TALMAGE’S SERMON.
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"THE BREAD Q’JETSTTON'” EAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT,
Vrum the Te*t 'An# the T*«t»n< !
Broa|4it liim Brfud mii«I llfili hi I lie |
NornhiK. anil HtmiI hihI FJ**ii <hi ill**
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HE ornithology of
the Bible is a very
Interesting study.
The stork which
knoweth her ap
pointed dime. The
common sparrows
teaching the les
son erf God's prov
idence. ' The os
triches of the des
ert, by careless
Incubation, Illustrating the reck
lessness of parents who do not take
enough pains with their children. The
eagle symbolizes riches which take
wings and fly away. The pelican em
blemizing solitude. The bat, a flake
of the darkness. The night hawk, the
ossifrage, the cwccoo, the lapwing, the
osprey, by the command of God In
Leviticus, flung out «f the world's biil
vi r.
I wdiim ilked to have been with Au
dubon as he went through the woods,
with gun *"<1 Tyrrell, bringing down
and sketching the fowls of heaven, his
unfolded portfolio thrilling all Chris
tendom. What wonderful creatures of
God the birds are! Home of them, this
morning, like the songs of heaven let
loose, barsting through the gates of
heaven. Consider their feathers,
wtvleh are clothing end conveyance at
the same time; the nine vertebrae of
the neck, ’the three eyelids to each
eye, the third eyelid an extra curtain
for graduating the light of the sun.
Home of these birds scavengers and
some of them orchestra. Thank God
for quail's whistle, and lark's (Carol,
and the twitter «vf the wren, called by
the ancients the king of birds, because
when the fowls of heaven went Into
a contest as to who should fly the high
est,, and the eagle ewung nearest the
sun, a wren on the hack of the eagle,
after the eagle was exhausted, sprang
up much higher, and so was called by
the ancients the king of birds. Con
sider those of them that have golden
crowns and crests, showing them to be
icaiucicu niijiri min. n uu iidivm --
bumming bird's serenade in tbe car of
tbe honeysuckle. Look at the belted
kingfisher, striking like a dart from
the sky to water. Listen to the voice
of the owl, giving the key-note to all
:«roakers. And behold tbe condor
among tbe Andes, battling with the
reindeer. ’I .do not know whether an
aquarium -or aviary Is the best altar
•from which to worship God.
There Is an Incident In my text that
baffles ail the ornithological wonders
of tbe world. The grain crop had been
cut off. Famine was in the land.
In a cave by tbe brook of Cheritb sat
a minister of God, Elijah, waiting for
something to eat. Why did- be not
«o to the neighbors? There were no
neighbors; it was a wilderness. Why
did be not pick some of tbe berries?
These were none. If there had been
they would have been dried up. Seated
one morning at the mouth of his cave,
tbe prophet sees a flock of birds ap
proaching. Ob, If they were only part
ridges, or If be only had an arrow
with which to bring them down! But
as they come nearer, he finds that they
are not comestible, but unclean, and
the eating of them would be spiritual
death. The strength of their beak, the
length of their wings, the blackness of
their color, their loud, harsh "cruck!
cruck!” prove them to be ravens.
They whirr around about the proph
et's head, and then they come on flut
tering wing and pause on the level of
his lips, and one of the ravens bring3
bread, and another raven brings meat,
and after they have discharged their
tiny cargo they wheel past, and others
come, until after awhile the prophet
has enough, and these black servants
of the wilderness table are gone. For
six months, and some say a whole
year, morning and evening, a break
fast and a supper bell sounded as these
ravens rang out on the air their
“cruck! cruck!” Guess where they got
the food from. The old rabbins say
they got It from the kitchen of King
A hat). Other* say that the ravens got
their food from pious Obadiah. who
was In the habit of feeding the perse
cuted. Some say that the ravens
brought their food to their young In
the trees, and that Elijah had only i
to climb up and get it. Some say that
the whole story is improbable; for
these were carnivorous birds, and the
food they carried was the torn flesh
of living beasts, and therefore cere
monially unclean; or It was carrion,
and would u»t have beeu fit for the
prophet. Some say they were not ra- I
sens at all. but that the word trans
lated “ravens'* In my test ought to
have been translated “Arabs;" so It
would have read “The Arab* brought
breed and fleah In the morn mg. and
bread and fleah In the evening" Any- ,
thing but admit the Hlble to be true
flew away at thta miracle uaiil a'l
the miracle la gone. Oo on with the
depleting prove*#, but know, my l
brother, that you are robbing only
one man and that la yourself of on*
of the mo*t comforting, beautiful p*
I he 11# aad triumphant lessons la all
the ag«* I caa tell you who the**
parveyur* war* they w*r« ravens. I
eaa twit yuu who freighted theta with
provtalwae tiod I can tell you who
iauarhed them Oud I can tell you
sin taught th*m which **y to fly
flid I >aa tell you who told them
at what eg*# tu swoop ikd I ua tell
you who Introduced rate* to prophet
aad prophet to ra«*« Hod Thera la
on# passage t will whisper la your
ear, for I would But wsai to utter H
stood, tea* sum* was should drop duwa
«a4*r its powvr If say mao shall
tahe susy from the word* of tha
ovgfemh* ‘d 'hi* heap, tiwl shall tahe
iway? h»« part out cfT O f book ctylife ;
knd Aiut >ff the TJuly City ''
lYhlle, then, if wr.teh Phe ''ravens
feeding Elijah, let the swift dove of
God's spirit sweep 8 »wn the shy with
divine food, -and •m* outsp.rvad wing
pause at fhe lip dl every *oul hunger
ing for comfort. ,
On the banks of what, rivers have
been the great ‘battles of the world?
While you are looking over the map
of the worte to answ«er that, 'I will
tell you that the great eonfllet to-day
ts on the Potomac, on the Hudson, on
the Mississippi,'on the Thames, on the
Savannah, 'on the Rhine, on the Nile,
on the Ganges, on the Hoang-Ho. It
Is a battle, that has been going on for
six thousand years. The troops en
gaged in It are sixteen hundred mil
lions, and those who have fallen by
the way are vaster In number than
those wdio march. It is a battle for
bread.
Sentimentalists sit in a cushioned
•chair, hi their pictured study, with
their slippered feet on a damask otto
man, and say that this world is a
great scene of avarice and greed. It
does not seem so to me. If it wero not
for the absolute necessities of the
cases, nine-tenths of the stores, facto
ries, shops, banking houses of the land
would be closed to-morrow. Who is
that man delving In the Colorado hills?
or toiling In a New England factory?
or going through a roll of bills In the
bank? or measuring a fabric on the
counter? He Is a champion sent forth
in behalf of some home-circle that has
to be cared for. In behalf of some
church of God that has to be sup
ported, in behalf of some asylum of
inorcy that has to be sustained. Who
is that womarf bending over the sew
ing machine, or carrying the bundle, or
sweeping the room, or mending the
garment, or sweltering at the wash
tub? That Is Deborah, one of the
lord's heroines, battling against
Amalekltlsh want, which comes down
with Iron chariot to crush her and
hers. The great question with the vast
majority of people to-day Is not “home
rule," but whether there shall be any
home 1 a rule; not one of tariff, but
whether there shall be anything to tax.
The great question with the vast ma
jority of people is, "How shall I sup
port'my family? How shall I meet my
notes? How shall I pay my rent?
How shall I give food, clothing and
-education to those who are dependent
upon me?" Oh, if God would help me
to-day to assist you in the solution of
that problem the happiest man in this
house would be your preacher! I have
gone out on a cold morning with ex
pert sportsmen to hunt for pigeons; I
have gone out on the meadows to hunt
for quail; I have gone out on the marsh
to hunt for reed birds; but to-day I
am out for ravens.
Notice, in the first place In the story
of my text, that these winged caterers
came to Elijah direct from God.
"I have commanded the ravens that
they feed thee," we find God saying In
an adjoining passage. They did not
come out of some other cava. They
did not just happen to alight there.
God freighted them, God launched
them, and God told them by what cave
to swoop. That Is the same God that
is going to supply you. He is your
Father. You would have to make an
elaborate calculation before you could
tell me bow many pounds of food and
how many yards of clothing would be
necessary for you and your family;
but God knows without any calcula
tion. You have a plate at His table,
and you are going to be waited upon,
unless you act like a naughty child,
and kick, and scramble, and pound
saucily the plate and try to upset
things.
God is infinite in resource. When
the city of Rochelle was beseiged and
the Inhabitants were dying of the fam
ine the tides washed up on the beach
as never before and as never since,
enough shellfish to feed the whole city.
God is good. There Is no mistake
about that. History tells U3 that In
1655 in England there was a great
drought. The crops failed; but in Es
sex, on the rocks. In a place where they
had neither sown nor cultured, a great
crop of peas grew until they filled a
hundred measures; and there were
blossoming vines enough, promising as
much more.
But why go so far? I can give you
a family incident. Some generations
back there was a great drought in Con
necticut, New England The water
disappeared from the hills, and the
farmers living on the hills drove their
cattle toward the valleys, and had
(hum vimnlliwl u t t Ku urollx
tains of the neighbors. But these after
awhile began to fail, and the neighbors
said to Mr. Birdseye, of whom 1 shall
speak. "You must not send your flocks
and herds down here any more: our |
wells are giving out." Mr. Birdseye
the old Christian man. gathered hi* (
family at the altar, and with his fam
ily be gathered the slaves of the house
hold -for bondage was then in vogue
in Connecticut aud on their knees be
fore Uod they cried for water, and the
family story Is. that there was ween
lng and great eobbtng at that altar
that the family might not perish for
lark of water, end that the herds and
flocks might not perish
The family r>>ae from the altar. Mr
tiirdaeyv. the old man. took hit staff
and walked out over the hills and In
a place where he had bees score* of
time* without noticing anything par
ticular, he saw the ground wae very
dark, and he took hie staff and turned
up the ground, and water started, and
he beckunsd to hta servauta. and they
came and brought paita and buckets
until all the family and all the flocks
and ’he herds were fared for, aad
then they mad# troughs reaching from
that plafe duwa to the house and bnrn
and the water flowed, end list living
foams.n to due
Now I call that obi grandfather
Mityah. and I c%|| that brook that he
•as to roll then and la rolling etui,
the brook Cherith. and the leaaon to
m* and to all who bear U ta, when
you ate in great vires* of clrcum
stance*, pray and dtR. dig and pray,
and pray and dig. .How does that pas
sage go? "Th» mountains shall de
part and the hills be .removed, but my
loving kindness shall not rail.” If
your merchandise, it your mechanism,
if your husbandry 'Tall, look out for ra
ven*. If you have In your desponden
cy put God on trial and condemned
Him as guilty of cruelty, I move to
day for a new trial. IT the biography
of your life i* ever written. 1 will tell
| you what the first chapter, and the
middle chapter, and the last chapter
will be about, if it is written ac
curately. The first chapter about
mercy, the middle chapter about mer
cy, the last chapter about mercy. Tho
mercy that hovered over your cradle.
The mercy that will hover over your
grave. The mercy that will cover all
between.
Again, this *tory of (he text im
presses me that relief came to this
I prophet with the most nnexpeeied and
i with sprrotngly impossible conveyance.
if It had been a robin-redbreast, or
| a musical lark, or a meek turtledove
! or a sublime albatross that had
brought the food to Elijah. It would
not have been so surprising. But, no.
; It wat a bird so fierce and inausplcate
that we have fashioned one of our most
forceful and repulsive words out of It
! ravenous. That bird has a passion
| for picking out the eyes of men and
of animals. It loves to maul the sick
and the dying. It swallows with vul
] tnrous guzzle everything it ran pul
I Its beak on; and yet all the food Elijah
gets for six months or a year I* from
| raven*. So your supply I* going to
J come from an unexpected source.
You think some great-hearted, gen
erous man will come along and give
yon hi* name on the back of your note
or he will go security for you In tome
great enterprise. No, he will not.
God will open the heart of some Shy
lock toward you. Your relief will come
from the most unexpected quarter.
The providence which seemed ominous
will be to you more than that which
seemed auspicious. It will not he a
chaffinch with breast and wing dashed
with white and brown and chestnut; It
will be a black raven.
Here is where we all make our mis
take. and that Is in regard to the col
or of God's providence. A white prov
idence come* to us, and we say, "Oh.
It Is mercy!” Then a black providence
comes toward us. and we say, "Oh, that
Is disaster!" The white providence
comes to you. and you have great
business success, and you have a bun
rirpr! Ihmm.inrl rlnllnru nnrl vmi (At
\ proud, and you get Independent ot
God, and you begin to feel that the
prayer, "Give me this day my dally
bread," Is Inappropriate for you, fot
you have made provision for a hundred
years. Then a black providence comes
j and It sweeps everything away, and
| then you begin to pray, and you be
gin to feel your dependence, and be
gin to be humble before God, and you
cry out for treasures In heaven. Tht
black providence brought you salva
tion. The white providence brought
you ruin. That which seemed to be
harsh and fierce and dissonant was
your greatest mercy. It was a raven
There was a child born In your bouse
All your friends congratulated you
The other children of the family stood
amazed looking at the new-comer, and
asked a great many questions, gen
ealogical and chronological. You
said—and you said truthfully—that s
white angel flew through the room and
left the little one there. That little
one stood with its two feet in the
very sanctuary of your affection, and
with Its two hands it took hold of the
altar of your soul. But one day there
came one of the three scourges of chil
dren—scarlet fever, or croup, or diph
theria—and all that bright scene van
ished. The chattering, tho strange
1 questions, the pulling at the dresses as
you crossed the floor—all ceased.
Mrs. Jane Pithey, of Chicago, a well
known Christian woman, was left by
| her husband a widow with one half
! dollar and a cottage. She was palsied,
and had a mother ninety years of age
to support. The widowed soul every
day asked God for all that was needed
in the household, and the servant even
war astonished at the precision with
which God answered the prayers of
that woman, item by item. Item by
item. One day, rising from the fam
ily aRar, the servant said, "You have
not asked for coal, and the coal is
out.”
Then they stood and prayed for the
coal. One hour after that the servant
threw open the door and said, "The
coal has come.” A generous man.
wnuae name i coma give you, had sent
—as never before and never since—a
supply of coal. You cannot understand
It. 1 do. Ravens! Ravens!
•lapauree la Hawaii.
The little republic of Hawaii is etn
liarassed by su extraordinary influx of
Japanese Immigrants, stimulated by
Immigration societies working with the
encouragement If not actually aa agents
of the government of Japan. The Ja
panese in the islands already are more
numerous than the people uf any other
nationality, except the native Hawaii
ans. Various forms of restriction lot
poesd by the Hawaiian government
wsre evaded by the immigrants, until
at .set the government forbade the land
ing uf a ship load uf Jepaaeae. and or
dered them seat back Japan claims
ike privileges of free immigration un
der an old treaty, and appears to lie
uatag them to tarry out a plan uf vir
tual • utilisation
t tseatle Hiai
“Nl#* dog' Haw y»u taught him
any trtchs sin<e I »s» h re last?'
"Oh *« He will fetch your hat <f
lull tehletle." said she sweetly Out
i in World
A u-m-4 VSwsU twf Jukwar
Mamma an Johnny1 You sal ask
niertupl papa la the middle of | tea*
leave 1*11(1 He dues* I. He never
• la me gel is far m that New Yurt
11 -kuaei
(FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
■Some r|H*-«lnt* lllnta About Cultiva
tion of tJu« *oM and Yield* Thereof
—HortArolUu-e, YUUolture and fr’lorl*
uvltortb
FEW acres of my
clover was killed
badly lust spring,
writes 0. M. Oli
ver in Iowa State
Register. I hud It
resowed In March,
and some of It har
rowed. The ground
was dry and loose
and the living clo
ver plants were
small. The harrowing injured the
growing clover, that which was har
rowed made a good stand, that which
was not harrowed had most of the
plants of the first sowing In it. The
crop was worth a crop of corn. A
neighbor bad a field last spring which
had been sowed to clover the previous
spring, about half of which was a fail
ure. He resowed without harrowing.
It made fulr pasture anil now there Is
on it a good stand. Hast spring I had
a Held of sixty-five acres in clover,
about half had been sown with oais
the previous spring and tho rest hud
been gown In the corn before the lust
plowing. That in the oais made a half
stand, that In the corn mostly a fair
stand. The corn stalks were cut with
a double row stalk cutter, the hay was
raked with a side delivery rake when
quite green, the stalks were not much
In the way. the rake left the hay loose
so that It cured better than that which
had been stirred with a hay tedder.
What stalks are gathered with the hay
do not hurt for home use, hut to sell.
They can be got rid of by druwlng buck
and forth on the rows a railroad Iron
or piece of timber when they are dry
and the ground frozen. Then rake
crosswise with "hay rake und burn
(hem. Many times and especially on old
or thin hilly land. It would pay to raise
no crop the first year with clover or
clover and timothy, but prepare the
land welt and sow as soon as the land
Is dry and harrow It in. Clover and
timothy sowed in corn before the last
planting usually does better here than
with any other crop. If it could have
the whole season to grow in it would
be ail right. In scorching suns and but
winds the growing corn seems to be a
protection. A ton of good clover hay
»w >UUI V MV TT MVi V VMMM W * V»» V»
corn. On most farms more corn can be
raised by keeping them one-third of the
time in clover and some farms will pro
duce more corn by keeping them half
of the time In clover than to keep them
all the time in corn. In the past dry
season clover did best disked In, In a
wet season It In best harrowed in. One
piece disked in, on which came a heavy
rain, and the ground baked and the
clover could not get up. Clover in
growing corn does not kill in a dry hot
summer, but as it does In oats. When
a heavy crop of oats is cut off, it Is
I cheaper to raise clover to get nitrogen
from the atmosphere than It is to buy
fertilizer.
The
Spread manure liberally over the
orchards and in small fruit plantations.
Manure Is what Is wanted, and If It ex
ists In abundance In the neighborhood
of the roots of plants, ft ts generally
safe to expect good things. Trees need
pruning. No doubt about that; but
there must he reason in every cut. The
great secret of successful pruning lies
In doing the work early and removing
surpljis shoots and branches while yet
small. There can surely be no wisdom
in permitting the twig and small shoot
to develop into a mighty limb beforo
removal is made, when the same never
should have been allowed to grow at
all. The head of a tree needs to be
fairly open to admit nun and uir for full
growth perfection of fruit. Further
more. a moderately low head on a tree
is desirable inasmuch as It favors the
economical gathering of the crop of
rruit. it IB considered a good plan to
occasionally put on trees a coat of
strong soft soap during a warm spell In
winter. It aids In destruction of In
sects and parasites that are harbored In
the back of the trunk and larger
branches. Of course the soap will
eventually be washed off by rains. The
eggs of the tent caterpillar are now to
be found readily upon the naked
branches of the appletree. They appear
l-i bands glued on near the ends of
small twigs. Cut off the twigs and
burn them, thus making sure of the de
struction of the eggs. How many orch
ards appear, especially among our older
settlements, that are really Improflt
able and useless. The trees are starved,
run out, and show but a poor, mean
scraggly growth. Manure liberally and
urune severely and ofttimes theee
seemingly worn trees will tie luduced
to take upon themselves a new lease of
Ilfs. Tillage, manure, rare, are all Im
portant with an orchard. A man can- |
not espect to receive paylug crop# if
he does not work and labor and striva
and plan for the same I h> not heal- I
late to glv# the orchard at least as i
much attention as you would a crop of
corn and potatoes Not only ts It wise
lo take care of what tr»*s a farmer amy
have, hut It etll usually be p, outside
tu set out new orchards. The tuaa
who makes a boaiutoa of onliafdtna
and uses all modern appliances lu aid
hint ip nit work practiced, follows tke
Utt idea In spr-tying care of trees
market tug fruits etc , and studies mod
era pap* i* and books oh hortnwtture.
will, we think. Itnd he has aw industry
that year ta and )ear out will yield as
*» t d r*turns tt shy branch of attic ul*
lure.
W »• I'crkih*
*v set feed t« *• wut b con
T
.114 norm in the Soil.
In plant growth there are mechanical
manipulations as well as chemical. The
mechanical conditions pertain largely
to the soil, its supply of plant food and
moisture. A correspondent of Rural
, World sayg the active agents In pro
ducing growth are nitrogen, oxygen,
hydrogen (air and water), phosphoric
acid, potash and sunshine. Few plants
j gro% well in the shade. A most valu
able agent Is humus—the straw-maker.
The great straws!acks of our country
: are mainly bumus; ditto haystacks
and cornstalks. These are the gross
products of annual plant growth. What
| remains of a rotted down straw pile or
I its ashes Is humus. This element must
| exist In the soil or be supplied if plant
j growth Is to be produced. The tneehan
I ieal action of humus In the soil Is fa
I vornble to large plant growth. It ab
sorbs water and holds It like a sponge.
! For this reason a straw mulch Is good
on all sandy solls- on nil soils where
| drouth is usual. Sandy soils can use
i profitably a vast total of straw, if It Is
J worked under before the rains are over
I in spring, or If spread on the surface
I as a plant rnulch. Even dry tlraw, or
1 leaves lying upon the surface, serve-t
lo maintain the needed supply of moist
ure. and does much toward cumulating
plant growth. The large growth of
plants or grass, reeds, canes or weeds
on alluvial soil Is due as rnueh to the
abundant presence of humus as to wa
ter. Low grounds get not only the hu
j mus they produce annually, but much
of that washed from -tplnnds. It Is
j very Important that lands be so plowed
as to prevent washing, as It Is the mosl
valuable particles which the water car
ries away. Fpr this reason many slopes
near streams should rarely, If ever, be
plowed. The frozen lands of the north
are much less subjeet to loss from I In
action of winter ruins than those far
ther south. When the plant has formed
the neeeesnry elements to its growth,
and has approached the season for seed
production, It requires limn, ratine mat
ter and the grasses above named to
perfect, stiffen and enable It to com
plete the work of reproduction. If
these are lacking In the soil, the plant
will be a failure -will be barren, seed
less. Every funner boy should under
stand these underlying principles of
plant growth. They exist In every
plant's life, as In every animal's, and
must be supplied to the plant, where R
stands, as It cunnot make a Journey
dally to the springs for water or to the
marsh for humus.
Nnitall I nrniM.
I have always been an advocate of
comparatively smull farms, believing
them (o be the Ideal farms, says a writ
er In the New Knglund Farmer, and 1
have found that a great deal of pro
duce can be grown on a small farm
when managed right. To Illustrate: I
have grown the past season on four
teen square rods of land, twelve bush
els of strawberries, selling to the
amount of twenty-nine dollars and sev
enty-five cents: besides using all we
wanted In the family of four persons;
some were also given away. From five
rows of cabbages, fifteen rods long, we
had all we wanted to use, stored some
for winter, sold to the amount of ten
dollars and forty-six cents, besides
some waste and small heads fed out.
Nine rows of onions, fifteen rods long,
produced twenty-three bushels of tine
onions. Oats yielded fifty-six bushels
to the acre. In 181)5 they did a little
better—slxty-one and one-half to the
acre. Onions also did better that year.
From a piece of ground 27x64 feet, 1
harvested forty-three bushels. Now
who will say, In the face of such facts,
that a small farm cannot be mudu to
support a family In good shupe. In
deed, I am certutn that if properly
managed a very few acres will support
a family well; and If 1 was a young
man again, I would purchuse a piece
of land somewhere, even If It were but
two acres, and build up a home there
on; then If more land was needed, add
to it afterwurds as opportunity offered.
1 have a great deal of faith In well en
riched and properly managed soil. 1
like the term "Intensive farming;” and
the more we apply It to our farming
operations, the better It will be for us.
OlitrilllK I uuiaiu sjccub,— » anu a u^ai
l>ox, pry the bottom loose a little to
let out the water, fill with ulce soft
dirt, place the s$ed juBt where you
want them, and cover oue bait Inch.
I generally push them Into the dirt
With a match. Soak It with hot water
—not hot enough to sculd the seed but
warm enough to warm up the dirt, liox
and all. Now. to keep the surface wet
and to keep them warm fold a news
paper and tie over the top of the box.
Place the box on an Iron muntel shelf
In the family room, kitchen or some
place to keep the heat up pretty regu
lar, and don't forget to take a look
at them the fourth day after pluuttug.
If you wait mauy hours longer you will
be apt to find your plauts long and
leggy. Set the box In a sunny win
dow or where they will get good strong
plants and In transplanting be careful
nut to break the small fibrous roots.—
Ka.
Clover llay.—Clover hay la much
better appreciated than It used to be.
While must boreemsn la eitlea are still
shy of It. the farmers know, as they
always hava dune, that In nutritious
value tt far surpasses timothy or other
grass** H contains mure nitrogen
oua nutrition than the grasses. This
Is what makes It hard te cure without i
turning dark colored, but Ibe lata cle
ver crop, wbl-'b la always aearly black
when get mtu the ham, Pi tor sheep, !
cpwa and calves tbo best bay of all—
Ka.
■.... i
Per thousands of years the farmer j
baa been sorbing with bis bands and I
other# bate te a loo great extent
reaped tbo reward lor hi# toll Now no
la begiantng te sorb with bis brain,
sub the reault of reaping tbo teeard
bimaoll
A fr*sh iff has a Utticlihs surface
to it# ahtll
T1IE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VII. SECOND QUARTER
SUNDAY, MAY 16.
f.nlrien Text: *‘l Hate Ret Thee to He »
Mght of the CJentIlex'* Aft* 111:47 —
Paul X'renrtilng to the (icotiivt at \.y*
Rtr» and iJerbe.
N order to fully com
prehend to-day * lex
*on It l* n*c*x*ary
to r»»ad Act* 13. 44 *
and 14 24. To-day'a
)***on In full in
clude* veraea 11 to
22. Act* II. aa fol
low*:
11. And when thn
pie xuw whin Paul
had done, they lift
ed up their voice*.
Haying In the xj»**cl4
of Lycaonla. Tho
God* ure come down
to ti* In the llkene** t)f men 12 They
called Itarrmhux Jupiter and Paul M*r
eurlll*. Ix-cNUaf* he wmn the chief xpeak
• r. 13 Then the prlext of Jupiter, which
wax before their city, brought oxen and
cat land* unto Ihe galea, and would ha VO
done aacrlflce with the people II Which
when the apoxlle*. Ilarnaha.* and Paul,
beard of, they rent their clothe*, arid ran
111 among the people, crying out. If*. And
eaylng, Hiix, why do ye the** things? Wo
also are men of like passion* with you,
and preach ttnlo you that ye xhould turn
from thexe vmiiIMm* unto the living God,
which made heaven, and earth, and th«
*cn, and all thing* that tire therein: 14.
Who In time* pant auffered nil nation* to
walk In their own way*. 17. Nev*rth«l*a*
he left not hlni*e|f without wltliex*. In.
that tie did good, and gave u* rain from
heaven, and fruitful aeaaofia. Idling our
heart* with food and gladn***. I*. And
with thexe Maying* scarce featrained they
the people, that they had not done xacrl
llce unto them. 19. And i here came hith
er certain Jew* from Antioch and Iconlum,
who perxuaded the people mid. having
"toned Paul, drew him out »f the r|ty,
*oppo*lrig h«- hart been dead. 20. How
bell, a* the djxelple* *tood round about
him, he rn*e up, and came Into the city:
find the next day he departed with liar
nxbaa fo IVrhe. 21. And when they had
preached the goxpel to that dty. and had
taught many, they returned again to-Lya
ira, and to Iconlum. and Antioch, 22.
<'onfirming the moijI* of llie disciple*. and
Il/.rt llllr I Ii,.In Inn,. ft. ihl. fulfil
anil (hat *i- must through much tribu
lation ijili r Into (lie kingdom of Uod. /
Time,-A, l). 1(|. 4
Places. I.ystni, Lycaonla, In which!
this heathen city lay. won u district ex
tending from lhe ridge of Mount Taurua
on the border of t'lllcla on the south to
• he Cappadocian hills on I In* north. Ib
Is, perhaps, the largest plain in Asia
Minor. There Is reason to believe that
l.ystra was at the place known us Blri
Mr Klllsseh, "the thousand and om*
churches,” a mass of ruins In the Kara
I nigh or Muck Mountain. 2. l»#rbe, a
city In the same prov,. *». and twenty
miles distant from Lyzfru. ft Is supposed
lo he represented hy the modern villain*
of Iilvle. 3. Iconliim, it large illy slxly
miles east of Antioch, and now known
aa Konleh. In (he Middle Ages It was th*
capital of a powerful Moliutumciluii king
dom.
Lesson Preview.—Paul und Itarnabas
present the Gospel to the simple-hearted
peasantry of Lyslra. In the'crowd there
Is a boy named Timothy, whose mind, al
ready trained by a gaily mu'her. accepts
the Havlor as preached by Paul. In tho
crowd there Is also a deformed man who
has all his life sat upon lbs (lavement
as a beggar As he hears the story of
Ihs mighty Master who went about doing
good, faith leaps from his heart to his
eys, and the apostles recognize Ills claim
lo the promts*. At Paul's command tin*
beggar Is made whole, while the villagers
shout, "The gods have com* to earth
again!" It would seem that Paul dinl
Kurnubus did not understand the barbar
ous dialect of the Lystrans: for, beforw
their silly udonalldn could he checked,
they hud In gun to slay ogen In suer I fleer
to the two sirangers whom thev mistook,
for Immortal gods! Heading their clothes
In horror, Paul and Barnabas rushed
among llie crowd, staying the uplifted
knife, and with word and gesture repel
ling the superstitious adoration, and di
recting their llioughl lo the Invisible Ood,
whose praise nature slugs In betiding hats
vests on ttic earth and gentle rain from
heaven. Hut before long Jews came from
Antioch with hatred In their hearts, and
stirred up these Ignorant Idolaters of
Lystru to stone Paul, lie was wo Injured
that both friends mid foew thought him
dead; but he recovered, und after a brief
departure returned to Lystru and nelgh
Isirlng places, ‘'conltrmlug the souls of
the disciples.”
* Primitive Incense.
In anelegt dayit sweet odors were
obtained by burning aromatic gum*
and woods; hence the word perfume,
which Is from the Latin, per, through
futmis, smoke or vapor. From ibis
arose the idea of incense In primitive
woiship. It was used by the orientals
long before It became known to the
western world. People of th*1 oust util
ized It for sacrifice in their temples.
At feasts It enhanced the pleasure of
the senses. At funerals It was a bribe
to appease the manes of the dead, and
luter In theaters a disinfectant against
the unpleasant odors of a crowded
building. Pliny ussures us that Incense
was not employed In sacrlltcn until
nun un •
wood* were applied to give an agree
able smell. In an undent magical
moBUucrlpt It I* <11"acted that three
grain* *hou!d be takeu, with three Ht)
ger*. und placed under the threahold
to keep away evil *plrlt* which might
nonn in the form of offen*lve odor*.—»
I .on dun Society.
nmri U>* suit Merc*.
Conude »hy*elf with 111* word of gt*««,
And i r»*e thy wall of woe.
Kor III* mercy never an equal hath,
And 111* love no bound* can know.
l.*nn.>do*« unto Hlin In faith and hop#;
How m*ny line thee have found
In libit * *belter and home of peace,
U) tile ncrcy com pixel round!
John tlrreuhmf Whit liar
Muaemg mw Moatin'* m«o
Kan • herald*' college ha* die ov*
eie*l that the Uawheee di Kudint, the
Itnlton piemtev ha* no right to in*
title, which belong* to another oranrh
of hr* family He ta property only dig,
Antonio s*»r.ii*tH» “Uchango
Mr.* II *« |NlM*e
Mudgi oh, yea. w* had a real live
ly time s n.n.on* and I |i «*mt on
•irany I IViueli* V*« | w
Simmon* thte morning and ha sold me
he »i**m Mi Invltenawolia l.mrarl
