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ROUND-HEADED APPLE TREE BORER WELL KNOWN OVER GREAT PORTION OF COUNTRY SALONIKI IN PAUL'S DAY DIFFERENCE, A Christmas IRRIGATION BY A WINDMILL V why B 1 s ermon Br REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D. D, Deta of the Moodjr Bible loitinite. Quogo TEXT When tho fulness of tlio tltnc waa come, God Bent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law, to re deem thetn that were under the law, thai we might receive tho adoption of sons. Galatlanu 4:4, 5. Christianity waB not precipitated upon tho world, but came in as the result of n long and patient preparation. The seed which blos somed in Bethle hem, was planted in tho garden of Eden. In other words, it was not until "tho fulness of time" that "God sent forth Ills Son ... to redeem them that wero under ,tho law." Why thiB delay? Why did not the birth of tho second Adam follow im mediately upon tho fall of tho first? Why was a diseased race allowed to suffer in tho absence of tho only phy sician who could give roller? Somo of tho most Interesting and thoughtful answers to this question are in a great sermon on this toxt by tho eloquent Robert Hall, nn Eng lish Baptist clergyman of an earlier generation, from whom I quote in part. In tho first place, it may have beer. God's purpose to Impress tho race with the great lessons of Its apostasy and tho fearful consequences of re hellion. Thus to1 restrain our haughty spirits from acting in the future life as wo have acted here. In tho second place, if it was nee essary in any sense that salvation should bo prepared for man, it may havo been equally so that man should have been prepared for salvation. Man needed to have a true knowledge of his sinfulness and the misery it produces, as well as his moral inabil ity to overcome It in his own wisdom and strength. It needed time for roan to find this out, for ho must exhaust everything that nature could do bo foro ho would bo prepared to receive tho grace of God in tho present worli of his son. Another reason for the delay It found In tho necessity for the accumu lation of prophetic evidence concern Ing tho Savior, that when he cam he might be identified beyond a doubt When Jesus came it was at the mo ment when all tho prophecies concern ing his advent had reached a focus The Most Favorable Time In History Finally, in UiIb connection it maj bo added that of all tho periods in tho world's history that which wai solected for tho advent of tho son ol Ood was tho most favorable in at least three particulars: (1) It was a time of great Intel lectual refinement, when the human mind had been cultivated to the last degree, and was therefore able to do tect and prevent imposture as at nc previous time. Tom Palno or Robert Ingersoll did not live then, but sucb rush lights as they could not have been seen among the luminaries ot tho Augustan age. In other words, it Christianity stood tho test of the first century, it has nothing to fear fron tho present one. (2) It was the time of a central Ized humari government, and Rome was in the heyday of its power. This made tho whole of the civilized world easily accessible, furnishing an oppor tunlty for tho propagation of tho gos pol message to mankind everywhere (3) It was tho ago of the perfec Hon of tho Greok language, which fot many years had been under procesf of cultivation. ThiB was a tongue pre eminently adapted to illustrato splr Itual truth, and to assist later ages In discovering the meaning of Its worda Whatever was written in Greek wa accessible to all, and at any earliei period the want ot such a vehlclo ol thought would have made tho general teaching of tho bible almost prohl bited. The Lessons for Us. t And, finally, whatever may bo sale as to tho delay of the father in send ing tho son into tho wrold, tho two points to be considered now art these: In the first place, tho delay causet no injustice to tho preceding ageB for the mediation of the son of God looked backward as well as forward and his sacrifice on Calvary atonef for tho faithful who had died befon that event as well as for those who follow after. And in tho second place, "Now" thai "once in tho end of tho world hath h( appeared to put away sin by the sac rifice of himself," it behooves us tc inquire whether ho has yet been re colved into our hearts. This ehouK bo our chief concern on this anni versary occasion. This is tho "fulnesi of tho tlmo" for us, and God forbU that tlio opportunity should coma aai go and leave us where wo wero bo fore. The way to make tho Chrlstmai in the earth a Christmas In the sou. Is to receive Jesus Christ by fnltt as a personal Savior. lie is God'i unspeakablo gift to us. Will you nov say to him, I accept this gift, I talv thy son? It is so simple, and yet ec vital. Do it now, Occasionally Reservoirs Cover Half Acre, but Usually Smaller Ex cellent for Garden. This Is a good tlmo of year to think about putting In windmills In places whoro thoro nro none. For CO yenra now thoy have been tho guldo boards of our westorn progress and n fow ol tho old pioneers nro otlll standing, al though weak in tho Joints and ready to fall down. Whorovor windmills are much used, it Is customary to build reservoirs closo by. Occasionally thoy cover half an aero, but usually thoy are Btnallor, says tho Denver Flold and Farm. For houso Borvlco and cattle watering thoy servo bh storage to pro vide for periods of calm weather. For Irrigation ubos they nro too small to bo of importance as storage, but serve as accumulators of water, perhaps for soveral days, and when filled tho wa ter can bo drawn out and applied to tho fields In a fow hours. Thus thoy savo tho irrigator's tlmo and secure n good head of water which can bo put over tho ground as desired. It is not dcslrablo to build largo reservoirs, na the loss by evaporation and seepage Is then of greater moment thnn the gain In other directions. Fortunately tho tlmo of greatest wind movement aro tho spring and early summer months, which Include tho best growing eenson. In ordor to take advantage of the high winds of early spring, tho garden irrigator should adopt from tho dry-farmer tho method of water storago In tho soil During tho season before Beed Is planted, heavy irrigations can be given, preferably In deep furrows, and after each division of tho garden Is thus treated tho furrows should ho covered by cultivation to prevent tho escapo of the moisture. If tho boII is loamy and deep and retentive, 15 to 20 Inches depth of water can bo ad vantageously stored In this way. II tho soil is shallow and underlaid by porous gravels such Irrigations are a waste of tlmo and of water. There aro two conditions In which windmills aro especially adapted for irrigation pumping: First, for tho houso and garden lot, where no other pumping plant Is available and where the depth to groundwater is not exces sive. Very often tho windmill Is. re quired for houso service, and since that service does not work tho mill to more than a fraction' of its ca pacity. It can bo utilized tho remain der of tho tlmo watering a garden oi an alfalfa patch with no additional In vestment. Tho second condition In which the windmill Is adapted for irri gation service is to provide a supple mentary water supply to help out dry farmed crops. ERADICATE RUSSIAN THISTLE Commonly Looked Upon by Farmers In Irrigation District as an Evil to Be Quietly Endured. (By O. M. OSBORNE, ARrieulturnl Edi tor, Idaho Experiment Station.) The Russian thistle has become so widely distributed in tho Irrigated re gions that it is commonly looked upon by the farmers aB an evil which must bo endured. It Is exceedingly unfortunato that such a view of the Russian thistle has been taken, for It is not a difficult weed to eradicate, provided community effort can bo se cured. Without community effort, however, Its eradication 18 qulto hope less. Tho reason for this Is that tho weed propagates itself solely by tho seed which is scattered by the thou sands over vast areas by means of tho wind which sends the riponed plant tumbling over tho prairie for many miles. Clean land can thus be come infested from venf1 distant sources. ( Tho Russian thistle is an annual, and the average plant produces about 25,000 seeds. Fortunately the seeds seldom retain their vitality longer than two years. Any cultivated crops, then, that can be introduced into tho rotation for a period of two or moro years will entirely eradicate this weed from an Infested field, providing other weedB of tho same kind are not al lowed to tumble over tho field dur ing this period. Hence the impor tance of community effort is evident. It is often advisable to fenco off llelds that are to be cleaned up with woven wire. Then in case the Russian thistles pile up against the fence in tho fall thoy can be burned and thus prevented from getting into tho field. Tame grasses are often used for two or three years in placo of culti vated crops while destroying tho seeds already In the soil. When tho weeds aro but few In number, thoy may bo destroyed by spudding off Just below the crown at any tlmo before tho seeds mature. Young and Old Sows. Tho Wisconsin station has made In terestlng tests to provo relative sizes nnd weights in litters from young nnd old sows, with astonishing results, says Coburn's Swlno In America. In these tests sows weighing an nverago of 482 pounds at farrowing tlmo pro duced nn average of 9.2 pigs per lit ter, with a wolght per llttor of 27 pounds. From sows weighing 307 pounds the average number In tho lit ter was 1C pounds. Where the aver age weight per sow was 238 pound tho average number In a litter was 5.G pigs and the average weight of u lit ter 14 pounds. Sows between the ages of four and live years averaged nlno pigs to a litter and a weight poi litter of 26 pounds, howb between two and three years old had an avor age litter of 7.5 pigs, and a litter av eraged 10,7 pounds In weight, and sows a yew old produced litters ot 7,8 pigs, with an averago weight of 14.2 pounds per litter. Injurious Beetle Is Easily Recognized by Two Longitudinal Stripes of White Between Those of Brown on Back Larva Descends to Lower Part of Burrow on Approach of Winter. j Tho round-headed npplo treo borer ls an insect known over tho greater portion of tho country, It bores Into tho apple, pear, qulnco and Blmllar treos. Tho adult bcetlo Is easily roc 'ognlzed by two longitudinal stripes ot whlto between those of brown on tho back. Tho bcetlo files only by night, and Is not likely to bo scon by the orchard 1st. It appears early In tho summer, and tho female doposlts her eggs in tho bark of tho treo, qulto closo to the ground. The fomalo makes an Incision with her Jaws In tho bark, cv.islng It to split open one-third to one-half Inch In length, and thrusts tho egg betwoon tho inner and outer bark, accompany ing it with a gummy fluid, which cov ers and secures It in place. These hatch In n short time, and tho small footless grub commences to eat Its way Into tho bark. They usually re main in tho treo as n grub for three years, during which tlmo groat dam age Is dono to tho trees infested. Tho young Ho for tho first year In tho sap wood and Inner bark, excavat ing lint, shallow cavities which aro filled with their sawdust-Ilka castings. Their presenco may bo detected In young trees by tho bark becoming dark colored, and somctlmos dry and dead enough to crnek, through which somo of tho sawdust-llko matter often Work of the round-headed apple tree borer, a, wound where egg Is de posited; b, same with wood split lengthwise along the line (a, e), and turned eo as to show an egg In place; c, same, with the bark split on the same line and. removed to the left, so as to show the manner In which the egg Is commonly thrust to one side under the bark; d, the egg, enlarged; e, hole of exit of beetle; f, the same, as It appears from the side when split along the line (a, e); g, the burrow, as It appears while the Insect is In the pupa state, and before the bark Is perforated. MAKE CHARCOAL FOR THE HOGS While Feeding on Corn Animals Never Appear to Get Too Much of Burned Cobs. When hogs aro being fed corn thoy havo insatiable appotites for char coal, and this goes to show tho coal meets tho requirements of tho animal system. What Is palatnblo sel dom docs tho system any injury, and then only when taken In excess, which It Is likely to bo if tho animals aro not accustomed to It, especially if thoy aro hungry. Tho fact that hogs -when on full feed ot corn eat all forms of charcoal with avidity and never got too much of It Is sufficient grounds for providing It in nbundanco nnd keeping it within reach of tho hogs at all times. I utilize all tho corncobs on my placo for making charcoal to fcod my hogs, says a writer In tho Iowa Home stead. I dig a pit about five feet deop, which is smaller at tho bottom than at tho top, in which to burn tho cobs. I start a fire at tho bottom and gradually fill with cobs, then cover tho pit with n sheet Iron lid. Earth may bo used in covering tho pit if a laVgo lid is not available. In nbout 12 hours the combustion haB produced an exceedingly good grado of corncob charcoal. In feeding tho charcoal, I make up tho following mixture: Five bushels of corncob charcoal, one bushel of wood ashes, olght pounds of salt, two quarts of alr-slackcd lime, two pounds of sulphur and a pound of copperas. I brenk up the charcoal, mix nu uior oughly together, put the mixture In eelf-feodlng boxes and plnce whero tho hogs can havo freo access to It. This combination furnishes a good percentago of ash for bono building, destroys worms and helps wondorfully In keeping tho hogs In n thrifty condl tion, Tho amount or charcoal that a bunch of hogs will eat during the win ter If given freo access to It at all times Is really very surprising. Value of r Cultlvr.tor. Professor Massey nays: "The man who walks across the fields four times, or oven two times to cultivate each row of corn or cotton wastes enough labor In one soason, if he has a crop of any size, to pay for a two-horse cultivator." If you doubt this state ment just take a day off and figure it out with your pencil nnd paper Sharp Hoes. Keep tho hoes sharp. A fllo should ho kopt In tho Hold when working and imiiii ns often aB necoBsary to mulntaln sharp edges. A sharp hoo works moro easily and accomplishes moro in a day, with leso weariness to tho workman. protrudes and falls to tho ground. On tho approach of winter tho larva descends to tho lower pnrt of Its bur row, and doubtless romalnB Inactive until spring. During tho second sea son It attains about ono-half Ub growth, still living on tho Bnpwood, whero it doos great damngo, and when, as often happens, there nro soveral of thoso borora In a slnglo treo, thoy will sometimes cause Us donth by completely girdling it. During tho next season it cutB into the solid wood and secures ltsolf in a safe retreat, goes into tho chrysalis stago, and appears tho next spring as an ndult beetle. . Tho best remedy for this Insect must bo provontlve. Apply washes o tho trunk of tho trees that aro. so re pulslvo to tho borer that It will not lay Its eggs on a treo protected by such wnshes. Soft soap, reduced to tho consistency of a thin paint by tho addition of washing sodn, 1b recom mended by eminent authorities. Car bolic acid solution Is also recommend ed. This should bo used with moder ation, as it is llablo to Injure tho foliage If applied too strongly. In enso preventive measures fall, tho In sectH Bhould bo dug out with a pocket knife, and whoro they havo burrowed duop, they may bo reached and killod with a stout wlro thrust Into their holes. BATS KILL MANY NOXIOUS INSECTS None of Species That Inhabit United States Do Any Harm Guano of Value. (By ir. V. HENSIIAW. United States De partment of ABrleulturc.) There is no doubt of tho great value of hats In tho destruction of mosqui toes and other noxious Insects, espe cially beetles. For yenrs wo havo been Interested In tho subject and havo examined many bat stomachB, with n viow to finding out tho precise species upon which tho different bats feed. Tho Investigation, however. Is beset vvlth difficulties owing to tho fact thnt DatB nauuuniiy seem to thoroughly chew their Insect food before swal lowing It. with tho result thnt tho de termination ovon of gonornl insects taken for food Is very difficult, while tho Identification of soft-bodied in sects like mosquitoes Ib practically lm. possible. llccauBo they destroy bo many Insects wo ndvocnto tho protec tion of bats wherever they occur. None of tho species that inhabit tho United States do any harm, although they sometimes causo nunoyanco by congregating in largo numbers In tho nttlcs or under tho enves of country houses, when tho nolso they mnko coming nnd going frequently disturbs tho Inmates of tho house. This trou ble, however, can nlways bo enslly cured by stopping up the holes and compelling the bats to tako up their residence elsewhere. In connection with tho economic Importance of bats the value of their guano as a fertilizer Is not to bo over looked, ns It brings a high price wherever It can be obtained In market able quantities. In fnct, tho erection of artificial shelters for bats for tho purpose of obtaining tho guano hus frequently been ndvocnted, as also has an attempt to Increase tho num ber of tho mammals, having In mind their destruction of noxious Insects, especially mosquitoes. Wo know of nt least one Instance In Mexico, where a small dwelling wnB given up to tho oxcluslvo use of batB for tho purpose of annually or semi-annually gathering tho guano for sale. Duroc-Jersey Swine. Tlio Duroc-Jersoy Is a more refined hog of tho lard type. It thrives Bplen. dldly on corn, clovor, bluo grass or alfalfa pasture. Tho animal is adapt ed to a grout range of climate and, doos woll In dry or warm regions that aro unsuitable to othor typos. Swlno to follow steers form u valuablo ad junct of ovory feed lot. Those Jer ooys won prizes at many state falrB In tho west. Turkish City That Has Had Moro Than 2,500 Years of Continuous History. Salonlkl. Tho city xto now call Salontkl has had a continuous history tor moro than 2,500 years, says a writer in tho Christian Herald. Even boforo It was rofounded and ronatnod by Aloxandor tho Great, In tho yoar 315 n. C, a city had existed on tUa beautiful gulf, facing mighty Mount Olympus. Rut Ub known history dates from this year, when Aloxandor rebuilt It nnd called It Thcssalonica, after his sister, tho wife of CaBsan dor. It is said that Philip of Maco- .. .iii.WlilMIII Ruins of Palace In Salonlkl. don named his daughter Thcssalonica becaiiBo on tlio day ho hoard of hoi birth ho won a victory over tho Thcs saltans. Thus tho victory of Philip and tho name of his daughter, tho half-sister ot tho conqueror ot tho world, aro all oinbalmod in tho name of tho city. A groat city with its harbor full ol shipping, its whlto housos rising In tiers ono abovo anothor from the edgo of tho water to tho summit ol tho acropolis bohlnd tho city, and around nil a whlto wall flvo miles in oxtont Through tho heart of tho city stretched forth tho groat artory of trndo, tho Egnatlon way. At the oastern end it passed under a mag nificent mnrblo arch, which was built In honor of tho victory ot Octavius and Antony over Urutus and Casslus In tho battlo that took placo on the plains of Phillppl. Fortunately for Thessalonlca Bhe had sided with tho monarchists against tho republicans in this battlo, and whon It wnB ovor both Antony and Caesar vlsltod tho city and com memorated their triumph by oroctlng tho Arch of Victory, which remains to this day. Undor this archway doubtless Paul and Silas pasBod many times during their somewhat lengthy stay In tho city. It has been my prlvilogo more thnn onco to visit Salonlkl, to enter it from tho sea as ono Journeys from Athons, and to leavo by tho routo by which Paul entered it on his first visit It is Interesting to noto tho characteristics of tho city, whloh aro tho samo now us in Paul's tlmo, ub woll as tho changes which tlio couturlos havo wrought. YOUNG HEAVIER AND TALLER Washington Health Officer Lays the Fact to Open-Air Schools Death Rato Is Lower. Washington Heavier and talloi children woro tho net results of tho opon-alr schools of tho District of Co lumbia, according to Health Officer William C. Woodward, who prosonted his anual report Dr. Woodward dwelt at length on tho advantages oi pure air instruction ovor that given In tho classroom and then, without any apparent attempt to criticise, de clared that tho United States gov ernment in its maintenance of ita personally owned "fish and oystor wharf" hero waa maintaining "tho most insanitary establishment in tho District of Columbia for tho prepara tion of food for sale." Tho death rato, desplto this, was falling so rnpldly, according to Dr. Woodward, that tho District soon would become ono of tho most health ful places in tho country. LARGEST WOMAN IS DEAD Justin Mao8on of Canada Weighed 780 Pound and Was Noted for Unusual Strength. Montreal, Quo. Justin Masson, who weighted 780 pounds, and Is said to havo boon tho largest woman in tho world, died hero recently. Several months ago sho beenmo In sane nnd was takon In chargo by tho assistant publlquo. In tho Institu tion she bocamo notorious for ex ploits of strongth when In a frenzy. Even tho wnlls o flier room failed to restrain her, nnd it was necessary to build a round house outside tho main building especially for her. A specially built coffin wns neces Bary to inter the remains. Dives After Falling Man. DennlBon, O. -When Andy Itonald, forty, heard tho body of Hnrlin, Thomas, 32, a miner, whisk down the shaft ho dived uftor tho form nnd landed 00 feot below In 10 feet ot wator nud muck. Itonald pulled the other mun to safety and both wore hoisted. Doth woro injured. tfr Tho Sonntor 1'vo given tho best years ot my llfo to tho service ot my country. Tho Governor Qlvcnl You mean lold! ITCHING AND BURNING Iberia, Mo. "I waa troubled with scalp oczoma for nbout flvo yoara and tried everything I heard of, but all of no avail. Tho doctors told mo I would havo to havo my bond shaved. Doing a woman, I hated tho idoa of that I was told by a frlond that tho Cutlcura Remedies would do mo good. This spring I purchasad two boxes ot Cutl cura Ointment and ono enko of Cutl cura Soap. After using ono box ot Cutlcura Ointment I considered tho cure permanent, hut continued to una It .o mnko euro and used about one half tho other box. Now I am entirely well. I also used tlio Cutlcura Soap. "Tho disease began on tho back ot my head, taking tho form of a ring worm, only moro sovoro, rising to n thick, rough scnlo that would como oft whon soaked with oil or warm water, bringing n fow halra each tlmo, but in a fow days would form again, larger each tlino, and spreading until tho on Jlro back of tlio head wna covered with Jho scnlo. Thin was accompanied by A terrlblo itching nnd burning sensa tion. Now my head la completely well nnd my hair growing nlcoly," (Signed) Mrs. Geo. F. Clark, Mar. 25, 1012. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment cold throughout tho world. 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