Exeter Advocate, 1901-7-25, Page 7eaning of the Parable in Regard to
Shepherd and the Lost Sheep.
I want, to cheer you up to -night at this Present world and live wholly
the thought that there NVIll be some for Him,
kind of reward \vnitillf.?; for you. 3. And Abrara journeyed, going 00
0 There are Christian, PeoPhl in this still toward the south." It is good
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house tonight )vlio aa
re yery aer tr
o be ll,ays going on in the way ,of
I:Leaven, ThiS week some of you the Lord. Wo read of David that he
may pass out to the went oa and. !;rew great (margin, go -
thelight , of the setting sun, ing and growing), and the Lord Cod
Oh, weathee-baton voyagers, the of hostwas with him (11r.Saiii. v,
stornis are ;f/riving you into (he hex- 10). An enlarging and a winding
bor. Oho iny brothere and sisters, about is got out of place, if it be
how sweet it Will he, after the long "still ll-Pward, still upward, still uPt
wilOarness march, to get home. That ward by the midst" (Ezek. xli, 7).
was a bright moment for the tired Peter would call it growiug in grace
do'lre in the time of the Deluge, when and in the knowledge of our Lord
it found its way safely into the win- and Savior Jesus Christ (II. Peter,
cl.iw of the ark. iii, 18). .1.111ll While on this present
.,,-,----4.-------- earth we are in an enem 's country,
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,rf E . . . .
HE S. s ,,,,. is the prince of this world (John
for eveu our Lord said that the de -
0, • xiv, 30) and we need 10 wateh.arid
pray lest we fall into temptation.
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heves wholly separated unto God
Text of the Lesson, Gen.. xii,1-9. and walking humbly with God, living
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In chapter X' We have 70 descen-
'A despatch froneWashington says: . Before men and angels he is a speci-
. Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the men of Christian patience, and lie i$
following tet : "km: the Kingdom really illustrating the power of
of HeaVen is ' as a man travelling Christ's Gospel, and is doing as
into a'far country, who called his much for the Church, and more
'Own servants and delivored unto for the Church, than many
them his goods. • more 'positively active. If you have
I "And unto One he gave five talents one talent, use that ; if you have
\to another two, and to another one; ten talents use them, satisfied with
to every Mall according to his sever- the fact that we all ha-ve different
at ability." --St. Matthew, xv. 14,
, . qualifications, and that the Lord de-
15cides w
whether e shall have one or
x
whether we shall hq,-ve ton.
Many of the parables of Jesus
Christ were more graphic in the
thnes. in which Ile lived than they
are now, beiteuse' circumstances have
so much changed. In olden times,
when a man wanted to wreak a
grudge upon his neighbour, after the
farnaer had scattered his seed wheat
' over the field and was expecting the
harvest, his avenger would go across
the same field with a sack full of
• darnel grass, scattering that seed all
over the field, and of course it
would sprout up'and. spoil the whole
crop; and it was to that Christ re-
ferred in the parable when he spoke,
of the tares being sown among the
wheat.
The servants spoken of in the text
are members of the Church. The
talents are our different qualifica-
tions of usefulness- given in different
• proportions to different people. The
coining back of the owner is the
Lord 7Jesus returning at the judg-
ment to make final settlement. The
, ;raising of some af these men to be
rulers over five or two cities is the
egaltation by the righteous at the
{last day, while the casting out of
the idler is the expulsion of all
• those who have misimproved their
privileges.
1 . Learn first Trent this subject, that
;becoming. a Christian is merely going
out to service. If you have any ro-
mantic idea about becoMing 'a Chisis-
. ,tia.n, I want' this. night to Scatter
the romance. If you enter into , the
kingdom of 'dbel, it will be going 'in-
. to plains practical, honest, continu-
,ous, persistent . Christian work. I
];now there are a great many people
who have fantastic and romantic 110-
tions about this Christian life, lint
he who serves God, With all the en-
ergies Of body, mind, and. soul, is a
Ovorthy serVant, and',he Who does not
an unworthy: servant. When the
war trumpet sounds, all the Lord's
soldiers Mustsmarch, however deep
the snow may be, or .however fearful
the odds „against them. lIader our
Government, We may have colonels
and captains. and. ;generals in, Mete 'of
peace, :but in the Churelt of God
there is no peace 'until the last great
victory. shall' have been achieved.
But I have -Lb tell you it is •
A VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
.There is no drudgery in it: olit our
worldly calliagS: Sometimes ,our
nerves get worn Out, and our head
aolieS,' and • ourPhysicalrfa.culties
break down; but in this service of
:}the • Lord. Jesus,, the harder a man
. works the better he. likes it, and a
man in this audience, who ha.s been.
serving God for forty years, enjoys
,the einpleyment :better thaa Whin
ehe
.first entered it. The grandeSt .honor
that 'can' ever be bestowed' upon you,
is to,: have Christ say to you 00 lthe
'last clay. "Well done, good and faith-
ful Servant !"
Again. I learn from the text that
inferiorit3r of gifts is no excuse for
indolence. This man, with the
smallest amount of money, ULM°
growling into the presence of the
m
owner of the estate, as much as to
say, "If you had given me seven
thousand dollars I would have
brought fourteen thousand dollars as
well as this other man. You gave
ole only fifteen hundred dollars, and.
I hardly thought it was worth while
to use it all. So I hid it in a nap-
kin, and it produced no result, it's
because,you didn't, give Inc enough."
But inferiority of faculties is n
llo ex-
eSe for indOlence. Let me say, Lo
the 1111111 who has the least qualifica-
tions, by the grace of Cod he inay
be made almost omnipotent: • The
merchant, whose cargoes conic out
front every island_ of the sea, and
who, by 0110 Stroke of the pen can
change the whole face of ,American
commerce, has not so much power
as you may have before God, in ear-
nest, faithful, and continuous pray-
er. You say you have no faculty.
Yes, the men with one talent are to
save the world, or it will never be
saved at all. The men with live or
ten talents are tempted to toil chief-
ly for themselves, to build up their
own great name, and work for their
own aggrandizement, and do nothing
for the alleviation of the world's
woes. The cedar of Lebanon, stand-
ing on the mountain, seems to hand
down the storms out of the heavens
to the earth, but it bears no fruit ;
while some dwarf pear tree has more
fruit on its branches than it can
carry. Better to have one talent and
put it to full use, than five hundred
wickedly neglected.
Again. My subject teaches me that
there is going to come a day of
Again. I learn from this parable
that. different :qualifications are giv-
en to :different :people, The .tea.cher.
lifts a blackboard and he draws. ',a
diagram; in. order. that by. that 'dia-
.. gram, he ,may impaess. the mind of
the pupil With the truth that .116 has
been,. 'uttering. And all the truths
.of this Bible, are drawn 'out in the
inatural' world ,as in a great diagram.:
;Here. is an acre of ,.ground that has
,ten talents.. Under a little culture,
it yields twenty bushels. of wheat' to,
ithe acre. "'Here is another 'piece of.
gro_h
und that as only one talent..
!you may plOugh it and ,harrow it
'
and .cultivate' it year after year, but
it yields a Mere pittance. . So here vociferation—at demonstration of
is a Mall with ten talents in the, way power and pomp; but, there will be
on that day, I think,' a few moments
of. entire „silence. I think a treinen-
dohs; an overwhelming silence,
think it will be such a, sfleoce the
eavth never heard. I1. will be at the
moment ..when all nations are
listen-
ing for their doom. "Come ye,
bleased!":, shall thrill with new
joy through 'the ranks of the saved.
"Depart ye cursed!" It will' throw'
additional darknesS into the abaxi-
domnent .of the. lost, ,
Lastly. .I learn from this parable
of the text, that our 'degrees. of hap-
piness in heaven will" be graduated
according to Mir degrees of •
SOLEMN SETTLEMENT.
The. day will come when the Lord
Jesus Christ will appear, and will
Say to you, "What have You been
doing with My property? What have
you ''been doing- with My faculties'?
What have you been doing with. what
I gave you for accumulative purpos-
es?" There will be no escape from
that settlement, have sometimes
been amazed to. see how an accoune
tant, run. up and down a long
line of figures. If I:see ,ten or fifteen
figures" in .a line and I attempt: to
.add them up, and I add them -up, two
or three tiines, inake them. different
each time .: But I have admired the
way. an accountant ,will take a tong
line Of figures, and without a Single
mistake, and with great celerity,
announce the aggregate. Now, in
the last great settlement, there will
be a cOrrect account presented. God
has:kept a long' line .01 sins, .a long
,line of . broken .Sabbaths, a long line
of prOfane words, a long line of dis-
carded gsacrantents, a long line Of
misimproved. privileges. - They ,will
all be .added Up; and before angels,
and devils, and .men, the ,aggragate
will be 'announced., Oh, that will be
the -great day, of settlement. I lia-ve
to ask the clues -tibia "Am I ready
for it?" . of more importance
to me. to answer that question in re-
gard ato myself than in regard to
you; and it is of more . importance
for you to answer it in, regard 1,
yOurSelf than in ilegand to Me,. Every
men. for: himself in that day. Every
*onion for, herself in. that day. "If
then be WiSe tholl :15e wise for,
thyself; if thou:: seorneSt .tholi. alone
:shalt bear it." We are apt to sneak
of the last. clay:as an oecasion of
$04 wandering and stumb6ling on the
dants of Noah among' whom the
part of Abram, even: a compact he -
earth was divided; and Petit. xxxii,
tween himself and Inc wife to, lie in
8, 'saysthat God set the bounds of
Order to save his life,, andaa senses,
the people' with reference tothe
quent rebcike from a heathen' king,
number of the children Of ,Israel; al- -
thong such people ere not then in 4.
existence 'except, before. God. '-i From UNCOMFORTABLE TRAVEL.
before the World was made .both the ._....ao. :
chureh arid Israel Were real to :God; Mow It 'reels to 'Go By the Trans -
and He ' clearly sawthe end 'When :•
Siberian an Railway.
throligh . them ,..-He: would rule the
:world in righteousness (lsas xlvi, 9,
10):.- Chapter 'Xi tells ,of:.: man's de- The disComforts of trans -Siberian
railway travel are described. by .11,gev.
generacy and union, against GOd to
make thein a. name. This, is the' hes F. E. Clark in ."A New Way Aronnd
an'Old World," ' : The best cars run
ginning c)f, the tory 61 :13abY:lPa; the at the time' of his visit Were .marked
011d...of...Which is found , ia -Rev, xyii„
, foUrth class,” and. he quietly. re.4.
and xviiia and the great :feature or
which is self glorification: "Let LIS marks that they Were 'hie , better
than they 'tiretencled. to .sbe." ' ' They
make us 'itcliaine." Here. We hove the ,had wooden" . seats of the hardest
beginning cif languages,- because of
this rebellion.- Tnen follow: the ,ten sort, ; and three wooden 'shelves, , orie
above 'another, afforded' cramped' oP-
generat'ions . from Shan, teg Abram portunity for•, a :Man not. More titan
inclusive. In Chapter v we had the five feet long to stretch: hiniself out.
ten: generations froth. Adrian to Noah Each :Of thee cars, with , ite 'three
inclusive,: these 20 generations , being tiers Of shelVes, is supposed to ae-
on the line . of the' righteous and commodate forty-three -passengerS,
leading on to Christ. , .Man ., apart : Into these Cars were eroWded; :hel-
from God Over degenerates. Sin ter-skelter; pell-mell, . higgledy-pig-
turned Adam and .E'Ve front , Eden,
sin brought' the deluge „and • destroyed gledY' Russians and Siberians' 'muz-
biks and Chiriannen, Tartars, Buriats
all except those in the ark,' Sill and, ;Englishmen,' : Frenchmen, Goa.
brought the confusion of ' ton- manS and AniericanSg 'Odors inde-
,gnes; and now sifter 2,000.' years .sin scribable made:: the air thick : ancl'. al -
again prevo.ils, and from the idol most murky. The, stench.' the dirt,
Worshippers, beyond. the .river the thevermin, greW worse 'the' longer
Lord takes Abram that He may
the 'car was inhabited. And in these
blesshim: and make him a Oblessing dreadful cars we hacl. to remain for
to all people on, earth (Joshua xxiv,four weary days and nights. •, "
2, 3). . During these long and weary days
1s3. I Will bless thee And niake thy we :were obliged to get what diver -
name great, and. thou shalt be a sion we could from -..onr ' fellow Pas -
blessing, and in thee shall all fain- Sengers, We watched. the. .mother
ilieS of the earth be blessed, These
who' combed her offspring's haie with
are some of the Wards of the Lord .
a carvingalcnife, with which she made
to. Abrani while, yet hi Ur of the vigorous onslaught on the numerous
Chaldees, by which He would draw inhabitants that had .taken, shelter
him from country and -kindred and there, while 'we shuddered., as we
perforni.throngh him all His. n -----in
-e.
-' thought 01 the coming, night .in close
sure by separating him /into Him- proximity. • - ,
self and placing him in a land which We were interested,' in the other
He Would in dna time give him - as mother, who did her ..daily • washing
an inheritance. Stephen said in his:
discourse that the God of giorY ali- a pint cup; and hung it. Out to:dry
peared to Abramevidenton the upper bunk. We Were' fascias
it is evident
ated, by the soldiers who ,penforoned
from another record that sennethingtheir morning ablutions by. .taking
more than the earthly inheritance a large mouthful of water .from a
was set before liim, for he looked for teapot, then, squirting it on 'their
a, city which hath foundations whose h.ana§!;:snis,,:e.ttats,/, washed their taeen
builder, and maker is God (Acts vii, In the midst, of the filth and (115-
9; Heb. xi, 10). Noticein these op- comfort of this hard journey,, 1 ornist
ening verses of our: lessen the four- record that We met many 'courtesies
fold "I will" of, the Lord—' '1 ! will and . kindnesses from the most 11 0 -
show," "I will, Make" and the double promising Of our .fellow travellees.
"I will bless." The 'promises and Some of the peasants were ladies and
assurances are all from God. Abram gentlemen at -heart, who -Would in -
hears, believes, obeys: : He died in cox/Merle' themselves to add to oar
faith, not having received the prom- comfort. They were never intemper-
ise. for God gave him none inherie ate or noisy; :and in genuine polite-
tance in it, yet He promised that He nese could have given many Points
would '(Heb xi; 13; 'Acts vii, 5.).
4r, 5, '.'Abietin was seventy and, five to certain:Members of our party who
prided themselves on belonging to. a
years old when he , departed but of
tfaran." In chapter xi; 31s 3.2•, vve nation noted ,for its good manners,..
read that his 'father, Terah, who
serveother gods (Joshua xXig, ..2l, PHYSICIAN AND SOLD/Elt.
d.
accompaaied. him. Sp far as ,Haran. _
Abram tarried there Until. his father An Instance 'of Lord. Kitchener's
died, and then, taking- with him Lot,
his brother's son, they Came into Oa-
--A sergeant of the Royal Engineers,
aan, Did Terah .hinden Abram?
of getting good and doing good. He
.sooris under Christian culture, yields
grea.t harvests of faith and good
world. Here is another man who
seems to have only one talent, and
you may put upon him the grea.test
spiritual culture, but he yields but
llittle of the fruits of righteousness,
,You are - to understand that there
are different qualifica,tions for differ-
ent individuals. There is a great
deal of ruinous comparison when a
• man says: "Oh, if I only had that
'man's faith, or that man's money,
, ,
,or that, man's elocorence„ how 1
iwould serve Gocl !" Better take the
-faculty that God has given you, and
•h'emPloy it in the right way, The risr-l--3qTrICHs ON EARTH
.rabbis used to say, that before the Several of the commentators agree
stone and timber were brought to in making this parable the same as
Jerusalem for the Tern-Ple everY the 0110 01 Luke., where one. man was
stone and piece of timber was mark- made ruler over five cities, and an-
'sd; so that before they started for other made ruler over two cities.
4erusalem, the architects knew in- -would it be facir and right that the
what place that particular piece of
' timber or stone should fit. And so I professed Christia,n man who has
lived very near Lhe line between the
have to tell you we are all marked world. and the Church—the man who
for some one place in the Great has often compromised his Christian
'Temple, of the_ Lord and do not let character—the luau who has never
US complain„, saying: "I would like spoken out for cog_the man who
to be the foundation stone, or the
cap stone," Let us go into the very has never been known as a Christian
only on communion days—the man.
place where God intends us to be, whose great struggle has been to see
and be satisfied with the position. how much, of the, world, he 00,0g get
Your talent' ni•IY be in Personal all- and yet Will heaven—is it right to
pearance; your talent may be in suppose that that man win have as
largo worldly estate; your talent
may be in high social position ; grand and glorious a seat in heaven
as the man who gave all his energies
your talent may be in a swift pen or of body, milid and sew to the son.
eloOuent tongue : but whatever , be vice of Goa? Tho dying thief enter -
the talent, it has been given only ed heaven; but net with the , samo
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for one purpose—, startling acclaim as that Which,
PRA OTICAL USE. greeted , Paul, who had gone tinder
scorching's, and across dungeons and
You sometimes find a man In the through maltrea,tments, into the
Community to whoin. ;volt say, " He kingdom °f glory, ' °Ile star dirfers
has no taleut at all ;'' rind yet that from. another star in glory, and they
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' man may have a h undyed. talents, W110 thil Mightily for ' 0 hriS t on
l'Iis 011e 11110(110d taleots may be earth shall have a Inc greater reWard
'shown in (Ile '. lt,e10 0 t 'elleillrottoo, than those Who have rendered' arilv
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iPoverty comes, and he endtres lt ; hall a serVice, heard of Christ and His redeniptIOn
iPersequii" '00mes' and bc endures Ai Sw.ne,‘of 'Yon ate hastening- on ts• He is calling all who have heard 1111
sickness comes, and he endures it. Ward the rewardS Of the righ'cutie, n ge, 10 separate thernselveS from
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RAIN IN T11/.1ll COUNTRY,
in tile country, the cool, sweet
rail(
'Falisc)ri tile daisies and grayling
grain,
Shadows the poild with widening
rings,
Kisses tlie lips of the lowland
springs,
1?litys with the pines on the hill -top
dim
Anti fills the valley with naist
Way of lOoing Things.
might he have gene into Canaan if who has lately returned from Africa,
tells a good story in a London. daily
he had been willing? These are not
as important questions as such per- of Lord Kitchener's stern sense of
justice. In the serg-eant's company
sonat ones as the following: Ain I by
a hack of faith or by an unwilling- there was a Private who always did
ness to be separate from this present his duty in a quiet, unobtrusive man -
which gained for him a certain
evil world, hindering any dear one ner,
whose heart. is longing foe. a closer respect from his immediate superiors
and companions. One morning this
walk with Cod? Am 1 a Terah, say_
ing, that traran is Tan enough? man presented himself at -the office
ancl reported that he was ill and un -
0, 7. And -the Lord appeared unto
Abram and said, "Unto thy seed will 111 for duty. He was ordered to ap-
I give this land, and there banded Pear bef're Dr. X., time medical °Lil-
lie an altar unto the Lord who ap-
peared unto hint.'' We do not read
of any appearance of the Lord unto
Abram at Ilaran, for the first verse
of our lcsson refers to the Lord's ap-
pearance and message in Mesopotam-
ia (Acts vii, 2, 3), but now, Abram
having obeyed fully, the Lord ap-
pears to him a second time and con-
firms His promise. Until. we fully
obey up to the light Nve have we can-
not expect further light or revels. -
tion. This is Abram's first altar in
the land. By sacrifice he worships
ocl in His appointed way. At this
piece Jacob afterward bought a
piece of ground, There JoSlma, ga-
thered Israel for his farewell address.
There he, buried the body of Joseph,
and there Jesus talked witil the wo-
inan at the well (Gen. xxxiii, Josh-
ua xxiv, John iv). The land was
already occupied by the Canaanites,
and Abram must be content with his
tent and altar to be a pilgrim and a
stranger until GOcl's time should
come to give him the land.
8• There he blinded an altar unto
the Lord and called upon the name
of the Lord." This 10 his second al-
tar in the land, and it is between
11011101 and Hai. margin says
the Ai of Joshua vii'2. Bethel
suggests Gen. xxviii, 10, and the
story of God's gracious loving kind -4
ness to Jacob. But the principal
truth and practical lesSon are lisso-
dated with the altar and the sacri-
fice. Happy is the man, who, what-
ever be his 'home or 'dwelling place
on surroundings, if it be a hut or a
palace, in some lien:then wilderness
or in some great city, never fails to
have his altar unto the :laird! 'Re-
demption by the blood of Christ and
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are the two greatest thingS
that any mortal can have, ad they
slre possible to all who have, ever
It splashes in shadowy forest nooks,
Dimples the faces of woodland
brook.s,
Whispers with leaves in untrodden
ways,
Dances. o'er the meadows of lushest
Wraps the distance in sober grays,
green,
And scatters the petals where roses
lean. '
STACKING SMALL GRAINS.
The old and rather careless method
of threshing; direct from the shock is
becoming Jess and less prQininent
and it is well that this is so. In
some cases time .is saved, but a
large number of men are required al
threshing time, making much 'heavy
Work for the women of the family
and usually causing move or less
confusiono There is always danger
of loss from storms as long as the
grain remains in the shock and fre-
quently the quality is lowered' from -
bleaching. It is impossible for all
farmers to thresh at once, so some
fields ,have to remain in the open for
weeks arid' frequently months. Loss'
is sureto follow.
The best phial then is to stack.
This should be done as soon as the
grain is dry enough. In some cases
a week after harvest time the stack-
"ing may begin. The work comes at
0. comparatively ,slack period and
consequently is not very expensive.
The matter of making the stack so
its lvill turn water is very important.
During a season of heavy rain -fall a
waterproof stack is difficult to con-
struct, but if the principles are un-
derstood, there is no reason why all
grain stacks, but pa.rticularly wheat
and rye, should, not be waterproof.
• Possibly, the safest stack is the
small, round one, such as is seen all
over the wheat growing sections.
Four of them are grouped so that
the thresher may be run between,
leaving two on each side. Begin as
,you would an ordinary field shock,
but continue placing circles of sheav-
es around the shock, gradually in-
clining them more and more until
they' are 'almost' flat by the time the
base of the stack is of the desired
size. `The whole secret of successful
stacking lies in keeping the middle
or centre part of the stack high and
solid. , This is done by laying on ex-
tra layers of bundles and stepping.
on each one as it is put down. On
the other hand the outer layers
should be as loose as may be. With
these conditions the centre of the
stack will settle but little, while the
outside layers will go down a great
deal.' This forms a complete water-
shed and unless, rains are exceedingly
heavy and accompanied by wind
storms, the grain will be almost as
safe as in the bin.
In putting 011 these outer layers of
bundles a short handled fork should
be used. This will enable -the oper-
ator to keep off the outside layers.
All loose material should be piled
UP in the middle and not allowed to
accumulate on the edge, where it
will cause bundles to slip and result
in a lopsided, unsightly stack. If
it is possible, one load should be,
pitched from one side and the next
from the Opposite. This will cause
1mila/en compacting and tend to pre-
vent the leaning of the .stack. Do
not make the stack very high. There
is nothing to. be gained by it and
low stacks are loss Jiablsr to be un-
covered during a wind storm.
Long, narrow ricks are favorites
in some Scleti0/15 and are more easily,
made than a round stack. If the
stacker is not very skillful he had
better begin en a rick. This is sim-
ply a long, narrow stack which will
ohfolbdutitildlictshe way from 8 to 16 loads
Other 'things being equal, a rick
cer of the corps, who pronounced should stand north and south, as in
him in good health and ordered him l the west most Iliolont wind storms
back to duty.
Against this order there was no
appeal, and the soldier returned to
his work, which was preparing,
planks for a temporary bridge. Pie
found it- impossible to work, and
mentioned the fact to the sergeant,
with whom he was on the most
friendly terms.
"Why not lay the case before Lord
Kitchener?" asked the sergeant. "He
is in the office now."
"Oh, I dare not,"' replied the man.
`lac is too stand-off and cold.''
"Well, if you're afraid, do ,it
myself," said the sergeant, and he
dic,I;csaer the man here at once," said examined and tune, of threshing goy -
Kitchener, without looking up, "and I exited accordingly,
also Doctors Y. and Z, thneh
Each of these doctors lie made ex -
ABOUT TURKEYS.
amine the man in his presence.
Doe,tor Y. rePorted ''typhoid in a Terges-s taolne1 be lrealect -With the
marked stage.'' Doctor Z. made the same management that is employed
sa,Msoonddar-goir Doctor
immediately sh11 aiictilictoraii)seinvgwoy.f tondem i'le`.1n.heyyouanrge
said Lord Kitchener. and because of this fact many are
"Please Doctor X. examine this • ented from trying to raise them
Mon Carefully. He is either 111 or Tiler° is a sort 02 tenderness in an
malingering," kinds of young things and the kind
f anigement till:I:, Will one
Doctor X. performed the command -
cd taSk, and nervously sald: IP -al: will not be -so sUited to others.
1 have made -a mistake. This man Young turkeys should be kept from
is in the early stages of typhoid," the early Morning dews until they
".1 Tave the man at once removed gather some s Leong , They are
to the hospital," came the order, great to roam and for this reason
0000 you, sir; apply to the adjutant rcarecl
for your papers, and at your earliest ittiliceYs,canspifrtkeb3res f,ino st°cItillee lioncoarle-
conyonience _1„tm-iato pleasure in feeding' on -the groviods
of neighbors than. on their home
come from the west. Other things,
however, are not equal. If they
stand east and west, the sun never
reaches 1110 north side, consequeatly
it is desirable to have thein stand
north and south, so that the sun
will get at 'almost the entire surface.
Although grain is comparatively
safe in well -made stacks it is always
desirable to thresh as soon as pos-
sible and get the grain into the bin
or seU it. In most cases, wheat in
the stack goes through a 'sweating
process and threshing cannot be done
while it is in this condition, which
usually teinainates about the third
week, The stack should be carefullss
:
to roam about their range can be SC"
leeted turning them in the diree-
tioa it is desired they should go, If
a neighbor on one side has ttirkelYs
0 may be well to drive them in an-
other direetion and they will soon
go over a certain range, In ceder
to avoid any claims that inight be
made on , the turkeys it will be a
good plan to mark them. A very
unique way ef ,doing this will be in
tying a soft string of some kind
around a wing, leavirig few inches
02 11 hanging under the wing. This
can be worked in under the feathers
80 Will 00t, be noticed by anyone
who does not know it is there and
will be a very good mark ef owner-
ship.
Florence Nightingale has reached geoundS, They are like the .boy
her 8151 birthday. r IIer father was who always wanted to be Sontwahere
Wi I 11 Mil 81101'0, who assumed by let- he was 310t. \Viler° neighbots keep
tors Patent the surname of Nightin- turkeys' it is somethnes unpleasant
gale in 1815. -'', The nanie • and the, to have them Claim turkeys belong-
fainily pronerty . came from Peter "ino; to another,
'Nightingale, against whom Ark- Turkeys ShOuld be brought home
wright, „inventor of , the spinning from. thaie hatching place at. night
jenny, in 1770-br0ng1lt one 02 1118 and' kepfn catifined in nt lath coop ti: soldiers and Sailors,: end bakers and
tants for infringelhent'i of ptttetit feW days s they get Old enough' 'tailors, tend. candle-sti CI: akers,
• HORTICULTURAL BRIEFS.
The commercial . orchardist who
plants too many varieties makes a
mistake; better select a few of the -
best that do well in yotir
Unless needed for the purpose of
prQpagal.jon it is best to keep the
slickers from around the raspberry
an d )31 a ckberry bushes.
If a fruit tree needs pruning it is
easier to prune as soon as the ne-
cessity shows than after years of
neglect.
'Ilhe pear tree is rnore liable to
disease than any other fruit tree, un-
less we except the peach. .
In manuring the orchard, remem-
ber that the roots of the trees ex-
tend as far out as the branches.
All fruit trees should be carefully
labeled, so that the owner may know
what he possesses.
Raspberry plants should be set out
at the very first favorable oppor-
tunity in the spring.
Put soapsuds around the peach
Set out young fruit trees and
plants every year, \
The value of an orchard depends
very much on the proper selection
of tlie varieties, '
Thorough preparation of the
ground before planting is essential
with all berries.
be placed in direct contact with the
roIontst.ransplanting no manure should
"AN IMPOSSIBLE STORY."
Curious Illustration of the Valui
of a Book.
There cited suddenly in London the
other day a writer who may not be
entitled to a palce among the great-
est of English novelists, but who
certainly deserves to be classed
among the most lovable and useful
of Englishmen.
Sir Walter Besant was interested
in every worthy undertaking and a
leader in many helpful works; but he
will best be known and longest re-
membered as the author of "All
Sorts and Conditions of Men."
The story of this book is an inter
esting one. It presents the hard life
of the people of the crowded East
End of London, arid tells, in the
form of a novel, of the ideals and
ambitions oi a young mechanic Who r
has had a better education than his
fellows and uses it for their advan-
tage. Through his efforts, as related
in the novel, a great central build-
ing, a "People's Palace," is erected
in the East End where the social life
of the people Can express itself;
where they can study and read, see
fine paintings, hear good music, have
their games and athletic sports,. and
in general meet life on a higher plane
than is possible in their own unat-
tractive homes.
To this tale the author, curiously
enough, gave the somewhat cynical
subtitle of "An Impossible Story."
He was the most hopeful of men, but
he saw clearly how much was to be
done, and doubtless at the -time he
wrote had small thought that his
dream would be realized within his
own lifetime. Yet there stands to-.
day in that same East End, and for
years has stood, a "People's Palace"
111 which has come to pass all that
the dreamer clrea,med. The "Im-
Possible Story" has become not on-
ly a possibility, but a fact.
In the largest, truest sense, Sir
Walter Besant built the People's
Palace as surely as lie wrote the
book which gave it its name, and
front which the public gathered its
first knowledge of the need of such
an institntion.
It would be hard to find a 'better
illustration, either of the power of
a good book, or of the readiness of
people to give whe11 their eyes are
opened and their hearts are touched.
FOR THE OCCASION,
A Scottish divine was noted for his
pointed and cutting- sayings both in
and out of the pulpit. One Sunday
morning, just as he wa.s about to be-
gin the service, the kirk door open-
ed and in walked a sprightly young
Ploughman in a brand new pair of
light corded. trousers.
The young man was in no hurry to
get to his seat, zusd when he did get
there he stood. up and deliberately
and slowly arranged his coat tails
before sitting down. The minister '
had eyed him from the first, and as
the young man was turning rouncl
to see 0 there was any dust, on the
seat, observed in an impatient voice:
Ye caa sit doon /too, my man.
We've seen yer brooks.
. USE OF A LONG -BREATH.
When chilled by exposure to cold
take a long breath with the mouth
1iirily shut. Repeat this several
times- until you begin to feel the
heat returning. It requires only a
very short time to do so, The long
breath quickens the pul8e, and this
canses the blood to circulate taster.
The blood flows into all parte of the
veins and "arteries andgives out a
great deal Of heat. :1.1 iS stated .
that a long deep breath, hold as long
aS possible, will close the pores of 'a
heated skin, and the • danger' of tak-
ing' cold, on stepping oatdoors, snaY
be thus gthi,„ded against.
We shall''See old Merl 'behind -the
shop -Counter, old engine -drivers, old
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