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Christian Life Column
" THE flSW- FASHIONED WAY.
When a young man starts out to
et ahead of a man double hia age,
e sometimes finds he has met his
An old farmer was onoe Invited to
ft dinner, and, before sitting down,
be reverently said grace, aa was his
variable habit before every meal.
One of the young men at the table
noticed this, and said sneeringly to
tie old farmer :
.'That's not the new fashion ; but
I gee you cling to the old fashioned
vayg. I suppose in your place every
cne eays grace?"
"No," said the old farmer gravely,
not everyone."
"How is that?" inquired the young
uian. "If 70U are master you ought
to be able to have things as you
order them."
"Well," explained the farmer, "I
nave some pigs in my sties. They
never say grace before their meals.
I iuppo8e they do things in the new
iihioned way." Selected.
The leader at a prayer meeting a
feW nights ago said some good things
iout Isaao and Jaoob. We were
ased at the outspoken way in
riiich he spoke of the sins of some
rl the patriarchs. The name of the
people who look upon these charac
ters as perfect is legion. In striving
to reconcile the lapses of the patri
archs with perfection, these people
stumble and often fall into skeptical
gloom. It is the duty of all Chris
tian teachers to teach that tha Bibli
cal characters were men and women
liie ourselves who transgressed and
ere punished, and who finally
tje& in God and were saved. The
ftV.e is a history of life, not a photo
pjh album of angels. Raleigh
CSrj.'ian Advocate.
GOD'S PLANS.
God has his plans in providenoe
ci grace. They do not develop in
iday. They ripen by degrees. This
ixs not suit the human mind. Men
all for the speedier processes. They
become discouraged and doubting at
eeming delays or slow movements.
But this does not help matters. Our
Gcd takes his own time. He makes
no mistakes. He will not be.forced ;
teither will he force his creatures.
b will not deviate from his ordained
Derations. He will not shorten the
rps between the beginning and the
ci of his purposes. Every man
zzt live out his appointed life. Be
tween his birth and the grave lies an
iterval of preparation, discipline,
development, and whether the
period be long or short, there is no
ecaping it. The intervening process
is as much decreed as are the begin
ting and the ending. It stands re
lated to the final outcome. It forms
u important part in God's great
icheme in regard to time and eter
sity At times the experience may
be very trying, but the Christian
will rec igniz 3 God's hand in it and
a'bide the igme with patience, resig
nation, and hope, assured that "all
things work together for good to
ttea that love God, who are the
c&UeJ according to his purpose."
The Pre sbyterian.
ACTIVITY A BLESSING.
We may overoome depression by
foty It is a blessed thing to have
ometing to do. Some disaster over
takes us or a great sorrow swoops
dawn on our spirit, and it seems as
dough life can have nothing in store
fct is desirable. Bat life still has
to 'wants, it still has its humble
faties, and we take them up, almost
Mechanically at first, but before long
find that thev are medicinal
nk God for something to do 1 The
refion oi an aonve spirit ire-
tatly arises from enforced idle
Ces It was after John the Baptist
flint up in prison that he sent
8 disciples to say to Jesus: "Art
don he that should come, or do we
for another?" Jesus did not
reproach the prophet of the wilder
&es f,,r asking suoh a question. His
fcreri:nner had not lost his faith, but
BU active spirit was depressed by
cnSnement within the black wall of
'-e mountain fortress of Machserus.
'ivf.nce.
Th
3 all-important thing is not to
liv
6 apart from God. but as far as
Possible to be consciously with him.
1 fci"t needs be that those who look
Snch into his face will become like
Gim Charles H. Brent.
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Children's Column
A LITTLE BOT'S TBOTJBLE.
I thought when I'd learned my let
ters That all my troubles were done ;
But I find myself much mistaken
They have only just begun.
Learning to read was awful,
But nothing like learning to write ;
I'd be sorry to have you tell it,
But my copy-book is a sight.
The ink gets over my fingers,
The pen outs all sorts of shines ;
And won't do at all as I bid it,
The letters won't stay on the lines,
But go up and down and all over
As though they were dancing a
jig
They are there in all shapes and
sizes,
Medium, little and big.
There d be some comfort in learning
If one could get through ; instead
Of that there are books awaiting,.
Quite enough to craze my head.
There's the multiplication table,
And grammar, and oh, dear me !
There's no good place for stopping
When one has begnn, I see.
My teacher says, little by little,
To the mountain top we climb.
It isn't all done in a minute,
But only a step at a time ;
She says that all the scholars,
And all the wise and learned men,
Had eaoh to begin as I do ;
If that's so where's my pen?
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THE BOY WITH THE HOE.
The man with the hoe has been
the subject of very varied criticism
during the past two years, and it
seems to us that the boy with the
hoe is deserving of a word on his
own account. We have caught
several glimpses of him this summer,
and the more we have seen of him
the better we have liked him. His
oheeks are as brown as a nut, his
eyes bright, his manner full of
energy.
The boy with the hoe generally
has plans which he will tell to one
who takes a little pains to win his
confidence. Sometimes he intends
to be a farmer, but he does not fancy
that in suoh a case brains and study
and cultivation are of no oonse
quence. Instead he has an idea that
the more of a man he makes of him
self, the more he learns, the better
he keeps abreast of mcdern ideas,
the more successful he will be in his
chosen calling. And while he wields
the hoe he is planning how he can
take the agricultural course at the
State University, and so get the
benefit of the latest scientific investi
gations. Sometimes as the boy with the hoe
plans for the future his thoughts
lead him m way from the farm. But
if he is a sensible boy, he does not
on that account work less faithfully
and heartily. He is wise enough to
know that farm life, bringing him
into a nearness to nature whioh he is
unlikely to find anywhere else, is the
very best preparatory sohcol a boy
can ask for. He hoes away as
patiently and perseveringly as if he
meant to spend his life at that occu
pation, and his faithful work is fit
ting him for successful work in an
other field.
There is another sort of a boy with
the hoe, the boy whose feet drag
and who lifts his hoe as if it weighed
at least a hundred pounds ; the same
boy who watohes to see when his
father's back will be turned, so he
oan take a recess from labor. But
on the whole we would rather not
say much about him. It is quite im
possible to predict for his slaok,
shiftless self the pleasant things we
prophesy so confidently for his broth
ers in the hoe brigade Young Peo
pie's Weekly.
BEGI5 AS YOU MEAN TO CONTINUE.
Begin as you mean tooontinue. Do
not plan to go back over your life
some day, and make up for defioien
oies. The end seems along way from
the beginning, but there is a vital
connection between the two. Some
people always seem to think they
oan go baok and fix up their reoord.
What would you think of the buil
der who left big gaps in his founda
tion wall, with the intention of fill
ing them in by and by when the
structure was near completion? If
you had a house to build, would you
give suoh a man your patronage?
And yet perhaps some of you who
read this are looking indulgently on
oertain faults and failings, telling
yourselves that there will be time to
correot them by and by.
Life is all of a pieoe. To-day's fail
ure will infiuenoe us ten years from
now. Do not think that you oan
start with carelessness or indiffer
enoe and reaoh a satisfactory ending.
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Nature Study.
MBS. 8TEVE1S' NATXTBE STUDY LETTEBS.
XI. The Opening of th Budi
OorresjMiidence of The Progressive Farmer.
The breath of spring is in the air.
The April showers "bring odorous
responses from the roots and quiok
ening seeds ; the rooks and bark of
trees have a breath and a perfume."
When the partridge drums, when
the shad start up the rivers, when
the grass grows green in the quiet
pools, when the buds burst forth
from their scaly coats, these are
tokens of spring.
THE BUDS WERE MADE LAST SEASON
but so snugly were they packed
away in their warm coats and so
closely did they cling to the twig
that they were passed by all un
noticed. The bud was not only
ready formed but ready fed. Staroh
was stored up in the- twig enough to
supply the buds for this spring time
activity, but before the staroh can
nourish the bud, it is ohanged to
sugar and passes as sap through the
developing twig.
It is an excellent praotioe to oolleot
winter twigs of different kinds of
trees and bushes and to compare the
form and color of the shoots, the
size, shape, oolor and make-up of the
buds. What part of the twig grew
lact year? Notice the ring at the
base of last year's growth. Are all
the buds equally advanoed on the
twig? Are the buds all equally ad
vanced in all parts of the tree? Com
pare the opposite sides with the top
and bottom of the tree. Do all of
the buds of the tree develop? What
is the location of those that remain
dormant? Is there any advantage
to the plant in having dormant buds?
DIFFERENT CLASSES OF BUDS.
As to position in the twig those
buds at the end of the twig are oalled
terminal buds, those arranged along
the side are lateral. Axillary buds
are those in the leaf axil that is in
the upper angle between the leaf and
the stem. Accessory buds are some
times clustered about the axillary
buds. Adventitious buds often de
velop when the regulary arranged
buds are destroyed.
As to activity buds are aotive and
dormant. Active buds develop,
dormant buds ordinarily do not.
Destroy the aotive buds of a twig
and note the effeot upon the dor
mant buds.
As to oovering, buds, are soaly
when they are covered with dry,
tough bark like layers. They are
called naked buds when they are
without this soaly covering. Some
times buds are hidden under the
bark, then they are hidden buds.
As to arrangement when there are
two buds at the same node and op
posite they are oalled opposite. They
are whorled when there are three or
more arranged around the same
node. Alternate buds are in ranks
along the stem not being opposite
or whorled.
AS THE BUDS UNFOLD
The unfolding of the bud is not
the same process in all trees. In the
peaoh for example, the bud begins
to swell at the top, the scales open
the white lining appears. Soon the
lining opens. It may be a flower
that we next see or it may be a green
shoot.
There are, then two kinds of buds,
the leaf bud and the flower bud. Can
you tell them apart? The flower
bud is thioker and rounder. Usually
one flower bud stands on eaoh side
of the leaf bud. As the bud expands
the flower or leaf appears, the bud
scales drop away. The scales leave
soars and thesa soars standing to
gether make a ring. Do you see that
this ring marks the beginning of the
new growth?
If you will observe the pear bud
you will note that the soales elongate
as the buds swells. You can see the
white bases of the scales, marking
the new growth. Eventually these
soales drop off but they oling muoh
longer than the soales of the peach
bud.
The hiokory twig is an interesting
one to observe. The leaf scars are
very large. The terminal end is
muoh the larger and stronger. It is
the one which will grow. The other
buds will remain dormant unless
forced into growth by the death of
the terminal bud. When the hiokory
bud expands some of the scales fall
away ; but some of the inner parts
enlarge into leaf like bodies. The
common maple behaves in muoh the
same way.
With the first breath of spring
oome the pretty pussy willows. And
what are the "pussies?" They are
little flower dusters so snugly
wrapped in wool that the "pussies"
are silken soft as they begin to un
fold. Find one when the buds be
gin to grow. Note the large black
ish scale that covers the bud as a
shieldxand falls when the "pussy"
first begins to appear.
THE BUD COVERING.
Not only are the buds ready
formed and ready fed but they are
oovered. Securely is the tender
g owing point protected. Pull away
the scales of a winter bud one by
one. Observe how closely they are
placed. Often the little spaoes are
filled with a paoking or wool, or are
sealed with varnish. Dip the bud in
water : then see if the water perme
ates the oovering. The chief value
of the bud oovering is not to protect
from freezing as is commonly sup
posed, but to prevent the growing
parts from drying out.
Adeline Chapman Stevens.
West Raleigh, N. C.
Miscellaneous,
"WHEN THE OBEEIT OITS BACK IN THE
TBEES."
In the spring, when the green gits
baok in the trees,
And the sun comes out and stays.
And your boots pull on with a good
tight squeeze,
And you think of your barefoot
days;
When you ort to work, and you want
to not,
And you and yer wife agrees
It's time to spade up the garden lot
When the green gits baok in the
trees
Well, work is the least of all my
idees
When the green, you know, gits
back in the trees.
When the green gits baok in the
trees, and bees
Is a.buzzin' aroun' again,
In that kind o lazy "go as-you-please"
Old gait they hum roun' in ;
When the ground's all bald where
the hayrick stood,
And the oriok's riz, and the breeze
Coaxes the bloom in the old dog
wood, And the green gits baok in the
trees
I like, as I say, in sioh scenes as
these,
The time when the green gits baok
in the trees.
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When thQ whole tail feathers o' win
ter time
Is pulled out and gone,
And the sap it thaws and and begins
to climb,
And the sweat it starts out on
A feller's forrid, a-gittin' down
At the old spring on his knee
I kind o' like jes' a-loaferin' roun'
When the green git baok in the
trees
Jes a-potterin' roun' as I do
please
When the green, you know, gits
baok in the trees.
James Whitoomb Riley.
BELATIVITY OF KNOWLEDGE
A friend of mine, a college profes
sor, went into a crowded restaurant
in New York City forlunoheon. The
negro in charge took my friend's hat
and gave ro cheok for it in return.
An hour later, when the professor
oame out of the dining-room, the ne
gro glanced at him in a comprehend
sive way, turned to the shelves, and
handed him his hat. The professor
is a man that prides himself on his
powers of observation, sotheHegro's
ability to remember to whom eaoh
artiole of olothlng belonged, struck
him as something very wonderful.
"How did you know that was my
hat?" he asked. "I didn't know it,
sah," was the reply. "Then why
did yon give it to me?" the professor
persisted. "Because you gave'it to
me, sah." A. B Rheinstrom.
POLITICIANS RISING.
I believe that it was while William
H. Seward was holding the position
of Secretary of State that, as he saw
the elevator going up to his office
laden with citizens of diplomatic
aspiration, he remarked: "This is
the largest collection for foreign mis
sions that I ever saw taken up."
Rev. Heman L. Wayland.
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