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T0PIC8 FOR FAMIEKS
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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.
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