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V UTHERNI . yC[-iCS 0- :.'iTEfREST YO THE PL.ANTEA A I'i= Hospital. A crrespondent of The Southern i iRuaist tell his Inethods with pigs as follnik With a large herd of Berkshires it I is nesary to have a hospital where t you aI place those that get hurt or t need treatment for scours, whooping ( cough. constipation and other ailments a that pigs are subject to just as are mnblers of the human family. The I hospital sLould have several wards so t that each trouble can be treated after C its kind. b'ut in each ward there should I be a lOW. flat box kept supplied with (hareolO. ashes. salt and : little lime. I for more pigs are troubled with indi- I juSt as people. than with any other trouble and the above prescrip tion is a fine alterative and does more to strengthen and improve the digest ive <organs than any -ing I have ever 1 tried. Pigs. like sons' peopl. will t somnetimes gorge thtr stomachs and 1 thereby thwart digestion and be "off e their feed" for weeks. hence it is very : important to feed a pig only as much as h- will clean up at once, but he I should be fed four to six times a day r according to the age and digestion. I Never, under any circumstances, feed pigs under ten weeks of age sour milk, a nor should their dams have it. for it is eertain to bring on scours. After they s are three months old there is nothing t better for them than milk with white I shorts. Bran is fine for cows and ma- I tured hogs, but not fit for pigs. An I old doctor, and a mighty good one. who had retired to his farm. and lived ad- I jacent to me. told mne thirty-five years ago ti'at le had found out wh-t gave ( pigs the blind staggers. set them erazy e and of killed teim. and that it wrs t noth.-g more than ji" son seed that s they would eat in the tall of the year after ty had finished up the wheat i stuble and su'cculent bites of clover, S then why let the miserablr weed go to v seed' Pull it up by the roots when f the grcunid is moist. (10 this every sea son for two years and you are done a with 11. f Pig- are sometimes farrowed with r lut opening in rear and that in- 1 ten. 2for the discharge of water but i stra~0 to say that one opening acts for the diischare of both liquid and v .and I have had such pigs to le d the ilP. st and most thrifty of the litter. j but of cour- they are oyilv fir 01 the q pork barrel and should never be al- h lowed N mate with the boar. The first case I ever had of this I a shipped the pig. which was a very lh iando~me one. to a doctor. and his b elos- chser::ance of such things soon birought to light the trouble which hie a reported very pr'omptly' and to which : i I responlded at' once with aniother pig. 'Y and teid him to eat the fir-st one at a iny. expense. I 'nave a case of this kind n nmow, from an importedl sow, by an impofredu boar, !n the fattening pen. P andl he, she or it is the most voracious ii "gr'owingist" ting you ever saw. It Ii is a (ommton thing for one testicle a onily to be iIsible. I had a case lately p wh're neitimLr was visible and a decid- is ed dlession occuirredl where there f should have been just the reverse, but C: wvhen Pte was butchered they both were i formed and fully two inebes from i their natural position. Sows are nlearl t always bred entirely too young, this early breeding diminishes tihe Size. of h tihe dam and also of her progeny. A r -sow hould never be bred under ten p months of age. and it is much better " to wait until she is twelve months old a' and well matured, then, and only then, X can you Expect to get best results. t( This talk about practically starving ti -a sow for one, two or three weeks p just after farrowing is all wrong: TI there is none of them that would not T be improved, and their pigs too. by moderate feeding of shorts and bran mixed with greasy water, commencing eighteen or ~twenty-four hours after n farrowing. A sow would become so b nervous and ravenous as to trample t' to death and possibly eat her young ' if starved as some recommended. Of -T course you should commence with one-t fourth feed first three days and then f gradually increase it for ten days. t after which time give her all she will iU elean up four times a day. After just a t wo weeks, in cold weather. you can o let her have a moderate ration of corn g night and morning. About the third s wci-c her pigs will begin to nibble at this. I write this from thirty-five years' experience. I have told you b'.forc. in this paper how to get the ir pigs to eat mush at about four weeks C of age. Cbolera or Swine Wever. During these times when science is .9 head ing a fast-moving processionl of :dvaneentt. and unexplored sutbjects I being made paramount issues among I the leading scientists of our country. 3 it is wcll that tile Southern breeders ( get into the "'band wagon" and accept those discoveries that wvill tend to keep dowvn diseases anid tihus save their horas. Along the medir-al line. espe- 1 vialy, hLts the advancement been vecry noticable. Of course these discoveries Pointed Paragraphs. Politics is making others believe what you don't believe yourself. The way to make a woman think you b love her is to get madI about a gown she wers l'erause she thinks other ment will adimire t. A riri is awful smart when she goes to church to be able all at the same iime to mnake her mother believe she r is r'ea'iing the service and some man *hat -Ite i. looking at him.d workman.an ag-o~ Ul:garproof safes and fireproof buildiings seldom are.t R~adIitm will never make a good sub stttute fer the gold briek. li's d iiut for a man to lo';ehi neighbocr as they love themselves. itter the hands that ache from toil than the heart that aches from trouble.I When a man telephones his wife h has to stay dowvntown late with the p:wsidient of his company.. it is a sign she ktnows he is going to lose a lot 2 STOCKMAi AIN5 :rRUCi( GR&WER. re hirgely for the hln11, of the hu lani and not tle' hog. TiIs is a rule -hieh works only one wvay-some Io le are like the hog, but the hog is ot like sone people. Sonme few praC ical discoveries I have made in regard o diseases of the hog which may be f value to the Southern breeders. are s follows: Several years ago when: a hog was aken sick the people rapidly came to he conclusion that the disease was holera, now it is swine fever or pneu ionia. If you will study the disease ou will find they are the same. Swine ever or pneumonia is just a forerun ier of the dreaded cholera. Hogs are ffected in a dozen different ways. 'he disease very seldom comes in the ummer, the first symptoms appearing enerally with the first cold spell in he fall, and is caused by the hog .irst aking cold. They sometimes run at he nose. while others will refuse to at. Others will swell up in the joints nd get down so they can't walk. some ill have such high fevers that the air will come out and they will sim ly dry up on foot: some will have ind staggers nad die with fits and oie wil lose their ears. This can 11 be avoided if you will higin right nd at the proper time. Your herd ould be given your attention at all inies. You should have a nie. warm lace for them to go at will and sleep, ut be sure you do not let too mny ed together. During my experiences along this ne a large number of. farmers have alled on nie for assistance when the isease broke out in theli hz'rds. In ch instance. I have found the fault > be with the owners. in not having .itable accominod:ations for their toek. Most of them have their hogs I a large lot with only the "pale blue" ky for shelter. Keep thea: clear of ermin. give them good food and tle rofits you will reap w'll by surprising. Several years ago our country bounded with thick forest trees which rnished shelter for our si-oek. but lo VoodInnan's axe' hi roiled tie a'.:z. redeL of ibis comnmodty and he uist seek shlcter or suffer the cohnsO teelesi(. A hog that has a good. arm shelter, with nice clean bed ing of straw. will live .ind thrive off st half the food that would be re red to keep the hog which runs at rge and goes to sleep when the suni >es down. and is forced to back up ,.inst a cold. Northern bl;zard. I tve often been asked the qut1lion Ow I made my hogs grow sc fa . The eret of my success is snmiply the ove remedy. No man can have a c herd and see themi tbout once a ek. I have had hogs to die just joning imy premises and wounldl vet' have a sick one. I do not deny that swinV' fever or nieumonia has not appeared in my rd: it has. but by close attention I ve been very successful. losing only few small pigs. I doctor my small gs through their dams. A sow that in pig at the time she has swine ver 0or pneumonia will stand the dis s better thaiun the other hogs. but meir pigs will nearly always come 'ad. with no hair: she will carriy em. however, to the full tim<i(. Every breeder has a reine~y. which rightfully thinks is the best. The medy, however, is not the most im )rtant. "An ounce of prevention is orth a pountd of cure." Study this d make it practical: you will pr'ont. ore hogs die to-day from lack of at *ntion than any other -cause. I ust what I have written will be of ~actical benefit to sonic breeders. omas B. Carney, Murfreesboro, Mock Orange on Horne Grounds. What sort of a home is it that does t have a mock orange or syringa sh? Lilacs and mock orange are the o flowers that' do most to fill the 'hole world with fragrance and make me the most intoxicating month in e year. If you want the most 'agrant v'ariety of mock orange get e old-fashioned kind. A much show r but less fragrant kind. has tiowers 1 inch and three-quarters across, and a purer white. It is also a more raceful bush: the old kind is rather Pruning Grapevines. The pruring of grapevines consists cutting back the right amount of the hrrent season's growth-the amount iieh experience says a grape of a ertain habit of growth and eetainl mount of individual vigor should re pond to properly. The pruning of rapes is a simple matter when their abit of growth is understood. We rune either to check or stin.:'ate igor, to encourage fruit production. or, a the other hand, to discourage i:. he Garden Magazine. A portion of the wall which was uilt around old London by the Rto ans is now being destroyed by build Jets and Flashes. Te best offering we can make is that our obedience. Cross-grained men do not make the rst timber in the church. There is nothing more persuas:ve a all-pervasive piety. Every pang of parting mates faster mr ties to those who remain. Raising a row is alway.s easier than sing the revenue. Christ does not offer to be::r the b-:r ens of our greed. ie always firnds riches in the Gospel ho takes it to the poor. The offense of the adversary is the est defence of the Cross. It is always easier to talk of the 'eather than of the Way of Life. Heaven knows nothing of the bended ne until the heart is bowed also. If the beasts go to Heaven some men ill be shut out on their testimony. Things are always looking up for you hen you are looking out for others. Bring personalities into the pulpit nl you. leaen all-owe out of npeh ORTICULTURE T ISEEUDLES APPLE. A Utli nurserimn reports in the Country Gentlcani ihat he has tina'lV gott en hold of spteci inus of thIe imu1eh talked about seediess apple. and lie says 1that the fruit is very inferior, aild "eertainly not such as would have a ghost (if a ch11nce of a showing in the inarket with :iiy of the standard varieties." It is evident that it is tile saime ol seedless apple that was knowin in Virginia a generation ago. Those who want a poor apple inertly beeause it may be seedless are welcome 1 to pIy $ ernhcl for the trees.-Indian i apolis -News. ENJOY THE ROSES. A queer fallaey induces some peopile to leave the roses unpicked with the idea of encouraging the plant. As a matter of fact. roses should not otily be picked as freely as possible. but with as long stems as the growth will permit. merely observing the precau tion to leave ani outward growing eve or perIaps twa for safety, on the stem below the cut. Where it has been found impossible to pick all the roses for us, then the plants should be gone over daily and :ill faded flowers removed to a point at least two eyes below the llowers. A regular practice of this precaution is the only means of assuring some an tumal blooi in our climate. from "h1y brid peptls." CA STIC SODA FOR SCALE. .. Mary-land o rcha rdist givcs thlie press the followinig experiet-e Willi caustie soda is a spray for scale: "One aipplication of soda has about cleared tem up. It has beeni used here it many orclmrds that had not been spraiyed before. and the results were all) tiha t -oldt he desired. It not o0 ly killed the snle, but cleaned the b:;rk and gave it a n ice. clean appearanCe. Oe- trees never looked better. We th]liiu ve knmow a good thing when we see it. and want our n-ighllbors to know it. as it may do them good. We kn'tw the value of lime. sulphur and salt vazh. ilso. We are sati:slied with ca ust-ic so tla. Eight pounds of crushed r-atisti sol: to fifty gallons of water is the proportion wve use. Pu tie soda in your spr.ly barrel: ilt the harrel with wvater: Stir a few minutes. and yon ar1e ready fo. work. It should be applied lb-fore leaves put out. Simple. iniiex pensive an11(d effectuIal has beeti our ox perience. We have had only one year's xpeien'-e with it. buit feel encor:-:aged o7 continue it ini preference of an thimg olbe. even at the same cost. 'p-to-Date Famiing. FIRST SPRAYING. As h::l' lie battle against. insect and fungus foes is to cat-h them before hley do anty harm. atll spr-ayc:s at-c warneid -o prmepare for- their c-ampa ign in late winter. As the fir-st move in a tussle ag:ainst many of them is spray ng. just as the buds are swelling, that s the timiie to get together-' maiteiils, mpimntst anmd exper: meat s tationt hutl etins conitaining recipes uad directions ot- making tand using insecticides andI ungicidt-s. The tr-ees at-e exanmined for Man Jose sc-ale. and if found infested. rented to the lime-sulphur w~ash. CTnkers" of pear- and apple treces nust be c-ut out and the places painted. s they tire sources of certain fm-uit locays. Fire-blight of the pear and blck-knot of plum and ermry needs to ie pr-uned1 and burnt. Thme diseased -anles 0of hhteCkberries and raspherries an be cut out more easily now than twhen the spring work is pr-essing. Be sure and burn benm. The burrows of loers are easy to find no0w, and a tiex blle w-ire run into them will kill the . iusect. Then just as the buds are swelling omes the first application of a comn bination of Bot-deaux mixture with some ar-senite to help control the spread andl~ ravages of thme seah and bud moth f the apple and peatr: the leaf curl. rot. sab. shot-hole funigus and bud moth of the pteach: the brown rot and plumt pockets of the plumr:: the quince leaf spot. and the rot antd e-urculios on the herrty. A HRLEF PRIMER FOR SPRAYING. F-or iungous diseases and for chew ing insaets. such as beetles and cate pillars. use Bordeutx mixturte anid Ptatis .greeni oi- a similar arsenite. For fritt frees oj all kinids spray with the above mix ture just before the btuds open. Ini uist (-ases. uand espc(iailly in the case of the apple. pear. lumtl anmd cherry make a second~ application with ha wveek a fter- the frunit haus set. Re peat within two weeks. if the season is favotrable for the insects or diseases. ot if tl:e variety is especially subject to attack. - In the case of winter varieties of appies it is highly important that a thorou th spray of Bordeaux mixture atd a:1 arsenite he givect about the first oh August for the second brood of codlin moths and for apple seeh. At that time the amounimt of lime and cop per sulphate may be reduced about one halIf. When the treces at-c attacked by suck ing insects sneh at: planit lice and the various scales, the use of tobacco water for the for-mer- when they tirst apijf and~ sutlphiur. lime and stalt for the lat ter duting the w~inter or eatly spring will generally hold tem int check. The ketosene-limoid may '>e used duritng the sumer foa thme sc-ale and is use full upOn the apple to sulpplemientt the sulphur, lime and salt ini .he spin g. as the? latter does not always kil! all 0f the scales uipion the wuoollv yountg gt-owlths.--Na ioii a ,Ft-nit (Grtowver. A on myied man of Iiigginis ileingratiated himself with his ntew ly a' quired- relatives last week by knocking his father-in-law down with a brickba-. and the justice of the peace-. before whom he was tried for the offense--possibly the one who mar riedl hitmanded downt a verdict of not guilty-Kanisas City .Tourna! Dort live to eat, but eat to liu-e. Man:: of otur ills atre due to overeat ing. to eatinig the wrong thin::s and to htreguletr eating. In the United Stattes. .si h a ,opuia tioni (of about 75.000.000t. there a re 1201, Qon nhysiin With t>Funny Fellov-.s '7x. 4 7 4 Colt e iumor. W illie s.w o e y, ie Couldn't undertail it ("ite; 01uriositt never p:1.-:: It rinec W ilhe even dys. In Chicago. Cholly-" Is she unmi:'rried' villy--Sure! Shs been unmarried four time.-Judge. Hill's Fate. "Didn't I tell you that Bill was too ;low to live'" Why, what's 'e bil and done niow? "He's -orii ;nd got riu over by a bearse:"-Chicago Journal. Nasughty Girl. Cussie--Girls. what kind of stock gs do you prefer?" G ladys--T'hse that are clocked. I ;ay. Grayce-"rhose that are w:itelied for Profetional Criticikm. Pennibs-"*Seriles showed im" Ile lot of his new play this morning." Inkerton-S'o? What is it like?" Pennihs-It looks to te lik. a plot to swindle the pt'hlic."-Colulhbuls )is > atchi. . : Out of the Mouths of i;tbea. Little Bobhy looking at a hig sky Seta peri-**Say . papa,?" Papa-"Well. vthat is it. Bob'by'" Little Bobby-"Wly don't ii:y build he cities in the country. Whlere tUre 5 !ore room Puzzled. Native-Yo:1 indt it hard to untider Foreigner- Yes. a girl just told m-, zhen was goinz in for outdor anit s. tt indoor gm.tes were- g g It. New York St. Not the Hit of the Year. "You otnce wrote a book entitled Imow I (;ot tich.' did you not?" "Yes." "Well. you <!on't look very rh now." "No: I -o poor tryin.: to bribe the mhlie to buy it."-Houstol Post. So Niee of Him. -*Young l Ir. Kadley-BI1lu gorte telN i w ic going in for literature." said Mrs. roadley. "Yes?" queiled the plain person. -Yes. Isn't it good of liim to honor iterature soY"-Philatdelphia Press. IFriendily Tip. Trap-Is there any chance for ork in this town?' Lady-No."' Tramp-"'anks. I guess I'll sum er here. mtum."-Bostonl Post. Ethics. The Heiress-"What is your idea or man of honor?" The Count (throwing out his chest) -Et is von who vilI pay hees vine eel and card debts even eef he 'as oo arry in order to get zee money." A Believer. "Do you believe in premonitionls?" Ye I had a premonition that you were oing to loan me $10." ~I only believe my own premonlitionts; had a premonition I wasn't."-Hous oni Post. "My dear." said the facetious canml a i. Ive brought home a ham for "Thatst what I ecall adding inlsult to nu ury.' murmuitred t he shipwrecked .tor, sotto voce.- Louisville Courier Explained Fully. Mothier-"How did you come to be easing that little JTones girl? Her notther was just conmplaining to me boout it." Willie Hardease--"Well. she wanted omebody to tease her, I wanted to ease somebody, and we wvere both ae: ommodating. Thtat's all."--Baltimfore Aerican. Tike Necessary Expertence. H-ewitt-"My fortune is made. old na; I have hiad a story published." Jewett-You don't expect cz make our fortune out of one story. do you?' Hewitit-"ell. yes, indirectly; I atm flW in a position to give advice to -ong :authors or start a school of ;onalism or~ any other old thing in tht line."-Woman's Home Coin FInishied the Joh. Ecited G;entleman-"It'sial through -uwrot vehed paper." Editor (who is used to itt-"What s the matter now?" Ecit Gentleman-"YoulstatedI the lay be. -e yesterday that a thief had ntrred *a room, hroken open my esk, o a stolen a sum of money. but hat f unately he had overlooked [h gold wvatch which usually lies mn the bottom drawer." Editor-Well. I believe the facts are tatd tIcorrectly." Ecited Getea---hyr correct mough. But wvhat is the result? That infous man camec again last night i 1 -'ried off the, watchi"-Chi1cago SUNDAY. JULY, NINTH. The ir.deling Christ: Col. 2; G-10; 3: 8-16. In Ihis lesson Paul exhorts the ('olossian Christians to stalwart liv in. basedl upon their experience of salvation. As they had received Chris: so they were to walk. to be rooted. to grow and to be built up. They were to avoid being "spoiled" by worldly philosophy. This they were to do by being possessed by the "indweliing Christ. who was the Godhead. Possesed by him, they were to be complete in all the plent'i tide of his gracious gifts. In the sec ond selection from the same epistle they were to demonstrate this "com pleteness" by putting away certain sins very common at that day. The fact of an indwelling Christ was to be evidenced by the putting off of the old man and the putting on of the new. And this new man was to be a renewed man bearing the image of Christ. The Christian is to in earnate Christ. even as he incarnat ed the Father. Jesus taught that the kingdom ,of God was within us: that it was a mubjective kingdom of righteousness, peace. and joy in the Holy Ghost. The kingdom set up in the heart of man is a personal indwelling of a personal Christ. Christ is "formed in us the hope of glory." He abides in us and we are one with him. Other systems of religion are con tent to preach precepts; but. Christ nsists that we possess his life and ii. No man is a "Christian" in h -:rripitural sense until he incarn aics the spirit and life of Jcsus. The tongue is an index of the heart. The spech manifests the spirit. Lying is to give place to r hfulncss. filthy communications to cleanliness and purity. blasphemv to prayer. and anger to kindness and charity. The most careful watchful ness olf outr languguge will be one laracteristic of a new heart. There will be a radical change In he life of a man who has been con vori 'ii. 1e will go to different pvhens: ho will asociate in different ompany: he breaks olf some habits ad forms others. He (eases to do vil and learns to do wetl. He is not I m1v nctatively one who does not do vil things. but he is positively' one who does good. He imitates his Ister in going about do'ing good. 71o is not content to stop sinning: he wei :ns To perforn good works. IBehinl the words and actions lie the motives, the spirit of the life Here will the indwelling Christ manlies-t hps presence. The spirit Vll become gentle and sweet and pure. The unseen influence of the life will be wholesome and healthful. Constant companionshi) with the Christ with'in will transform the man into Christiikeness of spirit. Others vill be impressed with the fact that he has been with Jesus and learned f him. This blessed presence and ndwlling is the privilege and duty f ver coul. 881ISTIANENHD~OD NOTES SUNDAY, JULY 9. he Indwelling Christ. Col. 2: 6-10; 3: 8-16.. For Christ to dwell in us means ht much else must not dwell in us -w-hatever would displace Christ. If we would receive the Christ, we nust first receive the Bible through he Spirit, who will take these things f Christ and show them to us. Thi-re is no such th'ing as an inl twelling Christ without an out-well .ng Christ. Whatever you lack, whatever with godily mind you want, you will find n Christ as certainly as you find oxy ;en in fresh air, Suggestions. This one thought, fully appre ended and followed out, would make . perfect Chr'istian: I must make my ife fit for the indwelling of Christ. If Christ lives in us, we shall be leasant for others to live with. Let us make our hearts not only laces where Christ will endure to ive, but places where He will de ight to live. Do not try to understand how we an dwell in Christ and He in us. ive each truth out, and you will -eadily understand it. Illustrations. No king will remain in a hoase here he is not the chief guest. And Thrist is the King of kings. Some guests are a constraint upon ie household, but Christ in our ~earts introduces us to ourselves and o one another. We have "company behavior" and 'home manners." Christ recognizes nly the latter. Where heat is, cold canngt dwell: here you would have Ch ist. you aust banish sin. Out-Door Work. It is a beautiful custom to hold an >casional prayer meeting out of doors. A sunrise or sunset meet g on a hill-top is especially impres ive. Our societies do not as often is they should hold their socials out loors. with outdoor games. Some societies have organized En iavor cycle clubs, that travel on their whe< .s and hold evangelitgtic ~evices in neglected places. Christian Endeavor flower gardens have been made in many places to Eurnish all the flowers needed for the hrch. An Entdeavor field-day might be hr-id once a year, with a series of uthletc contests carefully planned ad carried OUt with sirit. Fix it or some patriotic holiday. Christian Endeavor wvalking clubsI will strengthen the body. develop de ightful companionships. and bring the soc'iety into all the most beauti ful and interesting spots of the comn nuny. Acid from Sweets. That was a very fair retort of a pretty girl annoyed by the imperti nence of a conceited beau at a wed ding party. "Do you know what I was thinking >f all the time during the ceremony" he asked. "No. sir: bow should I?" "Why, I was blessing my stars i tas not the bridegroom." 'And I have no doubt the bride was doing the same thing," said the girl, and left him to think it over again. Ciago Journal. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL'J INTERNArIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JULY 9. Subject: Hezekiab's Prayer, Isa. xxxviii., S 1-8-Golden Text, Poa. xlvi., 1-Mem ory Verses, 4-6-Commentary on the 1ay's Lesson. I. Isaiah warns Hezekiah of ap proaching death (V. 1). "In those days." This may only mean in the days of Hezekiab. That this was in the fourteenth year of his reign is evi dent when we consider that fifteen years were added to his life (r. 5), and yet he only reigned twenty-nine years (2 Kings IS: 2). It must have been be fore the invasion by Sennacherib from the fact that God promised to deliver them out of the hand of the King of Assyria and to defend Jerusaiem. "Sick unto death." Sick of a malady which. in the natural course of things,. would have proved fatal. From 2 Kings 20: 7 we learn that the disease a was probably a carbuncle. God sends M illness upon the good, not in punish- tJ ment for sins past. but as a trial of their faith and patience (Rom. 5: 3 .1. "Isaiah." Isaiah's character stands h before us as one of almost superhuman 0 elevation. "Caine unto him." There is 1 no species of cruelty greater than to suffer a friend to lie on a dying bed W under a delusion. And there is evi- e dently no danger to be apprehended i from communicating to the sick their true condition. It should be done ten- f derly and with affection, but it should n be done faithfully. "Set thine house in t order." Arrange your affairs so that they will go on without you: referring to his family. his plans, his successor and his kingdom. "Thou shalt die." S Death was the natural result of his D sickness. II. Hezekiah prays in great distress (v's. 2, 3)i. th al. - ie 2. "Face toward the wall." He ad turned away from those who were so present so that he might pray more freely and collectedly. .3. "Rzememiber ow." Tle old covenant promised ten por-al prosperity. iluding length of ihvs. to the righteous. "Walked." cl Life is a journey: God's people walk with Him tGen. 5: 24: 1 Kings 9: 4). 'A perfect heart." Literally, "with a whole beart," one absolutely devoted to Jeihovah. Tihe kinig pleads his up ilghtness and holy conduct before God. Ie could not have (lone this. in the ace of death. had he not felt in his P3 beart the truthfu::ess of his state- tI neits. His intiuence had been wholly n the side of true religion: he had not ror-saken the ways of the Lord. "Wept ore." Literally. "with a great weep n.." The great sorrow of Hezekiah it the a;)proach of death was only nat ral. The desire to live one's full term >f years is right. Hezekiah felt that m: uis work was untinished. il. God's pronse: to lezekiah (vs. !-G;. 4. 'Then eni." eti'. God spake ) Isaiah immediately (2 Kings 20:4). 5. "God of David thy father." God P 'vemIn'bers the coven:Int with the fath- - -r to the children i lE::od. 20-5'. "Heard E :hy prayer." God still hears prayer. ,a [t is His will that we pray (Matt. 7: 7- sa l1, Jolhn 15: Ti. Why then are there so J 'anny unanswered petitions? Because :hre :s so much aimless praying 0 TJames 4: 3). "Seen thy tears." Atree ionate prayers are especially pleasing cai o0 God. Cold, lifeless pray'ers are rot nswe'~red. David refers to his tears Psa. 563: 8) as though God bottled them .. tad kept ant exact account of them in Iis "hook." "Add unto thy days." In Kings the promise is. "I will heal thee: n the third dlay thou shalt go up unto a e house of the Lord." The Lord still a wals people. somties' by directing it he sutrerer to the pr1oper remedy andi bE mmeltimets without thte use of a remt-h ady. it this case (see 2 Kings 20: T) he Lord( told Hezekiah to make a poni :ice of figs an'd put it on the boil, or arbuncttle. "Fifteen years." Hezekiah d( s the only man who was ever informed _ f the term of his life. God in mercy as hidden the time of our death from ur eyes. We should be always readuy b nd should work as though each day bi sas our last. 43. "Will dleliver." Th~er ssyrians were a powerful enetny and t 'ere constantly to be feared. IV. The sign given Hezekiah (vs. T. o -."A sign." Hezekiah asked for B isign. (2 Kings 20: 8). Asking for a. ign is a pious or a wicked act accord ng to the spirit in which it is done. W ~Iezekiah is given his choice of two igns, and he chose what appeared to se ~im to be the more difficult. . "Shadow of the degrees." 'The hadow on the steps." R. V. Many d pinions are held with regard to this dh niracle. The older commentators be ieved that the earth's motion was act- t ally reversed around its axis. It has f een urged with a good deal of force f :at the true cause of the phenomenon vas a solar eclipse, in which the moon bscured the upper limb of the sun, Cl vyhich would have the effect of length- h ning all shadows and thus causing the b ypearance of going backward on the' j ial of the stairs. But the opinion gen rally held at present is that it was a b iraculous use of the laws of refrac ion. "Dial of Ahaz." "Steps of t( Ahaz." Ri. V., margin. The dial which hr haz set up. and which he probably bi btained from Babylon, for he appears rI :o have been fond of foreign objects of irt 2 Kings 16: 10). The Assyrians aere the first to divide the day into :wenty-four hours. Herodotus states :hat the Greeks obtained their knowvl dge of the dial and the division of the lay into twelve parts from the Baby onians, wvho were in constant inte'r- d ourse with the Assyrians. "Returned te Len steps" (Rl. V.) We must suppose that the "steps." whatever they were. fE could he seen from the sick chamber tz a' Hezekiah, to whose mind the sign sI ias signilicant. The retreating shadiowc meant added years to his life. What kind of apparatus is denoted by theg 'steps of Ahaz" wve have no means ofd determining.________I Music. [he Jews have an old tradition that when the world was done. t tand God from His work was resting. He caliled to Him. one by one. ['he shining troops of the angels, anid a, showing the wonder wrought. ['he Master asked of His servants what they of the vision thought. . . [hen one white angel. dreaming o'er the g marvel before him spread. a ent low in humble obeisance, lifted his voi:e, and said: 'One thing only' is lacking-Praise from n the new-born tongue. [he sound of a hallelujah by the great creation sung." 3o God created music-the voices of land and sea. and the song of the stars revolving in t one vast harmony. )ut of the deep uprising, out from the ether sent. a rhe song of the destined ages thrilled through the firmament. o the -rivers among the valleys, the murmur of wind-swept hill. rhe seas and! the bird-thrilled woodlands h utter their voices still: ongs of stars and of waters, echoes of Y vale and shore- K The voice of primeval nature praising Him evermore. And the instruments men have fashioned a sin~ce time and the world were young.t With gifted fingers giv.ing the metal and i wood a tongue. With the human voice translating the soul's wild joy and pain. Have swelled the undying paean, have raised the immortal strain! .-R.ble T. Weyburn. NSTC CONFIDENCE 7cmen Obtain Mrs. Pinkharm's Advice and Eclp. le Has Gndrd Thous-ans to Health. How Lydia E. Pinki.ni'. Ve:etablo Come pountd Cured Mrs. F:ed .Neydcl. action or a woman to feel that can write to nothertellingher the, most private and confidential details about her " .7 illnessand know that her letter will be seen by a wo Yman only, a wo man full of sym fe pathy for her sick sisters, and bove all, a woman who has had ore experience in treating female ills ian any living person. Over one hundred thousand cases of male diseases come before Mrs. Pink am every year, some personally, hers by mail, and this has been go ig on for twenty years, day after day. Surely women are wise in seeking Ivice from a woman of such experi ice, especially when it is absolutely -ee. Mrs..Pinkham never violates the con lence of women. and every testimo ial letter published is done so with Le written consent cr request of the riter. in order that other sick women ay be benefited as they have been. Mrs. Fred Seydel. of 412 North 54th -reet, West Philadelphia, Pa., writes: mar Mrs. Pinkham: " Overa year ago I wroteyou aletter askin lvice, as I had femah- ills and could not rry a child to maturity. I received your ad letter of instruetiors and followed your [vice. I am not only a well woman in con quence, but have a beautiful baby girl. I ish every suffering woman in the land would rite you for advice, as you have done so uch for me." Just as surely as Mrs. Seydel was tred. will 'Lydia E. Pinkham's egetable Compound cure every oman suffering from any form of male ills. No other medicine in all the world Ls such a record of c.*es of female oubles as has Lydia E. Pinkham's egetable Compound. Therefore no -udent woman will accept any substi Lte which a druggist may offer. If you are sick, write Mrs. Pinkham, vnn. Mass , for special advice. It is ee and always helpful. IEDICAL DEPARTMENT. TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISISNA. ts advantages for r;rical instruction. both anr.le laboratori*. and abundant -hospital t.ri.js are u- uall'd. Free access is given th- groat Charity Hospitai with 900 beds and 000 ratients annualiy. special instruction is -r. daily at the be. Iide of the sick. The et s-slion be~ins cefaber 19th. 1905. For aloguA and informatirn add]resa PRIOF. S. E. CHAILi.E. M D., Dean. o. orawer 261. NEW 0RLEA.S. LA. 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If they were only sensible ough to know how any dog, from e meanest cur to the bluest-blood canine on earth was in the habit taking his oil, it would be different. it they are all at sea on the sub et, and poor doggie is about dead len a friend utters: 'Humph! All chumps on dogs, I e. Pour the stuff -over the fellow's w s.' Lo, and behold! The wise few who ought they knew all about dogs and gs things learned something to eir credit when they saw how care Ily Towser licked his paws, cleaned em and thus took his oil without ss and in the proper way. In hiring a herdic, coupe, or other trriage, never forget to look at the rses and hire those that look the st and have no docked tails. admon hes Our Dumb Animals. When we .ke a herdic we pick out one drawn r a good horse, tell the driver not hurry, but take it easy, and give m five or ten cents over his fare for ~ing kind to his horse. We never de behind a dock-tailed horse. IN COLONEL'S TOWN. Things nPen. 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My ervous troubles were spee dily re~ieved ad the sleep which the old coffee rove from my pillow always came to othe and strengthen me after I had runk Postum-In a very short time I egan to sleep better than I had for. ears before. I have now used Postum offee for several years and like it bet r and find it more beneficial than rhen I first began. It is an unspeak ble joy to be relieved of the old dis ess and sickness." Name given by; 'ostum Company, Battle Creek, Mich. Teesa reason. Redthe little book, "The 'Road to -elile"inecha3