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Developing Milkiiij; Strain.
Experiments In developing a milk
ing strain of short horn rattle have
been hcgus by the dairy division of
tho I'nlled States Department of
Agriculture in co-operation with the
Minnesota Kiperim?nt Station and
with nine Minnesota breeders, tho lat
ter having agreed to allow their hoi da
to be used and to manage them ac
cording to the Instructions of tho dc
lartm::ut. EpitotulM.
Cr.re of ll"rs.
Tln hide and flesh oi n voting horse
nre more tender than those of an old
work horse. If the bhotilders of tin1
J'oun horse are allowed to heroine
sore during the first season's work it
is likely that they will be sore or ten
tier 11 1 1 the rest of tho animal's life.
If the young horse passes through the
first season without injury the shoul
ders become toughened, and with
Rood treatment are likely ver to be
come sore: Epltomist.
Alxmt Kuttcr-MuLin:;.
A lady who seems to know a good
deal about practical dairy matters
contributes the following Items to the
Farm Journal:
Sprinkle the salt In the butter nnd
let It stand one-half hour and then
work.
You will find all the salt dissolved
nnd the butter will be noltt and have
plenty of grain.
Mary people work butter too much.
It should be pressed together. Never
use a rubbing motion.
If worked as soon B3 salted tho but
ter will be dry. an all the water will
be worked out, will consequently
weigh b.'ss and the flavor will r.ot lie
eo fine.
If butter Is to be used at onco one
washing is sufficient: If It is to be
kept a long time wash two or three
times.
Never churn until the last added
cream lias been mixed twenty-four
hours in winter.
Churn In a room as near sixty de
gree:? as possible. .Never in a
hot or a very cold room. Never fill
the churn more than half full.
Never attempt to churn without
using a thermometer.
using a disk. Of course, there may
be sotno Instances where light horses
will have the advantage, a?, for In
stance, when drawing a harrow or
woeder. Hut the number of Instances
when the light horses of the farm
will do work as well as heavy horses
are comparatively few. Very much
will depend upon the kind of land
nnd upon the nature of tho farming
that Is being carried on, but on nearly
all kinds of Foils good Btrong horse:,
will be found preferable to those of
light weights. On clay farms It is
simply Indispensable to keep lior.: 's
aide to do work that calls for much
strength to do It properly. This ques
tinn is sufficiently Important to en
gage the attention of those who ap
parently have not thought of it, or
having thought of It have not been
duly Influenced by Its great impor
tance. Weekly Witness.
An inspiring sermon written In thfl TToly
f .iiml, bv tlio former pastor o.' liie Irviug
Square 'Presbyterian Church pres-nr.
KsMicin'o pastor Willi Rnv. J. Watson Kan
nnu, I). IJ.. 'f til -ew York Avvtiue MetU
oili.it Kpiiiviil Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Topic: in:riiM'.iii:M.
Hog Fred ins Test.
One of the State experiment sta
tions has made a careful test in feed
Ing hogj certain foods, and gives the
results In the following summary: '
1. That It required eighteen per
Mat'.. CM: "Bethlehem of Ju Im "
The gospel record la dual. Twr
evangelists, Matthew and Luke, bear
testimony to the holy homing. I'l
Bethlehem of Judra It is s'.ill Brit
I.ahm, "tho place of food," and Inhab
ited mostly by Christians in contra
distinction to that Iletlilohem v.liich
is In Oaillee, occurred the event v. hi -h
illi'ferentlatts distinctive ages and that
is commemorated until this day.
And thou Hethleliem, land ef Ju
lian, art in no wise least amor- the
princes of Judah: lor out of 'time
shall corns forth a governor, v.-ho
sha'l be shepherd of My i"pl8
Israel."
The scene of a pro-eminent birth,
Pethlehem in, ns always It h;:s been
since prophetic days, of inteie;' and
inrplratlon to those followers of the
risen Lord w ho arc privileged to gaze
upon it.
You reach It from Jcrusal?ni by a
road, which no doubt Jor,cph and
Mary and Jesus traveled, leading
past the "upper chamber" 'reath tho
battlements of tho city's southern
wall; wells notable with reminiscences
of the magi, of David, and of Mary,
The
Sunday -School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOU NOVEMBER 7.
cent, more barley by weight than corn
to produce tho same gain in feeding 1 near tho tomb of Kachcl. It Is a trip
pigs when both grains were fed In the ! not to be forgotten. A Journey link
Soils Are Improving.
Deciarlng that the world's s:iils are
to-day a greater storehouse of fertil
ity than they ever were. Professor
Milton Whitney, chief of the Soils Bu
reau In the Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, D. C, in a bulletin
Just Issued, takes a stand In direct
opposition to the view of many writ
ers that soils are gradually wearing
out.
Professnr Whitney states that a
study of the record for the last forty
years will show that the average of
crops is increasing, particularly in
tho older States, where the soil has
been worked the longest. There has
been, Le states, an Increase of two
btishels in the average yield of wheat
per acre in the last forty years, al
though the yield of corn has decreased
oue-half a bushel.
"The soils of New England have
materially increased In yields of corn
and wheat during forty years," says
tho professor, "but, what is more
startling, they are producing consid
erably heavier yields than the noils of
the Mississippi River Stales."
lie adds that an examination of the
records shows that the leading Euro
pean nations are not only producing
Kreater crops now than tit an earlier
period, biu the crops are larger than
those produced by the comparatively
new soils of the UnlteJ States.
proportion of four parts of grain to
one of shorts by weight.
2. That it is profitable to feed bar
ley to hogs if pork Is selling at an
average price.
3. That tho( carcasses of the pigs
fed barley and Bhorts showed a great
er distribution of lean and firmer flesh
than the carcasses of piss fed corn
and r.horts.
I 4. Thnt d"ia fpfl on corn unit
shorts will dresa a higher per cent,
than pies fed on barley and shorts.
f. That cross bred Yorkshlre
Derkshires made more grain than the
other cross breds or pure breds used
In this trial.
Another test at feeding other foods
is given as follows:
1. We can conclude from the re
sults of thl3 trial that ground reject-
very ..--.. w. ifiwuuim-, buuu
gains wnen icu to swine in connection
with shorts.
2. In comparison with corn It 're
quires S.9 per cent, more rejected
wheat than corn to produce the same
gains.
3. The quality of pork produced la
even better thap that produced by
corn.
4. If pork Is soiling for a reason
able price a fairly good price may be
expected from feeding the rejected
wheat to swine.
fii-nss Fed Beef.
Profrsvor Humford in referring to
his six -.noriths' observations while in
Argentina. South America, says that
very fine herd i of cattle are produced
In Argentina without a mouthful of
grain. These cattle are fed slmulv
grass and alfalfa and were never in a
stable. lie saw breeding cattle i:i
extra fine tlesh on alfalfa pasture.
Grass fed mutton has gone from
Argentina to London market too fat
to sell. On one ranch of lfiO.00.0
acre? there nre IS r,n i cattle, 10,000
sheep and 2000 horses all market
fat without a pcuml i;f grain. Most
of the cattle countrv Is flat and level
and the climate Is I leal for growing,
as blizzards and severe weather are
unknown.
Argentina Is a rtrl compslltor of
the 1'nlled States and Iibs during the
past three years shipped considerable
more beef to Great H.-ltaln than has
our own country. Tho beef can he
delivered In Iondon from Argentina
as cheaply as It can from Chicago.
Our beef growers have not awak
ened to the dangerous competition of
the South American country, but the
Make Good nutter.
Farmers who make butter for mar
ket and sundry small butter manu
facturers who are stirred by the ac
tivity of the Federal authorities in
making arrests for violations of the
Federal law regulating the manufac
ture and sale of adulterated butter
have been calling on H. E. Barnard.
State food nnd drug commissioner. In
considerablo numbers recently for In
formation as to how to avoid trouble
at the hands of the Federal inspect
ors. The answer invariably is, "Make
good butter."
Under the Federal law any butter
which contains sixteen per cent, or
more of water Is adulterated butter.
A license tax of JfiOO is required for
its manufacture; license for dealing
In tho material at wholesale costs
$4 80, while a retailer's license costs
$ 4 S. In addition a tax of ten cents a
pound Is Imposed on all such adulter
ated butter manufactured.
"It is easy fot the farmer and tho
Fmall butter maker to make butter
which will ;tand the Government
test." said Mr. Barnard. "Thi chief i
point, is to remove all the buttermilk
contained in the butter when the ;
churning Is complete. This can be
done by washing tho product repeat- 1
edly through clear, cool or cold water
I until ro traces of the buttermilk re
main. Then the butter should be
worked, either by a machine worker i
or by the old fashioned paddle such i
as our grandmothers used to use. By !
washing and working any batch of I
butter which a farmer's wife may '
make may be made as solid and Arm I
as creamery butter, and will easily
meet all the requirements of the Fed
eral food law.
"Many farmers' wives whe nave
nrlded themselves foi years on mak
ing good butter really make only a
fair grade of axle grease. Their but
ter contains so much water that it
would not pasE Federal inspection,
and under strict Internretatlon of the
law, the maker would be subject to
fine if an attempt were made to sell It
as pure butter. Much of the butter
that conies from the farms to tho In
dianapolis and other markets is
washed through perhaps only one
! ing the first nnd tho last days of the
i earthly ministry of the Son of the
I ever living God, to whose life and sac
rifice the world owes such a debt.
In tho Gospel according to St. Luke
! the second chapter and the fourth
! verse, we read: "AndJoseph also went
I up from Galilee, out of tho city of
j Nazareth, Into Judea, to the city of
David, which Is called Bethlehem, be
cause he was of tho house nnd family
! of David."
1 The statement Is as concise and as
I clearly made as It Is geographically
correct. Nazareth Is about 1000 feet
I above the level of tho Mediterranean;
' the highest point In the immediate
I environment is the Jebel es Sikh, a
j hill rising to a height of lfi02 feet
I and Just to tho northwest of Nazar
eth; Mount Tabor, tho most conspicu
ous, as the nearest, mountain within
easy distance of Nazareth, Is only
! 18 43 feet abovo water level at Its
pummlt. The "little town of Bethle
hem" is, however, 2550 feet abovo the
eurace of the seas. Comment Is un
necessary to Indicate the precision of
a record which states that Joseph
went UP from Galileo to Bethlehem.
Ha went down south, but he went up,
as the traveler must do to-day to go
down. Tho rise from the plain of
Meglddo, over which of necessity
Joseph would have crossed, to Bethle
hem Is nearly half a mile.
Likewise, with characteristic Bibli
cal fidelity of description, the rtory
states that Joseph went up INTO Ju
da. Nothing could better mirror the
fact. Jerusalem is near the northern,
as Hebron commands the southern,
border of Judea. But to get to Beth
lehem yon must go"Into Judea," oven
ns to arrive at Hurtford you must go
into Connecticut or to reach Pekin
! you must travel Into China.
! Luke also relates that. "Joseph
i went up to tho cltv of David. WHICH
j IS CALLED BETHLEHEM." Tho
student of Scripture will remember
! that at Jerusalem In all human prob
1 "ability on the site of ancient Mount
' Sion on the east hill there was a
' district called "the city of David." It
1 Is to differentiate Bethlehem from
that region that, no doubt, tho Scrip
tures read "the city called Bethle
hem." Hero, indeed, Jesus was born.
Among these quiet hills, from the re
freshing western winds of this ra
diant countryside, the Infant Shep
herd drew His oariiest strength. Its
lineage lent Illm access to the best
there was in Jewish llf: Ho gave to
the pleaeaut hamlet Imperishable
fame. Hither the wise men came
with regal gifts. Out of its lanes
they went seeking their homelands
by another way. From thence His
parents took Him "up to Jerusalem"
It Is a double upward Journey by
reason of the hill and valley north of
Bethlehom who was In a'dozeu year
to return to confound sages. From
thenco came forth the "light for reve
lation to the Gentiles." Here Con
Btantlne built u basilica, remains of
which exist. Here priests strugglu
for control of sacred caverns. Tn
this picturesque locality the pilgrims
not their ways.
Overlooking the tawdry, forgiving,
whllo regretting, ecclesiastical Jeal
ousies, with toleration for fraudulent
tradition, and with an open mind for
that which bears the mirks of hon
esty, let us also look toward Bethls
hem. It is the birthplace of Christ,
one of the most majestic spots for the
Christian lu all the world. Without
it there would be no Calvary, no East
er morn, no Pentecost, no living
Christ.
And as, at evening, under the ra
diant heaven, we gaze southward
across the fluids from the city of His
death to the city of His birth, let u
sing:
facts tre Indisputable. Our great wa'-e-1 molded into patties and rushed
iu mnrKor.
"Under the most favorablo condi
tions It will not remain sweet more
than a few davs. because of the but
termilk It contains. This butter com
mands only a comparatively low price,
whereas its value can be greatly en
hanced If properly treated. At the
same time the danger of the maker'!
being called to account by the Fed
eral Inspectors will be removed.
"Moreover, many farmors' wives
makes the mistake of churning their
cream before It is 'ripe' enough. The
cream should be permitted to stand
until fully ripened before the butter
making process Is started." Indian
apolis News.
ranges have practically disappeared
nnd new methods of beef raising are
coming Into practice. But still bet-te-
methodi must be adopted, clso it
will i.e impossible for our farmers to
raise cattle profitably on our high
priced Unds In competition with our
southern competitors, p
Heavier Farm Horse,
We are more than ever convinced
that many farm horses are entirely
loa light for the work required of
them. On nearly every farm we see
horses of different sixes, and while all
may be good for certain uses, for
heavy work and much of the work on
a. farm properly tilled, is heavy, the
stronger horses not only do the work
easier than the others, but they do It
more effectively. For Instance, sup
pose a farmer wants to use bis spring
tooth harrow. When horses are
strong enough to do this work prop
erly the teeth can be put down much
deeper, and consequently tbey do the
work just that much more effectively,
Xhe same Is true with reference to
"Oh, little town of Ketblehem
How still we sec tnce He;
Above thy deep
And dreamless sleep.
The silent stars go by."
IIIA W. HliNDERSOX.
Jerusalem, 1909.
flood Hrhrine,
Tall Office Boy "What's the old
man giving you his good cigars to
smoke for? Does be want you to cut
out cigarettes?"
Short Office Boy "Naw! His wife
I coming down to make s touch be
Step by Step.
'"The contemplation of ourselves, If
11 bo not subordinated to the con
templation of Jeus Christ, leads us
step by step to our own righteous
ness, to salvation by works, and
thenco to pride, if wo forget our
selves, or to Hstlessne3s nnd despond
ency if we see ourselves us wo pre."
A. Vlnet.
Toleration.
An Immense amount of friction will
be saved whea we can learn to tole.r
ato one another's idiosyucrscles.
Rov. C. E. Nash.
IuiptUlcncc.
hnpatienco not only strips oil the
covering, but lays bare the very quick
In all its sensitiveness of nerve.
Iter. J. 3. Remensnydor.
Act Quickly. ,
No man should evur stop to think
twice as to whether he could do a
generous deed or fulfill bis higher
conviction.
rcrtonnlltjr.
The ultimate fact Is person, the
haalA nrlnrlnla nrannfilW v. Th
fore she goes shopping, and he wants 1'uitghtlost force is the power o( per
her to think he is out." Boston Post. ' sonullty.
Subject: Paul a Prisoner The Ship
wreck, Acts 27:2-28, 10 Gol
den Text: I. 84:22 Commit
Verses 28, 0, 10 Commentary.
TIME. A. D. 60 or 61.
PLACE. Malta.
EXPOSITION.!. God's Promise
Fulfilled, -44. It ws a glad mo
ment when day broke (cf. v. 29, R.
V. maruln), but there were still un
certainties and perils before them.
But there was no longer any occasion
or excuse for anxiety they had God's
sure word of promise that not one life
should be lost or any person Injured
in the slightest degree (vs. 24, 25,
34), and part of the prediction was
already being fulflled before their
eyes (cf. v. 26). Every step they
took and everything that occurred
was In etact fulfillment of what God
had said (v. 22). One heart was per
fectly calm (cf. T. 25; Is. 26:3). In
the soldiers' counsel to kill the pris
oners we have a striking illustration
of the brutalizing tendency of the
military life. They had Just escaped
from extreme peril themselves, and
that, too. through one of the prison
ers, and now they would turn around
and kill all the prisoners, Paul In
cluded. The brutal ingratitude Tf
these soldiers toward Paul Is noth
ing to the great ingratitude of the
masses of men to-day toward Paul's
Master. They owe their safety for
time and eternity to Him, yet they
are willing to turn upon Him at any
moment. But the centurion proved
true, and all the prisoners were saved
for Paul's sake. It did seem as if
some of these 276 persons must be
lost, but God had given His guaran
tee that "there shall be no loes of
any's man's life among you," and
God's Word is sure no matter how the
breakers dash and how the ship goes
to pieces. God's promises were ful
filled to the very letter and always
will be.
II. Paul, the Prisoner. Iernmo
Paul, the Mlglity Worker, 1-10. The
promise of God when made did seem
quite impossible of fulfillment, but
God had kept It to the very letter,
God makes all things and all persons
minister to His faithful servants (cf.
Rom. 8:28). The storm had swept
Paul on toward his definitely ap
pointed destination. The shipwreck
had given him ascendancy over sol
diers, sailors and officers, and now
these unknown foreigners minister
abundantly to his needs. Paul was a
great man the world's greatest
preacher, gret test missionary, greatest
reformer, greatest philosopher, great
est man of letters, but Paul was not
above picking up sticks for the fire on
a wet day If that was the work at
band (cf. Matt. 20:28). The spirit
of service was woven Into the very
warp and woof of Paul's being, and
If there was nothing for him to do to
help his fellow-men but pick up sticks
he would do that. It was very un
dignified, but It was very Christlike
(John 13:!)-15). The first result of
his humility appeared discouraging
(vs. 3, 4). It seems as If he must
perish, the victim of his own impu
dent superservlceableness, but it did
not turn out that way. It did add
another to the many things that Paul
endured for his Master (cf. 2 Cor. 11:
23, 27), but It also turned out to the
furtherance of the Gospel. It gave j
I'aul an approach to the Inhabitants
of Malta and afforded a testimony to
the truth of Christ's promise and
God's protecting care. These barba
rians were very Ignorant and super
stitious people (v. 4), but are the
Judgments of many educated and pro
fessedly Christian people to-day any
more Just? Paul seems to have been
very calm about the whole matter (v.
5). No viper, nor even the old Ser
pent himself, could kill him before
he reached Rome and gave his testi
mony. V. C shows, how little value is
to be attached to public opinion; a
few moments ago Paul was a "mur
derer," and now he is "a god." And
both opinions were equally wide of
the mark. Unhappy Is the man who
depends upon public opinion for his
comfort. Happy Is the man who
seeks simply to approve himself to
the unchanging mind of God (Gal. 1:
10: Heb. 11:5). It was a fortunate
thing for the household of Publius
that "Paul entered in." A man who
knows God, and has power with God,
Is a greater blessing in any household
in times of sickness and need than
all the physicians of earth. Paul was
ready for any sort of service; If peo
ple were cold, he was ready to build
fires; if they were sick, he was ready
to pray and heal. He knew bow to
pray so as to get what he asked.
Fever and dystenery are . stubborn
complaints, but they are no match
for tbe prayers of a man like Paul.
The band that had been so recently
delivered from the venomous viper
was a good hand to lay upon the bod
ies of another that was In the ser
pent's power (cf. Mark 16:18). When
one man is actually healed, he is a
living testimony to God's healing
power and others will come and bo
cured. So when one Is actually and
visibly saved, others will come for
salvation and be saved. Tbe power
of Christ is its own best advertisement.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
NOVEMBER SEVENTH.
Life's Lessons for jvle from the Book
of Hebrews. Heb. 12: 1-7. (Con
secratlon Meeting.)
"Better thnga.". Heb. 1; 4; 7; -19
22.
More "bettor things." Heb. 9: 23 '
10: 35, 40; 12t 24.
Heeding the message. Heb. 1: 1-3
The lcind High IHest. Heb. 2;
17. 18.
Tho anchor of promise. Heb. 6:
9-20.
Falth'a heroes. Heb. 11: 1-10.
The great and beautiful and beloved
In heaven still know about earth,
about you nd me. Let us see to It
that they know only good things!
(v. 1 )
We Wight well despair, knowing
that our life depends upon our faith,
did we not know that our faith de
pends upon our loving Saviour (v. 2.)
The devil is strong until we begin
to hate him (v. 4).
Chastening, which seems to be our
undoing Is the enduring foundation
of all sound living (v. 7).
Help from Hebrews.
A good earthly servant is a wonder
ful help; how If wo are ministered to
by angels? (1: 14.)
The man at the window of a burn
ing building has no other business but
to get to the ground; tha Is the
plight of our souls, and we have every
other business. (2: 3.)
We could never have doubted God's
power to succor ua, but we might
have doubted Hla sympathy; Christ's
life removes that doubt forever (2:
18. )
We make much of our duty to obey;
do we make enough of our duty to get
others to obey? (3: 13.)
Let us so work as to make the Sab
bath rest of eternity a Sabbath in
deed, after a well-filled week (4: 8.)
God alone sees us perfectly; if we
want to see ourselves as we are, let
us look Into the mirror of God's Word
(4: 12).
If you think that your temptation Is
so gross that It cannot have assailed
Jesus Christ, you doubt the complete
ness of His humanity (4: 15).
imm LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
religious Truths
11- r
From the Writings of Great
Tho Family. "'.
Through the family and the home 1
most of the good has come to the
world. The State began with the fam
ily, religion had Its first expression
in the family ancestral worship.
Rev. John L. Elliott.
A Human "Ainm Mater."
At Cambridge Professor Whltmora
tells It this way:
"Wllklns and I were waiting tor a
train at Onosquahami, Mich., when
we joined a group of mo a at the win
dow of the telegraph office, where the
operator was writing bulletins of a
baseball game between Harvard and
Yalo. A lumberman who evidently
had bet on Yalo was grumbling over
his loss. He swore a great deal and
said tha New Haven players were a
sandlesa lot of quitters. He was go
ing to say a great deal mora when a
tall, husky young fellow pushed
through tbe crowd, tobk him by tha
shoulder and swung him around.
'Pardon me,' ha said, politely
anough, though his eyes were biasing
'pardon me, but I can't stand any
mora of that abuse. I won't stand It!
I'm an alma mater of Yale myself.' "
Harper's Weekly.
LITERAL,
Dentist "When did ymir tooth he.
gin troubling you?"
Patient "When I .was cutting
them." Boston Transcript.
I.i Business on Borrowed Capital (Luke
- 19: 11-27.)
Luke 19: 12, 13. The Borrowed
Capital. Everything Is In a state of
excitement. The lord of the place has
fallen heir to a kingdom. He must
go at onco to take possession of it.
But this means that things here at
home must be left in other hands.
So he sends for his most trusty and
capable servants, divides his posses
sions jiid authority among them, and
says, ' Carry on business until I re
turn." Luko 19: 10, 13, 20, 21. How the
Business Was Carried On. While all
started with the same capital, all did
not have the same success. By wise
methods and strict attention to busi
ness one man made ten pounds out of
one. Another, perhaps Just as faith
ful, but certainly not as capable, made
a five-fold Increase. There was,
however, one overcautious, self-cen-teted,
fault-fl?dlng Individual who did
absolutely nothing, and, of course, bis
money made no gain.
Luke 19: 15, 17, 22-20. The Day of
Reckoning. But coronation day is over.
The H9W government Is running
smoothly. Tho king will go to see
how the servants to whom he has left
his other property are caring for It
Besides, ho needs competent, trust
woithy men who are fitted for high
position In the kingdom. He was de
lighted to find a man who with one
pound had gained ten, and said to
him, "You are Just tho man I need to
govern this large province with its
ten rich and Important cities." To the
man who had gained five pounds he
said, "I have a very desirable flvo-clty
province, where you will be a perfect
fit." But to the stammering, apolo
gizing delinquent who had done noth
ing with his pound the king auld:
"You have jot wit enough to use an
opportunity when It Is thrust upon
you. You are no good to yourself nor
to anyone else. You are not fit to be
trusted with anything of value. Hand
over that capital of which you have
made no use. The man who made
ten -out of one will know what to do
with It, If you don't."
Luke 19: 14-27. The Rebellious
Subjects. This reference to the Jews
who had rejected their Messiah need
not be further considered by us In
our study about "In Business on Bor
rowed Capital."
I Revolution In Farming
"The Agrarian Revolution in the
Jlddle West," by Joseph B. Ross, Is
remarkable article In the North
American Review upon a recent de
velopment In American civilization
iThe writer shows that here also wa
are drifting toward, tenant farming.
He explains:
t "Iu this period farming has been
commercialized. The splendid build
ings which were erected for the use
I f the family during the second per
iod have been suffered to fall Into de
Jay, the family having removed their
permanent residence to the adjoining
flty. Landlord cultivation has given
place to a cultivation by tenants. And
;n the stead of tenants who looked
forward to the possibility of becoming
freeholders, and who, during their ca
reer as tenants, remained upon tha
name tract of land or In the same
neighborhood for a score of years,
there has arisen a nomadic class of
Jenants who itinerate from farm to
arm and from one neighborhood to
another. Rents for a share of the
produce are still quite common, but
Jhere is an Increasing tendency to de
mand a fixed cash payment for tha
iuie of the land regardless of the pro
ductiveness of tha season. The young,
r sons of tha farmer's family have
tio longer an expectation soma day
f.o possess a messuage of their own.
Rather do they compete with one an.
other for tha tenancy of cultivated
tracts until tha rents which tbey con
tract to pay are rapidly becoming
ruinous. And they know that even
tf they should ba able to accumulate
a few hundred or a few thousand
'ollars, they cannot hope to purchasd
.'arms for themsalves, because of the
enhanced value ot the land."
A THAYER.
When others' faults, dear L.ird, I. tee,
Kindly in judgment let me he.
My finite even ennnot perceive
How bitterly tlieir louis may grieve
O'er these same faults. Nor can I know
Their ecret struggles 'gainst tho foe, .
Grant nic some share of love divine.
And make my judgment like to Thine.
tVnen my own errors I mirvev, '
Heir Lord, and know thnt. day by day,
Full oft I wilfully transgress;
My judgment then be mcrcileas'.
May 1 in all its blackness see
My sin ns it appears to Thee.
Then, conscious only of my need.
May I, O Lord, Thy mercy plead.
, Mary Wells.
AVhnt the Rlble Teaches About Prayer
It must be borno In mind that God
has never promised to hear the
prayers of any but His own spiritual
children. Mankind are not p'- uch
children of God. All mar', are
natural children of God by creation,
as are all other living beings.
Christ the Messiah has bid His
brethren "Ask, and It shall be given
you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and It shall be opened unto you; for
every one that asketh receiveth; and
he that seeketh flndeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened."
(Matt. 7:7, 8.) But, some sincere
Christians occasionally complain, "We
have asked, and we have not re
ceived;" while on the other hand
there are some who hold that "God
here promises to give whatever His
people choose to ask." Thus some
fall Into despondency and others Into
fanaticism. But, Scripture must be
interpreted by Scripture, and each
passage muBt be read so as to har
monize with other declarations. Un
less we do this we fail to get the cor
rect teaching ot Scripture on any
point.
Now,, It Is said 1 gain by St. Jamec,
"Yo ask, and receive not,.because ye
ask amiss, that ye may consume it on
your lusts." And the Lord Himself
has put the condition thus: "If ye
abide In Me, and My words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and
It shall be done unto you." And,
again, In the thirty-seventh Psalm.
"Delight thyself also in the Lord and
He shall give thee the desires of thine
heart." So also It is written, "When
ye stand praying, forgive, if you have
aught against -any: that your Father
also which is In Heaven may forglvo
your trespassers." Then, we have ac
counts inthe Bible of prayers offered
for certain things which the petition.
ers, though sincere and earnest, did
I not receive. So, David prayed for
the life of his child, but the child
! died; and Paul besought the Lord
1 three times that his thorn in the flesh
might depart from him, and received
an answer, indeed, but not the thing
which he requested. While, again,
we read that God gave Israel a king
in His answer; and on another occa
sion, that "He gave them their re
quest but sent leanness into their
soul."
From which passages we learn that
prayer, to be successful, must be ac
companied by certain indispensable
conditions. First the suppliant must
delight himself in God and abide in
Christ; his request must be agreeable
to the will ot God; and it must be in
accordance with the purpose and pre
rogative of God Himself, for the end
of His existence is not simply to an
swer the prayers of His creatures."
"The Almighty's treatment of His
children's petitions is a part of the
education to which He subjects them.
And by which He trains them into
holiness of character."
All Christian prayer is, of cuorse,
based on the Lord's Prayer; but its
spirit is also guided by that of His
prayer In Gethsemane, and of the
prayer recorded In John 17. "Chris
tian prayers are generally addressed
to the Father, In dependence n'non
the merits and Intercession of the Son
and the Influence and grrtco of the
Holy Spirit" (Venn). 6
Nevertheless, there are numerous
Instances of prayer addressed to Jesus
Christ. The man born blind "wor
shiped Him." and was not forbid
den. The disciples prayed to Jesus.
"Lord, Increase our faith." The dy
ing malefactor prayed to Him and
was answered. Stephen commended
his spirit into His hands. Paul be
sought Him thrice to take away his
thorn of flesh, and speaks of Him as
"Lord over all, rich in mercy to all
that call upon Him." Every Chris
tian may address Him, doubtless. In
the words of the apostle Thomas,
"My Lord and my God." (John 20:
28.) Detroit News-Tribune.
How Every Man Makes Himself.
Sow an act and you reap a habit;
sow a habit and you reap a charac
ter; sow a character aad ypu reap a'
destiny. Thackeray.
Like flakes of snow that fall nnper
celved, unimportant events of life
succeed one another. As ;he snow
gathers together, so are our habits
formed. No single flake that Is add
ed to the pile produces a sensible
change; no single action creates!, how
ever it may exhibit, a man's charac
ter. Jeremy Taylor.
The Wondrous Love. r
However rich wa may once have
been in earthly love, and however
poor we may be to-day, wa may be
many times richer if only the heart Is
open for the entrance of the Infinite
and Living Love. No alienation, no
estrangement, no bereavement, can
leave us poor, if wa but know "the
love of Christ that passetb knowl
edge." 1
The Wrong Kind.
The preacher who is not quite sure
whether tho death of Jesus was a
sacrifice or a martyrdom cannot ef
fectively preach Christ crucified.
Tha Examiner.
Tha Materialist.
The materialist Is looking upon
the things that can be touched and
weighed and handled and measured,
the actual facts that are about him
aad around him. Rev. E. L. Powell.
Holler Slitting cm Shipboard.
The crate for roller skating, which
has spread In such extraordinary
fashion throughout all classes of so
ciety in tha British Isles during tha
last year or so, has, now caught tha
sailors and petty officers of some of
His Majesty's fleet In Us seductive
way,. During the Thames display
tbe people going around tha warships
In steamers were amusod to sea quite
a vumber of seamen making a preca
rious rink ot the deck ot a battleship.'
-Illustrated London News. - - , I
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THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATItETta
STRENGTH EVERY DAT. -
Some Facts About Denmark and tl..
Liquor Curse.
In a recent Issue of the American
Urewers' Review. Chicago, there
peared a detailed "story" atternm
to prove hat Denmark haJ ? "set
the liquor question by the use of
and light li,or.. and claiming u
the people of that northern aVolr.
kingdom required stimulants becaC
of the severe climate. 8e
n reply to an Inquiry made bv
Associated Prohibition Press Mi,!
t?trg President of the ban,8h'
w c. T. L.. forwards a mo3t later,
rating comment upon the claims made
In this leading brewers' Journal He
are some of the claims made by th
brewers' article, and the facts a3 Z.
en by the W. C. T. U. president. M S9
The Brewer's Review savs: "A rii.
tlngulshed scholar of Copenhagen
said to me, 'The people of this Xmw
ran parike freely of stimulants, and
lu fact, we must use them.' "
Miss Blume writes: "it is a fant
that the leaders of expeditions In
search of the North Pole, such as Frl
thlof Nonsen (a Norwegian), and oth
ers. absolutely forbid stimulants dur"
Ing their Journey. They cannot bear
the cold If they take a drop of spirits
J .ak .thv.Bt, U ? proof "sa'nst the
'distinguished scholar.' "
..The ?rewer' Review assert.
Denmark would never submit to any
such superficial experiments upon 10
serious a problem as prohibition."
President Blume says: "All tem
perance people in Denmark work for
prohibition, and thousands of others
have been won for tho idea of local
option, so we hope ere long to get law
in that direction."
The "distinguished scholar" in the
Brewers' Review writes: "In all the
Government departments and public
works of the Government, Buch as
ship yards and railway (State) shops
the Government forbids the sale of
spirits, but provides the men with
light beer; hence we find that Den
mark has gone further in favoring
beer than any other nation."
The fact as stated by Miss Blume
Is: "I am sorry to say that the 'dis
tinguished scholar' is not quite right
on this point. In most of the railway
(State) shops you can get all sorts of
spirits, and it Is no rare sight to see
drinking people there. How it Is In
the shipyards I don't know. On the
public places the Government does
not forbid the sale of spirits, only
tries to make it easier to get the
'mild beers.' "
Perhaps he thought he could Im
pose upon the readers living some
B000 miles away. The Brewers' Re
view correspondent then proceeds to
make the astonishing statement:
"I have yet to see a man drunk
upon the street or in a public place in
Denmark."
To which Miss Blume replies:'
"Drunken people upon the streets
nnd in the public places are a very
common sight In Denmark. I am
glad to say that you would seldom
meet a drunken woman out of doors,
still. It may happen. But drunken
men! I have seen them In Copenha
gen, tn the little town where I live
myself, in the villages, In the railway
stations, In the train, everywhere. I
don't know if it is worse in America,
but God knows we have oh, what a
quantity of drunken people both in
doors and out of doors in Denmark!"
In other words, the liquor trade
editor Is caught once more at his old
game, deliberate misrepresentation,
to bolster up his fast failing cause.
The testimony of the president of the
National W. C. T. U.. of Denmark,
who s herself a resident of Copenha
gen, pointedly exposes the dishonesty
of the Brewers' Review correspond
ent. Next?
To Learn by Heart.
An Englishwoman, who was
brought up in Hawarden Castle Or
phanage, is responsible for the fol
lowing. It was learned by heart at
Mr. Gladstone's request by every boy
or girl who was trained at Hawarden
Castle. The orphans were also often
spoken to seriously about temperance
by Mr. Gladstone himself:
Drunkenness expels reason.
Drowns the memory.
Distempers the body.
Defaces beauty.
Diminishes strength.
Inflames the blood.
Causes internal, external
curable wounds.
It's a witch to the senses.
A devil to the soul.
A thief to the purse.
A beggar's companion.
. A wife's woe and children's sorrow.
It makes man become a beast and
self-murderer.
He drinks to others' good health.
And robs himself of bis own.
Lord Charles Beresford's Experience,
At Gibraltar, tbe worthy Admiral
raid: "When I was a young man I
was an athlete. I used to box a great
deal, ride races and steeplechases,
play football and go through a num
ber ot competitive Bports and P
limes. When I put myself In train
ing, which was a continual occur
rence. I never drank any wine, spirits
or beer at all, for the simple reason
that I felt I could get fit quicker
without any stimulants. Now 1 sm
old and have a position of great re
sponsibility, often entailing quick
thought and determination and in
stant decision. I drink no wines,
spirits or beer simply because I am
more readv for any work Imposed
upoh me day or night; always fresh,
always cheery and in good temper.
Temperance Aotei.
The saloon is the plague spot ol
our national life. ,,.
Figures for tha present rar will
probably show a reduction of ten per
cent, in Internal revenue.
The Good Templars of Nykjoblng,
Denmark, bought the Harmonien sa
loon for $6000 and turned It Into s
temperance hotel.
The future Is for us. 'National
temperance education Is going to
gradually rear the rising gene'atlos
to a knowledge ot tbe evils of alco
hol. Lord Wuredale, England.
The rum traffie has been responsi
ble1 for mora hardship, misery, suffer
ing and death than all the wars in
which tbe country has been engaged.
Out of each wac has come good, but
out of the rum traffic has coma noth
ing but evil. ,
What Is tha object of tha Sunday
saloon? From the liquor man is
Wtand point it Is the same as the ob
ject of the open saloon on Monday,
Tuesday, uud every other day of the
week to enrich tba proprietor and
make millionaires of the brewers and
aistlllers. and put the hard earned
wages of labor into tfllr pockets ana
bituk accouutt.