J SIGN 1'' a a a i N T.
I .? rti. Di-r. It. M. HnlU'Ck.
L'''.v tills shall all iih'ii know that you
re my disciples If you have love one
another." lohn lH:H.ri.
fit scums us if It would bo a good
hing If every man bore some sign or
ft. irk which accurately Indicated Ids
fin' character, if the sheep and tin
Volvos won' their right clothing In this
ivorld as well as In another.
fa At nri'siMit attempts to label by but
tons, ba lges neckties, or even by fa-
R;ial contortions, must be counted as
fc-tinrelluble, subject to countorioiiing.
Generalizations based on ccclcslasticivj
classifications may seem to hold good
'on Sunday: but they break down under
tlic test of commerce and there seems
to be a prospect of their being entirely
disarranged at the time when their de
pendents expect most of thein.
There is a means of classlllcatlon
and Identilieatlon, however, as simple
ms it is reliable and permanent. The
great teacher saw Ids first followers
looking around for labels: they wanted
a gown or hood, button or a charm,
a password or a holy groan. Ho gave
llieiu a sign that all could obtain, that
none could Imitate, and that no one
could steal from them. Living, work
ing love is the label of the Christian.
This is the proof of a better life, the
evidence of a power that makes the
mini anew. The moment oven the
basest character really begins to love,
It begins to lift Itself toward the best.
You cannot love. In the sense of sac
vlliclng, helping, serving others without
coming into uplifting relationship with
the most high. Love's deeds prove to
all the presence of love.
This is the only orthodoxy. Surely
the .standard of the master Is enough.
Somewhere there are penalties re
. nerved for those who set up other
standards, who Insist on shibboleths of
credal statements, or on intellectual
gymnastics of doctrinal assent, whj
erect barriers to keep from their up
ward way any hearts that are turning
to the good. No other test does Jesus
give than this that men love one an
,q4Mor.
V'JtU is the true worship. Church
meetings are but means of suggesting
ways of doing this, of stimulating our
otherwise selfish hearts to their service
of love. That only is a religious ser
vice which leads men to sacriiice. to
nerve one another. There is more woi
ship iu giving pure milk to slum babies
than there Is in sitting Sunday after
Sunday drinking in, like a sponge, the
sincere milk of the word, or the honey
of the choir.
This is the true work of the church,
not to love itself, but to love the other
fellows;, not to build line churches and
make soft: cushions for Its own, but to
make all these things and to make
them nobly for the halt and the sad
and the lonely. Not only to knit red
socks for Hottentots, but so sincerely,
unaffectedly, actually to love your civ
ilized neighbor on the street or the
alley as to knit him to you by bonds
that cannot be broken.
This is tlu secret, of every religious,
philanthropic, educative movement
that has accomplished any good, that It
won men because it was not afraid to
spend life and shed blood for them.
No life was builded, no reform accom
plished, no great work of any kind was
ever done without the shedding of
grent drops -of sweat and blood; and
this, this giving up of life, whether in
one supreme act or in many little daily
deeds, is the act of love und the badge
of a Christian.
TUN FOKG1VENESS OF SINS.
By Rev. John H'atson, ("lan McLaren.")
"And he said unto her, thy sins are
forgiven." Luke 7: -IS.
"1 believe in the forgiveness or
sins," said a monk to Martin Luther,
and the words were the beginning of
Uio great reformer's life work. And
from which to go forward to live
for each they are the starting point
purely and strongly. When a man has
settled affairs with God, he is free
from Immense hindrances from every
Jjfpar; when a man has come to terms
"Vwlth Almighty God there is no one
he need fear In this world nor in that
which is to come.
It is a good tiling for us to remem
ber that slu Is Its own punishment.
Our fathers saw God as Interfering at
every turn of life and almost controll
ing every detail; we realize ourselves
an In the grip of laws which are act
ing upon our life. Hut after all, It is
the same thing. For law requires a
lawgiver,- and a lawgiver will act ac
cording to certain things which we
call laws. And this scientific attitude
helps us also. The conception of sin
working automatically Its own punish
ment saves us from a number of Irri
tating questions about the character
of our heavenly Father, and also
brings us, every sane man, face to face
with reality. Whether God should be
good-natured and not take any serious
notice of sin Is not in question. The
question is whether sin Is good Ma
tured. It Is thought by some to be
ucredlble that (iod should punish u
man In this life and still more incred
ible that He should punish a man In
the life to come. Hut what need Is
there of discussing whether sin pun
ishes a man 7 It Is both credible and
actual that a man's own sin, without
any scruple, punishes him In this life,
and will continue to punish htm till
he die; and It Is nt least conceivable
that under certain circumstances It
may continue to punish him In the life
to come.
You will have to do your time for
some sin. This Is not said hardly It
is said with sympathy. Hut I want
to say It witli hope also. Take It well;
It will be exhausted some day, and
you will be a better man. Society Is
not unmerciful. Do not put a bad
face on It; bear it like a man. Don't
whine: don't complain; take it quietly,
modestly, bravely. Some day, one
whom you have known will speak, not
referring to the past, but Just In a
friendly way; crosses the street, per
haps, to speak to you. Then your pun
Ishment Is completed, you have ex
haustcd your time. You are restored
to your place In society and you will
be a deal better man than if you had
not been punished.
From the. lion, likewise, came forth
honey, and from the darkness light.
"Out of the eater came forth meat, and
out of the strong came forth sweet
ness." God shall give you back the
pears which the locust and the canker
worm hath eaten. Take courage, faith,
hope. My repentant believing brother,
in the name of the Lord, I say, "Thy
sins are forgiven thee; go unto Pence."
THE UNTIRING GOD.
By Rev. Sill ester Home, M. A
"The everlasting God, the Lord, the
Creator of the ends of the earth, faint
eth not. neither is weary; there is no
searching of His understanding. "
Isaiah -10:28.
The mighty God Is a tireless God
He falntetli not. neither is weary
Tills is brave doctrine, that a tireless
Deity attends humanity amid all its
struggles and hardships, and attends
It to aid, soothe, to cheer, to purify, to
redeem, to save; Is the veritable Gos
pel which breathed in the Savior's
words and was eloquent in all His
deeds of love and mercy. At the heart
of Goi Is infinite patience. Ills for
bearance Is Inexhaustible. Ills power
and His pity never tire. He is never
moved from ills attitude of grace. With
all man's rebel ways and thoughts, He
fainteth not. Ills aspect is ever of
love waiting to redeem and power
waiting to revive.
The miracle of forgiveness, as it is
the greatest of all miracles, is a daily
an hourly miracle a miracle of every
moment. God Is ever blotting out sins
from His remembrance never tiring
Oh! I will tell you what It Is like. It
is like the infinite, tireless patience of
the sea. The children ply their spades
upon the sands, to make work for the
sea. They heap the sand up, they dig
deep Into It. Hundreds of them disflg
ure the hard, golden surface, and leave
their senrs upon It; and then quietly
the old sea turns upon Its course, and
rolls Its waves across the sands, and
every trace of scar Is obliterated, be
conies as if it had never been; when
the tide ebbs again there Is no trace
upon the smooth, shining surface of
the sand to show that It had ever
known disturbance.
Most of the great moral defects
which nations and causes sutler are
due to apathy. People grow tired of
being good and doing right. Con
stancy and persistence in the good and
the right are qualities very sadly to
seek. Oh, what we need Is a sight
a real sight of this tireless God who
fainteth not, neither grows weary.
I adjure you to wait upon the Lord
and you shall renew your strength
There Is all power for you In prayer
and fellowship with the unseen. Am
vou will rise from that communion a
new man, to mount on wings like
eagles, to run and not be weary, and to
walk and not faint.
SHORT SIKTKK SHKMONS.
Fault finders are seldom faithful.
Sanctification is salvation from self,
Love and pain are seldom far apart
There is no pedagogy like that of
love.
The long drawn frown only pulls
men down.
The darkness awaits him who
wastes the day. .
The brother's burden Is the Father'
business.
Clciin Water for Hobb.
How to provide clean water for the
hog Is one of the problems. It Is dllll-
ult to devise any means by which
water can be kept before the swine
at all times and yet be so arranged
that the hogs will not wallow In It. It
appears, however, as though a valu
able suggestion looking to the solution
of this point has been made In a late
Issue of the Iowa Homestead by a
Kansas farmer who suggests a plan
from which the accompanying cut has
WATKIl TltOKtlt FOIl 1IOUS.
been made. Writing to our contem
porary this man says:
"it is my opinion that many of the
maladies and much of the fatalities
among hogs is due to carelessness on
the part of the owner by which the
hog Is compelled to take Into his sys
tem large quantities of filth hi his
drinking water. I know where there
are wallowing places it Is Indeed a
problem to prevent, tills, because If
there Is one thing which a hog delights
In more than another It is to bathe
himself lu mud and then try to dry it
olV lu the drinking trough, and he gen
erally succeeds quite well. And a
bunch of them can usually put threo
or four inches of mud in the bottom of
a trough iu a single -week. I enclose
you a drawing Illustrating the plan
that I have used for some time hi try
ing to keep my troughs clean. The
trough In this case is made out of two
planks, one 12x8 and the other 12x0, a
piece of eight-Inch plunk 13 Indies long
nailed on each end. To this iu turn
two other planks are nailed, thus fur
nishing an agency for scraping off
considerable mud from the hogs while
they are drinking. I then nail on an
upright, as Is indicated in the Illustra
tion, mortised out so that a plank may
be raised or lowered directly above the
center of the trough, the height de
pending upon the size of the hogs that
have access to the trough. I acknowl
edge that it takes a little labor to
make troughs of this kind, but where
one lias a big bunch of hogs 1 believe
that ho can save the price of his mate
rial and labor almost every day."
Wny to Pull Fonts.
S. W. Leonard says in Farm and
Ranch: "I will give a plan for pulling
up old fence posts. Take a chain and
put it around post close to the ground.
A TKXArt I'OST-l'l I.I.nil.
Take a piece of nlank. say 12 feet lomr
12 inches thick and 8 Indies wide; set
bottom end about 1 foot from post; let
chain come up over plank and lean
plank toward post. Fasten single-tree
to end of chain and when horses pull
the post will come straight up."
Feeding of Due Km.
All who raise ducks In large num
bers for market find it necessary to
feed a considerable quantity of rich
food, chiefly meat, in some form. Hut
it is a thing to be done with Judgment.
Ducks are hearty eaters and digest al
most anything, but too much pushing
with meat foods is almost certain to
kill many of them. Pushing for early
markets has to be done with caution.
Weak Hordeuiix Mixture.
For the summer spraying of peache
and Japanese plums: Copper sulphate
2 pounds; fresh lime (unslacked), f
pounds; water, 50 gallons. Rhode
Island Formula.
"Why Strawberry Plants Die.
Many strawberry plants die becauso
they are kept t.oo long after being dug
before transplanting. Some die be
cause set too deep and the crown or
center ot the plant Is covered. Hut
In a dry time more plants die from a
hick of pressure on the soil about the
roots than from all other causes. In a
wet season they will live If left on
top of the soli with no earth to cover
the roots. Plants out of the ground
are like fish out of water. Therefore
the sooner they are In their natural
element the lower the death rato,
Corn Shock Hinder.
I have seen two articles of Into tell
ing how to tie corn lu the shock. Will
give my way, which I believe to be
more rapid than either the former arti
cle's teach. The accompanying cuts will
give the Idea at a glance'. 1 lake a
curved stick (the end of a buggy shaft
Is best) about HO Inches long. Here a
half-Inch hole H Inches from the larger
end and put through it a piece of rope
l'J Inches long and tie the ends to
gether, forming a ring or loop. Into
this loop tie a piece of rope H'j feet
long, or longer If very large shocks aro
to be tied. To Hie other end of tills
rope tie a 1-Inch ring made of tj-lueh
rod (I use an old breeching ring). This
makes the compressor complete as
shown at Fig. 1. in tying the shock
take the stick lu your right hand and
throw the rope and ring around the
shock. Catch ring lu left hand and slip
stick through It as far as you can,
then bring stick to the right until oth
er end passes through the ring, as
shown at Fig. 12, when the shock is
ready for tying and the compressor
can be turned loose, as it will stay in
place. Tills implement can be used for
a two-fold purpose. In husking corn
1 use a shorter one like this for tying
stover. Untie the shock and lay It.
down, then as you pull the ears oft'
gather the stalks iu your lap, have the
binder lying straight out" at your side,
and when you get an armful lay the
stover across the rope, pick up the ring
lu one hand and the stick In the other,
slip ring over end of stick and slip
down until entire stick has passed
through the ring the same as in tying
shocks. Tie twine around the bundle,
which can then lie roshocke'd If not
ready to haul. This way takes a .little
more time at first, but saves time and
COHX SHOCK UINDI'lt.
trouble when you come to haul, and
the stover will take less room in the
shed. J. II. Freeman.
Hnd-llouiid Fruit Tree.
Sod-bound trees are not very com
mon, but they are to be met with.
When a tree has made a good growth
and lias spread out Its top to cover Its
feet there is little danger of Its be
coming sod-bound, for the branches of
the tree cate'h most of the sunshine
nnd the grass growth below Is meager.
The sod-bound condition comes when
the tree Is either very young or so
old that the leaves nre thin and few.
The young tree that Is set In grass
ground and has never obtained a very
good hold of the ground Is the one
most likely (o become sod-bound,
which nu'iins that the roots of the
grass have possession of mo soil and
ate. taking most of the plant food and
moisture. Such a tree can be relieved
on 'j by digging out the grass and giv
ing its roots the entire use of the
ground.
Doesn't Pay to Coddle Alfalfa"
If an alfalfa field Is iu bad condi
tion it Is usually best to plow up and
re'-aced. It scarcely ever pays, at least
where Irrigation Is practiced, to cod
die a poor stand of alfalfa. Many
growers recommend disking every
spring, even when the stand is good,
and some have even found it a pay
ing practice to disk after each cut
ting. Such disking will often prevent
the encroachment of weeds, lu the
Eastern State's alfalfa fields sometimes
suffer a cheek In their growth, tend to
turn yellow and otherwise show a sick
ly condition, Oftentimes tills condl
Hon is accompanied by an attack of
alfalfa rust or spot disease. The best
remedy for such a condition Is to mow
the field. The vigorous growth thus
Induced may overcome the diseased
condition.
Smut Attacks Late Sown Grain.
Karly sowing of cereals when the
soil temperature Is low gave In expo
rlments with barley, oats and spring
wheat less smut than late sowings. In
a similar manner, less smut will be
found 'on those cereals grown on a cold
clay soil than on a loamy soil, and, as
a rule1, the greatest amount of disease
will be found In cereals grown on
sandy humus soils. A high tempera
ture of the soli during the first week
after sowing favors the germination
of the smut pores, and consequently
the Infection of the cereals. Cereals
will germinate and begin their growth
at a temperature below that at which
the fungus can develop. New Fug
land Homestead.
Lice on HogH.
Make a lice killer by shaving one-
fourth pound df bar soap and boiling
for ten minutes, or until the soap Is all
dissolved, In a half gallon of soft, wa
ter, then pouring the boiling suds Into
a gallon of kerosene and stirring brisk
ly until a creamy mass Is formed.
When wanted for use stir a pint of It
iu a gallon of warm water and spray
them. If the pigs are not affected, give
tho sows a teaspoonful of sublimed
sulphur once per day, also all the char
coal they desire to eat.
The Art of Dishwashing.
A dish well scraped Is half washed.
Scrape anil stack dishes carefully.
When knives, forks or plates aro
greasy or fishy from the serving of
fish, wipe them oil' with. pieces of
paper which are easily burned. Keep
the grease out of the pan and away
from the dishcloth.
Let the dishcloth be of linen If pos
sible and always hemmed. An unheui-
med wash cloth or wiper leaves tho
dishes covered with lint and particles
of the frayed edges stop up the sink
drain.
Wasii the silver first, using plenty ot
hot water and soap.
Two pans are necessary to wash
dishes properly one for the washing,
another one for rinsing. Into the bot
tom of the rinsing pan fit a wooden
strainer, two or three Inches from tho
bottom of the pan, that the water
turned over the dlshes may drain
through it and leave the dishes freo
of water. Tills saves dish towels. Usw
hot water for rinsing. Wash the
glasses after Hie silver, and then the
eups and saucers, plates, etc. When
the dishes are washe'd, throw the
water out. Don't wash tinware or
kettles lu thick water. Have a separ
ate dishcloth for pans and another
lor kettles. Plenty of scraping, plen
ty of water, plenty of soap, plenty of
pans, plenty of towels and washers,
make dish washing what It should bo.
.
Hcef Cakes,
Any remains of underdressed beofji
salt and pepper to taste, a few sprigs
ol parsley, one egg, mushed potatoes
equal to one-third the quantity of tho
meat. Mince the meat, very flue. Hoil
and mash potatoes equal to one-third
the quantity of meat, mix them nicely
with It, season with the pepper and
salt, mince up and add the parsley to
it. Then beat the yolk of one egg, mix
It with the mince to bind If. Make
the mince into cakes about the size o
the round of tho top of a teacup and
half an inch thick; Hour thein, and fry
them a nice brown In hot beef dripping
or lard. Servo with a garnish of pars
ley. Canned llectn.
Wash the beets and leave on several
Inelws of tops. Hull until tender; pou
off the hot water and cover with cold.
When cool enough to handle, rub tho
skins off with your hands, and slice,
Have ready and scalding hot a ouart
of vinegar which has been brought to
the Doll with a little salt and pepper
and two cups of granulated sugar. Lay
the sliced beets In this, and when thev
are scalding hot, pack In Jars; fill thesn
to overflowing with the vinegar nnd
seal. i
ItineToiitntocn Pickled.
Wipe carefully one peck of smooth,
ripe tomatoes and pack them into a
Jar, sprinkling thein as they aro pack
cd with one cup of Slade's Pickling
Spice. Scald one gallon (or enough to
cover the tomatoes) of stronu cider
'vinegar and pour over the tomatoes)
cover closely, and let stand three days,
Pour off the vinegar, scald and return
to the tomatoes. After three days
repeat the process, then set aside for
six or eight weeks.
Mnple Parfuit.
Put In a saucepan the well-beaten
yolks of eight eggs and a cupful of ma
pie syrup. Cook until tho mixture
forms a thin coating on the spoon,
with which It should be stirred stead
ily. Take from the fire and beat until
cold. Whip a pint of cream stiff, stir
this In lightly and freeze. Serve lu
glasses with a spoonful of whlppod
cream on top of each glass. Tills re
cipe will make a little over a quart.
Frozen Peaches witli Ice Cream.
Large firm pennies should bo chosen
for this. Peel carefully and cut each
lu half. Pack In an Ice cave or freezer
for two or three hours, uiilll well
frappo. Have ready rounds of sponge
or angel cake. Lay one of tho peach
halves on each of these, surround the
ciiKe with Ice cream or whipped cream,
and put a large spoonful of Ice cream
in the place left vacant by the peacU
stono. Short BiiKgcHtioiiH,
Leinou Juice and salt will romovu
Iron rust.
Clean fresh eggs and clean pure milk
are free from the hurtful elements dcf
teeted by a microscopic examination of
supposedly good meat.
' Warm plates and dishes by pouring;
boiling water over thein. There Is not
the chance of their cracking and be-,
coming brown as when they are put In
the oven.
Do not attempt to clean suede gloves,
with gasoline. Draw thom on tin
hands and scrub with a soft, old milt
brush dipped in fuller's earth. Somo
cleaners combine equal parts of fuller'?
earth and powdered alum.