When Com Is Dear.
Even when corn Is high the rela
tive price for pork frequently makes
It the cheapest feed for finishing;
fifty-cent corn Is not expensive feed
for six-cent hogs. Up to the last six
weeks of feeding, wheat, rye or other
cheaper substitutes may be used with
grass, but. In the ordinary course corn
will be the nest dependence for the
close of tho fattening period. From
Coburn's "Swine In America."
Rancid flutter.
Here Is a good warning or sugges
tion about rancid flavor In butter that
Is well to consider: "If the merchant
who handles your butter In the mar
ket complains about a rancid flavor,
the chances are thnt you over-ripened
the cream. If you didn't hnye a lot of
rtnlc stuff thnt day. Now, If you tst
fil your fr'r.m for acidity and kept a
daily record of It, you could look tip
the recordi for the day that butter
was made, and chances arc that the
records would show the cause of the
complaint. If the records doi.'t show
the cause, chances are your records
are 'off,' either wrong or incomplete."
Indiana Farmtr.
means of clover and other legume
crops. G. O. Creelman, oi Ontario
Agricultural College.
A DRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON DY
REV. J. H. JOWETT, M. A.
Theme: The Christian's Resources.
The Dairy Type.
At a recent fanners' institute one
of tho addresses on dairy cows con
tained the following strong point:
"If a man who raises corn should
take from his crib big ears and little
ones, with big co!i r--d small cob, long
grains and short grains, nubbins and
all, would he ever get corn of one
lype? Or if. on the other hand, he
constantly selected corn of one type,
-would he expect corn of another type?
Vet this is Just what some dairy (?)
.farmers expect In raising cows.
"By the word 'type' I do not mean
breed. There is a general typo or
form In good milkers of all breeds. If
we breed for the perfect beef type we
necessarily breed out or eliminate the
dairy type Just as in corn breeding for
one type of corn, wo eliminate all
other types."
llnndllng Hces.
1,15:" many other things, this Is an
art which comes natural and easy to
some folks and just the reverse to
others. Peps never sting some peo
ple, or rarely so, wnile others are
stung every tlmg they go about bees.
Without full consideration this Eeoms
strange and mysterious.
Some beekevpers always go about
their bee yards in tha most gentle
manner and never stir up antagonism
la their bees. They make no angular
or abrupt motions. When they lift
the cover from a hive. It Is done so
gently that the bees dca't realize It
and remain passive.
If you begin to Jerk things around
the hive and make disturbing noises
you may expect trouble. It seeniB,
too, that the odor of some people is
repulsive to a bee, but Just how far
that may be counted on we cannot
tell.
Havinga bee sting and then crush
ing It makes the matter ten times
worse, for the odor from the crushed
bee enrages its companions and
causes them to be much mora vicious.
Always use smoke and give exactly
the right amount. Fully protect
yourself with gloves and veil and then
If a thousand should come at you
they could do nothing. Faiiasrs'
Home Journal. ,
The Rrartod Plantain.
Inclosed you will flr.d a weed. This
variety he3 been giving me much
trouble. Will you please give its
name and tall how to got rid of them?
Vv T. M.
The weed which yoi sent us 1 the
Rracted Plantain, a '.lose relative of
the common Woolly Plantain. Its
leaves appearing almost like a tuft of
rather thick, dark green grass leaves,
spring-from the apex of a thickened
root. Its seed-bearing stems, five to
ten Inches in height and numbering
five to twenty-flve on each' plant are
leafless and naked m-.ar thn base. It
is a tough annual plant producing on
en average of 3 000 seeds to the plant
nch year. As the Beeds ripen
throughout the season and so are apt
tn be harvested with a clover crop,
tney are most likely to be found as an
Impurity In clover head and the heav
ier grass seed.
Hand pulling and burning Is per
haps one of t'.ie best remedies where
the weed Is not too abundant. If the
land has become thoroughly seeded
U series of hoed or cultivated crops
vill probably be necessary to clear It
out. In permanent pasture repeated
mowing of the plants as tho seed
stalks llrst appear will keep them In
subjection. If allowed to go un
checked they will spread rapidly and
become very trou'jlciorjs. Indiana
Farmer.
Fertility Must lie Maintained.
We Insist upon ona absolute and
fundamental necessity, namely, that
the fertility of the soil must be main
tained In Loth ilvo stock and grain
farming.
These are some foundation facts:
1. We must maintain the supply
of organic matter. tiUrogon and phos
phorus In toe soil.
2. A ton cf average farm manure
contains about 600 pounds of organic
natter, 100 pounds of nitrogen and
two pounds of phosphorus.
3. A ton of dry clover contalps
about 2000 pounds of organic matter,
forty pounds of nitrogen (which may
hare been taken from the air) and
five pounds of phosphorus (taken
from the soil); and many grain farm
ers caa plow under a two-ton crop of
' clover on forty acres who cannot pro
curs 300 tons of manure.
4. A ton of good natural rock
phosphate, which can be delivered to
moat parts of the corn belt for $8 or
$10, cos tains about 260 pounds of
phosphorus, or mors than Is contained
la 100 tons of averaKs.manurs.
5. Mors than a million tons a year
of our best phosphate Is being shipped
out of the United Slates, and this con
tains the only plant food element In
-which our common soils are becom
ing deficient, aside from nltrogena,
which can always bs secured from
tha laexbastlblo supply In the air, by
Hemp a a Wortl-IiMcr.
The tjnlted States Denartment o!
Agriculture, the various State experi
mental stations and the collage de
partments of agronomy are doing a ;
wonderful work In the matter of edit
eating tho farmer. One of the latest j
announcements is the discovery of an
effective method for suppressing j
weeds without resorting to the labor- .
lous process of hand-pulling.
The agricultural department of tho
t'nlversity of Wisconsin, while con- ;
ducting a series of tests in henn- i
growing, found that the crop's gnat- (
est usefulness was In eradicating
weeds. Some of the experlnvr-.tul
plats this year on land worked by the
university were badly infested with
quack grn?s. Cannda thistles, wild ,
mustard and nthor deep-rooted wrp.!s.
These plat3 were sown to hemp, which ,
grew to a height of ten or twt lve feet.
It may have been the rank growth of '
the hemp or the deprivation of sun- '
light, but when tho land was broken,
Hfter tho crop was removed, It was i
found that nearly all of the weed !
roots had been killed. A university
bulletin make the announcement of
the facts In the ca3p, and adds that
weedy ground does not a.Vect the
growth of hemp. j
But the most important fTt in con- 1
nection with the matter is that it pay
to grow hemp at least In Wisconsin,
so that the farmer can get a profit
from his land at the same time that
he is getting rid of one of his worst
enemies. On a four-acre field about j
1000 pounds of fiber were secured.
The fiber brings seven cents a pound.
or $70 an acre, and the labor of pro- ;
duclng It costs about $30, leaving a j
balance of $40. Buffalo Commercial. '
The Silo a Great Help.
I'pon one of our farms we keep a i
dairy, using nothing but Holsteln
cows. We retail this milk in Emmits- I
burg, Md., at six cents per quart and I
ton cents a pint for cream. We are !
milking only eighteen cows at this :
time. We have been In business for
ten years and have had n silo for thn
last eight. Before we built our silo
we had to buy milk from other farms j
to keep up our trade. Since then we j
have had plenty of milk and cream, ,
for our cows yield as v. t-11 in winter as
In summer, when grass and pasture
aro gooj.
We bui'.t our silo a little too small. ,
It Is twenty-four feet high and twelve
feet wide, about the right proportions.
But it would have been better had we
made It twenty-six fe3t high and four- j
teen foot wide for eighteen head of j
cows. Wo fead them six months In i
the year and we use about six or
seven acres of corn, planting it so as
to have one Btalk every ten inches.
We cultivate the corn four times and i
get all the grain that we can from I
such a stand. We have found nothing j
better for silage than corn. We feed 1
about forty of fifty pounds per day j
for each cow and add to this a little !
bran and a little cottonseed meal. My !
cows are In good condition. We have i
another silo upon another farm where
we feed steers. They do welt upon !
this and the feed costs much less than !
corn chop. When you get your silo !
filled you have your feed all ready for i
winter. There is no husking or haul
ing corn month after month. We seed
our ground that wo take the corn j
from with winter wheat. We have '
Just bought another farm and will I
put a silo upon this. We can fill it
thia coming fall. The question as tc
the profitableness of the silo has been I
permanently settled. The man who ,
Is farming and keeps stock cannot do !
without one unless he is working for j
his health rather than for profits, j
We often look at our neighbors' Btock I
at this time of tha vonr tfKon tha I
ore antxlpatlng grass, and their con
dition 's certainly lamentable. It
takes them almost half the pasture
season to recover. Patorson Bros., la
Kimball's Farmer.
laborer and His Hire.
The Dukrf of Norfolk was once i
traveling from London to Home. At '
ueh station he would get out to :
stretch his legs, and on several of I
these occasions passengers happened
to htop him and ask questions, whicli '
the Duke courteously answered.
When Rome was reached a tired i
old la.ly who had noticed this, but '
who didn't know his Crace of Norfolk !
from Kelr Hardle or Jack Burns,
caught him by bis ducal sleeve and
said:
"Now, my good man, I've noticed
you at all the stations loafing abou'.
Just make yourself useful for once 1
your life. Pick up these bags at:
rugs and get me a cab."
The Duke mildly shouldered t'n
bags and rugs, and after the old lady i
had got safeiy In her cab with them j
she gave Mm sixpence. He bowed ,
and said:
"Thank you, madam. I shall never j
rart with this coin. It is the first
money i ever earned in my Ufa.
New York Times.
Kentucky's lllggest CornflelO.
The biggest cornfield in the State
of Kentucky is outlined by the gigan
tic horseshoe sweep of the Ohio Itiver
from Henderson round past Rvans
vllle to Oreen River. It Is the biggest
because it is corn continuously for
0000 or 7000 acres, unbroken by
fences, unrelieved by any other crm
f no bay, no tobacco, oats or wheat
Just corn, corn, corn and then mora
corn.
It it estimated that over 300,000
bushels ot corn will be raised In thi
monster tract this year, and this In
spits of the fact that the farmer
were scared out of a year's growti)
by the high water and for a time wer
not quits sure whether tha high water
would let them raise any corn.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
By the will of Mrs. Mary E. Jones,
of Knoivllle, III., $250,000 has been
left to that city for the erection and
maintenance ot a boms for aged wo
men. .
New York City. Thj Rev. J. II.
Jowett, M. A., the most famous minis
ter of Carr's Lane Congregational
Church, Birmingham, England, who
Is on a visit for the first time to this
country, preached Sunday in the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church. The
sermon was on "The Christian's Re
sources." Mr. Jowett's text was Luke
14:31, "Or what king going to make
war against another king, sitteth not
down first, and consulteth whether
he Is able with ten thousand to meet
him that cometh against him with
twenty thousand?" He said:
Our Lord was always seeking to
get men to sit down to think. He
peeks to win their Judgment, to touch
their reason, that they may see the
reasonableness of His doings and the
reasonableness of His evangel. Ho
is continually calling upon men and
women to think. "Whnt think ye?"
"What king," He says, "about to en
gage In a campaign sitteth not down
first to estimate the strength of tho
foe and the strength of his own re
sources, and then ascertain whether
there Is legitimate hope of his forces
being able to meet and conquer those
who oppose him?"
My simple purpose to-day Is to ask
you to do this little thinking, to medi
tate on what kind of enemy we have
to meet, and I pray you not to let
your thoughts wander away to a far
off world, but let us consider what
enomles we have to meet In this
world where we have to labor and die,
and whether we can with our own
strength overcome them. And If not,
let us torn to those resources which
are offered to us in Jesus Christ, our
Lord.
Now what are these enemies that
we have to meet? What are the ene
mies in front of us? I repeat our
Master's own estimate of the foe
which every one of us will have to
meet to-day and to-morrow. Jesua
Christ calls one "the world." Now
what Is the world? We sometimes
say a man Is a worldly man. What
Is the slgnflcance of the term? Too
frequently when we use this term we
refer to something a man does or
leaves undone. Men may be babltues
of tho theatre, or fond of cards, and
we say they are worldly; and people
who abstain from these things are
labeled unworldly. I do not think
that covers It In tho slightest degree.
Worldiiness Is not Implied in what we
do cr do not do. Worldiiness is not In
doing this, or not doing tnis. World
llnes.i Is In the spirit. It is the at
mosphere of the soul. Worldiiness is
the spirit of the horizontal. Worldii
ness looks on and out, but it never
looks up and prays. It is ambition,
not aspiration. Its motto Is "for
ward," never "upward." Its goal is
success, never holiness. Worldiiness
is life without the vertical, without
the upward calling in Christ Jesus,
our Lord. And whenever you find a
man or woman, no matter what they
do or don't do, who always looks out
to the horizontal end, men and wom
en who have no Ideal, no aspiration,
no heavenly vision, no prayer, those
are men and women who would be
described by the Master as "of the
world, worldly." Everybody here
knows what an exceedingly strong
gravitation there is toward the hori
zontal life. In the church and out of
it you feel this tremendous mesmer
ism, this worldly fascination, leading
us to turn our eyes from the heights,
from what Paul calls "the heavenly
things in Christ Jesus." We have
got that force of gravity to meet
tho world.
Then there Is the "flesh." Every
one knows the power of the flesh;
not merely tho carnal power of the
body, but of carnal power expressing
itself in vanity and pride. The flesh
that bows down the soul and rides it,
instead of the soul's determining the
movements of the flesh. We have the
"flesh" to meet, whether in appetite
or carnal desire. "The world, tho
flesh and the devil." I do not know
how I can define the devil, but Paul's
phrase always seems to describe my
relationship with the devil better than
any other: "The prince of the power
of the air." He dos not leap upon
you like a lion. The devil usually
appears as "the prince cf the power of
the air:" and he comes into every
Ufa and lets dcrwn tho temperature;
he changes the moral atmorphere.
You were Just praying fervently, and
suddenly you experienced a chill. It
is "the prince of the power ot the air."
You start with great zeal to lead a
clean life, and before you know it the
temperature is perceptibly chllleC.
"The prince of the power of the air"
quietly, silently makes that trenen
doua change in your moral life by in
fluencing and changing tho atmos
phere. We have got the devil to
meet.
Have ycu anything else to meet?
Ye3, the fourth enemy Is tho binding
power of guilt. In my country there
are prominent men who say that man
and women have no longer the fjuse
of guilt. I cannot regard that as
healthful. There are many who can
not hear the voice of God who are
reverthcless pursued by their guilt.
You do cot ueed to hear the thunder
and see the lightning t? have proof
of the ctorm. The souring of the
ml'k In tho dairy proves the storm's
presence, and there Is often the proof
of tha Lord's presence and of guilt
i the souring of the disposition, tho
manufacturing of cynics. The man
who was once sweat t?mpe:ed be
comes a cynic, the optimist becomes a
pessimist. The3e things have regis
tered themselves as "the binding pres.
tnce of guilt "
It is the bondage of to-day that
comes from yesterday's sin. We have
got that to meet. There are men and
women who have that paralyzing
power of their own yesterday from
which they cannot escape.
SHU One more enemy wa have ti
meet; the tremendous impetus of the
the quiet habit. Everybody has cer
tain habits which are determining the
trend and tendency of their lives..
There is nothing In human lite which
is trifling. The most apparent trifle
bs Us quota of energy and It em
phasizes that energy In the main river
of our life and determines Its coarse.
Tbs trend of my life to-day Is mads
tip ot the accumulated trifles of yes
terday. You bavs got that to meet
If you are on the right course so far
It Is well, but It you are on the wrong
course you bave to stop; you hav
that enemy to meet,
Let me leave the enemies and stats
what they achieve In the way ot de
struction. First ot all you get an
Impaired heart. I use the word
"heart" In the scriptural sense. Tbs
word means that part of human per
sonality which apprehends and holds
communion with Ood; and that is ths
first thing that suffers when a man
become a victim o sin, ....
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR OCTOBER 17.
Subject! Tool m Prisoner Before
Felix, Acts 24 Golden Textt
Acts 24:16 Commit Yereoa 25,
20 Commentary on tho Lesson.
TIME A. D. 68 or 69.
PLACE. Caesarea.
EXPOSITION. I. r.urs Defense
Before Felix, 10-23. Paul was in the
best sense a gentleman and a diplo
mat (cf. ch. 26:2). By all proper
means he sought to gain the favor of
those he would win for Christ. One
can be faithful without being brusque
and boorish. This Splrlt-glven tact
and winsomeness Is as much needed
by the one who would acceptably
serve Christ as Is Spirit-filled boldness
of utterance. Paul took up the terms
of the Indictment brought ngalnBt
him (v. 6) and met them with a flat
and unanswerable denial. It is one
thing to makeaccusatlons; It is anoth
er thing to prove them (v. 13). Paul
was a model preacher, he believed
"all things which are written In the
law and the prophets" (v. 14). Hap
py is the man who can say what Paul
ksays hero (cf. Luke 24:27, 44; John
10:38; Matt. 6:18; Mark 7:13). His
' enemies accused him ot departing
from their ancient Scriptures; he
snowed them that, on the contrary,
he believed more fully than they did.
It is often the case that the real infi
dels call the believers heretics. As
an athlete keeps himself In rigid phy
sical training, so Paul kept himself
In rigid spiritual training (v. 16;
1 Cor. 9:24-27). The object of
this spiritual discipline was "to
have a conscience void of of
fense" that is, a conscience that
did not stumble or cause others to
stumble. He sought diligently and
disciplined himself strenuously to
have such a conscience, not only to
ward God but also toward man. He
sought to have it not only most of the
time, but all the time. The kind of
athletics Paul cultivated are sorely In
need of cultivation to-day. It was to
bring alms to his nation and not to
do wrong to his nation that Paul had
come to Jerusalem.
II. Felix Terrified, 2t-2fl. The
I schemes of the enemies of Paul and
) of Christ had already resulted in glv
i ing Paul an opportunity to preach
j Christ to persons who would other
j wise been beyond his reach (cf. Ps.
76:10). There were few who more
sorely needed preaching to than this
same man Felix and this same woman
Drusilla. How many preachers have
received Inspiration and Instruction
from Paul's dealing with these two
profligates In high society. How
many hesitating people havo been
brought to an immediate decision for
Christ through the study of the folly
! of Felix. Felix had a mere specula
tive curiosity In tho matter (v. 24),
but Paul gave a very practical and
personal turn to his exposition of
"the faith In Christ." He showed
Felix it was not some faraway thing
In the region of metaphysics and
speculation, but something close
home to his own misconduct. Paul
always adapted his preaching to his
audience, but not In the way some
modern preachers adapt their preach
ing to their audience, studying to say
nothing to offend. He went right af
ter the conscience of the people before
bim. Righteousness and self-control
were JuBt where FelU and Drusilla
were offenders. Paul had an influen
tial audience ot high social standing,
but he preached the preaching that
some would have us believe Is only
adapted for the slums. "Felix was
terrified." Wei. e might be. He
was conducting "himself in Just the
way that makes "the judgment of
God" a terror. We would do well if
we would so preach that we should
strike with terror offenders in h,h
places. Terrifying preaching is great
ly needed to-day. Indeed, just as
much in our fashionable churches,'
where there is many a modern Felix,
as in our mission halls. It Is true the
terror of Felix did not do him much
good, but It came near saving him;
and there are many rich sinner and
many poor sinners to-day whose only
hope is that they may be so terrified
that they will forsake their sins and
accept Christ. What a fool Felix was.
He had seen the blackness ot his sin;
he bad seen the certainty and the aw
fulness ot the Judgment to which he
was burrylng; be had been terrified
and there was but one wise thing to
do, turn from sin and accept Christ,
and only one time to do it at once.
But he waited for a convenient sea
son, which never came. It never does
for those who wait for it. With many
It 1 now or never; repent to-day or
be lost eternally. In a few days all
that Felix was thinking about was
how he could make money out ot thai
man who had opened to him the gate
ot heaven.
OCTOBER SEVENTEEN.
Topic Pilgrim's Progress 8erles. X.
Doubting Csstle. p. 4i: 1-5; 73:
13-20: 1 Kings 19: 1-18.
Job in Doubting Castle. Job 30:
19-31.
A prophet In perplexity. Hab. 1:
1-17.
Elijah despair. 1 Kings 19: 4, 13,
14.
Peter sinking. Matt. 14: 22, 23.
The key of promise. 2 Pet 1: 1-4.
The way out. Isa. 39: 14-33; 40:
27-30.
If we persistently ask, "Why are
thou cast down, O my soul?" we may
find that it is for no good reason what
ever (Ps. 43: 6).
The bitterest doubt la doubt of the
value of goodness and its rewards, for
that doubt gives birth to all other
doubts (Ps. 73: 13).
Over against every Doubting Castle
stands Its answer and remedy, the
church (Pa. 73: 17).
The essence of doubt and despair Is
egotism, Elijah's "I, even I only" (1
Kings 19: 10). We get relief when
we look away from ourselves to other
men.
LHht fr"n Doubting Castle.
The true Christian life is always
such us to produce Hopefuls.
Mr. Anything and his comrades are
among the most dangerous of men,
because they are so wrong, yet so
pleasant.
How can we tell whether It is re
ligion we care for or only his silver
slippers unless we find ourselves in
love with religion In rags?
Mr. By-ends objects to Christian be
cause he will hold to his own Judg
ment, forgetting that if a man holds
to another's Judgment he is not hold
ing to judgment at all, but to policy.
Christ loves to bestow the good
things of His world upon His follow
ers, but not if they follow Him for the
good things of this world.
The hill called Lucre Is volcanic, all
surrounded by treacherous, hollow
ground, that breaks under the feet.
Christian's severest dangers are
not the enemies he meets in the way,
but the arduous labors of the way it
self, turning him into bypaths.
When you get Into Doubting Castle,
examine and you will find that first
you have been walking in By-path
Meadow.
Giant Despair and his wife Dlffl
dence have no nnwer nvor rhrtation
so long as he remains In the highway
and steadily pursues his Journey.
EPmfiGlTESSONS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17.
A Writing In the Heart.
As men and women add year to
year ot patient and loving service,
there writes Itself in their hearts and
in their faces the language ot a di
vine and eternal life. To the seeing
eye, what beauty is there In the faces
that have been lined and wrinkled by
troubles bravely borne, by the sor
rows of other live shared and light
ened, by unconscious heroism and
sainthood! George S. Merrlam.
The Growth of Seed-Truth (Matt. 13:
31, 32; Mark 5: 1-20.
The Theme and the Scripture.
Matt. 13: 31, 32. The mustard seed
Is not really the smallest of all seeds,
but it was so in the popular estima
tion In our Lord's time. The rabbis
called the smallest possible quantity
"the quantity of a mustard seed."
The Christian movement had- so
small a beginning as that started by
a condemned and executed Leader, di
rected by twelve obscure and unlnflu
ential men. No great enterprise was
ever less Impressive at its beginning
to the observer.
Today a third of the human race
has come under the influence of Jesus
Christ Not all are His disciples, but
all are Indebted to Htm for the things
which make their lives endurable and
hopeful. But the greatest growth of
the mighty tree that came from so
small a seed had to wait for the be
ginning of the modern missionary
movement. The Christian population,
of the world, after eighteen centuries
was 200,0(10,000; bui after one century
during which the Great Commission
wth. exalted, the Christian population
rose to coo.000,000.
Mark 8: 1-20. Jesus and HI dis
ciples had yuit come from a storm
tossed sea. Our lord's power over
physical nature had deeply Impressed
His followers. As soon as they left
the boat they encountered a man pos
sessed by the fierce wlldness of a
"brain Btorra." Christ's compassion
was at once aroused, for this storm
was In a man and God- always con
sider a man the supreme unit of
value in the world. Jesus ever esti
mated the worth of a man, not simply
because of what he was, but for what
by the grace of God he might become.
This unpromising subject was made a
conspicuous example of what is pos
sible to the wisdom and power of
Christ.
The Law of Moses.
The law ot Moses was, in every
part, tinged with mercy; it stood for
liberty and It had for Its ultimate
goal freedom from Ignorance and
despotism. Rev. C. Ross Baker.
lint Taken to IPeces.
A leading Parisian milliner has
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adapted for various occasions at will.
It can be taken to piece. When
Its removable brim is packed away,
under the brow it becomes a close
fitting toque suitable for motoring,
railway traveling or for walks in
rough weather. It Its owner Cud
herself unexpectedly called upon to
appear In evening dress shs ha sim
ply to readjust bet crown And she Is
ready for any function demanding
the greatest elegance "London
Chronicle.
Perfectly Safe.
Herbert, aged five, had received a
handsome toy borse for Christmas.
One day be took It into the street
to play. He returned without ths
borse. Fearing that ths toy might
have been lost or stolen from him,
his mother asked him where it wis.
6be was surprised at this reply: "Ob,
I left Mm around the corner. He
can't get away, I tied bim to a tree."
Deliueator.
A HORSE IN A MARSH.
One night while in the country we
were suddenly awakened by the bark
ing of our dog. We got up and In
vestigated, but could find nothing
wrong, so we thought that perhaps he
had heard some one passing on the
road, and again retired for the night.
The following morning we again
searched the barnyard and found that
the horse was missing. We looked
all over the grounds and finally found
him stuck in tho swamp.
There were four men staying at the
house, and they tried to raise the
horse, but all their efforts failed, for
he sunk deeper and deeper. Tbey
then went across the road and asked
our neighbor for assistance. He,
knowing the danger of the twamp, re
sponded immediately, bringing with
him his son, a team of horse and two
of bis boarder. ' The eight men
worked for about three hour, being
In great danger themselves of dipping
Into the marsh or of being hurt .by
the horse, who was fighting all the
while for liberty. At last their ef
fort were rewarded, for they suc
ceeded In getting a rope under hi
lags, and with one vigorous pull
raised bim enough to put a plank
under him. Then, with another pull,
he was raised on firm ground.
Tbs borse was so weak when be
wa taken out of the iwamp that he
could hardly stand, but after good
treatment for two or three days he
was himself again. Every precaution
ha been taken to prevent him from
evor getting In there again. Mar
guerite E. Bender, In the New York
Tribune, , ,
1
HAD HAD ONE MOVED.
Ltowyer "What is your occupa
tion?" Witness "I am a piano finisher."
Lawyer "Be a little rpore definite.
Do you polish them or move them?"
rioatou Tranicript.
BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE
SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CCRSB
GREATLY CHEERED.
Why Do Men Drink?
BY JOHif C. CARL.
"O Ood, that men should put an enemy
into their mouths to steal away their
brninsl To be now a sensible man, by and
by a fool, and presently a beast!" Shakes,
penre.
To me there is no more Interesting
problem In psychology!
Come to think of it this whole
question of alcoholism Is one of the
most astounding puzzles In moral in
consistency and Intellectual perversity
that has ever come before the Intel
ligent world for solution.
Why we should tolerate this ac
cursed stuff among us, with the evi
dences of its cruelly destructive na
ture confronting us at every turn, is a
question that should scare us as to
our own personal sanltyl
In Its initial stages , alcoholism is
the birthplace of moral and physical
degeneracy, later on the hotbed of dis
honor, dishonesty and disloyalty;
and, at the last, the sad burial ground
of wrecked hopes, of ruined careers,
of lost souls and all that might, but
for It, have been so beautiful and
good and true.
Why do men drink? It Is the dew
that moistens the roadway to hell!
Yet we nurture the germs of our
future hopes and fears In Its foul
pollution, we suckle it to our innocent
babes, and proffer it to one another
at the most sacred rites of our re
ligious beliefs! Why do we do it?
"Wine throws a man out of himself, and
infuse qualities into the mind which she
is n stranger to in her sober moments."
Addison.
Why do men drink? Ask the
"total abstainer" who smilingly offers
It to his guests.
Ask the "moderate drunkard,"
who, sneering at his more involved
brothers, wickedly boasts that he can
"take it or let It alone."
Ask the "conviviallst," who, swear
ing love and loyalty for the com
panions of his debauch, takes to the
tall timber at the first sign of
trouble.
Ask the "dipsomaniac," who period
ically kisses death in a perfect Niag
ara of the vile stuff he abominates.
Ask the poor "chronic Inebriate,"
who but "marks time" In the morass
of alcoholic bilge till the reaper gath
ers him In.
"Who hnth woe? Who hath sorrow?
They that tary at the wine. It biteth like
n serpent ana stingeth like on adder."
The Bible.
Why do men drink? Of what use
Is medical science If this question
cannot be answered? We are given
countless good and sufficient reasons
why men should not drink, but no
one seems ever to have sounded the
depthB of human perversity for one
good and sufficient reason why men
do drink!
The fact of the matter is that, with
few exceptions, everyone who comes
within the alcoholic atmosphere falls
under Its control they become ob
sessed with a moral obliquity, or
what may be perhaps more correctly
termed an Intellectual strabismus
the axis of their mental vision has
become deranged by alcoholic hyp
nosis, and their logical instinct a
non-responsive blur.
Nature has supplied an antidote for
all her Ills Is there no Immunity
from the Infatuation of this mirage?
No redemption for those who have
fallen? No hope for the lost?
"Drunkenness is nothing else than a vol
untary marines." Seneca.
Let us be truthful we do not want
to escape It! Our fathers pledged
their friends in it, and our mothers
wet our Hps with it on the tips of
their rosy fingers. What was good
enough for them i3 good enough for
us! Our mental process will not,
or can not, travel farther.
We have been unfairly dealt with
by the countless generations who
have traveled ahead of us. Even be
fore our birth, and during our help
less childhood, the fine clockwork of
our mental balance has been tam
pered with, and thrown awry by alco
holic stimulants; and now, we have
ears that hear not, and eyes that see
not. We welcome bestiality with an
Inane smile, and extend the glad
band to shame and ruin!
"Oh, wad some power the giftie gi'e us,
To aee ourael'i as ither see us!"
Is there absolutely nothing in all
this wide, wide world that can free
us of our apses' ears?
"Soon ns the potion works, their human
countenance,
Th' cxrire-m resemblance of the gods is
changed,
And they, so perfect in their misery.
Not once nerceive their foul disfigure
ment." Milton.
Practical Results of Sobriety.
A marvelous change has taken placo
in the drink habit in the past cen
tury. In tho United State for in
stance, it is true that the consump
tion of drink has reached n high per
capita mark, despite the vigorous
temperance work, including educa
tion, through the population and tho
energy of the liquor traffic are under
stood. There Is, nevertheless a tre
mendous Increase, universally admit,
ted, in the sobriety ot the people as a
whole.
It may be truthfully said, for ex
snmle, that the growing demands of
business for sober or completely ab
staining employes have followed edu
cation of youth In the facta showing
bow drink tend to Impair efficiency
nd reliability. A generation of eri
ployers has been reared who not only
bave an Ide-t as had their father
that drink make a poor workmen,
but taught by the facts of scler.ee,
tbey know the definite risk.
Alcohol and Pneumoni-.
Dr. Moorehead.- a great phvtlclsn
of Edinburgh, said of alcohol in
pneumonia: "If ! can get a patient
who has had no alcohol, I have very
seldom any doubt a to the result of
that attack ot pneumonia, and find
that It i never necessary to glv al
cohol in these case at all: in fact,
the patients do far better without It"
No Constitutional Clonk.
Ths alcohol to drink trad is not
protected by our National Constitu
tion. Michigan Scares Rummies.
Cincinnati wholesale liquor dealer
announce that their losses from the
going dry of Michigan counties will
not be less than 12,000,000 per year.
The recent going dry of ulnetaen
counties ot Michigan starts a cry
among the pro-liquor papers of Mich
igan for a law which shall require
three-fourth vote to carry no-llcense '
Always Wrong.
If It was wrong to vote for license
when the per capita consumption of
liquor was fifteen gallons.' it Is still
wrong when ths per capita consump
tion is twsnty-thre gallons.
3N
; fathered for rtw 1
lloyierriouRlj
"UOPETHOC IX GOD."
(Tia. 42:5, 11.,
"Hope thou in God!" 'Ti. iv
word, led
And so Iaas it on to you, '
Hiat you may learn likewiae to do
Hope thou in ol! '
"Hope thou In Ood I" Thin U. i
E'en when Hi. will you can t H, ltn
Hi. purpose, of hUZ Zl "
Hu mercy .hall for aye endure
Itope thou in God! '
"Hope thou in God! " Bo not Hm.i
Althoupth unanswered ,"", )ir
It ha. ascended to His throne 1 PrW'
Thy need to Hun is .full,- ;no,'n
Hope thou in Und: ,
"Hope thou In God!" Thnmrl, tt
The power, of dnrW, 'ft "o JT"
He re., above, He rlM
"No evil .hall to thee rnme " h
Hope thou in God: " '
"Hope thou in God:" oi, mav u.
A meMage to Himself to tW '
Still chnij to Him. m iirtt
Hope thou in God' ''
P.. in London Christian.
The Holy Spirit and the Word
It requires the enlightening 'm.
Phaslzlng presence ot the Holv Solrtt
to enable us to comprehend and 2
proprlate the teaching of the vnH
The following Incident m,
In Altoona. Pa., some years neo ,
man was seeking the Lord. He
been at the altar a number of e"en.
Ings in succession, and seemed ou r
to be getting deener Into sioom. don !
and despair, but he was an honest 1
qulrer. "
One evening, right In the middle of
the altor exercises, he got up took
his hat, and left the house "
that there was no Rnlvatlon for him
He went home, and on entering hii
house his eye caught a Bible lying on
the table. He sat down and began to
read, thinking that perhaps he could
find something there that would re
lleve his mind. He happened upon
the passage, "This Is a faithful nr.
IS! JJ?d, worthy of a" acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came Into the world
to save sinners, of whom I am chief"
He was astonished. The Holv Spirit
emphasized the truth. His faith took
hold, and soon he was happily prals
Ing God aloud for salvation.
The next evening In the meeting he
said to his pastor: "I gave up tic
last night, and went home, hut fortu
nately my eye caught the Bible ss I
went into my house. I Sat down and
began to read, and I soon found Serin
ture enough to convert all the men in
Altoona."
The Holy Spirit enlightened hit
eyes, because he was nn honest, peni
tent inquirer, and It dirt "guide him
Into all truth" Into a knowledge of
all the truth essential to his salva.
tlon. And so it will do for everv hon
est inquirer. If the "higher critics"
of to-day would study their Bibles on
their knees, they would find much
more to believe and much less to crit
icise than they do. It is the enlight
ening Influence of the Holy Snlrlt that
Illumines the truth to the mind of the
honest reader of God's Word, but
upon the minds of those who, trust
ing in their own wisdom, read Its sa
cred pages only to criticise and fled
fault. It sheds no such illumination.
Religious Telescope.
Cleansing His Conscience.
There was once in Boston an old
codfish dealer, a very earnest and
sincere man, who lived prayerfuilj
every day. One of the great Joys of
his life was the family worship hour.
One year two other merchant per
suaded him to go Into a deal with
them, by which they could control all
the codfish in the market, and greatly
Increase the price.
The plan was succeeding well
when this good old man learned that
many poor persons in Boston were
suffering because of the great ad
vance in the price of codfish. It trou
bled him so that he broke down a
trying to pray at the family altar,
and went straight to the men who
had led bim into the plot, and told
them he could not go on with It,
Said the old man: "I can't sffoid
to do anything which interfere! with
my family prayers. And this mo.'
ing when I got down on my Its'
and tried to pray, there was a mow
tain of codfish before me.hlgh enou?
to shut out the throne of God, and 1
could not pray. I tried my best to
get around it, or get over It. o"1
every time I started to pray tna
f h loomed up before me and my
God. I wouldn't have my famil
prayers spoiled for all the codfish
the Atlantic Ocean, and I shall na
nothing more to do with it, or it
sny money made' out of it." Hoaw
Herald.
"Faith is the Substance of TUinj
Hoped For."
I hear men praying everywhere for
more faith, but when I listen to two
carefully and get at the real heart o
their prayers, very often It l 801
more faith at all that they are wan ing,
but a change from faith to slgnt
Faith says not, "I see that It U
for me. and so God must bavs
It." but "God sent it, and so t bo"
be good for me." Faith, walking
the dark with God, only prays bim
clasp its band more closely doe n
even ask bim for the lifting of
darkness o that the man roar
the way himself. Phillips BrooM-
Tho Conquering Cross.
The cross of Jesu goe on j
querlng. and om day the hoau
Satan must bow before It .and r.
the word of the leader of the Moo"
"Galileean, Thou bast conquerea.
Rev, D. D. Greer.
Ambition. .
Ambition Is right and prop JJJJ
necessary when kept within pro
bound, but when it brooki w 7.
strain It leads to crtms and sham
Rv. S. H. Burglou .
A Waterless Both.
-What do you think, said tbj
eurlous, "I cleanod my tact
with a vacuum cleaner. It J J
tbs skin and pulls It so you can t
ly get away. The man who opera
one told me that be went over
face and clothing every nls
fce got through bis work and f
fresh as a daisy. Of course, Utw
off the thing be u.o. for floor
wall. 1 believe I'll start a fad--1'
Ing waterless lath." N u
Time.