THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON Y
THE REV. 0. H. EGGLESTON
IhHMI Unconditional Service.
Brooklyn, N. Y. The Rev. Gordon
H. Eggleston, paHtor of the Oreene
Avenue Church, preached Sundnv
morning on "Unconditional Service."
The text wbb from Luke tORO: "Let
the dead bury their dead; but go thou
end nreaeh the Kingdom of God "
Mr Eggleston said ;
We turn our thought to u verse of
Scripture thai leaves In manv Chris
tian mind a wrens: Impression, or
seems to be entlrelv meaningless:
"Let the dead bury their dead: but
go thou and preach th Kingdom of
God." As we think of these words we
must beware of nf reading Into Chris
tianity an unnnturalness that savors
not of a loving God "full of commis
sion and plenteous In mercy " Tho
Christian rellsrlnn. o' which Jesus Is
the personification, doti not repudi
ate n single humin emotion. Its
demands are not thus harsh. It does
not demand the renunciation of home
life and human relations in order to
be pure and good, as the monks and
nuns of old awsprted No' in clois
tered hill, secluded from curious eye3.
Is the holiest llf lived, but out In the
bus'' world, bearim; a shar of Its
burden?. mtlng Its temptations, yet
withal living a life that Is pure and
good The nun in her seclusion and
much prater Is not more righteous
than the Christian housewife with her
manv duties and 1 'ss prayer Nor Is
the Christian business man living a
less noble life than the cloistered
monk Christ lanltv Is not for seclu
sion. It Is for the evpry day life
which you and I are living. It Is to
lift common life Into the divine. It
does not ask us to be unnatural. It
does not deny us any legitimate rela
tionship. It does not require neg
lect of any earthly duty, for the Gos
pel of Jesus Is a religion for this life.
Some would make the test mean
simtilv that we must not entanele
ourselves with the affairs of the
world This Is likely to misrepresent
the Gospel of Jesus. Th true Chris
tian has a duty in this world, nor is
he to he separated from It. He has
a part in the work of redemption. His
the obligation so to enter Into the
varied phases of life that he may help
to lift It to higher Ideals. Business,
politics, pro'esslonal life, should not
be unrelated to Christian principles.
Each needs more :nn to carry Chris
tian principles Into those departments
of life for their purification. When
men shall have graand the idea that
every nart of their life Is related In
separably to their relleion. and that
the man who is a Christian only when
he Is inside a church is not a Chris
tian at all. then will a mighty stride
be made toward the r- allzatlon of the
Kingdom of God in the hearts and
lives of men.
If It Is true the words do not maan
the repudiation of natural affection,
If It Is true they do not mean separa
t'on from the world in order to be a
Christian, what. then. Is the message
of these words from the lips of Jesus?
Two words suffice to state the propo
sition. Unconditional service. "Let
the dead bury their dead" voices the
urgent demand of the message of
Jesus on the soul of men.
The occasion for the seemingly
strange words of Jesus was a season
of excuses. He had been talking to
His followers concerning the kingdom
of righteousness. Attracted by His
personality, many gather to hear His
words. To them Jesus said. "Follow
Me." But they begin with one accord
to make excuse. They would like to
follow Jesus, but they are not willing
to pay the price. Unconditional ser
vice Their loyalty is tempered with
conditions. Jesus says, follow Me
now. this Instant, ere I depart. But
one young man feels he must first say
goodby to his friends. While he Is
gone to his native village to say good
by Jesus would have left the country.
It would be too late to follow. His
gooJbv would have cost him his fel
lowsh.p with the Master. Therefore,
Jesus said to him. "No ma'i having
uu: his hand to the plow and looking
back is fit for the Kingdom of God."
We cannot believe Jesu3 had any ob
jection to the young man's goodby to
his friends, if at the same time he
could have followed. Another young
man must needs first go bury his
father. But Jesus said to him, "Let
the dead bury their dead; go thou
and preach the Kingdom of God."
The performance of these duties,
whicj were perfectly worthy In them
selvee, would have separated them
from Jesus. Then when they were
ready to follow, Jesus would have
been far away. Participation in the
funeral rites would, according to the
Eastern custom, entail a ceremonial
uncieanness of seven days. Seven
days it would have taken to bury the
father Before the funeral is over
Jesus would have been far away, and
the young nian might then be Unwill
ing to follow after Him.
By this stange answer, luilen with
spiritual meaning, Jesus taught that
0UB( man, and is teaching this age,
.ha. His claims are paramount; tunc
obedience must be Instant and abso
lute K may be the path to hell is
paved with good intentions; but of
one thing we may be sure, the way
Into file Christ life Is not paved with
excuses. He who would be a follower
o: that Perfect Man, the Son of God,
must render unconditional service.
The same tree does not bear the true
and the false, the honest and the dis
honest, the pure and the impure.
The way of righteousness and the
way of evil are two roads which lead
to opposite conditions. Would man
walk In the way of truth, he must
even be willing to let the spiritually
dead bury their nead. If the dearest
friend a man has in the world would
keep him from righteousness and
Christ, then it must needs be as Jesus
said that a man must disregard the
desires even of bis father and his
mother. How often in life we see the
counterpart of the sad story of the
young woman who would follow her
Master In a life of service for the suf
fering, but who met with bitter op
position from a godless mother who
desired nothing better for the daugh
ter than the useless life of a society
feefle. She was forced with sorrow to
forsake the mother, to leavu the par
ental roof, to let the dead bury their
dead, while she did the work of the
Kingdom of Love. The call of Jesus
Christ to servo li unqualified Ex
cuses do not pass muster. Whatso
ever hinders service must be re
nounced, If men would follow. Nor is
Ibis a harsh demand. It doos not re
quire that we be unnatural. It docs
not ask the man to be lens a man, or
the woman to be less a woman.
But, on the other hand, no earthly
July or relationship can ba pawned
aa an excuse for neglect of duty to
Hull, righteousness and the cause of
humanity. Forgetful that excuse
should have no place In Christian Hv
Ing, many a one to-day who has
heard the cal' the Master. "Follow
Me.' like the. young man of old. has
bribed 'he conscience with excuses.
Many or the current excuses ars far
less plausible than those of the men
who would first say goodby to the
friends nnd bury the father. Back of
every life to-day that Is not Christian,
that is not living for righteousness,
there Is a reason, perhaps an excuse,
certainly that stands In the way of
following JesuB, which cross-examination
would reveal. It may be Indif
ference. Indifference to the moral
and spiritual claims of Jesus Christ
upon the life Is not commendable. It
may be some pet sin hidden away
from the knowledge of the world
within the secret places of heart and
life. To offer the love of a net sin
as the reason for not following the
Master is a sad confession of weak
ness. We recall the words. "If thy
right hand offend thee cut it off and
cast It from thee."
The excuse may he that men think
themBelvs not good enoimh But the
purpose of Christianity is to make
men good; not to take them after
they are good. It mav be cowardly
fear of crltlrlsm stands In the way.
Bill the true man does not fear criti
cism when dolne the right.
"Go thou nnd publish abroad the
Kingdom of God" was the message to
the younc man wbo excused himself.
It tells the nature of the service,
That service Is essentially and pri
marily personal. The first require
ment Is. "Follow Me." That meant
to believe )p Jesus as a personal Sav
iour from sin. It means to live the
princlnlcs oi tho Christ lift in our
dal'.v life.
Whatever hindcra the tangible ex
pression of that Gospel we profess
must bo cast out. Is there n secret
sin? It must go. Is there a trick In
business that does not square with
honesty? It must go. Is there a net
jealousy or envy that does not wli!h
well in the scales of love? It inns'
go. Is there even a deaire In lh
heart that If not pure and true? It
must go. The outward apparnnre
judges not the man, but the motives
and desires of the heart, thev are the
judge. Time was when a man was
deemed good If he rommltted nn
overt art of wrong. It mattered little
what he thought, or what the lusts of
the heart might he, so long as he did
i no wrong. But the searching truth ol
Jesus reversed these values. Not an
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth, but render thou good for evil.
"If thy right eve offend thee, pluck II
out and cast It from thee; for It Is
profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish, and not that
thy Whol body should be cast lntc
hell." Nor is ihia strenuous Ideal
enoug'i. It Is not sufficient that the
actions of the life cr,riffrm to th laws
of morality and righteousness. !.istn
to the words of Jams in which He
states the great irtrnl: "Ye have
heard how it was v'd by them of old
thou shalt no; kill; but I say untc
vou that whosoever is angry with nil
brother without a cause shall be in
danger of the judgment: Yo have
heard that It was said by them of old.
thou shalt not commit adultery. But
I say that whosoever deslreth thus u
sin hath already done the sin in hi?
heart." It is the noblest Ideal that
has ever been given to man. It de
mands the purification of the motives
and desires of the heart as well as the
actions of the life; for from the heart
proceedeth all sin. It strikes at the
very centre of wrongdoing. Thus ll
service to Christ made first of all a
matter to the heart. The heart must
be right. Then, it becomes a mattei
of the life. The life will be righteous
If the heart is right. Follow Me. said
Jesus. Get the heart and life In har
mony with noble ideals. Then, "Go
thou and preach the Kingdom of
God."
Thus -isus trrr.sfers the nature of
service from th rrow limit! of the
personal Into the great world-wide
field of the social. The ultimate ob
ject becomes not one's own Individual
salvation, but the Kingdom of God,
which is also the brotherhood of man.
Jesus did not say to the young man,
Let the d':ad bury their dead, but go
thou and save thine cwn soul. But
He did say, Go thou and save others
Into life, publish the message of love
hi that work for others In the name
f God, he would save himself. There
,s no other way. He who seeketh to
iave his life shall lose It; but he who
acrifices his lite for My sake, the
v le shall save it. The which is to
a man cannot save his own soul
Without teeking to save the life of a
iroiher at the same time; a man can
not be a Christian and care nothing
tor the redemption of the world into
he Christ-like life of llgnt and love.
3Tk
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MlvNTS FOR .11 NK I I.
lust Said About the lilble.
The first book that was given me
was a Bible, and In those far off gypsy
lays, as a little nomad, a little stran
ger, when I could not tell A from B,
s used to open the book under a hedge
Jr a tree, or In the corner of a field
.nd very often it was the wrong way
'ip. But that did not matter; I. was
I i there, and 1 used to kneel down
I leside It and pray this prayer: "Oh,
I iod, I cannot read Thy book, but
i would You fill my heart with its
spirit." And the Lord heard that
prayer long before 1 could lead a
letter; and I should not have been
' where I am to-day if 1 had not kept
' up that sort of attitude, and 1 have
1 tried to cultivate the art of living in
I an atmosphere of talking to God.
! And. men and women, you will have
j to net there if you are going to he of
any service to God and Immunity.
Gipsy Smith, in a recent address at
! Brooklyn, N. Y.
Subject: The Risen Christ by the Sen
of Galilee, John 21:1-2 Gold
rn Text, Mntt. 2H:20 Commit
Verse 1.1 Commentary.
TIMK. May. A D 30 PLACE.
The shores of Galilee.
EXPOSITION. I. I.ovest thou
Me? lfi-17. The twenty-first chapter
of John is an appendix to the gospel
The gospel naturally ends at 20:31
This appendix Is evidently also by
John, with the possible exception ol
verses 2 4 nnd 2 5. The dlsrlples had
cone into Galilee because Jesus had
bidden them go there (Matt. 26:32;
28:7; Mk. 16:7-10). There were
seven of the apostolic company pres
ent at this appearance or Christ (v
2). Thomas was one of the number
Peter was the leader. Peter sug
gested that they go a fishing
Some have thought that this was
a temporary desertion of his call
on Peter's part This Is pure fancy.
Secular occupations are not inconsist
ent with a true devotion to the work
of prophet, apostle or minister (2 K.
0:1-7: Acts 18:3; 20:34). It is well
to be honestly busy while awaiting
great events. God often grants HI?
special revelntlona to those who are
at the post of secular duty (Luke
2:8; Malt. 4:lS-20, 21). Jesus
seemingly approved of this fishing ex
cursion, at all events He took a hand
in It (v. 6). Jesus disclosed Himself
to the dlsrlples as at their first call
of four of them by a miraculous draft
Of fishes (Luke 5:5-11). Jesus did
not come to their help until they had
come to end of themselves and their
own resources, having tolled long and
wearily and fruitlessly. Aa day broke
they saw Jesus standing on the beach.
In Jesus standing on the beach wait
ing for His weary disciples out on the
seu to bring their fish ashore we may
see a picture of Jesus standing on the
beach beyond the sea of life waiting
for us to bring ashore the fish we
have caught. Alas! that so few of
us are heavily freighted as were these
disciples. Before Jesus came to the
help of His disciples He drew out of
them a confession of their own utter
failure (vs. 3, 4). Everything about
the story bears the marks of Its genu
ineness and truth. The actions ascrib
ed to Peter and John are oceedingly
natural and highly characteristic. The
story If fictitious would never have
mentioned that the disciples for some
time were not clear that if. was Jesus.
When breakfast Is over Jesus espe
dally addresses Himself to Peter. He
was the one who eajieelally needed
first to be searched and then encour
aged and commissioned. He call;
Peter by his weak natural name Si
mon; for He is about to recall his
failure, in which he had not appeared
at all as Peter (Man of Rock). The
first question brings up Peter's self
confident boasting and sad fall. "Lov
est thou Me more than these?" Pe
ter had boasted that though all the
rest were offended ho would not be,
that he would stand by his Lord even
unto death (Matt. 26:33-35). Peter
had thought that his love overtopped
that of all the rest of the disciples.
Jesus asks him If ho still thinks aftei
his sad denial that he loves "more
than these." Peter did not say he
loved Jesus more than the others
did; he had learned humility. But ol
his love he has no doubt and is will
Ing to appeal to Jesus' own knowl
edge of him, "Thou knowest that 1
love Thee." Are we so confident ol
our love to Jesus? Can we say tc
Jesus. "Thou knowest that I love
Thee?" True love to Christ is shown
by obedience (Jno. 14:15-21, 22).
Jesus accepted Peter's profession ol
hl3 love and on Ita basis commis
sioned him, "feed My lambs." Jesus
will set only the one who loves Him
to feeding the lambs, and the way to
Bhow that we really do love Him is
by feeding His lambs. The lambs are
the young of the flock. A minister's
first duty and a Christian's first duty
Is to feed them. The word of God Is
the food toglvetliem. What wondrous
forgiveness and compassion on JeBus'
part to set falthlesB Peter at this glo
rious work. He asks the same ques
tion a second time, leaving out "the
more than these," and gets the same
reply. He gives another commis
sion, "Tend My sheep." Love to Him
is the condition of tending His sheep.
tena is more than feed, it is all
JUNE FOURTEENTH.
-1 Kings
3: 1012.
4: 11.
How to Choose a life-Work
3; 5-15.
All should work. 2 Thess. '
With the hands. 1 Thesa
12.
Hard work necessary. Heb. 2: 1
10. Man's first work. Gen. 2: 8-15.
Two vocations Oen. 4; 1-7.
Paul'B trade. Acts 18: 1-3.
Do not despise the dreams of youth;
they are more real than many so
called realities of later life.
Humility Is one of the chief re
quisites for any ' succosa, because It
means teachnbleness.
The best business college Is a
knowledge of God, for we are depend
ent upon Him for the wisest guldnnce
In all our work.
Seek the first things first, nnd the
second things will go added to them.
Suggestions.
Your life work should be In accord
ance with your desire. If your desire is
to further the Kingdom of God.
Your powers, your opportunity, the
world's need these lire the three fac
tors thnt should determine your rhoice
of your life work.
Two causes lead men to press Into
the overcrowded occupations they
are too sluggish to pioneer, or they
are too confident of their own pow
ers. Of nil callings the noblest Is prench
Ing; It la nlso the most difficult to
succeed In, the poorest paid, and the
best paid!
Illustrations.
Choosing one's life work for this
life alone Is like the choice of a bunch
of grape in preference to the title
deed of a kingdom.
Many men's life choices ure deter
mined by the will of their partners.
Tils wit alwaya be the case if your
pnftner Is Christ.
"My business"- these were the im
mortal words of William Carey "Is
preaching the gospel; but I cobble
shoes to pay expenses."
Holmes is a conspicuous Illustra
tion of the value of nn avocation; for
his vocation was medicine, and liter
ature was only his side calling.
Muring Hot Hays
it should be remembered during
the first hot days that a half-hour's
work In the early morning will not
only accomplish wonders among the
flowers, but will also be the very best
sort or nprlng tonic, and It Is certain
ly wiser than attempting to do the
I -rk In the midday heat.
Strengthens the Rone.
At the Utah Experiment Station, to
determine the effects of beet pulp on
the strength of bone, a lot of three
wethers was fed ten pounds of pulp
per head per day. while a similar lot
received no pulp. The strength of a
number of the more Important bones
wns determined with a testing ma
chine, and In every case It wns found
that there was n difference In favor
of the pulp ration.
A Comfortable Milk Stool.
Make a box of inch boards 12x16
Inches and four Inches deep. Make
legs (hree Inches wide, nine Inches
long. Then take u piece or grain
sacking, nail to three sides of stool
nnd stuff with excelsior or something
similar. lu Wisconsin, where we
milk three hours a day, writeB the
correspondent of the Missouri Valley
Farmer, we find the need of cushions.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JUNE 11.
To
Bold, Bad Men.
Many who fear to walk under a
ladder have no hesitation In climbing
ver the commandments of God.
How They Got There.
Many people who reside in hell got
mere by restluj on the road to
iaveu.
Wandering Molecules.
Even the most solid metals lose
some of their molecules by dispersion
from the surface, but some curious
peculiarities are observed In the pro
cess of molecular dispersion. For
Instance, when a piece of gold is
pressed against a piece of lead, some
of the molecules of the former dis
perse into the lead. The process la,
of course, extremely slow, and years
are required before Its effects be
come evident. But, slow as It is. the
dispersion of the molocolea of gold
Info a mass of lead takes place faster
than Into either air or water. The
surface molecules of water disperse
readily into air, but refuse to enter
oil. The molecules ot salt disperse
quickly In water, but refuse to enter
air, or most solids, lu appreciable
"uantttles
I Cost of Eggs.
Regarding the cost of producing
ggs, Professor Graham, ot the Con
lectlcut Experiment Station, said that
Igures one year were an low as seven
md five-eighths cents per dozen for
the food only.
the work of shepherding. Now Jesus
alters His question and uses the same
word for love that Peter had used,
"Simon, son or John, do you have af
fectlou tor Me?" The thrice asked
question is such a manifest though
gentle reference to the threefold de
nial that Peter Is grieved at the sug
gestion ot a doubt by the Saviour of
his love, and he bursts out with all
his soul, "Lord, Thou knowest all
things, Thou knowest that I love
Thee." Jesus is satisfied, "feed My
sheep."
II. Follow Me, 111-22. A prophecy
ui i-eicr a crucifixion iouows. feter
will have again the opportunity of
proving that he is ready to die for
Christ, and this time he will not fail
This might seem like painful Infor
mation to Pe'.er, but under '.he cir
cumstances It must have bee i highly
gratltylng. Hu death should "glo
rlTy God." Then comes the final and
best commission ot all, "follow Me."
The following wan to be very literal,
right to the cross (cf. Matt. 16:24; 2
Tl. 3:12). Peter never forgot this
conversation 11 Pet. 5:2-4; 2 Pet.
1:14).
God's Revelation to the Awakened
Understanding -(Eph. 1. 15-23,
Hos. 14. 8, 9.)
Eph. 15-23. Paul was alw.cys groat
In his prayers. When he prayed for
the Ephesian-a, as he records the pray
er In this )art of his letter. It seems
as though he swept the whole range
of intercession for intellectual nnd
spiritual awakening. Think what he
has prayed for: that the Epheslan
Christiana should know "what Is the
hope of his calling, nnd what the
rlcheB of tho glory of hlB Inheritance
in the saints, and what Is the exceed
ing greatness of hlB power to us-ward
who believe, nccordlng to the working
of his mighty power." Surely that
prayer, If nnswered, would provide en
lightenment and knoweldge thnt would
satisfy the most aspiring candidate
for sainthood; and yet the apostle
knew, as we may know; that, when
God gives unto us the spirit of wis
dom and revelutlon for the acknowl
edgement of Christ in our lives, all
the rest ot his prayer follows In due
time ns a natural consequence.
Hos. 14. 8, 9. When a man turns
away from his idols, whatever they
may be, he Will find that In turning to
the true God he has, In largo meas
ure, liecome a new man Intellectually,
as well as spiritually. He begins to
be wise so ns 10 understand things
thai beforetime were hidden from
him; he begins to be broadened, so
that he orders his life lu accordance
with his understanding of God's power
and purpose.
The highest education is the only
education which Christians have any
right to seek. Every Christian la to
be u worker with God, and every form
of Christian work Is In sore need of
equipped and skillful workers. So, In
accordance with his opportunities and
to tho measure of his abilities, every
Christian must bo a student. That
menus more than the sending of a
young man to college and seminary,
that ho may prepare for tho ministry,
or the training of a young woman,
that she may become a missionary. It
meani that we all, no matter what
our work in life Is to be, must be
ready to do that work In the Chris
tian spirit.
Testing Grain For Sim: l .
A correspondent at WllllamsviUo,
111., writes: "Should seed oats
brought in from the Nonh be treated
for smut; If so, how should it be
done?"
Smuts are caused by the growth ot
minute parasitic plants that live with
in the tissues of the grain. These
black masses ot smut may be seen at
harvest time completely replacing
heads of oats or wheat, and the Infec
tion to the succeeding crop is caused
by these smutty aeeda. It will do no
harm to treat oats for smut, even if
they are not infected, and then we
Will be practically certain that out
crop will be clean. The best chemical
to UBe is formaldehyde; it is the
cheapest and most easily applied. In
sist that It be at least forty per cent,
pure, or else your treatment may not
be effective. The solution should be
made lu the proportion of one pound
of formaldehyde to forty-five gallons
or water. That amount will be am
ple to treat seventy-five bushels of
oats. The easiest method to apply
the solution is to spread out the oats
on the granary or barn floor and
spray the solution over them with a
common sprinkling can. Do the job
on a rather warm day. Stir the seed
ever several times, so that all Is thor
oughly moistened. Cover it up with
bags or horse blnnkets for two or
! three hours. Then remove the cover
ing and allow the seed to dry before
sowing. L. C. Brown, in the Tribune
Farmer.
Unsatisfactory Work.
It's hard work fattening the soul
on a weekly sermon sandwich.
A Wonderful Railroad.
Seeing Lightning Strike.
In July last William F. Rigge of
Creighton University had the unusual
fortune to see u bolt of lightning
strike an isolated Cottonwood tree
about a quarter of a mile awuy. The
flash appeared as a "superb column
or shaft of light about 40v or 500
feet high and eight to twelve Inches
In diameter, perfectly straight ver
tical and steady." The -haft was
white, but its base was tinged with
red. This column seemed to stand
between two diverging trunkB or the
tree, and lasted about two seconds
Afterward Mr. Rigge found that one
of the two trunks of the double tree
had Its bark stripped off in the shape
of a ribbon six Inches wide and two
yards long. The other trunk showed
two furrows beginning ten feet above
me ground. They looked as if thev
u laaiuua emus ui limy, ijPnna v, , . , . '
and Milan, are to be connected by a ! t "T ? - -P eCe f Jtee"
marvelous electric railroad eighty-five
miles In length, which is to cost $47,
000,000. Th-? excessive cost Is owing
to the nature of the country through
which the line will pass. It will re
quire nineteen tunnels, one ot which
will be twelve miles long. There will
be 3 72 bridges, and the road will be
six years In the course of construc
tion. The cost of the line construc
tion alone will be $500,000 per mile.
The line will bo double tracked and
there will he no grade crossings.
Trains will consist of three cars, each
it i j.umodaUng fifty passengers. It
U proposed to ruu twenty trains a
day. and It is estimated that the dally
IrMtfl will bo 6000 passengers. The
Boy s World.
There was no sign of fire.
MAGAZINE ASTRONOMY.
"What sort of telescope do you use
for seeing things on Mars?"
The eminent astronomer, hiffoitu
ated to scanning the heavens at mag
azine space rates, stayed his pen but
an instant. "I have learned," he re
plied, "not to rely on any telescope.
Tho beBt of them sadly hampers the
play of ihe iraaginatlon."--Phlladol-
phla Ledger.
Popinjay.
The popinjay was a figure of a
bird shot at for practice. Tho Jay
was decked with partl-colored feath
ers so as to resemble a parrot, and,
being suspended on a pole, served as
a target. He whose ball or arrow
brought down the bird by cutting tho
ring by which it was hung received
In the Slavonic section of tho New
York Public Library ihere are 8627
volumes and a very large proportion , the nroud title of "Cantaln PonlnUv
of the Russian readers select hooks for the rest of the dav. and was e..
UB oclal ond governmental sublecta sorted home in triumph.
Plow Points.
The finer the soil, the better the
vegetablt-s, both lu quantity and qual
ity. Work the suiface soil over, after
each raiu, and thus retain all the
moisture.
Vegetables delight in having a
warm, deep and rich and mellow toll,
aud will generously pay for the priv
ilege. Two crops can often be planted on
the same ground by planting early
and late varieties, removing the early
as soon as mature.
It Is a good plan to apply the fer
tilizer to the land a week or ten days
before sowing the seed. In all caseB
it must be thoroughly Incorporated
with the soil; otherwise injury to
young plants may result.
At this season cows that r.re about
to calve should have especial care.
Should the cow be fat. remove all
grain from her ration and give a hot
bran mash and a dose of Epsom salts,
ginger and molasses a day or two be
fore she calves and also the day after.
White Dutch clover is very desir
able .is pusturuge for bees. The seed
may be Bown any time in April. It
' resists drouth much better than most
of the grasses, and forms a close
green turr for the lawn, if kept cut
after It Is well rooted.
Horses (hat are worked to the
limit of their ability should have all
their grain ground and fed on moist
ened cut hay. Home aud Farm.
Keep Free From Dampness.
There Is, perhaps, no one thing
that will have so bad a general effect
upon young chicks as dampness. Not
only will It tend to cause disease and
death among the weaker ones, but It
also is apt lo stunt the itrongor
chicks in their growih and aids in
the increase of lice and mites.
Tho position of the coops or brood
ors should be well considered, to
make sure that they are not lu a wet
or damp spot. Ground with u slope
is the heat, so that the water from
steady rains or heavy showers will be
readily carried off. it Is also a good
plan to dig u small trench close to
each coop or brooder, thus ullowing
the water to be carried oft more read
ily In sudden heavy downpours.
Small platforms made the right
slzo to fit lu the bottoms or the coops
protect the chicks from the damp
ground during wet spells of weather.
The platforms are easily made from
thin pieces of board nailed on two or
three crosspleces. These crosspleces
slightly raise the platform from the
ground and thus form an air space
which keeps the roopB drier than oth
erwise would be tho case. Sand
should be used on the platforint-, and
earo must be taken to keep them
claau.
These plattoimn, while being of
'leueflt. will not auawer s)l purposes,
however, for If the place where the
coops are situated Is naturally damp
or wet trouble will follow.
oa is tne nesi piace on wnicn 10
locate coopa or brooders. Sandy soil
is also a good place If It has not re
cently been disturbed to any depth.
When the hens and chicks are out,
on bright, sunny days after rans. it
Is a good plan to turn the coops on
their sides or backs so as to let the
sun have full possession and thor
oughly dry out any dampness that
may be present. H. E. Haydock, Lo
cust Valley, N. Y.
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SIXTY-SIX tEAjtS.
Vital Organs of Brilliant Ju
rlst Topay-Turvy-- Hsart on
Right Slrfo and Liver Capaizoa
The Mllkin? Stool.
What the Hired Man Say,
Weeds, making the best of them
possible, are parasites, not only ns to
the soil and rarm crops, but also in
the revenue of the farmer, as what
ever is stolen from his crop is taken
from his Income.
A farmer who wears ragged nnd
dirty clothes, whiskers that Invite the
birds to nest and Is in his general
make-up about as attractive as a
tramp, is a curiosity these days.
The aiuomobile is on the trail of
the scrub horse, but it will never be
able to catch the thoroughebred or
even the high grade animal.
An argument in favor ot a variety
of food is found In the fact that no
two animals will give exactly the
same results from the same rations.
Aside from the cost, of the seed and
a little work, It's just as cheap to
rals9 clover as ragweed.
A New Jersey farmer, writing
about his trials with hired men, says
last - spring he hired a man who
claimed to be a farmer and Bet him
to work hoeing tomatoes in the gar
den. Two hours later the farmer
went out to see how his hired man
was getting along, and discovered
that he had pulled up all the tomato
plants and nicely hilled up a lot of
ragweed in an adjoining bed! No
wonder this man is In favor of for
eign labor.
The hog is no dude, but he can
make a bank account hnmp if he is
given a chance.
More boys are driven from the
farm by an utter lack of sympathy
and knowledge of human nature by
the parents than by any other cause.
Some men forget that they were once
boys, with all the desires and ambi
tions of youth.
There is n loss of available income
in raising any kind of stock which Is
devoid of good quality, but this is es
pecially true of horses. Home and
Farm.
Device For Uncapping Honey.
I have a plan ot making a device
for uncapping honey which I think
will interest others, writes a corre
spondent of Prairie Farmer. I take a
An autopsy performed upon th
body of the late Judge John E. Mc
Kelghan, of St. Louis, who died at
the Johns Hopkins Hospital of n mal
ady which had puzxled physicians,
disclosed a most extraordinary jum
ble of the Judge's vital organ.
The heart. Instead of being to the
left, was turned to the right. In a
peculiar transportation was the liver,
which was bottom side up, with the
gall bladder up near the heart. There
was a union of kidneys by an extra
ligament, which connected them In
tho shape of a horseshoe. The spleen
was also In an abnormal position and
of unusual site. Many of the other
organs were massed together amid
entangling cords and fatty aubstnnces
which produced a condition in th
stomach both unique and interesting
in the history of anatomy.
Tho question that agitated the sur
geons was how a man could live with
such a conglomeration of the machin
ery In his body. The case was con
sidered marvelous, for the Judge had
reached the age of sixty-six years.
Judge McKeighan was one of the
brilliant lawyers of the West. The
condition of the stomach did not
seem to have Interfered in any par
ticular with the activity of his brain
and he was said to have been a hearty
eater up to the time of the illness
which preceded his death. WheD
the Judge was stricken the best phy
sicians of St. Louis were summoned,
but he did not seem to respond to
their treatment. Consultations were
held, and It was deemed advisable tc
bring him to Baltimore. He wa;
brought to the Johns Hopkins after
arrangements had been made with
Dr. Hugh H. Young, one of tho best
known surgeons in the South. The
physicians up to this time had diag
nosed his case as a stomach ailment,
but hla condition was such that il
would not permit of an immediate op
eration. He did not seem to rally
In fact, he grew worse, and It war
decided to perform an operation.
When the Incision was made In thf
lower regions in the vicinity of the
kidneys the surgeons were startled by
the remarkable condition ot these or
ganB.
Judge McKeighan seemed to im
prove after the operation, but when
night came on the malady began tc
assert Itself. He grew slowly worse
and his condition became so alarming
that his relatives were summoned to
his bedside. He survived another
night, but early on the morning of
the next day passed away. Balti
more Special to the New York World.
View of the Contrivance.
pan sixteen inches wide, twenty-sli
inches long and 'lx inches deep and
cover with wire cloth having five
meshes to the inch. A rough frame
covered with the same wire cloth is
set on this. The Bcreen1 allows the
comb to rest with little or no holding
and the honey drips into the pan be
low. A person' can work It each side
It desired.
Mistakes in Potato Culture.
In an address before ihe New York
Central Club, Professor F. E. Stew
art, of the Oeneva Experiment Sta
tion, pointed out some of the most
common mistakes in potato culture
In New York.
Too Large Acreage Many make
the mistake of attempting to culti
vate a larger acreage than they can
attend to properly. Usually there Is
greater profit from a few acres well
cared for than from a larger acreage
neglected.
Lack of Underdrainage Many of
our potato fields need underdrainage
badly. Few farmers fully appreciate
the importance of their underdrain
age. Lack of Plant Food Potatoes, like
other crops, need plant food. Stingi
ness in the use of fertilizers is poor
business policy.
Lack of Humus Potato soils
should be well supplied with humus
to increase their capacity for retain-In.-;
water. Drouth is a Berious enemy
of the potato crop. Humut 1b best
supplied by plowing under clover. If
stable manure Is used It should he
applied a year ahead of the potato
crop. '
Small Potatoes For Seed The use
of small potatoes, or "seconds," for
Beed is still a regular practice with
many potato growers. This is surely
a mistake. Occasionally, when seed
potatoes are dear, it may be best to
plant seconds, but their continued
use results In reduced yields.
Poor Seed Seed potatoes should
be stored where they will keep firm
and unsprouted until planting time.
Shriveled, sprouted tubers produce
eak plants.
Too Late Planting Late potatoes
should be planted between May 15
and June 1. If planted later than
June 1 they may not mature before
frost.
Drills vs. Hills Unless the land Is
very weedy or much lacking in fer
tility better results are obtained by
planting in drills than in hills.
High Hilling Many farmers still
practice the old fashioned English
method of high hilling, n, wet sea
sons this may do no harm and on
wet land It may be beneficial, but In
dry seasons it shortens tho life of the
plants. Many roots are destroyed
and the rulu water drains off between
the rows instead of Into the hills,
where it Is most needed. The grov-'
era who obtain large yields bill but
little If at all Rural Life.
A dilapidated picture purchased at
Regglo Emillo for fourpence, and
sold again for five fruncs, turns out
to be u genuine Van Dyck, for which
the present owner has refused 30,000
francs.
Is the Oyster Becoming Extinct?
The decline and fall of the oyster
empire is th eatening the fond world
of oyster lovers. Thus at least salth
the professor, William K. Brookes.
Every mature oyster mother lays
about 16,000,000 of eggs for one
hutching. These eggs are cast forth
in the spawning season and drift hith
er and thither with the tides until
they are Impregnated. Then the life
of the young oyster starts. If the
spawn ot a single oyster mother were
all fertilized, grew to maturity and
reproduced themselves without any
perishing, and this continued until
the fifth generation, the descendants
of the fruit oyster mother would be
greater in bulk than eight worlds.
Fortunately for other folks, from the
time of spawning the oyster is beset
with dangers so great that each one
has one chance in 10,145,000 ot
reaching maturity. So no matter how
fertile the oyster may be there is lit
tle danger of the bivalve ever block
ading our harbors, but, on the con
trary, if there were no artificial culti
vation of these favorite morsels there
would not be nearly enough to supply
the demand for our tables. The oys
ter Is a sedentary animal, never leav
ing his home after affixing himself to
some rock, log or shell, for the right
valve must be free to remain open or
the niollusk will be smothered and
die. From the water which flows
over him he secures everything in the
world he desires, food, air, drink and
building material for the stony house
which he erects around himself as a
habitation. He must secure all of
these things, and in the proportion
necessary, If he would live. The first
need is an anchorage place, some
shell or rock upon which he may
erect his flat dwelling. It is the ab
sence of such a foothold, or, rather,
shellhold, that causes the greater
number of the young which spawned
to fall to develop to maturity.
Biology and the Cilnal.
At the recent mealing of the Amer
ican Association for the Advancement
of Science, in Chicago, attention was
called to the interesting fact that the
work on tho Panama Canal is chang
ing biological conditions in Panama,
and that its completion will enable
the fresh water faunae of the Atlan
tic aud Pacific slopes to intermingle.
Undoubtedly many marine animals
will pass from one ocean to the other.
Thus a permanent change ot condi
tions will be brought about, which
may or may not possess much practi
cal importance, but its scientific in
terest is very great. In view of thess
farts, the association resolved to urge
upon Congress the necessity of an
Immediate biological survey of the
Panama Canal zone.
Bird Returned to Its Cage.
The Rev. Cecil H. Fardell, of Llan
denny parsonage, Usk, Monmouth
shire, writes that some years ago,
finding that a caged bullfinch which
ho placed out of doors every morn
ing was visited dally by tho wild
birds outside, he prepared a second
vacant cage, which was promptly oc
cupied by a- splendid wild cock bull
finch. This bird was frightened one
day by a dog, and the cage door belug
open It flew away.
Four months later a gentle tap at
the window was heard. The bird had
returned to captivity.' Ho again oc
cupied his old cage. London Even
ing Standard..