The Progressive Farmer, November 13, 1900.
Christian Life Column,
' i' THE BOOK OUS 1I0THEB BEAD.
search the world for truth ; we
cull
The good, the pure, the beautiful,
froia graven stone and written
scroll,
From all the flower-fields of the soul :
weary seekers of the best,
come back laden from our quest,
To find that all the sages said
in the Book our mother read.
Whittier. ,
THE PRODIGAL SON.
What did Jesus mean by this most
lH?;iutiful of all His parables, if in
deed e may be permitted to say that
one is more complete than another?
Manifestly, He intended to show
these religious people that they were
demising Him because He ate with
publicans and sinners, that the
Father in Heaven welcomes even the
wilful deliberate sinner when he
comes to himself and repents of his
transgressions and seeks to lead a
new life, and restores them to their
rightful place among the sons of
God, and that Jesus was acting the
Godlike part in holding fellowship
with publicans and sinners while
thev were despising those whom God
the Father honored.
But more, He intended to show
those of us who have committed the
sin of sins that there was hope in re
pentance even in the last extremity ;
for the sin of sins, that to which all
sins trace up, is self-sufficiency or
the thought that we can live apart
from God. Some think they can
live by simply shutting God and His
laws out of their thought. Others
feel that they must get far away into
a far country and join themselves
with its citizens, and both agree that
they are sufficient unto themselves,
complete master of their own lives
and destinies, and the parable shows
that even for these there is - mercy
when they come to themselves and
realize the greatness and glory of
their heritage.
Again, He evidently meant to teach
that heaven is not a reward to be
earned by good works, but a royal
gift to every one who is willing to
live in its atmosphere and spirit.
And just here is where many men
stumble and fall and lose much of
fie joy of the Christian life. They
fail to see that their standing is not
in their obedience to law or good
works, but in their free acceptance
by the Father. The wanderer re
stored to sonship will work with all
the better purpose and spirit know
ing that he is not a hired hand but a
son and entitled to all the privileges
of the home. The Christian will
realize the true joy of Christian liv
ing only when he realizes that he is
accepted as a son and heir, a com
panion, a friend of God, the appre
ciation of His friendship being shown
hy his free and hearty service. It
is very hard to get men to see this,
to give over the ever helpless effort
to deserve eternal life by good works,
and to realize that it can be obtained
only in one way, as the free gift of
God, and that by our works we are
to show that we belong to the royal
family. Dr. Henry Wallace.
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DI5GEACE Or A JOYLESS LIFE.
Many men fail to realize that joy
is distinctly moral. It is a fruit of
the spiritual life. We have no more
right to pray for joy, if we are not
doing the things that Jesus said
would bring it, than we would have
to ask interest at a savings-bank in
which we had never deposited money.
Toy does not happen. It is a flower
that springs from roots. It is the
inevitable result of certain lines fol
lowed and laws obeyed, and so a
matter of character. Therefore, we
cannot say that joy is like a fine
complexion, a distinct addition to
t lie charm of a face, which yet would
he- structurally perfect without this
charm. Joy is a a feature, and the
face that does not have it is dis
figured. The Christian life that is
.i'yloss is a discredit to God, and a
disgrace to itself. "These things
have I spoken unto you," said Jesus,
" that my joy might remain in you,
and that your joy might be full."
tudy these words. Believe them.
Attempt them. Steadily accomplish
them, and the joy of the Lord will
enter you long before you hear the
word, -Come, ye blessed, enter into
te joy of your Lord." The Sunday
vhool Tin.MS.
The prect-pt.- of Jesus are the es
sential element of His religion, lle
Sard these us your rule of life, and
yu build your house upon a rock.
Live them out, indeed, and you have
entered the kingdom ot heaven, you
even now enter it. Channing.
Children's Column.
AFRAID IN THE DARK..
Who's afraid in the dark ;
"Oh, not I," said the owl,
And he gave a great scowl,
And he wiped his eyes
And fluffed his jowl "Tu whoo!"
Said the dog, t4I bark
Out loud in the dark Boo-oo !"
Said the cat, "Miew !
I'll scratch any one who
Dare say that I do
Feel afraid Miew!"
"Afraid," said the mouse,
"Of the dark in the house !
Hear me scatter,
Whatever 's the matter
Squeak!"
Then the toad in the hole,
And the bug in the ground,
They both shook their heads
And passed the word around.
And the bird in the tree,
And the fish and the bee,
They deelu.ro all three
That you never did see
One of them afraid
In the dark !
But the little boy
Who had gone to bed
Just raised the bedclothes
And covered his head !
Cincinnati Enquirer.
TO FIND A FOX AT HOME.
The chance to watch young foxes
at play in the woods and there are
few sights more fascinating is not
so difficult a thing as one would sup
pose. This spring I found two dens
within a mile of a city of twenty
thousand people ; and it is safe to
say that within easy walking dis
tance of every New England town
one or more pairs of foxes build their
den and raise their little ones every
year.
The best way to find a den is to ask
the hunters first, then the farmers'
boys. Every den has a main en
trance, with all the earth from exca
vation scattered about its front door.
That is to mislead you ; the foxes
seldom use it. And sometimes, in
deed, it is closed altogether six feet
underground. Ten feet away, hid
den behind gray rocks or in a thicket,
are other entrances, one for daily
use, and one for danger generally.
The hole is larger than that made
by skunk or woodchuck, and a fox's
workmanship is always neater than
theirs.
There are three ways of telling
whether there are foxes at home.
First examine the soft earth about
the entrance carefully. Tracks like
a small dog's, but narrower in pro
portion, and more dainty. That's
suspicious.
Second, examine the sides of the
hole sharply. Here, clinging to a
point of rock, is a long yellowish
hair, which is crinkled in the middle ;
and there, trailing from a root-fiber,
is another. There was a fox in here
once.
Third, put your nose dowr deep
into the hole and take a whiff.
s Waugh ! a nauseating odor, strong
; and rank, the unmistakable odor of
carnivorous youngsters. Now you
are sure there are foxes there. You
can come almost any bright morning
or afternoon and watch them from
a distance playing like kittens. St.
Nicholas.
A PET WOLF.
Writing in St. Nicholas for Novem
ber, Helena Huffaker, of Gray Horse,
O. T., says : "My playmate has a pet
wolf of the coyote species that was
caught by an Indian boy. The coyote
wolf , prairie-wolf, or coyote, as it is
often called, burrows in the ground,
where it live3 and stays through the
day, and there the young are reared.
When this little wolf referred to was
caught, the Indian boys killed its
mother and then dug up this little
fellow, together with three or four
sisters and brothers, and brought
! them in for sale as pets. My little
play mate's xarents bought this one,
and my little playmates and myself
had a great time making friends
with it and teaching it how to drink
milk. Of course it was very timid
and shy at first, and for two or three
days would eat nothing at all ; but
we would dip our fingers in warm
milk and then let it suck our fingers,
and in this way it became very
friendly, though when we first at
tempted to go near it, it would snap
and snarl at us, and displayed a very
vicious nature. Soon it came to
know my little playmate, and after
wards became a very affectionate
pet ; but to strangers and to the
other domestic pets it would never
bo friendly, and would always rather
sneak away by itself than to stay
around and be sociable. It was al
TSrver lond of fresh meat, and
finally became very mischievous,
catching and killing chickens. It
also bit my playmate once or twice,
though not severely, so it was de
cided best to give him away. This
was done, and we learned that soon
after it died. We did not grieve over
it very much, because it was not
nearly the comfort that a great
many other wild pets are."
Miscellaneous,
AFTER A HUSBAND. .
There is much controversy over
what constitutes women's work, and
I told Joe that as far as experience
went I considered women's work to
be the work that the Lord gave them
to do, in the place and circumstances
he has placed them. Woman's God
given work is to make a home and
keep it. It may be necessary for her
to do a man's work in order to keep
it, and it may not. But if there'is
an able-bodied man at the head of
the home he certainly ought to be
able to provide the necessaries of
life and she ought to be able to take
good care of her household and
make a pleasant home. Some women
prefer outdoor work to indoor work,
which is drudgery to them, and such
are apt to try to make us believe
that it is a woman's duty to rake
hay, work in the garden, husk corn,
tend the stock, etc., whether their
homes are delightful places, or only
a place to stay in when it rains, and
whether their children are carefully
trained or cared for, or allowed to
run wild and forage like young ani
mals. These out-of-door women do
not waste their time or strength on
small economies, for the penny to
be saved shrinks into insignificance
besides the penny to be earned in the
field. A woman's first duty is to
make it as comfortable, pretty and
homelike as it is in her power to do.
A woman who does this can find
work enough to do every day. To be
sure, Ruth went into the field of
Boaz as a wage earner, while Naomi
or Dorcas were bidden to get out and
do man's work after their home
duties were done, or advised to neg
lect them in order to do so. And if
Ruth had lived in these days it
would doubtless be questioned
whether the beauteous Ruth had not
the motive of matrimony to induce
her to venture out among the men
laboring in the fields of wealthy
Boaz. But although Martha was
troubled about many things, we don't
find that doing a man's work was one
of 'em, but the cares of her house
hold. Women learn to look at things
from all sides as well as their own,
and judge things accordingly. That's
the reason they don't get fooled
as often as the men do. Alice E.
Pinney, in Exchange.
A NEW DISEASE.
A coroner in Georgia, while exam
ining witnesses in a case of sudden
death, learned of a new disease.
Says the Chicago Times-Herald :
"Did you ever hear the deceased
complain of any ailment?" he asked
oner.
"The who, suh?"
"The deceased."
The old fellow scratched his head,
looked thoughtful, then called his
wife, daughter and son in-law aside,
and held a whispered consultation.
Then he faced the coroner again.
"I never knowd no 'decease,' suh,"'
he said, " 'ceppin' you means dem
folks what done cease ter plant cot
ton." "The 'deceased' is the man lying
dead there," explained the coroner.
"Oh!" exclaimed the witness, "ef
you mean de dead man I'm right
'long wid you ! En now, ef I don't
disremember, I did heah that he had
rattlin' er de brain."
" 'Rattling of the brain?' "
"Yes, suh."
"And what's that?"
"Well, suh, hit 'taint zac'ly a mis
ery er de stomach, but hit aint fur
frum it, en hit's des 'bout ez painful
ez flintin' at de heart, or ketchin' er
de j'ints, or settin' er de bones; en
ef I makes no mistakes, hit ain't
so powerful fur from ringin' in de
yea's en twitchin' er de skull, en
dat's all I know 'bout it."
"MIGHTY RICH."
A writer in the Outlook describes
a ride he once took with an old far
mer in a New England village, dur
ing which some of the men of the
neighborhood came under criticism.
Speaksng of a prominent man in
the village, I said : "He is a man of
means?"
"Well, sir," the farmer replied,
"he hasn't got much money, but he's
mighty rich."
"He has a great deal of land, then?"
I asked.
"No, sir, he hasn't got much land
either, but he is mighty rich?"
The old farmer, with a pleased
smile, observed my puzzled look for
a moment, and then explained :
"You see, he has't got much money,'
and he hasn't got much land, but
still he is rich, because he never
went to bed owing any man a cent in
all his life. He lives as well as he
wants to live, and he pays as he goes ;
he doesn't owe anything, and he isn't
afraid of anybody; he tells every
iaan the truth, and does his duty by
himself, his family and his neigh
bors ; his vord is a good as his bond,
and every man, "vvQman and child in
the town looks up to him and re
spects him. No, sir, he Te&Sfli't got
much land, but he's a mighty rich
man, because he's got all he wants."
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AGRICTJLTXJEAL DIEECTOEY.
Members North Carolina State Board of Ag
riculture. John S. Cunningham, Chairman, Cunning
ham, N. C; M. B. Pitt, Old Sparta; G. F. Wes
ton, Biltmore; C. McArtan, Lillington; J. B.
Grimes, Grimesland; It. H. Jones, Raleigh;
W. C. Sprinkle, Marshall; A. T. McCallum,
Red Springs ; Howard Browning, Littleton ;
W. A. Graham, Machpelah; J. D. Maultsby,
"SVhiteville; J. W. Bailey, Raleigh; J. C. L. Har
ris, Raleigh; L. G. Waugh, Dobson; II. E. King,
Raleigh; N. L. Barnard, Franklin; J. R. Joyce,
Reidsville; J. B. Coffield, Everetts; Geo E.
Flow, Monroe; W. R. Capehart, Avoca; S. F.
Shore, Shore; J. A. Stevens, Goldsboro; J. C.
Ray, Boone; J. C. Bunch, Oak Ridge.
OFFICERS.
Commissioner S. L. Patterson.
Secretary T. K. Bruner.
Assistant, in Charge of Immigration J. W.
Thompson.
State Veterinarian Cooper Curtis.
State Chemist B. W. Kilgore.
Acting Entomologist and Botanist Gerald
McCarthy.
Postoffice address of all ofiicers, Raleigh,
X. C.
N. C. Farmers' State Alliance.
President W. A. Graham, Machpelah, Lin
coln Co., N. C.
Vice-President J. T. Paschal, Pittsboro,
Chatham Co., N. C.
Secretary-Treasurer and State Business Agent
T. B. Parker, Hillsboro, Orange Co., N. C.
Lecturer J. C. Bain, Wade, Cumberland Co.,
Co., N. C.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward Jno. M. Mit
chell, Wayne Co., N. C.
Chaplain Rev. W. S. Mercer, Moyock, Curri
tuck Co., N. C.
Doorkeeper Geo. T. Lane, Greensboro, Gull
ford Co., N. C,
Sergeant-at-Arms R. H. Lano, Aurora, Beau
fort Co., N. C.
Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A. Gra
ham, Machpelah, X. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
J. W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigb, N. C.
W. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, N. C.
John Graham, Warrenton, X. C.
Dr. J. E. Person, Pikeville, X. C.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, X. C.
National Live Stock Association.
Xo organization in this State. Xorth Caro
lina Member of Xational Committee Frank E.
Emery, West Raleigh, X. C.
N. C. Cotton Planters' Association.
President W. A. Graham, Machpelah, X. C.
Secretary Jno. P. Allison, Concord, X. C.
N. C. State Horticultural Society.
President J. VanLindley, Pomona, X. C.
Secretary T. L. Brown, Greensboro, X. C.
Treasurer C. B. Edwards, Raleigh, X. C.
N. C. Tobacco Growers' Association.
President J. Bryan Grimes, Grimesland,
Vice-President J. B. Phillips, -Battleboro,
X. C.
X. C.
Secretary T. B. Parker, Hillsboro, X'. C.
Treasurer W. B. Upehurch, Morrisville, C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Col. R. W. Wharton, Washington, X. C; Dr.
R. H. Speight, Wrendale, X. C; R- H. Ricks,
Rocky Mount, X. C; H. H. Kttfght, Eagle
Rock, X. C; W. L. Kennedy, Falling Creek,
X. C; Gen. T. F. Toon, Lnmberton, X. C; Dr,
Elias Fulp, Fulp, X. C; W. L. Bouldin.
Archdale, X. C.
N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Director George T. Winston, West Raleigh,
N. C.
Agriculturist Benj. Irby, West Raleigh, N. C.
Horticulturist W. F. Massey, West Raleigh,
Professor of Animal Husbandry J. M. John
son, West Raleigh, X. C.
N. C. Crop Pest Commission.
8. L. Patterson, Chm'n, Raleigh; Dr. Geo. T.
W inston, Raleigh; J. Van Lindley, Pomona.
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