I THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. L. O. ROTENOACH 'iiicinr: Dead F.yrs Opened. I Brooklyn, N. Y At Bethany Pros b"trtaa t'hurrh the pastor, the Rev. ' Rotenbnch. prearhed the third I on In the series on"Mlrnrles; the iders of Jesus and Their Lesson Fo- Tn-dav." HI theme was. "Wind K - Opened." The texts were In Mr. t 7:23: "He took the blind man by tB hand nnd ld him out of ton n." and Matthew in !):2'i and 20: 34: "According to your faith be It nn'o - mi; Jesus had compassion." Mr ;.( nbaeh said : Th- texts bring before us three Br nes i,. ihn healing merry of Jesus. The Si - Id under where lies the city of D'thaalda, near the Sea of Oall lee. rot by the Jordan. Jesus Is In tijat pity; roa ran see Him together with His (M"li)les. Now. notice thai com nan of ron1n yonder. See. they are lending a blind man. Thev bring him to Jesus and beseerh Him to touch him. Here is faith on the pnrt of that com-any and neutralitv ap-parenth- on the part of the man. What he neds Is fnlth. Jesus undertakes to arouse ihat. He takes the blind man by the hand, leads him out of th elf! ii" itda by themselves, the men tmd Jesus. Now, notice the -process, for surh It le. The Master moistens his eves with splta'. nlacea His hands over th?m enl nsks: "Seest thou aught at IV ihe man looks up. Hera s ff.fta'a beginning: "Yes, yes, I s?" i!r hut I see them like unto re8 walHnu." Amain those hands nr placed over his eyes, and now Jesus ma'tes him look up also. He set s clearly! HfJi now, Is the second picture tw blind meu Of their own volition ar'- following Jes-":!. Let ns get the eettln.- The Master is teaching with Jslrits. ruler. conaes beseerhlng Htm. "My daughter is dead: come, lav Thine hand Upon her and she srill Ht." He goes to grant the i : t, v. !'rn through the throng a wc-an m-.Vos her way, rearhes out hf r hand tim'dly and tourhes the hem of Hie garment and Is made well. At th" house of Jalrus professional .mourners have taken possession. Jes us nuts them out. "The maid is not it""'1 be sleepeth." Thev laugh at Him. He goes In, takes her by the hand, and lo! she rl.ies. and the fame -of !t went pver"where. Tho I- th" fitting, and now as He de"a't from therce, those two blind men keen following Hlnv We can see them .go. How pathetic the sight: We can liear thnm rreetiing out after Him. Listen. "Son of David have merry, have merry, have mercy." But He heeds them not. Now, at length thev approach the house where He is to remain. He goes within. Crowd remains outside. But these two blind men. what will they now do? They are keeping right on eagerly through the crowd. They are at the door ow. What! they have gone into the house and right up to Jesus. He aiks. as He looks upon their sightless eyes. "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" Do they believe! Why. He has healed that woman in the way a little while before when she had But. touched Him. He has raised from the dead the daughter of Jairus by simply taking her by the hand, and they had kept following n'er Him all along the dusty road, though utterly Ignored by crowd and by Him. Do thev believe now when at l:st they stand by His side? "Yea, Lord," and as the answer bursts from their eager lips. He touches them, Buying: "According to your faith be It unto you," and their eves are opened, Faith is triumphant. Now, over there wp have the third pirti"-e. Again we need the setting to h' lng out he force and the beauty of It. Jesus is going up to Jerusa lem. It Is the week before Passover a week before the cross. As He goes He takes His disciples one side and aaya: "lohnM we go up to Jer usalem, and the Son of Man shall be betravad; and t"ey shall condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Cpmil"s to be mocked, scourged and CT nettled, rud the third day He shall ris- actio." Then comes to Him the mother of Z i, daa'l children. Her request Is tMt her sons might sit one on the ri-'it. the other on the left of Jesus In His kingdom. The ten. you re member, are incensed, but Jesus calls them unto Him, saving: "Ye know tha the nrlnces of the (Jcnliles lord It over them, but It shall not be so amotrg you. Whosoever will be great amrng you let him become your servant;- even as the Ron of Man came not to be served, but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many." After thes two events Jesus, His Hi Iplaa and a great multitude de part from Jericho. He is in the midst o? one of those great pilgrim bands on their way to Passover fsast. Thev have come from Galilee, augumenied In numbers as they h.-ive drawn near er to' the city of David. Their people believed on Him as ." ifop'ref, and In a va-jue way as ;lph and the coming king, who ii DOW, when they arrive at the - i- . may be crowned, as once before they sought to crown Him by force On sweeps the procession a crowd before lilm, another behind, Hiuisjlf and disciples with others In ths uild-d!-. He perchance engaged in teach ing. Suddenly a sharp cry breaks In up on them. At the roadside ahead sits blind Rartimaeus and a companion hedging. Yhey bear the advance of tue multitude. "What means this?" "Jcaus of Nazareth passeth by." At on ill ho had felt, hoped and be lieved of Jesus burst out In one great CTJ : "JtsM, Son of David, have mer cy on us." The multitude, impatient at disturbance, rebukes tbem and bids (heal be still. No, no, louder yet rises their cry: "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us." '.'jat cry reaches Jesus. He stops, iiuunils that they brou-iht to Him. Bartimaeus leaps forward, t rows aside his clonk, a lane opens through the crowd and now they are before Jesus. "What will ye that I siisil do unto you?" "Lord that our . may be opened." Sao the won Bering multitude, thosj eager blind ones and Jesus. Is It a wonder that He is moved with compassion? lie touches their eyes. They receive sight Immediately, rollow Him, glori fying God. whilst the multitude sings Vralses unto God. These three scenes are given us not so much to please or Interest ui, as to touch our hearts and to Instruct our faith. There la a manifest pro gress also. In the first tho blind man Is lead of others to Jesus. In the second they follow after Hlui of their owo eager volition, and In the third Jesus has them brought to Him. Iu each is an advance of faltb, and faith la the medium alone through which we may receive divine things. I We have In the first scene the great truta oi tun gu.:Ciii2 j. .-,:.. u-.-j .: . sun. We read: "He took the blind man by the hand and led him." Tender snd beautiful is thl-. minis try, Jesus Himself boding the blind, fan you catch the ntetiiflcancp Can yon see the leveling force of the Gos pel t "All vp are brethren." Yes, nnd Jesus proves It by taking tr band of the biind. Can yon also realize the potjtW directness of Christian service? "D'-tr ye one another's burdens," Is the In junction, and we have Jesus taklnf the blind man and leading him. He for the time Is eyes for him Your Chrlrtlanlty Is halting, my brother, If yon have not In your life that first hand ministry, which feels the Infirmities of another and touches him where his need Is. There 13 here also the perfecting service of Jeans. Ills dealing with this man Is a process. He leads him by the hand. He moistens his eyes. He places His handa over them, r-sks then "8efl aught?" "Yes, but raln' ly." Places hands over eyes again, their sight comes clearly. S j He deals with yon and me. Our first etperlence of Him whilst Joyous 1 and hopeful, r t til Is lnadenuat. Rut ' how patient nnd forbearing Is He ! with our weakness and hesitancy. I Renewed and closer contact of fellow j ship clears the spiritual vision. Let Him kepp in touch with you, vvhllst you yield your will, life and love to Him. He will finally perfect I your vision and you will see Jesus ! even ns Ho sees you. In that Becnnd picture we have a I i startling manifestation of the all suf , flclent power of Jesus. His ouertlon I Is: "Believe ye that I am able to do ' thls?"- A great faith grasps this and holds it tenaciously, those two blind men followed Him along that weary way. They kept on until thry came to Him ! Inside the house. Can you see them? I Their sightless eyes striving to looit Into His eyes? Can you hear their i answer: "Yea, Lord, vea, Lord, we , believe that Thou art able." "Accord ing to your faith" is His answer and . thev see Him Jesus. Do you desire the trlnmph of a I great faltb, a faith that sees .T"snr? Then you, too, must believe that-"He i is able." You do believe it? Yes, I to b" sure you do In a way. But do you believe It with all your soul by a ; faith that grips your Ilfo? Do you , believe It with a faith that Impe's I ; you. as it did those sightless on 1 , along the roadway, weary roadway I I of your life, through the thronging crowds whose Carelessness and Indl' i fernce besets you on everv hand. , rignt on into the very presan: of Jesus Himself? You have been trying to do thing? for yourself. Hadn't you better let Him do them, for He is ab'.e? Sorro I things He alone can do for you; trust ( Him. Commit your way unto Him ' for remember "According to your faith will It he done unto you." In this third scene we have pre- I eminently the compassionate person- i ; allty of Jesus. We read: "Jesus had ; compassion." In fact all through this ! scene it is Jesus, Je3us, Jesus, and i , therefore faith, faith, faith. First, j , we have Jesus of Nazareth passeth I ; by. Remember He Is always passing . ; by. In the great throngs to-day, as than, Do you feel your great need ol i Him? Cry out to Him. Bartimaeus I did that and his companion. Are you being oppressed, hindered, dis- t conraged by the, very ones from whom ! j you have reason to expect? Cry out ! I yet much the more those two bv the wayside did that. They received sight and then followed after Jesus. I j Do that, iust that, the way will open, j secondly, we read Jesus s'-'od still He always will, provided tue right I note is in your cry. Remember He was in the midst of a multitude going tc Jerusalem perhaps they will crown Him King. Yes, palm branches will they strew In His way and cry: "Ho sanna In the highest, blessed is thv King that cometh in the name of the Lord," "and yet He hears that cry. Remember He Is on His way tc Jerusalem to accomplish Hli decease As that conferpneo upon the Mount of Transfiguration revealed the weird shadow of the cross alr?adv Is crock ing over Him and yet He hears that cry! What is in that cry? Need? Yes Suffering? Yes. But He finds thai . everywhere. There Is something j more In It. "Jesus have mercy," Ii ! It? No. "Jesus, Son of David, MV4 riercy." This one had faith in Jesus not merely as a grsat rabbi, but he 1 had faith in Him sunrerm ly as the promised deliverer of Israel, the Mes siah. It meant Jesus ThOu Christ have mercy. No wonder He heard and stopped and called them to Him Thirdly, Jesus has compassion. He always has. Let there be the cry ol conscious need, which bolle'-'s im ; pllcitly In Him as redeeming Savioui ! then always has He great compas sion. It Is always "the old, old story of Jesus and Ills- love." My brother man let Him be such 8 Saviour to you as we have seen Him In these three pictures of tender mln , Istry. Let Him lead you by the hand a living presence. Let Him draw : out your faith till you can say with ; Joy: "He is able." Let Him heat your heart's cry of a great faith that ' wins His compassion. eunaij-&cf?o( INTRANATIONAL MttMON COM MfttNTfl Km a rim, 12. Think No Rail. Remember that charity thinketh no evil, much less repeats it. These are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart never believe anything bad about anybody unlest you positively know it Is true; never tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell It. Henry Van Dyke. Tbc Dove of Peace. High above the itormi rides the j dove of peace and Its mssage Uvei I' ll'" ine winu auu wave. A FALSE FRIEND. Mrs. A. "I thought Mil. C. wu a friend of yours?" Mrs. B. "And bo she la." Mrs. A. "Well, she Isn't. She'i a hypocrite. " !Jrs. a. "How do you know that?" Mrs. A. "Because she tried to get me to say something mean about you." Mrs. B. "She did? How?" Mrs. A. "Why, ahe asked me to tell her what 1 really thought of you." Chicago Nawi. Killed la Queer Accident. A aomewhat remarkable death t place recently In one of the large oveni at Tunstall, Staffordshire, Eng land, used for firing pottery, the de ceased being Albert Cotton, aged twenty-Jour. A man named Enoch Goodwin went up a ladder to the top of the oven, when he fell and alighted on Cotton, killing bun on tba spot. Subject : The Rnislng of T,it7nru John H:l-."57 Golden Text .Tolu) II M Commit Verses -1ft. 44 Commentary on (he Lesson TIMK. Janflary, 30 A. D. I'UCK Bethanv. K.X POSITION. I. Jesus AV- pt. .T2 30. Martha, having received from Jesus the ronsolatlon she soiteht. waited no longer, but hurried t" Mary with the glad message. "The Master I la here and ralleth th""." Without n word Mary rises qulrkly and hurries to Jesus and falls down st His feet. Marv had ben at Jesus' feet before 'Luke 10:391. Then she wss nt His feet for Instruction, now she was there for comfort and help. I' ll those who. In times of prnsncritv, know how to sit at His feet to learn, who, In times nf sorrow, know bow to find comfort nnd deliverance In the same nlaro. There is no better plarp to go In sorrow. The rlut wilt shortlv romo when Marv will lie at His feet again In worship. Marv's rry at Jesus' feet Is a deeply significant one: "Lorci, If Thou hndst b"fr here, mv nrntner nmi not died. There seems to he almost reproach In It But she Btlll rails Him "Lord." If Is wonder more than rnroach. Mary was In ijrest pprnlmltv over tb death of her brother, lust as we oftentimes are when our loved ones are taken awnv. It was an imnenetrablo mvsterv to this gentle-hearted womnn. Whv had not Jesus come and saved? He kne'w. It was that. He mleht do something vatttv better than they sought. They, reught a brother saved from death: He would give them a brother tri umphant over death It was because He "lovd" them that He had net come until Lazarvis was dead (vs. 4 I), It was al-o that God might b glorified (v. 41. nnd that the faith or the dlsrlnles might he strengthened. Christ often has many loving reasons for His dentines with us when we ran se none at all. Martha had uttered the same words nt her meeting with Jesus (v. 21). Evidently thev had often snld If to one another during those four davs But Martha hnd not follon nt Joans' feet when she snld it That wouldn't have heen nt all like Martha. She was a practical, un riemonotrntlvo woman. Jesus had given Martha a good deal. He gave words Of wondrous promise and hope; but He gave Mary more H gave her His deepest svmpathv and His tears (vs. It-SB), "Jesus wept." I am glad He did; and 1 am glad John noliced It, and that, when long years had passed and John was writing down what, he recalled of the words and acts of Jesus, the Holy Spirit whispered, "Put tiibt down, too, John; 'Jesus wept.'" We need a high priest who can be touched with a feeling of our infirmities, and, thank God! we have such an one (Heb. 4:15. Ifi). Mary's sorrow was not to be of long duration; a few minutes no and sorrow would give way to ecBtacy; her sorrow, moreover, was founded upon a mistake. Neverthe less It was real, and Jesus entered into It and made It His own. True love doesn't aBk how much founda tion there is in the sorrow of others. In all our afflictions, Jesus ts afflicted (Isa. 63:9). However. 1 cannot but think that In Jesus' "groans" (vs. 33, 38) there was something more than sympathy. Tho word translated "groaned" means "was very angry." At what was Jesus angry? At death, that rjreat masterpiece of the devil (Heb. 2:14), which had through the century had desolated r.o many homes and had now dared enter the home of thosj He loved (v. 6 ) . But Jesus Himself will shortly have an awful fight with this monster and conquer him. The Jews Interpreted Jesus' tears partly aright. "Behold how He loved him," they said. But It was not only "him" He loved and therefore wept. There are many to-day who regard tears as a sign of weakness. The perfect man wept. U. "Take ye away the stone," 27-41. What a wonderful Interplay of the natural and the supernatural, man's work and God's work, there Is in the great works of Christ! Jesus is about to perform one of His most stupendous miracles: call back to life a man who has. been four days dead; but what man can do, man must do. He alone can and He will raise the dead, but man can and man first must take away the stone. 'There is many a man dead In trespasses and sum to day whom Jesus wishes to get at and raise; but He Is calling to us, "Take away the stone," and we don't obey; so the man Is not raised. What is the stone that lies against the door of the cave wherein your dead friend lies? Take It away. Ho little Jesus was understood. They fancy He Just wants to get In and see His dead friend. Even Martha, to whom He has Juat declared, "I am tho Resur rection and the Life," forgets and protests agalust the moving of the stone. "He hath been dead four days" as If It made any difference to the omnipotent "Son of God," "the Resurrection and the Life," how long a man had been dead. Why, the time Is coming when He shall speak the word and those who have been dead tour thousand years shall come forth. III. "Lazarus, come forth," 4:2 4B. "He that was dead came forth." A plain, calm, unvarnished statement of a wonderful tact. The story bears the marks of Its genuineness In every line. Who Is He that by a word thus raises the dead? Only those who won't see can question. Truly this Is the Christ, the Sun ol God. The technical man says there Isn't any such thing as suction between vessels. That as a muter of faj;t two vessels passing in close proxim ity axe shoved rather than drawn to gether. He illustrates his point with a tube with two bulging ends and a channel, half the size of these equal ends, connecting them. When water was pumped In at one end, or at any point In the tube, the preasure was found to be twice as great In either end sb In the slender middle portion. APRIL TWELFTH. Temperance Meeting; Lessons from the Life of John B. Gough. 2 Sam. 22: 17-27. I Living to the flesh. Gen. 25: ' 30-31. 1 Drunkenness, forbidden. Luke 21: 34-30. Shunning temptation. Prov. 6: j 23-27. Drink debases Isa. 2S: 7-10. Leads to poverty. Prov. 21: 1C-1S. ; Excludes from heaven. I Cor. 0: ! Ml The temptations of the drunkard follow fast one upon another, like re- curiing waves. Alcohol Is an enemy too strong for nny man; onty God ran conquer It for ! him. God has large places ready for nil that will allow Him to lift them out ' of small ones. Our fortune takes Its tone from our character: to the drunkard all the universe seems drunk. Gough's Life. John B. Gough. perhaps the moBt I eloquent and able temperance advo- cate that ever lived, was born at Sandgate. EngLind, August 22, 1817. His parents were poor, and to bet- ter the boy's prospects they sent him with a neighbor to Americn. He spent two years on a farm In ! New York, with no Sunday school or I day school, but Joining the Methodist j Church during n revival. Seeking advancement, he went to New York City with only half a dollar In the , world. Great poverty and many trials, to- gether with the ability to sing well and tell funny stories, let Gough I- ! to a life of dissipation. He became a drunkard and an actor. His first , appearance In Boston was In the play, "Departed Spirits, or the Tern perauce Hoax," In which Dr. Lyman Beecher and other temporance lead era were ridiculed. Mr. Gough married, cuo up his trade of bookbinding, but fell to the ' most profound depths of Intemper ance, knowing all the horrors of delir ium tremens. At one time he stood on the railroad track with a bottle of laudanum at his lips, and only the movlngs of the Holy . Spirit kept him from a suicide's end. The kind word3 of a stranger, Joel Stratton, a waiter In a temperance hotel, persuaded Mr. Gough to sign the pledge. Tho drink demon and the Btratagems of saloon men cauBed him to fall twice, but he recovered each time, through the kindness ol friends. He began to speak for temperance In a humble way. but his great nbll lty was soou recognized, and he be came a temperance lecturer, speak ing to crowded audiences all over the United States and Great Britain. His speaking combined the richest hu mor, the tenderest pathos, tne most powerful eloquence, the most con vincing argument. EPnlfilTESSONS 8UNDAY, APRIL 12. UBOM is imporinm. Rich lands, surh ns the blue grass country, are found to contain much lime, and experiments have Bhown : that this materiel Is an Important far tor In soil fertility and a necessity in the production of clover. By a free addition of lime much of the condi tion of a limestone country aan be se cured. Professor Alva Agee, Penn sylvanla State College. Oxygen, named from the Greek oxus, sharp, Is the most abundant of all substances, constituting about one third of the solid earth, and forming about nine-tenths of water and one fifth of the atmosphere. It Is the supporter of animal life and of com bustion. Without oxygen we eould not even light a match. Nitrogen is, m a way, equally Important, as,. It Is the Indispensable element In food and in the soil, from which all food pri marily Is drawn. Interrupted Hoaannas Luke 19. 32- ! 48; Zech. 9. 9-11. When Jesus Christ came to a city of Palestine, and when he comes to a city of America, the result is tho same. There is a sharp cleavage of opinion and conduct concerning him. The children und all those of child liku hearts rejoice; they know that simplicity and goodness and truth and love come with him, and these things are to them the signs of the pres ence of Ood. But his coming Is al ways undeslred and dreaded by those who have refused simplicity und goodness and truth und love. The Pharisees sneer. They know how to be righteous according to a pro gram, but they have no purpose of righteousness as a thing of the heart. The traders in the temple snarl In impotent rage, because tho very qualities for which he stands will ruin their business and destroy their gains. So Christ comes to every communi ty. The hosannas of the childlike are ,ver Interrupted by the criticisms of the self-righteous and the greed of the unjust. No mun who Is unwli! Ing to confess his helplessness and bis need will receive Jesus Christ. No one who chooses gain rather than godliness will welcome him. When a man who Is In a bad business does welcome Christ he abandons Bis bus iness, as did Zaccheus; when a man who is In a bad business does not welcome Christ, sooner or later he must abandon his business anyhow, but In that case he perishes with his profits. The childlike are not the only ones who welcome the advent of Christ. He conies with a message of freedom to all who are bound. His simple word opens the dark places of doubt; his comfort releases the prisoner of sorrow; his word of pardon frees tho bondslave of sin. A BOOK COVER. Many of our boys and girls no doubt would like to have a neat cover to put on the books they read lo keep them from getting soiled. Here Is the way to mako one that may be used on any book of ordinary size. The girls can make it for themselves; the boys can ask their sisters' good ofdees in the matter. Take a piece of tailor's canvas eight Inches wide nnd seventeen and a half Inches long, and on one end of It embroider an Initial or a monogram, as may be de sired. This should be done on the part of the canvas that will cover the front of the book. Line the can vas with gold colored silk the same size as the canvas, otrerseamlng it on all the way around, then bind It around with half-Inch crimson ribbon. Fold In about two Inches on one e,ad and fasten It at each edge. The back of the book can be slipped in at thla end so that it will hold, and tha other end, being unfolded, may bu used to mark the place when the book is laid aside. Of course the cover may be of any size desired, but the one here desorlbed will answer for most books. Chicago News. WHEREAS, ETC. "You take a abort walk every morning before breakfast, do you?" tuid the doctor. "As a sort of con stltutioaal, I presume?" "No," answered the professor, "Ajl a Uft of pi o-amble." New York Sun. Successful Poultry Raising. Paying particular attention to all of the small things Is the keynote of successful poultry raising. The strictest attention from start to finish Is what brings the success. No flock of hens that Is run In a slipshod man ner, letting-them practically take care of themselves, ever pays much of a profit, and indeed such a flock Is gen erally kept at an actual loss. There are very few flocks that can take care of themselves, but the greater ma jority of them can take care of their owner If they receive the right amount and kind of attention. Weekly Witness, Rreedlng Trotters. Trotters will never be bred to a certainty so that all of them will trot fast. There will always be some fail ures. When all those who are en gaged In the business breed syste matically, the cases of failure will be far less numerous than In the past or at present. Breed from the best of animals that are themselves bred in producing lines. When breeding for speed endeavor to make such selec tions of sire and dam as will show a similar combination of blood lines In the offspring as that which has pro duced speed with the greatest unifor mity iu the past. American Cultivator. Care of the Colt. The first year of the colt's life Should be devoted to Instruction. The colt will learn more easily at six months old than when a year old. It enn also be controlled more easily. Hence it is wise to handle the colt early. Us early training should not stop with breaking to the halter. It should be handled until it will drive as well as lead. To teach it all this and keep it from forgetting what It has learned is a little trouble, but If the colt is of good stock the trouble is well paid for. Practice a little common sense with the young stock and note the high rate of interest coming back to you as the result of the Investment. Epltomisf. The Farm Machinery. A great deal of money is wasted every year in replacing machinery that Is worn out or disabled before Its time. Rust and neglect probably In jure more machinery than labor wears. A manufacturer is said to have asserted that farmers would not buy more than half tho present amount of machinery if they took proper care of what they have. A common cause of damage is Ig norance of the parts of the machine and how to adjust them for best working conditions. A machine not in first-rate condition will often con tinue In operation, but at the expense of strain and damage to the parts of the mechanism, causing a break down sooner or later, besides requiring a great deal more power In operation. The simple need of frequent oiling Is neglected. Said a mechanic: "OH Is the cheapest machinery we have." It is certainly cheaper than buying a new machine. A little observation will soon discover which partB of the machine require most frequent oiling, and these should receive special care. In some machines it happens that parts that need oiling are not easy to get at, with the result that neglect follows, until something happens. In mowing and harvesting machines the holes which admit oil to bearings of ten become clogged and the oil falls to penetrate where It will do the most good. American Cultivator. Orchard and Chicken Yard Rivals. To-day the One-Acre Ranch has reached its culmination and displays extraordinary results. Every Inch of ground has its duty to perform, every tree is In. bearing, every vine and plant is at a high point of develop ment. The land, however, is by no means all given to agriculture. The bun..,-, a neat, comfortable cottage, takes up one corner. In front of It Is a small, well kept lawn and a flower garden. To the north of the house Is a large storage cellar, a tool house, a dog kennel, numerous chicken houses and several feuced-ln breeding and feeding pens, covering one-half acre. The orchard occupies one-fourth of the acre. In it are 130 trees, includ ing eight varieties of peach, seven of cherry and four of apple; also plum, apricot, quince, English walnut, Span ish cheBtnut and almond. Between the" trees and on the other fourth part of the acre, are grown berries and vegetables, thirty varieties or more, Including potatoes, peas, beans, cu cumbers, tomatoes, beets, onions, squash, parsnips, asparagus, peppers, pickles, turnips, cabbage, strawber ries, raspberries and blackberries. The fence on three sides of the place serves as a grape arbor, and, in sea son, fairly groans with the weight of the fruit. The yearly Income, from theae pro ducts would easily support the pro prietors of the One-Acre Ranch, but the poultry yard, not to be outdone by tha vegetable kingdom, works pro dlgloualyio outstrip its rival In swell lug the bank account. The 170-odd thoroughbred chickens last year laid over 5000 eggs, which sold at prices ranging from twenty to forty-five cents per dozen. Two industrious black Spanish bens, which were kept In a pen of their own. laid ssn Iu one year. Two hundred and fifty settings were sold for hatching pur poses, netting approximately $1 a setting! Besides the chickens foi their own use, the Llpes sod ovei 200 from last year'a brood, from fifty cents for tho spring chickens to $3 for the thoroughbred roosters. Century. Breeding nnd Feeding Swine. At a swine breeders' meettng at Manhattan, Kan., Professor G. C. Wheeler said In part: "There Is no animal-kept on out farms which will so surely and qnlck ly return us a profit upon feed con sumed nnd rare given as the humble and lowly hog. "The history of swine husbandry of the United States is one of the most interesting features of our live stock development. The hog popula tion of the United States for 190S was over 52,000,000, sixty-two and one-half per cent, of which were cred ited to ten States, all with the excep tion of Georgia and Texas being cen-. trally grouped In what Is commonly known as our corn belt district. la other words, the bulk of our pork Is produced In our great corn States of the Central West. In fact, we may almost say that the hog has made possible the development of this sec tion of our country. The type of hog grown is, of course, an Important fac. tor In the problem. We are all strong for an animal which shall have-the utility feature highly developed. We) want a hog which will fill the market requirements and which can turn the greatest amount of corn and other farm-grown feeds Into pork at the lowest possible cost. "There is no domestic animal which adapts Itself as readily to changed conditions and environments as the hog. The animal of the present day has been gradually evolved by selec tion and methods of feeding and care until we have a smooth, symmetrical, compact type, with the early matur ing and fattening character highly developed. "While from the market stand point many of tho strictly breed char acters have no value, there are some few characters which all must have, and I am going to mention one or two of the most important. "In order to be highly profitable the farmer's market hog must, first of all, have a store of Inherited vitality and vigor. Any inherited tendencies to constitutional weakness of any kind will be fatal to the most profit able results. The animal must trans form a large amount of material Into a marketable product in a very short period of time, and any weakness or lack of vitality and vigor must result in breaking down of the animal and a failure to carry out to a profitable consummation Its purposes In life. This, coupled with a lack of fecundity In the breeding sows. Is the common est cause of complaint among our swine breeders and farmers. "The strong, vigorous sow, produc ing and successfully raising seven or eight pigs at a Utter,- has more than double Its value of the sow which will produce and raise but four. It is a fixed law in breeding that certain characters are In a way co-related. For example, the most highly devel oped beef cow Is seldom a heavy milk er, and, again, the light milker is not 1 so sure and regular a breeder. Nat- ure seems to limit the production of I offspring by the ability to nourish and care for that offspring," Notes of the Farm. All meat, and milk products should be given as fresh as possible. Make hens work for their foort nnrl then give them grltoto grind it. Eggs not more than ten davs or two weeks old hatch the strongest chicks as a rule. The males should be mated to the females at least two weeks before eggs are desired for incubating. Building air castles is lieht work but it won't make the hens, lav tho eggs hatch or the little chicks thrive. Eggs being saved for hatching should be kept at a temperature not lower than forty-five nor hlerher than seventy-five degrees. Nobody ever succeeded in the nnnl. try business by dolna business In n helter-skelter manner; good manage ment means as much or mora toward success than any other one thing. The fowls should be allowed to run outdoors every day the weather will permit. Tbey will be more healthy than If closely confined, but don't compel them to go out In cold winds and rains. Plan to purchase at least a settlns or two of uure bred ears for hatch. ing this spring. It will pay. Another gooa way to get a start with good poultry is by the ouri-huan nf riav old or newly batched chicks. If the poultry yard la inclined to get muddy it will pay to fill it in with sand or gravel, ashes, cinders, etc., until it is above the general level. Some people's poultry yards would scarcely make even as good hog pens. Keen the food trouehs and fnodino pens clenn. Poultry ara not llko Ma. zards, capable of thriving on any old Kind ot -rotten stuff. Don't let them huve access to musty grains or de cayed material of any kind or disease will very likely result. A Hint to Wives. When a man knows that there Is always a watchful eye on him; that It he forgets to be thankful for some service done him. If he is absent minded, if he neglects to kiss his wife good-bye, it will be all counted against him then his spontaneity will ale. Harper s Uazar. Monarch Was Not Fastidious. Frederick the Great made a satis factory meal ou salt beef or nork and cabbage. Hie Magpie In Fakedom. By O. 1 1 8TEBNBEN. fn this rDnntry, where the magpl is unknown except when . Imported, very little is known of his cleverness, thieving proclivities and great facil ity for learning to talk. In which he eauals or perhaps surpasses the par- fot. ' Chattering like a magpie," la n well chosen simile. In Europe we find the magpie In plenty, and In the country a steady war la kept up on him because or his destructive habits and thievery. In his favor It must be ssid that he, like the crow, la to a certain extent the farmer's friend by helping to destroy mice, grubs, etc.. although he cannot be seen fol lowing the plow like the crow and raven. He Is fully aawnry as those blrdB and Is very suspicious of "the man behind the gun." His propen sity for stealing shining things Is well known. Not so well known Is his dislike, hatred It might be called, of bright colored objects, more particularly bright red or yellow flowers. I have seen magpies with shrill cries make savage onslaught on beds of red glad iolus, nmaryllls and nasturtium, while, strange to say, peonies were left unmolested; perhaps because their color was not of the Irritating red shade. I have seen a poor little escaped canary bird fiercely attacked by chen). It seemed as if all the mag pies In the county had gathered about that canary. They shleked. fluttered, pecked at him and literally tore him to pieces. Here Is nn old legend about the magpie which may amuse some of your readers: "Onco upon a time a magpie, perched on a branch of a large wil low, saw through the open window of the Tillage church the chalice on the altar brilliant In the rays of the aun. Swiftly he flew to, stole the chalice and carried It up iu the wil low, where he secreted it In tho heart of the tree, imploring silence on the pnrt of the tree. "As soon as the theft was discov ered the villagers set out Inquiring of birds, beasts and plants If they had seen tho chalice. None had. Then they came to the poplar. And the poplar willow swore It know naught of the chalice and so swore raising lta branches to heaven in affirmation. "As a punishment for this perjury the good Lord would not let the pop lar's brunches resume their natural position. And that tg why the pop lar's branches point straight up. "Next to the poplar was another willow tree, and when It heard the false testimony ot its sister tree It drooped Its branches In shame and sorrow and so they have over re mained. And thus we got the weep ing willow." Suffrage in French Revolution. Woman suffrage is not, as many suppose, an American invention. In 1789, the year of the destruction of the Bastile, Olympe de Gouges pre sented to Marie Antoinette aerogram containing seventeen artlclewaleinand Ing the full enfranchisement of wom en. This program set out "that all cltizenesses should, as all citizens, take part personally or by their rep resentatives,, la the forming of law, the expression of the popular will." .The success of thla movement at first appeared certain. Condorcet, in 1791, In the convention, elaborating the project for a constitution, insert ed woman suffrage. In June, 1793, the convention voted it, but It was never applied, and later that year It was annulled. Subsequently came the code Napoleon. "It is necessary," said the Emperor, "for the woman to know that iu going from the guard ianship of her father, she should en ter under that of her husband" and the code expressed practically this view of tho Caraican who had told the childless Mme. de Stael, with bru tal candor, that the greatest woman in France was the mother who had the largest number of children. The Gyroscope Principle. A practical application of this ten dency of rotating bodies to preserve the direction of their axes has been nSade In Germany to the compasses used ou shipboard. The needle of the ordinary mariners' compass is very sensitive. This has been neces sary hitherto in order that it should maintain Its direction toward the north during the motion of the ship as It moves about in different direc tions'. It has been found, however, that the rolling and vibration of a ship Interfered with the needle. If the waves were rolling high the nee dle Is apt to become unreliable be cause of Its great sensitiveness to shocks. However, if when the needle was known to be in an undisturbed condition it 1b connected properly with a gyroscopic wheel kept contin ually In motion, this wheel would hold the needle to its true position. The usual shocks on shipboard would have practically no effect. Experi ments have been made abroad in this connection, especially with the An schutz compass. The results of these experiments have been very favor able. From J. P. 8prlnger's "The Gyroscope," In St. Nicholas. North and Smith Italians. Because, while politically one, thej are really separate peoples. The Lon gobards, or Lombards, who 4bout 56S took possession of Northern Italy and permanently established themselves In the rich valley watered by the Po and its atuents, were . of Teutonic stock, their original home havlnl been in the region on the left bank ol the Elbe, roqud about Madgeburl and Luneburg, Germany; while the Italians south of Lombardy are of the old Iiatln stpek. This fact ex plains the physical and other differ ences between the people from the north and the people from the soutii of Italy. New York American. "Mumping Day." What Is known In Lincolnshire al "Mumplug" or St. Thomas' day, whea women and children go from bouse to house begging money, food, or cloth lna. web observed venters. v in Lin coln city many residents make it a practice to gjve the "mumpers" packet of tea or sugar, or provld them with a good meal. Londe Standard.
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