The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 23, 1909, Image 8
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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