St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 15, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 October 1891 — Page 3
THE POSITIVE TRUTH that all the hoosier news is HERE. What Our Neighbors Are Doing—Matters or Genoral and Local jnteiost—Accldents. Crimes, Suicide. Etc. —Janies S. Kevington, aged 86, died at Crawfordsville. —Thirteen freight cars were wrecked near Thorntown on the Big Four. —After an illness of seven years, Miss Ella Watson died at her home near Ontral, Harrison County. —The safe in the Seavey hardware store at Fort Wayne was blown open by burglars and $250 was secured. —Lincoln Terry, of Jeffersonville, was fined $12.50 for using profane language in the hearing of women. —A large reward is offered for the persons who are suspicioned of setting tire to the Washington Court House. —The corn crop, ’tis said, will not come up to the expectations of the farmers, although there will be enough to go around. —George W. Crayton, an attorney
of Mooresville, has begun suit for libel against O. H. Moudy, editor of the Mooresville Guide. —Ella Martin, of Evansville, got a verdict for $2,000 against Charles Collins, a mail agent on the E. A T. H. Railroad, for breach of promise. —Adolphus Ochletree and Miss Mary Prudy, two Crawfordsvillelovers, played “scyen-up" during church hours, and were lined for their sport. —Nearly three hundred men in the blacksmith department of the Ohio tails Car Morks, at Jeffersonville, haw been laid off. owing to slackness of work. Stephen Ridlin, of Fountaintown, St el by County, hung himself in sorrow for his dead wife and the loss of his eyesight, which occurred about the
same time. —By the breaking of an axle two cars of a west-bound freight were wrecked on the Panhandle Railroad at Hartford City, delaying the eastbound mail four hours. —Diphtheria is almost epidemic west of Rockville, near Hollansburg and Bellmore. 'Within a week four children have died, while several others are very near death. —Amos M. Hiatt has sued Joseph Hewitt, both of Delaware County, for SIO,OOO damages, the price of Mrs. Hiatt’s affections; which Hewitt is charged with having alienated. —During the past two weeks. Peter Maurer, having six children and a wife, a man named Moore, eight children and a wife, and a man named Rose, all of Evansville, have deserted their families. —Alvis Maxwell, an employe of the United States snag-boat at the mouth otlkxrCrvvk, mar V.numiU.-, sMm killed by being struck on the head with a log that was being placed in the forcastle to be sawed up. —John Barr, of Brazil, iiad his clothes caught between rollers in the rolling-mill.but saved his life by holding on to an iron shaft until all the clothing had been stripped from his body. He was terribly bruised. —The farmers' institutes in the southern part of the State will meet as follows: Lexington. Scott County, Nov. 6 .id 7: Chrisney, Spencer Count , Nov. 11 and 12: Marengo.
Crawford Count}'. Nov. 9 and 10: Corydon, Harrison County. Nov. 11 and 12: Charlestown, Clark County. Nov. 13 and 14. —A camp of gypsies near Columbus has been split on account of a double elopement of two pair of young Komany lovers. Samuel and William Wilcox hitched up an old gray mare and loaded Elizabeth and Lucy Stark in a gypsy wagon, and off they went. The oldest couple was only almut eighteen years old. The parents fell out. and each had their followers, who separated and established two camps. —A natural-gas explosion at the new residence of John Summerland.
County Treasurer of Wabash County, stripped the plastering off the walls and lifted the floor of the dining-room up two or three feet, smashing a heavy dining table. The explosion , was aused by a plumber, who hunted : around for a leak in a pipe with a lighted match until he found it. and touched off the gas that filled the basement. The building was quite badly damaged, but the plumber and wV r:uuUv "^ned in- < Scarlei fever exists in New Al"bany to such an extent that it may almost be termed an epidemic, and though the disease is not of the virulent type, the physicians are having considerable difficulty in controling it. When the malady was first noticed the authorities insisted that the law in regard to the flagging of the houses in which the disease exist 'd nSnniri rtiridlv enforced, and now
Should ne rigiun vunnou, in all parts of the city may be seen houses on which have been placed large sheets of yellow cardboard bearing the words • -Scarlet Fever. I p to the present time six deaths have resulted, but the presence of nearly half a hundred cases is causing considerable uneasiness. Homer Farmer, of Noblesville, 18 years of age. by the accidental discharge of his gun injured his rightfoot so badly that his great toe had , + <> Ka nmrmtatod.
to oe amputates. I aylor, farmers near Muncie, claim to be the biggest potato growers in Delaware County. The former has four potatoes whose combined avoirdupois heft is twelve and one-half pounds, while the latter claims to have counted eighty-four spuds in one solitary hill.
—Nathan Makin, a wealthy' farmer near Goshen, died of old age. He was 74. ’ —Annie Ennis had her leg caught in a twister at a woolen mill at Madison, crushing it. । —The Masonic Lodge Building at ■ Sharpsville, Tipton County, was burned. Loss, $20,000. —Joel B. Weddle, a former citizen of Seymour, was fatally kicked by a mule at Marysville, Mo. —Charles Barringer, a butter and egg merchant, is missing from Columbus. Creditors mourning. —Rev. J. A. Haynes, of Vevay, has been called to occupy the pulpit in the Baptist Church at Montpelier. —J. W. Tarleton, of Martinsville, while fishing in White River, found a pearl worth S3OO in a clam-shell. —The Consumers’ Gas Company is having hard work to get its mains through farms in Hamilton County. —Miss Eliza Nation,who lived alone in LaPorte County, was found dead in her kitchen. She was 70 years old. —William Briggs fell out of a hickory tree, striking his head on a log and breaking his neck, near Fort Wayne.
—Sheriff Brown, of Jackson County, will resign his’oftice accept the position of chashier in the Seymour National Bank. —Casey Ketcham celebrated her 101st birthday at Crawfordsville. She was Gen. Richard Canby's nurse during his infancy. Geo. Mack got up in his sleep at New Haven. Allen Co., and going out on the walk fell down into the cellar. His recovery is doubtful. —Thomas ,1. Study, Richmond, wants SSOO damages from David Baker. Says Baker's dog bit him on the hand, which is now useless. —M. Dye, a stock dealer of Owens burg, was seriously injured in a rear end collision of the O. & M. Railroad, a few miles west of Mitchell.
—Clara Cunningham, a 15-year-old , girl, has been arrested in Terre Haute tor assisting in the ruin of Nellie Huhm, a girl but 13 veais old, at Urbana, HI. —Steps have been taken to organize la Brownstown and Seymour street I railroad. The distance is eleven miles, and it is thought the line can be made for $65,000. —George Delewter, of Anderson, standing on the suspension bridge over \\ hite River, fished a queer-look- ; ing box from the water and found it contained a dead baby girl. —At Milder's. Stark County, a tramp named Miller was arrested for | arson. He visited the home of a . farmer and being refused food deliberately tired the buildings. — ’I here wasa freight train wrecked on the Monon one mile Ixdow (trleans and seven miles south of Mitchell, which resulted in derailingand piling up ten freight cats with heavy los—Charles Hunt, of Knightstown, I who shot Jacob Weblter, at New Castle, while the latter was assaulting his own sister, was in court to answer the charge of assault, but tin* cast* was ordered dismissed. M illiam M. Reeves, of Crawfordsville. has been appointed District President of the Patriotic s.ns of America for the counties of Warren.Tippecanoe. Montgomery, Fountain. Parke, Putnam and Vermillion. — -The mystery of t lie murder of the unknown man who was found cut to
pieces on the tracks at Princeton two yearsago, is about to be cleared up. The authorities claim to have dis. covered evidence that will lead to the arrest of the murderer. Miss Oakie Hanna, daughter of the late Bayless W. Hanna, of Craw- j fordsville. while picnicking, pulled on a pair of rubber boot-, to ford a st ream. Some one had placed a box of matciu s in one of the boots, and there was an explosion, which seriously burned her foot before the boot could be taken off —The Jackson County State Bank has Ih'cu changed to the Seymour National Bank. and the capital 'tock increased from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO.
The new directors arc G. F. Harkov. I B. F. Price, William Acker. F. M. Swope. Allen Swope, C. A. Kolwrtson, Charles Leininger, D. W. Johnson. Lvnn Faulkeoner. and Joseph Kling. Tin' directors met ami elected officers for the new organization as follows: President. G. F. Harlow: Vice President. F. M. Swope; Cashier. E. I). Brown: Assistant Cashier. H. C. Johnson. The President is the only <>ld officer retained. The new regime I —Da via >p<ai. . e . ’ ship, in Delaware County, was in . Muncie the other day. and exhibited a monster tooth of an extinct animal. The tooth is supposed to be that of a mastodon, and weighs nine and three- ’ i quarter pounds. It was found I twenty-five feet under the ground, where other portions of the beast i were found. In removing the bones r manv were broken, but eight feet
a>' ’ eight inches of a tusk, in a fair st te of preservation, was taken out in one piece. A portion of the shoulder-blade, measuring two feet and one and a half inches was also secured. The Smithsonian Institu- i tion and several museums are alter the find. A stranger, believed to be insane, is scaring the wits out of people living in Ilie vicinity of New Market by | his eccentric actions. He roams I about at night singing, but disappears
when he is approached. —The Farmers’ Deposit Bank has been organized at Montpelier, with a capital stock of $25,000. The following officers were elected: John P. McGeath. President; F. G. Miller, Vice President; J. IL Shoemaker, Cashier; Thomas C. Neal, Assistant | Cashier.
HOME AND THE FARM. A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. A Remedy for tbe Abuso ot Farm Machinery— The Sheep Raising Industry — Notes About Hugs —Use Care with Horses Instead of Medicine—The Poultry Yard—Household Hints, Etc. The Care ot Farm Machinery. A J V "\ARM machinery ps 4 Jt' is an ite,n AT u greatest expense
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Item of worse than useless expense, l»o will bo surprised to see how much his wasteful methods are losing him. Nowthat the harvest season is over, the valuable machinery used in tills work should be cleaned up, oiled and put under good shelter. And so of ail other implements I when the season is over. An old farmer who reformed on this line several years ago, and kept account of his implements, says his former wastefulness and careless manner of keeping implements he found would cost him more than all the taxes he had to pay annually. Now he carefully cleans and oils his Implements and stores them in dry places, and when the season conies again uses first coal oil to cut the hardened oil on the working parts, and he is ready with new light-running machinery to go Into his fields. His own experience has*been to make his farm implements last and do good work twice as many years as formerly.
It is these little wastes, which in themselves seem trifling, but are many sided, and become a great burden to those who do not note and avoid them. On this subject Hollister Sage, In farm and Home, gives some suggestions for the erection ot a suitable building for the shelter of tools and machinery. He i savs: It is not to be wondered at that manti-; faeturersof agricultural machinery got i I rich. The owner of farm machinery I ■ would do vastly better to go in debt for । means with which to build a toM and j machine house, than get trusted for now ; । implements with which to work his land ; and then leave them toNaturc's mercies. ' '1 he Indispensable* in a tool house arc a । | tight roof and dry floor. For the former ! It is doubtful If anything Is superior or • ‘ in the long run cheaper than shingles. ’ For floor lumber will do, but a wrtidralned. slightly raised floor made of! ; coal ashes, engine cinder*, clay or brick is preferable, being more durable and ; stronger. Hut a floor of this kind post- , tlvoly must lx> well drained or the ma- ' chines will be injured by dampness from i below Where a site can b«> secured I , uut lUu loau, »iiu i .piuM irwm It ih* I* sills laid on low walls run bo filled Im- i ’l with the flooring. Th -mpaek,W»«»‘ hard and givu great xtfsfßs.. Ml . On AC — , — v g r \ । e ■mrrTFi I L iIJiLJi J A te] land it is better to raise the ground in front of the tool house to the height । of the floor than to use an incline, as it
,is easier to roll the stork In and out. An excellent building erected for this pur--1 in Worcester County, Mass, j It is built like -Jie dra»)ng. The little doors enter a s op eight feet wide across one end. Rolling doors prot< > t the remaii.der of the front. They are hung so , as to pas-, one another or the small doors and the com eni.'ui e imperfect. Wagons j or machines out of order may be taken bodily into the shop ^bere wre mhos, etc., quickly put tlg m to rights wet days. The shed is twenty feet wide and may be made of any desired length. A rolling platform 6x12 feet covers an aperture i in the upper floor through which sleighs, rakes and other light things are raised ■by pulleys for storage. A piece of scantling fastened to the wall near the floor will prevent mowers ami wagons from marring it with their hubs. Abun-
dance of light should be let in and the fowls kept out the same as snow and ■ other destructive agencies. Convonlriit Bag-holder.
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very handy. It can be folded up and put away when not in use. LIVE STOCK. About Bogs, Good feeding does not consist in drawing a load of corn, dumping it into a lot and saying to the pigs, nowhelpyourselves! Judicious, intelligent feeding from birth to block is the only sure road to success.
Much depends on the right selection of sires. Buy a sire calculated to supply deficiencies existing in your dams; then feed all, including the future progeny, to still further development and improve the type you selected: Gid corn fed to hogs should be soaked and fed on floors, not in troughs. The change from old corn to peas or sweet corn should not be abrupt. Plenty of good, clean water is a prime essential to 1 healthy and thrifty pigs in hot weather; "ot in the form of swill. Swill should be
fess tha^of a < drink° f * BnUn rat,on and ev ery V avail ahK gS toward matury by fe not a The drag^mj Pfem ’a C b 0 one - Th °se who able to see a new 68 o f peas wi " be fle »h when rapid growth of ' them. pigs are tuf ned into from I*3 60 to^t an pricos °* hogs ranged ranged from ? wU; the Ju ’y P^ees ran™ in ’s"? 7 ’ to » s ’ Bo ’ The July >B 3, from S 4 ™ ♦ m?"' 87 00 to S9 -°°; h > t 0 $6.75 fr0m«5.40 Julv , '^h these exceptions the 1880—if?2 is tb o highest since [barm. Stock and Home. Australian Wool anti Sheep. ex-e 1 1 ma nt ! m b er s heep in Australia now man i 3 l° 0 ' 0 00>°00. The wool clip is estiJ’ olso ’ ooo bales. A report from ourne states that the pastorial sea- ■ * was,.upon the whole, a particularly avorable one for the wool growing inaustry. Copious rains have fallen over ^h° Rreat pastorial areas of New South Wales and Queensland, though, on the other hand, Western Australia and some ; parts of Victoria have experienced an unusually dry summer—sufficient, rt is feared, in the case of some of Vhe fine Western district clips to justify fears of broken fleeces being rather common. » Sheep fu Montan*. f, s ‘>m<> Idea of the immense sheep raisahd shearing industries of the State t»f Montana, and the speed with which they have grown, may be gotten from the following figures: In 1877 there were 79,228 sheep in the State, in 1878, 107,261; in 1879, 168,891; in 1880, 259,878; in 1881, 260,402; in 1882, 362,776; in 1883, 465,667; in 1884, 593,896; in 1885, 798,682; In 1886, 968,298; in 1887, 1,162,141; in 1888, 1,153,771; in 1889, 1,363.848; in 1890, 1,555,116; while it is estimated that there are over 2,000,000 this year. Care in FosHling a With a drug store in the stable there will always be sick horses. Without drugs and with careful feeding and good care a horse may go through a long, hard service and die of old age at 30 or 35 years. THE DAIRY.
in farm economy, and the careless manner in which it is often caret! ' for between crop and harvest seasons, has added greatly to its cost to many. The I life of a plow, harvester, or other implement l*ay be prolonged i at lea^t one-third by care and fair usage. If the careless farmer will consider this
• nc. u«i r\ Y . Hittrr Cream. M hen the milk or cream are held too long, although it may bo in a cold temperature in w'hieh the ordinary acdlty ! may not be developed, a bitter taste is ■ often developed which is imparted in j butter and destroys its value. It is the opinion of our exports that this bitterness is another form of putrefactive fer-' i ment, which is peculiar to a cold ternI perature not active or marked as the i | acidulous ferment but more insidous and . | sure to manifest itself more or loss I rankly according to the conditions. The i ■ remedy is never to hold the milk for the i cream to rise longer than twenty-four | hours. Under specially favorable con- < ditions and surroundings the time mav : jmssibly be extended. It is not, howj ever, a safe rule to insure sweet and gix>d I : butter, the earlier < hurtling ami -kim- < rnlng are reccommcndcd. If the conditions for buttter making will not admit of these safe rules being applied, the con- i ; ditions should be made to conform to them. ~[N. Y. Dairy Commissioner. What Ilia Jersey* Eat. ■^Mr. Ihvrm' wr. of ^ew York, gives I mm copy from an address oi hi-. For , winter his cow s are fed a? follows, a* lie j I has found nothing tv pa> belter for j I winter than: Corn met), s wheat bran. 2 lbs.: ' | ground oat*. 4 lbs.; linseed meal, 2 tbs.; 1 ; silage. 25 lbs.; hay. 7 Its. | Given In three feeds during the day. 1 iTb summer ration Is; i Corn meal. 4 tbs.; bran, 2 lbs.; ground 1 I oat*, 6 fte..; linseed meal, 2 tbs. silage ' * 3o it-. The winter ratten is fed about 270! dav*, the summer about 95 davs. Dry I
i cow - and bulls are fed: -1 Ground oats. 6 tt.« ; bran, 2 tbs.; hay, i 7 tt><; silage. 2o tbs. • I)v< » uil er al, ! 'no, the Mountain Side i herd consisted of Milking cows, 200; bull' >n service, 9; * >’hcjf. r, of ail ages, 97; bulb of all' I ages. 4. i j The average milk per head per dav | ! , during I'9o. was p. t tbs. The average ' । milk to a (Milind of butter, 1 j tbs. The i ; average quantity of milk to a quart of ; . crcatu, 15 tbs. The Sell-Sucking Cow. lii answer to an inquiry in the StackI man for some plan to cum a cow of suck- ’ ing herself. I give the following, which 1 I have tried with excellent satisfaction: . Place a common straight bridle hit in her mouth, by attaching it to a common
— J .. . . I. ■ * • ■ VVUI II 1' ’ II bridle or fastening it in the mouth by small ropes passed from the rings in the • bit and tied together on top of the head. • The bit does not seem to interfere with , the animal’s feeding, but acts as an effectual cheek on her sucking herself.— [National Stockman. THE POULTRY-YARD. A s * or t ing ^!!!H -^-^Tbens be separated m Jone <H them a™ w““ e o tbws unproductive, separate the lasers hom the others, or takeout tin i xtra fa’ hen. This is especially necessary on those farms where the hens are confined to a limited area Then laying hensand the fattening hens do not require the same food. For Instance, a hen that is . intended for market may be allowed a.l . tho’ ,T rain she can consume, but the layi ing hen will require a more nitrogenous • diet such as meat, and if they .m'to- ; ...oner the laving hens may not receive
It is very annoying to try to put grain into a lag alone. Os all the various holders devised, I IjkeJ the one shown^ bv m. -or-omo in the I ractical Farmer. No description of it is needed. An y farmer , <an see from the picture how it is made and used. I have found it
seiner ur- . the food intended for them, as the otii i. will also take a portion. There is also a difference in hens in another respectage. The old hens will alwa’ domineer over the younger. It is best to have a flock of the same breed and age. she layers should never be with the nonavers Alwavs observe the condition of : eachhen. if possible and feed accord.ng to circumstances, as there is no tule that 1 can be followed in feeding.
^yijy Not Ilatcli* The complaints about eggs not hatch.- j illK well, and the weak and puny pto- । ducts from sittings of eggs, might be lessened if breeders would take a more sensible view of the conditions of th r breeding fowls before laying. I sua y S uch eases there is something radically wrong in breeding, feeding, care of enironment. A constitutionally sound bird, properly bred, fed, and caied for, will, as a rule, possess potent qualities.
I Foultry Note*. In wet weather keep tLe fowls fn out of the wet. ' the cbicks a few days after oirtn lor lice. There are sixty-eight standard breeds ( oi chickens, ten of ducks, nine of turkeys, and seven of geese. Where tobacco leaves can be obtained without much cost they should be useti around the poultry-houses, and especially in their nests, to keep off lice. > If the yards are low, so that water i stands in them after a rain, dig an open ditch that will carry off the water. If you do not do this the fowls will soon make of the wet portion an unhealthy slough. Do not Imagine that the fowls need . dainties to develop them. Good, healthy food, fed regularly and in moderation, will accomplish the work; and what cannot be accomplished in this way cannot be accomplished at all. THE HOUSEHOLD. I Home Out or a Household. The keeping of a house in such a manner as to result in a genuine home is largely in considering housekeeping in its true relation as subservient to the household life; to consider that the household is made for the family, and not the family for the Jiousoaold. Tho housokeopin R that is 8O linma.-ulate that comfort is sacrificed to appearance, is by no means ideal, however fair may bo its outward aspect. Order, punctuality, I cleanliness, economy arc virtues in tho relative sense, and only as they are held adjustable are they strictly virtues. The life is more than meat, and there may be considerations of enjoyment or of social duties that quite supercede a regulation that rivals that of the^Medes and Persians in its unvarying character. In many households tho family life would gain largely in considering breakfast as a moveable feast, to be partaken of at the individual convenience of each member of the family, rather than to bo J appointed at a fixed hour, when all must ! perforce appear. Coffee and rclls served j in one's room often enables one to write ■ letters, or perform some needed bask, impossible if a regular breakfast hour down stairs must bo observed. Tho French
custom is gaining more and more in American households, and it is one to bo welcomed. Adaptability and adjustability are the । most desirable of factors in housekeep- ; ing economy. The morning is usually । the best time for any individual work. । Then tho hours are, as a rule, free from j social demands, and the individual is in ! j his best condition for writing, or for । whatever employment ho may bo ep- ' : gagod in, if of a nature requiring soli- 1 tude and thought A margin of easy- | going latitude in housekeeping life need interfere with no essential arrangement, and may add a world of comfort to individual living. How to Make a Towel Roller, 1 ake an inch planed board, five Inches wide and fifteen inches long, and ’ saw slanting in sh>*lf form with a cireu- : lar -aw. About an inch from the top saw a slot two inches long for roller pins to fit in, saw it quite slanting. Make
the other side just tho — same. Now make a roll■er the right width for the j ) towel, about two inches i thick. Drive an eightpenny wire .-.I in tho . — conti'r of <>a<-h end. for fiplns. .Xow nail it where J you want the towel to “hang, and fit the roller. Take a half-inch planed board and nail on top for shelf; paint it. All you have to do whon you wish '
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to remove the towel is just slip out the roller. I have one just like this that I 1 have used for four years.— dement liri.vcr, in Practical Farmer. Hint'*. Ax oyster shell in the teakettle will
prevent the formation of crust on the inside. A remedy for creaking hinges is mu’ton tallow rubbed on the joint. A great manv locks that refuse to do their work are imply rusted and will be all right if 1 carefully oiled. There are a number of meat-dishes | that may bo made for one day and cut cold for several days, and these dishes are especially adapted to such warm weather as the present. A veal loaf, for ; instance, served in nice thin slices, gar- i nlshed with a pretty, eatable green, is j most appetizing. A small piece of lettuce, cress or crisp parsley served with cold sliced meats greatly adds to their I appearance. Cun d::ex should not be bathed immediately after rising in tho morning, i
and they should not be allowed to rush from the breakfast-table to the teach and get into the water as soon as they ' can. Very few children should be given a full bath in the morning. They may be sponged over quickly and then rubbed fairly drv, but as for plunging a child into cold water, even 1 ukew 4 soaking, the praukuattyaM—' •••****^^x-r i - <i x r v-se ve n sh 1 pthe British steamship Californian.the British ship Falls of Earn, and the British schooner Little Wonder. All proceded to the office of the British Consul, bv whom they will be cared f.,r and returned to their hemes, (’apt. Hancock and four men belonging to the Little Wonder had a most terrible story to tell. Their vessel sailed from Labrador for England, and met with a fearful gale. The sea completely dismantled the
schooner, carried away nearly all her water, and rendered her provisions • useless. One big wave carried away j Edward Brown, the chief officer. I'or I eighteen days the survivors subsisted ■ on an ounce of food and agillofwater . each. Thon the Siberian rescued them, the four men being in a terribly emaciated and exhausted condition. The sea was very rough, and ' | for four hours the crew of the steamer’s 1 lifeboat stood by the wreck. At last 1 the men had to give up the idea of | boarding the vessel, and the second officer of the steamship, who was in charge of the boat, told the men to jump into the sea and he would pick them up. The poor fellows were unable to jump, but simply rolled overboard and were pulled out of the water by the boat's crew.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL thoughts worthy of calm REFLECTION. A Pleasant. Interesting, and Instructive Dessun and Where It May Be found—A teamed and Concise Review of the Christ Comforting Hls Disciples. found a?? Sunda y- Oct. 25, may be round in John 14: 1-3, and 15 . 2 7. v IKTHODbUCTORY. that “wheJe^'th^ Je h US n WOrd h ° T ®’ and turies h-i< through all the long centlon, 'ou'rs by“ r.Hh’ HIS *“ actual realizasonmtlmes long S ant 2 c, P atloa - We penetrate the veil 'TA "o, at H * S and tO Christ is sufficient for «Whhh J T ° f know the way.- (Re^.m truer translation, for it i s the ... ’ U as is quoted at the opening of this* 3 paragraph. ‘•Where I go.„ That «wbere" It is aot ours as yet to know. B u t this we de know, and for the present it is enough—the way. Hear him: hi am the way :» WHAT THE I.ESSON SAYS. Troubled. First meaning shaken or agltuied. as of water, used of Christ at John 12: 27 and 13: 21. Believe in God. Greek, into God. Implying deliberate allegiance.’ Believer, also. The Bible Union version seems nearer the Greek: And believe. See 5 arlatious. l ather’s house or household, as of a <i a iLw^ tßte ? r ^‘^Ushment. Ct u a hou3e uivided against itself.” Matt. 1225 Mansions. From the verb t» remain (meno) i hence a dwelling place, a home. If it were not so. Greek. If not 1 go. Better, For I go. (otl). To prepare. The word for putting in readiness with special pains. Cf. “I have prepared my dinner,” -Matt. 22: 4. I will come. Better, as In Revision, I come again, or, better still, I am coming again. Present tense. To myselt The preposition of nearness, pros. There ye may be also. The Greek is terse and forceful: That where I am also ye may be. Keep. Rather, Ye will keep. See Variations. “Pray.” Greek, to make Inquiry. Same word used at John 12: 21 (“desired him.”) U e. asked. See Variations. Comforter. Greek, Paraclete, one called to the assistance of another. Even the spirit of truth. Omit the word even, so connecting it. as in the Greek, more closely with what] r cedes. Receive. In the sense of cordia. reception. As where •> t T/tlin It* OI —.4112 i
j at John 6: 21, “They willingly received : him into the ship.” Knoweih him; i. e. recognize. Spoken, or talked, of familiar converse. With you. The preposition, para, by the side of. Name. The idea of favor, credit, character. Teach. The word applied to instructors in the schools. Whatsoever I have said, or what I said, excluding, i doubtless, the things Intimated or pre- : dieted. 1 leave. Same word as In v. 18. In the I sense of dismissal. He passed it over to them from himself as their especial possession. This, indeed, is not the world’s giving. Afraid. Same word translated fearful at Matt. 8: 26. (“Why are ye fearful?”) WHAT the lesson teaches. Believe in God, believe also in me. Take j it either way; conditionally: If ye believe in God, ye believe also in ma Or imperaI tively: Believe in God, believe also in me. j The major Implication is the same. Godfaitb is Christ-faith. To know God is also to know Christ. Indeed without the latter we have not the former. “No man cometh ; unto the Father but by me.” It is interest- : ing to note in this connection how glibly : statements are njade to the contrary by so- | called free-thinkers, the Central Music ball ; pulpit not long since declaring that without doubt men found their way to God unled of i Christ. They find their way somewhere, but I not to God. Me who finds God comes conHe is that Light “which lighteth every man.” —every man that seeks after God. Many mansions. A home with many roums. There are apartments for all, adapted and prepared in loving kindness, for every < ne. There is a children’s room there, we fancy, and a mother’s room. In these mansions fair wo shall yet see the loved ones gone before in the faith of Christ. And the babes that slipped away from reluctant arms here shall be found again there kept under better than a mother s care. Mansions of light they are with windows that look all ways. We have just been putting away from earth's pain an !4 fEml COFI-nnf t I wvmswa-' II .
agon servant of tIK cross. How often he । used to ask • if things we could not tel! . hhu. But u he knows better than we can know. nd up there we shall know and know as are known. He dwe’.lfeth with you and shall be in you. y is from grace to grace; with you is good: in you is better. With us is companionship; in us is glory. Someone was asking <>>e other day, -‘Shall we pray to the Holy Spirit? Pray to the Lord Jesus. Or prav to the Father in the name of the Son. He who honors the Son honors the Spirit The gracious Holy Spirit speaks not of himself. I but he takes of the things of Christ and reveals them unto us. When we exalt Christ ‘ we are obeying the wooings of the Spirit, and this is the Spirit’s highest glory. Wherever Christ is. just there is the Spirit, and the Spirit’s manifestation is Christ in us. It was in the very next breath after the prdmise of the Spirit that Jesus said. -I will come to you.” Because I live ye shall live also. Let us
read it as in the Tischendorf text. Because I live and ye shall live. This is the reason I why we shall see him, because we live I both he and we and he in us. It is also the | reason why the world does not see him; it 1 does not Hye in him. There is no union of thought and purpose. Ami after all, ... .pt as tne same by either ■n'y eternal nfeUmV 17 ours. H is not away r ...mewhiTe in ,he heavens, but it , and now in us. Christ iu us the hope of ^lorv. He will keep my words. This the secret of it all. “He said he would,” spoke the child -and that is enough.” Yea, verily, if the word be kept we take these precepts and promises of Christ and bide them in ! our hearts just as the soul is taken ^re and l plain in the depths of the soil. As we take 1 them, guard them, keep them, presently I thev shape themselves into bread and pleasing, and G-xl and Christ are revealed ‘ to us in the kept word. 3he way is clear it I is open to every one. Here is Christs ' promise in his book: “That ye might have life ” “I will give you rest.” “That my joy . . ....uMv nDnce I £rive.*
miKht remain in you,' “My peace a v. Now let faith lay hold of this simple word. Take it and keep it believingly and «J < hrist is with us, and with the l ather he has come in to make his abode with us. — Next Lesson—“ Christ the True Vine.’ John, 15: 1-1^ There wi’l be 250 tons of hops picked this season from the ran h of the SnoI qualmie Bop Growing Association in Washington. The hops will be picked by about 300 Klikitat Indians. Boston muscle seems to be outrunnin s Boston brains. Not on.y has the Hub the champion slugger, but both the champion base-ball clubs.—M heeling I Register. The Utopia, which went down in GibI raltar Bay with more than eight hundred j people on board, has been raised.