YTbe Putpt
A SERMON
flieinc: Divine Indwelling.
Brooklyn. N. Y. Preaching on th?
above theme at the I-vlng Square
Prethyterlan Church, the Rev. Ira V.
Henderson, pastor, took an his text
Jno. 20:22: ' Receive ye the Holy
Spirit." He fiald:
The reception of the Holy Spirit In
the inner sanctuary of the human
heart Is the condition of entrance Into
the kingdom of God. The possibility
of th" Immediate and present Incom
ing and welcoming of the Spirit Is
reason enough for us to believe that
the kingdom begins in this life and
at once, if you will. The fact that the
coming of the Spirit into the heart is
contemporaneous with the entrance
of the Individual Into the privileges of
divine citizenship Is sufficient demon
stration that spirituality is the key to,
and the essence of, and the first re
quirement of admission to the king
dom. The one and only way to par
ticipate In the Joys and blessings of
the Spirit filled life Is to cease from
hanlnpss of heart, and from Intellec
tuol self-glorification and self-trust,
and to become as little children in
humility and In receptivity to truth.
Spirituality and dvine citizenship are
one and the same thing. Growth in
spirituality la the test of efficient
citizenship. The man who has stopped
depending upon his own strength, his
own wisdom, and has opened his
eyes and ears and mind and heart to
the Influences and manifestations of
the Spirit Is ready to receive, anil In
All conscience will get, the papers and
rights of a citizen of the kingdom of
the God of Jesus Christ. And that
soul only Is being sanctified unto God
likeness and fashioned Into the Image
of .lesus Christ who is growing daily,
hourly, momently, in the glftB and
graces of the spiritual life. To be
spiritual is to become childlike. To
attain spiritual development Is tha
aim and the calling of those who are
Christ's.
The Holy Spirit, the personal, puri
fying, propelling presence of God In
the Ufa of man. is the means unto
the spiritualizing of human natures
according to the divine decrees. The
entrance of the Spirit means death
to sin. The yielding of self to the
gentle ministrations of the Holy
Ghost is the first step toward indi
vidual transformation. The com
munion of the spirit of man with the
Spirit of God brings peace, content
ment, rest and n wisdom and energy
which are more than sufficient to meet
the demands and the opposition of
the world.
No mere impersonal, unreal, un
attainable something is this Spirit
which Christ bade His disciples re
ceive, and of which at a later time
they received a fuller measure. It Is
the real, helpful, personal presenc
of God In the life. The spirit or man
is a prey to all sin save the Spirit of
God as a constructive, controlling
force comes in. The transfusion of
the soul with the vitality of the Spirit
fills the dying heart of man with life.
There are three characteristics of
the Holy Spirit to which I wish to
direct your thought. The Holy Spirit
is a constant presence In the life of
the world, a controlling energy, a
soul satisfying comforter.
The Holy Spirit Is a constant pres
ence and factor In the life of the
world. The entire list of graces and
gifts and blessings which are ours
at the hands of our Heavenly Father
are constant. The gift of the Spirit
Is no exception to the rule. When
God promises to men the presence
and uplift of the Holy Spirit upon the
fulfilment 6f certain conditions upon
their part He means just what He
says. Our Father is not fickle or
changeable or inconstant. He is the
same to-day, yesterday and forever.
And Hi! Spirit, which is His own real,
personal presence in the h'.ar.s of
men. Is as constant as all else with
which He has anything to do. When
we were far away from duty and were
serving sin the Spirit of the living
God was knocking ever at our hearts.
And though we hated ourselves and
the depth of our own iniquity, though
the world may have despised us and
forsaken us, though everything In life
may have held us as "unclean" with
the leprosy of sin, still the Spirit of
our living, loving Father stood wait
ing to reveal to us the wealth and
beauty of the love of God and to re
vive our dying souls with the fullness
of power un'.o eternal life.
The constancy of the Spirit as a
factor in life Ib nowhere better illus
trated than in the experience of
Christian men who have given
themselves up, in less or greater
measure, to His dominion. What a
Joy, what a comfort, what a stay it is
to know that whenever and whereso
ever we may turn to the Spirit for
the portion of refreshment that our
souls so sorely need wo shall always
find Him ready to supply our wants.
There is no sense and no reason in
much of our constant petition to God
to infill us with His Spirit. The in
fluences of types of thought and of
prayer are hardly escapable. We
have grown so accustomed to ask
od to fill us with His Spirit
of power. But I submit, would wo
not pray better and more to the point
If we thanked our Father for the
favors of His love and acknowledged
to Him in person, what He already
knows, our shortcomings and our lack
of appropriation of the gift of His
Spirit. The showers of spiritual
blessings are forever falling frse, full
and sufficient upon human souls
everywhere. Our prayers should not
be of petition that God may give us
shower, but rather of thanksgiving
for past, present and futuro blesslngn
and of dedication of self, through the
riches of His grace and powers to &
finer and more fruitful life for Him.
The presence and Influence of the
Holy Spirit in the life of the world Is
a constant gratuity. If you are nol
the deeply grounded spiritual man
that you should be the fault lies nol
with the Spirit, of which there li
abundance unto all men's necessity,
but with you who have refused that
wealth of spiritual power which, un
der Ood, might be yours If you would.
Bverywhere and continually the Spirit
of the Lord is active. He knocki
ever it ihe door of the sinner's heart.
He u forever pouring out the inex
haustible waters of spiritual life upon
the parched souls of men. But neither
God itfr His Spirit can fill an In
verted tup. The showers of blessings
can not flood a closed heurt.
Then, too, the Holy Spirit Is a con
trolling energy In the life of the
man who ii susceptible to His influ
ence. Christ tells us that His Spirit
hall lead us unto all truth; that He
hall be our Guide, our Teacher und
our Helper. The catalog of the hsttlr
Itlss of the Spirit In the life of man
is strengthening and sustaining. By
Him we are led Into the entirety of
dun. telT-rsveUtlou and of etv.ii.tl
truth, vnir.er tno guidance of the
Spirit of the living God we may pro
gress from truth to truth as the won
ders of God's universe are revealed
to us and the application of everlast
ing verities brought home to our
hearts. May no man flinch to follow
the Spirit whithersoever He may di
re. I As Pnnte went through hell
and heaven nnd the Intermediate re
gions of the world beyond, nnd told
in allegory and song the wonders that
he witnessed nnd the sights he saw,
so may we, with the Spirit as our
Guide, be given graco to look truth
squarely In the face and portray it
faithfully to the world. And If we,
as Dante, or beyond him ChrlHt, shall
be hounded by those who fear the
light of truth we shall yet be certain
that the truth, the truth alone, Is
worth men's fealty and shall make
them free.
The Spirit as the Comforter ap
peals to the heart of every Christian.
Who of us does not Joy In the fact
that above us and within us is this
comforting Spirit of the Lord our
Ood? The human heart cries out for
comfort wh"n distress and danger and
destruction come upon It. When our
hearts are bowed In anguish nnd our
souls are crushed with grief, when
every human tit Is Revered and no
mortal hand may avail to dispel our
utter darkness, then the Spirit of
the loving Father strengthens, sus
tains, sanctifies the soul. "Save me,
O God. for the waters arc come Into
my soul," we cry out with the
Psalmist. In the .Tudah wilderness
of the world our souls thirst for Him,
our flesh longs for Him as In a dry
and thirsty land, where no water Is.
Then the Spirit comes, and with His
entrance the live springs of refresh
ment minister to our souls' deep nepd.
The Spirit as the Comforter Is God
in His presence ministering to the
humanest of mortal needs. No man
can live happily without Him. No
man can weather the trials of tribula
tion and the temptations of prosper
ity without Him. Lending the sor
rowing light hearts He keeps the suc
cessful level headed.
The sense of the constant presence
of the Spirit of God in the individual
and world life Is the certain indica
tion of a true religious experience.
No man who lives near to God Is with
out It. It Is elemental in Christian
experience. And this consciousness
of God's abiding and guiding Is the
mainstay of the soul Without It
progress Is Impossible In the truest
sense. With It we may fight with fear
lessness, with hope unquenchable,
against principalities and powers,
against the wickednesses of high
places and the Sins of mlr.hty men.
For the abiding Spirit of the living
God Is the controlling energy in the
life of humanity, Bad men may de
feat Him temporarily; evil policies
may frustrate Ills purposes and hurl
themselves against His plans; but the
Spirit of God Is unconquerable. He
Is the controlling, the overruling en
ergy of the world. In this Spirit we
Bhould find our strength. From Him
we should derive the comfort of our
souls.
Let not your heart be troubled.
Come what may, be the storms of life
what they will, God will not leave us
comfortless. He will not leave us
orphans. He Is with us. He will
abide with every soul who bids Him
enter. He will constantly refresh us
all. He will give us courage and be
our strength. He will suffuse us. He
will comfort us. And He does.
Tilt
INTKKN ATION U, LESSON COM-
incurs for ji nk 7.
Conscience Not an Information Bureau
If conscience Is a sate guide to
what Is right and wrong then the
Bible is not needed. There Is no
half-way ground here, for a guide
that needs guidance is no guide at
all. And as a mutter of fact, con
science is not a guide, and because
so many souls mistakenly think it is,
confused and wandering errors in the
pathway of life are constantly made.
Conscience is a monitor. It prompts
and prods; it urges "Do what you
know to be right; do not do what you
know to be wrong." But it does not
instruct us in what Is right and what
is wrong; it is not a bureau of in
formation. That instruction we re
ceive from God in many different
ways, of which the Bible and the
training of parents and teachers are
ome. Therefore it will not do to
lettle back in the easy assurance that
we have a safe guide In conscience.
We have a tremendous responsibility
:o learn, from sources outside of our
selves, what is our duty, and those
sources are always available when we
really seek them. Sunday-School
Times.
Nature Presses Toward Fruitage.
Ripe fruit, which is the Immutable
promise and purpose of God, is the
and of a patient process. After a long
and trying pause young spring, like
hope of God, returns; but the end
Is not yet. It is the season of new
breath, new motion and new birth.
Everything is astir under the new,
universal excitement. The earth, like
a bride, ''puts on her beautiful attire,
She blooms and sings. But bloom
and songs are not the end. By her
beauty music she announces the ex
quUlte end toward which she is mov
ing. She will not pause until she has
produced her fruit, aor then until her
fruit is full-orbed and mellow. She
reckons nothing less than ripe fruit
to be her fitting crown. Nothing less
will satisfy God. Thou crownest the
year with Thy goodness. John Puls-ford.
The Reason Is Christ.
We have insane and blind asylums
and public schools In Massachusetts,
and not In Turkey, because here we
had yesterday a strong sense of
Christ, and there they had not. The
Rev. Frank Crane.
He Opens the Path.
God never falls to open you a path
though He may refuse you a philo
sophy. Xtlt I rem Ii Academy.
In a period when so many time
honored traditions of France sink be
neath the waves of what we are
pleased to style progress, without
perhaps raring to learn whether we
gain or lose as the stormy tide flows
on. there is one national Institution
still standing firm, which, despite all
that U said against It, is unique: 1
mean the French Academy. In vain
have men tried to raise up rivals; It
remains the sole arbiter of taste, the
guardian of our language, the last
surviving vestige of sovereignty. To
prove this would be an Interesting
study, in view of the increasing im
portance attached to the "Academie
des Goncourt," and to the committee
which has been humorously called
the "Academy of Women." From
Th. Bentzon'a "Literary Rolls of Hon
or In France." In the Century.
THROWN TOGETHKlt.
"Do you ever meet Dr. Rybold?"
"Often. He and I er are
thrown together u food deal. We
(ravel ou the same suburban lVne."
Chicago Tribune.
Subject: Jesus Appears to His Disci
pics. John BO 1 1 Ml Golden
Text. John Commit
Verses 1I, 'JO f oiMlnentnrv
time Brsnlngi of Sundays, April
fl and April lfi. A. D. 30. PLACIC
House In Jerusalem.
EXPOSITION. I, Jpm,s .Appears
URtO the Dlseiplcs. Thomas IJelng
Absent. !!-:;.-,. .i..Sis having ap
peared to Individuals now appears to
the disciples collectively, it was Im
mediately after the return of the two
from Emmnus (Luke 24:30). Th
disciples were In fear of the Jews (cf
Matt. 14:15). With a word He ban
ishes their fear. "Pence be unto you.'
As He said this He was standing In
their midst. When He stands in the
midst there is always peace no mattet
how great the turmoil without. Ht
was fulfilling Hl3 promise to them
(Jno. 16:22). Ills coming Is thf
great cure for all fear and sorrow
(Is. IS:t 1 Thess. 4:16, 17). Shut
doors were no barriers to the entrance
of the resurrection body of Jesus.
Strangely enough the first result of
the appearance and words of Jesut
was increased fear (Luke 24:87).
The heart of sinful man shrinks back
from the supernatural. These surely
were not the kind of men to imagine
Jesus had risen again when He really
had not, and out of their fancy weave
a legend of His resurrection. Jesut
sternly rebuked their determined tin
belief and hardness of heart (Mk
IB: 14). Unbelief is not a misfortune
to be pitied, but a sin to be rebuked
nnd repented of. To overcome tbeli
persistent unbelief nnd to convince
them beyond question that It was in
deed Ills very self. In wonderful con
descent ion Jesus showed unto them
His nall-scarrcd hand and spear
pierced side (cf. Luke 24:38-10, 41
43). The evidences of a literal phvsl
cal resurrection of Christ are over
whelming. The disciples were at last
convinced and aludncss lakes the
place of fear. They were "glad when
they saw the Lord." There is no
other gladness like that which comes
from a clear vlslonof the rls-n Christ
Jesu3 telt it necessary to repeat His
message of comfort, their unbeliev
ing hearts had not taken it in. This
was a common form of salvation but
Jesus put new meaning into it. He
not merely says "Peace be unto vou,"
DUt He actually imparts peace (Jno.
14:2,; 10:33). Having given them
pence, He next gives them a commis
sion. First, peace in our own hearts
then a commission to others. The'
form or the commission was thrill
ing, "as the Father hath sent Me even
so, etc." (cf. Is. 61:1-3; Mk. 16:1.-,)
living given them the commission
He gives the empowerment for it (cf
fcsv4.' A-ts i: 5 ;
ine disciples did not actually receive
the Holy Spirit in His fulness at this
time (Acts 1:5; 2:4; Jno. 7:3; Acts
- (..; Jno. 10: 7 i. .ksus breathing
upon them was a symbolical and pro
phetical act. By breathing upon them
and thus assuming to be the One
whose breath is the divine Spirit
Jesu.t claimed most unmistakably to
be divine (cf. Gen. 2:7; Job 33:4'
Ps J..:b; Ro. 8:), By reason of re
ceiving the Holy Spirit thev were to
receive a power of spiritual discern
ment whereby they would know when
men had truly repented and believed
und so whosoever sins thev forgave
would be forgiven and whosoever
sins they retained would be re
tained. It was not by virtue of
any office that was to descend
upon a lin of successors, but by
virtue of receiving the Holy Spirit
that they were to be able to forgive
s us (cf. on this power and its eter
cise Acts 13:'.', 10; 8:20-23; 1 Cor
5:4 5; 2 Cor. 2:0-10). Thomas, fuli
of doubt and self will, was not with
the brethren and so missed meeting
his risen Lord. The other disciples
hastened to tell Thomas of the bless
ing they had received. "We have
seen the Lord," was their exultant
cry. If we have seen the Lord we
too, have a duty of testimony. By
this time Thomas should have been
convinced, but he wasn't. Thomas
had many reasons for believing (Matt
16:21; Jno. 20:18; Luke 24:13-33)'
but Thomas wouldn't believe unless
he had a certain kind o.' proof which
In his self-will he presumed to dic
tate Thomas has many followers on
Ms bad side. Thomas had no ground
for disbelieving but his own notions
Many to-day are willing to set up
their own notions against the testi
mony of prophets, apostles. Jesus
Christ Himself, and the whole Word
of God. Conceit and self-will lie at
the bottom of It all t Ps 78 1 22
31, 32; 106. 23, 24). Thomas'' wiN
fulness comes out in his words "I
Will not believe."
...,'.. 'SP ArM"'" l'"t Thomas,
Thomas had a whole week of
unbelief and darkness and misery
Jesus had biddeu the disciples go Into
Galilee (Matt. 2S.ll)), but they have
seemed to have waited a week rather
than leave Thomas behind. Their
testimony had, after all, made some
impression upon Thomas, for on the
next Lord's day he took pains to be
with them. There was on his part
some readiness to believe. Jesus
came with the same message of
"peace." The wonderful grace and
pity and long suffering of Jesus ap
pear In ills words to Thomas and His
whole treatment or him. Thomas
fully convinced at last, and cries to
Jesus with one of the most remark
able ascriptions of deity to be found
lu the Bible, "My Lord and my God."
AN EGGSHELL OSTRICH.
One eggshell, three twisted psret
lighters, and a small piece of fringed
paper go to the making of one os
trich. You will need a whole egg
shell for the body, and must empty
It by making a small hole In each end
and blowing out the egg. Bore th
holes with a large damlug needle oi
hatpin, pressing steadily but not toe
hard, and twisting the point round
nnd round until a small hole ha3 been
punctured; then enlarge tho hole
slightly with the sharp point of youi
scissors, being careful not to crack
the shell lu doing to. Make tho holi
In tho large end of the shell a t.lfU
larger than the one in tiie small end
to your lips snd blow steadily nut!'
all the egg has run out of tho shell
From "Hints and Helps Tof 'Mother'
in St. Nicholas.
In Ma) fields Cave. In Indiana. A.
M. Bama has csptur. rt thlny-threo
species of files I two of them new (0
science), thirty species of other In
sects and twenty-one specie of the
spider class.
Praters tag Eggs With Lnfd, office which rye performs Is to absorb
Cover a fresh egg with a thin coat-! KrPat quantities, while the ground D
Ing of lard, and It will keep perfectly
good for an Indefinite period, accord
ing to a report of a new method of
preserving eggs riaflc to the Stato
Department by Consul Murphy at
Bordeaux. The discovery Is of Ital
ian origin, nnd Is regarded as Impor
tant, as It Is claimed that 100 egga
ran thus be preserved with four cents'
worth of lard and an hour of time.
Weekly Witness.
Ilcnvy Feeding of Dnlry Cows.
An Eastern dawymau with a herd
of Guernseys feeds considerably more
than the Rverage fed over the country
nearly ull the cows will clean up
both winter and summer. He says:
"My preference of grain feed for win
ter, prices ndmlttlnr, Is four parts of
cottonseed meal, two of linseed meal
and six of hominy meal, twelve
pounds of tho ml dure with thirty
reeking with moiBturo In the early
spring, so that when It Is turned
down In the furrow It carries under
with It tons of water per acre and
holds It in such shape that It will not
be readily evaporated. Farmers'
Home Journal.
Making Mutter on the Farm.
There are two prime essentials In
making butter on the farm a profit
able business. In the first place, one
must have plenty of pure, cold water,
and then a good enough grade must
be turned out to make and hold cus
tomers. The trouble with nine out
of every ten farm homes Is they are
not equipped to take care of milk and
cream. When one goes Into this
work to make money, batter put up a
milk room, whore pure water may be
had from pumping or from a spring.
I Concrete floor and walls may now bo
i 1.I.IU or. nlmn.,1,. nM ...11. 1 . . 1 ,
pounds of silage and sic pounds of , UTTli, . ,L , ' ,
mixed hay for tho average cow. The 1 " J " great deal better than lumber
. , , , I Don t stop hero. A barrel churn and
larger milkers receiving more grain.' ,,,.',. , .... '.."
It narrows their ration to some ex
tent." Weekly Witness.
Anti-Spill Milk Stool.
"D" is made of lumber 1x10 In-
a butter maker will bo necessary in
turning out a uniform product. It
looks ensy simply separating tho
cream, churning till the butter comes
and salting nnd tho trick Is done
l hat Is where so many fall. Tho
one lengthways. Bore holes for legs
ches and 16 Inches long, with a ( cream must be churned at tho right
piece of 2x4 for legi to go through temperature; It must be neither too
nailed on the tinder side, tho back . sweet nor too sour. Working nnd
piece going crossways and tho front salting butter to secure uniform eclor
and flavor is n very nice art. Don't
try to learn to do It infallibly In twj
or three weeks, but by all 'lienns
don't practice on your customers.
That means loss. It Is better to wait
two or three months until you aro
sure of your quality beloro you seek
customers. And before you ship, find
out how your commission man or pri
! vate customers prefer to have their
butter put up. Sometimes tho pack
age means n difference of two or
three cents a pound. Indiana
so they will stand well apart at tho Farmer.
bottom. "A" Is a ball for holding !
Bilk pail and is made from tooth of
IB old rake. It Is bolted on just far
inough away from stool bo the pall
tflll not strike when swinging either
ivay.
"A" Swings tho Bucket.
Clover DlsensftV
The bulletin of the Tennessee sta
tion, Just published, Iti reference to
When cow goes to step. says i disease by which clov er crops falls
:he Missouri Valley Farmer, just
Is as applicable here as there, and we
.wing pail out of the way nnd save e'7 lla mmmT' us lol,ow,:
he mUb nn.i v.,,v I ' rhe red clover crop of this
iato iiaa uuen very uncertain ior a
Feeding Turkeys.
lumber of years.
9 'I n., .'ill. r ,i. . I
A. I ,1 ..... .a.iuiu n luu i 1 ' IB UI1U
UlfkMr eats no more and prob- ,ha ., ,..,,,. , .
. ... . m tne great majority of Instances to
bly costs less to keep for a year
:han the chicken hen. Watch the lctolrIchlini trfoll
a new fungous disease caused by Col-
lock at reeding time, as Uie grain Is
icattered, and if turkeys and chlck-
3. The disease belongs to a class
leiiiwn na i.'l.: . n,t,nn
T. .,..,t0.geth?r, " Wl" be "een thaf era. charact,,- I. well known to plant
:he turkeys pick up no more, and
jrobably much less, grain than their
imaller and quicker neighbors. They
ire invariably better foragers. Even
n winter they find something here,
'.hero nnd everywhere, while the
pathologists.
4. So far ns known no cultural
methods of handlln;; the clover will
prevent or even appreciably diminish
the ravages of this disease, and it ap-
f .i Ii. nvlot ..ii . . i. -. l.u.l a i
hlebona c.nv 1 M,l ' " "" '"u
" ,r . 7 in Tennessee.
md wait tor rood to be brought to 5 Tlle gamo dlse , -am
tarmera' Home Journal. alfalfa, but to what extent fn this
bv, ,.. ,. ,, ., 'State Is not yet known.
Whole Milk I or cal Calves. 1 n ., , , ,
' Alsike clover Is almost nbso-
The journal of the British Board lntrly imniuno to this dlsase.
)f Agriculture says that "probably a 7. Occasionally healthy plants of
month Is ns long ns it Is advlsuble to red clover in badly stricken fields in
leed calves on whole milk on a dairy different parts of Tennessee have pro
tarm or until they have reach-ad duced in the second ganeratlon plants
ibout 160 pounds, live weight, or , which were strikingly resistant to
ninety-six pounds of veal. This the disease. Whether this resistance
veight may be attained In u month, will be maintained to futuro genera
orovided the calves aro fatted as tloiu can not be foretold with cer
luickly as possible, but one cannot ' tainty.
;xpect to do it unless the calves are g. While tho effort Is being made
ted three times a day. An effort to secure a supply of seed from such
should also bo made to have the plants It must be distinctly uuder
mlves fat at the time veal commands stood that no such ee,t ... oc ot
high price, otherwise the returns ready for distribution, either by tho
from vealing on wholo milk may not Tennessee Experiment Station or .'he
bo at all satisfactory." In. S. Department nf ArrieMi.,,r
School to Cure Shyness In Roynlty.
Why Is It that the young English
Princes, and especially tho Prin
cesses, are so shy? Is It the manner
of their education? Be that aa It
mny, I understand that Princess Mary
of Wales, like her two brothers, will
be sent to school Instead of being ed
ucated privately. This great depart
ure from tradition In tho case of the
ladles of the royal family Is due to
the desire of tho Princess of Wales
that her family should bofree from
the painful shyness that makes the
lives of some other members of the
royal family something of a torture.
The Princess holds that this excessive
self-consciousness ia due to tho pri
vate education of the royal children,
nnd that It cau only be avoided by
bringing tho royal children into free
contact with their rontemporarleB.
The King and Queen fully approve of
this departure, as thoy are quite con
scious of the harm that has been done
to some members of their own family
by unnecessary seclusion and exclu
Bivenesg. New York Herald.
Work For Educated Women.
The demand for employment by
educated women is greater propor
tionately here than in any other,
country. Nowhere In. the world Is
the dilemma of a woman accustomed
to luxury and suddenly thrown on her
own resources so distressing as In
England. This problem was dis
cussed yesterday at u great confer
ence in London where representative
women of England, Ireland nnd Scot
land met to decide on the best means
to help educated women to earn a liv
ing wage.
Lady Bectlve "loaded for tho for
mation or n London trades school for
women where education on special
studies could be combined with trade
training. Alice Woods, of the Maria
Grey Training School, gave somo re
sults of inquiries into the subject of
coeducation In America. 8ho said
the custom had originated as a mat
tor of convenience, and It was an ex
cellent training for girls. Regarding
the statements as to the effeminacy
of Amcrlcai boys she attributed more
to the great predominance of woman
teachers than to the presence of girls
In the schoolrooms. New York Sun.
celved through falling down stairs on
the company's premises while trying
to extract her purse from her stock
ing. Without wishing to carp at the de
cisions of these wise tribunals, we
would respectfully submut that there
Ib a good deal to be said on tho other
side. Mere man, we admit, does not
and would not carry hlB purse, If he
ever had a purse, in his sock. But
then mere man Is reasonably provid
ed with pockets, whereas It Is noto
rious that the feminine pocket Is
cither absd.utc.y non-existent or ab
surdly non-practical n standing
temptation to the thief and exposed
to perpetual risk of the accidental
loss of Its contents.
Albeit, the falluro of n woman to
provide herself with a rational pock
et Is one of the strongest arguments
against her claim for the franchise.
A sex which cannot take enre of Its
purse and has only the most elemen
tary notion of a pocket of Its own
ought not to be permitted to assume
the control of the public's purse and
pocket. New York World.
Duchess Seeks Retirement.
The Duchess of Marlborough, born
Cousuelo Vanderbllt, has noi realized
the hopes of her early girlhood, says
the Delineator. Sho has recently
made her first visit back to this coun
try since her separation from tho
For the Home Seamstress.
Many of the new cotton goods have
the colors and markings of the best
silks.
For shirt waists, the wash fahrlcs
In mercerized cotton are fine. Tho
colored goods hnvo a silky smooth
ness, and launder beautifully.
Linen crash Is always a good ma
terial for spring dresses, as it wears
well, docs not fade If laundered care
fully, and always looks fresh.
In making up linens, remembsr
that the material shrinks very much
when washed, and It should always
be well dnni-d nnd ironed hefore
cutting. The lustre of the goods will
bo dimmed by this process, but it
will be lost at the first washing, any
way, and It Is very hard to supply
the shrinkago to the finished gar
ment in any other way.
Many shirt waists are made with
broad shoulder cfTectB by tho use of
triple pleats over the shoulders, back
and front, and they are easy to laun
der. Bishop sleeves, with small cuffs
and circular stock collars go with
these.
A good pattern for the skirt of a
shirt wnist suit Is one with no pleats
about tho hips a plain, flaring pat
tern, and only an inverted pleat be
hind. The bottom should be
hemmed, and tho trimming at the
foot should be folds of the dress ma
terial, with or without piping.
Challls, silk, Chinese crepe, nun's
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Ment-Benn Pie. Getting a' hurry meal" one day, I found
I had a few cooked beanB, a couple of slices of boiled beef
heart and a bowl of mashed potatoes, also a cupful of the nice,
rich gravy from the heart, writes a woman correspondent of
The EpitomlBt. I trimmed and minced the meat, mashed the
beans and put them through the colander to take out tho skins,
mixed these and the gravy together and put Into a baking dish.
Tho mashed potato was softened with a little hot water nnd
when beaten smooth, spread evenly over the top of the "pie,"
and tho whole put into tho oven. When hot through, I spread
a little butter over the "crust," and put it on the grate to
brown. This dish was pronounced good and eaten every bit.
Ration For sheep.
As to the most desirable kinds of
feed to be used for a grain ration va
riety Is the best. Wo know this from
our own experience, as wo soon tire
of a sameness of diet; it is also true
of our farm animals. When a va
riety is supplied, more food is con
sumed and the belter the digestion.
I have found, says a farmer in writ
ing to Farmers' Review, that an equal
amount of crushed corn, oats, wheat,
bran and oil cako best suits tho taste
and requirements of the lambs and
gives good results as to the growth
and gain in flesh and fat; the latter
quality Is especially demanded in tho
early market lamb. I would then In
crease the crushed orn to the limit
that It would be relished, for a fat
lamb Is far preferable to a lean one
of much larger size. But where the
lambs are to be carried through the
summer, for feeding the following
winter, then good alze, growth and
stamina are required. In that event
I would cut out the corn from their
ration for best results. But they
should be fed thiu grain ration, as
there Is no time In an animal's life
wheu as grent returns will be given
for food consumed as when suckling
its dam.
A Barn Cabinet.
There Is little excuse for any farm
er not hnvlng a sufficiency of home
made devices which are handy to
store various things and save labor.
Especially Is this so when they can
be constructed out of ury goods or
grocery boxes, and that is what may L j
said of tho cabinet shown in the cut.
It can be made any size desired, and
I if put together right will be practi
cally mouse and rat Voor. The draw
ers are convenient In which to put
.robes, blankets and the like, and the
shelves or compartments in tho up
value of Rye as a Green Crop.
Whilo nitrogen Is the ferlUUIng
element most easily lost from man
urea and soils. It Is the most expen
sive, costing almost three times ns
much per pound as potash and phos
phoric acid. The readiness with
which nitrates are washed out of tho
soil during heavy rains when the
ground Is thawed, suggests that dur
ing the period of such rains It should
be covered with some catch crop,
Which will feed upon the nitrates
lurmed and store nitrogen In Its tis
sues. For this purpose rye Is an ex
cellent crop and Is much used. While
it adds no nitrogen to the soil whfch
Is not already found therein, as crim
son Cover does, it is a much surer
catch than the former und Is thor
oughly hardy. It forms quite a root
system during the fall, starts off
early in the sprint and by ordinary
planting time forms a heavy coat of
manure to be plowed under. One
Good Barn Cabinet;
per arrangement for holding brushes,
' nails, hammers, wrenches and other
I small tools. It is a handy place to
tore small seeds, condition pow
I ders, liniments and medicines for
, farm animals. Indeed, there are
many services that such an affair can
be made use of, all of which w...
' readily suggest themselves wheu It
has been built and set In place.
I 1.' f 1 ait.iA., I- 1 1 !
- ' w. uiuio;, ill I' a I til UMU nulla'.
In tho Umpire,
It Is said by statesmen that the
sun never sets upon the BrltUb Em
plra. My complaint Is that the work
era' wagea never rise. Lloyd's
Weekly.
duke. London society Is very sym
pathetic toward tho young duchess,
who is not only a general favorite,
but a personal friend of tho Queen as
well. Life has not dealt aa well with
her as it promised. Ten years ago
sho was full of enjoyment of every
thing; now Bhe is saddened and not
strong, and she seeks a retirement
that her deafness almost enrorces.
By arraugement with her husband
she has her two sons Tor half tho
year, and sho has many Interests;
her embroideries, her books and her
spaniels, but It Is all very different
from what seemed before her. Ru
mor has it that she Was greatly dis
appointed at her husband's failure to
achieve distinction In politics, and
I that she hated to see tho untitled
husband of Mary Lelter, of Chicago,
go ahead to honor after honor, while
her own duke achieved nothing. --However,
though much has gone against
her, sho .3 still greatly admired in
London society, and when sho enters
a drawing room wearing her famous
p?arls that once belonged to Cathar
ine of Russia, her ill h?alth aud her
carat cannot altogether dim her state
ly beauty.
1 a
"Ain't It Awful, Mabel!"
What is an unfortunate jjdge to
do wheu a lady refuses to pay for a
supply of "chemises" specially mr.de
for her, on the ground that they do
not fit? In the case of other and
mora exterior garments thero are
plenty of legal precedents. The lady
retires to the Judge's private room
alone, and presently emerges clad In
the disputed garment, In order that
His Honor may Judge for himself ns
to its approximation to the human
form divine that Is underneath It,
But chemises!
Such was the prohle.n before an
Eastern Judge tho other day. Well
might be exclaim "What am I to do
i:i such a case as this? 1 cun try a
jacket on nnd say If It fits, but how
can I fit on these things?" And then
his feelings got the butter of him and
he groaned, "Really, you ladles, this
Is too awful for words. I nm very
much afraid 1 shall have to refer this
case to some one who is older aud
wiser than I am. It Is far too deli
cate for me." Eventually the irate
ladles were persuaded to talk the
matter over umong theiuselvoi, and
try to reach somo agreement. Other
wise the court would have to appoint
a lady arbitrator and abide by her
decision. The Argonaut.
veiling, cashmere, voile or henrietta
cloth mny be used for dressy bouse
dresses, but the work dresses should
bo of wash materials for hygienic
reasons.
For elderly women the shawl col
lar Is seen on semi-dressy street
dresses. The collar should fit snug
ly over the shoulders, crossing on
the front of the waist In surplice
fashion.
The surplice waist is particularly
1 kind to the stout woman. Most eld
jerly ladles wear black, which should
j be softened by something white
I against the neck and face, and with
the surplice waist, a front of some
soft white material can be filled In
j the opening, giving It Just the needed
tuning ttowu. me Commoner.
An Acre to Support Four Persons.
Vegetarians assert that one acre of
land will comfortably support four
persona on vegettb.16 diet.
Ideas From Mrs. Humphrey Word.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, for whom a
dinner was given at. the Waldorf
Astoria, told some 600 members and
guests that the evening use of the
grade schools In this country had
solved a problem at which England
was still tamely fumbling.
Mrs. Ward said also that out
parks aud playgrounds were beyond
anything that England had-at pres
ent, particularly the playgrounds, be
cause Americans, through organiza
tion, had discovered how to get tho
most good out of them. Tho guest
of tho evening declared, however,
that England was showing the way
In the proper use of the school build
ings, in that buildings never etood
ompty, eavo in the early morning
hours. The English people, men,
woman and children, were using them
for both Btudy, relief and recreation.
Richnrd Watson Gilder was toast
master. Other speakers were: Jacob
Rlis, Robert W. de Forest, William
If, Maxwell, superintendent of
rcbools; Miss Jane Addams, of the
Hull House Association of Chicago;
the Duchess of Marlborough, Kate
Douglas Wlggin and Dr. Luther Hal
sey Gullck,' head of the Public
Schools Atlantic League. New York
Evening Post.
Women aud Their Money.
An English Judge has refused
recognise that a woman's stocking Is
the proper place for her purse. A
similar opinion was handed down by
h judge lu Iowa not so long ago, wheu
a plaintiff fulled to get damages from
a railway company u., InjuWea ra-
Waterproofing Moct using.
For keeping oil-tanned moccasins
and boots waterproof use two parts
of beeswax, with three of tallow and
about six parts of kerosene, to make
a soft paste. Melt the beeswax and
tallow and when melted add the kero
sene and let cool. Apply same as tat
")w. W. F. Purchase, In Recreation.
Think. t
No matter what yon are doing,
think your way. Don't go without
thinking; think everything out. Don't
run without a schedule; have a pro
gram and go by It. Think! Think!
Think! The Sunday-schADl Messenger,