I ill 11 Y
Fun gnu Growth Cnrrd.
It has been pretty thoroughly dem
onstrated that potato spraying Is a
algh grade Insurance. You may grow
potatoes one year successfully wlth
3ut spraying, but you never know
what year to select for your experi
ment. If fungus growths happen
to be bad thnt year you would lose
heavily Farmers' Home Journal.
Pruning Is Important.
Pruning Is one of the most Impor
tant factors In the production of first
.-lass fruit. While there are many
methods for pruning trees, some right
end some wrong, yet most of the g'n
fral principles aim at the feme thin?
to remove the surplus wood, devel
op a strong frame and keep the tree
within the bounds of the grower.
Farmers' I Ionic Journal.
floes Liberal Feding Pay?
It has been a mooted question,
whether liberal feeding Increases ihe
iercentape of fat In milk or merely
:ho quantity. It is popularly Fup
josed th.it It does Increase the per
vntuge of fat, but some experiments
it experiment stations leave the mat
:er In doubt. Some of the rlrhest
Jillk ever analyzed was from a cow
.hat had only straw to eat, but she
rave mighty little of it. At the New
Vork station. In the case of a herd
)f poorly fed cows, an abundant ra
.lon, easily digested and nitrogenous
n character, and rontlnued through
.wo years, resulted In an average In
:rease of one-fourth to one per cent.
f fat In the milk (or a percentage
ncrease of about six per cent.). This
was accompanied by an increase of
ibout fifty per cent. In total amounts
)f milk and fat produced. Weekly
rVitness.
i ance In one of the samples cut by the
Judges. This Is caused by the une
qiTal distribution of the salt, and can
he overcome by a second working of
the butter. Add the proper amount
of salt to the butter, work It about a
third as much as you would If the
working was to be done at once, then
set aside for a few hours until the
salt has dissolved thoroughly and
then com; lete th" working. This
will overcome the trouble, but nc'-s-
sitatos a little extra labor. Urine
salting will be found effective !n
overcoming this defect, but only a
mild saltina can be given to butter by
this method.
THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. DE WITT L. PELTON.
Tlicme: The Habit and Kindness and
Consideration For Others.
Ventilation of the Tinm.
The ventilation of barns is a rent
ier which deserves more attention
.han It receives, but I will not take
.Ime to go Into details. There are
.'requently cracks and open spaces
which serve the purpose of ventila
:lon, but which often cause drafts,
resulting in colds, rheumatism and
Mher aliments. In like manner the
drainage around the barns should be
"xamlned, as bad results often come
!rom Imperfect drainage. Then there
is the watering arrangements. All
Horses ought to be watered before and
not after feeding. The horse's atom
ach Is comparatively small; It only
tontains from seven to nine gallons,
10 if yon feed him heavily and then
water him, the result will be that
i certain amount of the food will be
washed down Into the Intestines fn an
andigested condition. This Is a fre
quent cause of colic and other trou
bles, and can easily be obviated by
watering the horse when his stomach
Is comparatively empty. Weekly
Witness.
At
Some Hutter Defects.
a recent butter contest nhre
butter was entered as much to find
out its faults and how to remedy
them as to compete for the prizes
that were offered for different classes
of dairy butter, there were found
lome very good examples of common
defects in butter, 'writes Professor J.
C. Kendall In Practical Farmer. One
Jtherwlse very1 line sample of butter
entered in the farm dairy class, when
cut down through the middle of the
rake by the judges was found to be
streaked. Light streaks running
crosswiso and ettendlng about two
thirds of the width of the cake, give
lo the exposed surface a very bad ap
pearance. This is a common occur
rence with farm butter, and results
from the method of manufacture em
ployed on the farm. It is caused by
the action of the salt on the c:isein
of the buttermilk left In the butter.
The salt precipitates the casein, and
then when the butter is worked It Is
rollej out in layers of white streaks
as was found In the above sample.
Buttermilk must be thoroughly re
moved from the butter, and ran be
accomplished best by stopping churn
ing when the butter grains are about
the size of a half pea, and allowing
the buttermilk to thoroughly dr:i!n
from the butter. Then wash the l.ut-
Inevpensive Filters For Farm Water.
One of the problems on the fiirm '
is how to obtain an ample suppl of
pood, clear water. It Is not so easy I
to provide well or spring water with
a flit or, but cistern water may be
easily purified by means of one or
more simple devices which may bo
of homo construction. Much dirt in
the way of soot, leaves, dead insects,
droppings from birds and pollen from '
irees is wasnea Into tne cistern un
less some m;ins are taken to pre
vent it. The simplest arrangement
is to have a movable section in the
leader which can be turned to let
the rain wash the dirt onto the
ground. Thn after the roof Is
N IT
f Mr
Fig. 1 A Simple ISrlck Filter.
cleaned the balance of the rain can
go into the cistern. This Is objec
tionable In that it needs to be looked
after during every rain, and fre
quently all the water will be lost.
The simplest form of filter is to
build a partition through the cistern,
laying up a soft brick wall In cement,
as shown In Fig. 1. This will or
dinarily give satisfaction If the Im
purities which collect on the receiv
ing side of the wall are removed oc
casionally. Another and better form
of filter is shown In Fig. 2. In this
case the cut Is supposed to repre
sent a hundred barrel cistern and a
filter of twenty-five barrels capacity.
They are built of either concrete or
brick, well cemented on the Inside.
The filter is flat bottomed and Is
half filled with charcoal, sand and
gravel In layers, the charcoal being
placed In the bottom. The leader
which comes from the roof should
enter the filter on only a slight angle.
The material In the filter will need
to be removed occasionally and re
place! with fresh charcoal, sand and
gravel.
When a cistern Is built It should
be water tight so as to prevent co:i-
.r,.v.v-::rgA4.f;-::
Who went nbout doing good and
healing all that were oppressed.
Acts, 10:38.
The tendency of business life Is to
make men calculating, selfish, limited
In their sympathies. This disposition,
stressed pach work day and empha
sized by competition, becomes a habit
of the soul, which takes control of
life.
The tendency of the life of plensure
Is the same. Those whose eyes are
single to their own enjoyment., who
are Intent upon every opportunity for
amusement, become superficial, cold
and limited In sympathy. Selfishness
with them likewise becomes a habit.
Qualities that we admire, nobility,
kindness, sympathy, service, are to
be secured like the practical qualities
of life by making them habits of the
soul. They will not come as the re
sult of spasmodic action or sentimen
tal day dreams. Acts performed dally
ripen into habits. Do you want to
keep from being the mean and selfish
Individual the practical life of busi
ness would make you? Plan to do
some deed of kindness every day,
some act which has no relation to
your business, your own happiness or
success.
Do your own work faithfully and
well, but see If there Is not an oppor
tunity to lend a helping hand to an
other, to say a kind word, do an en
couraging deed. In the midst of the
hurly-burly of life, in the dally con
tact with men, take time for a look
now and again for the weaker man,
for the man fighting bravely against
great odds, for the wounded and
bruised In the battle of life. Culti
vate the habit of kindness, of consld
eratlon for others with whom you
come In contact.
But not only for those with whom
you come in contact, but others you
do not see, a countless host In this
great city, who daily stare with what
courage they can muster, but with
dread as well, into the raging eyes of
the wolf of Poverty. Our cltyabounds
In distress and Buffering and misery
which men might see if they would
step otit of their selfish routine. Do
some deed of kindness each day until
It sets Into a habit of the soul. This
Is practical Christianity.
A good way to create such a habit
Is to commit one's self to some form
of Christian or altruistic service. One
of the objections urged by our pleas
ure loving natures against definite1
service of any kind Is that It ties us
down. This is really one of its ad
vantages. When you commit your- '
self to the service of others, or make
engagements with yourself to per- .
form some duty, your good intentions
do not dissipate Into thin air, but are
harnessed Into practical work, and
the disposition to be of use to your
fellow-men becomes yours at last as
the result of the habit of definite1
Christian activity.
Moody's Testimony.
Two months before his death, Mr,
Moody, while at Central Church, at
Brooklyn, gave the following testi
mony: "I know If I should be asked to bo
a witness In a court my testimony
would be taken; and I want you to
take my testimony as to what It Is to
be filled with the Spirit. There are
two epochs in my life which stand
out clear. One is when I was be
tween sliteen and seventeen, I was
born of the Spirit. There can never
come a greater blessing to any man
on this earth than to be born again
born from above to have the God
nature planted In him. God has been
good to me. He has showered bless
ing after blessing upon me, but tho
greatest blessing next to being born
of the Spirit came sixteen years af- :
terwards, when I was filled with the !
8plrlt: and He has never left me to
this day. He Is for all women as j
well as men. When Pentecost was
fully come, the whole church was
qualified for work In God's cause." :
It. A. Torrey.
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OP PROGRESS OF THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
Fig. 2 Charcoal and Gravel Filter.
lamination from ground water during
the wet season, as well as to prevent
leakage of water that runs Into It
from the roof, and if a well Is to ba
dug or drilled, It should be located
upon higher ground than the house,
liuni and outbuildings and some dis
tance from the latter. The principal
ter only enough to rinse off what but- troubles that may be traced to an lm
termilk still adheres to the butter pure or contaminated water supply
grains. Cure should be taken not to are, as a rule, Intestinal troubles, tho
UBe too larpH an amount of water,
nor permit the nutter to stand In the
wash wa'er, as It tends to produce a
tasteless butter. If this is pursued
there will be no trouble from
treake.1 butter.
most dangerous being typhoid fever.
j The most common as well as the most
dangerous contamination of the
drinking water conies from the cess
pool. Every precaution should be
taken In locating the well to place it
Another and more common trouble " a to prevent as nearly as may bo
with country butter Is to find Irresu
lar white specks distributed all
through the butter. This trouble is
usually accompanied by Its strong
taste and the butter very soon goes
"off flavor." This unsightly condi
tion Is caused by the cream becoming
too rfpe or not keeping the cream
well mixed during ripening. The dry
particles of cream or casein, which
tave become hard by the action of
too much acid, appear mixed with the
butler fat as little angular white
pieces. This trouble Is more common
during warm weather when the
cream ripens so quickly, and perhaps
canning days or some other days in
terfere with the churning day, with
the usual result that the churning
has to wait. If this Is the case then
bold the cream at a low temperature
to retard tne ripening and there will
be no 111 effects. When the cream Is
too sour It should be carefully
trained through cheese cloth. This
will remove part of the trouble. Stop
ping the churn when the grains are
mall will permit some more of those
little white pieces to be washed out,
but the best and purest way to avoid
this trouble Is to prevent the cream
from passing beyond th "danger
point," which Is that stage of ripen
ing when the whey or water begins
to separate front the cream. For
mildly acid, good flavored butter, do
not let it pass beyond the point where
the cream bai a smooth, glistening
appearance, and is of a uniformly
thickened condition.
Another trouble often found tn
butter, and a good example of which
was shown at this batter contest, was
rt or lets evenly mottled apptar-
any possibility of contamination
There are as many, If not more, of
the germ diseases that may be trans- '
mltted by water as by any other
means, and some of the diseases are
so uniformly transmitted by the water
supply that they aro known as water
borne dUease. Typhoid fever Is such
a disease, as well as some of the
other forms of intestinal troubles. I(
disease may be carried by water, it Is
of the greatest Importance that every
precaution should be taken to Insure
a pure water supply.
A hasty examination of a water If
of very little benefit and may often 1
be entirely misleading. A water may
be clear, free from any sediment or
odor and may taste good, and still be
dangerous for drinking purposes. A
chemical analysis, supplemented when
necessary by a bacteriological exam-.
inatlon, Is needed to determine the
quality of a given sample of water for j
domestic purposes. One examination
Is not always sufficient to decide the
fitness of the water, as contamination j
is more likely to take place at out !
time of the year than another. I
The amount of rainfall will Infiu. I
ence very considerably the bacterial '
contents of water from shallow wclli
or poorly constructed cisterns. Dur- j
lug the heavy spring rains the num
ber of bacteria reaches an enormoui
figure and decreases again as the drj
season progresses. All of the bacteria 1
that are found In the water are not '
dangerous, but if drainage and othei i
conditions allow contamination from j
outside sources there is always an !
opportunity for the Introduction ol
disease producing germs. Wookl)
Witness. , .
Home Herald Aphorisms.
The Christian who feels no Interest
tn fallen men Boon falls himself.
Hold fast that which la good and
then get some more of the same kind.
Getting out of bed backward isn't
half as unlucky as getting off a mov
ing car that way.
The pocket which contains a bad
man's pistol Is utilized by a gentle
man for a notebook.
The Bible Is so plain that every
body understands It but a fool, and
he need not err therein, but somehow
he always does.
Some men are bachelors because
they think marriage is a failure, and
some because their attempt to get
married was a failure.
It Is a mean man who after stick
ing his head out of the coach window
wants to sue the railroad company
for getting a cinder in his eye.
The rich hustle to get richer or,
to get away from where they are.
The poor hustle Just as much to keep
from getting poorer or, stay where
they are.
Adjustment.
If the strings of a piano were tuned
exactly right you could only plav in
one key. Only by dropping a little
the perfect pitch of every conviction
can you get along with folks. Rev.
Frank Crane.
The Worldly Man.
The man who permits himself to j
Hi mo viemn oi nig sense is wnat tne
Scriptures truly denominate the
worldly man. Rev. E. L. Powell.
Framing God.
God Is too big to be shut up in any
sot of definitions; for definition nec
essarily means limitation. The mo
ment you define you confine. No one
can frame God. Rev. Geo. Thomas
Dowllng. .
Honest Doubters,
Thomas was an honest doubter;
therefore the Master was anxious to
help blm. Honest doubters are
treated in like manner to-day. Rev.
Orville A. Petty.
Cnconscioua Deterioration.
First the mining, then the explo
sion! First the moral muscles grow
flabby, then the helpless weakness be
fore temptation. First the gray batri
here and there sprinkled upon him,
and bo knows it not; finally the splr
Itoal senility and swift oblivion. This
Is the course of unconscious deterior
ation. Rev. Charles F. Aked.
Impossible Ideals.
Impossible ideais make for lawless
ness rather than for rlghteousnesi
and the betterment of life. Rev. H.
Martin.
The Woman Who Drinks.
Man's ideal of what women ought
to be Is based upon his belief of what
she normally Is better than him
self. His own selfish desire Is the
rhief factor In dragging her down
from the pedestal upon which he him
self has placed her, and yet with
that strange Inconsistency which
characterizes him, he will idolize her
If she resists.
If sin seems blacker In woman than
In man it Is simply because she Is by
nature purer and has further to fall.
If man seems to condemn sin In the
woman more than In the man he is
paying to her for that reason his
highest compliment.
Intoxicants are dangerous enough
to men, to women they are especially
so. The virtue of the woman with
the drink habit Is always in danger.
Romulus sentenced women to death
for Intoxication as the beginning of
unfaithfulness to the marriage vow.
j The effect of alcohol upon woman's
I will power and sense of moral re
sponsibility Is well known and util
ized by the man of the world.
The lack of moral balance and de
fective will produced in the woman
by drink are more marked than In the
man. Woman's emotional organiza
tion Is more susceptible than that of
man, hence the special danger of
drink to the woman.
The disastrous results of tippling
among women are already too well
known to the physicians, and experi
ence shows that, while men who
drink often reform, women who be
come victims of drink seldom do.
That women drink as freely and as
frequently as the men is a sight that
you can see for yourself In the fash
ionable cafes of our cities, where
wealth abounds and beauty smiles. j
I speak from what I have seen as
I have mingled In society. I dare not
trust myself to describe the things I j
have seen among women, young and I
tender, upon whose more Impression- I
nl temperament and finer organlia- j
tlon the destroyer had taken firm !
hold, and among women no longer j
young but whose souls and sense :
were dead long before their eyes were I
flos-d. I
Did dellcacay permit, I could detail ,
at length heart-rending stories
coming from the homes of the out- i
wardly respectable and rich of ,
ruined homes, broken hearts, hopes
destroyed, affections crushed, reputa
tions blasted, prayers silenced, grief
sitting on the vacant seats of pa
ternal care, tormented souls, cheer- '
less graves, dishonored lives, untold
Borrow and drink did it all.
I could, if I had the heart, detail at
length cases which have come under
my own observation and in which
my advice has been sought during i
my long experience in New York 1
which would make your hair rise,
your breath catch, your blood chill,
and which would call forth your I
deepest commiseration on behalf of
the victims, and rouse your Just In- !
dlgnatlon against the social custom
which produces such misery.
The doctors. If they dared tell 1
their story. In the words of Shakes- ;
peare might say: "But that I am
forbidden to tell the secrets of the :
prison house, I could a tale unfold '
whose lightest word would harrow up
your soul!" '
Exaggerate? Impossible! As there
are grand, bold, beautiful scenes In.
the physical world which no flight
of fancy, no stroke of brush, no 1
graphic powers of language can ade- i
quately describe, so, in the moral
world, there are scenes of sorrow,
vice, cruelty, disease and death of
which we can give no adequate idea.
Dr. Madison C. Peters, in the New
York Evening World. t
Saloon in Politics.
"Saloon-keepers have degraded !
American citizens and American civ- ;
lllzation, as can only be expected. 1
"Men selling liquor ally themselves I
with semi-criminal characters and
combine with them to degrade city 1
governments. This is especially true !
in Pittsburg, San Francisco and New I
York, where In many cases saloon- '
keepers combine with capitalists who
want franchises to dominate munlcl- .
nal affairs. ThtiB the liquor men and I
their allies are allowed to violate the
laws and are granted special privl- .
leges and the result is that the peo
ple are given a saloon government.
"The movement against liquor Is
not temporary. It Is gathering In
force and will continue. I find In
traveling over the country that the ,
liquor question Is one of the two con- j
solcuous issues now In existence. ,
The other Is municipal government." ;
S. S. McClure, In an Interview. ;
i
Liquor's Resources. I
Some folks talk of the "resources"' :
of the liquor power Its billions of :
dollars of Investments and capital, i
etc. All well enough, but they 1
should not overlook the liquor traf
fic's greatest resource the constant i
support and countenance of near six
teen million American voters. That
is the part of the outfit that is most
formidable, in fact, the only one that
is.
Arclnlenron Farrar.
Men talk of veated Interests yes,
vested Interests in men's ruinous
temptations, vested interests in the
destruction of flesh and blood and
souls and bodies. They use the proud
name of liberty, and declare that she
demands the liberty of every human
being to destroy himself and to be a
curse to bis neighbor and to his land,
deriding all legislation which alma at
the restriction of evil weakness.
Temperance Notes.
In CeorgU the closing of the sa
loons, which were the chief venders
of cigars, has so diminished the sale
of tobacco products that many cigar
manufactories have been compelled
to shut down.
A Cathollo temperance primer,
which Is likely to be used in all the
Catholic schools nf this country. Is In
preparation by Bishop Canevln, of
Pittsburg. The Total Abstinence
Union of America is promoting the
project.
Intemperance is the greatest evil
now remaining among men.
A number of the business men of
Nashville, Tenn., have taken definite
steps and perfected an organisation
for the purpose of aiding in a prac
tical way the employes of saloons.
Thousands of these men will be
thrown out' of employment when tho
Hew law goes Into effect.
County local option laws have been
enacted tn Arlsona, Arkansas, Dela
ware, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan,
Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon,
South Carolina and Texas, and in
most of tbem tested in the highest
court of the State, and wherever so
tested Utay have been upheld. -
Tat
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JUNE 20.
Review of tho Weekly Topics For the
Second, Quarter of the Year
Golden Text, Acts 4:8.1 One.
tlons For Individual Review.
Golden Text "With great power
gave the apostles witness of the res
urrection of the Lord Jesus." Acts
4.33.
The lessons of the quarter are very
rich in truth. We classify some of
the teachings:
I. The Holy Spirit.
In Acts 10: 19 we havethe guidance
of the Holy Spirit. In Acts 9:17 we
have the filling with the Holy Spirit
as a preparation for service. In Acts
11:24 we have the fulness of the
Holy Spirit. In Acts 13:2, 4, we
have the Holy Spirit guiding the
church and calling men and sending
them forth to definite work. In 13:
9-11 we have the Holy Spirit impart
ing spiritual discernment and bold
ness. In 15:28 we have the presiden
cy of the Holy Spirit In the council of
the church, bringing It Into unity and
sound conclusions concerning ques
tions under debate.
II. Jesus Christ,
The lessons of the quarter also con
tain much precious truth concerning
Jesus Christ. Indeed, He Is the cen
tre of all the teaching.
In Acts 9:3-6 we have Jesus Christ
In the glory, shining with a glory
above that of the noontime sun. In
verses 15 and 16 we have the Lord
Jesus as the head of the church to be
witnessed to before Gentiles, kings
and children of Israel. Acts 11:20
we have the Lord Jesus as the centre
of true preaching, and verse 21 we
see the power of His hand. In Acts
13:38, 39, we see Jesus as the One
through whom forgiveness of sin Is
preached and in whom all who be
lieve are Justified from all things. In
Acts 14:1-3 we see Him as the Mighty
Deliverer from sickness. In Acts 16:
1-29 we see Him as the One who ful
fills and brings to an end the law of
Moses.
III. Prayer.
The lessons of the quarter are rich
in teaching about thepower of prayer.
In Acts 10:1-4 the prayer of Cor
nelius for light and leading Is an
swered, and in verse 9 the prayer of
Peter is also answered. In Acts 12:
1-11 prayer opens the doors of a Ro
man prison, strikes .the chains from
the hands of a helpless captive and
overthrows the skilfully laid plans of
a powerful king. In Acts 9: 11 prayer
is seen as the proof of the genuineness
of Saul's conversion. In Acts 13:2-4
nraver hrtnva tho n . . i .j . .
Hn V Gnl.U .1 . i . 1
ouu luepurauon ior mis
sionary service.
For Individual Review of the Quarter.
The questions given below are for
personal testing of what you have
learned during the past quarter.
Lesson I. What was the vision of
Cornelius?
What was Peter's vision?
What was the result of these vis
ions? Lesson II. What was the occasion
of the death of James?
Why was Peter imprisoned?
What were the circumstances of
hlB deliverance?
Lesson III. To what extent did
Saul persecute the disciples?
What occurred on his way to Dam
ascus? What service did Ananias render?
Lesson IV. How did the church at
Antloch originate?
What services did Barnabas render
at Antioch?
Why do Barnabas and Saul visit
Jerusalem?
Lesson V. What two public meet
ings were held at Antloch?
How did the apoBtles begin their
missionary work?
What occurred at Paphos?
Lesson VI. Where did the Gala
tlan ministry begin?
What appeal did Paul make to the
Jews?
What were the results of his ap
peal to the Gentiles?
Lesson VII. Bywhat route did the
apostles journey to Lystra?
What unique experience did they
have there?
What was the purport of Paul's ser
mon there?
Lesson VIII. What occasioned the
council at Jerusalem?
What occurred at the council?
What kind of letter was sent to An
tioch? Lesson IX. Why Is mere theoret
ical belief without value?
What kind of faith does God re
quire? What was the merit of Abraham's
faith?
Lesson X. For what reasons should
the tongue be controlled?
How does self-control differ from
silence?
What metaphors are used to illus
trate the perils of the tongue?
Lesson XL What is the nature of
faith?
What examples can you give of per
sonal trust In God?
What example of moral heroism
due to faith?
Lesson XIIL What duties does
love prompt Christians to perform?
What is the relation of love to the
law?
What special motive does Paul ap
peal to?
God hides some Ideal in every hu
man soul. At some time in our life
we feel a trembling, fearful longing
to do some good thing. Life finds Its
noblest spring of excellence In this
bidden impulse to do our best. Rob
ert Collyer. .
Religious Reading
FOR THE QVIET 1IOVU.
niE SPLENDOR OF THE STARS.
L'p to the splendor of the stars
I lift my eyes to-night,
Stnrs that have shone for countless years
And still are just as bright.
The "Mighty Hunter" lends his dogs
Across the Southern sky;
While in the North the Oreat Bear lifts
Hia massive form on high.
And higher yet from East to West
To-night how bright, how clesr,
Tht portion of the Milky Way.
Which lights our hemisphere.
Upon that filmv path of light
I gaze with deep'ning awe,
These thousand, thousand stars of light
Obey our Ixird one law.
He tells their nnmes, appoints their path;
For His delight they shine,
lie willed, He spake, it was enough;
Fulfilled was His design.
Yet He who made those mighty suns
And counts them one by one,
For this perverse, rebellious world.
Hoi sent His only Son.
He enme a workman's life to live,
A felon's death to die;
For this, that we might be forgiven
This was the reason why.
For this the Holiest gave His life.
For this endured the shame;
That every contrite soul might know
Forgiveness through His name.
Oh. silent stars, ye still look down
On hearts that turn away,
And to the strong appeal of Love
Give ope swift answer, "Nay."
How much depends upon that word
They little care to guess;
Xor all the joy which waits for those
Who gliully answer, "Yes."
-E. E. Trusted, in London Christian.
No Unnecessary Trials.
Not many years ago a young man
graduated from one of our theologi
cal seminaries whose life seemed
specially full of promise. He was a
fine student and a convincing
speaker; he was an enthusiast In his
work, and he had married a girl
whose hopes and Ideals were as high
as his own. Together they began
their labors in a field which called
for all their seal and consecration.
Then suddenly the young minister
was stricken with a strange throat
disease which entirely destroyed his
voice. He consulted specialists, but
the verdict was always the same he
never could preach again.
For a time the blackness of dark
ness settled over him. What good
were all the years spent In prepara
tion for what he believed his life
work, if all was to 1 ended thus?
He eould not he reconciled. His
wife, braver than he. strove in every
possible way to instill hope and cour
age into his heart, but In vain.
One night he had a vision. He
saw the face of Christ, full of tender
reproach. "Child," said the Pres
ence, "do you deem I know naught
of Buffering? When on earth I was
oftn weary, that I might sympathize
with tired ones; I was lonely, that I
might have tender thought for the
desolate: I have suffered pala and
agony, far beyond what you could
have comprehended, so that I am a
brother In very deed to all who suf
fer. ' Bear your load, knowing that
it was sent In truest love and wis
dom. If not now, you shall under
strnd hereafter."
Th vision lifted him from despair
to faith and hope. He found a use
for all his natural and acquired gifts,
and through the power of bis pen he
reached and swayed multitudes which
never would have come under the
sound of his voice. Sunday-School
Illustrator,
Keeping Time in Holland.
"Railroad time, as we generally un
derstand the phrase In the UnLnd
States, Is a little ahead of the 'tewn'
time, but in The Hague, the quaint
old capital of Holland, all private nd
unofliclal clocks and watches are kpt
twenty minutes fast," said Carald
Walthall.
"When it is noon in the railway
station, postofnc and othar Govern
ment buildings cf The Hague, the
timepieces in tho shops and the
watches of the sturdy burghers show
12.20 p. m. Just what rtasan there
Is for this I don't kuow, although I
atked enlightenment in many quar
ters. It seems a custom that has
been handed down for generations,
and the Dutch are too conservative? to
change the ways of their progenitors
without some mighty inducement-"
Baltimore American.
St. Petersburg is to have modem
systems of drainage and water sup
ply by compulsory construction undac
goveraiient supervision,
Escorting the Devil to Church.
We read In the Bible of one occa
sion at least when the people of the
Lord came up to worshln and the
Devil came also. Perhaos he was not
visible, hut the invisible powers of
the world are its real forces. The
Devil still en.Ioys going to a church
service. Most frequentlv he Is es
corted to Mie house of God. If a man
goes to the service, letting swear
words and all other mean things have
free course In his heart, he is taking
the Devil along. If one goes bent on
murder, as did Gulsepne Alia in Den
ver, the case is even more pro
nounced. There are variations In the extent
to which neople are possessed of ths
Devil. At home, in the open air. in
the rhurch service, that they are not
entirely given over to doing the will
of Satan Is not kin fault. That Satan
Is crowded out of their mind and
hparts In any measure Is greatly to
their credit. To be fllle-l. with ths
Sritrlt and keen filled continually, rs
nelres constant devotion to the Lnrl
and a heart which lives In the spirit
of prayer. This Is the kind of cif
munon God desires, both for His
plery and for man's growth. A con
scious yielding In any degree to the
Tevll is o backward stei. Man
Fhonld set his face like a flint, and
should declare wl'h the psalmist,
"Thy word have I hid In mv heart,
that I might not sin a&ainst Thee."
Religious Telescope.
Continuity of Progress,
Between the Here and the Here
after there Is no gap nor chasm nor
gulf, but continuity of progress and
perfect sequence. There is no end to
life. Life changes its form. Its em
bodiment, the location of Its resi
dence; but life is the breath of God,
and when once breathed into the uni
verse, and It has taken form and
made for Itself eipresslon, who may
annihilate It? who may strike It out
of existence? No, there is no end to
Ufa. Death is an enlightenment and
a discovery. W, H. H. Murray.
! ."TT". ....vff;fjt
The Ideal.
- The deeds attained by great souls
become the Ideals towards which
lesser souls strive, In fact, the great
est thing that a bero does for the
world is to be a hero, and thereby in
spire others to heroic living. H. R.
Alger.
The Requisite.
No mere effort to do one's duty can
fill the measure of love, and nothlug
else in human relationship can take
lu place. Forward.
NOTHINQ OF THE SORT
The boarder at the foot of the
table, although be bad not taken a
hit of bis stc for several minutes,
bad not been entirely Idle. - ,
"What are you rfolng, Mr. McGln
nls?" asked the landlady. "Philos
ophizing?" "No, ma'am," he said. "Fletcher
izlng." Chicago Tribute.
To, Enjoy
the full confidence of the Well-lnfom
of the World and the Commendation o
the most eminent physicians it was es0
tial that the component parts 0f g-
of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be
known to and approved by them; the
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co.
lishes a full statement with every patUgj
The perfect purity and uniformity of p.
duct, which they demand in a laxative
' remedy of an ethical character, arc assured
by the Company's original method o( man.
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs of California are used in the
production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir o(
Senna to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most beneficially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Caii.
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for tt,
by all leading druggists.
The big trees of California are th
oldest living things in the world. Es
tlmates made from cross sections of
some of those which have fallen
ahow that the mature trees are more
than 4,000 years old.
No Fscnpe.
Her Husband Well, it takes two
to make a quarrel, so I'll shut up
His Wife That's Just like a con.
temptlble man! You'll sit there anl
think mean things. Chicago News.
A Pennsylvantan has patented i
stand that may be clamped to a table
to prevent a housewife's flatiroai
from falling.
The Department of Agriculture ex
pects this year's sugar beet crop to
total more than a million tons, the
greatest on record.
An emergency rope tire that can
be packed in small compass has been
invented to replace a damaged rub
ber one for an automobile.
The Persian gulf region holds the
record for heat.
For HKiDtCHK-Hl'k 'Ait'DIl
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stormed x
Nervous TroublM. Cayuiltne will rellwe roo.
It's liquid pleasant to take aru Immedi
ately. Try It, 10o., 25c. and 60c. tt druf
tores.
A Pirate.
"What do you think of Miss Call
hope's voice?" whispered the tall
girl with the mountainous pompa
dour. "She sings like a pirate," growled
the rude man In the starry vest.
"Like a pirate? Gracious! And
what .is the resemblance?"
"She's rough on the high C's."
Chicago Dally News.
Fastidiousness.
A traveling salesman stopping ati
hotel In a country town on circus day
refused to use the wet and soiled
crash towel In the lobby.
The colored porter said deprecat
lngly: v "Boss, 75 men has wiped dere
han's on dat tow'l dis mornln' an'
you is de fust ter complain."
Circle.
Well Meaning, Rut
Vivian So you don't like Mr.
Smith?
Violet No, he Is very clumsy, es
pecially when dancing.
Vivian But he means well.
Violet Yes. He Is one of those
people who think it doesn't matter
how much damage they do if they
say "Excuse me."
He Knew.
The Historian Another genera
tion will have to pass before a true
and Impartial history of the Civil
War can be written.
The Publisher And by that time
there won't be enough Interest In the
subject to warrant the expense of
publishing the history.
Time's Changes.
The captain was receiving the new
middy.
"Well, boy, the old story, I suppose
fool of the family sent to sea!"
"Oh, no, sir," piped the boy;
"that's all altered since your day."
Williams College Purple Cow.
Never Tells Truth.
A boy always brags of what be NI
do when he's a man.
And when he becomes a man hi
always boasts of what he did when
he was a bov. Plck-Me-Up.
Tie highest suicide) rat of' any ,
aivMmi s that of Denmark-
PRESSUD HARD
Coffee's Weight on Old Age.
When prominent men realize the
injurious effects of coffee and the
change In health that Postum can
bring, they are glad to lend their tes
timony for the benefit of others.
A superintendent of public school
In one of the southern states says:
"My mother, since her early child
hood, was an Inveterate coffee drln
er, had been troubled with her heart
for a number of years and complained
of that 'weak all over' feeling sad
sick stomach.
"Some time ago I was making
official visit to a distant part of the
country and took dinner with ons of
the merchants of the place. I noticed
somewhat peculiar flavour of the
coffee, and BBked him concerning H
He replied that It was Postum.
"I was so pleased with It, that after
the meal was over, I bought a pack
age to carry home with me, and bd
wife prepare some for the next meal
The whole family were so well
pleased with it, that we dlscontlnned
coffee and used Postum entirely.
I had really been at times rerf
anxious concerning my mother's con
dition, but we noticed that after us
ing Postum for a short time, she f"
so much better than she did prior to
Us use, and had little trouble wltn
her heart and no sick stomach; Uurt
the headaches were not so frequent,
and her general condition much im
proved. This continued until she nt
well and hearty as the rest of n.
"I know Postum has benefited Df
elf and the other members of the
family, but not tn so marked degre
as In the case of my mother, as
was a victim of long standing." Red
"The Road to Wellvllle, la Ps
"Thera't ft Reason." ,
Ever read Use above fetter? A
on appears from time) to time. Thrf
are genuine, trna. aad full of born
latere.
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