Flock Thnt Pay . It ts not necessarily the largest flock thnt net the largest profit. A mailer one Wall rarnl (or nnd freed from loafers may pile up the net gain much faster, even If the gross Inrome ahould be den-eased. American Cultivator. What Scientific Vanning Will DO. 8cienllflc farming Secretary Wil ton considers the key to future suc cess and prosperity. He declares that It will he no work of magic to double or treble, the production of cotton per acre, and that the corn, wheat and many ether crops can be In creased by one-half per acre within a quarter of A century and then not reach the limit. He says that one fourth of the dairy rows do not pay for their feed and that more than one-halt of them pay no profit. He predict! that the egg production per hen will be increased by at least a dozen a year within a generation. and more convenient to handle Bloating In cattle Is perhaps due In part to the presence of hairs on com mon clover. If this be true the trou ble would be obviated by feeding thera the new hairless Orel clover. Another objection to the common red clover Is that It matures much earlier than timothy, with which It Is usually sown. It Is thus Impossible to harvest the mixture at a time when the full value of both the clover and timothy ran be obtained. The new Orel clover matures two weeks later than the common red kind, or at the same time with the timothy, and at a season when the farmer's- attention Is not so Impera tively demanded for his corn and also at a time when In most of the clover belt the weather Is more favorable for harvesting the crop without In Jury by rain. Farmers' Home Journal. THE PULPIT. BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON THE REV DR. C W. AKED. Tlicme: Chesterton's Discovery. the vlrilltv, nil the manhood on! 61 us. and another that-Chrlstfantty hnd del Of d the nations with blood. Is Chrlsttnnltv. he esks. a religion of BY mouknna nnd mlldnesR. or of mur der and mnssacre? It may be ono or the other, but It cannot bo both at the saino time. You remember the humorous poem by John Godfrey Saxe nbont the four biliitl Hindus who went to see nn New York City. The Rev. C. F. 1 elephant. They could not see the ele- AWo.i n t) the naatar of the Flfih I phant, but they said what they had Avenue rtnptlst Church, preached in i seen. One happened to lean against his pulpit Sunday. His subject was "How Mr. Chesterton Discovered England." Ho took for his text Mat they 11:28 and 29, "I will give you rest." "Ye shall find rest unto your souls." "Come unto Me all ye that are weary and heavy In ili-n and I will give you reBt. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me. for I am meek and lowly In heart, and ye shall find rest unto vour soulf ," and said: This is Christianity's first Invita tion to the world. It applies the test of universal religion. For the test of the elephant uad declared' It was much like a wall. Another got hold of his tall and described him as being like a rope. Another got his trunk and Bald he was a serpent, nnd the fourth ran ngnlust his tusk and said he was shaped very much like a spear. The fact Is that they had not seen the elephant at all. That Is all. And that Is my sermon. The objectors have never seen Christianity at all; they have never underatood Chrit tlanlty at all. They have seen mere fragments the tall or ear of tho OI IIIMVei &MI fUl Lice irai i . ' n - - - universal religion Is not In the num- elephant but they have not aeen Ynt For Sralding Hogs. A very good vnt for heating water for scalding hogs can be made In the following manner: Take two two by twelve planks and cut them so they are six feet on one edge and five feet two inches on the other cd5e. These form tho sides of the vat. For the ends take two pieces two by twelve, each plank three feet long. About three inches from each end of the two Cutting the Feed. Next to the silo as a means of se curing best results with the corn plant comes shredding or putting through an ordinary feed cutter dry. Either Is better than feeding whole stalks, which means so much waste. Something of a concentrated nature hers of those who nccept It, but In the j varieties of men and women who ac cept It, and whose needs it meets ann satisfies. This Invitation has been accepted by every kind and condition of men and women throughout tho wholo of the human race; and every type of character, every circumstance of need has responded to this Invita tion. The men and women who have accepted have found the rest for their souls which Christ promised. Dut I am not going to preach to-night upon this text. Millions of gracious sermons have been preached upon It and millions of souls have been won to the rest promised. I have one &unbati-&cftocf INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR DECEMBER 27. EPWOHIH iiftbUt' LESSOHS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27. The Song of tho New Kingdom Is. 55. 9; Luke 2. 14 (Chrittmae.) must be fed with any kind of rough age to secure a profitable milk flow In I purpose only in repeating the words Hog Scalding Vat. sides cut a groove across two Inches wldo and three-quarters of an Inch deep for the end of the sides to fit. Holes should be bored at top and bottom for half-Inch bolts across the ends to hold the sides In position. The bottom of the vat is made of sheet Iron nailed to the bottom and on to the vat. The vat should be long enough to come around both ends and fasten at top and, also, should he wide enough to come up the sides for two or three Inches. Threo Irons, one and one-half Inches thick and ono Inch wide are passed under the tank and used to support the bottom. They are shown at AAA. These should come up at least four Inches at the side. A trench eight feet long, twenty Inches wide, fifteen Inches deep. should be dug and the vat placed over It. The trench should be dug so that the vind has a straight draught under the vat. Fill the vat two-thirds full of water. The scraping bench should be set ngainst the side of the vat. Light chains, each about eight feet long, nre used to lower and raise the hog into the water. These chains should be fastened at tho edge of the scraping bonc'.i and should be placed about two feet six inches apart. By placing these chains above the vat, says Prairie Farmer, the hog can be lowered into the water, and when scalded, cau be readily removed. winter. After experimenting with nearly every known food of this na ture I have found this to be one of the best: Wheal bran, two parts, by measure; corn nnd cob meal, one part; gluten meal, one part. Mix nnd give four or five quarts twice a day to each cow giving full flow of milk; less to those partially dry, says a suc cessful dairyman. Farmers' Home Journal. Feeding Mitcii ('. Milch cows require different f-.-ocl than beef cattle. You should not feed much fat forming food?, as your cows will lay on fat instead of producing milk. . Feed more silage or roots In the winter. Dally feed for a thousand pound cow: Forty poaru's of silage, seven pounds clover hay, elsht pounds of grain. The cows that are soon to freshen should be fed on succulent feed, such a3 silaje or roots, bran, lin seed meal With a little oats. Keep at the outset, and thnt Is that you may use them, not as a text to ex pound but as a motto of that which Is to follow, for 1 purpose to speak nbont a conspicuous figure In the I world of letters who has accepted this Invitation of Christianity and found rest for his doubting, wondering. In quiring mind, rest for his turbulent spirit; nnd he has written a book tell ing us how he found his way to Chrls (lanlty and to tho rest that Chris tianity offers. The man Is Mr. Chesterton. His books are freely on sale In this coun try and ho occupies a very conspic uous place In English literary life. The book Is called "Orthodoxy." It Is a story autogrnphlral of the way in which he brings himself to the ac ceptance of Christianity. Tho style Is all his own. He Is the supreme master of paradox among living men the wide world over. His purpose Is '.o take any statement about any mor tal thing and show that universally the contrary Is true. If, for Instance, I say that the doctrine of original sin ts gloomy and depressing his method Is to show that tho doctrine of orig inal sin Is universally the most bruc- t'ne bowels open nnd do not feed very heavy ou grain just before or after I lnK and mo8t Invigorating and ex- calvlng. Time c Study l'p Fertilizer. Winter Is the time for attending tn the fertilizers. Says a well Informed writer: "So far as possible, manure should be drawn out in winter as fast as rnude. Where it is thrown In heaps, as from horses' stables, or made in barn basements, it will us ually be unfrozen while tho ground Is covered with snow. It 13 easier both for team and pitcher to draw manure on a sleigh than on a wagon, so that winter is tho best time for doing this work, aside from thus helping to get oDe heavy job out of the way as far as possible before plowing gommences." Weekly Wlt-n"j' After calving give bran mashes and warm the drinking water tor a few days. Allow the calf to suck for about two days and then feed tho mother's milk from a pall for about two weeks, about three quarts twice a day after that reduce It with skim milk or water so that at the end of the fourth week the calf will be getting all skim milk or half whole milk and half warm water with some reliable stock tonic to aid digestion. Keep a supply of good clover or alfalfa hay within reach and also some ground oats, with a Utile linseed meal mixed with It. After the calf ents the grcund feed, gradually get him used to eating whole oats, as this is the beat feed for him up to six months old. The heifer should not be bred until fifteen or eighteen months old. Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin Slate Veterinarian. An Arrangement For Siorin-; Shelled Corn. Storage for shelled corn is a concil tion that does not have to be provided tor in some sections; but, as it seems to be rapidly coming to the front In Dairy Rule". I'm lesson Is this, says a dairyman: Break away from old tradition! and customs; select a dairy breed that suits you best and stay by that breed; do not change; grade up tho best cows that you have; lest and discard the poor and worthless cows; have a standard to line up to; do not be afraid of a certain amount of line breeding to fix heredity; don't mix the breeds; depend upon the sire and his breeding to advance the merit of a herd; do not change sires very often; breed for good health; be thor ough; feed tor milk and not beef making; be sanitary; be a dairy stu dent, don't get finicky, and the dairy of the future will bo the wonder of the a urld. Weekly Witness. Sim 'A Wnsli For Trees. A successful fruit grower says that a good wash to prevent rabbits from gnawing fruit trees is made by mix ing lime, carbolic acid and sulphur with a little copperas. Take a bucket the size of a common water bucket, place therein a tablespoonful of car bolic acid and as much sulphur and copperas with some kind of soup. If convenient, a handful of any home made soap, then add a little water and enough rock lime to make a good whitewash. The lime and whitewash and the carbolic acid are the Im portant Ingredients, while the others may be dispensed with, although they are a help. This can be quickly ap plied and Is ah effective remedy, for the rabbit is very fastidious about what be eats, and tie dislikes tbe smell of such coucoctlons. Farmers' Home Journal. Uia i'or 31i. i.eJ Corn. r, ... ... ItMtfilV! oUda 10 COUU- try Gentleman the accompanying lb lustration -if m armugement to meet this need, se.bmlttiug t fur what It may bo worth. As may be neen, It Is a bit with a slanting lloor, having cracks perhapi an eighth of an Inch In width, divided Into compartments by hollow parti tlons. A trough, A, makes It con venient to shovel up the corn. Tht partition B, the end C and the sidei i and E should also be slats at eighth of an Inch apart. The divisions B pould be made of two-Inch furring strips nailed on boih sides of tho sutne for battens. The width of each compnrtment would have to be determined by ex perlment, but probably eight Inches would be about right. Of course, the depth aud height would be a in:.' -i of convenience. New Red Clover Found. Tbe Bureuu of l'laut industry has been experimenting with a new form of red clover which cai.io from the black soil region of Russia. The phut la practically hairless aud therefore dees not hold dust like tbe common red i lose. Per this reason it believ d that it will muku a better tun plant for horses, since it will be much, lest like ly to cituae heaved and will be cleaner Aptly Defined. A woman in a town lying under lat Rockies was much distressed at hear Ing a small clique In her town refet to themselves as the "smart set." She appealed to an ex-United States Sena tor and asked him what he under stood by tbe term "the smart set. He replied: "1 think I can give you an Inkling. In the eastern part of Colorado and the weBteru part of Nebraska there Is a large tract of land known as the 'rain belt.' It never rains there." No Art la Fortune-Telling. A fortune-teller Is a clever observ er. Every one of us Is born to a cer tain type, and any experienced person can detect If we are imaginative, dull. nervous or sluggish and make a fair story of our future. It Is gueswui hilnrnting that the mind of man can conceive. That is the man's wav, and he has attained to enormous Influence and his books to enormous snle by working this parndoxlcnl method. It does not follow because I call your attention to this book that I am com mending it unreservedly, but the value of the book is that it stimulates thought, it sets you thinking about the deepest and highest things, and tnnny things deeply suggestive and helpful to spiritual life. In one sense It Is a corrective of that very curious Ingrained temper of our day which launches every now and then an en tirely new nnd original gospel that Is going to supersede all other gospels that, have ever been preached and bring In the mlllenium by special ex press with all expenses paid within the next fortnight. Wo have seen too much of that sort of thing nnd It Is a corrective of this curious habit, this launching with banners flying and bands playing, a gospel of to morrow, which, on examination, proves to be merely a second-hand copy of a sleepy edition of the gospel of yesterday afternoon. Mr. Chesterton likens himself to an English yachtsman, who in the Eng lish Channel loses his bearings and in I his imagination thinks he is in the I Southern Pacific nnd on approaching me land peiieves It Is some uninhab ited or savage Island. Ho goes ashore prepared to meet, wild men and ani mals, and discovers that he Is among bis own peoplu in tho familiar streets of Dover or Brighton. Mr Chester ton sets out to discover a new ethic, s new philosophy of life, a new moral ity, and he discovered Christianity. I have not bee n in this country twen ty months yet, but I am quite certain that there have been twenty new gos pels launched upon an astonished public during that time. 1 remember one that was to take possession of tho church to win the world to Christ Inside of the next twelve months. The publisher sent me a copy of the book for my opinion, and I wrote him that I did not caro two straws about that sort of thing, but before the Ink in my signature was dry a friend called on me and I asked him how Dr. So and So's scheme was getting on. "Oh," he said, "he is about through with it." I said, "Why, I have only just got his book from the publisher." "That does not make a difference," said niy friend. "But," I said, "how can he have got through with It already'" He looked at mo with pity for my Insular Ignorance and non-appreciation of the Ignorance of the American mind and said, "Have you not been here long enough to know how ea3ily we take a thing up and how much more easily we drop It again?" Tht fact Is that what is new In these new schemes Is not true, and what Is true In them ts not new. I am very glad to have such a man as Chesterton with his paradox, Irony and sarcasm, calling attention to the utter folly ol being led by this or by that, because It pretends to be new. You may saj we are tn a progressive age, but It Ir because we are progressive that wt must preserve our self-respect and not be carried uwuy by this aud thai "wind of doctrine." Looking bacii over twenty years. I can recall In numerable theories and phllosophlei that have tried to take possession ol men and the church, but they hav gone and the old faith, the old relig ion and the old belief In Jusus and th Cross remain transit ndent, more cer tain and lovable than anything else: In the crow, ol Christ 1 glory, Towering e'er '.lit wrecks 01 tioi All the Ik'.' ui ucred story (lathers rt.uud iU head sublime Mr Chesterton tells us tbe wa? which be found his way to bellet ur found rest, aud he npeaks about the amazemmt wIlr wbhh be real i s hew one objection to Christianity cauce'ed another O'tt. Tnk - ono ob jection to CUiiiH'.tritty nnd it Is com pletely ansa '-red by another o'jji -Hon from sc.ne otiier objector. Be fourd, he arys, on o'l.e tu.u la the agnostic roarutl to Chrittiiiilty on the ground that It Is a r llgioo I gloom, and Mother bauftUM Christie Ity had cast u rose pink ve'l over all hum a life, wi lt a sLv, fUl-bf tmo meiitaVani a'. i t this being the best of all prmtdble world- Ho fount' at other oLJecio it si It tw ovdt u 'i .u''. iti-'t thi.i Lbt'Utiauiiy uow '! Christianity and know not what It Is. The difficulties of religion are great, but the difficulties of unbelief are Infinitely greater. It is not true that Christianity In Its fullness is a simple thing that anybody can grasp in two minutes. There aro difficulties and perplexities, but the difficulties and perplexities and problems In which you involve yourself by the rejection of Christlnnlty are far great er than those involved in its accept ance. I could present half a dozen, I will present one: If unbelief has stated the case truly to us, Jesus Christ was only a peasant boy, a car penter and a fanatic for religion, who lived in an obscure part of the Ro man empire and died as a criminal after three years of agitation. That Is all. And yet Christianity, the most tremendous and colossnl fact in the world, has all grown out of thnt! Men and women, ignorant and wise, In widely dlfferentTlrcumstances, tell you that they have been down and have been raised, have had burdens lifted from their shoulders, strength came to them, ennbllng thorn to bear their loads, they have been conscious of sin and realized forgiveness, the chains have dropped from their man acled spirits and they have walked In the freedom of mnnhood and woman hood, they tell you they have been lost and were found. I myself havo at times scon through the vail that hides the Invisible from the visible and have been sure of n God, and I have risen from what I thought tho very gates of death and have walked the hills of life again, and found that my Saviour was by my side. If you want to know whether Christianity Is true try It. The objections contra dict each other, and are not true. Christianity stands and Christ makes His appeal still to you to-night and offers the Invitation: "Come unto Me all ye thnt labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Sue-redness of Small Things. We should realize the sacredness of small things which we Ignore or despise the deed that uplifts, al though it is unheralded; the word that inspires, although uttered so gently that your neighbors do not hear it; the hand clasp which puts your brother firmly on his feet with out public applause. Hence the small things dare not be despised by those of us who wish to rise to higher things. I thank God for our religious privi leges. We all have equal rights un der the Stars nnd Stripes. The Prot estant and Catholic, the Jew and Gentile, the Mohammedan may build his mosque, the Buddhist his temple. We hnve no State church, no coercive religious laws. We are responsible to no human power for our religious convictions, responsible only to God. The church that makes the best men and w omen is the best church. Review of the Eleven Loson For Ihe Yenr's Lnst Quarter Rend Prov. Ch. 4 Golden Text, Prov. 4:23 Commentary. Golden Text "Keep thy heart with nil diligence, for out of It are the Issues of life." Prov. 4:23. The lessons of the quarter extend over a period of SI years. They are all concerned with the life and words of David and Solomon. A profitable review could he conducted along the line of what the lessons teach about God. Another would be to study the teaching about sin. its consequences and pardon. Material for such re views ran he found In the notes. Still another revelw would be to get each member of the class to give the cen tral teaching of the lesson. A num ber of opinions, will bo given about the teaching In each lesson. The fol lowing arc given simply as sugges tions: Lesson I. The necessity of serv ing God In the precise way His Word Instructs. Lesson II. God's superaboundlng grace; David purposed to build God a house and God covenanted to build him a houso and to establish his house and bis kingdom forever. Lesson III. David's kindness to Mephibosheth. a type of our David's kindness to us. Lesson IV. If we seek to cover our sins from God He will uncover them and fill our hearts with heavi ness, but If we uncover our sins be fore God with frank nnd full confes sion, God will Cover them up and fill our hearts with praise and light. Lesson V. Whatsoever a man sow eth that will he also reap; a sinful father will reap in his wayward chil dren an awful harves. of the sins he has sown; the king who is disloyal to God will reap tho disloyalty of his people. LtglOB VI. Tho mnn who destroys the love and pence and Joy of anoth er's family will reap heart-breaking agony in his own house. Lesson VII. Jehovah Is the believ er's Shepherd. Every want will be met, every fear will be banished, ev ery longing will bo satisfied. Lesson VIII. God keeps His prom ise In spite of all the schemes of men to thwart It. Lesson IX. There is utter ruin for the individual, and for the nation, in the wlno cup. Lesson X. We should desire wis dom that we may serve God effective ly more than we desire long life or wealth. Lesson XI. When a house Is set apart for God in the way appointed Ho will fill the houBe with His glory. BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE 80LR1F.HB FIGHTING TH18 Cl'RSS GHHATLY III This Is tho time of the year when all Christendom rejoices under the charm of music. It It tho time when hearts are filled with laughter and volcee arc blend. 1 in songs of praise to the "Giver ci every good gift." Whllo Christmas bells are ringing out their meljdlea, organs sounding forth their sweet music, and the grat itude of the heart of humnnlty springs from the Hps of song commemorative of the birth of the Babe of Bc-;hlehem, wt hear running through It all the strains of that heaven-old anthem which was given to earth by the angels nbont two thousnnds years ago. Through the - etch of unknown centuries the !. '-S of heaven Ifad sung "Glory to d in the hlgheBt." During the prot jIou of creation tho "Gloria Excelsl had rolled across the universe, an:- on tho day when all things were made ready for the ad vent of man the anthem was supple mented by the r'muts of the sons of God, nnd the x Ices of the morning stars as they s ,ig their praises over the works of Cc Creator. The cadence of this anthem of the heavenly host rose with the progres sive work of tho Ono by whom all things were mado and reached the highest note In the scalo of adoration when the Babe of Bethlehem rested In the arms of the virgin. The hour prefigured in visions and foretold by seers had come, and the richest har monica of heaven must burst forth on the world. It was at this time that a new stanza was added. The anthem was not completed till tho time of the coming of the Holy Child. But when the star stood over tha manger at Bethlehem the curtains of tho sklos were drawn asido and heaven's hosts blended their volcas In the revised anthem, which becamo the first lullaby sung over the Babe of Bethlehem, and there burst forth from tbe Judean sky. "Glory to God In the highest, on earth peace among men of his good pleasure," With the added stanza tho anthem la no longer reserved for the exclusive use of the heavenly host, but has become the anthem of the kingdom of God, both In heaven and on earth. What a beautiful and comprehensive anthem It Is! In It the heavenly hosts gavo expression to their, highest adoration to God nnd proclaimed peace to mankind. Jesus Knows. Christ's message to the churches of Asia all begin with the words, "I know thy tribulation." "I know where thou dwellest," "I know thy poverty." It is as If He would lay the founda tion for His encouragement or His warning In the assurance of His sym pathy. He always begins His mes sage to His people thus: "I under stand." We need not fear wrong judgment, we need least of all. to fear the indifference that springs from Ig norance. He understands, and there fore can judge; He knows, and there fore can help. Pacific Baptist. The Source of Unhappiness. Self-centred life Is everywhere the great disturber of human happiness. It defeats itself nnd keeps its vic tims forever upon tho rack. It collides with other Interests, and God is in Its way. It destroys the peace of the home. It leads husbands to be Indifferent or unkind to their wives, and wives to regard their husbands only as the chief of their own conveniences. It leads children to demand that the whole of the family arrangement shall be managed with reference to their personal pleasure. It breeds social Jealousies and neighborhood quarrels; It breaks up church choirs; scrambles for the chief Beats In the synagogues and sets church members to praying, "Lord, grant that we may sit on Thy right hand and on Thy left In Thy king dom." It leads Dlotrephes to love the pre-eminence. It Is to the credit of the religion of Christ that selflshneBB cannot live in peace with it. D. W. C. Huntingdon, D. D. DECEMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH. Topic Foreign Missions The New Life in China Ezek. 37: 1-14. China to bo ChrlBt'8. Isa. 49: 12- Rendering TrilMite to God. There are three ways of rendering tribute to Christ with the mind, the heart and the will. I do not appeal lo your minds. No man of sense to day denies the Christ; that day Is paBt. I do not appeal to your heartB aud work ou your sympathies. It's easy enough to make women cry and get into a state of ecstasy so often mistaken for real surrender to Christ. I appeal to your will, for It's with the will alone that you must answer that great question, What thluU ye of Christ?" The Purpose of God. The purpose of God through this revelation for us Is not knowledge alone. Men devote their lives to sci ence and philosophy. His purpose is not physical power. It Is not wealth aud luxury. God comes through His word to give us eternal life and pur don from the power of sin. Chance. There Is no such thing as luck in the world. It Is an error of thought, a misapprehension of tbe nature of things, to imagine that we are in any sense under the dominion of chance. infinite Possibilities For the Reliever. The holiness of men on the earth is not beautiful, and like the holiness of angels, and like Its Divine Auth or; but its character is progressive, and its course is onward and upward to perfected excellence. From its flrBt net of prostration before tho mercy seat, where it lifts Its hands and heart to God; where it pours In to His car Its voice of alternate pen itence and praise, and where. In full view of the blood of the covenant. Its faith takes hold of His righteous ness and His promise: it rises, though it may be in unequal progress, high er and still more high, till at last Its anticipations are realized in views that are to be never obacured, in af fectlonB of unmingled purity, and in tbe fulness of Joy. Wondrous words are those uttered by the apostle when he says: "Be loved, now are we the sons of God; and It doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He Is." H. B. Smith. What Makes Idiots? One Eminent Authority Says That Thirty-five Per Cent, of the Feeble-minded Arc the Result of Drink. Ono of the saddest sights in this world Is an uudevelopod, dwarfed or sluggish intellect. Statistics have placed the number of defective chil dren In the United States as 180.U0O, enougo to make a city of nearly 200, 000. What is the cause of this alarm ing Increase in idiocy? One eminent authority says that thirty-five per cent, of the feeble-mrnded are the re sults of strong drink. What a stum bling block this nation 1b placing be fore the chrMren In the form of the licensed dramBhop! O mother, you whose arms ara folded about your bright, laughing, dimpled little ones, think of the thou sands of helpless Infants, forced Into an almost Joylet. , sc useless existence through the ob.-oxlous rum traffic. Knob mother should say, "I am but one but I am one. I canriot do much, but I can ou something, and wtlat I can do, b. ihe grace of God. I will do." No matter iuw well directed the effort for the Idle . development, he will always b .tandlcapped, and never in this . iu will he be what he has a right i be. Because of . ..e degradation of rum drinking parents in one large city, 100,000 children, owing to their filthy physLal and moral inheritances ana bad environments, are prohibited from attending the public schools. Belle Kearney, In an address at Ann Arbor, told of one of her experiences while touring the South. At the close of one lecture a little boy came running toward her. "O MIbs Kear ney," he cried, stretching out hie claws toward her, for his thin bands were little more; "don't you think the bcye and girls ought to be pro tected from strong drink?" In a small village of Michigan there exists a family of nine children. The father 1b a habitual drinker. Hla children are dull, and some of them have criminal tendencies. Their one little girl was an exception. This lit tle child was very pretty and appeared normal up to her second year. Later, one afternoon her mother went away, and left her In the care of the twa younger boys. In her absence the little girl attempted to light the gaso line stove. Her clothing caught fire and she was burned beyond earthly, hope when her screams brought a passerby to her relief. Their older boy is now in Jail. For months the children have absented themselves from school. The teachers say they do not want them to attend, for their presence always starts trouble. This family can be multiplied many times. The boys are growing up without Christian training, and waen they are twenty-one their vote Will count as much as the minister's. Physicians assert that In many townB more than one-half of the women to-day are incapable of nurs ing their children. This incapacity, Is on the increase and has been found to be hereditary. Their milk has to be supplemented with cow's milk. It has been found that human milk, to meet special requirements of the human infant. Is poorest in albumen and richest In lactic acid. The latter component is the principle element UBed In building up tbe brain. Now, the milk of the cow is composed of ingredients in percentages that meet the need of the calf, and therefore cannot be considered proper substi tute for human milk for the infant. Over 100 eminent medical men have been engaged In scientific research to ascertain the reason for the failure of so many mothers to nurse their children. Sixteen hundred famines were taken for object studies to Inves tigate along thU line. The failure in seventy-eight out of a hundred wnB found to be due to alcoholism. Only a small percentage of the daugh ter!; of drinking fathers were found to be able to nurse their children.. If a child Is not well fed, especially tn in fancy. It is In danger of becoming a lifelong victim of mental Inaptitude. It will scarcely attain the success that it;. Light promised. iBa. 00: 1-6. "All nations." Isa. CO: 18-24. Gontllos called. Luke 14: 7-21. Gentiles received. Acts 15: 7-21. One God over all. Rom. 9; 19-26. No comparison could better fit the case of China before the recent won derful awakening than tho valley of dry bonus of Eaeklel's vision. There seemed nothing left to do but divide It among tho nathns that were alive (v. 2.) The great lesson of history Is, Never despair of man. Never ask, "Can these bones live?" (v. 3.) it i3 the word of the Lord tlaat has brought about tho awakening of Chi ua. It would 'never havo come with out work of the missionaries (v. 4.) When tho myrlnds of China finally stand upon their feet It will be Indeed an exceeding great army, potent aa few nations for tho harm or better ment of tho world (v. 10.) , 1 The moBt powerful official In Chi na, Yuan 8hlh Kal, viceroy of the capital province, thought himself a for tho most ctfulTe,' of 1 enjoyed had all of the the Christian missionaries, "since they come to persuade men to the practice of virtue." Dr. J. Walter Lowry declares that Tho Respectabilities. The respectabilities hold more men up than do the spiritualities, but were there no spirituality to-day the re spectability of to-morrow would fall. From Sermon Preached by Dr. Frank Crane at Union Church, Wor cester, Mass. Tbe Reward. Qod puts consolation only where H has fit : t put pain. Madame Swet chine. A Popular Czar. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria again demonstrates that the Prince Hal typo of prince is not Impossible. He cared for nothing but sports, bunting, and shooting. His own people ho dUUked extremely, and at one time refused to go among them, vowing that they were thfe most unwashed raco In Europe. But now he U doing everything In his power to court pop ilar favor. He is leading a life of Ideal temperance, and lately ho pre sented u botanical gardeB-io tbe mu nicipality of Bolia. Ho who was ao taotlcM aud Impatient Is now a model of piiUenco. and people now apeak of his "fcfud heart. "Harper's Weak ly. r--4 . LUe th Human Family. Tr. tp, 'ike animals, eat, aleep, arow and lie. B .ery one knowa this, j ct t ev -y omi is aware wi.i tan tlv Ir lot taw aud have to mend t t i tfcjtf Duy Jost'e one iinotlitu I Ilk . i t I t yfc .it a crowd, th st on? ov. -n uw'. j tie we ik. Necessary to Deliverance. No man will be delivered from sin until he delivers himself wholly to God. Home Herald. WOMAN KILLS MOUNTAIN LION. Mrs. Gussie Barnes, a wealthy wo man of San Bernardino, Cal., bad a battle with a young mountain lion on her ranch, six miles away. By tbe merest chance Mrs. Barnes saved her life, and when It was all over she col lapsed. Hearing a commotion in the chick en yard, Mrs. Barnes, who was alone at the ranch bouse, went to ascertain the cause of the trouble. She came unexpectedly upon a young mountain lion which was eating a chicken. Tha beam , with an 'ear splitting snarl, lumped at the woman. Mrs. Barnes, without a moment's delay, picked up a yoke at her feet and she had Just tlma to raise It oyer her shoulder when tbe beast waa up on her. Mix- struck out wildly, but the blow landed on the lion 'a head with great force. The lion waa Kunued but quickly recovered, but ;be woman rushed upon It, landing uiow after flow until she killed tha ttmi, more has happened In China during the loot two years than during tho previous one thousand years. Tho Chinese president of the Chi nese Reform Association suys that more than 20,000 Chinese students nre pursuing advanced modern cour ses of study, that more than four million Chinese can speak English, that more than 10,000 American, Eng lish and European Work! have been translated !uto Chinese, itfd that the courts are being remodeled after tbe English system. Some 5.000 com mon schools have been started In tho one province of Canton. IN OLD HOLLAND. It was an Englishman who said: 'The children of Holland take pleas ure In making What the children of England take pleasure In breaking." If he had seen the Breibsn School of Laren ho could have made a newer and a better proverb, says St. Nich olas. Every bright day four little Dutoh maids sit ou the bench before Mev rouw Kosia's door and Janlke teaches them to kult. Anna, who is ten, clicks her needles fast and even ly, but Wllhelmina. who is only six, crooks her fat, pudgy fingers pain fully round the yarn and sighs. She knows well that ii Is necessary to be clever to live In Laren, for Laren, let me tell you, is a most dis tinguished place, very different from the rest of Holland; aud Wllhelmina knows it Is quite mountainous there, for it is thirteen feet above the sea. But to be clever it is necessary to knit heels as well as legs of stock ings; so she keeps at It, while, Inside the cottage, Mevrouw Kosta is spin ning yarn cn a big spinning wheel, aud you cau bear tbe cheerful hum of the bobbin. When the sun sends out long, level rays across the flat, green fields, and the windmill throws its queer shad ow down the hard, white road, Wll helmluu's and Nattjt's plump legs carry them home with a right good will, their wooden shoes clattering down the road tow in' t) e eunset, aa tbt lung Dutch twilight begins. CHANCE FOR EDUCATED GOATS. If tlia mil) . wit cvuld Only bun m. sw .li'"" 'uw wuih bu could turn I A dollar a dxy And b weald have pa. aey to burn. conditions been favorable. If for no other reason than love to these "little human flowers," let us, as mothers, wives, sisters and daugh ters, do all we can to take down the Stars and Stripes from thB licansed saloon and wiap It around the prec ious children. Berlin's Drink Percentage. A German physician, Dr. Hirsch field, has been computing the quanti ty of alcoholic drink consumed In Eorlin. Berlin possessed three years ugo 12,892 drinking shops one for C10 inhabitants in addition to 301 v. oere wine only Is sold. During the period tho Berliners consumed 438, 989,532 llterB of beer, 24,104.525 liters of brandy, and 19,956,062 liters of wine. This amounts to an average annual consumption per head of pop ulation of 236 liters of alcoholic drink, at a coat of 100 marks a mark being one shilling. As the av erage income of the Berliners, in cluding women and children, la about 683 marks. It may be Bald that tne Berliner spends a seventh part of his Income in intoxicating drtnka. Lon don Globe. Our Duty. William E. Dodge believed that the church could so affect public senti ment that all needed legislation would follow; that it Is the duty of Christian people to use their utmost influence to secure right public opinion. TAmni-mtin. Nolcs. Sixty-five of Iowa's ninety counties are "dry." In Arkansaa fifty-eight of the seventy-five counties have gone "dry." Major-General "Stonewall" Jack son: "I never use it. I am nior afraid of It than Yankee bullets." Missouri's local option law hu made forty-four of Its 115 counties "dry" Tennessee is prohibition except tbl three cities of Memphis, Cbuttanoogl iUU ItBBUIlUV. In Ohio 1140 out of 1376 town ships forbid liquor selling, as also do sixty per cent, of the munlcipsU' ties. Maine is tbe only State that ba more savings bapke depositors tli voajrs. One-third of the people ot Muine, Including wotnen and chlldres( have money In the savings banks- Another tblng we can say If aT oi our ladles or children want, to su to a neighbor's In the evening, tbajr go without faar of being run over W booiy hoodlums, it Prohobltlon hat ic-ueci me v.e winh t wmiid kill every town in tbe State lust us dead as wt arc- Juliet (111.) New.
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