FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
ha. Cp-to-Da la Hlota About Caltlva
ttoa of the Boll aad Tlald* Tharaof—
Hortloallara Vltlonltu rs aad riurl
« altar*
A ESN IPS, to do
their beet, need a
clay loam and a
clay subsoil. Be
fore plowing, man
ure the ground
thoroughly. Then
plow deep and
follow that plow
ing with the sub
soil plow. Try to
stir up the subsoil
aa much as possible. The seed should
be planted early In the spring. The
rows may be 30 Inohea epart In tha
Said and 13 Inches apart In the garden.
When dropping the seed have them
•bout one Inch apart In the row. and
•fter they come up they can be thinned
to four Inrhea apart In the row.
For fertilizer we use composted mi
nors, ashes, and nlr slacked lime. Use
the lime at the rale of 100 buMhcli
to the acre, unices the soil Is limey,
when the lime should he loft off. In
cultivating in the field we uae a horse,
la fhe garden the work Is done by
band. Parsnips suffer from drouth
the same as other root crops, and to
make a success of the crop, If one Is
to make It a business, the field should
be Irrigated.
For the late fall and wfnter market,
we harvest In the fall and before It
freeze*. When the crop Is to ho sold
In the spring, we let the parsnips grow
In the ground till spring, when we dig
with a spad'ng fork. The greatest ob
stacle with most people In growing this
crop Is that they do not cultivate deep
enough. They also grow them too thick
and do not Irrigate.
The home market take* moat of our
crop. When the paranlpa are dug and
•re to be kept over winter, It should
be In a cool cellar, say 34 to 38 degree*
Fahrenheit,packed In molat aand or In
{trenches the same as celery Is packed,
jaicept that they should have dirt or
flne sand about tho roots.—F. L. Har
vey In Farmers' Review.
The limn Crop,
Beano do bear on a clay land. Plow
ground about four Inches deep and
thoroughly pulverise the soli. About
the middle to the last of June Is the
{best time to plant In this locality. If
So beans are to be planted In rows,
ey can be drilled In, one or two beans
ery eight Inches. If they are to bo
grown In hills, have the bills eighteen
Bcbes apart and put three beaus In a
II.
Wo cultivate them as for corn, only
lore are careful to get no dirt on the
leaves when wet. We harvest them as
goon as most of tho bean pods are ripe,
pulling, and laying them on the ground
In thin piles. They should be dried os
much as possible. Perhaps It would
be better to put them In a shed under
cover, In thin layers. The chief trouble
with growing beans Is, the early-plant
ed are affected with the weevil and
the late ones are often damaged at bar
west time by tho fall rains.
We dispose of our crop here to lo
cal buyers, as there are not enough of
them grown to make It advlsabto to
•eek any other mode of disposition.
When beans are being dried they
ahould not be placed In too large piles.
Place them In layers thin enough for
the air to pass through. A shed built
for drying broom corn Is just the thing
tor drying beans. A. L. Vaughan.
Hngar HmU.
For sugar beets use clay loam. The
land should be fall plowed and thor
oughly cultivated in the spring. We
put In the seed with a hand drill, and
I use for fertilizer only barnyard ma
nure. In cultivating 1 use a spring
tooth hurrow drawn by two horses.
frhn nrnn in onnllv iniurrwl hv ilrnnth
We harvest In the latter part of Oc
tober, 1 suppose the greatest reason
why sugar beets are not more widely
grown here Is that there Is no market
for them except to feed them to slock.
Borne years ago a good many of the
farmers tried raising sugar beets for
an experiment, and they were well
pleased with the results, but the cost
of a factory was so great that they
abandoned the Idea. It was discussed
several tlmrs In the farmers' club, but
for the reasou given above It was de
cided that It would not pay the ordi
nary farmer.
It has been reported that a company
was about to be formed to try the busi
ness on some of the reclaimed lands
along the Bagtnaw river that were for
merly prairie end marsh lands There
has been a number of very valuable
farms made by throwing up dikes and
keeping the water below the surface
by windmills Home of the finest cel
ery grown In this state e«nuea from the
reclaimed lands along the Saginaw
river.—John lire In Farmers' Hr view.
Mhm te ketliae tawll role
With the approach of spring the work
of setting out man) smalt plantations of
fruit will begin. Tb« duration of dis
tance apart is a vital one. We have
known men tn develop great plants
Ilona and after tkey had begun to bn
lament (bat tkey bad not uaed mate
nr is nee In selling them out It some
times transpires that a blackberry
patch te set so closely that II become*
almost impossible to gather tke ben •**
or even ta cultivate them, even by haul
He ep>. iftsd rules vea be laid do* a, as
the richness at ike sell end Ikrtft ef
variety will keve muck ta do with tke
nr1hir-t to be used |i is better ta have
the praam tan far apart tbaa tee near
tapetker. The richer Ike soil the fur
ther away Ute plaals should be set :tr
dlaartl) atrnwberry rows should be at
Imp three fuel apart, and Ike plants be
pstr that apart tn tke run.
mailkr-Tl-T, (run* su or seven fuel
apart and the plant* half that In the
rowa. Raspberries about the same. The
rowa of currant* and gooseberries may
be *lx feet apart, and the plants three
met apart In the row*. Grapes should
be seven to ten feet apart each way.
These figures are close enough and a
little further apart on rich ground
should give better results.
Slloblgsa HortlasltoTBl Convention.
(Condensed from Farmer*’ Review
Stenographic Report.)
Professor Bailey, continuing, said: I
notice that when many people put ry*
on their land, they leave It too long
before plowing It under. It should be
plowed under much earlier In the
aprlng than It generally I*. Why,
sometimes when It Is not plowed under
till late It does not decay at all that
season. I have seen rye that wa* four
feet high plowed under; It was so tall
It bad to be dragged down with a chain,
Now that land had better never have
had rye on It. It wa* not plowed till far
too late, and after tha spring rains had
gone.
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W* have been greatly stirred up over
the subject of cultivation, and we have
heard much on the subject of weeds.
We should cover up our land In the
fall. Nature does that: you should see
the two acres of pig weed on our farm.
If you ahould go over eome of the old
high farms In New York, you would
find them abandoned. I have driven
over the hills from Ithaca to Watkln*
(lien and have seen the old farms, so
worn out that they will yield nothing
but grass, which I* sold on the market
In the form of hay. Those men will
haul a load of hay to market and will
stand In the market all day haggling
for 10 or 15 cents more on a load. It
I* a good thing when such farms bo
come abandoned. There Is more for
est lnnd In the state of Vermont to-day
than there wa* In the time of the revo
lution.
Prof. Tracy— I have yet to learn of
a single successful experiment to raise
crimson clover In Michigan.
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W. 0. Bmlth spoke on the cold stor
age of fruit without Ice. Ill* plan
would work only In cold weather, llo
had his buildings so arranged that ho
could keep It rool by admitting drnfta
and currents of cold air. Piling apples
on the ground Is objectionable on ac
count of the amount of warmth arising
from the ground, and also on account
of tho moisture collected by the piles.
When a house for tho storing of
fruit Is lo bo built. It should have thick
walls, and thero should ho mean* of
changing tha air. Then when tho out
side is colder than that In the house,
It can ho brought In, The best way
to do this Is to have draft* In the roof
and In the basement, and by mechan
ical moans force the air through the
building. He uses steam power.
Prof. Halley—I do not believe that
a man who grows fruit can afford to
hove a building of that kind; I do not
believe It will pay. It 1* chiefly valua
ble to the commission man. Thero is
a feature, however, of co-operative
storage that I think will bo of greut
Importance In the future. There has
been a great deal of talk about co-op
erative buildings In New York. Buch
buildings will be built near the rail
roads, and when the fruit Is thus all
collected, there will bo buyers for It.
Tbo samo thing happened In tho cream
ery business In New York some yean
ago. The co-operative creamery stor
age, combined with the co-operutlio
creamery, proved a good thing.
Bales of Sheep.—With the diminish! d
supply of sheep one might look for a
lessened total amount marketed. The
market has not yet responded to this
phaso of the situation. The total num
ber of sheep In the country has been
decreasing for a number of years, ami
the sales Increasing. This bespeaks for
the business a poor condition. It sho vs
that farmers are disposing of their
sheep. Taking tho reports as given u
the first of the year In the Formers' Ue
vlew we find that tor the four markets
of Chicago. Kansas City, Omaha ami gt.
Louis the number marketed In 18Sb -.va >
n c oti . In I* us ft u 'i 1 Ml 'Hi? In
1891, 3,057,735; In 1892, 3.070,407; In 1893.
4,203.006; In 1894. 4,225.348; In 189.'.. 4,
933,532. This continued drain cannot
last much longer without producing a
marked effect on the price* paid for
first-clan* mutton, but we suspect (ha;
the poorer giade* will never uguln veil
at a high price. The proper policy for
sheep men therefore |h to hold to the
best quality that can be secured.
Idlles In Ice.- The Queen of Knglnnd
recently leeched u strange gift from
New South Wales. Some one there vent
her a bouquet of water lilies the
nyiuphta glgantea of northern Queens*
Umt but not sn ordinary bouquet by
any means. The flowers, ssure In color
snd tending st the estretnity of the
petals to pale lavender, were frotett In
June laid lu a block of lew three feet
ala Inches by twelvt Inches snd weigh
ing sit hundred pounds. The flowers
have not suffered la transit, snd
b*t majesty greatly admired their ap
pearance. and deeired Sir Maul Samuel,
th# agent general for tbs colony, to eg*
press her thank* to the donor.
Spring Met Strawberries — Mom* af
our readers will set out strawberry
plants this *prlng To suck we would
say, da not delay the work too long
When there is enough mtdatur* in to*
ground and before ike planle have bod
tied and btuseewed U the lime tw atnnd
la the work We hate noticed in the
past that those plants that are the must
developed ta fruit bud and W«**«r
have the harden t'm# to survive the
beat of tbo cummer
Select Uoud merit Ta the young
farmer shout to embark la Ike busts ••
af sheep breeding we would say , b»«p
good sbsep snd only good sheep Ti e
returns wlU bo leas at Urol beeaosa lb*
flitch will be smaller, but hi tb* rad
there will bo a more satlsfavtoty show*
An Average Kara flock.
I began keeping fowls In 1847, using
the common "dunghill" chicken. From
that no-breed I went to the Brahma
and then to the Plymouth Rock, Buff
Cochin and Brown Leghorn. We con
sider the Plymouth Rock the best fowl
for all purposes, but the Leghorns are
the best egg producers, according to
our experience. I have a common log
hen bouse, like everyone else In the
county.
As to feeding, I let them hunt their
own food most of the time, but when
they fall we help them. There Is not
much method on the farm. We take
the market as It comes and aa we can
catch It. Home market Is a sure thing,
but the country stores will take all
there Is left at some price. As to eggs
In winter, that depends on how they
are kept. We get some eggs In winter,
enough to pay for their keeping, but
we do not get as many egga as we
should for the number of hens we keep.
We have not been troubled much
with poultry diseases, but when any
thing like tho cholera appears we give
the fowls carbolto acid In the water)
It Is a good remedy. My experience
and observation Is. that a mixture of
different breeds, not too many, Is the
best for the common farmer. A fan
cier may have his choice and he does
not want to mix. The common farmer
cannot afford to feed fancy stock that
sells for only five or six cents per
pound. These have been tho prevail
ing prices In this section, with turkeys
at nine rents per pound,—W. I*. Bur
bank In Farmers' Review.
Half • t'anturr of Vrngrm.
The world Is richer than It used
to be, and also better. There has been
much political thievery, but consider
the world at large and there Is less
pocket picking, burglary and cheating,
as there Is less drunkenness and sav
agery. Within fifty years we have seen
a continent peopled, a "great Ameri
can desert" wiped from the map, the
last of the crowns struck from the head
of on American and the last of the
iiucsies loomu rrom me ankles or a
slave, Greenland has been crossed and
bounded, Africa and Australia have no
longer a geographic mystery, the train,
the ship, the trolley car move human
ity whither It will, cheaply, quickly,
comfortably; we get the London news
of noon on the sume morning and the
man In lioston converses with ths man
In Omaha through a piece of wire. Arts
have advanced, creuturo comforts are
so Increased that the shopkeeper of
to-dny lives better and more health
fully than a king In the last century,
and ha* more appliances for pleasure
and Information. Ideas as well as ad
vantages are multiplying. Men are
more tolerant than they were and are
working more for each other.—Cbas,
M. .Skinner.
Smutty Wheat—Poor Itinestonx.
In wheat deliveries at nearly all
points In the West this year the grain
Is found to contain considerable smut.
A Manitoba dealer who has taken a
good deal of time to Inquire Into the
cause of this has traced It In almost
every Instance to tho use of poor blue
stone. A very poor quality of bluestone
was Introduced In the Manitoba mar
ket last yeur, of a grayish color; it was
cheaper and a great deal of It was used
and has proved to be much Inferior to
the reul dark bluestone. He advised
that none but the best dark bluestone
be used. Tho matter has been thor
oughly tested on the experiment farm
at Hrandon, and about one pound to
several bushels of seed should be used.
Simps of Killed Clissie
Mr. J. H. Monrud. well-known to
many of the readers of our dairy de
partment, advocates a plun for con
trolling the manufacture and sale of
filled cheese, which seems te us very
reusonuble. Ho thinks that the shape
of the tilled cheese should be peculiar
to Itself. It might, for Instance, bo
oval In shape, and of small enough size
that no ordinary cut from It could ho
sold without revealing what the orig
inal shape of tho whole cheese had
been. This would prevent both tho
retail merchant and the consumer
M 1 WJ* 1 t __,
UUiH MV' >1. IS” U IMVJ KUVHl
at tl* hotel or the traveler at the lunch
counter could tell at once whether or
not the cheese placed before him wan
cut from it cheese oval In shape or from
some other.
Dulry Product In Italy.— For some
few years milk production has be. it de
veloplng In Italy, and considerable
quantities have been exported; but sines
IM*.I the growth has besn stopped on
account of bad (mags crops reducing
breeding From documents turn,shed
by Mont. d« t'lemi. consul of Francs at
Florence. It appears that the produc
tion of dairy produce In the Italian pe
ninsula In 1**3 exceeded In value about
H4.k40.000. Compared with >here
has been a falling oft In cheese and
butter. The great scarceness of fod
der has resulted front an extraordinary
slid peislsteiit drought In Itcinghl,
Uiuiburdy. V*n«tl«, Htclle and hat.!im»e,
snd the provisos* bordsrvd by th Ad
riatic and Mediterranean seas In n*r
j daigns there baa besn great morally
amongst ths cattle lamibardy tat»«
the Br»t place for mattula.tuied dairy
ptuduts and l.U-rle corns* last. t.a|
Plowing I'ndtr Cow IVa* - Px.ai
turt.it mads at tbs Alabama suika
show tbal tbs Nil l« lbs proper tats
i to plow under sow pesa Aa analytic
of the vlure was mail* la tbo fa: d>.l
agata la tbs eprlsg aa«l lbs svUoir*
• as tuacluatvs tbal tbs vtavs a Jts
Nil contained ala and on* ball u*i«
as m itn altrogea as tbe> did la Us
spring Tbs ssespo of nllNn-a is,
tborvfstw, assn to bs wry groat It
■a a o i**i ton If tbt* b- n>t > nib
ether <rops that are graaa far tr tr
rasaurtal qualities and that are >uri id
i at,ti«r most towntoaly la lbs sprtai
( Tbo else man aspects everytb t*
! from bimaelf, tbs two! looks to etbi %
TALMAGE’S SERMON.
"GOOD AND BAD RECREATIONS.”
LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
"And It Caws to Pass, When Their
Hearts Wera Merry, that Thay Maid,
Call for Natuson, that »le May Make
lit Sport"—Judges srl, SS.
There were three thousand people
MMiibled in the temple of Dagon. They
had come to rnalte sport of eyelena Ham
eon. They were ell ready for the en
tertainment. They began to clap and
pound, impatient for the amusement to
begin, ami they erled ‘Ketch him out,
fetch him out!1' Yonder I see the blind
old giant coming, led by the hand of a
child into the very midst of the toinple.
At bla Hrat appearance there goes up a
about of luughter and derision. '1 he
blind old giant pretends ho is
tired, and wants to rest himself
against the pillars of the house:
ao lie says to the lad who leads
him, ‘‘Show mu where the inuin
pillars arer The lad does so. Then
the strong man puts his right hand on
ono pillar and bis loft band on another
pillar, and, with the mightiest push
that mortal over made, throws himself
forward until the whole bouse eomoe
down In thunderous ersah, grinding
the audience Ilk* grapes In a wlno
preaa. “And #o It cam* to pees, when
their heart* were merry, that they eald,
Call for Hnmaon, that he may make us
sport. And tbuy called for Bamson out
of the prison-house; and he mado them
sport."
In other words, there art amuse
ments that are destructive, and bring
down dlaaater and death upon the
heads of those who practice them.
While thoy laugh and cheer, they die.
The three thousand who perlsliod that
day In Gaza, ars aa nothing compared
with the tens of thousands who have
been destroyed by sinful amusements.
But ray first text Implies that there
la a lawful uze of the world, as well
mm ears no I n infill fllillfUS nf If fltlfl (hit
difference between the men Christian
end the man un-Chrletlan Is, that tn
the former case tho man masters th"
world, while In the letter case tho
world masters him. For whom did Ood
make this grand and beautiful world?
For whom thle wonderful expenditure
of color, this graeofulnosa of line, this
mosaic of the ground, this fresco of the
sky, this glowing fruitage of orchard
and vineyard, this full orchestra of the
tempest, In which the tree branches
flute, and tho winds trumpet, and tho
thunders drum, and all tho splendors of
earth and sky come clashing their cym
bals? For whom did Ood spring tho
arched bridge of colors resting upon
buttresses of broken storm-cloud? For
whom did ho gather the upholstery of
fire around the window of the Betting
eun? For ull men; but more especially
for hie own dear children.
If you buMd a largo manelon, and
spread a great feast after It, to cele
brate the completion of the structure,
do you allow strangers to come In and
occupy the place, while you thrust your
own children In the kitchen, or the
barn, or tho fields? Oh, not You aay,
*'I am very glad to see strangers In
my mansion, but my own sons and
daughters shall have the first right
there.” Now, Ood has built this grand
mansion of a world, and be has spread
a glorious feast In It, and while those
who are strangers to his graco may
come In, I think that Ood especially In
tends to give the advantage to his own
children—those who are the sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty, those
who through grace can look up and
»ay, "Abba, Father.” You cannot make
me believe that Ood gives more advan
tages to the world than he gives to tho
church bought by his own blood. If.
therefore, people of the world have
| looked with dolorous sympathy upon
those who make profession of religion,
and have said, “Those new converts are
going down into privation and Into
hardship. Why did they not tarry a
little longer In the world, and have
' some of Its enjoyments and amuse
1 rnents and rwreation*?”--I aay to such
1 men of the world, "You are greatly mta
‘ taken;" and before ! get through I will
bUUW i nut. u»u0«t pcu|;ic wuy siaj uiib
| of the kingdom of God have the hard
ship* und self-denial*. while those who
come In have the joy* aud aatUfac
, tlons.
In the name of the king of heaven
: nnd curth, I serve u writ of ejectment
| upon all the aluful and polluted who
I have squalled on the domain of earth
ly pleasure aa though It belonged to
them, while 1 claim, In behalf of the
good and the pure aud the true, the
eternal Inheritance which God haa giv
en them. Hitherto, Christian phlian
throptsta, clerical aud lay, have busied
themselves chiefly In denouncing etuful
recreation*, but I feel we have uo rtgbt
to ataud before meu and wonteu In
wbuee hearts there la a dcalre for rec
reation amounting to positive neces
sity, denouncing tbie and that and the
other thing, when we do not propose
to give them something better. Uo<
helping me aud with retcreave lu mi
last account, I shall enter upon I
sphere not usual In sermonising bu
a subject which I think ought to hr
I, resented « this llu* I prupvee nos
tu lay before jftu some of IU* recren
II. .as which are not only laueeent. bu'
positively helpful had adrneiageous.
In tbe tret plase, l tomm«nd. sm ut
ladooc rec real Wee. muele- »ooai an
tastrumeatal Among tbe trst tblngi
rreeled was tbs bird. So that tbs esrtl
might have muale at the start, Thh
world, which hegaa with se sweet t
mtenade. I* Anally to be demolish,
amldet the rla»leg blasts of tbs ervh
angel • trumpet, m> that aa there ear
•nuei# at the etart, there shall ha mesl<
at tbe slosn While this heavenly er
baa often been dragged Into the uaw
of supecellttoa and dteslpallon. we al
baow It may be tbe meeaa ef higl
P oral culture, l»b. It Is a grand Ibtm
to have our children brought up
amidst tho sound of cultured voices
and amidst the melody of musical In
struments,
There Is In this art an Indescribable
fascination for the household. Let all
those families who have the means tc
afford It, have flute, or harp, or piano
or organ. As soon as the hand Is largi
enough to compass the keys, teach II
bow to ptok out the melody. Let all
our young men try this heavenly art
upon their nature. Those who hav«
gone Into It fully have found In It
Illimitable recreation and amusement
Dark days, stormy nights, seasons ol
sickness, business disasters, will do lit
tle toward depressing the soul which
can gallop off over the musical ksys.
or soar In Jubilant lay. It will cure
pain. It will rest fatigue. It will quell
passion. It will revive health. It will
reclaim dissipation. It will strengthen
the Immortal soul. In the battle ol
Waterloo, Wellington saw thst the
Highlanders were falling back. He
said, "What Is the matter there?" He
was told that the band of muslo bud
ceased playing, and he called up the
pipers and ordered them to strike up
an Inspiriting air; and no sooner did
they strike tho air than the Highland
ers were rallied, and helped to win the
day. Oh, ye who havo been routed In
tho conflicts of life, try by the force
, of music to rally your scattered bat
talions.
I am glad to know that In our great
cities there Is hardly a night In which
tboie are not concerts, where, with the
best musical Instruments and the
sweetest voices, people may find enter
tainment. Patronize such entertain
ments when they are afforded you.
Buy season tickets, If you ran, for the
"Philharmonic" and the "Handel and
Haydn" societies. Feel that the dollar
and a half or two dollars that you spend
for the purpose of hearing an artist
play or sing Is a profitable Investment.
Let your academies of music roar with
tho acclamation of appreciative audi
ences assembled at the concert or the
| oratorio.
UHlt fnpthhp T na wnrthv
of tholr support, the gymnasium. This
Institution Is gaining In favor every
' year, and I know of nothing more free
from dissipation, or more calculat
ed to recuperate the physical and men
tal energies. While there aro a good
many people who have employed this
Institution, them Is a vast number who
aro Ignorant of Its excellences. There
aro men with cramped chests and weak
sides and despondent spirits who
through the gymnasium might be
roused up to exuberance and exhilara
tion of life. There aro many Christian
people despondent from year to year,
who might, through such an Institu
tion, be benefited in their spiritual re
lations. There aro Christian people
who seem to think that It Is a good
sign to be poorly; and because Richard
1 naxter and Robert Hall were Invalids,
they think that by the same sickliness
they may come to the same grandeur of
character. I want to tell the Christian
people of my congregation that God
will hold you responsible for your In
validism If It Is your fault, and when,
through right exerc'so and prudence,
you might be athletic and well. The
effect of the body upon the soul you
acknowledge. Put a man of mild dls
. position upon the animal diet of which
the Indian partakes, and In a little
while his blood will change lte cbeml
1 cal proportion!). It will become like
unto the blood of the lion, or the tiger,
or the bear, while his disposition will
change, and become fierce and unre
lenting. The body has a powerful
effect upon the soul. • • •
We shall have the smooth and grassy
lawn, and we will call out people of
all occupations and professions and ■
auk them to join In the ball-player's ,
sport. You will come back from these
outdoor exercises and recreations with
strength in your arm ami color in your
cheek ami a flash In your eye and cour
age in your heart. In this great battle
that Is opening against the kingdom
of darkness, we want not only a con
secrated soul, but a strong arm and
stout lungs and mighty muscle. I bless
God that there are so many recrca
Hons that have not ou Ihrui any taint
of Iniquity; recreation* In which we
may engage far the strengthening of
the body, for tho clearing of the Intel
lect. for the Illumination of the soul.
There Ih still another form of recrea
tion which t recommend to you. and
that Is the pleasura of doing good. I
have seen young man. weak and erose
and sour and repelling In their disposi
tion. who by one heavenly touch have
awakened up and become blessed and
buoyant, the ground under their feet
and the eky over their heada breaking
forth Into uiuele, "Oh." says some
young msu In the bouse to-day. "I
should Ilka that recreation above all
othsre. but I have not the means."
My dear brother, let us take eu account
of stock. You have a Urge estate. If
you unly realise It. Two hands Two
feet You will have perhaps during tha
nest year at least ten dollars for chari
table contribution. You will have
twenty-five hundred cheerful looks. If
you waul to employ th«m. You will
have live thousand pleasant word* if
you want to speak them. Sow what
an amount that la la atari with!
You go opt to-morrow morning and
you awe n caae of real destitution by the
wayelde. You give him Iwe rente The
hllnd man heart the penntea rattle In
hie hat. end ha tars "Thanh you. sir;
Mod bless yowl" You pass do -a Ik*
Street, trying to hsith Indifferent, hut
you feel from tha very depth ef your
tout a profound snUnfsrtlen that you
msd« that man happy You go on atilt
farther and tad a poor hay with a
wheelbarrow, trytag to get It op •* the
i cwthetuae. tie twite la the attempt
i You way. "fftaad haci, my lad; let me
l try " You push It up ea the rurhatea*
i for him aad past aa lla wondnra who
I that welt dreeeed mea eta that helped
him. You did a kindness to the boy*
but you did a great Joy to your own
aoul. You will not get over it all th*
week.
On the street to-morrow morning,
you will tee a sick man passing along.
"Ah," you say, “what can I do to make
this man happy? Hs certainly doss
not want money; be ia not poor, but be
is sick.” Qive him one of those twen
ty-five hundred cheerful looks tbst you
bsvs garnered up for the whole year.
Look Joy and hopefulness Into his soul.
It will thrill him through and these will
be a reaction upon your own soul. Go
ing a little farther on, you will come to
the store of a friend who Is embarrassed
In business matters. You will go In and
say, “What s fine store you bsvs! I
think business wilt brighten up. and
you will have more custom after awhile.
I think there Is coming a great pros
perity to all the country. Oood morn
ing." You pass out. You have helped
that young man, and you have helped
yourself.
Colonel Gardiner, who sat with his el
bow on a table, spread with all estrava
gant viands, looking off at a dog on the
rug, .saying, “How I would like to
change places with him; I be the dog
and he be Col. Gardiner;” or, those two
Moravian missionaries who wanted to
go Into tho lazaretto for the sake of at
tending the sick, and they were told,
“If you go In there, you will never come
out. We never allow anyone to come
out, for he would bring the contagion,"
Then they made their wills and went
In, first to help the sick, and then to die.
Which was the happier—Col. Gardiner,
or the Moravian missionaries dying for
others? Was It all sacrifice when the
missionaries wanted to preach the Gos
pel to the negroes at the Barbados*,
and, being denied tho privilege, sold
themselves Into slavery, standing side,
by side, and lying side by side, down livA,
the very ditch of suffering. In order that
they might bring those men up to life
and God and heaven? Oh, there Is a
thrill In the Joy of doing good. It la
the most magnificent recreation to
WlliCIJ tt Ilian yub MIO uuuu, wi m
bead, or bla heart.
Hut, before dotting, I want to Imprest
upon you that more secular entertain
ments are not a lit foundation for your
soul to build on. I was reading of a
woman wbo had gone all tbe rounds of
sinful amusement, and she came to die.
She said, "I will die to-night at six
o'clock." "Oh," they said, "I guess not;
you don’t seem to be sick.” "I shall
die at six o'clock, and my soul will be
lost. I know it will be lost. I have
sinned away my day of grace." Tho
noon came. They desired her to seek
religious counsel. "Oh," she said, "It
Is of no use. My day la gone. I have
been all the rounds of worldly pleasure,
and It Is too late. I will die to-night
at six o’clock." The day wore away. j
and It came to four o'clock, and to five
o'clock, and she cried out at five o'clock.
"Destroying spirits, ye shall not have
me yet; It la not six, It Is not six!” The
moments went by, and the shadows be
gan to gather, and the clock struck six;
and while It was etriklng her soul went.
The last hour of our life will soon .
be here, and from that hour wo will re
view thin day’s proceedings. It will oe
a solemn hour. If from our deatb
plllow we have to look back and see a
life spent in sinful amusement, there
will be a dart that will strike through
our soul, sharper than tho dagger with
•which Virginias slew bis child. Tho
memory of the past will make us quake
like Macbeth. The Iniquities and riot
ing through which we have passed will
come upon us. weird and skeleton as
Meg Merrlllics. Death, tbe old Shy
lock, will demand and take the remain
ing pound of flesh and the remaining
drop of blood; and upon our last oppor
tunity for repentence and our last
chance for heaven the curtain will for
ever drop.
STRAY CHIPS OF THOUGHT.
Not a few men are like the amoeba—
they live on what sticks to them.
The face of every babe Is an In
terrogation point. Its futuro depends
on how older folk answer the question.
It Is often dilflcult to distinguish be
tween ahrnlute laziness and serene
ii’Mmi.u ion.
If an Idler only occupied the apace
geometrically ascribed to a point he
should not find In the universe a d
spot whereon to set bis loot.
Meddlers aro like mosquitoes; they
torment, hut seldom hurt.
Hypocrites often uaa a scriptural quo-^
' tatlon us a funnel through which to
drop poison into some human heart.
The moat insecure perch In the world
Is that occupied by the man who has
reared a petty castle evt of bricks stol
en .from the honestly built towers of
others
It Is a terrible thing to see one work
ing who never smiles.
Many a would-be statesman was In
tended by tbe Creator for a splendid
laborer.
Chimeras are tbe food of Indolent
theorists. They chase fantasies all
their dare and the recording angel
marks the result with a cipher.
Certain young folk are pussied to dis
tinguish between an accelerated puts*
and a love throb
Marriage based an flirtation logically
ends in separation, divorce or tragedy.
tine of the easiest thiaga la this
eerld la to get mosey. The teak of life
lie* in seraing II.
There Is morally no difference bo
tween the thief who loots a bank and
the man wko chain*# a dollar tor ftftr
vesta' wertk at guuda,
Nw man s treed U complete wkleh
dons not declare a belief la himself.
Among the Turks balk musty forme
aft Important Item la every marriage
contract If a husband refuses to give
his wife suite lent money for bathing
pur panes she may gw before the cadi
lake all her slipper and turn It upside
down If the grievance Is n«t redressed
she has grounds far divorce