THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
CARDINAL GIBBONS.
Money Jn It.
Milch cows are the most valuable
asset on the farm. Their milk and
butter may bo converted Into cash,
and their offspring Is always salable.
Hough Fred.
Feed the cowc rough feeds for
bulk, green feeds for pood appetite
and digestion, but don't forget to feed
them some concentrated feeds from
which an nhundnnt flow of milk can
be made. Farmers' Home Journal.
Food For Ilrnoil Marcs.
Brood mares should be fed liberal
ly, but not to excess. They should
have the best quality of well cured
hay, oats and bran. Mouldy hay that
has been hoat?l In the mow or bale,
musty oats and bran that has soured
will not supply the proper nutriment
for produrliiK stake winners. Amer
ican Cultivator.
Parkins of Apples In Bocs.
One great advantage of pneklng
apples in boxes Is that close, dlstine
tlon in size and color nro easily made.
The number of apple3 In a box can be
viPlippK
"Offset" Pack 3 Vi Tiers Four
Layers SI Apples.
determined almost Instantly by the
buyer. Soma practiced packers claim
to distinguish size by different styles
of pack. Familiarity with half a
dozen styles will enable a grower to
pack successfully all the common
varieties. With the straight pack, ns
The "Diagonal" or "2
Tlers Four Layers-
: Pack" 3Vj
-SS Apples.
Illustrated, a box may contain 00,
112, 128 or 114 apples, depending
upon their size and shape. In the
offset pack the three apples do not
quite fill the width of the box. The
next row is placed so as to leave the
"N" vi
The '-Straight" Pack Four Tiers
tG in Box.
space on tho opposite Bide. A form of
dir.gonal pack is shown, which Is
omewhat more economical of space.
In all cases tho object Is to get an
even placing of the fruit with the
a:ue size throughout.
'..'lie Old Clniin.
The old churn used to turn out fine
butter on tho farm. Now, with tho
knowledge of handling cream, ripen
ing and churning it that has beromo
lo general, the churn should ba able
to turn out really gilt-edge butter.
Such butter would promptly put a
profit into dairying. Tho dairy farm
er afraid of tho churn cannot hope to
make money out of milk. Farmers'
Home Journal.
overfeeding, as this is an Injury to
them rather than a benefit. Woeklj
Witness.
Theme i Bciirlnj; Burdens.
Ilow to Pluck Clilckrns.
Of course any housewife know '
how to pluck chickens, says the farm
er, but do they know how to prepare
the birds so that they will be attrac- j
tlvo to the eye (which counts much
to tho purchaser). When a bird is
plucked dry the poultrymnn will re-;
celvo more per pound for the fowl
than when it is scalded. In picking
dry, the breast should be plucked
first, starting near the crop. Aftei
the breast the thighs, then tho back
near the base of the tall and last the
wings. As soon ns the feathers have
been removed the wings should be
twisted over the back and the feet
washed, after which the thighs and
legs should bo pressed to tho body j
either by placing a brick on the bird's
breast or by tying tho body, tho ob
ject of this being to give the bird o
plump or blocky appearance.
Any aged bird may be scalded with
out seriously Injuring its quality if It
is properly handled; but owing to the
largo number of poorly dressed scald
ed fowls, the marketmen place a
premium of from one to two cents n
pound on dry-plucked stock. Boiling
water may be used, but care must be
taken not to leave young birds In the
water too long, or the skin will cook,
while with old fowl a little more ilnr?
may not do any harm. The head and
shanks should be kept out of the
water, as tho scalding will discolor
them and make them unsightly. Im
mediately after tho bird Is taken from
the scalding water It should be dipped
into cold water to stop the cooking
and, as poultrymen say, to "plump the
bird." Tho bird should then be hung
to a lino with feet tied together, as
no bird plucked on the lap or a table
will have so good an appearance. If
a scalded bird la exposed to a draught
when being plucked or when cooling
the skin is likely to harden Rnd be
romo rough. It Is because of these
possibilities that dry-plucking is rec
ommended by large raisers of poultry,
as the condition of the skin to a
great extent accounts for the high
or low returns received. Ir.dlp.nn
Farmer.
. Baltimore. Cardinal Gibbons de
livered a sermon at the Cathedral
Sunday morning. There was a largo
congregation and the choir gave spe
cial music. The subject of the Car
dinal's discourse was: "Bear Ye One
Another's Burdens." His text was
from St. Matthew 11:2-10. The Car
dinal spoke as follows: i
John the Baptist is one of the
noblest and most striking figures that
appear on the pages ot the New
tempt. The saying was: "Can any
thing good come out of Nazareth?"
He led a life of poverty, not from ne
cessity, hut from choice. He could
say to Himself what could hardly be
of a tramp: "The foxes have holes,
the birds of the air nests, but the
Son of Man hath not whereon to lay
His head." He chose His twelve
apostles from the hnmblest walks of
life: men without wealth or learning
or influence or any of the qualifies- I
tions regaraea as essential for the
success of any enterprise. lie com
manded them to preach the Gospel
especially to the poor. He wrought
His greatest miracles in their behalf.
His choicest promises are made to
them: "Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs I the Kingdom of
Heaven." "The Spirit of the Lord Is
apon Me. Wherefore He hath anoint
ed Me to preach the Gospel to the
poor; He hath sent Me to heal the
contrite heart.
I have set before you these fe'
IHTFRNATIONAL LESSON roM
MENTS FOR JANUARY 24.
Testament. As the minister of God
UfA?. VfJZ S ! '-re. of the life of Christ not merely
tor your aumirauon, out still more
Thrifty Animals Immune.
Lice seldom attack thrifty animals.
When an animal t.i Infested with ver
min it lndlea'es tigllgencr, cither In
insufficient food, filthy quarters, or
contamination with stock that have
been infested, which happens at times
when an aniin-il j purchased and
brought on the f.irui, ;v.!d when lice
get on unlmaln Hie (f rest will
alone prevent thorn f.oiit Increasing
lu weight. American Cultivator.
11. Co.. .., .
.-!- h i in r-Ki; i rtxiiK IKiii.
Why are eggs so much scarcer In
winter than summer? This question
is answered by the Rurallst as fol
lows: Lack of proper food and com
fortable shelter. Confine yourself ex
clusively to dry food all winter and
tho doctor may bo the undertaker
will get you. Tho hens must have
substitutes for tho summer food, and
they must be kept worm.
Tho quantity of bugs, worms and
Slugs consumed by the hens In sum
mer Is equivalent to a considerable
mount of meat, and the green veg
etables they devour would equal a
relatively large quantity of vegeta
bles. Furnish them meat scraps,
fruit and vegetable parings and clover
leaves then If you keep tnom cam
fortablo you will get eggs.
Silage For Hogs.
In his address before the Iowa
Swlno Breeders' Association, Mr. L.
II. Paul said:
"If you will save your cornstalks
properly they will be more valuable
to you for feed than tho ears. Corn
stalks are worth more in tho silo than
the corn in the crib. When the farm
ers get down to studying their busi
ness along that lino and get econom
ical they will produca pork and beef
cheaper. Bettor methods mean bet
ter preparation of the soil, better care
of growing crops and better care of
the crops at harvesting time. A little
deeper study of our own business and
by pursuing better methods Is tho
only way that we can produce
cheaper.
"You know sllnge Is good for dairy
cattle, but maybe you never thought
of it as making beef. Did it ever oc
cur to you that If sllnge would keep
a llolstoln steer fat it would keep an
Aberdeen-Argus or a Hereford steer
fat? Corn in the roasting ear stage
Is not good for a silo. There is Just
as much difference between corn sll
nge mado of green corn and ripe corn
aj there Is between" roasting nnd ma
tured corn. Green corn put in the
silo turns to vlnegnr, and you want It
rlpo to put in tho silo. If you have
the corn matured you will have sweet
silage, and just as safe to feed a
brood mare as blucgrasa. Corn in the
matured stage put In the silo will
stop In the first stage of fermenta
tion, and it is absolutely safe. When
corn has been badly frozen, if you
will let It stand for several days and
then put it in the silo, It will make
sweet silage, and you will get prac
tically two-thirds value.
"A hog will eat about four pounds
a day. Figuring corn at the average
price. It costs about a mill a Cay, ot
a tenth of a cent, to feed sllago to a
hog. There Is all the corn in that
amount of silage that a hog will need,
but you might add to It by feeding a
little protein feed. It. is not rich
enough in the bone and muscle part
of the feed, and should have some
thing in that line."
for his incestuous life. The fulfill
ment of hit sacred duty cost him his
liberty and his head. What a strik
ing contrast between John In prison
and Herod on his throne! John,
though immured in a dark dungeon,
Is cheerful and resigned, because he
has the testimony of a good con-!
science. Herod on his royal seat Is
gloomy and dejected and eaten up1
with remorse. Though John is in
chains, his soul roams with the free
dom of a son of God. Herod, though
commanding a kingdom, is a slave to
his passions.
John utters no -vord of murmur
or complaint from his prison. He
does not plead for sympathy or re
lease. He is so entirely forgetful of
his own sufferings and wrongs that he
Is concerned only about his Master's
business. He sends two of his dis
ciples to ask our Saviour whether or
not he is the true Messiah. John
does not need this Information for
his own sake. Hp knows that Christ
Is tho promised Redeemer, for, on a
previous occasion, when he met our
Lord, he exclaimed: "Behold the
Lamb of God; behold Him that
taketh away the sin of the world!"
But he desired thnt his disciples
should learn from the lips of Christ
Himself that He was the Redeemer
who was sent to save the world.
When the disciples asked Christ if
He was ths true Messiah, what an
swer did He give? Did He say to
ihem: "Know that I am the Son of
God, because I revel In the splendor
)f imperial majesty, I dwell in pala
tial mansions, I am surrounded by an
Immense nrmy, I am attended by a
Tetinue of courtiers, and kings and
princes minister unto Me?" He said
none of these things.
Put this is the test and the proof
thnt He gave of His divine mission:
"Go," He says, "and relate to John
what yo see and hear. The blind
P9, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise
ngain, the poor have the gospel
pleached unto them. And blessed Is
he that shall not be scandalized in
Me." Blessed is he who shall recog
nize My divinity through tho frail
wall of My humanity.
Of all tha virtues that shine forth
in the Ufo of our divine Saviour there
Is none so prominent, none bo con
spicuous, as His compassion for hu
man Buffering. This was His char
acteristic virtue; this was the salient
point in His character, if we may
apply the term to One who was per
fect In every virtue. On every leaf
of the Gospel that golden word
mercy shines forth, brightening every
page, cheering every heart.
Our Saviour never exercises His
divine power as Mosps did, by chang
ing rivers into blood and destroying
the first-born of the land. He never
imitates Joshua by commanding the
sun to stand still in the heavens. He
does not, like Ellas, call down light
ning from heaven to consume an of
fending people, though He was en
treated to do so by Hla disciples, to
whom He said: "Ye know not what
Subject! The tame Man nenled, Acts
3:1-20 Golden Text, Acts 8:10
Commit Verses O, 10 Expo
sition of the Lesson.
TIME. A. D. 30. TLACE. Jeru
salem. The Temple. Door Beautiful.
EXPOSITIQN. I. The Lame Beg.
par, 1-8. Peter and John were men
of prayer, and at the regular Jewish
hour of prayer we see them wending
their way to the temple (cf. Ps. 6:
6. 17: Dan. 6:10: 9:21). The ninth
hour was the hour of prayer because
JANUARY TWENTY-FOURTH.
for your edification and examnle. Ha
Is the Ideal we are to follow. The i it was the hour of sacrifice (Ex. 29
closer we resemble the divine model, i 39: 1 K. 18:36), and all approach to
the nearer we shall approach Chris- i God in prayer must be on the ground
tlan perfection.
We are social beings, we were cre
sted to live In society. No man Is
sufficient unto himself. We are all
mutually and reciprocally dependent
one on another. Just as the organs of
our body are sustained by one an
other. As an injury to one organ
Involves a shock to the entire human
system, so should the community at
large feel a practical Bympathy for
their fellow beings in any grievance
by which they may be oppressed.
I care not how rich and powerful
you are. You might possess the
wealth of a multi-millionaire, but
what would It profit you If you had
no servant to minister to yon, no
companion to fhcrlsh you, no friend
to grasp your hand? You would be
poor and miserable and blind and
naked.
What would it benefit a man to
own all the corU coal mines of West
Virginia and Pennsylvania, if there
were no hardy sons of toll to work
those mines, to extract the coal from
the bowels of the earth and transport
It to the various centres of popula
tion? I care not how limited may be your
resources, or bow circumscribed your
Influence, you have personal mission
from God in the Christian common
wealth, and you can exert some good
In your day and generation.
Society Is like the plhnetary sys
tem, which Is composed of greater
and lesser bodies, held together by
reciprocal forces. The moon Is the
smallest body of our system; and yet
what control she sways in tho flow
and ebb of the ocean tides; how
much we would miss her monthly
visits, when she sheds over the earth
her pale and silvery light; Bhe gen
erously shares with us the effulgence
she borrows from the great orb ot
the day.
Topic Life Lessons for Me from ths
Book of Genesis. Gen. 1:
1-8; 26-31.
Temptation. Gen. 3: 1-11.
Faith and works. Gen. 0: 13-22.
The great surre-der. Gen. 12: 1-7.
The suburbs of I odom. Gen. 13: 6
13. Isaac, tha sacrifice. Ocn. 22: 1-19.
Jacob, the un forgotten. Gen. 28. 10
22. , No science or philosophy has gone
beyond this statement, "In the begin
ning God" (v. 1.)
God saw that all nature was good;
and If lie saw it thus, so must we
(v. 4.)
Man, made In God's Image, has
marred the llkenrss, ah how sadly!
Therefore we are ' "t to think of God
! of shed blood. It was the very hour
I at which Jesus died and opened up
I for us a way Into the holiest of all
(cf. Luke 23:44, 46; Heb. 10:19, i
; 29). The man had been there often
before nnd was expecting nothing un- J"
i usual that day. But something very I
I unusual was to occur simply because I
: two men who really knew God were j
i to pass that way. All he expected I
from Peter and John was some small j
coin, but he was to get vastly more '
than he expected. j
II. The Man of God, 4-7a. Peter
first took a good look at the man and j
then demnnded his attention. Hera :
are two good points for any one who i
would bring Christ's power Into the
life of another. Peter did not give
the man what he asked for, he did ;
not have It to give. His pockets were I
empty, but he was full of power. I
Peter had had an excellent opportu-
nlty to get sliver and gold (ch. 2:45;
4:37). As a rule It has been the men !
without silver or gold who have done ;
the most for tho world's highest good j
( 1 Cor. 4:11). It Is an utterance full
of meaning that fell from Peter's 1
lips, "What I have, that give I." I
Every Christian ought to be able to 1
say that (1 Pet. 4:10, 11). Peter ;
bade the man do the very thing he j
couldn't do. But that which Is nat- i
urally impossible Is possible "In the :
name of Jesus Christ." The power j
that there was In that mighty name t
came Into that man's Impotent feet ;
the moment he believed and sought 1
to obey (v. 7; cf. v. 16). - I
III. The Man Made Whole, 7n-10. I
Luke's training as a physician comes J
out in his details about feet and an- !
kle bones. It was the gladdest mo- ,
ment of the man's life; he leaped up, j
stood a moment in wonder, began to !
walk and then began to lean and I
praise God. No wonder. Ho walked
as In man's lmar-
"I have given'
first words to mr
words all througl
'v. 27.)
'hose were God's
and they are His
he Bible (v. 29.)
Twelvs Books.
This year we are to enjoy twelve
lessons in twelve great books of the
Bible. Tho bools were selected as
their favorites by a large company of
leading pastors : id laymen on their
way to the Intranational Christian
Endeavor Convention at Seattlp.
Most of these books are assigned a3
consecration-meeting topics, since they
give the wlldese liberty of testimony;
for the society Is not to confine Itself
to the Scripture passage chosen for
public reading, but Is to range over
the entire book In each instance, com
menting on any part ot It.
Lessons from Genes's.
Let us learn from Eve a lesson of
contentment; let us not daro even to
wish for more than God gives.
From Adam let us learn a lesson or
mnnliness; do not dare even to wish
for more than God gives.
From Adam lot us learn n lesson of
mnnliness; do not lay your sin to tho
charge of any one else.
Cain's lesson is the lesson of obedi
ence. What Is not done in God's
way would better not be done at all.
Noah shall teach us tho great les
sons of faith. Every day needs an
ark.
Well for us if we get from Abra
ham the lesson of complete surrender
to God's will. Ho was willing to
give up even God's promises, knowing
that he still had God.
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
And so. no matter how inslgnlfl- 1 to Pod place with his new strength
ran you may be, you can exert some j God s own house. He couldn't do
oeneflcent power over the tide and i much but praise God. There was no
(low of human passions, and diffuse guesswork about this miracle. The
a calm and blessed light on those ! man was well known to all the ob-
that fall within your environment, i servers, and the reality of the cure
The benevolence of Christ was not 1 was evident and unmistakable. It
xerclsod In promiscuous almsgiving, j was utterly different from the cases ,
His benefactions usually consisted In : of many to-day who proclaim that
removing diseases from the bodies of they have been healed, when to all !
men, or in bringing them such timely appearances they are as sick as ever,
relief as would enable them to stand i The people who witnessed the change
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24.
on their feet and resume some honest
avocations of life. Thus wo find Him
healing the paralyzed man that he
might use his arms to support life,
cleansing the leper that he might
take his place again In society, and
Teedlng the multitude to enable thera
to return to their respective horn s.
But perhaps you will say: Why
should I concern myself about other
people's affairs? I have my own
business to attend to. "Am I my
brother's keeper?" These were the
words of Cain, the first murderer.
What would have become of you and
were filled with wonder and amaze
ment, and many were converted.
IV. Jesus, the Holy and Righteons
One, the Prince of Life, 11-10. The j
healed man held fast on to Peter and !
John. He was afraid tbey might get
iv.-:' 'rom him. He had not yet )
learned to lean directly on Jesus and
not on the Instrument He uses. The 1
rnir'ack drew a great crowd (cf. ch. I
2:6). Peter immediately turned at- !
tentlon away from himself to his
Lord. How unlike many modern 1
claimants to healing power. Peter ,
was not at all puffed up by the won
- -- 1 . , ..u " nuA was ii u l m an nuueu u o ov me won-
ItJlnl ft? ?oV Came i J"0 " Pr'vst he,Lord had 8ald' "Am ! der that had been wrought through
" t?,d, ? 'EI' lXrJ?JZ to..,. my brother's keeper?" We would his Instrumentality, nor did he fancy
N"Lth,lJ'a!8 f-f"' " TOpln t0-da.y ,n the d"kne6s of ! for a moment that it was due to any
wrought to lessen the sufferings and
lighten the burdens of men. He
manifested His power by going about
doing good. He gave sight to the
blind that they might rejoice In be
holding the beauties of creation. He
gave speech to the dumb and hearing
to the deaf. He gave power of walk
ing to the lame. He pave health to
the sick and life to the dead. ,He
dried up the tears of the widow and
gave His biasing to children. Above
all, He displayed His merciful power
by receiving with open arms the re
penting sinner, by relieving her soul
of the burden of her Bins, nnd saying
Idolatry or Infidelity. What would
nave become of society If the apostles
had said, "Are we our brother's
keeper?" and If they had returned to
their homs and closed their ministry
after the death of their Master? We
would be deprived to-day of the price
less blessings of Christian civiliza
tion. I say you are, you ought to be,
your brother's keeper. You cannot,
indeed, like the Saviour of the world,
give sight to the blind, or hearing
to the deaf, or speech to the dumb, or
strength to the paralyzed limb. But
you can work miracles of grace and
to her: "Be of good cheer. Go In j mercy by relieving the distress of
peace. Thy sins are forgiven
How correctly does the parable of
the good Samaritan portray the com
passion of Jesus toward those who
suffered from bodily diseases; for the
good Samaritan is none other than
Jesus Himself. A traveler, while go
ing from Jerusalem to Jericho, falls
among thieves. They rob him of hi;
money. Tney strip mm ot nis gar
your Buffering brethren. And never
do you approach nearer to God than
when you alleviate the sorrows of
others. Never do you prove your
selves to be the children of your
heavenly Father more effectually
than when you bring sunshine to
hearts that were darkened by the
clouds of adversity. Never do you
perform a deed more like to the cre-
you cause the flowers of Joy and
gladness to bloom !n souls that were
desolate and barren before.
Hearing Dairy Stork.
It should ever be considered that
heifers are btlng reared for ths dairy
and not for beef. For this purpose
tbey should be fod and cared for.
There should be a good, healthy
growth of muscle and bone, but not
of fat. Begin with the calves and
follow up uutll the heifers Ltcorat
cows. There sbould be a steady
growth of body and development of
dairy form Qualities all of tha time.
summer ani wliuor. The young ani
mals should be kindly treated, so that
they may become-a u let and docile.
This Is the more necessary a tha
hslfers usually take tbelr place In
the dairy at the early age of two
years. There should be plenty of
succulent, nourishing food, but bo
menta and leave him on the roadside fttlve act of the Almlehtv thnn wh.n
covered wun wounas, jus country
men pass by, but pny no heed to tb
bleeding mail. A Gamarltan who is
of a different country and religion
also comes along, and lifts up the
wounded man; he pours medicine
Into bis wounds and binds them;
places him on a beast of burden, pro
vides for him in an inn, and send
him back to his family. Is not tlilf
an epitome of the life of Jesus, whose
public career was spent In heallns
The Great Lesson Fox Learned.
I knew Jesus and He was very
precious to my soul, but I found
something in me that would not keep
patient and kind. I did whnt 1 could
to keep It down, but it was there.
A Convenient Portable Tencp.
The panels In tho portable fence
shown here are made cf four-Inch
fencing, fourteen feet long, with six
inch spaces between the boards, thus
making a fence three feet high by
allowing the cleats to project two
Inches. It the fence b to be used for
pigs the lower space may be reduced
to four Inches and the upper one In-
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I besought Jesus to do rometblng
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; ferlng? will, He came into my heart and
Not less marked was the benevo- cast out all that would not be sweet,
lence of Christ toward those who sut- I all that would not be kln4, all that
fored from mental anguish. What s 1 would not be patient and then He
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: notable example of His mercy to this
class afflicted is furnished by the
raising to Ufa of the widow's son.
I She Is following to the grave the re
1 mains of her only child, tho solace of
her declining years. Jesus, as if by
, accident, meets the mournful pro
I cession. He sees the desolation of
: the widow's heart. His omnipotent
! hand touches the bier, and that same
i almighty power which, in the begin
ning, infused a living soul into Adam,
calls back tbe spirit Into the lifeless
body of the young man and restores
hlra to his mother.
We have only three Instances re-
corded In the Gospel of persons'betng;
restored to life by our Saviour
Lazarus, the daughter of Jalrus and
the son ot the widow ot Naln. These
examples are given as earnests o(
Christ's merciful power. But man
millions are annually raised by HI'
power from the grave ot sin to a lit)
ot grace aad virtue. llQw.manj
families are made glad that a cher
ished member Is brought back to
them! ' How many a mother sheds
tears ot Joy because a "son who was
lost Is found, and having been dead,
Is come to life again!"
uut nothing is more manifest In
shut the door. George Fox.
It Develops Character.
If we pray for character we ought
to be grateful when discipline comes
'.o us.
creased to eight ruches. Tbe fence It
held la place by triangular frames.
The ends ot the panel overlap about
six Inches aod fit Into notches for ths
top and bottom board. The bract
should be on the outside ot the loL
It may be necessary in some cases
to suae tbe panels at tbe brace to
secure greater stability. .
I
I the Gospel tbsn ths sympathy ot
I Jesus for tbe poor. He' wished to
stamp witn condemnation tbe spirit
of the world, which estimates a man's
dignity by his wealth, and bis degra
dation by hi poverty. He cbose to
be born of humble parentage, in an
obscure village, In a wretched stable.
Nearly His whole life was spent In
tfjra whirJi vgjLiookil oajoui tea-
1 . The Sunday Paper.
I spent five cents for Tbe Sunday
Dart, and hauled It home In a two
wheeled cart; I piled the sections
upon the floor, till they reached as
high as the kitchen door; I hung the
chromos upon the wall, though there
wasn't room to hang them all, and the
yard was littered some, ten feet deep
with "comlo sections" that made me
weep; and there were sections of
''Ink and green, a woman's section
v d magazine, and sheets of music
tiie which If played would make nn
audience quickly fade; and there
were pattern for women's gowns
and also for gentlemen's hand-me-downs;
and a false moustache and a
rubber doll, and a deck ot cards and
a parasol. Now men are busy with
dray and cart a-haullng away The
Sunday Dart. Walt Mason, In tbe
Emporia Gazette.
'CHARACTERISTIC.
K nicker "Who are thi newly
rich?"
Booker "Those who know the
part ot an auto better than the cart
ot speech." New York Sun.
peculiar power or godliness of his
own (cf. ch. 14:11-15; Gen. 40:8; 2
Cor. 3:5; contrast Num. 20:10). He
wished them to get their eyes on the
Lord, not upon him. With an almost
distressed earnestness he cries, "Why I
look ye so earnestly on us?" In the
original there is strong emphasis on
"us." He used that name of God !
which would show the Jews that it I
was not some new God that he j
preach-.'d, but the God of their fath-
ers. The one doctrine that he em-
phaslzed was that of the resurrection ,
ot Jesus (cf. 1:22; 2:.24. 32; 3:16,!
2H; 4:33; 10:40, 41; 13:30. 34; 17:
31). The sin he especially pointed I
out was the sin of rejecting and de
nying the One whom God had so ex
alted (cf. 2:21:, 23, 86; 4:10; 5:30;
7.62). There are four counts In Pet
er's terrible Indictment of his hear
ers: (1) Ye delivered up God's serv
ant Jesus. (2) Ye denied the Holy
One and tho Just. (3) Ye desired a
murderer instead of Him. (4) Ye
killed the Prince of Life. He used
four very significant titles for Jesus:
God s Servant (R. V.), the Holy One,
tbe Righteous One, the Prince of Life.
And this was the one they bad deliv
ered up, denied and killed. And this
is the one men reject, deny and tram
ple under foot to-day. But while the
Jews had thus misused Jesus, God
had rlorlfled Him. Hebad raised
Him from the dead and exalted Him
to His own right band (cf. Jno. 17:6;
Matt. 28:18; Jno. 18:3; Eph. 1:20
23; Phil 2:9-11). How awful man's
treatment of Christ appears against
God'B! Perhaps it was the recollec
tion of his own denial of his Master
that led Peter to dwell so sadly upon
their denial of Him. The Bame mon
strous choice that the Jews made In
desiring a murderer Instead of the
Prince of Life is repeated by many to
day, Indeed by all who reject Jesus
and accept Satan. The condition
upon which tbe name of Jesus exer
cises Its power 1 "faith in His name."
TOM, THE FANT AIL.
I thought perhaps you would like
to hear about my fantall pigeon,
tamed Tom. He Is a beautiful blrdl
He 1 white, with black wings and
tall. He is so proud of himself that
be often tumbles backwards when he
walks around tbe lawn back of our
bouse. I have taught him to eaf!
(rom my hand and sit on my shoul-j
der. He comes to my window every,
morning for bempseed. I have twenty,
other pigeons, and the boys ot out
neighborhood have formed a club;
called tbe Hancock Pigeon Club, of
which I am the president. -George
tng, In the New York Tribune.
TOO TRUE.
"No one understands me!" he
groaned; "no one on earth."
It is the old story wrung from
many a tortured, youthful heart. The
sufferer Is generally mistaken, but the
pain Is no less poignant Yet In this
lustauc the man' complaint was
true. Nobody on earth could under
stand him.
For he was an announcer ot trains
at the Union Depot. Cleveland
Leader. . .. '
Light That Cannot Be Hidden Matt.
3: 17; 17: 5; 16: 15; Mark 6:
7; 14: 61; 15: 39.
Matt. 3. 17 ; 17. 5; Mark 5. 7; 15. 39.
These passages need no explana
tion. They tell us what God, demons,
and a man could affirm about Jesus.
It Is a striking coincidence that they
all affirmed the same thing: he is the
Son ot God.
Mark 14. 61. This is the In
quiry of the high priest, tho
representative of God on earth.
He was not asking for Infor
mation; he was cross-examining a
prisoner in order to convict him on his
own testimony. What Jesus said or
might have said made no difference;
the high priest had prejudged the case.
The echoes from the morning inquest
have been flinging back the fragments
of the question: Christ, the Son of the
Blaesed Son of the Blessed Blessed.
Matt. 16. 15. Here is a. verso
which for our study, we may
take out of its chronological
order, and read it last God
is affirming the peculiar relationship
and character of Jesus, demons are
hailing him as the Son of the Most
High, and a multitude of wondering
men and women whose names have
not come down to us are publishing to
one another their convictions concern
ing him. The company of disciples
have talked among themselves but
they have made no open acknowledge
ment of, their belief. Jesus will bring
them to decision, will force them to
the discovery on which his purposes
depend; and so he puts tbe question
direct: "But who do ye say that 1
am? Elijah? One of the prophetsT
Messiah?" Simon answers with a leap
of vision: "Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God." .
ACROBAT'S WAY OUT.
A few days ago the doorkeeper of
a house in Razyezja street, St. Peters
burg, was astounded to see a man
Jump from a window In the third
story of the building and then, ap
parently uninjured, proceed - at a
brisk pace along the street It took
some time tor the doorkeeper to re
cover from his astonishment, but
when he did he at once started In
pursuit, for it seemed to him that the
fugitive must be either a dynamiter
or a burglar.
Several other doorkeepers Joined
In tbe pursuit for In Russia the
doorkeeper has the powers ot a con
etablo and at the corner ot Glazova
street tbe unknown one was seized
and handed over to the police. He
turned out to be a Japanase called
Yokado, eighteen years of age, and a
member of a troupe of Japanese acro
bats who are at present performing
In St. Petersburg. He explained that
one of the servants in the flat where
he had a room had gone away with
the key after locking the door, prob
ably under tbe impression that there
was nobody In the house.
Yokado waited more than an hour
for hsr to return, and then, fearing
that bu would be late at tbe .muslo
hall where he was performing, made
tbe perllous jump which had so as
tonished the neighborhood. St.
Petersburg Correspondence, Pall Mall
Gazette.
A FINE DODGER, SURELT.
Carol's grandfather bad served 19
the Civil Wsr, and Carol liked to
hear ot the many battles in which he
bad fought. One day, after listening
to the vivid recital ot many heroic
feeds, Carol asked:
"Grandfather, you went through
all those battles T" 1
"Yes."
"And the shot and shell fell all
around you?"
y "Yes."
"And aoldlcr wer falling and
tying everywheiot"
; "Ye.". ....
Well, grandfather, what a fine
dodger you must havj beta!" Uo--
Hive. ( . jm -s- f
II You Knew,
If you knew ths dreadful story of that
parkling cup you're draining.
How it drovs a man from virtue down to
dark perdition's brink,
Yes, and wrecks his brain and body, leaves
no truce of good remaining
You would never dnrs to touch a drop of
ths accursed drink.
If you knew the crime it genders, how it
makes a man a devil.
How it prompts to deeds of evil such Si
mind could hardly think;
If you knew the sickening scenes that mark
the drunkard's midnight revel
I know you'd never touch a drop of thf
accursed drink.
If you knew the grief, the anguish, If yofl
heard the bitter crying
Of the piteous, pleading hearts now
doomed in black despair to sink.
As you saw that hot of victims on Rum's
bloody altnr d iig,
You'd swear to neV touch a drop of thi
accursed drink.
If you knew how many souls were hasting
on to woe infer" si, i
If you knew how l-ll rejoiced as each
form staggers . 'it the brink
You would pledge your aacred honor at
the throne o.' the Eternal
That you'd never, r- jr stain your soul
with the acc;-' . 1 drink.
God forgive the t" cr woman who by
thoughtless v -d or doing
Dare uphold thr -littering wine cupl Let
that man or woman think
That he who thus approveth hath become
with guilt accruing
A partaker in the evil of the soul-destroying
drink.
Carlton Emerson Knell, in Ram's Horn,
A Blot on Our Civilization.
It Is only in the report of Dr.
Sceleth, the Bridewell house physi
cian, but it is so tremendous on this
subject that we quote it nearly in
full:
During my three years' experience
here, there have been only eight men
returned with delirium tremens who
had been previously treated in our
hospital for the same complaint. The
number of people that die of alco
holism outside our Institution Is
greater than the, public suppose.
Alcohol is not a food, or beverage,
but a medical remedy, and should
be used as such under a physician's
direction.
Sixty per cent, of drinkers are
"social drinkers" who have no partic
ular craving for alcohol, and who
will not take a drink, when alone,
once in a month, but on account of
their surroundings and friends have
developed a habit of taking two or
more drinks a day; the other forty
per cent, drink because tbey like it
and try to make It replace water and
food, and they are on a straight
down-hill road for delirium tremens
with all its fatal complications. '
If tbe "social drinkers" could see
one of the hundreds of autopsies held
on persons who have died of alcohol
ism see the congested brain, the in
flamed and bleeding stomach ot gas
trio catarrh, the heart, liver and kid
neys undergoing fatty -degeneration,
where the once firm tissues are now
soft and flabby, and the secondary
changes of cirrhosis (an Increase of
the connective tissue ot an organ)
which replaces the vital cells neces
sary for their proper functions, the
changes in the walls of the arteries,
and of the nerves and spinal cord,
they would be satisfied with pure
water for the balance of their lives,
v Alcohol, direct and Indirect, is re
sponsible for the commitment of seventy-five
per cent, of the prisoners we
receive at the House of Correction.
By temperance, I believe that the
average life ot our race would be in
creased fifteen to twenty years.
It the advice of one who has seen
these unfortunates die raving mani
acs, with tbelr horrible delusions
who has followed them to the morgue
and performed "posts" on them, and
seen the degenerated changes in their
vital organs, is worth taking, my ad
vice summed up in three words would
be, "Leave alcohol alone." Temper
ance Advocate.
Prohibition and Prosperity.
In Emporia and Its suburbs 12,000
people live, who are probably the'
most prosperous people In the Unit
ed States taken as a whole. For
Kansas is the most prosperous State
in the Union to-day and Emporia is
the largest town In Kansas without
a saloon, so that every dollar that is
earned in this community is spent
for something which adds to the real
comfort and the happiness of the peo
ple. There is no economic loss
through saloons or gambling places In
this town. Every man In town is a
worker. Every day's work piles up
real prosperity. So in addition to its
attractions as an industrial centre,
Emporia la known all over tho West
as a city of beautiful homes. This
Is true because the money of the peo
ple is not diverted from their homes.
From the Blue Book, issued . by
Lyon County, Kansas.
Saves His Whisky Dimes.
In one of the dry goods stores of
Green County, Ky., a gentleman re
cently paid a small amount, all in
dimes, and afterwards purchased
about $3 worth of goods and also
paid for them In dimes. As dimes are
very scarce, the merchant asked hts
customer where he got so manv. His
reply was that he had sold a load of
hay to W. R. Noe and had received
the full amount (110) in dimes. Mr.
Soe rayi he was In the habit of taking
two drinks of whisky every day, but
low he gives his wife two dimes a day
and abstains from drink. Since he
commenced the practice be has pur
chased a horse for $90 and raid for it
In ten installments all In dimes, and
after paying for his bay in dimes still
has dimes left.
The Saloon Not a Natural Right.
To sell Intoxicating liquor at re
tail is not a natural right to pursue
an ordinary calling. This Is quoted
from the opinions ot the Supreme
Court of Indiana. The saloon is not
a natural right because It Is not an
ordinary calling, because It Is harm
ful and dangerous to society, conse
quently ah unlawful business. The
saloon license statute, Instead of re
itrlctlng or limiting a natural or law
ful right. Is the means of legalizing
s natural wrong.
A Great Surgeon' Testimony.
- Dr. Lorens, the Austrian surgeon,
declining wine at a banquet tendered
to him In New York, said: "I can
not say that I am a temperance agita
tor, but I am a surgeon. My success
depends upon my brain being clear,
my muscles firm and my nerves
steady. No one can tali 'alcoholic
liquors without blunting these pbysl
:al powers, which I must always keep
n edge. As a surgeon, I must not
drink'
The beverage liquor traffic I an
numltlatcd moral, social, financial
tud political ertb