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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1901-10-3, Page 7RIGHT 1(11\-11 OF C111,11111 Rev Dr Talmage Speaks of tile Duties A desPatch from Washington s Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from following text: -Hebrews x, 25, " forsaking the assembling of ourse together." , Startling statements have • :made in many of the pulpits an .some of the religious „newsPaPers• is heard over and ever again t fnunch attendance in America is :'-iecadence. 1 deny the statem by presenting some hard facts. ,one wjjl dispute the fact that tl 'are more churches in America t ever before, one denomination a aging tWO new churches every of the year. The law of dem and supply is inexorable .in Kingdom of God as it is in More clmrches supplied arg more church privileges dollen( More banks, more hankers; more tories; more Manufacturers; rho,re Ships, more importers; znore churches; mote attendants, You are not to argue adversely cause here ancl there a church is pleted. Churches have their d Sometimes merchandise will enti occupy a neighborho'od and cr out the churches and families or arily attendant upon them, So times a church' perishes through ternecine strife. But there are facts to overthrow the statem that I have made in regard to 'increasing, a,ttenclance npon house of Cod. Now, X an ready admit, that there are churches wl HAVE BEEN DEPLETED, nnd it is high time that a sermon 1'1:tie,. Preached, for tne benefit of yotii)e,T men who are just entering the gos ministry and -for the warning of pr porous churches as to what are causes of decline in any case. merchandise crowd out a chur that cannot be helped', but under other circumstances decadence church attendance is the fault eitl 3-t of the` church or the pastor. The 'trouble ,begins away back the , theological seminaries. It shame that larger provision is made for ministers of religion, the sick andethe aged and the firin who have "worn themselves o .n in the service of God. We have r- val asylums and soldiers' asylm for men who fought on land and s for our country when these m have become aged or crippled, a it is a shame that larger nrovisi is not made for the good: -Soldie of Jesus Christ who have Wo themselves out in battling for t, Lord. But lack of provision in th respeet makes a tendency to tu our theological seminaries into ho pitals for sick and e aged and infirm st ministers. When. a man begins to go down, they give him the title of D. D. by way of resuscitation. If that, fails, then the tendency is to elect lum to a. professorate in soi theological -seminary. There are 'grand exceptions to this rule,' but it is often the case that the profes- sorate in aatheological seminary is occupied by some minister of the gospel; who, not _being • able to . „ preach, is set to teach others IIOW TO PREACH. In more cases than one the poores ',speaker in' the faculty is the pr fesSor of elocution. We want moi ;wide awake, nitre' able-bodied, abl 'minded men, more enthusiastic me for+, in our theological seminaries an old' in the professorates -men like Add oo,1 'son Alexander, who could durin tricl the week teach men the theory ci , 'preaChing and then on Sunday g on into the pulpit, and with the than ind der and lightning ,of Christian plo hes ,ouence show them how. What woulc 'yOn bf* a fachli'y of unsuccess :elen ful merchants to train yourtg mer In; 'chants 'or a , faculty of unsUccessfn >plc Ilawyers to train young lawyers? sun 42: ,often the case than tbeologica an-, seMinaries ,nn find clip hin Sir and scniard'• hirn :ands Meld' him and h. is !Pore 'him mid twist lain until ,all, the and stindividual is gone out of, him, and D be is only a poor copy of man who was elected to a professorate be cause he could not preach W want less deadwood in the theologi- cal seminaries and more flaming evangele. I declare that a man who ,cannot" preach himself 'cannot teach others how to preach. Young ministers are told they must preach Christ 'and Him Crucified. Yes bat not as an abstraction. Many a minister has preached Christ and Him crucilled m such a, way that he' preached an audience of five hundred sing, , down to two hundred, and from two nundred to one hundred, and frem ohs hundred to lifter, and froln liftY San to twenty,_ and on down until there side. 'our, dis• alley" arsa,-/ )WN‘, of ayst tsto parlor under the name of pastor - the 1 al visitation and 'ffo gadding about Not throu,gli the village or the city on Ives errands of complete nothingness and wrap their brains around a cigar been ' and smoke them up, and then on d in Saturday afternoon put a few crude ft thoughts together and on Sunday hat morning wonder that the theme of in I Christ, and Him crucified does not, enes bring a large audience, and on Mon - No day sit down and write jeremaids lere , for the relinious newspapers about hail I the decadence of ver - day the the led. fac- CHURCH ATTENDANCE. People will not go to church mere- ly as a matter of duty. 'There will not next Sabbath be a thousand people in any ,city who will get up in the morning and say : " The Bible says I must go to church. it is my duty 'to. go to church, there- fore I will go to church." The vast multitude, of people who go to be- church, go . to church be - ay. multitude of people who stay away de- 'cause they., like it, and the rely , from church stay away because they owd I do not lil;e it. I am not speaking din- ab,out the way the world ought to MO- in - be, I ani speaking about the way the world is. Taking things as they are, no WC 1211.1rit make the centripetal force teinict ,tof,ithet clitirch. mightier than the cen- the 1 I say to the young men who are to entering' the ministry, wal must put on mere force, more energy, arid 111 - to our religions services more vivac- ity if 'we want the people to come. You look into a church court of any denomination of Christians. First os- yon will find the men of large com- mon sense and earnest look. The t11-17 educaton of their minds,' the Piety eh, of their hearts, the holiness of their al/ , lives, qualify them for their work. Then you will find in every church ier court of every denomination a. group of men who utterly amaze you with in the fact that such semi -imbecility is can get any pulpits to preach in ! ent Those are the nien who give forlorn fon I statistics about church decadence. in- Frogs never croak in running water; lit ALWA1 S IN STAGNANT. lean.- But can say to, all Cheistian II ens, to all Sunday -school teachers to all evangelists, to all ministers 0)1 of the gospel, if we want our Sun- _ , day -schools and our prayer meetings and our churches to gather the peo- ple rn 1we must freshen up. The simple lin fact is, the people are tired of the a -t humdrum of religionists. Religious humdrum is the worst of all hum- ,: drum. You say over and over again , Come to Jesus," until the phrase means absolutely nothing.- Why do you not tell them a, story which will make them- come to Jesus in five minutes'? ne It is high time that the church of God 'stopped writing apologies for the church. Let the men who are on the outside, who despise religion, write the apologies. If any people do not want the church they need not have it. It is a free country. If any man does not want the gos- pel he need not have it. It is a free e country. But you go out, 0 people o God, and give the Gospel to the 0- millions of America who do not .0 want it ! It is high time to stop e- skirmishing, and bring -on a general 1,1 engagement. I want to live to see ° the Armageddon, all the armies of heaven and hell in battle array, for I know our Conqueror on the white horse will gain the day: Let the ° nhurch of God be devoted to nothing - else, but go right on to this con- -iest, . - , When AIOSOS2 and his,. army were try- . ing to conquerthe Ethiopians pro- ; fane history says, it was expected that he would go in a roundabout way and come by the banks of the river,' as -other armies had done,, be- cause the straight route was •infested With snakes, and ' no army And no man liadedared go „across thie ser- pent -infested region. nut MOSES SURPRISED THEM. fa; et' aide are all ans- ctor in ward ,rged o wn gow` clues - ;sown' ;565,-4 t thel apart. tome* z, Ili 1 was little left SAVE THE SEXTON Alio was paial to stay there until the . . service was over and lock lip. There is a great deal of cant abbut Christ. anci :trim crucified. It is not';CliriSt and Iiint crucified as an abstraction, but as an omnipotent syinpa•thY aP'e tosla,11 the wants add woes of our, iniinorta,1 nataire--a Christ who will help es in every domestic, social, financial, political, national struggle •-•--ti Christ for the parlor, a Christ for the nursery, a Christ for the kit- chen, a Christ, for the barn, a Christ for the street, a Christ for the store, a Christ for the banking house, a 'Christ for the factory, a Christ for congressional assembly, a. Christ for every triat ail(' every eniergency and every, perttli.n11,1011. • I think that ministerial laziness often empties tile church of a,liclitors. rt,earers, 'who are intelligent, through reading ranrepapers ancl by active as- .sociat,ion in business circles will not on the Sabbath sit and listen to jilatitudes. f.T.earers Wilt Dot come to sprinons which have in them no Important filets, no information, 110 8tirri1]g i)ower, no adaptation, no ore. .1 he pew will not listen to the pulpit miless tile- pulpit knoWs niore tinin tile pew. ATini:,lerifil lazinesS 11e.8 cleared 0112, many chiirclieS. Still Iniuisters saunter aroimd from parlor He sent his men out to gather up Ibises. The a bird celebrated for serpent slaying, and these ibises were gathered into crates and into baskets, and they were carried at the head of the army of Moses, and, coming up to the serpent -infested re- gion; the crates were opened, and - 1 the ibises flew forth, and the way was cleared, and the army of Moses marched right on and came so un- expectedly on the Ethiopians that they flew in wild dismay. 0, church of Gocl, you are not to march in a roundabout way, but to go straight forward, depending upon winged in- fluences to clear the way. Hosts of the living God, march on, march on! Church attendance, large now, is going to be • larger yet. The sky is brightening \ in every direction, 1 am glad for the boy and girl five ;years old. I think they may see the millennium. The wheel of Christian progress has never made one revolution backward. The world moves, the. kingdom advances. All nations will yet salute the standards of Prince Immanuel, To 1 -Jim -be, glory In the church throughout all ages ! Amen. ---+--- A KIND MAN, Bangs-.Tubkins 18 the man „Iever saw. Slangs -Why don't you his face ? Bangs -I dob't want to. STaPgs-You're afraid you? Bangs -Oh no; 11111. his enough to bear alreadY; Fond Mamma ---What do you think of my daughter's execution, profes- sor? (as lie(1 fair daughter was pouml- ing away at the piano). rerociour. Professor -Think, inadanil Why, that I should like to be present at 11-, homeliest say it to to, ain't face has et cold( let their father thus be INTERNATIONAL LESSON OCTOBER 6. Te4ct of the Lesson, Gen. xxxv 12-36. Golden Text, Acts-, vii., 9. Our last Genesis lesson showed Jacob preparing to meet Esau, ed with fear. Chapter tcliS how' God wrought ia making Peace between the hro Chess and of Jacob's altar to God, the God of Israel, at Sheeheni.' In chapter xxxiv the devil is seen in his work of sin and death ; chapter xxxv, tells of God appearing to jaccib at Bethel, where Ile had many years before opened heaven to hint in the vision of th'e, hinder, and it tells also of the death of Isaac at the age of -180 years ; of Deborah, liebekah's nurse, and of :Rachel, the wife of Jacob, as slie gave birth to Benjamin ; it gives the names of Jacob's 12 sons and leaves him at 14:enroll, where Isaac died and was buried 12-14. "co. l pray thee, and see the peace of thy brethren" (margin reading). Israel unw isely made it very evident that he loved J oseph more than his other sons, and this, with Joseph'stwo prophetic dreams, stirred them so that they envied him and hated him and could not speak peaceably to him (verses 4, 5, 11). All unsuspecting, s his father sends him from the home at Hebron to see if it is well with his brethren and with the flocks. It is well for tts that we do not know what is beforn us, but it Is also well that we can be sure that however things may seem Cod is working out his eternal Purposes of love ancl m6rcy in the very best way. 15-20, From Hebron to Shechem, and from Shechein to Dothan, he 'patiently and obediently and loving- ly sought them, only to experience at their hands their hatred and mur- derous intentions. When they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, the3r conspired against him to slay him. In Joseph as in Isaac, we have a wondrous type of the Lord Jesus. When fie came unto His Owm, seeking their peace, not only did they not receive but they persistently took counsel to kill Him (John i, 11 ; xi, 53 ; Math, xii, 14). 21-22.1 "Het us not kill him." Thus saidlletiben, his oldest brother desiring to rid him out of their hands and deliver him to hi's father again, for -they welee not all so hard of heart, these cruel brethren. We may hope that Reuben, whose name signifies "see a son" (chapter foxix, 32, margin), saw more in Joseph than the others did, but it would only be eternally welrwith him if he sawby faith Elini whom Abel and Enoch 'and Noah and the patriarchs saw. #85 And all ins sons and ail his (laugh:Una nose ina to comfort him, but 110 „ssefused „nta be comforted," We clo apt 1(21011/ DOW they tried to coinfort 111111, lriut he might have said OS J oh ,'.111iserab1e ceinfor Lers ii., are yeall vam otttimes e w the word, of those who really want to be a conifOlst, but Cod is the ra- ther -'of mercies and the Clori. of all us fin - Its 23-21. "They took hint and cast him into a Pit, and the pit :was empty :; :there. was .no. water in .it:" By the grace of GOd, and according to. His promise, Joseph did not die in the pit, but was: delivered from it that he might in due time perform the pleasure of the Lord. Consider Zech. -ix, 11; "Ap for thee also by the blood of thy covenant' I have sent forth thy prisoners. out of, :the pit :wherein is 110 water!' However great or many may be the trials of the righteous; by:virtne of the blood whicliaredeemed them they shall be delivered from every evil thing,and presented '.perfect in the day of the kingdom (II Tim. iv, '17, 18).. 25-28. A company'of Ishmaelites passilig by, Judah manifests his in tereetain his brother by suggesting 'that they sell him to them. His brethren were content to have it so, and therefore Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver and taken to Egypt.' How many things in this sad story are suggestive of the , suf- ferings of Christ 1 They stripped Him of his raiment ; when they had crucified Him, ;they Sat, down and watched him ; he was sold for some pieces of silVer (Math. xxyii, p, 28, 35, 36): The archers sorely grieved him and 'shot at him and‘' hated him, but his bow abode in strength, and- the arms of his hands Were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob' (Gen. xlix, 23, 24). 29-30. "'Phe child is not, -and I, whither shall I go ?" Thus said 'Reuben when he returned to the pit and found not his brother, for they had taken him up and sold him in Reuben's absence, His brethren would not be apt to enlighten him, so probably he, as well as his father, continued in ignorance as to Joseph's fate. Twenty years after this Reuben reminded' his brethren of their guilt and of his desire to save his brother (chapter xlii, 22). He ,did not say, like Cain, Am f my brother's keeper ? but he felt a re- sponsibility for his brother's wel- fare. 31-82. "They took .Toseph's coat and killed a kid of the goats and 41ipped the coat in the blood. The phrase "a kid of the goats" makes one think how often it, is used in connection- with sacrifice ; "one kid of the goats for a sin offering." See it 12 times in Numvii alone. One cannot. but think of God's batOliOd SOD, Who for us became a sin offer- ing, but He did it willingly and in loVe for us, and in love the Father gave. Him, up to be our sin offering. As they brought the blood stained coat to their father and said, This have we found ; know now whether it be thy son's coat or no," they both told and acted a terrible lie, showing themselves for the time being in the service of the -father of lies. • 33-34. -Joseph is without doubt rent to pieces." So he 13el1eved, and his cruel sons let him believe, and Pc inoinmed Icir his son inany days, and fop 28 years' counted 111151 dead. It is trying enough to see a loved one die, but there is a sad consola- tion in being privileged to care for and lay carefully a NV ay the precious body. To have loved ones go out froiri your preSence in health and never see thetil ap;a,in in the inert al body, but only hear that, they- in soine way suffered a violent death, nif,,,itiir,nlexhrrveeF,s1l)10)le;y1-1 tlic jeloiftisdoeleics1 comfort, who so comforteth in tin bidationa that those who are cons forted can comfort others (it Cor• 1, 3). • 36, A slave in 10.gypt, the pro- perty of Potiphais an officer of Pliciraoli and the chief of the execu- tioners (se(1 rintrein), iss where our lesson loaves Jaeob's best. loved son, but God is with him, ancl we shall yet hear grea.t thiugs from him and concerning He is a chosen 'Ves- sel unto God, and God is dealing with him in love, thoilail it does not look like it. .;:s1 9:4 0..4 :• •.*4 11;4 0:* 4:”..0 .7,0 11:4 0:0 +V 1:0!) 1101. all°Wing Of JOSS 1'101/1 r overneasing 01 the heap, ): Aot !P:,/ 4:110:11 4,4 0:4 111:0 %Pt:* .:11 I:444 ••:t 0,4;8 0:10 ti:* TO HARVEST SILAG C ItO S ftec'orded results of a, 1„.ge'huni of experiments with silage wart. - the conclusion that plants 3110 - 2120 best condition for silege w they are fairly well matured. G 15 seemingly the best condit for the silowhcit kernels nicely glazed, just after the roasti ear stage, ID 50/110 seasons, c nu -fiefs injuiy from autumn frosts. As a result of this injurY, it be- ccmee shriveled and dry, and the farmer usually concludes that it is not available for the silo. Frosted corn Will make fair silage if the precaution is taken \viten putting into the eilo to add 'Sufficient water to bring Mae moisture c,onteal, up to tvhafit would be under 2101'21121A con- ditions.' Cloyer 15 in the beSt condition for 'the silo when it reaehes -the proper stage for hay ; that is, when it is slightly beyond fell bloom and the first heads begin to discolor. 11 should be put into the silo as soon as possible alto]: cutting. To peimit it to wilt very mach willaSeriously inteefere with its packing in the silo unlese water is added IL is quite probable that the reported failures Nvith clover silage are lorgely due to the material not becoming sufficient- ly compact in the silo to exclude the air. This, in a measure, may be due to unnecessary' wilting of the fodder befcre putting it into the silo. Alfalfa is harvested for Silage when in full bloom. Although failures have been reported with alfalfa as silage, there are, however, a great number of dairymen who- have, been eminently soccessful siloing this ' )10W TO TI,h-1 CORN., SUBMARINE BOATS. The British A-claniralty Convinced, of the Value of Them. The first of the submarines being built for the British Admiralty will be launched towards the end of the Present month or early in Octobev. These will be no ceremony at the launebing, and the trials will take place in the greatest secrecy, In addition to the five boats of the Hol- land type, there is also, it ,is under- stood, a submanine of an English de- sign being built to the order of the Admiralty, and it is rumored that several more will be provided for in next year's naval estimates. The Admiralty is now convinced of - the utility of these boats and an ef- fort is to be made to get on a level with France in this matter, At the present moment the French have thirty-four in various states of man- ufacture -twenty-nine electric sub- marines and five submersibles. While the :British boats will not be quite so fast as some of the French boats, they are expected to be super- ior in other ways, such as being able to rise and disappear more quickly. The dimensions of the five boats of the Holland type are 03 feet 4 inch- es °vet. all, beam 11 feet 9 inches, With a, displacement when submerged of 120 tens. 0110 torpedo expulsion tube is formed at the -extreme for- ward end of the boat and four of the 18 -inch Whitehead torpedoes will be carried. The gear is being arranged so that the torpedoes may- be _dis- charged while the boat is stationary or running at. any speed and when the vessel is awash or submerged. Ingress and egress will be through a conning tower of armored steel, four inches thick, and thirty-two in- ches, in external, diameter, fitted with observation ports. The propulsion of the vessel awash is by a gasolene engine with four sihgle acting cylin- der's, water -jacketed. The speed may be varied from 200 to 300 revolu- tions a minute, giving the maximum horse -power of 190. The speed awash is expected to be„eight knots, and fuel is to be carried for a rad- ius of 406 miles at that speed. When the vessel is submerged, pro- pulsion is by an electric motor, which, like the gasolene engine, driv- es the shaft from the propeller through gearing with clutch connec- tion. This gearing enables both the gasolene engine and the motor to be at a lower level than the shaft, which is on the centre line of the boat. For diving, the boat will be fitted with a horizontal as well as a verti- cal rudder; while, at the same time, a simple system of automatically ar- ranging the disposition of the water ballast' overcomes any lack of hori- zontal stability consequent upon the diving action. Automatic means al- so determine the angle of diving or of rising to the surface, and obviate submergence to excessi-ve depths. By a special 'arrangement,. a view of the surface from a depth that prevents the submarine being seen,canbe .ob- tained. WHEN ROYALTY _ ARRIVES. The Question of Dress to be Worn at the Functions. In view of the question of dress to be worn at the various Royal func- tions, it is interesting to learn that the same question provoked more de- bate in New Zealand than anywhere else during the Duke of York's visit to Australia. Mr. Seddon, the Preniier of NOW Zealand, made a characteristic deliverance upon the subject which is worth- putting on record. The Royal visitors, he said, woald receive a Most cordial -wel- come, but he 'added: - "I hope 101'. the credit of the Col- ony there will 13e no toadying, but that they will 'receive an enthusiastic and manly welcome. Already, 1 be- lieve the question has been raised that no one Win he permitted to en, ter their presence unless attired in evening dress. On the West Coast the interpretation of "evening dress" by many of °Ur housewives w,ould he such that it would not permit them to enter the Royal presence. Look- ing back at the ,good 'old days, I can speak personally and say that I en- joyed a social evening ansi a dance much ,better in my moleskins and Crimean shirt and nugget boots, than ever 1 have done in Windsor uniform ot dress suit. Our sons in South Africa are of the bull -dog, and not of the claw -hammer breed, and it is not claw -hammer coats' or dress suit wearers who uphold ine British rilm- pire.'' That utterance, says the Australian Review is not quite of the decorous and official sort, but it, has in it both heinor and good seuse. A 1'R-1:OLE'''. Her beaiity and her 'grace Soon lecl me to a,clore. I praised unto her face Tier beauty and her grace., 'he next thing that took 113500 'TwaS Daddy and no more TIer 1)eauty and- 1101.. grace That led Inc to a door 1, When two persons cut corn toge- ther • they ina,y tie the shocks so firmly that :not one shoclz in. a, 'lune P1 tired will fall down in the heaviest storm. Take a half loch rope about 20 ft. leag anti 'not so new as to be 1.30:0171.211:oub vory Ssr1ooU Gil 11. 011(133 unia4citd8, in give a steady pull, until tise &hock-, ia C.;)1.11 ' and, still tile rope, carry, true .l°11 ends once more aro:uric' tbe shock, 4g -el(loss again, anc teive ano st adY, pull. It will usually stay in post - 01'11 lion without any further aid, being ield so by friction, Should it tend 01Q) ktt1,1 0110Ciciipirl'l Ai isl)lcacrt. h0erfrelicnoodisTtrii o10:11: Pr under b.oetes reu ieiclpeliniolavieiceintly, a.fter which the rope Vetch i0 -in the best condition for the silo, when the first eeed pods are nicely formed. ha full bloom it is exceedingly Succulent, carrying, ap- proximately, 70 per cent of mots: tire. All classes of farm stock re- lish this forage plant ; it is rich in Ilesh-foeming substances, and useful for hay, soiling or the silo. Peas are ready for the silo when over 50 per cent of the 'pods are slightly advanced beyond the green pea stage. This crop seems to be espe- cially adapted for silage. Several tons were put into one of the station silos last season at the - stage of ripeness mentioned and came out in excellent condition. The silage possessed _al, agreeable aroma and theorm'igiieT,,l,ecciolor of the forage was weu es . With the various other forage crops suitable for silage, such as sorghum, grass, soja beans, millet, etc., a fair degree of ripeness before they, are committed to the silo is in- dispensable to success. HANDLING- MILK. The careful handling of milk will result. in a great reduction in the numner af bacteria,- - that find their way into thd same. This is evident not only from bacteriological' tests made on milk drawn under the .hest And also under ordinary conditionS. but also from the increase -of the keeping quality of the product, 111 the establishment of sanitary or certified • dairies, where milk is handled uncler the most modern conditions, the increase -in keeping quality is very marked ; such milk often remaining 111 a sweet condition for several days, and sometimes a week or more. lt, is hardly probable that the average milk produeer can b5 induced to talae as great care in, the securing fold handling of the milk under the sanitary or certified plan, but there can be no question as to the effect which such methods would have upon the quality of milk if these careful methods of handling were carried lout Even where milk is -destined fox. factoryTurposes, that is, made into .butter or cheese, it is much better to have the germ life reduced to the lowest number, and SO control the kind of fermentation than to have the,. milk thighly infect- ed,with bacteria s through slovenly. Methods handling. 11 tilis' done the maker can have.the fermen- tation under his control, and by the addition of a Starter, which he cair ehoose, he can vary the product to suit thc demands of his trade, which he cannot do if the raw milk is brought him in a, dirty condition and in an advanced stage of fermen- tation. Dairymen have learned many of these lessons in the severe echool of experience, but the reasons for the same are so palpably plain in the light of badteriologiCal explanation that dis,cossion would seem unneces- sary. It remains to be seen .whether the words of the eminent German scientist, Prof. Fleischman, will nineit longer remain true, when he says that "All the results of scienti- fic investigation which have found such great practical applieation in the treatment of disease, in disin- fection, and in the preservation of various' products are. almost entirely ignored in ' , CARE CI' MANURE. Manure should be considered as one of 'the crops, and it quality should ba maintained more than the quan- tity, as bulk may add nothing to its value. In manY respects •- the manure crop is the most important of all, for the reason that to a con- siderable extent the yields of the other crOps are 11101.0 Or less de- pendent upon the manure, so that in sectirieg 0, large quantit y of mannre the farmer is thereby i di n g ,materially in increasing the yields of the other. tab le farmi ng, , must be on a foundation, :and the 1 beSt foundation is manune, for it not only influences the yield but the quality of the products of the farm. As the better min lity of products C11, \ bailees the price, the aim should al- wa,ys be to excel ' ie (mall ty. The c fault with tnalIV who accumulate r' TREE PLANTING. If the soil. is in. good cOndition tp moiature, cloudy weather is the most favorable for tree planting, not only because there is less dan- ger of drying the roots of the tree, but also because 'there is less eva- poration. A few days of cloudy Weather will enable the tree's to ess- tablish themselves all:Li:0st 'without check. CASSOCK. NIGHT GOWN4, 32x 10 Bust. The night gown that is modelled on the priest's robe, or more pro- perly the choirboy's cotta, is the latest whiin of fashion and is much liked by those women who havO tested its merits. It is simple, am:- ply„„ full, essentially comfortable, freehe at tthroat, an.d withal in- volves the minimum 'of labor. There is, no opening, therefore there are no buttonholes to be made. The gown is simply gathered at the upper por- tion and joined to a narrow yoke of embroidery. The sleeves are full and allow perfect freedom. As shown, the gown is made of nainsook, but cambric, long cloth and mull are all used. To•cut this gown for a woman of medium size 61 yards of inaterial 36 hiches wide will be required, with 1,1 yards of insertion to trim as il- lustrated. SCALES 'ON THE -WATER. When. the sardine fishe.r sees a quantityn.of scales on the stirface, of the water. lie smiles complacently 'and vi draws up his net, for he knos that this is a sign of a good catch. It. may yield, as niftily as 6,000 fish, and they fetch from $2 to $2.50 pen 1.000, according to the supply. l) When-Labeashore, the sardines are cleaned and sorted into sizes ; in another part of the tinning and packing establishment they are pickled and then they are laid out on wire netting, called a gill. They are 110W dried by means of immense fans driven by machinery, after which, still on the gil 1, they are cooked in oil. The last papcess ixj the preparation of -Le sardine for, - the consumer is that, of laying thein. neatls in the tins with a sufficient quantity of olive oil. The tins are soldered, and, then packed in cases holding 1,000, ready for the market. The sardine gives a little squeale when it is dragged from the water, but it expires alniost, immediately. GETTING VALTJE FOR. SMALL ,SPA Some a.dvertilsers°a ,because their. space is small, are Mclined to neglect They seem to think it cannot be made prominent. This is a mistake. The remedy for obliVion in such cases is illustrations. Puteaf- you run et cut, there is hardly room left for type," they ex- claim. All right. let the "I elk" be l'Irgely inferential from a sight of the cut ern p 1 0 yed The pi ctli re will tell f our - fifths of an ad. story if rightly used. n . You eedt n'always go to the ex- pense of ordering origin al cats, either. At little clevor -td,t pill utili7e M-,0111;.. syltdieate cuts. Any good cut may be used for any 10511 kind of busin085, 11 takes tufty and thetighl„ of course ---but doese t everything? large 151a11111c3 heti]) is that they rely too inuc11 on the quantity. The conceentratial the plaiit food 1,110 1()Nver 1.110 cost, of stire.a.(lilig in pro- portion to tile ltenefit ; I 110110equalihy sli on] d be maintained ITOD 22D2'S 21.0O2'n.,220 110510. two, ounces )1000'53 -that ie about 201000 go to '