THh PULP11.
A SCHOLARLY S9MDAY SERMON
THE REV. Q. H. EGQLESTON
BY
Subject: Tho Measure of Hull.
Jersey City, N. J Preaching at
the Greenville Reformed Church, Jer
sey City, on the abort theme, the
Rev. O. H. Eggleston, pastor, took
Luke 17:10: "We are unprofitable
servants, we have done that which It
was our duty to do," as his text. He
said :
fn the vocabulary ot Christianity
love is the BUprsttt word. Operating
in life It becomes the supreme law.
It Is so because It was supreme In the
life of Jesus. Hut outside the religion
of .Jesus, duty Is perhaps the con
spicuous word. Upon duty the non
Christian heart lays extreme em
phasis. Duty, interprctnted In terms
of the best each age could produce,
has been the Ideal of life.
To-day the very atmosphere is sur
charged, as Uy an electric current,
with the Importance of faithfulness
to duty. That which is in the air of
the nge Is made tangible continuous
ly from milpit and from press, in
nchool and club and home. Ministers
and teachers, leaders In business and
In civic life, are pleading for the en
thronemant of duty In human hearts.
Public sentlm?nt. finding expression
In courts and investigations and laws,
la being aroused in the interest of
luty. Traitors to duty are being
brarded at their true worth.
We ndmire the devotion to duty
In that rising nation of the East
which characteristically found ex
pression In the speech of the captain
of the Japanese battleship Asama,
who Faid .0 his men as they drank
In turn from a cup ot cold water,
bidding each other a laat good-bye:
"In sending you on the duty of block
ing the harbor entrance of Port Ar
thur a duty which affords you only
ne c'.-.ar.ce out of a thousand to re
turn alive 1 f esl as If I were sending
i iy beloved sons. And if 1 had a hun
dred sons I would send them all on
such a bold adventure as this; and
bad I only one son I should wish to
do the same with him. In perform
ing your duty, if you happen to lose
your left ham!, work with your right:
if vou Iost both hands, work with
both fest; if you los? both feet, work
with your head, and faithfully carry
out the orders of your commander.
What I ask of you all Is to do your
duty regardless of vour life. The cup
of water I now offer you Is not meant
to give you courage. I' would be
shameful If our men needed courage
to go to the place of death. It Is only
to make you representatives of the
honor of the Asama. Submit your
life to the will of Heaven, and calmly
perform your duty." That Is the
utterance of the spirit of the age,
crystallized in those nations that
stand In the vanguard of progress.
It is the emphasis upon duty.
Do we realize what that spirit
would mean if we bad It beating In
the life blood of the Christian
church? It would mean the purifica
tion of our Ideals. It would mean
the .rengthenliig of the Church of
Jesus in work and worship. It would
mean the broadening of our vision
ao we could see the brotherl ood of
man. If that loyalty to the duty of
patriotism which is characteristic of
the best citizens Could be translated
Into terms of the moral and religious,
It would mean that the message of
the Cross, love, service and sacrifice,
would find expression In every life.
What a result If Christiana and the
Christian church would do its bare
duty! But la It being done? Nom
inally this is a Christian country.
And yet the deadly child labor lu all
Its horror exists In this country. It
could not exist If the united Christian
church should say it shall not. Nom
inally a Christian country, and yet
the sale of the stuff that kills men
and women physically, mentally and
morally, that destroys domestic hap
piness and undermines the stability
of our nation, goes on. It could not
be so, were it not sanctioned and pro
tected by the seDtlment and power of
Christian people. But why the need
of citing illustrations of that which
we all know? The conclusion Is
clear. There are those who, though
faithful to duty In home and In pri
vate life, when It comes to moral
lsaues affecting the welfare of hu
manity at large, are afflicted with
that! No one ever heard such teach
ing before. The wise men of all ages
and all races never said anything like
that. They all taught that duty wm
the supreme thing. Nothing greater.
A man was to be commended when
he did his duty. But Jesus takes the
final step Into the realm hej-ond the
point of duty, and bids us follow. We
are unprofitable servants, for we
have done only our duty. What does
It mean? It means that a man Is not
a man unless he does his duty. It
means that the very least a man can
do and maintain his respect In the
sight of Ood and his own conscience
is to do his duty. Thnt Is. the least
a person can do according to the
teaching and life of Jesus not the
moit, as the worldly pagan philoso
phers would have us believe and
tome of the Christians also. For the
fulfillment of the obligations of home
and of life, of morality, of brother
hood, of religion and the church, nc
praise Is deserved. These .-re duties.
We are unprofitable servants If we
have done only what we are com
pelled to 'o.
Christian duty Is not measured by
demand, or opportunity, or even by
ability. This Is parti" '.iy realized In
the world of business. The young
man who does only what Is absolute
ly required of him. Is not the one
who succeed.', and wins the employ
er's commendation. He who does
more than his duty Is the one who
forges ahead. He never gets very
far or becomes of great value to life
who does only what passing oppor
tunity permits him to do. But he
who hustles to find opportunities,
and if they are not forthcoming
makes '.hem. Is the one who gives
worth to life. It Is even thus In re
ligious life and work. We are un
profitable servants In the sight cf
Ood, If we have done only that which
It was our duty to do, and have never
tasted the depths of sacrifice. Some
times we do not realize it; neverthe
less It Is true that not even ability
I limits duty. That seems strange. Is
I a man ever asked to do more than
i apparently he Is able to do? Yes.
j Jesus did not limit duly by a poor
mortal's ability. The power of the
'. omnipotent God was the limit, and
that power Is Illimitable. Does It
MM impossible to break thnt habit,
1 that sin, which hns been undermining
, your moral constitution and throt
! tling your spiritual life? You say
I you are not ahlo to do it. The obll
I gallon to do it still exists. Does it
3eem Impossible for the Christian
1 church to conquer the evil In the
! world and bring the message of the
. Master to all mankind? Often we
hear Christians say. "It ennnot be
' done." But the obligation is still
there.
Chris. Ian duty Is measured by
human need. Wherever there Is need
j of help: wherever there Is need of
reform; wherever iu this harsh world
I there Is need of sympathy and love;
wherever strong hands are needed to
j lift sinning humanity from the
depths, and brave hearts to carry the
I message of the Cross'lnto darkness.
, There Is the duty of the Christian
I church at home or abroad, in pub
I 11c or In private life, It matters not.
Fidelity to the Master means the
' taking of the step one point beyond
I the limit of the ordinary conception
of duty even to the point of sacri
fice. William Carey took that step
when he left his homeland and faced
j the terrors of India Into which no
1 white man had ever penetrated with
i the Gospel. According to no stand
ard of conduct the world then recog
: nlzed was It his duty thus to throw
' his life into jeopardy. Clara Barton
took it, as she staunched the flowing
i blood upon the battle fields. John
' Paton took It, when he faced the
j cannibals of the South Sea Islands.
! According to what standard of con
i duct was It that hero's duty to re
main among that beastly people after
' he had seen five of his fellow mis
' slonarles butchered and eaten; after
he had, with his own hands, close by
the corner of the house In the coral
I beds, dug the grave for his dear wife
i and little one. victims of the terrible
! fever, according to what standard of
I conduct was It his duty to stand
' alone among those heathen peoples?
! None that the world knew. Ah, but
: the noble man. so lately gone to his
reward, was living by the standard ot
that one who bore the world's sin and
sorrow, and whose loving heart was
broken one gloomy night In Geth
semane Jesus of Nazareth, who
I gave to life the new standard of con
i duct, the new conception of duty,
; rooted In love. Paton tells us in his
wonderful auto-blography that it Was
God s strength alone made him suf-
JULY TWENTY EIGHTH.
C:
45
Topic Home missions: The progress
of work among the Mormons.
Matt. 7: 15-23; 24: 11.
A wicked city. Jer. 5: 1-7.
False teacher. Jer. 23: 9-12.
Sin's secrecy. Job 24: 13-17.
Dishonor ami reproach. Prov
30-35.
Aulterv punished. Ezok. 23:
40.
Judgment. Rev. 17: 1-0.
Sntiin cm masquerade as an nngel
of light: No false religion but can
MffUme a fair aspect.
We are tr know Monimnlsm by all
Its fruits; not merelv Its Industry
and Worldly prosperity, but Its Ignor
ance, bigotry, cruelty, tryanny, and
lust.
Mornionlsni says. "Lord. Lord,
and protends to be Christian, while
fostering doctrines and deeds that
Christ ubomlnntes.
The fact that false prophets ob
tain large following! confirms the
credulity of mirnv: rather, it confirms
the prophecy of Christ. '
Missions and Mormons.
BrlgtaaU Young and his followerr
settled in Utah 60 years ago. In IS 17
Up to that time the region was prac
tfcally unknown.
The hierarchy there set up If
"highly organized, very active and
successful In winning converts; hos
ille In every fiber to evangelical re
llglon. to constituted government, and
to the highest Anierlcnn Ideals."
Muriiiouism teaches that Adam la
Ood, denies the supernatural birth
of Christ, tenches that there are
many god ', holds that Ood is :i polys
amlst and that polygamy Is a sacred
duty, tnd considers disobedience to
the Mormon priesthood to be a dam
liable sin.
Mormoulsm has no fellowship with
the Christian churches, but regard?
every one a heretic that does not
accept the "revelations" made
Joseph Smith.
Mormonism has an absurd set
scriptures, which It places by
tide of Holy Writ as of equal
thcrlty.
The first appeal for Christian mis
sions In Utah came from an army ,
general, who was himself a Roman ;
Catholic. Missions to the Mormons
began at once, In 1S65.
The first mission to the Mormons
ended In murder, and It was years
before Christian preaching In Utah
was safe.
There are now about 300,000 Mor
mons. They hold the balance of
political power not only In Utah but
In several of the' other Western
States.
The Mormon missionary system ll
probably the most effective in the
world, and it should be opposed hy
equally earnest efforts of the Christian
church.
Corn Superior to Onts.
Corn Is very superior to oats as
poultry feed. Experiments show that
when corn Is fed there is an Increase
In body weight, and when oats are
fed there is a tendency In the oppo
site direction.
Early Maturity.
Early maturity Is achieved by gen
erous feeding of progeny descendod
from early maturing ancestors.
Young animals Intended for the
shambles should be made to gain
continuously If the most profits are
to be realized. Farmers' Home
Journal.
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the
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Bcst For Market Purposes.
The best types of poultry for mar
ket purposes are those which have a
plump body, light colored plumage,
preferably white, yellow skin and
legs, neat head .point, such as snviU
comb and wattles, medium size, and
those which grow rapidly.
When Hens Need I.inie.
Hens that lay soft-shelled eggs do
not gel enough lime in their feed.
Tr.tr should be fed a different diet
with more grit and vegetables. When
they drop these soft-shelled eggs in
the runways and on the floor It is
likely to encourage the other hens to
egg eating.
Vnfue of (Jootl Roads.
Few people take a correct view of
the actual profit to farmers and busi
ness men in general of good roads,
or how much they could afford to
pay for them. Is It not a fact that In
some seasons for weeks together aU
business In some rural communities
Is at a complete standstill caused by
the impassable condition of the roads,
and the loss incurred amounts to
millions of dollars annually, caused
and profitable an appliance as a fan
ning mill. With poultry raisers on a
large scale the Incubator Is, of
course, absolutely necessary. It pays
for itself with a flock of fifty hens,
because the broody hens are kept
laying instead of sitting and caring
for their chicks. Then the time of
hatching can be controlled with cer
tainty with artificial hatching, which
Is a great point with those who want
winter eggs, the early hatched pullets
beginning to lay as the price of eggs
begins to soar. For winter broilers
the Incubator Is again Indispensable,
and twenty-flve-cent-a-dozen eggB can
In this way be turned Into broilers,
which at six to eight weeks will bring I
seventy-five cents apiece. It does not
pay so well to raise broilers In sum
mer, for the market Is then glutted.
It Is a good business for the man or
woman who can grow most of the
feed If they will go at It during the
right aeason. If the Incubator is ac
companied with enterprise It can be
kept busy almoBt every month In the
year. Farmers' Voice.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Sunlight will penetrate very clear
water to the depth of 1500 feet.
The Inferior Bohemian graph'te,
which is too impure or compact for
use In pencils, is ground fine and
freed from sulphldesand other heavy
minerals. The refined material does
not contain more than fifty or sixty
per cent.fjf graphite and Is used In
the manufacture of Inferior crucibles
and for stove polish.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JVJjX 28 BY THE
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Good Horses In Demand.
The Increasing demand for good
horses has awakened fresh Interest
among breeders who have good dams.
The Drovers' Journal, In referring to
the increasing demands In tho Chi
cago markets, says a survey of the
horse conditions presents an Inviting
field for intelligent breeders. De
mand for all classes of horses for in
dustrial and commercial ubo was
never so broad or prices bo remuner
ative. The fact that farmers have
been slow to grasp the situation findB
the supply hardly adequate to meet
the increasing demand. The outlook
justifies continued high prices until
the surplus assumes proportions to
resume exportation of horses in large
volume again. The supply can only
be increased by enlarging breeding
Operations, which under the most
by not marketing grain or other crops
In proper season, and to tho mer I favorable regime, will require halt a
chant, who finds his shelves filled decade to produce a reasonably large
with unseasonable goods. Weekly I surplus. The fact that the supply of
Witness. i horses is short should not lead to
haphazard breeding. Profits in the
horse industry will depend on the
quality of the horses produced. The
best mares should be selected for the
harem and the choicest stallions of
all breeds of horses patronized. The
Cottonseed Meal and nutter.
Close observation of tho quality of
the butter made from feeding cows a
ration consisting of cottonseed meal
and corn silase showed that, enntrarv
to general belief, the butter possessed 8tleam cannot rise above the foun-
a good grain and body and was in all I anu lne Progeny oi sire ana
myopia or indifference. Can it be ficieut for these things. In his own
At , . 1 .. 1 A .. . .... I I. .. ,1 .. Itn, T a mwA . I. n
that the cup of cold water tasted by
men of a pagan religion contains a
greater inspiration to the perform
ance of duty In the face of danger,
than does the sacred brotherhood
"jf the Christian church? They touch
their Hps to the cold water; then
face duty unflinchingly, though it
cost hand, or foot, or life. So the
true Christian from time - to time
touches hU Hps to the wine of the
Communion in pledge of bis loyalty
to the Master and In memory of the
love of that Master. So the majority
gain therein the inspiration that sets
their face unflinchingly toward duty j
without thought of what it may cost.
There are many who flinch. These j
break the solid phalanx of the Chris
tian army, and so put off the day ot
victory over evil. Many to whom a
dollar Is ot more worth than a moral
principle. Many to whom their own
personal well-being counts for more
than a needy brother or sister. Many
to whom gold Is of greater value than
the welfare of their fellowmen.
In view of the fact that so many
fall short of doing their bare duty,
dace we state the ideal of the Chris
tian religion, or will it bo so lofty as
to discourage us In our humble ef
forts? No! We will set before us
the Ideal which Jesus gave to life,
and it will be the means ot inspiring
us to greater effort. Jesus askei
of His followers more than mere
duty, noble as that is. It there had
been no Jesus, no Oospel, It Confu
cius and Socrates and Buddha were
the greatest, then duty would have
been the supreme word. But be
, uuinti- Jesus Himself In Hit life took
that final step beyond the point of
bare duty. It has become forever obli
gatory upon the followers ot the man
of Nazareth to take that final step in
service. Jesus did It. He over
stepped the bounds of naked duty
He made a new standard The story
of that precious life ot love aud ser
vice, the martyr's death upon the
i it e i Cross, for twenty centuries has
touched the hidden depths of human
hearts. Why? Because love took a
step beyc-nd duty.
Jesus put His new standard of ser
words, "But for Jesus and the fel
lowship He vouchsafed me there, I
must have gone mad and died beside
that lonely grave."
Christian duty is made potent by
the will of man, and by the power of
Ood. The human will plus the Di
vine power makes It possible to take
that step. Not. What I can, I will;
but. What I will, I can. You remem
ber when James and John were mak
ing their requests of tfae Master,
Jesus Inquired of them If they thought
they could be baptized with the bap
tism of His life. They said, Wj can.
Jesus said, Ye shall.
Thus It Is for Christians to say,
when sin threatens In the personal
life, when the work ot tho Master for
His church and for humanity, needs
their help: Yea, Master, you ca t
count on me. I will; I can.
Face to face with the vision of the
ideal ot what we ought to be and
do, It is a noble person who says, I
will, I can. To Buch a one shall be
added the words ot tho Master, Ye
shall. When we perceive what we
ought to do, and make up our minds
we will do It, the power for its ac
complishment will come, even as it
came to Israel by the Red Sea, and
to the 5000 on Galilee's shore.
The dome of the British Museum
'eadlng-room Is thought to be in
langer of collapse; hence the room
s to be closed for repairs during the
tummer and fall, special accommoda
.ion being provided elsewhere In the
' lulldlng for those engaged In literary
-esearch of exceptional importance,
it has been conjectured that the
nly reason why the dome has not
( long since fallen on the studious
leads beueath Is that the density ot
he atmosphere, which has caused so
nany of those heads to ache, upheld
the structure and so saved them
'mm what might have made them
i che still worse, or have even put an
tid to their capacity for aching at
ill.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSORS
SUNDAY, JULY 23.
Enriching Others. 2 Cor. 8: 9.
Passages for reference: Mark 10:
45; Phil. 2: 9-11; Dan. 12: 3; 1 Tim
4-16.
Life's great purpose Is to be of
service to man. Things are only of
value as they contribute to his uplift
The selflsh steal away and starve foi
want of genuine Joy. Earth's great
ones have been Its servants. A monev
rich man's death does not Impoverish
the world, for all his goods are left
behind. The whole world Is pooret
when a life full of service ends. It la
a glorl-ius privilege to be one of
God's coworkers. He pays well In
jov's coin. It Is an honor to servo
with him. This Bort of exerciBe ere
ates a Chrlstlv character that the
world and God will honor. It can
come In no other way. We must then
follow his example and be willing at
any sacrifice to benefit our fellows
Ease Is tempting, but it also wither?
the heart. Self-needs are large and
will eagerly command all our time
and resources. Vision of Christ's ex
ample, pointed purpose of will, and a
heart warmed to love to the point of
sacrifice will alone keep us honestly
mindful of our neighbors. Seeing the
value of "enriching others." give
yourselves earnestly to it. He will
see it. "I was In prison and ye vis
tted me, hungry and ye fed me," will
then surely greet us. We may repre
sent Christ to others, and thev, be
holding our wealth of friendship and
heart coin, will follow the same path.
To be rich we must give, all the time
and everywhere. Doing like our Mas
ter, we will soon become like him
Paul la making a strong spiritual
appeal for money. The church at
Jerusalem Is In dire need. He dares
to appeal to Christ's Incarnation to
stir their liberality. We must raise
money-giving to a spirtual plane. No
church or Christian worker should al
low th..- word "beg" to bo used for any
money gathered for Christ's cause
Once a man offered the writer money
for his church with the remark
When I have some more to throw
away I will give It to you." Before
the words were r.ll out the money was
again In his hands with the reply.
' Money given to Ood's cause is not
thrown away. You had better keep
It unlll you learn that." With opolo
gles he returned it and never forgot
tho lesson.
respects entirely satisfactory where
the churning conditions were normal,
says a South Carolina experiment sta
tion report. t may be added, says
the Natlonr' Provlsloner, that our
experience d..rlng the past two years
convinces us that, during the warm
season butter produced from a ration
containing cottonseed meal is more
satisfactory than that produced from
concentrates that yield a relatively
SOft butterfat. The cottonseed meal
butter "sets up" better at the table.
Bran butter showed 92.2 degrees as
the melting point; cottonseed meal
butter, 98.6 degrees; linseed meal,
91.5 degrees.
dam will inherit the characteristics
of their ancestors. The opportunity
for large profits in the horse indus
try was never more promising to the
careful breeder that will produce
good commercial offerings of all
classes.
Demand For Farms.
The increasing tendency of city
dwellers to buy homes In the country
is not confined, as Is generally be
lieved, to the very rich. Those of
moderate means means are also
gravitating toward the green fields.
For a number of years it has been
the fashion of the rich to spend the
gyeater part of the year In the coun
try, and to occupy the town bouse
but a few weeks at most. Now there
Is a disposition to make permanent
homes In tho country, and this desire
Is not confined wholly to the million
aires. Men with modest incomes are
buying homes as far removed from
the dust, noise and smoke ot the cit
ies as their business will allow. While
this exodus to the country benefits
directly only farm properties contig
uous to the cities, the final effect is
to raise the value of such property
over a wide extent of territory. If
what President Hill, the great rail
way magnate, says Is true, namely,
that within the next fifty years most
of the now flourishing Industries will
have become silent because of the
exhaustion ot the mines and forests
and wells upon which they depend,
and that the population will then be
compelled to the tillage of the soil,
the appreciation in the value of farm
lands will be enormous. In any
Care of Beef Cattle.
At one of the Western Institutes
ontf of the speakers, whose subject
was the "Careof Beef Cattle," among
other things said: "The farmer
should seek to build up the frame
and muscles of the animal In early
life, by exercise, pure air and plenty
of sunlight, with pure water, proper
shelter, and a ration composed large
ly of protein and minerals. As they
grow older more carbonaceous foods
may be added, so that at maturity
or when finished off they may be fed
a wide ration, composed largely of
carbonaceous or fat forming ele
ments, For best profits In the future
as in the past, the feeder must take
advantage of the early life of the
animal when it is full of vigor and
before the muscles are rigid; this
makes the best beef. Finish them
off rapidly, and when ripe, market.
PrOfltB often come by reason of little
expense in the way of labor, food and
shelter, and in this regard the steer
feeder has an advantage. The grain
fed to a steer is sometimes worth as
much as It costs to fertilize the farm.
Again the cropplngs should be left
long to insure good fattening grasses,
thus keeping the pastures well
mulched, nature's best condition to
maintain fertility. The farmer who
watches both ends of the business
buys well and sells well has gone a
long way on the highway to success.
With these conditions and considera
tions future profits may confidently
be expected. Buy, breed, feed, care
for and self well, and a farmer will
be happy and grow to be a broader
man, his purse will be wider as the
years go by, and when he lets go of
his fragment of time he can leave
IZT 'M.' V16 p,rt, f.,rIfd0m l with no pangs of conscience because
3"Lr. iu luv lanu, ll will iveu auu
clothe one and keep a roof over his
head whatever happens. Farm Journal.
; of giving bis brother the dyspepsia."
, vice In Christian life in the words of
I I'-- ,,,. text Is a part. Jesus
Jblishinir hrih servants who had been
. ... , . i every detail of their duty,
th. v e would -we dTe unnrofliahle ser-
ou the pan of nave done that which was of the social crusade which our
..ytodo." Listen! Not profit- cere Initiated soon after our ar
hernia in tttJervants because they had done
iKu Hnn4a-r whole duty, but unprofitable be-
Kescue M urk In Japan.
The Japanese have none of our
horrible prejudice against the Jail
bird or the fallen woman. Famine
rescue work was the natural outcome
offi-
rtval
NAPOLEON'S BAD HANDWRITING.
M. Houssaye attributes the muddle
over orders at Waterloo to Napoleon's
execrable handwriting. This was the
opinion ot the writing master of
Alexandre Dumas: "The Emperor
never lost a battle except by his bad
writing. His officers could never
make out what he meant. Remem
ber this, Alexandre, and make your
down strokes heavy and your up
strokes light." Orouchy declares
that during the battle of Waterloo
he could not make out whether Na
polean wrote "batallle gagnee" or
"batallle engagee," and he conjec
turally read "battle gained." An
drew Lang, in London Post.
NO DANGER.
Howell "Do yon know that It bat
been stld you shouldn't read a book
that Is less than a year old?"
Powell "There la no danger of
my reading a book that is less than a
year old. At soon as I buy one
Grinding Corn For Hogs.
Among recent reports received by
tho Department of Agriculture from
the experiment stations is one from
the Wisconsin Experiment Station.
For the past nine years tho station
has been conducting tests to deter
mine whether grinding corn for hogs
is desirable.
The results have varied a little
from year to year, but considering
the average of all the tests 117 bogs
fed dry shelled corn and wheat mid
dlings make an average gain of S6.H
pounds each, while an equal number
Why Spring Pigs Die.
The cold rains ot early spring kin
off many growing pigs because of the
lack of shelter and the care and feed
of the sow. Professor Henry, of the
Wisconsin Experiment Station, In his
"Feeds aud Feeding," tells the farm
er how to manage the sows and pigs,
and If his instructions are followed
very little loss will ever occur.
Professor Henry does not agree
with some breeders who hold that no
corn should be fed. He says some
corn may be used, but that meals
rich In protein oats, peas, mid
dlings, barley should supply most
of the nourishment.
Feed for tho sow before farrowing
fed cornmeal and wheat middlings
gained 11.09 pounds each, the feed (.should be nutritious, but not concen
requlred per pound of gain In the I tr"'d.. and roots, chaffed clover or
( ' tuunat a
luty.
was
In the country, and many Japanese
Bins nave oeen rescued irom a iu ; somebody borrows It and keeps It."
of shams Boclsl Oawue of the Sal- nitrated Bits,
nation Army.
two cases being 5.19 pounds and 4 ss
pounds. In other words, for each
pound or gain the hogs fed sbeHed
corn required 0.3 pound more gain
than those fed the cornmeal. The
saving from grinding, therefore, has
amounted to f.7 per cent. For in
stance: When corn Is worth only
twenty-five cents per bushel the sav
ing from grinding amounts to only
,1.4V cents, not enough to pay for the
grinding, unless cheap powsr Is
available. As corn advances In price
It will lie noticed that the saving per
bushel increases practically three
tenths or a cent with each Are ceats'
advance In the price of corn. Should
the price of corn be as high as seventy-five
cents per bushel the saving
by grinding would amount to a little
over four cents per bushel.
Incubutors oil the I mm
Only a few years ago the incubator
was a toy, and experimental at that.
There are now a number of makes ou
th market, which are as legitlmatt
A plant has recently been com
pleted In Mexico to recover silver
from the material in the dumps from
an old mine which has been operated
since 1547. The available supply
aggregates 2,000,000 tons and more
than an equal quantity of stone fill
ing, all it which has been demon
strated capable of yielding a gtod
profit. Engineer.
alfalfa hay, softened with boiling
water, are all highly recommended.
Good flesh la not to be denied un
der proper conditions and regulations
as to character of feed and amount
ot exercise. The question ot exer
cise is an Important one. In summer
sows as a rule will get all the exer
cise needed by the use of pasture, but
In winter It is often necessary to
drive them about a large lot or up
and down a lane for a time every
day.
Litter or straw thrown in the yard
through which is scattered waste
grain will stimulate the sow to oxer
clse in searching for feed, but some
means should be used 'to prevent th
sow from lying Idle and taking on
too much soft flesh.
The feed Just before furrowing
time should be sloppy and limited In
quantity, and most breeders agree
that the sow should he red nothing
for twenty-fonr hours ufter farrow
ing, For two or three days only a
limited quantity ot feed should be
I lvn.
The curious name of the anaes
thetic "stovalne" Is due to Its discov
erer, M. Fourneau. M. Fourneau
was anxious to perpetuate his own
namo in connection with It, but as
the anaesthetic was of the nature of
cocaine and no compound resembling
that could be contrived out of "Four
neau" he translated the name into
Its English equivalent of "stove" and
added the necessary termination.
The most frequent cause of col
lapse among small water tanks, says
the Building News, is the corrosion
of the hoops. These are flat wrought
Iron bands one-eighth Inch to one
quarter inch thick which are seldom
painted, so that they become subject
to corrosion both from the outside
and from the Inside. Hoops should
be made without welds and thorough
ly painted before and after erection.
Engineer.
Paper cuspidors are the latest
sanitary novelties. The paper of
which they are made Is quite stout
and is coated with paraflne. They
are put in flat bundles at the factory
that is, in what is termed "knock
down." In this shape they take up
but little room, and when they are
desired for use it Is the work of but
a minute to turn the thing Into a box
well adapted for the purpose for
which It Is designed. After use It Is
consigned to the fire.
Do Indians travel on scalped tick
ets? A carriage cleaner has to sponge
for a living.
When a man longs for money he Is i
generally short.
Can a woman bo a "silent" part-
MT in buBlneBS?
A pawnbroker died the other day,
and now his wife is a "loan" widow.
A hasty remark sometimes gets a
man in trouble, especially at auc
tion. The postmaster on Pike's Peak has
the highest office in the United
States.
A married couple who had eigh
teen children called the last one
"Anonymous."
Armour, the pork packer, began
lite on a newspapers he made all his
money by the "pen."
A man went to Atlantic City last
summer for a change and rest. Th
hotel got the change and the porter;
got the rest.
A married man may not be able te
find anything in bis house when he
starts to look for it, but he can al
ways find fault.
A young man got married the oth
er day. and his mother-in-law paid
bis rent for ten years in advance,
She wanted to show "pay rental" af.
fectlon.
Farmer "My boy is a baseball
pitcher; he has been defeated only
twice this season."
Visitor "How many games hai
he played?"
Farmer "To-morrow will be th
third one."
Selected by Louis Sltner.
Tho Cheerful Man.
What a boon he Is In everybody's
life! Like a blight sunrise and a
gentle wind coming together on a
winter morning, he la to all who crow
his path. He brushes cheerily along,
knocking grief and disappointment
out of his path, and leaving it
fringed with flowers. Such a mad
Is worth a groat deal to the world;
more than all his money, his wisdom
or his ambitious schemes. People
feel a sort of pleasure Just seeing
him coming down the street, and
when they meet him, there is not a
cloud in sight.
Such men are a blessing to a town.
They make one reel that the town
is growing, Is getting more beauti
ful, more than a place Just to eat
and sleep and make u living in.
Sometimes one doesn't meet such
men, uud then he feels that the
town Is degenerating, that things are
going wrong, and that the evil spirit
Is trying to put a little malice in
his heart, and he goes home and
meets his wife's smile with a feellug
of suspicion.
A cheerful man doesu't realise the
amount of good he Is doing In the
world. But it Is his nature, and he
cannot help It. Heaven has picked
him out as one of its angels, and ho
is faithful to bis mission. Every day,
some fellow has been made happy
by his pleasant smile and his genial
"good morning;" and If one has a
bit of business with him, it passes
by very much Ilka an exchange of
compllmont.
To be cheerful may not be so great
a duty as to b honest or unselfish,
but it certainly wldenH the radiance
of these virtu. Ohio State Journal.
In the last ten year this country's
Iron output, has Increased H3 per
tnl.
Subject: The Golden Calf, Kx. 33: 1-8,
SO-.lft Golden Text, 1 John S:
91 Memory Verses, 34, 88
Commentary.
Moses was up on the mount plead
ing with Jehovah for Israel and Israel
knew It. But In the perversity of
their hearts the people for whom be
plead and for whose welfare be was
so solicitous deliberately denied any
knowledge of his whereabouts. It
was an altogether Ignoble action. But
we have seen its like since the days
of Moses and perhaps we shall wit
ness it analogy again.
The lesson or the golden calf has a
moaning and a warning for our gen
eration. It has a particular lesson
for America.
If there Is any one thing more than
another that has made the American
civilization and prosperity of to-day
it Is the providence of Ood and the
willingness of Americans In the gen
erations that have passed away to be
led. In some measure, by Him. The
root of righteousness that has always
been active and heard among this
people with reverence and respect. Is
at the bottom of our national success.
Whatever success we may have
achieved as a freo people may be ac
credited largely to the potency of
that righteousness among us which
otalteth a nation. That Is to say
that America owes its success and Its
international preferment to the
guidance and the grace of Ood. A
careful student of history cannot
conclude that the momentous discov
ery of these western lands simulta
neously with the regeneration of hu
man ideas and Ideals in Europe was,
simply a coincidence. It was provi
dential. It was divinely planned and
divinely led. Likewise no careful
student of American history can come
to another conclusion so valid as this
that the progress of these United
States is founded upon the grace ot
Ood and the underlying purpose of
this, people to keep close to HU law.
But some very superficial observ
ers of the trend of events would
seem to have It otherwise. To read
the Industrial reports one would be
led to think that the Industries and
the railroads and the balance of trade
of this country are the fundamental
bases upon which our prosperity Is
built. If we believed the politicians
the central mainspring of all national
prosperity is to be found in political
systems. Some eminent millionaires
would evidently have us believe that
they are the real leaders of the peo
ple on the march to greatness, power
and plenty.
A man coming from a foreign shore
to New York for the first time would
be pardoned If he assumed as he
gazed upon our temples of commerce
and of finance that we worshiped un
adulterated materialism Instead of
the true and holy God. For among
many peoples the shrines and the
temples which they have dedicated to
the service of God are the dominat
ing feature of tho town and country
side. And too largely for her own good
America is erecting a golden calf.
And our calf Is prosperity and mate
rial success. These be tho gods some
say that have made America. And so
we perpetuate evils that prosperity
may continue for a season. And so
we postpone reforms and reforma
tion for fear that In effecting neces
sary changes we may endanger our
prosperity for a time. There is no
worse idol worship than this. There
la no idol worship more Insidiously
dangerous than this. For It is the
deification of money, ot material sue-'
cess, above the right. To worship the
calf of prosperity is to exalt oppor
tunism. And this calf la not a dream calf
with many men. It Is not a mere
academic conception. It Is all to sad
ly a reality with many men. For
there Is many a man who would glad
ly reform the social order did he not
fear that In the process of revolution
however cautiously It might be car
ried on he would suffer lu his world
ly estate. Many a man there Is who
Is heartily disgusted with the state ot
things as they are who is unwilling
to lose a little himself that tho larger
cataclysm which Is sure to come as
surely as we delay to mend our ways
may be averted and the fortunes of
the coming generations more effi
ciently conserved. And such a man,
perhaps unconsciously, but more of
ten consciously, worships the golden
calf ot prosperity.
America needs to recognize that
God is at the centre of her being and
the motive ot all her phenomenal suc
cess. She needs to acknowledge HU
Sovereignty and her indebtedness to
Him. She needs to exalt Him and
proclaim her fealty to Him. She
needs to assert her allegiance to His
prophets and to ally herself with HU
righteousness. For our prosperity 1
not the gift of men but the gift of
Ood. We are entirely the architects
of our fortune. We should not be
able to be the arcblteoU ot them at
all were it not for (he beneficence cd
the living Ood, We dp not exist apart
from Him and we cannot be secure
apart from Him. In Him wo live and
move and have our being U a truism,
but it is one that we might well pon
der. For it states tersely the ulti
mate fact in life. May Ood grant us
never to forget It. May we exalt Him
and serve Him and lovo Him mom
than life Itself.
Spirit of the Heavenlies.
The Christian lite Is not merely
ourselves getting Into heaven, but
bringing the spirit of the heavenlies
to bear upon the earthly conditions
that surround us. W. R. Hotchkiss.
Must PubUsh Names of Owners.
Oovernor Hughes, of New York,
signed the bill of Assemblyman Duel,
of Westchester, providing that after
July 1 every newspaper; magazine or
other periodical published In New
York State shall publish in every copy
of every Issue, upon the outer cover
or at the head of the editor!: page,
the full name and address ot the
owners or proprietors of such publi
cation, or the name of the corpora
tion which may be publishing such
publication, and tho address of tho
principal place of business, with the
names and addresses of the president,
secretary and treasurer.
Nobiesue Oblige.
It has often been said that th
upper classes have cares and anxie
ties of which the envious middle:
;lases know little or nothing. Here!
is a cutting from the Queen:
"When one U dining In goad com
,any every night tho neck and arma
Iiave to be considered," -7rot,:
l'uucU.