tfALKAGE’S SERMON.
*TMB OABDBN OP OOD" WAS
LAST SUNDAY’S SUBJECT.
HE Bible le a great
I poem. We have In
It faultless rhythm
and bold Imagery
and startling anti
thesis and raptur
ous lyric and sweet
pastoral and In
structive narrative
and devotional
psalm; thougbU ex
pressed In style
more solemn than that of Montgomery,
saoro bold than that of Milton, more ter
rible than that of Dante, more natural
than that of Wordsworth, more impss
nloned than that of Pollock, more lon
ger than that of Cowpcr, more weird
than that of Spencer.
This great poem brings all the gems
mt the earth into Its coronet, and It
•reaves the flames of judgment Into Its
garlands, and pours eternal harmonies
fas Its rhythm. Everything this book
touches It makes beautiful, from the
plain stones of the summer threshing
floor to the daughters of Nsbor filling
the trough for the camels; from the flsh
pools of Heshbon up to the Psalmist
praising (lod with the diapason of
storm and whirlwind, and Job's Imag
ory of Orion, Arcturus and the Pleiades.
My text leads us Into a scene of sum
mer redolence. The world has bad a
grant many beautiful gardens. Charle
magne added to the glory of bis relgc
a._ a_^S_ - aL.I it..., ke eelakllalis/t
•11 through the realm—deciding oven
the names of tbe flowers to be planted
there. Henry IV., at Montpelier, estab
lished gardens of bewitching beauty
end lusuriance, gathering into them Al
pine, Pyrenean and French plants. One
Of the sweetest spots on earth was the
garden of Bbenstone, tbe poet His
writings bavt made but little Impres
sion on tbo world; but ble garden, "The
loaeowes,” will be Immortal. To tbe
natural advantage of that place was
brought tbe perfection of art. Arbor
sad terrace and slope and rustic temple
sod reservoir and urn and fountain here
bod their crowning. Oak and yew and
boael put forth their richest foliage.
There was no life more diligent, no soul
more ingenious, than that of Sbenatone,
sad all that diligence and genius be
brought to tbe adornment of that one
treasured spot. He gave three bun
bred pounds for It; he sold It for seven
teen thousand. And yet I am to tell
pon today of a richer garden than any
I have mentioned. It Is tbe garden
spoken of in my text, the garden of tbe
Church, which belongs to Christ. He
bought It, he planted It, he owns It, and
be shall have It. Walter Hcott, In bis
outlay at Abbotsford, ruined bis for
tune; and now, In tbe crimson flowers
of those gardens, you can almost think
or imagine that you see tbe blood of
that old man's broken heart. Tbe
payment of tbe last one hundred thou
sand pounds sacrificed him. But I
bave to te|l you that Christ’s life and
Christ's death were tbe outlay of this
beautiful garden of the Church, of
which my text speaks. Ob, how many
■Igha and tears and pangs and agonies!
Tell me, ye women who saw him hang!
Tell me, ye executioners who lifted him
•ad let him down! Tell me, thou sun
that dldat hide; ye rocks that fell!
Christ loved tbe Church s:;tl gave hlm
aelf for it If the garden of tbe Church
belongs to Christ, certainly he baa a
right to walk In It. Come, thou, O
blessed Jesus, today; walk up and down
theae aisles and pluck what thou wilt of
aweetness for thyself.
Tbe Church, In my text, Is appropri
ately compared to a garden, because It
la the place of choice flowers, of select
fruits, and of thorough Irrigation. That
would be a strange garden In which
there were no flowers. If nowhere else
they would be along the borders or at
ths gateway. The homeliest taste will
dictate something, If It be only the old
fashioned hollyhock, or dahlia, or daffo
dil; but If there be larger means, then
you will And the Mexican cactus, the
biasing asalea. and clustering oleander.
Well, now, Christ comes to his garden
and he plants there some of the bright
est spirits that ever dowered the world,
dome of them sre violets. Inconspicu
ous, but sweet sa heaveu, You have to
search and And them. You do nut see
them very often, perhaps, but you see
where they have been by the brightened
face of ths Invalid, and the sprig of
gursnlum on the stand, and the new
window curtains keeplug out the glare
of the sunlight. They are, perhaps,
more tike the ranunculus, creeping
sweetly along amid the thorns and
briars of Ilfs, giving kiss for stlug; sad
many a wan wh<> has hoi In his way
some great black ruck of troubls, has
found that they had covered It all over
with flowery Jasmine, running la sad
out amid the crevice*. These Aowere
fa <'brief* garden sre not. like the sun
tower, gaudy la the light, but wherever
dark nee* havers aver a soul that needs
to bo comforted I hr re Ihsy slsod,
night bloomm* cxreuses,
Mol la fhrlofa gordm them sre
gloats that may be belter compared
the Mealooa east us theme wllhuut,
levetiaeoa within, ama with sharp
petals at shsrseter. They wound si
■mad •vorioae that touches them
They wv hard to beadle Men pm
go ones them nothing hot thorns, hot
Christ lama them not withstanding all
(hair aharpaeoa Many a man has had
l my hard prwoad u» soltlvsts. sad H
has only haw through sever# trial hs
has raised eves th- so sliest stop at
grass. 4 vary harsh minister was talk
Msg to a vary plastd adder, sad ths »Isold
pldsr said la the harab mlaletar. Use
tor, I do wlrt you would control your
temper.” "Ah," said the minister to Ue
elder. "I control more temper In ffve
minutes than you do In five years."
It Is harder tor some men to do right
than for other men to do right. The
grace that would elevate you to the sev
enth heaven might not keep your
brother from knocking a man down. 1
bad a friend who came to me and said,
"1 dare not Join the Oburch." I said,
"Why?" "Oh," he said, "I have ouch a
violent temper. Teeterdaymornlnglwae
crossing very early at the Jersey City
ferry, and 1 saw a milkman pour a large
quantity of water Into the mllk-ean, and
I said to him, 'I think that will do,’ and
be Insulted me, and 1 knocked him
down. Do you think 1 ought to Join
the Church?" Nevertheless, that very
same man, who was so harsh In bis be
havior, loved Christ, and could not
speak of sacred things without tears of
emotion and affection. Thorns with
out, sweetness within—the best speci
men of the Mexican cactus I ever saw.
There are others planted In Christ's
garden who are always radiant, always
Impressive—more like the roses of deep
hue, that we occaelonally find, called
"Uiants of Battle," the Martin Luthers,
Ht. Pauls, Chrysostoms, Wlckllffes.
Latlmers, and Bamuel Rutherfords.
What In other men Is a spark, In them
Is a conflagration. When they sweat,
they sweat great drops of blood. When
they pray, their prayer takes Are.
When they preach, It Is a Pentecost.
When they light, It Is a Thermopylae.
When they die, It is a martyrdom. You
And a great many roses In the gardens,
but only a few "Giants of Battle." Men
say, "Why don't you have more of them
In the Church?" I say, "Why don't you
have In the world more Humboldts and
Wellingtons?" God gives to some ten
talents; to another one.
In this garden of the Church which
Christ has planted, I also find the snow
drops, beautiful, but cold-looking,
seemingly another phase of wlntei. I
mean those Christian* wno are precis*
In their tastes, unlmpassloned, purs at
snowdrops and as cold. They sever
shed any tears, they never get excited,
they never say anything rashly, they
never do anything precipitately. TBeir
pulsee never flutter, and tbelr nerves
never twitch, tbelr indignation nevtr
bolls over. They live longer than moat
people, but tbelr life le In a minor key.
They never run up to "C" above the
staff. In tbelr muetc of life they have
no staccato passages. Christ planted
them In the Church, and they must be
of some service or they would not be
there; enowdropa—alwaye snowdrops,
But I have not told you of the moat
beautiful flower of all tbla garden
spoken of In ttpe text. If you see a
century plant your emotions are
started. You say, "Why, this flower baa
been a hundred years gathering up for
one bloom, and It will be a hundred
years more before other petal* will
come out." But I have to tell you of a
plant that was gathering up from all
eternity, and that nineteen hundred
years ago put forth Its bloom never to
wither. It is the passion-plant of the
Cross! Prophets foretold it; Bethle
hem shepherds looked upon It In the
bud; the rocks shook at Its bursting;
and the dead got up In their winding
sheets to ace Its full bloom. It Is a
crimson flower—blood at the roots,blood
on the branches, blood on all the leaves
Its perfume la to All all the nations. Its
breath Is heaven. Come, O winds from
the north and winds from the south
and winds from the east and winds
from tbo west and bear to all the earth
the sweet-amclllng savor of Christ, my
Lord!
HU worth It all the nation* knew,
Hure the whole earth would love him. too.
Again, the Church may be appropri
ately compared to a garden, because It
Is a place of fruits. That would be a
strange garden which had In It no ber
ries, no plums, or teaches, or apricots.
The coarser fruits are planted In the
orchard, or they are set out on the
sunny hillside; but the choicest fruits
arc kept In the gurden. So In the
t « _* -I .a - tk,. nk fwiaaalt.* L . a
planted a great many beautiful things -
patience, charity, generosity, Integrity;
but be tntenda the choicest fruits to he
In the garden, and If they are not there,
then ihame on the Church.
Religion Is not a mere sentimen
tality. It Is a practical, llfe-glv
Ing, healthful fruit- not posies,
but apples. "Oh," says somebody,
"1 don't see wbst your gsrden of
the church bss yielded " In reply, I
ash where did your asylums come trim?
and your hospitals? and your Instltu
tlona of mercy? Christ planted every
one of them, he planted them In his
gsrden When Chr.at gave sight to
Hartimeu* he laid tha corner-stone to
every blind asvluiti that bus ever been
built. When Christ soothrd the de
moniac of llalile# he laid the corner
stone of every luuatte asylum that bus
ever been established When Christ
•aid to the etch man, "Tah# up thy
bed and walk," he laid the cornet-stone
of every hospital the world has *v*r
seen When Christ said, “I was In
prison and ye visited m« ' h* laid the
turner-siuue of every prison reform as
sociation that has ever been organised
The church of Christ Is a glorious
garden, and It ta full of fruit.
I know there is some poor Irult In
It. I know there are sows weeds that
ought u> be thrown over the ten e |
know there are some ersb apple trees
that tugbl to be cut down. I haow
(bate are tutus wti I grape* that ought
t« be uprooted, but ere you getug to
destroy the whole garden because u|
a little gaarled fruit? v»u will ind
worm Mien leaves a t'uuleiabieau
aad lueeet* Ibat atlag la Ibe fairy
grevea uf the Champ* tCUeesu Vuu d«
aet tear dowa ant dtstioy the whul«
garden because there are a few sped
menu af gnarled fruit. I admit tbers
are men aad wumea in the ebarclt wb*
ought aet ta be there, but let ue be |ust
m flush aad admit llta fast that
there are hundreds end theuMnde and
tea* of thousand* of glorious Christian
men and women—holy, blessed, use
fal, eonaecraud and triumphant.
Thar* Is no grander, no bier collection
In all the earth than th* collection
of Christians.
a a a
1 nolle* that th* fine gardens some
times have high fences around them
and you cannot get In. It Is so with a
king's garden. The only glimpse you
ever get of such a garden la when tb*
king rides out In bis splendid carriage.
It Is not so with this garden, this
King's garden. I throw wide open the
gate and tell you all to com* In. No
monopoly In religion. Whosoever
will, may. Choose now between a
desert and a garden. Many of yon
have tried the garden of this world’s
delight. You have found It has been
a chagrin. So It waa with Theodore
Hook. He made all the world laugh.
He makes us laugh now when ws read
bis poems; but be could not make his
own heart laugh. Wfalla In tb* midst
of bla festivities he confronted a look
ing-glass, and ha saw himself and said:
"There, that Is true. 1 look Just as I
am; done up In body, mind, and purse."
So It waa of Sbenstone, of whose gar
den I told you at the beginning of my
sermon. He sat down and amid those
bowers and said: "I have lost my road
to happiness. I am angry and envious
and frantic, and despise everything
around me Just as It becomes a mad
man to do."
O ye weary souls! coma into Christ's
garden today and pluck a little hearts
ease. Christ Is tb* only rost and tb*
only pardon for a perturbed spirit.
Do you not think your chance has al
most cornel You men and women who
have been waiting year after year for
some good opportunity in which to
accept Christ, but have postponed It,
live, ten, twenty, thirty years-do you
not feel as if now your honor of de
llveranc* and pardon and salvation
had come? O man, what grudge bast
thou against tby poor soul that tbou
wilt not let It be saved? 1 feel as If
salvation must come today In soma of
your hearts.
Borne years ago a vessel struck on
tbe rocks. They bad only one llfe
boat. In that lifeboat tbe passengers
and crew were getting ashore. The ves
sel bad foundered, and was sinking
deeper and deeper, and that one boat
could not take tbe passengers very
swiftly. A little girl stood on tbe deck
waiting for ber turn to get Into tbe
boat. Tbe boat came and went, came
and went, but ber turn did not seem
to come. After awblle she could wait
no longer, and she leaped on tbe talfrall
and then sprang Into tbe sea, crying
to the boatman, "Have me next! Have
me next?" Ob, bow many have gone
ashore Into God's mercy, and yet you
are clinging to tbe wreck of sin! Others
have accepted the pardon of Christ, but
you are In peril. Why not, this mo
ment, make a rush for your Immortal
rescue, crying until Jesus shall hear
you, and heaven and earth ring with
tbe cry, "Have me next! Save me
next!" Now Is tbe day of salvation!
Now! Now!
This Babbatb Is tbe last for some of
you. It Is about to sail away for ever.
Her bell tolls. Tbe plunks thunder
back In tbe gangway. Bbe shoves off.
Hhe floats out toward the great ocean
of eternity. Wave farewell to your last
chance for heaven. "Oh, Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, bow often would 1 have
gathered thee as n ben gatbereth ber
brood under ber wings, and ye would
not! Behold your house Is left unto
you desolate." Invited to revel In a
garden, you die In a desert! May God
Almighty, before It Is too late, break
that infatuation.
A Ilalligsrent l.aurrxto.
Alfred Austin would not sign tbo pe
tition of Drttlsh authors for peace be
tween the United States and areat
Hritaln. The cause may have been that
he has no book rights In this country,
and the effect may have been to aid him
In securing the laureateshlp.—Itoston
Jaurnal.
NEW8A TRIPLES.
A Journal devoted to the Interests
of the pen. Ink and paper trade < lalins
that the world use* 3,600,000 steel pens
| dully.
Ancient coins, many of which ante
! date the Christian era, are made In
large quantities In Imndon and are sold
all over the world.
The'aver.tge duration of human life
In ISuropeuu countries Is greatest In
Uweden and Norway and lowest In Italy
; and Austria.
The llulgarlan troop* constantly sing
on the march, like the Russians, with
whom the elogtng almost lakva the
place of drums and trumpets
It Is claimed that 21,000,01* gallons
of chauipsgnu sr# drunk every year.
Kitglund brads the list of rountrles,
with America In the second piste,
tlhlo has live and one half times and
Illinois five and four-fifth* limes fits
Inhabitants of Main*, but Maine has
more saving bauk* depositors than
either,
That an* deer does duly In tnsny sn
adventure Is proved by tbs fail that a
d**r abut In Weld, Me., lbs ether day
was carrying eleven bullet* In It* body
Tbs last census snows Ibal while in
twenty years the Increase of men In all
Industries bss been IW per esnt the In
ersnss of women si work kas been I4M
per rsat.
Line* tbs roll weather begen on*
Peawrllttit hardware factory baa rs
reived orders (or 10,WO pair* of shales
Ike fsaltier will kava tw run nlgkt and
My to All them
A Ksnaskvm. M# man was shoveling
gravel out af a bank Inin hie wags*
Ik* slker dai. sad wsa eslurs.tr a III
Me surprised wken k* sktrvsisd a wan4
skuek lain Ika sail with a spsdsfnl *1
■ravel
DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Hew INiMMtral Farmer* Operate Till*
Department at the Farm—A Few
Hint* a* •* the Car* of Ur* Stock
aM Frailer,
KINO unable to
beat the people
fairly, the menu*
factur«r*4of filled
eh ease are now
trying to get a
substitute bill
through congress.
The d a I r ymen,
however, are on
guard. The Ohio
Oalrymen'a ft* so
cial Ion sends out the following circular:
In 1*04, the United Htate* exported
cheese to the value of only $7,1*0,000
a decrease In fourteen yeara of 40 per
cent.
In 1*04, Canada exported cheese to
Ihe value of $16,600,000 an Increase
In fourteen yeara of 400 per cent,
Owing to our weak and Inefficient
laws favoring manufacturer* and ex
porter* of adulterated goods, the mar*
keta of Ihe world have lost confidence
In our cheese.
The Canadian government have law*
prohibiting the exporting of any but
full cream cheeae, Thu* the confidence
ami demand for the Canadian product*.
Hon, It. Y Wilber, of New York, ha*
Introduced a bill In congress aa "The
Wilber Killed Cheeae Hill, No. 6,210,"
restricting the manufacture and practi
cally prohibiting the exportation of
filled cheese,
This bill la endorsed by leading
dairymen, farmers and all Interested In
the reputation of our food product*.
The subcommittee of the way* and
esmeemiSi*... L..u. .<.wea**d on/.lliOP i
hill to congress, which In directly
against the Interests of producers and
consumers, and would legalize and pro
mote an Industry which has already
nearly ruined the reputation of Ameri
can cheese.
We earnestly urge every farmer, and
others Interested In pure food products,
and their reputation In the markets of
the world, to send, at once, a telegram,
letter or postal card to their represent
ative in congress, Insisting that they
support the Wilbur Filled Cheese Hill,
No. 6,213, together with the amend
ments as suggested by Mr, Wilber.
The Oieo and Filled Cheese Interests
are represented In the national eapltal,
backed by millions of money, demand
ing legislation favoring adulterated
products. Do not despair! The voice
of the millions of yeomanry, through
pointed, personal letters, to our law
makers, must and will be heeded.
Keep an eye open for legislation, state
and national, touching the farming In
terests, lie prompt to let your repre
sentative know your position. Honest
demands, backed by the voice of the
people, dare not be disregarded.
This circular is Issued by order of the
Ohio Htate Dairy association, which has
carefully examined all features of the
Wilbur Filled Cheese hill, and considers
It a measure of vast importance to the
dairy and pure food Interests of the
country.
1, F. Halley, Secretary,
~ T, F. Hunt, President,
f’utsltrj on thm V*tm.
The following paptr was read by Mrs,
Hose 8, Carr at the Jasper (Illinois;
County Farmers’ Institute:
No branch of agriculture Is so uni
versally underestimated as poultry, I
might quote, in proof of this assertion,
statistics from our large cities In the
United States, but I think It will, per
haps, he of more Interest to tell what I
have been able to glean In regard to the
money value derived from the poultry
yard In Jasper county alone for the
year just closed.
• • •
I have experienced great difficulty
In procuring reliable Information from
the farmer* themaelvea, becauae of the
lamentable fact that ao few of them
keep a record of their work. The habit
of gliens!ng I* supposed to belong strlct
ly to the Yankee, but It la far too pre
valent among farmers, and I* the rule
with farmer*' wives, to which I have
found no exception,
Queuing lias long been discarded by
the commercial world, hut the farmer
and bia wife have not diapenaed with It,
becauae they do not consider them
selves hualnea* people. Well, they
need not regard themselves ao, nor
should they be no regarded by others,
until they adopt business methods.
The record for my own flock, (I con
fine myself In this paper to chlckena
alone, a* time will not permit my talk
ing on different varlerl**), Is: Pure
bred Plymouth Rock heu*, seventy
tic*; males, two; eggt, M7.X3; chickens,
1*7 04. Total, |I34 06, KgH* u»*d, 14*6;
thliken* used, 46; atock ou band, 17
ban*.
* * *
At near •» I can get at It Newton
•lune ha* expanded for poultry and
product* 1116,600. and I am assured by
both poultry dealers that Ibis esllmxis
Is low,
The** figure* *huw Oral lh* poultry
industry, a* • branch »• on* that rale*
„„ a i,a»is of dollars ami ceula, Just
** due* any olhsr branch of farming
No luck about it, Itanlsh hum th*
wind at one* the Idea that luck haa
auylhtng tu du with success in ituollry
raising When you h*ar that sum* on*
haa good loch" In raising chlcheus,
r**t assured that »h*y glv* tkelr Hoc ha
proper eare and artentlun. aw*l that
th*ir m> »all*d "lush" eonateia in prae*
IP el business methuil*
Industry and do** aiisaUm* la de
tail* «re ttriMMif to M*t»id«l poultry
raising hut lh*y *r* nut th* only M
•V«a th* chief fgetor* uf **»<««•. There
wgg a Mm* when th* b*«t farming was
the result ef Incrsasing toll, with com
paiwlively little thought Tho nee**
ally for work ha* nut **a**4, hui Ihs
reed of study or "brain work" bas
enormously Increased, and In poultry
keeping, as In other forms of labor,
It clearly marks the difference be
tween failure snd success. In other
words 'tie r.ot the business that suc
ceeds, but the tars or woman In It, and
the one who puts business methods Into
poultry keeping never falls of success,
e • e
I will suggest a few of the ways In
which good business ability Is shown.
In the first place use pure-bred stock.
One Is not likely to give first-class at
tention to scrub stock, and so there Is
no doubt but that pure-bred stock leads
to better methods.
In the second place, and I don't know
but it should come first, don't Inbreed,
More evils and loss of profit results
from this practice than from all other
sources, lice Included. In no place Is
the saying that "Cleanliness Is nest to
Godliness," more appropriate than In
the raising of poultry; snd If there ever
is a time when I am strongly tempted
to put cleanliness first, It is In this
connection.
Home men practice economy, chiefly
when buying for their wives, and on the
same principle the men who have gran
aries, corn and hay structures, hog
houses, horse, cattle snd sheep barns
galore, tell their wives that. It wouldn’t
pay to put up the new hen-house she
asked for, and at the same time per
mit, 11 almost sold expect) their better
halves to purchase the groceries for a
family of six or eight, fwltb an occas
ional plug of tobacco thrown In) with
the proceeds of the poultry yard, with
no better facilities for housing than Is
given by the top of an apple tree, or a
10x12 house, which leaks badly, and
has openings between the boards on the
sides, through which the wind whistles
In a manner mournful enough to sug
.A - A.. A Ia.A~ I,.,... Ut Iff f Mlisi I
ftl»t that one of the requlalte* of pi oflt
able poultry raining la a aultable houae,
which ahould he made aa aecure agaloat
draft* aa poaalble, with board* and
building paper, a door on the ea*t,
which ahould fit doaely, and a window
on the aouth of glaa* with board abutter
to cloae at night.
Mooli for lowm *M»< fc.
Prof, Jam** Wllaon, of the Iowa ata
tlon, In an addrea# aald: The queatlon*
• re prominent whether we can main
tain the excellence of Imported animal*
without root*, and whether perfect
health ean be maintained eaally with
out thern In winter, and what can be
moat readily and profitably grown to
keep dairy cow* In milk during Kep
tember and October drouth*, aueh aa
we had laat fall. In order that the
farmer* of Iowa might get *ome facta
regarding root growing, we have been
growing different kind* during the two
yearn we have been at Amea. Inquiry
waa rife whether the atate could grow
augar beeta profitably. We have grown
two crop* under rigid rule and careful
note-taking, and find that the average
per cent of augar In the beet waa 14.14,
that the average tonnage per acre waa
2b,that the blgheat tonnage per acre wa*
2k, that clay aolla give the hlgheat per
cent of augar, that aubaolllng gave the
beat ahaped beeta, that early planting
la every way better, and that no fertil
izer we could buy gave ua any benefit.
We have bad moat aucceaa and profit
from growing mangle* for atock. They
are healthy, hardy and yield well. They
are valuable for cow*, keep well, and
are very acceptable to cattle of all
kind*. The harder varietle* of turnip*
are good for atock, but aeenri to be liable
to Inaect ravage* and do not uniformly
give the amount of feed per acre that
mangle* do. The yellow turnlpa town
In the fall on early potato ground or
on early fall plowing, for early winter
feeding, are valuable. Uy carefully
preparing new land In the fall and
planting early we can grow the man
gle with very little hand labor, and we
are convinced that it can be profitably
given a place In the Iowa farm ayatem.
Too Much Corn Fed,—People more
and more arc demanding hacon and
ham* that have not too much fat on
them. They want meat that has a good
proportion of lean. We have noticed
In tbe great butcher ahopa of Chicago
that the dealer* have the hardest work
to get rid of the fat pork. Thl* exces
sive fatness comes from feeding too
much corn, people think that It make*
no difference In selling hog*, but tbe
market generally I* affected. What
makes Irish bacon the best In the
world If It bo not the food upon which
the hogs are grown? Not having ac
res* to Indian corn, the Irish do not
feel themselves obliged to feed It al
together.
Market Demand* Lighter Hogs,—
There w»* a time when the market paid
the top prices for heavy hog*, hogs that
i weighed between SIM) and 41)0 pound*,
1 but that day ha* gone forever. There
ha* been a gradual decline through a
long »erlea of years III) now In th« west
* y&O |toilful hog sud In the east even a*
low as l&o pound hog Is the kind de
manded. This Is lo the advautsge of
1 the feeder, for be can produce that kind
of a bog at lese price. Ii Is to tbe ad
vantage of tbe consumer because be u
surer of getting tbe lean ui«at be want*.
t'ntted Mtatea Cavalry Horses —
There are about T.uuu horse* in me
t'tilted Aisle* cavalry service. They are
purchased at from |13U to |]«w each.
Aeldutu does lb* price go beyond these
In either direction A gelding 1» ib«
only burse tbs! stand# a show of beiui
accepted, and be must be very perfect
In all points. Five year* I* about the
(Minimum age, unless ilye animal has
been bandied exceptionally welt.
a umS Vests fee ig
"Mr bicycle has bees Injured la Iba
windpipe," eald lllldersleeva,
• Wbst oa earth I* a bicycle'* wind
piper* *sXn| Tltllngbaai
the very perl that I* oa earth the
pneumatic lube," Inmiu'I Free IVeew
Whatever Hod uki ot us Is a reason
able service.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VI. MAY IO—THE POWER
OP PRAYER.
MI.I Tmti "Th# Pabllenn Stwndln*
Afar OP WwuM Mot Mil Up to Moato
aa Hla E/an Vat* Haarn" — Lafea
■Till, IS.
IIK I.Knnt)S tor mda/
Includa* l.uk* (Till, to
17.
Tba «uf»J*< t I* almoat
tba aama aa that ot laa
#>n XI. ot tba Drat
ouarlor "Taa/lilug#
about I’rayar," but iha
tad auggaal* a dlffar
*nt tin* „f thought, aa
that Ibfa laaaon la a
continuation ot 'ha
laachlnga w* than
laarnad, and not ■ rap
atltlon of thaw.
Tima March, A, O,
to, two or Ihraa weak* bafora Iha crucifixion.
Place lore a, l.ayond Jordan,
Tba full laaf of foda/’a la##/,n I* aa follow*:
». And ha apak* ilila parabl* unlo eartaln
which fruafad In Ihamaalya* that they warn
rlghtaoua, and daaplaad ofhar*
Id. Two man went up Into fh* larnpla to
pray; tba one a I’harlaaw, and Iha of bar •
publican,
II, Th* f’barlaaa abed and prayad Ibu*
with blrnaalf, flod. I fbank Ibea. thaf f am not
aa olher men ara, adortlonara, nnjuat, adul
tar era, or ayan aa Oil* publican.
17. I fa«» fwlca In lb* w*»li, I glr# lllhca
of all fbal I |a>*aaa*.
17, And lb* publican, afandlng afar off,
would no# lift up ao much a« bla *y«* unto
banyan but rwot* upon bla br»a*t, aaylng.
flod me marciful fo in# a alnnar,
It- I fall you, fhl* man want down In bla
houa* juafiflcd raibar than lb* ofhar for
”cry on# fhaf cxalfafh blrnaalf atiall lie
»baaed «nd ba Ibaf bumblafb blrnaalf ahall
l»a xalfad.
iff. And they brought unto him alao Infanta,
flint h* would touch Ibam but wlian hla dl*
Ip/aa aaw It, lhay fabukad th am.
Id. Hut Jaaua rallad ibam unto him, and
>nld, Buffer Uffla chlldran to "tut* unfo m<
*nd forbid them not for ot *u/b la Oi* king :
lorn of flod, A
17. Varlly I *a» unfo you Whoaoavar ahall
rrr/r r Wf|T* |f | fl W Ml * IH ’
' liild ahafl In no wla* enter therein,
gome explanation* ere «a follower
9, 'Certain which totaled In tliemeelven
ihel the* were rlghfeoiia." "There l« a yen
►ration that are pure In Ihelr own eye* and
ret la not waahed from their fllthlneae," "And
leaplaed other* " the tendency /A **lf rfght
aotianeae la to look down Upon other*.
Id, "Two rnen went up Into the temple."
'he acknowledged pi*/ e of prayer, "On* a
r'h*fl«*e " the hlgbcat. moat reapectahl* c|»**
among th# Jew*,
11, "*i/cid," the ordinary attitude of prayer,
f'rayed thu* with hlmaelf," either by him
•elf. at art from oilier*, or he wa* eongraiu
'etlng hlmaelf on hi* yoodne** rather than
/raving to Ood, "Ond, I thank th**-." ft wa*
eell to t,e thankful, hut hi* lh*nk«glvln« wa*
/tide and hoactfng. In the name of gratitude,
'Thai I am not *« /Alter men," the rent of
vanklnd, fie i* in a 'la** hy hlmaelf and
ill other men were far t/elow him, "Kator
loner*," y*ry common, eapei lally among th*
/uhllcnn*. "Or *ven tut till* lAlbllcan," And
ben bi* *ye alighting on the pu!/ll"*n, he
Iray* him Into hi* prayer, making him to
•uni ly the dark background on which the
bright color* of hi* own virtue* *tinll more
florloualy appear,
12, "I f**f tWire In fhe Week," lie thought
>e did more than hi* duty, "Th* law ap*
•olnted only a alngle f**t day In the year,
he day of atonement (f,ey, avl, 29), Tlie fot
eeekly fa.) of the Wtarlaeea wa* a burden
mpoaed by the oral law," Cambridge fMble,
(e made faaflng a virtue, inatead /A a mean*
A virtue, and tfiua dealroyed all tl# value,
ind made It a mean* of evil, "I give IIUi**,"
i tenth, "<A all that I po**e**," rather of all
hat I acquire, all III* gain*. "Here, too, g
1* eae/ed* (he written law whb h onlr eom
nanded tithe* of corn win* idl, and e*tt|e
lieut, *|y 92, 22b and n/A of mIni. anlae and
umrnln /Matt, a a III. 2*1," /‘atnhrldge Itlhle,
He wa* exeedlngly particular aa to outward
rorma. and made thla a aubatltut* for real
virtue*, a* to which he waa carele**, or which
be did not w!*h to practice, lie iithed mint
»nd anlae hut had no love to Ood.
IT. "Whi/ever ahall not re/elve the king
lorn 'A OiaJ a* a little child," Truatlng Ood,
I* a child truata III* pa rente willing to learn,
willing to lie led, ready to obey, "Khali In
no wire enter therein," III ffecau«e he will
not without the ehlldllke charae<erl*tlc*, ||e
• III t,e *e|f-conl!dent, and go on hi* way, and
not Ood'*. 12t IIecauee h» cannot; for the
kingdom of Ood I* a atai* of childlike truai
In Ood and loving obedience to Ood: and till
m* ha* then* ijualllle*. lie I# hy th* necewrfty
i»f th* caee outald* of that kingdom.
RELIGION AND REFORM.
A floating chapel has Just been flttel
at Kuttawa, Ky., to make evangelizing
voyages along the Cumberland, Ohio
an d Mississippi rivers.
Out of the 19,758 public elementary
schools lit England, 11,897 are con
trolled hy the Church of (Cngland and
draw support from the whole commun
ity, In 18,000 parishes there are no
other public oehoola.
There Is a Catholic hospital Iri Ber
lin, the Ht. Medulge, which Is served by
the sisters of charity. A recent an
nual report shows that during the year
5.840 persons were admitted to the hos
pital. Of this number 3,311 were Pro
testants 2,248 were Catholics and fifty
nine were Jews.
Ireland ha* about 4,000,000 Catholics
and 1,200,188) Protestants. Catholics
are most numerous In the county of
Cork, while Protestsnts have the asceu
dancy In the county of Antrim, A Ut
il* over 78 per cent of the eutlre popu
lation are Catholics. 12 per cent belong
to the Church of England and 9 per
ceut are sibilated with Ibe Presbyte
rian*.
A criminal suit against the lay rec
tor for neglecting to repair the chancel
of ihe parish church, probably the first
wait of the kind brought In the preaenl
century, w** Instituted recently hy the
church warden* of Hi. Peter's church,
tierby Kheland In Ihe consistory court.
The gentleman who draws tha ilibea
and enjoy* ihe revenues of ihe church
pleaded sullly and was condemned to
make the repair*.
HINDU OF GOLD.
A story I* related hy Pliny lhal, after
the golden Iteasure bad hs*en stub n4
Bom the faptollne b* Crse-, u*. Jupl>
ler the ruelodlsn blithe (be gem of hie
ring In hi* mouth, dylug instantly Iront
i h» cun reeled puisun
Before the InlrtMurDea of minsgc Ihe
only gehl In elreulailon In t»gyp4 wse
• he iiga ond the KgypiUa si his mar
flag* placed «n« of I base enbl rings
i‘|Hin his bride's Anger a* n token that
[e till fuel in I her With all kls penpertjr,
H*nc* ihe n,arrises ring wf lo day,
