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?. 1- t V I i u TALMACE'S SERMON'. ELOQUENT DISCOURSE LAST SUNDAY ON CONSCIENCE. Ckriet Before Pllate-The Power of the "Still, Muall Voice" The Trne Con version A Waah ia the Glorione Go. pel Laver-Pardonine; Mercy. A Disturbing- Force. Rarely does any discourse hold an au a.eace with such intense interest as did that which Kev. Ir. Talmage delivered Sunday afternoon in the New York Acad emy of Music. He chose for his subject "Conscience," the text selected being Matthew xxviL, 4: "He took water aud washed his hands before the multitude, saying. I am innocent ef the blood of this just person. See y to it." Al about 7 o'clock in the morning, up the marble stairs of a palace, and across the flours of ncbeat mosaic, and under ceilings dyed with all the splendors of coUjt, and between snowbanks of white and glistening sculpture, passes a poor, pale, sii k young man of 'Xi, already con demned to death, on hi way to I con demned again. Jean of Nazareth ia hia uame. Corning out to meet Mm on this tesael laled pavement ia an unscrupulous, com promising, timeserving, cowardly man, with h few tracea of sympathy and fair dealing left in hia composition Governor Pontius Pilate. Iid ever such opposites meet? Luxury and pain, selfishness and generosity, arrogance and humility, aln and holiness, midnight and midnoon. The bloated lipped governor take the cushioned seat, but the prisoner stands, hia wrists mamici .1. In a semi-circle around the prisoner are the sanhedrists, with Hashing eyes and brandished tints, prosecuting this case in the name of re ligion, ft the bitterest persecutions hare been religious prosecutions, and when Hutan takes hold of a good man he innkea Bp by intensity for brevity of occupation. If you hiive never seen an ecclesiastical court trying a man. then yon have no idea ef the foaming iniernalism of these old religious sanhedrists. Governor Pilate cross questions the prisoner and finds right away he is innocent and wants to let aim go. Ilia caution is also increased by aome one who comes to the governor and whispers in hia ear. The governor puta hia hand behind his ear, so as to catch the words almost inaudible. It ia a message from Claudia I'rocnla, his wife, who ha sad a dream alioiit the innocence of tbia prisoner and about the danger of execut ing him, and she awakens from this morn ing dream in time to aend the message to her husband, then on the judicial bench. And what with the protest of hia wife, and the voice of hia own conscience, and the entire failure of the aanhedrists to aiake out their case, Governor Pilate re olves to discharge the prisoaer from cus tody. The Fanatical Sanhedriata. Bat the intimation of auch a thing brings upon the governor an equinoctial torm of indignation. They will report him to the emperor at Rome, They will have him recalled. They will aend him ap home, and be will be hnng for trea son, for the emperor at Rome has al ready a suspicion in regard to Pilate, and that suspicion does not cease until Pilate ia banished and commit aulcide. So Gov ernor Pontius Pilate compromises the matter and proposes that Christ be whip ped instead of assassinated. So the pris oner is fastened to a low pillar, and on his bent and bared back come the thongs ef leather, with pieces of lead and bone Intertwisted, so that every stroke shall be the more awfnl. Christ lifts himself from the scourging, with flushed cheek nd torn aud quivering and mangled flesh, presenting a apectaele of suffering in which Rubens, the painter, found the theme for hia greatest masterpiece. But the sanhedrists are not yet satis fed. They have had some pf hia nerves lacerated; they want them al) lacerated. They have had some of his blood; they want all of it, down to the last corpuscle. So Governor Pontius Pilate, after all this Merciful hesitation, surrenders to the de moniacal cry of "Crucify him!". But the governor sends for something. lie sends slave out to get something. Although the constables are in haste to take the prisoner to execution aud the mob outside are impatient to glare tijion their vic tim, a pause is necessitated, Yonder it comes, a wash basin. Some pure, bright water is poured into it, and then Governor Pilate puts his white, delicate bands into the water and rubs them together and then lifts them, dripping, for the towel fastened at the slave's girdle, while he practically says: "I wash my hands of this whole homicidal transaction. I wash my hands of this entire responsibility. Yon will have to bear it." That is the meaning of my text when it says: "He took water nd washed his hands before the multi tude, saying: I am innocent of the blood f this just person. See ye to it." Pilate's Wash Hasin. Behold in this that ceremony arnounls to nothing, if there are not in it corre spondencies of heart and life. It is a food thing to wash the hands. God creat ed three-quarters of the world water, and in that commanded cleanliness, and when the ancients did not take the hint he plunged the whole world under water and kept It there for some time. Hand wash ing was a religions ceremony among the Jews. The Jewish Mishna gave particu lar direction how that the hands must be thrust three times up to the wrists in wa ter, and the palm of the hand must be rubbed with the closed fist of the other. All that well enough for a symbol, but ere in the text is a man who proposes to wash away the guilt of a sin which be oes not quit and of which be does not Saake any repentance. Pilate's wash bas al was dead failure. Ceremonies, however beautiful and ap propriate, may be no more than thia hypo critical ablution. In infancy we may be prink led from the baptismal font, aud in hood we may wade into deep immer sions and yet never come to moral purifl tation. We may kneel without prayer, ajd bow without reverence, and sing wit hoot any acceptance. All jour creeds aad liturgies and sacraments and genu teetion and religions , convocations aasount to nothing unless jour heart life v go Into them. When that b routed slave took from the presence of Pilate that wash basin, be carried away none of Pl atte's cruelty, or Pilate's wickedness, or fUate's guilt. Waah tae Heart. Nothing against creeds; ws ail have ! fjsss. either written or implied. Nothing ijbst anaiiiBliir they are of lnflnlts 1 porta si s Nothing against sacraments; , s Kjb$ are elviaely cuaunaaded. Nothing against a rosary, if there be as many heartfelt prayers as beads counted. Noth ing against incvas Boating up from cen ser amid Gothic arches, if the prayers be as genuine as the aroma la sweet. Noth ing against Kpiphany or Lent or Ash Wednesday or Easter or Good Friday or Whitsunday or Palm Sunday, if these symbols have behind them genuine repent ance and holy reminiscence and Christian consecration. But ceremony is only the sheath to the sword, it t only the shell to the kernel, it is only the lamp to the flame, it is only the body to the spirit. The outward must be symbolical of the inward. Wash the hands by all means, but, more than all, wash the heart. Behold, also, ss you see Governor Pon tius Pilate thrust his hands into this wash basin the power of conscience. Hs had an idea there was blood nu his hands the blood of an innocent person, whom he might have acquitted if he only had the courage. Poor Pilate! H.s conscience was after him, and he knew the slain would never be washed from the right hand or the left band, and until the day of his death, though he might wash in all the la vers of the Roman empire, there would be atill eight fingers and two thumbs red at the tips. Oh. he power of conscience when it is fully aroused! With whip of scorpions over a lci of spikes in pitch of midnight it chases guilt. Are there ghosts? Yes, not of the grsveyard, but of one's mind not at rest. "And thus, Hnitus, amid his slumbering host. Startled with Caesar's stalwart ghost." Macbeth looked at hia hand after the midnight assassination, and he says: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hsnd will rather The multitudinous seas iurarnadine. Making the green one red." The Voice of Conscience. For every sin, great or small, consci ence, which is the voice of God, has a re proof, more or less emphatic, Charles IX.. responsible for St. Bartholomew mas sacre, was chased by the bitter memories, aud in his dying moment said to his doctor, Ambrose Parry: "Iio-tor, I don't know nhut's the matter with me; I am in a fever of body and mind and have been for a long while. Oh, if I had only spared the innocent, and the imbecile, and the crip ple!" Rousseau declared in old age that a sin be committed in his youlh still gave him sleepless nights. Charles II. of Spain could not sleep unless he had in the room a con feasor and two friars. Cati line had such bitter memories he was startled at the least sound. Cardinal Beaufort, having slain the Duke of Glou cester, often in the night would say: "Away, away! Why do you look at me?" Richard III., having slain hia two ne phews, would sometimes in the night shout from his couch and clutch his sword, fighting apparitions. Ir. Webster, having slain Parkman in Boston, aud while waiting for his doom, complained to the jailer that the prisoners on the other side of the wall all night long kept charging him with hia crime, when there were no prisoners on the other side of the wall. It was the voice of hia own con science. From what did Adam and Eve try to hide when they had all the world to them selves? From their own conscience. What made Cain's punishment greater than he could bear? His conscience. What made Ahab cry ont to the prophet, "Hast thou found me. O mine enemy?" What made the great Felix tremble before the little miasionary? Conscience. What made Belshazzar's teeth chatter with a chill when he saw a finger come nut of the black sleeve of the midnight and write on the plastering? Conscience, conscience! A Grave Accuser. Why is it that that man in this audience, with all the marks of worldly prosperity upon him, is agitated while I speak and ia now flushed and ia now pale, and then the breath is uneven, and then beads of perspiration on the forehead, and then the look of unrest comes to look of horror and despair? I know not. But he knows, and God knows. It may be that he despoiled a fair young life and turned innocence in to a waif, and the smile of bow into the brazen laughter of despair. Or it may be that he has in hia possession the property of others, and by some stratcgem he keeps it according to law, and yet he knows it is not his own, and that if his heart should stop beating thia moment be would bo in hell forever. Or it may be he is re sponsible for a great mystery, the disap pearance of sorne one who was never heard of. and the detectives wpre ballled. and the tracks were all covered up. and the swift horse or the rail train took him out of reach, and there are only two per sons in the universe who know of it God and himself. God present at the time of the tragedy and present at the retrospection and conscience conscience with stings, conscience with pinchers, conscience with flails, conscience with fur nacesis upon him. and until a man's conscience rouses him he does not repent. What made that farmer converted to God go to his infidel neighbor and say: "Neighbor, I have four of your sheep. They enme over into my fold six years ago. They had your mark upon them, and I changed it to my mark. I want you to have those sheep, and I want you to have the interest on the money, and I want you to have the increase of the fold. If yon want to send me to prison, I shall make no complaint?" The infidel heard of the man's conversion and he said: "Now, now, if you have got them sheep, you are welcome to them. I don't want nothing of those things at all. You just go away from me. Something has got hold of you that I don't understand. I heard you were down at those religious meetings." But the converted man would not allow things to stand in that way, and so the infidel said: "Well, now, you can pay me the value of the sheep, and 6 per cent, interest from thst time to this, and I shan't say anything more shout it. Just go away from me." What was the matter with the two farmers? in the one case a convicted conscience leading him to honesty, snd in the other case a con victed conscience warning against infi delity. Converted Heart. Thomas Oliver was one of John Wes ley's preachers. The early part of his life had been full of recklessness, and he bad made debts wherever be could borrow. He was converted to God, snd then he went forth to preach and pay his debts. He had a smell amount of property left him and Immediately set out to pay his debts, and everybody knew ho was in earnest, and to consummate the last payment he had to sell his horse and aaddls and bridle. That was conscience. That Is converted cooscieoce. That la religion. ' Frank Tie boat, a converted ram seller, had a large aaooaat of liquor on hand at the Urns of his conversion, and be put all the keg aud barrels and demijohns in a wagon and took them down in front of the old church where be had been converted and bad everything emptied into the street. That ia religion. Why the thousands of dollars sent every year to the L'nited States treasury at Washington as "con science money T" Why, it simply means there are postmasters, and there are at torneys, and there are officials who some times retain that which does not belong to them, and these men are converted or under powerful pressure of conscience and make restitution. If all the moneys out of which the State and the United States treasuries have been defrauded should come back to their rightful ex chequers, there would be money enough to psy all the State debts and all ths United States debt by day after to-morrow. lX'- Conversion amounts to nothing unless the heart is converted, and the pocketbook is converted, and the cash drawer is con verted, and the ledger is converted, and the fireproof safe is converted, and the pi geonhole containing the correspondence is converted, and his improvement ia noticed even by the canary bird that sings in the parlor, and the cat that licks the platter after the meal, and the dog that comes bounding from the kennel to greet biru. A man half converted, or quarter convert ed, or a thousandth part converted, ia not converted at alL What will be the great book in the day of judgment '! Conscience. Conscience recalling niismiproved opwr tunitiee. Conscience bringing up all the past. Alas, for this governor, Pontius Pilate! That night after the court had adjourned and the sanhedrists had gone home and nothing was heard outside the room but the step of the sentinel, I see Pontius Pilaff arise from hi tapestried and sleepless couch and go to the laver and begin to wash his hands, crying: "Ont, out, crimson spot! Tellest thou to me and to God and to the night, my crime? Is there no alkali to remove these dread ful stains? Is there no chemistry to dis solve this carnage? Must I to the day of my d.-a!h carry the blood of this inno cent man on my heart and hand? Out. thou crimson siot!" The worst thing a nun can have is an evil conscience and the best thing a man can have is what Paul calls a good conscience. hunlit Dispensation. But is there no such thing as moral puri fication? If a man is a sinner once, must he always be a sinner and an unforgiveu sinner? We hsve all had conscience after us. Or do you tell me that all the words of your life have ts-en just right, and all the thoughts of your heart have been just right, and all the actions of your life just right? Then you do not know yourself, and I take i he responsibility of saying you are a Pharisee, you are a hypocrite, you are a Pontius Pilate and do not know It. You commit the very same sin that Pilate committed. Y'ou have crucified the Lord of Glory. But If nine-tenths of this audience are made up of thoughtful aad earnest people, then nine-tenths of this audience are saying within themselves: "Is there no such thing as moral purifica tion? Is there no laver in which the sonl may wash and be clean?" Yes, yes, yes. Tell it in song, tell it in sermon, tell It In prayer, tell it to the hemispheres. That is what Pavid cried out for when he said, "Wash me thoroughly from my sin, and cleanse me from mine iniquities." And that ia what in another place he cried out for when he said, "Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow," Behold the laver of the gospel, filled with living fountains. Did you ever see the picture of the laver in the ancient tabernacle or in the an cient temple? The laver in the ancient tabernacle w(,s made out of the women's metallic looking glasses. It was a great basin, standing on a beautiful pedestal, but when the temple was built then the laver was an immense affair, calhsi the brazen see, and. oh. how deep were the floods there gathered 1 And there Were ten lavers besides five at the right and five at the left and each laver had ,'i0 gallons of water. And the outside of these lavers wan carved and chased with palm trees so delicate cut you could al most see the leaves tremble and lions so true to life that you could imagine you saw the nostril throb, and the cherubim with outspread wings. That magnificent laver of the old dispensation ia a feeble tyH of the more glorious laver of our diKpensation-our sunlit diis-nstttion. A Grand Opportunit j. Here is the laver holding rivers of sal vation, having for its pedestal the Rock of Ages, carved with the figure of the lion of Judah's tribe and having palm branches for victory and wings suggestive of the soul's flight toward God in prayer and the soul's flight heavenward when we die. Come, ye auditory, and wash away all your sins, however aggravated, and all your sorrows, however agonizing. Come to thia fountain, open for all sin and tin cleanness, the furthest, the worst, Y'ou need not carry your sins half a second. Corn? and wash in this glorious gospel laver. Why, that ia an opportunity enough to swallow up all nations. That is an opiHirtunity that will yet stand on the Alps and beckon to Italy, and yet stand on the Pyrenees and beckon to Spain, and it will yet stand on the I'ral and beckon to Russia, and it will stand at the gate of heaven and beckon to all na tions. Pardon for all sin, and pardon right away, through the blood of the Hon of God. A little child that bad been blind, but through skillful surgery brought to sight, said: "Why, mother, why didn't you tell me the earth and sky are so beautiful? Why didn't you tell me?" "Oh," replied the mother, "my child, I did tell you often. I often told you how beautiful they are, bnt you were blind, and you couldn't see!" Oh, If we could hsve our eyes opened to see the glories of Jesus Christ, we would feel that the half had not been told us, and yon would go to some Christian man and say, "Why didn't you tell me before of the glories In the Lord Jesus Christ?" snd that friend would say, "I did tell you, bnt you were blind and could not see, and you were deaf and could not hear." ' History J, lhl,t great army came to capture ancient Jerusalem, and when this army got on the hills so that they saw the turrets and the towers of Jerusalem, they gave a shout that made the earth trem ble, and traditton, whether true or false, says thst, so grest wsa the shout, esgles flying in the sir dropped under the at mospheric percussion. Oh, if we could only catch a glimpse of the towers of this gospel temple into which you are all In vited, to come and wash, there would be a song of Jubilant and wide resounding, at New Jerusalem seen, at New Jerusalem taken, the hosannas of other worlds fly ing midair would fold their wings and drop into our closing doxologyl Against ths disappointing and insufficient laver of Pilate's rice and Pilate's cowardice and Pilate's sin, I place the brssea sm of a Saviour's pardoning mercy. AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THf FARM AND HOME. Avoid Peedintj Too Math Greea Fod dcr Partisan tic Collars a Boon to yforseiesb Kiposure Ceaeea All Bent Among Sheep. Green Kye and Wheat Fodder. Kye grown ou rich soil will b fit to fetil by the Brut of May, aud whrat by the middle of the coming month. Cut the rye when frw from rain or dew, and couituence by feeding a auiall forkful, fcay five pounds, at a feed, gradually increasing the amount until twice this (iiantity la fed. A portion of the dry feed should be omitted. Cows are very fond of rye, and if given In too lHrge quantities it is cer tain to produce bloat For a slight attack of bloat, or hoveii. give al once half a pound of table mustiird and an ounce of the chloride of lime, mixed in as little cold water as will float the mustard out of the bottle. Another gxxl remedy Is an ounce of fresh imjw dered carbonate of ammonia, lu cold water. Keep the Hides and stomach of cow wet with cold water. Hye. after it is out of bloom, should not be fed; especially should this be avoided when the cream Is made Into butter. Il.ve should not lie thrown upon a heap anil allowed to heat, as heated rye w ill make the cows sick. If the rye Is wet from rain feet! but half the quantity. The same rules of feed ing will apply to wheat. Wheat hay ing, more leaf, a less (mantity will be required. Iu turning nut sKsk to pasture, let It be done gradually; two hours the first day. thrit' hours the mthihI, and ao on until the cattle are accustomed to the change of feed. Give A little salt each day. By following these simple rules many a valuable Biilinal may be saved. Ballinore American. Pneumatic Horse Collur. Horses with sore hlioiildcrs will be a rarity. It Is said, when the pneumatic horse collar comes into general use. It baa been invented by a Ixnidoner, ami Is Im-Iiik Introduced in the leading Euritpenn cities. The patent consists of the usual leather casing, bur Instead of being packed with a hard, nonyleld Ing substance, tlie pneumatic .principle Is applied, a rubber ulr chamber being substituted for the packing, this In turn being covered with lentiior, aud when the collar proper Is Inflated a flexible and yielding surface is presented to the horse's shoulders. It must be apparent to thi most casual observer that the collar In present use must cause and give man's noble eominion an Im mense amount of pain. Owing to the harsh padding It is impossible for the collar to adapt Itself to the animal's shoulders, and, therefore, chafing and sundry other Ills ensue. With the pneumatic collar, as before sin ted. chafing Is Impossible, as. Instead of the horse having to adapt. ItRclf to Its collar, the collar adapts Itself to the boi-se the moment It Is put on. Phila delphia Bulletin. AilmcntM A mnng Miecp. The fremeut ailments among sheep, Bays the American Sheep Breeder, dur ing the fall and winter arises from neglect, exposure and damp quarters where they fire housed. The sheep's nervous system Is a delicate one. It Is generally the first part of the animal to give way under adverse conditions, ntid ensures rheumatism In some form or panlal paralysis-paralysis of one or two legs, or of the jaw or the tongue, or of the neck aud ears disabling the animal wholly or In part. It is not balf as injurious to a sheep to break its legs as to force it to sleep in a damp, lil-ventilated plai-e. The broken leg ill heel up with surprising quickness, but the unfortunate, animal which Is subjected to bad conditions is sure sooner or later to be found limping or going around In a circle or holding Its head on one side with the grass in Its mouth half masticated, or one ear lopped down and one eye closed, or both hind legs disabled and the animal down on Its side, or a mysterious twitching and trembling, or the bead drawn fur back and the eyes fixed and muring. The master who considers tills matter rightly should feel a stiiig of remorse, for this Is his owd fault, the result of his own neglect and abuse, perhaps unconscious, of a feeble, de pendent animal. Hhinglc Hoofs for Been. I do not know, but 1 may Isj the first oi" who has made such a roof us I will describe, aud as It Is a good one I want the beekeepers to have It should they so desire. I saw a similar-shaped roof covered with inch boards, but it was too heavy to be handy, so I made thirty shingle roofs In the fall of 1803; I hve tested them since, and I think they are the best roof now In usea fine shelter when the rain pours, and a fine shade when the sun shines hot, light to handle and pack up snug when not In nse. I showed my roof to one bee-keeper, and he made 200 like It soon after. Others may want to know bow to make It also, so I will give the directions for making It is well as I can, and hope many will enj.iy using my shingle roof on beehives. Take a piece of tlmlier 2Vi feet long by 2 Inches square, which Is for the ridge of the roof, upon which nail shin gle as follows: Use 18 Inch cedar shin gles and three penny wlro nails will do. Nail one course of shingles upon the ridge piece, laying the butts of the shingles even with the side toward you, then lay another course on the same side, bnt reverse the shingles, laying the ln end toward you, letting It project over the butt of the nnder course 1 Inches, break Joints good, and nail well Into the ridge piece. It 'Is well to draw a pencil-. nark to lay tfce butts of the second course of shin gles by. Now take a piece of lath S bI. place It under the shingle parallel with the ridge plwe 1 inch toward you from the butt of the butt oonree bald. Now nail through Into the lath, driving the nails snug iuto the bench on which you work, then with a chisel pry the roof up, turn It over, clinch the nails, saw off the tljs of the shingles at each end, thus completing one side of the roof. As you st aud facing Uie bench, take bold of the rou at the ridge plei-r, lift It from the beucb with the shingle down by the side of It Now lay ou another course of shingles with the butla toward you eveu, covering the euus 01 uie two course wuicu won j sawed off; then lay another course with the tip of shingle toward you, as before; finis") with a lath unddr the eave, saw off the tip at each en i. and the roof Is nearly complete. Put on top two weather strips uise luthl, IiailJ them well, thus finishing- the roof. American Bee Journal. Peachee Between Apple Trees, As apple trees are usually managed, It reip;ilres a long time for them to come into liearing. The trees are small when set, and If the planter does Dot have an active Imagination forty feet distance 11 ween the trees each way will seem altogether too lari;e a space to be given up for the trees. On the other hand, the peach tree lives only a few years, grows rapidly, aud comes into tearing very young. An orchard of eai h trees may live, bear and be out of the w ay before I lie spreading apple tree branches will find them In the way. For this reason we Is-lieve the practice of planting peach tree between apple trees to le nltogether a good one. provided some conditions are observed. The soil miisj be rich enough in mineral fertility to furnish needed potash for botlr grow ths. The falfurcs In planting peach trees between rows of apple trees come mainly from not observing this condition. The peach crop will pay the expense of itolh or chards, and In the shelter of the apple trees the peach tr-es w ill be los likely to be winter killed or to have their fruit wasted by winds before it Is ri pened. As a further advantage, the apple trees finding their nsit growth restricted by the peach tree growing between them, will Is gin boating ear lier than they will If the apple tn-es have all the ground to themselves. American Cultivator. Points on Tillage. Prof. Bailey told. the New York Florti. cultural Society that tillage Is cbeapei than manures. With proper tillage we can draw upon the Immense reserves of plant f'sid In the soil. The manual Intxtr required for such tillage is cheap er than borrowing money for fertilis ers, while we still have In the soil a balance of fertility w hich is not draw n lng Interest. Tillage makes plant food available for crops, breaks up the cap illarity of the surface and Interposes between the moist under soil and the air as complete a mulch as a woolen blanket is to a cake of Ice. Tillage of Itself Is the first fundamental essential of agriculture, auil the best farmer Is the one who does the most of It. A spirits) discussion followed. In which a u umber of cases were cited of or chards bearing large crops of appl8 when uncultivated, to which Prof. Bailey replies that next to tillage and manures, pasturing with sheep and hogs was undoubtedly the best. If an orchard Is doing well without tillage, let It alone; if not, plow It up.. Poultry Losses. Ixisses are generally too great. Here are some remedies. Have the setting hens in a quiet place,,, free from dls mimnciv A disturbing lien comes along; looking for a nest, and concludes to contest the claim. There is trouble, and two eggs broken, thirteen per cent loss, 'i he ben is disturbed again I at hatching time, and two chicks are tramped to death. Iiss now amounts j to twenty-five per cent. I. Ice have not been looked after, and chicks begin to droop, and before remedies are effec tual, one chick is dead. There are no coops, and the hen trails two to death In the cold dews. They areiot lookjfd after In time of rains, and two more are missing. At six weeks there are six chicks, sixty-five per cent loss. You cannot afford to pay ten per cent. In terest. Can you afford sixty per cent. loss? Have good houses and coops, and look after them In a business way. Cere for Haw hide. Farmers should use rawhide. A skin of an animal, whether cow, calf, colt or horse, Is worth more at home than at the tanner's. Cut Into narrow strips and Bhave off the hair with a sharp knife before the kitchen lire or In the workshop. Stormy days and evenings make soft by rubbing. A rawhide halter strap an Inch wide will hold a horse stronger and last longer than an Inch rope; It Is stronger than hoop-Iron and more durable; may be used to hoop dry casks and boxes or for binges. Try it on a broken thill or any other splintered wood work; put on wet and nail fast Thin skins make the best bag strings In the world. A rawhide rope Is a good substitute for a chain. It Is valuable to succeed a broken link In a trace chsln. For some purposes it Is best to use It In its natural state; for other purpose It may be dressed soft Preventing; Apple Kceb. Prevention Is better than cure in dealing with the blight that affects apple leaves. The genus of the fungus will usually be found on the buds whence are to come Die leaves and blossoms. If the grower waits until these leaves have pnt forth many of then will be injured as soon as Uie buds are broken. In the tender leaf the scab spreads very rapidly. The first application of Bordeaui mixture should be before the buds have opoiied. That will do more good than two appli cations later. The mixture can also be put on stronger than will be ad visa hie on the leaves, as the buds are not liable Injury. SUWPHISED THE OLD MAN. Iclsard Hoe Thon.ht the Howerr Berlneje ne. Richard Hoe deposited T06 in ttjl Bowery Savfngs Bank b'n 18 and 1818. Between lSaSaudlKtt 1f "' was withdrawn, When the last draft ... i.. rf-noeitor's book appeal ed to be overdrawn $1. Th.rs i was due Koe at that time, however. """"""' amounting to $K.01. which bad not l.een entered In bis pass book, aud th bank really owed him a bmlano of Thia balance went on accumulating Hi..M.n. ..ntit 175. when It became a dormant account, and ctwi uraw interest. The amount then uue was 1348.25. Kfforta were mane wun out sue,e to Cnd Urn. He bad become very poor, was too old and feeble to go to work again, and was given a bomo by his sons at Kuthstford, N. J. Roe always Intended to repay the II he thought be owed, but never did so. President Townseud, of the Bowery f-'avlntfs Bank, In looking over the books .1.. ,i,.., ,l, mime across Roe's asv count A n.-.w search was lii-tltuted. and Roe. was found t UutlicrroM. lie was told t call at the bank with hia old account I"'""- Short')' afterward be did so. accompanied by bis grand daughter. 17 years old. "I suppose it's aliout the dollar I owe your bank that you want to see me." said the old man. addressing Mr. Town send. He w as astonished wh-n told the true facts. "Guess these bank people know what's right," he said to his grand daughter. "I never whs much on 'rith ruetlc." lie pocketed the $.'!i:i 2'., shook Imndi with the bank official and returned borne. New York World. A Prince I'or a Huliject. A young Kiiglishmun visiting '"ores was induced to paint the portrait of the commander-in-chief of the Coreau land forces. Prince Mln Voiny Huan. I'.l. ven o'chs k In the morning was the hour (ixod upon for the sitting; at slx-thlrty the prince having b'-en unabla to sleej for excitement, arrived at the place o appointment, and the artist was forced to hop out of bed and begin work. "Al I posed him," says the artist, "he did not utter a word nor wink nu eye. AnJ during the whole of a sitting of nearly three hours he sat motionless and speechless like a statue, it Is finished,' I finally said, and he sprang tip In childish fashion and came over to look st the work. Ills delight was unbound ed, nd he seized my hand and shook It at Intervals for nearly half an hour) after which he suddenly became grave, stared at the canvas, and then looked at the back of It. He seemed horrified. 'What Is It ?' I Inquired. 'Yon have not put In my Jnde ornament,' he said, aU most In despair. I had painted his por trait full-face, and, as theVtcrans havs the strange notion of wearing theti orations In the shape of a small huttoq of gold, silver. Jade, or amber behind the left ear, this did not apjwar thereon. I then tried to remonstrate, saying thai It Is Impossible, to show both back and front at once; but as he seemed dis tressed at what was, to him. a great de fect., I compromised the matter by mak ing another large but rapid sketch of him from n side point of view, so ns to Include the decoration aud the rest rather magnified In size. 'You will find no fault with this one," I remarked, with confidence. Alas! My Corean sitter advanced to the portrait, scrutin ized it carefully, and turned to me ag grievedly. 'Yes,' he admitted, 'yon have painted my decoration well, but where Is my other eye?' " Colorow a (Squaw. Kdward, one of "the fighting Mc Cooks," while governor of Colorado Territory, had a good deal of troubl with the Indians, and es-clnl!y with their chief Colorow, With a party ot his braves, Colorow came to Denver one day, and after drinking heavily told his followers that he was going up to kill McCook. The governor had hia office In a two-story building, and sat with his back to the door, with a look ing glass on the desk In front of him, so that he could see any one coming la without turning. McCook was expect. Ing trouble with Colorow, and wai seated at his desk when tho Indian came In. Colorow had a pistol In bit band, and approaching McCook, hs stood by his side and grunted: "Mo Cook, liar!" The Governor looked up, but kept on writing. "McCook heaj liar," repeated Colorow, but the Gov ernor never noticed It "McCook heap big liar," continued Colorow, and still the pen scratched away. CVdorow mis took McCook 'a silence for fear, and let bis pistol-hand drop until his arm huni down straight In an Instant McCook grasped the Indian's wrist, and In an. other the pistol fell to the floor. Turn ing Colorow around, the Governor de liberately thrust him down-stairs and out of the door Into the circle of Indians who were waiting for the expected trouble. "Colorow s squaw," said Ma. Cook, to the assembled Indians, and giving the chief a parting push, he re turned to his office. A Hufflcleat Htg-n. No doubt when one is reforming front bad hablta, ho should reform altogeth er. Ko, at least, thought an old lady, w ho was opposed to the use of tobao co, when she saw an ex-drunkard, who vaunted bla repentance, smoking pipe. "lama brand plucked from the burn. Ing," said the reformed man. "Anybody might know that," said ths old lady, "for you're smokln' yet!" In Austria. At the death of a Prince of the Aus trian royal family the horse follows Uie funeral procession, covered with a black cloth and lame In one foot The lameness la caused by a nail driven In to the hoof. If your friends doo't treat you right eat onions. , 1 - V- -' ... - o'''