St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 21 May 1892 — Page 2

HOME AND THE FARM. A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. How to Drive Mice trom the Corn I lelds— Farm Implements Should B o Well Cared For—Profitable I’lg 1 eedlug—The Poultry Yard. Conservative Farmers,

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new, whether it be an implement of husbandry or a new fertilizer. They have used the same plow, hoe and fertilizers from time immemorial,and seem to desire nothing better. A few years ago two cargoes of phosphate were imported into Japan, and a large portion remains unsold. In some respects the American farmer might take example from the Japanese, and that in the scrupulous care exercised in the savingand application of night soil or human excrement. It all the excrement of all the cities of the I nited States could be deodorized, saved and applied to the soil, the effect it would have upon it and the production of crops would be magical. YVhile chemists do not set a very high value to that of a single individual, every farmer who makes use of it believes its agricultural value to be great compared to the quantity.

Remedy Against Alice in the Corn f ields. Many farmers find it difficult to pet a good stand of hill corn, owing to the prevalence of large Held mice, which run through the hillsand eat the seed before it come up. One farmer has found the old custom of coating the corn with pine tar an effectual remedy. To apply the tar, pour boiling ”’ater on the corn, letting it remain but a moment, then pour off and mix in the tar. A teaspoonful will besufficient for about four quarts. After the corn has been thoroughly covered with tar, roll it in wood ashes,

or :and plaster, and it is ready for use. Care should be taken in applying the tar that too thick a coating be not put on, as it might prevent germination. An old iron kettle has been found useful to stir the corn in while applying the tar. This same remedy will prevent crows, blackbirds, etc., from pulling the corn after it has sprouted. * _ I __ for bring-

ough examination and overhauling/! The old saying that “a stitch in time i saves nine,” should ever be borne in , mind by the farmer. The loosening of a. nut or the neglect to replace some worn part that a few minutes’ time will set right, if neglected, may result in a severe breakage that will occasion great vexation and loss of time in securing repairs. So, before putting any implement or machine into service, it should be carefully examined and all necessary repairs made, as much more and better labor can be performed with it thereby.

Short Snggesllons. Keep the cattle off the plowed land. Have no sagging gates or shackly . fences. | Hair on the legs of the milk-stool, is a bad sign. The average price of sheep in the ; United States is higher than any | time since IST6. Wheat is not a fast-wearing crop when straw is returned to the laud , via good farm animals. Never feed 'your fowls damaged grain or tainted food, and see that the water they drink is clean and good. Corn is a heat-producing food; therefore substitute oats as much as possible for the working stock during hot weather. Corn fodder, put in shocks and left in the field during a good part of the fall and winter, loses from one-third to one-halt of its feeding value. The honey of the Malta bees is noted for its purity and delicious flavor. This is due to the extensive crop of sulla (clover), from which the bees extract most of their honey. Comfort must be the rule for live stock and poultry if they are expected to do well. Good feed and plenty of it, good treatment and a mild temperature, would work a revolution in the pocket-books of many complaining farmers.

A 11^ IBtoUVio. Only an experienced workman should lay out the corn rows. The rows should be straight in order to more easily cultivate the crop, jet much carelessness is allowed in laying off corn rows, though it causes a loss of time and labor later on. It has been noticed, by members of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, that insects injurious to fruits are more numerous about the railroad stations. The average loss in that State by the depredations of insects was 24 per cent. Sow more clover, even if you have to cut less timothy. Clover is rich in albumenoids, while timothy is defleient. Albumenoidsmake milk and \ animal growth, and also contain more of value to return to the soil than gny other constituent gathered by the Srse rake. inhere is no better fertilizer for a

hop vine than pure, strong, unleached wood ashes. They contain both potash and sulphuric acid, which are available provided there is moisture enough in the soil to dissolve them. S lallow cultivation induces moisture by pumping it from below. POULTRY. Coops tor Cool AV eat licr. T raise and keep fowls on a small scale, and always wait until several liens are ready to set at the same time I and then set them so that all hatch' , together, writes Nannie Cabell in the American Agriculturist. When the chicks are hatched 1 give about thirty to a hen. These siie can easily care for in the coops used. Some say that it is more expensive rearing this way than in an artificial brooder. But a lien is the natural brooder and gives far less trouble. When the cold nights come 1 can sleep comfortably, . knowing that the hen will supply natural and continued heat: whereas, on the other hand, an oil lamp migntgo I out. Then there-is no trouble about

IT is said that! most of the arable i land of Japan is I in a high state of ; cultivation, and 1 \ has been pre- \ server, so for -Icent uries by the ^juse of human ex/crement and her- ■ n ring fish manure. ^The Japanese » farmers are so J * conservative that ' ? it is almost ini-! - possible to pre-] , vail upon them J to adopt anything

leg weakness complained of by those using artificial brooders. That my

f plan is a practical one is proved by । the tact that since 1 have been using I , the present kind of coop 1 have not I lost half a dozen chicks, except from hawks and cats occasionally. The coop referred to and illustrated is made after the order of what gar- ■ denerscall a “cold-frame.” One-half of it has a jflank roof, in which part the hen is kept confined and 'the other part has a sliding glazed sash made like a pit sash. In this glass room 1 keep a continual supply of food and water, this latter in sardine boxes, with the lid cut on three sides and slightly tilted back so the little chicks can get their heads in to drink, but cannot step in, The food consists of bread crumlis, little bits of meat, soma corn meal, and any kinds of vegetables there may be left from dinner, wheat screenings, etc. After the first four or live days I pull back

MODEL CHICKEN COOP. the narrow sliding doorat the bottom part in front, and let the little chicks run in and out to suit themselves, unless it is very cold. This seems necessary, for the first thing they al-

r ways do is to rush to a pile of wood - ashes near by and pick up bits of charr coal, or bits of brick. When the ; j chicks are about three or four weeks ; old the hens are let out on sunny days, and they all have a happy time. T he dimensions of the coops are about five feet long, two and a half feet wide, two feet high at the back, sloping to one foot in front. The ffen. ! The time has come when the fm- • „ u;)mc .o f the place I into w

^niitedState^imnfflffi^Wf^^^^W ! least $200,000,000 last year and no j less than 16.000,000, dozen eggs: were imported at a first cost of 15 i I cents per dozen, or nearly $2,000,000. ! while the average annual value of 'such importations during the past! four year has been $2,216,326. Such | fads emphasize the necessity for en- : couraging the increase of domestic I fowls of all kinds, and they further : indicate beyond question that- this i industry is important enough to de- ■ mand the special consideration ot this depart me nt.—Sec re ta ry 11 usk.

The Flavor ot Eggs. The flavor of hens’ eggs depends i largely upon their care and food con- ■ j sumed. The food which goes to make the egg, perhaps within twenty-four , hours, must carry with it to some exi tent its own qualities, good or bad. ! If we will feed a laying hen onions we i can taste them strongly in the egg, the same as milk from a cow that is 1 I fed on cabbage or turnips will taste , jof them. The same may be said of I eggs that are from stale, unhealthy and impure food; although fresh will be unhealthy to eat, while those from clean grain, fresh meat, pure water, i and clover grass will be pure and healthy. LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. .Frofltab e Pig Feeding. How to pay 5J cents per pound for 150-pound pigs, feed fifteen bushels of 40-cent corn, making them weigh 300 ■ pounds, and sell at 31 cents to make any money, is a conumdrum proposed by J. G. Holt, Henry Co., Ind. A 150pound pig at cents, would cost $8.25; sold when weighing 300 pounds, at 31 cents, it would bring $10.50, leaving $2.25 to pay for the ' ’ fifteen bushels of corn, or 15 cents ■ ' per bushel. i I The only way to make money in ■ feeding pigs is to comply with the laws of animal physiology. In feed-

ing a 150-pound pig up to a weight of ■ 300 pounds, the average live weight I is 225 pounds, while the average live I weight of a 150-pound pig is only I seventy-five pounds. Now the maintenance ration is in proportion to the live weight, so that the food usedlost so far as making pork is concerned —is three times as great in the larger as in the smaller. Suppose there had been put up a small pig, and one weighing 150 pounds for pork making, keeping them in warm quarters and well supplied with everything required for comfort and growth, and feeding them on the ideal pig food—wheat middlings—it will require four pounds of middlings ; to each 100 pounds of live weight foi . maintenance, and three pounds more ■ will make a pound of meat. Now to make an average i pound of gain on each, wil

r — —.— j require feed as follows: With the i smaller pig, three pounds are required f®r maintenance, and three more for gain. So six pounds make a pound of meat. For the larger pig, nine pounds will be-required for maintenance and three for gain, taking involve pounds of middlings for each pound of pork, or two to one in favor of smaller pigs. It is a sad, though common mistake, to feed large pigs. As a rule, it is better never to keep a-ny beyond 200

pounds. > Another mistake was in feeding a ration not adapted to the pigs’ wants. AV bile corn is one of the grandest | stock foods, it is by far too carbonaceous to produce the best results in pig feeding. Had Mr. Holt used a mixture of 200 pounds corn meal, 200 pounds of wheat middlings and 100 pounds of linseed meal, he would have found greatergain in the pigs at a smaller cost, and the meat would have been more lean and desirable for : human food. It also pays to have j some sort of succulent food, beets, turnips, carrots oj silage. This not only gives larger growth, but better quality of meat. As a rule, more

y * V “jvhvi a-KO O) A Lllv, LLIUI V r money will be made out of pork to r have pigs come at different times, I feed abundantly, so as to keep them ( growing right along from the time farrowed, and sell not over 200t pound weight. Better sell at 150 than to keep much beyond 200pounds. , —American Agriculturist , about Oleomarcarlnn. Prof. Clark of Albany, N. Y., has been investigating oleomargarine, and reaches the conclusion that it is unhealthy for the following reasons: Because it is indigestible; because it is insoluble when made from animal fat; because it is liable to carry the germs of disease into the human system; because in the eagerness of manufacturers to produce this spurious compound cheaply, they are tempted to use-ingredients which are detrimental to the health of the consumers. Cease to Grow Horns. A correspondent of the OrangeJ udd Farmer says stockgrowers should cease to grow horns at the risk of human and animal life, at the cost of more shed room, more feed, moiwcar room in shipping, loss by hides torn and flesh bruised; loss by screw worms attacking wounds; loss of nutrition necessary to grow horns, loss by the stronger tormenting the weaker. Horns ought to become a thing of the past.

Note« About Sheep. AY itatever the breed is, profit requires that the greatest amount of mutton should be got out of it. Sheep eat closer than cattle and! will seriously injure the grass plants, j if proper care is not taken. 1 he sheep fleeces are often greatly lessened in value by being allowed to get- dirty or full of burrs. i 11- the sheep arc kept clean thev will not be affected by stab unless > it is communicated to them by scabby , shorn. 1 ’ ‘ vu “ vt “ P»ntoi U p-r*^ 'iuCu VOU hftVft

1 ? uroppod U‘ll drops If the larger sheep could be co\-| cred with a fleece of wool as dense as the Merino, there would be much more profit in keeping sheep. While it is not possible to secure ! exactly the same qualit.v of wool on all parts of the sheep, yet it is possible to improve greatly in that direction. HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN. Hints to bousekei'pers A little vaseline is better than blacking for defaced kid boots. Take fresh paint out of wearing apparel by rubbing >vith gasoline. Grease spots in cloth may be taken out by applying a solution of salt in alcohol. A simple but effectual remedy for toothache is to till the cavity of the tooth with soda. j Nails may be driven into hard wood without bending double if first ; dipped in lard or oil. To keep jelly from moulding sprinkle a little granulated sugar over the top. then cover in the usual ' way. AVhen washing greasy kettles or pots take a handful of bran or meal and rub all around. It absorbs all the grease and leaves them perfectly ’ clean. Do not use feather dusters, they throw dust from one place to another. ; Cloths are preferable. These should : be skaken out of doors frequently, or : washed. 1 Five or six drops of ammonia to each pint of water and applied once J a week will cause house plants to . flourish and give them a vigor rarely

' attained in any other way. Screws maybe inserted in walls by ; t enlarging the hole to about twice the j > diameter of the screw, tilling it with ' plaster of paris, etc., and bedding the ' ’ screw in the plaster. When the ; - ! plaster has set the screw will be firmly , } in place. Miscellaneous Recipes. Orange Sauce. —Mix half a tea-] 3 cupful of flour and one well-beaten ' - I egg; pour on slowly a large teacupful - boiling water and stir over the tire in t a double boiler until thick; then add - the juice and a little grated rind of 1 an orange. This makes a nice pudr i ding sauce or as a filling for layer i ] cake. i Orange Sherbet.—Soak a table--1 , spoonful of gelatin fifteen or twenty e j minutes in half a teacupful of cold t water; then add a pint of sugar and s boiling water. Stir until the sugar r is dissolved then set aside to cool, e Press the juice from two lemons and j. \ five oranges, stir it into the gelatin e ] mixture, and strain it into a freezer 11 j and freeze immediately.

CHURCH AND STATE. METHODISTS SU' EST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Dio Twenty-first Quadrennial Conference tn Session at Omaha-Reports of Several of the Bishops—Noted Divines from AU Quarters of the World. March of Methodism.

Omaha has been the scene of a most interesting conference of Methodist l ministers, the twenty-first quadrennial session of the legislative body IS a of that church. l At the opining 2 ® M ni ce4l n * 8 i ll ) ''Sl' <t Boyd’s Opera ( House, 509 of the I delegates 1 I—were present, in- ' x '/ eluding many " from the United ' '<7 Kingdom. All 1 bishop newman lhe bis hops were present. Ihe body was called to order by ' Bishop Bowman, and after appropriate ceremonies, Dr. Monroe was chosen Secretary, and the lay delegates, at their own request, were accorded seats apart from the ministers. After the usual scramble for eligible seats, two hours’ time was given to the episcopal address, which was delivered by Bishop Foster. The past quadrennial, the report stated, had been a prosperous one for the church. Work in the foreign field had been given special care, and numerous visits by the bishop to foreign lands had been made with beneficial results. The book concerns of the church are the largest in the world. There have been rn> dissensions in the church and there is more intelligence and less bigotry in the pulpit. The membership during the past four years has grown rapidly, and now numbers 2,293,614 communicants; 442,000 souls have been added to the church during tHo r.wn four years by confessionof faith; churches 'DUO Ilk have increased 264, with an increased valnation of $18,3*1,321; gr ?X7X-' contributions to all societies have increased $334,135. The Epworth Jons WKSLET - League received great praise as a mediator between the Sunday school and the church. It has in three years sprung up from naught to 8,(00 chapters with 500,000 members. The National University at Washington is announced as a certainty and liberal endowments asked for, as millions will be necessary for its equipment. The woman’s college in Baltimore was also commended. "Ine church demands an Americanized franchise as well as a naturalized franchise,” said the Bishop. "The con- \ tinuation of foreign 38m! languages ami cusViV e--’’ toms in this country kA * s wrong, and we are T openly opposed t o teaching of fora c i g n languages an v A?'*? l Sv h''°D. The cenX 3 * XSol VStralization of wealth 3*5 1b denounced, and if X/p' ^not arrested there bishop hfzgerald. will , danger to the 8oc»al and state func“Ons. The church must act. It cannot । • It nviHt will, H>,> i , <> f 1 on'

and d; iya I - his rejort. said the Methodist ' . Church was teaching and preaching the ’

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I gospel in India and ' Mayala“ia in thii o - n ; differ* nt language-, i The w<>rk in India was in exeelb'tit c -n---dition, but tin l n< ed 1 ! was great. I lie working i\>r< e fr< in Amerliea had falb-n off ; some, but the work had eonti nm- d t o"* j grow. The iiHHubm,ship had hu-rea-sed

nearly 30,1'00 during insmu- i.oousell I I the quadrennial, lie Methodist Sun- ! day schools in India row have a mem- j i bership of over 55,000, an increase of j j 15,000 during the four years past. In the day s* liools the church had 29,01-0 native pv'di- of India. The report I : warmly commended th< work of women j 'ln the missions of India. Ihe church ( has established three publishing houses, i j and is sending out pamphlets and perii odicals in nine differ nt languages from ' its own pro^ses. "The day of small ■ things is past, said the Bishop. 'Me । must take up the work before us ami I carrv practically the responsibilities । I laid upon us. M e do not know what may | I happen to-morrow, but we do know that i ’ the sun never sets in the morning. It is j just morning in India. Let us up and : be doing while the daylight lasts.” Bishop Taylor, of Africa, undertook to read his report, but having been a preacher for fifty years without ever having read a sermon, lie br °ke down on his W manuscript. By con-u-VL scnt of the ccnfer * sIT cnee he was permitVt a^de his V paper and talk. Be-“-X- i u X one of the most rca,] y and Powerful speakers in the Methodist Church, he had ’ xy fair sailing, and soon ■ bishop wald; n. had everything his

own way. Although al out 80 years of age, he does more work than almost any other preacher in the convention, and is held in the higtu st regard by the clergy and the laity. He is one of the marked characters among the bishops, though age is telling on him. At the close of the bishop’s address he presented to the conference a native African girl about 4 years old, and only nine months out of heathen Africa. The little girl was placed upon the speakers table amid great cheering. V hen Bishop Taylor s*id that the child had been out of heathendom only nine months, Bishop Fowler added: “And is iow in th' general conference.” This sally brought down the house. Bishop Bowman stepp^ dto the table and took the child by the hand, at which a colored delegate shouted that now prophecy is fuliilled in that “Ethiopia has stretched forth its hands unto God.” The blushes of Bishop Bowman, as he was the one that took the outstretched hand, created a storm of applause. This was one of the most pleasant incidents of the conference so far. In the discussion of the American university and Christian education, all the addresses were with reference to the proposed great university at Washington,

which will be open only to college graduates and the doors of which are not to be thrown open until an endow’ment fund of $5,006,000 has been secuved. The nature of the scheme was set forth by Bishop Hurst while presiding. Rev Dr .Moulton, the English delegate, was called for by the audience, and responded briefly, expressing his approval of the magnificent scheme and faith in its consummation. It was announced that several ’subscriptions had already been promised, Mrs. McCabe taking the first share of SI,OOO. Another sum : across the water is only waiting for I some one to go after it. A resolution was adopted asking the bishops to designate Oct. 16 as Columbian day, when subscriptions will be taken for the American university. A resolution unanimously passed asking all the societies of the Methodist

Church to decline to ask for or receive any financial aid from the United States Government for any educational or religious work—whether among the Indians or oth.'rs. It was stated that the Methodist Church,as a church, had never asked for or received any such aid, though some quasi-Me hodist organization had received a few thousand dollars. The Methodist Church goes on record as being utterly opposed to the government assisting any religious body in a financial way. If any denomination cannot live without government aid, the feeling was that it would be better for it to make an assignment and go out of business. A complete separation of church <in<l st;itc is an absolute necessity, and by this action of the General Conference the Methodist Church lias lobmd hands with the great Baptist < hurch, which, so it is claimed, has never received any government aid for denominational purposes. The farewell remarks of Dr. Moulton, the Wesleyan delegate, were in good taste, and were heartily applauded. Bishop Vin 'ent’s response in behalf of the conference was eloquent and comprehensive. The conference joined in Binging two verses of the hymn beginning "Blest be the tie that binds,” and Dr. Moulton left for his home iu London. Most disorderly scenes were the rule during the discussion of the rules of order, for the laymen are jealous of their rights, and the clerical brethren are equally desirous not to lose any of th dr prerogatives. So much time has been wasted that it would seem it would be well to adopt a set of rules that will not have to be tinkered with every quadrennium. There are too many parliamentary martinets who can tell the difference betwixt the north and northwest side of a hair. Those who are sticklers for the niceties of parliamentary ifMglll® BOYD'S OI'EBA HOUSE. law obstruct legislation, though they <• t

■■Ufa— - ■ O- I--ninvantage in putting the clerical deiei gates ou roeord, but by a sophra'e vote ' <>f orders they failed. The lay vote for this change of rule was 113 and clerical j 4-; total Hil. But 216 clerical delegates i and 37 lay voted against, ai d ihe motion I was lost, and the clerics scored a big I j point. Among the pleasant incidents of the I session was the marriage of the oldest | i delegate, Dr. John L. Smith of Y’alpa- j - raiso, ImL, who has । assed his eightieth i mile-stone, but who is as vigorous as ! I most men of tie. The bride is probably • i 50 years of age and is sprightly and i handsome, and no one wonders why the veteran minister has chosen such a com- ' panion for the closing years of a busy \ and successful life. Ihe venerable : groom is as gallant and as happy as if I only coming out of this teens. The committee on the M’orld’s Columbian Exposition reported, and the ; report was adopted. It sets forth the i Christian character of the discoverers of : America and of th ■ founders of tills Republic. It recounts the expressed opin- ■ ions of the fathers of the nation, and of i Abraham Lincoln, and other such men. I The following resolutions in substance ’ were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That to open the gates of the ! exposition on the Sabbath would be to atliict 2.500,000 Methodists and 10,00),000 | adherents, and would shock the moral sentiments of all civilized nations and violate the law of G >d. Resolved, That Congress should condition all appropriations upon the written agreement that the gates shall be closed on the Sabbath. The action of the general conference has been telegraphed to both houses of i Congress and to the President and to the officers of the M orld’s Columbian Exposition. YVhile the conference is heartily In favor of the exposition it is heartily opposed to its opening on the Lord’s day, and the utterance of the highest and most influential body in the Methodist Church will powerfully affect the entire denomination, and will have much to do with the exhibits and the attendance upon the exposition. th- zx nmnt ilohfutn nf ihn oiinforpncp

The great ueoate oi ine conrereuce upon changing the constitution of the church was carried on at almost interminable length, extending over several days, but always with lively interest. The main question was the right of representation of laymen. The final action was regarded as a victory for those who held that the plan of lay representation is not a part of the constitution, but it was not satisfactory to the committee, because there were many other things in the report that they wished to have discussed. Dr. J. M. King, of New York, a leading candidate for the episcopacy, offered a resolution for a [woposed amendment j to the Constitution of the I'nited States. It relates to the protection o the public schools in the I’nited States against religious encroachments and to define the attitude of the churches with relation tc the schools. Dr. King spok ■ earnestly in behalf of the resolution. He wanted the conference to indorse the bill which has been prepared upon the subject ol the complete divorcement of church and state. The passage of this bill would save the public schools from sectarian influence, he said, and would remove a great deal of polities from the churches. The resolution was adopted.

TfiE SUNDAY SCHOOL THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pl»asant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson and Where It May Be found—A Learned and Concise lieview of the Same. Daniel and His Companions. The lesson for Sunday, May 22, may be found in Daniel, 1:8-21. INTBODUCTOKY. A5 e have a lesson or two now from that obscure period termed, in Israel’a history, the time of the Babylonish captivity. From this time of seeming distress came many of the choicest things

* j connected with Israel’s career. The ' | People of God learned great lessons in 1 I the land of bondage. Thus spoke the . Psalmist, "Thou hast enlarged me when ; I was in distress.” Daniel, the prinei- • • pal character here, is one of the most j interesting in all the Biblical annals. ’ | Like Joseph, he is a man whom God uses j in royal associations. But he is God’s i 1,1 tbe king’s court; nothing other, ■ nhy not more in such high station? “Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone; Dare to have a purpose firm. Dare to make it known.” WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. Daniel, meaning God is judge. Like Christ, he “committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.” Purposed. Literally, fixed or set his heart. Defile. From the root to be loose. A sacred word, to profane or make un- < lcan, as with unclean food. Requested. A strong word, to seek out, to search for. He was not half-hearted in his request; it was a virtual though courteous demand. | Had brought Daniel into favor. Hebrew: ha<l given. Favor is the gift of God. Douay: “God gave to Daniel grace and mercy in the eyes of,” etc. lender love. The expression refers to warmth of affection, from the verb to glow. It is sometimes rendered pity, compassion. The Hebrew slaves were in a condition to be pitied. Appointed or apportioned, portioned out. Worse liking. Literally, haggard, wan. Y our sort, or age; from the word meaning a revolving. Melzar. The word meano an overseer, and so it doubtless should be translated here. Revision, steward.- Hananiah, same word in the Hebrew as Ananias, signifying gracious.Misheal, moaning who is what God is. Prove- First meaning, lift, hence weight, hence, prove or test. So God did with Abraham. Gen. 22; 1. 1 ulse. Any sort of vegetable, from the verb to sow. It was a simple vegetable As thou seest. Same word as looked upon iu the same verse above. ( onsented. The word for hearing or hearkening unto; rendere 1 here consented, because from a superior to an inferior. Fatter, i. e., well fed, from the verb to feed.r The portion of the king’s meat. The word portion is a peculiar one, signifying dainties, or tid-bits. 1 here may have been something of a ceiemonial restraint here, as for meat offered to idols. 1 hus. Better: Ami so. Gave them pulse. As a general rule, after the test hail been safely and satisfactorily passcd through. Learning. Hebrew: sap! -. The word — f mnwo-iannw . co., st, t.ouig, distinction from Ms fellows. Communed with. Or simply talked with, had words (davor). Stood they before the king. In token of successfully undergoing the examination intimated in v. 5. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Daniel purposed in his heart. Young ; men with a purpose the world needs toI day. The more purpose, the better for I the generation. It is the purposeful i soul that prospers. “His delight is in j the law of the Lord and in his law doth j he meditate day and night;” such an one shall be like a “tree planted,” planted to “prosper.” It is the young man with a purpose that escapes the evil. "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way.-' By taking heed thereto according to thy word.” It is the young man with a purpose, a true heart purpose, that ever keeps young. “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles.” Daniel is not dead, yet —his was an eternal purpose. Now God had brought Daniel into favor. Favor is of God; he gives grace in the eyes of all men. Os Christ the Son it Was said that he was full of grace and truth, and that he grew in favor with God and men. We may well ask God for this boon, a means of blessing the world; for it is only as the world has respect for us that we can do the best work and win souls. And God can give it—the world’s right regard. He gave it to Abraham, to Moses, to Joseph, to David, to Christ in his day. “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will.” Other things being equal, no man has a right to forfeit the world’s respect. God gives it to his saints to be esteemed-for their work’s sake. Remember that Solomon’s “fame” was “concerning the name of the Lord. ” Prove thy servants. It is the personal demonstration that counts. God himself esteems such evidence. He would “tempt,” i. e., test, prove, (same word) Abraham. The ocular proof is the best proof, and the world is having it all the time, one way or another. Living epistles are we, known and read of all men. But what are we testifying t >, what are we proving? God’s law always; the rectitude of God’s commands—all men demonstrate this in their lives. It is for Christians to prove it on the better side by lives of meekness and trustful obedience. “Prove me now,” every Chrisi tian is saying, by his profession, to the I world; and in so doing he is proving 1 God. Next Lesson — “Nebuchadnezzar’s I Dream.” Dan 2: 36-49. Tonic for the Hair. A good tonic for the hair is of salt • water; a tenspoonful of salt to a half a pint of water, applied to the hair two 3 or three times a w eek. The effect ’ at the end of a month will be sur--3 prising. 1 A tinware manufacturing comJ pany has issued a brochure on “The J Evolution of the Tin Can.” If its 3 gradual Evolution nto the billy-goat a is described the \ ork should be interesting.