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THE PULPIT. ~ A BRILLIANT SUNDAY 8ERM0N BY REV W T. BEST Thome: Well Dolit u Test: ''If thou doost well, ?>holt thou not bo accepted? and if thou doest not well, bin Hot h ut the tiour." C ? M. , 4:7. The far m?r ami the shepbed both brought ho offering unto tho l.ord. Wh look i?t Gain's offering and wo ?uy, tho l?ord will certainly I>1*?hh Cain. What a costly offering ho )h .presenting and how much hard work It inunt have taken to get It remiy. Kaiiy and late hu? ho workod through tho long summer i|ayn, In tho aweat ?>f his face ho Iihm plowed; and har rowed, and sown, and cultivated, and now Providence Iihm blessed him with a bountiful harvest. J,ook at thO chotco vegetables and tho delicious frnl tw that go to make up h i w offer ing! Kiin-ly tho blessing is his. Abel selected a ianih from his flock without Hpot or blemish; he cuts its throat; see the blood gush out! How rruel! God will certainly reject Abo). But CJod had respect unto Abel and his offering, hut unto Cain and Ills offering he had not reaped ; Why? Had ho not worked hard and faith . fully?. Hfldn't he acknowledged di vine Providence? Yes, all this 1h true, but hlH heart wan not right. Ilia offering whh one of self-righteousness nnd good works, Abel came in God 'a way, not by works, not by self-rlght ?jousness, but by the blood. "Without tho shedding of blood there in no re miHHion of sin," for "It 1h the blood that uiaketh an atonement for tho soul." God taught our Aral parents this great lesson when He slew tho animals to get coats of sklu to clothe them. Abel had faith In God, and coming in God's way, lie believed Jod would receive him; ao God testl ied to his gifts that lie was right' 4 Whan Cain khw that Abel whh ho copied ho was wroth, and his cotin lunancn ft> 1 1 . "And (he Lord said unto (Jain, Why art thou wroth; and "why 1h thy countenance fallen? If thou docst wi'll, shall Ihou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well. Kin lli'th at tin* door." What a warn Ini? Mils' Ah If the Lord had said. "Cain I am no renp?'ctor of persons; If you do right I will bless you just as willingly as I dfrl A hoi; hut if you don't do right,- why, then, sin like a wild boast of proy is crouched at your heart's door, and is only wait ing for a good opportunity to loap upon you " Instead of hooding God's warning, Cain watched for an oppor tunity, and as soon as it presented itself, he rosu up against his brother snd slew him. "And wherefore slew he hlni. because his own works were evil and his brother's righteous." Here are two young men both en gaged in good occupations and with equal privileges. One made a suc cess of Mfe. the other' a falliye. Cp to the time of our text, if we look at Cain from the standpoint of this ?world, we would say he had done well; but it was he that did It. God's word says, "by the works of the law shall no Mesh be justified." "Sulvu tion is not of works, lest any man should boast." Cain lived long enough to make a mark in the world: hut instiud of making a mark in the ?world, God had to put a mark on him lost th<> world should kill him. Kven to this day he is despised as the i first murderer Abel's lite was short compared with that of Cain, yet it was long enough to be successful; and ho is honored more to-day than ever before. Jesus Christ said. "Messed are the nicek; blessed are the pure in heart; blessed are. blessed lire." Ilf-re we are distinctly told that It is not wii.H a man has, not yet what he does, that obtains for him Hod's blessings^ t)?t what lie is. Sol omon said. "Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it jyre the issues ?>r )lf?> " Well-doing is dependent on ' v ell-boi ng. I. The first step in well-doing is | to give one's heart to God. If a man doe:, not do well in this I respect what' is the result" lie may have e\or so 14 ? >< ? ? I an opinion of him- I self, all hi.-- w a > s may iie clean in his own ejess. he y think he is hi Her 1 than anybody ? 1 s < - . but God says his heart Is dec- i'ful and desperately wlck< ?l al ove all things, his throat Is 11 n o|>en sepulchre. the poison ot asps is under his lips, his mouth full of cursinu, his t s u 1 f ; to inno cent blood, destruction and misery ? re in his wa > no fear >.f God be fore his e \ ( s How i.in he e.-cape the damnation of hell'' \\ hat worse ? ? j is there than to suppose a man < ft d<> well with a wrong h> ?i t We make an awful mistake if wo . u;?;...s.- that religion is f 1 mi p I v 1 o ;? ? h ?? 1 hurt h and Sunday self i'il. The laini'-r needs it to run his ftrto 'I he ih< reliant to run his store I? i-'. 1 ? 1 1 1 by . Vr-iy lndl\ id eal I ha 1 e.\ p 'its to make a succss of life i'ut r ireiisi .']? that w hen a man's heart i- :i.\; u,ih Co. I he is nisi in a p. .-it ?( w"ll: the doing is fill '-of. h.im Sal \ ai i in Is In three ?>arts. :i ;????. .: vvnrk. a state A man r.f .,,s Christ by faith and -ulvi'ioa :s t<> him an act <>f <:? (! s ti- e :;race w Hereby ho is saved t! '? tiow man;, there are that Koppost- C.i,.: : his is ail there Is to Hulviiti'':: ih- f a t that a man was brvi d !w y,?ars ago is no proof that lie is raved to day. or that iie will bo finally sa\ed From the day of a man's cun <?: si on until the day of his death salvatn ri :s a work and lie must work ;t out," or be forever lost. Af:or death salvation is a state. II The second step in well-doing 2s to t a k ?? the Hible as one's guide. It is doubtful whither there would Ik? sue It a country in the world, as the United States of America, were It not lor the longings of Christopher Col umbus to spread the knowledge of this book. To It. wa owe the immor talization of the Mayflower and the sublimity of Plymouth Rock. The command rolled from bow to stern on the grand old Puritan vessel. "Pull down that sail, let not an oar touch the water, this is the Sabbath Day!" When the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Newburyport. they put down tho obi Bible and said, "We are icoing to build a nation ou this l)ook." It supported George Washington, the father of this country, and purchased lor us our freedom. It made Daniel Wtbster the Drfeltcal Concordance o! th? United Htateg 8"iiate and Patrick Henry and Jam** Otlti, like unto the Hebrew prophets, and now If you w|?h to undemtand one of the great est event# In our history, look at thl? picture. It l> that of a Kentucky youth, IiIh ariuH are tired after chop" ping all day, yet he mHh up till the in I (I ii 1 k h t hour, and as the hiiow-mtiU log* crackle on the hearth and bla?e up the ebJmney, bo read# from this grand old Hook, the Hook, that in after yearB made him a leader, whoso administration subdued a rebellion of eight million people, and the emanci pator whose pop struck tho shackles front the limbs of four million slaves, neTOier in this country nor el how hero in the world shall ever dies the tnern ory of Abraham Lincoln I heard Itev. John Miivlty nay one time that In his younger yearn he used to preach that If a man had a right heart every thing elite he did would he right; hut, said he, "of late years, I have concluded that a man neodH not only a right heart but a light head." There is some truth in thiu statement. Isaiah tells us, we must "learn to do well." Paul Bfty?. "Study to show thyself approved of God." While I would Hay to every young niu>) and woman, you ought to have the very beBt education possible^ 1 would also ?ay, let tho Bible be to you the Hook of Books. Nearly all the great men of the past owe their greatness to t IiIh Hook. It 1b almost impoHBlble to name any rule' by which men -have succeeded In life "that has not itfl foundation In tho Hible. The Hook of proverbs 1b especially full of such rulefl. John Qulncy Adams mado the Bible his constant companion. Amos Law rence, the millionaire merchant of Boston, had Inscribed on his pocket book, the text. "What Khali it profit a man if he naln the whole world and loso hlfl own soul?" No wonder he gave thousands of dollars to tho cauBO of Christ. But what about the men who reject the Bible? Why, Bin lleth at their door. The superstitious life. of Byron, or the dying words of Voltaire will prove tliiB statement. III. The third step in well-doing is to be honest. Your Book, the Bible, says, "Thou shalt not steal," or in other words be honest. 1. He honest with God. You have accepted Christ as your Saviour, and taken His H< '? as your guide; tho Hook tells you \y t Is ex pected of each one of His followers, and Ho tolls you Just tho work what He wants you personally to do. Have you met both these requirements? 2. He honest with yourself. Ynu have a souj to save and a body to caro for. You will be rewarded ac cording to your works. Be honest with your fellow man. A man would steal a dollar on the same principle that he would steal a pin. Watch the little things; a gnat choked Hope Adrian; a nail turned a ship out of its course; a fly by walking from tree to tree revealed to the onlooker that the supposed dis tant landscapo was only a picture. 8aid a wholesale merchant to a customer, as he pointed to one of his clerks: "That young man, sir. is my banker, he handles every cent of money that passes through the store. He could cheat me out of thousands of dollars every year If he wanted to, but I am not afraid to trust him. he has proven himself to be strictly hon est." Said a merchant to one of his clerks: "Why didn't thnt lady buy those goods?" "Because, sir, she wanted .Middlesex cloth. "Why did you not show her the next pile, and call them Middlesex?" "Because, sir, they were not Middlesex." "Well, said the merchant. If you are as par ticular as nil that you will never do for me." "Very well," said the young niatv, "if I have to lie to keep my po sition I will lose it." When Abraham Lincoln had charge of Orfuts' country store, he walked two miles to Rive a lady six cents that j he had overcharged her by mistake., j Another time he made a mistake and sold a quarter of a pound of tea for a half pound. As soon as he dlscov 1 i red his error he could not rest till j it v. as made right. After he was ad 1 milted to the bar It was said of him j that he would never defend a person I whom he believed to be in the wrong, ! even if they offered him a large I amount of money to do so. j He undertook the Paterson trial, j believing the man. accused of murder] I to h" innocent: but when the trial j was half through he changed his I mind and dropped the case, refusing pav for his services. j When the time came In our history in ; a nation that the peonle began to 1 distrust the corrupt politicians who j \Ce;e governing In the Interests of i slaverv, the only hope of saving the i ship of state was to place an honest ! man in the Presidential chair. Hon ! est Abe Lincoln was the man selected, j l*Vom a spiritual point of view we j are debtors to all men. let us try and r pay this debt, not only by our 11v*h* but by giving our substance to the ! cause of Christ throughout the world. IV. The next step in well-doing Is ! to he men and women of Tact, Push { ami Principle. I'pon these three qualities depend i the success of every man or wo'-ian from a business point of view. Jam uel Budget t. the great Engllsl mer chant, attributed his success to hem. J. Tact - ? -Tact is nothing more nor less than the use of common sense, and it is so common that very few people possess as much of it as they ought to. Many so called cultured people [ often speak of the farmer as the 'hayseed from the country." But some of then) when they vlsk the farmer show themselves to be de ficient in this quality of tact. Said one young man to his farmer friend: "What kind of a bird do you call that"" "A goose," was the reply. "O. I see: you keep that to get gooseber ries with." A young lady from the city of Ottawa asked a friend of mine which of his cows gate the butter milk. Every one who has heard or read Dr. Price's address to young peo ple will remember his apt Illustration, "Tabby, why don't you get up?" 2. Push. ? Many people have tact enough to succeed, if they only had posh enough to go with It. They can sell a book, or a bill of goods, but it takes them so long to do so, that there is no profit In It. Many of tho greatest victories in the world's his tory have been won by men while yet young In yearn. David, Luther, Alex ander and the world'* Redeemer I < 1 mi m'.'I f are illustration* of thlu truth. 3.? -Principle? -Tact and puuh would be a detriment to a man If he were without principle. An employer promised a clerk UlKher wage* If ho would treat the customer# now and then to a glass, In order the he might sell them a hill of goods. The young man replied: "1 thank (tod there 1h a poorhouse In my native town, and I will go there and die before 1 shall do such dirty work." That was Principle. Nicholas Diddle, the first provident of the United States Bank, requested his employe* at one time to work on Sunday. One young man lost IiIh position rather than do so. Thar was Principle. ? When President Lincoln was re nominated for the Presidency It bo came necessary to call for 500,000 re emits to reinforce the men at the front. Ills friends everywhere ad vised him not to iaauo the order as It would endanger his re-election. Ho went personally before the congres sional military committee where a similar attempt was made. With the fire of Indignation flashing in bin eyeB bo replied: "It is not necessary for me to bo re-elected, but It la neces sary for the soldiers at tho front to be reinforced by r.00,000 men, and I shall call for them: and if I go down under the act, I will go down like the Cumberland, with my colors Hying." O, for more men and women of tact, push and principle. V. Tho fifth step in well doing Is to be a man or woman of faith. When Thomas A. Edison first con ceived tho idea of the phonograph, ho said: "I can make it." During nine long years he never lost faith, though at times It seemed utterly impossible for him to succeed. And bo it has been with nearly all of his great in ventions; through faith he has plodded oil night and day, sometimes forgetting to eat or sleep, yet ever confident that he was going to suc ceed. Tho whole history of our country has been largely one of faith, "from the day that Columbus croeBed the Atlantic to the present day, near ly every great move has appeared un reasonable from a worldly standpoint, but has been undertaken through faith. And what shall I now sav, for tho time would fall me to tell of Gid eon, and of Barak, and of Jephthae, and of the wonderful things _ they have accomplished through faith'. Tho man or woman who lacks this qualltv of faith Is of all persons most miserable, yea. sin lies at their door and wreaks vengeance upon them. They don't ftnjoy their meals because they cannot trust the cook. The rail way conductor is liable to run the train ofT' the track, so what Is the.! good of traveling? The very earth Itself is liable to open up at any mo ment and swallow them, and as for the Bible, it says, "Ho that doubteth Is damned." VI. Bo men and women of cour age Perhaps there was never a time when we had so many examples of courage as we have to-day. When the ports of Europe closed against the Asiatic Squadron there was nothing left but t,o go to Manila. Many of our people feared the re sults. But Ensign Dewey was a man of courage. By the forts, over the mines and Into the harbor he sailed. Tho Spanish fleet was destroyed, many of the forts captured and finally Manila taken. Hobson was no less courageous when he sunk the Merrlmnc in the verv cent re of the enemies' fire. The Pittsburgh boys while storm ing the bills of Santiago sung in the very hottest of the battle: 14 'Tin the star spangled banner, Oh! long may it wave, O'er the land of the free And the home of t he brave! We need more young people to-day who are not nfarid of the fiery fur nace, or the den of Lions; young peo ple who shall go out and meet Go liath in the name of the God of Is rael. VII. Tho last quality I shall name is Perseverance. Perseverance Is the "long pull, strong pull, and pull altogether" on "the home stretch " President Lincoln snkl of General Grant, "He Is not easily excited, and h?> has the grip of a hull dog. When he once gets his teeth la, nothing can shake him cvff." Jacob said to the angel, "I will not let thee go unless thou dost bless me." The unjust judge said, "Though I fear not God. nor regard man, yet be- ! cause this widow troubleth me. I will avenge her, lost by her continual coming she weary tne." The King dom of God suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Robert Bruce made several unsuc cessful attempts to possess his king dom and crown. While seeking eon-' cealment from his foes in a shattered barn : "He flung himself down in low despair, Ah grieved as man could be; And after n \vlule as he pondered there, 'I'll give it nil up,' said he. "Now just at that moment a spider dropped With it* silken cobweb clew. And the king itj the midst of his thinking Stepped to see what the spider would do. " 'Twas a long way up to the reihng dotne. And it hung bv a rope so hue. That how it would get to its eobweb home, King Bruce could . not divine. "It soon began to cling ami crawl Straight up with strong endeavor. Put down it came, with a slipping sprawl. As near to the ground as ever," Xino times the spider tried to roach its cobweb home, but every time it seemed to fall still lower. 'Sure,' cried the king, 'that foolish thing Will strive no more to climb, When it toils so hard to reach and cling, And tumbles every time." "Put u(i the insect went once more, Ah me, 'tis an -anxious minute. TTe's only a foot from his cobwe^) door, Oh. any, will he lone or win it? "Steadily, steadilv. inch by inch. Higher ami higher he got, And a lx>ld little run nt the very last pinch. Put him into his native spot. " 'Rravo, bravo!' the king cried out, 'All honor to those who try; The spider up there defied despair. He conquered, and why shouldn't I?* "And Bruce of Scotland braced hi* mind, And gossips tell the taU, That h? tried ones more a? he tried before And that time he did nut /ail. " I'ay goodly heed, *11 you who rwid, Ant! btwtri pi Myingi 'I can't: 'Ti* a cowardly word and apt to lead To idlutnw, folly and want.' I am now going to innko ii 'state ment that I do not want anyone to misunderstand. I would not have you think for a moment that I don't believe that Christ in our example |n all things, hut Paul said follow in? >"v<n att I follow Christ. 1 am now KoliiK to hold up before the young people two persons who accepted Christ ua their Saviour, Ills Word a;} their guide, and on the qualities named made a success of life, Let me first speak to the young' men. England has given to tho world some of tho greatest men In all branches of learning. To-day we place in the front ranks William Kwart Gladstone. He was horn of wealthy parents and with royal blood In his veins. Instead of becoming dissipated as many a young man in such circumstances would have done, or instead of depending upon his so cial standing, he took the course that I have already laid out in this sermon and by ho. doing "ho being dead yet speaketh." As a Christian he said, "Christ la the hope of my poor wayward life." Ho never missed Borvico on Sunday when well euough to attend. As a student he was graduated with high honors from Oxford, at the age of twenty. His library contained twenty-four thousand volumes. Ho is the author of a number of very Im portant works; several of them are on the Bible. He was one of the greatest orators and statesmen of his time. '!<> bo familiar with his life is to know Eng land's history for a -period of sixty years. Beforo the young women I would hold up as the embodiment of tho principles I have;, referred to in this addressy one of the greatest reform ers that has evqr blessed our coun try. When her funeral car drew Blowly into the city of Chicago, as many nn 30,000 people turned out midst falling snow and sleet to take the last look at one of their greatest benefactors, Frances Elizabeth Wll lard. They came from the North, South, East and West to pay their last tribute of respect. A wreath of flowers was sent by a young lady who had met Miss Willard but once. Sho was then on the .correspondence staff of a city paper, and had been sent to interview Miss Willard. who was sick at the hotel and unable to fill her appointments. Miss Willard was seated In an easy chair, but when sho saw the young lady's pale and ema ciated face she said, "Dearie, you have this chair, you look so tired." Tho young lady said, "I never fbrfeot those words. She was the only per son that had spoken a kind word to me since. I said faroweil to mother and the dear ones at home." Miss Willnrd was true to Christ, denying herself every pleasure or comfort that she might fill the posi tion to which He had called her. Her Influence Is giving to the youth of this land a portion of knowledge that cannot fail to prove beneficial to them. Her honesty as well as her patriot ism may be seen in the fact that dur ing her visit to England, when strained political relations existed be tween England and this country, she said: "I am first a Christian, then I am a Saxon, then I am an American, and when I get home to heaven, I ex pect to register from Evanston." Her tact, push, principle, faith.- courage and perseverance may be seen in tho Kreat organization known to-day throughout the world as "The Wom an's Christian Temperance Union." An army of heroic women who are battling for God and home and na tive land. In conclusion, let me say, life Is to each one of us a great battle, and we must either win or lose it. Which shall it bo? Let us take unto our selves tho whole armor of God, flght the good flght of faith, and endure hardness as gov-id soldiers of Jesus Christ. ' The Captain of our salva tion has never lost a battle. "The Ideal Minister's Wife." The following description is from one of the Methodist papers of Lon don : The ideal minister's wife is queen in her home, ruling her affairs with discretion and looking well to tho ways of her household. She has a keen interest in her husband's people and spares no pains to get to know them. Unselfish as regards her hus band's company, because of the many claims made bpon him. she' waives what seem to be her rights and finds Ui'r Jov in knowing he is helping oth ers. She practices the happy art of adapting herself to circumstances, and is able to converse easily with tho intellectual and the unlearned. Her manners are perfectly natural and entirely free from any tincture of patronage. Her dress is becoming, without dowdlness or loudness. She Is not oversensitive to criticism. She is discreet with her lips and thor oughly good in heart and loves to sec ond her husband s efforts in all tho church work. She avoklB being the leader of any clique, but acts in such a way that all feel they can approach her easily and confide in her perfect ly. She listens to the sorrows of the people and feels with them and ro joices in their joys. She knows how toentertaln and how to be entertained. She keeps abreastof the times in reading and delights in self-culture. Knowing for what special branch of work In the church she is gifted, she devotes herself to it with all her heart. Amiable, bright, pa tient, tactful. ev?r striving to unlock human hearts with the key of love that she may lead them to the Divine Lover, sho finds the minister's wife's lot though "onerous and difficult," yet delightful and blessed, and the "heart of her husband [and his peo ple) doth safely trust in her." "Who is sufficient for these things?" and what minister Is worthy of such a wife? Th<^o is nothing said about who takes care of the chil dren while the minister's "ideal wife" is doing all these things. ? Christian Advocate. j The Uses of Trials. I always fear lest trial might leave me aa the wind which passes over the rock leaves it, hard and dry as before. ? H. Bonar. ' GARDEN. FARM and CROPS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE UP-TO-DATE AGRICULTURIST w Nest Eggs, The vices of egg-eating and feather pulling H>metimcs cnm<> from tho hens eating broken , eggs, and when #ueh a filthy thing as !4 r??* t?|t egg i? left In tin' nest 04 an Inducement, It Ik an Indication of gross mismanage ment, for they often burnt and scatter their contents over t li<f nests and floor, thus making the conditions most fsvorablo for lice to breed and multi lily. Jf nest eggs are to lie used let them be of china or porcelain, as they can then be washed and cleaned at 2iiy iime, and the cost of them is but i trlll?\ Rotten eggs in nests, to be .:scd as nest-eggs, are sure to breed lice, and in that case there will be fewer eggs laid by the hens. ? Weekly Witness. Cowpea Experiment. The soil of the experimental /aim of .he Department o?? Agriculture i?t Washington Is an ordinary not over productive bottom land. To deter ailne the influence of one season's treatment with cowpeas on one area :owpeas were turned under and anoth ?r similar area of like character was Mimmer fallowed. In tho autumn of 1 000 M\ve was sown upon these areas, *nd at harvest time one-half acre was accurately measured and harvested from each of the plats. The plat up 3ii which cowpeas were grown the previous year gave a yield of rye at the rate of 44 bushels to the acre, tvhlle the area which was summer fal lowed yielded only 30 bushels. The cowpeas thus increased ? the yield by practically GO percent. ?Farmers' Home Journal. Crowding Poultry. Crowding Is a common mismanage noent on the farm and results in ba.l sffects "because it always makes good conditions bad and bad conditions worse. There is no argument whatever that can be advanced in defense of overcrowding fowls. It has been thoroughly proven that ten hens in a house that gives them plenty of room will lay more eg-^s than twenty hens that are crowded; hence, one not only Kets fewer eggs when there are too many hens together, but the cost of food is greater and the amount of the work is increased. Trying to do too much with too lit tle^ resources, has caused a good many failures. The proper way is to keep but a few hens and make them all pay, rather than to overdo the thing and "fall down" with the wholo business.? Epltomist. Sheep Stomach Worms. A flockma8ter who has been testing the value of tobacco for parasites in sheep contributes his experience to the American Sheep Breeder as fol lows: We have given tobacco a thorough trial and for information to fellow breeders we give the following rules: TaJ<o by measure salt six parts, jkiw dered tobacco two parts and worm powders one part. Mix these thor oughly and keep before your (lock at all times, also keep before your lambs from day of birth on. They soon learn to like this mild mixture, and still it Is plenty strong enough to give ambitious parasites n deathly headache-^one which sends them to the land of bye and bye. Always powder your tobacco before mixing with salt. Tape worms are not always destroyed by the tobacco treatment, yet they are reduced to a minimum. Excessive feeding of tobacco is liable to cause nervous disorders and also affect the breeding powers of -both rams and ewes, causing them to heroin ' some what impotent. Ye; when tobacco Is allowed In moderate quantities it Is a boon and blessing, to all sheepkind and well worthy of a trial. The Early Hatch, What to do when chicks are hatch ing is thus briefly and fully stated by Cam pbell . '? i o get out the largest possible number of (-hicks. I wait until quite a lot of the shells are pipped; then 1 open tho machine, and as rapidly as possible turn all the pips up and place the eggs as closv to the door as pos sible. Those which pip in the air cell are safe, those which pip below very often choke at once if not turned up; prompt turning up will save most uf them. If the weather Is col l this turning up proves is done onlj twice; If hot, it can be done an often as de sired. Then when they begin to come out keep an eye en them, and all that can turn around and break through both shvll and membrane will net Out best if let alone. Those which turn and do not break through every time they move are very apt to smother. All such need help by simply pulling off the top part of the shell to give them air, and then let Lfeam come out. This must never be done until the chick is strugRlin;; to got out; neither must the trays be pulled out. Open the door and reach In and work as quickly a? possible. Many operators make mis takes in removing the chicks from the ogg chamber If the day is "hot arid close, the chicks will Buffer very much after they become dry if too many are out at once. If they are all removed in a cold day the heat will drop too ntddenly for what ar*> still to come out. My rule Ik to remove the in i tsoon oh dry, if they pant; but If it cold, 1 removu only a tew ut a tlm uk they become too much crowded f< comfort." Will It Pay? A good Investment, or, rather th opportunity to make one, la noon ta! en up by the firfft individual bavin the chanco to embrace it. This is e pocially true where tho scheme in on of considerable proportions. Bmullc opportunities for linuncial bet termer, a itj loo often overlooked. Tho far me Ik too prone to spend bis time behin the plow, or feeding and watering th live ?tock, in order to look after th bigger things on tbe place, with llttl or nq consideration of tho chicken* which he "Shoos" out of the horse trough, and throws at when he see one In the corn crib. And yet, ther in nothing on the place that stands hiu to more profit for the cost of her keei than tho little old speckled hen tha he makes Bland aside when he ii around. And she, in herself la onlj an inferior type oS the proflt-yleldinj machines that he might have work ing for him every month, every week if not every day in tho year. But, there is another thought, .and it is in the line of ^improvement, anc In an enlargement of . the producing capacity of the hens on the place, wlto ?but lit tin expense in order to attain tbe betterment. We refer here to the value of a fine, large pure-bred roos ter of any chosen variety., .^nated with a dozen ordinary hens now; or very soon, from which the seasons new crop of chickens shall come. Lei the man who has no fine fowls now, no thoroughbreds, select a number of his best hens, and mate them up in this way, and use their eggs only, for set ting purposes this season. It would work a complete revolution In tho poultry on his place in the space of six short months, and leave him 50 per cent better off In the poultry line for the next year. The pullets from a mating of this kind, would be very much larger at maturity, than their mothers. They would be much more vigorous, and consequently more prolific In eggs al so. and tbe chickens sold from such a mating to the market, would have at-: talned a saleable slxe younger, and they would also be more plump aud heavier at an equal age, than any that might have been- raised under tho old conditions. Those are points that cannot be gainsaid. And further, pullets from the kind of mating suggested, would make fine winter layers, because of the new blood which they embody, being mado up,, or grown, from two different straluB of blood, which, always in sures increased vitality, and it is the active, healthy hen or pullet, that re sponds to good care and feeding, with a goodly number of eggs, even In the coldest woather. Right now Is a good time to tike ac tion of this kind, aud turn over a new leaf In the poultry yard on tbe farm, and uiaku a fifty percent advance in one season. It will surely pay. ? H. B.' Geer in the Farmers' Home Joun nai. Farm Notes. A mess of oats is a good feed, and will be greatly relished. Give the cabbage and turnips about noon, then there will be no taste of them in tho milk. Warm milk quickly absorbs odors Is the reason why no time should be lost in removing It from the odors of tho stable. If part of the milk Is left In the ud der each time by a careless milker there will soon be a falling off in the milk flow. Long milkers are desirable, but It is better Por the cow and her calf to let her ?o dry a few weeks before the calf arrives. Cows are certain to become Infest ed with lice If bens roost In the sta bles. Rats and mice also bring ver min into tho barn. A irood milk cow, (and no other should be In the dairy) la worthy of the host care. ? From "Dairy Hints" In the Indiana Farmer. Care, something in the way of above hints, will never result in "hollow horn" or "hollow tall," nor In "hol low stomach," either. Cleanliness and cold are two impor taut faotors in handling milk. One keeps out dirt, the other prevents bacteria from Increasing. It would be a fine thing if some farmers would take a small part ot the money their cows earu aud apply It to their comfort and well being. Cold hands lu beginning to milk will cause some sensitive cows to step around aud possibly kick. 8omettm<t a cow kicks becauae of a aore teat. The sore may be inside. ? ? Give clean bedding when It is need ed and let there be plenty. Besldei the comfort to tho cows, tho liquid that is saturated in the beddtng !? worth lota to use as fertiliser. Poor cows! They often suffer acute ly and canuot tell us about it Fbr ? scratched or bruised udder there l? no better remedy wo find than line. For a aore udder try camphorat ed oIL