Nebraska Newspapers

    TALMAGE’S SEKMON.!
—
"CHANT TO THE STARS.” SUN- j
DAY’S SUBJECT.
VroB the Text: "Who I.ald the Corner
■toee Thereof, When lha Morning
•ten Pzzm Together" Rook of Job,
Chap* 31, Tone# I and 1.
K have all Men the
ceremony at the lay
of the corner-aton#
of church, aaylum,
or Masonic temple.
Into the hollow of
the stone were
placed scrolls of
history and Import
ant documents, to
be suggestive If,
one or two hun
dred year* after, the building should
be destroyed by lire or torn down. We
remember the silver trowel or Iron j
hammer that smote the square place of
granite Into sanctity. We remember
some venerable man who presided .
wielding the trowel or hammer. We
remember also the music an the choir
atood on the scattered stones and tlm
her of the building about to be con
itrucled. The leaves of the note-books
fluttered In the wind, and were turned
over with a great mailing, and we re- |
member how the baas, baritone, tenor,
contralto, and soprana voices com
mingled. They tiad for many days
been rehearsing the special programme,
that It might be worthy of tbe corner
stone laying.
In my text the poet of U« calls us to
g grander ceremony—tho laying of the
foundation of this great temple of a
world. The corner-stone was a block
of light and the trowel was of celestial
* x[rystal. All about and on the embank
oients of clouds stood the angelic
i Choristers unrolling, their librettos of
overture, ami other world* dapped
shining cymbals while tho ceremony
, . went on, and God tho architect, by
stroke of light after stroke of light,
dedicated this great cathedral of a
worid, with mountains for pillars, and
sky for frescoed celling, and flowering
fields for a floor, and sunrise and mid
night aurora for upholstery, "Who
laid the corner-stone thereof, when the
morning stars sang together?"
Tho fact le that tho whole universe
was a complete cudencs, an unbroken
dithyramb, a musical portfolio. The
great sfrsot of immensity had been
spread out, and written on It were the
stars, the smaller of them minims,
tho larger of them sustained notes.
The meteors marked the staccato pas
sages, the whole heavens a gamut with
all sounds, Intonations, modulations,
the space between the worlds a musical
Interval, trembling of stellar light a
quaver, the thunder a bass clef, the
wind among trees a treble clef. That
:■ Is the way God made all things a per
fect harmony.
The human intellect out of tune; the
Judgment wrongly swervsd or the
memory leaky or the will weak or the
temper Inflammable, tho well-balanced
mind exceptional.
y Domestic life out of tune; only here
and there a conjugal outbreak of In
compatibility of temper through the
divorce courts, or a filial outbreak
about a father’s will through the sur
rogate’s court, or a case of wlfe-beatlng
or husband-poisoning through the
L criminal courta, but thousands of fam
ilies with June outside and January
L within.
f Society out of tune: labor and capi
tal, their hands on each other's throat.
Spirit of caste keeping those down In
the social scale who are struggling to
get up, and putting those who are up
Ill anxiety ie»l luey nave to cuiuc nun u.
No wonder the old pianoforte of society
Is all oaf of tune, when hypocrisy ami
lying, and subterfuge, and double-deal
ing, and sycophancy, and charlatanism
and revenge, have for hIx thousand
years been banging away at the keys
and stamping the pedals.
On all aides there Is a shipwreck of
harmonies. Nations In discord with
out realizing It; so wrong is the feeling
of nation for nation that symbols
chosen are fierce und destructive. In
thlB country, where our skies are full
of rdhins and doves ami morning larks,
we have our national symbol the fierce
and filthy esgle, as cruel a bird as cuu
be found In all the ornithological cata
logues. In Great Britain, where they
have lambs and fullow deer, their sym
bol la the mercllesa lion. In Itusala
sphere from between her frozen north
nud blooming aouth all kindly beuais
dwell, they choso the growling bear ;
and In the world's heraldry a favorite
figure ta the dragon, the fabled winged
serpent. ferocious uiid dreadful Amt j
to fond la the world of contention ihai
zrn climb out through the heavens and
baptize one of the other planets with
Idle spirit of liatlle ami eall II Mars
after the god of war, ami we give It
the eighth alga of lha zodiac the nam<
of the scorpion, n creature which l>
chiefly celebrated for tie deadly etlng
But. after all. these symbols are ex
l-reaelve of the way aatlon feels to
v, r l nation Ida ard eid^y;- the con
Hi rat and bridging th* sell
Tart ml. lha great musical composei
Interned ear night that ha atade a con
tract with kiixx, the latter to ha ever
ta the ayaipoest s ter vice- But an
night he baudsd to tiatea a violin, an
which thxhulua pi tyetl each sweet
wuate that the cempoaer was awaheutd
hr *h* etaetiau and trt*4 ta raprwgu- *
the sounds sad therefrom was written .
T|y xlx most famoua piece, "The
Ba« 11 e Moaau, a drsaax ixmMit
hat faulty, far all ate led r descend*
fram haaxew, sad euly dis*»rd» ascend
treat hell All hatreds, feuds, coal re ,
vet* «e. bach ht tinge. wad tavaagaa at
lha daxtla senate. are dtahuMe fugue
ana deaa> ala* phaataay. ara grand
«ear*h at therm, ara allagra at perdi
Vet the ear at at all diaewrg la m»r«l
discord. If society and the world arc
painfully discordant to Imperfect man
what must they be to a perfect Ood!
Peoplo try to define what sin Is. It
seems to me that sla is getting out of
harmony with Ood. a disagreement
with bis holiness, with bis purity, with
his love, with bis commands, our win
clashing with his will, the finite dash- I
Ing against the Infinite, the frail
against the puissant, ths created
against the Creator. If a thousand mu
sicians. with fluts and cornet a piston, ,
and trumpet, sod violoncello, the haut
boy, and trombons, and all ths wind
and stringed Instruments that ever
gathered In a Duseldorf Jubilee should
resolve that they would play out of
tune, and put concord to the rack, and
make the place wild with shrieking
and grating and rasping sounds, they
could not make such a pandemonium
as that which rages In a sinful sou! |
when Ood listens to the play of Its
thoughts, passions, and emotion dls- t
cord, lifelong discord, maddening dls* j
cord.
• • •
In olden the choristers had a tun
ing fork with two prongs, and they
would strike It. on the back of pew or
music rack, and put It to the ear, and
then start the tune, and all the other
voices would Join. In modern orches
tra the leader has a complete Instru
ment rightly attuned, and he sounds
that, and all the other performers tune
the keys of their Instruments to make
them correspond, and draw the bow
over the string and listen, anil sound It
over again, until all the keys are
screwed to concert pitch, and the dis
cords melt Into one great, symphony,
and the curtain hoists, and the baton
taps, and audiences are raptured with
Schumann's "Paradise and the Perl,"
or Rossini s "Mahal Mater," or Mach's
"Magnificat" In I).
..i .1 h<.iias list nJtiinp/l .
by an Imperfect Instrument. Kven a i
Cremona would not do. Heaven lias
ordained the only Instrument, and It
Is made out of the wood of the cross,
and the voices that accompany It are
Imported voices, eantairlee# of the
first Christmas night, when heaven
serenaded the earth with "(llory to
(iod In the highest, and on earth
peace, good will to men.” Heat we
start too far off and get lost lu
generalities, we had better begin with
ourselves, get our own hearts and lives
In burmony with the eternal Christ.
Oh, for his Almighty Spirit, to attune
us, to chord our will with his will, to
modulate our life with his life, and
bring us Into unison with all that Is
pure, and self-sacrificing, and heaven
ly! The strings our nature are all
broken and twisted, and the bow Is
so slack It cannot evoke anything
mellifluous. The Instrument made for
heaven to play on ban been roughly
twanged and struck by Influences
worldly and demoniac. O master hand
of Christ, restore this split, and frac
tured, and despoiled, and unstrung na
ture, until first it shall wall out for our
sin and then thrill with Divine pardon!
The whole world must also be al
iened by the same power. I was In
the Fairbanks Weighing Seale Manu
factory, of Vermont. Six hundred
hands, and they have never had a
strike. Complete harmony between
labor and capital, the operatives of
scores of years In their beautiful homes
near by the mansions of the manu
facturers, whose Invention and Chris
tian behavior made the great enter
prise: Ho, all the world over, labor and
capital will be brought Into euphony.
You may have heard what Is called the
“Anvil Chorus," composed by Verdi,
a tune playod by hammers, great and
small, now with mighty stroke, and
now with heavy stroke, beating great
iron anvil. Thut is what the world
h?is got to eome to anvil chorus, yard
stick chorus, shuttle chorus, trowel
chorus, crowbar cnorus, picsaxe
chorus, gold-mine chorus, rail-track
chorus, locomotive chorus. It can be
done, and It will be done. So all social
life will be attuned by Gospel harp.
There will be as many clnsses In so
ciety as now, but the classes will not be
regulated by birth, nor wealih, nor ac
cident, but by the scale of virtue und
benevolence, and people wtll be as
signed to their places as good, or very
good, or most excellent. So, also, com
mercial life will be attuned, and there
will he twelve In every doten, and six
teen ounces In every pound, und ap
ples at the bottom of the barrel will
be as sound ss those on the top, and
silk goods will nut lie cotton, und sell
er* will uot have to churge honest
people more than the right price be
cause others wilt not pay, and good*
will cam* to you eorrespoadlng wit! !
th< sample by which you purchased
,1 mi, a .a t-oure will not be chleorlf-d.
11.it sugar will not be suudetl, nud milk ■
will not be chalked, aud adulteration j
if food will be u State prison offense ;
Aye, all things shall be attuned. Klee
tlons In Kugland and the t'alted States
will no more he a grand carnival of
defamation uud scurrility, but the ele
vation of righteous ui*u In a righteous i
way,
• • •
Heaven ta to have a new song, an an- •
tlrcly uew song, hut I would not wonder
If,as soiiHtini* on earth a mu* Is fash- i
tuned out of maay tunes, or It ts one
tine with tne varlattana, so smite of
the songs of th* redeemed may have
play lag through them th* * nig* >*f
earth: and how thrilling- o* coming
through the great anthem iff th* saved,
teeutnpanted by harper* with tk*U
harpa, and tyviutp*i*ra with th*ti
ti limpets, if wa should h*a* M*s of
the attain* of Anttaeh and Mount h*1 j
■ah, and iWcssIIms aad l#s*t and
tit Martin'*, *«d fountain. and Ariel,
and tint Hundred* How th*y »«ilf
bring to wind th* praying «t«*t**. and
•ummaato* day* aad th* t'hrbstma*
(Mirth, and tha *hw««h worahtg II
which ** *anh wa mmghsd* I hava
a* idea that * baa w* btd tarvwalt va
aarth wa ara ta btd farawatl la all
tbaaa grand aid ttoa»*l hyrna* whkh
m*it*4 aad ragtoxd *u« wu* fa* *a
many year*. Now, tf sin is discord,
and righteousness is harmony, let ui
get out of the one and enter the other
After our dreadful civil war wa* over
In the summer of I860,, a great nation
al peace jubilee was held In Boston,
and as an elder of my church had been
honored by the selection of eome of hli
music, to be rendered on that occasion,
I accompanied him to the Jubilee. For
ty thousand people sat and stood In
the great Coliseum erected for that pur
pose. Thousands of wind and stringed
Instruments. Twelve thousand train
ed voices. The masterpieces of all
agea rendered, hour after hour, and
day after day- Handel'* "Judaa Macca
baeua," Bphor'a "l^aust Judgment," Bee
thoven’s "Mount of Olivet,” Hadyn'a
“Creation," “Mendelssohn’# "Elijah,"
Meyerbeer’s "Coronation March,” roll
ing on and up In surges that billowed
against the heaven*. The mighty ca
dences within were accompanied on
the outside by the ringing of bells of
the city and cannon on the commons,
discharged by electricity, In exact tlmo
with the music, thundering tbelr aw
ful bars of a harmony that astounded
all nations. Sometimes I bowed my
h<ad and wept. Sometimes 1 stood up
In the enchantment, and sometimes the
effect was so overpowering 1 felt I
could not endure It, especially when
all the volees were In full chorus, and
all the batons were In full wave, and
all the orchestra in full triumph, and
a hundred anvil* under mighty ham
mer* were In full (dang, and all the
tower# of the elty rolled In tbelr mu
Jostle sweetness, and the whole build
ing quaked with the boom of thirty
cannon. Parepa Kosa, with a voice
that will never ngaln be equalled on
earth until the archangel!# vole# *o
proclaims that time shall he no longer,
rose above all other sounds In her ren
derlng of our national ulr, "The Star
Spangled Danner.” It was too much
tor a mortal, quite enough for an Im
mortal, to hear, and, while some faint
ed, on# woman’* spirit, released un
der Its power, sped away to he with
Qod.
O laud, our God, quickly u#her In
the w hole world'# peace Jubilee, and all
Manila of tbe (tea Join (ho live eonll
m ulti, and all the voice# and all the
musical Instrument# of all nation#
combine, and all the organ# that, ever
Hounded requiem of sorrow sound only
« grand march of Joy, and all the hell#
that tolled for burial ring for resurrec
tion, and all the cannon that ever hurl
ed d'-ath across the nation# #otmd
ferth eternal victory, and over ail in#
acclaim of earth and mlnslresy of
heaven there win be heard one voice
sweeter and mlg..ilcr than any human
or angelic voice, a voice once full of
tears, but now full triumph, the voice
of rhrlat, saying, “I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end, tbe
flint and last." Then, at the laying of
the top-Htonc of the world1# hlatory.
the t ame voice# #hall be heard a# when,
at the laying of the world’s corner
stone, “th# morning star# aang to<
get her."
WISDOM.
It 1# temper which make# the bit##
of home or destroy# comfort.
One great trouble In doing a mean
action ia that you are compelled to
associate with your#e!f afterward.
Whoever fall# to turn a#lde the ills
of life by prudent forethought must
submit to fulfil the cause of destiny.
Purity of heart and life give# a clear
nen# to the mental horizon which noth
ing el»e can; It clear# away a vast
number of cloud# and shallow#.
A wise and kindly Hiloncc would oft
en prevent Incalculable injury. K»
pcclully should we avoid repenting
what lia:> been #3ld In the heat of an
ger.
The memory of a beloved mother will
urm the heart and sway the life
of a strong man, as her presence never
did when, as a hoy, she yearned over
him.
We must ourselves ascend If we I
would lift others, and In this very up
ward climbing we are making the first
and roost essential step In soclnl im
provement.
When the whites of cgps are used
and the yelks are not required at the
same time, drop the yelkr. into a small
cup or glass, cover the surface with a
little cold water and keep in a cool
place.
If corned beef, tongue or ham la left
to cocl lu the water In which it is
bolle<V the meat will bo much better
and more moist. All boiled meats
should be rooked slowly, and never be
allow.,’d to boll rapidly.
Hit it roue u... become rough
from rust or starch should be rubbed
with yellow beeswax. Have a take of
the <t«x tied In a piece of cheesecloth.
Heat, the Iron until It la very warm,
but nut hot, rub the Iron briskly with
the beeawax, then quickly rub with a
clem iuarae cloth until tho surface t* j
0»,«th.
WORTH KNOWING.
The big crop of apple* In Maine l*
making buatueae lively for tkc tall j
rondo.
Commenting on the rooOgl g*fl Is
Chi ng» u«Ut rally, th ttuatOA HUrbt
jealously remarks ' Thvtu aa kna
ftjtft
The buttress of shipping «u«mo
packing nursery stock and p'.nnin la *!•
v« oping quite an tudus < y at Vick
kutg. Mo a
tieuege Washington1* monumeat, •*
Mu,«a wraiuis. Maryiaad, was struts
by lightatag an gaturday ni*kt
end badly ska its red
A panorama oI k*ll fc*e Juet boon
painted by a number of Iteilnn *»'*
Huagartaa artUta Tkoy bat# oak*d
King Humbert la taep**» H
Mua«a VWterta pur«ka*e* ataumr
».*ry a*» ba*»k af a*u« puki ske-». aeJ
her rxpoadiiura aa Hieraiura at at'
wt a i* a»e» H W*» P*< aaaum
FARM AM* 6ARDBN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Somr I p-todat* Hint* About C'nltl*»
tlon of til* boll und Vlrld* Thereof
— Horllrnlture, Viticulture and Flort
eultur*.
_
HE Oregon experi
ment station send*
out the following
ad v lea to orchard -
lata aa to work for
thla and following
rnontha:
Heptember -Give
laat apraylng for
codling moth to
llaldwinn and other
late varletlea thla
month. To Inaure good rcbiilla
every apraylng muat he thor
ough, and an even dlatrlbutlon of
the polnon over thin fruit muat be re
ceived. Home orchardlata go ao far aa
to apray every ten or twelve daya dur
ing the aummer for Ihe codling moth.
Such energy la very commendable, and
probably brlnga better returns than
fewer sprayings, albeit the labor and
expense la much greater. Before rains
begin, burn all rubbish about orchards
and about the farm generally, In cor
ners, along fence rows, that no good
place las left for insects to hibernate
In. Do not pile green cord wood ulong
aide of orchard; you are likely to there
by bring Into ihe vicinity of your fruit
trees pesis which. If left In the foreat,
would not Injure you.
October Put away apray pump
after last spraying and all spray
ing machinery, tanks, etc., In good
order, thoroughly clean and free from
any corroding subitance.
November Buy good books on fruit
posts and diseases of fruli trees nnd lay
out a course of reading which will help
«*. .. u.llt M/nnl
/uu tii«; < uimiift n uiwii, *
to look over your file of Experiment
Station Bulletins. You have no doubt
carefully put them away, ax they have
been received from time to time. If
any member of your family, or If you
have taken time to collect specimen!
of pests and Insects generally, It la a
good time with the literature you have
to become familiar with their appear*
unco and habits.
December Before the last of Decem
ber you have probably, having first, re
ceived price lists from reliable firms,
made arrangements for purchasing a
spray pump If you need one, and have
obtained lye, sulphur, quick lime, salt,
blue vitriol, parls green, or london pur
ple, and any and all Insecticides which
you will need for winter and spring
use. Be careful to get good parls green.
A good quality of this poison should
mix readily with water and form a
mass of the consistency of cream. In
fact, this la tho way we have always
mixed It In apraylng. First mix It
with a small quantity of water, and
then pour It Into the larger quantity
of liquid. _
A llurllcultur.ll Discussion.
J. W. Clark, professor of horticulture
In the Missouri State Agricultural col
lege, was called on at an Institute to
discuss fruit-growing. Being asked to
name a list of the best apples to plant,
he said: Select such varieties as bear
well, look well, and sell well. As a rule,
kinds that do well In the east are not
good In the west. Ben Davis, Wine
Hap, Jonathan, Smith’s Cider, and
Home Beauty are all good, but may not
all do well In a particular locality. We
must plant such as are adapted to our
soil and location.
Q.— Tell us how to grow an orchurd.
A.—Take any good corn land, pre
pare It as for a crop of corn; get good
two-year-old trees from the nearest
home nursery; plant 25 or 30 feet upart;
cultivate the land In corn or some
hoed crop if the land Is rich, until the
trees come Into bearing; then let the
orchard occupy the ground alone, but
continue the cultivation of the land as
long as apples are wanted. Set either
. __ 1 1 If f.,ll
Ill lliv ojd iiih <»••• •• • •>•••»
must see to It in the spring that the
hole in the soil by the trunk, caused by
i he wind swaying the tree, is not al
lowed to remain.
Q.—How can the Insects troublesome
to the apple be overeome?
A.—The round-beaded borer can be
kept from tho trees by placing tt cylin
der of wire netting around the base of
each tree. The damage done by the
larvae of the codling moth can be less
ened by spraying the trees just after
the blossoms fall, with a solution of
purls green, one pound of the green to
two hundred gallons of water. A sec
ond, snd If heavy ruins come, a third,
spraying should ' be given before the
weight of the apple bends the blossom
end downward. No spraying should be
done before the blossoms fall, for fear
of poisoning bees and honey. If too
stroug a solution of parts green Is used.
It will kill the foliage,
Q.~ When la the time to prune trees?
A If to make a tree grow, prune
while It la dormant. I'runlng when the
tree Is growing will cheek growth
When setting out tma, rut link tho 1
tup to halaU'* tho roots.
a w—. latsr- . »iai i
• »j**f* lu *#<4 Im t»hu*.
t'intifarstlifiv Hut* of this year's
cheat crop in tthb» waa thmhul ar j
he used before the rains set m snd in I
ouMniutsci th* grain which was poor
;s quality to begin with, has tu»n fur
ther lajured by sprouting tg the nboib. \
»y. g bukstia of lbs Obi* *yp< iHMvni j ,
Multan T bs »iatlot !> msk>M y«iuun
.idss testa, bo'h wttb wheat grown «a {
ibs slaitun faint and with sample* ' |
sent to from other parts of tbs |,
state In saw of tbsoo loll a compart- l
son Wtut made bslW* u i test of ibis 1 I
ywoi't crop, which has stood fa tk» j
sboek through nt tbs sst spall, and
similar tana si grata grown tn IM IiM ,
tad IMM 1 h* wo«at as* p anted in j |
wtrefully prepared gmten rott tg i
>ug. 17, and warm, showery weather
ollowed. Within five days 80 per j
cnt of the seed of thlg year had ger
ninated and was growing nicely, and
hree days later 3 per cent more had
ppearod above ground. The old wheat
II started a little more quickly than
ho new, and Just 80 per cent of that
ilanted was above ground on the fifth
lay; only one more plant had appeared
n the eighth day, the percentage of
termination on that day being 81 for
be wheat of 1893, 79 for 18?4, 81 fo»
896 and 88 for 1896. Apparently, there
ore. It is safe to use wheat of this
ear's growth for seed, except where
he condition Is exceptionally bad; but
n view of the less vigorous growth
hown at first In this test the station
rotild advise the u*e of a larger qusn
Ity of seed than ordinary. It should
•e observed that this test was madu
inder exceptionally favorable condl
lons, and In unfavorable weather It
vould be reasonable to expect that a
arger proportion of the seed would
all to grow.
Hum junl Manure.
In a farmers' bulletin Issued by the
department of Agriculture, I’rof. W. II.
Ileal says that barnyard manure Is
probably the most efficient means at
ho disposal of the farmer to perma
icntly Improve bis soil. No other fer
lllzer possesses to so great a degree
die power of restoring worn soils to
productiveness and giving them last
tig fertility, it accomplishes this re
mit, however, not so much by the actu
tl fertilizing constituents which It sup
plies as by Improving the physical
properties of the soil, lncreasltig the
imotlBt of humus, which Is generally
leflctsnt In worn soils, Improving Its
:exiure and Increasing Its wnter ab
mrblng and water holding power. Ex
periments have shown that the Influ
■nce of manure may bo perceptible
twenty years after application. Ob
icrvatlons at Rotharasted, England,
luring forty years on barley unman
ned, manured continuously, and man
ned during the first twenty years, only
•bowed thut there was gradual exhaus
— ~ • vuiiviivu vi |/i uu'ii »» »»»«■»»
aut muiture, and gradual accumu
lation and Increase of produce with the
annual application of barnyard man
ure. But when the application was
•topped, although the elTect of the resi
due from tho previous applications was
very marked, It somewhat rapidly di
minished, notwithstanding that calcu
lation showed an enormous accumula
tion of nitrogen us well as other con
•tlluenls.
Trentof Need Mitral for Himif.
Bulletin C4 of the Ohio Experiment
Ballon reports the results of a series of
experiments made on the station farm
it Wooster In 1895 In the treatment of
lats for tho prevention of smut, In
which It was shown that from duplicate
(ample# of seed, taken from the same
lack, the untreated seed produced as
lilgh uh 40 per cent of smutted heads,
while the treated seed produced a con
ildcrably larger crop entirely free from
imut. These experiments have been
repeated with the same result In 1886,a
rear when the smut of outs has been
exceptionally prevalent. It has also
ieen demonstrated that, with a very
illgbt modification, the same treatment
will absolutely prevent the stinking
mint, of wheat, and the bulletin named
jives full directions for this treatment,
noth for oats and wheat. Krom the re
port# which have come to tho station It
teems probable that the farmers of
3hlo have this year lost not less thun
naif a million dollars from oats smut
Bone.
Eating Apple# at Night.—Dr. Searls
says in the Bulletin of Pharmacy:
"Everybody ought to know that tho
very best thing he can do is to eat ap
ples just before going to bed. The apple
has remarkably efficacious medicinal
properties, it Is an excellent brain food,
becuuso it has more phosphoric acid in
easily digests?shape than other fruits.
It excites the action of the liver, pro
motes sound and healthy sleep, and
thoroughly disinfects the mouth. It
helps me Kiuurj scticuun* ttiiu pre
vent* calculQits growths, while It re
lieves Indigestion und Is one of the best
preventives known for diseases of the
throat. No harm can come to even a
delicate system by the eating of ripe
and Juicy upplcs before retiring for the
night.” This Is strong language from
an acknowledged authority, and our
life experience fully favora the use of
ripe fruits lute lit the evening, espe
cially In winter.
Ilreedlng True Qualities. A writer
au dairy subjects says: We want milk -
sra, with milking qualities, and a
breeding out, or Into latency, of every
thing (hat antagonise* milking, or
milking with feeding qualities In at
tendance If called for, something found
now In moat of the milking breeds ot
til countries; the exceptions to this
'ombluatlan of mllklug and feeding
being found only In the smaller dairy
breeder*, like the ('bsuuel-Island cat
tle and Kerry*. that have so many gen
Bratlona been scantily fed that the lay
ug on of fat was uulatde the ponttblll
tie*, and »« And that the quality of
'S«lual*e milk giving I* well Impressed
m these breeds even uuder heavy feed
ag.
.f
A Krco> h »• mii>iut»t has been Bg-.r I
ng up the numWr of dairy vow* in the
ending eountriea of the world. He
HD a that there ore SJoo.uoo cows In
• tame, producing sotwowoo gallon* e1
nitk In the t ailed Kingdom. about
i,ngn.inm. t« tin many, koAT.guu, p,t
. ok l,oo».uoo tud in Awatrl*. I lit.
wi la the failed dial#* the auatbst
>( •«< hi* eimoet doubled slate UT*.
MBtgg n«w set down at u buu.woo, and
n A tetialt* over It'.tW KM
tin round rear fence and .tgMen It
m before the tattle breeb In and torn
•el von in da It. Qwnd fence# esnbi
neiibbms
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII. NOV. IS — COD’S
BLESSINC TO SOLOMON.
linlrisn Taxi: ’’The messing of the l.orH
It Melteth Hleh end He Addcth n«
•arrow will. It” — I’ror. 10:1*— The
Two Weft.
A VINO traced Solo
mon'a count
through hie great
worlte and hla reltg
loua prlvllogea arid
labors, and coma to
the culmination of
hla career.we ee« the
danger* to which he
was exposed and the
need o f repeated
warnlnga. N o one
la safe from tempta
tion, and often th«
winds blow moat
fiercely and the r<.|d la moat benumbing
on the heights of success. <lod once more
presented to the king’s vision thn two
ways and urged him to go the right way.
Tho applhatlnn 1* for us all. We ran Il
lustrate this truth by various Hlblo events
and ehuriii-ii ia,- the scene on Mia, Ehal
and Oerlclni. the scene on Mi. Carmel,
tha warnings of Jesua himself. The "<
Joel of thla lesson I* lo persuade our read
ers lo make the right choice nnd the win
The section Includes 9: 1-9 and the pa.
allel account in 2 c’hron. 7: 12-22 Time.
I’rohubly II. C. !Ki2, In the 24th year of
Holomon’s reign, when In the height i f
hla prosperity he needed another warn
ing. (Hen under verse 3.)
Place. Jerusalem.
Tho text of today's leaaou, with explan
atory note*, follows:
3. "I linve heard Ihy prayer." Home hav<
tlioiiglii Unit this reference lo Solomon's
prayer or dedication and the similar ordei
of thought in whal follow* Implies that
flit* vision was sent Immediately aft* i
the ill dll II lion of the Temple. "I havi
hallowed this house • • • to put my
name there forever.” I accept It us tnlm
and my purpose has not changed. "Mu.*
eyes," to watch over It. and to note tho
sincere worship that will go up from It.
"And mine heart,” In love, and affection,
and care, I not only see, hut I delight In
II. I will car* for It as the apple of min*'
eye, II shall he a peculiar treasure. "Per
petually.” I will keep my part of thn
covenant. This temple shall never he ■!*
alroyi'il or Injured through any neglect of
mine. Tin- IV,,v ,,r i.ire 4 "If thou wilt
wulk he fore me, as David thy father
walked. In lidegrlly of heart, and In up
rightness" (i f. i h. 3: (i, 14 II 34), David
was not perfect, us our author tell* '>»
elsewhere <uh, 16: 6: of. eh. 1: •; 2 Bom. 24;
10). Ills integrity consisted In Ids unvary
ing luyalty In Cos true God.- I’ulplt Com
0 "Then will entahllsh the throne. • • •
for ever." There wuu always this con
dition Imposed. Mod would do hi* part
faithfully. No outward force could destroy
them. Mod would lie their rock and their
fortress, a wall of (Ire, and hi* angels
wltuld he their guard. The only possible
source of destruction lay with the people
themselves. "There shall not fall thee
a man." As a matter of fact, neither Sol
omon nor Ills descendants kept their c«vi -
nan! wllh (lod; and "great David’s great
er Boii,” the everlasting king, through
whom the kingdom of David ulildes and
Increases, did not come Ihrough Bolomon s
line, hut that of Ids brother Nathan,
whose descendant Msry was Ills mother
(Luke’s Genealogy); while only the legal
helrslilp came through Bolomon, whoso
descendant Joseph wa* the legal father
of Jesus (Matthew).
PRACTICAL. Only a righteous nation
ran endure. And tlila according to tha
eternal law of God. The first care, theri -
fore, of every patriotic citizen I* to make
righteousness prevail In every depart
ment.
The Way of Death. «. "Hut If ye shall
at all (wholly) turn from following me
etc. The meaning Is rather "If ye shall
wholly lurn away from following me.”
Bee the parallel passage In Chronicles (2
Chron. 7: 19).—"If ye lurn away and foi
sake my statutes.” The Israelites weti
not to he cut off, except for an enllr*
defection.-Cook. "And serve other Gods ’’
The Israelites were exposed to two forms
of forsaking (lod: owe was by crimes, dis
orders, and all breaking of the second
table of the law. which naturally and
necessarily led to ruin; and the other was
by a neglect of religion and a turning to
Idol*, which led to the breaking of nil
the other commandment*. The whob
tendency of Idol worship wa* to Impurity
of life. The neglect of God took away
the restraining InHutnce* of religion and
the very life and soul of mortals.
7. "A proverb and a byword” "The very
name of Israel will become a proverbial
expression significant of dlsastroua fail
ure," to he used In mockery and sarcastic
Hoorn. Compare Deuteronomy 28 : 37, 46.
63.
8. "AI this house, which 1* high," "con
spicuous In Its ruin as In Its glory,” oi
"which ha* been high, exalted, glorloto
by God’s presence and blessing": aa the
Revised Version renders: "and though
this house be high"; yet even this shall
not preserve R. "Shull hiss," In scorn
find contempt.
Ii. "Because they forsook the Lord their
God. who Ill-ought forth their father* out
of the land of Kgypt.” Thla shows (It
the greatness of their sin, Involving, as It
dlil, the inmost degree of Ingratitude; (2
the folly of their course In rejecting so
powerful and so good a Ooil; and (3) how
much God had done lo prevent them from
going astray.
HI8TOKY. The whole subsequent his
tory of ihe nalluii la a commentary on
this warning.
Practical Suggestion*.—1. "The very
kindest thing a friend can do for us Is to
a<lmout*h it* when we are going wrong
'Thou mayest be sure that he that will
In private tell thee of thy fault* I* thv
friend, for he advenlureth thy dlallke and
dotti hazard thy hatred.'- 8lr W. Kalelgl
thal showed till* proof of love to 80I0
mon."—Pulpit Com. 3. The wise- man ui
way* foraees the evil, lie take* a wls*
outlook Into the future to see where dif
ferent path* lead. It I* not fear, or cow*
aidtee. but wisdom which had* him 10 d>
thla 3- The fear of the evil consequence*
of »in I* not the ha*l* of character. It »»
net the mainspring of a true life. It i*
mil) a help to the partially good, and a
motive to thewe w ho have not yet rh«»« u
the right and aafe way.
IteliePva* Waadwivtie*.
A aandwbh that In oicellent with
Iced tea or lemonade in made with a
rataln HIIHig Kernov* th« seed* from
halved raisin*, and lay the ralaint
clnaely together upon very thin slices
of b titered bread. Ha mi wUhe* «f
brown bread, with a niling of #•»*!' •
mliped eh****. t*> Which baa been add
ed a Hill* miwiatd. are delightful
t UHIOUh tOMHNsAtlllht
The hi» oiU wartet coat of the Brit
i«h Infantry la donated. w the atvrry
go*#. la disappear tn favor of the bine
•erg* Jacket
Mure gaht watch** are were b* mb
mm and laboring men In the l uted
mater than in ant two other rouatru»
tn Ih* world
HU« should in t**U.* only be thrown
hy married ladle* at a »*dt>ng, a* t
atgntfl** a nelenm* lot the new rev rati
tt thalr tanks