St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 February 1892 — Page 7

THE POSITIVE TRUTH THAT ALL THE HOOSIER NEWS IS HERE. tVhat Our Neighbors Are Doing—Matters Os General and Local Interest—Accidents, Crimes, Suicide, Etc. Minor Slate Items. Peru is thinking hard about ’lectric cars. T church. St. Paul, burned. Loss $1,000; no insurance. ,vas accidentally, by his brother, while hunting near Cannelton. W S7° D . iS ccr , uin ’y a boom town, with tin plates, plate glass factories and natural gas supply. • Tt? 1 Nkwb '’. an old farmer living in Clay- township. Hamilton County, was found dead in his bed. Edward Neal of Richmond, about sixty years old, was found dead in his stable. Heart disease. 1 rankfort is to have an elegant new opera house by next winter. The workon the new building will begin in May. *1 he pastors of all the churches in New Albany will meet to consider best ways of instituting needed reforms in that city.

Near Wilkinson, Hancock County, David Sullivan’s child fatally scalded itself by upsetting a kettle of boilin" water. It is claimed that White Caps, near Madison, are preparing for another raid on several families that are furnishing food for gossips. They have parties at Covington where the ugliest man present receives a handsome prize. The prizes are nice but it's tough on the fellow. Charles Schrier and George Johnson, Columbus, quarreled and former slashed the latter badly with a knife. Schrier was arrested. Casterline & Co., of Lima, have rented ground from Wa'ter Mon^e, two miles east of Montpelier, and will start a ni t ro-g 1 y cer ine factory. » William Blake, serving a uve-years' sentence in the Jeffersonville Penitentiary. was taken back to Bloomfield fora new trial He was sent up for horsesteaiing. Near Waynetown, the pin jumped out of the connecting rod of a Big Four engine and the rod smashed in the cab, injuring the fireman and punching a hole in the boiler. At Lyons Station, in Fayette County, a caboose was telescoped by an engine on the C., 11. <t D., and a man named Murphy, from Crawfordsville, sustained a broken shoulder. A Muncie physician advocates the theory that Mrs. Oliver Williams, who died in that city a week after having her throat cut by her husband, came to her death from iung trouble. Michael McCain, a miner near Grant, was killed by falling slate. He ' washorribjy mutilated. He was a young man and gFWvs Itis thought I his relatives live in Cmcinnaii. In the Muscatituck River, Thursday, ' "'--year Seymour, a young man named near Salem, was drowned i torfSa&with his team, while trying to , t and ^^CouSy^ho^at his wife with a revolver. The bullet missed her, and then placing I the weapon to his own head Mather com । mitted suicide, They had quarrelled over their child. ’Tis said that after a shower near Clifton recently, numerous little brown worms appeared on the ground, supposed to have fallen during the rain. They were about an inch long and covered with soft brown hair. Burglars at Williamsport broke into E. A. Bigg's jewelry store, and blew | open the safe Win. Swartz, who slept in the rear room, was aroused 1 the j noise and fired at the thieves, bin they | escaped with 8600 worth of goods. Ella Ray of Wabash, who secured a | verdict for 84.000 in a breach of promise 1 suit against Edward Kisner, after she had married another man, is now suing her lawer for part of his fee, he having retained half of the amount of damages awarded. A remarkable surgical operation was performed a few days ago by Dr. J. (. Baxter on Mrs. Margaret Miller of Heth Township, Harrison County. Twentyfive years ago a needle entered the arm of Mrs. Miller at the shoulder, and the operation alluded to was the removing of the needle from the arm at the elbow. At Otterbein, a few miles west of Lafayette, it was decided to open a saloon, and the would-be keeper began the erection of a building. The framework was up, but the other night a crowd of indignant anti-salocn people visited the building, tore down what had been erected, and distributed the lumber around, no two pieces in the same place. For years Peter Rich, a poor storekeeper of Hobart, has mourned his father as dead. At an early age the boy bade his father a last fareweli, and sailed westward to seek his fortune in a new land. As the years rolled by the number of letters between father ana son grew less and less until no correspondence was carried on at all. Then came the report that the father had died, leaving no property. But this was false. Peter Rich has just received a check for $86,000, as his share of his father’s estate.

Jacob Swank, who resides near Crawfordsville has just lost a very valuable cow from over-feeding. The cow averaged ten gallons of milk per day the year around holidays included. Twentyfour pounds of butter per week was churned from the cream and sold for 20 cents per pound. On the “skim milk - ’ each year he fattened ten hogs which averaged 400 pounds each. From the butter he received $249.60 and the hogs brought him almost §2OO. Gen. Manson offered Mr. Swank §250 for the cow and paid 8127 for one of her calves. John Reed of Blue Lick, has given notice that he will apply for a license to run a saloon at Charlestown, and the temperance people there, who recently drove the only saloon-keeper out of town, are gathering and drilling their forces. Fob some tinc past Mrs. Alice Smullen of Muncie has been quite sick with consumption. The other morning her daughter gave her a silver half dollar, which she placed in her mouth and swallowed. She soon expired from the effects. The coin lodged in her neck in such a manner as to choke her to death. Why she should have swallowed the coin is a mystery to her friends.

Joshua Norton, Kokomo, while playing dominoes with his wife suddenly fell dead. Esquire Fitterington of Alquina, Fayette County, aged 80, was found dead in bed. Stephen A. Johnson, an alleged “green goods” dealer, was jailed at Washington. George Netterhouse of Monon, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Large window-glass company incorporated at Eaton. Work on the building will begin at once. A dozen boarders were poisoned, but not seriously, at Mrs. Elisha Lincoln’s boarding-house, in Richmond. George Parker, young farmer near Muncie, is heir to the gold left by- Mr. and Mrs. Brandon, misers who died last week. Matthew Clegg, ex-prosecuting attorney of Clark County, and his wife are both reported dead at Henryville, near Jeffersonville. Daniel Schrantz, a Pittsburgh. Ft. Wayne and Chicago switchman at Fort W ayne, was caught between the cars and crushed to death. Evangelist Dixon Williams of Anderson, is holding meetings in the Armory at Jeffersonville, which are attended by 1,500 daily. A Big Four freighttrain was wrecked near W aynetown and ten cars were ditched. The wreck was caused by the breaking of a flange on a wheel. John Krutzele. an employe of the car factory at Michigan City, was badly injured by a heavy iron wheel falling upon him. He will recover, however. Mrs. Oliver Williams, who was stabbed in the neck a week ago by her drunken husband from the Marion Soldiers Home, has died. The husband is in jail. W Ilham Jones, for complicity in the Bonecutter-Hobbs murder at Kempton, got two years in the Penitentiary. He handed the revolver to Bonecutter to do the shooting. Bernie ( hrisman of Richmend, who was out on bail for shooting his brother, stole the money-box out of a street car and was sentenced to eighteen months in the Penitentiary. 1 hilip Boui.lion has been two years in the Goshen jail for a debt to Stiles Carter, whom he owes S24S. 49. The latter pays the obstreperous debtor's board each week. William \\ 1 ndle of Columbus, went to Madison and was so much elated at the first sight of a steamboat that he returned home to take his wife and children to see the sight.

1 homas Worland, a prominent farmer living near Waldron, Shelby County, was cutting timber when a tree fell on him, crushing Uis skull and back. He died almost instantly. At a meeting of the many newspaper men of Anderson, stops were taken toward forming the Anderson Press Club. It will consist of about thirty-live active and fifty honorary members. The woman who followed the forger, Frank Critzer. to jail at Columbus,’ claiming to be his wife, turns out to be Mrs. Dora Freeman of Greensburg, who deserted her husband in December. An unknown disease is proving fHla, to. thn eattje around Mnrtin-viIiTTITE Kennedy hasTilst several, and says they will begin stamping while eating, as if fighting flies. They die in a few hours. Will Lehman, a 15-year-old boy, while stealing a ride on the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad, fell from the car and was literally cut to pieces. A younger sister fell from the train a year ago and lost 1 >th legs. Simon Singerfoose, a well-known Elkhart citizen, committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn. He leaves a wife and four children, and was 40 years old. A prolonged spree was uhv cause of his self-destruction. James Dayitt, near Connersville, has । brought S"it for $5,000 damages against 1 Jesse Murphy, a wealthy widower, who I paid for Mrs. Davitt’s divorce and then married her. She had spurned the rich man's offer for the hand of Davitt. her poor lover, in the first place, but love in I a cottage she soon tired of. While handling a bunch of bananas, I Joseph Marsicano, a wholesale fruit . merchant of Evansville, was bitten twice 1 by a tarantula that was concealed in the j fruit. Prompt application of ammonia I partially neutralized the poison and j medical assistance was sought as soon as possible. The arm is badly swollen and very sore. The tarantula was killed.

George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., of Indianapolis, has passed a resolution requesting the department encampment to petition the Indiana Legislature to construct and maintain a State's Soldiers’ Home, to which the wives ot soldiers may accompany their husbands as inmates. Jhio, Illinois. Michigan, and Wisconsin have such homes, and it is believed that Indiana should provide for the comfort of her veterans in like manner.. Rev. Allen Lewis, pastor of the First M. E. Church of Valparaiso, has caused consternation among the members of his flock by inaugurating a vigorous campaign against card-playing and dancing. Members of the congregation are urged to pledge themselves to henceforth refrain from amusements of this character. Rev. Lewis presides over a congregation representing the elite of the city, and the pastor's vigorous denunciation has clearly defined his position. Mr. Lewis was formerly pastor of the M. E. Church at Brazil. A gang of counterfeiters and “shovers of the queer” arrived in South Bend, and began operations by passing spurious dollars and quarters among the business houses. They got rid of only a small amount of the bad money before being detected by a clerk in a meat market, j The officers were at once informed of the affair, and began a search for the men, but without avail, and it is thought they left the city. They are supposed to be members of a gang which has been working Ohio, and which entered Indiana only recently. The dollar is dated 1887, j and is a fairly good counterfeit. | Misses Nellie Pernett and Daisy I Nash of Bethlehem, were skating on Bull Creek, when the ice broke and Miss Pernett went under. After raising to I the surface twice, Miss Nash clutched i the drowning girl by the hair and maini tained her head above water until res- ! cuers came. The City Council of Crawfordsville has closed a contract with the National Electric Company of St. Clair, Wis., for j the necessary apparatus for an addition i to the electric light plant in order to J supply the demand for incandescent light in stores. The price was $2,300, I with an extra armature worth §4OO.

' AGRICULTURAL A FEW SUGGESTIONS^ 1 RURAL READER | W Wonderful Increase in the Vahj, —lntensive Farming— A .PrliqH Live Stock and Dairy—l'ointT Poultryman, Etc. Advance of Farm Valued

TN the I I W cst s 1 1 out tIA Valley, H AmerlcS k culturis’T \ farms ‘I , 1 cost a 1 two b c / fifty yj e £ are ^t^r Üb)Cl . * a <^ in ad r w ' ( 1- ■ diotimm«. stantt } ings,

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with convenient and oftr*h ln t furniture, carpets, sewinij^es libraries, and musical aunts’ • There are indeed poore%-M s p. < ments, occupied by younApC s : enterprising farmers, but VAX. ' went has been general if not' ui Sil. teyond the Mississippi! newer lands, more recent imra ments, made by men who went * that region with scarcely more 1 hands and stout hearts, tlmir investments have virtually 11 created with hard and patient lai 111 the enthusiasm of success as-J by strong will and stout jnuscles, t

have borrowed from friends in older States, or from banks: and tl are paying up tiieir indebtedness r; idly. A reliable and success! farmer of the West declares that can purchase a farm of 100 acres SIOO per acre and pay its cost wi the protits of cultivation in live yeai

Intensive Fnmiluc. 5 ear l>y year we are coming neare^ the f'’tning that has long prevaih'^ in \ In the Eastern >tates ( the aim is to grow a large crop iip .iq a small area, while in the far West, the total only i> looked ;rt. an 1 aer s, are completely worthless, jap things :lre changing. Land i> going up as the tertihty is going down, and soon it will l?c iicctssiirv to bus * rvervthin^ upon the market value of a had of dung. There is much comfort inthisforthe lyastern farmer, who needs to use every scap of fertilizer he can rake and s Tape together. He can afford to dissipate the effect of a ton of fertilizer upon a ten acre Held. He feels that he cannot sow it broadcast upon a single acre, but carefully places a hat. Ifni in each hill

of cornornotauLja^^LiUAM^^is^iM. arming hs 'rd.TffWr 7 the load from the Darin a; d goes ahead of the seed bag from the ; granary. Till well what is tilled. he l’i ize I iou”h. To scald hogs of 4 to 6 cyt. a common tub is inadequate. Noth-1 ing is better than the tank or trough shown, says Fann and irt>me. It should be made of 10-ft. plank two I inches thick. The bottom of one end - of the trough is beveled to facilitate the work of sliding the porker in and out. For the same 1 urpnse a roller placed as-hown is a great aid, arid also । for turning the hog over for complete , scalding. A frame is hinged’ to the j under side of the beveled enll to support it while the hog is being drawn ; out. This can l>e buttoned close to A. A the trough while it is not in use. For transporting it use a stone boat, or rude runners may be built permanently on the bottom of the trough for it to ride upon. Sled shoes will do, as at B. A piece of inch hose, C, is forced through an auger hole at the bottom and is used for the double purpose of heating the water by steam from a cauldron with a tight lid, to which the hose is attached, and for draining the tank when the scalding is done. The scraping platform is arranged at ae beveled end.

LIVE STOCK Pure Water a Necessity. i Better a shortage of food than of,water, better irregularity in feeding than in watering, for if the ration be temporarily^deflcienv and the vehicle for transporting the reserve stored in,-the system be present, no great harm will result. But no matterohow much nutriment may be stored or otherwise present, if the universal carrier, water, is lacking, not Only can no work of nutrition be done, but* the system immediately becomes feverish^and dises i Scnto the dairyman I may say that if 0 ms herd,,however poor, is made uncomfortable because of coldness or i poorness or inaccessibility of the i wSter supply, he would better study hydraulics before buying thoroughbreds. And to the grain 'raiser I might say that he would better pay strict attention to set free more, plant food by better culture and by hus- . banding farm manures, before investing'in commercial fertilizers; for ! possibly if he utilizes what he already has, according to law. he wdll have little lack. And to all breedersand cultivators of plants, may I not say , that it might be better to make it ; more comfortable for the plants and ! animals which are already possessed,

, - FVint they may make the best in order tna* tn y j , Ijiws present state o what we have I possible that at lacking is I lis good, and that aI t™ cannot f opportunity. As the s an imal ■ rise above its source, so the anima ■ cannot be better than t Lnd to the breeders otU oro^

I may say, that it mignv - — iadopt the Practice Shorthorn breeder, 1T . , । gs to 5011 RoVts Direc. harmer. —Prof. l- x . = n | tor Cornell Experiment Station. Animal O‘‘° r ,n M “ 11 ' ! There is a great deal ot Mk dairymen about thes a j , ? milk We have always nojaueu ■ Shore was a great deal t winter than in X^rm^ World, Mellowing fr ? m ‘SSland will throw 1 of Edinburgh, Scotlaim, 1 some light on the subject If 0^ - will test the milk of co '' b . I- filthy byres, and upon whose sic^ I- filth is permitted to colh t

Liercnt flakes, in this way uiv np<w will be very apparent. This SSSSSS'S’-'-iss filth which has every cbaracterist ( rs manure, and which is with the milk because it could not escape through the skin, which is the natural outlet for.it, and by which a would escape freely and impercepti y S thesS were kept clean and in hoalthiiil a< tion tynoans^ | SoUUblw will helpin the

j s This Not So? How to handle the milk, manufaciture it and place it upon the market In its b.-t form, and know the needs of the consumer, is just as impo . . to know and own a dairy cow, feed .^"e’.r hor, and giro db-non

'jlatimi of butter, and quick must. go. with the better herd.-P^c-tieal Farmer. speck* In Butter. Butter never has specks when the <T< im is f’ken off before the mdk is imr, kept -arm anti cbi^ milk htts thickened 1 “

I? g^le'ai ani Hi ( vcmovTng them, for if fhpiiutter is washed at the granular stage with । considerable water, the washing will !go out with the wate'^ Specks of < dry ream will goout with the water, while specks or Hakes of cheese become harder by the same test. Itrec<lfn^ an<i FoimHhjx Hogg. Breed sows not less that a year old ' of good strong bone and muscle. Give them plenty of asb.es to prevent cholera. and burn all corn cobs, stalks and other rubbish and feed these i ashes with salt. Sow wheat, clover. | and sorghum for pasture. HogsshSuld have good hay shed to protect them from wind, sun. rain, and cold. 1 he Development of Our Dive Stock. The improvement, of farm animals, i during the past titty years, has been a marvel of progress. The influence i of the thoroughbred has been a trans- । formation that seemis little short of creation. THE POULTRY-YARD. Lameness of Ducks. When ducks become lame from no apparent cause, it is usually due to their sleeping quarters being damp, says Farm and Fireside. Ducks are easily affected in the feet and legs by ; | dampness and cold. They will re-1 i main in the water for hours, but they I are then exercising. When they re- j tu r n to their quarters they require a d. ? place. The most successful per-

■: 'I ■ z ’ it 111 CHEAP POULTRY-HOUSE HEATER. sons provide board floors, which are littered deep with cut straw or hay, “which is regularly removed as soon as it becomes in the least degree damp or. filthy. By carefully attending to the ducks in this respect, there will be fewer cases of lameness among them. In this connection a poultry-house heater is here shown which will be Jound cheap and easy to construct. Chicks and Snow. When the snow’ is here and the weather severe, it is only with the ■ best of care that a hen can raise a , brood of chirks. Much depends upon . the hen, though her capacity is often overestimated. The hen should have

not more than ten eggs In winter, and a quiet hen will be ' fnl than one that is active, greatest danger comes from some^precausing the h.n to vcntl „ s ? c "r' n ^ homing the weakeroo^ 5^ Ser, howe-r^ ^eP^ hen conllG ^ hYC a dry shelter, for and the chicks , f m there “‘ e s, Xs L the chicks I chilling ot the chick .

^rea^ in size - — t° find It i S quite credit- > r has many of the if she can able to a hen probably n raise six chicks, an i s 1 most waimt . placed where ' ben should be securely 1 the cold winds . her brood.—Farm and I neside. household_and kitchen. The Faintly Doctor. Felons. -Many persons arc liable to extreme receipt is recommended as aicure for the dis- (

S suchas 1S used tor salting down pork or beet, dry it in an oven,, the pound it fine and mix with spmts ot turpentine in equ . art a s. a rag and wrap >1 around ‘he part a S^’andt twenty are cured-the felon is dead.

Hiq the best remedy we have evm Mustard plasters on the antried. w m draw the Visx--1” “ ; "““" A t <>< alum u mixedSh twice iU quantity ot an <T >r to make it palatable, win gi” !g i ’ a instant heip. Another remed] almost instant n^l . mrtso

is the following: lake equal < '■‘' T'',' S S thr6' s " recurrence ot the symptoms. Household Hint*. i Egg stains can Ve ^^^alt^' bing them with common table - • j saleratus have been dissolved. i Vs F a wire frame for boiling pojji .!t± .il rt** much ot vexat o ,j It saves and how satlsfacory tS

i m rofwn-c* stand a time, afterward wash out in ( warm water. To keep flies off gilt frames, boil three or four onions in a pint of water, then apply with a soft brush to the frames. By rubbing with a flannel dipped in whiting the brown discoloration may be taken off cups which have been used for baking. A pretty lamp screen may be ; made by sticking an ordinary palm ' leaf fan into a long-necked bottle and covering the whole with some bright colored figured silk. . A simple cough remedy is made of an ounce of flaxseed boiled in a pint of water, a little honey added, an ounce of rock candy, and the juice of three lemons, the whole mixed and boiled well. Lamp-wicks must be changed often to insure a good light, as they will soon become clogged, and the oil does not' pass through them freely. A clear flame will be certain if the wicks

LlLdl IBHUV »» in vum al vaan^ »» ivivu are soaked in vinegar twenty-four hours before using. Practical Recipes. Baked Pudding for Invalids.— One pint of milk, three eggs, sugar to the taste, two tablespoonfuls of Hour. Beat the eggs, add the sugar, j and stir in the milk gradually. But- ' ter a pan, pour in the pudding and ! bake it. Apple Sauce. —Pare, core, and

slice your apples, put them in a kettle with water enough to keep them from burning, cover them, and as soon as they are soft mash them very tine. When they are nearly cold, sweeten them to the taste. Sugar Biscuits. —Three-quarters of a pqund of sugar, half a pound ol butter, one pint of milk, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, floui sufficient to make a dough. Melt the sugar, butter, and soda in the*milk. When the milk is lukewarm stir in the flour-till it forms a dough. Knead it well for a very long time, Jhen roll it out in sheets, and with a sharp ■knife cut it in squares, butter youi tins, and bake them in a hot oven. Rice Cur Puddings.—Pick and wash a teacupful of rice and boil it in a quart of milk.till it is very thick and dry; add to this whilst it is hot a pint of rich milk or cream and two ounces of butte<r. WTien it is sufficiently cool, add three eggs, well

beaten, and sugar to taste. Butter your cups, pour in the mixture, and ■ bake in a moderate oven. Grate nut- ( meg over the top and serve them with cream. Lemon Rolls. —Take three pounds of flour, one pound of butter, one pound of fine sugar, six eggs, half a pint of milk, quarter ounce of ammonia and sufficient oil of lemon to flavor; make these ingredients into a dough; roll it out into long, round , strips and cut crosswise, slantingly, i into diamond shapes; scallop the tops i with the back of a knife; bake on : greased tins in a hot oven.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson and Where It May Bo ibuvid-A learned and Concise Koview of the Same. The New Covenant. 1 The lesson for Sunday, Feb. 14, may he found in Jer. 31: 27-37.

introductory. We are accustomed to hear of jeremiads su""estlng words of lamentation S waSihS In the lesson before us we see what a ch ar, far-seeing eye was about the wetehetoS oT ‘the thnes ’in which Ke lived is n> less true than what b ? n 'd it is well to remember that toward sin and rebellion truth can only s ».7 k tt»t“. voice Iftho S and penitent. Donbtl^ ;SnUS&V^^ so speak, a Jeremiah of hope. WHIT THE LESSON SAYS. I . had. been

^^^etvS^e^of the days which were, rtrns now, or in Jha chapter preceding <3O “ Xtld^nlstry «< , S n ,LT7o^ 1%.., seodwlth ««d. I or better sow w;ith sowing. ‘ -

Os Israel and the house of Judan mm old rivalry forgotten and obliterate the general distress. Like as. Or in like manner as (asheF same kind, same degree —Matchy oye r. Twice used m this vers^ toon watch. Ps.cxxvn: 1. xne waix-u ' UJ. e, and referring to any kind o i gl - ‘‘Vy^^'Not like the Hebrew of 1 every man that follows in the> next ' 2int—p The form here more nearly re

Lord. Sacred terminology: nraele of Jehovah. covenant. Literally a cutting, referring to the sacJiStorm with which tract of grave importance w< The parties were wont to pass between j Syiove’nant they b^ passage, botn in thes L <> s th broke and the original tex . tolerably fair . mv covenant, would be * i 9 i rendering Althotigh the f dimply and.——l J husban d is n | Xmoor^' \ ie ' laws, i. e., the regul|j^J^ I 41 r- i

—. .. . H nn T '3^ | the sea. Here ai I * nonnced sort, the . js clear- | ly stilleth or quieteth. So rendered at j Jeremiah 47: 6. “Rest and be still,’’this identical verb. Roar. A marked onomantic, poetic term, carrying its significance in its sound: Hoom-m! The order of the Hebrew is quieting the sea and the waves roar, i. e., though waves roar. These ordinances. Laws of nature’ 3 orderly working. Depart, or ' away, i. e., out of the preserved path. ' The same word, rt Isa. 22: 25, of the : “nail fastened in sure place,” is ■ translated, removed, or, Revision, give way, a suggestive rendering. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. When present days are ill, why not look forward to the days that come, the Christian’s privilege always. Is there any field too rocky or too desolate for the Lord’s planting? Only let the great । Sower go forth to sow. Where now is ' the boundary line between the house of Israel and the house of Judah? It is grief that brings us often together.— Was it not the same watchful care that plucked up that also builded and planted, was not Jehovah keeping guard in days

of judgment as well as in days of mercy, in captivity as well as in restoration; indeed, were not both alike of the divine mercy? Is it the forbidden fruit of Adam’s eating that has set my teeth on edge, or is it the sour grapes that my own teeth have pressed? . . . What it cost God in outlay to make the first covenant we can in some measure estimate, but who can properly conceive of the depth of sacrifice necessary to the promulgation ■ of this second convention? He gave His Son. . . . Israel was the child race, am! she was le 1 as a child by hand, ahe spiritual and fraternal relationship of to-day is undoubtedly a higher one. And yet are there not many who seem disposed, like religious weaklings, to put themselves back, under the old rudi- ' ments? A law within: is not this the reign of conscience, the dispensation of the Spirit? God’s voice is within as well as without What is being written on the tablet of your heart? Is it God or Satan that is using your heart as a scroll?-^ — God’s goodness and mercy covers all instances and emergencies. Are you thinking of your willful sin? He says: “Here is pardon for that.” Are you thinking of your natural depravity? He has, as it were, forgotten it Look up into the heav ns: look out on the sea. Are they beyond Jehovah’s control? And this is our God Have you, in a good sense, hitched your wagon to a star? “We are going to teardown the churches । and obliterate religion,” they boastfully ! said to the French philosopher. “I advise you to pull down the stars,” was his j calm rejoinder.

Next Lesson—“Jehoiakim’s Wickedness.” Jer. 36: 19-31. Wh< 1 jsome Thoughts. Lift others, and self will be lifted, too. Be a blessing and you will receive a blessing. The hours are Inch-marks on time’s yardstick. In the little circumstances of each day w r e are lost. The best thinking is only fdling out the footprints of God. । Fob insult given, the noblest venge- ' ance is forgetfulness forever.