jl DC
Tench I ho Lnmhi,
It may tie more trouble at first, hut
It Is better to teach lialiy orphan
lambs to drink out of a basin than
from bottle, as It will be less trou
ble as they prow older. The milk
should be blood ivan i and fresh from
the cow for the first few dins. If
any is spilled on their wool It should
be wiped off, as the odor of stain milk
Is unwholesome and dlsagrei-nbl".
Farmers' Home Journal.
Sheep niul Tobacco,
correspondent In the northern
pa.t of Indiana writes that he has
had Rood results with using tobacco
to prevent parasite and stomach
worm troubles with sheep. He says
that he began using dusted tobacco
last season, mixing It with salt, one
part of tobacco dust to five parts of
salt, thoroughly mixed. The sheep
that, had ncress to It all did well,
while many of the lambs of his neigh
bora died. Indiana Farmer.
Surreiin of Crops.
"Ian a succession of crops from the
eaiilest to the latest of all the varie.
ties that are best liked In the house
hold and then there can be something
on the table from this well (and for
plot during the many weeks of the
season besides furnishing an abun
dant supply of the standard sorts of
vegetables for winter. Ho not forget
the garden, but make it the most pro
ductive, profitable and attractive part
of the tarm. Fanners' Home Journal.
Wlint to Do W ith Sparrows.
As to the pesky sparrows, could
they be held In check or destroyed
by feeding them real strong salted
food, bread or wheat, anything with
salt enoiiuh to kill, and It does not
take much to kill a hen. T.et the far
mers try It and report th"lr success
In the Farmer. -Charles Mitchell.
We doubt If the sparrows will eat
hlqhly salt"d food, but let the plan
be tried. Then try alcohol to make
them boozy and cutch them. Indi
ana Farmer.
Trimmed Too 7iurti.
Trees should not bo trimmed too
much. They may be ruined in this
way. The branches should not be
trimmed high, as in that, case the
lower limbs will die out. und so the
tree will con inuc to grow upward.
Such treeg are expensive to spray and
to harvest the crop. Climbing into
the tree for picking fruit should be
avoided, as injury often conies from
the bark being bruised by the shoes.
This Is at times quite serious. Far
mers' Home Journal.
Fattening I'oiiltry.
An excellent mixture for fatten
ing poultry is made as follows: One
hundred pounds finely ground bar
ley, 100 pounds finely ground corn,
100 pounds finely ground oats (with
hulls sifted out), to which mixture
Is added thirty pounds of beef scraps.
Buttermilk or sklmmilk is used for
mixing, the former being preferred.
The birds are fed twice a day ut In
tervals of twelve hours and are kept
on this diet for three weeks. Crate
or machine fattening should bo
adopted. Another ration is made as
follows: One hundred pounds, ground
oats, 100 pounds ground corn, fifty
pounds flour, four pounds tallow.
Indiana Farmer.
arnv
soil which the corn plants require for
their development. The soil of the
cornfield, Professor Hopkins says,
needs much phosphorous, nitrogen
and more potassium In order to do
Its best. The proportions of these
several plant foods should be regu
lated according to the purpose for
which the corn Is to be used. Corn
is used for hundreds of purposes,
chlefiy for flour, meal, sugar, starch,
dexteiine. glucose, rorn-brnn, oil, nil
cake, gluten meal, gluten feed, muc
ilage, making a substitute for India
rubber and various other purposes.
The corncob Is used for pipes and
for making flavoring extracts, and the
stalk Is used for a dozen useful
things. The latest use Is as a sub
stltut" for wood pulp In making wrap
ping paper.
"Some years ago corn was a
stranger." said Professor Hopkins.
"We found It here when we came a
mithe of the country, yet, until fif
teen years ago we took It for granted.
Then a close study of Its individual
ity and peculiar characteristics dem
unstrated that It was possible to
breed up corn just as we Improve ani
mals, although we have not yet
learned how to control the male par
ent. The Importance of this may be
appreciated when we remember that
the corn crop of the country Is worth
a billion and a half of dollars every
year 2,230,000,000 bushels. We
are trying to get one ear of corn to
the stalk. That Is what we are work
ing for, because some stalks are bar
ren. We dont know why. Various
people have various theories, but they
have not been demonstrated.
"Take a hundred ears of corn,
plant thorn exactly alike, three ker
nels to the hill, the kernals from each
ear in a row by themselves, in the
same exactly soil, cultivate them the
same way, and the yield will vary u
hundred per cent. We cannot ac
count for that variation. It Is Im
possible thus far to determine why
some corn will grow and other corn
will not, but In planting, a farmer
should always use the seed from the
best ears, because that is likely to
yield more than the poor ears. Eut
every ear of seed corn should be
tested by a germinating pan during
the winter. This Is a new thing, but
It is being introduced rapidly; all seed
men and the better class of farmers
are taking this precaution. None of
the big corn planters will use any
but te.-;ted seed.
"We are teaching those methods
to our students by practical experi
ments conducted In twenty-five differ
ent counties of the State of Illinois,
as well as on the campus of the uni
versity. The results have been most
satisfactory and they are appreciated
by the farmers. We have a corn
breeders' association In this State
composed of twenty-five seed growers,
and they are all working earnestly
with us in breeding up the corn of
Illinois to the very highest quality
and the greatest possible yield."
THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
A. H. LEWIS, D. O.
2ht
Tlieinc: The Sacrrduessof Fatherhood
God alone has absolute power to
create. He might have retained this
! power forever. He chose rather to
! confer Infinite honor and Infinite re
! tpopslbility on man by delegating to
Jim the power to recreate. This pow-
er to perpetuate the race, as a sub
creator, and to bo a direct factor in
determining Its character and destiny,
1.4 divine. Its exercise in fatherhood
Ij among the most sacred functions of
exhsi.er.ee. In this lire alone its re
sults for zond or evil are beyond com
putation. Considered by the stand
' ard of an endless life, they are over
whelming. Were tbr not uoknown
possibilities for good results. In each
experience of parenthood, no man un
derstanding what It mean could ven
ture to assume fatherhood.
Much the larger share of human
suffering comes through Impaired
physical health. Weakness and dis
ease make men a burden on society,
lead to poverty, drunkenness, social
impurity, larceny and kindred evils.
No man is free from guilt who trans
I mltB a single element of physical
w-eakness or disease which be can
avoid.
The habitual use of stimulants and
I narcotics destroys nerve force and
mental balance. Their effects are of
i ten more prominent In the second and
1 the third generations than In those
1 who first Indulge. Purity In thought
and act is an Imperative demand
which the sacredness of actual or pos
sible fatherhood places on all men.
In assuming fatherhood you are
acting for God; exercising the holiest
function ever given yon. If a man
goes out as the agent of a business
firm, or the representative of a great
nation, he must be loyal to the power
which commissions him, and In whose
nr.me he acts. How much more when
a man assumes fatherhood, in behalf
of the Infinite and F.ternal Father!
He who does not love God cannot
transmit the tendency to love Him.
Such a man must rather transmit the
tendency to hate and disobey God. for
which he, not his child. Is responsi
ble. This stupendous fact lies at the
core of all true religion.
The husband has to bear little of
the passive service and continuous
burdens which attend parenthood.
The wife has an absolute right to all
the help which pure tore, exhaustless
patience and tenderest sympathy can
afford. This is due to the child also,
who must suffer loss In proportion as
these are withheld from the mother,
If any husband denies these, or worse
Bill!, gives, in place of them, indlffer- I
ence, neglect, harshness or abuse, he
becomes a Bhame to the name of
fatherhood, a disgrace to his sex, an
enemy to his own child, and a sinner
before God.
INTERNATIONAL LKSSON COM
MKXTS FOIl MAV 2:1.
( Subject: The Council at Jerusalem,
Acts 13:1 -S3 Golden Text:
! Acts 13:11 Commit Verses 24,
2I Commentary.
FLACK. '
Stop liuriiing Off Hie Old Fields.
How long, oil, how long, will our
farmers burn up every spring the
little fertility that Mother Nature has
laboriously spent the previous twelve
months trying to develop? Turn out
an old field, sick, famishing, naked,
and Mother Nature clothes It with
a coat of grass to heal Us srars, to
stop the wounding of It with gullies,
and to feed It with rotting vegetable
matter (humus) as the only way on
earth to bring It back to life and
strength. And yet nine farmers out
of ten will go ahead and In twenty
four hours' time burn off all the po
tential humus that Nature has spent
a year growing f'ir the salvation of
the land.
"For the- land's sake," indeed, we
must slot) burning off our old fields.
It may make the grass seem greener
this sea-on, but In the end It means
that th" land will become too barren
to grow any ra.-.s at all. Progres
sive Farmer.
Adulterated Seeds.
The last f'ro.i Reporter of the De
partment of Agriculture publisher,,
as provided by law, a Ion? list of
seed deaiers selling adulterated seed.
Summarizing the adulterated seed
proposition and the effect of the pub
licity given the subject by the de
partment, Dr. Galloway, Chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, yays:
"It Is encouraging to note the fall
ing off in the trado of adulterated
needs since the line of work report
ed upon by the Department of Agri
culture was begun. The importation
of yellow trefoil seed and its subsn.
Quent use as an adulterant of red
clover and alfalfa seed has practical
ly ceased, 214,000 pounds being Im
ported In the three fiscal years 1905
1907. and only 10,000 pounds In tba
floral year 1903.
"Only one-half as many lots of
orchard grass seed were found in
1805, when the last collection of
orchard grass seed was made.
"In 1908 only thirty-nine sampleiof
Kentucky bluegrsss seed were found
to be adulterated or nilsbranded. as
contrasted with 110 samples in 1907.
"The department will examine and
report promptly as to the presence
of adulterants and dodder in any
samples of seed submitted for that
purpose."
Tim Averaiie Corn Crop.
The average crop of corn In the
United States Is twenty-seven bushels
to the acre; the ayerage In the corn
belt of Illinois Is forty-five bushels
to the acre. But Dr. Hopkins asserts
that it Is possible to Increase this
average not only to seventy-two, but
to eighty bushels an acre. Many sci
entific farmers raise eighty bushels
to the acre, and even 110 bushels by
Increasing, ths nourishment lu tbe
The Hotbed.
The hotbed must be located In
some well-drained place. A sandy
hill or knoll makes the most desir
able position. Tho earth is ecavated,
making a trench five or six feet wide,
two and a half feet deep, and as long
as will bo necessary to accommodate
the plants to be grown. The trench
should extend east and west, so as
to make It possible to get as much of
the sunlight as can be had. If the
ground has a tendency to cave In It
will be more satisfactory to line tho
inside of tho excavation with boards,
which can be fa3tened to posts at the
corners and at Intervals along tho
sld". These boards should reach
about ten Inches above the ground
level on the south side and about two
feet on the other side, so as to give a
slant to the sash. The soli that was
thrown out can be banked against
these boards, when you will have
completed all that Is necessary to do
at this season.
The sashes, which can be con
structed Indoors during tho winter,'
are usually made across tho top of the
bed, allowing a few Inches for pro
jection on both aides. Bars are run
lengthwise of each sash far enough
apart to receive the panes of glass,
which are fastened on with the ends
of the panes flush against each other.
If the bars have a ridge running
lengthwise on tho upper surface. Ilka
the cross bars of an ordinary window
sash, only more substantial, it will
aid materially In properly securing
the glass. These sashes can be stored
away and brought out when needed.
Horse immure makes the best ma
terial for filling the bed. It should
be piled conveniently near the bod
and gotten In shape by being forked
over until It is heating evenly
throughout, when it Is ready for the
bed. Iu filling the bed trample the
manure well about two feet deep In
the trench. Upon thu manure la then
placed four or five inches of rich,
sandy soil, which has been kept whers
It will not frooae. The bed thus pre.
pared Is allowed to stand a few days,
until the temperature of the soil fall
below ninety degrees F., as indicated
by a thermometer, when the seed If
sown.
It must be remembered that th
manure Just spoken of is uot prepared
until about the last of February and
' other practices follow in order.
If no sandy, well-drained spot can
be had, the manure can bo spread on
top of the ground and the frame built
around It. The heat cannot be so
well conserved by this method be
cause of the Increased radiation, but
where the manure is plentiful this
can bo overcome by Increasing the
bulk. The radiation can be hin
dered to a certain eitent by banking
earth against the frame.
The small farmer has most of ths
materials about him for the con
struction of a hotbed, and as the
time In which he can work It comes
when there la little else to do, the
expense Is an amount hardly to be
compared with the satisfaction re
ceived from products gathered tbore
from. Rural World.
Healing: of the Mind.
I know a man who, though busily
and extensively engaged In Christian
service, was for long defeated in his
thought life. The evil word and act
were checked, but he could not pre
vent his thoughts from ranging over
forbidden fields, and consequently he
was brought into inward bondage and
despair. One night, at the close of a
service, as the congregation sang the
well known words:
" Just ax I am, poor, wretched, blind,
L-ielit, riches, healing of the mind.
Yen, ull I need in Thee to rind,
O l.Hinb of God, I come "
the thought broke upon him, and he
taw that what he needed most of all
was such "healing of the mind" as
that unto which Christ pledges Him
self. Falling upon his knees he cried
as he had never done before:
"O I.nmb of God. I come!"
And lila testimony is that Christ
brought him that night into an atti
tude of new surrender and enabled
him to exercise new faith, claiming
this promise which has constantly
been fulfilled to him: "The peace of
God shall guard ronr heart and your
thoughts." J. Stuart Holden.
Herald Rusts.
Never borrow money tho chances
are you can't.
Never run your neighbor down
he may beat you at the game.
If you are living in the Lord your
neighbors will rejoice in your life.
Some men never pay any compli
ments. Tbcy are too stingy even for
that.
A gentleman is never more polite
to another woman than to his own
wife.
The way of nature Is the survival
of the strong; the way of grace is
tlie salvation of the weak.
There Is little to choose between
those who blow themselves in and
those who blow themselves out.
The man who practices what he
preaches before he preaches It shall
experience no difficulty in getMng
others to practice what he preaches.
Birds sing, flowers bloom, zephyrs
blow all nature smiles for the sole
purpose of keeping In good humor,
and still some old rascals refuse to
be happy. Home Herald.
sJof i
The clock of the tower of Columbia
University, New York, Is said to be
one of the most accruate in the world,
varying but six seconds a year,
. Glortons Gift or Life.
Life, despite of all that cynics or
sentimentalists say. Is a great and
glorious gift. There is good for the
good; there Is virtue for the faith
ful; there is victory for the valiant.
There Is spirituality for the spiritual,
and there is, even in this humble life,
an infinity for the boundless In desire.
There are blessings upon Its birth;
there is hope In Its death, and there
is to consummate all there Is eter
nity in Its prospect. Orvllle Dewey.
Hind Younwff to God.
I thank Thee, O Ood, that I may
strive to do Thy work in the world
even when my heart la dry. I thank
Thee that I may bind myself to Thee,
even while I am crashed by my alns
and shortcomings; that, even when I
doubt whether the love of God is In
me, I may yet press nearer to The
where only the heart can find rest.
Rest la the Lord.
Thou, O God. hast created as for
Thyself, and our heart is restless un
til It rests In Thee. St, Augustine.
Yield VpYomr WUL
ft Is not by constraint or by pain
ful effort that we make real progress.
On the contrary. It is simply a ques
tion of yielding up our will, of going
from day to day withersoever God
may lead us, discouraged by nothing,
satisfied with tbs present moment,
thankful to let Him do all who has
tnade all, and to leave our owa will
Immovable wttbla Ills wIlL Fenelon.
Lightens the TrUU.
With an habitual sense of the di
vine presence, the trials of Ills are
lightened. B. Peabody.
TIME. 50-52 A.
Antloch, Jerusalem.
EXPOSITION. I. "Except ye be
circumcised after the manner of
Moses, ye cannot bo saved, 1-3. The
church In Antloch was getting on fa
mously, and the devil brought in
false teachers to upset the faith of
the young converts. The main point
of doctrine with these false teachers
was that it was not enough to bellevo
on Jesus, one must also keep the law
of Moses. The great controversy In
the early church was whether a man
was saved upon faith alone apart
from works of the law or whether a
man Is saved upon faith and works of
the law. The old controversy comes
up In our day in a new form. It is
Sabbath-keeping "after the manner
of Moses" that Is now Insisted upon.
Three arguments were brought for
ward at the council of Jerusalem to
refute the legallzers: (1) Peter's ar
gument. God hag borne them wit
ness by giving the Holy Ghost to the
unclrcumclsed as well as unto us and
has put "no dlferepce between us
and them, purifying their hearts by
faith" (vs. 8, 9). God in a similar
way to-day is bearing witness to those,
who do not keep the Jewish seventh
day Sabbath. (2) Paul's argument.
God has wrought signs and wonders
among the Gentiles by us and thus
set His seal upon our preaching of
salvation by faith apart from works
of the law (v. 12). (3) James' ar
gument. It is according to Old Tes
tament Scripture that Ood will take a
people for His name from among tho
unclrcumclsed Gentiles as well as tho
law-keeping Jews (vs. 13-17). Tho
teaching of the Judnlzers caused end
leas trouble in the Antloch church (v.
2) It was wisely decided to submit
the question to the apostles and eld
ers in Jerusalem. Paul and Barna
bas made good use of their time on
their journey to Jerusalem. All
along the way they declared what
God had done among the Gentiles.
The story they told caused gaeat Joy
unto all the brethren. Nothing causes
greater Joy among true brethren than
the story of how men are converted
from sin to righteousness.
II. The Decision of the Holy Ghost
and the Apostles hh to the Authority
of the Morale Law Over Gentile
Christians, 22-2!). The apostles and
elders and the whole church took
abundant precautions to guard
against any misrepresentation ot
their decision being taken back to
Antloch by the legallzers. They
knew the men they had to deal with.
Thus Paul gained his chosen compan
ion of coming days (v. 40). Good
had come out of the schemes of Paul's
enemies. The mode of address used
In the letter Is full of significance,
"The brethren which are of tho Gen
tiles." Faith in Christ makes all men
kin. They were bound together by a
very tender tie, that of faith in a
common Saviour. . Many American
Christians have not even yet reached
the point where the regard every
converted Chinaman or African as a
brother. The description of the Jn
dalzers is very striking and suggest
ive (v. 2 4). There is no way in
which the devil can more trouble be
lievers (and esepeclally young con
verts), or more thoroughly unsettle
(or subvert) their souls, than by
false words. These false words must
be met by words of truth (Col. 4:C).
and above all, by the word of God (S
Tim. 3:13-15). The apostles em
phatically denied all responsibility
for this pernicious and subverting
teaching, that men must keep the law
of Moses in order to be saved (v. 1).
They had come to absolute unanimity
about the matter In question. It Is a
great thing when brethren who differ
can meet together and study the
Scriptures together under the Holy
Snlrlt's guidance, as did these early
Christians, and thus "come to one ac
cord." The apostles and the whole
church bestowed very lofty praise on
Paul and Barnabas. It was well de
served (2 Cor. 11:23-27). Of how
many disciples to-day could It be
Justly said that they had hazarded
their lives for the name ot our Lord
Jesus Christ? It was not their own
decision on this great question that
they were sending; It was the Holy
Spirit's decision. They were per
fectly sure of this (v. 28). It was
because they sought and obtained the
mind of the Spirit that they were
able to "come to one accord." It Is
because we seek the wisdom of men,
rather than the mind ot tho Spirit,
that we are so often at variance with
one another. The one who insists
upon the binding authority of the
Mosaic law upon Christians Is oppos
ing the Holy Ghost. Four points of
the Mosaic law and no others were
adjudged necessary for the Gentiles.
There was great Joy in Antloch when
the troublesome question was settled
(v. 31). There were two reasons for
this joy. Painful division had given
way to pleasant harmony, and, more,
over, the Irksome bondage of the law
bad given way to the Joyous liberty
of the Gospel. There is always Joy
when one comes out ot the bondage
of legalism Into the glorious liberty
of a son. Judas and Silas were much
used ot God in other ways than mere
ly settling this question. They were
Spirit-filled men and gave much prof
itable exhortation and instruction,
confirming the believers In Antloch
la faith aad lit (v. 32).
fodder for tho Newlyweds.
The newly married couple had Just
moved Into their new home. On the
morning after their arrival a baker
called to solicit-their trade. , He
found the young wife In the kitchen.
After explaining that his wagon de
livered once a day, the baker asked,
"And may we have your trade,
madam?"
"Yea," she replied timidly; "we
will give you a trial."
"And how much bread will you
want each day?"
"Well, 1 don't know exactly. You
see, there are only two ot us." Then
doubtfully, "Would five loaves a' day
tie enough, do you think?" Judge.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MAY 23.
THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
T2MPERAXCE IUTTLE GATITFR9
STRENGTH EVERY DAY.
HER INTENTION.
iUIss Meanlry "It may not be
your Intention to offend, but doesn't
It occur to you tbat your treatment
of me Is rather calculated to stike us
bad friends?"
Miss Cutting (coolly) "No; t had
the hope that It would make us good
enemies." Catholic Standard god
1'llUtK
Forsaking Our Lord John 6: 66-71.
This Capernaum discourse has to
do with one or the saddest epl.iodes
In the life of our Lord. It marks an
epoch and a crisis In his ministry.
Hitherto the tide of popular favor has
risen with aimizlng rapidity. Hence
forth Its ebb is equally rapid. Here
begins that disaffection which soon
becomes widespread and culminates
In his utter and final rejection. Now
are heard the first mutterlngs ot the
gathering storm whose fury is to
overwhelm him.
Prompted hy various motives, the
multitudes had thronged the Christ.
Only yesterday they would have
taken him by force, and made him
'.heir king. To escape the consequence
f their unwlBe zeal he sought the se
clusion of the mountain. No need of
uch precaution now. That peril la
forever past. Henceforth he Is to be
painfully ulone, though his life be
lived In the open. The surging
throng will hinder his movements no
more.
Why this sudden rupture, this
wholesale apostasy? Jesus takes the
Initiative. He deliberately scuttera
the mists of a spurious popularity.
His idle followers, and some of his
nearer disciples as well, have cher
ished false hopes, the offspring of sel
fish desires. The multiplying of the
loaves, a miracle of mercy, has be
come to the sordid crowd a stone of
(tumbling. The taste of bread has so
whetted their appetite that the crav
ing of the stomach stifles the cry of
'.he soul. Loaves, not love, Is the
t)ond of their attachment
This Jesus knows, and tells them
lo plainly. Chrj?rlned by merited re
Ouke, doubtless angered by public ex.
posure of their hypocrisy; bewildered
iy his words, the crowd melts away
'.o hear, to heed him no longer. For
:he real Christ there was no heart
ittachnient. The Christ of heroics
.hey followed, the Christ of humility
:hey forsook. Sovereignty and pa
geantry appealed to them. Bread and
9sh they recognized and relished, but
hat was this, to them, senseless
largon concerning eating flesh, and
Irlnklng blood? They knew not, nor
lid they seem to care to know. They
went back and walked no more with
hlra. Their upostasy was absolute.
None but the lost can kno'V the full,
the fearful content of those words.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
MAY TWENTY-THIRD.
Our Temperance Band.
yr s hand of girls and boys
ho fight the rum thnt ion dpatrovs.
e mnrcn Beneath the folds of white I
Hie lemperance Flag, so pure and bright.
fl,.. T., ' I I ! . , I
Y'" -"iin.-iniH-e uanu is mnrcnmg strong
Ami limiting victory all alonu.
Ve tialit the king who soon destroys
The happiness of girls and boys.
And gladly we will go and fight
To jvin for temperance and the right,
And nh, some tiny what news we'll bring,
For we'll dethrone the Liquor King.
Now won't vou join our Temperance band,
And stand for freedom in thii land?
And nh, how happy we will be
hen from King Alcohol we're free.
J. Douglas Swagerty,
Not the Same.
We cannot believe that the present
temperance movement Is of the same
old spasmodic kind. No longer are
the prohibition sheep separated from
the drinking goats both are work
ing together for a curtailment of the
evil power of the saloon. A man mav
have been a moderate drinker all his
lays. buf that does not mean that he
can tolerate an Institution which, in
its insolent arrogance, has assumed
an attitude of defiance to the law and
stops at. nothing to make monev. Bv
their own acts the brewers themselves
started the t-mpt.rance wave which,
sooner or later, will engulf most of
them. So eager have thev been for
business that thev have backed up
nnyone who would start a saloon or
Ralneg Law Hotel, no matter what
his character or the kind of place he
conducted. Tco late they have seen
the follv nf this Ami their hn.tn,...
j has suffered tremendouslv and Is
i bound to suffer more. Whether or no
I tho bill prepared by the Committee
of Fourteen, and now before the Leg
I islature. will pass, is a question, hut
; if it falls this session It. or a similar
one, wii neenmo. law before long.
! This bill is as good a one as can be
i drawn at present. It provides for a
gradual elimination of drinking re- '
horts until there pre but one to every j
! ne thousand of population. The I
numuer or rooms necessar for a i
notei in nsvn is Increased from ten i
to twenty-nve. These are the more I
Important changes in the present law. I
Its provision to allow saloons to be
open for certain hours on Sundav is !
meeting with strong onnosltlon. but I
some such chance In
i i hp near luiure, ior ir win not only
I lessen the opportunities for police
grafting, but will give to the peorde
the freedom nf action whloti ihn Aa-
mand. Brooklyn Life.
religious Truths
From the Writingt of Greofl
Freaehert.
"HE GIVETIf HIS IilJI.OVli)
SLEEP."
Of all the thoughts of Gnd that nre
Borne inward into minis nfiti.
Along the Pmiliiiint's mimic deep,
Now tell me if thnt any is.
For gift or grace surpiisKiiig this:
"He giveth His beloved steep."
What would we ive to our beloved?
The hero's heart to be unmoved.
The poet's stnr-tuned hnrp, lo sweep,
The patriot's voice, to tearn and rni?'
The monarch's crown, to light the hruwi'
"Ho giveth His beloved sleep."
"Sleep soft, beloved!" we sometime ar
We have no tune to charm away '
Sad dreams that through the eveHJ,
creep:
But never doleful dream again
Shall break the happy slumber when
"He giveth Hi beloved sleep."
H'l dews drop mutely on the hill,
Ilia cloud above it sailelh atill,
Though on its slope men sow und reap1
More softly than the dew is shed, '
Or cloud n floated overhead.
"He giveth His beloved aleep."
EliMbeth 11. Browning.
Lessons From the Birds and Flowers.
Luke 12: 24-28. (Union Meet
ing With the Juniors.)
Doves and purity. Matt. 3: 16, 17.
Eagles and strength. Ex. 19: 4-6.
Vultures and corruption. Matt. 24:
23-28.
The rose and beauty. Song of Sol.
2: 1-7.
The lily and purity.. Song of Sol.
6: 1-3.
The thistle, uncleanness. Matt. 7:
16-19.
All we learn of nature should
strengthen our trust In God. His wis
dom shown In the universe is all for
our lives also (v. 24).
Our anxiety cannot lift us an Inch
above our wlrrles; bat God Is far
above them, and can see over them
(v. 25).
God loves Solomon more than the
flowers, yet He does some things for
the flowers that He does not do for
Solomon because Solomon will not
let. Him (v. 28).
If we will clothe ourstfvos first
with faith, other clothing will coma
as a result (v. 28).
Bird and Blossom Teachings.
Many flowers "follow the gun;" so
should we look to the Bun of Right
eousness all through our day.
Animals and plants, though they do
not worry, yet make provision for
winter; thus we are to trust and
work.
Flowers are pure amid Impurity, and
defy defilement. Cannot a man do
what a lily can?
Birds can be taught to drink, and
have been known to become Intoxicat
ed; but they do not, like man, teach
themselves that evil habit.
A plant doeB what It can to make
the world richer, sometimes Increas
ing a hundred fold the seed with
which it startoi.
Birds are alert. How seldom we
And one stupid, or sleepy, or bored.
Shall not the world be as fresh and
Interesting for us?
Flowers and birds add beauty to
use; they adorn life, as we should
adorn the doctrine.
A bird cage is covered to make the
bird sing; thus God sometimes brings
over our lives tho dark clouds ot sor
row to make our hearts sing.
WISE WORDS.
The Uses of Adversity.
"Grogan," said the head of the de
partment store, eyeing him sharply,
"you've quit drinking, haven't you?"
"Yes, sor," answered the red-headed
Hibernian who worked in the packing
department. "I haven't taken a
dhrink av annything sthrnnger th'n
iced tay f'r three montha."
"I am glad to hear It, Grogan. I'll
make It an object to you to stay quit.
But how did you break yourself of
the habit?"
"Be hlttln" me thumb nail wld n
hammer whin I was packin' a box o'
goods."
"I don't see how that could cure
you."
"Well. Mlsther Barker, It was this
way. If I'd been sober, d'ye molnd,
I'd nlver have done it, but I wasn't.
Whin I whacked me thumb instead av
the nail I was thryin' to dhrivo it
made a black spot at the root av me
thumb nail. I says to meself: 'Gro
gan, I'll nunlsh ye f'r that. Ye shan't
have a dhrlnk ay ayther beer 'r whus
ky until thnt b'ack spot has gone.'
"Well, sor. it was two months be
fure It had growed out to the end o
me thumb an' I cud cut It off. an' be
that time I'd lost all me appetite f'r
beer an' whusky.
"Thin I says to mese1': 'Grogan,
I'll reward ye f'r that. Ye'ie a sober
man now, and ve'll s'ay sober.
That's the whole slory. sor."
Youth' Companion.
Many a woman puts everything on
her back to make a good front. -
The value ot experience is only
demonstrated by the after effects.
It's no fun for a woman to tell a
secret to any one she thinks will keep
It.
The trouble with the family skele
ton that It Is never as dead as It
seems.
Look pleasant, even though you
may not be going to have your pic
ture taken.
It doesn't do much good to try to
dodge the collector when there's the
devil to pay.
There Isn't a great deal ot differ
ence between being called down and
being shown up.
The man who minds his own busi
ness Isn't to apt to have other people
doing it for him.
If we could read the future as ws
can the past, It would probably be
Just as unsatisfactory.
The only man who can afford tc
live up to his ideals Is the one who- If
satisfied to remain poor.
It's all right to whlcper sweel
nothings, but If fellow really wants
to marry' he roust make a noise llk
real money,
X saw a fellow arrested the othei
day for swiping a handful of peanuti
-from an Italian's stand. Although 1
didn't attend the hearing. It's a safe
bet that he was charged with Imper
sonating a policeman. From tn
"Gentle Cynic," la the Newi York
Times. '
How Saloons Hiced Anarchy.
The liquor truffle breeds criminals
wh-rever you find it. The liquor
traffic Is guilty of the multiplication
of a great army of men and women
who- are going up and down this
country violating our laws. Do you
remember when the Haymarket mas
sacre occurred in Chicago, and the
investigation that followed? Why,
that court of Inquiry was always talk
ing about the saloon. Where were
the bombs msde? In the back room
of a saloon. W'cere wns the conspir
acy hatched? Hp stairs over a sa
loon. Where did the anarchists meet
to plan their dastardly work? In a
room under a saloon. It was in a
saloon, around the ealoon, over a sll
loon and below a saloon continually.
The whole sbomneble business of
anarchy would die its death If the
saloon were gone.
Drink Increased With Wnces.
Whether poverty Is the cause ot
drink or drink is the cause of poverty
is a question over which social work
ers have sometimes split hairs. Un
doubtedly both views are right, as
poverty and drink constitute a vic
ious social circle. Dr. Fuchs, how.
ever, studying workingmen's expen
diture in seventeen villages near
Carlsruhe found, according to Der
Abstinent (June, 1905), that the
greater the Income the greater the
proportion of money spent for drink,
indicating that in this case, at any
rate, poverty was not the chief cause
of drink. Translation by The Scien
tide Temperance Federation.
God Demands Reverence.
BY O. H. WITHIRBE.
The spirit ' of irreverence towartlj
sacred institutions and holy ordi
nances, which o largely abounds Iq
our land, should be opposed by i
vigorous presentation of the t ruth
that God still demands due reverence
for such things. All true Christian
leaders of the people should regard
it as being their duty to teach their
followers the great Importance ot
feeling and manifesting the utmost
reverence for the Bible and for ali
sacred institutions. Observe the fact
that one of the foremost require
ments which God made of the ancient
Israelites was that they should duly
reverence all holy things.
As one reads the history of that
people he may see that God prescribe
very severe penalties for those who
irreverently treated holy appoint
ments and places. Many professed
Christians In these days say that s'u-h
exactions of the Israelites were too
rigorous and too slavish. They say
that those people were made to enter
tain a superstitious dread of saerel
ordinances and hallowed places. How
severely tasked they were to keep
the Sabbath day holy! And what
sacredness was attached to human
life! God demanded that the penplp
should have reverence even toward!
the life of each other.
Shall we say that God was too ex
acting in demanding proper rever
ence for all things? By no mean.
He knew that the strong tendency In
sinful people is to Indulge in irrever
ence. This Is Inherent In fallen hu
man nature. Hence It is that God
lias ever insisted that all people
should cultivate and express due rev
erence for sacred truths and Institu
tions. It Is a lack of this spirit which Is
markedly manifest in those profes
sional scholars who treat the Bible
as they do any other book. It an
pears In their irreverent denial of the
truth of those sayings in the Bible
which contradict their theories. It
Is seen In the attitude nf many nom
inal Christians towards Christ and
the records of His miracles. All of
uch ones are mastered bv an Irrev
rent temper, eveu though some of
them speak of their "reverent treat
ment" of the Bible. But true rever
ence for the holy Bible will restrain
Its possessor from rejecting those
parts of It which are contrary to
human reason. A truly reverent per
son will never cast ' aspersions upon
God's Word nor upon sscred things.
Such a porson has a healthv awe for
God's truth. He has "o disposition
to trifle with Divine ordinances.
What Is greatly needed to-day is
profound cultivation of a reverent
spirit towards all sacred things. A
far greater reverence for God and the
Bible should be t"ht to the youth
of our land. World's Crisis.
Prohibits Drunkard Marriages.
The Illinois Legislature has a bill
which prohibits any drunkard from
marrying in that State. . It amends
the general marriage law by declar
ing an habitual drunkard Incapable
of contracting marriage. An "habit
ual drunkard" Is defined to be a per
son who becomes intoxicated twice a
year or oftener. It Is also provided
that applicants for marriage licenses
shall make affidavit that they have
not been Intoxicated twice In the pre.
ceding year, ,
As to Skates.
A huge ale store at Burton-on-Trent
is being converted Into a skating-rink.
The change, after all, may
not be so very striking. Customers
should still have every facility for
losing their equilibrium. Lonuon
Punch.
Death is Life.
Then familiarize your mind with
the inevitable event of death. Think
of it as life! Gloomv though the
portal seems, death is the gate of life
to a good and pious man. Think of
It. therefore, not as death, but as
glory going to heaven and to your
Father. Regard It In the same light
as the good man who said when I ex
pressed my sorrow to see him sinking
Into the grave, "T am going home."
If you think of it as death, then let
It bo as the des.th of sin; the death of
pain; the death of fear: the death of
care: the death of death. Regard lt
pangs and struggles as the battle that
goes before victory; its troubles a
the swell of the sea on heaven's han
ny shore, and yon gloomy passage as
the cypress-shaded avenue that shall
conduct your stops to heaven. It li
life through Christ and life in Christ;
life most blissful, and life evermore.
How much hapnler and holier we
should b If we could look on death
in that light. I have heard people
say that we should think each morn
ing that we may be dead before night,
and each nltrht that we mav he dead
before morning' True, yet how much
better to think every morning. I ma
be In heaven before nleht. and everv
night tbst the head Is laid on the pil
low, and the eyes are closed for sleet)
to think, next time I open them It
mny be to look on Jesus, and the land
where there Is no night, nor morning:
nor sunset, nor cloud: nor grave, nnr
grief; nor sin, nor death, nor sorrow:
nor toll, nor trouble; whore "the
rest from thlr labors, and their
work! do follow them." Dr. Guthrie.
Reports from Missouri are to the
effect that tbe Governor Is seriously
thinking of appointing a commission
to Investigate tho liquor traffic and
Its streets. One of the expert wit
nesses the commission should call
ought to be Governor Hadlev hliu
II. ,
II
Tie Content, Rut Aspire.
Set before you high models. Try
to live with the most generous, and
to observe their deeds. Be content,
yet aspire; that should be the faith
ot all, and the two are quite com
patible. Frederick W. Robertson.
Habit of Prayer.
The promises In the Bible to pray
er are not made to one act, but to the
continued habit ot praytr. Edwsrd
Psyson. I '
k I (
An Incandescent lamp la Us TB
hade will, when turnod upward lo
ward tbe celling, spread a soft and
pleasantly diffused light plenty strong
enough for a room where no reading
is to be done. When the lamp Is used
In this way no shadows are cast.
FRIENDLY ADVICE.
"You say, girl, that you wish to be
come engaged 7
"I do."
"Then lot your waist line stay put
Louisville Courlor-Jourual. ..