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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1903-10-08, Page 3A SEEK THE OLD PATHWAYS Rev. Frank De'Witt Talmage Speaks of the Right Ones to Follow (Eutered uccording to Act of the /epee name,it of oanadit, in the year Quo T1kOW3a0Lt Niue liunilred and Three, Ly. Wm. Batiy, of Turonto,. et tlat Deperttueut of Agriculture, Ottewa.) A despatch from Chicago says:— Rev. Frank De Witt. 'Velum& preach- ed from the following text: Jeremiah vi., 16, "Ask for the old paths." Most simple is the text's figure. Its simplicity gives it a homely beau- ty. lt has in it the aroma of the woods. 11 is one of those simple similes of country life that briag back to the weary city dweller, whose feet have. beeli long uccuetomed to the- hard paving stones of the city sidewalks, the memory of the foot- paths over turf covered hills and the narrow lanes between the banks be- jeweled with sweet wild flowers that he used to walk in his childhood days. The old paths—we can never forget them. It will do us good if we think of them this morning and see if there are any moral lessons we can learn trout them. Sometimes the commonest incidents of everyday life have a VOlee for those who will hear. Jeremiah, among the greatest of the prophets, lamenting that his countrymen - had deserted their God and 'disobeyed his laws, pleads with them to avert the impending punish- ment by returning: to him, and he employs this simple figure to por- tray their condition. elle describes them as tretvelers lost inion the mountains of sin, hunting for a path which will lead them out of their moral 'difficulties. He rt•prt•sents God as telling them to "ask for the old paths. which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, "We will not walk iherein." Jeremiah points the right path leading to the throne of God by using the .honiely simile of the ordinary country paths or rough roadways in common use at the time, over which the eastern caravans have traveled and the cows have confe home en: the evening milk- ing and over which have passed tired men und women when, with daily tasks well done, they have sought the home firesides for physi- Cal refreshment and for blessed Sleep, THE PATHWAY' TO THE CROSS: Like Jeremiah, I would to -'day car- ry your thoughts hack to the re- miniscences of the country and from the sweet, livsh flowers of the vil- lage hedgerows pluck blossoms which Will remind you of oId time associa- tions and resolves. The greatest -of horticulturists is not ' the .gardmiee who fashions his beds in the yinany colors" of a Joseph's coat or a grandmother's crazy quilt. . It i,s he who makes his floral designs simple —very simple. One bed looks as though it were a bit of Alphine lake flung •arriong. thetiowcled regiments of flowers, lt is planted entirely With violets. It looks as simple. and yet as beautiful as the June heavens colored in blue. . Another bed looks like a great collection of leaping flames. It is plant ed. only in roses. It is very simple.: it is as • le, ...ijiksfealieree-ee iiiecareifeesel'S' • It is as simple in colors as the set- ting sun. Another bed has tho. jaundiced look of a Malay's skin. It is only planted in gulden glows. An- other will be an azalea bed, another' a dahlia, another planted in white lilies, an ot her in geraniums. The horticulturistic genius thrives •liest in the simplicity of colors. FrOM this sermonic bed I would pluck only the sweet for-get-me-nots Of ten- der rneMories. Like Jeremiah the prophet 1 would try to. lead . You over some of the old paths which your •feet have trodden in the past, aid. in leading I would lead you to the foot of the cross. CLEAR AWAY THE RUBBISH. But, come, let us .take our axes to -day and clear away some. of that rubbish. Let us. explore the .old path which once led up to the old homestead. When the first settlers entered the Michigan woods they used to "blase" the trees. That means that with their axes 1 hey • would chop a notch out of this tree and that and the other tree as they. Went along. Thus, if they 'could, find the right place to settle in one di- rection, they would retrace their steps by these notches and start out, in the woods trom another direction. Well, these old paths which once led UJ) to , the homes of OW' childhood may not have been used for a quer- ter of a century, but they can be easily followed. Our parents "blaz- ed" them all tin' way along. As I follow these "blazinge" .1 find they were morally straight paths. They were as- ,straight as a die. Your father may not have had meth money. In all probability you, as a fariner'e boy, remember him for the most partclothed in overalls and a woolen shirt. But under that rough exterior there beat a heartas true as honesty itself. Looking back over tne long years, you remember him traveling that "straight faith." You cannot think of one act your father ever did which was dishonor- able. People sometimes said "he was close" in reference to money. He ha•d to be close in order to furnish bread enough for his babies' mouths, 'You cannot remember your father once losing his temper and uttering maledictions) unless peehaps it WOE; on the (lay when he found that a neighbor, who was left an executor by law. had robbed 11 poor widow of her all. Alf, that old father of yours may hate worn shabby clothes and way have been poor in ocket but he was rich in charac- ter. The pat h he tra veled to met from t he old boniest cad was always a 'sI raight path, " Though t he e last will end teetamen t" which he signed made pro% isbn for a See trinket 9. it ihhbo and a gold headed Perha 1)8a snu fibox, ha t cane, and father left you the grandest legacy a boy ever received. TTe left to you an untarniehed name, the example of a father's life well and honestly liv- mine upon all ars everywhere. end that • there was hardly aotep that she took in life bet fine had a place where oho could stop and kneel ia Prayer. And at every altar I hind indentations in the reeks where she laid her. burdens at the ?Saviour's feet. • • And, oh, my friend., *what a lot of burdens .she had to lay upon her Saviour's breast in her journey of life! There was that awful burden of physical sitiloies,s. I do not 'know how you may remember your mother, but most of us think Of mother when .she wasphysically sick. She seemed to be sti Wm; dying. New It was the pain in the head; now it was the disordered nerves. Then it was that long, long time, when we had a trained nurse... "How is mo- ther to -day?' the younger • children would ask, • and .ehe would answer, Not very well, -my dear; not very well." 1 think one of the saddest afrnd vet the most beautiful Prayers my mother used to make, in the last year :and a half of her earthly ex- istence, was this,' "Oh, Clod, may fuer children never 'to physically suffer as 1 have suffered," -Yet, for the most. part, ...our methees lest their physical health by living and doing for Os, A GLORIFIED' ROADWAY., erl -111,AZINO" MARKS. Then, again, 1 further study the °blazing" marks along the paths which led up to the hoine Of our childhood. I find out • that these paths %We ChliSthAtl oaths and al- ways len toward the throne of Clod, ew do I know? Well, my friend, going along the prithteav Which .•1.1azed" by your motber's ad knife and knitting needle, X I go it little farther' alongthis, Christian path- of your dead mother. I find also the place where she laid at Ohrist'e feet the buedeu . of her anxiety for , the salvathin of her children. •SOnie people love to think of their mother, first' by turing her .sitting and sewing for their advent. It is a-. beatitiful• sight to see the young wife by the evening•lazap.with her iieedie in .her hand, making the little white gar- ments for the stranger soon to collie, Our nuothers •thonght and planned. for the cradle and th hittle . 'ward- robe weeks before -we were been, l'hey did. it . so that when they should lie down :upon -a bed. of ,Fiuf. feting all might be well for the little one's welcome. That is a beautiful vision: But, oh, to nie it is a far more beauttha sight to see, 'a young wife upon her kneee.te prayer. To think of her preying to God that her unborn' child might grow up to be a good man, a goad woman, And you, my friend, sitting before • Me; from that moment, when -your moth- er first prayed. for .you amtil, .her. death she never left that, alter be- fore Which she was ceneineally.. be-. seaching God for the salvation ol your soul, Aloeg• that Christian pathway -she' first led year tottering feet. • In that Ch.iittian. pith wayahe first taught you to utter .the baby' prayer, 'Now 1 lay „ine down •to 'lcep itt that 'Christian path' she' gave you her dying' benediction. Will you not seek the old path, the. Christian path of .Your glorified and sainted mother ? . It isa. path ctiy- enycl 'with wild • fletvers' an'd'. fragrant with perfume. Those flowers and that " pat.hway have been watered with yent mother's -tears. WALKING WITH 01-112I8T.: 14.4„hi. path whiehyon first .t ravels - (1 to flustshiy se 'as arcing the sidewalk' tee a city; then in alt 'pro. -you walked., Y,Ou walked by the side of your. father, or :Moth:. or, - bemuse you were the youngest. Then your new shoes ]would -squeak •every etitta. Those'etees. kept for a long -while, becanse.You• Were 'only' allowed to Wett/' them on Sundfty., But as you rode or Walkedto*. that Sunday. •school and to your first. church services a great Change...mine over your family, party: One of your .sisterk brothers.'left Sour side wont to the „church altar. One .by one they there gave, their hearts to Christ and pehltely confessetrhim at. the communiontabie,, After awhile.. your tura came.. ''...Yott. Cae,s6.e your - sell now as you 'came before y tihe church seseion. You remeleberAtow. the old minister . Wiped hiss glasses. He pet his liand upon .Your shoulder. and said : "My, boy,. why do iyeu. want io Ione the church's? DO • yeti bot' e aegis ? you. prOiniSe' to, live. for him and 'give your life • eci his service Then.'you remember the great big lump that. stuck • in your throat, Yon .reinember how between your sobs you said e "The. reason .1 want to be a Christian is because my father and mother' and brothers and sistere are all , Chris- tians. I want their' Saviour to be 1mine. As we have a.• milted family ;here I want an tufleroken family eir-, cle in bea,ven," Aged, gray haired matt, that was . a beatitiful .path lover which yau went to ebarch." for the first .time.„ That -weea holy !drive you :tookon the nun:Ong yeu 1Went to take yothe first communion. Yoh didnot epeak much that morn - !big, but your thoughts. were.• very 'deep and very high. They were atl deep as your sins, 08 high as and its great as the fergivonese of 0 od'..0h, , why have yDll I) 0 t 0.1tVI.AN'S 'kept ing in that. path ?. waked ts ith \'CIU 'there tw,entyyears ago.. !Jesus as guide is ismtly to liked elm back to that path and 'Walk With yoU there OOW. . XV111 yell Seek the told, path—the path over 'which you !wont for the .first time- to the Com- ; munion table. of th Lord ? ITOCITWIAY OF BLOSSOMS. There is still another path which 01.1 once trod. Tide path is *age j rant with blonsoine. Like the fabled ; trees of old the hettV brabehee which line it axe laden with: SkIver. hells. It , is the path which once \led up to your marriage altar. It is the path I over which. the fallen rice 15 strewn !nod where the mereY laughter Of the ;bridesmaids is trying to drown the :joyful saintations of the' wedding 1 chimes, The blossoms which line this pathway are orange blossome. 'The silver hells are those •whieli once played ' Mendeissohn's ''Wedding Marcie" Where did that path ,which ended at ,the marriage altar • arst load you ? !I0l1,". you itiewer, "It led me tiret among the briers and over the stony grounds, My eourt- shipdays were not all sanfatine, ,For a Long Hole did not lenoW Whether I multi win the hand Of my hoot love. In the first plaea, I Was not socially her equal. .Snen i Watt pemilleas and had nothing to offer tWo hankie alai 0 willing heart. Then, my life was not What it aught to have been, Ilut she had faith In, me. I promised her 'to reform. I went to ehurcb with her, 1 gave up (blinking, and 1 promised her woutil surrender my heart to Christ. Add, do you know, the night she gave herself to me she made me kneel With her an.d we both maide a, prayer that God would bear and help me keep nay vews," Ah, yes, tny brother, 1: know Just bow you think oi that old path which led up to your marriage altar ! When you took the trembling, hand of that young girl in yours you truly felt that you wanted to be good. You promised God, then and there, for her make WI well as your own, to live a good, true, pure noble, Chris- tian life. Have 'o k'ept, your vOw? Are pm willing to go to church with her 4t0.• as yon did when yott were eagaged to her ? Are yoa helping her to set the right example hefore Yalur children—your children and hers '? Remember, maze you made lecoinise to lase and to Citel on the night of your wedding. Will you seok rite old • path of toeseerated love, which wound through the 'days of your courtship' and ended. on the eight you took your heart love as bride from her father's' home ? THE WAX TO HAPPINESS. - Batt htew are yeti going to find your way back to these old paths ? Some of yon have been away from 'these paths for many years, you are loot, cornpletely lost. You nev- er itud your way out from the moun- tains of sin unless you have it divine guide. The importance of a guide to OM lost in the inolentains of, earth or. of sin can never be °vow- tineated, . I remember'some years ago, - when bicycling throughthe mountains of West.Virginia, we were completely lost, • wandered around and anoansi: until the sun an1kI.111'd the twilight cowered up her sonlbor face with a black .robe and Wel herself in total darkness. We groped .our way along, shudderiug at - the fiendish yell of a screech owl mad the . glittering eyes that might be those of a prowling panther. After awhile we saw a. dint light in the distance. We struggled on until we could knock at that houoe and be teken in, Then in the -morning we were safe because our host, iis it guide, directed us on, To -day,- -ye loot mod wearied sinners., Christ is ready to he your guide. He will lead y.ou out of the mouutp.ins of sin. ge- Will lead you to tht. old paths which are all converging into the one Christian path that e leads. to the foot of the linavenly throne.. Will you let hint lead yOu'? Will you 'let hien pardon:you ? Will you let ?Teats serve you ? • ORIGIN OF COFFEE. Discovered Six' hundred. and Sev- • enteen. Years Ago. . • We wonder '-why it IS that a kind Providence should present maa with such a wonderful :gift as the coffee berry atid then attach a penalty for appreciating it. ' Perhaps the •anewee is that ,to the sound and normal' 'stomach coffee le a harmless, or ra- ther a beneficial, refreshment: May • b.e said in general; perhaps, that many of the foods and drinks that trouble the dyspeptie are both harmless : and good. The fault is• not with them but with thediseased stomeeli.. . • As to. 'coffee, SucicessegiveS the Ifol- lowing .; interesting story,- and 'one pities .all the pectPle who lived be- fore the year 1285. • e • . "As to the history. of coffee, the' legend runs that it- Was first fouled growing wild '-in Arabia. Hada Omar, :adervish; discovered it in 1285, six. hundred.. and •,, seventeen years age. He was dying of hunger in the Wilderness, when, finding soine small round berates, he tried to eat them, but 'they' were bitter. He tried roasting them ' and these he finally; . , steep•ed in some water held in the hot - low of his hand, and foend the. de- coetion as refreehing as if he had partaken of solid food. Hehureied back to Mocha,. from which ;he' had been banished, and, inyiting the wise men to partake of hip discovery, they Were so well pleased ,with it that thify. Made him it ittint • INTRODUCED. INTO AMERIO,A.. . "It is 'said that coffee. Was intro- dueed into the 'West' Indies in 17,23, by *Chirac, a French physician, who gave a. Norman /rain by the name of De Clieux, a captain ofinfantry on his way to Martioique, a single plant. From Martinique coffee trees in turn ,werd sent to. Santo Domingo, Gtiadaloupe, and . other neighboring islands. • "'.1F‘he coffee ti ee. ie. an evergreen shrub, greWing, its natural state, to a height of fourteen to eighteen feet. ' • It is 'usually ;kept trimmed, however, :for -convenience itt., picking the' berries, which grow along the branches closo. to the .leaves and re- seinble in shape and color _ordinary cherries. The tree cannot 'be grown above 'the frost line, neigher can it be eucceesfully grown in the tropics. The most successful ,climate for pro- duction is that found at aa altitude �f about 'foul' thousand feet; . Any: - thing much above this is in danger .of feost; which is fatal to the tree; and, -when toffee is grown much be- low this, it requires. artificial shade, which' materially increases: the. .ccist of produtition and does not produce as Marketable berries." ' . A QUEER :MEMENTO. • Ugly Looking Stone, Thrown at' - • Lord ..Salisbury. -Englishm.en.atee Very, tenacious of their. Opiniems andby no meanssloW to express them. They have.'• the courage of. their corivictione;. No- where does thistrait come out. more 'fully than in pnlitics. The London Daily. News gives the following inei, dent about the late Lord Salisbury, in which it mny be Oeen that respect for titles does not alwiivs save dis- tingulobed statesmen from occasion- al rough treatment in politics : • "The firgt time. Mr, J. M, Barrie ever saw Lord llosebery,. the novelist tells us ,1 ,5,0 early.woek, he threw clod of earth at hint, 1 -Te was a peel', Those were my politics.' But seine Scotstnen use harder arguments than clods. A souvenir' of an un- pleasant experience that Lord Salis- bury once had Is preserved hp cabinet at Hatfield House,: It is an ugly looking Stone of over n potind in weight, with which it Window of a. ,earriage containing his lordship and his twe daughters was smashed.at Dumfries, on the (Wetting of Oct, A, 1884, The MarquiR had delivered the last of a' seriee 6f political speeches in Scotland, and there was a riot in the streets at the close of the Meeting. The occupants of the earriage were forturtately ueharmed, and the ',tidies Cecil secured the mis- sile, and took. it with them to Hat- field, to show to the Marchloziess. A card, Aled to the sto)1e, bears its history, in' the handwriting of Lady Salisbury," , What doth it Profit a fool Man to sell a 10 -cent artiele for it dollar, and theri got btincoed out of the dol - 1411 ADOULthe .-IrTIFTIRTIFIrArtriVrIFIFIFII7Ire,TleleArtrArTlnelrY'ArInFefieNnrArlrerertrirlIrle ArleArMirrirlrleePArlerTlirw-WW" * which ought to be included in every 1 Collection, because it looks so tatrist- masy—the Jerusalem cherry. It is CULINARY HINTS'. Salmon Salad. — Flake solne hraving revec:0111:40 veetud:1:e he::::0671 aafatieleiwrd wltolti allsplee and some hits of stick cinna- mon into a cup of vinegar and heat it to the boiling point.. Pour while hot over the lisli'and let stand until cool, Serve on bed of lettuce leaves that are crisp and fresh, A New Tomato Salad.—Peelripe red tomatoes of even size by drop- ping them into boiling water for a few minutes. Cool arid take it small slice from the end of each. Sceop out the seeds and fill with a little potato salad made by chopping the potato and mixing it with mayon- naise dressing, Put each, tomato on a bed of lettuce leaves. Canned Tomato Sauce.—Peel a dos - en large ripe tomatoes, Add a half cup of coarsely chopped sliced ham, half an onion and three tablespoons of hot water; set in a covered sauce- pan on the back part of the range, or over the simmering berner of a gas stove, and cook slowly' for from one to two boars. Press through a sieive, add a teaspoon of sugar, a half teaspoon of lemon juice and salt and pepper to the taste. Some would prefer to have it quite het with cayenne and others like it' more mild, Heat again to. boiling and seal, in small jars, when it will be ready to serve with mach dishes as need a tomato sauce when time is too lim- ited to prepare it. . Macaroni for Luncheon—COolc one- half pound of macaroni in slightly salted boiling water until tender, then drain. Beat the yolks of ;two eggs„ add a tablespoon of melted butter, a saltspooli.efich of 'salt' anti red pepper and two Of mixed mus- tard with one cup of sweet cteam. Fill a buttered pudding <Ugh . with alternate layers of macaroni, cheese Etnd 'seasoning, and have the last and top layer of the cheese and seas- iining. Bake in a moderate oven until browned on tor; and serve hat, French Fried Potatoes.—Pare po- tatoes and let them Ale iti cold wa- ter for an hour, Cut .in eighths lengthwise and fry in deep smoking hot lard until a 'delicate brown .color and cooked through. Place on brown paper to &gin inside the oven doer and when' all ere cooked sprink- le with SAlt and serve hoe. • ' Lemon ,Pi,e-Line a plate with the, bust paste; pricking it in 'several placei th prevent blistering while baking, Set in the oven and bake until crisp. .Pat into a double beile er the juice end grated rind of One large lemon, one and one-half cups orboiling water; cam and one-quarter cups of -s.ugar„.. three level table- spoons of cornsearch, the yolks ' o1. two eggs,. ang cook .uritil a custard is made. Fill the baked 'crust with -the cooked custard and cover the top with the whites -of two'. -eggs beaten 'With One-quarter cup of powdered sugar, and brown slightly inthe ov- en.. Broiled Steak:With Parsley Butter. —Have the steak c.ut thick 'and dip it in alive oil, Broil on both etdes, turning often until cooked through and not &led. Ltiar in a heated platter and reb over the 'top with softened butter .mixed with finely chopped parsley and a little salt. . Chocolate Cream' Cake.—Beat the Yolk of . One egg, add oneLhalf • cup, :each of sugar and milk and two squares of chocoia.te gettted; let it came ; slowly to tht. boiling potnt stirring all the time. When it thick- ens set aside to coot.. 'Cream one- half cup of butter, add'One and 'one: - half epee of sugar and beat,. add one-haif eup of milk, two beaten eggs, the chocolate mixture and two cups• Of sifted flops', one level teaspoon of soda and .one teaspoon Of v.anilia. 13ake in layers, Do not take , front the tins until coOl. Spread With a cream flhling madefrothtwo cups' of sugar, ten tablespoons of, anilketuoiled until the thread stage is reached. Add :threelevel tablespoons of but - tet ; cool, Stiering all the time, and flavor with a teaspoon. of vanilla ' Unfermented Grape Wine.Select ripe, perfect grapes frr!sh from the vines;' stem, and Wash carefully; re- jectiog any' • unsound or imperfect fruit. To every 8 qtsgrapes add 1 Pt. Water; put into a porcelain kettle and heat to boiling Cook slowly for 15 minutes, and skim carefully. Strain oil juice,- and filter through a jelly bag until CM te clear. Neat agate to boiling. Add i cup hot sugar to each qt.. of • juice, and sealin theroughlY sterilized Cans or bottles. .. FOR WINTER WINDOWS, ....When frosty • nights •and, howling winde . hint of the near approach • of. a- time when gardens and wobils will .be stripped of blossonly beauty and tender' greenery, it is well to plan for the keeping of a• bit of sulnnier. ()aptly° all winter long, says Mrs; Fleury' Wright, , .P.ernsfrom the woods transplanted into good loanitr eoll will send up their deinty fronds gratefullei.in the windowe, end there are Many things Which will, do well when taken up train the garden. For best resells, hoeievere one must have plants which aro Moro. speeifically Winter bloomers, and, Mix with them such foliage plants, as are not too exacting of conditions, • . For bloom' in -the windows, my ex- perience has tatight me to e'altie ox:. ails boWeii, with its immense ;Thant - rock -like leaves, and exquisite , pink blossoms. Buttercup oxalis, while not so elegant -.booking, is a more • vigorous -grower and bloomer. Linum tryginum is it treasure, covering 'its leafy. branches With golden y.ellow broseoms in richest profusion, and looking indeed like it bit of prisoned sinishim.. Blutnag Capeneis gives• plenty of bracto of dainty blue flow. ers, and cellos and all of the Dutch bulbs are desirable. For 101ifiao, nothing is better than that familyof ferns--Nephrolepis—to which belong Iloetoniensis, Piersonli and Fureans, Sanseveria, Zealanicit accommodates itself to almost any coeditions, Antheelcum is easy to Manage, and Latania liorbonica Is the hardiest of the pithus, and one of the handsomest. .This list is al- ready ecimpreliensNe enough to Jill several window's, but one may sup- plement it With other 'things 'Peet, as good. The handsomest geraniums and eyclaineif blooms / havo ever seen were groWn in the simplest surround= ings, in a Sunny hall window, and near thetn Were perfect specimens of Norfolk Wand pine, and strong Easter lilieS. 'Oa* olgOAt Wag there lovely- with tliick waxen foliage and a wealth of scarlet berries. 04.1.0.140.111 HINTS TO II0I/SEKEEPERS. A housekeeper claims to have di* covered that beets 'make a good sub- •stitute for apples in mincemeat, and advocates canning theni for the pur- pose. After the mincemeatis made she says it is hardly possible te tell the thileretice, liti.Ve ter 0 red tinge that disappears \Oen the pies- are baked. Borax has it good many uses, espe- cially in the laundry. It is excellent to use in washing flannels, it table- spoonful to six quarts of water, it keeps them soft. It helps hold the color of colored goods, and prevents white clothes from turning yellow: If you have old cans with imperfeet tops yeu cart use them NO:limit rub- bers if you will run sealing Wax aropnel the seam. A. correspondent says. her canned Mulberries always spoiled with she took to adding several teaspoonfuls of good cider vinegar to each can, eine° which they have kept perfectly. To save tomato seeds, choose to- matoes which when cut open' show the largest' propertion of meat and the smallest of seeds. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon into a, sieve, and 'separate by, holding the sieve in Water and rubbing the pulp through, leaving the seeds clean and ready for drying. Spread on.eloth and expese to sun and air. Keep out of it strong wind, .o,s the seeds are light end easily blown away. Ants Don't Like These. -.'-Do you know that oil of cinnamon will ban- ish the little red ants? If they in- fest •your refrigerator or cupboard, just put a few drops on 'a paper out- side. , There is no harin from put- ting the cinnamon insidethe cup- board; only it will make the food taste somewhat. ITowever, that is preferable ,'to ants. For the little lelack ants, we have never found any- thing as good as gasoline.Just fill an .ors .ordinary oil can, such a' you ese for the sewing machine, With gaso- line, and sqUirt•lt around the ants' headquarters. Take ,care not to' • al- low' -fire near. . 11 Fli.SIAN STORIES. Some of• Them Clever and In- stinct With Character. ----1=11===="---7-'71111 ..LOSSES IN MANURE. in 1899.01., three series of Steer feeding experiments were =ado at the Pennsylvania luxpertruent Sta- tion, coinparing the gains' obtained •frolO animals kept without tying 'in it box stall and from those tied as usual in ordinary stalls, the former being watered in the stall, the latter turued out daily to water... 'Phe re- sults shoveed :Gait by theformer me- thod a very large saving in Cost of attendance is secured, without any decrease in the gain of liVe weight or any disadvantage, as respects 'the quantity of food required to produce it. The relative economy ot the two _metheds is, however, not iully dem- Vonstrated until the value of the re- sultant manures is known; for these differ 'Materially in 'the conditions of their preservation. The manure from the boa stall was formed upon a cement floor, and' Watt kept tinder the animals, compacted by• their trampling, until the close of the expirement; that from. the ani- mals tied in the stalls and watered in the barnyard was; on the con- trary, deity removed and stored in a compact heap under conditions close- ly 'approximating those of a. covered. IDADUre " SW, except that it was pot 'subject totrampling by the stock,: The. fertilizing constituents in food and litter, less those used ,in form- ing• new animal tissue, were com- pared with those recovered in the two manures. • The comparison . is. especially interesting becapse, of the increasing use of the covered shed method lit Pennsylvania. The trampled manure suffered. little loss �f' fertilizing constituents, though less than two-fifths of the dry, matter of food .and litter was recov- ered in the - manure, The. covered shed manure lost one,third, Of its nitrogen, one-liftli of. its potash, an'd one-seventh .01' -its phosphoric abid. Only one-third sof the dry matter 'of food anti litter Was recovered in the Manure, The potash and .phosphoric acid lesses must be explained by. seepage of liquid manure into the clay floor,. The. loss o1'' nitrogen is; however, chiefly due to volatilization 91 carbonate of ammonia., , The money value.of the..fertiliZer conetittiente ;lest by •the .second as compared with the first method, is equivalent 'to $2.50 for • each steer stabled for. six • months. • Therefore; manure, if • . prepared upon a. tight floor and • tvith :srieh 'proportion • of litter that it, Can 'be treenpled into 8. cernpact mars,. loses very little, if any, of its *fertilizer constituentS so long as the animals remain upon it. This method Of preserving steer ma- nure. is therefore distinctly Superior to that of the: covered• shed, though the latter Method znay not always exhibit as .great. loss as that observ- ed. in' this experiment: • • With the Persians the writing of Poetry' and beautiful and witty say- ings 'is deseribed as the "threading of pealis." The stuilent of 'the Pere' Sian language finds stones, many oi them as: old as the world, but clever and inStinct with character. In the St: James Gazette a student -gives the following from the literature ' of the land of "The' -Lion wed the Susi": One ,day a certain. tyrannical king came alone without • the city wane', and *saw a ellen sitting under a tree. The king asked, "The ruler .of this kingdom : is he a tyrant or • a just The stranger. replied, "A very, great tyreet."• •. The king said...to the stranger, "Do you know me?" ." He said, "No." • !!I am -the suttee cif this kingdom," replied the .king, • . The man 'wee Overeolne withfear, and asked, "Do you know me?" 'rhe `king said, "NO." He replied, "/ ani the son :of a nierchant, and every month, I eerier three •daYs' snedriess: s, This unfortu- natelY haPPens to be the•fiest of the three days." • • .• , The king laughed, and' had nothing' at all Surther to•say, There is a story of -a certain poet whe'.came before a great- inan and praised biiin very ornately. The rich :Man- was 'pleased; and saia, "Beady Money I have not; nevertheless there is in ney granaries very much porn. If you• come to-morrovrI Nill give you' some." • .The port' to his own house', . . and on the Morrow presented himself to his patron. • The rich man asked,' him,. "Why have you . He said, ''Yesterday: you preunised to give nie corn.; • 'For this reason am I come." . The' tieh num Said; "A. Most won- derful fool thou art. What. you said t� Me 'gave me 'Pleasure. What 'I have said to .you equally pleased you.' Why,' there. should I give you c•Orn?'' • • The poet, was covered With shame, and departed, ...WOMEN GO: To. w4n, so*etin3es the Entire :Family Goes to • :the -*holt the :rat -a -fat • Of the'' &tint mile patriotic citizens to arms , in civhlired countries thegirlsare left behind, Hilebendsand fathers, sweethearts and brothers, go to the front; :and the wOmen and children have nothing to • do but wait ,and 11 18 niy.t. 'so eyeeywhere, Vene- zuela, Colombia, Heyti,' San Dom- ingo, Bolivia; Nicaragua and some of the other lees advanced, Latin-Amer- ican countries the entire family sometimes -go to. War, • - • It happens this way. One Of the civil ware, which a.ro the'portual fea- tures of politics in these counteiee is in progress, and there is an ur- gent demand for troops by govern - anent arid :revolutionists: alike. Both sides stick at nothing. in order to get soldiees, They are noe-particti- tar. Anybody' Who can carry. a gure—man, Woman or boy—will do. grotip of half -civilized Indians are tilling their fields or listening to it Jesuit Inkett in a little mission church in the heart of the jungle. A band of soldiers conies- aim*, sun1 rounds, thein and marches them off t..tz fight, for a. cause aboet. which they know and OLIVe absolutely nothing. "But my wife,. my boys, senor:" wails the peon to the cotionandantis Who has captured him, "What is to become of them ?" The family troops up, Weeping and shrieking; and begs the officer t� the man go, 'The officer books at them thoughtfully and sees that the bays are strapping lads of twelye and fourteen, and that the wife is fine, strong woman. I must take your man," ht - bus her, "but: if you like, you and the boys can COMO, too. They are stroeg enough to march and carry, rifles, and you ein 'help do the cook- ing for us and look after the wound- ed."' . So it comes about that the entire family marches off- 'to the front, hem; and cheerful again, They make light of the hazard of war and the hardshipe of the campaign. There are no hardier people in theworld than the Indians of Central Arneri- ak. Colombia and, Venezeola. • SILO THE CORN., • ' My .opinion is that it would pay farmers to build a, cheap stave silo, , and convert a portion of their. late 'corn into silage this year,. especially .if they have. young stock on their farms or can procure young stock at reaseriable prices to feed this winter, Writes Mr. E, D. Funk. I' am 'net yet ready: to say that it iS the' best. for alder cattle, i.e., fee'ding cattle, nor haVe. a.ny 'thoughts of saying that it is good feed for • them. I have not yet proved that to ray own eatiefactiozi, Through the' college of agriculture we have heen conducting experiments along that 1in. on Our farm ,and we expect.to have some yery interesting and valuable figures which Will came out in bulletin form 'when the ex- periment is- fully completed. ' • I would -not advise going- to too much expense in putting •up. a per- manent silo right at .the start, for the reason that what will suit eine farmer will not .always be applicable' t� hie neighbor; and therefore we. meet' choose for . ourselves. -My ex- perience has been so far. that I ane satisfied that the -sibo. will be a part of the feeding apparatus for , the or- dinary 'farmer in the fidure. • I think there is no better way of curing late corn in a wholesale way for economipal feeding than the Old- fashioned way of cetting and shock- ing, and I would consider it the next Or seconci method -for curing late coin. Following this cones the shredder, . but this year there has- been such an abiunlance of roughness cut in the evay of clover and grass that there Will be no lack of rough- ness and practically all the barns are full of that kind of feed and of couree -shredded• fodder should go in- to the barn to be at itsebest: SOME DAIRY ADVICE. Use only pure bred coWS. Do rioe cross different breeds hap-: hazzard,. Do not keep more stock than you tan' feed well. Pair healthy animals, 'then the pro- geny will be hettith.y.. Pair animals of similar character so You may know the kind of pro- geny to . expect. °• Pair the aniztails of :such remitter) as give plenty and rich milk, so the progeny will produce plenty and rich Make a memorandum of tlie yield, and if possible its test, only thus can a positiNe knowledge of the cow value be Sectired. . Do not pine. two young aninialS— that makes bilith parents and progeny StIfTer, Keep it eCord Of the breeding herd book), by Which you may de- termine the breeding value of an ani - Visit cattle shows in order to see other animals and to show your own, so as to compare and get prate - tic° in judging animals. Join, a bull association SO as to secure the service of it good bull at a reasonable cost. The calf. should be proteeted against dampness and dratight—it is very tender while young. The calf should have the milk itt. small portions, and as ofte.n as the cows aro oailked, as only then We get • the full benefit of the milk. • ' The calf should have new milk .ex - elusively the first fourteeu to twenty days, WHEN TO PICK APPLES. ' The poor color in gnuch of the ap- ple crop is due to its treatment itt the orchard. The trees are too often closely planted, the heads too dense, or the soil may have been overloaded with vegetable Matter, which cause the fruit to groW late fall and the picking season arrives before the' fruit takes on color. These. are cul- tural difficulties that may be -largely overcome by Letter parting, to ex. pose the fruit' toethe sunlight and by other cultural Practices that tend to mature the fruit earlier in the fall. The uatial method of apple picking, however, is responsible for a large part of the poorly colored fruit. The apples in a tree top differ widely in their degree of maturity, just- as do the peaches on a tree. When the crop is all picked at one time the fruit in all stages of ripeness is mix: - ed indiscriminately together. , For the specialist who .seeks the finest class of trade,. it is a question whe- ther it would hot be profitable to pick over the trees tr0 al' three times, taking the fruit:In each suc- cessive picking that approaches the proper degree cif size and maturity. The remaining fruit after eaCh piek- ing quickly growls to a larger size and deeper color. • • A BIG MONEY- LENDEIt. .Arnount of British'Money Loaned . to Foreign. Countries. The size of England is in inverse ratio to its financial impoetsiziee. • For `three-quarters of a c.entury it . Was the workshop of the world, and aznassed great fortunes. Being the great colonizer, it sent its wealth into distant lends for increase an4 has not been disappointed.Mille Germany and France and the 'United States haVe 'been preseilig forward the past twenty-five years as formid-• able rivals, the little sea-girt' island still does business at the old stand. ' If England is to decline izi industry and finance so that the New Zee- lanxler some day shall (sit Upon the ruins of London Bridge'. and recall her past glory, ,that decline has not yet begun, No modern nation can. make the following display of tgaires. Besides her great amassed wealth at home; England has a penny save'd to invest abroad, The New York World gives this sun:unary : "According to Great Britain's eta- cial Stotts' tical Abstract, the tota/ amount of British money loaned to India, the colohies, and foreign, coun- tries in 1902.was $0,.092,858,000—a big row of figures, whose full •Mes.n- ing is not easily grasped: , They mean'.that the British peo- ple, numbering 40,000,000; have invested the savings of centaries in lends'beyond the seas to the extent of about $1.07 per capita for every man, woman and ohild in the three •. islands, , ' "One-half pf all British invest - names abroad, are estimated to be in foreign eouatries. The interest paid yearly to the British people -on. their foreign and colonial investMents is Stated at $304,642,000, . "This feet explains why Britieh imports so greatly .exceed exports Year after year; and stilt the country. increases its wealth. The foreign debtors make :good the difference." OR. A. 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