GEORGE H. HEPWORTH. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong fm faith--Romans, iv., 20. The difference between the man of faith and the man of no faith is prac- tically the difference between paradise end purgatory. A man does not need to believe many things, just enough to give him ® safe anchorage in stress of weather. Heng creeds are tiresome, and the longer iuey are the more tiresome they become. As spiritual helps they are of wery little value. If a man's theology consists of a few simple. propositions there is small chance of his having a controversy within himself, whereas 2 complicated creed introduces many points of doubt. if a man believes in little else than an honorable life, but believes in that at all Hazards, and stands by it in all emergencies, he will make a good citizen, @ loyal friend and cannot miss the ap- proval of God. Such a man could not go te any other place than heaven, even if he wanted to, for he does not belong in @ny other locality. In like manner, if @ man believes only in the law of gravi- tation, but believes in that with might and main, he will not put up a build- ing that is likely to tumble down and bring him ruin. What, he does build will be strong and solid. It may not be specially ornate, but it will last. It is better to be absolutely sure of one essential thing than half sure of a dozen things. And so I venture to say that if a man is thoroughly convinced thabd he is in a world governed by law, and that behind the law is the Law- maker, that right is everlastingly right and wrong always wrong, he has a sure clew to lead him through the in- tricacies of life, its bereavements, its poverty, its hardships and the strange change which comes when he falls 'asleep at last. The whole gf religion, all that is necessary to keep him in the high road to heaven, will lie like a pan- orama in full view. A few certainties, and after that he may speculate as much ag he pleases, for his many speculations will not interfere with his few certainties. The difficulty with the man who has me distinct belief is that he is not a safe guide for himself. He is not saly afloat, but adrift. There is nothing be can depend on, very little of that patience and resignation which make things easy and a good deal of that re- bellion whick makes them hard. He has more responsibility for himself tham he can carry, and keeps watch on the bridge night and day, not knowing that there is a captain at 'the helm. I can speak with confidence concern- ing this mental attitude, because in my younger years I passed into and through geome of the more radical phases of @oubt. The sky was not very blue in those days, and I got very little out of life. I was compelled to be honest with myself, and was therefore as mis- erable as I was honest. When at length I found good holding ground my anchor chain made merry music as it sought the solid bottom. I wanted little, but { wanted that with a yearning in- expressible, for there is a desperation In feeling that you are a stray waif in a strange world, and that you are certain of nothing but uncertainty. One cares very little what he does when there is no God visible and no heaven to go to. With the grave as the miser- able terminus of our journey, one grows selfish and discontented. On the other band, with a horizon line stretching be- yond sundown, one is careful what he does, because to-murrow he may be sorry. A good, plain, square religion which everybody can understand, which ap- peals to the common sense of mankind, to the logic of the business man, and the research of the philosopher, is the only thing to set this old world right and keep it right. You are bound for @ port on the other shore, and you must govern yourself accordingly. There must be no death in our-thoughts, for that is fatal to the development and discipline of the higher nature. Nothing makes a man so large, 80 generous, so unselfish or so noble as a belief in im- mortality, and immortality must there- fore be a fact or the universe is a huge deception. There must be another world somewhere in which these erooked - things shall be made straight and these which carry our dear ones into the light before the dark. ~ With such a faith vouchsafed by the Christ and by the" longings of human Mature we can bear and forbear, be- cause the hour of rest is not far off. There is much more than this to believe if we have time to investigate, but it will serve our purpose. Te, A New Fiaga. Ie fs ao pleasant surprise, in these flays 'of heraldic decadence, says The Daily Graphic, to find that a really |handsome and correct new flag has come Into existence. Our illustration shows the new East Anglian flag, adopted by the London Society of East Anglians in accordance with the recommendation of the committee appointed for the purpose of inventing such an ensign. "Mindful of the great traditions of East Anglia," says Mr. Charles Fénton, the Secretary; in-a report on the flag, "it has been the endeavor of the committee to obtain a flag which should be especially associat- ed with the old Kingdom of Engle, or Angle Land, from which England takes its name, and be also a worthy emblem of East Anglian energy." The design of Mr. G. H. Langham, one of the members of the society, has been chosen--namely, the ensign of St. George, argent a cross gules, charged with an escutcbeon bearing "the arms of St. Edmund--namely, azure three St. George and St, Edmund: A new flag for East Anglia. crowns or." While thus associating the arms of St. Edmund, the East Anglian King and martyr, with those of the pat ron saint of England, provision has been made in it, adds: Mr. Fenton, "to enable our kindred in other parts to:come with- in its folds and share its significance The first quarter of the flag has been exclusively reserved for them, and it 4: suggested that in it should be placed the badge (as distinct from the arms) of the Dominion, State or colony in which Kast Anglians may be resident. bor ex- ample, East Anglians in Canada should add the maple leaf, in Australia the kngaroo, and so forth." In this matter the East Anglians have taken a step which might well be fol- lowed by other ancient provinces of Eng land--Mercia, for instance, and Wessex. Several very interesting flags might thus come into existence for the coronation festivities--an auspicious occasion, sure; ly, for the evolution of new flags--an help to adorn our streets. One thing only impairs the keen satisfaction witb which the few surviving lovers of her- aldie symbolism will hail the East An- glian flag, and that is that the flag is not of the ancient square shape, but is of the odious modern "twice-as-long-as- high" form, so ill adapted for heraldic display. On a modern flag the cross of St. George is distorted in absurd fash- ion, the cross arms being longer than the shaft, whereas in the ancient ban- ner the arms were at least of equal length. A perfectly square flag is a handsome enough object on a staff, as may be seen in the case of the German Imperial banner, which preserves the mediaeval form, and the name "banner," there correctly used, is a finer sounding word than flag. "The banner of East bAnglia" is a Netter phrase than "the East Anglian flag." Care of Horses' Feet. Quarter cracks are generally occas- toned either from improper shoeing, per- jmitting the feet to become very dry by jstanding on hard, dry floors, paring away the bars and weakening the heels, burning the foot in shoeing or springing the shoe off at the heel. These causes ! produce contractions of the hoof, which | becomes dry, loses its elasticity and fin- }ally cracks. In treating the object is |to remove the contracted disposition in {the.hoof by rasping it at the quartera until an appearance of serum, after which let the crack be opened on both | sides with a drawing knife, so that fric- | tion of the fractured parts may be avoid- ed. Then rasp or cut out the bottom of that quarter which is cracked, so that no part of it may bear on the shoe. Af- -ter the wall has been lowered, should t times neces Commence thinning the shoe at the centre of the quarters, carrying ib/off both toward the heel and toe, having the shoe light andthe tear wide to ob- tain 'strong frog pressure. ~When cracks occur 0 te the of the coffin bone level the foot and shorten occurs only o the shoe cut off on the side of the crack so as not to, extend quite to the latter. This will relieve the weak quarter of all the weight. If there are cracks on both sides of the hoof,shoe with a three-quar- ter tip. File or rasp the wall on both sides of the crack from coronet to ground surface as thin as can be done with safety. New growth of hod can be prone by keeping the hoof moist with cold water bandage around the coronet. Have the shoe removed every three weeks to prevent an excessive growth of horn--N. J. Shepherd, in Twentieth Century Farmer. Do nat overlook buckwheat, especially where bees are kept. It will grow on poor land, and-if not desired for its in makes an excellent crop for ploughing undér. It provides forage for bees at a time when many other piants are not in flower. To Invade the United States. A recent issue of The Philadelphia Bress contained an account of an in- teresting enterprise undertaken by Mr. A'fred Mosely, an Englishman, who has gained great wealth in South Africa. The Press says:-- In November next by the best of ocean steamships, and at the most luxurious of American hotels, and on the finest of special trains, there is to be made out of England an invasion of the United States. At the personal expense of Al- fred Mosely this invading force is to be crganized, maintained and transported, a force of 120 leaders, forty of them conspicuous in the world of educatioval affaira, forty more being men of auth- ority in the trade unions of Great Brit- ain, and forty more being capitalists. The visit will be prolonged until Janu- ary of next year, and when this company returns to d it is expected that their fellow-citizens will be enlightened as to those mystic influences which have made it possible for the United States to gain equal rank with other nations in world affairs --d in many thjngs pre- erirent rank Mr. was one of the invited guests at the installation of Dr. Nicho- las Murray Butler as President of Col- umbia University last Saturday. He sat with that representative and dis- tinguished group, which, as a whole. was a composite representative of all the intellectual and material influences that kave made the United States what the I nation is to-day. He was peculiarly im- pee by the ceremony, and especially y the presence, in enthusiastic accord and sympathy, with all that the election and installation of Dr. Butler means, of men of affairs, men of distinction in commerce, in manufacture, in applied science, and in finance. That,was some- thing to which celebrations at English or European universities, of which Mr. Mosely has had knowledge, can offer no sr: Im the presence and in the enthusiasm of these men he discov- e1ed one of the reasons why the United States has been and is now passing by i Pp ti from the rear rank of nations to a place of suprem- of the attempt made by the Duke vonshire a few years when one of the ancient and most farrous of the English universities, find- ing itself in some pecuniary need, made appeals for help. The Duke undertook to raise a considerable fund, having in rind as much as $300,000, American mouey. But when he turned to the men of commerce he found them deaf. When he appealed to the financiers he discov- ered that they looked upon the univer- sity as something apart in all its influ- ences and seope from their vocation. When he approached the manufacturers he learned that even Oxford with its venerable traditions was for them a mere incident in the national life of Great Britain. So that, having at last secured a scanty $50,000, abandoned his undertaking. Mosely, after he had identified the vari- cus personalities prominent in finance and in all material activities who shared in the installation ceremonies of last Saturday, discovered one of the reasons why Oxford and Cambridge are, com- paratively speaking, dead, so far as their influence upon the prosperity and ad- vencement of Great Britain are con- cerned. Nor was he surprised when he was told that had an American prince of france been appealed to ag the Duke cf Devonshire was some years ago, he would have, and many times in recent ears he has within a day or a week ora rief time, secured the hundreds of thousands, and even millions, that the uriversity needed. Columbia itself had an experience of that kind last win- ter. Mr. Mosley me have been told--per- haps he was--of a recent experience of Yale's young president. It seemed to Arthur Hadley that there ought to be raised for Yale, sd. that administrative and other convenient buildings might be constructed, $1,000,000, and he hoped that it would be possible for him to an- aounce at the bi-centennial that this money had been pledged. He had not then learned the art of approach, how- ever, or the manner by which rich fen make up large funds, so that he to deapair of success. Then one ar: @ was reminded y - the on the next day inless than five-minites? chat with W. Vander . Mr. Borden had his pledge of $100.- 000; Mr. Vand comment be F * "It will give me grea 0 i ers were secur and at last James ¢. . ident Hadley had his nucleus of $500,000, and it was a mer( detail to secure the rest. i Such an experience, according to Mr. Moeely's view, would have been impos- sible in Great Britain, even for Oxford or for Cambridge, and these institutions staggering under Jand poverty and the Indifference to them of the powerful men of material afairs-in Great Britain cannot in Mr. Motsely's view, or in that of American edutators, even though stimulated by the ¢naowments made pos sible by the will of Cecil Rhodes, give to American youths that training, exper- fence, and character which they may ob- tain at home, and which they need, if they are to be of service in their day and generation. In fact, the American youthy would prokably do better were they to attend some of the universities in the greater cities of England, for some of the quickening imfluences of modern times has been felt in these institutions, The sowing of seed by hand is not an economical method, as more seed is re- quired than when a drill is used, and there is a larger return from the.drill, owing to better covering of the seed and greater uniformity of depth. The drill has been improved to a high degree of etticiency, and some have fertilizer at- tachments. In all experiments made to determine the comparative value of the drill and hand seeding a less quantity of seed, carefully drilled in, yielded more bushels per acre, in proportion to seed used, than seeding by hand. She--Isn't that a beautiful parrot ? He--Well, I like the cage better than I do the parrot. "Pshaw! The cage can't talk." "That's the reason I like it."--Yonkers tatesman. --++a-- Anecdotal. Tt is recorded of Mr. W. 8. Gilbert Ghat on hearing of the title of Henry Arthur Jones' new play, "The Prin cess's Nowe," he remarked, "I hope it may run long." United States Senator Hoar received word the other day that a friend, whe had been supposed to have appendici- tis, wes suffering not from that ail- table of contents rather than in the appendix." \ Samuel Rogers, the poet, told of an ishman and a Frenchman who had to fight a duel. ¢! mney man! "When I tell this story in Parts," added Rogers, "I put the Englishman up the chimney." James G. Blaine used to tell this story: Once in Dublin, toward the end of the opera, Satan was conducting Faust through a trap-door which re- presented the gates of Hades. His Ma- jJesty got through right--he was used to going below--but Faust, whe was quite stout, got only about hakt- way in, and no squeezing would get him any farther. Suddenly an Irish- man in the gallery exclaimed, devout- ly, "Thank God, hell is full." --+++-- "Well, old man, you're with me in this election, aint you ?" "Marse Jim, did I ever fail you ?" "No, but one can't always tell how re going, there I can thi you an a thi "En three dollars wuth er groceries ?" "Here's the money." "En two dollars wuth er street tax." "T'll fix it." . "En a couple er loose dollars, so's ef I drap dead dey'll fin' enough in my pocket ter sen me home in a cab ?" "Ts that all ?" ; *"Dat's all, suh; 'cept dat I so glad ter see you I feels lak takin' a dram ter drink yo' good helt !"--Atlanta Consti- tution. --$44-- 'A New York professor had a wife and family, but, professorlike, his thoughts were mostly with his books and his dynamos. One evening his wife return- ed from late afternoon visits to find t)* house strangely quiet. Nowhere wer. the children to be seen. She demand- ed of the man of books what he had done with the youngsters. The pro- fessor explained that they had become rather noisy, and so, even without call- ing the maid, he had stuffed them into bed. "I hope they haven't given you much trouble," Mrs. Professor said. "Oh, no,' said the professor. "With the exception of the one in the cot over there, perhaps. He objected a good deal to my undressing him and putting him to hed." ° Mrs: Professor went to inspect the cot. "Why,' 'she cried, "that's little Freddy Smith, from néxt door.'--New York Thmes. mn iu : F nH nel Ly ps to have a preference: With horses. and saddlers, bays, browns and chestnuts have first preference eny often overlooked. * essential that a horse, ition (well fed) to bring: It is absolutel be in co is is par- als of the draught condition, and pays those men well w eater to it. e great lack of condi- tion is shown by the fact that many horses are sent im. for sale only to be reshipped to the country for further: feeding. Condition is almost as es- sential as fat on a steer, and its ab- sence cuts from 25 to 50 per cent. from the selling price of a horse. The re- quirements of the market in this line are well worthy of notice--Fyom Bul- letin of the Bureau of Animal Industry, oma States Department of Agricul- ure. Feeding Lambs by Hand. In rearing lambs that have lost their mothers, or when the latter cannot give enough milk to nourish the lambs prop- erly, it is best to feed cow's milk from a bottle that has a small rubber nipple attached to it. We have found this method more satisfactory than feeding with a spoon, and even prefer it to let- ting the lambs learn to drink from a dish without aid, as they will then fre- quently gorge themselves by drinking- too much milk at one time. A newly-born lamb requires about two tabi mfuls every two hours; give first feed early in the morning and last quite late at night. We have not found it necessary to sweeten the milk with sugar or dilute it with water, but I would strongly recommend to heat the milk to a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit before feeding it. The lambs seem to like it warm, and they certainly thrive better upon it than they will on Yukewarm or cold milk. It is nec to keep the nipple, the bottle and the vessel in which the milk is heated thor- oughly clean and free from any disagree- able taste or odor, such as that of sour milk, etc., else the lambs may refuse the milk. Sour milk will also bring on the scours among very young lambs. After a week or ten days the lambs may be fed less frequently, until at the: end of two months they are able to take the milk fed in two feeds, which has: been gradually increased until two pints- of milk are given to each lamb daily, one in the morning and one at night. In addition to this, they should have some ground feed and all the good hay or grass they will eat. To teach the lambs to eat feed while quite young, spread a little granulated sugar over the feed, and take a little of this and put it into their mouths if necessary, and as- they find it sweet they will readily learn to eat it. By occasionally feeding the lambs a little grain from the hand they will soon become very tame. There are few things more disagreeable to a good shepherd than to see a flock' of sheep run away, as if in great fear, at the: approach of a person.--L. O. Follo, in chigan Farmer. --4+44-- . "She's not what you'd call an advanced. voman?" "No, no." "Has no mission in life, I suppose?" "Oh, I believe she claims to have one, but it's nothing of any importance." "What is it?" "Just a mission to make some good man happy, understand."--Chicago Post. --+4+4o~-- Young Lady--aA friend of mine is en- gaged to a man, and now he refuses to- marry her. What would you advise her: to do!" Old Lawyer--Is the man wealthy?" "" Young Lady--No. He hasn't a shill- ing. | Ola Lawyer--Then I'd advise her to write-him a nice letter of. thanks.--Tit- Bits. . ----> > | Col. John C. Haskell of Columbia, 8. C., has on bis place an old negro woman who cares for her brother's motherless- pickaninnies. One day the Colonel, after experiences of several small losses which: had been fastened on the children, said to her: "Rachel, I think those children getting dishonest." "Well, sah, dat's a fac'. I -tell dere« daddy he out'en let 'em steal. Children: ain't got no judgment in stealin'. Wen dey do steal tings, jes as lakely dey'IE tak' somethin' you'll miss !" --New York Times. are-