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.