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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1905)
jit. 4mn ONE 'WITH NO KAUIjT. HV Hcv. I'rcdcrlcU B. Ilophlnx. I flntl in him no fault ut nil. John xviii., ys. Wo want to think a few momonts nlionf n vounc man who lived long auo. IIo stands In tho door of hio shop kvltli liiB arniB Btrctchod out bo that b hands rest on tho posts on either BiTlo. The Him streams Into the room nnd tho figure in the doorway Is re Booted upon tho wall In tho form of h cross. There wns In this young man a nln GUlar power. He was talkod about by Everybody. It was related that one jday ho went into a house whero a young girl was sick, and like a physi cian sat bcsldo her bed. IIo looked at her, and bIio resembled a lily, her face was so delicate. IIo touched her liand and a faint blush came into her cheeks, as have seen the Ore flash from n pearl ob wc turned it toward the sun. lit spoke, and sho opened lcr eyes. He mulled and sho smiled jack, and bar mother kissed her and llioro was grunt oy In that home. He xvas always kolng things like that, and Is it any wonder that a man who ha- :cd to admit tho fact was compelled o say. "I find in him no fault at .ll?" An old instrument hung upon n cas 111c wall. No one know Its use. It was overcd wltk dust and the strings were roken. A ttranger camo one day. mocked at the gate, and entered the in). IIo reverently brushed tho dust pom tho instrument, rcsoi the strings, jand all hearts were thrilled by the fiuslc lie wns ablo to bring from It. t was tho master long absent who jiad roturned to his own. If we should ravel around the world wo would llnd hat cnstle and instrument everywhere. nd tho Instrument would be unstrung, nused, out of tune. And many do ot seem to know that the castlo is ho body, a temple of the holy ghost, tand the Instrument is the soUl. And would wo know the secret of a happy flfo? Open tho heart every morning to him In whom there was no fault. M)t hhn repair the strings that sin has rokcu, nnd every day will bo like the eglnnlng of a new year, and overs ight tho star of Bethlehem will shine tho skies above us. Once there was a little ilower. It vaa unhappy, because It seemed to be living only for itself. It had no color nnd it was odorless. It heard a step In tho grassland it wondered within it- pelf, Will I be crushed under the foot Of that man who Is bunting? Will a dog tear me up by tho roots? I wish J could hide from all of these dangers do not know why I want to live, but I do not wnnt to die. And so tho lit tle llowor was In a state of great ex citement, when tho stranger stopped and said; "Well, well, little (lower, .what are you doing out hero all alone? iWhy did you look at mo? You need not bo afraid. Not a sparrow falls to ,the ground but your Heavenly Father ecoth it. Ho clothed tho grass of the field, nnd he will enro for you." Bo tho little flower looked up into n fnco In which there wns no youth, nnd It said. "I am quite miserable, bo cause I have no benuty, and no one cares to have me in tho house, because 1 nm not sweet. And besides I have neither neighbors nor friends. I do not scorn to be doing anything at all." "Well," replied tho stranger, "I will eeo what I can do for you." fo he beckoned the sunbeams, and they pen cllod tho little flower with beauty, and tho evening camo and tho (low filled Its cup, and tho next morning its breath was sweet. Close beside it flow ers began to grow that woro just like It, nnd thus It soon had plenty o'f po cioty. And tho wilderness and the sol itary place wore glad, and tho desert blossomed like a rose. Perhaps sitting on his trunk in a ball bedroom a young man will bo glad the holidays are over, which lie Las spent for the first time alone in a big city among strangers. He feels like that llowor In tho field. IIo wonders whether life is worth living, nnd why (he 1ms no friends. But in tho next Toora he muy henr a step. Up nnd 4own Borne one is walking. First he thinks It 1b strange. Then ho thinks It la "none of my business." Then he thinks ti will do no hnrm to see. So he knocks at the door, and It is open-, ed. And he says, "Hello I I thought I heard you walking up and down us though there was somothlng troubling you." And the neighbor replies: "There Is." And one will tell the oth er about it. And they will laugh to gether, nnd when they part, each will hare only half tho burden to bear they carried when they mot, and they will not fool so lonesome as they did. And there are men and women like the ilower everywhere. But tho world Is getting bettor, because wo arc being helped to bo useful. And there will be fewer faults in ihe world ns wo be come more like him in whom thcro was no fault at all. And onco thcro was a young man, and ho thought he was smarter than his father, and he did not have brains enough to appreciate a mother's love. And lie had more confidence in Strang- orfl than In friends. And ho went out to seo tho world, and ho saw It, and when ho got through ho was a beggar. Ills air castle looked like a banquet hall after tho guests have departed. Tho next day ho met tho young woman who had given him her most Bacrcd promise, but she did not appear to see him. Ho appealed for help to those who had frequently received his as sistance, and they were all very sorry; would like to help him, but they did nothing for him. So ho began to think lie had bettor retrace his steps over tho wrong road ho had taken. It Bccmcd as if it would bo long nnd hard. But ho met a stranger. And who do you suppose it was? Tho young man whose shadow fell on tho wall of his shop In the form of a cross. The one who reset tho strings of his instrument in the castlo. IIo who spoke to tho flower In the field. There is no ono like him In all tho world. "I And 'j blm no fault at all." THE TWO STANDA UDS. By Roy. Cyrus Tovrnscnd LVicy. For whosoever shall keep tho whole law, and yet offend In one point, ho is ullty of all. James 11., 10. Lest the title mislead, lot m3 say that tho reference Is neither to politics nor finance, but to religion things which unfortunately seem to havo llt tlo in common. Yet politicians and financiers may read this with profit. A short time since a your man said to lne, "Well, you know thpro ire two standards of conduct, the Idea'. ikud the real; the one wc think by, tho ither wo live by." That is doubtless v. prevalont opinion which Is certain to lead Into trouble. The young man in question had got into dlfilcultieo be cause in a certain Instance ho had con formed to tho low rather than the high standard- When actions aie to bo appraised ut their true value tho world has an unpleasant ray of meas uring tho individual by tlu Ideal. However it may bo with ik.) precious metals, there Is but one standard of character, character being tho result ant of action; action tho expression of thought. Tho Impression of this singu larity of standard upon tho moral con science is one function of religion. Add to this the enforcement of con formity to tho standa -d and you ap proach tho complete disunion of re ligion to believe In God, to strive to bo like Him through Christ. Many men nro lovely and pleasant In their homes and tho reverso outside thejr doors. Many men are upright And honest in society and crooked and deceitful in business. Many men are conscientious ami honorable In busi ness and hopelessly venal and cor-- rupt In politics. Tills is tho result of tho double stand Tho more statement of these things la convincing. No further argument is needed for a single moral standard. A thing Is cither right or wrong. Your information may ba uiadequnto, your Judgment inaccurate; when one is not certain he docs, his best according to his lights and is so 'judged, but the fault is not in tho standard. A thing which is Avroug in ono case Is wrong in another If it is right to be gentle at home, It Is Wit to bo gentle In the world. If it is rlglit to bo truthful in society, it is right to be truthful in business. If it Is right to bo upright In business, it Is right to bo upright in pollllcs. "Whatsoever thou hast to do, do it with thy might," says tho Wise Man. There arc degrees in sin, but no sins of Rinall degree. Tho payment of the tithe of mint, anise and cummin Is altogether admirable when the welghter matters have been attended to. The laws of God cannot be divided and applied at random. They are to be kept as a whole. Jesus Christ, tho exemplification of God's law as well as of Ills love, did not shrink from the imperative mood. Ho was as peremptory as Moses. He Is tho standard. There can be no other since God is ono. Nor is IIo impossible for man. God is just; He docs not re quire from us conformity to tho mint talnable. To strive to be like Christ sums up tho law aud the gospel, Choose you this day, that one standard and keep it. Thus It Is written In Deuteronomy: "Cursed Is he that conllnneth not all the words of this law to do them. And all tho people shall srry, Amen." Flattery makes uo friends. Hay Unloui air II lg. Iloro Is n plan for unloading hay with horse fork in barn or on stack which I find is very convenient and Is cheaper than any set of haying tools and I believe Just as good. Wc have used it for two years and realize Its value. Fasten pulley blocks at a and c In cono of barn. Then with an open ring fasten another pulley to ring in hay fork. Then tlo ono end of rope to open ring, after It has been closed, nnd then through the pulley at c, then dow n through pulley at b, which is on fork, then through pulley nt n, then through n pulley nt d, which is down on barn floor. All that Is necessary to change tho fork so as tq drop hay In either mow is to untie rope from fork nnd tie opposite end there. Tills moth- qood iiay iuaaiNO. oil saves one tho cost of track and car, .vid will pull almost directly straight upwards until tho fork full of bay gets pretty veil up, then will travel over mow. Thoso who have hay to stack can use this plan by using two tall posts, ov ono If stack Is near a tree which can b used to fasten ono pulley to. Set post rar enough nway so you cai: drive load of hay between post and slnek. This rigging will not take any more ropti t.bnn a track and car, and Is very convenient In small barns. 0. 0. Boaworth in Ohio Farmer. -"" A Wncoti Tonciic. It is not nlwnys possible to have a two-horso wagon sufficiently light for long distance driving where it is best to use two horses. Tho illustration shows a tongue which may bo easily madn by a local blnoknniith at small expense, for use on a light one-horse wagon. Tho Illustration needs little description, the main points being to have the polo made of tough lumber and about two Inches square at the small end and three and one-half Inches square nt tho Inrgo end. The circle should be ninde of two-inch wagon ! iues. Bolt tho shaft couplings to the circle, tho double-tree resting on tho tongue where tho circle Is bolted to tlie tongue. This? wagon polo is quick ly attached and la very light, hence not a burden on the horses, and the ox- A WAGON TORQUE. ponoo of mnklng it Is small. Indian ap 'is News. Good General Fertilizer. ' )no of the best general fertilizers for a soil rather sandy and loamy is com posed of 000 pounds of acid phosphate. (100 pounds of flsh scrap, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda and 400 pounds of muriate of potash to the acre. For use on vegetables, where the crop is the top, such as cabbages, the potash is reduced one-half nnd tho nitrate of soda doubled, while 1,000 pounds of acid phosphate Is used. This plnn of fertilizing is followed after the plot has received a fnlr amount of stable ma uuro the season before. It is as good us any complete fertilizer on the mar ket and costs much less by buying the ingredients and mixing them on the barn floor. Try the formula on a lim ited area the coming season aud Bee how it works. Change Sheep Pasture. The sheep pasture must sometimes have a rest from the sheep on account of the deposit of the eggs of intestinal worms of sheep. In some old pastures these eggs are spread by the millions. This Is particularly dangerous ground to be fed over by young lambs. The man who has more than one pasture will find himself in an advantageous position in case of trouble with intes tinal worms. Ho can simply change his sheep run irom one pasture to the other. Such a change Is not necessary unless there arc signs of the worms uinone tli ahcep. '1 o Get UtruB In Winter. A successful poultry raiser was once asked how to successfully get eggs during tho winter season and. his reply was, "hatch winter chickens from winter-laid eggs." Willie this is by no moans tho only thing to do, it is, be yond question, tho foundation of the whole matter. It is impossible to have pullets Unit will lay oggs during the winter season, in proiUnblo quantities, when thoso pullets nro hatched from late spring or early summer-laid cgg3. Notice wo say "in profitable quanti ties," for tho late-hatched pullet will lay some during the winter, but its ten dency is toward laying at the same sea son ns the egg was laid from which she was hatched. Here, then, is the start for thoso who sock winter eggs, aud If the reader Is out for this Bort of business he should plan for nn Incu bator to be set at work in early Feb ruary. Then it must bo remembered that tho early-hatched bird, especially in tho colder sections of the North, will require unusually good caro, so that comfortable brooding houses must bo provided, with room for exercise, and in places where there will be no danger of tho chicks getting damp or wet. If the brooder room is cool it will do no harm, for the chicks will have tho brooder to go to for warmth; but the room must not bo damp or wet. Chicks raised In this manner and given a good range during tho following sum mer will go Into winter quarters in fine shape and produce eggs at n profit in tho winter. A Winter Wheelbarrow. A very convenient and useful wheel barrow sled may be constructed as fol lows: From a piece of 2-Inch plank cut a runner, n. Then mnko two renr run nora, b, of brnco Iron or wooden wag on felloes. Frame thoso together and attacii to front runner by the bed pieces, c, which are 2Wj inches wide, J inch thick, 3ij foot long. Put In the rocking pin, o, as long as the width of tho bed. Attach it to the bed pieces. c. by a piece of hnrd wood, d. This slioilld fit tightly through the upright part of the runner, a. Furin nnd Home. Poultry Piclcinjio. All tho non-sitting breeds lay white oggs. Tho roosts should be low, especially for heavy fowls. Unusually largo eggs denote that the hens 'are too fat. Give one feed of good, sound grain dally. Whole wheat Is good. Poultry makes a thrne-fold return eggs, iicsii and feathers. The greatest layers make noor sit ters and Indifferent table fowls. Never inbrecd; change cocks ovorv year and always use pure-bred Wrds. Uld gee3e are best for hatching and young geeso soil for the best price. For young chickens it is a good nlan to mix tho soft food with milk, not man lug it sloppy. While the guinea Is a noisy creature. its noise frightens away many enemies of the poultry yard. In putting salt In the food, tho quan tity should not excrjed the amount used In food for the table. Tho farm offers tho advantage of a wide range aud fowls thus favored have more beautiful plumage. Jf any chickens nro to no hatched lato they shoulU bo of varieties that feather quickly and uature early. To secure uniform chicks nnd have tho majority females, tho fowls them selves should possess uniformity as re gards color, plumage and ago, as well as size aud marking. Acrlcultural AtuitiH. Animal manures arc most economic ally used when applied to tho soil as fast as collected. Tho feed te an Importer. factor In stock raising. The brood adapted to the object sought will give better re sults and at a lower cost proportionate ly. ' If tho food 1b diminished and nnT mnlB become poor, tho amount of food required to get them In good condition will bo greater than tho amount of rood saved. During tho winter, especially, bran can be made a part of tho rations of all classes of live Btock, but tho be3t results are secured when fed In con nection with other grain. Manure may fall to give good re sults the first year and show well the next. Much depends upon the condi tions of the material. It cannot af ford food to plant until It becomes soluble. SLED BAimOW. Pickled Crub Apples. Select large ones and wash them well, leaving tho stems on. Prepare two quarts of vinegar, six pounds ot sugnr, stick cinnamon and ground cin namon, cloves, each two ouuees. Boll together. Some prefer to steam tho apples and pour the liquid over them; others cook tho npples until you can put a.Btraw through them, then put In cans or jars. Use eight pounds of apples for this rule, and cook liquid ten minutes after you have taken tho apples out. Nut Ci oiincttCH. Take two cupfuls of mashed potato, one-half cupful of grated walnuts, one half cupful of grated cracker crumbs, and the same of chopped parsley. Mix thoroughly together, using the neces sary quantity of sweet milk, or, bettor, cream. Season with pepper and salt, add three tablespoonfuls of melted butter nnd beat in two eggs. Form into croquettes, dip in beaten egg, roll In fine cracker or broad crumbs, and fry in hot lard. Serve very hot with tomato Buuce. linked Apple Roll. . Roll biscuit crust out very thin; ori this spread apples cut quite thin and lino; roll the dough so that It will form n smooth roll and place in a narrowj deep tin, add a little water, sugar and butter, and bake. Serve In slices, and spread with butter and sugar; or mnko a liquid sauce of creamed butter and sugar, a beaten egg, and a pint of boil lug water poured over the egg, suga) and butter; flavor to taste. On'on Sten'. reel tho onions, slice and let them stand In cold water half an hour. Pul them on In fresh, cold water and lej boil three minutes, then pour off tht water, add more, let It boil the sarn as before, and repeat this three tlme9 In tho fourth water let them cooli until tender, strain and put In mllkl season with butter, pepper nnd sail to taste; thicken with a little flour. Vnnllla Wafers. Cream a cupful of butter with two cups of sugar, add a cup of sout cream, two benten eggs and three cupJ fuls of flour that has been sifted twico with a teaspoonful of sodn. Flavour with vanilla extract. Add enough ftrmt in mnl.-n Mm 1fMir! nf nnn. . . w i 1 ....... V h.V UlSl... VSfc dJH slstency to roll out, roll very thin nntjl cut into .rounds. Bake in a quick oven. Sweet Pepper Pnute. i Ttemove the tops nnd seeds of six sweet peppers, cook in boiling water for half an hour, then take out and' drain. In n small pan put two table spoonfuls of butter, and when hot turn, In the peppers, cover the pan and coot slowly for twenty minutes. Servo them over chopped meat cakes that have been boiled. Arrange on a hot platter and season. Wnfllc3. Sift a pint of .flour with a tea spoonful each of baking powder andi salt. Beat three eggs light, the yolks' and whites separately. Into the yolks' stir a pint of milk, pour this into thei flour, boat for a minute, add the stiff-' ened whites and drop the mixture by tho spoonful into the greaEed and heated walllo-lrous. Buttermilk Martina. Beat well two oggs Into a quart o sour buttermilk, stir in flor.v enough to make a thick bnttor; about a quart, add a teaspoonful of salt, throe of sugar and dissolve a teaspoonful of soda In very little hot water; add tho last thing and bake In welt greased tins in a very hot oven. I?ntr-n-MulKns, Roll out cream of tartar biscuit dough Into a half-inch thick sheet. Spread with butter and sprinkle pro fusely with mnple sugar. Over this shake a little cinnamon; then cut into strips about an Inch wide and roll each ono up tightly. Bake in a mod erate oveu. , Hints for Wanning Bny. Adi a few drops of ammonia to tho blue water to whiten clothes. Wut fruit stains with alcohol or pour boiling water through them. Try washing red table linen In water. In which a little borax has been dis solved. Clothes turned right side out, care fully folded and sprinkled are half ironed. Kerosene In tho boiling water whitens clothes safely, especially suca as are yellow from lying nwny. Put u tnblespoonful to each gallon of suda. For very yellow or grimy thlngi, make an emulsion of kerosene, clear liraewater and turpentine in equal parts. Shako thorn together until creamy, then add a cupful to a boiler f ul of clothes and boil for half an beat