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The Sioux County Journal
HAKKIHOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1896.
NUMBER 2G.
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VOLUME VIII.
THE TRUMPET BLAST.
REV. Da TALMAGE ON "BRING
INQ IN THE SHEAVES."
Be Phowa Bow Borne Mighty Rlckles
May Il Used for the Ooapel Harvest
A Powerful Sermon to an lmmenae
Throng.
The Harvest la Hips.
Dr. Talmage preached Sunday at Wah
lug ton to an immense eom-ourse. The
subject of bin sermon wu "Bringing iu
tbe Sheaves," tli text lieuig Joel iii., l.'i,
"Put ye iu the sickle, for the harvest is
ripe."
The sword has been poetized, and tiie
World lies celebrated tlie sword of Boli
Ter, the sword of Oortca and the sword
of Lafayette. The pen has been properly
eulogized, and the world ha celebrated
tlie pun of Addii, the icn of hiouthey
and the pen of Irving. The painters' pen
cil naa tMH-n Dvuumi, anil tlie world lias
celebrated the pencil of Murillo, the pen
cil of Kubeim and the pencil of Bierstadt.
The sculptor's chisel haa come iu fordiigh
encomium, aud the world has celebrated
Chantrey's chisel, and Crawford's chisel,
nd Greenough's chisel. Hut there is one
instrument about which I sing tlie first
canto that wan ever aung the tickle, the
sickle of tbo Bible, the wit kle that bai
reajei tlie harveat of many centuries.
Sharp aud bent Into a semicircle and glit
tering, this reaping hook, no longer than
your arm, haa furnished tlie bread for
thousands of yeara. Its successes has pro
duced tne wealth or natWsi. It haa had
more to do with the world'a progress than
aword and pen and pencil and chisel all
put together. Christ purs the sickle into
exquisite, sermonic simile, and you see
that instrument flash all up and down tlie
Apocalypse as Ht. John awinga It, while
through Joel in my text God command!
the people, aa through hia servant now
he commanded them, 'Tut ye in the sickle,
lor the Darrein is ripe.
Kstlmate of Value.
Last November there was great rejoic
ing all over the land. With trumpet and
cornet and organ and thousand Toiced
psaJm we praised the Lord for the tem
poral harTeata. We praised liod for the
whuat, the rye. the oats, the cotton, the
rice, all tlie fruita of the orchard aud all
the grains of the Held, and the nation nev
er docs a. better thing than when In the
autumn it gathers to festivity and thanks
od for the gre-atneas of the harvest
But I conut to-day to apeak to you of rich
er harvests, even the spiritual. Mow ahall
we estimate the value of a man? We say
he ia worth ao many dollars, or he haa
achieved such, and au" a position, but
we know very well there are some men at
the top of tlie ladder who ought to be at
the bottom and some at the bottom who
ought to t at the top, and the only way
to estimate a man is by his soul. We ail
know that we shall live forever. Death
cannot kill us. Other crafts may be drawn
into the whirlpool or shivered on the rocks,
but thia life within iw will weather all
atoms and drop no anchor and lU.OOOXio
yeara after death will shake out signals
on the high sa of eternity. You put the
mendicant off your doorstep and say he is
only a beggar, but he is worth all the gold
of the mountains, worth all the pearls of
tlx- sea, worrh the solid eartli. worth aun
and moon and stars, worth the entire
material universe. Take all the paper
mat ever came from the paper mills and
put rt side by side and sheet by sheet anfl
Jet nicu with fleetest pn in uke figures on
that irnper for lO.tXMJ years, and they will
only hove la-gnu to express the value of
the soul. 8upose I owned Colorado and
Nevada anil Australia, of how much value
would that be to me one moment after I
fleiartvU tills life? How much of I'hila
delphJa does Stephen (Hrard own to-day?
now mucn of Montou property does Ab
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un. lawcrm g owti io-oay f lag man
wiio io-oay hath a dollar in his pocket
hath more worldly estate than the million
aire wno died laet year. How do you
eupiHwe i reer, ataixttng tiere surrounded
by a multitude of souls, each one worth
more than tlie material universe? Oh,
was I not right In eaving this nnirit,..i
harvest Is richer than the temporal bar
."mi i muni ngnten tne girdle, i BU1gt
sharpen the sickle. I must be careful how
I swing the instrument for gathering the
jtrmu irsi one stajg he lot.
;no or tne moat powerful nicklc for
reaping this spiritual harvest is the
preaching of the gospel. If the slckh
have a roHwood handle, and it be adorned
" ' 1 " I'm-iou stones, anil yet it etiuuot
nring uowu me grain, it is not much of a
(tickle, aud preaching amounts to nothing
unless It harvests aonls for God. Hholl
w e preach philosophy ? The Ilajph Waldo
HmeraoiM could beat us at that. Shall we
. preach science The Agawtizes beat us at
that. The minister of Jesus Christ uhh
weakest arm going forth In earnest prayer
arm wielding n,u siekle of tlie gospel
Mliall find the harvest all around him wait
ing ror the tin gel beaf binders. Oh, this
tiarvext oi hoiiIk! I notice in the Acids
that the farmer did not stand upright
when he gathered tlie grain. I noticed
he had to stoop In his work, and I notii-ed
in order to bind the shinvcs the better he
liad to put his knee upon rliem. And as
we go forth in this work for God we i-o li
mit stand upright in our rhetoric and our
metaphysics and our erudition. We have
to stoop to our work. Aye, we have to
pul our knee to it, or we will never gather
hIiiiivc for tlie Ixird's garner, peter
swung that sickle on the day of Pentecost,
nd :t,(H) sheaves came in. Itlohard Bax
ter swung that sickle at Kidderminster,
ami Met hey neat Dundee, and vast multi
tudes came Into the kingdom of our
God.
The Mighty Ooapel.
oh, this i a nilgtity gospel! It rap
tured not only John, the lamb, but Paul,
the lion. Men may giiash their teeth at
it and clinch their lists, but it is the power
of God and the wisdom of God unto salva
tion. But, alas, If It I only preached in
pulpits and on Hal. bath days! We must
go forth into our stores, our abopa, our
banking houses, onr factories, and the
irvsU, and everywhere preach Christ.
We stand in our pulpit for two hours on
the tiubbata and commend (Christ to the
people, but there are 108 hours in ttie
week, and what are the twu tioura on the
Babbath aainst tlie loll? Oh, there come
down the ordination of God this day upon
all the people, men who toll with bead and
hand aud foot--the ordination come up
on all mer4kauts, npoo all mechanics,
upon all toilers, and Ood aaya to you aa
he aaya to me: "Go, teach all uationa."
He that believeth and 1 baptired shall
be aaved, and he that believeth not shall
be damned."
Mighty goapel, let the whoile earth hear
it! The story of Christ i to regenerate
the nation; it i to eradicate all wrong; It
is to turn the earth into a paradise. An
old artist painted the "Lord's 8uiMer,"
and he wanted the chief attention directed
to the face of Christ. When he invited
his friends in to criticise the picture, they
admired the dialicea more than they did
the face, and the old artist auid, "Thia
picture is a failure," and he dashed out
the jricture of the cups and said: "I shall
have nothiug tu detract from the face o
tua iMTd. uurist is the all of this pic
ture."
Another powerful sickle for the reaping
of this harvest in christian song. I know
in many churches the whole work
delegated to a few people standing in the
organ loft. But, my friends, as other
cannot repent for u and other cannot
die for us we cauuot delegate to other tlie
work of einging for us. While a few
drilled artists shall take tlie chants and
execute the more skillful music, when the
hymn is given out Jet there lie hundreds
and thousands of voices uniting in tlie
acclamation. On the way to grandeurs
that never cease and glories that never
die let us ing. At the battle of Lutzen
a general enme to the king and said
"Those soldiers are singing as they are
going Into lattle. Shall 1 stop thein?'
"No," said the king. "Men that can sing
like that can fight." Oh, the power of
Christian song! When 1 argue here, you
may argue back. Tlie argument you make
against religion may be more skillful than
the argument I make hi behalf of religion.
But who can stand before the pathos of
some uplifted aong like rhat which we
sometimes sing:
Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgivel
Let a ri-peuting rebel live!
Are not thy mercjea large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?
An Kffectlre Richie.
Another mighty sickle for tlie reaping
of the gjel harvest Js prayer. What
does God do with our prayers? Does he
go on the battlements of heaven and throw
them off? No. What do you do with
gifts given you by those who love you
very much? lou keep them with great
aacredness. And do you suppose God
will take our prayer, offered in the sin
cerity and love xf oar beiU, aud acaU tr
tbm to the winds? Oh, no! He will
answer them all in some way. Oh, what
a mighty thing prayer is! It is not a long
rigmarole of "obs" and "nhs" and "for
ever and ever, amens." It is a breathing
of the heart into the heart of (tod. Oh,
what a mighty thing prayer Is! Elijah
with U rvnehed up to the clouds and ihook
down the showers. With it John Knox
shook Scotland. With It Martin Luther
hK)k the earth. And when Philipp Mel-
anchrhon lay sick unto death, aa many
supixiecd, Martin Luther came in and
said, "Philipp, we can't spare you."
Oh," said he, "Martin, you must let me
go! I ain tired or persecution and tiryI
of life. I want to go to be with my God."
No," said Martin Luther, "you shall not
go. You must take this food, and then
I will pray for you." "No, Martin," said
MelaucJithon, "you must let me go." Mar
tin Luther said, "You take tills food, or I
will excommunicate you." He took the
food, and Martin Luther knelt down and
prayed as only he could pray, and con
valescence came, and Martin Luther went
back and mud to his friends, "God haa
saved the life of Philipp Melanchthoii in
direct answer to my prayer." Oh, the
power of prayer! Have you tested It'
Dr. Prime, of New York, in his beauti
ful liook entitled, "Around the World,"
descrilil a mausoleum in India which it
took 20,(XJ0 men twenty-two years to build
that and the buildings surrounding
and lie says, "Standing In that mauso
leum and littering a word, it Is echoed
back from a height of 151 feet not an or
dinary echo, but a prolongi-d niiisi
though there were angels hovering in the
air." Ami every wvjrd of earnest prayer
we utter has an echo nft. from the marble
cupola of an earthly mausoleum, but from
the heart of God and from tlie wings of
angels ns they hover, crying, "Behold, he
prays!" Oh, test it! Mighty sickle for
reaping this gospel harvest, the sickle of
prayer!
Forms of Little Consequence.
It docs not make so much differci
about the posture you, take, whether you
sit, stand or kneel or lie on your face or
in your physical agonic lie on your back.
It does not make any difference nlxiut the
physical pimture, as was shown in a hos
pital, when the chaplain said as he lmik-
ed over the beds of tlie suffering: "Jx't
all those wounded men here who would
like to bo prayed for lift ie hand." Some
lifted two hands; others lifted one hand;
some wilh hands amputated could only
lift the slump of uhe arm. tine man, both
his arms uuiputnted, could give no signal
except to say: "Me! Me!" (Hi, it docs
not make any difference about the rhetoric
of jour prayers. Jt does not make any
difference nliout the posture, It does not
make any difference whwher you can lift
a hand or have no 'Jin ml to lift. God is
ready to hear you. Prayer is answered.
God is waiting to respond.
'Lift up your eyes iiion the fields, for
they are white already to harvest." How
many have you reaped for God? Do yon
ask mo (how many 1 have reacd for God?
cannot say. Now, can you say how
many you have reaped? I hope there are
some who have bitm brought into the
kingdom of God through ydnr Instru
mentality. Have there not. been? Not
one? You, a man 'A 40, 50 yeara of age
and not one? I eo souls coming un to
glory. Here ia a Sunday school teacher
bringing ten or fifteen souls. Here is
ct distributor bringing In forty or fifty
souls. Here la a man you never heard of
who ha been very useful In bringing soul
to God. He come with loll souls, 'lliey
are the abeavea of hi harveat. How
many have you brought? Not one can It
hot What will God aay? What will Che
angeli say? Better crouch down In some
corner of heaven and never show yourself.
Oh, that harveat la to be reaped now! And
that ia thi instant. Why not be reaped
fur God thi hour?
"Oh," aay some man, "I have been go
ing ou the wrong roal for thirty, forty or
fifty year. I have gone through the whole
catalogue of crime and must first get my
self fixed up." Ah, you will never get
yourself fixed up until Chriat take you in
charge! You get worse and worse until
he come to the rescue. "Not the righteous-sinners
Jesus came to call." So,
you see. I take the very worst case there
ia. If there is a man here who feW he
is all right in heart and life, I am not
talking to him, for he i proiwbly a
hyjMK-rite. I will talk to him some other
time. But if there is a man who feela
himself all wrong, to him I address myself.
Though you be wounded in the hands, aud
wounded in the fet, and wounded In the
head, and wounded in the heart, and
though the gangrene of eternal death be
iiMn you one drop of the elixir of divine
life will cure your soul. Though you be
soaked In evil indulgences, though your
feet have gone in unclean place, though
you have championed with the abandoned
and the lost, one touch of divine grace
will save your soul.
"Whosoever Will."
I do not say that you will not have
struggles after that. Oh, no! But they
will lie a different kind of struggle. You
go bito that Imttie, and all hell is against
you, and you are alone, and you fight, and
you fight, weaker and weaker and weak
er, until at lust you fall and the powers of
darkness trample on your soul. But in the
other case you go Into the battle, and you
nglit stronger and stronger and stronger
uutal tlie evil propensity goes down, and
you get the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ. Oh, come out of your aina!
Have you not been bruised with sin long
enough? Have you not carried that load
long ejiough? Have you not fought that
battle long enough?
I rattle tbe gate of your sepulcher to
day. I take the trumpet of the gospel and
blow the king, loud blast. 1 to land went
Into battle. Charlemagne's army bad
bc driven back by the three annie of
the Saracens, and Roland, In almost de
spair, took up the trumpet and blew three
bhtsts in one of the mountain passes, and
under the power of those three blasts the
Saracens recoiled and fled in terror. But
history aays that when he had blown Che
third blast Roland's trumpet brke.
I take this trumpet of the gosiel and
blow the first blast, "Whosoever will." I
blow the second blast, "Seek ye die Lord
while he may be found." I blow the third
blast, "Now is the accepted time." But
the trumpet does not break. It was hand
ed down by our forefathers to us, and we
will hand it down to our children, that
after we are dead they may blow the
trumpet, telling the world that we have a
ardonlng God. a loving God, a sympa
thetic God, and that more to him than the
throne on which he sits is tlie joy of sw
ing a prodigal put hi finger on the latoh
of his father's house.
Faith Defined.
Oh, give up your sins! Most of your
life is already gone. Your children are
going on the same wrong road. Why do
you not stop "This day is salvation
come to thy house." Why not thia mo
ment look up into tlie face of Christ and
say:
Just as I am, without one plea
But that thy blood was shed for me.
And that thou bid'st me come to thee
O Ijimb of God, I come, I come!
G'l is going to save you. You are go
ing to lie among the shining ones. After
the toils of life are over you are going up
to the everlasting rest, xou are going up
to join your loved ones, departed parents
and departed children. "Oh, my (Jsl,
says some man, liow can I come to thee?
1 am so far off. Who will help me? 1 am
so weak' It seems such a great under
taking." Oh, my brother, it w a great
undertaking! It is so great you cannot
aivompliidi it, but Christ can do the work.
He will correct your heart, and he will
eorreK your life. "Oh," you say, "I will
stop profanity." That will not save you.
'Oh," you say, "I will stop Sabbath
breaking." That will not save you. There
is only one door into the kingdom of God,
and that is faith; only one ship that sails
for heaven, and that is faith. Faith the
first step, the second step, Hie hundredth
step, the thousandth step, (lie last sti-p.
By faith we enter the kingdom. By faith
we kiHp in. In fuilli we die. Heaven il
reward tlie faiitli. The carthciinkc shook
down the Philippian dungeon. The jailer
said, " hat shall I do" Some of you
would say, "Better get out of tlie place
before the walls eruxli you. What did
the apoxtle siij ? "Believe ou the Iord
.Icmiim Christ, and thou shall be saved."
"Ah." you say, "there's the rub!" What
is faith? Suppose you were thirsty, and I
offered you thin glass of water, and you
believed 1 meant to give il to you, and you
came up and took it. You exercise faith.
You believe 1 mean to keep my promise.
Christ offi-rs you the water of everlasting
life. Yon take it. This is faith.
Khter into the kingdom of God. Kntcr
now. The door of life is set wide open. I
plead with you by the bloody swi-at of
Gctliscinaiie and the death groan of Gol
gotha, by cross and crown, by Pilate's
courtroom mid Joseph's sepuhlier, by
harp and chains, by kingdoms of light
anil realms of darkness, by the tminel of
the archangel that shall wake the dead
and by (be throne of llie Ixird God Al-
niglity and the Lnmb that you attend
now to the things of eternity. Oh, what
n sad tiring it will be if, having come so
near henvciu, wo miss it! Oil, to have
come within sight of llie shining piunu-
cles of the city and not have entered!
Oh, to have been so near we have seen
the mighty throng enter, and we not Join
ing them! Angels of God, fly this way!
Good new fur you. Toll Mm story n lining
the rileimed on high. If there be one
there esHclally longing for onr salvation.
N't that one know It now. We put down
our sorrows. Glory be tit God for such a
hope, for such a psrdot:, for such a Joy,
for u.1i a heaven, for such a Christ!
Art Is man's conception of nature.
TIMELY FARM TOPICS.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM,
UA-DEN AND 8TABLE.
ow to Break a Colt to the Baiter
Convenient Box for Shipping Ka;s;s
Farmers Should Bead More-Cost
of Cutting Cora Fodder.
Breaking Colt to the Baiter.
Take about thirty feet of half-inch
rope; knot one end, so there will be no
danger of It being pulled out of your
hand by the plunging of the colt. On
the other end fasten a li-inoh halter
ring, then, tie a knot la the rone. lev
tag enough beyond It to encircle tbe
colt's neck when drawn taut, Tbe knot
prevents choking. Now tie the end of
tlie rope to tlie ring, and you are ready.
Bunch the horses by throwing out some
feed In a large yard. Have an assist
ant hold one end of the rope. By mov
ing carefully, you can soon noose the
colt. Let him circle around until well
tired out, before going up to his head.
As soon as potudble take two half hitch
es (Fig. 1) around hia nose; take the
bend of the lower hitch, pmm It under
the other from the top downwards,
then up over the ears, loasening the
rope In hand as you go. An excellent
halter, capable of holding anything,
ia thos formed (Fig. 2.) If, after being
driven around for some time, he proven
tubborn and will not follow, take a
piece of clothesline, double It, tie a
knot on the doubled end, leaving
enough rope to slip down over his hind
quarters almost to the bocks (the knot
remaining over his coupling), run the
two free ends one on each side of bis
neck through the halter, and on feel
ing the pull behind he will move. Never
strike him, and as soon aa he yields a
little, pet him. If the dams are work
ed, the bent way Is to slip on a halter
when the colt Is only a few days old,
and tie alongside the mother; but If
til unbroken, when there is lota of
now on tbe ground ia a good time to
wirk with the dams., a the colt Is not
liable to be hurt when it throws Itself.
Agriculturist
Keep Your Rest Mares.
A well-informed brwder gives this
advice to fellow -breeders: "Hell your
geldings," says he, "but do not dispose
of your good maros," says Turf and
Farm and Home. "When you get a
large, handsome, well-bred one, keep
her as you would the apple of your eve.
Sell and give away the small and weedy
ones; they will only show on the debit
side of your ledger, never on tlie credit,
Six good colts a year will bring more
money that a score of medium ones.
It is often claimed that it does not pay
the farmer to raise horsen; that it costs
too much to get them to market, and
that all profit is paten up by expense
Make your wares known, aud the buyer
will come to you if yon have a coo.
article. Try advertising in some bleb
class paper that supports your inter
ests. The dealers want to know where
to find good horses, and will only bo
too elad to come to you if they know
where to find you."
A Convenient Egg Box.
Where one markets his eggs to pri
vate customers or at the stores even,
the egg box shown herewith will be
found very serviceable. It is a box
uliout half the length of a 30-dor.en
CKK carrier, with a ha tulle and lilted
drawers, each drawer being fitted with
(1001) KoG HOX.
pawtcbonnl egg fillers. A drawer of
eggs ciin thus be taken from the box
and carried into the customer's bouse,
the box Itself being left In the wagon.
The bottom of each drawer may well
be covered with course bran, and the
pasteboard fitters placed on these, thus
providing a soft resting place for ciich
egg.
Poultry Culture.
The rapid strides of poultry culture
during the lasl few years has attracted
the attention of all classes of society
as a pleasant and healthful occupation,
says the Independent. Our cities are
crowded to excess with men of trades
and professions. The wagin paid for
any labor but that reipilrlng skill niid
experience Is lmrely enough to support
a family wbcu tlie head or it works six
days every week; still, nothing Is laid
up for a rainy day, and In seasons of
depression It Is a problem to secure
enough to cat. While this condition ex
ists in business centers, tlu country
contains land enough to supisirt the
nation and feed the multitudes with
wholesome food. There nro thousands
of places that can lie leased for a term
of years, on which persons with aver
age, lnlelllg(!) could produce poultry
nnd eggs at a profit, und those who,
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by thrift and careful atteartion to de
tail, often lay up capital and a, good
suryius i or luture emergency.
Farmers Mast Bead Mors.
Farmers, some of them, claim they
have no time for study and for read
ing; that hard labor commands their
full attention. True, farmers must
work, but they can think while they
work, aays the Maine Farmer. Since
the work and the study are allied to
each other, the one aids the other rath
er than Interferes with it We know a
hard-working farmer, and one well
schooled in the principles involved in
his business, who says his best thoughts
are born while his hands are employ
ed in his work. It Is a common prac
tlce with him to carry pencil and pa
per in bis pocket and from time to
time to note down Ideas as they occur
and conclusions as reasoned out
Bo, too, reading, even extensive read
lng, may not Interfere with work
Beading may be done in snatches of
time otherwise not taken up, and which
occur with everyone, however busy
workers they may be, almost every
day. They can read In these leisure
moments, then thfhk It over and study
Its teachings while at work. We have
In mind a , well-known writer of our
time on agricultural topics, and an
acknowledged authority, of whom It
was said by a domestic In the family
"Well may he know something, for he
never sits down a moment in the house
without a book or a paper in his
hands."
This reading and study Is much aa
the Individual cultivates a taste for
It If the farmer reallv desires
auowieugo or urn Dusiuess, lie can
easily find the time for reading and
study, and that too, without In any
degree Interfering with his work. In
fact, labor Is pleasanter, Is lighter and
easier with the mind engaged In study
ing tne secrets otherwise involved In
the work carried on. So, too, the farm
er reads aud studies to best advantage
who Is carrying on the work he Is at
the same time Investigating. That
farmer also succeeds best who know
most about his business.
Combined Workshop and Tool House.
Every gardener and farmer should
have a workshop and tool house. The
accompanying Illustration shows a good
plan for such a building. It has two
large doors for driving in with carts,
cultivators, etc., and one large pair of
doors on the back side so that the team
way be unhitched and driven out han
dily, or hitched In the cart, or cultiva
tor, driven out without backing or
turning around. In the end of the build
ing Is a workshop where many garden
appliances can be made and many nec
essary rtiialrs executed. There Is no
chamber, but simply a loft, partially
floored, where may be put up small
tools that are out of season, lumber
for construction and reiiuirs, and many
odds aud ends that would otherwise
be constantly In tlie way.
Cutting Corn Fodder.
Kural New Yorker expresses the
opinion that the cost of cutting corn
fodder may amount to more than the
Increased value when the farmer has
to pay regular hired man's wages for
turning a hand cutter. This matter of
cutting up fodder Is one of the opera
tions of the farm that requires whole
sale power In order to make It profit
able. There are men who food corn
stulks to cattle without even husk
ing the ears. They reason that what
the cows leave the hogs and poultry
will make use of, so that the waste
is not large enough to balance the cost
of husking, shelling, grinding and cut
ting. 'This cost of cutting up the fod
der must be reduced to the lowest limit
before it will pay to attempt it. The
new Khrcddlng machines promise to
give a new value to the corn crop, be
cause they will do the work cheaply
and quickly. Our experiment stations
should now find out for us the best
way to keep the shredded fodder with
out loss.
Keep the Cows in Good Order.
dairy writer says that, while it if-
true t lint some thin cows and some
very fat cows are long nnd persistent
milkers, yet the rule Is that tlio cow
for steady work in milk-giving carries
a goodly quantity of fat on her bones,
aim always iooks to tie in good, com
fortable condition. That Is the kind
of cow the old dairyman picks out.
But It must not be understood bv this
that more than n small quantity of fat
Is needed.
Haul Manure In Winter.
No mini needs to rush so hard with
the spring work If ho hauls out most
of the manure on the snow; and docs
his plowing for oats in tlie fall, for the
winter freezes to mellow. Such a farm
er may simply sow the seed and put on
the harrow, getting In the crops earlier
than he could If he waited for the
ground to settle suitably for plowing.
Oecae Profitable.
On many farms geese could be raised
to good advantage. Besides yielding a
regular Incomo in the way of feathers,
they nro a profitable market fowl.
TOOL HOUSE AKD WORKSHOP.
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A few slices of bacon, nnder and over
roast lamb, to improve the flavor of
the gravy.
About a third the quantity In dates
added to very tart apples for sauce.
When frying cakes, setting them In
colander set on a plate.
A teaspoonful of mustard, mixed with
tbe water and molasses which la poured
over baked beans.
Roasting a young fowl for twenty,
minutes before cutting it up for aoup.
Turning fruit which has begun t
work into pickles, by draining, boiling
up the liquor, skimming, adding half a
teacupful of vinegar to two and a half
quarts of Juice, sugar to make syrup,
spices to taste tied up in a bag. When
liquor Is clear adding fruit beating
gradually and boiling four minutes be
fore canning.
Clarify soup by skimming while heat
ing, adding a little cold water, after
boiling, straining if necessary twice
mixing one egg and broken shell with
one teacupful of cold water, then with
one teacupful of hot soup, then adding
to soup, lKtlling up, setting back, and
when somewhat cool straining.
To prevent home-tried lard from be
coming rancid, add one teaspoonful of
fine salt to each quart of hot lard and
cooking a little after adding.
Jelly, of the, surplus Juice in cana of
fruit made with gelatine. Ruth Hall,
in Good Housekeeping.
Delicious Chicken Pie.
Take a pair of chickens, not too
young, that have been carefully dress
ed; remove all the fat and skin, and the
tendons from the drumsticks. Place In
a saucepan, cover with boilinsr water
and allow them to simmer gently for
about two hours, keeping them tightly
covered during the entire time. Remove
the chickens from the fire, and add to
the liquor in the saucepan a pint of
milk; thicken with two tablespoonfula
of flour creamed with one of butter,
season with a very little cayenne pep
per, some onion Juice and salt, and
when thoroughly cooked and Just be
fore removing from the Are add the
well-beaten yolks of two eggs. Pour
over the chicken, which should pre
viously have been cut Into pieces and
placed In a deep earthenware pie dish.
When both sauce and chicken are quite
cold place over all a rich cover of good
paste, maklug an Incision In the center
for the steam to escape; ornament pret
tily, brush over with the white of an
egg, and bake in a moderately hot oven.
When the paste is cooked the pie will
be done. Ladies' Home Journal.
Something New in Lamp Shades.
Now that afternoon tea Is one of the
functions of social life every woman
s trying to outdo every other woman In
the way she arranges her tea table.
The china nnd silver are. of course.
more or less alike, but there can be
many an Individual and distinctive
touch given by the placing of the cups
on the tray, and above all by the light-
ng of the table. Electricity and gas
are not to be thought of, but there is
n infinite variety of the daintiest little
lamps and shades to choose from.
China, glass and silver lamps are all
fashionable, and the little empire
shades are singularly pretty. They are
all of the one shape, of course, but are
of different materials, the parchment
hand-painted being the smartest. Some
are embroidered with opalescent span
gles on silk, and these are very showy.
Pink Is the favorite color, for it casts
the most becoming light.
A Pretty Newspaper Bolder.
For the foundation cut a piece of can
vas such as is used to stiffen the foot
of dresses It should be thirteen inches
wide and thirty-one Inches long cover
this with a piece of grayish blue satin,
Roman satin or fine felt, which may bo
embroidered in the center with a spray
of flowers, worked with Asiatic Roman
floss. On each side Is a strip of tan
colored fine cloth, pinked at the edge.
On this Is laid a strip of gold tinsel
braid, round which are twined two
lengths of blue ribbon. Those must be
neatly sewed to the cloth with invisi
ble stitches. Line the inside with tnn.
colored pongee silk. Turn up the two
ends and sew thorn together. Then sew
to a brass or bnmboo bar sixteen inches
long. Attach tbe cord to the top of
holder at each side under two rosettes
of ribbon.
Heef Croquettes.
One cup of chopped cold beef, one
cup of broad crumbs, one egg well
beaten, a pinch of salt, pepper and a
tiny bit of sage. Moisten the bread
ertimlw with a little gravy or stock, then
mix thoroughly, form In cakes and dip
in egg nnd cracker crumbs and. fry In
boiling lard.
A Breakfast Dish.
Take two cups of broad crumbs, one
cup of lean boiled ham, chopped fine,
a small piece of butter, salt to taste,
and enough stock to moisten the whole. '
rut this mixture In a deep pie dish,
cover the top lightly with crumb, nnd
bake about half an hour.
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