St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 February 1892 — Page 7

FKOM LAKE TO RIVER. A 810 BATCH OF INTERESTING INDIANA NEWS. Fresh Intelligence from Every Part of the State Nothing of Interest to Our Headers Left Out. Minor State Items. Lee Weir, an Air-line brakeman, fell dead with heart disease at Huntingburg. William Hodges, a Panhandle freight brakeman, was seriously injured in the yards at Greenfield. Edward Lindsey ot Parker, near Farmland, was thrown from his buggy and his skull fractured. Mary Dennison of Evansville, has brought suit againt Henry Ellslinger for $5,000 to keep his promise to marry. From every city, town, and village in the State comes the information the la grippe is prevailing to an alarming extent. The body of Granville Cavwood, an old farmer, was found in White River, near Washington. Foul play is suspected and an investigation is in progress. Thomas Bowe, a teamster of Martinsville, aged 37, fell de; 1 while getting out logs. His death is attributed to heart disease. He leaves a wife and three children. The youngest prisoner ever confined in the Prison South was released last week. His name is Ambrose Sims; his age is 14 years, and he served one year for stealing. Edward Tappan of Anderson, who had been hunting, attempted to remove the percusion cap from a loaded shell when the latter discharged, almost tearing off both his hands. The Trustees of Montgomery County I have decided to give $75 in prizes to | pupils of the county schools, to be con- j tested for at a declamatory contest in I April. It will be divided equally between boys and girls. Franklin Cristy of Brazil, was divorced from his wife seven years ago. Each was subsequently remarried, but later both were divorced again, and have now made up their old quarrel, being married again the other night, Mrs. Sarah Starkey, familiarly . known as “Aunt Sallie” Starkey, a pioneer of Madison County, died at her home near Elwood, aged 70. She was widely and most favorably known to everybody in that part of the State. Mrs. Martha Johnson, the Peru widow of 40, who is suing farmer James McDonald at Logansport, aged 60, for SIO,OOO in a breach of promise suit, handed the court fifty-eight love letters to prove that McDonald meant more than fun by the attention he paid her. The large barn erected by Francis McNary a few years ago, three miles south of Yorktown, together with five head of horses, 900 bushels of corn, and j all the farming ’implements of his son-in- ! law, Mr. Runyan, who lived on the place, i burned, with no insurance on anything. I Michael O’Brien, a brakeman of the Nickel Plate railroad, while in a som- ; e* AlkxanderFbke.van, one of the host- । known farmers in Wabash County, is afflicted with a peculiar malady. For over I a week blood has been slowly oozing from his lips, eyes, and one cheek, ami from all parts of his body. The blood i accumulates beneath the epidermis, un- j til the skin is as purple as a plum, and then it oozes out. This has been kept j up constantly, until Mr. Freeman is now ! completely prostrated. A number of j physicians have been called, but they ! are powerless to stop the flow, and in all probability the man will die. A very serious accident occurred near j West Fork, Crawford County, in which : five persons received severe injuries. A । party of hunters, with a large pack of I hounds, dashed across the road in pur- ! suit of a fox just as two sleighing parties ’ came along. The horses attached to the i sleighs became frightened and over- ; turned them; throwing out the occu- \ pants. Mary Allston and Agnes McFoy ' each had a leg broken; Mamie Gark had ' two fingers broken, her nose crushed j and a bad cut on the forehead; Thomas ! Gammon had three ribs broken, and Frank Fellows broke his right arm. The 4-year-old grandson of David Bates was burned to death at New Albany. The child had just arisen from bed and was playing about the room in its night clothes. Mr. Bates left the ! room for a moment, and upon his return ; was horrified to find the little boy, . screaming, on the floor, in front of an open fire-place, with his clothing a mass of flames. The burning garments were torn from the child's body as quickly as possible, but too late to save its lite, though all that medical aid could do to relieve the intense suffering of the little one was done. After lingering for nearly an hour in terrible agony, death put an end to the suffering. On the farm formerly belonging to William Boyd, located northwest of Mitchell near the muddy stream called Salt Creek, is a deuression called Silver Sink. Many years ago, old settlers say, j there was located a well in the sink in which while being dug, was found a soft yellowish clay containing silver. Several dollars were extracted from the ore thus found. The well finally became filled up and a pond covered the entire sink. Later a man who had some experience in raining drained off the water and began to dig into the bottom of the sink to prospect for the ore, but owing to frequent rains he abandoned his work, and finally, becoming ill, he left and no other attempt has been made to work the mine. Two miners from Brown County now propose to go to the place and complete the work that was begun. An unknown man put off the Air Line train at Oakland City, Gibson County, was found later with his head cut from his body near the track. Samvel Chaney and William Wiggle ■were tamping a heavy blast in a mine near Brazil, when the bar struck a piece of flint, making a spark that exploded the charge and perhaps fatally injured both men. Burglars forced open the back window of Dr. W. S. Hasbrouck's pharmacy and drug store at Greensburg, but failed to secure anything of value. An effort was also made to enter W. 11. Morris’ dry goods store, of the same place.

The body of Granville Caywood, an old farmer, was found in White River, near Washington. Foul play is suspected. New Albany poker-players, eontzrollers and gamblers of all grades have fled to the woods. ’Cause why, the grand jury is in session. Henry Perkins, a miner, was killed in Jumbo mine, at Knightsville. Ho was crushed beneath falling slate. His age was about sixty-five years. Herman Radke, a bachelor, 54 years of age, was found dead, hanging from a ladder in the rear room of his residence ■ in La Porte. He was a gardener. North Vernon is now in the midst of the greatest temperance revival ever , known in the history of that city. William J. Murphy is conducting the meet- . ings. Gegorge Himes, Aaron Hatfield, and George Medlem pleaded guilty to stealing wheat from farmers at Goshen, and . were sentenced to the Penitentiary for one year. While at work in the handle factory at Columbus, James Taylor was struck by a piece of timber from a buzz-saw and his right ear cut entirely off. He was not otherwise injured. The News is the name of a cleanlyprinted and attractive-looking new weekly paper just started at Marion. It will be issued on Sunday, and will bo non-political and non-sectarian. Theodore Cox, a well-known character of Marion, fell in front of a moving freight car on a Clover Leaf switch, and was fatally injured. He was intoxicated, and was trying to avoid the car when the mishap occurred. Amos Goodwin, a Clark County farmer, had SI,OOO Jan. 11. He met a man named Brady, from Chicago, and the two started to see the sights in Jeffersonville, since when both Brady and Goodwin have been missing. A farmer at Yorktown got stuck with a load of straw on a railroad cross- | ing as the through passenger train was | approaching. The driver jumped down j and unhooked his team while a crowd of | men yanked the wagon off the track just : in time. At John Roll's cabin in Great Hollow, near Madison, a row occurred during a dance, in which Jim Wells, after having his head cut open with a blow from a brass-ribbed banjo, slashed his uncle, ot the same name, twenty-six times and his brother eleven times with a long knife. i At his home, six miles cast of Nashville, Brown County, Henry Hover, a well-to-do farmer, and his son George, I while attempting to remove a ball from i a rifle, were both accidentally shot, the father's wound being fatal. The ball passed through the son's hand, striking the father in the stomach, from the effects of which he died a few hours later. The directors of the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Agricultural Society held their annual meeting at South Bend and elected officers for the ensuing year. The election resulted as follows: President, I). W. Place; Vice President, G. W. Locke; Secretary, C. G. Towle; Treasurer, Myron Campbell. Samuel Bowman, the retiring President, who ■ has satisfactorily held the office for six successive years, was re-elected, but deelined to serve and Mr. Place was ichosen. A frightful accident occurred near 11l I. 11. lying across a log, and before ne could rise the falling tree caught him. It crushed his head to a pulp, scattering the brains over the snow. The tree rebounded, and it required no effort to re I move bis lifeless body. He was 24 years I old and had just returned from Colorado. ’ A fatal accident occurred near ‘ South Bend, resulting in the death of । Albert Kimble, a young plasterer. KimI ble left home to see a sick friend, lie s । ent across the fields, and at the railroad I j track his progress was blockaded bv a i moving freight train, on the Lake Shore ■ and Michigan Southern railroad. He 1 stood on one track wailing and did not i notice the late fast mail approaching 1 । running fifty miles an hour. The train । ! struck him with terrific force, throwing ; i him high in the air. He alighted near i the track. His head was frightfully ' I crushed, his shoulders mashed, and his : i left arm and leg fractured. His neck ■ ! was broken. Patents have been issued to Hoosier i | inventors as follows: James B. Alfree, I Indianapolis, belt tightener and roller : grinding mill; Daniel Barekdall, assignor i of one-half to W. J. Woodward, Indian- I apoiis, refrigerator: Boston S. Conant, i Logansport, assignor of one-half to N. ! M. Bowen, Indianapolis, feed mechan- I j ism for elevator; George W. East. Helton- ; ; ville, horse-shoe; John B. Haberle, South ' ' Bend, street-sprinkler: Benjamin F. । I Haugh, Indianapolis, copying machine : and cushioned ear wheel; Alfred R. i Heath, Covington, car coupling; Otis j R. Hughes, assignor to himself and J. S. Hull, lock-spring ditching machine; . Thomas Sigging, South Bend, thill sup- ' port. Frederick Lauenstein, proprietor ! of the Evansville Demokrat (German daily), filed a damage suit for $20,000 against the Germania (also German । daily) and its proprietors, John G. Nun- ! man and Henry Rosenthal. Lauenstein alleges that Rosenthal, who was for many years.in his employ, had charge of j the subscription and advertising lists. The Demokrat's lists were valued at $lO,000. In July, last year, Rosenthal left the employ of the Denokrat to connect himself with the Germania. Before leaving, it is charged, he made copies of the lists in question. It is also claimed that the Germania, using the lists, sent its papers to the Demokrat’s subscribers and enticed them away, Lauenstein asks that the Germania be enjoined from further use of the names. The Demokrat claims an additional SIO,OOO as damages to business. The Demokrat had no opposition as a German daily until the establishment of the Germania a few weeks ago. A Chicago wholesale grocer found in an old house near Goshen, a quantity of goods from the store ofSargent& Smith, i Goshen grocers, who failed last week. They were about to be shipped to Ohio. A woman in tears disembarked from a train at Tipton and told a sad story about a dying daughter in the East, whom sho was going to see, but her money had run out and the conductor refused to carry her further. A hat was passed and a pocketful of dollars taken up. A drummer who arrived soon after said the woman had been playing tha same trick all along the line, he having contributed a dollar in New Castle.

HOME AND THE FARM. A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. The Productive .Power of Weeds—How to Fatten Farrow Cows—Handling the Apple Crop—Agricu tural Notes—House- | hold and Kitchen Hints. Productive Power of W«e<l«. fa I J ascertain the y I productive j , W power of weeds, « tlie see ^ s upon “ single plant of ^^^''t^cies Ai' / ivj 11 av e be e n counted with results: Wild carrot, 1,200; sWuMii dandelion, sl,- $ $ 50°’ chickweed, 2,000; cockle, 3,200: campsion, 3,425; chess, 3 ’ 500; dock > ^B3^^ 3,700; ragweed, 4,372; groundsel, 6,500: ox-eye daisy, । 9,600; mallow, 16,500; motherwort, 1 l$,000; foxtail, 19,500; sow thistle, 19,000; mustard, 31 000; Canadian thistle, 42,000; red x -ppy, 50,000; burdock, 400,328; purslane, 500,000; . lambs’ quarters 825,000. A Model Hat Trap. I give below, says a correspondent of Farm and Home, a design for a rat trap. Let the boys try it. The parts । are a box about 9x14 inches, a drop, similar to a churn dasher, a frame over the box and a piece of shingle which is inserted in the slot in front of the box. There is aiso the contrivq^ce to set it with, as shown in the ; illustration. Every part should be i planed smoothly. The drop should be made small enough not to touch IN g rh JEgL । (33 3=^2^ SFRUN6 I St* any other part when falling. A broom handle mat be used for the perpendicular part of the drop, and a heavy piece of plank on the bottom of it to make a heavy fall. A little notch is cut in the shingle a little 1 past the middle, and another notch on inside of front of box. half way between the slot and top. The thin piece of wood on the string is put into these notches when the trap is I set. The end of tin shingle in the i trap, on which the bait is put, should l;e raised clear from the bottom about a quartet of an inch when the trap is I set correct Iv. — Agrlculturul nr<*vltle«. more on good management than g<»nl luck. Tm: result of the recent altempt to raise tea in North Carolina indicates! that the soil and climate are favorable to such an industry, but that, i owing to the expense of picking ami । curing, none l»ut the highest grades could be produced profitably. Canada thistles can be killed by I repeated cutting during the growing ! season, or bv thorough plowing and । cultivation. If ent closely while in , bloom, and then repeatedly cut as n as 1 Lev grow. 1 here will he little I left of them in fall: but frequent ’ plowing, hoeing and cultivating will I do more t horough work. : It has always been something of a • wonder to us that more attention! 1 was not given to nut culture in this ' I country. In every section of the ! ! Country some varieties of nut trees I ’ will probably grow, and while thc i 1 variety that may do well in ascertain I 1 section, may not be very prolitable so I ■ far as producing a salable nut is con- i I cerned, the tree will be a tree, and | the nuts it bears will prove something ' I for pleasant home consumption. For I jins "ice, the black walnut is not! j very profitable as a commercial nut, j ■ but when the tree will grow, it is a j good tree, and the nuts are not to be , despised by any means on winter I j evenings. It would be wisdom to asi certain what nut trees will do well in our particular location, and to planta few of such nut bearing trees.—Western Rural. LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. Fattening Farrow Cows. It is a difficult question to solve— I to fatten farrow cows economically, j Wheat straw serves merely to furnish । a coarse fodder to mix with the grain ! foods without yielding much nutri- ! ment. But if the straw is well cut and the other foods are of good quality we think the following combination 1 will effect his purpose: Fourteen i pounds cut wheat straw, 2 pounds | wheat bran, 4 pounds ground dam- ! aged beans, 4 pounds cornmeal and 3 I pounds O. P. linseed meal, the digestible nutriments of which are I shown in the following formula, in pounds: Albnmi- C arbonoids. hydrates. Fat ; 14 pounds cut wheat straw. .0.11 5.04 0.C6 2pounds wheat bran 0.23 0.92 0.(5 4 pounds ground beans... .0.80 2.00 005 4 pounds cornmeal 0.33 2.52 0.19 3 pound O. P. linseed meal. .0.81 0.81 0.18 Totals 2.81 11.32 0,53 Nutritive ratio 1 to 5. 4. This is a well-balanced milk ration, and if these cows arc in good, fair condition should make good progress in laying on fat, as well as yielding rich milk. The average yield of butter for a lot of good farrow cows on this ration I should be between four awl five

pounds per head per week; but O. has not given any description of his cows by which any closer approximation can be made. lie will not find all his cattle to fatten alike, some may require a longer time to get in condition for the butcher. —Country Gentleman. Cattle Raising in Mexico. Cattle raising has become one of the most important Mexican industries. In the Northern States of Mexico there roamed in 1885 over an area of 300,000 square miles 1,500,000 horned cattle, 2,500,000 goats, 1,000,000 sheep, 1,000,000 horses and 500,000 mules. There were then 20,514 cattle ranches valued at $515,000,000 which number of value has greatly increased during thc last seven years. The stock-raisers of the United States lose thousands of cattle every year owing to rigorous winters and severe summers, while in Mexico perennial spring smiles on man and beast. In Bulletin No. 9, from the Bureau of American Republics at Washington, figures arc given of the profits of a cattle ranch of 617 acres, situated 249 miles from a large city and fifty miles from the nearest railway station. The land cost $4.86 per acre and at the end of two years the business had entirely reimbursed the outlay and given a profit of $8,327 besides, while the profits of future years were estimated at 70 per cent, on the capital invested. Many’ of these cattle are exported to the United States. Waste of Feotl. Thousands of farmers still feed good fodder from the ground without racks in all weather, says a writer, and let their colts and other young stock run over the farm and pick their living from fence coiners and stalk fields. An equal number waste quantities of coarse fodder every winter, which, if properly economized, might do much toward supporting stock well sheltered. Why don’t more of us apply some of the good advice given us and work systematically on this feeding problem, buy less hay and more cotton-seed meal and lay up money'? Many of us are too lazy to even try a balanced ration. We act as if afraid to adopt something a a little out of our usual rut. There is nothing very fearful about four quarts of bran and a pint of oil meal, nothingcomplicated. but it will make a cow do better when put on cut, wet stalks and poor hay than the finest timothy. It doesn't cost much either —3lc., and besides lining the purse it fattens the farm; Notes. The Lest blooded stock in the world , is in the United States. Sheep husbandry will unquestion- ' ajbly increase during a few years to j qome. The high price of grain and feed r ‘quires good stock to feed it to, to pay a profit as it should on the feed -21 if 7’,. ♦•be stock. Scrub stock will B;et a goocL'YAvrses of as uniform jlenty of good, first-class food, with good water, and yet neglect to make her comfortable in the stable, and we shall fail to get out of her all that we ! might. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Handling; Apples. Less is really known about the apj pie crop, and how to grow and handle I the fruit, than almost any other product on the farm. Potatoes, wheat, : corn and other crops have been studied j । and experimented with so persistently I i that most farmers can give good rea-1 I sons for everything they do concern- j i ing them. But apples have been ' allowed to take care of themselves, I ! and it is only recently that thorough ■ j efforts to cultivate and improve them I | have been generally adopted. Good । | crops of apples areas much dependent j j upon good cultivation and handling I ।as a crop of corn. Our treeswill pro- I | duce more and Letter fruit when they I ; are treated as cultivated fruits, and j not as wild trees, transplanted to the I I orchard. Trees need choice location, ’ I they need good soil, mulches, prun- j ing, scrubbing and similar work. If j a good variety of an apple is obtained । it can be made to produce excellent 1 fruit, with scarcely a poor specimen jon it. But this means that the trees must be protected in winter, and be adapted to the soil and climate. It means that we must study apple disease and fungus more than heretofore, and to give good thorough cultivation. The different varities of apples need studying, so ihat we can select intelligently those specially marketable, and likely to be adapted to our farms. On many old home-, steads dozens of apple trees may be । found where poor specimens of fruits are grown. The apples are bitter, small, knotty and almost worthless, except as hog feed. It is nut alone due to the poor cultivation, but because the variety is not worth cultivating. Half the apple crop in this country is not fit to send to the market because of poor growth and poor variety, and half of the other half is not lit to send because of poor handling. Yet many claim that there is no profit in apple growing. Thc market is over- ; j stocked, and those sent to the city i rot before they can be sold. When \ we handle our apples as we now do ’ our eggs the profit will be much . larger, and when we study the needs 5 of the trees as we study stock raising, , we will be blessed with fine trees and i good crops. i Apples that are well grown and ma- ; tured can be kept finely all winter . without decay. But bruised or ini jured apples will not keep until the i holidays. The. choicer the varieties j 4be Gvore care there is demanded' to

keep them through winter. Many of our fruit cellars smell with mold and decay, and apples can not preserve their naturalness in such places. Cellars where furnaces are kept are, on the other hand, generally too dry. It is not so much a dry cellar needed, as a cool, clear place. This part of the question needs studying, too, for many good apples are spoiled by lack of proper knowledge in storing and keeping them over winter. Horticultural Items. The willow, elm. poplar or locust should never be planted close to wells or drains. Before setting out trees of any kind, mark off the ground carefully and set a stake where each tree is to be planted. A few dollars spent in trees, flowers and shrubbery, and a day's time spent in setting them out will enhance the value of many farms. Do not gauge the value of trees by their size: young and thrifty trees of moderate growth are always better than overgrown ones. In timbered sections many fail to properly preserve their timber lots. It is not necessary to destroy the timber lot to get wood. While studying and planing for next year’s work, get it firmly impressed upon your mind that in setting a tree the mangled roots should be trimmed with a sharp knife, and that the tine moist soil should be firmed about them. HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN. The Family Doctor. Whooping Cough.—The following is regarded as an excellent remedy: Pure carbonate of potassa, oite scruple; cochineal, one grain. Dissolve in six ounces of water sweetened with sugar. Dose for a child 4 or 5 years old, one teaspoonful throe times a day, to be taken before meals. The inhalation of air charged with ammonia vapors, as a remedy for whooping cough, has been tried in France with success. One of the methods of application employed is boiling strong ammonia in the room where the patient is. Pound best black resin very fine, and give as much as will lie on a cent m a little moist sugar three times a day, commencing before breakfast in the morning. I ' ave known it to cure thc most obstinate cases of whooping cough in three weeks. Burns and Scalds.—Mix common kitchen whitening with sweet oil, or, if sweet oil is not at hand, with water. Plaster the whole of the burn and some inches beyond it, all round, with the above, after mixing it to the consistency of common paste, and lay it on an eighth, or rather more, of an inch in thickness. It acts like a charm; the most agonizing pain is in a few moments stilled. Take care to keep the mixture moist by the application, from time to time, of fresh oil or fresh water, and at night wrap the whole .nart Common hiking «oda —thc bicarbonate—has keen found to cure burns or scalds, affording immediate relief when it is promptly applied. For a • dry burn, the soda should be made | into paste with water. For a scald 1 or wet burned surface, the powered j soda (or borax will do as well) should ’ be dusted on. Hints lor the Household. Salt fish of any kind is quickest and best freshened by soaking in sour I milk. Boiled starch is much improved by ! the addition of a little salt or disI solved gum arabic For simple hoarseness take a fresh j egg, beat it and thickcra with pulver- ; ized sugar. Eat freely of it. Kerosene will soften boots or I shoes that have been hardened by ! water and render them pliable as new. If pork is young the lean will break lon being pinched: the fat will be ! white, soft, and pulpy. j Fine sh . ,mgs from soft pine wood i make a pleasant pillow. They have ! special curative virtues for coughs

। and lung troubles. What Good Cooks Say. Milk Toast. —.''lice some bread, toast it of a nice light brown on both I sides. Boil a pint of milk; mix 1 j together two teaspoonfuls of flour in i ' a little cold water: stir this into the । boiling milk. Let it boil about one 'minute, then add a little salt and j stir into it two ounces of butter. Dip the toast in the milk, place it on a dish, and pour the remamdor of m milk over it. The toast maj be ma e much richer by increasing the quantity of butter. Black Pudding.—Three cupfuls of flour, one and one-half cupfuls of milk, one and one-half cupfuls of j raisins (stoned), one egg (or without), butter the size of an egg, teaspoonful of clove, cinnamon, salt, on? cup- . ful of molasses. Steam four hours. Cheese Wafers. —Rub n table- । spoonful of butter to a cream, and , . stir in two tablespoonfuls of grated ! English cheese. Spread this mi xture 1 on thin water crackers or plain . j wafers, or, if you cannot get thin : j crackers, split the thicker ones. Keep i i them in a hot oven till they L/e a ) । delicate brown. ij Balloon Muffins. — Place your 5 gem pans on the range to get very hot. Take one pint of flour; (lalfl pint milk, half-pint water: beat thoroughly with a keystone or wire beater. - Butter the pans; till two-thirds full r, and bake in a quick oven twenty -minu s es, or until they are puffs and 3 nicely browned. Use no salt or Laks ing powder. Salt is easily added j i when they are broken open to eaU

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. • A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson—- , Thoughts Worthy of Calm ReflectionHalf an Hour’s Study of Ure Scriptures - —Timo Well Spent* The Gracious Call. The lesson for Sunday, Feb. 7, may be i found in Isaiah 55:1-13. INTRODUCTORY. i Have patience, teachers and fellow Sun-day-school workers. After the bright light ' ! of the gospel the dimmer radiance of the । Old Testament record tries your eyes a lit- • ! tie, perhaps. But be not too hasty in protest, lest on the one hand the irapression should go abroad, regarding the Book, that the prophetic portions are unimportant or unfruitful; and, on the other hand, the very erroneous notion should get out that you were not of a studious or painstaking ; turn of mind. Doubtless more careful searching will be necessary than before. The writer of these notes always girds himself for a gocd piece of hard work when he opens the Old Testament pages. But it is ■ healthy work, work that richly pays. And . ( remember this, the word of the Master himself: “They are they which testify of me.” WHAT THE LESSON SAVS. , Ho. A direct transliteration from the Hebrew. The word oh in English would render the usual significance of this ex- • clamation. Every one that thlrsteth. Dcuay: All you that thirst. In the He- _ brew a hyphen connects the two, thus: allthirsty. Without. The root of the word ■ means destruction, emptiness, lack, i. e., .' lack of means. Price, i. e., “purchase money.” ■ Spend. From the word meaning to lift or i poise, hence to weigh. The method of Oriental exchange. Labor. The Margin suggests earnings. This, however, is a secondary meaning, the first signification of the verb being to toil. The word wages, though, would doubtless give a fair rendering. It is one of the meanings given by Davies. Eat ye that vhich is good. ■ Literally, Eat ye good. Fatness. The first meaning is freshness. It refers to anything that is nourishing. The Douay pre- • fers the simple future here, making a ■ declarative statement, your soul shall be t delighted in fatness. The Hebrew will admit either rendering. ’ Incline. A pictorial expression, to stretch k out or extend. Your soul shall live. Similar form to the verb delight in the verse above, so favoring the Douay trans- ’ lation. Everlasting covenant. Literally, a contract of eternity. Sure, Emphatic position, placed last. From this word our , amen comes. A witness. A suggestive word, its fir-t ’ meaning to bind or make firm, i. e„ to certify. The people. Better people, i. e., the nations spoken of in the verse below, Leader or prince. See Margin. That thou knowest not. Two connected words, not-known, I. e., unknown. Run. A word strongly suggestive of haste, speed. One form of it means a courier. Because of, or for the sake of; the object or aim is ! suggested by this preposition. Glorified. Original meaning to glow (or make to glow); hence, adorn, beautify? Seek ye the Lord. A good specimen of Hebrew terseness. Six words in the original for seventeen in the translation. While he may be found is, for instance, a circumlocution, the best perhaps we can make, to express one word tn the Hebrew. Findable might crudely suggest it Call ye upon, or invoke, call to him. Forsake. First meaning. let go. Unrighteous man. Hebrew: Man of unrighteousness. Abundantly pardon. Douay: bountiful to forgive. Margin: he will multiply to pardon. Literally, he will go on to pardon, i. e.. he keeps on forgiving. Thoughts. From the word, to weave, hence to think cr purpose. Ways. From the root to step, to walk. Hence method of executing “purpose.” Saith the Lord. A xVavie. Wn-rf tne implication of pledge and prophecy. An everlasting sign, or stamp of eternity. That shall not be cut oil, or, not to be cut off. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. I “Ho.” Does it not remind you of the | town-crier? What is the teacher, preacher, I any Christian, | ut a crier of the gospel? I All thirst is the meaning of it; is there any | one who is thirsty, who in any time feels I soul need, is not this call to such as be? ! Without money signifies lacking n oney. jls not this just the basis cn whicu Ged I gives? “All the fitness he requireth is to ; feel your need of him," Good eating is !it not a Christian virtue? Husks for swine | are not very nourishing to able-bodied men. I And yet are not many trying to nourisn i their souls on such poor food? And are tiiey j not paying, like thc prodigal, a good price i for it, too? i Do not the feet turn as the ear inclines? ! To incline the ear to Satan, is it not to come I unto him; to incline the eartoGod, is it not jto come unto him? Was David a “witness” Ito Ged’s “sure mercies?” Then is not his ' testimony as strong to-day as ever—the ! witness of his life with God? Did not i Isaiah with his “pecpie” and “nations” ! sound out, against Jewish narrowness, the j full note of the free salvation of Christ’s i day? If the Jehovah was to the Gentiles j an “unknown God,” was not the true Israel I of the future to the Jews, as here intimat- ! ed, an unknown nation? Is it the Jew or ! the King of the Jews that makes so many I feet run Into Jerusalem? Is it Israel or the | Holy Oue of Israel that turns men’s

j thought to the church of to-day? Do good i worki glorify us. or the Father in heaven? | Call ye upon him (call him), is not that I just what blind Bartimeusdid when he was ; near? And is not that what you or I can do I now? any time? If the only thing for a i wicked or unsaved man to do is to let go, , why cannot one give up and be saved right ■ now? Why not? But he did once meet I with me and I have backslidden. Very well, come to him again; h i keeps on saving, i those who keep on trusting or who return to i trusting. If we “confess our sins,” is be not “faithful and just to forgive us our sins?” Is there not hope for us all? ! “Just as I am, anl waiting not । To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, i O Lamb of God, I come, I come.” I How much higher are the heavens than the ear;!)? So much better is God than any man’s thought of God. Are you taking the rain and snow as God’s messengers to lead your thought up to him? Can any one stop the rain, the snow? Can any one hinder God's oracle? Will it not cut its j way through to the end? And is the end not blessed? Joy, peace, singing, clapping of hands, do not these mean good thing-? . Have the trees ever clapped their hands for you? Get God’s thought, find God’s way, and see. What is God’s name? Fir Instead of thorn, myrtle instead of oriar. I like the suggestion of such a name and sign. I will trust it to the end. Next lesson—“ The New Covenant.” Jer. 31: 27-37., The Grip Bocillus. i Dr. Koch’s son-in-law has discovered the bacillus of the grip. 'Let him hit it with a club at once. —Lsuisville Post. It is said that grip germs have been caught and photographed. This is letting light in a subject regarding which we have been somewhat in the dark. —• Duluth Tribune. Dr. Pfeiffer, a son-in-law of Dr. Koch, of Germany, announces that at last he has discovered the grip microbe. Having discovered it, what is to be done with it? —Indianapolis News.