THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SEDMON BY
THE REV. F. BOYO EDWARDS.
Subject: Personality.
F.
of
Wllllnmstown. Mnss. TTip Rev
Boyd Edwards, assistant pastor
the South Congregational Churrh,
Brooklyn, who grndunted from tho
college hero seven years ago, was the
college prparhpr Sunday. His sub
ject was: "Pprsonallty Its Influ
ence and Secret." TIip text was from
I Thesaaloninns, 5:23: "And the
very flod of peace sanctify you
wholly; and I pray Ood your whole
plrlt and soul and body be pre
served blameless unto the coming of
our t.ord Jesus Christ." Mr. Ed
wards said
Huxley declared thnt If some grt-Ht
power would gutrantoe to enable bini
always to speak what Is true and do
what Is right, on condition of his be
ing turned Into a sort of clock and
wo n 1 up every morning, he would
Instantly close with the ofTpr. Would
you? I think not one man In a hun
drpd would. Why not? Because we
havo instinctive aversion to doing
Violence to the greatest thing In the
world. And what is that? Drum
mond said "Lore." Let us look at It
a little.
Consider Helen Kellar. born to Im
prisonment In the dungeon of her
own mere selfhood deaf, blind,
inutp. Miss Sullivan, by patient and
inspired service, released her from
that imprisonment, led her slowly
out Into the light and glory of life.
The something which made Miss Sul
livan eager and able to render this
beautiful service was love. But In
point ot greatness even thnt high and
beneficent quality Is absolutely in
comparable with Helen Kellar her
elf. The greatest thing In the world
is personality. Love is but a part of
it. supplementing and crowning Its
other parts, all beauty and majesty
of physique, all vigor and grit anil
courage, all mental keenness, reach,
grasp and decision, all the subtle
graces of mind and heart, high spirit
ual vision and deep Insight, all puri
ty, dignity and serene poise of spirit.
These combine to make what we
name personality.
I.ook about you in a railway car
riage, a hotel lobby, a great college
grandstand. Your eye passes llghtlv
over 100 men. The one hundred and
flrrt holds it. You may not know
who he is, nor ever have seen him be
fore, but straightway you say to
yourself, he is somebody. Something
about him distinguishes him. gives
him a manifest significance, like the
evident value of a gold coin. That
something is personality and ;t is
self-revealing. Take Webster, for
Instance. They raid when he walked
in Beacon street the houses looked
smaller. Sidney Smith called him
the greatest living lie. because no
body could possibly be so great as he
looked. Edward Everett declared
that when he was earnestly speaking
sparks of fire leaped In his eyes. A
bust of him, exhibited by a European
sculptor, was mistaken for a head of
Jove. Or note how Emerson says
that "William of Orange won a sub
ject away from the King of France
every time he put off his hat," so no
ble was his bearing. A Boston news
paper reported that on a certain day
Washington street was dark and
gloomy, until Phillips Brooks passed,
whereupon the brightness returned.
One might have profited almost as
much by a look Irto Emerson's face
as by reading' his books. Just a
glimpse of Napoleon f tho hour of
battle doubled the fighting force of
those who saw him. Often one can
tell by the author's likeness in
frontispiece ot a book whether it's
worth while to go any further. The
halo in art is far fuore than a me
chanical contrivance to denote saint- I
hood. It witnesses to the fact that j
true men carry an atmosphere; they
are fairly luminous. The captain of '
an athlotlc team, if well chosen, takes
rank not by virtue of superior play- !
ing or technical knowledge of the i
game, hut because there Is about him
a quality which makes his vim and
spirit contagious.
Church committees looking for a
new minister pass by a score of pos-
slble ellgibles and choose the twenty- I
first. The others were as good I
preachers, as thorough scholars, as I
faithful pastors, but the elect one
possesses this rare and compelling
something we call magnetism, which I
is but a vague term Indicating per- j
sonallty. The speaker who possesses
It often Influences his audience al
most as much, while he stands silent
before theui for a moment, as during
the hour of his speaking. This is the
quality which accounts for the say
ing; "You have to like Mr. Roosevelt
after you have met him " Person
ality! no other creation equals or
approaches It. Indeed, when Jeho
vah accerdited Moses as His ambas
sador to the court of Pharaoh, He
commanded as the chief authority:
"Tell him f Am sent you."
Now, then, since personality Is the
greatest thing In the world, what is
the chief duty of man? I answer,
deliberately: To honor, develop, ex
press and Invest that personality.
This Is not egotistic and selfish. God
guve man thin personality as his tool,
the finest, nooleat. chief Implement
with which to make his mark on the
world, serve his kind and honor his
Maker When the old bishop of the
Methodist Church was examining a
group of candidates tor the ministry,
he aBked them: "Are you billing to
be a nobody in Christ's service?"
And every last one of thorn piously
(as he thought) answered yes.1
"Then you're a poor lot!" exclaimed,
the bishop. And so they were. That
if a kind of humility which is not'
Christian, because It is not only un
productive, but contemptible. Christ's
man khould be willing to take any
humble station, but wherever he may
be, always determined by Uod's grace
to to live, to lal'or, to fight, and to
pray ihat as the servant of the Mos:
Hbj he shall weigh every ounce he
'can, strike blows that hit hard, and
mean to his time all thnt he can pos
ibly signify.
B-in..; a Christian man is being all
a niun can be. Holiness is near kin
to haltuess. which nisans health, and I
huleness closw kin to wholeness,
which ptcani Integrity, soundness,
couipl-'lenetw. Christian life is not
giving up, but growing up, not ,op
plng off, but looming up, Its true
note Is not ascetic, but athletic, and
when Christ announced that He came
that men might have life more abun
dantly, He did not mean longer life,
but life overflowing, rich in content
and extent, with far horizons and
Vide outlook. Just this Browning
emphasizes when he says:
Ood given ruch man one life, like t, Isinn,
Then give that lamp due measure of oil;
Lamp lighted, hold high, wave wide
AH very fine, you say, for the man
who happens to have been endowed
with personality: But how about the
hundred men who do not strlko an
observer as being somebody, who
havpn't the gift of personal m.igno
tlsm? Well, my answer Is that per
sonality is not all endowment; It may
be acquired, or more accurately yet,
developed. When the spring comes
and the sun's rays fall more warmly,
the grass and leaves begin to grow.
There are seeds In the ground and
life-dormant and waiting to be
stirred. The sun might shine a mil
lion years, hot as midsummer, and
without, those seeds lying there wnlt
Ing, no fair garment of verdure
would ever clothe the bare, brown
body of earth. And vice versa. Just
so, wo notice now and again n former
stenographer and private secretary
to presidents becomes a Cabinet offi
cer. Partly it Is from native endow
ment, and partly from the wakening
Influence of association with great
men. Character Is not taught, but
caught; not fully Inborn, nor spring
ing, full armed, like Mlnorva from
Jove's head, but. wakened, roused,
kindled by the contagious touch of
another of a little longer develop
ment, and maybe, of larger growth.
Yet after all. this Is the fine funda
mental truth of life. Every man Is
of unlqu" value, has a rare gleam of
virtue for hlr own, his point of view,
his individual work and message,
which no other man ran have had.
Ills business in life is to live that
out, build It up, utter It. make It ef
fective. How shall ho do It? By getting
out where the sun can strike down
to those seeds that are waiting In
him; that means: make helpful
friendships, listen to wise teachers, j
keep high company with men who
have deeps and heights about them.
Head Paul's prayer written to the i
men in Thessalonlca: The very God
of peace sanctify you wholly (set you
apart, distinguish you In every great
way), nnd I pray God your whole
, body, soul nnd spirit be kept without
blemish even In the presence of
Christ. Faithful Is he who hath
1 promised, who also will do It." Just
to this point was Emerson speaking
when he said: "Fellow God. nnd
where you go men shall think they
walk In hallowed cathedrals." Phil
lips Brooks puts it: "The Influence of
a man whose heart God hath touched
Is like a breeze of fresh air let Into
a heated and stifling room." You are
a lamp of three wicks body, soul
(mind) and snlrlt. Let Ood light
them (most lilely He has alrcnny);
i now you turn them up; keen them
trimmed, let them blaze wherever
: you are. throwing out your cheer,
your light, your beacon message in
your time. Then, "ns one flame kln
dleth another nor groweth less there
by," so shall your life kindle, waken,
rouso others. '
In every-day terms, what does It
mean? My body: honor It, build It
up. keep It undishonored. By noble
uses, make It to become u sanctuary.
Build then more Stately mansions, oh my
soul.
While the swift SSSSOflS roll,
, Leave thy low-vaulted past.
, Let ench new temple nobler than the Inst,
Shut thee from heaven by a dome more
vast.
Till thou at lenjth art free,
i Leaving thine outgrown shell
lty life's unresting sea.
My mind; meditate, store It with
I true thoughts, pure thoughts,
thoughts fit to treasure up; let It
keep company with the noblest men
of the nges, whose wisdom, vision
and proUtable experience may be
I made my own by an hour's reading
every day; let me prepare myself to
I recognize, appreciate, respond to and i
j succeed fhe truest, most devoted and 1
helpful spirits of all tho days past
' and present, nnd finally keep my
eyes on the stainless peaks where
Christ Is.
My spirit; how great a word it Is!
i All generous impulses, all chivalrous
i motives, all noble aspirations, all
I love of beriutv nnd truth nnd JnMm
J'8 I r.ess; every hatred of weakness and
i wrong, every fine portrait of mem
j ory and Ideal! Oh, match this spirit
with all the best about you; open It
to mm who knows what is In man,
and who alone has grace to bestow
:.nd loving power of mastery to de
velop your unawakened best. And
always remember how He reckons In
the : earnings, the unuttered and un
utunible aspirations there:
All instincts immature, all purposes un
sure. That weighed not as his work, yet swelled
the man's amount,
Thoughts hardly to be packed into a single
moil
AUGUST FOURTH.
The consecration of our bodies. 1 Cor.
6: 19, 20; Rom. 12: 1, 2.
Po not mar the body. Lev. 10:
25-28.
The body for God. 1 Cor. 6: 12. 13.
Temples of the Spirit. 1 Cor. 3:
IB. 17.
To bo kept clean. 2 Cor. 6: IB-IS.
To be glorified. 1 Cor. 15: 3.'. tl.
To bear God's Imago. 1 John 3:
1-3.
How prerlous Is the home In which
our dear ones dwell, or Stfytbfng mad"
by their hands! And our Father In
heaven made our bodies and would
dwell in them ( 1 Cor. 0: 13).
Think of Christ's body tortured on
the cross, nnd then the very thought
of annulling In your own body that
great sacrifice for you will fill you
with shame (1 Cor. fi: BO),
In return for Christ's sacrificed
body, oursarrlfloed body! Reasonable,
certainly, though Infinitely less!
(Rom. 12: 1.)
All sins of the body are first sins
of the mind, and the hodv Is to he
kept, pure only by transforming th"
mind to purity (Horn 12: 2).
All possible health Is n Christian
duty, because all other Christian du
ties depend upon thnt.
A healthful body helps to make a
healthful mind, and a healthful mind
helps to make a healthful Irody.
No Christian Is safe while there Is
any part of his body, In Its condition
nnd use, that Is not consecrated to
God.
A consecrated fare Is the only beau
tiful face; all else Is but blood ami
tissue.
Illustrations.
The soul is the painting and the
body is the frame; but we use the
best frames for tho best pictures.
A bei utlful body is like a globe of
Favrlle glass, which needs within It
the electric light of a lovely soul, to
disclose Its beauties.
The more nearly perfect the statue,
the more It Is spoiled by any Imper
fection. So with God's highest work
In nature, the human lrody.
Vacation times ure meaningless un
less they look forward to times of
toil. The fallow field is a mere deso
lation unless It is in preparation for
a harvest
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III
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SUNDAY, AUCU3T 4.
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act:
Fancies that broke through language and
es caned.
All I could never be, all men ignored in
me,
This 1 was worth to him.
Whose WnasJ the pitcher shaped.
Special Anointings.
If Jesus was anointed to preach
the gospel, how much more do we In
these modern times need a special
touch of the Spirit of Qod for this
work! I believe one ought not to
.each a Sunday-school Usson, or sing
i song, much less preach a sermon,
without waltlnc for a sneclal anolnt-
1 Ing of the Holy Spirit of God. It Is
this experience which has made men
and women great in the past. It was
the secret of Finney's power, and it
will be the secret of the power of
anyone who lives to-day. Each day'B
needs, writes J. Wilbur Chapman, re
quire the dally infilling which the
quiet hour supplies.
When Every Man Must Stand Alone.
Whosoever will go to heaven must
have faith of his own. In Gideon's
camp every soldier had his own pit
cher; among Solomon's men of valor
every one wore his own sword; and
these were they that got the victor
ies. The five wlsa virgins had every
one oil In her lamp; and only these
went In with the bridegroom. An
other's eating of dainty meat makes
..hee none the fatter. T. Adams.
As it Was (Type-)Wrltten. . the SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Soil Formation.
All soils are formed from disinte
grated rocks and organic matter. Ot
the latter, soils contain from one to
more than seventy per cent.; It is,
however, only In bogs or bods of peat
that the amount last named Is ever
present. The best wheat lands con
tain only from four to six per cent,
of organic matter: oats and rye will
grow in soils containing only, one or
two. The Intelligent farmer should
endeavor to ascertain what Is want
ing In the soil and supply It, remem
bering that he can make no possible
mistake with barnyard manure.
Do Justice to Poultry.
Poultry should now be fllllwr the
egg basket, and will, If they have
Justice done them. It is not enough
j thnt they are well fed; other condi
tions are required. Their houses
should be well cleansed, their nest
boxes thoroughly washed and a little
quicklime sprinkled In them. The
floors of their houseB should nlso be
j well sprinkled with quicklime, and
the roosting poles whitewashed. All
these are necessary to purify the at
mosphere and destroy the vermin
thnt infest these places. The clean
ing process should nlso be applied to
the horse, cow and sheep stables.
The Increase in Silos.
According to figures published by
the Department of Agriculture, there
were In 1S9S but ninety-one farmers
In the United States so far as known
who wore using the silo as an adjunct
to th?lr agricultural operations. Now
they number nearly 500,000. While
the first Silos were only used by men
engaged In the dairy business on a
large scale, they are to-day prized
Just as highly by those who are en
gaged In stock raising of any kind.
In fact, wherever corn will grow and
stork in any kind is raised there is a
place for the silo.
Deciring Righteousness-
Passages for reference: Psa 42: 1,
2; S4: 2: lsa.. 6$: 1; John. 4: 13, 14;
C: 35; Rev. 21: 5; 22: 17.
Every heart has the deep hunger
to do right. The normal man hangs
his head after wrongdoing, as does a
flower after the blighting touch of the
frost. No man Is proud of meanness
of spirit, ugliness of action, or immor
ality of life. Many a man rushes to
drink or to deeper sin to forget hU
shame or to deaden his desire for
I goodness. It is even more difficult to
grow a beautiful character than It lg
to bring a rose to rarest bloom. Wo
I must eagerly desire It. The promise
then, is plain. We will be so filled
1 with God thnt the outcomlng words
and deeds will be approved by the
I word M righteous.
Cultivate the desire for righteous
ness. Listen to its voice. Answer Its
needs. Build on Its rock foundations.
It Is capable of growth. As it In
creases bad Impulses, lacking food,
die. Evil hungers if allowed root and
air Wit thrive like worthless weeds.
Their life Is as short and useless.
Free powers, full growth, finest man
hood, are the products of righteous
ness. Happiness, hearty living, help
ful words and deeds, grow on Its
branches as naturally as the luscious
Jonathan apple on Colorado trees
when watered and sunned by God.
'Godliness is profitable for all
things." He will stumble In darkness
who does not store up God's truths,
lie Indeed Is wealthy who Is rich In
OOd works. Convince yourself of the
value, the lndl.spensablenes3. the joy
hringhig power of righteousness Then
desire it as the money-seeker does ma
terial riches, the miner does gold, or
the politician oHlee. Folk driven by
these ambitions seek for the means
of attaining their ends. Do the same
with righteousness. Long for It; let
the heart pant after it; make tho
brain to search for It; train the will
to demand It. Then ways and means
'or attaining it will open. If the de
sire for righteousness dominates. God
will see to It that you will not go far
wrong In doctrine. Such a desire he
?an and will fill, until the heart and
life are "blessed."
Don't Overcrowd the Hens.
Filling a poultry house with hens,
nnd crowding them together, will not
conduce to tggs production. It is
not the one with the largest flocks
who derives the best results, but the
one who manages properly. Food
may be given bountifully and liber
ally, but it will not make the hens
lay If the other conditions are not
observed. It requires more capital
to provide plenty of room for a flock,
but the capital will be better Invested
than If buildings are used in which
the hens are too nnmerous and in
which they do not thrive.
You Cannot Afford It.
No farmer can afford to do without
a good garden. It Is not to be ex
pected that every one will be a fancy
gardener, but every one should give
sufficient attention to the subject so
as to produce all staple vegetables
earlier than can be produced In the
field. It Is not only essential to the
health and proper enjoyment of the
family, but it is actually a matter of
profit. Could your whole farm be
made as smooth, dry, rich and as well
cultivated as a good garden, the In
creased product would pay a large
per cent, of profit upon the outlay.
In the garden, or In a separate upart
ment, may be cultivated strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, curraos,
grapes and dwarf pears. They can
all be had at a very small cost of
money or labor, and will add Im
mensely to the enjoyment of the
household.
Johnny Was u Sport.
It happened In Sunday-school
None of the children had studied
their lessons, apparently, and as for
lohnny, the new boy, he wasn't sup
Hosed to know much about It, any
how. "Now, Willie," said the teacher,
"who was it swallowed Jonah?"
"I diin'no ," giggled Willie.
"Bobble, can you tell me who
swallowed Jonah?" continued the
teacher.
"You can search me," said Bobble.
"Tommy, who swallowed Jonah?"
asked the teacher, a little severely
thtB time.
"Please, ma'am," whimpered Tom
my, "It wasn't me."
"Well, 1 declare!" ejaculated the
teacher. Then turning to the new
boy, she asked, "Johnny, who swal
lowed Jonah?"
"I'll bite," said Johnny. "What's
the uuswer?" Harper's Weekly,
Major Charles IS. Woodruff, sur
geon, U. S A . Is promulgating again
his celebrated theory that sunsbliu
Is unhealthful.
GEESE IN SHOES.
They shoe geese In the country
round about Warsaw, In the VUna
district, because the geese have a
long annual Journey to make a
journey to the goose market.
You see, In the late fall and early
winter, a gooso market Is held at
Warsaw, and geose to the number of
5,000,000 congregate In the town.
The geese march to market on foot.
Some come from 100 and 150 miles
away. The average distance they
come from Is sixty miles, and to pro
tect the feet on this long Journey
they are shod.
To shoe the geese the geoseherd
first makes them walk back and forth
In melted tar. With a coat of tar
on tholr feet they then walk through
fine sand. The result Is that they
are shod with a good, strong shoe ot
mixed tar and sand, that protects
them well on their journey to the
Warsaw goose market. Philippine
Gossip.
The Turkey's Ileal Name.
The original name of the turkey
was oocoocoo, by which It wa3 known
by the native Cherokee Indians. It
is supposed that our i.llgrlm fathers,
roaming through the woods In search
of game for their first Thanksghlng
spread, heard the oocoocoo calling
in the familiar tones of our domesti
cated fowl. "Turk, turk. turk"
These first Yankee huntsmen, mistak
ing this frightened cry of tho bird
for Its real song. Immediately labeled
It "turkey." and turkey it is to this
day. Much more beautiful and musi
cal was the Indian name oocoocoo,
the notes peculiar to ihe flock when
sunning themselves In peifett con
tent on the river beaches.
Good Males Demand Good Care.
We should not "give a rap," as
the saying Is, for a "rooster" that Is
not gallant enough to give his mates
first privileges when It comes to eat
ing. The rooster that Is always ready
to "lick" another one that happens
to cross his path, the rooster that
does not hesitate to show his vocal
capabilities by frequently crowing,
and the rooster that ts courteous
enough to believe In "ladles first,"
and stands and calls his mates and
then steps aside while they eat the
dainty morsel he haB found that
rooster is one after our own heart.
Show us that kind of a rooster and
we will show you a rooster that Is
capable of strongly fertilizing eggs
from a maximum number of females.
But here, dear friend, Is often
the "rub" a male bird of this kind
must secure In some way Just as
much If not a little more to eat than
does his less gallant brother and, un
less fed separately, he will become
so run down In condition In two or
three weeks of breeding service that
he will begin to be seriously lacking
In sexual strength; therefore, It be
comes necessary to remove him from
the females every day or two and
give him a generous feed of corn and
meat of some kind, that Is, green cut
hone or ground beef scraps. That Is
tho only gallant way for you to treat
a gallant rooster, and you will find
at the same time that It Is the only
profitable way. Poultry Editor, 'in
Tht Epitomlst.
are higher than In the outlying sec
tions. Where mixed hay retails for
$8 to $9 per ton, corn for fifty cents
and oats thirty-five cents per bushel,
it is safe to say that the average
work horse, weighing 1400 or less,
can be fed the entire year and kept
in good flesh for $40.
In the first estimate made nbove It
will be noticed that the price on glu
ten feed Is quoted. It has been found
that this material can be fed to horses
with excellent results, especially fta
the spring, when the animals need a 1
variety. A ration composed of one I
part gluten feed, one part oats and j
two parts corn make almost the Idsal
mixture for the work horse. The an
lmnl should have enough ot mixture '
to maintain his condition, however.
About one pound per day for oach
100 pounds the animal weighs Is con- I
sidered the proper amount.
Fertile vs. Infertile Kggs.
The Country Gentleman referring
to the statement of a Montreal wom
an In a poultry Journal that she has
been able to distinguish between eggs
that will produce males and those
producing females by locating the air
cells, those having the cell directly
across the large and hatching cocke
rels, while those having the cells
slanting slightly contributed pullets,
thinks scientists might well devote
some time to experimenting to de
vise some easy method of distin
guishing fertile from Infertile eggs
before they are placed In the incuba
tor or placed under the hen In fact
before they leave tho hands of the
seller If they are boughten. This
would save a lot of disappointment.
The common custom is to test eggs
after four or live days, removing
those not showing indications of fer
tility. These are not In the least In
jured by the few days' heating. But
this latter business, while It saves a
part of the hatch, does not do away
with the disappointment nt paying
well for vnlunblo eggs only to have
too large a percentage prove infer
tile. Incidentally It Is worth men
tion that even the experimenting
Montreal dame" dies not explain how
she arrives at the conclusion that the
straight across air cell produces
the cockerel, since tho hatch of four
teen simply showed them equally di
vided in sex as the air cells indicated
they would be.
Variety and Profit.
The farmers should make stock
raising more profitable by growing
a variety of crops. Instead of depend
ing mostly upon grain and hay, for
variety gives the farmer more ad
vantages. If he grows turnips he
secures them late in the season (usu
ally after llabllty of dry weather has
passed), and a large supply ot roots
will enable him to economize with
the grain and hay. He can also grow
late corn fodder, cow peas and rape,
the latter affording excellent pas
turage for Bheep and swine when
grass may not be abundant. But it
1b not so much the growing of various
crops for use at all seasons that the
farmer should cousider so much as
the full bins and storehouses of suc
culent food for winter use.. It is In
the winter season that the farmer
has the advantage of using the crops
he has grown, and Increasing their
value by adding thereto his labor.
Many farmers object to certain meth
ods of feeding because they claim
that the thorough preparations of
foods are too laborious, but if all
farmers will consider that tho more
labor they can sell In the form of
some product the greater their In
crease, they will not hesitate to give
more attention to food preparation.
Lost, time Is really lo6t labor, and the
farmer who Is not employed every
day Is losing something. If he can
save food and make larger profits he
will be more than recompensed tot
his labor, and the best time when
one can be well paid for the work -It
in the winter, as the foods, th man-
,ure heap, the repairs of buildings
and Implements and other Indoor
work are then the moBt Important
matters.
By J. V. M.
"Tho Becret of success, Miss Rob
inson," said Mr. Bllvers to his sten
ographer one morning, "Is to keep
nbrcast of the times. Now, the phon
ograph Is certain, soother or later, to
oome In general use for business dic
tation purposes, and I propose to
adopt It. The phonograph company
have sent me n machine on trial and
I shall begin nt once. I am going to
dictate a letter Into It now nnd you
will typewrite It directly from tho
machine, just as you hear It every
word you can make It repeat as
slowly as you want to and bring It
to me to sign or correct It If neces
sary. You see, It avoids all mistakes
in reading your shorthand notes."
Miss .Robinson welcomed the idea
with enthusiasm and Mr. Bllvers re
tired Into his Inner office and with his
new nnd beautiful Instrument on the
desk before hltn began his dictation.
His office bnv and head clerk were
obliged t.j interrupt him occasionally,
but in a comparatively short time
he had finished his letter and soon
afterward Miss Robinson laid tho
type-written copy on his desk. This
Is what he read:
"Brlggs & Brlggs Co., Rlverdale,
Michigan:
"Dear 8irs Um! Urn! Er Yours
of the 14th Inst, received and con
tents noted. Come In! Hold on a
moment till I shut this machine oft
received and contents noted. In
regard to your claim for allowance
for goods damaged Come In! No,
I won't see him! I've told you I
don't want any 'Libraries of Litera
ture.' Well, you ought to know
Clear out! er-er goods damaged
Oh, the devil! Come In! Make
him the same price as the last. Yes
to those Brlggs & Brlggs peopie.
They're trying to skin us, of course,
but I've got to Gee! I haven't
stopped it Er Umph! Claims
for damaged goods Come in! Hullo,
Charlie! Glad to see you! Yes, It's
a phonograph Bure enough Sure!
Well, I guess It does work! Tho
salesman said By urn! It's going
now! Wait till I shut Leave out
that last when Mr. Smithers came in,
MIbs Robinson, if you please. Now
we're off! In regard to your claims
for goods damaged In transit, we
shall of course mako the proper
Come in! What the deuce do you
mean by butting In here all the time?
You want to go to the ball game?
Well, you can't! Durn it! I didn't
shut We shall of course allow you
n proper Dn Come In! Yes,
of course! Hold on till I shut
Hello! Hello! Are you there. Miss
Robinson? Ha! ha! I was thinking
It was a telephone. Leave that out.
Well um Wasn't that all? Any
how, we can add anything after
wards leave a space Yours very
truly bring it to me to sign, of
course. Now, how did he say to take
it out? Oh! I haven't stop "
"Miss Robinson," said Mr. Bllvers,
"I have no doubt we shall do admira
ble after a little practice, but for the
present have you your shorthand
book with you? Well, take this let
ter: "Brlggs & Brlggs Co.,
From Puck
WORDS OF WISDOM.
When you fight a man you watch
his eye, noUhis hands or his feet.
Ram's Horn. i
Conscience Is the main shaft of
mind, and love is the gear that belts
us to the eternal. Ram's Horn.
To do our true duty In life, It must
ever be done with the aid of all that
Is highest in our sopls, highest in the
truth that Is ours. Maeterlinck.
Life Is a long lesson In humility.
Every day Is a teacher of the lesson.
Ask yourself each night whether you
have learned It. J. M. Burrle.
Good manners Is the art of making
those people easy with whom we con
verse. Whoever makes the fewest
persons uneasy is the best bred in the
company. Swift.
Feeding a Horse.
The Journal of Agriculture giveB
some figures of the cost of feeding a
horse In the West. How do they
compare with the cost of keeping one
in- this State?
What does it cost to feed the work
horse during the year? It Is claimed
that when timothy Is worth $18 per
ton; wheat bran, 117.50; corn, $22;
dried brewers' grass, $17, and gluten
meal, $2 per ton, that a horse can
be fed during the six months when
the hardest work is done for $31.
During the remaining six months the
cost of feed is put at $24.70.
It will be noticed that the cost of
timothy If figured at about double
Ihe price It sells for on the average
fju-m. This Is because the authorities
Who made th estimates live near the
large centres, where prices ot feeds
Dry Foods.
In winter many animals are com
pelled to subsist largely on dry ra
tions, the sameness of diet being such
as to some times cause loss of ap
petite. In fact, in many cases of live
stock being "off their feed," as It is
termed, the cause is due to lack ot
sufficient food, or Insufficient variety
from the regular routine. With the
supply of ensilage this difficulty Is not
so largely met, but some farmers will
not build siloB, preferring to adhere
closely to old methods. A few acres
ot beets, carrots or turnipB will not
fall to be ot valuable assistance, not
because such articles are highly nu
tritious (which is not the case, as
they are composed largely of water),
but rather because they contain a
large per cent, of water, are easily
digested, and provide an agreeable
change of diet from dry food to
some thing more palatable thereby
increasing the flow of milk because
they stimulate the appetite, promote
digestion and Induce the animals to
eat more. Invention has also less
ened the cost of preparing foods, as
cutters and sllcers rapidly reduce
carrots and other root to a condition
In which they can bo fed to the ani
mals without danger of choking
them. The corn fodder supply, If
well cuj-ed, and cut down in the field
at the proper time, will also be more
highly relished if cut Into shorts
lengths. Farmers depend upon hay,
but they use too much hay, because
they either waste other uluable
foods, or do not prepare such for the
stock. If a bushel ot carrots can be
reduced almost as fast us they can
be ted Into the chopper, as may be
done, the labor ot cutting them is
very Inexpensive, and the benefit ot
reeding a variety will be very nuiicv-able.
I can conceive no difference com
parable to that between a smooth
and rough sea, except that which Is
between a mind calmed by the love
of God and one torn up by the storms
of earthly passions. John Wesley.
Fill your memory with "words of
eternal life." You will need them in
tho dark and lonesomo hours of life.
Then they will shine out like stars.
They will speak In the solitudes with
infinite sweetness and power. Guthrie.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR AITO. 4 BY THE
UKV. I. W. HENDERSON.
"As a man thlnkotb in bi3 heart,
so he Is," and the more his vital un
dertakings are hitched to the second
hand of temporary clockwork, the
more feebly he goeB and the more
liable he Is to get out of order.
Homo Herald.
Very sincere people are always ac
cused of standing on their heads and
things of that kind -ot talking for
effect. I have come to the conclusion
,that people who never Btand on tnelr
headi are the people who have no
heads to stand on. O. K. Chester-tou.
Subject: The Tabernacle, Ex. 40:1.
18, 3J-;8 Golden Text, Ex.
DO: 84 Memory Verses, I -:.-.
Commentary.
The tabernacle that Moses set up
In the midst of the journeying peo
ple of Israel after the commands of
Jehovah concretely and vividly ex
presses and exemplifies tho concep
tion of the relation between Ood and
Israel that was dominant at. the
time. It may perhaps be difficult for
many to become very acutely Inter
ested In tho study of the fashion of
the tent and Its furnishings. But
that will be largely because we fall
to grasp the underlying and uni
versal religious needs and expe
riences of which the structure In all
Its parts is an objective representa
tion. The tabernacle represents In
outward fashion the central and con
trolling relivious fact of all the ages
that God Is in the midst of His peo
ple. It represents the outworking of
subjective religious experiences into
outward and material expressions.
It symbolizes in its furnishings
many lasting and precious spiritual
truths. We shall be foolish it we
do not learn spiritual lessons and per
ceive spiritual meanings and secure
spiritual instruction and comfort as
we study this Scripture. .The ark, the
vail, the Incense, the burnt offering,
the oil, the consecration of the priest,
surely the mention of each should
supply us with suggestive thought.
In verso 2 In the authorized ver
sion the Scripture Is translated "tent
l of the congregation." The revised
version properly translates these
words) "tent of the meeting." And
the change Is as suggestive as It Is
corrective. Here Indeed In a word
Is given the reason for the taber
nacle; here In a word Is described
the use to which It was to be put
and was put by the chosen people
of God. "Meeting." Hero they met
Jehovah In that peculiarly sacred
manner that was a distinguishing
feature of their religious expression.
Here they met Jehovah in the holiest
and moBt satisfying manner. Here
they met God. It was Indeed a place
of meeting. A tent dedicated to
meeting from time to time with Ood
Himself. It was also the plac9 where
they gathered in the expression of
their common religious longings and
for the exercise in an especial manner
of their spiritual Inclinations.
Everything within and about the
tabernacle was to be holy. All that
went Into the servlceof God was holy.
And It was wise that such an emphasis
should be laid. The Isrnelltes hart
I long been living In the midst of a
people whose religion was not what
it might have been. There was every
danger as we have seen in previous
lessons that they would get to have
u shallow conception of religious
truth and that they would place a
light valuation upon those things
that are religiously most essential to
humanity. The tabernacle simply
exemplified to them what should be
the hallowedness of their own lives.
It kept constantly before them the
value and the beauty of holiness. It
emphasized in no uncertain fashion
that only that which was pure
and undefiled was ot highest use to
God. It stood as a constant rebuke
to personal or national um leanness
and unworthiness of mind or heart
or soul. They met the hallowed al
tar of sacrifice as they approached
the sacred precincts of the taber
nacle. The sacrifice enforced the les
son of personal responsibility before
God and the need for personal con
fession of sin as tho primal requisite
for entrance into the presence of
God. As with the altar of sacrifice
so with every other bit of material
in and about the tabernacle. By a
process ot association all was exem
plary. We note also that the priest who
was to officiate in the services of the
temple was to be washed and
anointed and sanctified. And that
was a valuable regulation. The
priesthood of the surrounding na
tions were not always men of the
deepest spiritual experience or the
most consecrated. Judging from the
previous lessons Aaron needed the
washing and the anointing and the
sanctifying to make him properly ap
preciative of the high office to which
in God's providence he had been
called. A clean priesthood is as
necessary to God as a clean people
and u clean and holy temple.
It Is also noticeable that as soon
as God's commands were complied
wlkh Israel enterea Into a new ex
perience of God. Verse 33 tells us
fhat "Moses finished the work."
Verse 34 relates that "then the cloud
covered the tent of meeting and the
glory of the Lord filled the taber
nacle." Further comment Is unnec
essary. All that the tabernacle was we
ought to be ourselves. All that It
symbolized we as living temples
ought to exemplify. God should find
in us the sacrifice of a clean heart
and of a contrite spirit and should
be able out of ub to construct a tem
ple holy to Himself. All that the tab
ernacle was Christ Is to us. May
God give as all the vision to sec;
many precious and helpful truths in
the lesson for the day. For In that
which is usually considered pretty
dry reading we may discover much
that. Is helpful and Instructive and
suggestive. Under the guidance of
the Spirit of God we may have un
thought ot beauties tevealed to us.
Farms of Several Stories.
Not long ago, the writer vlsitod a
poultry farm in Attleboro, Mass.,
where the poultry had the run of a
large orchard, and blackberries were
grown extensively among the trees,
thus giving three distinct products of
tho poultry, blackberries and the
trees. The owners call It a three
story farm. But a Missouri farmer,
according to all accounts, goes one
better with a four story farm. He
has a One clover field; beneath the
clover is one of tho richest beds of
coal and below the coal Is a fine bed
of shale, from which excellent build
ing brick Is made. In and above the
clover is an apple orchard from which
there is an abundant crop of fruit.
This makes a fodr story farm, coal,
shale, clover and apples. For the
sake ot making a record, he might
keep poultry and raise cane fruits
on the same lot, adding a couple of
stories to the farm. Boston Cultivator.
Rest and Work.
While the Master says, "Come and
rest, ".He is sure to also say, "0-0
and work.
BUSYBODIES.
"I never saw such a rubber-neck,"
sneered Mrs. Gabble. "Just because
the doctor stopped at our house yes
terday she Immediately wanted to
know what was the matter."
"Yes," replied Mrs. Naybor; "I
wonder how sho'd like the rest of ns
to be that curious about her. You
know the doctor stopped at her house
to-day, too."
"You dou't say? I wonder wliat'a
the matter there?'' Cacholio Stand
ard and Times.
THE PROPER LOCATION.
Hojax- "I haven't seen you for
nearly a year. Where are you locat
ed now?"
" Tomdlx "In New York Cltr."
"What are you doing"
"Trying to make an honest living."
"Well, you ought to succeed there.
You have 110 ntHlOHiHnn m-.it-tl. man.
tionlng." Chicago N