Nebraska Newspapers

    Dairy and poultry.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
■ow Hnwlal r»r»»« Oparata Thle
Impart man I af tha Farm A Faw
lllaia aa t® tha Para af f.lra Mark
and foaltrf.
HE Motion (Eng
land) Lira Block
Journal for October
18th contalna an ac
count of the milk
ing trial at the Mo
tion Hairy Show.
Several quite Inte?
eatlng facta were
brought out In tnia
trial. There were
124 entrlea aa agal net
•7 laat year and M In 18M. That ahowa
that# Ilia IfiIspseI In tllPMA trlttltt III lO"
ereaa'ng. A challenge cup, valued at
•260, wa* nut up to be won. Tbla cup
waa won oy a croae-bred Shorthorn
Ayrablre cow aeven year* old, with a
total of lie a point* In h*r favor An
other croae-bred Shorthorn cow cam*
aecond with a total of 127.1 point*.
The morning'* and evening'* milk of
two daya of the ahow worn weighed,
aampled, and analyzed. The milk of
tboae cowa competing In the butter con
teat only waa taken for one day, aepar
ated, and each cow* cream churned
aeparateiy. The prize* In the milking
trial* were awarded on the number of
point* obtained on the quantity of
milk, the *nuly*l* of the aame, and
the total number of day* alnce calv
ing. The prize* In tbe butter yield
conteal* were awarded on the total
quantity of butter actually obtained out
of each cow’* cream by trained butter
maker* under the auperlotendence of
the Judge*. In the butter trial*, the
buttermilk wa» kept over night, and on
examination *howed that there were
great difference# In the amount of
cream left In the buttermilk after
oburnlng. In all ca*e* where the milk
■bowed a high per cent of butter-fat
and a low yield of butter reaulted, tbe
loat butter fat wa* found In the butter
milk.
Another noticeable fact I* that there
wa* an extremely large proportion of
tbe cowa prenent whoae milk allowed
Iim than 3 per cent of butter fat. 01
tbeae, nine were Shorthorn* out of aev
•nteen in thl* poaltlon, two Jeraeye,
one Ouernaey, four Red I'olla, and two
croa* breed*.
Tbe Live Stock Jeurnal aaya: W
view of tbe fact that all the*# ani
mal* were brought up by their ownera
In the belief that they were good cow*,
tbla large proportion la noteworthy.'
Whether In Bngland or America, ev
ery time cow owner* aet about tenting
their herd* they atrlke the eame amaze
ment thoae BngtlKhinen did; everybody
wake* up to the fact that they own
altogether too many poor cowa. Yet
it may be fairly aald that about the
moat difficult thing In the world 1* to
get a dairyman to give hi* cow* a fair
Babcock teat for even a month.—
Hoard’* Dairyman.
Too Much Huttor Color.
"What I* the matter with that but
ter? Do the cowa give bloody milk,
and doe* the blood ahow In the cream?"
W* did not make that butter, that came
. .._tiritw In iha mini** of all
IIUUI iMB ” —*
that I* good make* the creamery man
put in such an overdone of butter color !
It mult be becauae It Incrcaaea the
weight, the increaae coating lean than
ao much cream.
Yeara ago, no matter how many—any
bow it wan before any creameries or
butter fat teater either—a firm In New
York manufacturing churna offered
fifty dollara aa a premium for the beat
eaaay on butter tuaklug. I thought l
would compete because I had yeara of
experience under a lady then my wife
wbo had learned and practiced the art
in Delaware county, New York, one of
the beat butter countlea In the Empire
atate. So, having some use of the pen
and also a little of the English lan
guage, I set to work, commencing with
the empty pall and In the cow yard.
The committee was composed of prac
tical men and also an editor of an agri
cultural Journal, Thurber by nnme. It
■eemed to me a long time before they
reached a conclusion. The commit tee
bad debated long and seriously. They
thought me entitled to the premium,
but because a lady competitor of Jack
sonville. Illinois, bad recommended or
advocated butter color, elating the eye
ought to be pleased aa well ae the taste,
of course I bowed respectfully—because
the premium went to a lady. 1 have
not changed ray miud at all. and would
not for |M>. The deepest orange color
la to me repulsive, and I cannot help
thinking of oleo when It la placed be
fore me. Corn meat, pumpkins, bran
and carrots, and. if on band, rutabagas,
or mangolds, with Ana bay. red-top and
clover, will make naturally yellow but
ter which is attractive, rather than re
pulatve. (Jeo. W. Murtfeldt In Journal
of Agriculture.
W tutor tor# of Pool*.
Now that the winter la beginning to
bo cold tbe hens should have h warm
meal every morning Hell seme Irish
er sweet potatoes or turnips and toll
with them seme brnu, ship stuff and
•ora meal In equal parts and feed hot
litre thorn Just what they will eat
up clean At hinbl before they go te
r«u«t food a mtature ef whole corn and
oata In aqua) parts If the weather
should become so cold aa to frees# wa
ter. thru they should have water slight
ly warm glvaa them two or throe um«a
g day Always ae* that they have
imeen food in the shape of grass,
clover #r vegetal!** every day, sad
a feed of freeh ben* cut or brehon hne.
twn sip three * w*eh will
assist ha the predu- - ton »f *#e» dost
Wrapt and fat will al«o betp th»m
Oleo a tartoty el temi a> t warm
gad 4rf.~*«»*her*
Many Hre««ler».
There are but few persona who make
a bu*lne»* of raising thoroughbred
poultry alone, but the number Is In
creasing escb and every year. I have
known men of small means, after they
have proved to their own satisfaction
that they could make a fair profit keep
Ing fifty fowl*, who have ventured to
Increase the number, until enough had
been procured lo occupy their whole
time and bring In a good profit and the
expense of living. In a great many In
stances there Is a great saving of time
when business Is done on a large scale.
Today we can find poultry planta that
require the services of several men,
attending and feeding the fowl*, gath
ering and packing the egga, and get
ting fowls ready for shipment. Taking
the Hast, West. North and ttouth, poul
try keeping Is more generally practiced
than any other business tbst you could
mention. More people breed poultry
today than can be found In any other
braoch of Induatry. In many caaes only
a few fowls art kept to aupply the
egga for tha table of a family. Tha
greatest number are kept by the farm
ers, In flocks ranging from fifty to
three hundred. The farmers should be
the poultry keepers; they have the best
facilities for raising the cblckena; they
can take advantage of a sure supply of
Insect food, which promotes growth.
There arc farmers who rslse poultry
more or less, as a source of Income;
and this Income, though It seems
small, helps to obtain many a thing
without which there would be discom
fort.
The Importance of this branch of
Industry must be recognized by every
one who likes good fare; take away the
fifiM it ml HiKi linw munv dluhou would
be spoiled. The poultry Interest Is so
much scattered that Its value Is not
properly estimated. Just look at tbs
new journals that have been bobbing
up all over the United Himes. People
at large are better Informed In regard
to taking care of poultry than our fore*
fathers were; they bouse their fowls
more comfortably. Wealthy people
have taken hold of the business, and It
la this class of people which help along
the "fancy” wonderfully. Poultry will
always be kept, In large or small flocks,
und will always Interest a greater num
ber than any other branch of live
stock breeding,—Poultry Monthly,
Commonplace Observations.
The feeding of fowls and chick*
should not be done in a heedless man
ner, and the food uaed should be given
for a definite object. Feeding poultry
merely because one thinks they must
be "filled up” before going to roost Is
not the Idea at all. Proper feeding of
a flock requires good judgment, both as
regard* the selection of food and the
time certain kinds should be given, and
why they are more aultable at one sea
son than another. The feeding of
fowls and growing chickens la neces
sarily quite different.
Fowla require food for nourlahment,
after they have ceased to grow, nnd any
amount beyond the bodily require
ment* that Is given goes to form fat
or eggs. Careful experimenting by In
telligent poultry men has proved be
yond peradventure that certain foods
are required for egg production, and
that, while there are also some foods
that will help egg production, they have
auch a fattening tendency that it be
comes necessary to use them sparingly;
otherwise the bens will become too fat
to lay many eggs.
There la also a great difference In
the effect of food upon the various
breeds. The Asiatics are of a sluggish
nature, not much Inclined to search
around, If they are too liberally sup
plied with corn, no matter bow excel
lent a foraging ground they may have.
Consequently they should not be fed
too much corn In any shape, and If fed
too liberally of It during the hot season
serious loss is apt to occur.
The Spanish breeds are very active,
and apparently take greut delight In
foraging over their runs, no matter how
well they are fed. Their activity almost
borders on nervousness, and on this ac
count they can hardly be overfed. It
Is a saying that corn will fatten Asiat
ics like hogs, but that Leghorns will
keep In prime condition If their food
la almost exclusively corn, provided
they have a good run.-—Ex, .
Saved tiy lbs Poultry.
Everything that usually goes to the
swill barrel can be turned to more prof
it on the farm If tt Is put in proper
condition for feedlug the poultry. Po
tato and turnip parings boiled are good
to put with the mixed food. All table
scraps make the very best of food; even
the meat bones can ba crushed, and will
mors than pay for the trouble In the tu
crease of eggs. The buttermilk used
In a scalding slate or sour or sweet
milk the same add increased nourish
ment to ths mlitures mentioned The
whey when curd Is made can also be
utilised ths same way. Whols grain
should be fed at evading Wheat, bar
ley, buckwheat, corn and rye are valued
as respectively enumerated The fuwla
show a preference fur corn, but If fed
too libei ally It will wake the hens too
fat for proBiable egg layers, of course,
excosatve feeding of wheat will have a
Ilka tendency, but In not sc quick or so
marked a degree.
Train the ('owe Pur progtable
dairying you should get ths hssi wei
your means will admit of. If ttumwoa
•tuck at grades, bread always lo a
thoroughbred hull af guad butler
etrala Trala your cowe from ths Aret
la milk aloe ar ien months in the
yaar. Wean your calves and raise then,
by hand, b’sad liberally all the year,
never mars at aaa lime than the saw
will ant up clean Ha
Pretty Hut# pea wlpst* eeea this
ess ecu are made of several layers of
brightly entered felt with s dell a head.
I «uk a frill M the nech glued Is *he
1 felt.
Hn* ( hnlor» ami lla I*r# van Horn
Newspaper bulletin No. 15. of th* 1
dlana Experiment station, says:
It Is difficult to estimate the loss II
dlana farmers have sustained from h<
cholera and swine plague this ysar. I
some counties It will reach $25,000 at
If th* whole state has suffered as muc
as the northwestern portion, the tot
will probably exceed $H00,<MX).
There are two diseases responslb
for these heavy losses, hog cholera an
swine plague. As they are much sill
In symptoms and occur under slmlli
conditions, they msy be treated as :oi
disease. Both are germ diseases of sue
fatal character that only n small pt
cent of the hogs snacked ever recove
Medical treatment Is not very effectus
Preventive measures are more succest
ful and sre the ones to be adopted.
These diseases being due to germ
cannot exist without th* germ* beln
present. They sre taken Into the bod
with the food, water and air. Tb* dost
animals come In contact, the great!
the possibilities of spreading; benci
healthy and diseased animals shoul
tie separated a* soon as the disease I
recognized. The healthy hogs shoul
lie taken front th* sick and not the sic
from the well, as In the latter case th
excrement and secretions contalnln
the contagious principles are left In th
pen, on the ground, straw and troughi
During an outbreak, It Is better to hav
the herd divided In bunches of shot
fifteen In small pastures, rather then
large herd In a large field.
The bogs should not have access t
ponds or wallows, as this afford* favoi
able conditions for the germs, Th
drinking water should be from dee
well*. The food should be clean an
often changed. If a hog has bee
separated from the herd and recover
It should not l»e returned to the her
for several weeks, as It Is capable c
giving the disease to others, altboug
It may appear to be perfectly wel
Hogs should not be placed In pon
where the disease has been for thr*
months. All dead animal* should b
burned or burled deeply In place
where hog* will not graze for a y*ai
Diseased hogs should not be drive
(hr/niffh lunuM nr nth$»r nilhltC
way*. The healthy hogs should b
cared for first and then the diseased
otherwise disease hearing material ma
he conveyed to the healthy. Clean th
pen*, use plenty of air slacked lime oi
the floor* before using again.
The following formula given by th
Bureau of Animal Industry I* a* *1
flcaclous as anything known a*
preventive and remedy. It ha* glrei
fair result*:
Wood charcoal, one pound; sulpbui
one pound; sodium chloride, tw>
pound*; sodium hyposulphite, tw<
pounds; sodium bicarbonate, twi
pounds, sodium sulphate, one pound
antimony sulphide, one pound.
Olvs a teaspoonful once a day to i
ISO pound hog. Give In sloppy feeds, a
hran, middling, crushed oats, etc. I
will co*t about ft to have It Ailed.
A. W. Bitting, Veterinarian.
Klnt iioiMnstlr
The sheep wa* the first animal tha
was domesticated, says Sheep Breeder
This I* not to be doubted, because li
th* earliest written history of manklm
we learn of man being a keeper o
sheep. And those equally expresslvi
proofs, viz., those found In the remalm
of mankind In his ancient cave dwell
Ings, the mound* of refuse of long In
habited villages, and In other connec
tlon with human remains, w* find tbi
bones of sheep, and doubtless the sof
wooly skin* were then u*ed for man’
clothing. We cannot believe that havlni
been found so valuable, nay Indlspensa
ble, to mankind, the sheep wll
«v>>r be dlsDensed with and discardei
as useless; for Its flesh and Its flees
All a place In the supply of the necessl
ties of mankind that for want of th
gentle animal, loved by the good step
herd, essentially a domestic companloi
and Indispensable as a part of the stoc
of any civilized agriculture, mankln
would be at a loss to And any subs)
tute.—Ex. _
Flax Straw for Feeding.—At ou
request Harry Snyder, the Min
nnsota station chemist, made an anal)
sis of flax straw, threshed clean, and r<
ports as follows. Flax straw Is cone
posed of water, 4.86 per cent; ash, 3.1(
fat, .89; protein. 4.96; fiber, 61.60; cai
bohydrates. 24.61. Flax straw Is rich*
In protein than wheat, oat or barle
straw. It Is not as rich In ash as thoi
straws, which Is a point In Its favo
The flax straw Is also dryer. Althous
the flax straw has a large amount of I
her, wheat straw, as well as the stra
of other grains, contains so much stile
(sand) as to make up for a large poi
tlon of this difference In Aber. Tl
Aax Aber has the power of abaorblt
water and Increasing In volume nearl
three times. Hence In feeding Aa
straw care should be used so aa not I
cause sbnurmal expansion of ths dtgex
Ive organs; In other words, do not li
flax straw be eaten at will, but deal ei
such quantities as experteace shov
to tie safe. Farm. Stock and Home.
A Hood Hatpin Hoarse ground eat
ground rye and wheat brand wou
make a very complete ration mixed i
follows' Two quarts of ground oal
one quart of ground rye and thr
pints of wkeat bran This should I
mixed with boiling water, sllrred
until ihe mixture bee assumed
numbly nature, not a sticky one. F«<
while ll Is about milk warm Tb
makes s good morning meet for o
end young Hround ksrtey sen be su
•muted for Ike ground rye. bulled p
tstoes can take Ike place of wke
bran, so may athsr boiled vegstab!
• hea alternating the diet. IU
ltd ward Atkinson says Ifeai li
product »f th# hea mine# Is greater
value than the product of the Iron fu
pare, Is shout twice Ike vela* of II
wool product sod Ikree el four luo
the value of our output of silver A v
I the minvo of viiver own our voasiui
l he sska sli« crews tor Iks I nulls
I hen In tks kail* of congress? Its
rHE PRODIGAL SON."
MB LATEST SERMON BY RSV.
DR. TALMAO*.
ill.. Ta««i "Pal a Slag oa HU Head'
Lake It I »• Rehold Whal Mana.r
•f Lava tha l.ord Ha. teat l’pa" tfl 1
that Wa Map Ha I allad kaa*.
i — --
WILL not rehear**
the familiar atory
of the faat young
man of the parable.
You know what a
■plendtd home be
left. You know
what a bard time
be had. And you
remember how af
, - tor that aeaaon of
I vagabondage and
pdlgallty he reeolved to go
id weep oat hie eorrowe on
A bottom of parental forgiven***.
All, there la great excitement one day
4 front of the door of the old form- J
Aim. The Mrranta come ruablng up
•1 eay: "What’* the matter? Wbat
the matter?" But before they quit*
•ire, the old man erlee out: "Hut a
on hie hand." What a Beaming ab
• dlty! What can euch a wretched
indicant ae this fellow that la tramp
on toward the houae want with a
*? Oh, he la the prodigal aon. No
°r* tending of the awlne-trough. No
• re longing for the pod* of the carob
*No more bllatered feet. Off with
9 raga! On with the robe! Out with
1 ring) Even eo doe* God receive
1 ry on* of ua when we come back.
J »r* are gold rlnga, and pearl ring*,
t emerald ring*, and diamond ring*:
; the rleheat ring that ever Aaehed
he vlalon la that which our Father
i i upon a forgiven aoul.
» know that the lmpre»*lon I* abroad
• >ng aome people that religion be
I na and belittle* a man; that It take*
. the aparkle out of hi* aoul; that he
1 to exchange a rolaterlng Independ
- > for an eccle*la»tlcal atralgbt
■ *t. Not eo. When a man become*
, hrlatlan, he doea not go down, ho
i ta upward. Religion multlpllea
» by ten thouaand. Nay, the multl
> i I* In Infinity. It I* not a blotting
It la a pollahtng, It la
» arboreacence, It la efllorea
l», It la an Irradiation. When a
1 cornea Into the kingdom of God he
1 >t aent Into a menial aervlce, but the
I God Almighty from the palace* of
> Ian call* upon the meaMnger angela
> «Blt unon the throne to fly and
* t a ring on tola hand." In Christ
* (the largest liberty, and brightest
* j and highest honor, and richest
lament. “Put a ring on his hand."
! emark, In the llrst place, that when
, tut receives a soul Into hls love, ha
l upon him the ring of adoption.
Via In my church In Philadelphia,
fe came the representative of the
heard Mission of New York. He
l light with him eight or ten children
■ K street that he had picked up, and
1 trying to find for them Christian
hi •; and' as the little ones stood on
tl ulplt and sang, our hearts melted
1 w n us. At the close of tho service a
1 g: hearted wealthy man came up
' a iald, “I’ll take this little brlght
' e girl, and I'll adopt her as one of
a tin children;" and he took her by
' tl and, lifted her Into bis carriage,
| ai ent away.
1 ) next day, while we were In the
1 cl h gathering up garments for the
[ p >f New York, this little child came
b with a bundle under her arm, and
! si aid; “There's my old dress; per
il some of the poor children would
j 11 o have It,” while she herself was
li ght and beautiful array, and those
« more Immediately examined her
i ti ihe had a ring on her hand. It was
j a K of adoption.
i.r« ar« a irreat many persons who
p them Helves on their ancentry, and
t glory over the royal blood that
r p i through their arteries. In th< Ir
' l was a lord, or a duke, or a prime
' rater, or a king. But when the
* L , our Father, puts upon us the ring
' o t adoption, we become the children
'• o io Ruler of all nations. "Behold
v manner of love the Father hath
r t>*'*d upon us, that we should be
y c il the sons of God.” It matters not
* t poor our garments may he In this
’• , | or how scant our bread, or how
h [i the hut we live In. If we have the
‘ r of Christ’s adoption upon our hand
" 1 re assured of eternal defenses.
* opted! Why, then, we are broth
11ud sisters to all the good of earth
* l heaven. W'e have the family
* i „ the family dresa. the family key*
, t aiully wardrobe. The Father look*
* l> us. robes us. dsfends us. blessei
[. i Ws havs royal blood In our vein*
i there era crowna In our Una. If w«
| its children, then princes and prtn
* 4 rs. It Is only a Question of tlm«
i a we get our i-oraaet. Adopted
11 we have th# family secrets. ”Th4
s, i st 4>f the l-ord Is with hem tha!
d 1 Him" Adopted! Then we havt
is ifamtly inheritance, and In the da)
i, , n 1>ur father ahall divide the rlohei
>e , iavea we ehall lake our there of thi
•e Xaloas aad palaces and lemplce
a i-efoMh let ue hoesi ao more af at
* , My aacaatry Th# lasignta af ater
•d ■ niary »a aur caat el arm# Thli
ke i VMHUsi pu«» upon ue all h«u<>
Id ! fall privilege Ne* we caa taha th
k* j ate af Charles Wesley, the prlncn a
a* in makers and slag
i* ns ..m Brtmshi 41 '*■
•* ' fu ektelfced th* »»*** _
; a»4 »* tke eey<« • <»#• *f »*#
| ! Ta w eeteerwl im
le | .) atl Ike tataM reereeOat *>kg
>. • | tk iik »k ee a *» f “*
* 1 Par tke e*»««»‘» « #*» #'*♦
»■ | I laheatee a«4 earth are eaa.
'* i s,,, gnan laid that whan any af Ik
1 * nkmra af am af tha grant sestet as
* ,§ «f this eountry aw lh a dtetae
^ and are In aa> hind ef trauWe an
w | eat upon ky enemte# * key have enl
to give a certain signal and the mem
bers of tbst organisation will flock
around for defense. And when any
man belongs to this great Christian
brotherhood. If h« gala In troubls, In
trial, In persecution, In temptation, he
has only to ahow bis ring of Christ's
adoption, and all the armed cohort# ef
heaven will come to his rescue.
Htlll further, when Cbrlat takes a soul
Into Ills love he puts upon It a mar
riage ring. Now, that Is not a whim of
mine: (Hosea II: 111 "1 will betroth
thee unto me forever, yea, I will betroth
thee unto me In righteousness, and In
Judgment, and In loving-kindness, and
In mercies." At the wedding-altar
ths bridegroom puts a ring upon the
hand ef the brl If, signifying love and
faithfulness. Trouble may come upon
the household, and Ihs carpsts may go,
ths pictures may go, Ihs piano may go —,
the last thing that goes Is that marriage
ring, for It le considered sacred. In
the burial hour It la withdrawn from
tha hand and kept In a casket, and
sometimes the box Is opened on an an
niversary day, and as you look at that
ring you sea under Its arch a long pro
cession of proclous memories. Within
ths golden circle of that ring thnra Is
room for n thousand sweat recollections
t.o revolve, and you think of tha groat
contrast between the hour when, at
the close of tha "Wedding March," un
der the flashing lights and amid ths
aroma of orange blossoms, you set that
ring on the round linger of the plump
hand, and that hour when, at tha cloae
of the exhaustive watching, when you
knew that the soul bad fled, you took
from the hand, which gave back no re
sponsive clasp, from that emaciated An
ger, the ring that she had worn so long
and worn so well. ,
On some anniversary day you take
up that ring, and you repolleb It until
all the old luatre cornea back, and you
can see In It the flaah of eyee that long
ago ceased to weep. Oh, It la not an un
meaning thing when 1 tell you that when
Christ receives a aoul Into his keeping
he pule on It a marriage ring. He en
dows you from that moment with all hie
wealth. You aro one—Cbrlat and the
soul- on# In sympathy, one Jn affection,
one In hope.
’rh/.ra u Tin nnwsr on earth or bell to
•fleet a divorcement after Chrlat and
the aoul are united. Other kings have
turned out their companion* when they
got weary of them, and sent them adrift
Irom the palace gate. Ahaauerua ban
lahed Vushtl; Napoleon foraook Joae
phine; but Chrlat la the huaband that
la true forever. Having loved you once,
he lovea you to the end. Did they not
try to divorce Margaret, tha Scotch girl,
from Jeaua? They aald: “You muat
give up your religion." She aald: “I
can't give up my religion.” And ao
they took her down to the beaoh of the
aea, and they drove In a atake at low
water mark, and they faatened her to It,
expecting that aa the tide came up her
faith would fall. The tide began to
rl»e, and came up higher and higher,
and to the girdle, and to the lip, and In
the la*t moment, Juat aa the wave waa
waahlng her aoul Into glory, ahe ahouted
the praise* of Jeaua.
Oh, no. you cannot aeparate a aoul
from Christ! It Is an everlasting mar
riage. Hattie and atorm and darkness
cannot do It. Is it too much exultation
for a man, who Is but dust and ashes
like myself, to cry out this moment: “X
am persuaded that neither height, nor
depth, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor tblng* to come,
nor any other creature shall separate
me from the love of Ood which I* In
jeaua Christ my Lord?” Olory be to
Ood that when Chrlat and the aoul are
married they are bound by a chain—a
golden chain—If I might aay ao-a
chain with one link, and that one link
the golden ring of God's everlaatlng
love.
I go a step further, and tell you that
when Chrlat receives a soul Into his love
he put* on him the ring of festivity.
You know that It has been the custom
In all ages to bestow rings on every
happy occasion*. ruoio
more appropriate for a birthday gift
than a ring. You delight to hc*tow
such a gift upon your children at such a
time. It means Joy. hilarity, festivity.
Well, when this oUl man of the text
wanted to tell how glad he was that his
boy had got back, he expressed It In this
way. Actually, before he ordered san
dals to be put on Ills bare feet; before
he ordered the fatted calf to be killed
to appease the boy's hunger, he com
manded; “Put a ring on his hand."
Ob, it Is a merry time when Christ
and the ooul ere united. Joy of for
gtvsuess! Whst s splendid thing It Is
to feel that all le right betweeu my Ood
and myself. What a glorious thing it
Is to have Uod Just take up all the sins
of my Ilfs and put them In one bundle,
and than fling them Into the depths ol
the sea. never to rise again, never to
i be talked of again. Pollution all gone.
Darkuete all Illumined. Uod recon
ciled. The prodigal home. "Put a
ring on his hand."
Kvery day I ftnd happy Christian peo
ple. I Bud some of them with no sec
ond coal, some of (hem In huts and l»o
ament houses, uol one earthly comforl
afforded them, and yel they are as hap
py it happy b* Th«y ilftl
of Agee" aa no other people In ihe worlii
slug II. They never wore any Jewelrj
1 in llielr life but one gold ring, and lhai
r wee Ihe ring uf Undo undying affection
, oh. hew happy religion makes ue! INI
I II make you gloomy and eadt Did yot
go with your head cast dawnt I d<
net think you got religion my brother
This la net Ihe effect of religion Trot
religion la a Joy. "Her way# ere »**'
el pleaeanlaeee. end her pet he ari
pen**."
Why. religion lightens ell our bur
dean It smooths alt our way a It in
s terprete all our sorrow# It change
* the Jar ol earthly discord for a paal o
I fwetal halls In front ol the ffamtoi
I fornaca ol trial It sole the forge ei
f «auh gweptme ero hammeteg ou
Would you not like thla hoar ta eariM
up from tho awlne-feedlng and try tfeld
religion? All tho joy a of heaven wenld
oomo out and meet you, and Ood would
ory from tho throne: "Put n ring ••
hto hand."
You aro not happy. I boo It. Tbara It
do peace, and aometlmaa yau langH
wban you fool a groat deal more Ilka
crying. Tho world la a cheat. It Aral
waara you down with Its folllaa, than II
kick* you out Into darkneaa. It aaaaaa
bark from tha maaaacra of a million
•oula to attampt tha daatruction of your
aoul to-day. No paaca out af God, but
hero la tha fountain that aan slaka tha
thlrat. Hero la tha barhor whara you
can drop aafa anchorage
Would you not like, I aak you net
perfunctorily, but aa ona brother might
talk to anotbar -would you not Ilka t#
bava a pillow of raat to put your head
on? And would you not Ilka whan you
ratlra at algbt to faal that all la wall,
whether you waka up to-morrow morn
ing at d o’clock, or alaep the deep that
knowa no waking? Would you not llko
to exchange thla awful uncertainty
about tho future for a glorloua aoeur
anco of heaven? Accept of the Lord
Jeeue to-day, and all la well. If on your
way home some peril ahould croaa the
atreet and daah your life out, It would
not hurt you. You would rlaa up Im
mediately. You would atand In tba ce
teatlal atreeta. You would ha among
tho great throng that foravar worablp
and ar# foravar happy. If thla night
eoma audden dleeaee ahould come upon
you, It would not frighten you. If you
knew you were going you could give •
calm farewell to your beautiful home
on earth, and know that you are going
right Into the companlonahlp of thoee
who have alraady got beyond the toll
ing and tbe weeping.
You feel on Haturday night different
from the way you feel any other nlgbt
of the week. You come home from tbe
bank, or tbe atore, or the office, and you i
aay: "Well, now my week'a work le
done, and lo-morrow la Uunduy." It
la a pleaaant thought. There la re
freshment and reconetructlon In tbe
very Idee. Ob, bow pleasant It will Mi,
V, when we get through the day of our
Ufa, end we go end He down In our bed
of duet, we can reall/.e: "Wall, now tha
work la all done, and to-morrow la Sun
dry—an everlasting Sunday."
Ob, when, thou city of my Ood,
Shall I thy courts aaeandt
Where oonir*sattnns naar break ap.
And Sabbaths have no and.
Thdre are people In tble bouee te>
day who are very near the eternal
world. If you are Christiana, I bid yoa
be of good cheer. Bear with you our con
gratulations to the bright city. Aged
men, who will soon be gone, take wltfc
yeu our love for our kindred In the bet
ter land, end when you aee them, tell
them that we ere soon coming. Only a
few more sermons to preach and bear.
Only a few more heartaches. Only A
few more toll*. Only a few more tears.
And than—what an entrancing apeeta
ela will open before ue!
Beautiful heaven. whsrs all M light,
antcflN, clothed In whlU,
tl-auilful attains tha! never ‘‘r*i
K-autlful harps through all tha oholfl
Tli-re shall I Join tha chorus sweet.
Worshiping at thu Havlor a fast.
And ao I approach you now with a
general Invitation, not picking out her*
and there a man, or here and there a
woman, or here and there a child; bub
giving you an unlimited Invitation,
gaylng; "Come, for all things are now
ready." We Invite you to the warm
heart of Christ, and the Inclosure of th*
Christian church. I know that a graab
many think that the church does nob
amount to much-tbat It la obaoletej
that it did Its work and Is gone now, aa
far aa all ueefulnega la concerned. Ib
la tha happiest place I have ev*p been !•
except my own home.
God's spirit will not always strive
With harden**!, aalf-dsstroylng man,
Ye who persist his love to grieve
May never hear hla voles again.
May God Almighty thin hour move
upon your soul and bring you back from
the huaka of the wlldernegn to tha
p'othor'a house, and get you at the ban
quet, and "put. a ring on your hand."
(•real ailvrr Nugget .
Attention haa lately been called to
a nugget of native illver weighing
tiOttJ ounce* troy, one of the alxty that
have been found at the •Greonwood"
group of mine's In the itate of Mich*
oaoau. Mexico The other nuggeti
weighed from ono to thlrty.flvi pound!
each. The large nugget li entirely
worn, except In oavltiea where lorne
of the oryitali are rounded and th#
form li Hill vliible. It li almoit pure (
•liver, icarcely a trace of any gangua
rock being dlicernlbla Thla •peel
men waa found on the lurfaoe, and, la
ila original itate It ii laid to hava
weighed twelve pound* mores It la
one of the moil remarkable nuggeta
of »llver ever found. The geological
formal on ta llmeilone with outcrop*
plug! of limonlte. (ireat Divide
Iks aevenliealfc*
It li a iirto >i matter in Armaata
■houlu a maid >n attain her i«veu
tvaulh yaar with no prue|>act of
marriage fur »o surety ai the faetivai
of bt berg 1 hi 1*0inn round ihe to
obliged to fait three dayi and thea eat
tailed tUh. without the right to queach
her thtrit unlen icute kind iwaia ha
fuuad a ho will prom lie to taka her
and ha her ’waiter."
ta thaied t» llv*
Married daughter Oh dean luck
i a time a* i do have with that huibiad
af mine’ i don't have a uiiautei
i peace wkea he • la the h“U#a He la
i alee • calling me to help him de d
, •oim.thieg or other
Mother What doea he want a»wf
Daughter lie want* ate Iw tramp
way up itair* jo«i to thread a aeadla
far hint m ho can mead hli cluthaa «•
(few lurk Weekly
f
I Thai far aa owe haa had eaaugh ea*
i •urau » ta inaaeat (hat Ike new "warn*
an • hiwie'* ta reed la ihr puklte wtuila