rod was for Moses a portable
prolongation Of the burning bush
Such, to the Christian, are lllble pas
sages committed to memory.
It wns not Jehovah who plagued
the Egyptians. The plngues were only
God's terrible signature, authenticat
ing the sentence which the Egyp
tians had written for themselves.
As an athlete must strip off his
clothes before he can contend for tho
prize, so Moses left the court of
Pharoah, and thereby assumed hla
crown.
The greatest leaders work with the
most unpromising material, as the
potter takes common clay and the
diamond cutter takes what seems an
ugly pebble.
Economy in Beef Making.
Here are some points in economir.nl
beef production that should not be
forgotten at any time and that should
certainly be remembered at this time,
when most of tho calves nre starting
on their careers. It costs much less
to put a pound of gain on an .inimal
during its first year than during its
fourth year or its third year. Hence
in economical beef production the
animals must be made to gain rapid
ly right from the start. Any slack
up in gain means a loss. The gnlu
of the calf at the time depends on
the way it is fed nnd handled. But
bo does Its gain In the future to a
considerable extent. Start the calf
right and It Is easy to keep It going
right. Care In handling and feeding
the calf during the first two months
of Us life pays big. Weekly Witness.
Stile For Stone Wall.
Tills Is mnde much like a step
ladder, except for the hand railing.
The four Bides are of plank cut the
same length, nnd long enough to
come well up" above the wall. The
hand railing Is made of five strips of
board, nailed together, as shown In
sketch. The upright strips set on
the ground, and extend far enough
above the stile to make the hand rail
convenient for anyone walking up
and down the steps. Tho centre up
right standard, explain! Farm and
Home, is set as close as can be to the
Look Happy.
In a recent address of Professor 0,
L. McKay, to Iowa dairymen, he
called attention tothls condition, viz:
"Why, do you know that In some
of the European countries to-day they
are dairying successfully on land
worth from $400 to $1000 per acre?
The same markets are open to our
people that are open to those peoplo,
and no duty bars the way. The dif
ference Is right here; they are dairy
ing intelligently with good cows.
Their average is nearly 300 pounds
of butter per cow, while ours Is about
140 pounds per cow. We need a
great awakening among the produc
ers of this State along Intelligent
lines of dairying; Just such an awak
ening as has taken place among tb
corn producers."
"The Fox and the Grapes" Revised.
Governess (who bus told her small
pupil the story of "The Fox and the
Grapes") "Now, Ian t that a clever
story, Ethel?"
Ethel "CleverT Not a bit! That
fox was nothing but a goose. He pre
tended that the grapes were sour;
what he should have said was: 'Oh,
what beautiful grapes! So tempting
and so sweat! But my doctor has
told me never to eat sweet things, so
I must refrain.' " Tlt-Blta.
Home-Made Land Roller.
With four old mowing machine
wheels, with the earth slugs cut off,
an axle and n sickle bnr, n very satis
factory roller can be made after the
manner shown In the accompanying
illustration. One-half-inch holes were
drilled every four Inches about the
outside rim of each wheel. Two by
four oak planks three feet six inches
long with half-inch holes bored close
to the end, were bolted on the old
mowing machine wheels, being care
ful not to let the two by four project
over tho edge of the wheel.
In tho centre nn old sickle bar with
guards off was used with a two-Inch
hole In the centre. The ends were
turned half around to fasten to the
frame. This bar was placed between
the two sections of the roller. The
rV Honc-rtr-MM;
LAND fLLR.
Ry ADRIAN J. BstUWlf.
The following account of a toad at-'
tacking a golden carp Is of Interest
from Its bcnrlng on an ancient belief:
that frogs and toads are nt enmity!
with carp, and kill them by destroy
ing their eggs:
On March 29 my son directed (my
nttentlon to a large goldsn carp (C.
auratus) lying In shnllow water near
the edge of a pond In my garden with
a frog or toad apparently resting on
Its head. The fish appeared to be
very sluggish, and made no attempt
to escape from a landing net with
which It was easily brought to shore1.
On examination It was found that
the head of the fish was held tightly
by a medium-sized common toad
(Bufo vulgaris) which had obtained
a very firm grasp by Inserting Its fore
limbs as far as the second, or elbow,
Joint Into the sockets of the eyes of
the unfortunate fish. The ghoulish
looking toad lay on the top of the
fish's head facing Its tall, and with,
tc nlnd legs hanging In front of the
fish's mouth. At first the appearance'
of the eyes of the fish led me to think
they had been ruptured, but closer
examination showed they were mere
ly displaced and, turned partially
round owing to the pressure exerted
by the Intrusion of the toad's llml3
between the eyes and their sockets.
On carefully withdrawing tho
toad's fore limbs, which wore In
serted to the extent of about one Inch
within the eye-sockets, the eyes re
turned to their normal position ap
parently uninjured, but during their
displacement the fish must have been
quite blind. No effort of the fish
could have rid Itself of the toad after
it had once obtained the remarkable
grasp which has been described, and
It nppears very probable that tho
fish would have died In a short time.
How tho toad In the first Instance
obtained a hold In the sockets of the
fish's eyes appears very puzzling, but
a probable reason for Its attempt to
obtain a grasp, and for Its holding on
when n grasp was obtained, may por
hapB be found in the unreasoning in
stinct which toads appear to possess
at. spawning time of grasping some
thing firmly with their fore limbs.
A few years ago in tho same pond
referred to above, I found a toad em
bracing a water-logged puff-ball so
firmly that It required considerable
force to release tho fungus from the
amphibian's grasp. From an Article
In Nature.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
ends of the centre shaft were Inserted
In boxes In the two outsldo pieces of
the frame, which was made of four
by four hardwood material. Four
two by eight planks were used for
the rear and front of tho frame.
A platform was made on which the
seat was attached by taking an old
wagon tire and bending it In position
shown. Platform was placed on these
bars and an old mowing machine seat
bolted for the rider. An old mowing
machine tongue was used for tho
tongue on the roller. When a roller
is devised in this manner, says Prairie
Farmer, it is much easier for n team
to turn around than is the coiurr
log roller.
Steps to Cross Wall.
stone wall on one side or the other
and then nailed securely In place to
the frame of stile. The end stand
ards for hand rati are nailed securely
to stile frame, near the bottom.
Koine Fucts About Hogs.
It you want clean pork, feed clean
food.
Filtiiiness and uncle . lineso In
food tends toward disease.
A sow that does not prove a good
mother should be discarded.
The boar should hers abundant
exercise and a continued variety of
food.
One good service Is all that is nec
essary to produce a complete litter
of pigs.
There Is no animal so easy to
fatten when it has no exercise ss the
Pig.
To maintain healthy and stock
getting puwer, a boar must have ex
ercise. All the good qualities belonging to
the race cannot be found In any single
breed.
If there Is any coarseness in either
ti de let It be with the sow rather than
the boar,
Bumble Foot.
This starts with a corn on the solo
of the foot, caused by hard or stony
fowl runs, or by birds having to
jump from high perches o.i to a hard
floor. If noticed when only the thick
ness of the skin It can be cured by
paring away and removing bird' to a
soft or sandy run. But if neglected
for some time the corn Increases,
eventually going right through the
foot, causing great pain and impedi
ment in moving about, besides being
very unsightly. When It has reached
this stage It Is very difficult t.i cure,
but It is cruel to allow a fowl to gc
hobbling about with this dlBtreBBlng
complaint. Great relief may l.e given
by penning the bird up in a coop
thickly covered with straw and poul
ticing the foot until the parts become
quite soft, when the yellow, cheesy
matter can be squeezed out. But this
Is tedious work; It Is much bettet
to take the small blade of a sharp
pen-knife, Insert It right through the
bad spot and cut outwards, severing
the web In two. It will bleed freely,
but If the operation is done under a
water tap, blood will soon cease to
flow. All tho yellow secretions can
then be removed, and when all are
taken away thoroughly, wash out
with strong phenyle und water; ap
ply crude phenyle to the wounds and
carefully bind up the foot with linen
bauds, tying each on separately so
that the fowl can not pick them off.
The bird should then only be allowed
to run on sand or straw until the
wound Is healed. -Farmers' Home
Journal.
A lazy man Is a dead loss to him
self. A lot of worry comes to those who
wait.
Criticism, like charity, should be
gin at home.
The family tree of the grafter Is
a plum tree.
A corner in grain Isn't necessarily
on the square.
Lots of the money that men marry
Is counterfeit.
For the traveler tho best guide
book Is a check-book.
A tight man and a loose dog are
equally dangerous.
Many a man's nervousness is due
to his lack of nerve.
A mnn's good judgment usually
shows up the'day after.
Be good If you can; but If you can't
be good, be careful.
Graft often goes about disguised
as a business opportunity.
Experience teaches us how to make
other kinds of mistakes.
In order to satisfy a man give him
what he thinks he wants.
Somo men make a specialty of pos
ing as horrible examples.
It takes a man with a lot of brass
to dispose of a gold brick.
Enterprise und advertising make
the biggest pair in the deck.
Most people would fall short if
measured by the golden rule.
It's safer to laugh with the big man
than to give him the laugh.
It's surprising how many friends
a man has until ho needs one.
Occasionally a man drops dollars
while trying to pick up pennies.
Bakers' Helper.
international LESSON COM.
ME NTS FOR JUNE RY THE
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
net-lew Lesion Golden Text: Is. 43:
2 Read Ps. 100:1-13.
Chief points of the lesson for April
I as set forth In our study In these
columns. 1, Isaac s trust In Ood's
willingness to continue to Jacob the
proimses that He had made to Isaac.
2. Jacob's consciousness of the divine
reality. 3. Jacob's consciousness of
the divine contiguity. 4. Jacob's
consciousness of the divine prov.
ldence.
April 14. 1. Jacob In distress.
2. Jacob prostrate before Ood. 8,
Jacob's terror. 4. Ood's answer to
Jacob's prayer. 6. The awfulness of
the recollection of sin.
April 21. 1. The fascinating char,
acter of Joseph. 2. Joseph gotten
rid of by his brethren. 3. The con
sequences of family favoritism. 4,
The progress and culmination of fra
ternal hate. 5. How Ood uses the
plans of bad men to further His di
vine purposes.
April 28. I. Joseph sold into
slavery. 2. The greatness of Ood's
providence. 3. The greatness of Jos.
eph's character. 4. Joseph faithful
to God. 6. Faithfulness to Christ a
necessity to the enjoyment of the Joys
of the Christian life.
Mny 6. 1. Joseph In prison. 2.
Joseph as a diviner. 8. Joseph's
substantial evidence of his nearness
to God. 4. Joseph faithful to Potl
phar. 5. Joseph humble In his vice
regal splendor.
May 12. 1. The magnanimity of
Joseph. 2. The abiding love of Joa
eph for hlB unworthy brethren. 3.
Joseph's forgiveness.
May 19. 1. The trials nnd the
tribulations of Israel In Egypt. 2.
The book of the Exodus a record of
the Industrial as well as of the spir
itual hardships to which tho people of
Israel had to submit. 3. Ood with
Israel In her adversity. 4. The les
son of Israel In bondage apropos to
day. May 2 6. 1. The humble birth of
Moses. 2. The loyalty of Moses'
mother. 3. Moses In the palace. 4.
Moses indignant at the cruelty of
the Egyptians in dealing with his
brethren. 5. Moses' advice to the
fighting toilers. 6. The unklndness
of tho world's tollers to each other. 7.
Advice refused.
Juno 2. 1. Duties that come to us.
2. The holiness of God's house. 3.
The value of humility and depend
ence on God. 4. Moses asks for aid
to accomplish his work. 6. The
power of God In this world.
June 9. 1. God's covenant with
Israel. 2. Egypt reaps the conse
quences of her own misdoings. 3.
Israel helps herself out of trouble.
4. Israel obedient.
June 16. 1. Israel delivered. 2.
Pharaoh behind. 3. The inspiration
of God to Israel. 4. God Insists that
Israel shall help herself. 5. The ten
acity and steadfastness of Jehovah.
A Riling Jest.
At one time the bailiff In charge of
a Jury was sworn to keep them "with-'
out meut, drink or fire." It was Mr.
Justice Maule who gave the classic
reply to the bailiff who inquired
whether he might grant a juryman's
request for a glass of water. "Well,
It Is not, meat, and 1 should not call
It drink. Yea, you may." Nearly all
Maule's good sayings had a strong
touch of Irony. "May Ood strike me
dead, my lud, If l am guilty!" ex
claimed a prisoner when the jury
found him guilty. Mr. Justice Maule
waited a few minutes, and then said:
"Prisoner at the bar, as Providence
has not seen fit to Interfere, the sen
tence of the court la" . . B oilman.
What Makes the Wind Blow.
Observations demonstrate, how
ever, that the wind never blows In
straight lines because all bodies of
air when in motion are acted upon by
a law of nature called the "deflecting
force of the earth's rotation." This
force turnB all wind to the right of
its course In the northern hemis
phere and to the left In the southern.
Thus If a wind In our hemisphere
starts north it Is soon turned slowly
toward the northeast, or If It starts
west It will soon turn toward the
northwest. When It is remembered
that at the equator the earth Is rotat
ing at the enormous velocity of 1035
miles an hour one will not wonder
that such a deflecting force could ex
ist. All areas of high und low press
ure, from whatever cause, therefore
become whirling masses of air, and a
little thought will show that they
inn .t turn In the low areas, or
"Lows," as they are designated on
the weather map, always rotate in a
direction contrary to the movement
of the hands of a watch. JanieB H.
Spencer, in Youth's Companion.
More Blessed.
"I have showed you all things, how
that bo laboring ye ought to support
the weak, and to remember the words
of the Lord Jesus, how He said. It Is
more blessed to give than to receive."
(Acta 20:35). The world's principle
Is that it is the most blessed thing In
the world to receive, and to keep that
which we have. The principles of
heaven works on exactly the opposite
principle from that of tho ruler of
this world.
It Is a wonderful thing that this
saying, though not recorded in the
gospels by any of the evangelists,
was thought worthy of record by
Luke, who received It from the apos
tle Paul. This was tho controlling
principle of the life of Jesus, also of'
the life of the apostle Paul, who fol
lowed Jesus. It will be tho control
ling principle of every one who la a
Christian. We receive but to give,
and the greatest joy in this world Is
to give. The greatest blessing comes
In giving.
My dear brother, do you know that
one reason why your spiritual exper
ience is not clear and bright may be
that you do not give as Is your privil
ege? What a blessing would come
to many who read this article if they
were to give until It became a real
sacrifice! During the week of prayer
just past you may havo hud your
heart drawn out in longing for the
blessing of God, and yet it may be
that you are closing the channel to
God's blessing by not giving what
Ood has given you.
There are many calls. A blessing
is iu every one lor inoue wno give,
nnd not only give, but sacrifice to
give. Some one who reads this arti
cle could easily give $1000 and more
to tho various funds appealing for
aid, and it would be a great blessing
and Joy to him. Others could give,
by a little effort, one-half that
amount, and there aro many who
read this artlclo who can give $100.
My brother, my sister, you knox
whether you can do this. He who
gives will in return receive a greater
bleBBlng than he would were some on
to make him a present of that ear
amount. Review and Herald.
The Good Endures.
"No good doed, no genuine sacri
fice, Is ever wasted. If there be good
In It, Gcd win use It for His own holy
purposes; and whntover of Ignorance,
or weakness, or mistake, was mingled
with It, will drop away as the with
ered petals drop away when the full
flower haB blown."
The Peajacket's Name.
The pea in this word comes from
no garden, as Is suggested, but from
the Saxon word pad, which In itself
means a Jacket of stout, coarse cloth.
As pad became more and more for
gotten iu speech the synonym jacket
was added to make the meaning
clear, and then the two words coales
cing became fixed as the proper name
of a convenient coat of the reefer
type. PeaJacket has kept its Ufa
longer alongshore than on the sea.
Afloat the coat has long been knowu
as the monkey Jacket, and that so
universally as to provide one of tho
rare Jokes so laboriously overworked
at the focsle head. Every square
head, or Scandinavian, In a crew Is
bound to hear his fill about "Yon
Yonsen jumping from the ylbboom
into the yolly boat lu a monkey
lacket."
Taking the Life Out.
By the tlmo you have boiled your
j faith down to a form you have taken
the life out of it.
Let us vow, as we love our Ideals,
that we will never endure to forsakt
the company of our fellows, the rank
and file of mankind. We will never'
j despise the common toil. We will
I not antagonize men If we can help It'
We will keep together and act tori
I gether, whenever wo can. We would
not arive men ir we could, as ws
would not bo driven ourselves. Wi
will persuade them. We will never;
forget that the worst men are yet,
men. We will not turn any out of'j
the temple of our humanity. Our
faith In democracy Is our hope Iu hu
manity; that Is, that Justice ami
friendliness are In all men. If we be-,
Ueve thfs we can afford to be endless
ly patient. Charles F. Dole.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Green "I was the victim of -lynching
party In Arlzjna once."
Brown "You don't say?
Oreen "Fact I married the
widow of a man who was strung up
for horse-stealing," Chicago Dally,
News. -, --JJ