is vr - u-v i v rn i m n
littli; sins.
By Hov. John J. Donlan.
"Know ye that your sin hIiiiII over
take vi." NunilK'iH .TJ: till.
Imputation Ik the key to manhood,
tl lends (ik to n regard for the finer
lRe In this bountiful, elusive and half
rolled world. "A wood name Is bettor
tlmn precious ointment." und no nnieh
of tbi unction iiml kindness of hocI.iI
sweetness Ih built upon ,lt'
slre to adjust self to a harmonized
roaltssutlon of tlie rights of our fellow
men.
No Holltury net can purchase u good
inline. The do Ire to be esteemed
hiiould bo built upon stalnlossncss of
thuimht, word und notion. The sum
total Is chiiruetor, which ngnln is but
11 ciititifiiiMtloti of righteousness. It Is
dllltcnlt to coiniirolioinl the philosophy
of the moral order unions It be found
ed uiu n a rlirhtt'oiirt being, and ho the
fundamental oouco)tlon of character
dtti us ubnv anarchy und above the
Luea'..!:!? of tho dlvhio Imago In our
souls,
V( are not nutoiiiiitonK. but souls
endowed with liberty of choice bo
ttvnon good and evil. On this do-
Uml all moral growth and soul do-
Mfiliaioat. (.load, tlierofore. In any
form Is the goal of humanity. Hut
ecu If the spirit of goodness dwells
lu us, yet may wo les-on Ilia Influence
"n'lid unconsciously degrade our char
acters. As "dying flics spoil tho sweet
airs, of ointment," without rendering
it totally unlit, so little fallings may
weaken tho delicacy of our bettor
selves without destroying our porinu-
mat virtue. Such heinous offenses as
profanity, drunkenness, theft or lewd
nous arc so powerful as to overwhelm
us with a. terrifying sense of guilt
When those sins are committed there
.rn i'w in. misunderstanding of the
eonsoqueuces. The character Is entire
ly besmirched. Hut when It is a ques
tion of slight blemishes or petty de-
fc.-ts of Christian manhood tho sonsl
Tdllty of the conscience does not ul-
wnvs recognize the wound.
N Like tho termite that leaves the
bark uninjured while It outs the heart
of tho tree, so the guilt of little sins
becomes a moral disintegration. It
moral anarchy rioted in our souls, we
) .ould "put on the armor of light" lu-
Mtnntlv and tight; but because It Is
ortlv moral confusion that reigns, wo
have no inclination to sot ourselves
aright. And all this time our frailties
j.re working out their own punishment,
for moral system is Inexorable.
1ay'-T life I 3 inoro stationary than
pi -'orl l.te. h..y thought, word or
action makes for our uplifting or de
grading us the processes go on und
mi neutrullt.v Is possible. The suddost
of nil deaths Is the death of a soul In
t body still strong and vigorous.
The mistake made is in thinkln
that this life is one of fultlllmont, that
all process depends on our sagacity,
that ultimate achievement depends on
urn- own exertions, that tho competl
tlon of energies compensates for tho
usv descent from lofty standards.
lint this life Is not complete; wo are
Ktmnlv In a state of preparation. Life
t .. u..i.ii ,f mii'lfvluir processes. It
s the expansion of soul culture bused
nn divine ideals. Hence, in tho pros
out nrocess of development, our bur
den of righteousness should be borne.
Ute sorrows of abnegation endured, If
vo would come Into Until possession of
eternal bliss. Clod never Intended that
our Journey toward immortality
ehould be n negative quantity wo
Vhould not cumber the ground If we
are not fruit bearers. Let us then
.-olio ourselves in the exulted attributes
uf divine chuructor; let conscience,
-.ntroublod by little sins, be aroused
trough abounding grace to stand con
essod blameless, harmless and wlth-
? it rebuke,
l.ove Is stronger, safer and sunci
clinu luw, boenuse In It there Is no
.oinnromiso. Lot love ovorsnuuow
jur every thought, word und notion;
,et our sin be excess of divine love.
mil we shall then buve no four if It
,vortnkes us.
SYMPATHY.
By Henry 3?. Copo
"Hour vo one anothor's burdens and
in fulfill tho law of Christ." Gal. 0S2.
To bo loveless Is to be lawless In
ho worst sense. The supremo sin Is
that of selfishness and the greatest
f all religion's gifts to this world Is
l.o snlrlt of thought, cure unit sen
u-o for others, the cultivation of will
-..fiior.K. even to sacrltlee, for those
alio have no Wronger claim on us than
. a i-. ... t t.fi iiiimtin liftings
-1 . . .
r 'Uld be more simple than
the two essential commands given by
.Jesus: To love the Father of us all
with all the heart and mind and
strength and to love one's neighbor as
one's self. The second law fulJills the
first; fraternal affection leads to filial
love. If a man does not love his broth
er, whom ho can see, how can he love
tho Father, who Is unseen?
We may be selfish us u race; but
a selfish religion will never get any
general hold on the hearts of men.
.So long us preaching made Its appeal
to instincts of self-preservation alone,
urging us to flee from punishment and
to llx ourselves solid for the future,
It awakened no more enthusiasm than
any other life or fire Insurance
scheme. Religion has been mighty
only as It bus glowed with a consum
ing passion to save others, to do good
10 mi men, a longing tnut was wining
to lose" all that they might be nolpod.
Tho life of Christ Is the best com
mentary on "tho law of Christ"; He
sho.wed how to "bear the burdens of
others"; lie hud troubles enough of
Ills own; but Ho did not go about
advertising them or exhibiting them
as arguments for Immunity from flic
(roubles of Ills neighbors. Ills whole
thought seems to have boon for the
sick ones, the sorrowing, stricken par
ents, the hungry mob, maimed bodies
and imprisoned minds. None over
sought Him only to find the busy sign
at HTs door. Ills law of life Is the
living In openness of touch with mon
It keeps the gloves oil' the heart; it
quickens and strengthens tho spon
taneity of the hand to help.
I'lie greatest danger of our day is
that Its strife shall eat away our
hearts, that the struggle for sustenance
shall crush all sympathy, that we shall
adopt the business creed of success at
any price, no niatter'wbat the damage
done to others. The law of every man
for himself Inevitably means the devil
in us all. Insensibility to suffering is
too great a price to pay for any kind
of success. It will be a dark day
for us If this age of stool turns our
hearts to Its own element.
True, we have organized charity.
nd what could bo colder whore the
mlrlt of kindness Is lacking? Nothing
can ever compensate for the old neigh
borly interest In one another, the grief
over the friend's losses, the tender In
quiry for his welfare, the little kindly
act of help. If we are building up
walls of separation between ourselves
and our fellows we are constructing
our own .sepulcbcrs. We had better be
burled the day we cease to ask, with
real solicitude, "And how are all the
folks?"
We do well to dot the cities with In
stitutions of benevolence; but better far
is it to have in everyone the heart of
tender regard, the eyes that see In ev
ery face the story of struggles and
needs, cures und burdens. Just like your
own. roopio are nuugry ior syiiipnwi.v.
Your baud can never help until you
give them your heart.
Sympathy Is more than sentiment. It
loathes the impostor us much us It loves
the Impotent. It helps one by u gift
and another by throwing him on his
own resources. In every Instance it Is
tho seeing of another's life through the
eves with which we look on our own.
and the consequent doing for another
life what we would like to have done
for our own
The privileges of sympathy are open
to all; none Is too poor to pity, it 1
not a matter of giving money, but of
giving the self. It is not the luxury of
the Idle; the path of service offers lnrg
st opportunities for sympathy. Inter
est, consideration, lellow tooling are
things we all can give. Sympathy does
not. need to wait for great enterprises ;
It suggests the next, simplest, kindly
thing to do. The little deeds of love
make the largest record In the bind
whore love is fully understood. Love
Is the one thing that lifts the world,
and most of all Is he lifted who learns
to love the least of bis fellows.
SHORT METER SERMONS.
Life's rest comes In its toll.
There Is no Justice without love.
Sin and sorrow often have the same
root.
Religion Is more than a prayer In
the slot machine.
It takes more than pulpit thunder
to strike sin down.
You cannot give life to men without
giving life for thorn.
It's a poor kind of faith that you
have to havo faith In.
You do not escape from temptation
by fleeing from trial.
Love does not overlook faults; It
looks through them.
Whore tho life knows no waste tho
heart knows no wealth.
There Is more good In a bad boy than
In the best of dead men
Salvation may be sensational, but
jl sensation is not salvation
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Vttr SIiHUmI Corn.
Where considerable corn has to bo
shelled for the animals on the farm
it Is often wasted by railing on the
barn floor and through the cracks be
tween the boards. The device hero
suggested is easily made, and if cor
rectly made will certainly save the
corn to the last grain. Make a box
throe foot long, eighteen Inches wide
and ten or twelve inches deep. Cover
over one end of this, at the top, on
which to fasten the corn sheller.
Make an Inclined bottom to within
i 1 i . - i
Tm -
Di.vici: roil Hin:u.i:n cokn.
eight Inches of the end. which re
mains open. Tut legs under this box
and set it high enough so that a pall
or a bag can be set under the open
end bottom to catch the grains of
corn as they come from the sheller.
If a bag Is used, hooks will have to
be put lu the sides of the bottom of
the box on which to hunjr the bag.
A high box- or a pail would bo pre
ferable to the bag. The cost at mak
ing this device is very small, any one
with a few tools can do It. and it
will certainly save both corn aniibrbor.
The illustration shows the plun so
dearly that no further explanation
is necessary. Indianapolis News.
Turin WmIit WorUn.
The illustration explains itself. Tie-
plan is Intended to meet the needs of
the ordmury dairy or stock farm
whore there is a windmill for pump-
fntr the water. A two-Inch tube con
vevs the water Into the galvanized!
iron house tank, wlilcii is enclosed.
hi a tight wooden box. Water is
dipped from this tank for household
purposes both summer and winter.
The ovorllow Is near the top, hence
does not freest' as it Is never filled
with standing water. The ovorllow Is
conveyed from this tank to a gal-
Till. lAUM WATKIt WOltKS.
vanlzod iron milk tank, which is also
enclosed In a wooden box. and has an
overflow pipe from It to tho horse
and cattle watering tank, which may
be situated at some distance away.
Sunn; HI. of Poultry.
Clean, varied, easily digested food Is
itself u medicine.
Ailments can be classed us colds, in
digestion, vices und neddents.
A cold, accompanied by rattling, Is-
called bronchitis; by gasping, pneumo
nia.
Canker In tho mouth may extend to
throat and become diphtheria. The
diphtheria of fowls and man are dif
ferent according to veterinarians, but
attendants on sick birds have boon
known to take poultry diphtheria.
When a fowl snoozes, waters slightly
at eyes and nostrils, and dumps, It has
a common cold, not regarded as a germ
disease.
When face and head swell a good
deal, and the dlwhurgo from nostrils
is profuse, fowltf havo roup, or lnflu
enza. Irregularity of habit is apt to
accompany colds of all kinds.
if you havo a scratching room lu
which to drive the Hock, fumigate with
sulphur their lodging-room. If you
havi no suitable place tor them, to go
burn oil of tar or rosin In (heir prod
once.
The causes of malignant colds aro
filth, dampness, drafts, neglect and im
proper food.
An ordinary cold, If taken at once,
can bo arrested by a one-grain pill of
quinine forced down each sick bird.
(Jive some bread crumbs in connection,
to cause quick digestion. Use granite
or earthen wator-dlshos, not tin, for
medical use. J'
Tho Sfnll-Knri Cow.
Somehow many dairymen have
reached the wrong conclusions when
reading of dairy farms where the
cowrf are stall-fed the year round. It
by no means Is intended that tho
cows shall have no outdoor exercise;
on the contrary, except for cows that
are on pasture entirely during the
summer, few cows are more Intelli
gently exercised and proper ventila
tion furnished them than stall-fed
nnlmnls properly brought up. At regu
lar hours the animals are turned Into
commodious barnyards for air and
exercise. During the winter this out
door exercise Is us carefully looked
after as during the summer, and, In
the majority of cases, the cows oc
cupy only sleeping hours and milking
hours in their separate stalls, the bal
ance of the time being spent In largo
sheds.
Don't be afraid of the fresh air for
your animals during tho winter; see
that they have all the outdoor exer
cise the weather will permit, but more
than all, see that the stables aro
properly ventilated and aired. There
aro a number of devices for this pur
pose, and one of tho best of them is
the window frame covered with mus
lin. Remember that close confinement
and foul air predispose the cow to tu
berculosis, and that fresh air and plen
ty of it will enable her to do her share,
not only us a milk producer but as a
mother.
To llolil Wood IVliIlt SnwIiiKT.
Rend a piece of iron, put a piece
of wood oa long end as shown in 11-
S A WHO I!S K ATT AC 1 1 M ENT.
lustration, put this between the legs
of saw-horse. Stand erect with left
foot on stick.
Agricultural Kiilr.
The fair season has been exception
ally gratifying: Upon the whole, the
agricultural exhibitions throughout
the country hn,ve been better than
usual. Fakes have been discouraged
and legitimate exhibits have benefited.
The issue of complete-catalogues, using
plain numbers conspicuously over
each animal or other exhibit and re
ferring to tlioni in the catalogue, has
attracted favorable attention wlier
ever It lias been adopted. Individual
exhibitors have assisted the manage
ment materially by having placards
printed, bearing their name and the
name of the exhibit and other Infor
mation for the benefit of those attend
ing. The value of an exhibit Is. lost
unless the visitor can learn quickly
something definite In regard to it.
Exchange.
Take Cnre- of tho I'Iowh,
When plowing Is- done, clean and dry
your plow, then apply a heavy coat of
paint, says an Ingenious Dakota farm
er in an exchange. It is best applied
-with a soft brush. If no such brush is
at hand, one Is very easily made by
clipping the end of a horse's tail, and
by means of a string fasten same se
curely to a stick. Allow paint plenty
f time to dry, and In case some of
It should get rubbed off before Ifc is
properly dried, apply another coat. To
remove the juilnt when the plow Is to
be ued again, pour on strong ly wa
tor the night before, and in the morn,
ing rub off the dry paint. If it does
not come olf clean, apply another soak
ing of lye water, which will complete
tho Job, ami you will havo a plow that
Is smooth and will scour from tho
start.
('oriit'oli AhIion Yultialile.
Of all things on tho farm corncobs
are tho most valuable for ashes, us
from l. to 110 per cent of the ash Is
pure potash, and yet corncobs aro
thrown away on most farms. Every
1,000 pounds of hardwood ashes will
give about sixty pounds of potash, or
c per cent of the whole, and when com
pared with corncobs the latter aro
much more valuable In the shape of
ashes. . Save corncobs and burn them
with wood in the kitchen stove, saving
the ushes for the, orchard and lawn.
Cream Sponge Cnke.
IJoat the yolks of three eggs light
with one and a half cups of sugar, add
the beaten whites of the eggs, then a
cup of scalding water, flavoring to
taste, and, lastly, one and a quarter
cups of flour sifted with one and a half
toaspoonfuls of baking powder. More
flour may be added if necessary, but
the batter should bo thinner than for
ordinary cake. Have the puns well
greased, nnd tho oven hot. Fifteen
minutes should sufllco to bake the cakca
in layer tins. They are good with
cream tilling and chocolate frosting.
EltRn ii In Creme.
Hard boil twelve eggs, slice them
thin in rings. In the bottom of a largo
baking-dish place a layer of grated
bread crumbs, thou one of the eggs;
cover with bits of butter, and sprinkle
with pepper and salt. Continue thus to
blend those ingredients until tlte dish
Is full ; be sure, though, that tho
crumbs cover the eggs upon top. Over
tho whole pour a large teacupful ot
sweet cream, and brown nicely in a
moderately heated oven.
I'eppcr KoIInIi.
Remove the seeds from six large
green poppers and one rod popper and
chop line. Mix with a finely minced
head of cabbage, to which add a little
less than a quarter cup of salt, a full
cupful of sugar, two tablospoonfuls of
'mustard seed, and cider vinegar enough
to cover the mixture. Stir thoroughly
and bottle. This will bo found an ex.
cellont addition to a moat or fish
course.
CllCC.1l? CltlllipcM.
Cut a stale loaf of broad into slices
about a quarter of an inch thick. Di
vide these into pieces about two inches
long and one Inch wide, and fry them
In hot butter or oil till they are a
bright golden color. Spread a llttlo
thin mustard on each of these pieces,
lay over that some good cheese, and
put them in a quick oven till the choeso
is dissolved. Serve as hot as possible.
Time, altogether,, about half an hour.
Klllli.tr.
Roil one cup of sugar with four ta
blospoonfuls of water to a syrup, or
until it will "feather" from the spoon;
have the white of the egg beaten to a
stiff froth, and pour over it the boiling
syrup, stirring all the time. To tills
add one-half cup of raisins, chopped
fine, and one-half, cup of nut-meats,
likewise chopped. Spread between lay
ers and on top.
Iluttci- Cake.
Reat thoroughly one teaspoon of spda
with, one and one-half pints of sour
milk. Heat the yolks of three eggs
and add to the milk, then stir in the
flour nnd a little salt, making tho bat
ter of the consistency of cake. Then
beat the whites to a. stillT froth, fold in.
not thoroughly.
HrcuLtUMt l'utl'M.
Roil a pint of milk with a quarter of
a pound of butter. Stir in three-quar
ters of a pound of Hour and lot cool.
Reat the whites and yolks of five eggs
separately and add. Fill greased cups
half full of the-butter, and bake In a
quick oven. Turn, out on a hot plato
and sprinkle with sugar;
Snow llnJI.
Meat the whites of four eggs. Mix
one cup of cr.enm, two tablespoons of
supair, u teuspoon of baking powder and
flour to make a batter, ami add tho
whites of the eggs. Fill buttered cups
two-thirds full of the mixture, and
bake In a hot ovoiv
IniiiiriiDiL Snml wlche.
lto sure the macaroons aro fresh.
Lay u slice of ftesli cream cheese be
tween two macaroons, press these firm
ly together. Keep In a cool place until
wanted.
Short Siiggr-htlonH.
Corks can bo made sound and air
tight by boiling.
Camphor put In drawers or trunks
will keep mvay mice.
Keep an account of all supplies, with
cost and date when purchased.
When chopping suet sprinkle with a
little ground rice; it will not then stick
to tho knife.
Clean windows with a llannel dipped
In paraffin and polish with a clean dus
ter. It Imparts a fine polish.
Suet that lias become hard and stalo
can bo made fresh nnd usable by plac
ing in boiling water for a few min
utes. Two pads the size and shupo of ket
tloholdors and sown to a ploco of tapo
aro useful for lifting hot dishes out of
an ovon.
Imitation frosted glass Is made by
dissolving In a little hot water as much
epsom salts as It will absorb. I'alnt
the glass with tho water while It ia
warm. k . , .