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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1899)
LI.... ." ' ''l7ifcii-jjimk iniiti 11 mi iiiiMwa-fliiiinniii-iii n iiiiiiiairaaasajtrfa "f; r-riiin:Tir'r i is liwili i .n T0PIC8 FOR FAMIEKS i A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. In the eoath Kins Cotton In Reins Dethroned, and her Crop Are Taking lta Place-How Agricnltnre la Taught in France. The last few year have witnessed Important change in t lie farming methods of the Mouth. The tillers of the ao no longer raise coUou to the exclu sion of all other prodtKts. or do they tolerate sloth fulness, as they once did. Intensive farming is being generally developed in, this section, the farmers going In for high cultivation of small tract rather than for low cultivation f large tract of ground. Truck fann ing ha become widespread and re markably profitable. Enormous quanti Lies of strawberries are now produced In the South Atlantic State for the Eastern cities and for the local market Three yean ago scarcely a wtrawlierry . was grown In the neighborhood of Wil mington, while last year the farmers thereabout deposited in the banks of that city $500,000 that they realized from the Hale of this single delicacy. Farmers who are turning away from cotton once the product that filled their minds with visions of wealth are finrt niakiug sure that t'uey have a suf ficient food supply for themselves and their stock. It Is only lately that rhey have taken this precaution. Formerly they planted nothing lint cotton, de pending upon t!:.?r profits from h to enable them to secure Imicod, flour and potatoes for themselves aud hay and eorn for their horses, hogs and cattle. After many years of a losing struggle they found that their a.vstem was bad, and that It would have to be chauged. It was bending them under a burden of care and clothing their children in rags. They were getting deeper and deeper in debt, helped along that easy road by the credit system and the lien laws, which have been so serious a Wow to the prosperity of the South, and at last hard necessity taught thera to look to their own farms for the nec essaries of life and not to depend iipon cotton to supply them. Farmers are now paying more and mor attention to tlw ceo. wheat aud corn. The latter crop especially is growing rapidly. Agncnltare Taaght in France. The perfect system of agricultural education In France has had much to do with the wonderful improvement In French farming. The federal grants for this purpose are now nearly $1, 000,000 a year. The social and politi cal position of the farmer in France ba been advanced also, and the gen (url public apprex-iate the importance ,of agriculture. Agricultural touching Is now given In France in seven differ ,ent stages or degrees. First, there is tbf superior instruction of the national agricultural college, for which we have ,no corresponding institution In the United 8t.ites; (2) the national schools of agriculture, corresponding to our StM agricultural colleges; (3) the prae- i flea! schools of agriculture, for which "we have no counterpart; '- apprentice ship schools where lKys and girls are taught all tbe mysteries of genera! work, fruit growing, dairying, silk eul . ture. apiculture and fish culture. Then, there are (.") mixed schools, with pro fessors of agriculture and agricultural cheanstry. and (6) iustructioti in the elds, for all of the" schools have lands attached. Just as though the . grammar schools in American rural, towns had lecture on the Agricultural t aciences Illustrated by work , in Ihe fipld; (7) France has carried to great perfection her experiment stations, which are doing a work similar to that done by similar stations In this country. ' The. laborer ha the farm school the small farmer the practical school, those In a better sphere of life the national schools, while others who desire to de vote their attention to agronomic science have the agronomic institute, ' which is truly a polytechnic of sciences, ptjyslcal, chemical and natural. I'.y " this means those engaged on the soil foe am kept abreast with the best and lat ,!." ft practice in agriculture!, aud are ena j, Wed to see and learn such things as trod to the Improvement of their con dition and industry. Mississippi Val ley Democrat. Hillside nttivitlon. - Take level au tape line, go 30 feet from the top of the hill, measure 30 feet from top nil round the hill, setting takes at each place, then take levrt and see what, kind of a slope-you have to deal with. If medium slope a one- , horse plow is sufficient, say a slojie of 2 to 3 feet, but tor more would require a sta-per furrow, Kun twice to each 30 ; feet or ditch. Throw dirt out, braving flt least a ditch 2 feet wide, 1 foot deep "or Hi tie over. Ou these hanks sow or plant bine gras or red clover to hold tbe banks. Then plant two rows of recsC f t fniiu these ditches, prune np In be buhy aud thrifty, then if you wish can set yrape rinif along we 4ltrlii nltont 2 feet off. Lei row of trees be 15 fee apart each way. and have rour orchard Axed so as to turn jour boss lit. when yon wish, to pick all tlte fallen fruit. By this method .foil will make ctwl meet. The bogs wHI lircouv liealtsy and fat. yotir tree wW I free front borers and many otb- - r tesjeeta that caUe hi ibe fallen fro It. Tke fruit "rill lie mucli larfer and liner " ajuJ trvv from rotten spots, 'and tbe trees will be'rjgorooa and htallhy. Wsat.' Z ' Oatyi ia aMd tram rke piece left C rrt 4t rfce sMe mmy also t ! a lara Matter If muted, Tk eight pounds uf tat meat, m.m u labia-I spoonful of thyme; eight tablespoon fuls of line mil; four lablcHHMiful of celery wed. Cut the meat np flue with a sharp knife, removing all pieces of skiu aud bone; then run through the cutter. To make H flue run it through the cutter a seeoud time. Spread the tine-cut meat out on a clean wooden tray and add the seasoning, which should le well mixed through the meat. If sage ht preferred omit the thyme. After the meat Is seammed make up a few cakes and cook, and try the sea soning. Some prefer more salt others lew?. Sausage may te kept by packing the meat In stone jars and running hot lard over the top of the jar. Tie a clean cloth over the top: then a double sheet of brown paper, aud set away In a cold, dry room. A better way is to make casings out of thin muslin, about two inches in diameter; then till the meat in with a sausage stuffer, aud hang the casings up in the smokehouse or a cool room. Meat so put up can ! smoked. The meat will then keep until late In the summer. The American. steaming Milk Ushe. In n experiment in keeping milk In bottles sterilized by heating in live steam (212 K.l and In other bottles washed with hoi water in the usual way the Kansas Experiment Station found a vastly larger number of bac teria in the latter. As far as the ap pearance of the bottles was concerned, the unsterilized looked the cleaner. The conclusion is: This shows that we can not trust the eye to tell us when a dlsb Is clean. Wherever possible every milk d:sli vhould be subjected to lire steam. aud the longer it is exposed the Itetter ' In some nb,, wh, A..,.i.,l lu.in. are! taken milk dishes are subjected to live' steam umler preufe for fifte.-u min- ntes. Where steam cannot t- had. scalding hot water should be used, and the longer the dishes remain in this hot water the cleaner they will be. since many bacteria that can withstand the heat for a few seconds will be killed if exposed several minutes. This treat- ment will not insure sterility, but it will materially reduce the number of bacteria. Protection of Tree front Mice. Farmers care very Utile for the dep redations of field mice upon their grains, but these small rodents some times do grettt Injury to young fruit trees in winter. They seldom gnaw the ' thick mirk of older trees, but cases are on record In which fl young orchard has been entirely destroyed when planted near a meadow or level field frequented by Chese little ntarauders. t'oarse wrap - . , pingpaperora few layers of uewspain-r, dlppe.1 in kerosene and tied about the base irf a tree, also a few ple-es laid over the nearest roots, will rejH-1 tbe mice, and at the same time preveut the ravages of boring beetles. Field mice arc eailv trnrmed. A hoi f rati set neiir their nettta and baited with corn meal will often catch half a dozen at once. A Good Fire Kindler. Kindling with kerosene, though al most universal when It comes to start ing the kitchen lire ou a winter's morn ing, is a dangerous operation as geiicr- 1 ally done. The following plan you will :y or spiritually worth far more than oth tind a succiss, as it neither spills oil ou er and some worth far less. The census stove and floor nor carries oil in the! and Mat hairs of neighborhood. .. of dlsbw to season the breakfast later on. ! churches, of nations, serve their purpose. ,t i,it hut no, l..9i A.u m,t on i but they can never accurately express the the stove or set the house on tire. i.ihe a nu ran one nil a cover, o that the oil will not evaporate-uud ull :dal Kru(.,.Ki en- tal wealth, especial t:l ttbolit two-llilnls full of oil. and set 111 'tot, rxperial eloquence, ought to make op some hauily place out of the way. At by esxcial assiduity and consecration for nisdit put two or three cubs In the can those who have less opportunities and less an.l leave to soak. When the fire is to be starf'tl, take tbe cobs and put ou the grate of the store:, piling the kindling and fuel over thetii. Then touch a uiaich to them, and your lire is going full blast. Always have some coiw iu me can. ii mr biij icii-.o. ble to have a fire on short notice, your klnillitig Is always ready.The Agrlcul - turist. ! Straw for Fattening Animal. It may surprise farmers who know that straw alone la so poor food that an animal will almost starve If fed on It exclusively to lie told that stock that Is very highly fed. and even may lie fat tening, will eat a certain amount of straw every day. using it to make greater variety in their ration, and to supply nutrition that varies rrom that on which they are fattening. Stix k that is fed much nitrogenous food, as, for employ the words of my text and say, example, cotton-seed or linseed meal or "Thou art worth ten thousand of u." beau fed to fattening sheep, will eatj The Ue of l'ower. much more of the grain straw than ' With such opportunity are they ng stock whose grain diet I Corn. If menting their usefulness in every possible wheat or rye, which the rich In allm- mlnol.l could ever tie laricelv fed to stock, the latter would require coasld- erable grain straw to balance the ra- tion. and also to furnish bulk so that the more concentrated grain Icould he bettcr digested. One of the advantage er for evil a for good. The lightning ex of oats as a feed is that this grain la ' pre rail train ba power for good if it is surrounded by a huk which prevent on the track, but horrible power for di- it from beating in the stomach. Tree and a Coect abaolL One of the chief dltrlcultbsi found in plaining trees in many port of the West l mat me sou is unoeriam wim a comjiact al-8oil, through which the roots of the trees do not readily pene - trate. A a remedy for thl. large bole about six or eight feet cross and deep enough to go through thia hard under - lying layer are dug. These large holes or well lit then filled with mclbw sur - face so... in which the tree, are plan, me oi.j.i wing u. laurn oiponunity for dctp west inc. rooting and also conserve To Save the Haras Collar. A abort cut to auccesa Is to save tbe wear on tool ami harness. A collar al ways wear out first where the traet rubs. Take a piece of leather larga enoagh ta eiteml back over the collar and lack om the harae under the tract hook. Thla removes tlie fr--tmn froa. W Mlla thw.hr tnor. tln dnnt.ltn. tbt collar, thereby more thiDdonbUog nUMHlMiMIl F: ItOM 1 text probably h viT lw'fire discoursed upon r. Twluiuge in lhi sermon shows Don some ieoplc mul tiply their resources for usefulness and in novel way arges the putting fr!h of lore energy in right direction: text. 11. Samuel xvii., 3. "Tliou srt worth ten thousand of u." One of the most wondrous charactt-rs of Bis time was Ihivld. A red-haired Imij, he eoald shepherd a Hock or carry "ten loaves sad ten slice of milt cheese to his broth ers in the regiment, or with leathern thong, stone loaded, brine dowu a giant whose armor weighed two hundredweight of metal, or cause a lion which roared at him in rage to roar with pain as he Rung It, dying, to the roadside, or could mar r emuire, or luumn harp so skillfully that it cured Saul him tritie JV" . 7 1 Ivrim. tri- j omphl D14r(.b benedictions. Now, this B(n t oouibination of music and heroics, ,0f dithyrambs and battlefields, of conntry si 4 'l f niwi as ir, iiva.ii r, qnictudes and statesmanship, is to fit ont a military expedition. four thousand troops, according to Josephus, were sent j,nt0 tbe 6M- ne cP'n K P'" ,in CODlrll"no or the companies sua tue coio- i ue to ioiiimauu ui ine n-Kiuwuia, w uu u were dhtMed Into right wing, left wing and center. (Jen. Joali, On. Abishui and Gen. Ittai are to lead these three divis ions. But who shall take the field ns com mander in chief? Parid offers bis ser vices and proposes to go to the front. lie will lead them in the awful charge, for he has not a cowardly nerve in all his body. He did not proiwse to have his troops go iuto perils which he himself would not t bra re, and the battlefield required as much courage then as now. for the opinm- j in force must, in order to do any exe- cn,i"n at "" 'm' "' whl,in lK,H'''ye 1 T'1 nf and i ,h"x """" np from tbe troops and from civilians a ! migh(y proUit , ttrWit ,kj Ue fi,.,(i life vttH llM, imiMir,:)t to the 'nation. If he went down, the empire went down, whereas if the whole -Un.ki of the j ranks were slain another army might be j marshaled and the defeat turned Into vic- 'or- " f " ""' pracncai. ly cried out: "No! No! You cannot en to the front. We estimate you as ten thou iarid men. Tbou art worth ten thousand of us!" The lnn for I.'o. That army and that nation then and there reminded David and now remind us of the fact which we forget or never u- Drwnntc at all that some people are moral real state of things. The practical sub- ject that I want to present to-day is that j .., . . t...,.;i ,,-,;,,. K'"- '" "St ' a for Cod and human uplifting than tho4 who have only tenth of your equipment. Tbe rank aud the file of the 4,Mj of the text told the truth when they said. "Thou art worth ten thousand of us." In no city of its size are there so many ' men of talent as are gathered iu tins cap- ,(al ut ,ne American nation.' Some of tbe j gtatcs are at. time represented by men who have neither talents nor good uiot- als. Their nolitical party compensates them for partisan services by Mending ' (jjem to Congress or by securing for them position iu the war or navy or pension or printing departments. J Ucy were no bodies before they left home and they are nobodies here. But they are exceptional. All the State of the Union generally send their most talented men and men of ex emplary lives and noble purposes. Some of them have the gift and qualifications of ten men. of 1I men-yea. of I.IMH) men and their constituents could truthfully direction? , Many or mem are, some or not- U stupendous thing to have iiower political power, social pow-' ... tw,;l .u.wop 1 llflM Itfliin hiHin ,..,t. J flnd of.n quol om, of ,be wi(M. M,jllM f the ancients. "Knowledge Is poser." Yet It may a certainly be pow- aster if it leave tbe track and plunge down the embankment. The ocean team er ba power for g'xd sailing is right di rection and in safe water and under good helmsmen and wide awake watchman on tbe lookout, but indescribable power for fTl ,f ,,,.,, fu, B,,a)lway lt Ktrikea the i breaker. A tem wer or eleitricity or water force may be Mured in boilers, ! 0 dynamo, in reservoir, to be employed ' all over a tow n or city, o Ood lometiuies ,Pt In one man enough faith to upply I thou.and.of men with courage. If man ! to heJhn''J7 !? i 'J t 'liLti . w ,, a.tio. ake , matake and enter anon some policy of government for tbe 11 nd of the sea that will rounder tbe republic, Ood will give to a few men on both sides of thl question faith and roar age for all the rest. There are two false aoaitkUk many are now taking, false a faint aa ra he. The one is that If we decllas U Uas snder f oil charge Cubs and Porto Rico and the Philippines w make : decllsatlon that will be dle-tfj to aw "0"- d hV nHon. ,1 toto eontrol 1 ,B'" rcblpelre Badf I . ad .,,..-, Mr knmiu.,k t J L Taa afhaa thaar hi If tn Uka fHMKiHioii uf those onct Spanish cidonies we invite foreign-interference and enter tiKn a career that will tiually U- the ile uiolition of this CioverniiK-ut. Itolh ni tion' are imiiM-atiira )li- iiiinlakes. tlod ba m t apart this cuiiliin-ii! for free gov ernment and the triumphs of Christianity, snd we may fake either the first or the second i-ourse without ruin. We may say to those islunds. "We do not want you, but we have set you free: now stay free, while we we that the Spanish panther never again puts its paw on your neck," or we uiay invite be anueialioii of Cuba and Portn l.ire and say to the Philip pine, fjet ready, by education and good moral, for free gisfrriiuieut aud t tbe right time you shall be nu of our terri tories, on the way to be one of our States." God on Oar Kid. And there is no power in- KuroM. Asia or Africa or all combined that could harm this nation in its worldwide endeavor. Hod is ou the side of the right, and by earnest iiuploratiou for divine guidance on the part of this nation we will be led to do the right. We are on the brink of nothing. There is no frightful crisis. This train of republican nd democratic in stitutions -is a through train, and all we want is to have the engineer and tbe brakenien and the conductor attend to their business and the passengers keep their places. We want men In tiiis nation with faitli enough for all. We Want here and there a David worth 10st men. A vast majority of men have no surplus of confidence for others and hardly enough confidence for themselves. They go through life saying depressing thing and doing depressing things. They chill prayer meetings, discourage charitable in stitution", injure commerce and kill churches. They blow out lights when they ought to lie kindling them. They hover around a dull fire on their own hearth and take up so much room that no one can catch the !et caloric, instead of stirring the hearth into a blaze, the crackle of whose backlog ( won Id invite the whole neighlHirhood to come In tcieel the alKtnuding warmth and see the transfig uration of the face. As we all have to guess a great deal about the futnrp. let us guess something good, for it will be more eucourneing and the gnes will be just as apt lo come true. What a lot of ingrntes the Ixrd has at his tablepeople who have had three, meals a day for fifty years anil yet fear that they will soon have to rulile their knife and fork on an empty dinner plate. How many have had. winter and spring and summer and fall, etolhiiig for sixty years, but expect an empty wardrobe shortly! How many liHve lived under free institutions all their days, but fear that the I'nlted States may be telescoped in some foreign collision! Mi, but tbe taxes bare unite np! Yes, but. thank (km), it Is easier, with money, to pay the taxes now that thej are up than it was without money to pay the taxes when they were down. We want a few men who have faith in (Jod and that mi tiny future which holds several things, among them a millennium. Columbauus said to his friend. "Deieolus. why are yon always smiling?" The reply was, Be cause no oue can take my God from me!" We want more men to feci that they have a mission to i-hwr others and to draw up the corners of people's month which have a long while been drawn down more Da vid who can shepherd whole flock of bright hopes and play a harp of encour agement anil !rik iliiun a :,.!tit. ,!.. Klmir aI)(J ,)f whm f.an B)V ..Thw(I art .ortb j thousand of us." ' What Mluht lie Hone. I admit that this thought of my text, fully carried out. would change many of the world's statistic. Siipmjp a village is ,iiil to have 1,SSI inhabitants and that one-half of them- namely, Hk have for year been In-coming less in body, and through niggardliness and grumhlfhg, 1ms in soul. ICaeb one of these is only one half of what he oue was, or one-half of what she once was. The original .VW have been reduced one-half In moral quality, and are really only 2-70. SupjKjse that the other fits) have maintained their original status aud are neither better nor worse. Then the entire population of that village is 7.r0. But supimse another village of l.tKHt, and SM) of them as the year go by, through mental and spiritual culture, buk went themselves until they are really twice the men and women they originally were, and the other D0O remain unchang ed and are neither better nor worse, then tbe population of that village is lVni. Mealiness is subtraition and nobility is addition. According as yon rise iu the scale of holiness and generosity and con secration, you are worth 5 or 10 or 50 or 100 or 1.000 or 10.IMIO others. Notice, my friend, that this David, war rior, tra tegist, minstrel, master of blank vere and stone slinger t the giant, whom the aoldiers of the text estimated clear up into tbe thousandfold of usefulness, ou this particular occasion staid at home or in hi place of temporary residence. Uen. Joab, (ten. Abishai aud Ceu. Ittai, who commanded the boy in the right wing and left wing and center, did their work bravely and left 2T.000 of the lord's etio late dead on the field, and many of the survivor got entangled in the wood of Kpnraim, and mixed np in the bushes, and tumbled over the Mump of trees, and fell Into bog, and were devoured of wild be st which aeiced tbeso in the thicket. Bat Divid did hi work at home.. We ail buxta for heroes who have been in battle, and on their return what procession w form, d what triumphal relic w ipring. and wbat banquet we spread, and wbat garland we wreathe, and wbat oration we deliver, and what bell ws ring, and what cannonade we flrel Hat dn we do justice to the May at borne? David, who wa worth 10,000 of those who went out to meet tbe Lord' enemie la the wood of Ephraim, that day did bis work In retirement. at ax at Boat Heroes. Oh, tbe world need a day of Judgment to give many of tbe stay at homes proper recognition. In Ihe different war the on went to the front and on ship's deck or battlefield exposed their live and earn ed Ibe admiration of tbe country. But how about tbe mothers and father wba through long years tanght those son tbe noble sentiment that Inspired them to ga and Iben gave them ap, when perbapa a few word of earaet protest wsald have kept them on the farm and la the homs sisadt Tbe dy of taal reward will re veal lis) Mf-sarriaca aad the ftdelil of thousands who uevwr in all their live re- i reived our word of praise. Oh, ye nn kuown. .re faithful aud Christian and all enduring xu ut home'. I hare no power now to do yon justice, but I tell you of one who has the power, ami of the day when he will put it forth. It will be tbe day when the thimble, and the Indie, and the darning needle, ami the wash tub, and the pinning wheel, and the scythe, and the thrashing machine, and the hammer, and the trowel, and the plow, will come to ai lii,,h a,i .iiuwiulimi nm m TJ.n,iiniln. i llie wont, or tbe nattering rain tiiflt pounded down the wall, or the Hag that wa hoisted on ihe scaled paraxts. The warrior David of my text showed more self-coutrol ami moral prowess in staying at home than lie could have shown commauding in the lield. He was a nat ural warrior. Martial airs stirred him. The glitter of opposing shields tired him. He was one of those men who feel at i home in the saddle, pa I ting the neck of a pawiui: rivalry horse. But be suppressed himself, lie obeyed the command of the troops whom he would like to have com manded. Some people think it ia a bright thing to put themselves in unnecessary peril. They like to w alk np to the edge of a pre cipice and look off, defying vertigo, or go among contagions when they can lie of no nse but tn demonstrate their own bra vado, or with glee drive horses which are only harnessed whirlwinds, or see how close they can walk iu front of a trolley car without being crushed, or spring on a rail train after it has started, or leap off a rail train before it has stopped. Tbeir life is a series of narrow escapes, careless of what predicament their family would suffer at their sudden taking off. or of the misfortune that might come to their busi ness partners, or the complete failure of tbeir life work if a coroner's jury must lie railed in to decide the style of their exit. Tbey do not take Into consideration what their life Is worth to others. Taken off Ibroiiirh such recklessness they go crimi nal. There was not oue man among those four full regiments of 4.1X10 Israelites that would have so much enjoyed being In the fight as David, but he saw that Iip could serve Lis nation best by not putting on helmet and shield and sword, and so he took the advice of the armed men and said, "What seemeth to you best I will dil." I warrant that yo will die soon enough without teasing and bantering casualty to see if it can launch you into the next world. Kvi: of Reckleianriui. In nine cases out nf ten the fatalities every day reported are not the fault of engineers or brakemcn or conductors or cab drivers, but of the stupidity nd reck lessness of people al street or railroad crossing. They wctuld like to have the Chicago limited express train, with 3M) passenger, and advertised to arrive at a certain hour in a certain city, slow up to let them get two minutes sooner to their destination, not one farthing of their own or any one else' welfare dependent on whether they arrive one minute Itefore 12 ' o'clock or one minute after. Yon ought ' to get permission from a railroad nper- I intciideut lo mount beside the engineer on j a locomotive t realize how many evils of j recklessness there are in the world-funeral processions whipping np to get acros ! before the cowcatcher strikes Ihe hearse; man uf family, with wife and children lie-: side him in a wagon, evidetitly having j made close calculation as to whether a stroke from tbe lomrootive would put them backward or forward in the journey to the vilinge grocery; traveler on a rail road bridge hoping that be could gi-t to ihe end of the bridge before the train reaches it. Yon have no right to put your life in peril unless by such rxpiwoTe orue thing Is to be gained for other. What imbecility in thousands of American dur ing our recent Amcrico-Spanish war dis appointed because the surrender came so soon and they could not have tbe advan tage of being shot at San Juan hill or brought down with the yellow fever and carried ou a litter to tran!irt steamer already so many floating lazarettos, in stead of thanking God that they got no nearer to the slaughter than Tampa or Chattanooga or the encampment at their own State capital, mad at the Govern ment, mad at Cod, because they could not get to the front in time to join the 4,000 corpse that are now being trans- porti-d from the tropic to the national cemeteries of the l.uited States! Rx- posnre and daring are admirable when duty calls, but keep out of peri! when nothing practical aud useful is to be gain cd for your family or your country or your Ood. I admire the David of my text as he suppresses himself and enters the gate of his castle as much as I admire him when with his four finger and thumb clutched into the grisly locks of Coliulh' bend, which be hd decapitated, and S;ml admiringly ask, "Whose son rt tho , young man?" and David, blushing with genuine modesty, responds,"! am the son of thy servant. Jesse, the Bethlchemlte." Make Yourself a Diivld. Now, here is another important point. A there are so many people in the world who amount to little or nothing, you ought to augment yourself, and If not able, like David, to be worth 10,000 limes more than others, you can command Jod' re-enforcing grace to make yourself four time or three time or twice a much a ome other. Pray twice as milch, read twice much, give twice aa much, go to cbnrcb twice as much. Instead of iHnd- ing your time Auding fault with other, ubstltute your superior fidelity for their dereliction and default. In any cbnrcb there are ten member worth all the other 1,000. Id every great bnsine firm there I one man worth tbe other three partner. In every legllative bill, State or national, there are five men worth all the other fiftv or 100, Take the suggestion of my text and augment yourself. Make your one talent do tbe work of two, or your five talents do the work of ten, or your ten talenta do the work of twenty. Multiply your word of encouragement. Multiply the number of boosts you can. give to those who sre trying to climb. Instead of being ooe man in a battalion, by your fslth In Ood and new consecration he a whole regiment. I like the question of a general of a imall arm when some one wa conntlng tbe number nf officer and oldlera of tbe opposing force and tbe mall somber of tbeir own army, and tbe general cried out In indignation, "How many do you Uke me to be?" David wa 10,000 men. Yea ought to be at leat two men In thl battle for Ood and riglit eooanee. ' Copyright. UN. In Virginia there lives a family of all daogbtsrs. wh. names have been con ferred and originated for the moat part by u tcacntrle father. Tbey were Virginia, Vienna, Vet urn, Value!, Ver mkcarerauti and Vsrballna, MIGRATION OF ROSIN 0 Resemble the Wild Fie;eaao la Their Poacsalon of Kooata. For many years naturalist like Au IuImiii ami Wilson studied and wrote of thl bird la-fore It was known that there were "robln-roost," a well as pigeon-roost. (Inly within tbe last few years was the fact brought oat that a bird more familiarly known than the passenger plgcou followed tiiia mode of siH-ndlng the night, although It adopted spring instead of fall ' for massing by hundreds In a high shel tered wood for a n'ght's protection from cold, or because it I tbe period Itefore pairing time, or for some other reason at present lieyond man ken. With wbat stealth must thl well- known and much observed bird have found It way In such numliers o the same patch of tluibcr night after night in the early mouth of tbe year, ac cording to locality, coming fropi all di rection so swiftly that a secreted ots server could not count, keeping up a chatter that couhl lie heard ft a long distance, until the last bird, somewhat ls-lalel, M-rI)Ur. found shelter m the darkening grove, when all became el-b-nt as thousands of wings were folded lo rest. Another peculiar trait of the robin, unnoted except by so keen an observer of bird ways as Maurice Thompson, l that, with all its friendly and confiding relation with the human family dur ing the time of nesting anil reaxiug It young. In tbe fall of the year H be come a wild bird, betaking itself largely to Ibe wood and even tbe se cluded parts of the mountains, at this season showing little disposition on familiar terms with tnan, glvlag a note of nl.irm and Eying high and swiftly when surprised at his approach. At this time they range over extensive tracts of country, but nearly alwa evince a tendency to seclusion. The writer bus seen them In small flock flying over a wide valley at such an elevation that only by the well-known sharp squeak, rather than by tbe eye. could he surely determine that Ihcy were robins. Kven In it migratory habits this bin! Is somewhat jx-ctilinr. Tbey seeui to move southward Iu the full with more tardiness tlinn most other birds, allow ing the Iticreiislng severities of the cold season to push thi-m off ibe winter' edge. Or are these late goers the birds Inured lo cold by a residence In States farther north, which, coming south ward. tnk tbe place of other that have gone earlier In the season? Tbe question of identity, nhvny a difficult one. almost precludes argument oa thl point.- Lippincott's. Well Satisfied. Aubrey de Vere gives, iu hi "ttend lectioiis." an account of nos-tuig. in Switzerland, one of those travelers whs make it a point of honor to see nothing so good as wim t liiey find nt home. Thl man wns nn Irishman, with' wbois patriotism was so truly a mania that every word In praise of the scenery alsuit him seemed a distinct nspcrsloa on the land of bis Mrth. "What chu you compare bore," demanded, "with the iiioiiulnliui Wlcklow?" "Perhaps." said a traveler, ' might uauie the mountains of he f 'oil. the Mont Blanc range." ' "Oh," be replied, scornfully, "they're out of all renwm! 1 nm after walking along the Clmmoimi Valley for three day, and I only saw four of those mountains. Sure, In Wlcklow I'd have con tiled as many as eight of them Is three hours!" "Have you sii-n this wonderful waterfall with1!! half a mile of u7' "I have not seen it, and I am not go ing to see It. Didn't I the O'Sulll van Cascade at Klllnrtiey? Down It comes from such a height thnt you don't know where It come from. Down It plunges, thundering and bellowing, sometimes black us ink, and some times white as milk, dashing Itself against the right-hand rock aud smashing itself ng.-tinst (lie left-hand rocks. What Is your llandeck Fall compared to thnt?" "Some persons would say," wa the reply, "that tbe waterfall here I about ten times a high and six times a brond." "Ah, then." wild he, with an added note of scorn, "then the O'Sulllvan Cascade is not big enough for you! Aud tell me till now: Couldn't you take a mugtiifyliig-glaa to It?" Manchester Canal Too Small. The Manchester ship canal was de signed for ships of not over 3,000 torn and drawing tweuiy-two feet of water. The steady Increase In the capacity and draft of ocean steamer 1 now glvltuj trouble for the canal owners, a th present channel will not accommodate freti the latter clas of ocean tramps. A a direct trade In cotton with Ameri can port wa one of the chief objeeli of the original promoter of the canaJ tbe deficient depth of chunnel presuiiti' a grave problem for solution, hi or docks and warehouses are also needed for handling and storing the est leu, and the want of these, taken with the comparatively shallow channel, are hindering the growth of the canal husr neat. In tbe first half of 1SUS the In crease In canal revenue was about KY OTO, a compared with nu Increase ot 10.000 In the ' responding half ol 1SU7 and :,! In 1H0A. iVofraalnnal Methods. "Why didn't Alh-e got engaged to lUCj plumber?" "lis would promae only a few wordg at a time and then go away." Mill At It, "The rongh rider ,havw dlaoaadcd. haven't Ihejrr , "Yea, aH hut Kalaor William." it a woman Isn't very fond of ha buslmnd, aha doesn't Ilka to have hiss potted a araand lo the kltchaa. r 4 X f . I J. 4-. ' - ! i ... ' ;. 17
