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llmi.ing Tool.
The way some people house their
toolg In winter Is enough to give
harrows and rakes tin? toothache.
Farm need more tools than in
former years, but not one farm In a
iozen has building to mutch.
American Cultivator.
Iiulry Cows.
Too close confinement of dairy
cows Is greatly detrimental to their
bealth. All animals require exercise
to develop properly and have normal
health, aid good heait'n and vitality
re necessary to the production of
food r.iilk. Indianapolis Nows.
Concerning Wire IVnccs.
Wim fences lend themselves read
ily to beautifying schemes, for they
turniyh good support for vines of
every description. If you crave an
anal change, try climbing nastur
tiums:, morning glories, sweet peas,
wild cucumber, gourds. Madeira vine
Dr cobaea. If a permanent effect is
Jesired, plant clematis, crimson ram
iler rose, honeysuckle, trumpet creep
r or woodbine; and during tho first
fear while they are getting a firm
foothold, you can use any of the an
nuals for temporary and immediate
results. Washington Star.
Small Fruit.
There are three essentials in the
iel';ctlon cf a location for small
fruits: ;
First, that tho soil and lay of the
(and be suitable good ground, well
Jrained ordinary good garden
ground is all right, but not In an old
orchard or so near to other large
Iree.i that they will absorb the mois
ture and nutriment from the soli.
Second, the plat for small fruits
must be convenient to the house, and
this is an important consideration
with all garden products.
. Third, tho small fruit garden must
be so arranged in fairly long rows as
!o be cultivated with horse power and J
cause of high priced corn hogs nr
selling off faster than tor some years,
and this is sure to make a short hog
crop next season, and therefore in
sure high prices for fat hos3.
One can found or add to the swlno
herd excellently well bred hogs at
nearly pork prices; and such a time
is the one In which to make ready for
a good hog crop next season, espe
cially when It is true that so much
of the breeding stock Is going to the
pork market iO save the coin. The
reader will call to mind similar con
ditions as now exist when during
one year fat hogs sold at $4 to $5
per hundred pounds, and the next
season's crop sold at $6 to $7. It
was due to conditions similar to those
existing now.
Another feature oT this matter is
that everything points to a great re
vival of the Industries, when ail labor
will be employed, and meat consump
tion greatly Increased. Everything
now points to such a condition dur
ing next year. The hog breeders
should right now get ready to supply
this demand. Indiana Farmer.
I The Puio7F
A SERMON
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Subject: The Nearness of Ccd.
The Angora Goat.
The inquiry of a "Parke County
Farmer" in the Farmer hag led me
to write an article on the Angara as a
brush destroyer. By what experience
we have had we think our Parke
County friend will find a flock of An
goras is the cheapest and most
efficient way of ridding his land of
brush and sprouts.
The Angora is far superior to the
sheep as a browser. The sheep cat
grass as food and browse as a condi
ment. The Angoras eat browse its a food
and grass as a condiment.
If the land referred to be cut oft
and seeded to grass and Angoras
kept on it for two or three years the
sprouts will be conquered and blue
grass will come in their stead.
The Angora can be kept much
cheaper than sheep. They will live
and thrive on the browse during tho
m A SUPPORT FPU .. CK RASPBERRIES.
ntherwl.se cared for with a minimum
amount of labor.
The small fruits to be planted on
the farm will depend on individual
circumstances and the likes and dis
likes of the family to be provided
for, but almost any one will want
currants, gooseberries, blackberries,
red and black raspberries, and of
course, strawberries, as well as
grapes, which, while not classed as
email fruits, still come in as part of
the fruit garden.
Tho rows of can and bush frult3
should be made eight feet apart, but
where there are a number of rows
occasional provision should' be made
for a wider spaca for the passage of a
wagon in spraying, getting out brush,
etc. Ten feet is wide enough for
this purpose. In large plantations
every fourth Bpace should be a wide
one. Currants and gooseberries
Bhould be planted four feet apart In
the rows, raspberries and blackber
ries three feet and grapes eight feet.
The quantity of each to be planted
must be decided entirely by the site
of the family and its preferences.
If the planting space In a row is
144 feet this will accommodate
twelve gooseberries and twenty-four
currants. Of raspberries and black
berries, forty-eight can bo placed in
a row. A row of gooseberries and
currants and ono each of red rasp
berries, black raspberries, blackber
ries and grapes, well taken cara of,
Bhould give a very fair supply to an
ordinary family for use both for
fresh and for canning, and be more
than the average farmer's family
uses. Yet there are some families
that would use the product of twice
this quantity.
It should be impressed on the mind
f the Intending planter that a small
plantation, well cared for, will fur
nish more fruit than a larger one,
neglected. Prairie Farmer.
What Agriculture Xri-dn.
Agriculture must rise to meet the
college man. The leading agricul
tural colleges are now so well estab
lished, and are reaching l:i such di
rect and applicable ways that they
are creating a body of ability and
sentiment touching country life that
has never been known before. This
ability and sentiment is bound to ex
press itself. The influence of these
colleges and experiment stations will
surely remake agriculture and re
direct it.
This redirection will not show it
self In increasing the productiveness
of the earth only, although this must
be the fundamental effort and result.
It must consist as well In reorganiz
ing the business or commercial In
terests of agriculture, and In a rad
ical change In the Ideals and modes
of living. We shall be able to In
crease the profitableness of farming
when we have learned to apply our
science, and to organize It as a part
of good business systems. We are
now l i the epoch of the laudation of
science itself, as if the mere knowV
edge of the laws underlying good
crop and animal production can make
a good farmer. Professor L. H.
Bailey's "College Men as Farm Man
agers," In the Century.
Ilrriillug Hogs.
' Several things may be said Just
now In favor of buying breeding hogs,
and not the least Is the prlo-j for
which tbey can be obtained. On this
account now is the time both to found
and add to herds, because good blood
eaa be bought at such low price,
mainly because the price of corn la
oblgb. Another reason It that be-
summer and can be wintered on
fodder.
While cleaning up the waste land
the Angora will pay its way in rais
ing its young and shearing mohair.
I have received thirty-two to thirty
seven cents per pound net for my mo
hair, which I always ship to Sanford
Mills, Sanford, Maine.
I have fifty head of Angoras on a
pasture covered with hazel, oak. hick
ory and blackberry briers. I expect
them to kill all this year except tha
hickory, which will probably have to
be cut by hand once, as they do not
eat hickory as well as other kinds cf
browse.
The Angorr. Is not bo apt to be at
tacked by dogs as sheep, as they flocls
together and do not run.
The greatest objection that has
been made to the Angora is that they
are hard to fence against. I have
had some trouble In fencing with rail
fences, but are as easy to control as
any other Block with woven wire or
picket fence.
I have had Angoras on my farm for
four years, beginning with a very
small flock.
They are equally or mora hardy
than sheep, eating all kinds of
browse. After the brush and sprouts
are killed the stumps soon rot and
blue grass will soon set. W. T. Ellis,
In the Indiana Farmer.
Regarding Large Fgss.
It is desirable that Die hens lay
large eggs, and while same breeds
lay larger eggs than the average, yet
there are individual hens of all breed?
that excel in that respect it the con
ditions are favorable. What Is meant
by large eggs Is not such as may be
of abnormal size, or approaching
those which contain double yolks, as
only the hens that are overfat lay
double yolk eggs, but eggs of an aver
age size and uniform In appearance.
When the eggs are uniform they pre
sent a more attractive appearance in
market and bring better prices.
When pullets are Just beginning to
Icy, it Is more usual for the eggs to
bo small than of average size, and
the same thing happens to both hens
and pullets when they are near the '
end of their laying period, especially
when about to moult. The feed also
has something to do with the matter,
as It has been noticed that hens which
are well fed and receive a liberal al
lowance of corn lay larger eggs thaa
do those which receive a less quantity
of grain, but there Is no uniformity
in the size of egs from a whole flock,
as the bens differ. Even two sisters
may lay eggs entirely unlike In every
respect.
It should be the case that the large
breeds should lay larger eggs than
the small breeds, but this does not al
ways happen, for the largest eggs arc
produced by the Mlnorcas, Black
Spanish and the French breeds Hou
dans, Crevecours and La Fleches
and yet they are not as large fowls at
the Brahmas, Cochins or Plymoutt
Rocks. Largo eggs, however, ar
really produced at greater cost ol
food, as they require more material
in their composition, and the hen thai
lays large eggs may not lay as many
as a ben laying small ones. For that
reason they are really worth more
and a higher price should be demand,
ed for tbem, which customers will
willingly pay if they can get them
The breeds mentioned as laying larg
eggs are all non-sisters, and theli
eggs are white, but that is no objec
tion, as buyers will always prefer ex
tra large eggs to tboae that are wall
and lack uniformity, whether dark
or light la color, Weekly WUbou,
Acta 17:27: "Though He be not far
from every one of us."
The consciousness of the reality of
a pcer outside ourselves Is a funda
mental In the religious experience ot
the race. The understanding that
the inexplicable and universal exter
nal potency is Deity marks an ad
vanced step in the spiritual intelli
gence ot humanity. The sense of the
proximity of divinity is characterise
ot the most advanced explanations of
the religious experiences of men. That
religion offers the most satisfactory
i practicalities and theology which is
possessed of the clearest comprehen
, sion of the reality and presence of
the Ood In whom we live, as Paul
' says, and move and have our being.
A mighty reason for asserting the
supremacy of that religions system
that we call Christian Hps In the fact
1 that In It we have the efflorescence of
the thought that our Cod is rot an
! absentee but near. The Cod and
: Father 'of us and of our Lord and
f Saviour Jesus Christ is not far from
any one of us who knows Him and
! endeavors to keep His command
ments, neither do we postulate Him
as far from those who, out In the far
country of iniquity and folly and' de
ceitfulness, are fending their soul?
on food unfit for swine.
The God of Christ is as near as
ever. His Spirit is with us and with
in us. His pret-enca Is a feature and
a force, and may be if we wlll'a con
sciously accepted fact and power in
our lives.
In the consciousness of the near
ness of God there Is to be found the
power, the peace and the inspiration
beyond compare. And in the sense
of the all presence ot Jehovah there
lies .the alone hope for the spiritual
regeneration and the moral reforma
tion of the race. For the sense of
the nearness of God, moulding force
In the moral life of man and intenst
fler ot spiritual vigor as it Is, Is pre
requisite that we may have that re
vival of religion for which we hope
and pray. It is Impossible to .teach
a man anything about the supernal
God or to make him understand his
holiest obligations to God and the
children of God until he has a lively
consciousness of the reality and near
ness of God.
The sense of the nearness of God
makes for power. It strengthens the
arm ot man and stoutens the heart
of man for Christian service. It am
plifies the moral faculties of men.
Just In proportion that a man Is con
scious ot the nearness of God is he
doughty in the service of God and
careful of the moral integrity of his
life. The man who has little sense
of the proximity of God doss little foi
Him and lives little like Him. The
man who, habitually practices the
presence of God, having an ever pres
ent measure of and incentive to right
eousness, endeavors constantly to be
well-pleasing to God and worthy of
His approbation. The man who
doesn't have thought ot the nearness
of God never feels the need to live
as God would desire him to live.
The sense of the nearness ot God
makes for power not only in the or
dering of the internal moral life of
man, but it makes for valor In the
warfare against sin. No careful stu
dent of hlstory'can be cheerful as he
contemplates the morality of the
world to-day from tho standpoint of
one who would transform morals by
the power of the will of men. Not
more can we hope to transform the
world by the energies of man than we
are ablo to rid ourselves unaided of
the grace and empowering ot God
from sin. But when a man under-,
stands that the God of the world Is
in the world, and that the God who
has commanded that we shall rebuke
sin stands with us and abides within
us then the muss of sin losss its in
surmountable aspect and the on
slaught ot Satan becomes correspond
ingly l3ss terrific.
The tense of the nearness ot God
makes for peace. It ministers not
the peace and comfort of material
things, though we should never for
get that by seeking the kingdom ol
God first we shall soonest enjoy that
blessed life when all nun shall en
Joy the material comforts of the
world, but it gives to us ihe spiritual
peace of God incorruptible, undented
and fadeless, which is the gift ol
God to those who In sincerity and
truth try to do His will. It minister!
not the peace of satisfaction with
things as they are. But It does give
us peace ineffable In that it assure!
us that though we may be unable tc
rectify the evils of the day and age,
though we have neither time not
strength nor opportunity successfullj
to overthrow many a mighty wrong,
God will labor where we may not,
He will be here when we are gone, H
will succeed where we must cease,
He will accomplish In His time what
we cannot achieve in ours.
The sense of the nearness of God
makes for Inspiration. The nearer
we conceive God to be, the nearer-we
are sure He Is, the more are we in
spired to do our work In our own
time under His direction, to sacrifice,
to suffer, to be patient, forbearing,
obedient. There ls nothing more
disheartening than to attempt tc
carry on the fight against slo
unaided by tho help ot the
ever-present God. Nor is there
anything more inspiring than to un
dertake the positive and progressive
program of righteousness that looks
toward the kingdom of God as an
ultimate and ideal, possessed of the
assurance that the God who was near
His people in the past is near to them
to-day. The sense of the nearness of
God gave Abraham hope and Jacob
spiritual vitality. It warmed the
seal of the prophet and quickened
the pulses ot the priests and kings
whoso names Israel reveres. It aug-i
mented the spiritual capacities ot tho,
apostles, produced Pentecost, com
forted Stephen, surcharged Paul, enj
erglzed the forces which in the naini
ot Christ swept the Emp're of Rome.
The sense of tne presence of Ood
has an equal Inspirational Influence
to-day, Controlled -by It we may
dare the Impossible, overcome tin
overwhelming,' change the age-long
habits of a sinful world. Without It
we can do nothing perdurable, noth
ing eternally superb.
He is not far from every one ot
us. Therefore, let us be tealous, let
us be circumspect, let us trust and be
worthy. With Him near there Is
power, peace, lcsplratlon, the Incen
tive to live as ever In His sight.
THE TEMPERANCE. PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINK.
Army of No Retreat.
The world bus Ming of the lust of war
Anil the glory of hero deed:
Of tlie gret deed done and the battle
won
And the Nice attentive heedn:
But I would (una of the tried nnd true.
Who walk life quieter atrect.
With purpone -nr- to conquer wronga--
TlipAriiiyofNoIUiif.il
'Tii not for the fame of a mighty name,
I i not for man's applauac.
They have get their heart
To the steadfant part
Of a weak but righteouit cau.
One pole-atar clenr of duty near
The light unto their feet,
I'lviioved they tread toward the rocks
ahead
The Army of No Retreat!
3. never the world will ahont them cheer,
1 hee tireleas, quenchless men,
Xor broncea flame
Their worthy fame
To those who come again.
But holy right march? grandly on
And wrong goea to defeat.
Derauae they give the livea thev live
Ihe Army of No Retreat!
-H. B. Milward.
The Price of Drink.
It Is not so, much the money that
drunkenness wastes as the misery it
produces, the domestic, temporal, and
sternal misery, which most of all ap
pals us. As to the expense of this
vice, great as It Is, that we least de
plore; for the loss of money, we hate
it least. On the contrary, we should
be content were the money and the
vice to perish together. We should
be content to pay that hundred mil
lions as yearly tribute', would this
enemy to God and man, this foe to
our peace and piety, leave these
shores.
We wish to keep, and, were It pos
sible, to get back, something far
more precious than money. Give that
mother back her son as he was on the
day when he returned from his fa
ther's grave, and in all the affection
of his uncorrupted boyhood walked
to the house of God with a widowed
weeping woman leaning on his arm.
Give that grieved man back his
brother as innocent and happy as in
those days when the boys, twined In
each other's arms, returned from
school, bent over the same Bible,
slept in the same bed, and never
thought that the day would come
when brother should blush for broth
er. Give this weeping wife, who sits
before us wringing her hands in
agony the tears dripping through
her Jeweled fingers, and the lines of
sorrow prematurely drawn on her
beautiful brow give her back the
man she loved, such as he was when
her young heart was won, when they
stood side by side on the nuptial day,
and, receiving her from a fond fa
ther's hands, he promised his love to
one whose heart he has broken, and
whose once graceful form now bends
with sorrow to the ground. Give me
back, as a man, the friends of my
youthful days, whose wrecks now He
.thick on this wreck-Btrewn shore!
Relieve us of the fears that lie
heavy on our hearts for the character
and the souls of some who hold par
ley with the Devil by this forbidden
tree, and are floating on the outer
edge of that great gulf-stream which
sweeps its victims onwards to most
woeful ruin. Could this be done, we
would not talk of money. The hun- I
dred millions which drink costs this j
land Is not to be weighed or even
mentioned with this. Hearts- are !
broken which no money can heal. ;
nacnei is "weeping ror her children,"
refusing to be comforted. Dr
Guthrie.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR MARCH 7.
Deadly Drugs in .Whisky. j
Dr. B. H. Warren, State Pure Food '
Commissioner of Pennsylvania, has I
made a startling discovery regarding i
the cheap grades of whisky sold all
over the State. In Altoona he said: I
"Most of the cheap whisky sold In I
rennsyivania. I have discovered by
analysis. Is manufactured from wood
alcohol and red or India pepper, the
latter element giving the deadly dose
the desired 'snup.' I was astounded
when the chemists informed me of
their findings in a number of cases,
and Immediately had over 1000 sam
ples taken up over the State. Ninety
five per cent, of the samples so far
examined have shown the presence
of wood alcohol in poisonous quan
tities, along with the pepper. Some
samples contained arsenic, turpentine
and traces of nruaaic neii " ni- i
Warren said he had instituted pro
ceedings in over 100 cases where the
deadly stuff had been sold. The total
number, from present indications,
will exceed 1000, and may, before
the investigation is completed, reach
6000. "No wonder," said the doctor,
"that ou? asylums are full."
Ten to One.
Where the saloon exists It damns
ten souls for every one that all the
churches sae. It cannot be right,
and nothing can make it right, that
all these forces of love and pity and
philanthropy, th life-forces of any
nation, should be perverted and ren
dered barren by the wanton selfish
ness of the careless, the Ignorant, the
indifferent and the bad. Dr. Charles
r. akbu, in Appieton s.
i Lincoln's Influence. i
Men are living to-day who wore in.
duced to sign the pledge by Abraham !
Lincoln H convincing arguments
That ho thoroughly appreciated the
menace of liquor evils Is evidenced
by his declaration on the very day
of his tragic death, that "the next
snarl we have got to straighten out
Is the liquor question." C. A
Phelps, In Broadway Magazine.
THE LADIES' WAT.
8tella "Do you do your Christ
nas sbopptng early!"
Bella "Of course, bat I never buy
UJl the last minute." Nsw York Sua.
Change Your Doctor,
In the theatre of the Crystal Pal.
'ace, London, Cardinal Manning war
addressing a great meeting ot the
members of a temperance organiza
tion. "I will confess to you," he said,
"that I do not practice what I preach.
I am not a total abstainer myself,
because my doctor won't let me bo
one." Thereupon a voice came from
the topmost gallery, "Change your
dor'or." "Thank you for the hint,"
i" he Cardinal, "I will." And he
i . ' ecomlug from that time a total
abiuuiner.
I'ut Up Whisky Against Bibles,
"If the so-called reformers ot Des
Moines Insist on Interfering with our
business as wo conduct it under the
law, or try to drive us out of busi
ness, we will see which will go the
farthest In tbe fight a barrel ot
whisky or a bushel of Bibles," said
George Judd, who was recently
elected president of the Dea Moines
Retail Liquor Dealers' Association.
Boston has apparently voted for
Hrenae by from 8uS to lO.eOO vots,
a reduction of about one-half from
th majority of last year,
Subject i Philip and the Ethiopian.
Acts 8:20-40 Golden Text, John
S: 30 Commit Verses 20-31
Commentary on the Lesson.
Thin""?35-37 A' D' PLACE
The Desert.
EXPOSITION. I. A Great Preach,
er Sent Into a Desert, 20, 27a. Philip
was In the midst of a great work In
Samaria, and now he was to leave all
this and go down to a desert road to
meet a slwgle Individual and lead him
to Christ. This shows the Importance
i i louum worn ana tne value of a
single soul. Philip had learned tha
! highest form of wisdom the wisdom
, ot doing Just what the Lord bids you.
! He was a man guided ot God, because
be was so earnestly looking for
guidance, and so prompt in obeying.
Faith's best proof is obedience (Heb.
, 1 1 J 8 )
A Gre Statesman Seeking the
Way of Life, 27b. 28. If we Just go
the way God bids,- asking no ques
tions, It will soon begin to develop
why God has sent us. This man was
a great person, but that was not why
Philip was sent to hlra, but because
he was a sincere seeker after truth
(v. 27, last clause, 30, 31, 34, 36:
comp. Jno. 7:17; Ps. 25:9). This
statesman evidently considered relig
ion a matter of sufficient importance
to bestow much time, trouble and ex
pense upon It. He "had come to
Jerusalem for to worship." No won
der God gave more light to a man
who was so earnestly following the
light he had. In v. 28 R. V. is a les
son on How ,to Study "the Bible and
how to improve the time when trav
eling. It was while engaged in tho
study of the Word that God revealed
to the eunuch the fuller truth. This
Indicates the reason why some of us
never get these revelations from God
III. Personal Work In a Chariot,
29-35. It is evident from the record
here that Ood does not expect us to
speak to every one we meet about
His salvation; but that, if we watch
for His leading as to whom to ap
proach, He will give it. There are
many of us who never heard the
Spirit say to us, "Go, speak to that
man. Is It because we are not list
ening keenly enough to catch "the
still, small voice?" it Is well to note
carefully the first two words the
Spirit spoke to Philip, "go near." If
we are to win men to Christ that is
the way to begin. One of the great
mistakes of a large portion of the
church to-day is that we are trying
to save men from a distance. It Is an
unusual sight to see one man running
after another to speak to him about
Christ. This was the only way Philip
could catch his man. It Is the only
way we can catch many whom the
Lord wlsaes is to save. We wait for
men to come and seek us. Oh, for a
few Philips to run s'ter men! "Un
derstandest thou what thou readest?"
A very pertinent question, and yet
would not some of us think it Imper
tinent if put to us? But if we were
to tell the truth about our Bible read
ing, what would we have to answer
to that question? The eunuch an
Bwered. "How can I, except some one
shall guide me?" There Is One al
ways ready and always at band to
guide us (Jno. 14:26; 16:13; Jno.
2:27). it Is very Important that we
should understand what we read
(Matt. 13:19. 23; 15:10; 24:15).
The eunuch was thoroughly in earn
est in his search for truth. He be.
sought this unknown worker to coma
Into his chariot and sit with him that
he might point out to him the mean
ing of God's Word. It was-Indeed
providential that he was reading a
passage that so clearly expounds the
atoning work of Jesus. The eunuch
asked a question that went right at
the heart of the matter, "of whom
speaketh the prophet this? of himself
or of some other man?" It is al
ways well to know exactly of whom
any Scripture speaks. But there Is
no passage where this question la
more vital than in Isaiah 63. If It
refers to the Messiah, then beyond
the possibility of honest question
Jesus of Naiareth was the predicted
Mess ah. And it does refer to tho i
Messiah and to Jesus. Infidels and i
rationalists have labored bard to In
vent some other interpretation. But
every attemnt hai i. .... ....
ure. The most plausible theory that
they have advanced ia ih.t i, .
- . . It iin
to suffering Israel." But this theory
goes all to pieces on the rock that tha
sufferer is represented as suffering
for the sins of others than himself
(Isa. 63:4. 6, 8, 9, 11. 12), and the
others for whose sins be Is suffering
fSa.Vm5r W8'" Israel (Isa.
63:8). So evidently the sufferer can
not be Israel.
III. Believing, Baptized and Re.
Jolclng, 80.40. The treasurer prompt
ly accepted the trutb and Jeaus. . If
the eunuch had been like many mod
ern "seekers after truth." he would
nave thought of a score of things that
would hinder his being baptised. But
be was not merely In pretense, but In
reality an honest Inquirer; so, when
he found the truth he threw difficul
ties to the wind and obeyed it. Philip
does not hesitate, but ..Immediately
baptizes him. Philip's work Is done
and the Spirit takes hlra away (seem
ingly be is caught away as by a hurri
cane, cf. S K. 3:16). The eunuch
must now learn to look directly to
Jesus Himself. This he, does. He
does not ask for Philip now that he1
bas found Jesus. He went on his way
"rejoicing" with a new-found Joy, a
toy those only know who receive
Jesus.
Southern Hospitality.
Among tbe Southern writers who
are firm believers In the hospitality
ot the South la Thomas Nelson Page.
According to Mr. Page, however," thli
hospitality la not always appreciated
By way ot Illustration he tells the fol.
lowing story about the good old
times before the war:
"A guest in a Southern home re
quested tbe use ot a borse to carry
him to tbe next town, wbero ho in
tended to stay for a few days. Tho
nost, wun mat true southern hospl
tallty, let him bave the borse, and
even sent along a negro boy to bring
the animal back. The days went by.
and neither boy nor borso showed up!
"The host at last sent a messengei
to see what bad become of them. Tbe
boy was found on a plantation neat
the neighboring town. He was askeq1
why be bad not come back with the
borse.
"Tbe reply was: 'Cause dal
gent'man don sold the horse.'
" 'Well, bow dil tbet I jep rot
from coming hack?'
'"Ha don sold meM too!' replied
the boy."
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EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MARCH 7.
Tha Soul's Bread John 6: 27, 32, 33,
35, 61, 83, 58, 68.
Christ, In this great discourse,
gives us the very heart of the gospel
message. He recognizes that there is
in man a deep hunger and thirst of
soul which nothing in this world can
satisfy. How strange It Is that all
men today do not accpt his teach
ing and seek and find In him soul
lire and soul-rest!
In vain tha race baa thought to find
real happiness in the. gain of earth
ly riches. But treasures of gold and
silver . bring no peace to the heart,
Money, even in millions of dollars,
cannot buy a moment of real comfort
ot mind or contentment of spirit, and
It utterly falls to provide any assur
ance to Us ungodly possessor, dying,
against an eternity of hopeless and
starless darkness and Jpalr.-
Equally fruitless has ' : en the quest
of mankind for soul-ns. in the pur
ult of fame. Were It possible for
auyone to win tne a- "lause of the
whole -world, achieve tin highest and
most dazzling success, and make a
reputation for greatness, among all
nations of the earth, yet all this
brings no genulnfe semin of peace to
the deathless soul.
In seeking the pleMures of earth
vast millions of humanity hope to
forget all care and sorrow and come
Into the enjoyment of that which
makes for enduring happiness. But
what a woeful mistake! Though one
drink of every cup of Joy, gain pos
session of all that heart can wish.
Taney invent and money can buy. yet
there Is. down in the soul, a deep
sense of utter emptiness, misery and
failure.
Jesus Christ alone can respond to
the cravings, yearnings and Inex
pressible needs of the spiritual na
ture. He says: "He that cometh to
me shall never hunger; and he that
belleveth on me shall never thirst"
To the Samaritan woman he said:
Whosoever drlnketh of thla water
shall thirst again; but whosoever
drlnketh of the water that I shall give
him shall bo In him a well of water
springing up Into everlasting life."
MARCH SEVENTH.
tcife Lessons for Me From the
?salms. Ps. 46: 1-11. (Con
secration Meeting.)
My confesBlonal. Ps. 51.
My shepherd. Ps. 23.
My war song. Ps. C8: 1-C.
My King. Ps. 2.
My Savior. Ps. 22: 1-11.
My Home. Ps. 90: 1-12.
David was signing of what he had
proved when he called Ood "a very
present help In trouble." but we may
Prove It as thoroughly as he did (v.
1). .
All fear in lack of God. Those that
know fear do not know God (v. 2).
All help from God comes "right
early;' and though it seems long de
layed, It never comes an Instant later
than the right time (v. 6).
Unless we are still, we cannot know
that he Is God. He is learned by
quietness and listening (v. 10).
Psalm Teachings.
One hundred and fifty psalms: what
a text for a consecration meeting!
Psalm 1 Is a mirror of God'a man.
Let us look into it till we can see our
own faces there.
Psalm 2 Is the missionary psalm.
We are to ask, and the heathen will
become our inheritance; but we are
to ask with all we are!
Psalm 8 Is the psalm of human low
liness and majesty. . How little we
are, compared with God! How great
we are, thought of by God!
Psalm 15 shows a good neighbor.
He can dwell in God's house, because
his own bouse is managed uprightly.
Psalm 10 is a song of prosperity.
It Is a manual of success in two
words: Serve God. .
Psalm 18 shows God as a deliverer.
There is no peril that God'a power
cannot match.
Psalm 19 is the hymn of the uni
verse. If one would be broad-minded,
let him possess this psalm in tiia
BOlll.
Psalm 23 is the song of plenty,
plenty of food, guidance, comfort,
safety, goodness and mercy.
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HEROISM OF A MEXICAN.
Jesus Garcia, a Mexican locoraotl7
engineer, met his death in a most hor
rible man'nor that be might save the'
lives of .many others and prevent the
destruction of a town.
The American Society of tbe Cross
of Honor was quick to act when It
learned through newspaper dis
patches of Jesus Garcla's sacrifice.
At the first meeting of tbe Board
of Governors of the society In this
city, held after the tragic occurrence,
resolutions were adopted commend
ing the conduct of the Mexican en
gineer. President Thomas H. Herndon, of
the American Society of tbe Cross of
Honor, sent the resolutions to the
Mexican Ambassador. That official
had the reported act of Garcia Inves
tigated and found It was true as re
ported by the press.
From the company by which Jesus
Garcia was employed the Monte
suma Conner Comnanv. nf Vsnnn,i
L Mexico came the particulars of the
locomotive engineer a sacrifice.
The two cars loaded with dynamite
were near the smelter of the com
pany la the thick of the town. The
cars caught Jlre In some manner, and
the flames were almost licking the
explosive when Garcia backed his
locomotive up to the burning cars and
coupled bis engine to them. j
Ho realized that the AYnlnatnn
there meant, death to hundreds ot
people and the destruction of the
tow'i. Grasping the throttle, be
.-v It wide open and, with the
olazing cars attached, made a streak
for tbe open country, ' 4
The train of dynamite bad but
reached the little section bouse in tbe
suburbs when cams the ferritin ex
plosion. Tbe section house and the
cars were reduced to splinters, while
the body cf Garcia was blown to
places, only tbe smallest fragments
being found afterward.
Twelve Mexican section bands and
an American boy were also blown to
'atoms. But the town hod many
preolons Uvea bad beon saved by tbe
"Jim Bludsoo" of tbe Mexlcaa rolnea.
Washington Star.
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WVirSmono rh bfauanf field . JJ
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THE ACHING SPOT.
I cannot surely tell if this be so,
Milt truap m'mr in tn it .un.. .
That every life holds hid some achir
Tint
Which will not heal, however time may r
I do not know how soon it strikes t
Tbe bitter, stinging pain that leaves th
Biusrt;
I only know, it clings through Wei
All swift to come and sluggish to depart
Not merely through the measure of d
The merry tnadnens of a fetal night.
There cornea the alow, dull pain of iol
thought,
u.ii mo wunu seems wrong ana lackiii
quite.
But even 'mid the holy thin- of all,
Where solemn muaic beat the Gottii
half the prayers of pi ieata, apostlw
Are bitter wails of grief tliat r!e and fal!
The little novice in her r nmge, crnmpc
lot,
The older nun, who Ion- o forgot
The big broad world ..i narrow conver,
White veil and black, they hide an acliinf
'AK, me! I wonder if the white clad throii
i? i r upper, goiuen streets alon
reel that vague want and droop, ui.
With God's great lilies and the ceaaeleJ
And yet. they tell me sorrow there is no!
That pain is swept, away, and every blot
Then, when we climb the shimmeriiij
steep of Heaven,
God pity us, and heal the aching a not!
J. P. E.
i
. he Parable of the Prodigal Son.
Never nertAlnlv In human lamriiaa
was bo much such a world of low
ana wisdom and tenderness com
Dressed into such fAW Immnfti
words. Every line, every touch ol
iue picture, is run ot Deautirul eter
nal significance. The poor boy's pre
sumptuous claim for all that lll
could give him the leaving ot th
om uome tne journey to a lar couo
try ithe brief spasm of "enjoyment
there the mlirhtv famine In tho.
land the premature exhaustion ni
all that could make life noble and
enauraoie tne abysmal degradation
and unutterable misery that followed!
me coming 10 nimscit and the rec.
OUectlon ot all that he had left be
hind the return in heart-broken
penitence and deep humility the fa
ther's far-off sight of him, and th
gush bt compassion over this poo:
returning prodigal the ringing jo;
ot the whole household over him wh;
had been loved and lost, and bad no
come home the unjust Jealousy am!
mean complaint of the elder brother,
and .then that close nf tha nirnhta in
a strain of music Son, thou art eve:'
wun me, ana ail that I have is thine
It was meet that we Bhould makt
merry, and be glad; for this thy
brother was dead, and is alive again;
he was lost, and is found.
All this is indeed a divine epltom?
of the wandering of man and the love
of God such as no' ear of man hai
ever heard elsewhere. Put In th
ono scale all that Confucius, or Sakya
iviouni, or zoroaster, or Socrates eve:
wrote or said and thov wmto Bni
said many beautiful and toly words-
nuu pui m me omer tne Parable ot
the Prodigal Son alone with all that
this single parable means, and can
any candid spirit doubt which seal
would outweigh the other in eternal
prectousness, in divine adaption to
the wants of man? Tbe Late Canon
F. W. Farrar.
After Succeeding.
There is no test of character quite
so severe as that of success. Adver
sity ia bard on a man; but success U
ten times harder. Adversity, or
downright failure, challenges all the
best that there Is in one to rise up
and conquer in spite ot defeat. Sue
cess brings a challenge, too tc go
and improve upon the success alread)
won; but It is harder to respond to
this challenge. "If at first you dc
succeed" is the title of a sermon an
nounced by that vigorous pastor and
preacher, Dr. Ernest Bourner Allen,
ot Toledo, in a winter course to hi
Junior congregation. The message ii
needed. More people are succeeding
to-day, and In more different lines
ttan ever before. It takes strength
to succeed;' and that very strength
ermencea ana aeveiopea by the suc
cess in which It proved itself, ought
to be tolerant of ' past and present
achievement, and to press on to big
ger and better things. Unless It does
success marks the beginning ol
failure. Sunday-School Times.
MsaaaaBBBSB
Getting Ready, to Pray.
We would take care so to managt
ourselves all day, especially when It
draws toward night, that we may net
be dlsfitted and put out of frame for
our evening devotions; that out
hearts may not be overcharged, either
on one band by surfeiting and drunk
enness, as theirs often are who are
men of pleasure; or on tbe other
band, with tbe cares of this life, u
theirs often are who are men of busi
ness; but that we bave command
both of our thoughts and of our time,
that we may finish our work well:
which will be an earnest of our finish
ing our life's work well. Matthew
Henry,
Distinguished and Redeemed. t
woaiever ranjr oe me aeieata oi
this age, It Is distinguished and re
deemed by Its deep Interest in for
eign missions; In the far future thli
feature ot our generation will be rec
ognised as its chief glory. Rev. W.
L. Watklnson.
Be Ever Mindful. ,
A Christ about whom you do not
think is as good as a dead Christ, ai
far as you are concerned. Rev. Dr.
McLaren.
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, ' HOW IT HAPPENED. ,
: Mabel (testing tho wisdom of the
grown-ups) "Well, how did Martin
Luther die?"
Uncle Jim "Die? Oh, In tha or
dinary ;ay, I suppose..
Mabel "Ob, uncle! You really
don't know anything. Ho was ex
communicatod by a bull." Harper's
Weekly.. ,
"During October PoTtlaja. Ore.,
est 10,000.009 feet ot latsber by.
jvator to California, -