Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, September 26, 1916, Page 5, Image 5
fl&ric,ulf ural BLjli and SUCCESSFULEARFONGI Tljfrjgr w Andrew M.3oULE || Tbb, department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information Leiters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, pesident State Agri cultural College, Athuu Ga. Diversified Farming in the South Given a typical Piedmont farm with tt» characteristic red clay soil and which has been leased for a number of years and previous to that time operat ed primarily as a cotton plantation, what can be done with it? In other words, can thia farm be changed over to a di versified proposition with profit and success? Many a land owner is confront ed by just such a situation, and hence the topic is of general interest and the number of questions propounded very difficult to answer satisfactorily. The solution of any such problem of course depends much on the initiative of the owner, but that an undertaking of this 1 character can be successfully accompliah * ed has been clearly demonstrated by the experience of those charged with the management of the college farm at • Athena G.l Ten years ago the very problem presented in the opening sen tence of this article was attacked with the results recorded below. The farm had been abused for some years previous to its change of owner ship. It was without satisfactory build ings or a suitable equipment of imple inents or live stock. It was determined at once to organise it on the basis of a stock farm, but without overlooking or neglecting the possibilities of culti vating cotton and the varied crops adapt ed to the soil and climatic conditions of the Piedmont area. Os necessity the equipment could only be slowly pur chased and assembled. The first un dertaking was to organize a small dairy herd and offer milk for sale. The re ceipts from the herd the first year amounted to $1,124.44. and the sales of live stock'to $72.29. The value of the cotton and the cotton seed was $4 19.72. making a total turnover of the farm $1,799 37. This happened in the college year 1907-1908. Nine years la ter the sales from the dairy herd amouni- V *d to $6,700.41. showing a steady and uniform increase throughout the period in question. The sales of live stock increased from $72.29 to $3,056.02, show ing an even greater proportionate in crease than in the case of the dairy. The sales from cotton and cotton seed have varied somewhat according to the season and the price of the staple. The first year the crop brought $469.62. and in other years it has sold for as much as $1,831.83. The total receipts have varied from $1,799.37 the first year to $11,002.69 in 1915-1916. The total re ceipts from dairy herd in nine years have amounted to $43,768.21, from the sales of live stock to $13,377.95, and from the sales of cotton and cotton seed $10,819.68. making a total of $69,572.99 for the nine-year period. Naturally, no profit was made from the . farm for the first three years because of \ the lack or equipment and the impover ished condition of the soil, but since 1910-1911 an increased profit has been made each year with the result that the receipts from the farm show a net return of nearly $18,000.00 over the ac tual outlay. This must be regarded as a very creditable and satisfactory record and a satisfactory demonstration of the $ ossibilities of building up worn-out plantation lands through the institution of a diversified farm practice in which live stock husbandry is strongly em phasized. Remember, that it was nec essary to start in and reclaim practlcal - ly all the land now under the plow, a considerable part of which had been thrown out for a number of years and it eras, therefore, badly washed and eroded. Much of it was grown up with saw briars, sassafras sprouts and young pine trees. The terraces were long s'nce tut through and had to be rebuilt. Part of it was occupied by old orchard sites. None of it was fenced. There were no satisfactory roads and a complete equip ment of buildings and implements had to be installed, foundations laid for the live stock herds, and their develop- • n ent through selection, careful breeding and feeding assured. There was thus < very problem to attack and solve which every other land owner would be called on to meet. The results attained have, of course, been accomplished gradually. It has been the policy, for instance, to reclaim a new area of land each year, about forty acres being brought under the plow the past year. Unsatisfactory crops are raised on much of this land the first year or two after an attempt to reclaim it because of its eroded condition and the bad physical state of the soil. An increase in the herds of live stock, there by enabling larger amounts of yard i-anure to be made available each year s.nd its return to the soil has resulted in improving the land and increasing its «rop-yielding powers to a satisfactory > degree. Three hundred and fifty acres of land are now under the plow, ex clusive of the considerable areas occu to pied by th*e poultry plant, the depart ment of field experiments, the horticul tural department, and the grounds sur -1 •>' rounding the college building. Os course. L a considerable area is devoted to pas ture. but much of this land is so rocky end broken that it could not be suc cessfully cultivated. There is quite a large area in woodland. A great variety of crops have been raised successfully. • ’ereais are grown each year and a crop cf 2.000 to 3.000 bushels of oats obtain ed. Corn is raised in considerable quan tity for grain, the stover being used for roughage. Cowpeas and sorghum, oats and vetch, oats, rye and crimson clover. Sudan grass and other forage crops have been grown on considerable areas and eut and cured as hay. Kaffir “-rx. aad sorghum have been grown to sMTler and used primarily for the pro duction of silage, several hundred tons of which is made each year. Cowpeas ED EE 96 Exquisite rKCEwall Paper Sam P ,es UC Narv Y.rk'atrlaa la arafl-naeera - tha raoat baanVM cat-area ab.au in aaaar aeara Del .Mart rwr rarer until rre i... wan team B—.uh r~r tile. reddultat aaaF. ere*. Our rareWbir law *»»ere arela at 3e far a unable rail. Ms papar* • Me . 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The acreage in this crop is being extended from year to year because of its richness in ani mal nutrients and its power to maintain iiself on tne land for several years in succession while yield from four to six tons of haj per season A rotation of crops has been estab lished. Oats have been planted after cotton and corn and followed, a 9 a rule, by cowpeas sown alone or in combina tion with some forage crop to be made into hay or turned under for soil im provement. Cotton and corn have been grown after cowpeas. A three-year rota tion. including the four crops, has been the object kept in view. Thus, a legume has been grown on the land once in three years. It is the aim to coat each area of the farm devoted to corn and cotton with farm manure once in three years. To this end all the refuse on the farm not suitable for food has been collected and used as absorbents in the large box stalls in which the beef cattle and calves are kept during the winter. It is conservatively stated that the lands now under cultivation are worth S2O an acre more for agricultural purposes than when the work of improvement was first undertaken. The farm produces now all the roughage which 150 head of live stock require. It is well laid out with suitable rotations, properly fenced and presents an orderly and attractive ap pearance. It is, therefore, proper to re gard Lt as a fitting example of what can be accomplished In the way of suc cessfully instituting and maintaining a diversified system of farming on soils of similar character situated in any part of the Piedmont area. • • * VALUE OF RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE. a 4. g.. Fort Valley, da., writes: I hair beer, feeding a lot of cattle under shelter, and I understand that raw rock puoepbate sprinkled over the manure each cay make* it lurch more valuable, and at the sfrne time is an absolute preventive of the nuisance of fliee. I would like to have your advlee in this matter. Ground rock phosphate or floats has been used to some considerable extent in connection with stable manure. It is generally mixed with this material at the rate of 100 pounds per ton. It does not exert any chemical action by combining with the ammonia. Hence, it is principally valuable as a mechanical absorbent. Its chief advantage lies in the fact that the dissolved phosphate when applied to fresh manure becomes slowly available to crops to which the manure may be applied later on. It is good practice, therefore, to mix rock phosphate at the rate suggested with yard manure. About one to two pounde per head per day would be the right amount to use when the animals are in the stable. The rock phosphate will of course not Injure the hoofs in any way. It will also supply one of the elements In which our soils are likely deficient. It exerts some influence in preventing the fly pest due to the dust it supplies to the manure. • • • • A DEFORMED UDDER CAN NOT BE REMEDIED. L. T. C.. Decatur, Ga., writes: I have a heifer that will soon calve, but it looks like she wfll just have three teats that will give milk. One will not fill out and it la small. Is there ai-y thing I can do to make the rest normal? There is no way to develop the teat In question satisfactorily with which we are acquainted. Rubbing and knead ■ ing the udder and working with that section might improve the situation somewhat, but if the teat Is naturally small and if it is an inherited charac teristic, treatment of the kind sug gested can only help to a very limited degree. There are many cows which have more or less deformed udders. You have no doubt noticed what a great variety of udders there are even in a well-selected and well-bred herd. Ona should not purchase a cow without ex amining the udder carefully, nor should cows with deformed udders be used for breeding stock for this characteristic is more or less likely to be transmitted. It is a difficulty which breeding alone will permanently eliminate. USING LIME IN STABLES D. C. S.. Fort Valley, Ga.. write*: In mixing hydrated lime with (table manure, la there danger of thin form of lime freeing any of the nitrogen In the stable manure? Hydrated lime if mixed with stabia manure will result in the loss of a good part of the nitrogen, certainly the great er part if not all of that in what is call ed the 'quickly available form. When this mixture is made reactions follow which drive off the ammonia- Hydratea lime would of course attack the organic matter and tend to disintegrate It, a situation which you would not care to have arise in the case of yard manure, one of the chief benefits from the use of which is due to the decay of the organic matter it contains in the soil. Yard manure is also valuable on account of the very large amount of bacterial fer ments which it contains. • • • JOHNSON GRASS HAY AS A ROUGHAGE. T. O. M.. Uniontown. Ala., writes: Wbat profit would It be feeding dairy cows and beef cattle good Johnson grass hay costing $12.50 per ton in the place of cotton seed bulla at tbe same price, with cotton seed meal or without? A good quality of Johnson grass hay should constitute a good form of rough age for both beef and dairy cattle. If made from a field where there was a good stand the stalks should be rela tively fine and fairly well covered with leaves and be readily eaten on that ac count. Where they are coarse and not so easily masticated, their feeding value can be improved by very little effort on the part of the stockman by run ning the hay through a cutting box, moistening with water containing some salt, and allowing to stand in a heap over night to soften. Johnson grass hay contains about 3 per cent of digestible protein. 45 per cent of digestible carbohydrates and 1 per cent of digestible fat. Cotton see-1 hulls contain 3 per cent of digestible protein, 33 per cent of digestible carbo hydrates and 1.5 per cent of digestible fat. You w’ill thus see that the ad vantage In supplying nutrients lies with the Johnson grass hay. In other words. 100 pounds of this material would supply 49 pounds of digestible nutrients as compared with 34.8 pounds for the hulls We would personally therefore be willing to pay more for Johnson grass hay as a roughage for beef and dairy cattle than for hulls. We think that Johnson grass hay and cotton seed meal can be fed to dairy cows at a profit. Meal has been very high this fall, though it is not com manding such a high price just now THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916. ; Much, of course, will depend on the return you are securing from the sale lof milk and butter. When milk sells at 30 cents a gallon and upwards re . tail, you can pay the present prices pre vailing for meal and purchase hay at the figure indicated and still make money. As to the profit you would make from ' feeding these materials to beef cattle, much depends on the nature and class i of the animlas you expect to feed and I their present condition and the price : paid for them. If the cattle are of good I quality so as to lay on flesh uniformly and can be disposed of satisfactorily in from 90 to 120 (lays they should yield you a small profit when fed on these feeds and leave you the manure be sides. This of itself should induce any farmer to feed beef cattle under pre vailing conditions because It has been demonstrated over and over again that yard manures are one of the most val uable amendments we can use on our ' southern soils. • • • DIFERENCES IN GERMINATION OF SEEI >S C. A. G., Summit, Ga., writes: J would like to atk why grass seed planted at the same time does not all come np at the same time. There are a number of reasons why grass seed does not all come up at once. First of all the seeds are very small and they are often planted in a careless manner and not uniformly covered. Therefore some of the seeds more read ily germinate than others. Some seeds even of the same variety of grass are more vigorous than others as they orig inate .from different plants. Plants as you understand show the same diver gence of character as Individuals with which you may happen to be familiar. Therefore some seeds are more strong and vigorous than others. A seed that happens to be incorporated In the ground comes directly in contact with the soil under favorable condition will sprout {mediately. Another one lying on top of the soil may not find favorable con ditions for some time. A part of the seeds in every sample of grass or grain are not viable; that is, incapable of a growth and this accounts for the lack of uniformity in germination which you have observed. Moreover, soil condi tions in one section of a field or lawn may be more favorable to the develop ment of seeds than others. Hence you witness a vigorous growth in one place and a very limited growth in another place. After a while of course the grass may become aparently as well es tablished on the thin section as in the good section, but it takes time under an unfavorable condition for grass to es tablish itself. W. M. C., Milltown, Ga., writes: I have a fine young Jersey heifer and I atn anxious to make a good milk cow of her, but I hare discovered several warts on her udder and teats. How is the best way to re move them? Also please tell me the best preparation of ridding hogs of all kinds of vermin. The warts in question may be re moved by one of several devices. A so lution of pure acetic acid dropped on the wart until It is saturated and soft will cause it to come off in the course of a few days. It is important where this treatment is resorted to to ‘ ex tract the roots. Warts may also be re moved by the use of a sharp knife. If they bleed profusely the blood vessels should be seered with a hot Iron. The third method is to tie a stout string around the wart and tighten it occasion ally. This will soon cause it to sluogh off. Lice may be destroyed by means of any of the coal tar dips. There is a tank now made which may be filled with, any of these, and it is so adjusted that hogs will resort to it freely as a rub bing post. It is kept in the yard where they are fed or in the pasture where they graze. We think this arrangement is quite as satisfactory as a dipping vat In case you do not care to se cure one of the contrivances mention ed, we suggest that you make a solu tion of creolin in the proportion of one part to fifty parts of water, and thor oughly wash your hogs. This treat ment should be repeated in the course of ten days. It Is also very Important that the lots and stables be thoroughly disinfected. The same solution may be used for this purpose. Whitewash ing and applying coal tar to all cracks will be found beneficial. • • • EXAMINING ALFALFA SEED. G. E. M., Jackson, Ga., writes: I am enclosing some alfalfa seed anti would like to have your opinion of its quality. They are lowa grown and can be bought for $6 BO a bnshel delivered but are not re cleaned. They state the germinating qual itj Is good.* The seed houses in Georgia ask about $12.00 a bushel. I want to put in about seven more acres this fall, and wish to know which seed you think would be best for me to buy. The sample of alfalfa seed inclosed has been examined carefully. It would appear that there are a considerable number of weed seeds in It. We could positively identify several of these. The seed of pig weed seem to be the most abundant. We judge that there are probably 5 per cent of weed seeds in the sample. We consider this a con servative estimate. It is undesirable to use alfalfa seed which contain weeds or trash. A higher priced seed if guar anteed to be free from adulteration would be cheaper in the long run. One of the chief troubles in maintaining a stand of alfalfa is due to the difficulty in holding weeds in check, especially until the alfalfa becomes well estab lished. It is possible, of course, that the parties in question can so reclean these seeds as to furnish you with a guaranteed sample. The alfalfa seed themselves seem to be well developed, and there is every reason to believe that they are viable. EVIDENCES OF CHRONIC IND* GES TON. R. D. 8., Dublin, Ga.. writes: I havi, a mule that is thin in flesh, and I cannot feed her enough to make her fat as she gets sick, and she eats dirt. I have tried several remedies, but none seem to do any good. I have been told that it is indiges tion. I would be glad to 9iave a remedy. The condition observed in your mule is not unusual and is one which arises from the development of a more or loss chronic case of Indigestion. When this is of long standing it is difficult to treat successfully. Much depends on the individuality of the animal as well, some mules being more likely 'to exhibit this condition than others. Slab-sided animals or those designated by horsemen as mashy or three-corner ed, are generally not possessed of a strong digestion and while something can be done to alleviate the condition it is very difficult to cure them perma nently. In cases of animals one should first look up the cause and remove It. Be sure that your mule is watered before rather than after meals. Remember that regular feeding is of the utmost importance. Under no circumstances use damaged fodder, such as dusty or moldy hay or grain. Remember that a variety in dietary is absolutely essen tial to good health. Some succulent food should be provided at all seasons of the year in so far as practicable. Excessive feeding is to be avoided. If constipation is in evidence a pur gative should be given to remedy the trouble. We advise that you proceed as follows: Feed your mules sparingly for a day or two, using bran mashes. Then prepare the following physic ball: Barbados aloes 5 grams, sweet pepper 1 dram, gentian 1 dram. Soft soap or honey enough to make into a ball. Fol low this with the appetizing powder given below, using a tahlespoonful twice a day with the food which should be dampened. Grains of paradise; lic orice root, ground: ginger; surphur; ni trate: cummin: caraway: fenugreek: fennel; chamomiles; gentian; aniseed, 2 ounces each, and 10 ounces of locust bean meal. Mix thoroughly, grind and pulverize and give as directed above. IF % 1 1*4^, a— TIMELY MF TOPICS GOIWOCTE# wjtosxzhjeltos. War Songs of Atlanta Amateurs. THE BARS AND STARS. BY w. a. HAYNES, Air, "Star Spangled Banner.” "Oh, the tocsin of war resounds o’er the land And legions of braves are now rushing \ to battle Our lint-stocks are lighted—our guns are all manned. Loud thunders the cannon—and mus ketry rattle. Our hosts they are led by the blue, white and red — While the battle-fiend flaps his pale wing o’er the dead. CHORUS. Lei the bars and the star of our banner ever wave— O’er the land of the south, the home of the brave! "Oh, say, can you see through the night and the gloom, Through the clouds of the battle our stars brightly shining 'Tis a beacon of hope—’tis as signal of doom, To the hordes of the vandals, our bor ders now lining. Proud defiance we hurl and our flag we unfurl Let it float, proudly float to the gaze of the world.” CHORUS. "For thirty years or more, we have wait ed and prayed, That the chains of oppression and wrong might be sundered. But the black fiends of the north with their plans foully laid Have raised up a whirlwind and the old ship's now foundered We shouted the alarms —we spoke of our wrongs The arguments exhausted, we'll stand by our arms. CHORUS. "Oh! Manassas has been fought, and the field has been won. And the brag guns of Sherman—our brave boys have taken Our foes have retreated back to old Washington, But the ranks of our Dixie—still re main there unshaken And over the graves—of the New York Zouvas, The bars aad the stars, now triumphant ly waves—" CHORUS. This was sung to thousands of At lanta men and women just after the bloody battle of Manassas was fought, July 21-22, 1861. MRS. FELTON. PERSECUTION OF THE TURKS—OF THE ARMENIANS. I will appeal to this, a statement sent out by the Presbyterian board of mis sions regarding the deplorable condition of thousands of helpless human beings in northern Arabia. This reading almost horrified my soul—when I remembered the boasted civilization of those who are allied with the Turks In that awful war in Europe. I ask myself—if God will not crush down such tyrants, and de liver them from these persecutions? Turkey has violated every instinct of humanity. They arg Mohammedans in religious creed and know no mercy. Are we in America awake to our own respon sibility in sitting still while these con ditions prevail. When we go to our own churches do we send up prayers for these poor Armenians? Are the Chris tians in Georgia forgetting their duty to these helpless ones? ARMENIANS WELCOME DEATH. The Presbyterian board of foreign missions gave out yesterday a statement concerning conditions In northern Arabia. The statement includes portions of a let ter from a missionary, whose name the censor would riot permit to be transmit ted, telling of sights witnessed by him in a score of villages among the Armen ians. “At Meskene,” says this missionary, "I saw women and children throw them selves Into grave trenches and beg grave diggers to bury .them. The government furnishes Ao bread or tents, and people this summer have lived and died under a broiling sun. "In Hama, out of 7,000 deportees 3,000 were naked, their garments having lit erally worn to shreds. They gathered locusts and ate them raw or cooked, ac cording as they could get fire. Some caught dogs in the streets and ate them uncooked. “In Rekka there are 15.000 deported people living in tents. The camp is on both sides of the river Euphrates, but the people are not allowed to enter the c'jty. Everywhere the terrible pictures present themselves —nakedness, hunger, death—and those in authority doing nothing. Some in despair throw them selves into the river. . . .. * "Everywhere we met caravans of Ar menians being carried from their homes.. We often see a whole row of ghastly forms rising suddenly out of graves and asking fori bread and water. All have dug their graves and are waiting for death. The number is riot fewer than 30,000 as I write. Some who cannot beg lie on their cots or on the ground till death releases them. No one looks lo them, dead or alive. At the government investigation it was shown that there had been cannibalism, and that -the dy ing had been fought over In order to ob tain their flesh for food. "It Is to be remembered that these people, thousands of them, have done no wrong, and that they have been driven from comfortable homes by exigencies of war. It was desired by the Turkish government that they be gotten rid of.’ HOW PRUSSIANS FOUQHT FRENCH IN 1870. I have some old Harper's magazines of the ’7os, and I copy from the issue of October, 1870, just thirty-six years ago. Emperor Napoleon was command ing the French army at Metz, and Gen eral von Moltke the Prussians at that time. The had 900,000 men under arms. The German crown prince (father of the present kaiser) attacked McMahon at Worth on September 6, and captured 4,000 French soldiers and thirty guns. Napoleon sent a dispatch to the Em press Eugenia in Paris acknowledging defeat and great consternation prevailed The city was placed in a state of siege, although the Prussians were 200 miles away. The enemy compelled the French center to swing back Its entire line and forced the French army into the in terior of France. McMahon was returned to his com mand at once and Marshal Bazaine was made the commanding general. The re vulsion in Paris was overwhelming against the conduct of the war. Empress Eugenia at once issued a proclamation appealing to the patriotism of the peo ple. The German crown prince with an army of 200,000 at once set out for Paris, and Napoleon's army facing the crown prince, amounted to 150,000, arid everywhere defeated. The French government asked for a loan of a billion francs, about $200.0D0,- 000 of our money. The age of conscrip tion in the French army was raised from twenty-five to thirty-five. The Germans raised from twenty to thirty two years of age. It was announced in the French legislature that the French used three times as much ammunition In one day than did the Prussian army. The books were opened in Frence to secure the loan here mentioned, and be fore the close of the first day 680,0)0,- 000 were subscribed. This happened thirty-six years ago. The French are now fighting Germany to redeem them selves and improve their war record. The Germans captured Alsace and Lor raine in 1870. The French army will never be satisfied in the present war until both places are restored to France. ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON LONDON. It was General Sherman who described what war stood for and it is about the best description ever given considering the few words that were used. The airships which sailed over a part of London a few days ago were intended so far as possible to destroy men, wom en and children, in their beds and to set as much of the city on Are as their gas bombs could accomplish. They did kill a number and did start fires, but they were defeated as to a general con flagration. One great Zeppelin was shot down or exploded and every member of the crew died a violent death in the blazing machine. Nearly twenty man gled corpses were given burial in Lon don after the remainder of the airships left for Germany. This airship business is well worth careful consideration by the United States government. The Zeppelins have done a colassal work in the war zone of Europe. Unless international agreements can prevent the useless slaughter of de fenseless men, women and children we may expect to be attacked by these air ships in every difficulty in the hereafter where airships can be launched against us. We seem to drift into barbaric ideas and methods whenever war dogs are let loose. Our boasted civilization fades out of sight when men begin to kill each other In large numbers. Germany represented the last word in skill, in science and commercial prog ress. Yet it is Germany which sends these Zeppelin airships in the night to destroy helpless men, women and chil dren sleeping in their beds, for the grat ification of war lust? Religion (or what it stands for, broth erly love) is discounted and people are discarding religion where Intellectual progress has been greatest. Is the world rushing onward to self destruction? Gloria’s Romance By Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes. (Copyright, 1916, by Adelaide M. Hughes.) (Continued from Last Issue.) ON the following day, all arrange ments having been made by tele phone to the Stafford country place, Gloria took Burroughs -with her and motored out. They were met by a glowing and enthusiastic Freneau at the railroad station. Gloria took him on to her warm weather home, which man aged to keep a majestic appearance in its mantle of snow. The dogs started a wild hullabaloo of ferocity from their kennels when the car drove in. They changed their ex cited yelps of welcome as they recog nized Gloria. But she left them discon solate, for a groom brought up from the stable yard her shaggy ponies harnessed to the little Russian sleigh. As she stopped to pet the noses of the ponies Freneau lost for a moment his confidence in his own power to win this small young beauty enveloped in a great coat, which made her seem smaller still, her eyes beaming, her cheeks flush ed with the cold, her delicate pink blonde curls escaping ffom. the little fur-trim med hat. With this palatial background, among the obsequious attendants, she stood, more than ever for him, the embodiment of power, youth, beauty, wealth. What had he to offer in exchange for that worldly trinity? Spoiled by women as he was he felt that however sincerely he wanted this slip of a girl—wanted her 'more than ho had ever wanted anyone else in his life —she might elude him. Gloria turned to him with a bright smile, and seeing the look of ador ation in his eyes, blushed an even deep er rose tnan she had been wearing. "I think we had better start at once if we are to get our sleigh ride," she said. “The days are so short now; we must make the most of this stingy sun light.” "Right!" Freneau answered eagerly, as he helped her into the sleigh. The ponies were champing at the bits and jingling the bells and waving the pom-poms on their heads with every impatient movement. Gloria stepped into the driver’s seat (she was going to drive them herseh’, wise girl!) and Fre neau snatched the sable robe from the hands of a groom, saw that her little feet were in place on the foot warmer, and proceeded to wrap her snugly in. (How nicely he did things of that sort, she thought.) "We will be back in a couple of hours: probably stop somewhere for tea,’ Gloria called to Burroughs as they pass ed the lodge door. She felt the thrill of being a runaway once more, and she was glad that her father was not present to thrust a chaperone upon them. Out into the road and off they went youth, health, and joy of life in their veins; love in their hearts. The ponies pranced and cavorted, somewhat too strenuously, Freanau feared until he realized how skillful Gloria’s hands were in handling them. On they glided merrily, chatting of the big nothings of young love, Gloria pointing out paths and places of interest, Dick Freneau see ing them only as they were mirrored in her eyes, since he could not bear to turn away from her lest he lose one fleeting expression on her face. After several miles of up hill and down dale, Gloria turned her ponies off the main road into one less used. “I’m taking you to the dearest old fashioned farm house, where we can have tea and the nummiest apple butter you ever tasted. Shall you like it?" "I shall like anything and everything tn this world, so long as I have It with you." Freneau breathed earnestly. “Then that’s all right," chiruped Glor ria, happily. "You shall most certainly have this tea with me. and I’m fam ished." "When they reached the farm nouse. which called itself an inn, the plump landlady greeted Gloria with pleased recognition and ushered them into the parlor, saying that she would hasten with their tea and bring the table to them by the Are. Freneau helped Gio- ‘THE UNAVOIDABLE GOD’ -NO SEEKING SOUL CAN FAIL TO FIND HIM By Bishop W.A.CamdSer A sincere soul earnestly seeking God cannot fail to find Him. This is the meaning of the Master’s words, “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.” Every other interest of Mfl? is beset by contingency and uncertainty-; but Go>l makes this supreme matter sure. Health, wealth, prosperity, and every other earthly good can not be assured to any man; but the seeking soul can not fail to find God. This is what we should expect in view of the fact that God is our Fath er. What father would fail to show him self to his lost child, if he heard that child crying in the darkness and calling for him? In the New Testament we have maaiy instates of eager souls finding the Lord, not by their superior intelligence but as the reward of their spiritual hunger. The Samaritan woman, at Jacob's well, was hungry for the personal knowledge of God and her ardent desire coiustrain ed Jesus to return to Galilee through Samaria, and not as other Galileans went to and from Jerusalem by the more circuitous route along the Eastern side of Jordan. He timed his movement so that he met her when she came to the well at noon-tide, in order that he might show her the way to God. Had he reached the well a half hour earlier or later, he would have fliissed her: but coming just when he did, he declared to her the great truth that the heavenly Father is always seeking wor shippers, even more earnestly than hu man souls are seeking Him. In like manner he called Zaccheus from the fig tree because he perceived that the poor publican was filled with the deepest hunger for salvation. The most pathetic case of all recorded In the gospels is that of Mary Magda lene. who came perplexed to the sepul chre early on the morning of the resur rection. More than any other soul on the planet at that time she grieved for the loss of Him and longed for His pres ence. Hence He revealed Himself to her first of all after His resurrection. AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION. Discussing this first appearance of our Lord to a human soul, after His resurrection, Marcus Dods says most strikingly: "At what point shall the pressure of Christ break through and quicken expectation and faith? Shall he go to the High Priest’s palace or to Pilate's praetorium and triumph over their dismay? Shall he go and lay busy plans with this and that group of followers? “On the contrary, he appears to a poor woman who can do nothing to celebrate his triumph and might only discredit It, if she proclaimed heraelf his friend and herald. But thus continuous Is the character of Jesus through death and resurrection. The meekness, the true perception of the actual sorrows and wants of men, the sense for spiritual need, the utter disregard for worldly pow ers and glory, characterize him. now as before. The sense of need Is what al ways effectually appeals to him • • • "To mourn his absence is to desire and Invite his presence; and to Invite his ria out of her great coat—how well he took off a coat, she thought. She emerg ed like a golden-brown butterfly in a velvet gown. The blazing logs in the deep flreplaoe gilded the beauty of a truly charming old room. Gloria fingered the quaint pewter pieces on the mantel and Fre neau waited restlessly for Mrs. Bailey to hurry in with the tea things and hurry away. Soon they w’ere left alone seated opposite each other, the little tea table between. Gloria learned his su gar. She became suddenly timid and embarrassed. It did seem very Inti mate and daring. It was the first time she had ever asked a man about his su gar all alone with him! Dick perceived her shyness and d’Mned the cause at once. He must speak now. He would never have a better chance, he thought. Putting down his cup, he reached across the table for her hand. • “Gloria, dear litle Gloria," he sighed, “my five years of probation are up. I’ve waited patiently and always hopefully. Mayn’t I have my reward now? Please say that yod will marry me quickly and put me out of my misery, will you?" Gloria could not answer. She hung her pretty head and wriggled back a lit tle farther into the grandfather’s chair. Perhaps she did not want to end the luxury of keeping him anxious with a too immediate yes. He would not dally. He picked up the little table that stood between them and putting It aside dropped on one knee before her, like the true artist in love that he was. He clasped his arms about her and she closed her eyes and gave him her lips. They heard the untimely hostess ap proaching and he sat back In his chair, twirling his mustache, whilq Gloria tried to look as if nothing had happened. Nothing had happened except a short flight to heaven. On the way home they chattered mer rily of the everythings that would make up their new life. The scenery was the same, yet how different! They were be trothed now. For many reasons Freneau was impatient to have her father’s sanc tion to their engagement as soon as pos sible. Gloria decided that she would motor him home with her and beard her parent in his lair without delay. Pierpont Stafford was not unprepared for the "Will you let me marry your daughter?’’ sneech that Richard Freneau made him. He had given his own word five years before that if Freneau and Gloria found themselves in the same frame of mind at this date he would raise no further objections. He gave up the fight now. and took his defeat like the true sport he was, graciously con cealing his own sad heart. The radiance of his child and the evi dent sincerity of Freneau almost repaid him; at least they made him hopeful for her happiness. One stipulation only he insisted upon, that the engagement should not be made public at once. He knew that engagements were not neces sarily certain to end in marriage, and he wanted to test Freneau a little further. He insisted upon guarding his daughters’ name to that extent. If any thing went wrong with them they should not have taken the great American public into the secret. Freneau agreed to this, the more readily since it would give him the more time to propitiate and. get rid of Lois. And old Trask might have to be given his quietus in one way or another. While Freneau and her father held the council of war Gloria had gone out to the hall to wait its outcome. There Freneau found her huddled up on the lower step, hugging herself as if she were cold. He rushed to take her in his arms for a kiss. She battled him. with mock resistance, before she ran up the stairs to play Juliet to his Romeo. Then, throwing kisses, they parted. When she reached her room Gloria found herself shivering with a violent chill that all the warmth of her heart could not subdue. Burroughs was in stantly alarmed. She summoned Gloria’s father, who was even more alarmed. He, presence is to secure it. • * • Hs ; could not coldly look on while this poor f woman was eagerly seeking Him; and it • is as impossible that He should hide Himself now from many who seek Him with as true a heart.” The word is most emphatically and cheeringly true that “he who seeketh, flndeth;” and the first step of the faith, by which men come to God, Is to "be lieve that He is and that He is the re- 1 warded of them that diligently seek < Him.” The most unpromising characteristic of • the religious condition of our times is the fact that so few people hunger for the presence of Christ and earnestly seek Him. Men are seeking everything else. Many want some sort of religion out of which God is excluded— a. religion of , good manners, or of charitable deeds. ; with no reference to God and no care for the fellowship of the divine Spirit. ' There is such a thing as godless religion; there is an atheistic morality and there Is an atheistic humanitarian- • ism. And many people—including some preachers—are concerned for nothing better than these atheistic' things. They do not know God, nor do they care to know Him. Hence they neither seek nor find Him. They can not comprehend the pathetic cry of St. _ Augustine, "O God thou hast made us for thyself, and unquiet are our souls without Thee!” But the Holy scriptures aim at noth ing less than • the revelation of the Eternal God to the souls of men; and -. the purpose of all churches and all., preaching should be to bring men to God. ' We shall have no extensive revival of religion until multitudes feel their ~ need of God, and seek Him with their - whole hearts. Then they will find Him and their souls will be filled with the , joy unspeakable and the peace which passeth all understanding which spring' from His indwelling presence alone. Men cannot find God by “seeking re ligion.” The Scriptures no where teach us to seek religion; but they constantly command us to seek God. It Is time for the revival of this note in preaching. Prodigal sons must be brought back to the Father, who awaits to receive them. It is by no means enough to give them new clothes and better food, and then leave them in the “far country,” away from the Father’s house. CONVERSIONS DECIDE HISTORY. And If we can kindle in the hearts of prodigals a yearning for the Father’s face, they cannot fall to find Him; for to souls that hunger for Him our God is the unavoidable God. They cannot miss Him who seek Him. 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