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The propellents) Of Brieith nanal
conseraetton for the peening year,
CallS for the of thrne
13t-
ls battleehlps, Six nine -deem arra-
°red cruiser, end ten torPedo boat
dentroyers,U f these, te be Mae
proved ferule a certain type we -
acne eiONv In the British Na'NW, The
three battleehips are te be "iMprov-
eel Lorelone," the London being at
present ono of the fineut battleships
in the Beitish eTavy, They will be
named the ICU% Edward, the Com-
monwealth and the Domieion, the
latter names being chosen in recog-
nition of the services of Australite
and Canada during' the presene wnr
ie. South Africa, They are to have
a displacement of 16,500 tone,
against the 15%000 tons dieplace-
mint of the. London class ; and will
be therefore eanly the largeet bat-
tleships ever built. They will be
420 fent long—twenty fen; longer
than their predecessor's class ; and
have 18,000 horse -power, where tile
London has but 15,000. Witte this
additional horse -power, the new ships
aro expected to develoP a speed ol
18* knots, half a knot snore than
the London class.
Their defensive strength Neill lie in
a proteeteve deck above the machin-
ery, and below the waterline; Mora
this an armor bele will reach to nine
inches above waterline, where an-
other belt will begin ; this latter
will reach to the main deek, 'contin-
uing around the entire ship, and
leaving very little a the vessel un -
Protected by armor. The armament
of the new vessels will consist of
four 12 -inch guns. four 9.2-inen
gunseeand ten 6 -inch -guns, in case -
mates of seven. inches of armor.
Tbese latter guns will be separated
by armor, to limit the effect of a
bursting shell to the crew of each
gun, the traverses thus resembling
the watertight bulltheads in the hull
of a modern vessel. This arrange-
ment is said to be wholly novel in
battleship coestruetion, the smaller
guns Of the principal armament be-
ing protected usually by separate
shields.
The six cruisers are to be improve-
ments on the Monmouth type, now
building in various British yards.
The vessels of this typo, four in
number, are rated as first-class arm-
ored cruisers, but dre excelled in
size by the six vessels of the Cressy
'beim. They axe of 9,800. tons dis-
placement, 440 feet long, 66 feet
beam, and 26* feet draugbt ; they
carry fourteen 6 -inch rifles and thir-
teen smeller rapid-ilre guns, bave
four -inch side armor, and a speed of
twenty-three knots. The new ves-
sels will be larger, possibly swifter,
had will have heavier armor a,nd
larger guns,
REWARD FOR, THE. FAITHFUL
now it is Possible for Us to Accuguu
late an Eternal Fortune.
11. deSpatell from Washington says;
Rev, Dr, Talmage preached from the
following text : "For the Ieingdome
of Heaven is as a men trevelling
MO a fan country, who called his
own servants and delivered unto
them his goorle.
"And unto one be gave five talente
to another two, and to Another one•;
to every man according to his sever-
al ability,"—St. Matthew, xxv. 1e,
Many of the parables a Jones,
Christ were more graphie in the
times in which He lived thou then
are now, beaeuse circumstances Inane
so much changed. In olden times,
when a man wanted to wrealc
grudge upon his neighbour,after the
farmer had ecattered his seed wbeat
over the field and was expecting the
harvest, Ills avenger would go across
the same field with a sack full of
darnel grass, scattering that eeed all
over the field, and of course it
Nvould sprout up and spoil the whole
crop; and it was to that Christ re-
ferred in the parable when he spoke
01 the tares being sown among the
The servants spoken of in the text
are members of the Church. The
talents aro our different qualifica-
tions of usefulness given in different
proportions to different people. The
coining back of the owner is the
Lord jesus returning at the judg-
ment te nunce linen settlement. The
raising of some of these men to be
rulers over five or two cities is the
exaltation by the eighteens at the
last day, while the casting' out of
the idler is the expulsion of all
those who have misimproved their
privileges.
Leann first from this subject, that
becoming a Christian is merely going
out to service. If you have any ro-
mantic idea about becoming a Chris-
tian, I want this night to scatter
the romance. If you enter into the
kingdom of God, it will be going in-
to plain, practical, honest, continu-
ous, persistent, Christian work. I
know there aro a great many people
who have ftunastic and romantic no-
tions about this Christian life, but
he who serves God with all the en-
ergies of body, mind, and soul, is a
worthy servant, and lie who does not
is an unworthy servant. When the
war trumpet sounds, all the Lord's
soldiers must march, however deep
the snow may be, or however fearful
the odds against them. Under our
Government, we may have colonels
and captains and generals in time of
peace, but in the Churth of God
there is no peace until the last great
victory shall have been achieved.
But I hove to tell you it is
A VOLUNTARY SERVICE,
Many new industries have beeie de-
veloped in the British Isles at the
close of the last century. One of the
most novel had its birth in the vi-
cinity of 13uckingliam—namely, that
of the manufacture from the inilk of
creameries, after the butter had been
extracted, of a substance known by
the highly classical ammo of plas-
mon. This strange substance takes
its name from the Greek, meaning
"that which gives forth." Thc fresh
mUk as it comes from the cow is put
into a separator, all the cream being
removed by this method. The separ-
ated milk is afterwards treatecl so
as to coagulate all the protelds of
the milk; and this coagulated mass
Is then kneaded and dried at a tem-
perature of 70 deg. centigrade under
an atmosphere of carbolic acid gas,
Wheie perfectly free from moisture
the plasmon is ground into a granu-
lar powder which in completely sol-
uble in hot water.As to the eco-
nomic value, of plasmon there can be
no doubt, when it is known that the
German Government supplies it in
very large quantities to the nriny
and navy. As aa portable, concen-
trated • nutrient,: according to the
German Government bepartment for
the investigation of foodstuffs for
the troops, it has been found that
one ounce of this powder is equal in
nourishing, and sustaining properties
to three and a quarter pounds of the
finest beefsteak. or to about ten or
twelve pints of milk.
PROFIT-SHARING FOR THE
ARMY.
Viscount Ebrington Would Hake
a Change.
At a meeting in the Royal United
Service institution at London the
other day, Col. Viscoutt Ehrington
delivered an important message on
the reform of the &lateen system.
"Middlemen make immense stuns of
money, 'j he said, "out of ill -paid
fighting men in nearly every nation,
The present system of dispensieg
food and drink to soldiers breeds
bribery, degrades the moral tone of
armies, and encourages middlemen,
greedy for largo profits, to adulter-
ale the articles they sell and divide
their dishonest gains with the officers
appointed to ,guard the interests of
the men.
'Great Britain requires additional
Memos, but does not feel ready to
assume the increased financial bur-
den necessary to get them, even at
three -pence a day additional pay. It
Would mean re matter of a million a
year. Six -pence would swallow up
the whole of the inhabited house
duty. How shall we Make the lot
of the 1.3vitish soldier more attrac-
tive? I answer, 13y givine hint the
profits on the food he eats, on. what
he drinks and on everything else he
buys,
."The South Afriean Weir fuenishes
en excellent exaMple of thel enteeese
ef the peinnene of profit-sharing ape
wiled tea 'the canteen. The Notal
Meld force by eliminating the retail-
er eleared 1'.1.ee000 ($75,000) in a
deNe Months.
There is no drudgery in It. In our
worldly callings sometimes our
nerves get worn out, and our head
aches, and our physical faculties
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 has been
serving God for forty years, enjoys
the employment better than 'when he
first entered it. The grandest hoaor
that can. aver be beetowed upon you,
is to have Christ say to you on the
last they, "Well done, good and faith-
ful servant 1"
Again. I learn from this parable
that different Qualifications are giv-
en to different people. The teacher
lifts a blackboard and he draws a
diagram, in order tbat by that dia-
gram he may impress the*minel nI
the pupil with the truth that he has
been uttering. And an the truths
of this Bible are drawn out in the
natural world as in 'a great diagram.
Hero is an, acre of ground that has
ten talents. Under a little culture,
It yields twenty bushels of wheat to
the twee. Hero is another piece of
ground that has only one 'Menet.
You may plough it and harrovnit
and cultivate it year alter year, but
iteyields a mere pittance. So here
is a man with ten talents in the wee'
of getting good and doing good. He
soon, under Christian. culture, yields
great harvests of faith and good
work, Here is another man who
seems to have only One talent, and
you may put upon him the greatest
spiritual culture, but he yields but
little of the fruits of righteousness.
You are to understand that there
are different qualifications for differ -
out individuals, There is a great
deal of ruinous comparison when a
man says: "Oh, if I only had that
maxi's faith, or that man's money,
or that -man's &weenie°, how I
would serve God I" • 13etter take the
enmity that God ime given you, and
employ it in the right way. The
rabbis used to say, that before the
stone and timber were brought to
Jerusalem for the Temple every
stone and piece of timber was mark-
ed; so•that benne they started for
Jerusalem, the architects know in
what place that particular piece of
thnber or stone should fit. Apd so I
have to tell you we aro all marked
for scene one place in the Great
Temple of the Lord and do not let
us complain, saying: "I would nee
to be the fotnidetion stone, or. the
cap stone." Let us go into the very
place where God intends us .to be,
and be satisfied with the position.
Your talent may be in personal ap-
pearance; your talent may be in
large worldly estate; your talent
may be in high social position ;
your :talent may be in a swift pen or
eloquent tongue ; but whatever be
the talent, it has been given only
for one purpose—
. PRACTICAL 11513.
'You semetimes find a Man in the
cenanamity to whom yott say, " He
has no talent' at all 1' and yet that
Mani may hu,Ve a hunched tneents.
Ins ono hundred talents may be
shoWn in the item of enduroneo.
Poverty cornea, and he endures It ;
peesecution ComeS, and he endures lt;
seckness comes, and lie eatieres it,
nefore men mini angels he ie 11SPC101,'
Men of Obristian patience, and lie is
reolly illestrating the power of
Christ's Gospel, a.nd is doing as
much for the Chnrch, and more
for the Chureh, than many
more positively active, If you have
one talent, use that; if you haVO
tera talents use them, satiefleci with
the feat that we ell have different
qualifications, and that the Lord de-
cides whether we shall bave one or
whether we shall haVe ten.
Again, I learn from the text thee,
Inferiority of gifts is no excuse for
indolence. This mon, With 'the
smallest amount of money, came
growling into the presence of the
•owner of the estate, as much as to
say, "11 you hed given me seven
thousand dollars 1 would have
brought fourteen thousand dollars as
well as this other man. You gave
me only fifteen 'hundred dollars, and
I hardly thought it was worth while
to use it an, So I hid it ill a nap-
kin, and it produced no result. It's
bemuse you didn't give me enough."
But inferierity of faculties is no ex-
cuse for indolence. Let me say to
the mar' who has the leant qualificae
none, by the grace of God he may
be made almost, omnipotent. The
merchant, whose cargoes come out
from every island of the sea, and
who, by ono stroke of the pen can
change the whole face of American
cotemerce, 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 dna talent are to
save the world, or it will never be
saved at all. The euen with five 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 frit;
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 two, than five hundred
wickedly neglected.
Again. My subject teaches me that
there is going to corae a. day of
SOLEMN SETTLEMENT.
want to Mager you up to -night at
the tlideghe that there•Will Do Scene
kind of reward weitieg fer you,
There ere Ohrletien peoPle 10 tine
house tonight who are verY near
Moven. Tine week ininie of you
Mae' pone out into the
light of the setting sere
013, Weatberneneten voyagers, the
etorms are denting you into tbe har-
bor, Oh, my brothers arid signers,
how sWeet it will be, after the long
wilderness march, to get home. That
was a bright moment for the tired
clone in the time of the Deluge, when
it found its way safely into the wine
noW of the ark.
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. 1 have sometimes
been amazed to see how an accoun-
tant will run up and down a long
line of figures. lf I see ten or fifteen
figures in a line and I attempt to
add them up, and I add them up two
or three times. I make them different
each time. But I have 'admired the
way an accountant will take a long
line of figures, and Without a single
mistake, and with great celerity,
announce the aggregate. Now, in
the last great settlement, there will
be n, correct account presented. God
has kept a long lino of sihs, a long
line of broken Sabbaths, a long line
of profane words, a long line of dis-
carded sacraments, a long line of
misimproved privileges. They will
all be added up, and before angels,
and devils, and men, the aggregate
will be announced. Oh, that will be
the great day of settlement. I have
to ask the question, "Ant I ready
for it?" It is of more importance
to 1110 to answer that question in re-
gard to myself than in regard to
you; and it is of more inaportance
for you to answer it in regard 1,
yourself than in regard In me. livery
man for himself in that day, V0I7
woman for herself in that ,day. "If
thou 'be wise thou shalt be wise for
thyself; if thou ecornest theta alone
shalt be it." We are apt to speak
of the last tiny es an occasion of
vociferation—a demonstration of
power and pomp; but, there will be
on that day, I think, a few moments
of entire silence. I think a tremen-
dous, an overwhelming silence. I
think it will be such a silence as the
earth never heard. It will be at the
moment 181300 all nations are listen-
ing for their doom. "Coo ye
blessed!" It shall thrill with new
joy through the manes of the saved.
• 'Depart ye eursedl" It will throw
'additional dankness into the aban-
donment 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 our degrees of
USEFULNESS ON EARTH.
Several of the commentators agree
in making this parable the eamo 105
the one in Luke, wheee one man was
made ruler over live cities, and an-
other made—ruler over two cities.
Would it be fair and right that the
professed Christian mon who has
lived very near the nue between the
World and the Cleurch—the man who
has often eompromised his Christlan
character—the man who has never
spoken out for God --the man who
hos never been knoWn as 0 Chriseian
only on communion days—the ,man
whose great 'struggle has been to see
how niuch of the world he could get
and yet win heaven—is it right to
suppose that that man will hove as
grand and glorious a seat in heaven
it8 the man who gave all Ins energies
of bony, mind mid soul to the ser-
vice of God? The clyiug thief enter-
ed heaven; but not with the Beene
startling acclaim as that which
greeted Poul, Who hitd gone under
scorehiegs and across dungeons and
through inaltreatmente into the
kingdom of glory, Ono star differs
from another star in glory, and they
who toil mightily for Christ ce%
earth shall hand a far greater reward
than those who have rendered only
half a service.,
Some of you are hastening on to
ward the reenuels of the righteoun
•
THE S. S. LESSON.
ml
NTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 28
Text of the Lesson, Oen. xii,1-9.
Golden. Teed Gen xii 2
chapeer x we bay° 70 descene
dants of Notch among whom the
earth was divided, and Dent. xxxii,
8, says that God set the bounds of
the people' with reference to the
number of the children of Israel, al-
though such people were not then in
existence except before God. From
.before the world was made both the
church, and lerael were real to God,
and clearly saw the end when
through them Tie would rule the
world in righteousness (Ise,. xlvi, 9,
10). Chapter xi tells of man's de-
generacy and 'union against God to
make them a name. This is the be-
ginning of the story of Babylon, the
end of whieh is found in Rev, ecvli
and xviii, and the great feature of
which is self glorification. "Let tis
make us a narne." Here we have the
beginning of languages, because of
this rebellion'. Then follow the ten
generations from Sheen to Abram
inclusive. In chapter v we had the
ten generations from Adam to Noah
inclusive, these 20 generations being
on the line of the righteous and
leading on to Christ. Han apart
from Gocl ever degenerates. Sin
turned Adam and Eve from Eden,
sin brought the deluge and destroyed
all except those in the ark, sin
brought the confusion of ton-
gues, and now after 2,000 years sin
again prevails, and from the idol
worshippers beyond the river the
Lord takes Abram that He may
bless him and make him a blessing
to all people on earth (Joshua xxiv,
2, 8).
1-8. 1 will bless thee and make thy
name great, and thou shalt be a
blessing, and in thee shall all fam-
ilies of the earth be blessed. These
are sonic of the words of the Lord
to Abram while yet in Ur of the
Chaldees, by which 'He would draw
him from country and kindred and
perform through him all His plea-
sure by separating himi unto Him-
self and placing him in a land which
He would in duo time give hien as
an inheritance. Stephen said in his
discourse that the God of glory ap-
peared to Abram, and it is evident
from another record that something
more than the earthly, inheritance
was set before him, for he lodked for
O city which hath foundations whose
builder and maker is God (Acts vii,
2; Het). xi, 10). Notice in these op-
ening' verses of our lesson the four-
fold "I will" of the Lord—"I will
shew," "I will make" and the double
"I will bless." The promises and
assurances are all from God. Abram
hears, believes, obeys. He died in
faith, not having received the prom-
ise, for God gave him none inheri-
tance in it, yet He promised that He
would (Heb xi, 18; Acts vii, 5.).
4, 5. "Abram was seventy and five
yeers ohl when he departed out of
Horan." In chapter xi, 81, 32, we
read that his father, Terab, who
served other gods (Joshua xxiee, 2),
accompanied him so far as Horan.
Abram tarried there until his father
died, and then, taking with him Lot,
his brother's son, they came 'into Ca-
naan. Did Tereh binder Abram?
Might ho have gone into Canaan if
he had been willing? These are not
as important questions as such per-
sonal ones as the following:. Am 1 by
et lack of faith or by an unwilling -
mess to be septerato from this present
evil world, hindering any dear one
whose heart is longing for a eloser
walk -with God? Am I a Tenth, say-
ing that Harem is far enough?
6, 7. And the Lord appeared unto
Abram and said, "Unto thy seed will
I give this land, and there bonded
he an. altar unto the Lord who ap-
peared unto him." We do not read
of any appearance of the Lord unto
Abram at Harem for the first verse
of our lesson refers to the Lord's an-
poarance and message in Mesopotam-
ia (Acts vii, 2, 8), 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 we have WC
not expect further light or l'OVORI-
tioll. This is Abram's first altar in
the land. By sacrifice lie worships
God in His appointed way. At this
plow Jacob afterward bought a
piece of ground. There Joshua ga-
thered Israel for his farewell address.
There he buried the body of Joseph,
end there Jesus talked with the wo-
man at the well (Gen. xxxiii, Josh-
ua xxiv, John iv). The land was
already occupied by the Oanaanitet,
and Abram must be content with his
tent and altar to be a pilgrim taul a
stranger until God's time should
come to give him the land,
8. TIVe he builded ma altar unto
the Lord and called upon the name
of the Lord." This is his second al-
tar in the land, and it is between
Bethel and Hai. The margin says
the Ai of Joshua vii, 2. Bethel
suggests Gen. xxvIii, 19, and the
story of God's gracious Inning kind-
ness 'to Jacob. Bet Um principal
truth and practical lesson are a,sso-
elated with the altar and the sacri-
fice. Happy is the, man, who, what-
ever be his home or dwelling place
or surroendingsi, if it be a hut or a
einem in some heathen nilderness
or in some groat city, never fails to
have his alter unto the Lord! Re-
demption by the blood of Christ and
constrien communion With 1Tint—
those aro the two greatest things
thet nny mortal can bone, and they
are postale to ell who hove emit
henrd of Christ and Ins redetimeion
II° is calling all who have heard His
voice to Separate themselves from
ilift menet, Werld and line Whelly
Or '
9. And Abra111 j.ourneYed, going 00
±111 toward the south.", It is good
0 be always going On 14 the 18*13' 91
he Lord. We read of David thet lie
Vent On and grew great nnergla, goe
nofeehaoesretagwromesrinwg?,th tatIrathapsoramaG,
10). An enlarging med a winding
ebout is not out of plaCe, 11 it be
'still 'upward, still upward, etlil up-
ward by the =Met" (Ezek, xli, 7).
Peter Would call it growing 114grew
and in tee knowledge of OUr Lord
and, Savior Jesus Christ (UI Peter.
ii, 18). But while on this present
earth• we are in an enemy's country,
for even 001' Lord said that the de -
vii is the Prince ot this world (John
xiv, 30), and we need to watclo and
pray lost we fall into temptation.
If there Is one thing the devil seems
to hate specially it is to see a be-
liever wholly separe,ted unto God
and walking humbly with God, living
for and relying upon WM alOne. The
rest of this chapter tells of some
sad wandering and stunibling on the
part of Abram, even a conapaet be-
tween himself and his wife to lie in
order to save his life, and a conse-
quent rebuke from a heathen king,
UNCOMFORTABLE TRAVEL.
How ItsFeeelrstnu
o Gaaay
oRwythe Trans-
ibia
The discomforts of trans -Siberian
railway travel are deseribed by Rev.
le. E. Clark 111 "A Nets, Way Around
an 03d World." The best ears run
at the time of his visit were marked
"fourth class," and he quietly re-
marks that they were "no better
than they pretended to be." They
had wooden seats of the hardest
sort, and three wooden shelves, one
above another, atrorded cramped op-
portunity for a man not more than
eve feet long to stretch himself out.
Each of these cars, with its three
tiers of shelves, is supposed to ac-
commodate linty -three passengers.
Into these cars were crowded, hel-
ter-skelter, pell-mell, higgledy-pig-
gledy, Russians and Siberians, muz-
hiks,and Chinamen, Tartars, Buriats
and 'Englishmen, Frenchmen, Ger-
mans and Americans. Odors inde-
seribable made the air thick and al-
most murky. The stench, the dirt,
the vermin, grew worse the longer
the car was inhabited. And in these
dreadful cars we had to remain for
four weary days and nights.
During these long and weary days
we were obliged to get what diver-
sion we couid from our fellow pas-
sengers. We watched the mother
who combed her offspring's hair with
a carving -knife, with which she made
vigorous onslaught on. the numerous
inhabitants that had taken shelter
there, while we • shuddered as we
ptlirouxigmhtof the coating nin
ight
ity. Mesa
We were interested in the other
mother, who did her daily washing
in a pint cup, and hung it out to .117
on the upper bunk. We were fascia-
ated by the soldiers who performed
their morning ablutions by taking
a large mouthful of water Lrom
teapot, then, squirting it on their
hands, vigorously Washed their faces.
In the midst of the filth and dis-
comfort of this hard journey, I must
record that we met many courtesies
and kindnesses from the most 'un-
promising of our fellow travellers.
Some of the peasants were ladies and
gentlemen at heart, who would in-
commode themselves to add to our
comfort. They were never intemper-
ate or noisy, and, in genuine polite-
ness could have given many points
to certain members of our party who
prided themselves on belonging to a
nation rioted for its good manners.
---4.---
PECYSICIAN AND SOLDIER,.
An Instance of Lord leitchenees
Way of Doing Things.
A. sergeant of the Royal Engineers,
who has lately returned from Africa,
tells a. good stenm in a London daily
of Lord Kitchener's stern sense of
justice. In the sergeant's company
there was a private who always did
his duty in a quiet, unobtrusive man-
ner, Which gained for him a certain
respect .from his immediate superiors
and companions. One morning this
man presented himself at the office
and reported that he was ill and un-
fit for duty. Ile was ordered to ap-
pear before Dr, X., the medical °fel-
cer of the corps, who pronounced
him in good health and ordered him
back to duty.
Against this order there was uo
appeal, and the soldier returned to
his work, which was preparing
planks for a temporary bridge, He
found it impossible to work, and
mentioned the fact to the sergeant,
with wheen lee Was on the most
friendly terms.
"Why not lay the case before Lord
Kitchener?" asked the sergeant. "Iln
is in the office now,"
"Oh, I dare not," replied the man.
"fee is too stand -on and cold."
"Well, if you're afraid, I'll do it
myself," said the sergeant, and he
(11d'O
"rder the inan here a once," said
ICitehener, without looking Up, "and
also Doctors Y. and Z.
Jeach of these doctors he made ex-
amine the man in bis presence.
Doctor Y. reported "typhoid in a
marked:stage. Doctor Z. ramie the
stune diagnosis.
"Send for Doctor 11. immediately!"
sued Lord leiteliener.
"Please Doctor X. examine this
man carefully. Ho is either 01 or
malingeri
Doctor X, perforined the eoramand-
ed task, and nervously said: "I fear
I have naide a mistake. This man
is in the early stages of typhoid."
"Have the num at once removed
to the hospital," came the order,
"and yell, sir, apply to the adjutant
for your papers, tend at your earliest
convenience return to England."
Florence Nightingale has reached
her 81st birthday. Her father ems
Willicun Shore, who assumed by let-
ters patent the surname of Nightin-
gale in 1815. The mune and the
family property crone from Peter
Nightingale, egainst Whom .Ark -
weight, inventor of the spinning
jenny, in 1776 brought ono of his rto-
tins lor infringement of patent
ON THE FARM. 1:
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RAIhT IN THE COUNTRY:
Uere in the emNritry, the cool, sweet
rain
Valls on the llnislosend growing
grain,
Shadows the pond with widening
rings,
Menu the lips of the lowland
springs,
Plays with the pines on the hill -top
clim
And ells the valley with mist abrini.
It splashes in shadowy forest nooks,
Dimples the faces of woodland
brooks,
Whispers with leaves in untrodden
Ways,
Wraps the distance in sober grays,
Dances o'er the meadows of lushest
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 less and less prominent
and it is well that this is so. In
some cases time is saved, but a
large number of men aro required at
threshing time, making much heavy
work for the women of the family
and usually causing more or less
confusion. 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 souie
fields have to remain in the open for
weelcs and frequently months. Loss
is sere to follow.
The best plan then is to stack.
This should be clone as soon as the
grain is dry enough. In some eases
a week aftet thirvest time the stack-
ing may begin. The work comes at
a comparatively slack period and
consequently is not very expensive.
The matter of making the stack so
it will turn water is very important.
During a season of heavy rain -fall a
waterproof stack is difficult to con-
struct, but 11 the principles are un-
derstood, there is no reason win, all
grain stacks, but particularly 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.
Pour 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 fiat by the time the
base of the stack is of the desired
size. The whole secret of successful
stacking lies ha 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 nmy 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 on these 'outer layers of
bundles te 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 bunWes 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
uniform 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
loid stacks are less liable to bo un-
covered during a wind storm.
Long, narrow ricks are favorites
in some sections and are more easily
made thou a round stack. If the
stacker ie not very skillful he had
better begin on a rick. This is sim-
ply a long, narrow Stack which will
hold all the way from 8 to 16 loads
of bundles.
Other things being equal, a rick
should stand north and south, as in
the west most violent wind storms
come from the west. Other things,
however, are not equal. If they
stand east and west, the sun never
reaches the north side, consequently
it is desirable to have them 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 sell it. In most cases, wheat in
the stack goes through a sweating
process and threshing cannot be done
wbile it is in this condition, which
usually terminates about the third
week, The stack should be carefully
examined and time' of threshing gov-
erned accordiegiv,
lee—ne
ABOUT e unieleeeS.
Turkeys cannot be leaved with the
sanio management that is employed
in the raising of thickens. They are
said to be very tender when young
and because of this fact many are
prevented from trying to raise them.
There is a sort of tenderness in all
ldncls of young things and the kind
of management that will suit one
will not be so well suited to others.
Young turkeys should be kept from
the early morning dews until they
gather some strength. They are
great to roam and for this reason
they cannot be reared in some local-
ities. Turkeys seem to take more
pleasure in feeding oft the rrrinit(ls
of neighbors than on their home
ern 11 k the lem
Who always wanted to be reenwehere
he wag not, Where neighbors heel%
ttirkeys it is SOmetitnrs unljeutettli4
to have thetn elaitn turkeys looking -
5', !mother,
Turkeys ghotild he brought hone)
from theft. hatellitia plaee at, tfieht
and kept confited frl a loth Coop a
few attys. Whole they get old enough
to room About their range coo be see
leeted iv turning them in the dinen
tion 14. 18 desired they thotild
a neighbor on one eide }Me turkeye
it inay be well to driiro Qom in en,
other direction end they win 0000
gQ over a cortein range. Xr* order
to ovoid any cleims that might be
made on the turkeys it will lae 10
good plan to mark thein. A vory,
Milan° waY Of (Ming this woi be in
tying n soft String of seine eindl
around a wing, leaving a few Melee
of it bongiog onder the wing. This
Lan be worked in under the feathere
so it will not be noticed Dy anyone
who does not Innen it is there and
will be a very good Mark el oWner
ship.
HORTICULTURAL BRTEFS,
Tbe comnaercial °roller:Use who
plants too many varieties znakes a
mistake; better select a 10117 Of the
best that do well In your locality.
'Unless needed for the purpose of
propagation It ie best to keep the
suckers from around the raspberry
and blae,kberry bushes.
If a fruit tree needs pruning it ie
easier to prune as soon as the
cessity shows than after Yearn of
neglect.
The pear tree is more liable to
disease than any other fruit tree, un-
less we except the peach.
In manuring the orchard, rernem-
ber that the roots of the trees ex-
tend as far out as the branches.
411 fruit trees should be carefully
labeled, so that the owner may know
what he possesses.
Raepberry plante should be set out
at the very first favora.ble oppor-
tunity M the spring. •
Put soapsuds around the peach:
trees.
Set out young fruit trees and
plants every year.
The value of an orchard depends
very much on the proper selection
of the varieties.
Thorough preparation of the
ground before planting is essential
with all berries.
In transplanting no manure shoued
be placed in direct contaet with the
roots,
"AN IMPOSSIBLE STORY."
011riDUS 111UStrati021 of the Value
of a Book.
There died suddenly in London the
other day a writer who may notlect
entitled to a palce among the great-
est of English novelists, but who
certainly deserves to be claseed
among the most lovable and useful
of Englishmen.
Sir Walter Resent was interested
in every worthy undertaking and a.
leader in many helpful works; bunhe
will best be known and longest re-
membered as the earthen of "All
Sorts and Conditions of elen."
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, and tells, in the
form of a novel, of the ideals and
ambitions of a young mechanic w10
has hod a, better education. than his
fellows end uses it for their advan-
tage. Through his efforts, as related
in the 1108e1, 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 a,nd read, see
fine paintiugs, 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, ga,ve the somewhat cynical
subtitle of "An Impossible Story."
Re 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 rerdized within his
own lifetime. Yet there stands to -
clay in that same East End, and lor
years has stood, a "People's Palace".
In whic1t has comae to pass all that
the droopier dreamed. The "Im-
possible Story" has become not on-
ly a. possibility, but re fact.
I13. the largest, truest sense, Sir
Walter Besant built the People's
Palace as surely as he wrote the
book which gave it its nanle, and
from which the public gathered its
first knowledge of the nee(1 of suna
an insti Lunen,
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 when 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 was 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 youeg man was in no hurry to
get to his seat, and when he did get
there he stood up and deliberately
and slowly erranged his coat tails
before sieting clown. The minister
had eyed him from the first, and as
the young man was turning retina
to see it there was any dust on the
sent, observed in an impatient voice:
Ye con sit doon noo, my man.
We've seen yer breeks.
USE OF A LONG 13REATH.,
When chilled by exposure to cold
take a long breath with the mouth
firmly 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 pulse, aro this
causes the blood to circulate faster.
The blood ilows into ell parts of the
and arteries, and gives out a
great deal of heel, It is staled
that a long deep broth, held as long
as possible, will close the pores of 14,
heated skin, and the danger of tak-
ing cold, on stepping outdoors, may
be thus gua.ued egainst,
le% shall see old 111011 behind 4110'
shop-eounter, old engineeerivere, old
soldiers and sailore, aed bakers end
tailore, end candle -stick nutlet -a •