THE PULPIT.
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SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
OH, ROBERT ROGERS.
Thome: Overcoming Evil.
Brooklyn. N T. Tn the Chnrrh of
the Good Shepherd, the rector, the
Rev. Dr. Robert Rogets. preached
Sunday morning on "Overcoming
Evil." The toxt was from Romans
12:21: "Be not overcome of evil,
but overcome evil with food. n Dr.
Rogers said:
This Is the closlr.s vers.- of a rather
remarkable chapter The words Im
mediately preceding my text, "If
thine enemy hunger, feed him; If he
thirst, give him drink;" "Bless them
which persecute you, bless and curse
not." do not sound like the words of
a Jew who was trained under the
maxim?, love thy neighbor and bate
thine enemy. They have much more
the sound of the voice of Jesus, who
said. "Love your enemies." It Is
very Impressive to think how deeply
Jesus was able to fasten Ills peculiar
teaching upon a man like Paul, who
had been trained in the religious
philosophy of the old schools.
Paul has lost his old prejudices; ho
has separated himself from thfl nar
row tenets of Judaism: he has Im
bibed th" spirit of Christ; he has been
born again Into a new world of moral
philosophy, and he has been regarded
as the best interpreter of the Gos
pel of Christ among the writers of the
New Testament. Luther said' the
Epistle to the Romans Is a complete
epitome of the Gospel. In our text
Pa il has something to say about evil
and something to say about good.
He does not deny the existence of
evil, as some moderns are doing; he
does not pass It over as merely "good
in the making." He says, "Abhor
that which Is evil;" hate It, fight It,
overcome It. But while he thus pre
sents the reality of evil and the Im
portant influence It has in human ex
perience, yet he looks upon It as
something to be conquered, to be
eliminated from life. He looks upon
It as only a temporary condition of
things. It Is not a necessary com
plement of character. He says, "Be
not overcome of evil;" therefore, a
man can be free from It.
It Is a matter of very great im
po.iar.ee to every man to be sure of
this truth, that sin is not a necessity
of his being; many a man is In deep
discouragement because he has been
taught the permanence of "this in
eradicable taint of sin." this neces
sary weakness and frailty of human
nature.
Paul has a much finer conception of
a man's possibilities. "Be not over
come of evil, but overcome evil with
good," Is his BD ssage to every man's
soul, and in this h3 Is but following
his Master, who said:" Be ye perfect
even as your Father In Heaven is per
fect." Thus If we follow Paul's teach
ing it will be wise for us to know of
a certainty that there Is evil in the
world, that we can know It Inwardly
by conviction, that we can know It
outwardly by Its consequences. But
let us at the same time know that we
have the power to be separate and
free from it and the ability to con
quer It.
Paul has also a philosophy of good.
Good Is the power which overcomes
evil. While evil is transient and tem
porary, good Is permanent and
eternal. Good conies from God.
Wherever evil Is present bring good
to meet it. Wherever hatred Is pres
ent bring love to conquer It. Wher
ever ignorance and superstition Is
present bring truth to enlighten It.
Wherever lust and Impurity are pres
ent bring love and purity. Wherever
unbelief and recklessness are present
bring your faith to victory. Wher
ever despair or moral rebellion is
present bring hope. Wherever strife
and enmity are present bring charity.
This 13 Paul's philosophy of good
overcoming evil. Once set free the
forces of good la a man's individual
life he will be saved from wrong.
Once set free and active the forcBS of
God in a community or city and evil
will be destroyed. This Is not a mere
system of theory or speculation; It
has the power of demonstration be
hind It. The experiences of life are
full ol illustrations of this fact, but
let mi especially t all you something
about a wonderful wori; being done
In Emanuel Church, Eoston, and
which Is being taken up by other
churches, and will grow more and
more widely as It is Investigated and
Its marvelous power comprehended.
The whole genius of thl3 great
work Ilea In the power of good over
coming evil. The two clergymen In
that church are curing men and wom
en of such ovils as drunkenness, drug
habits, gambling, kleptomania, raur
derou3 Impulse, despair and morbid
ness, leading to suicidal mania, and
mental prostration. A young woman
was recently cured of the habit of
lying and impudence to parents and
teachers, a very grievous affliction
which seemed Impossible of cure by
the best skill and advice. These are
a type of a hundred other evils which
Meld to this new method of treat
ment. You will notice that each one
has its basis in moral disorder of
some kind, and I have no doubt what
ever that every moral delinquency Is
remediable in the same way.
The method by which this moral
healing is accomplished is plain to
every student, of psychology, but it
Is not easy to explain to others. The
point of great interest to you and
me, ordinary people. Is this: There
saems to be in every human being
what is called a snb-conscioiisnes3, or
subllmal self. In other word?, a
substratum of morality a foundation
moral nature. It Is to this funda
mental moral nature that these heal
ers appeal. When the man afflicted
with the cursed hab't of drunken
ness applies for relief, he Is put into
a hypnotic sleep, which frees him
from the ordinary cares of everyday
experience. While In this state of
sleep, this moral r.ature of which I
have been speaking Is awake and is
appealed to, strengthened and in
structed. The drunkard Is told of the
goodness of Ood, of His desire to re
deem a man from his evil habits. A
moral stamina, an appreciation of the
beauty and power of God's righteous
ness is put Into this sub-conscious
elf. And the result Is that this good.
Implanted, overcomes the evil. The
victim goes out Into life with a new
power, bis moral self strengthened,
and he Is cured of his debauching sin,
whatever It may be.
A very marvelous and astounding
thought in connection with tbls meth
od of Influencing men through this
ub-consclous self Is that some of the
must learned students say that It it
Impossible to Influence men to do
wrong or Immoral things while In this
state. They may be made to do fool
ish or humorous things, but rebellion
Is encountered If a wrong or evil thing
Is suggested. It Is this which leads
me to call this state of sub-conscious-uess
a man's moral nature. What a
wonderful revelation this Is. to know
how we are guided and guarded
against evil, If we will listen to and
obey the advice which God has put
within us.
It Is Important for its to note well
why this very subtle method of In
Juctng a hypnotic state Is necessary
lefore men can be cured. Why can
not the moral nature of persons af
flicted b I appealed to In the ordinary
way of teaching and advice? The
reason seems to be that In moral de
Inquents, this substratum of moral
lature Is so burled In bad habits, Is
m separate from the ordinary
houghts and acts of life, that It Is
Tactically lost, and therefore this
hypnotic means Is necessary In order
to drive foni the field the ordinary
onsclousness which Is associated with
evil. It Is very Important to see that
l person may be so taken up with the
physical affairs of life that the moral
Coundatlons are based so deep as to
lie practically non-existent. This Is
a sad state for a man to arrive at.
Now, as you think of this new
method It Is simple to understand at
least in a general way. It is forcibly
building up the moral foundations In
man God's sovereignty, father
ho i I, goodness; awakening tn man
the consciousness of the nobility of
his own nature: that his purpose In
life Is to love God, love his neighbor,
love and respect himself. When this
is accomplished In a man's soul he
has now vision of the power and
glory i-f human nature under God.
He sees the hideous face of sin and
its blighting consequences on lite; he
understands the power of good over
coming evil. Thus It Is that In a re
ligious and moral clinic the evils and
immoralities of life which crush men
are overcome by Implanting goodness,
which drives out the demons of evil
from the soul. These men In Boston
say that in a year's treatment of
about 500 cases there is not one fail
ure to be recorded. Now, I hope we
are all very much Interested In the
principle Involved in this Illustration
or demonstration of the truth con
tained In my text from St. Paul. It
teaches plainly that where evil li
present and controlling you In some
habit of life which you know to be
bad. It Is because good Is absent, be
cause your moral nature is submerged
and not allowed to do its work in
your life. In order to be free from
evil a man must build himself up In
the moral foundations of God. Happy
will we be if this work was begun In
childhood and continued all along
the years. I once quoted to you
Evangelist Hadley's statement that he
had never known of a fallen man or
woman to make a complete recovery
of himself utile he had been trained
in the Scripture truths In childhood.
This is only another proof of the
need of moral foundations strong
enough to be vitalized at critical per
iods in order to recover a man from
destruction by evil. The unfortunate
man who has no such moral establish
ment has no power in him to recup
erate when the critical time comes.
This experience has Its counterpart In
bodily sickness. The great value of
religious training is easily recognized.
The value of Bible reading Is that a
man may see the moral foundations
which God has laid for him the
value of the church and the Sunday
school, that we may be constantly re
minded and stimulated and instructed
In these moral obligations; the value
of prayer, which keeps us In vital
communion with the source of all
truth and goodness. Let God's stand
ard of goodness be deeply set In our
lives, and evil will never find a rest
ing place. If a temporary lapse in
our moral standards shall permit
evil to take hold of us, the power of
recovery will soon assert Itself and
drive off the intruder.
The purpose of God toward man Is
redemption. This Is the lesson of
Jesus' presence among us; the Son of
Man came seek and to save, and cer
tainly one of the great messages of
His life Is to teach the truth of over
coming evil with good. Let us have
no fear of evil. Many men remain in
bondage to their sins and bad habits
by being in constant fear of them,
paying all their attention to the f"es
outside and giviug little or no atten
tion to the divine power within them.
To such I would say, stop thinking
of your faults and evils for a while
and begin an earnest seeking after
God, to know His goodness, His will.
Search the New Testament and know
who Christ was. Learn His message;
do the things ! lieh He asks, and you
Will And power for goodness taking
hold of you and evil will have gone.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR APRIL B.
The Value of Confession.
"Next to not sinning," says some
i one, "1b confessing sin." A very learn
; ad man has said: "The three hardest
I words In the English language are,
; 'I was mistaken.' " Frederick the
Great wrote to the Senate: "I have
just lost a great battle, and it was
entirely my own fault." Goldsmith
I says: "This confession displayed
1 more greatness than all his vlctor-
lea." Such a prompt acknowledge
ment of his fault recalls Bacon's
course In more trying circumstances.
"I do plainly and Ingenuously confess
that I am guilty of corruption, and so
renounce all defense. I beseech your
lordships to be merciful to a broken
reed." Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
. Threads of Gold.
Little self-denials, little honesties,
little passing words of sympathies,
little nameless acts of kindness, little
. silent victories over favorite tempta
: tlons these are the threads of gold
which, when woven together, gleam
out so brightly lu the pattern of life
that God upproves. Canon . Forrar.
An Uncomfortable Time.
When a minister begins ta drive
home the truth, there are always
those In the congregation who would
feel more comfortable If they could
q home, -too
BUREAUS NOT USELESS.
"I see the navy may decide to get
rid of its bureaus."
"Is that so?" she responded bright
ly. "Well, I suppose roll-top desks
would suit the navy better, and, John,
If those bureaus are the old-fashioned,
mahogany kind, with a lot ot
drawers, I wish you'd write to the
secretary und find what he'd take for
one." Philadelphia Ledger.
Sawdust Is turned Into a transport
able fuel by the simple device of
being heated under high pressure
steam until the resinous Ingredients
become sticky, when It Is pressed into
bricks. One man with a two horse
power machine can turn out 1.0,000
bricks a day.
It bat been calculated that a man
of the ordinary size sustains a pres
sure of about fourteen ton. But, in
asmuch aa the pressure is exerted
equally in all directions, and per
meates the whole body, no Incon
venience follows.
Subject: Jesns the Good Shepherd.
John 10:1-18 Golden Text,
John Mil 11 Commit Verse !
Commentary on the Lesson.
TIME. October, 29 A. D. PLACE
Jerusslem.
EXPOSITION. - I. fmi the Door,
1-0. Anyone who seeks to get access
'iO the sheep In any other way than
iy the door, I. p.. by CI. r 1st, Is a thief
ind a robber. The hpep ran always
-11 the difference between the true
ihepherd and the robber (vs. 3, 4.
i(, 27J. Christ's sheep have six
hararterlsHcs: (1) Thev know the
Shepherd's voice (v. 4). Every sheep
n the East, unless he Is sick, rerog
ilzes his shepherd's voice as soon ns
i" speak. Every one of Chrlst'.i
iheep rcrognlrea Christ's vole?. The
rue sheen recognizes Christ' voice
lespite all the destructive critics.
(2) "The sheep hear His voice'' (v.
3, 27). They not only know It. they
heed It. This Is one of th? surest
est as to whether you are one of
r'hrist's sheep. Are you needing His
olre? (3) "The sheep follow him"
(4. 27). Wherever the sheen see the
ihepherd going they will follow
(Matt. 1(1-24). The way may seni
iark and dangerous and difficult, but
.hey "follow him." (4) "They know
not the voice of strangers." A true
iheep will not follow a s..range voice.
The vole? may seem soft and silvery.
It matters not, It Is not the voice of
the shepherd. Those "Christians"
who are forever run..lng off after
Grangers, "Just to hear what lhy
have to say," are not sheep. (5)
"A stranger will they not follow."
Evidently many professed Christians
are not sheep. (61 They "will flee
from him." Jesus is also the door by
which the sheep pass In. To what Is
e the door? ( 1 ) To salvation. "By
Me if any man enter In he shall be
saved." This makes the way of sal
vation very plain and .imnle, just
pass right In by Jesus Christ. The
door Is open to all, "any man."
Though a man be ihe greatest of sin
ners the door stands open ( 1 Ti.
I; IB), He Is the only door (Acts
4:12). Neither the law. nor the
shurcb, nor morality, nor baptism,
nor a creed Is the door. "I am the
door." This door was opened by His
atoning death (vs. 10. 11; Gal. 3:13:
Eph. 1:7; Heb. 9:22). We enter It
bv simple faith in Him (Rom. 3:25.
R. V.; 4:3, r. ; Eph. 2:8: Acta 13:38.
39). Any one who enters In by Jesus
Christ will be saved, no one else will.
(2) To liberty, "shall go In and out."
The true acceptance of Jesus leads
not to a life of fear and constraint,
but to the perfect liberty ot a child
(cf. Rom. 8:15). (3) To security.
This too is found In the "go in and
out." The one who really enters by
rihrUt Is eternally secure ( va. 28. 29).
(4) To satisfaction, "shall find pas
ture." There Is no such pasture for
sheep in all the world as the o-ie who
enters by Jesus finds. The pasture is
"green" (Ps. 23:2). It is "good" and
'fat" (Ez. 34:14; cL Isa. 40:9, 10).
II. Jcsuh the Good Shepherd, II).
10. But Jesus is not only the door.
He Is the Shepherd also, "the Good
Shepherd." False enrists and leaders
had come claiming to be shepherds,
but really thieves and robbers. The
Pharisees were such. They came to
"steal and kill and destroy." But
Jesus' mission was glorious. "1 came
that they may have life, and may
have It abundantly." Any of us then
may not only have life, but have life
"exceeding," life "beyond measure."
Have you this superabundant life.'
So many have such a thiu thread of
life. How abundantly we may havu
life appears in Jno. 1:15 (cf. Col.
1:19; Col. 2:9, 10, R. V.; Eph. 3:16
19). Then conies tbat great declara
tion, "I am the Good Shepherd." Thu
best exposition of those sweet words
Is the one you will get upon your
knees pondering them, turning them
over and over, constantly looking to
God to let you into their wealth of
meaning. It is not only a wonder
fully comforting thing that Jesus says
here, It is also an amazingly daring
one. In the Old Testament Jehovah
is the Good Shepherd (Ps. 23; Isa.
40:10, 11; Ez. 34:11-13). If we
aspire to be true shepherds we
must be ready to do th same. If
at the approach of danger we leave
the sheep and flee for our own safety
we are hirelings and not shepherds
(cf. 1 Pet. 5:2). Jesus knows His
own and His own know Him even as
the Father knows Him and He knows
the Father (R. V.). Wonderful, who
cau fathom that depth auu intimacy
of that knowledge? And there is life
and eternal security in It (Jno. 17:3;
2 Tl. 2:19; 1:12). Ten graat points
about the Good Snepberd: (1) He
knows the sheep even as the Father
knoweth Him and He the Father.
(2) He Is known by the sheep. (3)
Has personal Interest lu each sheep
and deals with It individually calls
it by name (v. 3). (4) "Leadeth
them out." (5) Thrust forth the lag
gard sheep (v. 4). ( Cverlooks
none, "all His own" (v. 4, R. V.).
(7) "Goetb before them." He has
trodden every step of the way that
we must take. ,8) Careth for the
sbeep (v. 13). (9) "Layeth down
His life for the sheep" (vs. 11, 15).
( 10) Glveth eternal andabundant life
to the sheep (vs. 10, 28. 29). Jesus
has sheep outside of Israel (v. 16).
When Ho has brought them they will
become one fold (Epb. '2:14, 15;
Gal. 3:28). It la through hearing
His voice that they are brought. The
laying down of His life wds a per
fectly voluntary act on Jesus' i ai t.
TINY WAS INSULTED.
A great elephant named Tiny re
cently disturbed the orchestra at the
Theatre de Varieties, at Beziers, In
France, under exciting circumstances.
The conductor offered him a carrot,
he was making his bow from the
stage, and in stepping forward rather
too hastily to get it, the elephant
brought down the front of the stage,
and, accompanied by two zebras,
which wero performing with him,
crashed Into the orchestra below. The
elephant caught the conductor round
the waist with hu trunk, and, after
r aving him In the air a minute or
two, threw him out into the audience.
There was a small panic, but Tiny'a
keeper persuaded Ills charge to clam
ber up an improvised gangway to th
l'"T taln. American Cultivator.
WIFB' RETORT
You're trying very hard to be a
man. It seems," aald the disgusted
husband the other day to his wife.
"Well," she replied coldly, "don't
you think wa nesd'oae In the fam
ily?" New York Tribune.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
APRIL FIFTH.
Songs of the Heart. IV. The Men
Whom God Accepts. Ps. 24.
(Consecration Meeting.)
Men who are holy. Lev. 11: 41-45.
Sanctified by the truth. John 17:
15-19.
Without "spot or wrinkle." Eph.
5: 25-27.
After Christ's example. Rom. 15:
10.
Like Ood. Lev. 19: 1-8.
Seeing God. Heb. 12: 1417.
iletter to nscend the hill of the
Lord than to aBrend a throne, and to
stand In His holy place than to stand
before kings.
As only those whose nntural eyes
are pure and clear see God's creation,
so only those that are pure in henrt
see the Creator.
The "blessing from the Lord" Is
"righteousness;" that Involves all
good things.
Those that seek God, God seeks.
Suggestions.
Those that are accepted of Ood ate
acceptable to God's children; not,
necessarily, to ether men.
Ood will not accept a part of us,
or even the most of us, but Ho must
have all or nothing.
We are not our own; we are
bought. Our bodies, and all that
they ran do. must be living sacrifices,
If we would bo acceptable to Ood.
When God accepts us, He accepts
us not on trial and for a short tlmo,
but forever.
Ilustrations.
When Ood examines us for His
service, Instead of a civil service ex
amination paper, It Is out character
that Ho reads.
An editor acrepta a manuscript If
it is good, and is needed; but God al
ways needs men. and Christ supplies
the needed fitness.
A lover Is accepted. If both he and
she are in love with each other. But
God always loves us.
A battleship I3 accepted If It proves
itself able to go at a certain rate,
carrying a certain load. Sd arc we
tested by our deeds.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, APRIL 5.
God Providing for His Birds, Hla
Lilies and His Children Matt
6. 25-34; Psa. 37. 23-29.
Matt. 6. 25-34. The birds and the
lilies are God's creatures; wo are his
children. They take what he gives,
and can do no other. As he gives'
they live, and It is wortny of note
that birds und lilies, for the most
part, live perfect lives. Because we
are God's children ho gives us a
larger freedom. We take what he
gives or we refuse It; we use It wise
ly or we us0 it foolishly; but still
the birds and the lilies teach us that
he who takes God's perfect gifts and
uses them according to God's Intent
will live the life that God meant him
to live. There is only one thing to
be anxious for not food or raiment,
but the kingdom of God and his right
eousness. In a very important Bense
food and rulment are God's to give
or to withhold, although : may co
operate with him even here; but in
the matter of seeking the kingdom of
God, and the righteousness that be
longs to it, we are left entirely rree.
All the more reason that we should
seek and use this higher, nobler gift,
since God lias put upon us the dignity
pr a free and uutrammeled choice.
Psa. 37. 23-29. The whole message
of this psalm is that righteousness
is profitable, godlessness short-lived.
The psalmist does not know all he
would like to know about God's prov
idence, but he is sure that infinite
love rules over us all. Then It Is
blessed to trust. Te afflicted may
triumph, and the defeated may be the
real victors. Of course, as we know,
the Christian message very greatly
enlarges this view. Whatever God's
providence may bring to us. If we are
la harmony with his purpose, It can
bring us nothing tbat la not good.
Sorrow, loss, trouble, burden, hind
rance, limitation all these can be
made ministers of blessing and power
to the man who believes that God is
using them to teach and to train and
to develop him. To those who can
not believe this these things are un
mixed and unexplalnable evils.
Americans Growing Bigger.
A tailor whose firm has been con
tinuously in business in Philadelphia
for 105 years has compiled from hia
books of measurement some statistics
that discount the statements of the
pessimists.
These statistics show that the
American in the past century has
grown taller, stronger and slimmer
greater in height and In chest
girth, less In the girth of waist and
hips.
The average cheat ot 1795 was
tblrty-slx inches. It is now thirty
eight inches. The average height was
five feet seven inches. It Is now five
feet eight and a half inches. The
length of leg has increased in the
same proportion. The shoulders and
chest have greatly developed. The
waist, on the other hand, has lost
two Inches. New York Press.
lu-; Aid to the Uninjured.
A young lady had a rather .embar
rassing experience In a London church
last Sunday. She accidentally let her
handkerchief fall. By repeatedly
stooping to "reach It furtively she at
tracted the attention of tho gentle
man in the pew behind, who thought
she was about to faint. With the
best of motives, therefore, he took
her gently under the arms and raised
her up, greatly to her surprise. Ai
she tried to release herself another
gentleman went to her assistance,
and before the lady knew what was
the matter they were moving her out
into the aisle, and, Indeed, carried
her Into the vestibule before she
could recover sufficiently from her aa
tonlshment to find words for protest.
The Quale, of course, was ludicrous
in the extreme. London Tribune.
Breed the Yonng Mnre.
The Buffalo Horse World says:
"Figures show that many great mares
have produced some of their greatest
performers after they were past fif
teen years of age. These figures, how
ever, should cause no one to refrain
from using a good young mare for
breeding purposes."
llrewein' Grains.
Dried brewers' grains rank close
to bran In feeding value, containing
a little more protein and fat, but not
quite so much carbohydrates. It Is
claimed that in 100 pounds of this
feed thero are 15.7 pounds of pro
tein, 36.3 pounds of carbohydrates
and 5.1 pounds of fat. Malt sprouts
nnd dried brewers' grains are valu
able cow feeds, especially the lat
ter. Sprouts are richest In protein,
but not much relished by cows and
should be fed only In limited quanti
ties. Wet brewers' grains are apt to
injure the quality of the milk. Phil
adelphia Record.
Feeding Molasses.
A correspondent of the Practical
Dairyman says:
In reference to my experience In
feeding molasses to my dairy cows,
will say that I found it to bo much
better as a milk-producing feed than
I expected.
I commenced using It by mixing
It with the brewers' grnlns, one pint
to each cow, and, after feeding fifty
cows two weeks on said feed, I
stopped feeding the molasses two
days, and the cows fell off sitty
quarts per day, when we began feed
ing it again, the cows came up again,
which demonstrated to my satisfac
tion that it Is a good and cheap feed.
If it was not for the fact that I am
having a surplus of milk Just now,
I should feed It to my full herd nnd
increase the amount by giving them
two feeds of It each day, Instead of
one, as I am confident the results
would more than pay the extra cost.
Getter Than Whitewash.
A serviceable paint for farm build
ings can be made by thickening sour
milk or buttermilk with Portland ce
ment and metallic Venetian red, or
bright red paint powder to the ordi
nary paint consistency. I painted
the outside of my barn (rough lum
ber) with this mixture and also
painted a few boards with ordinary
oil paint as a check, and six years
after the milk paint had preserved
the wood better than the oil paint. It
has kept its color and shows no sign
of age. This paint will not rub or
wash off like whitewash. The grease
In the milk seems to have the fixing
quality, as I treid using water with
the cement and paint and found it
rubbed off readily. For this reason
It is Judged tbnt sour milk is better
than butter milk as it contains more
grease. This sort of paint costs but
little and cau be mixed up instantly.
It is very valuable for doing little odd
painting Jobs around the farm which
might not otherwise get done. It is
necessary to keep agitating the paint
as the cement settles quickly. G. E.
M., In the Indiana Farmer.
Stick to One Breed.
At the meeting of the Illinois
Dairymen's Association, Mr. W. E.
lones said, among other things, that
whether your Btock is Jersey, Guern
sey, Holstein, Brown Swiss, or any
other class of cattle, Btlck to your
text, and once having made up your
mind what you want, keep on In that
line with a pure bred bull, and you
will have a uniform herd of some
kind, and as a general proposition a
oetter grade of milkers than to Jump
from one breed to another each auc
;eeding season. You get a reputation
n a short time of having a herd of
lerseys, Holstein, Swiss, or some oth
!r breed of cattle, even if you never
-ad a pure bred female on the place,
providing you have a sire of the same
jreed for two or three succeeding
jenerations. Even with the greatest
:are that cau bo used In selecting
salves there will be disappointments.
Occasionally a calf that you expected
'.he greatest things from proves a dis
ppointment. The host sires are of
'.on sacrificed before their real worth
s known. On several occasions we
would have given many times what a
:omparatively good bull could be
bought for If wo could get back Borne
inlmal that had been sent to the but
ther before his real worth as a breed-
r was known. Of course, this 1b an
unfortunate condition that only time
ind close observation on the part of
the breeder can obviate. Weekly
Witness.
While there is a great variety of
material fed to pigs, it should be re
membered that It Is the properly ma
tured animal that gains the place of
honor, though unfortunately It often
happens that the man who produces
the right material too often falls to
reap the reward and benefit to which
he is entitled. Farmers' and Drov
ers' Journal.
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Yonng Turkeys.
The main point with young turkeys
Is to prevent them from being ut
tacked by the large gray body lice,
and tho best way to do so Is to begin
with the parent birds before the
young ones are hatched, as lice usu
ally go from adult birds to the chicks.
When turkey hens desire to sit they
should be anointed on the head once
n week with some kind of oil, such as
olive oil, linseed oil, or lard oil. This
will kill the largo lice and prevent i
the chicks from being destroyed the '
first few days of their existence.
Grease Is repugnant to poultry of
all kinds, hence but little oil should
be used. Apply it lightly on the
heads, the combs, faces and necks,
rubbing It well into the skin. It will
render the hen more comfortable,
prevent her from leaving the nest
frequently for relief from torture,
and will a! ... save the chicks from
being attacked. A few drops of oil
on each chick once a week should be
used, and more young turkeys will be
reared. The secret In rearing them
is freedom from Uce and dampness.
Feed them on bread crumbs moist
ened with milk, hard boiled eggs,
chopped parsley, onion or lettuce and
cracked corn and wheat the first two
weeks, feeding four times a day, and
removing all food uneaten. Aftet
they are two weeks old the food may
be varied to suit the circumstances.
Keep the hen confined In a coop, al
lowing the chicks to go In and out
during dry weather. Farm nnd Fire
side.
Know the Cows' Yield.
For three years one cow gave an
nually an average of 11.300 pounde
of milk, yielding 405 pounds of but
ter fat; the second cow 3800 pounds
of milk from which 128 pounds of
butter fat were obtained. The first
ate one-half more feed than the sec
ond but produced three times more
There was less than three dollars dif
ference in the cost of keeping and one
averaged a profit of $3 7, while the
other lacked $2 of paying for het
board and keep. This is not an ex
treme case, but it Is a frequent occur
rence. The dairyman must know which
cow pays and which one eats Its head
off, and profit as well. There is only
one way I know of to determine) this
by the scale and Babcock test, and
the scale is as Important as the test
By combining, every man In the
neighborhood can have his cows teBt
ed at slight expense.
Dairying In a business, and to bt
successful should be understood thor
oughly. A merchant knows what lu
is going to sell, Its cost and what he
will muk-e as profit. How many, uf
ter they get a cow In the stable, know
whether she is paying or not? Per
hapB the second cow could, by in
creasing her food a little, have beer
made to increase her yield of milk
but there would be' lots of work and
little profit in handling a herd ot
such cows. I believe business princi
ples must be applied to any calling
to make it successful. Prof. J. E.
McCllntock, Agricultural College, Or
ono, Me.
Any Child Can Do It The Result Is
Almost Like Magic Useful Too.
Anything In tho nature of a chem
ical experiment Is always Interesting
and usually educative. Here Is a
simple experiment which any child
can perform and which Is Instructive
in a very practical way: Get a bit of
White Lead about the size of a pea, a
piece of charcoal, a common candle
In a candlestick, and a blow-pipe.
Scoop out a little hollow In the char
coal to hold the White Lead, then
light tho candle, taku the charcoal
and lead In one hand and the blow
pipe In the other, with the large end
of the blow-pipe between tho lips;
blow tho flame of the candle steadily
against tho bit of White Lead on the
charcoal and it the White Lead Is
pure It will presently resolve Itself
into little shining globules of metallic
leaU, under the Intense heat of the
blow-pipe, leaving no residue.
If, however, the White Lead Is
adulterated in the slightest degree. It
will not wholly change into lead.
So, It will bo seen, that this experi
ment Is not only an entertaining
chemical demonstration, but also of
practical use In the home. White
Lead Is the most Important Ingre
dient ot paint. It should be bought
pure and unadulterated and mixed
with pure linseed oil. That Is the
best paint. Tho above easy experi
ment enables any one to know wheth
er the paint is the kind which will
wear or not.
Tho National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their "Dutch Boy
Painter" trade-mark will prove abso
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test;
and to encourago people to make the
test and prove the purity of 1 alnt be
fore using It, they will send free a
blow-pipe and a valuable booklet on
paint to nny one writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address Na
tional Lead Company, Woodbrldge
Building, New York City.
Why Billiard Tables Are Green
'Billiards Is one of the ol lest games I
know of," said a sporting man. "It is
older, even, than croquet, which wn9
played by French kings a g'eat many
hundred years ago. But, while billlnrds
is to old, I'll bet none of the devotees of
the ivorels and the cue can tell mo why
a I'll aii I tablo c ivcrlug is grccnt The
billiard tab'e is always green. Well, the
answer is simple enough Billiards Is
merely n corruption of tho good old
English game of bowls which was play
ed on a beautifully green lawn. On ruluy
aud winter days, however, your Eng Lb
sportsman couldn't enjoy his bowls, so
vmh clever Johnny conceived the
chenie of playing bowls Indoors on his
initial i. 11 green lawn It was too much
of a cinch, however, playing this game
with the hand in such close quarters, so
th cue was introduced to put skill at a
preuium. That's how we got billiards
an ( why b lllanl tables arc green.,'
Phllvdelpbla Record.
Has a Familiar Sound.
Tno Union Is rapidly hastening to
ward a state a society in which Presi
dent, Senate and liouso of Hcpresenta
tives, will fulnll thu duties of kings,
lords and commons, nnd the power ot
the community pass from the domocracy
ot numbers into the hands of an aristo
cracy, uot of noble ancestry and ancient
lineage, but of moneyed monopolists,
land jobbers and hartleys politicians."
This quotation is not, as might appear,
a present day jcremaid, but its author
was William L Mackeuzie, the instiga
tor of the Upper Can idian rebellion of
1837, and ho gave forth this u:teranco in
184 1, after thrco years' residence In the
United States Boston Transcript.
Consul George H. Scldmore reports
that tho native Japanese population
of Nagasaki, on December 31, 1907,
was 173,118, against 168.438 one
year ago. There are now 1,463 for
eigners at Nagasaki, 131 of whom
are Russian, 101 British, 85 Ameri
can, 52 French, 28 German aud 21
Danish.
Mrs.
CAUTIOUS BRIDE.
Bacon "I see a fashion ar
ticle on bridal veils relates that a re
tent bride wore. her face covered on
the way to the altar."
Mr. Bacon " I suppose the bride
didn't want the groom to see she was
laughing at him." Yonkers Statesman.
Feeding Growing Pigs.
There can hardly be a one rule
method of feeding pigs, as conditions
vary so much. It may be from the
weather or something peculiar to the
aulmals themselves that some litters
ian be fed heavily and others only
very carefully for fear of crippling
the animals. By care and practice a
person can tint, out a proper method
and should aim to carry it out sye
tematlcally. It is not a wise thing to
feed any thing that happens to be
handy and that will satisfy the pigs'
appetite, for it will ,,. .1 .....
I the pigs unthrifty, with consequent
ions. 1 noose me ration that is best
adapted to the conditions at hand and
then stick to it.
Do not keep too many nlas In on
pen unless the space is large and has
Plenty 01 troughs. Troughs should
he of the proper height, with nartt-
tlons to prevent the pigs crowding
eacn other from tho trough, and this
also keeps the rood clean.
Feed regularly and carefullv In
creasing In strength and quantity as
judgment sees fit. The obiect ah tin trt
not be to fatten exclusively, as Is too
often the case, but to moderately
iaiien wnne keeping growing till the
pigs reach a weight of 160 to 200
pounds.
It is extremely important tint th
animals should be kept clean and dry.
Remove the soiled and damp bedding
often and replace with a little dry
straw. Wheat straw Is preferable, as
it does not keep dampness or pack
and heat as quickly as the others.
Producing Lean Pork.
The production of fat or lean pork
is a question of both breed and food.
Some breeds run to fat and others to
leanness, both of which natural ten
dencies may be greatly modified, if
not entirely overcome, by feeding for
desired results, but it takes more feed
to fatten a naturally lean hog than
for a naturally fat hog. If the brood
sow belongs to a family naturally
fat her pigs will tend In the same di
rection; but If they are fed lightly af
ter weaning and compelled to forage
in the fields for most of their teed,
the active life will prevent them ac
cumulating much fat and turn a large
share of their food into lean meaty
the natural product of constant exercise.
If this is kept up for a few genera
tions, the characteristics of the breed,
so far as these special animals are
concerned, will be completely
changed. Nature will come to their
assistance and gradually fit them for
their environment. The scrub hog
and the razor-back produee lean meat
naturally, but they can be changed
into lard hogs by confinement and
heavy feeding In a few generations.
The less active the animal, the softer
the bone and the greater tendency to
fatten. In all lines of breeding the
question of feeding has mueh to do
with the results attained. The
smooth, broud backed, short legged
hog will soon degenerate into a scrub
in the hands of a poor feeder.
In. breeding for lean hogs, there
fore, all these points should be con
sidered and while the breed should be
selected which has a tendency In this
direction, the management and food
should be of a nature to develop this
tendency still further. In doing this
It will not be necessary to go to the
razor-back, or some big, coarse ani
mal, with an abnormal appetite and
big bone. The Improved breeds can
be made to answer the purpose with
careful feeding and will produce lean
meat at much less cost than the com
mon breeds. fnltomist.
Beware of Ointments For Catarrh
Tbat Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys
tem when-entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be uied
except on prescriptions from reputable phy
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Ball's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by V. J . Cheney 4t Co., Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood end mucous surfaces
of thesystem. InbuyingHall's Catarrh Cure-'
be sure you get the genuine. It is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by F.
J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. pejr bottle.
Take Hall's Family 1'ille for constipation.
The lynching record In this coun
try for 1907 shows a reduction ot
about 20 per cent, over that of the
year previous. Fifty-six persons were
done to death by mobs, and all of
these crimes took place In the South
ern and Southwestern States. The
victims were 52 negroes and 4 white
men.
Piles Cured In O to 14 Days.
Paso Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, llleedingor Protruding
Piles in 0 to 14 dayaormoney refunded. 80c.
The reason some people can stay
out of debt is uobody will let them
get tn.
Ask Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Ka.se.
A powder. It rests the feet. I 'nr. - Corns,
Bunions,Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching
Sweating Fuel and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's
Foot-Eaiieiiiak new nrtightshoes easy. At
1.11 Druggists nnd Shoe store, 9S cents. Ac
cept no substitute. Sample mailed FRii
Address Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
A girl will tell the man who did
-.( Just aa quick as anybody else that
he never kissed her.
A man always has a notion he
could make lots of money If be didn't
tkave such high Ideals.
Explains Cause of Dreams.
Dr. Mark Baldwin, of the Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, ex
plains dreams by saying they are
caused by images which have been
Impressed upon detached portions of
the brain and which are brought Into
action by a rush of blood to the head
or through the absence of the usual
amount of blood.
Must Have ID en Town. Character.
A letter addressed to "The man
who wears th tallest hat In BrbJtol!"
has boon correctly delivered in that
English city.
FITB,8t. VltuB'DanoerNervous Diseases per
aianently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer, fc! trial bottle and treatise free.
Or. U. R. Kline. Ld..Usl Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Wine times out of ten when a girl
un't like you It's because ber father
does.
so insure (he direct and quick clenneing
ef the syetem lake Garfield Tea. the Mild
Herb laxative. It purities tat blood,
radicates disease and brings Cloud Health.
The nice thing about a happy mar
rtage is the woman always believes
it.
Many Professional Men,
clergymen, teachers and singer usa
Brown's Bronchial Troche for car
ing hoarseness and cough.
The most successful love affair '
when it's imagination.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wnolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
Anyway there are no froiea water
pipes In hell.