THE TVLTIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. B. J. NEWMAN. Subject: Our Four Anchors. Drooklyn, N. Y. Tn nnlty Church, Irving place and Gates acnii", Sun day morning, the Rev. B. J. Newman preached. The text was: "An1 fear ing leaf we should have fallen upon the rocks they cat four anchors out of the stern and wished for the day." He said: The text Is taken from Paul's story of the shipwreck, t'aul was going to Rome to be tried for his life, hut on the sea a storm raged for two weeks. In the darkness of the dead of night, not knowing where they were, the sailors on watch heard the sound of water breaking on the rocks and they took soundings. And again they took their soundings ard finding that the water was shallnwe-, thev threw out four anchors "and wished for the day." We do not have to be sail ors to know the value of these an chors to the storm assell d men on that ship. They held them to thrlr anchorage until light came and they could see their way. My purpose this morning Is tn con sider briefly the anchors of righteous ness that we need in our daily living. The simplest analysis of our present day life, of one week's experience, would show that there are a dozen Influences outside ourselves and two dozen temptations within us that are storming our righteousness. We are surrounded on all sides by difficulties. Our honor, our justice, our sympa thies, our religion, all are assailed, and we have got to protect ourselves and our fellow men. Take the first day of the working week and look at thoietperlences we meet with In that day. We go to business, and funda mentally the principle to-day upon which business seemed to be based Is that of dishonor. It Is not "honor all men.' It Is not trust nil men, but It Is distrust your fellow mnn; "put him under bonds." Only the other day In the Sunday school I said to the j'oung men and women there: "Be honest; tell the truth." and one member came to mo and said: "How can we be honest? We have to lie." There Is a tendency In the life of men to-day to get ahead, no matter what happens to the other man. Or on Tuesday we read In the paper that some bankers to whom the funds of the people had been entrusted, and on which the stability of business men depends, and to whom the mon ey of widows and children has been entrusted, have been dishonest and speculated In the stock market to In crease their own Incomes, and have failed. Our confidence Is assailed, and we say: "Whom can we trust?" On Wednesday, perhaps, we go to a magistrate's court and we watch the man who Is elected to dispense Jus tice In your name, and we see case af ter case where the politician's Influ ence Is at work or where the petty bribe la at work, and men and boys that have broken our law, and who should be put In our prisons until they learn what it is to live among their fellow men in righteousness, are discharged and go free. Our sense of Justice is shocked. Or per haps it Is some man In a higher rank of life who takes the life of another, who comes Into our courts, and under the plea of Insanity ho Is declared not guilty of his crime: while some poor man. with the feelings of poverty nnd want, steals a loaf of bread from the corner grocery, and ho Is sent to Jail for three months. Our sense of jus tice Is rightly shocked. Perhaps on Thursday at C o'clock we are coming home and we are at the New York end of the Brooklyn Bridge, and we see a mad rush to get Into the cars There la no sympathy shown. Kach man tries to get himself In and pushes women and children aside, and we say: "What are men that they will do this?" And so our sym pathies with our fellow men are be ing shocked. And so It Is through the rest of the wetk. And Sunday comes. Sunday, the day set aside when we try to commune with God and learn a little bit of what It means to be righteous, to do God's will. Sunday comes, and a few of us, here and there, attend services: but there are the so called sacred concerts, poolrooms and saloons, till thrown open. Men say "liberty," but this Is pot liberty, hut license to degrade themselves. And we permit It, and our religion Is assailed, and our cul ture, and the development of our cul ture to worship God Is assailed. Temptations and conditions out side ourselves and temptations arising within cause us to face danger dally. We hear of the cruelty of the factory that allows the little boy and girl of ten to work twelve hours a day until they get the "great white plague." We hear of the evils of the stock yard, of the great railroads, and so on. We hear ot these things so of ten that we are growing hardened to tisem. Familiarity with evil dulls Its power to affect us, and dolls our eyes to Its ugliness, and we go on our way rejoicing In our prosperity; and we are unmindful when we do not work with all our hearts to over come these things. These things are affecting our Uvea. We have to have good anchors to hold us to the right. The right, friends. Is our life; noth ing else in life. Right In everything not only la the personal sphere, but In the world around us. Those Israelltlsh prophets preached, not personal righteousness, but social righteousness; not pure by yourself, but pure by your state, and that Is what we have to do. If we love our right we will fight for It, and lor Its best expression, even as Paul fought for the lives of the seamen and his companions when his ship was cast upon the rnckB. And in order to fight (or ourselves wo have cast out our anchors and "wish for the day." Now, what are these anchors? The first la the alienor of faith. Here 1 the situation confronting us: Our confidence la assatled; our faith la our fellow men la assailed; our faith in our God Is assailed. We nave to emit out the anchqr of faith. We know that the eternal righteousness will triumph. It la so. Through every difficulty, every experience, every trial; all through the past It has al ways sought the higher expression of itseir. we nave to nave taith in tbU righteousness and the Inspiration to give ourselves to the service c' the expression of righteousness. Not only have we to cast out tba aucnor of faith, but the anchor of hope also; ao that when these ftornt clouds are upon us, when darkness surrounds us, when It seems as though the light of day would not show Itself to our vision we have to have the hope that U born of Ood, the hone that gives a happy outlook. It Is so easy to be discouraged and to let these experi ences that are surrounding us damp en our ardor. The next Is the anchor of love for our fellow man; "Thou halt love thy neighbor as thyself. This do. " With that love God calls as to service. It calls us out of our selves with Uio lo-ie that makes us want to go out into our city and wherever we see one who needs us. It makes us want to give ourslves to that one: and I tell you never In God's world was there a city that needed more redeeming love than does this city of New York and Brooklyn to-day. I have gone Into homes where the darkness of despair was because no love was there. I have gone Into homes where mothers nnd fathers have snld: "None cares for us; no one will help us." Don't tell me the world love lis, be cause we know differently. I tell you we have to have that love In us that the Russian proverb says "dwells In the house of labor." There Is a reward for him who loves his fellow wan. Then there Is another anchor, nnd that. Is the anchor of prayer. I care not what n man's work or edu cation Is, whether he 1b college bred or has no education at all, but this thing I am sure of, nnd that Is. with out a prayer In your heart you cannot make life worth what God Is expecting of It. Prayer Is our wanting to get near to Ood. wanting to tell God of our difficulties, our troubles, our per plexities, our successes, our Ideas, our wanting to ask for His strength and guidance. We have to have this an chor when things are going wrong, when the world seems dark anil life Is weary. We want to have this an chor In Grd to give us courage to go on our way, and If we have not been doing right to help us to return and through our fellow men serve God. Let us cast out our four anchors: our anchor of fnlth In God and our fellow men: our anchor of hope In eternal goodness; our anchor of love In universal service; our anchor of prayer to God; and In so doing may the blessing of God rest with you In all your labors. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. A Meditation. "Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost Is come unto you." There can be no acceptable service without this endowment. Even Jesus must first be baptized with the Holy Ghost before He could enter upon His great mission. The apostles, who had been In Christ's school for three years, could do nothing until they were endowed with power from on high. Mr. Moody used to say that he would rather break stones on a turn pike than nttempt to preach without the Indwelling and power of the Holy Spirit. The great reason why some of our young people's meetings are such a drag is because Its mem bers do not seek power from above. To obtain this power we must earnestly seek 'for It In prayer. "If ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how ranch more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him." To obtain more power, we must use the power already bestowed. "Go in this thy might," the angel said to Gideon the might of the promised presence. "The Lord be with thee." As he went he realized the presence and power of the Al mighty. We must use this power In wit nessing for Jesus. "I am no more In the world, but these are In the world." We arc His representatives. Let us not misrepresent Him. Christian Union-Herald. Self-Conquest a Necessity. Deeply, I fear, doeB this age need to take to heart the stern, Inexorable I necessity of self-conquest not In self-torture, but yet In earnest watch fulness; not in extreme fasting, but in habitual careful moderation; nor In morbid self-introspection, but In ' thorough and vigorous occupation; not in enfeebling the body by macera- i tlon, but by filling Its hours of work with strenuous and cheerful nctlvlty and Its hours of leisure with blight thoughtfulness and many a prayer; i by these blessed means we, too, even In the midst of the world, may attain ! to the spirit which Is dead to the 1 world; we may be keeping under our body and bringing it Into subjection; nay, In no mere formula, but a truth ful figure be crucified with Christ. F. W. Farrar. Digging a Way to Heaven. Bless God for the wilderness: thank God for the long nights; be thankful that you have been In the school of poverty, and have under gone the searching and testing of much discipline. Take the light view of your trials. You are nearer heav en for the graves you have dug, If you have accepted bereavements in the right spirit; you are wiser for the losses you have bravely borne, you are nobler for all the sacrifices you have willingly completed. Banc titled affliction Is an angel that never misses the gate of heaven. Parker. Stepping Stones to Glorjr. When God saves us He does It not alone for our good,, but for His. He expects us to work for Him and to see that not one of His children is turned away hungry or thirsty. Sac rifice and unselfishness are the step ping stones to glory and In my mind the leaBt of the work of saving a soul Is done when we have gotten the pen itent to open his heart to God. It Is the after-work that counts, the dis play of the friendly Christian spirit that shows the new convert that he has friends on earth and In heaven. Human Sympathy May Mislead. The cross separates not only from sin but from friends and tiuman I good. God's children are sometimes J tripped by human sympathy when what they need is divine sympathy. When we see God's children going I through trial let us be careful to up I hold and encourage them. Let us not 1 endeavor to lift the cross before God's time. Missionary Worker. Appetites of Woodsmen. Here are some figures from a lum ber camp up in Greenwood which give an idea as to the appetites of husky woodsmen. There are thirty-five men in this crew, and the cook re ports that he makes each day 300 large biscuits, 150 doughnuts, thirty six pies, bakes six quarts of dry beans, with potatoes, vegetables, etc., In proportion. A largo beet creature Is eaten every five days. There Is something to be explained tn tbat Item ot tblrty-slx pies dally tor thirty-five men. Probably the boss gets the extra oue Kenn?beo Journal. 1 ALFONSO'B NARROW ESCAPE. King Alfonso of Spain had a nar row escape from death while hunting recently. A wild boar rushed at the king, who shot It. He dropped his gun and walked up to the body, supposing that it was dead, but It bounded up and flew furiously at the king, who was riavod only by a shot tired by one ot the party. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM HUm FOR MARCH 15. Subject: .Tesns Heals n Man Horn HIlnfl, John 9:1-12 Golden Text, John 1:S Commit Vcrec 10, 11 Commentary. TIME. October 11, A. D. 29. I PLACE. Jerusalem. EXPOSITION. 1. Receiving ! Sight, 1-7. There are three words of iui!7iiil iii ma nrei verse, "Jesus passed by." Great things may be expected to occur when Jesus passes by. The case of this man was absolutely hopeless. He had been blind from his birth. No human skill could touch his case. But Jesus passed by. That, changed everything. What man cannot do, Jesus can. Jesus Is ever passing our way In these days, so we may constantlv expect wonderful things to happen (Jno. 14: 12). This blind man Is a suggestive Illustration of the unsaved sinner; blind (1 Cor. 2:14), he never had seen; he waB beyond human help (v. 32); his case was hopeless, humanly flliCAlrlncr (ftnnhllaoa ha l.i... . :r . . .... u mm Riven up all hope of ever seeing); he " wiuium numan sympatny, sus pected and despised (vs. 2, 34); he was poor, a beggar. But all his need was only an opportunity for God's abounding grace In Christ. Jesus not only pasaed by, "He saw." He ever pees us In our need nnd distress (cf. Ex. 3:7; 6:.'). Contrast the feeling of Jesus' disciples na they looked at the man with that of Jesus Himself. Their feeling was one of curiosity and contempt. His of deepest com passion (2, 4, fi). Are we llkest to the Master or the disciples? What is your feeling as you gaze upon the poor, the outcast and the unfortu nate? Jesus saw In this man's mis fortune a call to help; they saw In It only the Just consequence of sin. The disciples thought, all sickness must be the direct consequence of sin. Jesus plainly declares this is not so, that there Is another purpose In phy sical Infirmity, viz.: "that th9 works of God should be made manifest." They were made manifest in this man's case by his healing. Some times they are made manifest by God's sustaining grace in weakness (2 Cor. 12:8-10). Doubtless sickness Is often the direct result of sin (Jno. 6:14; Mark 2:5; Acts 12:23). In other cases It is the Indirect result. When Cod's children wander from Him He suffers sickness to overtake them, to bring them to their senses and Himself (Job 32:14-30). But sickness does not always arise from this cause (Phil. 2:27, 30; 2 Kings 13:14). We live In a day when men are making sweeping generalizations about sickness from only part of the data. Jesus did not teach by verse 3, that neither this man nor his parents had ever slr.ned, but that they "did" not aln as the cause of this blindness (see R. V.) The parent so far from being sinless, sinned before the chap ter ends. That Is a wonderful "niUBt" in verse 4. "I must (R. V., we must) work the works of Him that sen: Me while It Is day." Indeed we Di ist. Night is coming fast. No man 0M work then. Up and at the work now. Oh, those Folemn words. "The nlgat cometh," the night of death, when we sleep, not work, not unconscious, but shut out of activity and shut up with Christ In blessed communion (Phil. 1:23), but beyond tho possibility of finishing any work wo have left' un done here. The other night cometh when the church shall have been re moved from tho earth, and the dnrk ness of the great tribulation shall have settled down nnnn if Vnio ,,, works we must do; not our own, but "the works of Him that sent Me." It Is plain from comparing vs. 2 and 4, that Jesus considered delivering men from evil far more Important tha . speculating about the origin of evil. If we are to follow Jesus, we ought not to wait until misery comes to us, we should go tc It. The command, "Go, wash, etc.." was a test of faith (2 Kings 5:10-14; Mark 3:5; Luke A7:14). "Siloam" means "sent," and was a type of Jesus Himself (v. 4; Jno. 10:36; Ho. 8:3; Gal. 4:4). If we wish sight for our blind eves we should go to Him and bathe (Jno. 8: 12). The man gavo the best evidence In the world of faith, prompt obe dience. The result, "he came seo lng." 11. Witnessing, 8-12. The blind man's cureoecatiloned discussion and division. Christ's work always arouses discussion and causes divis ion. The discussion gave an oppor tunity for testimony. The man showed his manliness by saying, "I am he" ("he that aat and begged"). His frank testimony for Jesus cost him excommunication (v. 34), but It brought him a deeper, fuller knowl edge of the Lord (vs. 35-38). When he was asked how his eyes wero opened he gave r mnrlol arainmnni the case, short, right to the point and giving the exact facts. Ha spoke of I ins aeuverer as "the Man called Jesus." Later in the day he said, "He is a prophet" (v. 17). Later still, he recognized Him as "the Son of God" (35-38). Those who heard wanted to see Jesus (v. 12). Such Is the power of testimony. He was then brought to the Pharisees, the recog nized enemies of Jesus (v. 22' ch 11:46. 47. 67; 12:42). But the man did not dodge the Issue even then. His testimony created division even among the Pharisees (cf. Acts 14:3, 4). Some decided that He could not bo from God, because He kept not the Sabbath, according to their notions. But others said, "How can a man that Is a sinner do such slgr.s?" That Is an unanswerable question for all de nlers of the deity of Christ, for If He I is, not aivine at is the chief of tl-us- pueuiuis. EPWflRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MARCH 15. Why We Qo To Church. (Luke 4s 10-29; Pes. 84.) ' There are two Ideas which stand I out In this theme. The psalmist speaks of the temple as a place where Ood .may be found; the prophet whos werds Usus read In the synagogue r.t Nazareth declares good news of de finite blessing which God Is offering to people of every form of need Thst Is. we go to churrh to meol Ood, and we go to church to get hli message of help nnd healing and en rlchmont. Most things that church attendance means, can be Included In these two Ideas. The sacraments have their place here; In baptism wo ao cept the new life, the chief blessing which God has provided for us. In the Si.ppcr of the Lord we seek te come Into a real communion, a fellow ship, a close and holy Intimacy with God. And there are whole realmf of service and ministry In church re Irtlnaahlr These two reasons for churchgotng are very closely related We cannot know Ood without receiv ing something of the gospel, and, on the other hand, wc cannot receive the gospel word without getting ac quainted with God. It Is bad when we forget bow much these two Ideas are dependent on one nnother. In some places the tendency Is to magnify one, while elsewhere the otlrer 1b exaltod The singing, praying, Scripture 'itadlng, and repetition of ritual are most nearly connected with the Idea if communion with Ood; the sormou U the modern form of the moBsag from God. It Is a mistake and a loss to make much of the purely worshipful parts it the church service at the expense of the message. This Is the danger In ritualism. But It U aim a mistake and a loss to count the sermon as the one supreme thing and to consid er all olae as "preliminary" or other wise unimportant. When we go to church with purpose In all sincerity to find God, and to hear his word to ns, we can be sure we have made th uost of our churchgolng. And It wlf hare large and far-reaching cons', -uences. MARCH FIFTEENTH. The Attractiveness of Cuba. With the recent extension ot rail road facilities tourists In general have begun to extend their travel be yond the neighborhood of Havana, and they are loarnlng that the prov inces offer even greater attractions than the capital. All the principal cities are picturesque and interesting, and each has distinctly individual characteristics. The hotel accommo dations are seldom as good as ther should be, but the traveler will not suffer actual discomfort anywhere. In every place one encounters merl caus, with an occasional Spaniard, Canadian, or Britisher, who are spy ing out this land of promise and quietly picking up desirable tracts of It. C. H. Forbes-Lindsay, lu The World To-Day. ECONOMICAL. "What d'ye think of this old mill, lonalre I nursedT Actually asked me" "To marry him, eh?" "No; to take something off my bill." Louisville Courier-Journal. The Wise Use of Money. I. Tim. : 17-19. Olvlng monev for education. Prov. 8: 10, 11, 32-33. Holding monev for Ood. I. Chron. 29: 10-15. Not. hoarding P. Matt. C: 19, 20. Olvlng to the poor. I. John 3: 1313. Trusting In HchO. Prov. 11: 24-28. Spending on appetite. Job 20: 15-17. It is not riches, but trust In riches, that la n root of evil. Our share In producing wealth Is very little; God works for us Infinite ly while wc work finitely. To be rich In good works, laid up In the bunk of heaven this Is no metaphor, though It Is often so con sidered. We are not forbidden to accumu late, to lay up stores; only let US lay up the right things. Suggestions. First be honest with Ood; glv Him a share for Ills use of what Ho given us for our use. Then, be honest with men. pay your debts and provide for all dependent upon you. Then, bo fair toward yourself; make monev your tool, and do not become Its tool. Postpone no good thing till you have money; such postponement of It destroys It. Illustrations. Money takes wings and flies away; but. If rightly used. It riles to heaven. "Money makes tho mare go;" yes, but where? "In Ood we trust" is the motto on some of our coins; and many road It, "In this god we trust!" Aaron, when Moaes rebuked him for tho golden Idol, pretended that he had merely cast the material Into tho fire, "and there came out his calf.' So we pretend that we are driven by clr cumstancccs Into our murfey-worshlp. To Think About. What part of my Income do I use for religious work? Shall I feel lost when I reach the la 'd where there Is no money? Do others rejoice In my prosperity? Quotations. Riches exclude only ono Inconveni ence, that Is. povertv. Johnson. He hath riches suPlclont who hath enough to be charitable. Sir Thomas Browne. It Is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him Independent, so much as tho smallness of his wants. Cobbett. No man can toll wether ho Is rich or poor by turning to hlj ledgor. It Is the heart that makes a man rich. He Is rich or poor according to what he Is, not according to what he U.m -Rcecher. The Wily Owl. A party of horsemen were travel ing along Bridge Creek, a tributary of Bad Water River, Wyoming, when their horses suddenly shied off tho track at the sound of a "rattle." Search was made for the snake, but It was finally found that the sound proceeded from the burrowing owl, which lives In the burrows 'Of the prairie dog, often, it is said, lu com pany with the rattlesnake. Seated on a post the party heard the owl give a third rattle. And whenever they passed the spot It gave warning by its rattle, and the horses always shied off the track in alarm. Amerl can Naturalist. SUBSTITUTE LAUNDRESSES. "Will you please tell your mother that the washing Is not satisfac tory?" said a lady who had her laun dering done by elbow work alone. "Muvver's away," was the reply of the lad. "Well, who does the washing when your mother's away?" "Farver and annuver gentleman!" Tit-Bits. THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE. "Then you really don't believe tbat a man Is ever too old to learn?" "Certainly not. I've kuown men to get married at the age of seventy five or more." Catholic Standard aud Times. -- Don't Neglect the Stock. The neglect of sheep and lambs bringB the farmer out of pocket, as well as In other stock upon the farm Let good care and good feed be the Infallible rule with all farm stork. A Waste to Doctor. Tn ninety-nine cases out of every hundred It Is a waste of time to doc tor sick chickens. It may pay some time when the fowl Is an especially fine one, but as a rule you can save worry by using the hatchet. Good care, good food and cleanliness make the best physic, and If these are sys tematically applied, there will be but few sick fowls. When to Trim Trees. An authority upon the subject of fruit growing Bays that he prefers winter to spring for pruning his or chard. Tho tree, perhaps, does not peel off so easily when rubbed by the ladder or fhe boot heels. Then an other thing, which Ib of quite a little Importance, Is that It is much easier to get about the tree tops when the trees are free from loaves or blos soms. Fowls in COld Weather. According to good practical au thority when the cold weather begins the capacity of the hens for finding a portion of their food will be lessened. hence they must be supplied by the poultryman. Not only will ground oyster shells and gravel be necessary, but green food and water. Green food Is easily obtained by using finely chopped clover, which should be steeped In boiling water nnd fed early in tho morning. Kill tha Roosters. For various reasons assigned an authority advises poultry keepers to kill their roosters. First, you are not apt to have little chicks running about late In the season: second, the old roosters are no longer needed, as next season you should get young roosters from another flock, and the old ones are just eating food for no use at all, besides being In tho way of other fowls; last, but not least by any means, your eggs packed for the winter market will keep much better If no roosters are allowed to run with the hens. Clean out your old roos ters, then, and try the oxperimeut. Only Results Count. A cow may possess many of the points of excellence which among the judges are considered as Indicating good qualities; she may possess the triple wedge, the soft, mellow skin, the slender neck, the clean head, the dished face, the large, flno nostril, tho prominent, bright eye, and yet with all these good features she may possess a meaty udder of Bmall ca pacity, thus rendering her lncnpihie ot large and continuous milk pro duction. Results, actual results, form the final test of excellence after all. J. J. Vernon, New Mexico Ex periment Station. Mated, Not Matched, Horses. In his instructive work, "The Brl dlo Bits," Colonel Battersby (who is a veteran officer and expert horse man) observes that horses put to gether as a team because they are of the same height and color or look alike, and have been driven witli dif ferent and various bits, yet don't go well together, are numerous and ought to be divorced. This may bo bocause, although they are inateB, they are not matches, and while one Ib worth 500 the mate is not worth $50. If horses are not well matched In every respect, especially in the mouthing, they must be driven with different bits and the length of the Inner or outer rein regulated accord ing to the disposition of one or the other of tho team to pull with or against each other, and thus fall Into "lagglns." Borax in the Dairy. A few years ago most anythlns "went" for milk or cream or butter so long as It came from a cow. Now things are changed. The public reullzos, the dairyman realizes and the farmer realizes thut there Is Just ns mm I, difference be tween milk from pure utensils and milk from "stale" utensils, as there Is between milk and chalk and water. The problom of keeping sweet all tho utensils used lu connection with milk and cream selling aud butter making has been u serious ono with tho farmer. He has come to realize fully that tho slightest taint or hint of stale ness left In u can. tin or chum muy ruin a whole output; tbat the taint which is left Is lu the form of linr terla which grow and multiply In milk or butter, producing disastrous re sults. The farmer has learned that hot water won't rinse away the greasy residue in dairy utensils. He has learned that soap leaves a residue of its own which is, if any thing, worse than the milk or cream residue, uud It is little wonder thut tbero has been a constant clamor for a dairy cleanser end sweetener that will meet modern requirements. A few of the largest creamery es tibllsbments called experts Into con sultation on this problem, and these scientific aids decided unanimously npon a product of nature which ex actly fills the bill borax. Scientists have long known borax as a cleanser, a sweetener and an antiseptic destroyer of bacteria and germ growths, that destroys all that Is harmful and promotes and pre serves freshness, sweetness and pur ity; and relieves the dairyman und dairy housewife of drudgery and of needless work and worry. It purity, effectiveuess, cheapness and value should MVl. ,, h, ,.,,. ttt the necessities of avery dairy. One Essential to the Other. There Is no use In denying the fact that In these days of intensive farm ing the farmer has got to have the as sistance of the scientific man; but this Is by no means nil. for that good, sound, practical knowledge, which he has been so many years tn acquiring, Is an all-Important factor. When we have the two nicely blended together In a man of sound, good business Judgment, JT0 have before us the Ideal prosperous farmer. At the Maine dalryman'B meeting this winter Professor Jordan, of this State, who Is not only a full-fledged scientific man, but a farmer's friend and as sistant through and through, In dwelling upon the subject of apply ing scientific principles to boII fer tility, said that "the. question ofifer tlllty Is highly Important. The com mercial fertilizer may have settled the question In part, but. It is not yel solved. We must now meet the sharpest competition, and the farmei who can put the most skill Into hlf products will win. We cannot escape the trend of modern civilization; modern methods nre complex. Out products are selling In critical markets. This calls for a special training. The usefulness of experi ment stations depends upon how farmers roach out to grasp theli teachings. The experiment Btntlot cannot take the place of your own personal knowledge." That's the Idea exactly. The farmer Is not In 2 position to do the work of the ex perlment station, nor Is the experi ment station capable of doing the work of the farmer. They must work hand-ln-hnnd. From a ftnancta1 standpoint the farmer has all the advantage, and foolish Indeed Ib the mau who does not avail himself ol the opportunities for learning afford ed by the experiment station as Ihej are offered to him. Ducks and Gccge. Waterfowl havo attracted more than passing attention of late foi market. The cultivation of egg-pro dining strains of ducks has madf possible tho keeping of ducks nt s greater possible profit; where duck! will lay sufficient eggs during a yeai to hatch a brood or two and to pa) for their own feed, they are a very profitable product. They are easily kept within an enclosure, grow fast, cause but llttlo trouble or anxiety after they are a week or ten day old. The consumption of ducks as dressed poultry Is largely on the In crease, aud for some reason or othet they always sell at the higher price at the same season of tho your than that obtained for poultry. Goose, while growing In favor, are more difficult to munagc; they do not pay so well unless you have rough waste lands, with swimming pools, from tho fact that geese are heavy grazers. Some assert that six geese will eat as much grass as a cow. This is not an actual fact, but geese do consufne a wonderful amount of herb age of many kinds. For this reason, low, marshy lands that cannot bo made use of for other kinds of graz ing cau bo must profitably utilized for the growing of gceso. On lands ot this kind they can bo kept through the entire year, providing there Ib n high place on dry land that they can conio to at night during tho stormy weather. Lands that are unfit for other kinds of stock may be most profitably madu use of for tho grow ing ot geese. In selecting geese, It may well bo remembered that feathers are one of the profitable considerations, and that white feathers will sell for one or two cents more a pound than will colored ones. There are many kinds of geese that may be made use of, each grower selecting the kind boat suited to his locality. More pounds of goose meat can bo grown In the nine number of days with loss cost per pound than In almost any other fowl, from the fact that more than one-half their entire sustenunce can bo grazed from tho marshy lands, being fed only for the first two or three weeks of their existence and after cold weather sets in. when they are to bo ted and futteued for mar ket. To have the best results from tur keys, ducks and geese, ono should select and have in hand on his farm the stock to be made uau of as pro ducers the next year prior to the first of the year. Ducks and geeso brought on to a place after tbe first of March are not likely to prove very profitable during that seasou. A well-set flock of geese do best, in their second year, and continue to do re markably well as producers for many, muuy years. It Is alwnys best to change the ganders at least otico In two or three years. Keep the old goese so long as they will lay oggs aud produce a flock of goslings. Ducks do uot continue as profitable breeders much beyond the third year. Very old geese cannot be madu palulable for dressed poultry. Ducks can be quickly rattened Into palatable food at almost any age; If taken when quite thin lu flesh and fed on rich, fattening foods they will fill up with Juicy, palatable meat In a few weeks uud make fairly 3ood mar ket fowls. Country Gentleman. Strong Language by Proxy. Vicar "John, do you er ever use strong lauguago?" John (guardedly) "Well, sir, I I may no a little bit keerless like In my speech at times. " Vicar "Ah, I'm sorry, John. But we will converse about that at some other time. Just now I waut you to go to the plumber's and settle this bill of 4 10s. for thawing out a wator pipe. And you might just talk to tbe man lu a careless sort of way. as If It were your own bill." Puncb. Too mauy doctors may spoil the war prospects. acts &eatly yet prompt ly on tbe bowels, cleanses me system ejectuaUy, assists one in overcoming habitual constipation permanently. To get its oenejicial effects buy tbe genuine. f lanujncturoci by tKo CALIFORNIA FIcSxtrupCo. SOLD BYLEADINO Omj&GIMS-SM.BOTTU The Door of Doom Munv old houses In Holland have a 'pecliil door which Is never opened save m special occasions - when thoro Is a innrrlago or donth In the family. Th'i brldo nnd bridegroom cuter by this door, and it is thou nailed or barred up until a death occurs, when It is opened ind the body is removed by this exit. What Causes Headache. From October to May. Colds are the most frequent, cause of Headache, Laxative Bromo (juinino removes cause. E. W. Grove on bo. ?Cr. Got Damages in Short Order. Fivo minutes after sho had been hit jy an automobile nt Thirty-fourth street mil Broadway, a Wnmsn obtained (lent igos yesterday. bho wmb crossing tho itrect when tho big machine struck her iown. Sho nroso with a torn cloak sleevo mil a slight bruise on tho arm to show 'or her narrow escuiio from death Policeman Dan llinn, of tho truffle iqiiad, was right on h mil. "Will $10 cover the dumngo?" he ask :d the dazed victim. "Yes, sir," said tho woman. "Give It to.her," ordered Rlnn to tho .ihaulleur. Tho latter peeled off one of tho new lemon-colored hills, handed it to the woman, jumped into hi i car aud whirled away. "I'm satisfied," said tho woman to Rlnn. The wholocloakcostoniy 4.98. " New York American. Th-- Guest's Kick. A good stor reaiiiod tho Chittenden hotel last week, CO 'cernlng a guest with ii grouch. Ho carried It to tho prjpilc tor. "Loni h 'to" ho sai l, "th ngs iiround here nre Just abnUi. ns rotten as thoy make them When I weut to lunch to day, I found hair in I h- ice cr am, hair in tho honoy. nnd bait in the npplo sauc Now what do y' tliluK that? Is that a good hotel?" "Woll," replied th I gcni il proprietor, "1 can explain t o nir i -i tho leu cie m. That llkoiy enme f om the shaving of the Inc. And I suppose that hair in the honey came off the comb, i.ut I don't understand nboui the hair in the api'le sauco. I bought those apples myself, nnd thoy were every one lisld-Wins. Columbus Dispatch, Tied In Bed By Lightning. Lightning striking the home of Wll linm Gnllnglier, a7:J3 Eust Nlnoty-flrst -troot, lippodtho building to pieces nnd made prisoners of Gallagher mid his wife by tightly knotting tho bedclothes Tbo iron bedstead occupied by the aged couple wus twlstud uud bunt, iiodclothcs were torn into strings and twisted Into a score of knots. Gullarher and his wife called tor help until exhausted. Suffer ing from cold, they lay In the midst of ruins, with rain boating down upon them, until after midnight. Gallagher lselghty tlve and his wife eighty. Philadelphia Record. No Visible Signals. 'Yessum," said Sandy Pikes, as he devoured tho wedge of pumpkin pie. "I storuly objuct to ihe nefarious practice of clipping off de tails of dogs." "An, I am glad you aie so tender hearted, my poor man," sympathized the good housewife. "Well, It ain't exactly dat, mum, but whon a dog hami't any tail I can't tell by de wags If he Is in a good humor or not, and it makes me skocry about ap proaching du house " Chicago News. Those Early Marriages. But she clung to blm and trembled. "Darling!" hu whispered. "What fcarest thou? Aro we uot wedded, no more to part?" Bho gazed up at him terrlfiodlv. "Ay, wedded, and at page H7I" sho cried. "I know something is gofng to happen!" Nor was hor dread wholly unreason able, considering a novel bad to hare at least 4ou pages, with two thrill, per lu uruur vo gei into mo mi.ou class. riiCK. THE DOCTOR'S GIFT Food Worth its Weight in Gold. We usually expect the doctor to put us on somo kind of penance and give us bitter medicines. A Penn. doctor brought a patient something entirely different and the results are truly Interesting. "Two years ago," Writes this pa tient, "I was a frequent victim of acute indigestion and biliousness, be ing allowed to eat very few things. One day our family doctor brought me a small package, saying he had found something for me to oat, at last. "He said It was a food called Orape-Nuts, and even as Its golden color might suggest, It was worth Its weight In gold. I was sick and tired, trying one thing after another to no avail, but at last consented to try this new food. "Well! it surpassed my doctor's fondest anticipation, and evory day since then I 'have blessed the good doctor and tbe Inventor of Grape Nuts. ' "I noticed Improvement at once, and in a month's time my former spells of indigestion had disappeared. In two months I felt like a ue man. My brain was much clearer and keen er, my body took on the vitality ol youth, and this condition has contin ued." "There's a Reason." Name given by pt u in Co.. Battle Crook, Mloh.i Read "The Road to Wellville," ta
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