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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1890)
'fi mint'- , MM mkthnm'tm .i..i,ih n Jttm fuW r I Hi ws'r.' . . "!?Vr tr . wlf! -Kit , - . !.v. :i ?, ir i 4 tr Kf ,v V r J 1 J vfal CHRISTIAIflTY, Mr T.DiWttt OrdM. WrtHtnmlrttf HI IMM tav 'Mi ww nwMMMt la a lata Mmeii lev. T. DeWItt Tel asage preached oa the ''RevlsloB of Creeds," sad u task far kit test Joha ai. tt Loom him aad let him fo." By Mbit is, at Ike plane of (hit toil, writtea all over with lead peaell marks ate lul December at Bethany oa ike rulas of ike kouee of Mary aa If artka aad Lasarus. We diamouated from or koraee on the wajr ap from Jordan to tke Dead ga. Bethnay wastes summer venlng retrestot Jesus. After sport ing the day la the hoi oily of Jeruaaleai Be would come oat there almost every evening to the hoaaa tl Hit three frieada. I tklak tko oooupaato ef .thai kouee were orpbsns, for the father aad another are not mentioned. But the ton and two daughters anuat hare inherited preaerty, for It anuat have been, Jutftaf from what I aw of the foundations and the else of the rooms, an opulent home. Lasarus, -the brother, was now the hoad of the household, and his slaters dnnnnilfwl nn Mm and wore proud of him, for he waa Very popular and every body liked him, and these girls were splendid girls. Martha a first rate housokoepor and Mary a splrltuolle, somewhat dreamy, but affectionate, and an good a girl aa oould bo found in all I'alcstlno. Hut one day Laiarus got sick. The sisters were in consternation. Father gone and mother gone, they feel very nervous lesthey loso their brother also. Ills vara did its quick work. How tho girls bung over his plllowl Not much sloop bout that houso, no sloop at all. From the characteristics otherwhere dovelopod I judge that Martha prepared tho medicine and made tempting dishes f food for the poor appetite of tho suf ferer, but Mary prayed and sobbed. "Worse aad worse gota Laiarus," until the doctor announoes that ho can do no more. The ahrlek that went up from that household when tho last breath had boon drawn and the two alators were be ing lod by sympathisers into an adjoin ing room, all those of us oan imagine who have had our own heart broken. Hut why waa not Jeaua there aa Ho so often hsd boon? Par away ta the coun try districts preaching, hoalina? other aick, how unfortunate that this em alpotent doctor had not been t that domeatlo crisis in Both ay. n When at last Jesus arrived iafBethaay Laiarus bad been buried iour days and dissolution had taken nn. Ib that climate the breathleas y disintegrates more rapidly than ia ours. If, immediately after decease, that body has been awakened into life, nabs lie vera migbt kave aetd tkat ke waa only la a comatose state, or ia a sort of trance, and by Some vigorous manipula tion er powerful atimulant vitality had been renewed. Mo! Four daya dead. At the door of the aepuloher ia a orowd f people, but the three moat memorable re Jeaua, 4 who waa the family friend, ad the two bereft sisters. We went into the traditional tomb in December, ad it la deep dowa aad dark, and wltk torches we explored it. We found it all quiet thai afternoon ef ear visit, but the stsy apokeaotla the Bible there waa pres ent an exalted multitude, I wonder what Jeaua will do. He orders the doors of the ajrave removed, aad thea He bogies to descend the steps, Mary aad Martha lose after Him, aad the orowd after them. Deeper dowa into the shadows ad deeperl Tke ket tears of Jesus Mil over His eaeeka aad splash upon the beck of Ills hands. Were ever so assay sorrows, compressed iato so mall a space aa la that group pressing a dowa after Christ, all the time be moaning that He had not come before. 4 Mow all the whispering and all the Tying a4 all the.soeads of shuffling set are stopped. It la the a! tenon of ex yecUesy. Death has conquered, but sow the vanquisher of death oonfronted the scene, Amid the awful hush of the tomb the familiar aame which Christ bad often kad upon kU lips In tke hos pitalities of the village home amo back to Ma tongue, aad with pathos , aad almlghtlacas, of which the resnrrectloa of the last day shall be only an echo, ke cries: "Laaarua! eotue forth I" Tho eyes of the slumbcrer open and ho rises and comes to the foot of tho steps and with Croat difficulty begins to ascend, for tho cerements of the tomb are yet on him ad bis foot and handa art) fast aad the impediments to all his movements aro ao great that Jesus commands: "Take aft these ceremonial remove these hin drances; unfasten these grave clothes; loose him and let him go!" Tho unfortunate thing now la that so assay CkrwUaaa are only half liberated. They have been raised from tho death and burial,! ala Iato spiritual life, but they yet have the grave oloUiea on them. They are like Laaarua, kobbllng up the talrs,of the tombs, bound kaad aad toot, aad the object ef this sermon is to kelp free their soul, aad I shall try to key the Master's eemmaad that oomea to me and oomea to amr mtnUtu at . Ufftoa, "Looae him, aad let klm go." First, maay are bound kaad aad foot by religious creeds. Let ao maa misin terpret me as aatagoalsiag creeds. I ave elgkt or tea of them; a creed about talkjtoa. ereed aboutarteereed about aostal life, a creed about government aad so ob. AcreedtaaesMtkiag that a anaa believes, whether It be written or awrlttea. The Presbyterian Church ta m "" - vutit im enro. some L o a ta it are for keeping It be- . ui. ihiiisn irom tee seller or W John Calvla. Other good mea la It waat !i) awvisioB, t am wtia neither party. Ia- ksteed of revision I want suhatuutina ;' -wee sorry to kave tke queetloa disturbed , " " u aiMer Ha 1mmoHma Mm pardon aadtheeem nmrsew wwb an aii mea, aaaiae v:JWassmlnttir ecafeaaloa has aet later ;tlftfUsv4tMiBee: miaul. Bit saw ' stiat 4ha almtarln lhrhmaaMi ho. bnj WM ' tkat arjmd-ead ? L Hftfin. tery tkiag tkat ami faakieae la taper- o io pwi ann sw eraea reepeewnuy aside and get a brand aew eae. It Is im possible that people who lived huadreds of yean ago should, fashloa aa appro priate ereed for oar times. Joha Calvla was a great aad rood maa. but he died M9 years ago. The best oeaturles of Bible study have oome staoe thea aad Xalorera kin damn tknlp wnvfe. aad aa you might as well kave the world go oacK ana suck to wnat Robert ruitea knew abont abiarjitioaU aad rnlanl taa nnhaeaunnl Imimmntit ! .Iv&tlna! and go back to Joka Oatteaberg, the in- Tonwroi tne arc or priaung, ana reject all modera aewspaper presses, aad go back to the time whea telegraphy was the elevating of slgnnls or the burning of bonfires on the hilltops and rejeot the magnetic wire, which is the tongue of nations, as to ignore all the exegetea and the penologists aad tke theologians of the mm tM years and put your own head nader the sleeve of thejrown of a sixteeathMBtury doctor. I could call the aamaaaf tarnntvllvln triBhlnUn ministers ef religion who oould make n newer oreea man Jonn csivin. tbo alneteeatk oeatury ought aot to be called to ett at tke feet of the sixteenth. "Hut," you aay, "it Is the same old Bible, aad Joha Calvin had that as well as the present student of Scriptures." Yes; so it Is the same old sun in the tho heavens, but la our time It has gono to maklnr daauerrcotroea and nhoto- graphs. It is the samo old water, but la our century It has gone to running loam onginos. it is tue same oia electricity, but in our timo it hasliecomo a llghtnlng-footed errand boy. So it is tho old lltblo, but with now applications, new uses, now Interpretations. You must romumhor that during tho last nuo years words havo changed their moaning aad eomo of them now mean more and soma less. I do not think that John Calvin bollovod, aa aomo say be did, in tho damnation of infants, although sotno of tho recent hot disputes would aocm to Imply that them la such a thing as the damnation of Infanta. , A man who bollevea in tho damnation of Infants himsolf doserves to lose Hoavon. I do not think any good man oould admit such a possibility. What Christ will do with all tho babies In tho nnxt world I conclude from what llo did with tho babies In Paloatlno whon Ho hugged and kissed thorn. When somo of you grown pooplo go out of this world your doubtful destiny will bo an embar rassment to ministers ofllclatlng nt your obsoqules who Will havo to bo cautious so as not to hurt surviving friends. Hut when the darling children go thoro aro no Ifa" or buta" or "guesses." The dofeot in some of tho creeds Is that they try to toll us all about tho de crees of (lod. Now the only human bo ing that waa over competent to handle that aubjeot was l'sul and ho would not have boon oompotent had ho not been Inspired. I believe in the sovereignty of (lod and I believe In man'a tree agen cy, but ao one can harmonise the two. A man who heartily accepts Christ isa Chrlatlaa and the maa who does not accept blm Is not and that la all there Is of it. He need not bollovn in election or reprobation. He need not believe in the eternal generation of the Hon. H need not believe In everlasting punlsn menu He need not believe In Infant baptism. He need not believe la pleaary Inspiration. Faith 1b Chrlat la the criterion, la the pivot, la tho indispensa ble. Hut thoro are those who would add unto the tests rather than subtract from them. There are thouaaada who would aot accent neraona into churah mntntm-. ship if they drink wine or if thoy smoke cigara or u tney aivona tne theater or If thoy play cards or If they drive a fast horse. Now, I do not drink wlno or smokei or attead the theater, nover played a game of cards and do not drlvo a fast horse, although I would if 1 owaed oae. But do aot substitute testa atklnh the Bible doaa aot oatahllah. Tk. u oae passage of Scripture wide enough to let all ia who ought to eater aad to seep out an woe ougbt to be kept out; "Believe la the Lord Jeaus Christ aad thouahaltbeaaved." Agala, there are Chrlatlaaa whoi are under neaulokral aaadaan 4 UmAmmmA aad hoppled by double aad fears aad slaa long1 ago repeated of. What they noea is to understand the liberty of the sons of (lod. Thev anead mnm dm no. der tho ahadow of Slaa! than at the bsso of Calvary. They havo been singing tno only poor hymn that Newton ovr wrote: TU a point I Ions to know, ort It rUM(.t)x om thought too 1 1 v th LoM or no, Ami insurant I not Long to know, do you? Why do you not tlnd out? (lo to work for (led, nnd you will very aoon find out. Tho man wko ia all tho timo feeling of his pulso and looking at hla tonguo to see wheth er It Is coated, Is morbid and can not he physically well. The doctor will aay: Hlo out Into tho fresh air and into act ivellfo and atop thinking of yourself and you will get well nnd strong." No there are people who are watching their spiritual aymptonis, and they call it self examination and they get weaker and alckller in their faith all the timo. tie out aad do aomothtag nobly Christian. . noiy exorcise ana men examine yourself, aad, lastoad of Newton's sat urnine aad bilious hymn that I first quoted, you will sing Newton's other Aiuailna Brace, bow ( the souad That wl a wretch Ilka mv I I one whs lol, but row am (ouad: Was blind, but now I . What maay of you Chrlttlaas moat aecd ia to get your grave olothea off. I rejoice that you have been brought from the death of ala to the life of the Goo pel, but you need to get your head looae aad your feet looae aad your toague looae and your soul loose. There is ao sla that tho Bible ao arralgaa aad puno turea aad flagellates as the ala of uabe llef, aad that la what la the matter with you. Christ Is used to claablag. He uM to the P tBe Temple. He J. rf "" WP ol ai uiivet. He rtlme4.to P ot lho cl,ff Km areth. He climbed to the top of Uol tetaa. Aad to the top ot the kills aad the mountain, el your traaigreasioa Us la reedy to eUmh with pardoa for every mightier thsa the thuadvr of Hlaal. Full reeelpt la offered for all your la- debtrdns. If eae throw a stone at mldaight late a bash where the hedge bird reeste It immediately begins to sing; aad lata the mldaight hedges of vour despeadeaoy these words I harl, kopiag to awakea you to aatkem. Drop tke tuaea la tke mlaor key aad take tke melor. Do yea tklak It pleases tke Lord for yoa to be carrylB around wltk vou tke debris aad carcasses of old traasgressloBS? You make me thlak of some skip that has had a tempestuous time at sea, aad aow that it Dronoaes another vovbm. keeps oa its davits the damaged life boats, aad the apliaters of a shivered mast, and the broken glsss ef a smashed skylight My advice is: near the -decks, overboard with the damaged rig ging, brighten up the salted smokestack, open a new log book, kaul In the planks, lay out a new course aad set sail for Heaven. You kave kad spiritual dumps long enough. You will please the Lord more by being happy than by being miserable. i Again, my text haa good advice con cerning any Cbrlstlsa hampered and bothered and bound by fear of his own dissolution. To suoh the Book refers wken it speaks of those who through fear of death were all their lifetime aubjeot to bondage. The most of us, even If we havo tho Christian hope, aro cowards about death. If a plank fall from atoaffoldlBg and Juat graces our hst how pale we look. If tho Atlsntlo oeeaa plays with the 'steamship, pitch ing it toward the heavens aad lotting It , suddenly drop how oven tho Cbristlnn passengers pester the steward or stew ardess as to whether there Is any dan ger and the captain, who haa lwen all night on tho bridge and chilled through, coming In for a ctip of coffee, 1s assailed with a whole battery of questions as to what ho thinks of tho weather. And many of tho best pooplo aro, as I'sul ssys, throughout tholr llfotlmo In bond age by fear of death. One of tho first realisations In getting out of this world, I think, will bo that in this world wo wore very much pen! up and had cramped apartments and wore kept on tho limits. e Tako tho gladdest, brightest, most Jubilant days you over had on earth and compress them all Into ono hour, and that hour would bo a roqulem, a fast day, a gloom, a horror, as compared with tho poorest hour thoy havo had In Heaven slnro Its first tower was built or Its first gates swung or its first song caroled. "O," you say, "that may bo true, but I am afraid of crossing over from this world to tho next, and I fear tho snap ping of tho cord betweoa soul and body." Well, all the surgeons and phy sicians and scientists declare that there la no pang at tho parting of tho body and the soul, and nil the seeming rest lessness at tho closing hour of Ufo Is in voluntary and no distress at all. And I agree with tho doctors, for what they say is confirmed by tho fact that persons who were drowned or were submerged until all consciousness departed and were afterward resuscitated, declare that the sensation of paaalng Into un consciousness was pleaaureable rath er than distressful. Tho cage of the body has a door on easy hinges, and whon that door ot tho phys ical cage opens the soul simply puts out Its wings and sosrs. "Hut," you say, "I fear to go becauso the future is bo full of mystery." Well, I will tell you how to treat tho mysteries. Tho mysteries have ceased bothering mo, for I do as the Judges of your courts often do. They hoar all the arguments In the case and then ssy: "I will take those papers and give you my decision next week." Ho I havo heard all arguments In regard to the next world, and some things are aaoertaln aad full of mystery, and so 1 fold up tho papers aad reserve un til the aext world my deolsloa about them. I caa there study all the mysteries to better advantage, for the light wilt be hotter and my faculties stronger, and I will ask the Christian philosophers who have bad all the ad vantages of Hoavon for centuries, to help me, and I mny be permitted myself humbly to ask the liord, and I think there will bo only one mystery left, and that will bo how one so unworthy as myself got Into such an enraptured place. Como up out of the sepulchral shadows. If you are not Christinas by faith In Christ como up Into the light; and If you aro already like Laiarus, re animated, but still havo your grave clothes on, get rid of them. Tho com mand Is: "Looso blm and lot him go." The only part ot my recent Journey that I really dreaded, although I did not say much about It beforehand, was the landing at Joppa. That Is tho port of entrance for tho Holy Land, and there are many rooks, and In rough weather people can aot land at all. The boats taking tho pooplo from tho steam er to tho dock must run between reefs that looked to mo to be about Ifty feet apart, aad one mis-stroke of aa oarsmaa on an unexpected wave has sometimes been fstal, and hundreds have perished along those reefs. Besides that, aa wo left Port Said tho evening before an old traveler said: "The wind ta juat right to give you a rough landing at Joppa; la deed, I thlak you will aot be able to land at all." The fact waa that whea our Modi terraaeaa ateamer dropped aachor aear Joppa aad wo put out for shore la the small boat, the water waa aa atlll aa though It had beea eouad aslsep a hundred years, aad we leaded as easily aa I came oa thla platform. Well, your fears kave pictured for you aa appalliag arrival at tke ead of your voyage ef lite aad they aay that the seas will rua high aad that the breakers will swallow yoa up, or that It you reach Caaaaa at all It will be a very rough landtag. Tke very opposite will be true If you have the eteraal God for your portloa. Your dis embarkation for the promised lead will be as smooth aa was ours at Palestine last December. Christ will meet yoa at sea aad pilot yea Iato complete safety and you will land with a hosaaaaoa oae ude t you aad a hallelujah ea the other. Land ahead i he traits are wavta Var the hills at fcMUIeae gtaea, Jtat the HvtsB w ts lav tax shutee waste aeavialyibms are BeekB aad etarms 1 1 tear a WMa en teal eeraal har: Drop tke sa. her I rati the aattt t am sete witala the vattl AGRICULTURAL HINTS, BRONZE TURKEYS. SBMthlaf Aheet 1M iVBaim-AlsaBewte rmailMi Hints aa Turners. I have beea muoh amused the past season, says a farmer's dsaghter wrltiag to the Counter Qcatlemaa, bv Botlcln the various and, somewhat conflicting Instructions glvea ia the aewspapersfor raising turkeys. Judging from tko boasted suooess o suck opposite meth ods, the veriest amateur need aot hesi tate to make the attempt, for aot the slightest skill Is required for the bust Bess. Oae poultry keeper ssys ke known ef ao bettor food for young turkoys than raw corn meal dough; another thinks they require eggs, rice and crackers. A third ssys, feed them all they will eat every two hours, while a fourth declares they will thrive best without any feed ing at all. A fifth antborltysays let tko little follows rough It from the start, that the mother hen knows best how to resr her own children; while a sixth, who I think Is a womsa, nays her little turkeys aro so tender tost she puts thorn in a glas-covored pea and keeps tkem there for weeks. As a rule, whoa doctors dlssgree it is best to havo none of tholr prescriptions, but to experiment for yoursolf until some personal knowlediro is scouired. It is best to follow neither oxtromo, for, Judging from my own oxperionoe, I can not beilovo that ho who allows his llttlo turkoys to "rough it" will succeed In raising a very large porcontsgo of the number hatched or that tho lady who koeps hers confined to a glass caso will do very much bettor. Young turkeys do not require a great deal of heat; thoylhrlvo best in temper ate weather whoa tho mornings are cool and the days aro bright and sunny, as in the letter part of spring bti fore tho dry heat of summor begins; and wlillo thoy do not require any extra dainties sot be fore thorn overy two hours, yet they do need a good wholcsomo meal of well cook od food three times a day. After1 thoy are old enough to go out in tho fields In the morning and remain thoro all day, two moala will keep thorn in a state ot vigorous growth and accelerate their best development. It Is pleasanter to food turkoys than chickens; thoy know when thoy havo got enough and can bo sstlslled with a reasonable amount, that Is, all except the old gobbler ho nevor stops estlng as long as there is any thing In sight llronzn turkeys do not reach maturity ttntll two or throo years of ago, when an ordinary male wolgbu from 5 to 40 th-v, and a femalo from 90 to '.'() tbs., though when fattened tholr wolghts may eas ily exoeod those figures. When six months old, without being pushed, the hens weigh from IB to 10 lbs., and the males from 19 to 90 lbs. My flock aow Is really ornamontal; the turkoys are alaoty in number, and all so healthy and handsome. In the morning we give them a light break fast and seed them off to the Holds to glean the last remnant of buckwheat and to spend the day bunting insects. About four o'clock thoy start homeward, taking tho orchard en route, and paus ing to lunoh on fallen apples. Whoa the yard fenco la gained they raise their wings and fly to their feeding ground, for they are as glad to get home aa chil dren let loose from school, and bring with them quite as fine appetites. EEOINQ WASHED GROUND. Mannar af Vlewta the Boll, Lavatlaf aad lalvarltta(. "I W.,N in the Ohio Farmer, asks bow he can gut hla field that Is bsdly washed ant In grass, and Is answered by W. C. Agin, in the Issuo ot January 18. Mr. Agln'a advice is wholly imprsctlcable, as It iavolvea.plowlng and leveling the land la a raw state from July uatll after the wheat crop is sowa, during which time, if there is a hard ahower of aa Inch or aa Inch aad a half la two hours' time, hU Meld will be aa badly washed aa before. Neither doea be waat to fill In the gullies with old logs, straw, etc., but with earth, whloh Is already close at hand and la the eaaleat to handle. If I understand the altuatlon hla field ia pretty hilly aad the object ot seeding la to get a aod that will keep hla red lime atone soil from going down on to hla nolghbor'a below aad at tho aame time afford him some profit In the way of pasture, etc Let him commence this spring aa early as the ground will work well, say from the 10th to lAth of April. Plow aa well aa ttoan bo done, throwing the furrows Into the ditches aa muoh aa possible. Whon the field Is all plowed tub "tiaaaaaa. make wkat Is called a "graager" (see eat) f two pleeea ef x eeeaUlag or lo feet loag. Lay three dewa parallel with eaeh ether, three feet apart, aad spike eeaae eresa alecee oa, attach a casta ta each ad arouad tke erose-plecee aad hiteh to the middle with a clevis. It the ground ta very soft you will aeed to hitch three horses se that a maa caa ride whea the tool w apea the highest greaad, gettiag eff when la the depressions so that the lever caa uaload. It to surprUtag hew tsvs. a maa aad team caa level ana piece ef loose ground. Go over several ttmea, trass waye aad eoner-ways, aad whea It to level eaeuga te ealt yoa ana ready ta aeed. Blae-graes may he goad for Baatora Ohio, hat here la Michigan l will eaasa la M we do aet new the eed. I would daw aothtag hut etovet aad tiatetay, about six teerm ef eaeh te aa aera, aad draff with amoothlag har uattl the aeed eeveredt rail If freuad ieaet, ad 1 dry, as U i. HOME-MADE OONN-MARKER. Aay fanner cea make This aad Had It a Vserat Tat We Illustrate herewith a very venient cora-rosrker, from sketches aad descriptions furauked by N. E. Teels. Erie Couaty, Pa. Aay farmer caa make It duriag the wlatry daya It la free from the excessive weight which makes maay other similar implements clumsy and difficult to handle. The largest stlek in It U a piece of scsatllng four Inckes squsro, eight and a half feet long. This Is of whltewood or pine. To this are bolted two peeled hemlock poles, ton too lone, of suitable site for shafts. The tare eads are beveled te give the correct upward slaab A cross- Mr of inch boards to Inches wide ia bolted to these shafts three feet from the lower ends. Two hooka are aet Into this, to which the horse mav be at tached. The runners aro each made of plaak, two aad a kalf inches thick, sis BKIIVICBAIIt.B COII.X-MAnKRR. inches wide, nnd two feet long; rounded up at the front llko a sled-runner. A notch, half an inch deep, admits the bed piece. A half-Inch bolt is firmly driven into the middle of each notch In tbo runner, projecting five inches, with screw-thread cut on tho upper end. This bolt is to project through a half-Inch bole bored for tho piirpoiio In tho bed-piece, and a nut and washer fastens it Tho middle marker Isa cultivator tooth sot Into a stick throo by four Inchon, twelve Inches long, looanly bolted between two pieces of similar size, nock eight inches long, which are halved and firmly bolted to tho bed-plore. On each sido Is a tracker to aid tho operator In maintaining uni form dlHtanoo bojtwccn tho rows. Kach tra-jkor is of plno or whltewood. flvo foot long, two Inches thick and three Inuhcs wldo at tho large ead, tapered to two Inches at tho other end. A half-Inch liolo In tho largo end for tbo bolt which holds It to tho bcd-plcco. At tho stnsll and I a row of flvo boles to permit tho shoo to bo ad justed at dif ferent intervals. Tho ahoo is of any tough, hard wood, Hbspod as shown In tho engraving. Securely bolted to tho top of tho bed-pioco are two sticks ot hard wood, three and a half feet lung, two and a half by throo and a half Inches, beveled at tbo lower end to ad mit of standing at a proper angle. Three Inchon from tho top of each la bored a holo, through whleb an old rak bandla Is thrust, to serve as a haadle for the marker. Tho two trackers and the middle marker can bo turned over on the top when not In use. In the up per part of the ongravlag are shown at tho loft the marker used for band planting, with a section of the hard wood ahoe beneath. At the right is the form of runner used to mark for machine-planting. Americas Agrloultur- Ilaaatara far Moaaf. Plymouth llocka and Light Brahmas are the beat breeds for market purposes, or a cross between tho two, using the Plymouth Hock cockerel. I am careful, ssys a writer In Farm and Home, wkiie the little birds aro young to feed a large share of bran and oatmeal and some animal food, together with all the green food they will cat, to secure a growth of bone, muscle and feathers. I take care to give young birds plenty ef exercise aad koep things well disinfected. Feed often, say four or five tlmee a day for the first two weeks, giving ao more each time than they will eat clean. Indeed, it la beat to keep them juat a little abort Do aot give too much beat More chicks are killed In that way thaa la aay other. Chicks will alwaye crowd whea they aro uncon.'ortable, either with too much or too llttlo beat. With the former maay are smothered, resulting indlar- rhea to maay more, whllo all become ' w..v ...i .iwii.i -. -....t ., weak aau aebiuutea, aoon cauaing a great mortality. Aa cblcka and duck lings grow older I gradually lacrease the quantity of corn meal, while during the last three weeks It Is fed almost ex- cluslvoly. I hold my chicks for roast-' "" aiimm . ora and often have them weigh twelve pounds per pair at four months old. TheAo chicks always Iwlng more fur roasters than for broilers when small, and I have alwaya found that tho last four pounds can he put oa a great deal cheaper than the first. Vara Martfax. Peonle who hava a taal Interest la tha fkralnv NininuaUr fc.v. Ihuhi In linu. that the present census would show the iM . MMMM. i, !... l!.... l!T2 T2EK bBllli1M, that they are doomed to disappointment There. has been much guess-work la re- gard to this class of mortgages. Tke Westera Rural believes that the amouat ef auch mortgages. If oaco aacertalaed, MuM utmtlih tfca Aaanri.a kmibI. It bellsves that the amoant oushtto beee- eertalaed. aot oaly because it would greatly aid the movemeat for legisla tion te preveat doable taxatloa, but be eaaaa It weald pat the osadltloa of the fanalag classes store lateltlgeatly he fere the people. Thla Goverameat will he compelled to make a aew aad radical departure ta regard to tke treataseat ef agriculture. It must save our agricult ure from rata. Perhaps whea It repeals all class legtalatloa aad gives the farm ers a fair chance Both lag more will he I be aet " U. weeded to a doaa. Hat If that la saatcleat, Goverameat must do m The moat Important duty that ear Gov ernment has to do is to preserve the Bepubll. To de that It must eaeserege Bjeaeral prosperity, aad It certalaly must eaeeurage the prosperity ot oar faada aseatal laduetry. New the reader caa tateh this article ia hia ewa thosghta, Wa simply start out with thepropsaitiea that that Goverameat must protect aavteultBM, whatever may he required ..Yaws ares Ureal easts ol vriU pay the farmer fer VMeW stVBpBJ 141V fHFavSBna aW aaaW bbVbbbBbbbbP'' tKarvraBBaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaawW aBBBBlPiBBmBMliHKBVnB" MISOIL.LANEOUS. A swallowtail cost may be jatt th proper thing for the bridegroom at fashioaable wedding, but for aa elope ment there is nothing like a eat-away. -Puck. A Newark (N.J.) landlady under took to detain tko trunk of one ef her boarders until a bill of four dollars for wear aad tear ef a sofa daring a three months' courtship should be paid, but a local justiee ef she peace suppressed her effort Attention baa lately beea called he the fact that thorn are to-day la Massa chusetts more than oae hundred towae which have nopubUe librat.es. In maay or them there is no Uwrary whatsoever except In connection) with the Sunday school. An effort ksbeing made to sup ply thle aeed. The hsndlness of a halrpla la the handset a womsa has loag been ao secret or mystery. From buttoning a boot to mending aa umbrella It Is asefol in al most aay emergency, bat a Now York woman has capped the climax by utilis ing the ever-present kalrpia fer stabblaa; a pollcoama. Visitor to Editorial Bnctum-"llere la an arttele I havo prepared on taw political sitBBtloa." Editor "Rosily, ray dear air, we havo so many artlclea on band that " Visitor "I know It. Half the jackasses of the country are writing oa the subject, snd I thought it waa timo fer me to aay somothlng." Boston Commercial Bulletin. A Mexican letter says: If yoa chance to bo a visitor at a Met lean, "balle," quietly sitting on a bench, do not be surpriaed if some imwltcblng senorita with raven hair and roguish eyos, trips lightly up to where you am sitting and unceremoniously smashes an egg over your bead. This curious action is merely to show bor preference for you, snd means an Invitation for you to got up and danco with her. Several remarkablo pictures havo recently bcun dlaiwvered on a rock on tho Itto Urande, ia Texas. They wore painted by the Indians and represent a scries of battles between two tribes. Tho paintings are elpht In number, aad tho work shows ovldonco of a skilful band. Tho stone was noarly covered with sand, but the- paint, a bright red.. was apparently m fresh aa whon first put on. A puddlcr wont to get hia child christened. "What name," asked tho parson, "shall I call tho child?" "Thoo can caaltho kldowt thoo llkes'saystho father. "Well." says tho parson, "I think Benjamin Is- a very nlco name." "Varry wcol," aay tho father, "caal him llcnjatnln." Tho puddlor camn out of tho church with, bin wlfo and child, highly delighted with the namo, when, a thought struuk him. Hushing back to the church, and overtaking tho parson walking down tho aisle, he exclaimed, "Hey, Mister, the young squeaker's a lass." Tho parson was at a lows whatto do under tho circumstances. However, be put In an "a" at tho end of the name, and thoy called the child Benjamlaa. Loed's Mercury. A St. Louis police Judge one day had a gambler on trial before him. The prisoner denied having played for money, but aaid chips were uaed. The judge fined him ten dollars, however, nsylng that "chips" were money. After the docket bad been disposed of, the judge wss spprosched by the poker player, who wanted tokaow If tbo Judge still thought that cblpa were money. On receiving an answer in the affirma tive, he said: "Well, I auppose I wUl have to pay my fine." Coolly couatlaf out ten chip, bo Isid tbesi on the mag istrate's desk and disappeared. Tke fine was afterward remitted by tke judge, but tho "chips" are still la his possession as a reminder of bis ruling that "chips" wore money. THE PARIS CATACOMBS. AarUat Qaarrle Ctatalulaf the Maaaa af Mltlleas of Nimm Malaga. At tho gates of entrance we were fal lon upon by women selling candles, which they had arranged on atlcks aad cardboards so as to koop tho sperm from dripping. We fought them off It Is scarcely too strong aa expression. presstngly, roughly, persistent were they aad an ft AaMka aaah k& a SIbImL i!i,i1,1a IIkh of .,. .i,.j i... .-,.. people was passing and had been passlar for over an hour through a narrow door. An official at the barrier examined tae guide' permits, counted us, and on wa went with tapers lit. a most curious pro- .. .....i.t j :., ,73 T 7'K'Z1 low tho city. Then on for flftoon min utet through an arched stono pasaagw and so on Into tho ossuary. A black Una on tho vault above was formerly tho guiding mark from entrance to exit, but tho sldo passage aro now all chained acroM to prownt people from getting lost. Tho boaes am arranged symmet rically on either side of tho damp, ooxy I Bud In SOmO UcIS OVOn IWlddV DBth. K" "V M 'kJ'i,iU fMh,on f ?. ' , various forms, while ribs aad smaller boaca are piled oa top. Every bow aad ..to. we arrive at a pole whare the I Mth widens Into a circle a,d aw oflielal atsads with a lantern. In jb of thea a spring wells up. Staled? In prnosaa i tormina; glisten on tne vault, vveira shadows tall from the ghastly relic at I !"!.4d.Tb UmmP tP of lh- toeZ "L", r "-" .. Wa have reed It alt up for oaiwileea, bat we llstoa while the guide expiate that these excavations are aacleat quarries extending nder nearly all at eld Paris, that whea, ia ITM (taa church-yards throughout tho etty hav ing fallea late a bad coadltioa), H he same aeeeeaary. fur sanitary reaeeaa, to restore the dead, the quarries as-.1 pre pared aad daly coasecratod. and the aoaeaor tare million of numaa I tags were removed Iato these reeeptaclaa by alght, with ssdema religious rites. I ,ck: mmXmT? .WM k,P Paa aad I aarefally marked. Wepaaee to examlae varies tablets fastened here aad there with auoutieaa fisea Scripture, verses from Latla aad French poets, er aaeral aeBtlmeats ia mawury af the deed or for tba rcaaata- uua or waxaiag el tne 11 viag Af tar aa htur'a walk, wa leave the oastsr; sarvNjf a aaesaer atone vaait aa4 up a spiral stair, whiea brlags si mttta street a mile aad a half from where am surved. Aa aaVer stands at the east teeauataaaaweenMrge, taeaseataay ; um, u crown sv are seraable far the candle eads wataa pto ware away.-CarleUaa at w si "vr.v1 $& i TMTJI ' 'j "'Vfc Ul .J li . r . illl , , A .'jwSrft .! "4tvj x i$i 1)& &a4SftVS .- ii m? '-.' . ,t -.., A, i.