Nebraska Newspapers

    TALM AGE'S SERMON.
"AMERICA IS TOR COD" LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
"Aad I BebaM Another (tenet Cemtns
Dp On* *1 the Bnrtbi and lie Bad
Vm Mena Ute n Unk, and Be Speke
m • Dregea-Ber., xlllt II.
8 America men
tioned In the Bible?
Learned and con
secrated men who
have studied the
Inspired baoka of
Daniel and Reve
lation more than
I bare and under
stand them better,
agree In saying
that the leopard
aeatieaed In the Bible meant Ore
ala, and the bear meant Medo-Ptr
•la, and the lion meant Babyton, and
Ska beast of the teit coming up out
ml the earth «Hh two horns like a lamb
and the volte of a dragon means our
country, because among other reasons
It seemed to come np out of tbe earth
when Columbus discovered It, and It
has been for tbe most psrt at peace like
• lamb, unlasa assaulted by foreign foe,
la which case It has bad two horns
•trong and sharp, and the voice of a
dragon loud enough to make all
nation a bear ibe roar of Its
Indignation, la It reasonable to sup
pose that God would leave out from
.be prophecies of His Kook this whole
Western Hemisphere? No, no, "1 be
held another beast coming up out of
tbe earth; and he bad two horns like a
lamb, and be spake as a dragon.”
I start with tbe cheering thought
that the most popular book on earth
today Is tbe Bible, the mo»t popular
Institution on oarth today Is the church,
and the most popular name on earth to
day Is Jesus. Right from this audience
hundreds of men and women would, If
need be, march out and die for Him.
Am I too confident In saying "Amerl
aa for God7” If the Lord will help me
I will ahow the strength and extent of
tbe long line of fortresses to be taken,
•ad give yon my reasons for saying It
aaa be done and will be done. Let us
decide, In this battle for God, whether
are are at Bull Run or at Gettysburg.
There Is a Fourth of Julylab way of
bragging about this country, and tbe
most Ured and plucked bird that ever
dew through the heavens Is the Ameri
can eagle, so much so that Mr. Glad
stone said to me facetiously, at Hawar
den; "l hoar that the fish In your
American lakes are so large that when
cne of them Is taken out the entire lake
Is perceptibly lower,” and at a dinner
given In Paris an American offered for
• sentiment: "Here Is to the United
States—bounded on the north by the
aurora borealis, on tbe south by tbo
procession of the equinoxes, on tbe east
by I he primeval chaos, and on the west
by the Day of Judgment.” The effect
cf such grandiloquence is to discredit
the real facts, which are so tremendous
they need no garnishing. The worst
thing to do In any campaign, military
or religious, Is to under-estimate an
enemy, and I will have no part In such
attempt at bellttlement.
This land to be taken for God, ac
cording to Haseel, the statistician, has
fourteen million two hundred and nine
teen thousand nine hundred and slxty
aeven square miles, a width and a
length that none but the Omniscient
can appreciate. Four Europe* put to
gether, and capable of bolding and feed
ing. ae It will bold and feed,according to
Atkinson, the statistician. If the world
continues In existence and does not ruu
afoul of some other world or get con
sumed by the Ares already burning in
the cellars of the planet—capable, I say,
«f holding and feeding more than one
billion of Inhabitants. For you must
remember It must be held for God as
well aa taken for God, and tbo last five
hundred million Inhabitants must not
be allowed to swamp the religion of the
first Ave hundred million. Not much
vise In taking the fortress If we cannot
bold It. It must be held until the arch
angel's trumpet bids living and dead
arise from this foundering planet.
You must remember It is only about
aeven o'clock In the morning of our
nation’s life. Great cities are to Aash
and roar among what are called the
"Bad lands'" of the Dakotas and the
great "Columbia IMaius" of Washing
ton state, and that on which we put
our acbool-boy Angers on the map and
spelled out a* the "Great American
Deaart," la, through systematic and
consummating Irrigation, to bloom Ilk*
Chatsworth I'ark and be made more
productive than those regions depend
•at upon uncertain and spasmodic rain
fall. All those regions, aa well aa those
regions already cultivated, to lie In
habited! That was a sublime thing
said by Henry (’lay. while croeatug Ihe
Allegheny mminlaiua. and he was wait
ing for the stage horses to be reeled, a*
b* stood on a rock, arms folded, looking
off Inin the valley, and sow* one said
ta him, Mr. Flay, what are you think
ing about?" He replied, "I am listen
lag to ihe on coming tramp of tho fu
ture generation of America " Hate you
laid ear home mleeioaarv wbemo oa
•ueb aa laAnltud* of etale* If tbo work
M bringing one soul to God la so great,
can a thousand million he Mpturwd?
la tbla country, already pleated and la
ha aver cans*, 1‘sgaalem has built us
•Mar to Utikas, and lb* Fhlaeaa at*
•Iwdy burning taceaee ta their tern
plan, and Mohammedanism, drunk la
at bar daye with tbo red win* uf human
lined at Girt know and Cawapera, and
•aw fteeb from the diabolism la Ar
uaeata. ta trying lu get a foothold here,
and from the mtaareie of her moagoee
Wtu yet mumble her hlraphemtea, any
lag. (lad ta great, aud Mohammed ta
•Ma prophet.” Then there art the vaM
er multitudes with bo religion at alL
They worship no Ood, they live with
no consolation, and they die with no
hope. No star of peace points down to
the manger In which they are born,
and no prayer Is uttersd over the grave
lato which they sink. Then there Is
alcoholism. Its piled up demijohns and
beer barrels, and hogsbeada of fiery
death, a barricade high and long aa the
Alleghenies and Rocklee and Sierra
Nevadae, pouring forth day aad night
their ammunition of wretchedness and
woe. When a Oerman want* to toko
o di-tak, he takes beer. Wben an En
glishman wants to take a drink, ke
takes ale. When a Scotchman wants
to take a drink, be takes whisky. But
when an American wants to take a
drink, he takes anything be can lay
his bands on.
Plenty of statistics to tell bow much
money Is spent in this country for rum,
and bow many drunkards die! But
whs will give ue the statistics of bow
many heart* are crushed under the
heel of tble worst demon of the cen
turies? How many hopes blasted?
How many children turned out on the
world, accursed with stigma of a de
bauched ancestry? Until the worm of
the distillery becomes the worm that
never dies, snd tbs smoke of tbs hasted
wine vats becomes the smoke of the
torment that ascendetb up forever and
avert Alcoholism, swearing—not with
band uplifted toward heaven, for from
that direction It can get no help; but
with right band stretched down toward
the perdition from which It came up—
swearing that It will not cease aa long
aa tbers are any homesteads to despoil,
any magnificent men and women to
destroy, any immortal souls to damn,
any mors nations to balk, any mors
civilisations to extinguish.
Then there Is what In America we
call Hoelallsm, In France Communism,
and In Husain Nihilism—tba three
namea for one and the same thing—and
having but two doctrines In its creed:
First, there Is no Ood. Second, there
shall be no rights of property. One of
tbelr chief journals printed this sent!
<*»» HI, I • MM VW IMBUV VUV Vi
the dead bodies of capitalists as wall
as out of bogs." One of the leaders of
Communism loft Inscribed on bis prison
wall, where be had been justly Incar
cerated, these words; "When once you
arc dead, there Is an end of everything;
therefore, ye scoundrels, grab whatever
you can—only don't let yourselves bo
grabbed. Amen!'' There are la this
country hundreds of thousands of these
lazy scoundrels. Honest men deploro
It when they cannot get work, but tboso
of whom I speak will not do work when
they can get It. 1 tried to employ one
who asked me for money. I said, "Down
in my cellar I have some wood to saw,
and I will pay you for It." For a little
while I beard the saw going, and then
I beard it no more. I went downstairs,
end found the wood, but the workman
had disappeared, taking for company
both buck and saw.
Socialism, Communism and Nihilism
mean, "Too wleked to acknowledge
God, and too lazy to earn a living," and
among the mightiest obstacles to be
overcome are those organized elements
of domestic, social and political ruin.
There also are the fastnesses of In
fidelity, and atheism, and fraud, and
political corruption, and multiform,
hydra-headed, million-armed abomina
tions all over the land. While the
mightiest agencies for righteousness on
earth are good and healthful news
papers and good and healthful books,
and our chief dependence for tntelll
cence and Christian achievement Is
upon them, what word among words In
our vocabulary can describe the work
of that archangel of mischief, a cor
rupt literature? What man, attempt
ing anything for Cod and humanity,
ban escaped a stroke of Its filthy wing?
What good cause has escaped its bln
derment? What other obstacle In all
the land so appalling? But I cannot
name more than one-half the battle
ments, the bastions, the Intrenchments,
the redoubts, the fortifications to be
stormed and overcome If this country
Is ever taken for God. The ntatlstleu
are so awful that If wc had nothing hut
the multiplication table and the arith
metic, the attempt to evangelize Ameri
ca would be an absurdity higher than
the Tower of Babel before it dropped
on the plain of Rblnar. Where are the
drilled troops to march against those
fortifications as long ss the continent?
Where are the batteries that can be
mi It inhered against these walla? Where
are the guna of large enough calibre
to etorra these gates? Well, let us look
around and see, the first of all, who la
our leader and who will be our leader
until the work Is done? Garibaldi,
with a thousand Italians, could do more
than another commander with tea
thousand Italians, timers! Mherniau,
on out. side, snd Ktonewall Jackson, on
the other, each with tea thousand
11cops, could do mors thsn soma otbsr
generals with twenty thousand troops.
The rough bust tu which Washington
crossed the Icy l>*Iaware with a few
halt-frosen troops wss mightier than
the ship of war that, during th« Ameri
can revolution, isms through the nar
rows, a gun tl sat'h porthole, and tuah
In Hsll-Oatt. our l.cader, llhs most
greet leader#, wss Imre la aa obeeurw
pises, had II was an humhls horns,about
i five miles from Jerusalem Those who
i were our of doers that night said that
lharw was stellar remwettua, and
! musts that came eul of (be cleuda, as
; though ths front doer of heaven had
been set open, and that the camel#
heard hla first Israelite cry. Then he
cent# in tie falrost bovbood that rear her
w#a aver proud of and from twelve u
thirty rears ef #g* nea of la tadla, It
traditions there are aesurate, and than
returned to his native lead, and lev
thrwn year* had his part way aorrwaad
•d by blind ayes that ha Ilium
•••d, sad vyitrpiis patisata ta
•bam ha gave rubicund health and
tongues that ba loosed from silence lata
•oaf. and thoao wboaa funarala ha
•topped that ha might give back ta bo
raavad mothers their only boya, sad
whose fevered pnisei ha had restored
ta rhythmic throb, and wboaa paralytic
limbs ha had wanned Into healthful
circulation—pastor at Capernaum, but
flaming evangelist everywhere, hash
ing crying tempests and turning roll
ing scaa Into solid sapphire, and far
tha rasena of a race submitted to eonrt
rooaa filled with howling mlaeroanta,
and to a martyrdom at the sight of
whlah tha aun fainted and fall hack la
the heavens, and than treading tha
clouda homeward, Ilka snowy moun
tain-packs, till heaven took him back
again, more a favorite than ha had ever
ba*n; but, coming again, ha Is on anrth
now, and tha nation* era gathering to
hla standard. Following him wore tha
Scotch covenanters, tha Theban legion,
tha victims of tha I>ondon Ifaymarkat,
the Pladmonteaa sufferers, tha Pilgrim
Fathers, the Huguenots, and uncounted
multitude* of the past, Joined by about
four hundred millions of tha present,
and with tba certainty that all nations
•ball buzzab at hla chariot-wheal, be
goes forth, the moon under hla feet and
tba stars of heaven for hla tiara—-the
Mighty Leader, he of Drumclog, and
Bothwall Bridge, and Bannockburn,
and the Ona who whelmed Spanish Ar
mada, "Coming up from Rdom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah, traveling
In the greatness of hla strength, mighty
to sava," and behind whom we fall Into
lino to-day and march In the campaign
that la to take America for Ood. Ho
sanna Hosanna! Wave all the palm
branches! At his feet, put down your
Silver and vour sold, ns In henven vnu
will cast before him your coronets.
With such s Leader do you not think
we can do It? Hay, do you think w#
can? Why, many ramparts have al
ready been taken. Where Is Araerlcsn
slavery? Gone, and the Houth, as
heartily aa the North, praya "Peace to
Ita asbea." Where Is bestial polygamy?
Gone, by tbe flat of the United States
government, urged on by Christian sen
timent, and Mormonlsm, having re
treated In 1830 from Fayette, New
York, to Kirkland, Ohio, and In 1838
retreated to Missouri, and In 1848 re
treated to Salt Lake City, now divorced
from Its superfluity of wives, will soon
retreat Into the Pacific, and no basin
smaller than the ocean could wash out
Its pollutions. Illiteracy going down
under the work of Slater and Peabody
funds, and Babbath schools of all th*
churches of all denominations! Pugil
ism now made unlawful by congres
sional enactment, the brutal custom
knocked out in tbe first round! Cor
ruption at tbe ballot box, by law of
registration and other safeguards, made
almost Impossible! Churches twice as
large as the old ones, tbe enlarged sup
ply to meet the enlarged demand! Nihil
ism getting a stunning stroke by tho
summary execution of Its exponents
after they bad murdered the policemen
in Chicago, received Its deathblow from
the recent treaty which sends back to
Russia the blatant criminals who hod
been regurgitated on our American
shore. The very things that have been
quoted as perils to this nation are go
ing to help its salvation. Great cities,
so often mentioned as great obstacles—
the center of crime and the reservoirs
of all Iniquities—are to lead In the work
of gospellzatlon. Who give most to
home missions, to asylum, to religious
education, to all style# of humanitarian
and Christian Institutions? The cit
ies. From what place did the most
reuei go ill me nine ui ,iunn«in»n noo'J,
and Michigan Arc*, and Charleston
earthquake, and Ohio freshets? From
the cities. From what place did Christ
send out his twelve apostles to goopel
lze tire world? From a city. What
place will do more than any other place,
by It* contribution of Christian mon
and women and means, In this work of
taking America for Qod? New York
city. The way Paris goer, goes France.
The way Berlin goes, goes Germany,
The way Edinburgh goes, goes Scot
land. The way London goes, goes En
gland. The way New York and a cou
ple other eltles go. goes America. May
the eternal God wake up to the stupen
dous Issue!
OBSERVED OF OBSERVERS.
One of the latest re-enllstments In th#
navy Is thm of John It. Knowles, the
sailor who lushed Admlrul Farrsgut to
the rigging of the Uurtford In her mem
orable fight with the confederate Iron
[ clad ruin Tsnneeeee In Mobile bay.
Knowles has been In the service forty
seven years.
Mrs. I«*vt P. Morton and eighteen
' other women well known In New York
In various branches of philanthropic
work have undertaken to establish a
co-opeialive employment bureau for tbs
' supply of Its patrons with all aorta of
help.
The British chemist who recently
found In a terrestrial mineral the ele
ment helium, hitherto believed to estat
»nly In the sun and a few stars, was
Prof. William Ramsay.
Miss llraddoii Intends to writs no
mors novel* Nhe ha* already gl'*n to
th* world more than fifty works of
notion.
Monvlgnor Capsl th* well known Ro
man t’athoUe •Cileslaslkh besom* a
rumbman In California a few >*ai►
a#«. and t* now *ai-l I** b* v*ry
wealthy Formerly th# pmh of p*rte»"
j ll-u In dr***, h* ha* n« w Mooato In*
•efferent to hts gafh. and always ap
pear* In th* rough co*tum* of a tan*.I
man II* wa* a brilliant aortal ftgur*
III LwileS, nnd IS Said lo be th* OH#
Inal of i’ales* > In tuaroell a "la.thait
I Th* T*nnyta a ir hh iiiI to h* itseW
ii*«r th* post's oil h»-M.e on th* l*t* *f
Wight will War lb* I'gsnd "Fr*st*4
by Friends in England and ttosrhs
, Th* lot* oUt*r Wrnd*ll Holme* was
th* grot Am*than ronttlbutwr,
Hiram h Maslm th* Invsnlor, ISH
I hot New England*** *r* tn* h**l m*
«honh-o in the world, nnd that tk*
Ftsn.-h nt* th* Wsl nitM-b*nl*o tn
Kurop*
Mow* folk* nr* o tong tun* m Coding **t
Ik*I it pais to Sett}
kiwi man a-aiss an• tm** in** that
etl.sn Vs** It t«*p
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS Or INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
I'p-tn-Daia Mint* About Cultiva
tion nf tbn Soil nail Vlaldi Thereof—
llnrt Iruli era, Viticulture and VTorl
•altar*
H man y at our
reudant will soon be
selecting their po
tato seed, we pub
lish In full a recent
summary of tests
sent out from the
Ohio station, It
must be remember
ed that the yields
here obtained are
probably larger
than could he got under the conditions
that exist on many farms.
Upward of seventy varieties of po
tatoes were grown by the Ohio experi
ment station In 1886 at the central sta
tion. The following list Includes those
In which there to Ibe most Interest at
present:
Yield
Variety- per acre.
Ilntiner ..'.201
Carman No. 1.2,i2
Carman No. 3. 224
; Columbus .. 231
Clay Hose .2H
Craig .211
Karly Norther. 270
Karly Harvest ..200
Kverltt's Hlx Weeks.202
Freeman . ..237
Forest Hose.301
Irish Daisy. 247
Koskonong ....309
Maggie Murpny .238
Muules Thoroughbred ..367 |
Nebula . 200
Rural New Yorker No. 2.213
Somerset . 248
Hlr William.308
Halxer s Earliest .. 177
Tlmpee's No. ..223
Victor Rose . .....244
World'# Fair .200
Average of all varieties tested. In
cluding those not reported here., .260 ;
The vurletlex which stood above the
average In all cases are Hlr William,
i Diiimuim ano inr-u »/«*»••/#
Following closely are Forest Rose,
World's Fair. Marly Harvest, Carman
No, 1, Nebula, Rural New Yorker No.
2, Timpee's No, 4, Marly Norther, Vic
tor Rose, Clay Rose and Maggie Mur
phy. In the order named. All of the
varieties named are Intermediate or 1
late except Marly Harvest, Nebula and
Marly Norther, Evcrltt's Hlx Weeks,
which U the same as the Marly Ohio,
Is slightly earlier than these, and less
prolific, while Halzer's Marllcst, another
name for Rliss' Triumph, is still less
productive. .
Runner, A good Intermediate white
variety. Resembles the Rural New
Yorker No. 2 In both plants and tubers,
but Is of distinct origin.
Carman Nos. 1 and 2. These are
both valuable midseason white sorts.
No. 1 seems to he more subject to
blight than No. 2 The latter Is quite
resistant, but Is not exempt from the
disease. No. 2 resembles the Rural
New Yorker No. 2 In tubers and foli
age, but is probably more vigorous and
prolific.
Clay Rose. An intermediate rose
colored variety; very vigorous In
growth, but only moderately prolific
and not specially promising.
Craig. Tested but one season. The
yield was small because of suscepti
bility to blight. It is a vigorous
grower and no doubt prolific under fa
vorable conultlona.
Columbus. This variety has uni
formly given good yields here and at
the substations. It Is a good keeper
/ l nf irnrul mi,'i111 v hut thr» tiotiara l
appearance of the tubers Is not pleas
ing, because of unevenness In size and
Irregulurlty, besides they are not of a
clear white color. Nevertheless It is a
desirable variety.
Karly Norther. This may be de
scribed as an Improved Karly Rose,
being similar to that variety In form
ami color, but a better cropper. It has |
given the best results lu our various
tests of uny variety or ita class.
Karly Harvest. At present this j
stands at the head of the list of early
white vuriellc*. It ripens with the
Karly ltose.
Kveritt's Hi* Weeks. Not distin
guishable from Karly Ohio.
Irish Daisy. Too large a per cent of
small tubers to he desirable, but It is
oue of the most prolific.
Maggie Murphy. A course-looking,
pluk potato and not of good quality un
less grown on sandy soil.
Maule'a Thoroughbred. It guve a
high yield when grown on a small plot
aud has been listed one season ouly.
It belongs to the rose dais ard seems
to lie very promising, but more time Is
ureded In order to fully teat Ita value. '
Nebula. Hlmtlar to Karly Norther.
Homei set A Uildseason rose-colored
Variety of considerable promise
Hlr William Home have thought
that this variety has been overrated, |
hut at the station and substation* It (
has made a trculd setoud to none. It
easily ranks with the must prollfb vs- .
rteites oml eacela most of them tu table
I qualities. All things constdersd It de
serves it plats near the hesd of the
| list
Victor Hose, V second early, ro>*
! colored variety, of considerable merit,
principally because of th* An* appear- ,
am* of the tubers
kii*. A very vigorous and proligr
pink skinned variety, ftum Aeklaad
1 rouaty. where It ha* a high repot* 1
lion II has been tested here one sen
*t o.i*i) hut appears to have more than
ardiuaiy m*rn farmers Review,
tvaaont Ita condut tort I haven'l
quite enough money to go hour* on the
Ryet t'ooldu’l you go S lltll* stoorf
and lake me on an ardlnarv ticket *— j
1 fDegrade Dlaeiteg.
Michigan Hortlcnltarsl Convention.
(Condensed from Parmer*’ Review
Stenographic Report.)
Prof. L. P. Taft spoke on Irrigation.
In sub-irrigation, water haa to be sup
plled slowly. The tllea used are bent,
and the Joints do not thus fit closely.
This permit* the water to escape from
the tllea more rapidly than It could
through the pore* of the tiles. In auk*
Irrigation there Is applied from 700 to
800 barrels of water par acra.
They had tested the effects of theae
tiles on tomatoes when the tllea were
placed at different depth*. The results
were about the same, but when aub-lrrl
gatlon was compared with surface Irri
gation, the reaulta were In favor of the
former.
With beans, the results varied great
ly. By irrigating they had obtained 76
pound* of beans per square rod, whll*
without water the return* were only
17% pounds. Besides that the returns
from the watered portion were much
earlier than on the other, and If they
had been marketing them they would
have been able to get a lad ter price for
these first one*. They picked 27 pounds
off the Irrigated lot before any were fit
to be picked on the unlrrlgated patch.
They bad tried the effect of irrigating
the timothy field, and had put on water
at the rate of 1,000 barred* per acre,
the application being made but once.
At harvest time the difference was very
great. A field that was Irrigated three
times gave stalks of timothy 3 feet
ft Inches to 4 feet 3 Inches In
height; the yield was at the
rate of 6,360 pound* per acre. The part
watered once gave 2,230 pounds per
acre, while without water the yield wus
800 |K>und* to the acre. The cost of
pumping water was about 3 cents per
1,000 gallons, In sub-irrlgutlon, great
care must be taken to lay the tile very
loosely, and too much water must not
be put on.
They had planted without regard to
Irrigation a number of row* of early
peas, but when It came time to water
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tribute the water over some of these
rows. The slope was about one foot
to every four rods. June 13 they picked
the first from the irrigated peas. With
water they hud at the first picking 'J'/i
pounds, and without water 11 Vi pounds.
This did not, seem very favorable, but
they kept on, and the total harvest gave
64 pounds with water and without
water 31 potinds. The irrigated por
tion had yielded at the rate of 3,f»37
pounds per acre. The cost of watering
had been at the rate of $1,76 per acre.
They tried th effect* of irrigation on
cabbages, and got three time* the
weight, with water that they did with
out it. With water applied to the po
tatoes four times, tin y got at the rate
of 130 bushels per acre over the un
watered lot. Applied three times the
gain was HO bushels per acre, and twice
late In the season the gain was only 43
bushel* to the acre. It Is often said
that It Is advisable to wait till the j
tubers form before applying the water,
but no dlffereu :e wa* detected at this
nation,
• • *
If the sol) be not moist at lime of
rowing the seed, provide the moisture
by applying the water In furrows four
feet apart made by a plow. The seed
t.. i/ filoA l.i. ilme/iiuiMi; Liul rr<
being planted.
Hecond, never upply water to start the
seed after planting. In applying water
us directed, use from 500 to 1,000 bar
rels per acre. It was found at the sta
tion that 750 barrels gave the best re
sults.
Again. In iirlgatlug potatoes, avoid
running the water over the’surface of
the ground, but have It directed Into
the furrows.
Mr. Williams There are several
kinds of Irrigation In use. This varia
tion of methods arises from difference
of conditions. Home of our Michigan
fruit growers will probably full If they
try to use the same methods that are In
use In California and Dakota. 1 once
lived In a Dakota town thut had an ar
tesian well. Water was struck at 1,145
feet, and the flow was strong. I had a
hydrant in my front yard, and with a
one-inch hose I could water my entire
lot. My cistern was nearly ruined from
the seepage, and my present tenant
there writes that the cellar is being
Hooded from a break in the main 25
feet away, while a neighbor's cellar is
overflowed by the seepage from an open
ditch on the opposite side of the roud,
CO feet away. All this shows the char
acter of the soil, the seepage denoting
Its Intense porosity. Now, my experi
ence in Douglas, Michigan, Is thut the
soil is very different from thut 1 have
described, amt the seepage Is very alow.
Huh-lrrlguilon is good where It cun be
used, hut for general oreherding It Is
too expensive, and 1 fear loo thut It
would he found that the roots of the
trees would penetrate the tile and till
It up.
Making Hotbeds. A hoij.,1, when
properly made, will hold lieai g loiishl
erahle time, (let good stable immure
and If it tie scarce, uitx some leaves with
II, Hiahle manure and leaves make a
sph ndld and lasting tied, providing the
material Is well pa< ksd down Hull fur
hot lads ought to he pa-pared tu the lull
At ihti season, as a rule, everything Is
froten up. A lil*cisi amount uf old
decayed manure that is well rolled
down is Ju*t the thing m tulx lu with
I he Mill. Heeds Will collie Up w ell In (
i umpoei ot this Am liardi rung
tint ►VMUuer t'toleeear Aiwaler
says; ''(’b^mtain cannot prase rlbs lot
soils ee doctors da tut patients Htahle
manure Is a complete fertiliser || res
tain* ail IM ingiedlewia of plant tusvt,
and II* oigenic mailer improves the
mechanical eondillon of (he sail be
side*. It la a alauderd fertiliser. and
usefiti Utti alters To learn by what
antflilal fertiliser this can be enppt*
mc«i*d lu any given case. la. ae I have
often isolated heel sallied by experi
ence and elparlmettl *
A single ewallow, according la an nil
It nitty, c»n devour t MX flies in g day,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII. MARCH 22 —FAITH
FUL SERVANTS LUKE 12:37-48.
tiolden Tout: "He Mot (trunk with Vlln«,
Wherein lo Eiraosi but lie rilled with
the Spine'— Kphrlani ft,in-—Scriptural
Light.
INf'K we have title
subject heie only In
this course, although
In the other gosp'ls
It comes some
months Inter, It will
be W"ll for the
teacher to tiring lo
gather what Jesus
says upon II In
various places. The
occasion for Ibis
warning. In the cir
cumstances of tbs
disciples, their pecu
liar templuiluns, and
dangers, and opportunities, should he first
made clear The application to our own
limes can then come with grcaier for e,
For every reason why the disciples should
watch Is Intensified In our own times. The
application lo temperance Is very clear,
and llie emphasis cun be laid upon Hits up
plication according to the needs of each
class. The Hcctlon Includes verses 28-4K,
together with the similar teachings alaml
watchfulness on the Tuesday before the
crucifixion, four months later, Hoc Light
from Other Hcrlptures,
The full hsson for to day I* as follows;
,'I7. Ulcered are those servaols, whom the
Lord when he corneth shall find watch
Ing: w-rfly I say unto you that III- shall
glttl himself, and make ihetn lo sit down
to meat, and will com" forth arid serve
them.
'•lx. And If he shall come In the second
wuich, or come in the third wali-lt, and
find I hern so, blessed are those servants.
**• And this know. tha1 If the "good
man of the house hud known what hour
•he thief would come, hi would have
watched, and not huve suffered Ills hour"
lo he broken through.
40. lie ye therefore ready also: for the
Hon of man cometh at »ri hour when ye
think not.
41, Then f’eter said unto him, Lord, i
speukest thou tills parable unto us, or \
even to all?
42 And the Lord said. Who then Is that
faithful and wise steward, whom Ids lord
shall make ruler over hit* household, lo
give them thdr portion of meat In due
4.1. lilcsscd |* that servant, whom tils’,
lord when he cometh shall find so doing,
44. Of a truth I say unto you, that lo
will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45. But, and If that servant say In hl»
heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and
shall liegln to heat the menservant* ansi
maidens, and to eal and drink, and to I”
drunken;
40, The lord of that servant will com*
hi a day when he looketh not for him,
and at an hour when he In not aware, and
will cut him In sunder, and wdl appoint
him his portion with the unbelievers.
47. Ami that servant, which knew Id
lord's will, and prepared not himself,
neither did according lo his will, shall bo
beaten with many stripe*.
4*. Hut he that knew not, and did com
mit things worthy of stripes, shall In
beaten with few stripe For unto whom
soever mueh Is given, of him shall tie
much required, and to whom non have
committed much, of him they will ask the
more.
Home explanations to to-day's lesson
are us follows:
V». 37-39. 37. “Khali find watching.”
The word “watching” expresses not a
mere act, hut a state of wakefulness and
watching. ' What the Muvlor enjoins Is
not curiosity straining to lie tlx, first to
see the returning mauler, hut the wakeful
ness and diligence Ilia I overlooks no
duty, indulges no Indolence Tlx- Iasi
thing that would please a master
would he the Idle curiosity which would
make the servants neglect their work to
stand outside tlx* door gazing to catch a
glimpse of his return. What the mastei
desires Is wakeful work.” It. Glover W*
watch by serving the Hord as faithfully
as If he were ever looking upon us W*
watch by being on our guard against
every temptation anil danger. Watchful
ness Is the opposite of careless eurlly;
It is a state of readiness
Against What to Watch. We are to
watch against temptations from within
and without, against pervading Inlqnltli s
which till the air with moral rmtlarlu, or
chill the piety of even the church .luulnst
failure In duty; against the loss of the
warmth of first love; against tfie day of
death and of Judgment, so as to be pre
pared for them when they come.
3*. "Second or third watch." Always
watching, whether It lie early or late,
"The watch was a military division of tin
night, covering the hours occupied by
each of the four relays of guards sta
tioned from 6 p. m. to « a. m. American
Commentary.
A Keason for Watching "If i|it
goodman.” the mastei or head, "of tip
house, had known what hour." A rob
her ulways tries to eome unexpectedly.
When a house has not been robbed for
long time men are apt to relax their
vigilance,
to. "The son of man comrth In an hour
when ye think no!.” Not only Ills final
coming, hut all his comings are sudden,
at unexpected times, asid In unexpected
wuys. There Is only one way to l» sub
against temptation, only one way to Is
ready to enter open doors of usefulness,
or new work, to la- prepared for death
ami ttie Judgment, and that Is to l«- at
ways on guard, always watching, always
ready. If we are unprepared the oppoi.
tunnies pass us forver
V*. 41-44 41 "Peter said " I'eter recog
Idxed that the apostles Were referred to,
sml would of course reap the great re
ward promised, Inti bow aliout other peo
ple'* Wss liters room for tbein''
« "The laird said " Its now Implies
by a parable a bat be al anolhet time
directly said iMatk 13 371, "What I sav
unto you I say unto all, Walch " • Who
iben Is ihsi faithful and wise si.-wsi.l "
43. "Pleased ” lie pussrssex all the
beatitude* • Khali hod so doing ' W. see
by Ibis Illustration of Chtlst what be
means by wat. bins not gasu.a up mi,,
the bractn fur signs, but faithful perfoim
ancs ol duly, a* If ttod him*. It were ever
preaeul, with hope and Joy in the Ihunghl
ol lit* ...mins It* many cases Whittling
le Joined with player, because he that
rnsana to watch will seek all the helps
pus slid., .*p..i»ily the guaidtat *blp ut
dwt.
44 U III m«he him tliter tor eet htlot
t»*»r at! that Ice hath," sim all Ms tout
erty of »v«ry kind and hot simply u«e« hie
book “t Cum.Sit,, tt ompais m. tl l.ake
19. 4• g 34 |
NUTfcw ur ANT ANl) bllkNUK.
Milk may be slot Hurl kayh I he
lb leallft.i American by parsing
through t< ah alleraellMg elm Ills gar
real
A Uergtaa -oatra to. baa recently ye<
tel red a i uu.esstua ta build etmlrlt
tailwgya ta tbe suburbs at Tobeian,
IS tala.
Kle. trlcal sewage purlp-atioa ta a
«er> pruattslag eutuilnu of tbe s«*ag*
ptobJtw h la calyulaied Ibai *a<
4tMlr.nl bare* power will polity |« wtu
gal'eas at sewage ta leg bents.