Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, March 02, 1917, Page 5, Image 5
Some Suggestions That Will Increase the Yield, of Eggs (Continued from Tuesday.» AFTER a pullet-is developed and has been brought up to a laying stage she can easily be made to lay nearly every day. provided she is supplied with all the necessary elements to complete an egg. A hen that has been moved from one place to another where she can not get her usual daily ration or is deprived of the necessary elements to complete an egg each day will usually fall off laying until she becomes accustomed to her new surroundings and can supply her system with suf ficient materials to complete the egg that should be produced every day. Eggs are usuallv formed in large clusters and a hen will lay a great many before becoming broody if she has the right material, especially during the time these eggs are being formed in her system. If the proper food elements are supplied she will convert it into eggs in abundance, but un less this is done, a hen will often fail to produce eggs and after a certain stage the eggs often revert back to food for the system and are never produced. If such is kept up long a hen will cease to be profitable and often never be a great producer any more. Therefore, it is very Important to know the contents of an egg and furnish your hens with foods that contain a balance ration, but supply them these materials separately so they can get them as their system de mands and convert these feeds into eggs. But remember that this can only be done by a W»n that has the necessary make-up and breeding behind her and is capable of producing eggs. No ainount of good will make eggs for hens that hare passed their usefulness out of condition to lay. Seventr-flve per cent of an egg is composed of water, and they should be supplied with pure, fresh water all the time, or fed a certain amoupt of food that contains a lot of water. Another very important item is lime to complete the shell after the egg has been fully matured. A hen cannot produce an egg or will not so unless the shell is perfected, and if tha food consumed bv vour hens does not contain a sufficient amount of lime it should be supplied them in the form of crushed oyster shell, crushed lime rock or bv feeding grain or mixed foods that are rich in lime-forming elements. If one will notice a hen just after she comes off the nest they will usually see her drink some water and then go to the feed hopper (if a self-feeding hopper is sued) and eat a certain amount of materials that her system demands. In doing this she is taking Into her system Imme diately after producing an egg the necessary elements to complete the egg the next dav. It is interesting to watch a hen select the different foods ea» h dav when she has before her a variety suited to ’nature’s demands. \ hen is simplv a machine, and if she has in her the right materials and is supplied with the right kind of fuel she will convert It into eggs for you that will show a profit over the cost of her keep, but how few of us ever realize the importance of studying the poultry Industry and getting at the real truth connected with profits and losses. Any one who keeps up with the methods and records of the great egg-laying contests that are being conducted In different parts of (he country will see the Importance of •looking after these little details, and will find the keeping of poultry a great study. And as the price of both poultry and eggs Is worth while look ing after In this day and time we must go into the mysteries of this work deeper if we expect to get the ewC-o best results. ■ " 1 Yours very truly, v Thaw Is a Physical And Mental Wreck, Police Surgeon Reports PHILADELPHIA. Feb 28—Harry K. Thaw is a physical and mental wreck, accordins to a report made today to Captain of Detectives Tata, by Dr. John Wanamaker. third, a police surgeon, who was present yesterday when New York alienists examined Thaw. Dr. Wana maker said it would be impossible to re move him at present. Thaw was taken to the hospital seven weeks ago when he cut his throat while police were searching for him on a war rant charging him with beating a Kansas City boy in a New York hotel. The Thaw family today was complet ing its plans for the lunacy proceedings instituted by Thaw’s mother last Mon day. The first hearing before the sher « ifFs Jury will be held March 12. 6IBLS! 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But one’s "ailments" are interesting to nobody on earth but the patient 1 hate to say so, but the good time wasted, by men and women, in telling the neighbors, or* suffering friends, all tbey went through is positively sinful. The Farmer xs busy in the garden. Too sticky to barrow, so he is forking in a paper of mustard seed and tur nips in the loosest corner. This has oeen a hard winter on man and beast. The drought last year made fall plant* ing late, and the almost incessant rains of February made the pessimists draw down the cornyrs of their mouths and talk hard times, but I’ve yet to see one stop whisky or tobacco while preaching poverty. “Honey, you can’t get your new sec ond reader, papa hasn’t the money,” And "papa’* had a new bot tle of whisky that cost more than two second readers. When reminded of the fact be acted like he bad been Imposed on. “But if I had bought the book where would my whisky money liave | come from?” Self first, last and al ways. That's why seme of our southern states stand sc. low in* the educational' s tatistics. There are a great many nice up-to- j date people in this valley, but somehow' it has been like oil and water Compul sory education nor the anti-shipping law are not a day too soon. My scripture lesson for today is: “We that are strong ought to bear the in- j firm!ties of the weak, not to please our-1 selves.” And it has been proved by' some of the family all of last week. When the medicine began to come every 1 half hour it took one person’s time. Eva was lovely, but from 8 till 4 school I duties demanded her time. Laura was' strong enough for breakfast and dinner, but when Saturday came Important business demanded the Farmer's pres ence In town; he had not been there In a month and there were bolts and nuts and crossbars and seed for the oat patch that had to be on hand today. Eva had to see about school affairs, so Harvej and Mamie lent me thelriflfteen year-old daughter. She took hold like a veteran, made a chart and ax'ted like a trained nurse. It put me to thinking -T»out some of the girls I know.' Their mothers thought it too much trouble to begin with them when they were tod dling after them. Don’t overwork the children, but don’t be too lazy to teach them the things thAt you do. In every family of at least flve their is a certain amount of sickness, and the “well one” will enloy helping give medicine, holding the battle, or getting a damp cloth for the patient, and then when mother's time comes she has a comforter right at hand. That is bet ter than the story a father told me about his headstrong girl. But T said she Is only fourteen; you should make her mind. ’“There is no power on earth to do that,” he sadly answered, “she has had her way too long.” So take this lesson home. They a’re sw'eet and winsome in their little determined ways, but look to the future and teach them the ten commandments. Let them be well grounded and you will have children to rise up and cal) you blessed. And they will -be men and women of honor and stability. You can not mea sure one's worth by his money, all of us know people who will do most any , thing for a dime. The man who works hard and keeps his family In comfort usually has time to haul the widow a load of wood, or plow her crop once. • and these hre the sort that God looked upon and found good. You know that ' there are some peovle who go all Over the community lightening the burdens of others who would be truer Chris tians by staying at home and making a crop. There is no Christlan ' ity in getting in dent, having the family suffer while the father or moth- I er has chased clear out of their beat Ito sit up with some one. This habit of sitting up iji more a social affair > than actually necessary. As a general I thing I mean. All of us know some peo j pie that as soon as a member of the i family gets sick all the neighbors have to go. and the best in the pantry is set out for them. Nurse your own sick as long as you can. This is not what I Had in my heart to write, hut these words have written .themselves, so p'ease sjft the chaff and save the few grains of wheat. The Fa , -mer says. "If you sit up any longer your fever may come hark." so here I close. Faithfully yours. LIZZIE O. THOMAS. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1917. /Shome THE PERILS Ok' UJCXtaX* WEALTH. Average rich people are generally im- , niune as to cranks and assassins, but i extraordinarily rich people are in daily j terror of them. Mrs. Hetty Green wan so harassed and worried because of her, one hundred millions that «he felt oblig ed to move her boarding places every ■ “full and change of the moon.” She ■ used assumed names constantly, and her; son is authority for the statement that' she called herself “Mrs. Dewey" a great | deal more titan any other adopted name. Not because she extravaagntly admired the late Admiral Dewey, but being the owner of a favorite dog that had been named Dewey, she became partial to her dog’s name, as a good one for her self in her various wanderings. It is also understood that she rarely spent more than SI4 per week, $2 per day, for lodlng and board, a very small outlay for a person whose property gave her a revenue of at least ten millions per annum, as income. Grea.ness has its penalties, also, be cause three of our White House (presi dents were assaainaied by cranks dur ing thirty ywars of continuous service. Mr. Lincoln in 1865; Mr. Garfield in 1881 and President McKinley In 1900. Russell' tiage, a multl-millionafre, was set upon by a bloodthirsty crank, and narrowly escaped death. He had done no harm but the crank thought the rich man cumbered the ground, and he set about removing him from the face of the earth. In a epeech made before congress during General Grant’s time, Hpn. Ben Butler predicted that Socialism would become so rampant within a few years thereafter that Jay Gould would swing from a lamp poet in the city of New York But the financier died In hie bed, attend ed by hie lovely daughter Helen, who has been one of New York’s greatest dis pensers of charity, and who has not only been a public benefactor, but one of New York's most honored women. Mrs. RusSeld Bage has been one of America's greatest women in her wise benefactions. BUTTEJt AJFD OLEOMABGAB.INE As I was going to catch the trolley car to Marietta, Go., a few days ago, I glimpsed a lot of butter In a grocery window marked 30 cents a pound. It was beautifully prepared, as attractive looking butter as you ever saw. As I was paying 35 cents for plain country butter in my town the butter arrested my attention. As I examined closely I saw the mark that is required by the pure products law, which told me it was margarine. I did not buy that day but I aim to give the margarine a test one of these days. In reading a late congressional record there, was an Illuminating debate in the senate on the respective value of real butter and margarine, which interested me very greatly. I find that margarine in the north and west, especially in mining camps and on ranches is a staple article of food and is highly praised It does not get rancid like the fggular cow butter. It will keep swaot much longer, and now, that the price of butter has soared so high, the difference In price Is a valuable item. Thousands who cannot buy butter can purchase the margarine, and to those who like it there is only a trifle of dif ference as to taste. Senator Wadsworth of New York, said the following words: “I have had some experience. In the state of Florida upon one occasion hav ing planned a trip I will say from the haunts of civilization in a climate warm, moist and soft. It was necessary to de cide about our cooking, etc. We pur chased oleomargarine Instead of butter because it lasts longer in a hot climate and is equally palatable. Many outfit wagons carry constantly oleomargarine rather than butter to the cowboys on the ranches, who are the hardest work ing men on the earth.’ The debate came about In a bill to control the fraudulent sale of margarine as pure butter, and I was surprised io read about the high value placed on margarine In other sections of the coun try, where butter making is a valuable product, running well the millions of dollars. HOW THE DOG WOW THE LAWSUIT. A gentleman living in Canada had a fine collie dog that he rated at 31.000. Having business in New York, he brought over the dog and left him with a friend, as it is difficult to / lodge dogs in fine hotels. Being in a strange place, the collie either escaped or was stolen. The po lice traced the dog to a man’s house In the Sronx and the house owner refused to give up the dog. ( A court trialgthen came on. one party claiming the dog and the other party refusing to tell where He got the collie. The man who raised the deg, and his friend who failed to hold him in his stable, were very indignant, and finally the three men were lined up and the court sent for the' dog. At first the collie licked the shoes of the man who found him. and seemed to show pleasure by shaking his bushy tail.' Suddenly he espied his old master and stood erect as if thinking. Mr. Fox. the owner, called out “Come here. Dan! With one bound the dog cleared twelve feet of space between himself and his owner, flung himself against his aide, sent his hat and epeetacles spinning, and with low growls of contentment and happiness, he snuggled hls head under .the hand that patted him. The judge said, “I guess there is no further question as to who owns him.” So Dan found his beloved master. I once had sueh a collie. His grand parents carrte from Canada, and he was the finest dog ever known in our family. His attachment to me was simply pa thetic. When I would enter the house 1 his joy knew no bounds. If I had on | a white dress It soon had footprints all | over It. T never saw such a knowing dog. He was dreadfully afraid of thunder j and lightning. If he could put his head under my apron and shut his eyes, he would be still, unless for trembling. If: I did not allow him to stay near me he | »-»-5 almost frantic. . .... I With the Fingers! j Says Corns Lift Out | Without Any Pain: Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can shortly be lifted ’ right out with the fingers if you will • apply directly upon the corn a few drops ot freezone. says a Cincinnati authority. | It is claimed that at small cost one • can get a quarter of an ounce of freezone j at any drug store, which is sufficient io r’d one’ll feet of every corn or callus: without pain or soreness or the danger of infection. This new drug is an ether compound, and while sticky, dries the moment it Is applied and does not Inflame or even , irritate the surrounding tissues. This announcement will interest many: vomen nere. lor It is said that the pres-1 •nt high-heel foo’wear is putting corns on practically every woman’s feet. (Advt.) I DIANA rs the GREAT GAME »THE STORY OF A WOMAMS HUNT FOR A MAH. BY ETHEL LLOYD PATTERJOff. No. 79 —A “Regular Girl” ♦ ♦ ♦ A girl cannot buy respect with ♦ j ♦ counterfeit coin. ♦ ♦ ■* ♦♦-♦♦a ♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ a ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ FOR a moment Howard Boyd’s kind ness overwhelmed me. I had not expected it. For I could not deny that I had treated him unfairly. From the first, when he had met me, he had shown me a deeper and more sincere regard than the other young men of his set. It was I who had deceived him. His chum, June White, had seen me and been attracted to me. He had asked me to theaters and parties. And I with out telling Howard of his Invitations had accepted them. At last June and I had been caught in a net of our own duplici ty. Howard, calling for nte one evening while June was still in my home, had seen through the curtains of my front door the shadow of our embrace. He had not protested. He was too much of a man to reproach me. But I realized when I saw his face that 1 had really hurt him. There on my own doorstep he had turned away from me, and from that day to this, when I had encountered him on the street, I had not seen him. Meanwhle life had been teaching me many things. I could be grateful now, that my eyes once more met Howard Boyd’s, that I had taken the lesson to heart. I hod learned the true worth of June White and discarded him forever. And 1 had found my own dignity and self-respect through the labors with which I now supported myself. “Di!” exclaimed Howard, "what in the world have you been doing to yourself?” I think he saw almost at or.e glance that my clothes were shabby and my hat very worn. It went to my heart that Howard saw these things, yet he drew closer to me. I smiled at him as best I could. “I am a wage earner these days,” 1 told Howard, and my voice quivered as I spoke. “What do you mean?” Howard asked quickly. “I couldn’t stand it at home any long er,” I explained. ”1 mean things were too easy for me. 1 was doing things I ought not to do, and it mqde me asham ed. But I couldn’t seem to break away from it. Why, Howard, I was going out some place nearly every night; parties and all sorts of things. I wasn’t earning any money, and I was taking presents from nearly all the men I knew. I tried to stop it and couldn't. It seemed best to me to wipe the slate clean. So I packed my bag and left home, and—here I am.” I tried to laugh lightly. “By working nights,” I said, i“I manage t o make about sl2 a week. I have found out I am not worth much, Howard. The best I can do is to address envelopes for an insurance company.” “Address envelopes for an insurance company,” exclaimed Howard, blankly. “Why, Di, you can’t get enough money for that even to eat properly!” “Oh, yes I do!” I told him. “I just had my dinner, and I am going home now to do some extra work because I want the money for clothes.” Howard laid his hand gently on my arm. '"Cut the work out for an hour, DI,” he suggested, “and go for a little drive with me. The air will do you good; you will •work all the better for it after ward.” I hesitated a moment. With Howard I knew the old life of parties and motor rides might still hold some lure for me. I I liked the boy enormously. He was showing me now a sympathy in loneli ness that was very sweet. Yet I also knew that his stratum in society was financially at least above mine. His peo ple were rich. Howard, barely out of college, had never earned a cent in his life. He was young. I was attractive to him. A marriage between us his peo ple would regard as a mesalliance. What then could come of a resumption of our friendship? Well —for the moment it would have to remain on the knees of the gods. Certainly Howard’s suggestion for a brief outing with him was too tempting to refuse. Fifteen minutes after I had met him we were seated together in a taxi, the top of which had been lowered. The air was cool on my face. And gradually the sense of Howard's companionship made me feel peaceful and at rest. We talked of many things; of my changed life, and of How ard’s days which had, gone on much as usual. Almost at once I began to feel there never had been a parting between us. There was only one change. Howard no longer put his hand over mine, nor slipped his arm about my waist while talked. The explanation came just be fore he left me at my door. “Di,” said Howard, “may I come and see you some times? I would like to be friends with you awfully. And I want to tell you that. I haven’t kissed you to night, not because I didn’t want to just as much as ever, but something, your work or the way you have been living, has made you awfully sweet. You are a lot dearer than you used to be. Di. You are a ‘regular girl’ now. And a chap like myself don’t kiss Tegular girls’; he has too much respect for them.” I felt that the handcldsp Howard gave men in parting was a sort of honor badge sign of what I had become. I had worked for it. I’d earned it. My eye lashes were wet with tears of happiness as I turned away and walked up my own front stoop. No. 80 —Dear —! ♦ ’True love le the only human -e --»♦ emotion untainted by velflehneee. ♦ ♦♦a ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a *♦ ♦ ♦ THERE followed, after my chance meeting with Howard, the grad ual growth of a simple, happy girl and boy companionship between us His attitude toward me, since he had learned of my work, had entirely chang ed. In the old days our evenings to gether had been hectic. He had called for me at my mother s home, taken me at once to some restaurant or hotel, and there we would dine and dance until all hours. The theaters we frequented were of the glittering, musical comedy va riety. We seldom reached home before 3 or -4 o'clock in the morning. Now this had all changed. To begin with. I had to be at my desk in the insurance company by half past eight in the morn ing. If I were to be fresh for my work the next day it meant retiring before eleven o’clock. Therefore, when Howard took me to theater now he would not al low me to have supper afterwards ft kept me up too late. Also we were seeing some of the really well written and well acted dramas. We fell into away. too, of spending less money than we had previously. I : don’t know whether Howard reasoned U . out himself or not, but I think that he intended this as a sort of pledge of his greater respect for me. It woula I have seemed foolish to spend $lO or sl’» for orchids as he often had done be-. fore, when now what I really needed was. a new suit or a pair of shoes. We were j way past the point where Howard would ' have dared to suggest buying clothing for me. He would have hurt me cruelly had he done so. Indeed, although 1 scarcely realized it myself, my feelings for Howard were deepening beyond friendship. Nor did 11 dare to look very closely at my own, heart. I would still have told myself, that marriage between Howard and my-j self was impossible. I knew, of course. I that he had no earning capacity of his own. Certainly his people, who were! very rich, could' not be expected to take j me into their household and care for me. i Probably, I told myself, Howard s mother | and father would wish him to marryj some wealthy girl of his own class. . Yet 1 may say now, in perfect frank- | ness, that Howard’s money no longer | matiereed to me In the slightest. I was glad to go for a motor ride, or to the I theater with him, although I would have I been equally content to walk in the. park, arm in arm, or to sit through the j evening beside him in some moving pic-j ture house. Just at this time I was, i as a matter of fact, only drifting. I! realized I cared for Howard more than I should. But I cared too much to let him go. I did not dream that his feel ings for me were anything other than those of a friend. Also I half realized that if this were true and Howard did not love m«», somewhere in the fu ture was a very bitter heartache for me. I told myself that it did not matter. Anj r price I might pay for these days of happiness would not be too much. Then ca*ie the awakening. Howard and I were walking home after dinner. hand was on his arm for actual support. I was dead tired. The, day at the office had beeq hard. And | for five nights before I had been work ing until almost 1 o’clock in the morn ing to earn some extra money for cloth ing, the need of which had become im perative. Probably I never looked plain er in all my life. My eyes were cir cled. The color was utterly out of my lips and cheeks. indeed I had sat through dinner with Howard almost dumb. I was too tired to laugh or joke. Bwt apparently Howard had not noticed my fatigue. He had gone on talking of this and of that. Only through a sort of extra solicitude over what I ate, and whether or not my chair was comforta ble, could I guess that he knew how I I really felt. Now we were walking home. | But still he had not said one word In pity or sympathy. He helped me up my front stoop. Then I turned and held front door. Then I turned and heeld out my hand — “I am much too tired to ask you In tonight, Howard,” I said. ”1 am afraid I am not very jolly company, anyway. I’ll rest up a little and you can come and see me soon again; In a day or two.” For a moment Howard did not speak. His eyes grew wide and very soft, as he looked at me. His voice was low and trembled a little when he spoke. “Di,” he murmured. “I am not going to be able to stand this much longer, dear! Oh, sweetheart, how tired you look!” I don’t know whether or not I an swered Howard at all. I do know my lips quivered childishly. Tears of utter weariness gathered in my eyes. It wasn’t for effect. I couldn't help it. In another instant I felt Howard’s arni around me and he had kissed me. What could I do but cling to him? “Dear,” I heard him whisper, “Oh, my dear- —!” No. 81 —Dawn of a New Life e- No one has ever paid too big a ♦ ♦ price for real love. -a- HOWARD’S words had been like a key in a golden door. Suddenly my heart seemed flooded with sun shine. 1 couldn’t but know that he lov ed me. Since 1 loved him. I could not but be glad. Away at the back of my mind, had 1 dared to look at them, were forebodings aplenty. What this love of ours could bring is, I could not guess. Unhappiness for me seemed al most certain. I could not imagine that Howard's people would permit him to marry me without strong protest. As a matter of fact my affection for this sweetheart of mine was sufficiently un selfish to impel me to give him up at whatever cost to myself if it were to prove that such a course were better for him. But at the moment when his lips touched mine, I only knew that something very beautiful had happen ed. I loved him. He loved me.' It seemed enough. Certainly we must have been in the clouds on that first night of the realiza tion of our affection for each other. Howard did not even tell me that he loved me. He kissed me and left me. I went upstairs to my humble little room in a sort of rosy dream. I remember staging at the reflection of my face in my mirror for a long while. I don't know why I did It. I think I looked to see some startling change In my own ex pression, now that this thing had bloom ed in my heart. But next night Howard was waiting | for me in the hall, down stairs, of our | office building. He came to me at once | when I stepped from the elevator. I ■ thought the expression of his faee seem-1 ed very grave; although there came a light in his eyes at sight of me. I | called a good night to several of the | girls who were lingering in the hall.; Then Howard and I fell into step to- ! gether as we reached the street. I 1 raised my eyes to his face a little shyly. [ He loked down on me and smiled. •'Well, DI,” he said, “I guess we are ' In for it! I went straight home last i night and told dad we were going to be married.” At this I caught my breatn. But Howard went steadily on. “You might as well know first as last,” ne continued, “that the old man didn’t seem ■ particularly delighted at the prospect. ’ He told me if I was going to have a wife! I’d better take care of her myself. As j a matter of fact, sweetheart, I am afraid i you have let yourself in for a very bad j bargain. It may be several years be fore I can earn enough to take care of you, and give you the things you ought ' to have.” I managed to slip my hand into How ard’s as we walked along. 1 gavj his fingers a little squeeze. I “I wouldn’t care if you never earned : a cent as long as you live,” I told him. 1 “I have been poor now for a good, long while. I don’t mind it,” I laughed a lit- ( tie shakily. “As a matter of fact. I rather like it,” I said. "It’s good for ; me. But I care for you so much How- i ard that I wouldn’t want to do one thing ! that is bad for you. If your father is 1 angry, and you think it is better to give me up, I won’t say one word to keep you.” Howard's voice was low. but very; steady, when he answered. ‘Look here. Di," he said, “my love for j you is the only thing that matters to I me in this whole, wide world. Whether j dad stays angry at us or not doesn’t > matter. Some day he w-111 know that he j wouldn’t think vet;y much of me. if I gave you up, any more than he would i have had his own self respect if some- ! body had made him give up mother. No ■ sir! We’ll fight It out, Di,- if you don’t mind. It’s high time I went to worx, anyway. And it isn’t as though I were just working for money, sweetheart! I'll be working for you. too. That’s what makes a chap willing to do anything You will stick by me. though, won’t you ?’’ : ’To the other side of beyond,” I an swered. I meant it. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON, MARCH 4 j March 4th, 1917 John 6:1-14. GOIZDEN TEXT: “Give us thia day our daily bread.” Matt. 6:11. DB. MARIOX McH. HULL | I John makes a big pump again in j point of time and brings us down to a ; year later, just before the third Pass ! over of our Lord’s ministry, at the | close of nearly two years of public j life. Shortly before this Jesus had sent i the apostles on ahead of Him on a third tour through Galilee. They had , accomplished such marvelous works that i news of their Master reached the ears | of Herod who* had been responsible for John’s death. His guilty conscience pricked him and he declared that tills was none else than John raised from the* dead. About this time the apostles returned, and, in order to have a little time for rest (for the people thronged about Jesus so that He had neither time to eat nor sleep). He took them i in the boat and carried them across the lake to its northeast corner not only that they might have a brief season for rest, but also that He might withdraw them from the terri tory of Herod. The people, however, did not give Him time for rest, for by the time the j boat reached the shore, multitudes had gone around the northern end of the lake some three or four miles, and fol lowed Him and His disciples up to the mountain side. They were joined by numbers of others moving In caravans on their way to the Passover, each one desiring some blessing at His hand. As He turned and looked upon this great multitude He had compassion on them, for they were as sheep having no shep herd; and instead of taking the much needed rest, He healed those which were sick and taught the people all day long. THE TEST OF CHARACTER Evening was now drawing on and all were 1 weary and hungry. His disciples came to Him I —they were merely human; we must not blame them—and urged Him to send the people away •hat they might go into the surrounding vil lages and buy food. J etv. knew what He was going to do, but tn order to Tejt character. He asked Philip. ' When shall we buy bread that thee might eat?” Now I’bilip yas a shrewd business man. The ifttle lines that we have on him show that he was apt to scorn the ex pectations of faith. He had splendid qualities! It did not take him long to calculate that all that they could secure amongst themselves was $25, that that would buy a certain quantity of bread and that that quantity of bread distribu ted amongst this multitude would give each one of them a bite. The trouble with Philip was thm he took no account of the resources of Jesus. What Jesus wanted him to say was, "Master, we have $35. That is not enough by itself, bat with Thee it will be enough." But Philip missed his opportunity.. How many of us must rid ourselves of the de fect of our good qualities? Don’t you know some ousiness man whose judgment on a purely busi ness proposition is almost faultless, but who nas so little faltb that he takes no account of the resources of Jesus when it comes to a spir itual proposition? He must rjd himself of the defect of good business judgment before he can appreciate what faith in Jeeus will bring. There are men today wuo are absolutely moral ind upright, whose lives from a world standpoint are exemplary, but they must rid themselves of that defect before they can be saved. They have got to come to Jeeus like the most guilty sinner and ask for pardon. Good qualities, therefore, are all right in their place, but we must not let them stand between us and Christ. Just about that time Andrew—he was emi nently practical always--came vp an l " said, "There is a lad here teat has brought a lunch with him. He has five pieces of bread sardines.” There was just a little bit of ex pectation in Andrew. Here la something, he said but then when he looked at the crowd and away from Jesus he added, “What is that amouj sc many?” . ■ Jesus had instructed His disciples to make the people sit down on the grass in companies of fifty. In that way ’they could be easily served. The number was in the neighborhood of 15,400, for there were 5,000 men besides the women and children, and on an occasion of this kind when they were on their way to the pass over, whole families went. It is reasonable to supppose therefore that there were at least twice as many women and children as there were men. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes to heaven and prayed* No. He offered thanks, and then He began to break the bread into pieces and to dis tribute the fish. It took some faith on the part of the disciples to start out with this little bit. but they were willing to obey, and because they were they had the joy of service, for as they carried the broken pieces of bread and of meat to the companies, they saw with satisfac ticn that each one was being fed and filled. That they sat down was an evidence of ths fact that they got a full meal. It was not jvst s snack standing, but a full meal sitting down. • . . I like to think of that lad who had the lunch. Can y u not see ids eyes getting big ger and bigger, as he saw that little luncn of his becoming sufficient for this great mule utude? ,And i wm guarantee tuai he an more than five biscuits and two fishes. It wah not .nu'-‘!i of & lunch tbst be bnxight with him to satisfy a hungry boy. It Is more than likely that his litti" insides bulged with fifteen, oarlev loaves and ten fishes! I also like to flilnk of the smile on Jesus face as He saw with satisfaction the peop’c bling fed to the full. Possibly He gave some extra piec.ts to some of the children as they ran up to Him. At any rate, He was made joyfiil in seeing the others having their needs supplied. THE JOY OF SERVICE. When every one had as much as they co'uM eat and refused any more because they wild | not eat It. TI? told His disciples to gather up ‘ the fragrm nts that nettling be lost. Now 1 these fragm nts were not the serai* left by I the people, but they were the pieces wbk-n I He had continueii to break, but which they ■ had not used. And wbeu they gathered them 1 up there were twelve baskets full, one bas ketful for each of the disciples for- the nect I day’s meals. And they still had their $35. | not a penny had been sptnt. This is the only miracle which is recorded |by all four evangelists. There must be some,- I thing, significant in this fact; and there is, for truly It was a revelation of Himself as the Son of 'Sod, for who else than the Son ot i God could h ive taken the lad’s lunch an I 1 made it suffice for 15,000 people, and then i bad twelve basketsful over? I There are one or two other things, however, which He reveals in this. That He prevents !as well as ieals. He had furnished healing ■ to the sick' bodies of these people dnring that day, but now by giving them food He prevents ! sickness coming into their lives, for stam- I t'on bv lowering resistance, is one of the most ' prolific causes of disease. Then He gave the i same food to all. There were Pharisees high ' in office and authority: there were the humb- I lest peasants: but each one had the same. Perhaps one of the most precious lessons J out of it nJ is the part the disciples played !in it. God is waiting to give you just the saifle jov tnat He gave them that day if von i will obey Him. You may think it is impos sible with rhe infinitesimal resource* that you i tiave to accomplish anything, but if you will ’ place them at His disposal and then obey everv impulse which H* gives you. you will find' them r.,ultiplying in your hands so that I they will suffice for the needs of those about I you. Give Jesuw all that you have that He i may gi T * Tf> n all that He has. Ontario Women Seem Certain of the Ballot TORONTO, Feb. 28.—The women of : Ontario were virtually assured the right to vote when the government, ‘ through Premier Hearst, last night en -1 dorsed the bill of J. W. Johnson pro i vidlng for equal • suffrage. ; The premier said the government ' would thy to devise some plan under i which women might vote at the next ' general provincial election. I The opposition already has announc ed itself favorable to equal suffrage ! and now that the government has fal- I len into line the measure is expected ; to pass the legislature virtually without opposition. . “Having taken our women iqto part nership with us in * our tremendous task.” said Premier Hearst, in announc ing »the government’s decision. “I ask can we justly deny them a share in the government of the country, the ; right to have a say about the making of the laws they have been so heroically trying to defend? 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