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MARCH 8, 1.1900
THE ANCIENT WAR HORSE
Rev, Dr, Talmage Speaks of Ills
6trength and Fleetness.
The Redeemed Are Represented as Riding on White
Horses—Strength of the Weakest Inhabitant of
Heaven.Parade of Soldiers in the Celestial City
'With the Great Commander at the Head.
A de,pataifr tu Washington says; heaven dear the way, and the great
...Rev, Dr, netimage preached from 'n'ommantler rides paet at the heed of
the follavving test:—"And the ern:ilea ti1.4 „„.„
winch were in heaven followed nen "' "n"'a"."-a-n1 "CT",
:having 4loin at least five thoueend
. Won wh:te •borees."—Revelationa xlx. uteri in lenetle, rode into the, an,Lnt
14. !dy witn reale golsnem,bruidered;
Wo cannot, in this age, understand V041 keel( laurel, le the mien\ a. emp-
Lre; tbe captives. geiag be -ore, the
the Pewit), and glory a the ancient
t4e whele pipe-
hoiree. Thia anineal mines te us ely dross, cheering aleng
through centuries of oppression and the Hee, But oi my teset, the heaven -
hard treatment., which have taken tY O'neinnnednr tidewi'li lhn oword of
en.vereel triumph, and en His head are
the gracefulness from his limbs, and inauy ortarne A,1 the <any turns out
the flame from his eye, and the arch Lo greet leini—the Conqueror 0 earth
of pomp from his neck. The finest and heaven, and hell. S,reet AJwers
Wane hone that m now to he found pranc-
e alining way 1 Wae all
ing in the parke an ancient king ;,12..i.inbanters of light! Ring all the
o would not have been seen riding. Of b htit hvoextelth 1
nche
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old, the ox and the ass ti'led the Intial. Hu annah in thehTbeali"
ground and carried the buidins; but v 37' ailta.an ..anbattall"3 el: the
tne regiment of ,
the home was used or coronations O'hi'isaan-iiha-rtPy'rl--e- Th. endured all
and triumphant proceesions, kings thiegt for Christ?.thay w2Yerethhoyuuwdeede!,
were i.awn asunder
and chieftains sitting upon him. Job InsY
hurled out a lee. Here mune Lira
describes a war-horse until 1 can al- cieh 8013 u 'anti Scords Cesen,n.e.se
most hear the champing of his bit, nal, peel ilea in one perseeu Ln. .Es -
and the clatter °Phis hoofs among the red from the attaches Calver- !
eue, and bloody McKenzie, and the '
fallen shields. "Host thee gieenthe
heitore of the Grass Market, they rue
horse strength? Hest thou clothed ;in be great battalion a; Switch Mar..,
his neck with thunder? The glory of !tyre Hugh McKail, and names Ron- !
his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in iwele ana aehn lenox, and others hOSe I
the valley, and rejoieetle in his ''nYu'urtirc5,h amili o tbfuittishoof Lorehovtlake.
strength. He goeth( forth to meet the bores, and s.reng name, and gimsccra,..'
armed men. He swalleweth the ed epi rite Grayniars Churchyard
ground with fierceness and rage. Ile l,took all their souls. They went on
naith among the trumpets, Ha I ha 1 weary feet threugh the glens ce Scot_ r
and he smelleth the battle afar off; and in time.3 et lense_u_ion, and crawl- e
the thunder of the captains and tbe up the crag.; on their hands and
kneei; bu. mew they to.lew the Clarist
Elhouting." !for whoni thee iought and bled on fe
When my text, in figure, represents whi.e herees (17. tritunph Ride on, ye . c
the armies of the glorified as riding cunquerore 1 Vietors of Dunottar
upon white hon'es, IL sets forth the ••Teiza Rook, and Rut bee- ! t
strength, the fleetness, Dan victorn,. Here comet the regiment el English
and the innocence of the redeemed. martyrs. Qunen Dlery against 1Cing q
The horse has always been anem- Je. us made an uneven tight. The
blem.of strength When startled by 'ioseenty thee...end chariots oe God me -
i g down the steep oL heaven
Lbenn "I ate !about the Seen* of the
Venn God, Tenth Me if yen chain
The Maid of Seragnese, the augel of
the Spaniab battlefield, pastes by. E is.
eineth VrYi folleWed by time seliom
the ellereed tbe way frau Nesitgate
Ptinen heaveu, Greco Darling, of
the etrang oar and the tieuebirde wing,
with willeh the ono e etwooped to the
droweleg from Alnwien Castle. Tim
good Samaritan, who put the wain&
ed man me Ida horse while he him-
self walked,. now riding more firmly
for that charitable dismounting,
'nnonettari meu and women wile
served God, and grandly did their
duty—svhole companies, reerimente, and
battelions, Pass On, groat team of
Gall It name as if there -were no
end to it. Forward, ye nrilly of Chris.
(Ian w OviterS I Ride on. While the suf-
ferers Wien) eon healed, and the ite-
=rent iveoni you instruetiel, and tbe
ferers whom von beeled, anti the ig-
alanndonei eveorn you reel/timed, come
out on the etreats of heaven to greet
you I
'arm ON ON1
Bare comes a great rename of the
Obriatian poor. They aiwaye walked
.wes in the hearse that took t ena t
on earth, lbe only ride they eller hado
Penter's Field. They went day by day
poorly clad, and meanly fed, and in.
suffiriently sheltered. They were joso
tlen out Of houses, whose rent th
mend na pay, and out of ehurchers
where their presence wns offense.
C s' 1 ' •
many cif these went out of the wor
the poor doetoring, and the mar
shroud, and the haste a the obsequi
yen might: bave exposited for them
titian? reception on the other side; I:
si shining retinue was waiting beyo
the river for their departing spin
end as they passed a celestial ewe
oonf rented them, and snow-whi
chargers of heaven are brought i
and the canquerors mounted; and
here then Mess in the throng of Ole
eiders—poor-house exchanged for pal-
ace. rags for imperial attire, Weary,
welnieg for teats on the whitehorse
from the King's stable. Ride on, ye
victors 1
Ancnher retinue: that of the Chris-
tian invalids. These who pass now
anguished for many a year on their
couchee. From the firmness, and the
strength, and the exhilaration with
vhieh they ride, you would not have
upposal that thy had bent double
with an/mints, and had crouched with
aims immedicable, and writhed in
ufferings that were ghastly to the
neholder. 'But after twenty years of
useless preecription, and all surgery
ad failed, in one moment they re -
peered, . The black groom named
Death came out and put their foot in
he stirrup, and grim them one lift,
y sattich, in a moment, they ,sprang•
pon white horees to ride forth—con-
uerora for ever. 1
I heard Thomas Stockton, In the
midst of his sermon about the Good
and, stop and cough, for two or thr
minutes, until .it eeemed as if he ne
r would gel his brenlh, and teen g
n again; but, recovering his strengt
11 put his hand•upon his lungs an
said, "Thank Gal there is no cough
ng in heaven." He is well now. El
uent Thomas Stockton 1 Gloriou
'homes Slockton. I had a friend wh
amehed the Gomel In the West. II
vas seized by a disease, which. must
rove fatal unless he submitted to a
urgieal operation. The prospect
tea that he would die in the hands
f ehe eurgeon, but there was a
FAINT HOPE OF RECOVERY,
nd so he felt it his duty to submit.
ne Sabbath morning he stood in his
utpit, 'supporting himself by a chair,
nd said to this congregation, "My
ear people, to -morrow morning
tart for New lark to submit to
targical operation, which will probe.
In take my life, but there is a fain
more thee it. may restore insane tba
int hope leada me to go( but i
probable I shall never see yo
eain. shall nole iproceed to preen
Io
you my farewell carmen." An
hen, Nene a face all illumined wit
y and truunrale he said, "Yov
11d. my text in the fourth chapter of
cond. Timothy, at the sixth verse:
am now ready to be offered up and
tim of my departure is at hand•
ha.Ye eought the good fight. I beve
niehed my course. I have kept the
file Henceforth there is laid up
r Inc a crown of righteousness,
hich the Lord the righteoue Judge
all give at' at that day.'" The next
lureday morning he was well; he
wets all well, in that land they nev-
er say "I siok." Ride on, ye
great host of recovered invalids in the
triumphal possession of heaven. !
Henry VIII, brought Anne Boleyn
to his patine. ...The river Thames was
the scene of hex t riumphal entry. Fifty
barges /otiose the Lord. Mayor. Of-
ficials dressed in marten Chairs
chanting along the bunk.; of the
river. Flags adorned with bells that
rang as the breeze stirred them. Anne
Boleyn; in cloth of gold, and wearing
a drilla of precious stones, stepped
into the barge amid •the sound on
trumpet"; and the shout of a king-
dom. Then entering the street, feat-
ana thalearide , At the begin-
ning on tbla dist/Miran We teen our
pi:puttee oil the etrea: eft beaven to
smith, ntit the Vest; regilneet heti ea:
weed yet; Bud Aimee the Outten. of
tbe beets comieg, Yea, sated at
Lids penal and watch until the een-
Leary line gone, aind tbe world JOAO
Path:bed, and tline is wound en, end
portage of Ages bane gee tb IKOW
rUi1114, you will eon nava -ems
tall a the First Divielou follow
npon white harem. Go up oul the n ph-
eitrtower of heaven: look to the, mirth,
and lotie to the tattle cant yota ma' !be
end? N0 Nal gl Comte& For
ever and tor ever they pans on 1 "The
armee; what were is heaven nollowed
Elul upon white =mesa"
It Ines been to me the most anxious
clue 'Linn a the eveining, will you tied
join that greet reoce•sionS Not un-
its n on earth we belonged to the Lord
army, nen followed eftet the King.
Yotr e know that the cavalry! on
Imam that you fee pressing nougla
with the cavalry of hells 1101 that the
arclademon lee had Ian victories, and
that taus a whom he conquers he .ear -
Nee away In chafes. so be ressereed In
darkness uetil the prant Day,
'WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON n
Thee who do net folloise Chnee on
earth ehall not triunsele with hi= la
hnanen. If nal are on the, wrong
side, you had bettor cram over, 1.1
you belong to the blade:cavalry te-
emed of the white cavalry, you had
, better had the ollue way, Pin, ge
Id, the spurs ento the Drunks, eniedasie up
" ander the standard a the Cermet
as L strepase, on course, that/ what !the
e text eays about the white horses of
ut
, heaven. is figtuative; and yet Iknow
aot but in Some smize IL may be literal.
Lae It has meened to me inscrutable that
it hor es should be mal related and Y.11 11-
'e pate and killed by tne cruelty' al their
a sudden sight or SOUnd, IlaW be t WILL R1DE OVER A.NY FOE. L
plunges along the begleavity / The Queen Mary theught that by &word 6
band of the strong driver on tbe reins and Line ehe hau driven Pecan:stunts n
Ls like the grasp of a child. His hoofs (hewn, hu. she only drum them up, n
etrike fire, the berates is summed, Here they pa:s: Bislecp Hamer, end ,
kt:g.,r,, Pmeeerary a s . Pete's; and '
and tbe vehicle hurled over the rocks, setchbi hep era:seer, whe go his mur- SI
With nostril panting and foam flying age back in Lime to SUN e. LIS BOW ; and n
in flakee, his head tossed on either Aline A low, whet at twenty-eiveyeare 'l•
side in wild triumph, ha stops not for . :lit begeL,tad riuperort ttboantheforilatemhieloGi.Latiz:
the mtssiles hurled at him, nor the grueu, and then smut with bone.: so 6
'whoa! wboal of the multitude. Away . astecated she must be carried on a n
he flies, irresistibly 1 !clear to the, etake, her last words rIs- ' °
ing through llauses beim; a pra er lor
Therefore, when the redeemed are tuurtlereae. Oh ortyaleade of mYezi and a
represented as riding cat white horses, women, m nem God snatched up from 0
their strenfeali is set eteete. The than , the iren fingers of torture into eter- e
of their invrilidiera and decrepitude mil life! Rene en, thou glerious mgt.- a
•neent of Englise inartyrsi d
are pest. Never shall they be sick . -,
! n bac at this advancing hot of a a
nein or tired again. Take the hundred i houeand. Who (106 15 ? ','
arength of ten of the giants of earth, L.ok upun the Jag, and upon their n
end the weakest inhabitant a heaven u,za:L,r. tend tell u3. They are the
could master him. 0 the clay when, Prelet'n.eltt•naytailw:lipeailielot Leon to• Barth010-
leaving put off the last i hysical ine- leans, in Hardee use' Mile nstleinki?ner- 1,te
pedim,ene you shell , corm to the looked out of the window and cried, ;
mightiness of heavenly v.gour 1 There "Knit I kill r' on ! what a nielat eiol le
, y what a day 1 Who "nn
. wee he bardly anything yeu eannut weuld i hink that t heee on n
lin, or eraSti, or conquer. white horses were tossed out: np
The berm used in the text in also of windows, and manaeled, and torn, in
the emblem of fleetnees, and dragged, and slain, until it seem -
THE WILD HORSES Ole- ed thaL the cense of God had perish-
• I
tbe plan, at the appetite -nee of the edterenuad cityies werchilluinineted with LI
hunter, make the =lee dip under int I 0 , and t a etinnon of St. nee
thein, as with a mem. they Angelo laundered .the triumph of nn."
away, end the dust rites in whirl-
-bun -4d- hell 1 Their gashed and bespattered at,
winds Liam their flying feet, until ?bodies were thrown into the Seine Ti
,
but their souls went up out of a na-
tion's shriek into the light of God;
and now they pass along the boule-
yarns co: heaven.
"Soldier of God, well done!
Rest he thy loved employ;
And while eternal ages run,
Rest in Thy Master's joy."
Ride on, ye mounted troops of St
Barthoiomew's Day 1
Here rnmen up another host of the
redeemed; Lhe regiment of Cbristian
philanthropists. They went down into
the battle field to take cam of the
wounded; they plunged Into the damp
and moulded prisons, and pleaded be-
fore God and human governors In ibe-
half of the incarcerated; they preach-
ed Christ among tho besotted =pie
lateens of the city ; they carried Bi-
bles and bread bete the garrets af
pain; but in the
es
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s and, ages in the line, may you and 1
0 through the infinite mercy of I be
a Xing, be among those who hall fon "e
low Him le the great 'cavalry troop
of the redeeneed. That will be the
Grand' Review on heaven.
"When tehall these eyes thy heaven -
'built walls
A.nd, pearly teethe behold—.
Thy bele arks with salvation, strong,
And streets of shining gold
BRDAKFAST CEREALS,
Recent analyseot cereal breanfast
footle ehow thit ustenufacturere make
extravagant chime %beet their Milan -
fine nunfifite, aeU Mae ale elan=
mum telperlority over all ahem, It
is (101 1100, however, tbeL elm prepare -
tem 18 euestantiany inure, euiritioue
Limn ahem of the Sante material, net
is all wheat prepare Llano have anew
the mune nutritive valets, and oat pee -
Durations are almost identhal in tele
reeved., a pd so ot corn, me, eerily,
elo. II. is also found. that Lbe wheat
preparations avneage" nut little al any
more .nuteltioue Ihrin Lim best grades
ot flour, and are not k.0 teen in musele
and bone formate as 'low grade flour.
But the prepared footle ere Entire pnlet,
able, more easily digested and alto-
gether desirable foods, Particularly
for children, and odults with impaired
digestion, It may be saidin this con-
neetton, that the prepare( lona of oats
are nailer In protein, muscle, bone and
blood maker, than Etre =el -aerations of
wheat. An average of Eis adalyses of
the first gives 10,4 perrent protein,
and 43 aealyees oft the last show an
average of 12.7 pen cent. This slow;
that oats are g little better for grow-
ing, children, for ie contains most of
the nutriment needed for growth and
developmeet.
—.—
GROWTH OF BULBS.
Irf You are greasing butbs In pots
now --days, do not forget to water
iberally. See that the drainage te
perfect, then do not spare the water.
Remember that when bulbs blossom
out of doors the earth Is water -soak-
ed and that there is a heavy mulch
on the beds which aids in keeping the
soil cool and wet. Twice a day isnot
too often to water, especially if the
air of the room is hot and dry, Give
the bulbs the cooleet situation you
an find. Failure to obtain saus-
uotory results in growing bulbs in
he house is nearly always due tee too
reat warmth and an insufficiat wa-
er stipply.
The paper white narcissus is the
flintiest and prettiest of the family.
oth cup and perianth' are purely
white, the only touch of yellow being
given by the few golden stamens in
the throat af the flower, ' It is a
polyanthus or cluster -flowered varie-
ty, and often there will be from six
to eight and Len, or even more, flow-
ers, upon a stugle mesh A single
good bulb often sends up two Or three
flower stems. The leaves are long
and broad, and the bulb can be grown
in a bowl of water with a pebble bot-
tom.. ; They are said to be not quite
hardy in the open ground at the
north.
PR A CTICA a RECIPES.
Potato Soup.—One pouild shin of
ea, one pound of potatoes, one onion,
If a pia af peas, two oinIceS 01 rine,
IVO hea.ds of celery, pepper and salt
to Mete, three quarts of water. Cut
tbe beer bate thin slices, deep the po-
tatoes and onion and put in a stew -
pan svith the water, peas and rice.
Steen gently until tbe juice is drawn
from the meat; strain o f, take out
the beef and press the pulp end, oth-
er ingredients through a mane sieve.
Put thee pulp back into the soup, add
the celery cut in bits; simmer 011 this
is tender and serve.
Beef.—Select a lean piece of
owners, and have no mine etate of I
bang, by way of compeneanion. nay
little child of six yeetee a age was
overheard tellieg her brother of four
years that there w.euld be a heaven
for the inecle and [mother baleen for
the. horses. 15001 not the courage lo
correct her defective theology. If I
wake up at last in heaven', and fnad
real white Sores for the redeemeds to
ride upon, 1 ',hall not be, sorry, but
for the present, I musts take mynext f
figuratively, and learn fro= it the t
fleetness, and the victory, and the g
strength on the redeemed. Rejoice, 0 t
ye rigbteou,s, 15 the glorious pro:meal
Whets the It war mei ended, and 'd
tbet returning aitay nnesedt tn. review 13
at Washington, among the most im-
preesive sights were fhb lorses on
which the generals rode. But those
homes( had not been in battle. They
bad beonpicked up. ad the clout of the
war; they had carried no burclen.s;
they had seen no hatclehips, bue came
prancing adong the line with arched
'necks, and rounded limb, and princely
trappings, a-nd flying fleet, and flam-
ing eye. Ai they rounded to the roll
of the (Intim and the trunepet-blest,
thew drivers. bowed on either side to
the almost interminable buzzah!
Ohl when' Cnirist our King. rhall re-
turn to heaven with all the armies
of the saved rations, and kingdoms,
11
be
t There is a pretty general trams. flo
ut. elan that the work undertaken by the er
.tpy is invert fitly disgraoeful work, and En
d that theprofeesional military secret ea
hi eressice agent is a more or lerentlegritd- ga
ea creature—clegraded, that is, for the 'tin
time being, by the very nature ot the dee
ra.ssion he underLekes. Of course, no- na du.
thieg could be fuetber trothe truth, 01
There are spies and spies. The paid ve
renegade, who for mera pay, unders
- er
takes to pry into and betray the see- ou
rets of his friends, stands upon an en-
eirely &Daunt footing 100111 the offi- far
oar, who, (eking his life in bie heeds,
ventures into the enemy's camp in or-
der graultouslye ito !obtain informa- hat
Lion ',which may turn out to be cif in- Ithi
finite value to his own intelligence de- Vut
9aLrounetlK
esnt.ful
itobeaer W111,1 a spy of this ful
batter sort, and it wb
as •is cleverness, (0(10
and resourcefulness in this oa-
platy which nest attraotoa to him the
=text of hie supereors. Alone and up- re,
armed he plunged into revolted 'eut
Studen in the autumn on 1832 rind sue. en"
ceeded in penetrating, disguised as
peddler oil =era rakes, as far as Oin- nen1
durniten iteelif. Here he 15055'a fel- mei,
law spy stripped naked, flogged kill dn
e
the -flesh hung in oibbons trona Ids 5
body and then crucified Nee doW11- seal
email in the blueing sun. Ever after- wit
BOTTLE OF POISON.
Lord Kitchener Aincys Carried It When
a Apr to Cheat ills Enemies.
ef, rub into it emit and pepper and
am and plaice in a kettle that Goy-
s tightly. In the same kettle with
e beef put a sliced carrot: and tar-
p, a ban le,af, two onions and ono
Hie clam. Cover with cold waiter,
ci
ail soon as it boils skims and .set
ok to slinaner for thane hours. It
a meat is nearly cooked put in a half
zen pared potatoes and simmer ue-
moked. Remove the meat and
getable:1, thicken the gravy and
ve.
Kruger Pudding.—Incorporate thee
Oily one pint of eweet nsilk andlour
go talblespeonfuls 01 sifted flour;
O egge, whites and yolks beaten se -
reedy, one teaspoonful of hiking
wer
e, and one snake of sea. Pour
a buttered bake -dish. and bake
113' mittutes. Serve immediately
n the following A:talon: One tea,
pful brown sugar, two table -4)00n -
softened butter, ono tablespoon -
thick sweet cream, and two table-
enfuls a ice water. Stir until it
00.211y.
our Cream Filling for Cake—Take
good (SUP (1000aur cream, being care.
not to nal any milk with 11,1 one -
1 cup auger, a few amps vanilla,
altogether until as thick us whip_
cream, Chopped num are flies
it. If mode just right, this is
me tart apples. Fill the hetes
moue.
nowballe—Pare and core five
la quince jelly, then roll each apple
fete away, they hall with their faces
110 their pursuer, and neigh lu &fide
Imes at their escape. More send.
then they shall be the redeemed in
heaven. 0 the exhilaration or feel-
ing tbat you can take worlds at a
bound, vast distances instantly over-
come—no deference bete 0(110bare and
there! Heaven is said to be the cen-
tre of the universe. 11 so, how, wilt
must a messenger spirit fly, in order
to reach us in any crisis of „peril!
Light Hies one hundred and. ninety-
five thoneend milee a second, and yet,
there are worlds that have been creat-
ed fur ages, whoee light has just
reached us. In light, flying one hun-
dred and ninety -tour thousand miles
a second, hes taken ages to come from
worlds this aide of heeven,
how swift must a messenger
epirit ely from heaven in
order to •adMinistein unto us7 Swift-
er than fleetest horse under hell or
elpur; swifter thaw eagles, or wings,
or light, are the redeemed.
Tbe home In the text is ale° a sym-
bol; of victory.450 was not used on
ordinary ocassiona; hut the conquer-
or races:dad him, and rude on among
the secolamation.s of the rejoicing mut.
titodes. act all the redeemed of heav-
en ere violate ,Yee, they are more than
conquerors th.rough hi rn that lotted
them.
My text places us on one of the
many avenues olf the Celeetial City.
The soldiers of God have come up from
earthly bottle and are an parade. We
chall not have trme to see all the great
haste of the redeemed; but John, in
latLy text,,p•eints out a few of the bat-
,
tenon.s: And the armies which were
In heaven followed blot upon white
horses."
You 'have sometinaes ;stood in A
"street WeiLlugnfor lenses for a proces-
ision to come up. Then you sew a
great excitereent in the street,
Ana hewed untesual shouting, and
you knew that the procession, was
near. hear the sound of the heav-
enly host acteancing. 'fhe shout of
150 redeemed from the manelons and
palivoes of heaven teems nearer. The
, nromealon is In might, the marsbalst of
SWEET RIVER Ole DEATH
they Washed off the filth and the
loathsomeness on those to •whom then
had administered.
Now t.bey pass through the street
of heaven in glorious review, There
is jahn RCAVard, who cimuninavigat-
ed I.he globe in the name of him who
.sald, "I was sick and ye visited me."
What. to Hien were the thank.s .of elm
Howie of Coma:none or the recognition
of all the government en earth tem-
pered with the joy of this day in
whieh be rides on, followed by mul-
titudes on those whom he found in
clungeone of darkness and lazaretthe
of pain: Here go the Moravian n3 18-
alone:lee', who were told that they
etsuld eta go on a Christian errand
to a hospital where the plague was
raging name they would consent to
go in and never come out—dellberate-
ly ramie all arrangemenfe and went
in, and took Mlle cif the sick, and
than lay denve heside the dying them-
selves to die. Dere gem Piece 1, who
once toiled for Christ. among' avenges,
travelling nn foot through the avilde,
saying, "My feet ere alwaye wet, nut
pull off my boas and wring my
stocking; and put therm on again ansl
go forwerd, teeing to endure hardship
at a good soldier of rem:: Christ
wet
defying the savages, who bade him,
stop preaching or die, by saying to
ed on a richly oaparesoned palfrey,
they sometimes walked on cloth 01
gold and velvet; led between houses
adornee with ecarlet and crimson,
and defended by ;guttrds 111 coats of
beaten goid; aud along by faun -
tans that 'were made on that day to
pour out Ibbeniah wine for the peo-
ple, unlit sae at last, kneeling in
Westminster Abbey, took the crown.
But al tte nor the, career of Henry VIII.
and Aniin Boleyn., They lived, in sin
career went aut ha darkness. Not so
with those whom our King shall call
th the honors on heaven.
ALONG 1TEE RIVER OF DEATH
their beige ,sliall glide amid the shad -
owe until it coulee Lo the light of the
City; and then, on streets of gold,
and greeted by Mame of gold, they
Abj
ell oin the armies of the King, fol-
lowing on white horses, •
Mut I cannot muralhe. tintermin-
able trooen of (Sodas they pans, the
reeteemed of all ages, and lands, and
condetione. One hundred and forty-
four generations of people have lived
einee the vihrld '1(0.5 made; and con-
sequently about. twentyeniee thous-
aerl =Dine of people Wye died—fig-
Urea of whith este oat have no appre-
elation. A great proportiott of
them intuit been gone into glory, so
Unit nothing but an rue:bengal for a
methane Golan, with an arithmetio
of eternity, couldd give any idea of the
number who make up the throng
dint follow on 'white home. Every
hottr the line is lengthening. They are
g.oleg ug hy mores, and by 'bundreds
wawa, in he wanderings atnong the
wild desert tribes, Kitchener omitted
with him a tiny phial of cyanide of
potassium. As he tersely put it: "I
4111 not fear death—but suede. death!'
WENT ON PLOWING
031150,,!rithotat Kum, nIng lie iVos on the 1 tlgo
or the ElcIng tine,
While the Battle of Sedan wee rag
Ing between the French and Germane,
an old peasant oontinnecl to guide his
primitive plough, drawn by An old
white Mune, backwards and forwards
through his little, piece on groutile, re-
gardless of the fact he ofteu came
almost within the firing lino.
VI'llen the battle was °WU` some of
the vietorfous Germans. dune up to
him end told him the news, 'They found
out that he was quite deaf and al-
most tritely blind' anddist noe know
any battle load been fought, or even
tbat 'war bad been cloolared between
Germany and Frame, despite the feet
that it had been raging nor more than
t wel ve raontbs,
•
To StopBlPaihing,A handful of
flour bouud an the out,
in
t tick, hot flour paste, getting it
on with uniform thickness, anti hike
in a modereee oven. When done,
frost with thick white frosting, then
roll in finely grated cocoanut. Eat
with sweetened cream and jelly.
WORRYING WOMITN.
A great deal of precious lieu le fete.
tared away worrying over !trifles and
over things that menet be helped.
There te no sub kill-joy In the home
as the always fretting, complaning
womau, who sees ouly ISa clerk elite of
things, upon whom world, apparent-
ly, the mum never 'shines. AVerything
ie wrong, and nathiegt ie ever right.
nnuabried and ehildren end madtoo
suffer for the eleurtoomings oil mecum -
shims, and tbere is for no one in the
four walls 011 meth a hem° one chi nce
in a hundred for (Wen the minimum
of happiness. Many n woman a this
distressing type began her Married life
a °tearful, light-hearted girl. Some -
Ulnae it baa be.eul physieell suffering
that has robbed bar e her (enrage,
and atimetimes disaster anti bereave-
ment what were alinoet too mush lo
be harne. But neeerthelese the pain
tem naede geed lin 'repining and neer-
SoMe of the entinteat. end
triest berole mile Wive bang Ilene WhO
WINO been racked with lettere from
wine)) there wee ne relief—bedridden
invalids rine crippies confined 10 15013'
abeeied thane?, fa
•
uowaVaii:EnSa Sy1.1000 ,1
g1,),,17T8oraYnDdn; 0 cher
beiveils the fart tbat she bee mimed
ilet Oneortunities of an education,
s'nbla:reLseiehrlebre inifoesubceitiolil.oiritihgeer,1 I:13%11011.1:
iles with bee whether it eholl bo tun le
Lereeted, happy progress, or tve fllsn
lees giving way to what she deems
the insivitsble. Ni, ehild i4 the worse
tor ats mother parking .up the 1(11(11 01
her time end devoting themto etudn•
No hosbend Is less happy that les
Wife is a Cheertal l telene ae well an a
houeekeeper, There is much truth
01 the. theory Uhl one finds time for
Lbings one really loves to do, One
women studied ter the neelical peofem-
sloe wbile tending her behy (huh-
tvohrean "eh de u roi neegd etir aPortneePedPiinegenemnatn tale"-
eirpation of mind. One haei sinee her
mmerirrtiyUlohege 7veillauwrliel0110sanechoilriovIa.t;eeedideme
Inking up Fremili end becoming
quite e profielent render 00 elint Ian -
gunge, end, after e very. Jew lemons,
is alert able to do quite (wed liable work
in nil panting. There ere the add
=flutes, end even hourpin every' wo-
man's life whith Might 'baiter he em -
Planed' in study, on pleasant reading,
'ntre% ;Tot g:TIPRCIlotrin
PnInar"nrbg7ailfitner pita
go
ver
et
nays' and lost opporlunties,
ENGLAND'S ARMY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Indications Thal Its ,11010a1' Strength. Was
Oversinted bv Mr. l'irildhein•
The statement rondo ey Mr. Wynd-
ham, tbe UndeinSeemetavy on Statefor
War in the British House od Commons
the °thee dun, thee the 73ritie5 forces
In South Africa oomprised 142,800 un-
mounted, and 37,800 mouelecl men,
with 452 guns, of which 85 are siege
and 38 naval guns, seems susceptible
of considerable medification when ana-
lyzed. On Jan. 20 the total force of
regales, troops actually in South Af-
Ariel and on their way there from In-
dia and England was 15 regiments of
oavalry, 9 batteries ot horse artillery,
44 field batteries, two mountain bat-
teries end 83 bat:to:alone of infantry.
Putting these different organizations
at Ode full strength they would work
out as follows:
The 15 regiments of revelry at 500
horses each, which is more then some
of those in the field have, gives 7,500
effectives.
The nine batteries of horse artillery
with 190 men and..80 horses each, give
1,170 men, end 720 horses.
The 44 field batteries with the same
oompelments of men and horses give
7,720 men and 3,520 horses.
The two mountain batteries, with
•100 men, and 70 horses ow ,raules, eaoh
give 200 men and up horses or mules.
Tbe 83 battalions of infantry, reckon-
ing them, at their full war strength,
would give 83,000 men, hut itis doubt-
ful if the average eruct:rye of the wbole
number can be reokoned at more than
850 each. This would ateluce the to-
tal to 70,550 men.
The entire strength then, of the re-
gulate Iore.es, would be by the above
analysis 87140,0100 nnd 11,850 horses.
To the number of horses, however,
should be added those of the mounted
intantry actually in the neld. What
the number of these may be cannot
be stated With Certainty, as no de-
finite 'report of their number has ap-
peared in uny =count of the forces
in the field. Fr'om, the fragmentary
=counts of the forces engaged on chf-
fierent occasions, they cannot be es-
timated at much mere than 0,000. This
would bring the number up to 17,800.
The total of the colonial contingents;
does eat eronn.) up to more then 5,000
men. with perhaps 3,000 horses, and
the Joenl Inanal nun Cape Colonial
corps, though officially put at 20,000,
are, from the amounts publishea, not
much room thee half that number,
probably 12,000 men with, say, 10,000
horses. Then there are the naval bri-
gades numbering about 1,000 men al-
together, their guns tieing moved
ebout by county oxen.
This Would bring the fighting force
up to about 105,140 mien, and 27,880 s
horsee. Tho- • rest cif the men end
horses of the 180.000 men and 37,800
harsee of whieh Mr. Wyndhamspoke
ilre still iv the air, the Eighth divi-
sion, the 10,000 yeomanry, and the 15,-
000 volunteers end militia being only
In 'process of organization end a large
part not even yet enrolled. a
Then, out of Ole form .of regulars 4
given there are a full squadron army- 8
airy, one mountain battery, and the „
strength of mom then three E+ffertive
battalions of infantry prisoners of
Bloomfo.nteln end l?retoria. Drafts to
111 up the racaneies causedby death, t
On De Farm,
TRE LIMIT IN DAIRYING.
There are aftMe Who believe (bat the
elanroOdunewi.:4coappnecty
bee bsen tenoned, and that Ilse Mord-
exceed wbut they have done already,
AS a. rule, thnee wleo thlic abate the
limit on the Gown; capacite, end think
plieeroLla4irisonlicite bieuanniionte, n Lail trot h:onx oi
er often Inca ia more imporeant to
Item individually, Granted that the
lbeengriliossot orieedoo,rdii:fotvrountkatainad bo;•eati %ph:ye
on the brain to Imagine that 'the me-
ationve eapacitiee a any number of
owe have leen reached, When we
find one cow, that even begliti to ap-
proach tha Limit a her capacity We
see IO that hive not begun to iamb
upwerd. lrying i3 his far . ran
Ls limit. It eannet upproach 0110h a
'bait nail mere Lban a majeetty of
the owe on the dairy farms _have been
graded up to their Ingheat standard,
and the minc.rity show SUMO then 10 Ot
the improvement.
It is true thee we bane made pro-
gress In daLrying in the past 20 years,
but too much. a this progrese eon-.
lined to a, limited number a people
The vest majerity have advanced sery
little ; they are still in he old ruts,
and will tell you that a living .cannot
he made in dairying. It cannot ac-
cording to their methods; neither can
at lying be made in any line oi• work
.aginon.ed 01 horlyt twileoisse i'Invhovoktuope
or =Lees to -day with raeth2uod5pey)evealmfb,o
ktlel:pUoilinetsopinof dthaeirtenagp. oasshIs°11.14on alt°-
ways an easy matter even there for
ete are many local matters of a
dienouraging naeure to °venoms
These wuery and irritate, .and mate -
times disoeuraget those of faint heart.
But if we ciontinue everlastingly at
it, and never yielel to diseouraging re-
su .s and cireurnstances we must cense
out in the end, because there aro so
many ot here 51(50 40 not succeed. What
we need mast a all Is dear ioreinght
in dimovering where it is the meow
la' loose. It may he in the markets
or an unfavorable situation to Orem
it may ba in our methods of Seeding,
which rob; us a all prteits, and again
it may be this law grade of stodx with
which We began. It is certainly slow
fled teitsome work to grade up a Iterd
in which • scull) stook predorainates.
It le_better to reduce the herd, weed-'
ing ouL some of tile poor stook, and
P01 the money you get for them into
one or two fine, well-bred animal,. Tbe
result will be quicker end surer, and
MOreeubsatnlial.
BELOT TIME 70 TAP TREES.
No definite time can be fixed far
tapping the sugar bub, writes 0. P.
Ho lEins. The mason often 001nee Uls-
eXpeetedly. It is therefore of prime
importance to be eeeuly for it. Data
commie many years show that there
are periods when runs are more lik
Ly to occur taan at others. Usual
1110 gool run es experienced until all •
a general "tliaw,lng out."
A. rained of operaaons at my in
for t•he last 81 years shows Feb. 11 to
be the earneit date when the entire
bush W418 11111)14, March 27 the latest.
The earliest time at dosing is Minh
17. By 11015 11 is shown teat ono year
the season closed 10 days before this
time of opening another year. lhave
known camps opened as early as Dem
12 and others to contunie as tate aft
May. Those are extreme oases, It
Ls timely unprofitable to begin 0000105
Wan the middle or last of Itabreury
Savo two sugar bushes, one con-
taining 000 trees, the other 1,0.0. The
stlgar 11011Seti are eacis ithont 50 rods
from the house and in opposite dilata-
tions. Bab sugar houses aro built
near slight elevations, so tbat no stip.
phig or Lifting of the sap Is neeeesery
after being emptied into the gatber-
ing tank an the woods. The buckets
are all Via, painte,t white outeide,
with no paint inside. A tin epout Is
used. Stomp, tanks Etre galvanized
iron. Gathering Mace are wood, Paint,
ed inside and Oa. These are made
from butternut and do not shrink and
well as st hen made Imre o her limier.
1 prefer them to iron. The ben ng ap-
parel us outlasts a largo iron pane and
tubule]heaters and•one large evapor-
ator. All are so arranged that they
can be removed from the lire in ne In-
stant. The fuel is cut a year ahead,
between runs, and stored in tbe sugar
houses (luring the suunuer. This iii
oottopip.lernented by a few tone of lump
PRACTICAL SEIEEP HUSBANDRY.
As. e rule sleep de not need ground
eed. They haee excellent grinding
pperal es provided by =tune and if
hey are fed in the 'way winch is emu
latent with their natural habit 01
eeding, tbey will do the rest. Ton
much warmth Is bannitely more.13115-
bleveus 10 e Hook in the winter than
oo much cold, Instinete tonehme
heap tat protiset themselves against
old in the winter by huddling togeth-
r, but thswe is no way of cecape
.geinst oventeeting by orerorixvrding,
at uro movides the sheep with a sula
idea 0021: to Iceep than waren in then
oldest. meantime. But this proteetioe,
. te be understood, is onle againni.
rst add; eel wills (101 to a moderate
mine ra u re Will chill an animal welt%
disablement and disease, are on thole' e
way out teem England or being got e
ready. None on the English papers as
yet at hand has publiethed adder, tab- s
treated statement af the various corps es
and orgenientions ectually in the S'
field in Senile Africa; and it Is quite S
certain that the statement of the Un- '1!;
der Secretary of Slate for War errs 0
by overestimate rather than' by 1111-
deireetimitte.
will wi h tend zero temperature in Lim
ry 0.1111,..pecre, "i dry fout and a
ry natilr s p ram u uti necessities fox
sheep' al any teatime of the year. It
ill me do In ovlirorowel sheep in a
use stable. This immediately mirth
I chief, first by (hieing clientele a
Ily the wool is loosen.
, and 1 he lunge lathothe disordered by
Attall of he great (airman of temper.
ure between day end ingot. In thi
ing Aheep, regulari y lin 08 I, Inn
10111111, The restlets habit forrned
oring yenes post has done eneonni.
le injury to our agrioult strut inter -
Id, II hat not only settitincel flooke
veluable nuierp hat it ho.s <teener/II-
et! the people, until platy Nei like
he would go len miles to kick e ebeep,
Nearly the whole South African N
ph' tette is covered with a long, den- w
der glass, whith, under the fierce sun, el
Is often as dry as Linder. Nothing witill
can live in a veldt tire, 03154 10 ins I'd
passing it lertees a. desert,. Under the a
oover of the smoke that *rises the at
15 Boers tan utilize that stretegy far re nf
which they ra_...i.re famo_us,
p:
111
The affliction of old age Is one of eb
the greatest consolations eof hemen-
ity. I have often thouglit what n
melancholy world 1515 would be with- in
ont ch Mien, arid what an inhuman
18 nol Meted, the celtimijn everted, the world ivithout the rtged.—colerldge.
old joliii'llandelph, ivItu c»ic,.. disarmed