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    »FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
a AGRICULTURISTS.
—
Soma Gp-to-ilala Hlata About Coltlra
tlon af Ilia noil aad Tlalda Tharaof
— Hortlonltara, Vltlrnltara aad florl
OULTRT houses
are very slim af
faire, sometimes;
not that they are
built regardless of
the comfort of the
fowls, but because
the largo majority
of poultrymen are
unwilling to ex
pend any more
money on the poul
try house than is possible, says a
writer in Poultry Keeper. They
Aim to get the most house for the
least money, and they succeed in get
ting the least number of eggs at the
greatest outlay of food. Take the cold
daye of winter under consideration,
and keep in view the fact that not one
poultry house is given a coating of
lath and plaster, which Is alone suffi
cient evidence that the cold air can
come In through a hundred little, un
seen openings, yet the first thing that
thoroughly, falling down behind ove«
her tall, so that that member cannot b«
switched into the face of the milker.
• • •
Wo cannot too severely condemn ths
uso of preservatives in butter making.
The dairyman or farmer has no right
to toy with the health of the consumers
of his product. It may be that adults
will not be greatly harmed by the drugs
but Infants and invalids are the ones
most in danger. It is desirable that
we have some care for the welfare of
others. Kvery state that has a dairy
and food commission should also have
laws preventing the sale and use of
preservatives containing anything de
leterious to the health. We do not be
lieve that any other kind of a preserva
tive can be made, for the said preser
vative must needs be destructive to all
vegetable growth, and must exert a
corresponding effect on the human sys*
tem, though to a less degree.
• • •
In the report of Commissioner Board
man, of Iowa, 625 creameries reported
52,204 patrons. This is a small army.
There Is no reason why such men In
the different states should not be
brought closer together. This would
make It possible to bring about a more
ills! condition of nffiilrs The nrtnclnal
NAMES OF VEHICLES.
"Drac,’' **Tr;«p,** anil Oth«f
Wonli That .%re Misapplied.
The fact that the first coach ever
brought to this country by Colonel
DcLancey Kane was named by Its own
er “the tally-ho" Is no Justification for
twlating the meaning and enlarging
upon the Importance of the word so as
to make It refer to coaches generally
considered, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The word "tally-ho” l« used In a per
verted sense as applied to coaching. It
la a hunting term, pure and simple.
Take the common expression that you
hear on every side: "Mr. 8o-nnd-Ho
has Juat passed by In his drag." Now
a man up In such things would expect
to see a person go by with a swell
four-in-hand turnout. Drag Is the name
applied to a coach when It Is used
privately. As soon as a four-ln-hand
coach Is put Into public service and a
fare Is charged for riding upon It It
ceases to be a drag and becomes a
coach, Just as a hansom when driven
publicly becomes a hansom cab. An
other common mistake Is the calling of
two horses a team Instead of a pair.
A pair of horses Is never a team unless
hitched tandem. A team Is something
more than a pair, such as a tandem,
unicorn, four-ln-hand, etc., and to hear
people talk about a pair of horses as a
team Is quite as bad as to hear a per
son say, “John, put that single set of
harness on the bay." A single set of
harness Is an impossibility, as It takes
a double equipment for a set. Used In
the sense of the word trap Is another
expression which you never hear ex
cept In the very Yankee states. It
seems to be a generic name for all
kinds of traps and nothing Is too lowly
or too lofty to apply the term to. A
name almost as general as rig In Its
significance is "dog cart." It seems as
If anything having two wheels should
be given this name, according to no
tion here. The only thing that should
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| Dr. Talmage’s Sermon. |
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SECOND QUARTER — LESSON »
— OCT 4—KINQ SOLOMON.
Gold** T«*t: ‘ Keep th* Charge of The.
■erd Thy Gad to Walk I* Hla Way”
- from Pleat Book of Klag*, Ckoptor
I. Vara* a.
H K aectlon I »
elude* 1 King* I
to S: I; 1 rhrom
elea a and 29. »wl
Psalm 46, describ
ing Ihe marriage
probably of Solo
mon, with a for
eign prlnceaa; and
Paalm 72, a paalm
of Holomon es
preaatng hi* Ideal
of the kingdom.
Both paalm* hav#
a typical outlook
to the Messiah and
kingdom In order to make thto
lesson profitable. It Is neeessary to l*"«
a wide range, contrasting Solomon with
others noticed In the paassg*. “n‘*
referring to the Psalms which belong •»'
the history, with an outlook Into the
kingdom of th. Messiah, of which Roin
mon'a kingdom, in It* hopes and possibili
ties, was a type, paalm 72 I* a good se
lection for responsive reading In lb*
school.
To-day'» lesson Includes I Kings I; »*
39. as follow*;
2*. •Then King David sad, >‘*11 W*
Bnfhaheba," "who had retired before M**
Ihan entered. In accordance with Oriental
Ideas of propriety. Ho when Halhsncts*
was again sent for (V. V>> Nathan retired
(v *2;."-4‘ook
29 And the king sware, and said,
king had no hesitation, but, with bln old
time energy and rapidity, from his *t< -
bed be Issue* hi* order*. "Hath rc.lci men
my soul out of all dial res*." The repent
ed deliverance out of strait* «od danger—
"out of ihe hand of hi* enemies and ou^
of the hand of Haul"-wa* one of the meet
remarkable features of David's life, etc*
to ... . I — that Its. Pblit-Ull-lliV I'it fll*
'^sblngton, Sept. 20, 1896.—It the
clarion note of this sermon, delivered
at the national capital, could sound
through Christendom, It would glra
everything good a new start. Dr. Tal
mags’s text was Romans, 13:12: "Ths
day Is at hand."
Back from the mountains and tha
seaslds, and the springs, and ths farm
house, your chsska bronzed and your
spirits lighted, I hall you home again
with the words of Gehazl to the Shu
nammite: "Is It well with thee? Is
It well with thy husband? Is It well
with the child?" On some faces 1 see
the mark of recent grief, but all along
the track of tears I see the etory of
resurrection and reunion when all
tear* are done: the deep ploughing of
the keel, followed by the flash of the
phosphoreecence. Now that I have asked
you In regard to your welfare, you nat
urally ask how I am. Very well, thank
you. Whether It was the bracing air
of the mountains, or a bath In the surf
of liOng Island beach, or whether It Is
the Joy of standing In this great group
of warm-hearted friends, or whether
It le a new appreciation of the goodneas
of God, I cannpt tell. I simply know
I am happy. It was said that John
Molfatt, the great Methodist preacher,
occaalonally got fast In his sermon, and
to extricate himaelf would cry "Halle
lujah!" I am In no such predicament
to-day, but I am full of the same rhap
sodic ejaculation. Starting out thla
morning on a new ecclesiastical year.
I want to give you the keynote of my
next twelve months' ministry. I want
to set It to the tunes of "Antioch,"
"Ariel," and "Coronation." I want to
put a new trumpet atop Into my ser
mon*. We do wrong If we allow our
personal sorrow* to Interfere with the
glor'-ous fact that the kingdom Is com
ing. We are wicked if we allow appre
hension of national disaster to put
down our faith In God and In the mis
sion of our American people. The God
who hath been on the side of this na
tion since the Fourth of July, 1776,
will aen to it that this nation shall not
commit suicide on November 3d, 1896.
By the time the unparalleled harvests
of this summer get down to the sea
I find another ray of dawn In the
compression of the world's distances.
What a slow, snail-like, almost impos
slble thing would hsvs been the world’s
rectification with fourteen hundred
millions of population and no facile
means of communication; but now,
through telegraphy for the eye and tel
ephonic Intimacy for the ear, and
through steamboating and railroading,
the twenty-flv# thousand miles of the
world's circumference are shriveling
up Into Insignificant brevity! Hong
Kong is nearer to New York than a few
year* ago New Haven was; Bombay,
Moscow, Madras, Melbourne within
speaking distance. Purchase s tele
graphic chart, and by blue lines see the
telegraphs of the land, and by the red
lines the cables under the ocean. You
see what opportunity this la going to
give for the final movements of Chris
tianity.
One more ray of the dawn I see In
facts chronological and mathematical.
Come now, do not let us do another
stroke of work until we have settled
one matter. What Is going to be the
final Issue of this great contest between
cause of farmers not being able to re
sist trusts and Impostures Is that the
masses are In spch a disorganized con
dition that there can be no consensus
of action. The day that the creamery
men and dairymen form a compact or
ganization, that day fraud in dairy pro
ducts will cease, and commercial
houses, whether tellers of salt or buy
ers of butter, will find It no longer to
their interests to deal otherwise than
honestly,
• • •
The Pennsylvania station has been
considering the question of spraying
corn fields to kill the army worm. It
has been asked If there Is danger that
the corn thus sprayed will prove dan
gerous to stock. There are no positive
data from which conclusions may be
drawn. But the station believes that
If the spraying Is done with a weak so
lution and a month before the corn is
cut for fodder there cannot possibly
remain on the corn enough of the poi
son to do harm. The proportion for
■praying is one pound of paris green te
i50 to 200 gallons of water.
Useful Poultry Mouse.
The barrel poultry house (Eig. 1) Is
largely used by cottag rs In England,
and makes a capital bouse for a small
lot of birds, says Australasian. Any
cracks or crevices should be filled up
with clay or putty. The Inside should
have a good coating of lime, in which
some carbolic acid has been mixed, and
many will do Is to ventilate sucn a
bouse There Is a class which arc
laboring under the Impression that
*iPey must give the hens plenty of fresh
«$P »lr In winter. Let them experiment by
living in an unplastered house, and
■they will learn a valuable lesson on
keeping out the cold. Fresh air Is In
vigorating, and also a valuable adjunct
» thrift and health, but the first thing
^■Ib learn Is whether there Is already a
sufficiency or deficiency. Go Into the
poultry-house on a cold, windy night.,
light a candle and watch the flame. Al
though the doors and windows may he
tightly closed, and to all appearances
the house may be "alr-tlght," yet the
of the candle will flicker If the
high, provided, as stated, that
L the house Is not plastered, which is evl
' dance that the air comes In from some
where, and yet a thorough search may
SOt disclose any openings by which the
ftfer can enter. A poultry-house that Is
1 kept clean and in good condition will
offer no obstacles to the fowls in the
form of Impure air. It Is only when the
house becomes filthy that odors are no
ticeable and ventilation Is required. No
ventilation need be given at night. The
doors and windows may be opened dur
ing the day, but only when the weather
to dry. as dampness Is Injurious to poul
try. Hundreds of fowls die every year
from too much cold air given for venti
lation, and this should not happen.
Here are but few poultry-houses built
are not self-ventllatlng, even when
built with the best of care.
mHf -
yjBfel
Improving tha Smith.
As editorial In London Live mock
Journal says: Persistent protest, for
S long series of years, by modern vet
lb erlnary authorities against excessive
r use of the knife in preparing the horse’s
foot for the shoe has not been with
out effeot on the majority of farriers.
Indeed, in some Instances the lessons
taught have been over-applied and too
dHtopulousIy followed. The shoelng
smlth of the day sometimes errs in
opposite direction to mat oi wmcn
forefathers were guilty. He occa
lally uses the knife too little ln
id of too much, the revolt against
the implement being carried to an ex
treme point. There arc conditions of
tbe foot when the knife should be freely
used In removing abnormal growth to
BUke a perfectly Wei bearing surface.
While on no aocount should the sole
bs hollowed out or the frog be cut down,
M was the common practice of old. It
Is satisfactory to learn that the judges
Of shoeing competitions at our annual
I ,' agricultural shows ure unanimously of
Opinion that great improvement*has
token place of late years in the general
workmanship of the urban and rural
ghoeing-smlths. Much of this is due
to the advance of education amongst
tha class, and doubtless also not a lit
tle credit should be attributed to the
system of registration of competent and
| Skillful workmen Instituted by the
^Worshipful Company of Farriers. Now
' the examinations are conducted in a
t thorough and aud satisfactory manner
The right to attach the letters "R.S.S."
* - to his name Is something of which the
^Muilth has reason to be proud.
Walls.
Papering the poultry house is u meib
tSd of keeping It warm in winter at
. SOMl! expense. The work may he eusily
gene, especially If the boards on the
tashle of the house are reasonably
ggpotli All kinds of paper may be j
ttSSd but it would be better to employ i
fcsgw felt or building paper, as that
Wmild require less work !u putting on j
JfMWspapcts would requre so much
handling and work that the job might
asst too much patience Ths means
!f|r fastening the paper to the boards |
Is psals. After uu* layer of paper la
git It will be easier to put on another.
U a smooth surface Is thus furnished '
game writers advocate whit 'washing
IPs gurfaca when dried, as this helps
!• All up ths cruris and keep out the
AHA. Ths steel difficulty will bs that
AH) of the houses ars so irregularly
' ^H| that they ars difficult u> paper
i mBh such ones a few hoards may be \
spited on In such a way Ike: they will
a suifacs for the pasting of the j
Imvi ftwtiw
I A a »od plait tor keeping the Ai«s utf
feH:|h#cow «l uitlkUil time bs* been sug
K R f*s'*d by ss exchange It t« eaid lo j
K work lo * charm, and certaialy H coat a >
» 1 HiiIs lo iry It The method ts to throw ,
It.A piece “f <l«th over the cow s hark at j
^M|lh>Oi time the cloth >.au be isrll
el old vollou Mi ke aad ehoulj be
■his* enough lo covey the body very i
the outside should be well tarred or
painted. When perfectly dry it should
be placed on bricks or blocks of wood,
so as to raise it a few Inches from the
ground.
The other sketch (Fig. 2} represents a
more elaborate house, which can be
made according to the number of birds
for which It is required. The illustra
tion explains Itself, and the space un
der the floor Is of great advantage, as
it gives protection from the weather
and is much appreciated by the birds
The house should be removed every few
days on to fresh ground. It will be
noted 'that two Important points, light
and ventilation, have received atten
tion from the designer of this house.
Strong handles placed at each end
would facilitate removal, or the house
could readily be fixed on wheels. II
corrugated Iron is used for the roof II
should have a wooden lining, as the
former Is a rapid conductor of beat antf
cold.
Hlgh'l'rleed Hog*.
The sale of Poland C’htna Swine at the
Pair (Irounds, Springfield. III., Aug. 5.
Indicates that notwithstanding the hard
times and thut this Is a political cam
paign year, usually dull for bustaMB,
them am men that have great faith In
the money-mahlug power of the Ameri
can hog The animals told, owned
by three central Illinois breeders,
were nearly alt good Individually
and In pedigree, some of them In these
regards were considered of special ex
cellent e. The day was here the hottest
of the arascin. but the building In which
ths sale was tild permuting access uf
air front all sldea, bidder* were not on
duly bested except It was at times Ini
making bids lllddlng was geaemlly
lively and little time was lahea In en
dea tors tu secure another duller when
buyers wsrs slow la answering the call
nf the salesman Ths animal* *«ld were
all aid * nought t* show thtlr gustily j
and u**fuln*»* The highest price war
for a two yea* uiu at* that went to la- |
dine* oa tho record beating hid af 1
|l lid the WMl that ssa ever paid fWr
a hug at puMte auction Th« next high j
sat price wn* fur a tiro ywar »M sen ,1
hut It would morn that hotter bargains
were had la lha ahaarmally high pH. ag
aa«a the Pul sad thins breeders have
set a math, will the Berkshire sale at
ihia place next W*4*##d#p reach ttf
J U. t |
be given the name, nowover, is a iwo
whecl cart having a box under the
Beat, called a dog box, for the recep
tion of dogs, guns, game and such
things. You very seldom hear the ar
rangement of one horse in front of two
spoken of as a unicorn; it is more
usually called a "spike”; yet this is
♦he slang for it. Properly speaking, a
"spike” is the name that should be ap
plied to such teams as you And work
ing In Iron or dray wagons, when the
driver rides the near horse and drives
the lead horse with a Jerk line.
ONCE A FRENCH DRUMMER.
Now a Chinese General with a Native
Wife.
While on Chinese topics, let me no
tice a romantic story which is now
going the rounds, says the London
Globe. The soldiers of the 10th regi
ment of infantry now quartered at La
val are probably not aware that one of
their drum-majors has been, if he Is
not so still, a general In the Chinese
army, and one of the most precious
auxiliaries of LI Hung Chang. His
name was Pinel, and he took part In
the campaign in China In 1860. Olfted
with superior intelligence, he took ad
vantage of his stay in the celestial em
pire to learn the Chinese language,
which he mastered by the time he re
turned to France at the end of thf
war.
His time having expired, he thought
of the future and was soon convinced
that, even if he re-enlisted, he could
never become more than a drum major.
The idea of returning to China then
struck him. and one fine morning he
packed up his trunk and set out for
Pekin. On arriving there he went
straight to Li Hung Chang, who was
then operating against the Tal-Pinga,
and, throwing himself on his knees,
exclaimed: "Great man, your high in
telligence will be able to distinguish
better than I can do in what way I can
be of service to you."
Li Hung Chang, although he had not
yet attained the zenith of his glory,
was already sick and tired of the ex
aggerated marks of respect which his
compatriots showered on him. But he
was little accustomed to the admiration
of western peoples. He was conse
quently greatly flattered by the homage
of Pinel and made him a sergeant on
the spot. This favor was not a re
markable one, but the ex-drum major
was a man who knew how to make hli
way as soon as he got Into the stirrups.
And, In effect, he maneuvered so well
and nave uroof of such cauaclty that he
rapidly rose to the rank of general of
artillery.
When I.t Hung Chang waa sent
agulnat the Chlneae Mohammedan*,
who had revolted, IMnel waa hi* prin
cipal aid-de-camp and In him he placed
hla entire confident*. In 1870 IMnel
came across aorne Frenchmen,to whom
he related hla life. He aald hr r-nr
married to a Chlneae lady and was
perfectly satisfied with hla lot. Only
one thing seemed to annoy him It
appeared that the Chinese government,
while showing Itself very liberal toward
him. had instated that all hla money
and property should remain In the
-oiintry. so that he should become final
ly attached to It. Hence IMnel la still
beltevsd to be eoutewhere In the t-*lea>
Hal empire
•low He II
It take* a business man to describe
I roalume to hla wife A busy soa of
-oturner*e after iselag a very tahlag
tree* e« a very tab lag young lady re
-sally. Informed the partner of hts
M*«* *'11 wan fine The dreoa waa j
wade of aomo hind of rloth, with soma
tort of trimming It was sorter liter,
►r thump pink in mdnr and had for a
taint some hind of basque that waa in
leorrihabte (the wore ana of thooo halt
two owmetimoo aeo u* women, and at- i
ugciber gave an effect that I sun you
euld have seen."■» Ku-banfe,
W ken you loaf, tern ember the right*
If busy people.
board we shall be standing In a sun
burst of national prosperity that will
paralyze the pessimist* who by their
evil prophecies are blaspheming the
God who hath blest thl* nation as he
hath blest no other.
In all our Christian work you and I
want more of the element of gladness.
No man had a right to say that Christ
never laughed. Do you suppose that he
was glum at the wedding In Cana of
Galilee? Do you suppose that Christ was
unresponsive when the children clam
bered over his knee and shoulder at
his own Invitation? Do you suppose
that the Evangelist meant nothing
when he Mid of Christ: "He rejoiced
In spirit?" Do you believe that the
Divine Christ who pours all the waters
over the rocks at Vernal Falls, Yo
semlte, does not believe In the sparkle
and gallop and tumultuous Joy and
ruslng raptures of human life? I be
lieve not only that the morning laughs,
and that the mountains laugh, and
that the seas laugh, and that the cas
cades laugh, but that Christ laughed.
Moreover, take a laugh and a tear Into
an alembic, and assay them, and test
thpm, and analyze them, and you will
often find as much of the pure gold of
religion In a laugh as In a tear. Deep
spiritual Joy always Hhows Itself in fa
cial illumination. John Wesley said
he waa sure of a good religious lm
presslon being produced because of
what he calls the great gladness he saw
among the people. Godless merriment
Is blasphemy anywhere, but expression
of Christian Joy is appropriate every
where.
Moreover, the outlook of the world
ought to stir us to gladness. As'ron
omers disturbed many people by telling
them that there was danger of stellar
collision. W’e were told by these as
tronomers that there are worlds com
ing very near together, and that we
shall have plague*, and wars, and tu
mults, and perhap* the world’s destruc
_ n/>« tu scared If YOU have
ever stood at a railroad center, where
ten, or twenty, or thirty rail tracks
cross each other, and seen that by the
movement of the switch one or two
Inrhea the train nhoota this way and
that, without colliding, then you may
understand how fifty worlds m »y com*
within an Inch of disaster, and that
Inch he as good as a million miles. If
a human switch-tender can shoot the
trains thta way and that without harm,
cannot the hand that for thousands of
years has upheld Ihe universe, keep
our little world out of harm's way?
Christian geologists tell us that thta
world was millions of years In build
tag Wall, now, I do out think Ood
would take millions of years to build
a house which was to laat only ait
thousand years There Is nothing In
the world or ouUtlde the world, itrree
trial or astronomical, to eirlta dismay.
I wish that some stout gospel brass#
might matter all the malaria of ku
man foreboding The eun rose thta
moiutag al about ala a'clocb. and *
tataa that is jusi about the neur ta
the *orMe history "The day la at
kaad “
The Aral ray of ike dawn t see la
Ike gradual eubetitutlua of dtploatalle
•MM for buiaae butekary Wlikta Ike
tael tweaiy lee yea re tkere hat* been
latereaitaaa! u.ftrren.ee watch would
kata brought a skueh of erme ta aay
alkee day. but which wete peacefully
edjueted, Ike pea lahlag tke place uf
Ihe eaeed Tke Yeeeeoetea metro
eerty la eay other ege af the world
would have hi ought shock of erase, but
paw la being aa quietly adjusted that
aa uee hawse fust boa II la batag ael
lied.
. 'iniidTii It tntliirffiiMiMl
sin and righteousness? Which Is going
to prove himself the stronger, Ood or
Dlabolue? Is this world going to be
■II garden or all desert? Now let us
have that matter settled If we believe
Isaiah, and Kzekiel and Hoses, and Ml
cah, and Malachl, and John, and Peter,
and Paul, and the 1/ord himself, we
believe that It Is going to be all garden.
Hut let us have It nettled. IjH us know
whether we are working on toward a
success or toward a dead failure. If
there Is a child in your house sick, and
you are sure he Is going to get well,
you sympathize with present pains, but
all the foreboding Is gone. If you are
In a cyclone off the Florida coast, and
the captain assures you the vessel Is
staunch and the winds are changing for
a better quarter, and he is sure he will
bring you safe Into the harbor, you
patiently subfnlt to present distress
with the thought of safe arrival. Now
I want to know whether we are coming
on toward dismay, darkness and defeat,
or on toward light and blessedness. You
and I believe the latter, and If so, every
year we spend Is one year subtracted
from the world’s woe, and every event
that passes, whether bright or dark,
brings us one event, nearer a happy
consummation, and by all that Is In
exorable in chronology and mat hemat
ics I commend you to good cheer and
courage. K there Is anything In arith
metic, If you subtract two from five
and leave three, then by every rolling
sun we are coming on teward a mag
nificent terminus. Then every wlutei
passed Is one severity less for our poor
world. Then every summer gone by
brings us nearer unfading arborescence.
Put your algebra down on the top of
your Bible and rejoice.
If it Is nearer morning at three
o'clock than It la at two. If it Is nearer
morning at four o'clock than it Is at
three, then we are nearer the dawn ol
the world's deliverance. Clod's clock
seems to go very slowly, but the pendu
lum swings, and the hands move, and
It will yet strike noon. The sun uni
the moon atood still once; they will
never stShd still again until they stop
forever. If you believe arithmetic as
well as your Bible, you must believe
we are nearer the dawn. “The day 11
at hand."
Beloved people, I preach this sermon
because I want you to toll with the sun
light in your faces. I want you old
meu to understand before you die
.that all the work you did for God while
yet your ear was alert and your foot
fleet is going to be counted up In the
final victories. I want all these young
er people to understand, that when
thev toil for God they always win tho
day: that all prayer* are answered and
ail Christian work la in Home way
effectual, and that the tide lit getting
in the right direction, and that all
heaven la on our aide—aaintly, cherub
ic, archangclic, omnipotent, chariot
and throne, doxology and proceaalon,
principalities and dominion be who
hath the moon under his feet, and all
the urnilea of heaven on white horaea.
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Brother! brother! all I am afraid ol
la, not that Christ will lose the battle,
but tSat you and I will not get Into it
quick enough to do something worthy
of our blood-bought Immortality. O
Christ, how shall I meet thee, thou of
the scarred brow and the scarred hack
and the scarred hand and the
■Marred loot and the scarred breast,
If I have no scars or wounds
gotten In thy aervice? It ahull not be
ao. I step out to-day In front of the
battle. Couie on, ye foee of (Jo4, I dare
you to the combat! Come on, with
pens dipped lu malignancy. Come on,
with tanguee forked and vlperlae. Come
on with typee soaked lu tha acum ol
the eteraal pit. I defy you! Come mil
1 bare my brow, I uucover my heart.
Hirihe! I cannot see my l.ord until i
have been hurt for t'hrles If we 4c
net suffer nllb him on earth, we can
not be giorlHed with him In heaven
Tnhe good heart On! On! tin! Nee!
the eh law hove brightened! Nee) ih*
hour te about t» come l‘leh owl all the
• hoerleei of the anthems I .el the or
chestra siring their heel Inelrumsnta
The night is far egent, ihe day la at
hang "
vorwiAN MClBNUg,
Important Improvement# In Mosaigea
photography at* eanouaceg from Mer
lin.
A aee ladaetry which In reeelving
vasoeragement In Perm any in mat af
flat tiling a strong aramaUe «t| from
ire inoratea It, converting every ad Mira
tion Into an ad of thanksgiving Pulpit
Commentary.
32. ••Pall me /.adok the prleat, and Na
llian the prophet, and Hcnalah Ihe son of
Jeholada." The order of rtamca marks
the poaltlon of the person* with reaped lo
the mailer In hand.
23 "The aervanta of your laird. Trae
Phi rethltea and Pelethltea, who formed
the royal hody-guard (are v. 3k). Perhaps
alao Ihe Otbborlm, or mighty men. Porn
pare 2 Hamuel 20: *. 7. "Pauae Holomon
... lo ride upon mine own mule T h*
Rabblna Icll ua that II waa death to lido
on the kin#'* rrnil** without h!* rr»1»
Mton: uijf\ thu* It woiibl b® thf mor* tv\
dent lo all that Ihe proccedlnga with is*
aped to Holomon had Davld’a sanction.
It waa probably with Ibis oldect, and nof
merely lo do Holomon honor, that hi was
thua mounted.—Cook. "Bring him down
to Olbon." Either Ihe valley that ran
from Ihe Damuadia Gate between tbs
Temple hill and Mount 7,lon-called aflor
wania the Tyropoeum. or the volley west
of Jerusalem.
34. ••Anoint him then." The anointing
waa the moat solemn portion of the <ere
monlea connected with Ihe Inalallatlon of
a new king. We only read of Ita being
done on aotne very marked occasion*. That
ceremony la Inlendid to symbolize tbs
outpouring of glftz from above upon ttm
new monarch.—Cambridge Bible. Hloar
ye with the trumpet," to proclaim lo all
the announcement that Solomon was
king.
Vi. "That he may come" up to //on and
the palace. "And alt upon my throne" aa
Davld'a partner and successor. He reigned
about six months as co-regent.
M. "Hcnalah," the i ommsnder-ln-chtnl
of Holotnon's army, In place of Joab. IBd
father. Jeholada. waa a chief prleat.
"Amen:” ao lei It be.
37. "Make hla throne greater than th#
throne of my lord king David." Every
wise father la glad’to see hla son do bet
ter than he hlmaelf has done. And doubly
ao when he thinks of the people and tbs
cauae, and not of hlmaelf.
Illustration There la a atory, which I
suppose to he true, but If not II la good
enough lo be true, that when the younger
Professor Hllllman of Yale waa once )(«:
Hiring In New York hla father was In the
audience. A gentleman sitting close be
hind him was an Interested and grouted
that he exclaimed In an audible whisper,
"He beats the old gent." The father*
turning around to the unknown man, re
plied, "He ought, lo; he stands on my
shoulders."
(’here!hltes and Pelathltes, either exe
cutioners and couriers or companies of
foreign body-guards, to execute the king s
commands.* Ho Ihe Krench k ngs had
Hwlaa guards; the Vatican to-day i«
guarded by Hwlaa soldiers, and Ihe sul
tana have the Junlssurtea.
3‘i, "And all the people said. God savo
king Holomon.” They accepted him u*
their king, with shout* that rent th«
earth with the sound thereof. The at
tempt of Adonljah was thus nipped In tier
bud. He hlmaelf was permuted to live, air
long ua he behaved In a safe and proper
manner.
I’salm <2. Holomon stood on the threah
old of a great, prosperous, well-organized
kingdom, the mozt hopeful the world had
seen, containing within It the germs of ths
true religion and Ihe holies of Ihe world.
It waa the type of the kingdom of God.
the heir of the promises to Abraham and
David.
It waa Holomon'M opportunity to make
the kingdom the ideal kingdum of the
world, lo which all kingdoms ahould look
for a model; which should proclaim th«
one true God, Ihe true worship of God.
perfect righteousness In rulers and peo
ple, uud ll|H IdeaalngN and happiness
which UimI would give to »U who would
thus serve him and bless men. All Ihta
would hasten the coming of the kingdom
* wnlniila. w hut that kingdom,
tin Urtillli. WM tu l»
it
II. in lion HlnilDM.
Humlnni plauis are uld to have tha
peculiarity of blooming at axnrtly tbe
name time, whether In Kurope or Afrl*
uo. tbe difference In climate and «ur>
rouiidiup» areiutun lo ntaho no change
lu the plauta burallnp Into Bower >t
bloaooata rarely, but aa It dleo Imme
diately afterward tbla cannot bo de
plored Tbe plant la aald to be e»
■tulatte)) graceful and I* eaitly tultl
•mod /
HOUTHWMT bMkfc* k».
It lo purpriatpp bow wutrtblooa a man
an become
Borne people make im m tired that
we can't aleop at ntgbt.
You caal foe I tha people ball ad
easily aa you tbiab you «*•
You «aa atwaya depend upon tha
ne|«bbora ooo!a« *»*»jtktag
Them ar* m many taajr mt that
yrtdoa Mould be given to thud* wba
•Mb.