I
THE PULP1T.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON OY
THE REV. JOEL 8. SLOCUM.
Snhjrcl: The Chnrrli and the Men.
Brooklyn, N. Y. "The Clwirch and
he Men" was the subject discussed
lun'day morning In the Greenwood
Japtlst Church by the Hev. ,I l M
locum, whoso text was Krekiel 10:8:
'Aiid there appeared In the cherubim
tho form of a man's hnnd under
t.helr wings. " Mr. Slocuui said,
among other things:
It Is significant that in the midst
of the complicated celestial forces re
vealed to Btekial there was tho ap
pearance of a man's hand under the
wings of the cherublui, as though
supporting their flight.
There has never been a time when I
the multiplied machinery of Chris- '
tlanky did not dlsclos". somewhere, j
the hand of a man. Never was the j
preaenc-j and power of tint hand, i
and nil that goes with !'.: . .i-.i
than now. No reflection ts intended j
upon tho great hoBt of faithful .
women nnd earnest men who. in nil i
ages, have carried forward the bur- '
dens of the church, but til need of ;
the hour Is more men. f saw. Hi
tither day, In the window of a grocery, j
this brief hut pressing; request: ,
"Wnntod A strong hoy." And the I
thought Bash td noon me that we need
in our churches strong hoys who will I
grow up in he stronir men flol
strong bovB to tarry awhile in the
Sunday-school and then graduate ,
away from It and from everything 1
else connected with the church, hut I
boys who will stay and put their!
manhood where It will continue to
count for the most.
We are facing a somewhat startling i
Tact tho fact that, as a rule, men
do not go to church. Vastly more
aerious Is the fact that the church no
longer enters into the serious con
sideration of most men. Ulna l not.
the mission of the alarmist and the
pessimist. I do not seek to ovor-
Mnphasizo an unpleasant truth. Tt
Is the purpose of the speaker this i
Horning merely to look this condition
jquarcly In the face as he passes to j
some other considerations. It la '
onough for our present purpose to !
recognize that the men are not with i
us; and, without discussing the rea
sons for their absence, hasten to con-
cern ourselves with the all-important ;
buslnex of bringing them hack.
The church that succeeds In this j
great restoration will be the chinch
whoso nll-absorblng objective 1b the ;
kingdom of God. "But." exclaims '
some hearer, "do you mean to imply
that any Christian church could have '
any other goal than the kingdom?" j
Mjost assuredly that Is my imnlica
tlon. Nave you not known a church I
whose aim was centred, not In the ;
kingdom, but in the church, the local .
organization itself?
There Is great danger lent we miss
the' proper point of view. It la one
thing n be so absorbed In tho pros
periy of the Individual church of j
which we e.re members as to lose
Bight of anything beyond lis advance
ment It Is quite another thing to
see, with so clear a vision, the majes
tic opportunities and obligations of ,
the kingdom of God, that we shall
never fall into the error of supposing 1
for on Instant that even so sacred an
Institution as the church Itself ean be
other than a means to that sublime
end.
I would not leave the impression j
that the Christian Is to be a vision- ;
nry. and, fixing his eye on some far- i
off glory, succeed in mrrlerting a ;
nearer rhity to his churcb. But I do
MM to suggest that tho church ;
that accomplishes the return of the
men from their exile Will be the
Church that Is so moved by a spirit j
of devotion to the great ultimate pur- !
pos of carrying forward the kingdom .
to Itri earthly culmination, tfcat r.on-
chnrch men will catch the irresistible !
contagion of such a motive and join
ranks with the advance guard of the i
Soldiers of the cross.
There lu recorded in Chronicles a
touch of patriotism that, has always 1
made my blood course a little qur.l; r
when I have read it. I refer to tiie
gathering of a mlghtv host of war- j
Mors, veterans all of them, who came :
from near and far, animated by a
common purpose that made them or. i.
That purpose was to make David
kin;?. The brief and yet thrilling
narrative is thus concluded: "All
tint men of war, that could keep
rank, came with a perfe-t heart to
Hebron, to make David king over all j
Israel; and all tho rest, also, of Is
rael wero of one heart to make David
king."
Tho members of the Christ:an
church will one day come together :
with a perfect heart to main .' :i"
king. And when they do, the . -dels
of sin will top;)!" into du t and
the royal diadem of tho world's Bur- i
render will be put noon the brow of
our Lord. There is yet much to bs
done. The forces are only El therlng
for ihe final advance. If till who
can keep rank will take the field, not
for self-glory and not even for the !
BfVry of the special churcb, but for I
41. :;:ory and triumph of our kins, j
then victory is assured. Then will wo
comprehend the imperiabahle truth.
that men do not now attend our ,
churches are needed by thees same '
churches, not primarily to swell the
mHml;rahlp and meet the current ex- j
penses, but to enlarge tho army of i
those who with singleness of spirit
are moving on to make Christ king, j
Let us take our inspiration and our j
example from Him who made no at- !
temp' to found a visible ihurch, but
who gave His very life to Inaugurate i
a' spiritual kingdom Tbc church Is
already organized; It now becomes
our duty to fling It into tho great
cnuBe of subduing the world tp Him
who Is the living head of tho church.
This leads me to say that tho
church that secures tho return of the
men will be tho chusch that develops
an intense enthusiasm for humanity.
Itis not rnorely becausa they are men
that we want them back, but because
they are among those for whom
Christ died. I am not filled with
alarm at the prospect of a manless
chnrch. It would still be an effective
organization committed to a great
work. No, I am not so much afraid
of what will happen to the church
as I am concerned about wbst will
happen to the mcu who thus ignore
the sweetest privileges of their life.
There are some hopeful signs of
tha timet. Indications favor tho im
pression that the church is awaking
to her opportunity. If vou look
closely at the record of the life of
Jesna, you will not be long In discov
ering that Ha waa not satisfied with
the conditions that everywhere pre
vaiisd. Ills whole strength was rto
lately set against the tide of Igno
rance and worldllness that threat
ened to sweep men to destruction.
He Succeeded, as no one oyer since
has, ia giving personal Illustration of
what Paul means by advising that
we do uot allow ourselves to be con
formed to tills world, but transformed
or rranangurco oy tne spiritual forces
within us.
The mls-don or the chnrch Is not
to be conformed to tbo customs and
conditions of this age, but to stand
in the midst of this age as an effective
agency for the regeneration of so
ciety. Not to bo a lump of clay to
he molded In the fingers of every
passing trickster, but to be an artist
with a great Ideal and a trained eye
and hnnd to etec.ute his will on the
waiting marble.
The work of the church does not
grow more easy, but when she comes
Into her rightful heritage tho con
viction of her divinely ordained privi
lege as the lover of men then she
will begin to realize her mission. Bat
first, last nnd always, she will gain
her adherents In the ratio of her
enthusiasm for and devotion to hu
manity Finally, the church that brings
back tho men will be the church that
takes Christ to tho needy world. It
sometimes seems as though there aro
so many other voices that the cry of
the church and her Christ will be
drowned in tho din of materialism.
Hut there are still some listening ears
that will not be stopped. Into the
midst of this wild storm of buying
and selling, of loss and gain, of cry
ing and laughing, of sorrow and sin,
will come, once more, the humble
Nazarone, and Ills voice will turn
the tempest to calm: "Be still, and
"know that I am Godl" Jesus left
nn unanswerable argument to His
Interest In humanity when He gave
Himself to men. Anything else that
He might hnve given would have
been criticised; but when He gavo
Himself, that soft'ned tho bard heart
of the world because they saw that
only love could do that. The fellow
ship by which ,Iesua Is to unite men
with Himself 10 Ills everlasting king
dom Is the fellowship of love.
The duty and opportunity of the
church l to put forward the kingdom
of God, to make sure the enthrone
ment of Jesi'S Christ In the affections
of men; to cultivate a fervid enthu
siasm for their souls: to take to the
world's sicknesses the matchless
Physician who never lost a case In
trusted to His care. When men know
that the church Is praying and long
ing and laboring, with n divine pas
sion, for their souls, they will come
to the Christ nnd to the chtirch.
Tb? hour of victory seems long
delayed, but every soldier must keep
his place and by and by the warfaro
will be accomplished. We must re
member that not only was the man's
hand under the angel's, wing, but the
angel's wing was over the man's
hand. God and the church will work
side by ride. The human nnd tho
divine will supplement each other.
It Is said that Nnpoleon once ap
pealed to his guards In the Interests
of a forlorn hope. He made request
for only a hundred men. But they
must all bo brave. Every man would
be exposed to the enemy's fire, and
nothing but death could be expected.
"Let a hundred men step forward out
of the ranks 1 Forward, march!" At
the word of command, not a hundred
men, but a regiment sprang forth as
a uingle man aud were ready for duty
and death.
And shall Christ ask In vain for
volunteers? Has Hi3 cause come to
bo a forlorn hope? Ah, not to die,
not to die, but to live lor Him, Is nil
lie asks. To the front, O church of
tho victorious Christ!
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NOVEMBER SEVENTEENTH.
Wanted: men for Gideon's bandl
Judg. 7: 2-7.
Servants of sin. Judg. 6: 1-6.
Promised deliverance. Jndg. 0: 7-
10.
The deliverer chosen. Judg. 6: 11-
Vdeon prepared. Judg. 6: 25-32.
A sign given. Judg 6; 33-40.
A splendid victory. Judg. 7: 8-2R.
Sometimes a man's resources of
wealth, health, and other blessing.)
e.re abridged. Hod knowing that there
Is no other Way to abridge his pride.
"Whosovor Is fearful and trembl
ing" never has his part In God's a
ton army, though his name may
stand on the muster roll.
God la continually testing men, and
one of your lenst considered deeds
may decide your fitness for your
most glorious opportunity.
One of the finest Indications of fit
ness for n task is eagerness to bo
about It.
Suggestions.
Whoever belongs to God's army
must want to. Ni one is pr. MM In
i i that "service.
Though God e:in accomplish His
work with ninny men or few, how
about the men that Stay nt. home?
All work best worth doing In the
world is done with "remnants" rem
nants of money, of time, ot strength,
of men.
There is nothing to fear In joining
Gideon's band; Ihe really terrible
thing Is not to join It.
Illustrationc.
It Is the sharp points that make
the best weapons; and ro God whit
tles down Ills force:; to a few.
In a yneht race the captain do"?
not care how many pleasure boats
are speeding with Mm; what he
cares (of Is tha wind.
If you sec a soldier polishing his
miMket, you may know that the battle
hns not begun.
Incidentally the soldiers that tossed
the water Into their mouths did not
get too mm h of It.
Bettor Farming.
Dr. Bailey, of Cornell, sums up the
essentials for better farming under
three heads: First, give Information;
I second, remove all unnecessary han
dicap; third, Invigorate and Inspire. I
I . - 1 1 - .j - i. . ,
Jn iipioicu tu me win (v ui mu va-
' perlment stations, college and agrl
1 cultural press, the summary Is com
plete.
Roughness For fnllle.
In feeding only prairie hny ns
roughness to fattening rattle, much
larger nnd more profitable gains enn
be made If linseed meal or posribly
i some other protein concentrate Is
fed with corn in small quantity
' rather than feeding corn alone.
I arhiers' Home Journal.
Pulverizing the Soil.
Fall plowing forwards spring work
I nnd pulverizes ihe soil, whllo spring
! plowing often makes clods and Is
I often too wet to plow. Pile three
acres of land on top of each other
by plowing leep In the fall; this will
savo two filrds of the man labor
and cultivation of tho crop. J. 0.
Strlbllnj, In the Progressive Farmer.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
Color of Shell.
The color of the shell hns, how
ever, an effect upon the market value,
the brown-shelled e;cs bringing the
higher price, for instance, In the Bos
ton n orket, and tho whlte-sbeiled
' eggs in the New York market. In
New England the preference Is dc
i cldedly in favor of the tinted egjs.
Green's Fruit Grower.
Cinqucfoll.
Please name enclosed fragment of
a low, shrubby plant with yellow
blossoms, that grows on dry, rocky
hill sides In western Massachusetts.
W. H. C. (Potentilla frulicosa,
rlnquefoll. Rather n pestilent weed
In some parts of New England, especi
ally In Vermont, where farmers arc
asking the State to take action for
Its suppression). Country Gentleman.
What LOTS Owes to Love.
A missionary was preaching to the
Maori tribe of New Tlealanders. He
had been telling them of the suffer
ings of Christ bow He had poured
forth His soul unto death for them,
and as he concluded the hills rang to :
the thrilling question:
"It is nothing to you, all you who .
pass by? L'ehold and see If there be '
any sorrow like unto His sorrow."
Then stood forth a plumed and
painted chief, the scarred warrior of i
many fights, and as his Hps quivered
with emotion he spoke:
"And did the Son of tho Highest
suffer this for us men? Then the
chief would like to offer Illm some
poor return for His great love. Would
the Son of God like to accept tho
chief's hunting dog? Swift of foot
and keen of scent, the trlbo has not
such another, and he has been to tho
chief as a friend."
But the missionary told him that
tho Son had no need of such gifts, j
Thinking he had mistaken the gift
he resumed: "Yet perhapss He would
accept my well-tried rifle. Unerring
of aim, the rhlof cannot replace It."
Again the missionary shook his head.
For a moment the chief pauBed;
then, as a new thought struck htm,
suddenly despoiling himself of his
striped blanket, he crlel, with child
like earnestness, "Perhaps He who ;
had nowhere to lay His head will yet
accept tho chieftain's blanket. The
poor chief will be cold without It, yet ;
it Is offered Joyfully."
Touched by love's persistency, the
missionary tried to explain to him the '
real nature of the Son of Uod; that it
WM not men's gifts, but men's hearts,
that He yearned for.
For a moment a cloud of grief
darkened tha rough features of the
Old chief; then, as the true nature ot i
the Son of God slowly dawned upon
him, casting aside his blanket and ;
lite, be clasped his bands, and look- i
lug up into tho blue sky, his face I
beaming with joy, he exclaimed:
"Perhaps the Son of the blessed i
One will deign to accept the poor old i
chief himself!" The Cottager and
Artisan.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17.
The Natural Method John 1: 40-42.
45-46 Personal Evangelism.
Passages for reference: John 3
1, etc.; 4. 7, etc.; 8. 35-38; Acts: 8.
20. etc.: 20. 20; Bool. 11. 4-U; Matt
5. 14-16.
Religion is normal to man. H"
needs it as the heart does oxygen.
It Is not a strange and strained
thing. It develops with the years.
It has to do with the deepest and
most beautiful thoughts. It Is re
lated to all subjects. It unfolds and
takes on new meaning under discus
sion and conversation. Men are
gladdened and enlightened by its
facts. Everyone Is spontaneously
and logically Interested in It. Yet
It Is much misunderstood. Old no
tions hid It In the darkness of mysti
cism. Many miss Its helpfulness.
Each person grasps various phases
of lt It Is never exhaustea. it
fits every day and demand. It is en
tirely reasonable and can be handled
by the fingers of the mind. it is
subject tu, built up by, and open to
reason. It is therefore a subject, for
natural, thoughtful, common conver
sation . It Is easier and more protlt
able to talk about it than politics, the
weather, or tho latest scandal. It
makes friends, It draws companies
close together, It stnrts all kinds and
grades of minds. Bring rellglotif
conversation. Interviews about Jesus,
into tne hearty, encouraging atmo
phere of the welcome, value-giving
congenial talks between friends and
about a friend. When we make our
personal we '- plain, practical, pur
poseful, pointed, and profitable, peo
ple will listen with an open and a pll
uble mind.
Dwlgh! L. Moody said a little be
fore his death, "After all, tne most
effective and fruitful work of grace
can only be secured by the consecra
tion of the great masses of our mem
bership to reach people one by one."
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman quotes a
Methodist who given these figures:
"If Methodist pastors would win one
soul a month, 460,000 would be reach
od in a year; If Baptists the same
420.000; Presbyterians the same
140,000. If every evangelical minis
ter in the United States would win
one n month, 1,620.000 would be add
Od In a year." The "woman at the
well," Mary Magdalene ,thS cemetery
maniac, the man born blind, hand
touched, were Christ's loyal and use
ful followers.
Wenn I'l;: Slowly.
When weaning the pigs, do it grad
ually. When a sow Is giving a good
flow of milk and the pigs are taken
nway suddenly, there is n danger of
causing an inflammation of her ud
der which will impair her future use
fulness. The belter way is to cut
the feed of the sow down nnd provide
some skim milk nnd middlings in a
run for tho pigs where they can get
It several times a day. By this plan
the safety of the sow Is assured, and
the pigs will get no check In their
growth. Florida Agriculturist,
To Prevent Gapes.
Dr. Solomon claims that those en
gaged In raising poultry should de
pend rather on prevention than cure.
The effort.! should be made to place
the young birds on uninfected
ground, or the runs should be kept
thoroughly disinfected. On the first
appearance of the disease remove and
isolate the affected birds and take
the necessary precaution to secure
the destruction of all the parasites
they contain. By such measures the
propagation of tho worm will be pre
vented and the exlension of the dis
ease will b3 avoided. Weekly Witness.
A Warning.
When you begin to grow lax about
keeping In communion with God;
when you begin to neglect your Bible,
and when you get too busy about
other things to pray, something else
is gcing to happen, something which
will bring Bad surprise and humilia
tion to you. Western Christian Ad
vocat ?.
NAMING THE EVEUCRF.KN3.
Hero is a sucjjstlon for a '.atle
nature study for mother tad chil
dren: Whito Pine Fiva needle; in a
bundle; scaloj of cona thickened at
the top.
Scotch Pine Two blulsh-grcon,
short needles in a burdls.
Fir Bract cone-, flat, spreading
noedios aeattered singly.
Norway Spruce Large banging
cones; . -d liecdloa point ell
ways.
Hemlock Small hanging cones;
flat spray..
Arbor-Vltac Flat branches; cones
fen-scaled, and only two soeihi u.xier
each.
White Cedar Cones youudtoh,
with four to eight seeds under each.
Pitch Pine-- Dark, bilff needl .. ar
ranged In threes. Indianapolis ,oivi,
LIKED BY ONE.
Hewitt "Is he a popular fellow ?'
Jewett "Well, he is quit a favor
ite with himself." New York f'umt.
A Link With the Fait.
The partial re'oullulng of Canon
bury Tower will no doubt save from
early ruin one of the most Interesting
landmarks of London almost as val
uable a link with the past as Crosby
Hall. Although tho well known
brick tower probably dftttf. only from
Henry Vlll's day, C:uio::bury House
i i suppor.od to have been built na
0S ago as 1262, when Polctiera was
a vj.-y recent memory; and its pulml
Clt days were probably at the closa
o.' tho sixteenth century, whon It had
for tenant "rich Spencer, " one of
London's must fumous chief magls
trntes. It was from Canonbury
House, no tradition says, that young
Lord Compton carried off Sir John
Kpencsr'a only daughter In a baker's
asset under the very eyes of her
father; nnd In tho ditches close by
a Dunkirk pirate, with a dozen ot his
men, lay in waiting to kidnap the
wealthy merchant on hi3 way home
from tha city. Lord Keeper Coven
try lived for a time nt Canonbury
House, and In 1685 the Earl of Den
bigh died there. Among later men
of poto whom this historic house bus
ill ';.-!('. wero Speaker Onslow,
l umphreys, an eighteenth cinUMr
t, of some repute, and, chief of oil,
Oliver Coldatnitfe, whose room is still
pointed out on the first floor of the
toil pr, Dundee Advertlzor.
Bronze Varnlsli For Leather.
Ten parts of fuchslne and five
parts methyl-violet are dissolved In
the wa'er or sand bath In 100 parts
of ninety dug. alcohol, then five parts
of benzoic acid are added, after which
il Is allowed to boll from Ave to ten
minutes, until the mass has assumed
a brilliant gold bronze color.
Concentrated Food For Horses.
Whon an army In on the march
emergencies may arise when the ordi
nary ration for men cannot be con
veniently transported. For such
cases It Is usual to provide troops
with food In a compressed fornw
Though changes nre made from time
to time In the compositions of such
rations, the main Idea Is far from
new. More novel, though, is the
proposition to prepare something of
the sort for cavalry horse: In Ger
many and England an emergency ra
tion for such animals is being tested,
and American military officers are
asking whether it ought not to be
adopted In this country loo. A
Washington dlspntch says that the
energency ration for horses, put up
In one pound tins, contuins as much
food as fourteen pounds of oats. No
statement Is made about the method
of preparing It before It is put Into
the tins, or how it 1b made ready
afterward for tho horses. Trl'jun-.'
Farmer.
Science Seeking to Help.
By scientific cultivation on an ex
perimental farm near Cambridge, a
group of university scientists assert
that they have produced now varie
ties of wheat and barley far finer than
any hitherto known. From all varie
ties of wheat throughout the world
selections were mudo of those hav
ing most desirable characteristics.
These were crossed with British
wheats, with the idea of combining
all these qualities in one variety.
After many trials a wheat was pro
duced which has given most satis
factory results In milling and baking.
Similar improvements have been ob
tained with barley.
Another Interesting experiment Is
being tried upon sheep, the object
being to Improve the wool and the
carcass, so as to give a greater mone
tary value to the animal. Tho in
vestigations so far made show that
Mendel's laws upply to animals as
well as to plants, and similar results
may be evoected from nimiim- mhAi.
ments. London Dispatch to the
New York World.
Amounts to Something.
It la reported that A. E. Parr, a
member of the graduating class in the
Animal Husbandry Department of
the Iowa Agricultural College, has
just recoivod a most excellent ap-
polntment in British India. Mr.
I Parr's position is that of Director of
I Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
1 of British India, with headquarters
at Calcutta. He will have the direc
tion of the thirty-nine stutiomi of that
country. From a financial stand
point the position Is a most excelleut
one, as the salary is $10,000 per
year for ten years, and then a pen
sion of f 5000 per year for lire. Mr.
Parr received the degree of Master
of Scientific Agriculture at tho Iowa
Agricultural College. Previous to
entetlng the Iowa College he gradu
ated from the Edinburgh University.
Scotland, nnd received tho degree of
Doctor of Philosophy at Leipzig,
Germany. Dr. Parr's home Is at. Ash
ley, England, where ho has gone to
visit his parents baforo taking up
his work In India.
Grading Apples.
Manager Shepard, of the Hood
River (Ore.) Apple Growers' Union,
thus explains the new system of grad
ing apples. Three circular holes are
cut in a board two three-quarter,
three and three one-qunrter Inches In
diameter nnd the board placed In
front of the sorter, being suspended
within easy reach of the hnnd. Ae
the apples nre wiped, their size enn
be quickly determined by the aid of
Ike board, and they ean be placed In
three, throe one-half, four or four
one-half tier boxes at onco Instead of
nil being thrown In one box for the
packer to resort. All apples larger
or Bmaller than the holes In the
board r.o Into special boxes provided
for them. The great advantage of
this system lo that tho packers cr.n
pack directly from the box, or If
the apples are placed on the packing
tablo can avoid having nil sizes on
It nt once, which means n great sav
ing of time nnd the elimination of
more or less bruising of tho fruit In
being handled over several times to
got the various sizes. The less bruis
ing they have the more the apples
will bring, and when it becomes
known tho more buyers will bo will
ing to pay. Country Gentleman.
A Change in Orcharding.
Tho need of spraying fruit trees
for Insects nnd tho scale post may
bring about very Important changes
In methods of orcharding. YearB
ago, when the only pest fought
against was an occasional visitation
of thfc canker worms, tho size and
nositlon of the tree made compara
tively little difference; but If the
trees are to be sprayed from one to
three times every year, and especi
ally when (hey are sprayed for the
very thorough work required for the.
destruction of the San Jose scale,
large trees hard to get at become a
serious handicap.
Horticulturist G. T. Powell is
working along lines which may need
to become generally adopted for the
orchards of the future. He is work
ing for a tree not more than sixteen
to twenty feet In height, and work
ing to this end along two lines. Ono
Is the use of the regular dwarf apple
tree, the other ,by setting standard
trees and keeping them low headed
by pruning. It Is well known that
an upplo tree may be kept low down
l.y branching close to the ground at
the start and heading in the tall
branches every few years. The pro
cess might shorten tho life of tho
tree, but it would save many dollars
in harvesting and spraying. For
similar reasons It is no longer doslr
able to Bet fruit in locations hard
to get at, such ns steep hillsides,
very rocky land or along fence rows
or walls. Mr. Powell finds the cost
of picking apples from high trees
Is nearly three times that of harvest
ing them from tho low headed trees,
and the loss from fruit blowing off
the trees is much less from the low
growing orchard. American Cultivator.
Thoroughbred und Pure Bred.
Answering a question as to the
difference between standard bred,
thoroughbred and pure bred horses,
Wallace's Farmer says:
Standard bred Is the name applied
to tho American trotting horses which
conform to the standards established
by the American Trotting Horse Reg-,
istry, and are consequently entitled
to registration In the stud book is
sued by that association. Thorough
bred applies to the breed of running
horses, but the term is frequently
nsod in an Incorrect way In speak
ing of other breed of horses. For
example It is not uncommon to hear
the expression thoroughbred Shire,
or thoroughbred Porcherou, or thor
oughbred Shorthorn. This is an im
proper use of tho term, it should be
used only when It Is deBlred to refer
to the thoroughbred horse as a breed.
Puro bred, or pure blood, Is used
when it is desired to state Hint the
animal In question is of puro breed
ing and entitled to registry in the
stud book or herd book of that breed.
Fur example, wo speak of the pure
bred Percheron, pure bred Shire, or
pure bred Shorthorn or Angus, mean
ing that the animal ia of pure breed
ing und Is entitled to registry in the
herd book of the breed to which it
belongs.
Potash For Apples.
Potash is perhaps tho most Im
portant for fruit of all the manures.
It causes healthf illness and vigor of
treo or plant, and makes the fruit
rich and highly colored. Wood ashes
contnln It, but the proportions aro
usually quite small. Muriate of
potash contains fully one-half of ita
weight of available potash, and sul
phate of potash about the same.
Both are excellent nnd cheap forms.
Tho sooner either of them aro put
In or on the soil, the more com
pletely they will become prepared
for the use of the coming fruit crop.
If It Is not possible to apply them
to the ground now, do so early In
the fall. But above all be sure to
do It, for in most soils potash will
pay a good return. One hundred
pounds per acre annually Is a fair
application of either muriate or sul
phate of potash. Lime has a very
beneficial effect, aside from being a
plant food, In helping to dissolve the
elements of fertility In the Boll natu
rally. This is especially true ot
heavy clay soils, and where humus
Is in excess it "sweetens" Its acidity.
About five bushels of quick lime pet
aero Is sufficient for some three
years. Journal of Agriculture.
"Money Madness."
Tiy the Editor of Price Current.
Who Is to blame for tho craze for
money, for the wealth which hns
brought about the present Ul-feellng
between the mulii millionaire on tho
one hnnd and the masses on the
other? The answer must he that the
masses themselvos are to blame.
Why? A little consideration will
make that clear. To begin with,
nearly all the great millionaires, the
very wealthy men who are actively
engaged In business, were either
poor boys or the sons of men who
began lite poor. Their constant aim
has been to acquire wealth, not only
to acquire plenty of wealth but morl
than anybody else had acquired be
fore them, the more the better. Why?
What hns made such men money
mad? Let that question be an
swered by asking another: In the
United Statt-B, everywhere, among
all classes In all conditions of life,
In the cities, towns and In the coun
try, what Is the standard of success?
What men nnd women are pointed
out as having heen most successful?
Am1".. all tho retired business
jiiuu you know, which one do you
count as having beon most success
ful? Tha man who has plied up the
biggest heap of wealth and at the
same tlmo kept out of tho peniten
tiary. Which active business man
Is the most successful? Tho fellow
with the blRgest pile or who is likely
to get the biggest pile. Who Is the
most successful lawyer or doctor?
The one who gets .the biggest foe.
Who is tho most successful preacher?
The fellow who builds tho costliest
church or gets the biggest salary.
Who Is tho most successful clerk or
teacher'' He who gets the most per
week. What farmer is counted the
most successful? He of tho most
ncres or biggest bank account. Who
Is counted the most successful by
his fellow workmen? The mechanic
who gets the blggMt wages. Why
does one loave ono trade, profession
or business to enter another except
In the hops of balng more successful.
Successful In what? In getting more
money.
When he succeeds In adding more
to his pile, however big or little that
It may be, he gets tho applause of
his fellows. Th08o who don't ap
plaud him envy him. Throughout
the whole of your Ufa, who has al
woys boen pointed out as the success
ful man or woman In any and every
walk of life? Has It not been he or
he who has been getting the better
price for what they had to give? By
constant example and teaching by
parents nnd teachers, and by the
practice of the world, the young are
taught from childhood that
money Is the standard of success.
They are taught to believe that peo
ple with money aro better than peo
ple without it, that people with
much money are better than tho3a
who haVe less. The rich und the
poor and those In moderate circum
stances act upon this principle. -
It becomes and has long since be
some a part of the very nnturp of
the American people, and It will
take tho teaching of generations to
sradtcate from tho minds of the
American that the size of one's pock
etbook is not the real criterion by
which to judge of sucres8. This
wrong standard by which to judge
of success. This wrong standard
by which the degree of success Is
measured Is the cause of tho present
money madness (and the American
people themselves are to blame for
this falso standard. Each is deter
mined to win as much of success as
possible. Tho desire in life to win
success is a commendable one, but
the definition of tho word i3 by no
means what It should be, and until
the conception of that standard Is
radically changed there Is not likely
to be any change In tho swollen formes.
Dooley on Domestic Discipline.
Mr. Dooley, In his recently pub
lished "Dlssertlons," discusses domes
tic discipline in his own inimitable
way:
"No glntleman shud wallop his
wife, an no' glntleman wud. I'm In
favor iv bavin' wlfebeators whipped,
an' I'll go further an' say -that 'twud
bo a good thing to hnvo Ivry marrid
man scoorged about wanst n month.
As a bachelor man, who rules entirely
by love, I've splnt fifty years Investi
gate' what Hogan calls th' martial
state, an' I've come to th' con-cluslon
that Ivry man uses vllence to his wife.
He may not beat her with a table
leg, but ho coerces her with his mind.
He can put a savage remark to th'
pint lv th' Jaw with more lastin' effect
thin a right hook. He may not dhrag
her around be th' hair iv her head;
but he dhrags her be her sympathies,
her fears an' her anxieties. As n last
raycoorso ho beats her be doin' things
that make her pity him. An' th'
ladies, Guwd bless thtm, like it. In
her heart ivry womau likes th'
sthrong arm. Ye ery sildom see th'
wife iv an habitchool wlfeboater lav
In' him. Th' husband that gives bit
wife a vllet bokay Is as apt to lose her
as th' husband that gives her a vllet
eye. Th' man that breaks th' furni
ture, tips over th' table, kicks th
dog an' pegs th' lamp at th' lady ot
his choice Is scon no more often In
our Justly popylar dlvoorca coorts
thin th' man who comes home arly tc
feed th' canary. Manny a skillful
mandolin-player has been onuble tc
prevlnt his wife fr'm elopln' with a
prlzo-flghter."
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR NOV. 17 BY THE
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
It la asserted by members of the
suite of the King ot 81am that ho has
spent $2, 260, 000 on Jewelry during
hit present European tour.
Mistakes We Make.
Moths do not eat furs or cloths
They lay their eggs In these rich
stuffs, and it is the worms from the
eggs that do the eating.
There are no shooting stars. Stars
are Immense bodies, many times
larger than the earth, aid they do not
move. The so-called shooting stars
that glide so splendidly across the
nocturnal sky are meteors frag
ments weighing, as a rule, hut a few
pounds.
Sunstroke Is really heat apoplexy.
It is the moisture lu the air, rather
than the actual rays of the sun, that
causes sunstroke. In dry climates,
such as Cairo's, with u summer tem
perature of 122 degrees In the shade,
sunstroke Is much rarer lhau with
us Los Angeles Tun us.
Snbjert: Gideon nnd His Three Hun
dred, Judges 7:0-23 Golden
Text, Dnut. ft-22 Memory
Verses, 17. 18.
The lesson deals with one of the
famous characters of Israalltish his
tory. It eiempllfles how powerful
few Spirit-filled soul may be In thl
face of seemingly Insuperable diffi
culties, it shows how thoroughly
God can help us, bow thoroughly He
keeps HI word. It Is a revelation of
what we all might do It we so de
aired. When the armies met Gideon was
outnumbered. When the battle be
came Imminent he was In a hopeless
minority. It was a handful against a
multitude. But the 800 were 8plrlt
filled, divinely chosen, consecrated.
They were without fear, they had
courage. And because they had cour
age and faith In Almighty Ood, be
cause they had trust in the capacity
of their Ood to deliver the Midlanltei
Into their hands they wore victorious.
And they won by the simplest and
easiest of means. They didn't even
have to use their weapons. Their
bravery brought consternation to the
hearts of tho enemy and the rout be
came complete. They wore stout
hearted and victorious because they
were Indwelt of the presence of God.
God had prdmlaed to deliver Mid
inn into the hands of Israel. And
He kept His word. Without His help
the conflict might have resulted dlf-
ferently. But when God helped the
victory was assured. It didn't make
any difference whether or not the
Midianlteg and Amalekltes wero Ilka
the grasshoppers for number and
their cnmels as numerous as the
sands of the seas when God gavs
promise and aid. In that contingen
cy numbers wero a secondary quanti
ty and great supplies inconsequen
tial. For their power was augmented
by the personality of God. Their
strength was In no sense dependent
upon the commissariat.
Gideon earned a reputation for
consummate Intrepidity that night.
His 300 consecrated, divinely com
missioned followers enshrined them
selves for all time. Tholr dauntless
ness has become historic. They are
the epitome of daring. They are sy
nonymous with surpassing fearless
ness. Now what Gideon did In his way
any consecrated soldier of the Lord
Jesus Christ may do according to his
opportunity and his power. The trou
ble is that most of us are like the
20,000 and more who went back to
their tents. We are without the
necessary courage. We are too much
consumed with fear. We don't dare
to dare. And no man can do any
thing who lacks heart, who hasn't
nerve. No man certainly can war
against the principalities and powers
of the empire of unrighteousness who
has no faith In God, and who is lack
ing in a necessary trust in divinity.
But putting our faltb and trust in
Johovah we may do anything. For
God trusts those who sincerely put
their trust in Him. Ho has faith in
the faithful. It could not be other
wise. And with Him with us we
need fear no obstacles. Whatever
may be the difficulties and oppositions
that confront us He will guarantee
ns the victory If we will do His will.
And wo shall find that His methods
are the simplest. We shall find how
utterly cowardly and inefficient are
the forces that oppose us and how lit
tle It takes to put them altogether to
rout.
The lesson ought to be an Inspira
tion to every man who in the name
and for the glory of God and the con
servation of the Interests of human
ity wars against wickedness In any
place. It ought especially to be an
inspiration to those who have banded
themselves to fight the plunderers In
every walk of life are laying plans to
rob the people ot their birthrights, as
Mldlan attacked Israel, or who al
ready have annexed to themselves the
properties and the possessions of the
people. For as sure as God lives if
we do God's will we shall confound
them all. And by the most unex
pected and simple methods. And it
will need but a few valiant souls to
do it. A host Is no more necessary
to-day than it was that famous night
when Gideon led the 300 agaiust the
multitude.
It Is necessary that we shall have
faith In God. That we shall band to
gether the men whom God has fitted
to do His holy work. It is necessary
that W6 shall take our orders from
that Spirit of truth who is the light
of the world and the salvation there
of and do His bidding and remain
steadfast. For God Is helping us.
God has promised us victory as truly
Us He promised victory to Gideon.
Whenever we get discouraged let
us look at Gideon. When we are In
clined to doubt God's capacity and
promise fulfilling power let us read
anew what He did for Israel and for
the endless fame of Gideon. When
we think we are few against the
hosts ot sin that are oppressing us let
us rocelve courage from the victory
He Insured for Israel. For He la
with us as He was with them. It we
trust Him He will trust us. If we
will have faith in Him He will glorify
us. For the Qod ot yesterday is the
same to-day and forever.
Tho Preacher.
A preacher's worth In the world
Is largely measured by his estimate
of what the pulpit should be.-Rev.
M. E. Harlan, Church of Christ
Brooklyn.
The Largest Cave in the West.
Two gold-prospectors recently die
covored in the Santa Susanna Moun
tains, about fifty miles from Los An
geles, Cel., the 1 urgent and most re
markable cave in western America,
While looking for indications ot
gold, thoy found an opening which
they entered. . The opening led to
a great cavern, consisting of many
passages, .tome ot thorn wide, but
most of they narrow and lofty. The
passages lead Into great halls, some
containing an acre, atuddod with sta
lagmites and stalactites, In some
case so thickly that it is difficult
to got through. The walls of one of
these halls are covered with rudo
drawings, some almost obliterated,
but others stlfl clear. The drawings
represent Incidents of the chase,
showing Indians on foot, pursuing
bear, doer and other animals. One
v. il tainting shows the bear punn
ing the hunter. The work Is done
nitb a- soft, red stone, much uaed
by the Indians for that purpose.
"'entific Amorlcan.