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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27.
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jliiJTME: PAMOOS DMNfc..
Subject : Children.
Brooklyn, N, Y. Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Hamburg avenue and Welrfleld street, on the above theme, the pastor,
Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, took as his text Matt. 18:3, "Little chil
dren." He Mid:
The Bible Is a book for the child. I had almost said It Is a children s
book. It Is written In the language of the child for the most part and its
themes are so treated as almost entirely to be Intelligible to youth. Its
Dreeents are for them. Its admonitions to adults are Importantly In the
interest of childhood. Its counsels aro largely to the younc. Its history j innings when loyal to him. But
The Foundation and Purpose of the
Church (Eph. 2: 19-22).
Pnssnges for reference: Psa. 102:
tlj Isn. Ml 1-10; Hob. 12: 22 24:
Rph. 1: 10. 22. 23: Zeeh. 14: 8.
Paul Is compelled steadily to write
reassuring messages to his Gentile
converts. The Jurinlzlng party at
Jerusalem are undertaking to make
their rule supreme In the so-called
saving ritual forms, as Rome after
ward did to a. large degree. Israel
wbs originally the Theocracy, tho
''household of God." ("Sod's consecrat
ed people, who were showered with
Tests For Tubercular Milk.
Before the American Veterinary
Medical Association at Kansas City,
Mr. S. H. OullUland, of Marietta. Pa.,
described the effect of the test for
tuberculosis on the lactation of milk
ia fascinating when properly delivered to the pottUt. Its stories are fertile j r-,rst has made It possible for all rows. He sali that In experiments
for Inspiration to the mind and soul of tho child. Its invitation is to mu . to (,ntr tl,lg rlni,8 Through him we
child In years and to tho childlike in heart alike. 0 to tM, Father (verso 18). Then
The greatest single character with whom the P.lble has to deal was no ,on,pr "temporary guests"
and Is superlatively Interested In Me cb'lcl. r or wnatover emo jesus war, , ,...tl..nprh) nor folk "living In the
He was supremely keen In Hh appreciation of children, consummately ' . ' . . ftS cMwM-
or men- i ,.. ... ... ..,... i,i.
but are 'fellow-rltl-
.v ; t . ... I - . ' l. 111b n(,Hn . r ...... a,.. 1 ihum hrn.DtiiinftnMv rnnsi'fotls
L. 1 1 1 1 , .t . . 1 1 1 r i 1 1. aito ... ma - iu" ni 11 ... ..... . j . ........ . . .
. ... . j ., ...... .i .u.i. aia un i ( Ion Igners 1.
Ultimate vaiue. lie ioeu mem ueuei iii.ui lutu iai tu ... - ,.., n nrviloee
our children more than we can ever love them. For He saw In the child I rens. on the same .lane of privilege
whom He took In His arms more than Its mother hrfd capacity to distent.
He sees In our children mora than we, scientific students after a fashion of
children as we are, dream. Jesus tew the soul value of ths child, the
eternal relationship of the being of the child to the eternal kingdom of
Almighty God, far more clearly than any man before His time and far moi I
plainly than we have, with all our wisdom and attainments In an age of
I nnd power ns members of the orig
inal "family" ("household ) of God.
' Saints" ure not made by appoint
ment or Inheritance, but by "moral
goodness" (see Greek). These privl- j
on 658 cows none of the healthy ant
mals showed any decrease in the
amount of milk produced. Animals
that were tubercular showed a de
crease as soon a'; the tests were be
gun. He said there should be no
fear on the part of dairymen to have
their cattle tested.
surpassing scholarship and Investigation, taken the trouble to see. And It , tllp teachings of the "apostles and
Pencil Mildew.
Tho Colorado experiment station
leges come because we have followed I has been paying special attention
prophets" having been "gathered to
gether into the church by me apos
tles' preaching of tho gospel"
I (Thayer). The ''apostle" Is "one
j sent forth with orders," nnd the
I "prophet" Is "one through whom God
spenks." The reference Is probably
our lives by "Jesus Christ, the cor
ner stone. He also holds even di
vergent classes like the Jews and
Gentiles together as the cprner stone
does two walls. All beliefs, groups
and Individuals, when properly shaped
(see 1 Kings 8: 7) by faith, life s
experiences and activities, are ''fitly
framed" and grow Into God's new
Israel ("holy"). Hut It "groweth" j
and we nie to prepare nnd add ma
(rial, aatheilng It wherever we may.
recognizing that as there was no i
curse or exclusion on the Gentiles, so ,
there Is none on the heathen or out- '
casts tu-day.
la not BtranKo that Jesus should have placed a high estimate upon the
child It is not at all wonderful that He should have given special atten
tion to children.
For the child Is the most important and most promising as the most,
numerous element In the human race. Ho Is Inescapable. He Is the hope
of the race. He Is tho field of our largest expectations. He Is tho largest
reason for the endeavor and activity of the world. No man can overesti
mate nn mn nhmiM ii nil presfl trmte the child, ns a factor In human his
tory and In the future of humanity. He is worth all our care, worthy of all limited to the present, though It may
of our expenditure of effort, time nnd money, worthy of a far more dls- j take In the past, since Paul Is proving
crimlnatine nnd assiduous Hdentlflc study than he has ever bean given, the right of the pennies w iiwien-
As the result of the aces and the progenitor of the future of humanity . tnnce with the Jews. We square
the child of to-day Is entitled to the best breeding that possibly he can re
ceive. His parentage should be far more the concern of society than It Is.
For tho child has largest relations with the society at large, nnd society
has a claim upon him which no family tl", no matter how sacred and benu
tlful that tie may be or Just, can nullify or d"ny. So long as children con
stitute an integral and Important part of the social system, so long society
will be under compulsion, to them as a matter of obligation and to Itself
as a matter of self-concern, to procura for every child V at is born Into
the world the best birth that call be obtained. That Is to say. that It ought,
to be Impossible for a man to be permitted lo get drunk by tho consent of
the State so that in a state of maudlin Intoxication he may bo able to send
n soul Into the world. That is to say, that, it ought to bs beyond the pale of
possibility for any person who Is menially, morally or physically Unfitted
for the duties of parentage to enter Into the contractual relations of wed
lock. The State ought, and !s under obligation, to provide for the future.
The field of prenatal influence is one which is too lnrgelv neglected.
And yet, under the guidance of the wisdom of God. and in fidelity to tho
Gospel of Jesus Christ, theto Is no more wonderful, as there Is no morn
fruitful or sacred, field for study and research, than the 1 1 r of humanity In
the fashioning. Why should we bo so eternally mawkish? God mad-- us!
And shall we be aahamed of the wonderworking, of the handicraft of
deity? A woman should be ashamed not to know, a father should be
ashamed to neglect, the everlasting truth of God that t prenatal life of
a child has more Influence upon Its character and conditio, Its physical,
mental, moral and anlritual rapacities, than all the Inlluences of after life
combined can over have. Knowing this we 3hall bo more careful not to
curse our children before we send them Into the face of the hardships a"d
trials of this earthly pilgrimage, trusting to the Influents of tho after Ufa
to overbalance and to eradicate those qualities that are, by our own un
wisdom, quite Ineradicable.
Children deserve study and they amply repay It. The Government
spends good money and much of It to study crops and C0W3 and sowers at:d
trolleys and posts and ships. It spends generous appropriations to make
two ears of corn grow where one grew before, to eradicate lice on plants,
to destroy the.pe3ts that destroy products that are valuable commercially.
It teaches the horse breeder how to develop the horse and the farm".- how
scientifically to fertilize end plent and till and harvest and reap. Multi
tudes of men know more nbout the fine roirts of a dog than they do RbOttt
the points of a child and how to develop them. But with a delightful lack
of the sense of nropo-tton and of the propriety of tilings we give spas
modic, poorly supported scientific; examinations Into the nature of the
child, the best way to breed him, the best wav to develop him. ihe best
way to Improve htm. And so wo pafik them off to the miles or we pack
them with the same nuninl filling In the schools. Wo aro too busy o:'
too lazy to understand them. The veterinarian for the dog (hat growls!
for the child, the lash. And simply because wo do not understand or tah I
the trouble to. It Is not badness in us so much as confession of total In-
capacity to know Just what else to do. No two children are nllke. No ' ta i
of the same parentaga are all'.to. Why, therefore, should we ! -il with j
them alike? No man would catalog a dachshund In the sauii? Class With a ,
spaniel. Why, then, shall we class our children with nothing pave a ; n to
differentiate their scholastic ability? Why group dull boys and bright to- i
gether simply becaus? they happen to be of an age? Why group boys
and girls of diverse tastes in the samj category? Why? Beca'ir? ws are
either ton Imnoteot or lc.zv to devise a better way.
Children should not only bo studied, but they should have their rights
maintained. Their interests shoAtld be guarded. Their prerogative;
should he conserved. No man should be permitted to steal their youth, no
matter how profitable It may Immediately be. It Is a bad bargain In tho
long run to allow It. No man sliould bo permitted to give them the tasti
for drink or tt) gratifv it. It '3 demoralizing. No man should be permit! I'l
to plv a business which will ruin their bodies nnd destroy their soul;' Ka
expediency and no private or political consideration whatsoever should be
permitted to Intrude itself between them and the fullest posstbl d IV ';
ment of their faculties. If we cannot have coal without children b ling
damned, then let us go without it. If w cannot have windows Without
children being dnnnieJ, then let ns go without them. If we cannot have
clothes except at tiie expense of the soul can-era of the youth of Am 'vlnc.
then let ns go naked. It were far hotter that a mill stone :hould bo hung
about our neck3 and that we should be drowned In tho depths of tho sea
than that, by any fault or consent of ours God's little ones should be de
prived of the fulness of life and of life eternal.
There Is nothing more criminal than the isnoranco of their physical
beings that so many children have. Many a boy would be'kept from the
path that tends toward vice, many n girl whose life is wrecked or Is belli!;
cast upon the rocks of wickedness would bo kept from the way that leadeth
. to perdition, If a little careful, wholesomo parental advice had been given
to peach mildew. Mildew 1b a
fungus disease that, affects plants
The bulletin says It Is not a serious
disease and can easily be controlled
by spraying with a standard fungi
cide. The application should be
thorough and rhould be done during
fair weather. Trees with an open
head that follow free circulation of
air and light suffer the least Injury.
Setting to distances that will allow
free circulation o air around the
tracs Is also desirable. Fa-u-rs'
lone . ou. .ial.
Making Haystacks Snfe.
When hay Is stacked, It will keep
better and waste less If put In as
large stacks as possible. It Is often
convenient to let animals feed out of
the stack, and unless something is
done to prevent It, there Ib dnnger of
their undermining tho stack and be-
OCTOBER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
Topic Foreign missions: The Kihg.
dorn of Christ in Europe.
Acts 16: 6-15.
Early European missions. Acts j
16: 26-31.
Opposition. Acts 1": "-9.
Receptive hearers. Acts 17: 10-12
Itching ears. Acts 17: 16-21.
Converts. Acts 17: 32-34.
Helpers. Acts 18: Ml.
Shut doors are as Important to the
Christian as open doors, where not
to go ns where to go.
The Macedonian vision Is the high
est honor that can come to any mnn,
fcr It comes only to Pauline men.
Hnvlng seen the vision, straightway
to seek to obey that Is the essence
of Chrlsllnn Endeavor.
It Is ours merely to approach
hearts with the gospel; It Is God's
part to Open them to us.
Mission Notes from Europe.
In Spain there Is one teacher for
every 460 of the population, one
priest for every 400, one monk or
nun for every 200. and one school
house for every 2.200!
The three Protestant denomina
tions In llohemla have wisely formed
n union for the defense of their
faith.
The final separation of church nnd
state in France Is one of the most Im
portant events In the history of re
ligion, and gives great opportunities
for Protestantism.
A great Moslem mosque Is planned
for Loudon, and there Is one already
In Llvorpool, supported by Moslem
converts from Christianity.
During the six years from 1899 to
the end of 1904. the Protestant
churches of Austria made a net gain
of 24.238 members, nearly all being
converts from Romanism.
In one hundred years Protestant
church buildings In France have In
creased from 50 to 1,300; pastors
shod as nature would have It. Dur
ing the summer months the horse
should be shod with plates In front,
with the heel cut real low, thus re
lieving the frog pressure of the foot.
Then there should be care taken that
the smith who shoes the horse should
not burn the hoof with the hot shoes,
which cannot help being Injurious to
the ho.
In caring for the hoof .he use of
some soft oil, would prefer the use of
tallow, well rubbed In just at the
upper edge of the hoof, will often
strengthen the growth an! help to
sustain the foot, and where life Is
there Is growth. When the horse Is
allowed to be out In the dew It will
often prove Injurious to the hoof.
Care should be taken that the horse
used on the rued should not be al
lowed to run In the dew, as If so he
will have hard and dry hoofs. Keep
the hoof In a growing condition. T
E. K., In the Indiana Farmer.
To Hold Sheets.
Sheets will stay In place on the mat
tress by sewing three large buttons
on the head end and foot end of the
bed, on the under odge of mattress.
If the same size sheet Is to go on
either side of bed sew loops of white
the same distance apart. New York
Journal.
Care of Piano.
Don't place your piano. If yon
value It, near the windows. The
varying temperature will In time play
havoc with the strings, etc. Another
bad position Is where one end will be
near the fire and the other exposed
to the draft from the door or window.
New York Journal.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
fXTERN ATTOTfAT, I,ESSOrT COM.
MKMN I OH OCT. 27 BV THE
HEV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Washing the Dishes.
Dlsh-washlng need be done but
once a day. If dishes are cleaned
with the pliable blade of a palette
knife they can bo put away In neat
piles an washed as one task. There
nro dlsh-wnshers which save the
hands and require no towels In dry
ing, the dishes being rinsed and left
to dry. One of my maids told me
that the castles of Ireland, the part
from which she hailed, were supplied
with Ideal kitchens equipped with
racks where dishes were left to dry.
Nature and Insects. j The china and glass were of the finest
Before man placed the woods and I kind, there was a large quantity in
prairies under cultivation, excessive I both and this process kept the pieces
Increase of any insect species was I bright. Why do we still cling to the
perhaps unknown, or, at most, very dlBh towel? Betty Bradeen, In the
rare.
Nature has always provided forces
which operate against each other, at
it were, and Insects, as with othei
creatures, a balance between th
numbers of different species has been
maintained.
Modern methods of farming have
often decreased the natural enemies
of Injurious insects, and in othei
cases have afforded condition - favor
ing tho rapid multiplication of In
sect3 not formerly present In danger
ous numbers.
The practical entomologist of to
day, while not discounting the value
of polsonB and sprays as Implements
of war against the six-footed host,
recognizes that really satisfactory
control is brought about by a partial
or total restoration of the conditions
under which nature formerly pre
vented the different species from be
coming too numerous. The entomol
ogist accordingly studies parasitic en
emies und diseases which destroy the
Injurious Insects, and oftentimes he
Is enabled to encourage tho parasites
to such an extent that they largely
or entirely control tho injurious
forms. Coleman's Rural World.
-w Have Register.
Keeping a Stack From Falling.
coming suddenly burled under it,
hence the importance of securing the
stack, as shown In the illustration.
The hay is stacked around a stout
pole In the centre, explains Farm and
Home, the top o" which is allowed to
project enough ho that three ropes or
heavy wires ran be attached to It and
the other ends of them fastened to
stakes driven securely into the
round.
Dreed Draft Horses.
There t a greater inclination to uo
1 more bleeding of draft horses than
for several years. Many will increase
this class of breeding next spring."1
I This is due to tht fact that there Is a
steady advance In the demand and
prices '-f good draft horses both in
this country anil in Europe.
Tho American draft horse has
achieved th. dlttiMtion of bolng the
leading market horse, the Industrial
horse of tho r.ge that breeds Into
more money, whether grade or pure
j bred, than the grades or pure breds
of any other stock. He has brought
n new prosperity to the farm never
before accorded to American horse
breeding.- -Indiana Farmer.
Value of Nitrogen,
Nitrogen is one of the principal
upon the sacred operations of our nhyaical beings. It is no wonder that so , rom 12n t0 nearly 1.(00; besides 200 1 needs of a plant. Itlsworth, commei
manv boys fall into e.u.wayR ana tnai so many gins are uoomeu iu m- evangelists.
The Lutherans have hi.Oii
churrhes. with 35,840 pastors and 70.
158,727 members.
RusBla exceeds all other countries
fn the amount of free railway trans-
1 portatlon given to lllbles In aid of j the roo.. of clover and other legur
the Protestant llible Societies.
The greatest of all missionary
societies Is the Church Missionary
Society of England, with Its 1,356
missionaries, and Its yearly Income
of nearly two million dollars.
"SNAPPING " A MUSKRAT FIGHT.
All night long the splashing noise
and querulous cry of tho fighting
life that is Worse than death when so many fathers and mothers, so many
Christian fathers and mothers, are so unnecessarily and so mistakenly, I
had almosi said so crisalnally, modest. For I know whereof I speak when
I say that what a bov or girl falls to learn in a decent and godly manner
from a father or mother Is gathered in a wholly vicious and ungodly man
ner or in the hard school of unnecessary experience.
Children should be instructed and Inspired Intellectually. Tli child
is enti led to the finest results of the Intellectual advances of the ages. It
is for us to starL the child whore wo have left off. All that precedes is
simply of historic Interest. It is explanatory. It is Indicative, It is exem
plary. But it should be only that. The less the retrogression our children :
make as practical laborers for the advancement of the world, the faster j
will be the progress of humanity toward the kingdom of Almighty God. j
Hut much as our children need to be Instructed physically and Intel
lectually, still more do they require moral nnd spiritual guiding. For the j
social order depends upon a clean manhood und womanhood. The sou!
life of the world Is dependent upon the clarity of the spiritual vision and ,
nleiiness of evi tv human soul. Nothing is more important
than that we should Ineulente Into tho minds ami souls oi our youin a males WOU1U come iwo our suauiy
proper conception of the moral and Eplrltual realities of the universe. We windows, and day by day we haunted
shall be indeed childish if wo think they can mature properly in theso j tne ue,.r.eK( ,ays at)d swamps, hoping
fields without experienced and export guidance. The moral training of the to ( picture Of a combat,
formative years of n child's development will persist; the spiritual train- , . . ,haneo ave ,ls the oppor
lng that we afford our children In their callowest youth Is the training that f ' had iiana- ed to t a
will endure. Nothing can eradicate It. and, with proper safeguarding and I WW- We had manaed to get a
guidance nothing in later life will bo utile to overthrow It. The moral fair picture of a male muskrat as he
a'nd spiritual development und culturlng of the child pays eternal dlvl- i came swimming up-stream, and we
,-:,.,! I still stood watching him. He was
It is not nfteient that we Bhall Instruct our children. It Is needful j g0 close to us that we could see his
that we shall take care that they be not misled or made to stumble. It Is
idle to Instinct, the while we propagate and fostei1 and palliate temptations
tbnt bttnek the very Qualities we have been culturlng. He is a poor cotton
raiser who tests the quality of his cotton and the resistance of the plant
With the boll-worm. Not otherwise Is lie a silly preceptor oi me bum who
tests the moral and spiritual vigor of the child with the factory, ihe dram
shop and the woman of the unclean life.
Children are naturally grateful to Almighty God. They may be
easiest fitted to His kingdom. They are openmlnded. They are expectant.
Their hoarts are tender. Their souls are responsive to the invitations and
ministrations of the Spirit. They welcome knowledge. They are without
conceit.
They are worthy of imitation. Their readiness to bo Informed, their
susceptibility to divine Impulses, their simplicity, their Inaccessibility to
Importunate truth are patterns for us.. If wo would rest upon the boiom
of a loving Lord wo must be like them. If we would know God and enjoy
Him we must become as a little child.
dally, about twenty cents a pound
The air is eighty per cent, nitrogen,
and yet plants cannot use It In the
form In which :t appears In the at
mosphere. Obtain bacteria, If in
troduced into the soil, will work on
High Realities.
The search after truth is the most
necessary of all the means to the
ends of life. It Is hard to conceive of
one as having really lived lu this
world who has not possessed himself
of its high realities. This Is whut the
scriptures say to us in ceaseless itera
tion, and thi.s la what men say to
us who have anything to say which
we care to hear. Rev. W. J. Tucker,
Baptist, Hanover, N. H.
In the Secret.
Cliuraett-i' Day by Day.
Day by day all of us are writing
our cbaractera upon the things
around us. Why should we be sur
prised when the Holy Spirit writes
His character upon the hous In
which we dwell? Rov. J. G. Boau
champ. Deud.'UN Hearing.
Qod does not cease to speak, but
the noise of the creatures without
and of our passions within confuses
"hands" held together at his breast,
just In tho churn of the water, and
his legs kicking out very much after
the manner of a frog when swimming.
Suddenly he dived down through thu
clean water to a tiny randbar and
ploked up a dam with ills hands. It
was fully two minutes by our watch
before he came to the surface again.
He sat within fifty feet of us turning
the dam over and over. Then he In
cised It with his strong teeth and tore
it opon. lie had only just swallowed
the Juicy bivalve when another musk
rat, intent on stealing It, dashed
across thu bay.
There was a sharp, chattering cry
InouB plants, ta te the nitrogen from
the atmosphere, and convert It into
plant food. Our bacteriologist prop
agates in his laboratory and Supplies
in small bottles millions of these
nitrogen forming bacteria, which may
be spread upon the seed be,ore It is
sown, and thus Introduce Into the soil
ineso nitrate lormlng bacteria. A
r.rop of clover will leave lu the soil
In the root' alone about fifty pounds
of nitrogen per gore. Thus the plant
food supplied to the soil by a crop of
clover lu $10 per acre in one year,
and the fa: titer lias the clover crop,
tops, and leaves to the good. This,
if practised on every farm, would
mean millions each year to the far
mer. Weekly Witness.
Cooling Milk.
One of the most general methods
adopted for cooling milk is to place
the cans In a vat. containing water
which reaches a point slightly above
surface of milk. The wuter may be
kept cool by running fresh water
from well or spring through the vat,
carrying off the heat as it passes the
sides of the milk cans. Tho cold
water should enter the vat at the
bottom and the varm be drawn off
from the top. If the water is al
lowed to run constantly through tho
vat it would not be well to have the
vat contain more than from one to
two times as much water as there Is
milk to be cooled. If the supply ot
water Is limited and cannot be al
lowed to run constantly, then the vol
ume of water should be at least two
or three times tho volume of ihe mil'.:
to be cooled. Where Ice is ..vallable,
the water will be kept cold by addi
tion of Ice instead of cold water, and
the volume of water should not be
more than that of the milk to be
cooled.
The milk should be stirred occa
sionally but not vigorously while be
ing cooled. It would hasten cooling
to insert In the centre of the milk a
barrel-shaped can containing cold
or Ice water.
Arrange the details of your cooling
method .o suit Individual circumstan
ces, keeping In mind the necessity for
removing tho animal heat
and cooling to as low a temper
as your water Ice will permit. Cool,
and cool quickly.
Insist upon all your co-patrons
cooling carefully. Every can of milk
entering a lot of cheese or butter
should b- properly cooled If the make
Is to be of high standard. One can
of inferior milk will spoil 'the fine
flavor of the whole. One make of
poorer grade than the standard of
the factory will affect adversely the
reputation of that factory.
Eternal vigilance will be tho price
of our advance to and maintenance of
tho first place as producers oi high
class dairy products. Bulletin, On
tario Deptmm.Ut of Agriculture.
Cows love Each Other.
"Do cows love home?" is the ques
tion asked by Prof. Qowell in the
New England Farmer. His reply to
the question Is as follows: "One of
the meanest acts of my life, the one
A Great Help.
If you wish never to fall to get
light pot-pie, have a shallow steamer
made that will fit Inside the kettle
and come up Just even with the top.
The liquor will boll up over the
dumplings, but they are not sub
merged, which makes them heavy.
To bake two kinds of bread or cake
in a tin, fit a section of heavy card
board crosswise In the centre of a
brick-shaped tin, or better, get a
tinner to solder In a piece of tin.
With the card-board, which should
be well greased on both sides, only
bread or cako can be baked, but with
the tin, meat may be cooked in one
partition, beans or a vegetable in
the other.
Akin to this is the divided spider,
to use with a hand coal-oil stove. It
has three tin receptacles, each with
cover and handle, so shaped that
they fit together In tho shape of a
spider. Meat can be boiled In one, a
vegetable In another, and in the
third, water be heating for tea and
dish-water. Any one of these can be
removed when the contents are done.
This is a great help In winter, as well
as in summer when one does not wish
to keep up the flre in the kitchen
stovs. Sarah E. Wilcox, in The
Country Gentleman.
For the Home Sciver.
Don't stitch the pleats on a skirt
before first trying tho garment on.
Don't expect any skirt, coat or
dress to look well unless thoroughly
pressed while In the course of con
struction nnd when completed.
Don't dampen silk when pressing.
A moderate hot Iron, with cloth or
paper between the garment and tho
Iron, when the pressing Is done on
the right side, should he used.
Don't double the materials in mak
ing folds for trimming skirt; cut
them singly, allowing enough extra
1 width for a very narrow hem at the
I top and bottom.
Don't stitch skirt seams all In one
i direction. The bias side should be
j held uppermost, which means that
j the seams of half the skirt should be
stitched from top to bottom and the
! other half from bottom to top.
Don't attempt to stitch long seams,
bias, or bias against a straight seam,
without basting. A basting stitch
Baves u great many fulling up of ma
terials and puckering up of seams,
which any amount of pressing can
not do away with.
Don't forget that a snipping or
nnlhlnv nf tha ...... ..... V... 1 . it
quickly " oott.ua umc mill
T. a.,.Q particularly with a Belvage edge form-
Limuie , .... .
ins "e Biue oi me seam, will coun
teract the shrinking tendencies when
seams are dampened and pressed.
When the selvage shows u puckered
or drawn effect In the goods It is bet
ter to cut it away before starting the
garment. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tlu Horse and His Hoof.
It is no longer a question as to
whether thtj horse's hoof should be
given special cure that he should be
enabled to render longer and satis
factory service to his master, as well
as to have comfort to himself. We
are now where It is not necssury
that the horse must be shod only one
or two times during the twelve
mouths, as In early days, but be must
be kept with shoes on the entire
twelve months.
The question comes, should not the
hoof of the hoiBe receive as much
careful attention as any othei part ol
I llcl D w ao n diiqi i, i:uni VI1HK i . ... . j .. ,. .1. .
.... . , . ,. . . I his bod, as If the hoof gives away.
AlOW, plan ive whine followed and what y)UJ, h(jrse woh, J'
Those who fellowship with His suf- t us and prevents our hearing. Fuue
ferings are iu the secrets of His will. I Ion.
with hair bristling and eyes flashing
they stood erect and tore at each oth
er. Biting, scratching, tearing, they
rolled around, but the spot was too
distant for us to focue It. Finally,
however, locked in each other's paws,
they fell Into the stream. Still tear
ing savagely a each other thoy fought
their way past us, unnoticlng. They
had given qa a unique picture.
From "Hunting the Muskrat With a
Camera," by Bonuycastls Dale, la The
Outlu. Magazine.
Karly
shoeing oftentimes stops the develop
ment of the hoof and gives to the
horse a much smaller foot than other
wise it would have been.
Again, tho borse has been allowed
to go without shoes until the outside
wall of the foot becomee broken and
split; the inward covering qf the In
side construction of the foot becomes
so thin, which often results tu bruised
tendons and ofteu is followed with
Corns and chronic lameness.
When possible the hoisa should be
Cheese Jtalls Heat the cheese un
til melted to tht, consistency of chew
ing gum, then mold to the shape ot
an oval bou bon and press a nut meat
In centre.
Chicken Broth. Take an old fowl
I would give most to forget, was the ' M makes better broth than a young
selling of an old cow that I had raUcd ' one- " not lo old), weigh It and
from calfhood. Every time she could j cut W into small pieces, removing the
break away from her new home she ! 8km ttnd cracking the bones well,
would como back to us, sometimes 1 Proceed as with "stoek." Next day,
through the rough storms ot winter, ' or "hen thoroughly cool, take off
because she was homesick. Were i ""' ' and to h one and one-half
you ever homesick?" I quarta of 'stock allow a tablespoonful
in reply to the question "Do cows , ot rBW rl?e- Proceed as with mutton
love each other?" he says: "We have , broth. Add a little parsley, i
a four-year-old Shorthorn, a great, I Currant Cuke. One cup butter,
luscious, handsome roun; and an- I two ops sugar. Beat together, then
other, one of the most beautiful five- add one egg, one cup milk, one cup
year-old Guernseys that I know of, flour, thon one egg, one cup flour,
I then one egg, one cup flour, then one
egg, one cup flour, one teaspoon
cream tartar, one-half spoon soda,
nutmeg and currants. This makes
two loaves lu one. Put currants in
the other one Four eggs In all.
Ham und Tomatoes. When there
Is a little meat left on a ham bone,
a palatable dish can be made from
It. Take six good sized tomatoes
I and hollow out tne centres. Fill with
I onion itel ham, chopped fine, and a
few bretfl crumbs. Season with salt
and pepper. Cover the opening on
top with a thin slice of ham, and drop
a spat of butler on each. Bake In a
buttered tin pan until tomatoes are
done.
Subject: Caleb's Faithfulness Re,
warded, Josh. 14:0-11) Oolden
Text, Matt. OB: 28 Memory
Verses, 7, 8 Commentary.
Caleb's reward Is Indicative of the
faithfulness of Jehovah to actualize
His promises. Caleb had been a care
ful and courageous Investigator and
reporter in the days when Moses
wished to know of the character of
the land and the people of Canaan
(Cf. lesson for September 1). He
had valiantly and consistently main
tained a spirit of optimism and of as
sistance to Moses when Israel's daya
worn dark. God had promised him
that he should live to see the realiza
tion of his dreams, the fulfillment of
his prophecies, the fructifying of the
hopes of his people. And the prom
ise Is kept.
God's promises were effective In
the life of Caleb for the reason that
Is stated In the fourteenth verse of
the les8on-T-"because he wholly fol
lowed the Lord Ood of Israel." That
was the ground of promise. It was
the ground also for the realizing of
i the promise. God makes few prom
ises to poor followers. There can be
no promises to those who refuse to
do His will. The promises ot God
are many and beautiful and possible
ot fulfillment In the lives of those
who, after the pattern of Caleb,
wholly followed the Lord God. Ca
leb heard the voice of God because
he lived for God and within Ood, and
had confidence In Him. The prom
ises of Jehovah were completed for
him because he was steadfast in the
divine life and continued and ex
panded In his faith In Qod. Caleb
had an abiding belief In the Integrity
of God. Therefore God was able to
' speak plain words to him. The man
i who doubts Ood never hears the sub
I llmest messages Jehovah sends to
; men. Only the souls who believe on
! Htm, who trust Him, who obey Him,
1 who are faithful to Him, hear, or are
I able to hear, the messages, the prom
' lses, the confidences of God. It could
I not be otherwise. It Is not otherwise.
The twelfth verse Illuminates the
character of Caleb. The Anaklm en
trenched among the hills were the
! most formidable enemies with which
Israel was called upon to deal. They
were most powerful and to be feared.
They were the sort of opponents that
Caleb chose. He wanted no easy task,
j His arm was mightiest and his heart
most courageous against the most ter
I rlfylng foes. As he possessed extra
j ordinary strength and faith so he de
sired the most dangerous expeditions,
i His truat in God excelled any awe he
may have had for hla foes. His con-
fldence In the enabling of Jehovah
; made him fearless where others
might have been afraid.
Caleb requested the Infested moun
tain of the Anaklm as his portion.
The sons of Anak were to fly before
his prowess and the power of his God.
Trusting In the promises of God his
j Lord, Caleb demanded Hebron for
! an Inheritance and was certain of his
ability to conquer and to hold it.
; What to him were giants and cities
1 great and fenced. He would under
I God overthrow the giants and de-
stroy their cities and topple down
1 their walls.
Those characteristics in tho person
i alities of Caleb and God that the los
I son unfolds are applicable to pros
I ent conditions and tho modern life.
If they are not they aro hardly
! worth the study of those who
I aro engrossed with the cares of
to-day and tho expectations of
to-morrow, who are compelled to
live and to labor In tho days that
are. if they are not they aro sub
jects most for the historian and tho
study. Those Sunday-school lessons
that do not relato themselves to the
I needs and the men of to-day, that do
: not apply themselves with readiness
to the solution und explication of the
problems of the modern world ought
to bo laid aside. But this lesson is
relative, It applies.
' For the fatthfr.iness of a promis
I ing Father is dally proven. Multi
tudes daliy tct Him and And Him
i trustworthy. He Is as faithful to
j us as He was to Caleb. Whenevor wo
keep our covenants with Jehovah wn
I discover that He more than keeps His
agreements. There is not a promiso
that God makes to obedient souls
that is not abundantly fulfilled. Thoso
who are valiant and consistent and
courageous, trustful; who maintain
their spiritual and moral wholeness
and their confidence In God; who put
themselves and God to the tC3t en
joy the realization of tho ultimate
promises of God.
With us as with Caleb these prom
ises become effective wheu we wholly
follow the Lord our God. Caleb en
joyed the favor of God because ho
served Him. He hoard the voice of
God because he listened for it. He
saw the realized and objectified glory
of God because he kept his oyes open
to discern the wonders ot the ma
jesty and might of God. That Is to
say that Caleb followed God with
every faculty. When we walk after
God and before Him after that man
ner we too shall perceive His glory
in the land of tho living. When wa
Open our eyes we shall see His ma
jesty revealed. When we open our
ears we shall hear His voice. When
we submit ourselves to His will we
Bhall realize His power.
Living like this we shall bo like Ca
1 leb who longed tor tho largest tasks,
the most vicious enemies, tho stern
I est strife. We shall welcome the la-
bors that are most Irksome and the
I difficulties that aro commonly re-
garded as Insuperable We shall
welcome them with joy. For wo shall
have confidence In God,
that was bred In York County. They
were brought home at different times.
ThoBe two animals, that are so much
unlike in everything except beauty,
express strong friendship for each
other, and whenever in the loose herd
with forty others, in yard or pasture,
they are constantly together, fre
quently expressing themselves in ex
changing laps of love, true cow language."
The Cstaklll extension of the New
York Cltja. water supply, on which
work was recently begun, will cost
$160,000,000, and will give the city
an additional supply of 500,000,000
gallons a day.
A DOG DETECTIVE.
In 1829 a peasant was found mur
dered in a wood in the Department of
the Loire, France, with his dog sitting
near the body. No clew could at first
be gained as to the perpetrators of
the crime, and the victim's widow
continued to live In the same cottage,
accompanied always by the faithful
dog. In February, 1837, two men,
apparently travelers, stopped at the
house, requesting shelter from the
storm, which was granted; but no
sooner had the dog seen them than be
flew at them with great fury, and
would not be pacified. As they were
quitting the house, one of them said
to the other: "That rascally dog has
not forgotten us!" This raised the
suspicion ot the widow, who over
heard It, and she applied to the gen
darmes the neighborhood, who fol
lowed and arrested the men. After a
long examination oae of the criminals
confessed. From "A Few Dog
Stories," by Ralph Neville, in The
Outing Magazluu.