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Pis Hospital.
A correspondent of Tlie Southern
Ruralist tell his methods with pigs as
follows*
With a large herd of Berksliires it
is necessary to have a hospital where
you car, place those that get hurt or
need treatment for scours, whooping
COUgl). COllSlipailon auu Oilier auiurms
that pigs are subject to just as are
members of the human family. The
hospital should have several wards so
that each trouble can be trea'ed after
its kind, but in each ward "here should
be a low. tint box kept supplied with
charcoal, ashes, salt and i little lime,
for more pigs are troubled with indigestion
just as people, then with any
other trouble and the above prescription
is a fine alterative and does more
to strengthen and improve the digestive
organs than anything I have ever
. tried. Pigs, like some people, will
sometimes gorge their stomachs and
thereby thwart digestion and be "off
their feed" for weeks, hence it is very
important to feed a pig only as much
as he will clean up at oucp. but he
should be fed four to six times a day
according to the age and digestion.
Never, under any circumstances, feed
pigs under ten weeks of age sour milk.
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certain to briny ou seours. After they
are three mouths old there is nothing
better for them than milk with white
shorts. Bran is fine for cows and matured
hogs, but not fit for pigs. An
old doctor, and a mighty good oue. who
had retired to his farm, and lived adjacent
to me. told me thirty-five years
ago that he had found out what gave
pigs the bbnd staggers, set them crazy
and often killed them, and that it was
nothing more than jimpson seed that
they would eat in the fall of the year
after they had finished up the wheat
stubble and succulent b'tes of clover,
then why let the miserable weed go to
seed? Pull it up by the roots when
the ground is moist, do this every season
for two years and you are done
with it.
Pigs are sometimes farrowed with
but one opening in rear and that intend;
(1 for the discharge of water but
strange to say that one opening acts
for the discharge of both liquid and
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9uuu. <iuu i iia % v iiiiu ky'h-" 4" "v l
the finest and most thrifty of the litter,
but of course they are only fit for the
pork barrel and should never be allowed
mate with the boar.
The first case I ever had of this I
shipped the pfg. which was a very
handsome *>ce. to a doctor, and his
clos-- observance of such things soon
brought to light the trouble which ho
reported very promptly and to which
I responded at once with another pis:,
and told him to eat the first oue at 1
my expense. I have a case of this kind
now. from an imported sow. by an
imported boar, bi the fattening pen.
and he. sLe or it is the most voracious
"growingist" thing you ever saw. It
is a common thing for one testicle i
only to be visible. I had a case lately |
where neitbec. was visible and a docid- i
od depression occurred where there
should have been just the reverse, hut <
when he was butchered they both were
formed and fully two inches from <
th"ir natural position. Sows are nearly 1
always bred entirely too young, this
4^arly breeding diminishes the size of 1
1be dam and also of her progeny. A i
sow should never be bred under teu ]
, months of age. and it is much better
to wait until she is twelve months old i
and well matured, then, and only then,
can you expect to get best results.
This talk about practically starving
a sow for one. two or three weeks ;
Just after farrowing is all wrong: '
there is none of them that would not 1
, be improved, and their pigs too. by
moderate feeding of shorts and bran
mixed with greasy water, commencing
eighteen or twenty-four hours after
farrowing. A sow would become so
nervous and ravenous as to trample
to death and possibly eat her young
if starved as some recommended. Of
course you should commence with onefourth
feed first three days and then
gradually increase it for ten days,
after which time give her all she will
clean up four times a day. After just
two weeks, in cold weather, you can
let her have a moderate ration of com
night and morning. About the third
week her pigs will begin to nibble at
this. I write this from thirty-five
years' experience. I have told you
before in this paper how to get the
pigs :o eat mush at about four weeks
of age.
Cholera or Sirine Fever.
During these times when science is
bending a fast-moving procession or
advancement, and unexplored subjects
being made paramount issues among
the leading scientists of our country,
it is well that the Southern breeders
get into the "band "wagon" and accept
those discoveries that will tend to keep
down diseases and thus save their
herds. Along the medical line, especially.
lias the advancement been very
noticable. Of coarse these discoveries
Pointed Paragraph!.
Politics is making others believe
what you don't believe yourself.
The way to make a woman think you
love her is to get mad about a gown
Bhe wears because she thinks other men
will admire it.
A gir! is awful smart when she goes
to chun h to be able all at the same
?ime to make her mother believe she
is reading the service and some man
ioat jftr j- jOOKing ai mm.
Sudufn riches spoil many a good !
workman.
Bargiarproof safes and fireproof
buildings seldom are.
Radium will never make a good substitute
for the gold brick.
It's difficult for a man to love his
neighbor as they love themselves.
Better the tends that ache from toil
than the heart that aches from trouble.
When a man telephones his wife he
has to stay downtown late with the
president of his company, it is a sign
she knows he is going to lose a lot
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ARM /0J?S.
DO- o I
E7?.. 5 J OCX MAN ANO TRUCK GHO Af-R, \
I arc largely for the benefit of the human
ami not the hog. This is a rule
which works only one way?some people
are like the hog, but the hog is
not like some neonle. Some few prae
tical discoveries I have made in regard
to diseases of the hog which may be
of value to the Southern breeders, are
as follows:
I Several years ago when a hog was
taken sick the people rapidly came to
| the conclusion that the disease was
cholera, now it is swine fever or pneu|
monia. If you will study the disease
you will find they are the same. Swine
fever or pneumonia is just a forerunner
of the dreaded cholera. Hogs are
affected in a dozen different ways.
The disease very seldom comes in the
summer, the first symptoms appearing
generally with the first cold spell in
the fall, and is caused by the hog first
taking cold. They sometimes run nit
the nose, while others will refuse to
eat. Others will swell up in the joints
and get down so they can't walk, some
will have such high fevers that the
hair will come out and they will simply
dry up on foot: some will have
blind staggers end die wit 1: fits and
some will lose their ears. This can^
all be avoided if you will begin right
and at the proper time. Your herd
should be given your attention at all
times. You should have a nice, warm
*' A* ?"* of xx'i 11 on/1 clonn
piuvrt" tvi nxi-iii iv ???
but be sure you do not let too many
bed together.
During my experiences along this
line a large number of fartners have
called 0:1 me for assistance when the
disease broke out in their herds. In
each instance. I have found the fault
to be with the owners, in not having
suitable accommodations for their
stock. Most of them have their hogs
in a large lot with only the ''pale blue" '
sky for shelter. Keep them clear of
vermin, give them good food and the
profits you will reap will be surprising. I
Several years ago our country
abounded with thick forest trees which
furnished shelter for our Siock. but
the woodman's axe has robbed the lazy
brefdci of this commodity and he
must seek shelter or suffer the consequences.
A hog that has a good,
warm shelter, with nice clean bed- j
ding of straw, will live md thrive off
just half the food that would be required
to keep tie hog which runs at
large and goes to sleep when the sun
goes down, and is forced to back up
against a cold. Northern blizard. I
have often been asked the question
how I made my hogs grow so fast. The
secret of my success is simply the
above remedy. No man can have a
nice herd and see them about once a
week. I have had hop* to dip just
adjoining my promises and would
never have a sick one.
I do not deny that swine fever or
pneumonia has not appeared in my
herd: it has. but by elose attention I
have been very suecessful. losing only
a few small pigs. I doctor my small 1
pigs throngh their dams. A sow that 1
is in pig at the time she has swine i
fever or pneumonia will stand the dis- I
rase better than the other hogs, but ;
their pigs will nearly always eome 1
lead, with no hair; she will carry j
them, however, to the full tim<.
Every breeder has a remedy, which !
he rightfully thinks is the best. The j
remedy, however, is not the most im- j
portant. "An ounce of prevention is I
worth a pound of cure." Study this j
and make it practical: you will profit. '
More hogs die to-day from lack of at- ;
tention than any other cause. I 1
trust what I have written will be of
practical benefit to some breeders.?
Thomas B. Carney, Murfreesboro,
Tcnn.
Mark Orange on Home Grounds.
What sort of a home is it that does
not have a mock orange or syringa I
bush? Lilacs and mock orange are the i
two flowers- that do most to fill the I
whole world with fragrance and make
June the most intoxicating month in J
the year. If you want the most
fragrant variety of mock orange get
the old-fashioned kind. A much showier,
but less fragrant kind, has flowers
an inch and three-quarters across, and
of a purer white. It is also a more ]
graceful bush; the old kind is rather i
stiff.
Pruning Grapevines.
The pruning of grapevines consists
in cutting back the right amount of the
current season's growth?the amount
which experience says a grape of a
certain habit of growth and certain
amount of individual vigor should re- j
spond to properly. The prtfning of
grapes is a simple matter when their
habit of growth is understood. We
prune either to check or stimulate
vigor, to encourage fruit production, or,
on the other hand, to discourage it.?
The Garden Magazine. ......
A portion of the wall which was j
built around old London by the Romans
is now being destroyed by builders.
Jets and Flashes.
The best offering we can make is that
of our obedience.
Cross-grained men do not make the
best timber in the church.
There is nothing more persuasive
than all-pervasive piety.
Every pang of parting males faster
our ties to those who remain.
Raising a row is always easier than
raising the revenue.
Christ does not offer to bear the burdens
of our greed.
He always finds riches in the Gospel
who takes it to the poor.
The offense of the adversary is the
best defence of the Cross.
It is always easier to talk of the
weather than of the Way of Life.
Heaven knows nothing of the bended
knee until the heart is bowed also.
If the beasts go to Heaven some men
will be shut out on their testimony.
Things are always looking up for you
when you are looking out for others.
Bring personalities into the pulpit
and you leave all power out of preaching.
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yjliP^E
THE SEEDLESS APPLE.
A Utah nurseryman reports in the
Country (lentleman that he has finally
i gotten hold of specimens of the much
j talked about seedless apple, and he
j says that the fruit is verv inferior,
j and "certainly not such as wmild have
1 a ghost of a chance of a showing in
the market with any of the standard
varieties." It is evident that it is the
j same old seedless apple that was
j known in Virginia a generation ago.
1 Those who want a poor apple merely
| because it may be seedless are welcome
f *?.?* ? > 1. thrt fvnnc ?Tmlitin.
! ;?i>olis News.
ENJOY THE ROSES.
I A queer fallacy Induces some people
i lo leave the roses unpicked with the
i idea of encouraging the plant. As a
i matter of fact, roses should not only
; be picked as freely as possible, but
with as long stems as the growth will
, permit* merely observing the preeaui
tion to leave an outward growing eye,
or perhaps two 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 dally and
i all faded flowers removed to a point at
ib'ast two eyes below the flowers. A
jugular practice of this precaution is
t% only means of assuring some autumnal
bloom in our climate, from "hybrid
porpetuals." \
CAUSTIC SODA FOR SCALE*
A Maryland orchardist sflves the
press the following experience with
( caustic soda as a spray for scale:
"One application of soda has about
1 cleared them up. It has been used here
in many orchards that had not been
sprayed before, and the results were
all that could be desired. It not only
! killed the scale, but cleaned the bark '
and gave it a nice, clean appearance, j
Ot^ trees never looked better. We j
thinK we know a good thing when we J
see it. and want our neighbors to know I
it. as it may do them good. We know I
1 lit' value of lime, sulphur and salt
wash. also. We are satisfied with
caustic soda. Eight pounds of crushed
caustic soda to fifty gallons of water is
the proportion we use. Put the soda in
your spray barrel: fill the barrel with
water: stir a few minutes, and you are
ready for work. It should be applied
before leaves put out. Simple, inexpensive
and effectual has been our experience.
We have had only one year's
experience with it. but feel encouraged ;
to continue it* in preference of anything
else, even at the same cost."?
I'p-to-Date Farming.
FIRST SPRAYING.
As h.rir the battle against insect and
fungus foes is to catch them before
they do any harm, all sprayers are
warned to prepare for their campaign j
in late winter. As the first move in a
tussle against many of them is spray- j
ins. jnst as the buds are swelling, that ?
is the time to get together materials,
uiplcments and experiment station btil- ;
letins containing recipes and directions !
for making and using insecticides and
fungicides. The trees are examined for
San Jose scale, and if found infested,
treated to the lime-sulphur wash, j
"Cankers" of pear and apple trees
must he cut out and the places painted, j
as they are sources of certain fruit |
decays. Fire-blight of the pear and j
black-knot of plum and cherry needs to
be pruned and burnt. The diseased
canes of blackberries and raspberries
can be cut out more easily now than
when the spring work is pressing. Be
sure and burn tliem. The burrows of
borers are easy to find now. and a flexible
wire run into them will kill the
insects.
men just as me nuus are Hwemug
comes the first application of a combination
of Bordeaux mixture with
some arsenite to help control the spread
and ravages of the scab and bud niotb
of the apple and pear: the leaf curl, rot.
scab, shot-hole fungus and bud moth
of the peach: the brown rot and plum
pockets of the plum: the quince leaf
spot, and the rot and curculios on the
cherry.
A BRIEF PRIMER FOR SPRAYING, i
For fungous diseases and for chew- j
ing insects, such as beetles and cater- '
pillars, use Bordeaux mixture and
Paris green or a similar arsenite. For
fruit trees of all kinds spray with the
above mixture just before the buds
open. In most cases, and especially
in the case of the apple, pear, plum and
cherry make a second application within
a week after the fruit has set. Repeat
within two weeks, if the season ;
is favorable for the insects or diseases,
or if the variety is especially subject to
attack. In the case of winter varieties
of apples it is highly imjiortant that a
thorough spray of Bordeaux mixture
and an arsenite be given about the
' first of August for the second brood of
codlin moths and for apple scab. At
I that time the amount of lime and copj
per sulphate may be reduced about
one half. I
When the trees are attacked by suckj
ing insects such as plant lice and the j
various scales, the use of tobacco water
for the former when they first appear,
and sulphur, lime And salt for the latter
during the winter or early spring
j will generally hold them in check. The
kerosene-limoid may l>e used during
j the summer for the scale and is use!
fill upon the apple to supplement the
j sulphur, lime and salt in he spring.
J as the latter does not always kill all
of the scales upon the woolly young
\ growths.?National Fruit Grower.
Getting Solid.
A young married man of Higginsville
ingratiated himself with his newly
acquired relatives last week by
knocking his fa^er-in-law down with
a brickbat, anm the justice of tlx?
peace, before muom he was tried for
the offense?pJssibly the one who married
him-lialded down a verdict of
not guilty.?Kan^ City Journal.
Don't live to eat, but eat to live.
Many of our ills are due to overeating,
to eating the wrong things and
to irregular eating.
In the United States, with a population
of about 75.000,000, there are 120,
000 iibjsieiaug.
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With the Funny \
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Collect Ilnmor.
"Willie saw some dynamite.
Couldn't understand it quite;
Curiosity never pay#;
It rained Willie seven days.
/ ?Princeton Tijjer.
In Chicago.
Cholly?"Is she unmarried?"
Willy?"Sure! She's been unmarried
four times."?Judge.
Bill'* Fate.
"Didn't I tell you that Bill was too
slow to live?"
"Why, what's 'e bin and done now?"
"He's gorn and got run over by a
hearse!"?Chicago Journal.
Naughty Girl.
Gussie?"Girls. what kind of stock!
ings do you prefer?"
Gladys?"Those that are clocked. I
| say." * - v
Grayce?"Those that are watched for
I me!"
IProltMlnnal Criticijnii.
j renins?"Scribbles showed me the
I hie now nlnv this niorninc."
I""1#' " I""
InKerton?"So? What is it like?"
Pennibs?"It looks to me like n plot !
to swindle the public.*'?Columbus Dispatch.
I - ' * - AOut
of the Mouth* of Bahe*.
Little Bobby (looking at a big sky!
scraper)?"Say. papa?"
Papa?"Well, what is it. Bobby?"
! Little Bobby?"Why don't they build
t the cities in the country, where there
is more room?"
Puzzled.
Native?"You find it hard to understhnd
our language?"
Foreigner?"Yes. a girl just told me
she was going in fof outdoor games,
but indoor games were going out."?
New York Sun.
Not the Hit of the Year.
' You once wrote a book entitled
'How I Clot Rich,' did you not?"
"Yes."
"Well, you don't look very rich now."
"No; I got poor trying to bribe the
public to buy it."?Houston Post,
So Nice of Him.
"Young Mr. Kadley-Biuegoro tells me
he is going in for literature," said Mrs.
Toadley.
"Yes?" queried the plain person,
" es. Isn't it good of him to honor
literature so?"?Philadelphia Press.
Friendly Tip.
Tramp?"Is there any chance for
work in this town':**
Lady?"Xo."
Tramp?"T'anks. I puess I'll summer
here, mum."?Boston Post.
Kthlo*.
The Heiress?"What is your idea of
a man of honor?"
The Count \throwinp out his chest)
?"Eet is von who vill pay hees vine
beel ami card debts even eef he 'as
to marry in order to get zee money."
-Life.
A Believer.
"Do you believe in p-emonitions?"
"Yes."
"I had a premonition that you wore
going to loan me $10."
"I only believe my own premonitions;
I had a premonition I wasn't."?Houston
Tost.
Hum.
"My dear." said the facetious cannibal,
"I've brought home a ham for
dinner."
"That's what I call adding insult to
injury," murmured the shipwrecked
actor, sotto voce.?Louisville CourierJournal.
k Explained Fully.
Mother?"How did you come to be
teasing that little Jones girl? Her
mother was just complaining to me
about it."
Willie Hardcase?"Well, she wanted
somebody to tease her, I wanted to
tease somebody, and we were both nccommodating.
That's all."?Baltimore
American.
The Xeceuury Experience.
; Hewitt?"My fortune is made, old
man; I have bad a story published."
Jewett?"You don't expect to make
your fortune out of one story, do you?"
' Hewitt?"Well, yes, indirectly; I am
! now in a position to give advice to
-~11??? cfnrt n SehOOl Of
young nuuiws ui on... ?
journalism or any other old thing in
that line."?Woman's Home Companion.
Flnlnlinl the Job.
Excited Gentleman?"It's all through
1 your wretched paper."
Editor (who is used to it)?"What's
the matter now?"
Exciti 1 Gentleman?"You stated the
day be: -e yesterday that a thief had
entered ay room, broken open my
desk, ai ' stolen a sum of money, but
that fo:- unately he had overlooked
the gold watch which usually lies in
the bottom drawer."
Editor?"Well, I believe the facts are
stated correctly."
Ecited Gentleman?"They're correct
enough. But what is the result? That
infamous man came again last night
and carried off the watch!"?Chicago
Journal.
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: EPMH LEHEIIE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JULY, NINTH.
The Indwelling Christ: Col. 2; 6-10;
3: 8-16.
In this lesson Paul exhorts the
Colossian Christians to stalwart living.
based upon their experience of
salvation. As they had received
Christ 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
"indwelling Christ," who was the
Godhead. Possesed by him, they
were to be complete in all the plent'itude
of his gracious gifts. In the second
selection from the same epistle
they were to demonstrate this "completeness"
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 incarnate
Christ, even as incarnated
the Father.
Jesus taught that the kingdom of
God was within us; that it was a
subjective kingdom of righteousness,
- _ J V,T-Irtl,. r.hnst
ptratT, ?iiu in iuc nuij umv^v.
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 aie content
to preach precepts; but Christinsists
that we possess his life and
?nirir. No man is a "Christian" in
he scriptural sense until he incarnates
the spirit and life of Jesus.
The tongue is an index of the
heart. The spech manifests the
spirit. Lying is to give place to
truthfulness, filthy communications
to cleanliness and purity, blasphemy
to prayer, and anger to kindness and
charity. The most careful watchfulness
of our language will be one
characteristic of a new heart.
There will be a radical change in
the life of a man who has been converted.
He will go to different
places: he will asociafe in different
company: he breaks off some habits
and forms others. He ceases to do
evil and learns to do wrtl. He is not
cniv negatively one who does not do
evil things, but he is positively one
who does good. He imitates his
Master in going about doing good.
He is not content to stop sinning; he
lip?ins to nerform srood works.
Behind the words and .notions lie
the motives, the spirit of the life
Here will the indwelling Christ
manifest his presence. The spirit
will become gentle and sweet and
pure. The unseen influence of the
life will be wholesome and healthful.
Constant companionshin with the
Christ within will transform the man
into Christlikeness of spirit. Others
will be impressed with the fact that
he has bepn with Jesus and learned
of him. This blessed presence and
indwelling is the privilege and duty
of every soul.#
CHRiSTIAfllElDEAVORNOTES
SUNDAY, JULY 9.
The Indwelling Christ. Cot. 2:
6-10; 3: 8-1G.
For Christ to dwell in us mchns
that much else must not dwell in us I
?whatever would displace Christ.
If we would receive the Christ, we
must first receive the Bible through
the Spirit, who will take these things
of Christ and show them to us.
There is no such thing as an indwelling
Christ without an out-welling
Christ.
Whatever you lack, whatever with
a godly mind you want, you will find
in Christ as certainly as you find oxygen
in fresh air.
Suggestion*.
This one thought, fully apprehended
and followed out. would make
a perfect Christian: I must make my
life fit for the indwelling of Christ.
If Christ lives in us, we shall be
pleasant for others to live with.
Let us make our hearts not only
places where Christ will endure to
live, but places where He wllf de
light to live.
Do not try to understand how we
can dwell In Christ and He In us.
Live each truth out, and you will
readily understand it.
Illustrations.
No king will remain in a house
where he is not the chief guest. And
Christ is the King of kings.
Some guests are a constraint upon
the household, but Christ in our
hearts introduces us to ourselves and
to one another.
We have "company behavior" and
"home manners." Christ recognizes
only the latter.
Where heat is, cold cannot dwell;
where you would have Christ, you
must banish sin.
Out-Door Work.
It is a beautiful custom to hold an
occasional prayer meeting out of
doors. A sunrise or sunset meeting
on a hill-top is especially impressive.
Our societies do not as often
as they should hold their socials outdoors.
with outdoor games.
Some societies have organized Endeavor
cycle clubs, that travel on
their wheels and hold evangelistic
services in neglected places. .
Christian Endeavor flower gardens
have been made in many places to
furnish all the flowers needed for the
church. 1
An Endeavor field-day might be
held once a year, with a series of
athletic contests carefully planned
and carried out with spirit. Fix it
for some patriotic holiday.
Christian Endeavor walking clubs
will strengthen the body, develop delightful
companionships, and bring
the society into all the most beautiful
and interesting spots of the community.
Acid from Sweets.
That was a very fair retort of a
pretty girl annoyed by the impertinence
of a conceited beau at a wedding
party.
"Do you know what I was thinking
of all the time during the ceremony"
he asked.
"No, sir; how should I?"
"Why, I was blessing my stars i
was 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.?
Chicago Journal.
I INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT
FOR JULY 9.
Subject: Hezeklnh's Prayer, Iu. xxxtIII,
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1. Isaiah warns Hezekiah of up
proaching death (v. 1). "In tkosi
days." This may only mean in tin
days of Hezekiah. That this was ii
the fourteenth year of his reign is evi
dent when we consider that lifteei
years were added to his life (v. 5), am
yet he only reigned twenty-nine year;
(2 Kings 18: 2). It must have been be
fore the invasion by Sennacherib front
the fact that God promised to delivei
them out of the hand of the King ol
I Assyria and to defend Jerusalem
"Sick unto death." Sick of a maladj
which, in the natural course of things
would have proved fatal. From i
Kings 20: 7 we learn that the disease
was probably a carbuncle. God send:
illness upon the good, not in punish
ment for sins past, but as a trial ol
their faith and patience (Rom. 5: 3?
"Isaiah." Isaiah's character stands
before us as one of almost superhumar
elevation. "Came unto him." There is
no species of cruelty greater than te
suffer a friend to lie on a dying bed
under a delusion. And there is evi
dently no danger to be apprehended
from communicating to the sick theii
true condition. It should be gone ten
deriy and with affection, but it should
be done faithfully. "Set thine house ir
order." Arrange your affairs so thai
I they will go on without you; referring
to his family, his plaus, his successot
and his kingdom. "Thou shalt die."
Death was the natural result of his
sickness.
II. Hezekiali prays in great distress
(vs. 2, 3).
2. "Face toward the wall." He
turned away from those who were
present so that he might pray more
freely and eoIleCTediy. 3. "Itemember
now." The old covenant promised temporal
prosperity, including length ot
days, to the righteous. "Walked."
Life is a journey: Cod's people walk
with Him (Gen. 5: 24: 1 Kings 9: 4),
"A perfect heart." Literally, "with a
whole heart," one absolutely devoted
to Jehovah. The king pleads his uprightness
and holy conduct before (Jod,
He could not have done this. In the
face of death, had he not felt in his
heart the truthfulness of his state
ments. His influence had been wholly
on the side of true religion; he had not
forsaken the ways of the Lord. "Wept
sore." Literally, "with a great weeping."
The great sorrow of Hezekiah
at the approach of death was only natural.
The desire to live one's full term
of years is right. Hezekiah felt that
his work was unfinished.
III. Clod's promises to, Hezekiah (vs.
4-U?. -1. "Then came." etc. (iod spake
to Isaiah immediately (3 Kings 20:4).
f>. "(iod of David thy father." (Iod
remembers the covenant with the father
to the children (Kxod. "Heard
thy prayer." (iod still hears prayer.
It is His will that we pray (Matt. 7: 711:
John 13: 7?. Why then are there so
many unanswered petitions? Because
there Is so much aimless praying
(James 4: 3). "Seen thy tears." Affectionate
prayers are especially pleasing
to (iod. Cold, lifeless prayers are not
answered. David refers to his tears
iPsa. 56: S) as though Cod bottled them
and,kept an exact account of them in
His "book." "Add nr.lo thy days." In
Kings tli? promise is. "I will heal thee:
on Hie third day thou shalt go up unto
the house of the Lord." The Lord still
heals people, sometimes by directing
the sufferer to the proper remedy and
sometimes without the use of a remedy.
In this case (see 2 Kings 20: 7)
the cord told Hezekiah to make a poultice
of figs and put it?on the boil, or
carbuncle. "Fifteen years." Hezekiah
Is the only man who was ever informed
of the terra of his life. God in mercy
lias hidden the time of our death from
our eyes. We should be always ready
and should work as though each .day
was our last. G. "Will deliver." The
Assyrians were a powerful enemy and
were constantly to be feared.
IV. The sign given Hezekiah (vs. 7.
8). T. "A sign." Hezekiah asked for
a sign (2 Kings 20: 8>. Asking for a
sign is a pious or a wicked act according
to the spirit in which it is done.
Hezekiah is given his choice of two
signs, and he chose what appeared to
him to be the more difficult.
1 8. "Shadow of the degrees." "The
shadow on the steps." R. V. Many
opinions are held with regard to this
miracle. The older commentators believed
that the earth's motion was actually
reversed around its axis. It has
been urged with a good deal of force
, that the true cause of the phenomenon
was a solar eclipse, in which the moon
obscured the upper limb of the sun,
which wonld have the effect of lengthening
all shadows and thus causing the
appearance of going backward on the
dial of the stairs. But the opinion generally
held at present is that it was a
miraculous use of the laws of refraction.
"Dial of Ahnz." "Steps of
Ahaz." R. margin. The dial which
Abaz set up, and which he probably
obtained from Babylon, for he appears
to have been fond of foreign objects of
art (2 Kings 1G: 10). The Assyrians
were tbe first to divide the day Into
twenty-four hours. Herodotus states
that the Greeks obtained their knowledge
of the dial and tbe division of the
day into twelve parts from the Babylonians,
who were in constant intercourse
with the Assyrians. "Returned
ten steps" <R. V.) ' We ninst suppose
that the "steps." whatever they were,
could be seen from the sick chamber
of Hezekiah, to whose iniud the sign
was significant. The retreating shadow
meant added years to his life. What
kind of apparatus is denoted by the
"steps of Ahaz" we have no means of
determining.
Music.
The Jews have an old tradition that when
the world was done.
And God from His work was resting. He
called to Him, one by one.
The shining troops of' the angels, and
showing the wonder wrought.
The Master asked of His servants what
they of the vision thought.
Then one white angel, dreaming o'er the
marvel before him spread.
| Bent low in humble obeisance, lifted his
voice, and said:
"One thing only is lacking?praise from
the new-born tongue.
The sound of a hallelujah by the great
creation sung."
So God created music?the voices of land
and sea.
And the song of the stars revolving in
one vast harmony.
Out of the deep uprising, out from the
ether sent.
The song of the destined ages thrl"ed
through the firmament.
So the rivers among the valleys, the
murmur of wind-swept hill.
The seas and the bird-thrilled woodlands
utter their voices still;
Songs of stars and of waters, echoes of
vale and shore?
The voice of primeval nature praising
Him evermore.
And the instruments men have fashioned
since time and the world were
young,
With gifted fingers giving the metal and
wood a tongue,
F'ith the human voice translating the
soul's wild joy and pain,
ave swelled the undying paean, have
raised the immortal strain!
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How to Dose a Dog.
(In July Outing.)
A dose of castor oil is as disagree- v
able to the ailing dog as it is to the
ailing human being. He kicks against
it, and does right, when he is grabbed
by the back of the neck, and with s
his jaws yanked apart with a towel
awaits the nasty dose. This is poured
down his neck?on the outside.
n is usaany iuuu?cu ujr a uiwio
doses, all of which go the same way
?which is the wrong way. The Jaws
are in a vise, the dog is in torture,
and he is ready to condemn his very
best friend for thus treating him shabbily.
If they were only sensible
enough to know how any dog, from
the meanest car to the bluest-blooded
canine, on earth was in the habit
of taking his oil, it would be different.
But they are all at sea on the sub-^* ~
ject, and poor doggie is about dead
when a friend utters:
'Humph! All chumps on dogs, I
see. Pour the stuff over the fellow's
paws.'
Lo, and behold! The wise few who
thought they knew all about dogs and
dogs things learned something to
their credit when they saw how carefully
Towser licked his paws, cleaned
them and thus took his oil without
fuss and in the proper way.
In hiring a herdic, coupe, or other
carriage, never forget to look at tiie
horses and hire those that look the
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take & herdic we pick out one drawn
by a good horse, tell the driver not
to hurry, but take it easy, and give
him five or ten cents over his fare for
being kind to bis horse. We never
ride behind a dock-tailed horse.
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the use of the old kind of coffee,
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such extreme disturbance that
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my own consent to give it up for some
1 time, and continued to suffer till my
I father one day brought home a pack
[ age of Postum Food Coffee.
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' prepared according to directions, and
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I and the sleep which the old coffee
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