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GOSPEL MESSAGES.
®Giants” 1s the Subject of {ho Twelfth of
the New York Merald’s Competitive
;Nermong-=Dr, Talmage Preaches on
the Style of the Christian Character.
Text: “There were giants in those days.”
This text represents the wail of the mor-
hid man who refuses to enter into the ac-
tivities of life and finds no fit leadership
among the men of to-day. He views the
men of yesterday, and, by comparing them
with his own nothingness, calls them
giants. Unwilling to follow his rightful
leaders, he pines for the mighty men of the
past. 2
It the wail were only the expression of
dissatisfied donothings in the world it
would be of little account; but the cry re-
garding the ancient giants has connected
with it an inference that no giants exist to-
day, because there is no opportunity for
giant life. This pseudo reverence for the
great men of the past carries with it the
poisonous pessimism that says, “There can
be no giants now.” It is discouragement
hoiled down and sugar-coated with a pious
worship of ancient worthies.
‘‘Casar, Napoleon and Wellington were
great generals, but there never will be any
more;” ‘‘There will never be another poet
like Homer;” “No more orators like Burke,
Pitt and Webster;” ‘“No more preachers like
Wesley, Whitefleld and Edwards;’ ‘No
such statesmen as Madison and Jefferson.”
““There is no chance for such men to-day,
and no demand for them.” Ws
This is a fair specimen of the idle talk of
men who pretend to appreciate the great-
ness of the fathers, and with this pious
plaint unnerve the ambition of youth. Were
this simply the silly talk of imbecility no
protest from the pulpit would be in place,
put in behalf of discouraged youth I pur-
pose to enter an unqualified denial of the
spirit of all this word. Did it not seem
like impious rejection of sacred writ, I
would affirm that there were no giants in
those days. The men of yesterday were
not so great as the men of to-day.
Physically men are better than ever be-
fore. The average men of to-day is too
large to wear the English armor discarded
by giant warriors of a few centuries back.
‘I'he collegian of to-day surpasses the
ancient Olympian, Cicero and Demosthehes
were giants in oratory by comparison.
Orators were few and moor at that time, so
these were easily noted. There are better
preachers to-day than Wesley. Edwardsis |
far surpassed in truthful presentation of
the word by modern sermon makers, Bis-
marck, Blaine and Gladstone overshadow
«ancient men in Statecraft, Macauley tells
us that men usually put the golden age of
England at atime ‘‘when noblemen were
destitute of comforts which would cause
riot in a modern workhouse.”
So men are constantly placing the age of
mental and spiritual greatness in times
when men were conspicuous not so much
for their own individual merit 48 because of
the lack of ordinary ra their fel-
lows. In a very true sense we may say that
in the light of the nineteenth century men
there were no giants in those days. There
is a proper egotism which boasts of to-day,
and imperiously declares that no such men
lived in the past as our generation has
produced. 2
Turning from this, we may bow with def-
erence to the coming man. The youth of
to-day may rise above the best of their
fathers. There was never a greater call for
giants than now; not.a giant here and
there, but a race of giants. Every profes-
sion is crowded with little men and is
seeking for giants. Professions, like sky-
scrapers, have vacant rooms on the top
floor. i
Railroads are anxious for first class men;
<ditorial offices will give handsome salar-
ics to skilful writers; pulpits seek com-
« nanding preachers; corporations seek in
vain for properly qualified counsel; the na-
tion calls for better statesmen, the colleges
for better teachers, the merchants for bet-
ter salesmen, the manufacturers for better
artisans. “Top floors for rent” is hung
out at every corner, inviting boys who are
willing and able t® elimb the old-fashioned
stairs. There is no elevator for carrying
idle seekers tothe top of business and pro-
fessional life. Men who work at the head
of a profession or business must have
— strength, and that\strength best comes
J Dr.
-.. You and I have ours. It is
toiling up to the high places.
(riants are not born, they are made. In-
herited adaptability will bave some bear-
ing, but earned: qualities will have more.
Common strength, common sense, common
honesty are the first requisites. The gen-
ius of hard work, frugality of time and
power, controlled by an indomitable “I
will,” must: enter into the makedp of a
great man. Time, money and nerve pow-
~r digsipated’by young men, not in true
recreation and relaxation, but in idle loit-
ering, would, if traly directed, make many
great. - NY
Nor will we forget that. “Godliness is
profitable.” The giants spoken ofin Gene-
sis were grandsons of God; the giants of
to-day are real sons of God. The strong-
#8t men are they that are strongin the
Lord. Jesus is the giant of tho age, and
the nearer related to Jesus the more gi-
gantic is man. Christian qualities are
realizable assets, for Christ rules to-day
more than all earthly potentates, Men
who scoff at religion desire Christlike qual-
ities in their employes.
Faith, hope and charity are fit emblems
for the market, for commerce and the pro-
fession. = There are Calvarys along the
road to greatness; men must bear crosses
if they would rise. “It is good for a man
that he bear the yoke in his youth.” It is
more than good—it 1s essential; and the
Christ yoke is the typical emblem by which
men may work themselves, by the grace of
God to be present day giants,
JAMES A. CHAMBERLIN, Ph. D.,
Pastor of First Congregational Church of
Newark, N. J
KIND OF PEOPLE NEEDED,
Talmage Describes the Style of
Christian Character Required To-day.
Text: “Who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for such a time as
this?”—Esther iv., 14.
Esther the beautiful was the wife of
Ahasuerus the abominable. The time had
«ome for her to present a petition to her
infamous husband in behalf of the Jewish
ination, to which she iad once belonged.
he was afraid to undertake the work, lest
he should lose her owhJlife; but her cousin,
ordecai, who had brought* her up, en-
her with the suggestion that.
proba she had been raised up of God for
that peculiar mission. “Who knoweéth
whether thou art come to the kingdom for
such a time as this?” ;
Esther had: her God-appointed work.
C I h ours. my business to
tell yo what style 6f men and wometi you
. ought to be in order that you meet the de-
mand of the age in which God has cast
your lot. So this discourse will not deal
* with she technicalities, but only with the
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-~ practicabilities. What we want is practi-
~al, earnest, concentrated, enthusiastic and
triumphant help.
In the first place, in order to meet the
special demand of this age, you need to Le °
an unmistakable, aggressive Christian.
©f half-and-half Christians we do not want
any more. The Church of Jesus Christ will
be better without them.
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need to be aggressive Christians, ! practically concluded.
and not like those persons who spend thelr |
dives in hugging their Christian graces and
‘wondering why they do not make progress.
How much robustness of health would a
:mnan have if he hid himself in a dark closet?
|A great deal of the piety of to-day is too
jexelusive, It hides itself. . It needs more
fresh’ air, more outdoor exercise. There
are many Christians who are giving their
entire life to self-examination. ;
This style of self-examination is a dam
age instead of an advantage to their Chris-
tian character. I remember when I was &
boy I used to have a small piece in the
garden that I called my own, and I planted
corn there, and every few days I would
pull it up to see how fast it was growing.
Now, there are a great many Christian peo-
ple in this day whose self-examination mere-
y amounts tQ the pulling up of that which
they only yesterday or the day belore
planted. Oh, my friends, if you want to
have a stalwart Christian character, plant
it right out of doors in the great field of
Christian usefulness, and though storms
may eome upon it, and though the hot sun
of trial may try to consume it, it will
thrive until it becomes a great tree, in
which the fowls of heaven may have their
habitation. I have no patience with these
flower-pot Christians. They keep them-
selves under shelter, and all their Chris-
tian experience in a small, exclusive circle,
when they ought to plant it in the great
garden of the Lord, so that the whole at-
mosphere could be aromatic with their
Christian usefulness. What we want in
the church of God is more strength of
plety. ;
Again, if you want to be qualifiedito meet
the duties which this age demands of you,
you must, on the one hand, avoid reckless
iconoclasm and, on the other hand, not
stick too much to things because they are
old. The air is full of new plans, new pro-
jects, ‘new ‘theories of government, new
theologies, and I am amazed to see how s0
many Christians want only novelty in order
tg recommend a thing totheir confldence;
and so they vacillate and swing to and fro,
and they are useless and theyare unhappy.
New plans—secular, ethical, philosophical,
religious, cis-Atlantic, trans-Atlantic—long
enough to make a line: reaching from the
German universities to Great Salt Lake
City. Ah, my brother, do not take hold of
a thing merely because it isnew! Try it by
the [realities of the Judgment Day. But
on the other hand; do not adhere to any-
thing merely because it is old. There ‘is
not a single enterprise of the church of the
world but has sometime been scoffed at.
There was a time when men derided even
Bible societies, and when a few young men
met in Massachusetts and organized the
first ‘missionary society ever organized in
this country there went laughter and ridi-
cule all around the Christian Church.
All.the great enterprises in and out of
the Church have at times been scoffed at,
and there have been a great multitude
who have thought that the chariot of God’s
truth would fall to pieces if it once got out
of the old rut. And so there are those who
have no patience with anything like im-
provement in church architecture, or with
anything like good, hearty, earnest church
singing, and they deride any form of re-
ligious discussion which goes down walk-
ing among everyday men, rather than that
which makes an excursion on rhetorical
stilts. -Oh, that the Church of God would
wake up to an adaptibility of work! We
must admit the simple fact that the
churches of Jesus Christ in this day do not
reach the great masses. There are fifty
thousand people. in Edinburgh who neve:
hear the gospel. There are one million
people in London who never hear the
gospel.
Ah, my friends, there is work for you to
do and for me to do,in order to this gragd
accomplishment. I have a pulpit. I preach
in it. Your pulpit is the bank. Your pul-
pit is the store. Your pulpit is the editorial
chatr. Your pulpit is the anvil. Your pul.
pit is the house scaffolding. Ycur pulpit is
the mechanics’ shop. I may on in my
place and, through cowardice or through
solf-seeking, may keep back the word 1
ought to utter while.you, with sleeve rolled
up and brow besweated with toil, may utter
the word that will jar the foundations of
heaven with the shout of a great victory.
Oh, that we might all feel that the Lord Al-
mighty is putting upon us the hands of or-
dination! I tell you, every one, go forth
and preach this Gospel. You have asmuch
right to preach as I have or any man live
ing. ‘
I remark again that in order to he
«qualified to meet your duty in. this. par-
ticular age you want ugbounded faith in
the triumph of the tru®h &nd the over-
throw of wickedness. How dare the
Christian Church ever get discouraged?
Have wo not the Lord Almighty on our
side? How long did it take God to slay
the hosts oi Sennacherib or burn Sodom
or shake down Jericho? How long will
it take God, when he once arises in his
strength, to overthrow all the forces of
iniquity? Between this time and that
there may be long seasons of darkness, and
the chariot wheels of God’s Gospel may
seem to drag heavily; .but here is the
promise. and yonder is the throne, and
when omniscience has lost its eyesight
and omnipotence falls back impotent
and Jehovah is driven from hig
throne, then the Church of Jésus Christ
can afford to be despondent, but never
until then. Despots may plan and armies
may march and the Congresses of the
nations may seem to think they are ad-
justing all the affairs of the world, but the
mighty men of the earth are only the dust
of the chariot wheels of God’s providence.
And I think before the sun of the next cen-
tury shall set the last tyranny will fall, and
with a splendor of demonstration that shall
be the astonishment of thé universe God
will set forth the brightness and pomp and
glory and perpetuity of His eternal govern-
ment. Out of the starry flags and the em-
blazoned insignia of this world God will
make a path for His own triumph, and re-
turning from universal conquest He will sit
down, the grandest, highest throne of earth
His footstool.
I prepare this sermon because I want to
encourage pll Christian workers in every
possible department. Hosts of the living
God, march on! match on! His Spirit will
bless you. His shield will defend you.
His sword will strike for you. March on!
march on! The despotisms will fail and
paganism will burn its idols, and Mahome-
tanism will give up its false prophet, and
the great walls of superstition will come
down in thunder and wreck at the long,
loud blast of the Gospel trumpet. March
on! march on! The besiegemeat will soon
be ended. Only a few more steps on
the long way: only a few ‘more
sturdy blows; only a few more battle
cries, then God will put the laurels upon
your brow, and from the living fountains
of heaven will bathe off the sweat and the
heat and the dust of the conflict. March
on! march’i! For you thé‘time for work
will soon be passed, and amid the outflash-
ings of the judgment throne andthe trum-
peting of resurrection angels and the up-
heaving of a:world of graves, dnd the ho-
sanna and the groaning of thesaved and
the lost, we shall be rewarded for our faith-
fulnéss or punished for our stupidity.
Dlesged be the Lord God of Tens from
everlastingto evstlasting and let the whole
earth be fllled with His glory. “Amen and
amen, A e
THE SOUTH'S IRON INDUSTRY.
Faith in It Leads to a Large Investment
by Englishmen.
An Eaglish syndicate, whose agents first
visited the Birmingham (Ala.) district last
spring, and made a careful inspection of
its coal and iron resources, has, it is said,
practically completed arrangements. for
the erection there of a :million dollar steel
The syndicate, it is said, is convinced
t of the
iron and steel industry of the world, an
that Alabama offers the best opportunities
for cheap steel production,
It is known that extensive options on min-
eral lands near there have been secured by
the Jorgigaers, and that negotiations for
he building of the steel plant have been.
Guipure Lace,
Heavy guipure lace is a feature of
trimming on many of the new gowns,
where it covers the square neck, so
fashionable with the new blduse waist,
yokes, revers, epaulets and collars,
with good effect.
New Idea in Waterproofs,
A novelty seen in the shops in the
way of a waterproof cloak is simply a
skirt and cape of fine waterproof ma-
terial. The skirt slips on easily and but-
tons with an adjustable strap around
the waist. he light cape clasps at
the throat, and one is ready to battle
the elements. Women who have
tried to put on over an outdoor suif
the awkward cloak with cape attach-
ment of the usnal rain proof garment
will appreciate the possibilities offered
in this new arrangement.
The Czarina’s Car. 1
The czarina of Russia travels in the
same luxury in which she lives in her
palace. She has a private car most
vichly and elegantly furnished. It is
upholstered entirely iu pale blue satin,
an i the electric lamps are all in the
shape of lilies. Among its perfect ap-
pointmerits are a tea table and a writ-
ing desk of mother of pearl. In
separate apartments are nursery, din-
ingroom, drawingroom and several
sleeping rooms. The car wheels have
India rubber tives.
Novel Ideas in Braiding.
Satin ribbon braiding is new and
pretty, and when well done has quite
a professional air. The ribbon should
be narrow and usually black, of good
quality. in turning a corner or mak-
ing a €ircular figure the inside edge
should be gathered in: very fine
stitches, which are drawn tightly and
holds the figure in shape. The rage
for braid has extended its use, and
the old time braided pillow shams and
counterpanes are said to be the com-
ing style in bedroom furnishings. —
Woman's Home Companion.
New Skirt for Wheelwomen.
A new skirt for wheelwomen is de-
scribed as foilows: In each side a divi-
gion 1s made, running down from the
waistband to the bottom of the skirt,
thus forming an apron in the. front
and back. At the waistbelt is attached
a strap hanging down loosely any suit-
able distance over each of the divi-
sions. The two edges of each divi-
sion are then buttoned one over the
other; and the two straps having holes
worked down them ave also buttoned
over the division. By missing one or
more” buttons when fastening, the
straps are consequently ‘made to lift
and hold the skirt to any length re-
quired for the safety of the rider. By
undoing the straps the skirt ‘falls
again into position.—New York Trib-
une.
The American £irl’s New Accent.
The fashionable accent is another
important matter to be considered by
the maid who desires to seem one of
the society elect. She must avoid a
lisp unless she wishes to brand her-
self a half century behind the times.
The broad *‘a” of the Anglomaniac
has seen its best days. <The southern
drawl, with its apparent indifference
to the existence of the average final
syllable, is threadbare. To be up to
date from a vocal point of view it is
necessary to cnltivate a soft, low
voice, an enunciation so distinct that
occasionally you convey the impres-
sion that the capital letter is at the
end of the word, and a certain vivac-
ity of utterance that, throughout Eu-
rope, is associated with the modern
American girl. -—Demorest’s Magazine.
Woman's Cruel Vanity.
‘“As there is no argument on the
side of bird killing for decorative pur-
poses, so there is no excuse for its en-
couragement by even the most friv-
olous of women,” the St. Paul Pioneer
Press says. ‘‘I'hey have had pre-
sented to them over and over and in
every form of appeal the cruelty of the
custom as well as its reckless abuse of
the gifts of natufe, for it is asserted
on good authoritythat the destruction
of the field and forest birds has an ap-
preciable effect on agriculture. Yet
the killing goes on, apparently with
no diminution. Europe uses 300,-
000,000 of songbirds in millinery an-
nually. ~ One Chicago firm buys and
sells every year 62,000 birds and 300, -
000 wings. The pitiful story of the
egret, whose ravished plumes wave
from the hats of thousands of wealthy
women and are shown every day in
our own shop windows, has been told
so many times that it would seem as
though the woman who persists in
wearing them must feel like a mur-
deress every time she does so.
“We do not need societies, pledges,
orations, or tracts on this subject. The
matter is one which rests ‘on a purely
commercial basis. The leaders of
fashion in any city can settle it prac-
tically in, one season.’ They have only
| to refuse to wear these trophies of
cruelty and the thing is done. It
does not even require strongminded-
ness to do this. One would think that
\ would be the only requisite. Women,
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young or old, rich or poor, who think
a mere spark of humanity in the heart
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! themselves anxions to help along the
cause of humanity can do it no more
easily or effectively than in this way.
1t is a gracious mission and one in
which the only sacrifice involved is of
[ a very little personal vanity.”
Gloves in the Present and Past.
Tt would be a rare thing to find a
person who would not be pleased with
a present of gloves. One cannot have
too many of these useful articles.
Even those wearing mniourning, and
therefore unable to make any great
change in the matter of hand cover-
ings; ean find several different styles
of kids or cloth to choose from, and
suede, stitched, elaborately or slight-
ly,- glace leathers, both heavy and
fine, are made up into gloves. for* all
sorts and conditions of people.
The wearing of gloves is a more
ancient custom than it is generally
thought to be. Homer speaks of
gloves, and tells of one-who wore them
to protect his hands while working in
his garden. The use of some cover-
ing for the hands was known to the
ancient Persians, and Old Testament
writers also mention them. They were
in such common use among the
Romans that they were worn even in
the wild country by the Britons. Saint
Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary,
was, it has been said, a knitter, and
manufactured gloves, for which reason
the glovemakers of France long ago
made her their patron saint. At one
time gloves hatl a certain meaning at-
tached to them, and chosen to show
the character or occupation of the
wearer. = There are records of gloves
being ordered for ‘‘grave and spiritual
men.”’ About this time, the sixteenth
century, gloves made of chicken skin
were used by both men and women
for whitening the hands, and were
worn at night. = In this connection
one is reminded that for bleaching the
hands and for preventing or curing
them of the roughness so difficult to
avoid in“winter, nothing is better than
| the free use of mutton tallow, and a
pair of white kid gloves, worn while
sleeping. The gloves serve to keep
the hands warm enough to induce
perspiration, and the opening of the
pores enables the tallow to do its work
“easily.
So even in so small a matter
as this, history is only repeating it-
self, when the nineteenth century
girl goes to bed with her hands en-
cased in gloves.—New York Tribune,
: Fashion Notes.
The fleur-de-lis still holds #s own
as a design for brooches and chate-
laine pins. :
Chatelaines are more popular than
ever. Those made of oxidized silver
take the lead.
Artificial flowers without foliage are
used in great profusion to decorate
evening gowns,
White ostrich feathers and pheas-
ant’s quills are distinctive features of
the winter millinery.
Hatpins are shown in great variety,
real und imitation gems being the
principal decorations. :
A jeweled pin, similar to a safety pin
in shape, is worn to fasten up the
curling locks at the nape of the neck.
Blouse waists of velvet are studded
all over with jet, steel and silver
spangles, or brilliants whieh have the
effect of dimnonds.
Silver and decorated china bon bon
dishes are shown in many novel de-
signs and shapes. These may be had
in sets of gradnated sizes.
Black satin, finely tucked, makes
very pretty belts to wear with separate
waists. Fasten them with a fancy
buckle or a knot of satin.
Bangles and bracelets are again in
bigh favor. There are coin bangles
and bangles of gold and silver decor-
ated with pretty colored enamels.
A pendant which combines the old
with the new styles of jewel work
shows blue, green and rea enamel
gleaming amid diamonds nd rubies.
Jewelry in Oriental designs and ef-
feots is especially popular this season.
The rich eastern appearaice is ob-
tained by a free use of topazes, spinels,
peridots and chrysolite. :
Sleeves seem to have settled down
to their limit in size, for the seasca at
least; and the comfortable fullness at
the top still remains; but the skirt is
gradually diminishing in width, two
and a half yards around being the size
of the latest model.
A decidedly new bracelet is set
loosely: in links alternating with
pearls, cabochon rubies and diamonds,
set clearly in gold rims, so that the
back and front of the stones are alike
visible. This beautiful wristlet is
fastened with a bow of diamonds, from
whiéh hangs a pendant of pearls.
Crepe de chine in all the lovely tints
is one of the season’s leading materials
for evening and house dresses. A
pretty costume is in a bright shade of
pomegranate, toned down by,panels of
black plaited chiffon, two on either
side of the skirt, over black, and one
at the left side of the i i
opens, and is fastened with silk cord
‘and small diamond buttons. Both the
skirt and bodice are accordion plaited,
and the belt and collar band are of
black satin.
Double Walls for Warmth.
In building for warmtle it should
never be forgotten that light double
walls, enclosing a dead air space, are
much better than a solid wall of any
material. These are equally useful to
keep out cold in winter and the exces-
sive heats of summer. Air is one of
the poorest conductors known, and
when it is confined so that np current
affects it, there is greater uniformity
of temperature than can be secured by
my other methad.
Full Colonies Are Best.
It is always best to start with a full
colony of bees,and one that is in every
way in first class condition. It is true
that you can buy a part of a colony
for less money, but it is the dearest in
the long run, and more liable to be a
failure with yon. A full colony of
bees in one season are capable of stor-
ing 100 or 200 pounds of honey, be-
sides they may swarm and make from
colony of bees are in a condition to
take care of themselves, and do not
require such difficult manipulation as
that of a nucleus, or pounds of bees,
and a queen, etc. Full colonies are
always sent in the ordinary hive used
in the apiary, and are equipped .with
the necessary fixtures to have every-
thing in working order the moment
the bees are located, and the entrance
opened. -—The Epitomist.
Garden and Truck Farming.
There are several things to contend
with in gardening and truck farming
to make it a success:
‘1st. You must find a place where
there is a demand for your product;
where there are factories, mines or
some similar concerns, employing
many people who have little time or
room to raise a garden.
2d. You must have good land and
keep it good by frequent applications
of the best fertilizers for the crop you
expect to raise. :
3d. Ascertain what vegetables your
customers want and supply them with
the best of each variety. Keep posted
on store prices an®l den’t undersell
them, thereby commanding the re-
spect of your merchants: Fhus you
will get much better prices than if you
sold at the store.
4th. Have regular days for making
your rounds and make them, rain or
shine. Then your customers will
wait for your coming instead of buy-
ing elsewhere. Sell for cash.
5th. Be polite, dress neatly, have
your wares arranged to look attractive
and keep your rig in good repair.
6th. Be honest and indstrious,
give good measure, and success awaits
you. — Charles L. Berry in the Epito-
mist.
Growing Cabbage.
Unless you intend to grow cabbage
for early summer use, which 1s ex-
pensive and often unprofitable, it will
not be best to sow the seed until
March or April. Before that time
make a hotbed, but without manure,
for the young cabbage is quite
likely to ‘“‘damp off” from too much
heat as to be injured by ccld. . Make
a bed of as rich soil as you can pro-
cure and cover this with straw or
leaves to prevent it freezing. Then
when the sun passes the March sol-
stice rake off the straw or leaves used
as protection, and sow the cabbage
seed rather thinly in rows six inches
apart, and cover with a glass sash
large enough to cover the bed and
banking on three sides. The fourth
side should merely fit against a board,
so that it can be lifted to give air and
ventilation. In ten days the cabbage
will beup, and then the sash should
be raised every day so-long as thesun
is shining and the air is above the
freezing point. If you have some ni-
trate of soda to put in the drills with
the cabbage seed it will make stronger
plants. - So soon as the plants are
three inches high they should be
transplanted into larger beds, which
aust be previously prepared for this
purpose. Every time the cabbage, is
transplanted shorten its leaves so as to
keep it from wilting. This will make
a stocky plant, with plenty of roots.
Such plants in fairly rich soil will be
sure to head. The plants that are
grown in masses and have no trans-
planting until taken from the bed
where they have grown and set in the
as
4 gift where those that havé been at
least once transplanted can be had.—
American Cultivator.
Poultry for the Table.
It is singular, but it is true, that in
our country yellow legs control
most purchasers of fowl for the
table in their selections. . The
shape of the body which comes
on the table is ignored .imn favor
of the color of the legs, which
are cut off and become offal. It is a
truth that there exists no breed “of
fowl bred for table poultry in all the
long list of American productions save
one; i ide world there is no
distinctive table fowl wi legs.
give up their fancy for yellow legs or
| forego the choicest of table poultry.
one to three colonies; and more, a full |
open ground are not worth taking as’
American lovers of roast fowl must | town. Pi
This yellow-leg business is a nonsen-
gical fancy. The uneducated gour-
mand - who calls for yellow-legged
chickens would never think of calling
for a yellow-legged qnail or turkey or
canvas-back duck. The choicest of
all our wild-game fowl do not have
yellow legs. The quail, whose body-
shape is the perfection of shape for
the table—a little bird which carries
more meat in proportion to its size
thin any other food bird—has not yel-
low legs.
The true table fowl is long
body, wide in the back, full in the
breast, and plump over the keel—
meaty all over. Taking its legs as a
centre, there must be more body in
front of the legs than behind. The
shape is a parallelogram. It may be
carried more or less uprightly, de-
pending on the breed. :
America has produced one most -ex-
cellent breed of table fowl.. This is
the black java, a fowl which deserves
full recognition. I shall never forget
what a beautiful sight at the first mid-
continental show at Kansas City, the
pair of black javas of George McCor-
mick’s, dressed by Armour, made.
These black fowls have yellow skin
but dark legs, long, deep, meaty bod-
ies of good size; they are a large bird.
Those fowls attracted a great deal of
attention. :
I do hope our poultry societies will
pay more attention to tublc poultry.
I know that prizes aye often offered
for best pair dressed fowls, ete., but
that is ‘not what I mean. It must be
made a feature, and the prizes must
be awarded by an expert in dressed
poultry--one who does not care for
breed or color of plumage, but does
know what the carcass should be for
table purposes. As a rule, our poul-
try judges know nothing on this sub-
ject. If at our poultry shows we
conld have a classification ‘“4able
poultry, first shown alive, and then
the “fowls to be dressed for final
award,” 1 tell you there is a whole lot
of much advertised table fowls which
would not be in it, and some of our
old breeds would come to the front in
a single leap.
There is one bread of fowls that
should come in here which I have not
heretofore referred to. They are not
described in the Standard; they are
not recognized as a fancier’s breed;
vet there is no breed so truly a
thoroughbred--no one which can
trace its pedigree so far back into by-
gone. ages—not one which has
more of general utility for all pur-
poses —for eggs, for the table. I re-
fer to what is now called ‘‘the old
English game fowl.” May the time
come when pit-fighters cease to dic-
tate regarding this breed--when the
Standard again admits and describes
it as it was fifty years ago, and wheu
its stalwart form and fearless bearing
is again recognized in the poultry
fancy as the. chief of all poultrydom.
-Correspondence Country Gentle-
man.
im, the
Poultry Notes. :
If half the hens lay during the win-
ter (50 per cent.of the flock) it is good
enough. ;
“If the hens lay fairly well durizg
Jannary and February, it shows that
they get proper care. !
In fact, meat should be fed every
day in the year, only more should be
given in winter than in summer.
Keep the bone mill going if you
have one. 1If.not, then feed plenty of
ground meat and bone, put ap for
that purpose.
Feed the mash every morning also.
So many different grains, ete., can be
thus easily mixed and fed, and acts as
# change and invigorator. 0
Do not overfeed. - Give plenty ‘of
good, sonnd food, but in such a man.
ner so the fowls will have to work to
get it. Never feed rye to laying :
hens.
Meat in some form is the founda-
tion of winter egg-laying. Use one
quart of prepared meat to every six
quarts of the soft mash, seven morn-
ings every week.
Do not neglect to season the nash
with salt. We use about a good tea-
spoonful of salt to a pail of mash.
All these little things count in the
course of the year.
Wheat is the best standby for a
regular diet, yet if possible change to
other grains. If very cold feed corn
at night, Cracked corn (sieve out
the meal) is the best, for it works
down in the litter better.
Never confine fowls to the same
kind of food every day in the year.
Make a change as often as possible.
Small potatoes or any vegetable ecan-
be boiled, mashed and thickened with
bran and fed warm will do nicely for
a change. :
Clean, warm water mornings, dar-
ing cold weather, acts as a tonic on
the fowls. It warms them up and
gets them to work sooner than a drink
of ice-cold water. The water can be
boiling hot when taken from the
stove. It don’t take it long to cool at
this season of the year. .
Fresh eggs and fresh-killed poultry
will always bring a good’ price. If
the quality (of egg) is regular—-no
new nest ones—the price will be way
above market quotations. This is
where the farmer has the advantage.
Make your own market in the nearest .
EC eople will—pay high prices
for strictly fresh eggs or fresh-killed
poultry. —Agricultural Epitomist,