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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1905)
To obtain the best results from hens mm. keep them In flocks of from thirty to forty with ouo or two males. Crowd lug nover pays any breeder. iVUl8 UOSPEIj. 0y Hey. Thomas Yntes. Text "Itoruember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, according to uiy KOHpol." U Timothy 2:8 You will notice the intensity of ihc 1xi.shus.s1vo pronoun. It glows wltn passion; it makes the text incandes cent "My jjoapi'l." It Is not proprie torship; it Is lduntlilcutlou. It seems like egotism; It Is really uttermost sef surrender. it Is not possible to sepa rnte the man "from the message; they are one, fused in a grand and grow ing experience, lie had a message. Hud the message was in the grain and the lihre of nls being, lie has writ ton a sentence of It to his friend, and then, as If impatient lest what he has written should bear, even for an In stant, the look of an impersonal utter ance, ho hastens with a kind of happy pruie In se l'-conimtttal to give him self away on it "According to my gospel." Tho weight and the Impact of u transformed personality Is tin-own Into the utterance. You feel the thrill of terrltie conviction In this little pos sessivo; it vibrates with energy. What ever the gospel is, It is become to this man a consecration, a passion, an en thuslasm, and, If need arise, it will become a martyrdom. It is little won der that the world thought this man a provocative man, or that few men in human history have so compelled the world to take count of them. Paul lias one great certainty: he Is certain that he Is right. The audacious faculty of mounting a pulpit, is the Inevitable expression of any audacity, tho audacity of knowing that ho is right. He is sure about some things that really matter; he Is on the ground. Mirther the audacity of knowing that he Is right tlds man adds another audacity, that of believing and say lug that the fact of his being right is a good thing for the world. The Gospel Is not true news only, but gooil news. The thing about which he was right was .not to bo neglected without Impoverishment. It Is of passionate moment to men: it concerns their highest welfare; It Is a Gospel of good tidings, and he who has It is un dor necessity to preach it. This man, then, Is finely revealed in this little phrase that he lias added like a post script Such a man Is always a chal lenge, never more a challenge than to day, when the temper of our time does not encourage it. He is sent to guard the church and to Jioiil forth the good news In Ephe Mus, where the splendor and the arro gance of paganism had made the P'mi'c a proverb. One hesitates to paint the picture of. that city as it was, the home of superstition and sor cery, the citadel of the most Immoral atnj ; t,vl'j.;. of ldolntors. Do you wonder that the restlessness and superstition outside worked a slow and Habile mischief within? Is Jt any Wonder !h-t, with that atmosphere soaking irto their life, it was easy to drift from the realities of religion? My brethren, we need a deep, ef fective force lodged at the heart of our ehur-li life, at the heart of its pulpif. ministry, at the heart of all Its varying work. The only justifica tion for a church is that It shall have something at the heart of it, of which It. says, with a passionate joy of p6s Bcssiori, "My Gospel," which It exists to utter. Tills very church fabric Is not here for any beauty It has, but for the good tidings It brings. It is norl a memorial; It is a witness. At the heart of the church's life, feeding 0)0 church's life, the power of its ministry, the burden of Its mission, lies tiie great force of an organic re lationship with a Divine T.ord, an in-tiiH.-i;, personal relationship, realiz able and actual, with every believer. CmuSTlANl'l'V AND GAMBLING. Uy Enmtord Slack, M. P. Text. "Casting lots." Matthew 2b: 25. IL Is 3S2 years since an Act nf ini. . Uarneur was passed XjCJng Henry VIII., C '-rlilrh nlliiffnu t tn liametifr' was passed, In tho reign of tho preamble of Impoverishment and crimo and neglect of Divine service as amongst the suclal evils whicli in those remote days arose from guuiblimr. 1 . I And so, In an ever increasing degree, and wliu added miseries, the evil has been growing ever since, you ask for evidence. Open any newspaper and 1 shall lie very much surprised if you do not rind somewhere in Its columns, of I'm feiwiug evil of gambling. And during the whole of those 382 yeans luwa ban been constantly passed and cofifilauliy amended for dealing with this evil; Those laws have, In my opinion, never been sutliciently drastic. and, for the best of reasons, they have never been sullleli'iitly clear. There are many men In high places to-day who are afraid of dealing with this subject, and for the best of reasons. 1 tind that in the middle of the eigh teenth century more than lf0 years ago a very remarkable Act of Par liament was passed, which was sub sequently repealed. And It provided that any one convicted of losing CIO at one time as a result of betting or gaming, or of losing -10 within the space of twenty-four hours, must, upon conviction, of course, pay tlve time that amount for the benellt of the poor of the parish. The gambling habit, which is so far-reaching, and which sends its feelers out with such rami fications, is working terrible havoc to day. It is one of our greatest and most threatening national curses. And, thank God, tho Christian Church is at length waking up to its responsibilities in the matter. Let me give you a few facts. There are at least '20,000 bookmakers in England to-day; 20,000! and not a man of them plying an honest trade. Their turnover has been estimated to be 50,000,000 sterling by the year, by un remunerative trade; all, in so far as the Commonwealth is concerned, wasteful and injurious. Only last No vember a bookmaker was lined 100 at Iteigate. The police, when they carried away his book from the place where he carried on his "business,' found by referring to his bank-book, that during the previous twelve months he had paid 12,000 into his banking account. Ills books showed a prollt of 1,701 on the average during tho last seven years; and he had, at the tlmo he was brought before the mag istrates one client who owned him 0,000. That was in November. Last August a young man, who was a mes senger at a newspaper ofllce, was fined by tho magistrates for systematically currying ou betting with boys. And this Is one of the worst phases of this evil; it Is attacking our children, and to a far greater extent than you and I. in our smug respectability, could think possible. And It was found that this gentleman In one of his books had 1,48-1 entries covering a space of only ten days; and those betting transac tions extended In amount from Id. to 2s. Od. I ask you what must bo tho attitude of all Christians, nay, all thoughtful men and women towards this great evil? It has degraded our sport, it Is spoiling our national games, it is do terlorating our national character, it to destroying our position as a nation amongst the other nations of the world, it Is spoiling our national oxnm pie. Wo as Christians and good cltl zens, as patriots, must do what in us lies to discourage this evil habit, Christian men, and women, too, have a special obligation. I have been light ing for years past, whenever 1 have had the opportunity, against all forms of lotteries and rallies in connection with bazaars, There was one raiding transaction recorded In tho New Tes tament. You know what It was when the soldiers at tho foot of the cross cast lots for the dying Christ That Is not a very laudable precedent for us to follow In any Institution, bazaar, or whatever It may lie, when we are trying to get money for what we call a Christian purpose See to it that you always refuse to play for money at any simple game, however small the odds. , SHOUT IHETElt SflltMOSS. The man who blushes for his religion lr. only wasting his emotions. Whoever Is a god to himself Is apt to be a devil to his neighbors. You cannot teach children to keep the Sunday y -iviklng them hate It. (): '. .ids are always lighter if we will at least look as though we liked them. The only thing that comes to tho man who waits Is the certainty of be lug loft. Some men think thut the Almighty only gave them seuso enough to prove that he had none. Home men could reconcile the Uible and science If only the Bible would be reconciled to their sins. Labor to give tho best expression to yourself rather than to make the best impression on others. We could get along with less mourn ing for our sins if we had a few more real funerals over their remains. The pessimist is the man who real izes that It is hard going uphill, and therefore he puts on the brakes. If people were as ready to put in the offering os they are to pass on the sermon the church would soon bo rich. Instead of real love being such a ladylike thing, It often has blisters on IU feet, corns on Its hands, and a back that aches with loads of others. Henry V, Coye. Simple Farm (Jatc. The gate shown In the accompany ing Illustration Is recommended by u correspondent of thu Montreal Fam ily Herald. The gate Is Intended for Inside locations, upon a farm Instead of bars or swinging gates which are troublesome and apt to get out of or der. The correspondent has six of these irate on bis ranch, and expects soon to put in as ninny more. It will be noticed that the gate is not hung on hinges. II consists simply of a hurdle which stands between two strong posts st so that the g.ite easily passes back between them. The sec ond bar of tho gate rests on u cleat A, shown In the Illustration. This cleat consists of Inch lumbi r, four Inches wide and 12 or .14 Inches long. The gate will slide .easily If the top of the cleat is ginned. As the gate Is closed It slips between the two posts, which prevent It from being pushed cither way. Points in favor of this gate over SLIDINO GATE WIUK Ol'li.V. those In ordinary use are as follows: It Is cheaply and easily made; It is not liable to get out of order; quickly and easily operated; requires only or dinary fence posts, no hinges, or latch, and It locks automatically. TIiIh Year's Wheat Crop. Another bumper wheat crop Is In prospect. Estimates by the Depart ment of Agriculture on grain In the field indicate a total yield of winter wheat of over 411,000,000 bushels against 401,085,887 In 1903 and .'125, 374,303 In 100-1; a gain of 10,314,113 bushels over 10011 and 8r,22r,497 bush els over 190-1. Tho estimate on spring wheat Is 348,000,000 bushels, but there are good reasons for believing that the yield will bo fr&m' 10,000.000 to 13,000,000 bushels greater tli -n the present estimate. However, tl.o com parison, accepting the estimate as correct, is Interesting, showing an ex cess for 190," over the yield of 1004 and less than 3003, as follows: Estimate of yield of spring wheat, 1905, 318, 000,000 bushels, against 355,183,050 In 1003 and 279,090,050 bushels in 1004, about 7,000,000 bushels less than the yield of 1903 and 08,303,344 more than last year. According to the oflicial es timate, tho total wheat crop of the United States this year will be 070,- 000,000 bushels. Unless serious dam age comes to spring wheat during Its ripening, the total wheat yield of the United States will bo about 118,000,000 greater than in 1901 and 33,000,000 In excess of 1903. Epltomlst For SliariifMilntr PohIh. To save lots of work In sharpening posts, fix up tho rlu illustrated, ad vises Charles Iiecht. The forked pole KIO FOU SIlAltLTNINO POSTS. Is 12 feet long, tho brace of 1x4 bein about 5 feet high. A stump makes tiie best block upon which to sliarpe post. Poultry Picking Save the cabbage for the hens. Leaves make good scratching ma terial. Cracked corn will put fat on a fow about the quickest of any feed. A lot of extra cockerels are a mil sauce. Kill them off If you want eggs. As a rule hens fall off In egg pro duction after they are three or four years old, and It Is only In exceptiona cases that It Is advisable to keep them. Green cut bono or good beef scraps will force the pullets to early matu rity. Dampness Is one of tho worst trou bles of poultry keepers. Sunshine Is sure cure. If eggs were sold by weight the talk about big eggs would give placo to that of more of 'em. Lime water Is a corrective of fow diseases and Is nlso a good remedy for soft shelled eggs. A duck grows faster than n chicken, m 4 . sens tor more in inarKot, costs no more to feed and needs but little cure, Commercial Fertilizer. I used three tons of fertilizer from one of our large packing companies In 1903. I med It ou my corn Held, put ling It in the hill with the corn-plant er; this was on black sandy loai i. 1 had a good crop of corn, but a my soil was In good condition 1 was ..li able to say how much benellt the cr- tlllzer was to inc, If any; there. , In 11)01, I made up my mind to g. It a thorough test as far hh my far.n was concerned. This year I used live tons. This fertilizer came from a different pack ing company from the llrst lot, but was supposed to be the same as to Its chemical value. We used 1,000 pounds to acre, mainly, as In iie llrst year; st'lll we planted strps through our Melds with 200 pounds per acre, and In tho same Meld we left strips with out, any fertilizer. The llrst two months we 'thought wo could see a little advantage in favor of the corn that hud the fertilizer, but later on, and at husking time, we were unable to see that the use of tho fertilizer was of benellt to us. P. G. Freeman, Iowa. Cost nf Mukluic Hcef. It has been accepted as proved that the younger nn animal the lower Is the cost of putting on flesh and fat. Some experiments havo been made to prove this, but the data are too mea ger to permit of the building of very strong arguments on them. Professor Mumford of the Illinois station has taken up the question and is making an experiment that will at least add to tho volume of the data If It does not settle the question, which It prob ably will not. Herds of various ages are being fed at the station, and these will be marketed as fast as ready and careful reports compiled of the cost of gain made on each lot. There Is a point beyond which It does not pay a farmer to keep an animal, even though that animal Is all the time gaining in weight. The station is try ing to Mnd tiie point at which steer feeding must stop, if a profit is to be made. Every day after that point the farmer is losing money and losing tho time he Is putting on the care of the animal. Tho Auto Nulmmce. During an English farmers' meeting, the chairman had suggested that he should Instruct his teamsters to hold their wagons across the road when autos were approaching at a furious rate. He received the following amus ing communication: "As I doubt the power of tho average farm laborer to distinguish between the Innocent and the guilty, I offer my services. 1 hold a discharge as a sergeant from tho army, and am u trained shut. At least fifty autos pass my house every day. With an ordinary magazine rifle I could get about thirty daily, and I offer my trained services to tho cham ber at a charge of six pence per head. I should like to know to whom to for ward the heads. I could use explo sive or poisoned bullets If so de sired." How Sunday A li cet 8 Hie Cuwh, The manager of the Wisconsin ex perimental farm oiice said that he could tell the Sundays In the calendar by looking at his milk record, which showed the dally yield, because the quantity obtained avus Invariably smaller than on a week day. "Our men milk a little later on Sunday morning, and a little earlier at night, probably hurrying the operation, and the cows resent tho treatment by giv ing a somewhat smaller yield of milk." It was observed, also, apropos of the necessity for kind and gentle treatment of dairy cattle, that a new hand obtnlned loss milk from a cow than she would yield to a milker, not necessarily more expert, to whom she was accustomed. Thcl7a7croii. Tho oat crop Is ono that requires a great deal of moisture throughout the season, and tho best crop Is assured by preparing the soli so It will con serve moisture. Tho reason the old plan of seeding oats in corn stubble falls so frequently Is because tiie ground Is stirred shallow and wet ear ly In spring time ami when a few weeks of dry wcaother come it bakes as hard os the road and remains In this condition until harvest. It Is not a good plan to bo In too big a hurry about sowing oats. When the ground has dried qut so it is in good condi tion to break then start the plow. Ohio Farmer. Rod llmiBCn and Telephones. Sod houses and telephones are tho strange combination now offered by the prairies of the Middle West. Yet the combination Is less strange than appears, for the present sod houses are by no means to bo despised, par ticularly In cold weather. They are built with considerable attention to comfort, and, with an Intorlor lining of Portland cement, offer ulmost the advantages of a stone building, and nt the slightest cost, while tho not work of telephones overcomes tho Iso lation of earlier days. IHtuhurh . l-. Peel the rhubarb an cut quite lino. Cover the pie plate v ;th good rich crust. Kill wltn the rhubarb, heaping It in the center. Add one cupful of sugar mixed with two tablespoonfuls of Hour. Some like to add a llttlo crated nutmeg. Cover with an upper crust, cutting a silt In the center. Ituko in a qulcIT oven. If the Juice threat ens to overllow In spite of tho Hour used, roll a sheet of glazed note pap.or Iti a small tube and push It down through the center until It almost touches the lower crust, Do not re move until the pie bus artly cooled. Green Pcppcrnuiid Chicken. Peppers cut In rings with dull scis sors and combined with lettuce and French dressing are as good a slmplo salad as one could wish for. A de licious made-over dish of chicken is constructed with the aid of green peppers. Cut off the tops of the pep pers and scoop out the membrano. Parboil for about tlve minutes. Cut up the chicken, mix with boiled rice, and Mil tho peppers with the mixture. Place In a baking pan and pour In enough slock or water, Immerse tho peppers half way and bake for half an hour. 1 Strawberry ruddlnir. i Place one uuart of berries In a dish and sprinkle over them one-half cap ful of sugar. Put ono pint of milk hi a double boiler. Whllo this heats beat well together the yolks of three eggs, one-half cupful of sugar and one- fourth cupful of flour. Stir this into tho boiling milk and cook this for twenty minutes, stirring often, die- move from the lire and add one-fourth teaspoonful of salt. Heat the whites of threo eggs to a stiff froth, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar and heap It on top of the puddlug. Docorato with largo berries. - Kisr I'utiH. Sift together one pint of flour and two tablespoonfuls of baking powder. Rub into the flour a heaping tables spoonful of butter and add ono cupful of chopped figs. Add milk enough to make a soft dough (a cupful and a quarter or possibly less), and pour Into a dozen well-buttered cups, Ailing them a little more than half full. Set In a steamer over a kettle of boiling wator and boll steadily half an hour. If necessary to replenish the water, do so from the boiling tea kettle. Turn out on dessert plates and servo hot with hard sauce. Dolled Cream Drcnfllnic Many families do not like ollvo oil, and for those who do not eat salnd. on this account boiled cream dressing made as follows wll bo found dell clous: Add a tablespoonful of sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, a fourth of a tablespoonful of white pepper, a tea spoonful of mustard to a half a cupful of vinegar; pjace In n gran.Uf waro basin over the fire, and whod hot beat In a cupful of cream or milk, two eggs, n tablespoonful of butter; let becomo cold. Hcef and Poached Cut some fillet steak into small rounds, brush over with salad oil and grill until done. Fry some little rounds of mashed potatoes, and place a pleco of steak on top of each. Then poach some eggs, trim them round nicely and place on top of the steak. Place a lit tle horse radish and butter on top of the egg, or a llttlo plain butter If pre ferred, make a thick brown sauce, chop up the romalndor of tho cuttings from the eggs and put in it. Pour round each little mound, and serve. Potato Itul'H or .Marble-.!. After paring your potatoes thorough ly wash them and cut Into balls by tho use of a French cutter. Poll In water In which you have thrown a little salt. Have ready a white sauce composed of two tablespoons butter find two of Hour with one cup of milk and a sea soning of salt and pepper. When well blended pour over the marbles, adding a tablespoon chopped parsley and serve. Nordland CroqucttcH. Take a cupful of mashed potatoes, the same amount of very line bread or cracker crumbs and the same of finely minced cheese and mix nil to gether. Set tho mixing bowl on tno stove and stir In one-third of a cupful of butter, a little cayenne, a teaspoon ful of salt and two eggs. Form Into croquettes, roll In egg, then In cracker crumbs, and fry in hot fat. Ideal ItrenlcfuHt Fo"d. Tho grape fruit Is now looked upon' as tho Ideal American breakfast fruit and Is being highly recommended by physicians as a tonic, It having a con siderable percentage of quinine. Tho grapo fruit makos a magnificent ap pearance In a collection of tropical fruits, and its Juice Is subacid and verjr refreshing.