St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 April 1891 — Page 3

RURAL TOPICS. h 1 INFORMATION FOR THE HUS- ' BANDMAN AND HOUSEWIFE. Some Practical Suggestions for the Farmer, Stock-Breeder, Poulterer, Nurseryman, and Housekeepers. — i i i THE FARM. Magnitude of Truck Farming.

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posed of. It is a new feature introduced within the last few years, except the little which used to be possible by canal. It is the modern railroad that has rendered possible the truck farm, and this partly accounts for the fact of its neglect in previous census compilations. Not that there was no truck farming in 1880,

__ but the volume of it was vastly less than now. ■ It is estimated that upwards of SIOO,- ; 000,000 is invested in the industry in the j United States, the annual production ■ being three-quarters of this amount, or j $76,500,000, realized from 534,440 acres [ of land. In the work are engaged 215,- - 765 men, 9,264 women, and 14,074 chil- ! dren, who are aided by 75,868 horses and I mules, and use nearly $9,000,000 worth of I ( agricultural implements. The industry is carried on in nearly all the States, but the principal districts are a narrow belt on the South Atlantic coast and along - the Mississippi Valley. The more fertile soils are chosen; labor and the railroads do the rest. The big cities are the best customers of the truck farmer, the wants of the people in the smaller centers of population being to a large extent supplied from the immediate neighborhood, and they take less per capita of that grown in other climates than their own. What they do take of the latter is mostly obtained from the dealer in the city, and in this respect Chicago drives a tremendously large business in catering to the truck wants of the people over an important part of the United States. In reality the trade embraces a much greater variety and takes a far wider range than appears to have been included in the census statistics, which deal mostly with vegetables,unless the melons be supposed to belong to some other category. The merchants of Chicago draw hither the fruits of Georgia, Florida, tb West India Islands, and Central America, the peaches and berries of Illinois and Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Missouri, apples, grapes, and pears from New York State, strawberries from Baltimore, oranges, lemons, grapes, peaches, and pears from California, and cranberries from the marshes of Wisconsin. And the range of their distributive work W is almost equally wide. They send wnrrttern produce to thc.Sniithorn

■■Ml^naFthe railroad stuke Id'^naf’^Stiom by cutting off trade beyond St. Louis T^uced for a time the shipping business of South Water street by nearlv onefiltfc- — ’ Few people have a correct idea of the effect this business has on transportation. In the season for most of the fruits special trains run each day from the producing districts to this city, the peaches and strawberries load down the boats which ply regularly between Chicago and the ports on the opposite shore of Lake Michigan, and hundreds of persons are employed here in the work of receiving besides thousands who find employment in handling the material at other points while it is being collected and distributed after having been raised by an army of workers. And, as previously stated, all this is of modern origin. The vast increase to human comfort permitted by the enjoyment of the products of other areas than those which surround the consumer, and the concomitant benefit to the many who in this direction minister to the supply of what may be called necessary luxuries to their fellowcreatures, is the outgrowth of the present generation, which, by making railroad transportation far-reaching,speedy, and cheap, has permitted the interchange of commodities on a scale that would never have been dreamed of by the people of fifty years ago.— Chicago Inter-Ocean.

A Good Smokehouse. I have noted hundreds of smokehouses, from the hollow log to the elegant brick affair, says a writer in the Ohio Fanner, ranging in price from a dollar or two to a hundred or two dollars; and have seen nothing in my experience that would compare favorably, either in utility or economy, with the kind I invented and have used for years. It is easily constructed and so cheap that any family can have a new cleanwne every time there is occasion ior use. ' WTO / A large clean sugar or salt barrel is placed on a box that is wide enough for the barrel to stand on clear of the edges of the box and twice as long (or more) as wide, and eight or twelve inches high. Three or four auger holes must first "be bored through the box on the end where the barrel stands, to allow the smoke to

come through. Strong wire nails are to 1 ; be driven through from inside close to ; top of barrel. Place the barrel on the ] box over the holes and chink tight with < clean clay mud around the bottom of 1 barrel. Box stands on the ground. Hang your hams on the wire nails, some • with short string, others with long ones, . if you wish to utilize all the space in , the barrel. Place a strong clean paper i or canvas over the top of the barrel, and enough gunny sacks or blankets can be' ■ added to keep the smoke in. A depression ' should be made in the ground under the front edge of the box, so that when the , lire is made upon a piece of sheet or tin, ' the whole can be shoved under the box. Leave the fire close to the front end of the box. A half head of a barrel can be crowded down by the end of the box, closing t fire hole when the loose earth is banked around it. The cut shows the half head in place. With this contrivance you need only to have the. smallest possible amount of fire, and yet owing to the construction, the smoke is bound to be reasonably cool < even if there is considerable tire. If one is afraid thieves will carry off hams, smokehouse and all, cut a hole in the front end of the box to put the fire through, and place the smokehouse on the cellar floor. A New-Zealand Flood-Fence. The wire and picket flood-fence represented below is furnished us by Charles Goulter, Marlborough, New Zealand. The pickets are four feet long, and of any convenient thickness. A hole is bored through each one, five inches from the top. They are then strung upon a steel-wire rope. When adjusted at uniform distance apart they are fastened in

II E census office has published highly interesting statistics of truck farming in the United States, as disti ng ui s h e d from market gardening, which is conducted so ' near to the local market that the farmer depends on his own team for transportation. The average truck farm is situated at a great distance from the market in which its produce is dis-

by winding a flexible No. 8 wire around pickets and the wire rope upon which they are strung. The lower wire is attached to the outside of the pickets eight inches from the lower ends. At every fourth picket a strand of the flexible j wire is wound spirally around the I picket and fastened to the upper rope 'and lower wire to hold the latter from slipping off. The wire rope to which the whole is suspended is firmly attached, by staples or otherwise, to the posts on either bank of the stream. — American Agriculturist. THE HORTICULTURIST. Mildew on the Grape Vine. During the summer of 1890 experiments were tried with various compounds of copper-sulphato, for the treatment of mildew of the grape. These experiments were carried on throughout the summer, with several kinds of grapes, in different localities, all under the direction of the United States Commissioner of Agriculture. The report of these experiments has just been published. The remedies tried for mildew generally produced good results. In some cases this was true with the remedies tried for black-rot, but not generally. TJp> wide range of area over which thd px nurjruOni.S.OK.OF-‘,ttW l m fl mfr

(^'niparfng the yarinny used ans»he results obtained, the copper mixtures!! Gironde, or Bordeaux mixture, may be considered tho best for mildew. It is made as follows: Dissolve in a wooden vessel eight pounds of sulphate of copper in fifteen gallons of water; warm or hot water is best. In another vessel slake ten pounds of lime in five gallons of water. When both the copper solution and the lime mixture are cooled to the ordinary temperature of the air, pour the latter slowly into the former, taking care to mix the fluids thoroughly by constant stirring during the operation. When ready to apply to the vines, again stir it thoroughly. A pump for this purpose is the best, but many use a common whisk broom. Care must be used to keep it from flesh and clothes. If strong enough to burn the foliage, dilute with water. The application should be made in cloudy weather, or late in the afternoon. This experiment, in which the labor was estimated at ten cents per hour, costs less than two cents per vine. Sulphate of copper costs from five to seven cents per pound by the barrel, at retail ten cents. Besides the benefit to the fruit, the vines were greatly improved by this solution; rich foliage aud stronger growth of wood was produced. If this simple remedy will prevent mildew of grapes, the vinevardists of our

" ■■ jaiuistM ui (JUr country will consider the experiments a good investment. THE DAIRY. Solids in Milk. Tfie fact that milk is liquid in form deceives many persons as to its nutritive value, as well as regards the character of food needed to produce it. Farmers know by experience that mangold or other beets, while often promoting a large flow of milk, either make it of poor quality or rapidly reduce the flesh of the cow. This fact is explained by the chemical analysis of milk, which shows only 85 percent, of water, while the mangolds have 90 per cent. Fodder corn when green has 80 per cent, of water, but it contains even less proportion of nitrogenous matter than the mangolds. Good milk is rich in two important and valuable elements. Its carbon is in the f(>M of fat, and is shown in cream and TTT ter. Its nitrogenous matter shows w’ the milk is soured, making curd cheese. L nless both these elements^ furnished in the food, the milk can IV< be good at the expense of the cow. - Dairy Jotes Good butter can be obtained Ante from sound milk—the yield of heat 4 4 cows and produced from suitable r ' L and proper surroundings; and in pro. T nvn tion to the care observed to secure t essentials, will the success in ma Dua good butter depend. If you have ten or twenty cows in your dairy treat each one and care for each one of them as though she was the only one you had. and see if the dairy don’t pay better than it has. But you say ’‘l can tdo it, it takes too much time.” Then get rid of enough of them so you can. Calves should be fed liberally with tiie best of food. They should be kept growing, for if they are stunted in

J—=— g growth everj part of theft I s st « »ted I and the milk organs suffer the most. A | poorly fed calf will make a P oor cow> Give each calf a quart of corn Ineal twice every day. There is no question about the advisability of dehorning, if it occ® s * ons tlie animal but litt'e pain and does not produce a serious sore. There ar® objections not altogether ill-found®® t 0 d ®* horning mature animals, but ob ‘ jections do not apply to the use or chemical dehorners on quite young calves. When a cow is found to be licking itself or another cow it indicates that the card and the brush are needed. Ino use of these instruments of cleanlm® 33 is indispensable for the comfort of ® ow and the cleanliness of the milk. ’^er® they are used every day there will be no hairs in the butter. THE GARDEN. I Improved Garden Trowel. Sometimes a slight change in the form of an implement or tool will make it more convenient and better Jr* adapted to the woF xor ■l’ which it was int This ■a is very promin y proven K 3 by simply grinding or filing fa away the end of a common La trowel, ah who have had experience in that line know how ® xtr emely difficult it is iap' to cut off with the common fEf garden trowel a w«ed that K7 has a strong taprtmUj^^ V® " W usinK a tr owel W il fl Shown in the Wi '[{/ work is readily accofipl'sh®* l . H_ / , Grind down until it is threequarters of an inch from IMPROVED p O i n t to point, leaving the trowel, edge concave. It is plain that inpressing into the soil any root coming in contact with the trowel between the two points is readily severed. This does not in the least detract from the common use of the implement but greatly adds to its usefulness. Should the concave surface be kept sharp it will prove more effective in every way.— American Agriculturist. THE HOUSEHOLD. Cure tor Diphtheria. We publish the foliowin: because the experiment may be safely tried, and it is worth trying. Diphtheria is becoming a dreadful scourge, and the writer of what is here said saw the working of this cure ■in the hands of an English physician, at । a time when the disease was prevalent in an English town. Speaking of the physician's application, the writer says: “All he took with him was powder ot sulphur and a quill, and with these ho cured every ease w^hout exception. He put a spoonful of the flour of brimstone into a wine glass of water, and stirred it with his fingers instead of the spoon, as the sulphur does not readily amalgamate with water. When the sulphur was well mixed, he gave it as a gargle, anti in ten minutes the patient was out of danger. Brimstone kills every species of fungus in man, beast, or plant, in a few minutes. Instead of spitting on* the gargle, ho recommends the swallowing of it. In extreme eases in which he has been called just in the nick of time, when the fungus was too nearly closed to allow the gargle, he blew the sulphur through a quill into the throat, and after the fungus had shrunk to allow of it, then the gargling. He never lost a patient from diphtheria. If a patient gannet gargle, take a live coal, put It on aj^^el and sprinkle a spoonful <» two of ... s. used, Um w li^YOUm'niny ue fillß^almost to suffocation, the patient catß *lk about in it, inhaling the fumes^^'ith doors and windows shut. The plan of fumigating a room with sulphur has often cured most violent attacks of cold in the head and chest." Corner Book-Mark. Take a bit of water color paper about eight inches long by three wide; double it at the top, then sketch some dainty 7 ',(■« J. ’■■U;, .a , * w DAINTY BOOK-MARK.

bit of flower or tiny child figure. When you have outlined it, cut it out carefully around the left side and paint in water color, working in a faint tint of background. Add a quotation suitable, such as “Read, mark, and inwardly digest;” “Good books are good friends;’’ “Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen; ’ “To marke ye place in ye ,booke.” Thon punch half a dozen holes down the right side, lace with a bit of silk cord or narrow ribbon, and you have a very cute book-mark, and slip oi the corner of a page. How to Treat Sprains. lew people knowhow to properly treat sprains, and yet sprains are among the most common of minor accidents. Put tli< K limb at once in hot water until the pain and inflammation have somewhat and MhsYia JOYOU * RUMMERT 'BB REG&ssi- | iroot Air I I Loaded. 4CanU ,ws Loaded!! Loaded i ^-.jca ,999 X SAVE JL ™M n a1 ion Picker 88 SlO PICKUP pl TOYOTA 4 lire nW CT Sharp Sharer o Air I 1 A 41Q ,999 X $4999 X y JTA VAN IE | ’Bl AEROSTAR T ’B6 BRO"!/ al Air I V 6 Loaded I V 6 LiE between the hands to dry quickly. Apples that are not properly looked after will decay in the barrels very fast. If ribbons need renewing wash them in cool suds, made of soap, and iron when damp. Cover with a clean cloth and iron over it. To clean straw matting, boil three quarts of bran in one gallon of water and wash the matting with the water, drying it well.

THE APRIL SHOWERS bring bright flowers and INDIANA NEWS. ( Extensive Sheep Rauch In Jackson County 1 —Oaktown Raided by Thieves—Greencastle AttorneyATctimlzod—Found Dead In the Woods—ll bite Caps at Fairland. Eli Stussman, a brakeman on the Nickel Plate, was fatallv crushed at Wanatah. —South Bend attaches the barbarous ball and chain to prisoners while cleaning the streets. —Ephraim Hearshley, his wife and child, all died in less than two weeks at Greensburg. —F. A. Helene, of Hobart, was instantly killed in a clay pit, by the bank caving in on him. —South Bend thinks of establishing a sanitarium after the plan of that at Mt. Clemmons, Mich. —On the farm of Charles Fields, near UiUon City, the bones of a large mastodon were unearthed. —Several prominent citizens of Boone County have been indicted for returning false lists for taxation. —Tipton is to have a Prohibition and Alliance pupcr. It will be edited by Mr. Rose, of Minneapolis.

—Mrs. Osborne, wife of Judge A. L. Osborne, is dead. She was one of the pioneer residents ot LaPorte. —A man at Crawfordsville applied to the township trustee for enough money tojproeure a marriage license. —Thirty girls employed in Redelsheim’s overall factory at Fort Wayne struck for an increase in wages. —Two tramps called at the home of George Krug, at Crawfordsville, and made his wife prepare them a meal. —The barn on the farm of John Overstreet, near Greenwood, burned, cremating six head of horses and two cows. —An old landmark, in the shape of a log house, one of the first built in the city of Jeffersonville, is being torn down. —A breeders' association has been organized at Elmdale. Montgomery County, where it is proposed to establish a large stock farm. —At Hope a company has been organized, with a paid-up capital stock of $6,000, for the manufacture of creamery

butter and cheese. —The triplets, John, James, and Jacob : Farley, residents of Wabash County, celebrated their sixtieth birthday an- _ niversary recently. —The trustees of the Soldiers’ and Sailors' Home, at Knightstown, are makarrangements to drill another gas well at that institution. —At New Albany, P. J. Roberts, a . switchman on the J., M. & 1., was fatally crushed between the bumpers while coupling cars. —The body of Lewis MeElfresh, a wood-chopper, 65 years old, was found in the woods south of Marion. The cause IB l^^h-ath is qiikapwii. -nMti# with in his pockets. Two toughs, with him when last seen, also missing. —The Orange County Bank, at Paoli, ' has been Incorporated, with a capital of $25,000. John T. Stout is president and William T. Hicks cashier. —John Gleason, of South Bend, fell from a step-ladder, and was impaled on a meat-hook, which penetrated his side, inflicting a serious wound.

—There is a hydrophobia scare In Clark County. A flock of sheep belonging to George Brown became affected with the ma'adv and bad to be killed. —Whib timber-cutters were at work upon a tie" near Lebanon, gas oozed from the saw-cut, and upon application of a match burned for twenty minutes. —The general store which has been doing business in the interest of the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, at Monrovia, for some time, has closed out. —At Lafayette. Capt. Daniel Drew was acquitted of the charge of murder preferred against him for the killing of a man to protect the honor of his wife. —Sarah Sizdom, of Windfall, unmarried, and fifty years of age. was found dead in her bed. Heart trouble is supposed to have been the cause of her death. —The straw-board works, at Noblesville, has beaten the world's record by turning out an average of over a ton an hour during a continuous run of thirtysix hours. —The New Castle Creamery Company is the name of a new manufacturing industry at New Castle, with a capital stock of 860,000, which will be put in operation at once. —Frank Pearce, farmer near New Castle, swindled out of a 8350 horse by Bailey A- Pnrr, Greenfield. They gave him a note secured by morgage on real estate to which they had no title. —Peter Endris, a Floyd County farmer, lost 88,000 in the Schwartz bank failure at Louisville. His loss caused him great anxiety, which resulted in a stroke of paralysis, and there is little hope of his recovery. —Coroner Zimmermann held an inquest on one Charles Cotton, of Winchester. who died suddenly while at supper, in the Eastern Insane Hospital at Richmond, and found that he was choked to death by his food. —A strange coincident occurred in the death of two brothers, John and Daniel I rench, farmers, of Vigo County. Daniel died suddenly one night, and while eating breakfast, the next morning, John fell from his chair and expired instantly. Thomas Burton, aged 83, one of the oldest inhabitants of Connersville, died recently. He was a shop-mate with Andrew Johnson in a tailoring establishment in Nashville, Tenn. He also had a trunk given him by ex-Gov. Blue Jeans Williams.

—A new union railway station will be 1 erected at Terre Haute this spring. —George Arnold, living near Danville, had an exciting experience with a mad- 1 dog. He was viciously attacked, and after a terrible struggle with the rabid dog, succeeded in choking it and escaping with but slight scratches. —Madison County township assessors can’t find competent men willing to assist in assessing property under the new tax law. Say $2 per day isn’t enough pay considering the amount of abuse they’ll have to take. —Herman Ghidekar, of Vincennes, aged 20 years, attempted to board a moving freight train, in the yards of the Evansville and Terre Haute road, and fell under the wheels. The result is Le will die. His hands and feet were mangled, and his breast crushed. —A prominent attorney of Greencastle was recently victimized by a stranger, who counseled him in an important case and asked him to draw up the papers, instituting a suit for damages. The client then secured a loan from the lawyer, and has failed to return to proceed with the case. —Wabash College has received $5,000 from William S. Hubbard, of Indianapolis, to be invested and the proceeds to be used in endowing the James Thompson professorship for the chair of

botany, and SIO,OOO has been received from the Jones estate in Chicago, to be used in purchasing books for the Daniel A. Jones alcove in the library. —The other night thieves, apparently professionals, raided Oaktown, twelve miles north ot Vincennes. They entered every store in the place, except two. They were evidently after money, as they took nothing but money and jewelry. At . the drug and jewelry store of Peifer & j Reed they cracked the safe and secured money and jewelry to the amount of SSOO. —White Caps are alleged to have whipped a man named Baker at Fairland. He had just returned from serving a two years’ term in the penitentiary, and was following certain business men and seeking to do them bodily harm for the part they took in the case when he was tried for murder. After the whipping he was released on eon- ! dition that he leave the county and , never return. —Gov. Hovey has pardoned Arthur

Vance, of New Albany, who was sentenced to the Floyd County jail for thirty days for petit larceny. Since his incarceration his health has become impaired, aud having consumption, his confinement was telling on him severely. He was sentenced March 10. Vance belongs to a good family and can live but a short time, the disease of which he is a victim being hereditary. He is 17 years old. The offense consisted of the theft of $2. —A year ago on the 19th of last October, the east-bound express on the Wabash Railroad was thrown from the track and badly wrecked at Keyers, Wabash County, a switch having been thrown by a lad named Willie Marquis, sought reve^-. ft man were badly hurt, but their injuries were not considered dangerous. The engineer recovered, but the fireman, Charles Dickson, of Andrews, whose spine was hurt, grew worse, and, after lingering over ‘a year, died. Young Marquis was tried for train-wrecking in March, 1890, and sentenced to one year in the Wabash County jail. He. was released only last week, his term having

i expired. Mr. Charles Smith, an extensive 1 wool-grower of Hamilton County, Ohio, has bought nine farms near Sparksville, : j CaT Township, in the western part of 1 Jackson County, aggregating over seven ' hundred acres of hill land, which he ; designates as the New Oklahoma sheep 1 ’ ranch. He has contracted for the erec- • ; tion of a large two-story frame dwelling • | and a large barn. He has 7,500 highgrade wool sheep, which he will bring to this State. His brother, John Smith, also a rich sheep-grower, will buy and stock a large ranch in the same vicinity. This is the beginning of sheep husbandry on a large scale in Jackson County, the hilly portions of which are worth but ; little for raising grain. These men are i Republicans, have faith in the American protective tariff, and "e assured of a ready market for their clip of wool, as the Seymour woolen-mills use the wool from 100,000 sheep annually. —Rather a romantic marriage occurred at Russiaville recently. James R. Pollock, a wealthy farmer and widower, living two miles west of that city, was married to Mrs. Theresa Hudson, widow of the late Milliam R. Hudson, and daughter of Hon. .James Thompson, of Irvington. The ceremony was performed at high noon by Rev. Hayden Rayburn, at his residence in Kokomo, after which the wedding party drove to the country home of the groom, where they were cordially received by the members of the united families, consisting of several children from each. The romantic features of | the match are as follows: Twenty-five yearsago James R. Pollock and Theresa Thompson were lovers, and their troth was plighted; but owing to some slight misunderstanding they drifted apart and each married other companions and each raised families. The last courtship was short and sweet, being rapidly

developed into a happy consummation. —ln the Orinoco furniture factory at Columbus, Frank Kennedy, aged 17, got his right hand caught in a shaping-ma-chine, and it was so badly crushed that it will require amputation. —The One-hundred and twenty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry will hold their first reunion at Rushville on Tuesday, Aug. 25. All comrades are requested to send name, company and postoffice address of themselves and all surviving comrades of whom they know to William S. Kaier, Andersonville, I

THE SUNDAY SCHb^ SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A ScholLrly Exposition of the lessonThoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection— Half an Hour’s Study of the Scripture# —Timo Well Spent. The lesson for Sunday. April 12, may be found In 11. Kings 10: 18-31. INTRODUCTORY. It is an interesting study that is before is. Jehu was a representative character, itrong, self-reliant, self-assertive, he 1 ,a3 lad many sons who have done vigorously md valiantly. It would be profitable to itudy the Jehus of history. Alexander, Napoleon; in some respects, Luther. Old iohn Brown was a very Jehu in his chosen 3eld of action. In another way, so waa •Sheridan. There was the good and evil strangely mixed in his novel nature, and the teacher can find basis for warning as well is for exhortation in the delineation of such i career. WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. Gathered all the people. A formal assembly; used of a military muster at Josh. I: 2. It was probably his public coronation. A little. Reminding of Rehoboam’s sententious declaration regarding his little anger and hi# father's loins. (1 Kings 12: 10). Serve him much. A deliberate and Inleed a studied falsehood, indicative of the low state of morals of the day and the wretched material which providence had to work upon. Now. Emphatic. As it a new policy were about to be introduced. Propbets. Properly, speakers. O lie New Testament propbotbood outlined at 1 Cor., 14: 22r32.

All his servants. From the verb meaning to labor, probably the professional class, other than prophet and priest. Priests. Who had charge of the sacrifices. Be wanting. From the verb meaning to seek, hence, to be missed. 1 have a great sacrifice to do Baal. Ironically true but intentionally false. Subtility. The root-word weans to weave, hence, to plot or deceive. It is the same word rendered supplanted at Sen. 27: 36 from which come Jacob, supplanter or deceiver —such a predecessor had we in the faith. Worshipers. Why, since it is the same word translated “servints” above (from Avad)? Solemn. Literally, clean, hence, sacred, jonsecrated. One form of this-word is rendered sanctuary (Kedesh). Worshipers. Same words as servants, above, v. 19, 1. e., the custodians of the heathen temples. House of Baal. The Douay says temple; the orib at Samaria built by Ahab, doubtless a very large and sumptuous one. From one end to another. The Hebrew is still more expressive: month to month. See Variations. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. But Jehu did It In subtility. This was Jehu. It was not God. A prominent Bible expounder said not long ago that he used tb think he must vindicate everything done by the Old Testament champions □f tho faith and explain the rectitude of every deed recorded in the Bible or performed in the name of the Lord. “But,” said he, “I have learned differently since I have studied of the grace of God. Those patriarchs of old did many things that were vicious and hateful in the sight of the Lord. To him give all the glory for his forbearance ana his overruling providence.” Amen! say we. Go in and slay them. Bad habits, say. We cannot afford to be easy with them. Little foxes, pretty though they be, if they are destroying the vines, deserve to be throttled and thrown out. “Let none come forth!” Bad practices, is it? Make an end of them. Do not mince matters. The end thereof is death, and we cannot temporize or compromise with death. Alas, how we sometimes palter and apologize for sin, we who are supposed to hate it! “Which side are you on?” called out the voice in the audience to the weakly apologetic preacher, and his soft speech was ended. Are you dealing with vices personal or general, evils, private or public? There is one word i -aua— AlAy them!” Are you uealing with men’s souls, are vou seeking - to save souls? Tho word is the same, “Go in and slay them! M Let them see what you > mean and that you do mean it. Said Mr. Moody in our hearing: “If I have had any success in my work with men it is because I ! haven’t stopped to be polite.” Go in! And they smote them with the edge of . the sword. It was rough work, but thor-ough-going. There was no mistaking the 1 spirit of Jehu at this tlma He meant to • put an end to Baal worship. And there is only one way, aud that Is to destroy It root and branch. Even though blood flow, out ! with the despoilers of Israel! We are growing altogether too sentimental and nice In our dealings with sin. We would curb the * saloon, without hurting any one’s business or even any one’s feelings. Shut the beast in, so to speak. But why not, as spake the voice in the excise meeting, “Shoot the tiger!” There are some things you must go at with hammer and tongs. Dainty work will not do. Moral suasion will amount to persuasion. The edge of the s.rord is the । only medicine that will be efficacious. Surely the sword of the Lord and Gideon lias not yet been sheathed. We can make no truce with sin, and Satan must be resisted with every wt'apon put by providence in our hand, until he come whose right it is to reign. Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. Tho Jehu spirit still has work to do. Cromwell caught it. He said in effect to the halting defenders of England’s rights, “You are too timid. You have no heart,” and he biought to the front his Ironsides, a band of men, with but one purpose, pledged and anointed to put down the arrogance of ^barles, even though one smite his own kith and kin. Englishmen Lad been fighting with gloves on, had been making concessions, giving quarter. Were their antagonists not old-time friends and associates? -Away with them!” thundered Cromwell, •‘they ate enemies!” and the word he gave to his men was like that of Jehu's, “If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that lettoth him go, his life shall be for the life of him!” Cruel, savage, he seemed; but, after all, if there were not once in a while a virile Cromwell, raised up of God to fight wrong, we should presently all be slinking away to lazy camp life and forgetting there is a battle to be fought and a victory won. ith all his heart. If he had only done it. Jehu started out to reform the kingdom and to return unto the Lord his God. But he stopped midway. And the halfheartedness of his own conversion shows itself in the half-righteousness of his public ccnduct. He gave himself but partially to God, and presently we find him going with Israel into the sin of Jeroboam. Wholeheartedness with God is the only safe and wise policy. Only this does God honor. That is a remarkable declaration of Paul’s at Phil. 3:13, “But this one thing I do, forgetting those things winch are be- • hind and reaching forth to those things which are before. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. ” Put Paul over against this Old Testament warrior. He is our later find better Jehu.

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