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THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. FRANCIS B. UPHAM.
Theme: Children nnl Cliurcli.
Vicious Horse.
Many a vicious horse hag been
rtartod on his bad career by not be
ing properly handled when young.
Even If a roll la naturally of a bad
Imposition he can be easily managed
A'hlle under fIx months old. When
jg on -e Is taught that man is hie kind
naptir the first step In his training
Jas been successfully accomplished.
Farmers' Home Journal.
Sour ( berries For Profit.
My early plamings of cherries wor"
it bo:h swet and sour varieties, but
( would be much better off in money
If I had .M t out nothing but the sour
tlnds like tin. Hichmond. Such kinds
Dear very young and seldom fail of a
food crop. If starting again. 1 would
plant nothing but Itlchmou'l, Mont
Siorency and Morrello, which keep up
the season from early to la'e and sup
ply mire crops of marketable cherries
which net more per tre than other
kinds, taking one year with another.
After five years I reckon the income
f an acre would be eight or ten per
lent, on $500. Cherries require less
tultlvation and pruning than other
tree fruits, producing as well in sod
land of good fertility as elsewhere.
The fertilizer most needed seems to
Oe potash. I plant them on high, dry
land. They do well in poultry yards.
.W. B. V., Bristol County, Mass.
I'Vonomicnl PiiKturnge.
' Tt Is doubtful whether unlimited
pasture may be considered econom
ical, except perhapr for brood sows.
The proper amount of land to give
aver to pasture must necessarily vary
according to Its quality and other lo
:al considerations, and the length of
rime the pasture will sustain hogs
ilkewise is dependent upon the cli
mate, quality of the crop, age and
number of the animals and other va
Tying conditions. For an average It
aiay be said that an acre of red clover
ihould support six to ten hogs for
three or four months. Alfalfa, the
leading pasture plant for swine,
ihould provide, if of vigorous growth,
tor twelve to twenty-five animals per
icre, but an alfalfa stand should not
je grazed by si many hogs that mow
ing will not be necessary for keeping
!t In the best condition. The practice
with alfalfa should be to pasture few
er hogs than will be able to keep back
ft rank or woody growth. From Co
burn's "Swine in America."
Success With Sheep.
' The sire and the dam are the basis
f the flock, but the lamb lt tho basis
it the sheep.
Without the lamb there would be
to sheep and consequently no profit
In the sheep breeding business.
Thus It is readily understood how
ery Important It is that every lamb
corn in the flock be kept alive nnd
frown into a salable animal, whether
U a mutton lamb or a mature sheep.
This principle of flock management
mist be thoroughly impressed on the
mind, and every feature of lamb rais
ing be carefully studied so that this
period be approached with every
thing In readiness to save the lambs.
The sheep raiser who does not
sount e'-ch Iamb as It cornea into the
world worth its price at weaning time
ihould go Into some other business.
With the lamb a constant growth
Is desirable, so it is quite important
that it bo liberally supplied at the
outset, nnd that this be kept up if
Due would succeed as a sheep raiser.
O. H., in the Farmer ' Home
Journal,
bring the subsoil to the surface (the
foregoing depths should be reached
gradually).
2. Use seed of the best variety, In
telligently selected and carefully
stored.
3. In cultivated crops, give the
rows and the plants In the rows a
space suited to the plant, the soil and
the climate.
4. Use intensive tillage during the
crowing of the crops.
.". Secure a high content of humus
in the soil by the use of legumes,
i arnyard manure, farm refuse and
commercial fertilizers.
6. Carry out a systematic crop ro.
tation with a winter cover crop ou
Southern farms.
7. Accomplish more work In a day
by using more horse power and bet
ter implements.
8. Increase the farm stock to the
extent of utilizing all the waste pro
ducts and idle land of the fnrm.
9. Produce all the food required
for the men and animals on the farm.
10. Keep an account of each farm
product, In order to know from what
the gain or loss arises. Indianapolis
News.
Nitrogen Capturing Plant.
Nitrogen for agricultural fertiliza
tion is worth froin fifteen to twenty
cents a pound, wholesale, so that
when it is known that at the Michigan
Agricultural Experiment Station, on '
average ground, cowpeas yielded 139
pounds of nitrogen per acre and soy j
beans 113 pounds, all captured from I
tho air, the money value of the le- !
gume to the farmer may be appre-
elated. Compilations made at the De
partment of Agriculture from various :
sources show that cured hay of the
various legumes contains from forty ;
to fifty pounds of nitrogen to the ton. ;
Land which will produce, therefore, '
two tons to the acre of cured clover
or other leguminous hay, yields elgh- i
ty to 100 pounds of nitrogen, and the :
best way to realize this $15 or $20 of 1
fertilizing wealth Is to feed the hay
right on the farm, converting It into j
manure and at the same time securing 1
In addition its full forage value.
Barnyard manure contains from sev- ,
enty-five to ninety per cent, of the
total fertilizing substance in the feeds
used, depending upon the handling
of the manure.
Hundreds of exact tests have been
made by the Department of Agricul
ture and the State Experiment Sta
tions to show the value of the legume
as a fertilizer. In addition to adding
nitrogen to the soil it supplies humus
and improver the mechanical texture.
These two features are also accom- '
plished by plowing under or feeding
Buch 'green crops as rye, buckwheat,
etc., but these crops put nothing back
Into the soil that they liavo not taken
out of It.
Jealousy In Agriculture.
Jealousy, narrow mlndedness and
lack of charity on the part of farmers
toward one another are some of the
most serious setbacks to agricultural
progress. The farmer, penned in by
the comparative Isolation of farm
life, lives in a little world of his own.
He has to work out his own problems,
do his own work and reap the bene
fits of his own efforts. Farming It
a one-man business. It Is not surpris
ing, therefore, that a farmer should
get pretty well settled Ideas as to
arming methods In general and his
own in particular. It Is sometimes
hard for him to see the other fellow's
point of view, or to concede any point
with which he does not agree.
One farmer may have made a great
success at dairying, lie iometlmes
concludes there Is no money In any
other business, and that all other men
should follow bis footsteps to suc
cess. Another may have failed at
tho dairy business because he did not
not have the qualifications of careful
ness that make dairymen. However
he may bo a successful cattle, sheep
or hog feeder. Consequently "the
milky way" is a snare and a delusion.
1111 another may be a poultry en
thusiast, or he may be successful in
growing seed grain. Every one re
spects the farmer who has the pluck,
the energy and "get up and get"
about blm which brings success In
Ills particular line. But there Is
room for all. There Is no use Insist
ing on a man's doing anything be
doesn't want to do. It we tend strict
ly to our own business, but be snre
to make that business a success, the
other fellow will not be slow In fol
lowing the example If he sees any
thing la It. Practical Farmer.
Grain Smuts. . ,
A dangerous parasite of many ot
the cereal plants Is the fungus that
produces In the grain or head what Is
known as smut. There are several
well known kinds of smut, each of
which Is caused by a distinct species
cf the fungus.
The greatest foes from smuts In
this country is from the stinking
smut of wheat and the loose smut of
oats. A considerable loss is also due
to the loose smut of barley and wheat.
which aro more difficult to control
and prevent. They are widely dis
tributed, and though they occur usu
ally In small quantities the damage
In the aggregate Is large. They often
are entirely unnoticed on account of
their eaiilness and the absence of
any conspicuous sign of them at har
vest time. i
The stinking smut of wheat trans
forms only the kernels Into smut
balls, which do not break until the
wheat is threshed, and often remain
Intact in the threshed grain. The
loose smuts of barley, on the other .
band, early discbarge their spores, j
which are blown off by the wind as ,
soon as the smutted head comes out j
of the leaf sheath; tbey infect the
plant in the flowering stage and enter I
the embryo inside the ovary before I
the latter ripens into seed. An In- I
fected seed develops a smutted plant ,
the following year.
The most successful method thui
far found for preventing these smuts !
is a hot water treatment ot the seed. '
This treatment is described in Bureau '
of Plant Industry Bulletin 152, enti- 1
tied "The Loose Smuts of Barley and
Wheat," recently Issue by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The bul
letin Is a report of recent researches j
Into the life histories of these smutf '
and the determination of methods for
their prevention, and Is Intended foi
seed growers and scientific farmers. I
Weekly Witness.
Ten Commandments of Agriculture.
Dr. Samuel A. Knapp, of the Uni
ted States Department of Agricul
ture, has evolved ten rules that be
calls "The Ten Commandments of
Agriculture," for the successful cul
tivation of the soil.
' The agricultural decalogue la set
forth In the following:
1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly
pulverized seed bed, well drained;
break In the fall to the depth of eight,
tea or twelve inches, according tc the
American Autos in Europe,
Last year 500 American motoi
Lcars crossed the froatlur of Germans
mA, with Implement that will not la tour, "
Lofty Valedictory,
An account ot the closing exercise!
of the Jewish Theological Seminary
of America, published In the Hebrew
Standard, contains this reference tc
the valedictorian: "As I listened to
his oratorical flights 1 was seized with
a feeling ot awe and wonderment no
lesser In degree than that excited by
witnessing Count Zeppelin's aerial
fights, both of them being phenome
nal manifestations of the power ol
the mind In triumphantly surmount,
ing all obstacles." .Quoting this trib
ute, a rival paper adds: "Let us bop
that It was not the quantity of gat
which suggested the comparison."
Enigmatic,
"Isn't Jack a good fisherman?'
"No, and be never will be."
Why not?"
"He bas no Imagination."
Brooklyn, N. T. In Sands Street
Memorial Church, the pastor, thu
Rev. Dr. Francis Bourne Upham,
preached Sunday morning a Chil
dren's Day sermon on "Children nnd
the Christian Church." The text was
from Matthew 18, 2 and 3: "And
Jesus called little children unto Him
and set Him in the midst of them,
and said. Verily I say unto you, ex
cept ye bo converted and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into
the kingdom of heaven." Dr. I'pham
said In the course of his sermon:
The theme selected for the morn
ing has been given me by the general
custom of the church; for, ns you
know, this is Children's Day, hon
ored and observed everywhere. It is
etpeotcd that, wo turn our thmghts
to-day away from the study of the
battle and the bruise of life, away
from the study of the shadow nnd
tho smoke, for the study of the faces
of little children; that wo come to
day from the counting house, and
from the shop, and from the store, as
It were, to the nursery; that we suf
fer the little children to come unto
us, take them up In our arms nnd get
from them Instruction and blessing;
It constitutes a most peculiar and
most Interesting service.
As a rule, little children are pre
sented to-day for the sacrament of
baptism. Not to make them fit for
heaven, for they are already; but to
signify deliberately, and with tho dig
nity, the authority, and the worth of
the church behind tho form, our be
lief that they already belong to God.
The lepers, you know, came to the
priest, not to get cleansed by him,
but to tell him that they were al
ready cleansed; and our children
are brought to God, not to have them
received, but for us to show, when
we bring them, that we believe they
already have been received. It is
the outward mark of what we believe
to be the Inward work of grace, part
ly, then, because of tha custom of the
day, and partly because, I trust, of
the direct suggestion of God's Holy
Spirit, the theme ot the day concerns
children and the Christian church.
Our Lord said three thlng3 con
cerning the children, by word and by
deed. First of all. with this old
story of our Lord's teaching through
the little ones In mind, consider with
me the call of little children. It
comes from God Himself. "And
Jesus called a little child unto Him
and set him In the midst of them."
It is not Peter; it Is not James; it is
not John; It Is not some loving
mother or some equally loving fa
ther; but It is the Master Himself
who calls the little child; It is the
call of God.
Professor Starbuck In a book re
cently published, entitled, "The Psy
chology of Religion," says tnat con
version belongs almost exclusively
to the years between ten and twenty-five;
that some come at the age of
seven; that others come, larger num
bers, at the age of ten; that the cli
max is reached at the age of sixteen;
but that between the ages of ten
and twenty-flvo conversion almost ex
clusively Is known. Take any group
of Christian people together, any
body of Christian ministers, as Bishop
Goodsell, for example, Is wont to
do, and ask them to express by ris
ing tho year of their conversion and
you will see that the great body of a
largo congregation will say that they
were converted between the ages of
thirteen and twenty. There is a
time when it seems as If God through
His blessed Son, under the inspira
tion of Ills Holy Spirit, Is doing what
was. done 1900 years ago, calling lit
tle children; and I never meet a
group ot little peoplp, lads and las
sies that play upon tho street or wor
ship here in the house of God, with
out feeling that I am face to face
with those to whom God gives a pe
culiar call.
Years ago (if I may be pardoned a
personal reference), when I was a
lad of sixteen, one Rummer evening
two of us were walking along the
shore a lad of my own age and I,
each the son of a Methodist preacher.
Our fathers were friends nnd each of
us members of the Christian church.
We were talking seriously, as at
times boys aro wopt to do; and little
by little, without any cant In our
words, there was the echo of what
we had been hearing, and we came
to ask one another serious questions.
I never can forget that evening: I do
not think that ever In my life I was
so stirred as that night. I hurried
home, asked my mother a few search
ing questions, and then turned to my
God and Father In prayer. Why?
God was calling a little child as Ho
called children nineteen hundred
years ago.
A few weeks ago let us say one
Sunday afternoon, (the Illustration
may be true; tt la like a composite
photograph, true to so many cases)
your boy tame to you. We will
say you were idly reading a book or1
newspaper, or getting a bit of physi
cal or mental rest; and your boy
eame to you with a question or two,
and In a moment you saw that he
was thinking of deeper things than
you were thinking of for a boy's
thoughts are deep thoughts at times.
Why? Because God speaks to the
children, aud God calls them as Ho
called thorn nineteen hundred years
ago.
You nnd I must remember that God
Is our Father. You and I must re
member that what seem to us little
things may be large things in His
tght.
You and I must remember that
even though the little things be lit
tle, they may be the things that at
tract and bold His tender love be
cause they are little and simple and
need a Father's care.
. Many a man knows that It Is the
little things that make him tender
toward those whom he loves; and our
God, who Is our Father In heaven,
you and I believe to be tender to
ward the little children. Christ called
a little child to Htm. The call comes
now as It came then; the call cornea
from God.
In the second place, a word or two
concerning the place of little chil
dren: Jesus called a little child, and
net him in the midst of them. They
bolong In the church. They were
placed nineteen hundred years ago
among the disciples. He called a
child, and set blm In the midst of
them. Dr. Henry van Dyke has a
book entitled "God and Little Chll
dren." He raises and annwor the
question, In the book, of the relation
to those who die In infancy bold by
God. He says that there are three
possible answers: First, that they
aro lost; second, that some are lost
and some are saved; and, third, that
all are saved.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOB 8EPTEMBEB 10.
Review of the Lesson For the Third
Quarter -Golden Text : "So
Mightily Grew the Word of God
and Prevailed," Acta 10:20.
The lessons of this quarter are all
about Paul, his life and teachings.
They can be profitably reviewed un
der two heads: Leading events In hit
life; Prominent points in his charac
ter. I, The lending events In tils life.
The lessons ot the quarter cover six
years, A. D. 52 to A. D. 58. In Les
son I. We have Paul beginning his
work in Europe, at Phlllppl. In Les
son II. Paul In jail at Phlllppl. In
Lesson III. Paul r-Thesnalonica and
Berea. Lesson IV. At Athens. Les
son V. At Corinth. Lesson VI.
Writing from Corinth to Thessalon
lca. Lesson VII. At Ephesus,
preaching with great success. Lesson
VIII. Still at Ephesus meeting with
bitter opposition. Lesson IX. At
Ephesus writing to Corinth. Lesson
X. At Miletus bidding farewell to the
elders of the Epheslan church. Les
son XI. At Tyre and Caesarea.
II. Prominent point In Paul's
character. Lesson I. We have Paul's
obedience to the leadings ot the
Spirit. Lesson II. We see him as a
man of prayer and praise. We also
see his watchfulness for opportunities
to save souls. In Lesson HI. Wo
see his fearless boldness and persist
ence In preaching the Gospel, being
persecuted and driven out of one
place he begins In another. We also
see his dependence on the Scriptures.
In Lesson IV. His eagerness to
preach the Gospel to all classes, and
confidence In the one Gospel as adapt
ed to the need of philosophers as well
as to the common people, and also
bis tact. In Lesson V. His Industry
and self sacrifice; his holy boldness
and unwearying activity In preaching
Jesus. Also the secret of his fear
lessness. In Lesson VI. We see his
humility, gentleness and tact. In
Lesson VII. We see the reverence
that even the evil spirits had for
Panl, and the favor that Paul had
with God. In LeBson VIII. We see
his dauntless courage. In Lesson IX.
We Bee his high eBteem for love as the
supreme virtue. In Lesson X. Wb
see his faithfulness, his love for souls,
his untiring industry, his unselfish
ness, his tenderness of heart and lov
ableness. In Lesson XI. We see his
fervent love for Jesus and unwaver
ing devotion to His will, and his pray-erfulneas.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
SEPTEMBER NINETEENTH
Pllgrlm'e Progress Series IX Vanity
Fair Eccl. 1: 12-18; 2: Ml.
A stranger here. 1 Pet. 2: 11-25.
A passing pageant 1 John 2: 15
17. Satan'a offer. Matt. 4: 811.
What Is -not vanity? Heb. 12: 28
28. Made a spectacle. 1 Cor. 4: 6-13.
The end of vanity. Rev. 18: 1-8:
21: 1-6.
"All is vanity'' Indeed, if one goes
where there la nothing but vanity;
but not if one goes to the right place
(Eocl. l: 14.)
"In much wisdom Is much grief"
when the wisdom is mere knowledge,
but not When It le the true wisdom,
which Is the balm for all grief (Eccl.
1: 18.)
To "wlthold not the heart from any
Joy" Is often to miss the highest Joy,
which God sends by wav of sorrow
(Eocl. 2: 10.)
Those that find "no profit under the
run." because they seek it in foolish
ways, conclude that there Is no profit
under the sun. They condemn only
themselves (Eccle 2: 11.
The Perils of Vanity Fair.
Pride in surpassing another puts
one behind the other.
None are quicker to see the folly
of backsliders than those that have
never taken the forward step; and In
this they condemn themselves.
Hell's promises seem sometimes as
fair as those of heaven. Remember
this in dealing with temptation.
Nothing is more necessary for the
Christian to learn than when to shut
hte eyes and when to open them; and
bis ears; and his mind!
"The Old Adam," who assails every
pilgrim to the heavenly city, makes
out his home as beautiful as that city;
but he lives In the town of Deceit.
The reason why Adam the First
could pull part of Christian after him
elf is because part of Christian was
Adam the First.
Moses, the Law, finds In every one
a transgressor, and open to his at
tacks. No one can save us from him
'but the One that has not transgressed
the Law.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.
"Our Father, Who Art In Heaven."
How many of us use these words at
mother's knee every night and morn
ing, and yet scarcely realize what we
are saying! "Our Father" our very
own Father who has made the
earth, with its sunshine and flowers,
Its trees and songbirds for our enjoy,
ment, and to whom we can go with
every little trouble! Little people
are apt to think that their affairs are
too small to be told to the Heavenly
Father; but anything that Is big
enough to .trouble the child Is big
enough to claim the Father's atten
tion. Once a little boy who had a very
bad earthly father lay dying. The
lady who sat beside him trying to,
soothe his pain, bent over him, and
laying her hand upon his forehead,
said: "Never mind, dear, you will
soon be with Jesus and with your
Father In Heaven." A shiver of fear
passed over the worn little figure;
his face was Btreaked with terror as
he raised his eyes plteously to his
friend's and asked: "Will He boat
me?" To him the word "Father"
only meant curses and blows. Tears
rushed to the lady's eyes as she told
him that this Father loved him, and
would soon take him to be with Him
self forever, and a light spread over
the small face as though what she
said was almost too good to be true.
A Father who would oe kind to hlml
that would be Heaven, Indeed.
A great man who brought a won
derful reformation in the world once
said that the best name by which we
can think of God is Father. So, as we
gay the prayer which the Lord Jesus
taught us, let us think while we re
peat It, of our Father who Is in
Heaven, and realize that His care is
over us every moment of our lives.
Tho Interior.
God and the Doctor.
Why should we trust God less than
we do our physician? One lying on
the sick bed does not expect to have
everything be may wish for; he does
not dare to act without advice. "Doc
tor, I should like this, or that," he
says; "is it safe for me to have It?"
And If thu doctor says "no," the pa
tient accepts the decision unquestlon
ingly, glad that he inquired and bo
avoided any danger. Are we willing
to accept the Great Physician's word
on everything? His promised supply
for every real need Is more to be de-
S ended upon than tho care of the best
uman physicians. Why not let Him
decide what our real needs are? For,
as a saintly old Christian put it:
"My God will supply all my needs,
not all my notions." Christian and
Missionary Alliance.
Opening tl'ie MUnd (Luke
45-48.)
"Then opened he their minds that
they might understand the script
ures." We have an Immediate in
terest in the notable scrltpture for
many reasons, but most of all because
It Is the secret of the highest disci
pleshlp. The truth of the Bible lived out In
human life is the power of Christian
ity. But how shall we find and know
this truth in a clear and livng way?
How are we to enter Into the great
values, which the Scriptures promise
us, and make them our own? Our
topic points the way. Christ Is the
great opener of men's minds, the in
terpreter of the Book of books. He
stands in its focal point, flooding its
pages with divine illumination.
"The Bible is thut familiar volume
containing sixty-six books known to
us by various names from Genesis to
Revelation. It is the volume which
has been reverenced in every house
bold In our land. Our fathers and
our fathers' fathsrs knew by heart its
stories, Its Inspiring songs, Its pre
cepts, and its many words of consola
tion. It Is the volume from which
the sad have drawn Inexhaustible
comfort. It has been the companion
of the lonely and the source of un
quenchable hope to the poor. The
solitary night watcher upon fortress
walls or upon the battlefield has
found courage In recalling its words,
and the simple-hearted have learned
to bear sorrow and desolation with
patience inspired by Its pages. Here
Is the book which has most deeply
exercised the Intellect of the learned,
formed tho morals of society, Inspir
ed the souls of men, pointed the way
to heaven." And it is still the great
est Intellectual, moral and spiritual
force in the world.
THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING TUE BUM DEMON.
T, I . i , .
rnvuiuuH I'liuiueici-e.
We have seen travelers on trains
passing through a region of historic
and scenic attractiveness who kept
their eyes fastened on a trashy novel
or a cheap magazine, and never once
ralsad them to look at tho beauties
by the way. Bomo people aro Jour
neying toward eternity this same
heedless way. Pittsburg Christian
Advocate.
Central American Railway.
The Guatemalan railway from
coast to coast waa opened about a
year and a half ago. Arrangements
have now been made for a reaumpJ
tlon of work on the projected line to1
the Mexican border, where through
rail connection to all points In the1
United States will be made by way of
the Mexican system. The concession
for this line waa recently awarded.
X branch from the lnteroceanlo line
la to run to the border of Salvador,
where It will connect 'with a line to
be built In that country and give Sal
vador rail connection ' with Puerto
Baxrols on the Caribbean coast and
via Guatemala and Mexico with the
United States. This extension of
transportation facilities should, and
doubtless will, stimulate greatly the
agricultural and pastoral Industrie
of the country, open to the market
large areaa of valuable timber and
not Improbably open also the door
of opportunity for profitable mining
enterprises. New York. Ban.
SHARK FISHING.
As bluefl&h follow mossbunkers, so
do the sharks trail along in their
wake. On entering Great South Bay
the sharks are scattered by porpoises
of which they have a wholesome
fear and spread over the shallow
waters, where they are content to. live
on small Ash. The porpoise sticks to
the deep channels, where his char
acteristic up-and-down antics will not
be "queered" by thumping his nose
on the bottom. I think the porpoises
have a great deal to do with keeping
the bluefish restless and moving. Cer
tain It la that all fish flee when por
poises approach, and angling ends
until after they have departed.
Shark fishing la great sport, and
one need not seek very far from the
channela In Great South Bay to get
into the thick ot It. A stoat hook
attached to a foot of chain with quarter-inch
links Is essential at the end
of the line.
Once hooked, a shark must be
played like any other fish, but can be
landed In shorter time than a striped
bass or tuna. He soon tires himself
with fierce spurts and mad leaps out
of the water. But the work is not
ended when be bas turned on his
back and lies gasping, for he must be
gaffed and killed.
The expert knows the exact spot
for the knife thrust, In the throat
Just back of the gills. Those who are'
not experts will occasionally have
trouble. A net fisherman. In hla
small boat, will go among the hoisted
nets and kill number of sharks read,
lly but you and I are not net fish
ermen. Much as I love the excite
ment of playing a shark with rod and
reel, even more do I dread the knif
ing process.
While you will have an experienced
boatman to attend to such trifle. I
am generally alone la a row boat or
skiff, and must manage all the detail
without aasistanc. I once spent a
day with a net fisherman taking les
son In shark fishing. As la gener
ally known a pound netlsset on poles,
and, when filled with fish, Is raised
until the fish are Just below the sur
face, when they are removed with
band neta. If there are sharks among
them the knife must be used, and the
adeptnes of Cuhermen at this dan
gerous work 1 something' marvel
ous to the novice. W. H. Ballou, la
Field and Stream,
Missouri Brewers In Tearful Plea.
That Prohibition sentiment has
made itself felt in Missouri Is dem
onstrated by the almost frantic ef
forts of the prominent brewers of St.
Louis to stem the tide. Adolphu
Busch has addressed a letter to the
people of the State In which, after
telling thorn of his great confidence
In their good sense, he hints that, If
he is mistaken in them, ho will leave
not only the city but the State. "I
personally would deeply regret leav
ing St. Louis." he walls, "because I
love the city, but, of course, If we
are forced to go we would not only
move ourselves across the river, but
to every point In the country possi
ble," a conclusion that sounds as If
Mr. Busch had been taking too much
of his favorite beverage. As to the
reasons why his business should be
conserved, the big brewer, with that
blindness to the larger Interests of
the race which Is characteristic of sa
loon advocates everywhere, says:
"Our Industry Is a perfectly legiti
mate one. It Is one of the greatest
revenue payers to the National, State
and city governments, and one of the
largest employers of labor; therefore
why should it not bo maintained and
sustained?" If Mr. Busch really
wants an answer to his question he
might consult the records of the Jails,
almshouses and lunatic asylums
throughout the country. If that In
vestigation does not satisfy him he
can ask the homes In the State of
Missouri which liquor has practically
destroyed. After that he might get
busy trying to explain how big rev
enues to the various taxing bodies
can make amends for losses such as
have been indicated. Mr. Busch's
real complaint Is, of course, the fear
of himself and his associates losing
revenue If Prohibition wins. The av
erage brewer's interests In the people
may usually be counted with a cer
tain figure which has o definite re
semblance to the letter O. North
western Christian Advocate.
Honor to Whom Honor.
The trying times through which
Tennessee is passing have brought to
the surface not only criminals, mur
derers, mobs, grafters, bribers, liquor
advocates, and the like, but flashes
of the noble and true as well. Three
cases are worthy of record.
1. One of the members of the lower
house of the Legislature has a son
in the State prison. He was given
to understand that a pardon for the
son could bo had if the father would
vote against prohibition. They
talked it over, and the son said, em
ploying the homely dialect of the
mountains: "Pap, you go and do
your duty. Vote right and drive out
the saloons, so that other boys will
not bo tempted and ruined as I waa.
I will bear my burden and serve out
my time." As may well be believed,
"Pap" voted "right."
2. One of the State senators left
tho sessions of the Legislature to
visit his father, who was sick. When,
he had spent a day with him, the
sick man said: "Now you have done
all you can for mo I tan only last a
frtw days longer. Go back to your
place and help win the fight against
whisky." Tho son returned to Nash
ville, and In the very midst of the
hottest part of that fight the father
died. In due course he was burled,
the con holding grimly to his placo
in the Senate, not leaving even to at
tend the funeral.
a. Another State Senator, though
seriously ill. had himself carried to
the Senate chamber, and, though un
able to sit up all the tlmo, firmly cast
his voto throughout a long and excit
ing session for those measures which
he thought morality and. the publlo
conscience demanded. Christian Ad
vocate, Nashville, Tenu.
No "Near Beer" For Mississippi.
The Supreme Court of MIsslss'.upI,
where State Prohibition went into
effect January 1 last, has lately
handed down a decision to the effect
that no beverage can bo sold within
the bordors ot the State containing
any percentage of alcohol whatever.
This decision will help to chut out
something which has been the means
of rendering farclal the enforcement
of Prohibition In part3 of certain
other States.
The Logic of It.
The liquor men are too few to
legalize the liquor traffic the tom
peranee men, too good. When the
churches pass resolutions that "the
liquor traffic can never be legalized
without sin" they are Just beating
the air. Nobody legalizes the liquor
traffic. For tho first time In all his
tory a thing is dono and nobody does
it.
A Prohibition Board.
Now Jersey has a new law provid
ing for what is known as a board of
protectors for Inebriates. The board
at Newfleld Is composed ot three
Prohibitionists. They will black list
habitual drunkards In tho .township
and will also prevent the aalo of
liquor to residents ot "dry" town
who are In the habit of coming to
Newfleld for liquor.
No Intoxicant on Trains.
A bill hns passed tho Iowa Legis
lature prohibiting drinking intoxi
cants ou tralus. Tbia ends the sale
of liquor In dining car for con
sumption while on trains. Member
of train crews are glvn power to
eject offenders and call upon local
officers to arrest them, but may not
mako arrest.
The Reward.
Last fall Ashtabula County, Ohio,
voted dry, and now new shipyards to
cost one million dollars are to be
established at Ashtabula. This In
dustry will employ several thousaud
men, and there will not be a cordon
of saloon about the plant to tempt
the wage from the pocket ot the
employes.
No Isre Liquor Advertisements.
The Nebraska State Journal la the
latest big daily to announce that It
will accept no more liquor advertise
ments. Temperance Not.
It will be remembered that a .vote
of the people ot Iceland was taken In
September, by order of the Icelandic
Parliament, on the question a to
whether the sale of liquor should be
prohibited In the Island. By a ma
jority vote of 1464 the people de
clared for total prohibition.
At a national convention of the
labor unions of Norway, held some
time ago, a strong temperance plat
form was adopted, but a plank for
total prohibition was rejected. This,
however, I only a temporary
back.
Rd
liippiiB
TO A CHILD.
My little one! It is .o hard to
Ihee toil through pain and diD1
T7n lifVsi fMm killt
Fain 7AI ,mooth tby palh
Fr0mafoft,thBt hin!er,i tt
Not knowing ill.
BUt chZ ,tand "iJe and ,
With shut 'lipt, lest Life's prize 0f dk.
cipbne ' "
Be lout to thee.
Doth God so yearn and long iTU nn
to line po"a
F71J?Vr,hen "ncrific 'lil but begin
With Calvary.
-A. W. S.
Rejoice in Him,
The sainted Fletcher, In writlni u
a friend, ald: "Use no forced labor
to raise a particular frame; nor tire
fret and grow Impatient, If y0ti have
no comfort; but meekly acquiesce
and confess yourself unworthy of it
Lie prostrate In humble submission
before God, and patiently wait for ths
Bmlles of Jesus."
Perhaps while sitting In the sanc
tuary or amid life's pressing duties a
tired, fagged feeling steals over t'n
spirit. What shall we do? Get
right still before God. Then
breathe a prayer like unto this
"Lord, I am wholly Thine, and Thou
art all mine. I wait before Thee
give me the bread that I need for thii
work, whether it be to sit in humilia
tion and self-abasement, or In agony
and travail of soul for others, or in
the garden of temptation beset by
howling demons, or In holy quietness
gazing into Thy blessed face, or with
the heart leaping with unutterable
Joy; I will accept It as my portion
for Thine honor, and will go away
rejoicing in having thus been fed."
But, better still, look away from
all kluds of feeling to Him who li
thy portion. If thy life Is all given
to Him, He dwells In thine heart.
Rejoice in having Him reigning with
in, and it matters not whether thou
art thrilled with pleasurable emo
tions, or art passing through severe
trial. The Lord is thy treasure, and
thou canst rejoice continually In hav
ing Him as thine own.
Brother, when thou art tempted to
feel discouraged, it is because thou
art looking, too much at the diffi
culties; take thine eyes off these and
fix them on Jesus, then thy spirit wilt
be made glad in the Lord. Peter did
not begin to sink until he got his eyes
oft Jesus, and went to looking at
the waves rolling about him. The
trouble gets larger the longer we
look at it; whatever may be the de
pressing Influence around thee, keep
thy "mind Btayed on the Lord," and
"He will keep thee In perfect peace."
(Isaiah 26:3.) Living Water.
What We Cannot Lose,
In that great day no honor done to
Christ on earth shall be found to have
been forgotten. Not a single kind
word or deed, not a cup of cold water,
br a box of ointment shall be omitted
from the record. Do we know what
It is to work tor Christ? If we do,
let us take courage and work on.
What greater encouragement can we
desire than we see here?
We may be laughed at and ridi
culed by the world. Our motive!
may be misunderstood. Our conduct
may be misrepresented. Our sacri
fices for Christ', sake may be called
"waste" waste of time, waste of
money, waste of strength. Let none
of these things move us. The eye of
Him who Bat in Simon's house In
Bethany is upon us. He notes all e
do and Is well pleased. Let us be
"steadfast, unmovable, always abound
ing In the work of the Lord, foras
much as we know that our labor li
not in vain In the Lord. Bishop
Ryle.
Character Controls Life.
Our lives are the strongest part of
us or else the weakest. A ma
knows the least of the Influence ot
his own life. Life Is not mere length
of time, but the web of character we
unconsciously weave. Our thoughts,
Imaginations, purposes, motives,
love, will, are the under threads; our
words, tone of voice, looks, acts, hab
its, are the upper threads; and th
passing moment Is the shuttle swift
ly, ceaselessly, relentless, weaving
those threads Into a web; and that
web Is life. It Is woven not only by
our wishing or willing, but Irre
sistibly, unavoidably woven by what
we are, moment by moment, hour
after hour. What Is your life weav
ing out? Is It attractive because of
the power in It of His presence? 8.
D. Gordon, In Quiet Talks on Power
Christ In Ton.
Life Is a period of witnessing. Bf
act, by omission, by speech, 6jf
silence, whether ycu Will or not, yo
are forever testifying. Hour by bow
you are testifying, sometimes pnjci
more loudly than by words, either
for or against your Master. .
To bo firm for Christ, when W
the tide of opinion, business, pleasure,
runs the other, way, you need a cour
age which will never come to y
except upon your knee. If you e-nij
have HI Spirit, If HI life flows Into
you. If, believing on and clinging w
Him, you have Inward pulses wnics
keep time with His heart, you
tand In tho evil day, you will w
souls, you will recommend the uos
pel, you will live teaching and. a
witnessing. J. W. Alexander.
Man 1 Frail.
The truly virtuous do not easllf
credit evil that I told them of tMjr
netghbor; for. It other "
amiss, then may these also P
amis. Man Is frail, and prone v
evil, and therefore may ooo " w
word. Jeremy Taylor.
Allurement.
Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom,
death are the allurement that act o
the heart ot man. Rev. Charle r.
Aked. .
' When Women W
Ot the great army of brave worn
that had gone Out to battle In U
arly morning there survived at "'
lng only the merest remnant. Tb'
struggle had been fierce all along the
line. "We'll sell our live dcarir.
however! they exclaimed, and reso
lutely took their final stand. Aaa
when the opposing hosts, women like
wise, heard that cry ot despair then
onset In something lost Its fervor. (
"Whoever heard of a remnant u
being closed out cheap?' therpr0
toetod discontentedly, tvad at l1"
drew off. Puck.