St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 January 1892 — Page 7

THESE ACTUAL FACTS ALL FOUND WITH.N THE BORDERS OF INDIANA. An Interentlng Summary of tlio More Important Doings of Our Neighbors — Crimes, Casualties. Deaths. Etc. Mir or S'ate Items. James Long a well-known resident of North Vernon, fell dead with heart disease. James Dalton, a notorious crook, got a two years’ sentence in the penitentiary at Valparaiso. Citizens of Now Albany are much in- । terested in a war between the city and the gas companies. Esquire Benjamin Coleman, an old and well-known citizen of Greencastle, died of Bright’s disease. Mayor Allen, of Terre Haute, died , of pneumonia, resulting from grippe, lie was elected Mayor last spring. John A Long, who is serving a term in the Northern Penitentiary from Montgomery County, has fallen heir to 81,000 cash. A Goshen landlord and several merchants have been cleverly victimized by a young man traveling with a nickel-in-the slot phonograph. Crawfordsville now falls in line and wants an institution for the cure of the drinking habit. Inebriate asylums are becoming ail the rage. Francis Dronenderger of Edinburg, has brought suit against Morris Cohn, who, he charges, has been alienating the affections of his wife. Superintendent Kinyon, of the Anderson Insane Asylum, has been acuuitted and exonerated on the charge preferred against him by a female inmate. George Dawkins and William Stewart, farmers near Lafayette, met on the public highway and had a duel with knives over the latter’s wife. Both were badly hurt. Sister Rosalie, at St. Francis’, at Terre Haute, was at work in the laundry when her hand was caught in the ironing machine and badly crushed. Amputation was necessary. Greensburg is trying to rid herself of hoodlums for the town’s full of ’em. They stand on street corners and openly insult ladies. Ten have been arrested and jailed but there arelots left. Steward John S. Montgomery and Guard John Gailbrath of the Prison South, engaged in a wrestling match and in the scuffle Gailbrath encircled Montgomery's waist with such force that one of the latter’s ribs snapped. Miss Mary Long of Fort Wayne, was to marry Wm. Rehorst, but the groom didn’t show up. The other day she received a letter from him at Los Angeles, Cal., inclosing money for her fare and asking her to come at once ami marry him. She went. As A Vandalia switch engine was pnllloaded coal cars from No ho dennite cig > seven ot the were on im- w i wbut jumpe < 1 ; and escaped with only slight injuries. Fred Linderman, a farmer living near , Valparaiso, reports the discovery of a ■ polishing material on his farm that for ; cutlery excels anything now on the market. The substance lies in veins from two to six feet from the surface, and was found while digging ditches for tiling. Mr. Linderman thinks he has found a valuable material.

V. Hauck, a printer, claiming Jacksonville, Fla., as his home, walked into the Ohio River at New Albany and was drowned. The suicide was witnessed by : several docknien, who dragged Hauck I out of the water with a boat-hook. He was too much exhausted for them to save his life. Hauck was about sixty years old, and had been on a spree for a week. The directors of the Delaware County Agricultural Society met at Muncie. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, AY. 11. Wood; Vice President, David Campbell; Treasurer, Benjamin C. Bowman; Secretary, M. S. Claypool; General Superintendent, Frank Claypool. The Board of Directors was also reorganized, the following new members being elected: Thomas Wilson, David Campbell, W. 11. Wood, Joseph Hinton, Thompson Sharp, John G. Bowers, C. A. Anthony. H. M. Winans. Don. Hunter was made superintendent of the race track. It was jedcided to hold the fair during the third week in August, and to make it a sixdays’ meeting. An accident occurred ten miles west of Bloomington, in which David Minks lost his life. A few days ago Minks bought a new shotgun, and bringing it home put it away unloaded. In the meantime his brother used the gun and placed it away with the loads in it. David Minks took the gun from its place and handed it to his younger sister to examine. In doing so he left the hammer uo. She asked him to put it down, but he replied there was no danger, to do it herself. She attempted, but the hammer slipped from the girl’s fingers and the gun was discharged. The brother fell at her feet, the entire top of bis head being torn away. He died in a few minutes. The Minks family stand high in the community. Mrs. James Brown and her IG-year-old daughter Myrtle were terribly burned at their residence in Goshen. The mother and daughter were in the act of pouring some kerosene into some water in the wash-boiler, which was on the stove. The material caught fire, and the oil-can exploded. The fire communicated to their clothing, and Mrs. Brown was terribly I timed about the hands, face and breast. Miss Myrtie was seriously, if not fatally, injured. The hair was burned from her head, her face and neck badly scorched, both hands completely roasted, and her legs below the knees burned. Her clothing was burned from the body. At last reports the chances for the girl’s recovery is doubtful. William Harris, of Columbus, was thrown from his buggy and injured some time ago by his horse taking fright at an approaching passenger train on the P., C. C. & St. L. Now Harris wants 85,000 damages from the company. A meeting of the millers of Franklin, Edinburg, Seymour and Columbus was held recently, at which it was agreed to send to the famine-strick.-n district of Russia two car-loads of flour. The other night the flour was shipped by the Pennsylvania line, free of freight, to Philadelphia, from where it will be sent free in a United States steamer to St. Petersburg.

William Allesmeier, a 10-year-old boy, was run over by a switch engine at Fort Wayne, and fatally injured. Zeno Greene, a pioneer farmer of Hendricks County, died of grip. He lived on land which was entered by his parents. Caleb Burris, an old citizen of Mooresville, died of lockjaw, resulting from injuries received in a gun explosion recently. F. P. Waltz, of Marengo, has been appointed Treasurer of Crawford County to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joal Stroud. A large, powerfully built man was killed at a bridge in Shelbyville by a Big Four train. His name and address are unknown. At Spencer, King Townsend was fined 8100 and sentenced to fourteen years i.i the Penitentiary for assault with intent to kill his wife. William Stein, of Crawfordsville, who became insane a short time ago, was in favor of turning the Government over to the women until 1892. John Brumfield started to explode a giant fire-cracker, at Terre Haute, but the thing went off in his hand, tearing l off several of his fingers. ; Well drillers at Farmland have struck I what they believe to be one of the best ■ natural gas wells in the State. The roar > of the escaping gas can be beard for miles | Joseph Edmunds, a night watchman lof Muncie, was found dead in bed. It is supposed tiiat an attack of paralysis affected his heart, causing instant death. The books of the Michigan City prison show net earnings to the amount of 817,319 for the year IS9I. The warden claims this is more than any other prison in the country can show. John N. Allen committed suicide at । Frankfort. He had been in ill-health ! for some time, and told his wife that he ; had taken arsenic because he was no [ longer able to work for her and the chilI dren. Ln the Museatituck River, Thursday, I near Seymour, a young man named । Busch, from near Salem, was drowned together with his team, while trying to cross the swollen stream. The body was not recovered. The young people from Rush County are suffering from an attack of something just now more general than the grip. The. clerk of the court issued five ’ marriage licenses in thirty minutes, and i this broke the record for the county. Thieves drove two fine steers from i the farm of Edward Cutsinger, live miles ' south of Franklin, a few days ago. Next । night three more disappeared. Mr. Cuti singer offers 8125 reward for return of j the steers and apprehension of the i thieves.

Elnora contains 400 people, ami an ‘ active discussion is in progress as to the propriety of incorporating their town. ' Prominent men are employed to speak in tavor of and against the incorporaI tion. It was thought the discussion could be settled by subjecting the ques- ■ tion to a popular vote which, unfortunately, resulted in a tie. " As a through freight train on the Paneumum don u. cast of IvntghtsTOwn. < narim ugHoy, head brakeman, was knocked down and instantly killed by an overhead bridge under which the train was passing. He was about twenty six years of age, and resided at Southport, t > which place his remains wore taken for burial. A man about sixty years of age was walking through the Big Four iron bridge over Blue River at Shelbyville, when a passsnser train from the west struck him, hurling his body into the river, from which it was taken, dead. The Coroner held an inquest, but could not identify the man. He had letters on his person addressed to J. J. Stevenson, Muncie, and Mrs. Cline, Connersville. ; Much excitement prevails among the citizens of Chesterfield, a village six miles east of Anderson. The other night, about the midnight hour, a mob made a raid on the drug store of Robert Trimble. The place was almost demolished. Trimble, it is alleged, was running a wide-open place which aroused the temperance people. It is given out that many of the best known mothers and wives in the village were members of the mob.

As the result of a joint meeting of the State Board of Health and the Live Stock Sanitary Commission, Governor Chase has prepared a proclamation against the importation of horses, mules and asses from Texas and Indian Territory, unless the same pass inspection of veterinarians acting under State authority. The State Boards have also ordered that a circular be sent to County Commissioners, directing appointment of local veterinarians to investigate dairies and herds of cattle to discover tuberculosis. That the Indiana oil field is likely to eclipse the Ohio field in richness is evidenced every day by the new wells being drilled and the effort of Ohio operators to obtain territory near Portland. Leases are bringing good prices, and several good sales are reported. The Shoemaker, Litts and Engle wells, just drilled, are each good for 100 barrels a day, and the latest developments indicate that the best part of the field lies in Jay County, commencing at a point two miles west of Portland and extending eight miles north. At Crawfordsville, the other night, Clarence Lindamood and his wife had a disagreement, and she gathered up a pillow and two quilts, and declared that she would sleep in the barn all night. He thought at first that she was only joking, but she went out and made hW bed on the stable floor. After waiting in vain for her return, he proceeded to reconnoiter, and found her shivering with the cold on the floor, but determined to remain during the night. He got down on his knees and begged Iwr to return to the house, but she was obstinate still. He then aroused the neighbors, but Mrs. Lindamood said she would sleep there in spite of all entreaties, even though the thermometer registered 10 degrees above zero, accordingly they went home and left her to herself. This shows what a stubborn woman will do. q he City Council at Crawfordsville has decided to borrow 820,000 with which to enlarge the capacity of its electric light plant. This has been made necessary by the city furnishing incandescent light to stores. At present there are 975 lights in stores, bringing an income of 40 cents each per month. Bent Bryan, of Connersville, compromised his suit against the Big Four for 84,500. Four years ago he was in a wreck and got 81,100 from the railroad and 8000 from the American Express Company, by which he was employed, with two years on the pay-roll of the company for 830 per month.

HOME AND THE FARM. A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. How the f,ar"e Farms of this Countryare Conducted—Husking Corn and Tying Up Fodder—Grading Up in Livestock—The Cow Not a Machine. Favorable Conditions.

)RACT I 0 A L 'farmers who arc continually working upon the soil year after year know that there Hire certain coniditionsthat must Ihave an influence 'upon growing : crops. They prepare the ground the same, manure the same as nearly as it is possible to do so, and yet the crops I from year to year

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will be as unlike as it is possible to be almost. For instance, last year the onion crop in the early part of the season was one of great promise, but as the season advanced a change seemed to come over the crop from an unknown cause that occasioned, in some sections at least, an almost total failure of the crop. The onions were small, and would not keep as well as usual. We are led to believe that all crops are more or less influenced by atmospheric conditions that arc imperceptible to our senses, and are liable to occur at any time. Whether science will ever be able to discover what these influences are, or when they will occur, remains to be seen with the doubt preponderating. The fact that, growing crops are greatly injured or totally destroyed by the recurrence of conditions that science has as yet failed to predict or explain, is a very strong reason why so many farmers are slow to recognize the value of science as applied to agriculture. They fail to rec gnize the tact that science cannot explain or overcome all difficulties in agriculture any more than in other directions. Farmers deal more extensively with Nature than any other class of laborers, and without understanding all her laws they must nut expect to I e able to separate all the favorable conditions from the unfavorable to aid them in a successful career.— Germantown Telegraph.

Farm 115 on n Largo Sc do. The large farms in this country, of from 5.000 to 30,000 acres, are run on strictly scientific and business empli yes, who have certain duties i : and perform them according to the . directions of the owners, who some-I times have several such farms. The ; superintendents report each day the ; < number of hours each man, horse : and machine has been occupied, and I thus the exact cost of every crop can ! be calculated. With a force of ■ twenty men. for instance, 320 acres of ! wheat can be harvested in a day. and in putting it in the ground about 250 i acres can be completed in one day, | using machine drills. The machines J are all worked under the eyes of fore- । men, each assigned to special work, j and thus no time nor labor is lost. ; From 1,200 to 2,000 bushels of i wheat can be threshed in a day. In Ohio and Michigan it costs three times as much to raise wheat as it does in Dakota. Os course Dakota cannot supply wheat for the wdrld and so the prices must go up enough to pay other farmers to raise it. where it costs more than it does in Dakota. The average increase in the world’s consumption of wheat is about 40,000,000 bushels. Uukslng Corn &n<l Tying Fodder. In husking corn it is a good plan to draw four or eight shocks to one pile of corn. After straightening the fodder, says D. AY. Stahl, in Farm and Home. I take my position with right hand ! toward the tops of fodder. In this position the right hand is brought near the pile of corn thus doing away with the motion of looking every time an ear is cast. Strip the ear clean from husks and silk, with but two motions of the hands, right and left; then break the ear from the stalk across the palm of the hand. Husking in this way keeps the hands from ; getting sore. In cribbing corn, if it i is damp, 1 put in occasionallya fewdry I bricks or stones, and, if I have them, I a few tile. These act as ventilators and absorbents. I tie fodder with : long, straight timothy*. dampened, | which I gather, and tie in bundles after the mower in haying time. It makes a splendid tie, far superior to rye straw or twine. Mice rarely cut it; the stock always cat it; thus I am saved the bother of caring for a lot of old bands or a bundle of twine strings.

Securing Hoard S~enco. A long continuous line of board fence will loosen some of its boards, with every change of the weather, says J. S. Ickis, in the Practical Farmer. A panel, every twenty rods, constructed as shown in the cut, will remedy the evil. Select a broad post, -i EC, ziijizzz A where the end of the boards will have live or six inches lap. Nail 4-inch boards to the post so as to 1111 the space between the fencing boards. On the outside of these boards, nail the perpendicular strip. One end of the board will thus be loose from the post, fitting in notches like bars, and

it will prevent injury from the expansion and contraction of the fence. LIVE STOCK. Grading Up. Judging from what J read in the papers and from private correspondence there are thousands of farmers who are making butter dairying niore or lessan important part of their farming who are working at a great disadvantage from the fact that they have imperfect tools; in other words they have the wrong kind of cows. Grade Shorthorns, scrub cows bred to Shorthorn bulls, and “pure” scrubs seem to predominate. In talking to a man so stocked up you always iind that the beef value of the animal receives as much if not more consideration than the butter value. This is all wrong, both in theory and practice, andjt is no wonder that those who keep this kind of stock complain that there is no money in beef or butter. There is no money in anything unless it is good. You may be able to kill two birds with one stone, but as a rule you will have to pick up the stone after killing the first bird before you can kill the second, and so practically it amounts to using two stones. It is the same way in trying to get beef and butter from the same cow; you can’t get the beef until after you get the butter, and you don’t get very much of either: so it is better to aim at one thing and make surc_of that. Now what shall the man do that finds himself the owner of a lot of common cows? He cannot afford to sell them and buy a herd of butter cows. No, but he can afford to buy a good Jersey or Guernsey bull, and grade up his herd to a better standard. This will cost very little money and not very much loss of time. If he cannot possibly get the beef idea out !of his head, he had better take the ! Guernsey instead of the Jersey bull, as he will then raise larger cows and steers, for of course he will think it right to keep all his bull calves. Os one thing he must be sure, and that is to have,the bull from registered stock and’^vith a good butter D'digrce. lle can breed this bull to his own heifers,' thereby making a faster gain toWard butter than if he did not breed |n: but it is bad for the t beef. After ifiilking the cows resultj ing from thisxross the beef-and-butter ■ man will he on the road to full con- ; version, and will beging to preach to i his neighbors about the impolicy of keeping scrubs.—A. L. Crosby in National Stockman.

A boat Ilogs. Young pigs and hogs should be fed , middlings and oats to make them ; grow and thrive rapidly. • THEhogis born with a constitution strong vitality if the breeding is neg- i levied. The commission for selling hogs ■ shipped to the Union Stock Yards, in ' Chicago, is in car load lots, 4 cents । per hundred pounds. The sow that will raise two good ' litters of pigs per year is an animal | that pays if one is prepared to keep ' hogs right and healthy. That includes good clover pasture in season. A swine breeder of long experience, says that pigs grown from old and ' mature dams, have proved to have much greater vitality and will resist disease. He never has cholera among his hogs, and thinks this one of the reasons of it. THE DAIRY. Not a Machino. Every few days one runs across a paragraph that “the cow is a machine.” According to the Practical Farmer this is a great mistake. The cow is an animal with life, instincts, natural powers and besides a most wonderfully sensitive animal. The cow is a mother, and it is by this mother function that dairying is carried on. The maternal gift to her young is appropriated by the man, and to extend this beneficence the cow must be cared for, fed, and treated, not like a machine but a living organism, that out of that mys-1 tery of life and its perpetuation, * prosperity may come to the owner. A I machine may be pounded with a hammer-; it may be kept out m storm and ■ cold; it may be neglected and all this, i but let any of these evils come upon I the cow, and a deer ised flow of milk I tells why the cow is flesh and blood, i and endowed with feelings and a; right of justice. No dairyman in the ' sense of the word, can be a success-!

ful one that fails to accord to the cow gentle care, full protection from not only inclemency, but brutality—men brutes —and given suitable foods for the stimulation of milk. Machines may turn out hog butter and oleo: but the fine butter, milk, and cheese, are the product of cows, treated as cows, and not made hardy Like iron machines. Dairy Dots, Nineteen judges of British courts have decided that dehorning is legal, and four “are agin’ it.” This looks bad for horns in the British Isles. A poor milker will often ruin the value of a good cow. Patience and good temper nowhere pay better than in dairying. Baw foreighners set to work as milkers seldom pay. If a man wants to invest a cow with an aroma of greatness, give her a long name, Fortieth Duchess of Bungletown, Queen Setuiramis. or Pride of Beaconsfield's Barnyard. There is a great deal in a name, whether you believe it or not. Mare’s milk contains more sugar than the cow's milk—so E. W. Stewart says—hence cow's milk fora young colt should be sweetened. Ignorance of the comparative quality of animal milk is doubtless the reason why so many young animals die when fed on cow’s milk.

THE POULTRY-YARD. — ! Utilizing Space. Space costs something. That Is, space on the roost, space on the flour and space in the yards. The best ' way to cheapen the ccst of space, I says Farm and Home, is to occupy it. Two large hens on the roost will take the space that two small ones could occupy, and as a small hen will lav as many egg as a large hen, there is a gain of 50 per cent, in having the - roost occupied by the right breed. It is a waste of space to build a ; poultry-house with a large amount of ■ the cost in the roof when the floor is ' most important, and it is a loss of ■ space to have the nests, troughs, and ! water-fountains sitting in the middle I of the floor that the hens require on ■ which to scratch. It is cheaper to build a square poultry-house than to adopt any other plan, because more space can then be enclosed within the walls, and it is often the case that one-third of the space in a poul-try-house is taken up by alley-ways that could be dispensed with. Space costs money, and to waste it is as extravagant as to waste food. Gaining Ground. The poultry business is gaining ground, says a poultry raiser. Eggs have sold at a good price the pastyear and the farmers begin to see that hens pay better than almost anything else. I would favor keeping winter layers, but they should be a rose-comb variety, as those with high combs are sure to get them frozen with our sudden changes and cold snaps. A good basement hen-house is best here for winter. I have had good luck with Plymouth Rocks. Ensilage in Barrels. An inquiry has been made in regard to keeping ensilage in barrels, for the use of poultry. If the barrel is strong ami will resist the required pressure, there is nothing to prevent the storage of cut corn, 1 green clover, grass, cabbage or any other material; but the pressure must be sufficient to entirely exclude the air, as fermentation, should it result, will destroy the contents of the barrel. THE HOUSEHOLD, Hints to Housekeepers. Electric-si i.icoN powder is very nice for polishing brass. Sprinkle cayenne pepper in there- ! sorts of rats, and they will leave the ; premises. White and pale shades of paint may be beautifully cleaned by using whiting in the water. Plenty of clothespins should be kept handy. J Live a box of these and ■ drop them in the suds once in a while, । and then wipe them dry, as they are

Much sickness in farmers’ familes I in winter is due to keeping large I quantities of potatoes and other vege- ] ’ tables stored under sleeping-rooms. , To clean oil paintings, first brush 1 ‘ them, then wash with warm milk, ! i diluted with water; rub with a piece of flannel dipped in turpentine and ; • then with a dry flannel. Green corn and Lima beans dete- I riorate more quickly than any other । vegetables; they should be spread out I ' singly on the cool cellar floor as quick- . ly as possible after they come from the market. Good eggs may be quickly designated by their dull shell and clean appearance. An old or stale egg, as a rule, has a dull, porous-looking ; shell., Malaria is due to microbes, which ‘ reach their victims either from the ' air, by inhalation, or from drinking , water which has absorbed them. Boil the water; avoid the night air, sleep in the higher rooms of the house, and guard against all excesses. THE KITCHEN. Cooking Recipes. Roll Jelly Cake.—Four eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful baking powder, a pinch of salt; mix all together and pour into a large tin. When baked spread | jelly on and roll it. Heal Scotch Short Bread.—Two I pounds of flour, one pound of butter, I one-half pound' of sugar. Mix to a i smooth paste and roll out half an inch I thick, cut into square’s, pinch the ! edges, and prick the top with a fork. I Bake in a quick oven. ; Apple Shortcake.—One quart of ■ sifted flour, two teaspoonsfuls of bak- ' ing powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, : quarter of a pound of butter, milk or : cream enough to make a stiff batter; । mix all well; roll in one sheet; bake it well; when done split open, butter well, cover with nicely-seasoned apple sauce, some thick cream and nutmeg; place the other halt' of the cake on this, crust side down: butter the top and spread with more applesauce and I cream. This is delicious either as a pudding or for tea. You may fill | shortcake with any kind of fresh | fruit, peaches, cherries, or berrieb, and । filled with well-seasoned chopped , chicken it makes a very nice dish. Fish Chowder.—Two pounds of codfish, three onions, one-half pound , of salt pork, one pound of crackers, : one-half pint of mHk. Cut the pork i into very small strips and put in an I iron pot. Fry slowly till crisp, being I careful not to burn; add the onions ■ chopped fine and let them brown five i minutes, stirring constantly. Turn out on a plate. Wash ths fish and cut into large pieces, put a plate in the bottom of the kettle and on it alternate layers of fish, crackers, pork and onions, season with salt and pepper. Turn in two quarts of boiling water, cover the kettle closely, and simmer gently for half an hour. Four in the milk and boil ten minutes. Serve very hot. It is an improvement to add fifty salt oysters with the milk.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating Character— Wholesome Food for Thought — Study* ing the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. Overcome with Wine. Th© lesson for Sunday, Jan. 17, may be found in Isaiah 28: 1-7. INTRODUCTORY. A lesson on temperance. What if it do not speak of teetotalism or of prohibition! We must with due discretion tit the times j to the truth, and the Scripture principle j that spoke against the drunkenness that’ I pievailed then speaks to-day against the [ drunkenness of the nineteenth century. In ; this age of the world we are coming to see that all tippling is intemperance, and it verges fast toward drunkenness. The aim is to cure the stale of society that is “out of the way through strong drink.” Ten glasses then or two glasses now, whatever sets men out of the way, is to be decried. And may a mighty voice go up from all the Sunday schools of the land against the accursed thing! WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. Crown of pride, i. e., the proud crown, the proud kingdom. To the drunkards. Rather, of the drunkards. First meaning, to drink, second, to get drunk. liphraim. Name applied to the ten Northern tribes. Whose glorious beauty, etc. Literally: To the fading blossom of its glowing splendor. The original meaning of the word beauty is to swell, an added hint as to Ephraim’s pride. Overcome with wine. Smitten, as in the Margin, is one of the first meanings. To stamp or tread hard is j earlier still, and perhaps from this is de- ; rived the suggestive reading of Jerome in the Douay. See Variations. The Lord hath a mighty and strong one, i. e., the Lord himself. The Ilebre v, however, reads, a mighty and strong one is to the Lord. WHh the hand. Possibly referring to the King of Assyria, who was ! God’s punitive hand here. Under feet. That is. the Assyrian army. I Placed first in the Hebrew for emphasis, 1 though last in the English. Hasty fruit. Revision: “First ripe fg.” i It may be, however, first rije grapes, as it : refers to any kind of fruit. The root is to j burst open, lienee to ripen. The earliest I was of course most apt to be seized and i eaten. He that looketh upon. One word in the Hebrew, onlooker or inspector. I Eatoth it up. A strong word. T.j devour greedily, to swallow. Hosea 8: 8. (“Israel i is swallowed up.”) crown of glory. In contrast with the I crown of pride in v. 1: i. e., God-trust vs. j self-trust. The residue. The faithful I reinnant at the South, God’s judgment provj ing all human glory to be vanity. The : fiist meaning of Shaar, used here, is to be i firm and enduring. Turn the battle to the gate. A difficult I passage. See Variations. The King James I rendering is quite literal, the reference bei ing probably to driving the enemy back to i the gate; of their own city, i. e., complete : discomfiture or rout. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. i Woe to the crown of pride. Satan is wise, I but he often overreaches himself. His discomfitures usually result from his own overweening arrogance. Does he not seem to be verging toward such now? I have been re-readi >g the life of that pioneer of modern evangelism, Elder Jacob Knapp. ( He is rehearsing the origin of the Washingtonian movement, due more to him perI haps than to any other man. He Instances I it in a sermon on “Why the wicked live and wl.v ♦ y* l uT r nlr nt. thia nn an ”

he says, “in modern time;. In 1839, as I told the friends in a temperance meeting the other night. God sent me to Baltimore to preach. God began the work in the first place among drunkards. The rum-sellers became very much out of patience because they were losing their customers. They became very much filled with wrath and malice toward the unworthy Baptist preacher whom God employed in leading on the sacramental host from conquest to conquest. and they swore vengeance upon him. The young men constituted a temperance society and invited me one night to preach a sermon on temperance. I agreed to do so. The rum-sellers had a meeting and appointed a delegation to go and hear my te.mon and report. They came in and sat down behind the door, and as the sermon went on and solemn, pointed, pungent truths were preached, they began to feel the power of God’s truth. After service they went back to make a report, and the old rum-seller behind the counter said, •What report have you to make?’ •Well.’ said one, ‘we heard a great deal more truth than poetry,’ The rum-seller began to feel indignant and vindictive and poured out his anathemas on Knapp. ‘I won’t hear that man abused,’ said Mhchell. one of the men. ‘I believe that he is a good man and that he is doing good in the city. If you abuse him any more I will leave your house.’ Mitchell was as good as his word. He rose up. put on his bat, and said, -I will never drink another drop in your house so long as my name is Mitchell,’ and left. On the way home, said he, ‘Why can I not resolve never to drink another drop anywhere? I will do it,’ said he; and that night they got up a pledge of total abstinence from intoxicating drinks; and there began the Washingtonian reform that rolled over the Eastern States, and converted hundreds and thousands of inebriates.” They are out of the way through strong drink. It is the disturbing element in all our life of to-day—strong drink. N t that all imbibe, but that all are affected; the air is poisoned with it. The statesmen in Congres s even the preacher in the pulpit, feels its dire power. The little children on their way to school catch its fumes and their delicate sensibilities are at first shocked and afterward dulled. You recall the train that left the track in Indiana and carried the three reporters to their untimely death. Is the suspicion wrong that it was whisky that misplaced the switch? “Out of the way through strong drink.” It seems as though whatever whisky touches to-day it jostles and hurts. Law, medicine. gospel even. Has not the time come when we may say. “It is the devil’s, utterly and completely the devil’s? Let it alone!” Line upon line, line upon line; here a litt'e and there a little. The reference is 1o dull, prosaic beating in of the truth. But is there any better way? It is the persistent proclamation of the sober truth of God that after awhile, under the Spirit’s influence, brings the proud heart to yield. Blow upon blow, blow upon blow, no one perhaps sharper or stronger than another, but there at last the h. ri rcc\ has split asunder, and the work is accomplished. Grant and Sherman held a c nference in the fall of T 4 and agreed together upon “a hammering campaign. 7 ’ Nothing brilliant, just a steady pounding away. Sherman did his work at the S >uth. Grant to the North. Both worked steadily, slowly. No great victories, no startling achieve" ments, but»then in the spring the war was over. Ihe hammers had won. Next Lessen: “Hezekiah's Brayer and Deliverance.” Is. 37: 14-21. 33-38. A young woman in Connecticut was deprived of the position of teach r of of gymnastics in the State normal school solely on the ground that she was not good-looking. Nothing daunted, she went to Ohio and > bmitte 1 her nose to a surgical operat n, with the resnit that she is not oni ? very pretty, but ia soon to w» d a weathy manufacturer. Energy will do anything that can bo done in this world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two legged animal a n an w th« out it.