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'\1 TME E M P T Y SLEEVE. BY P H IL A B U T L E R BOWMAN. And why does my sleeve hang empty? And so vou are asking to know Of the cloud that bent down W ith its blackening frown On our Nation, so Tittle ago. And why does my sleeve hand empty? And why, when 1 fold you so tight Have I only one arm That shall shield you from harm? One was laid on the altar of Right. You know what “My Country” means, Lad, Your grandfather’s country and yours. You will know, as life thickens, Why all your blood quickens At sight of the flag that endures. You will learn what it means to be free, Lad, And to honor those sacrificed ones In a country whose sod At the altar of tiod Was pledged free, in the blood of her sons. You have learned to he glad in the colors And swell, with your gay little shout, The song that dead stones Would cry out. should our tones Wake not, when the flag flutters out. The time is so little ago, Lad, And the valleys grew sweet with corn, And the grape and the grain; Forgot hardship and pain For joy in God’s country, new-born. But a spirit awoke in the air, Lad, And shadowed the light of the bars, And threatened to tear From their regal place there On the blue of our banner—the stars. The story grows old in the telling, Of the voice that went ringing afar That the brave, loyal band Of each son of the land Be pledged for the life of a star. And something, deep down in the breast, Leaped up at the voice of that call, And the tread of a host Rose, as marched to their post. Those heroes, to conquer or fall. And W ar rode his terrible charger Through the valleys that love had made fair. But God. in His might Helped the hand raised for right Crush the spirit that rose in the air. The story is sad to tell, dear. But—the stars are still shining on high. Tho’ the myriad graves Where the summer grass waves Are voices to answer us why. So I know what “ the Union ’’ cost, Lad,, And the flag that no spirit can grieve; And when it shakes out And I hear your glad shout, I thank God for the empty sleeve. with a penciled word to “Send Gener al Warren at least a division to hold the position at Little Round Top.” On the summit where the signal officer was the musket balls were be ginning to fly. He folded up his flags and was going to leave; but at this moment Warren came back, and Induced him to keep the flags wav ing. “ I t may puzzle those people,” he said, meaning the enemy, “ and may keep them back for a few min utes.” So the two men waited, watch ing the puffs of smoke t h a t appeared at different distances. A thick cloud showed where the action was already raging at the Peach Orchard; In hot haste the battle was spreading all along the field; cannonade and mus ketry crashed and rattled at right, left and centre of the long battle lines. A movemerit of the mass of Infantry which Warren had detected on the wooded ridge was plainly visi ble. Suppose Meade had delayed in sending him an qrmy corps! The moments of suspense came suddenly to an end with the arrival of Hazlett’s battery of rifled cannon of the Fifth Artillery. The young lieutenant spoke. “ Gen eral, w h a t ’s the m a t t e r ? ” “The deuce Is to pay!” was the re- he held was of great Importance In the battle. Retreat might mean the destruction of an entire corps. It was almost certain that supports would be sent him sooner or later. He was resolved never to yield. Yet half the regiment were gone; hardly more than skirmish line was left him. The soldiers, having fired the sixty rounds of cartridges they had carried Into the fight, were emp tying the cartridge boxes of their fallen comrades. A few minutes longer and not a man would be left alive. “Colonel, let us cha/ge them! We will drive them off the hill!” shouted a l ieutenant in a hoarse voice. Last Hope of the Defenders. Chamberlain glanced at him in ad miration. This was the heroic spirit of his men. Yes, why not charge them? he thought. Suddenly, unexpectedly even to himself, he gave the order: “ Fix baydnets! ’’ The command, “Charge!” was lost in the deep, long drawn shout of the desperate men; they leaped forward and rushed down the hill. Striking the enemy among the scattered trees on the outskirt of the wood, they • Farm Topics • - BACTERIA IN MILK. The cause of milk tasting bitter Is bacteria which gets into the milk as it leaves the udder or is alive in the creases of the pail. Before cool ing the milk, heat It to 143 degrees or 160 degrees, and hold It at this temperature for fifteen minutes or longer. Cool it as rapidly as possi ble.— Farmers’ Home Journal. 5xmt>au-i>choof INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR MAY 30. WHEN MCKINLEY SERVED COFFEE IN BATTLE. POTASH FOR HOGS. A large raiser of hogs in Kansas says that one of the most valuable things he has ever learned is that hogs need a large amount of potash. He uses a fourth to a half box of “lye,” such as can be bought in the stores, to a barrel of soaked corn slops or shorts when feeding. He says that wormy, coughing, stunted hogs will soon make a marvelous change for the better. SWISS CHARD POPULAR. Swiss chard is growing in popu larity. It is cultivated like the beet and is ready for use as a sort of sub stitute for asparagus within a few weeks after seeding. It lacks the richness or flavor of asparagus, but is a good substitute while the asparagus plantation is getting ready to bear. The long stalks are served ^s aspara gus or as creamed celery, and the leaves may be cooked like spinach. Lucullus is the choicest variety.— American Cultivator. CHA W ft £RL^lNMPyj3NTURi: ‘ a t u t t l & h o j J n S : T o i g g l l B y C a r l H o v e y . The war council of Federal gener als the night before the second day’s cattle of Gettysburg became necessar ily a frantic pretension of scanning the unknown. Outside, on the l e n g th ening ridges and between the abrupt hillsides of t h a t intricate battle field, lay the encampments of the two hos tile armies, ominous and solemn. There were few camp fires. At times could be heard the voice of a sentry challenging, or the drawn out clatter of a horseman on the stone pavement of the cemetery. The night passed, and daybreak found the cautious General Meade still listening to the reports of his di vision commanders, to their stories of misfortune, and plans for s t r e n g th ening the line of battle. The unpro-* tected North lay at his back; in his front a general whose resourceful ness was unfathomable and who ranked as a military genius. To pic ture In his mind’s eye the battle ground that was now obscured and dim, and to foresee what would be the thing wanted there, at the given j point, at the given moment, on the | morrow, was the well nigh Insuper able task of the Northern general. The unexpected was certain to be fall both officers and men, and they must be ready to perform miracles If need be. An instance of this kind was the fight of the Twentieth Malhe on Little Round Top, in memory of which the colonel of the regiment, Joshua L. Chamberlain, for his great tenacity and his daring heroism, re ceived the Medal of Honor. Little Round Top had escaped the vigilance of the Federal commanders. This was the smaller of two rough hills, strewn with boulders and bare, slippery rock, rising sharply from a wooded swamp, behind which stretched the Confederate battle line. At the foot of Little Round Top a body of Union troops had been posted. Only One Man For Defense. It was now afternoon. Lee’s at tack was expected momentarily, and every man was waiting intently, with hie eyes vxed upon the open space that separated the two armies. Just At this time, by a fortunate chance, it occurred to General Meade to order i General Warren to ride over the field In the direction of the Round Tops. Warren did so, and when he came to the foot of Little Round Top he left his horse and climbed to the summit. What was hie surprise to find at this Bronze Tablet to McKinley E reeled at Washington, D. C. Exploit of Late President, Who as Commissary Sergeant of Twen ty-third Ohio Vjlunteers Gave Steaming Drinks and Hardtack to Soldiers, to Be Perpetuated in Bronze. BIGGEST PART OF HERD. The boar is the biggest part of the herd. It a sow averages seven pigs at a litter and the boar exerts as much influence over each pig as the sow does, t h a t means that the breed ing of the boar is seven times more important than the breeding of. any one sow. If the herd contains ten sows and one boar, the boar's im portance is increased to seventy to one. This accounts for the fact that you can get along very nicely with common sows if you have a thorough bred boar that has been properly se lected from a large litter, from good, healthy stock on both sides.— Epit- omist. point only one soldier, an officer of the signal corps. He no sooner looked about him that it became in stantly clear to him that the top of this hill, where there were no troops, and which had been abandoned for a signal station, was in reality the key to the whole position. His astonish ment gave place to consternation. With his glass he noted a thickly wooded ridge beyond the swamp; there, he surmised, the enemy was already forming his lines, to burst suddenly upon the Union troops at th r base, where in the screening formed a line at a right angle to the ply. “ I hope you can hold out until the infantry come- u p .” S tayed U n til H e W a s K illed. “ I guess I can,” answered Lieuten ant Hazlett. As a m a t t e r of fact, he stayed there until he was killed. The passage of those six guns through roadless woods and up among the jutting boulders of the height was marvelous; nothing but the dash and eagerness of the men to get into ac tion, together with their incredibly skilful driving, could have planted those cannon on the very summit of Little Round Top. The infantry were not far behind. Among the regiments closing in to seize the hilltop were the Forty-sev enth and the Fifteenth Alabama of the Confederate side; and of the Union army, the Twentieth Maine, commanded by Colonel Chamberlain, which was an usually small regiment, numbering only about three hundred men. This little force had no sooner reached the portion of the hillside. assigned to them, where they stood ari,ry *n act,on panting from their exertions, than “r nn' ° uH\ they saw a dense mass of Confeder ates coming toward th e m ; for the two strong Confederate regiments, containing a thousand men, had been ordered to t u r n the Union flank at ex actly that position. Discerning In a flash the grave peril of his command, the Maine colonel quickly ordered five companies to swing back until they closed in upon them with bayonets and the butts of their guns. Of the Confederates some fought until they were killed; more, how ever, acted as if thrown into a panic by the wild charge, and they ran for their lives. Undoubtedly they sup posed that a strong re-enforcement had reached the Union line, and t h a t this had caused the sudden attack. The brave Maine regiment cap tured three hundred prisoners, and returned with them to the old posi tion, where they stayed until In the last hours of that terrible summer’s afternoon the victorious little com- i mand was thrust into the struggle for the adjoining hill, Round Top. Concerning their leader in this ex ploit, it may be added that, besides receiving the Medal of Honor at Get tysburg, he was afterward promoted in the field by General Grant; and he so distinguished himself as a briga dier that he was brevetted a major s general In 18(15, “ for conspicuous gal- After the war he ' led, and is still leading, a highly Im portant public career in his native State of Maine. ILLINOIS SOIL RESULTS. Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins, the Illinois soil expert, shows that in ten States more t h a n half— and in Illinois more than one-tenth of all the corn of the world is produced. We should know what corn is made of, what it takes from the soil; and it is j u s t as neces sary for us to take an invoice of the soil itself (by chemical analysis) as for the storekeeper to invoice his goods. We must know how to re store any low element of fertility In the soil. If we apply any fertilizer, we should know whether we put on the soil as much of the needed ele ment as we take off in the crop. Unless we know and do these things we will fall in permanent agriculture just as the Eastern States have (ailed. EATING THEIR PIGS. A hog grower writes: \Sows often used to eat their own pigs when I kept them before and after farrowing on corn, but since I learned to give them alfalfa or clover hay with some luan, and only an occasional ear of corn, they do not any longer eat their pigs. This shows that it was ;orn feeding that caused It.” Many hog growers have found this to be the trouble with brood sows, iiid when alfalfa hay is accessible are feeding them freely with alfalfa hay. Clover will also do, cut and mixed with bran, is a better way to feed it, and two ears of corn per day has been found enough for brood sows. Those who have it will also find wood ashes good for them, and If you have no wood ashes, burned and charred corncobs will answer as a substitute if the sows and hogs generally have free acress to it. The heating qualities of a corn diet for hogs causes the abnormal conditions referred to.— Inland Farmer. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD (BIG AND LITTLE ROUND TOP FROM i EMMETSBURG ROAD.) ■ H U H n woods nothing could be known of the movements of the enemy until the Confederates were upon them. To verify this strong suspicion, General Warren made his way ns rapidly as possible to a battery at the foot of the hill. “Captain,” ho said, “fire a shot Into those woods.” The Captain of the rifle battery did so, and as the shot, whistling, passed over the wood, It must have caused everyone of the concealed \Rebels to look In the direction of the sound; for a simultaneous flash of musket barrel and bayonet revealed to the Northern general the presence of a long line of the enemy far out flanking the position of the Union troops. The fact thrilled him; it was almost appalling. A strong force should have been Intrenched long ago high up on this hill; perhaps even now it was not too late. He rushed off a messenger to General Meade i rest. At this instant the Alabamians attacked them on front and ftank, opening with a murderous fire. Colonel Chamberlain with drawn sword moved up and down his lines. The Rebel bullets whizzed Incessantly past him; his men were constantly groaning and falling on every side. Outnumbered more than three to one, their position was terrible, and it was apparently a hopeless one. Yet with dripping faces the men loaded and fired their muskets, displaying the cool expertness of true veterans. Smoke walled them In and to some extent concealed from the enemy the terrible execution they were making upon their thin, gaping battle front. However, their Colonel never thought of retreating. In the dense smoke, the deafening and confusing volleys, in the face oM h e rapidly ap proaching annihilation of hla com mand, Colonel Chamberlain thought only of one thing, that the petition Our Patriot Dead. Bring ye sweet flowers to deck their lowly graves, The^noble ones who shed their life-blood And, lighting, fell in freedom's cause, that we Should hold it sacred, while the old flag waves! Bring flowers, the fairest, sweetest, for our braves Roses and lilies. Twas for you and me They died. Cover each mound that they may see The living love that still a strong heart craves. \ O sainted dead! O husband, brother friend. Known or unknown, we hold thy mem ory green And scatter o'er thy resting place, the rose, The lily, pansy, violet, to blend Their perfume with the tears that, oft unseen, Bedew the ground ’neath which oui loved repose. —Anna M. S. Rossiter, in Christian Reg ister. EARLY MATURED BEEF. It requires experience a n l skill to mature beef cattle at twelve to twen ty months of age. Profitably baby beef must be made in a way to keep all the calf-fat and add to it as rap idly as possible. The late Mr. Ker- rick, of Bloomington, 111., was skilled in maturing beef cattle at an early age, and he always insisted that if the calf-fat was lost In management it was nearly impossible to regain the loss to such animals. One must raise their own calves and keep them fat and growing If they want to grow baby beef, as It is a very rare thing to buy calves that have not been neglected in this regard. So few un derstand the importance of holding on to the calf-fat and building on It by icareful and proper feeding to ma turity. From whole milk it must gradually go to warm skim milk fresh from the separator, with oat meal gruel and a little linseed meal, bran and a little cornmeal mixed. Many are using concentrated calf meal, which can be had now ready prepared. All this feeding requires care and skill, as it is as easily over done as underdone. And so the calf to mature baby beef at twelve months must require constant skill in feed ing, and scours must be avoided. Unskilled feeding causes this trou ble, and loss comes quickly by it.—- Indiana Farmer. An impresario Is a manager, agent or conductor of a troupe of operatic or concert singers; also, rsrely, a teacher or trainer of such singers. Subject: Believing and Doing, James 2:14:20— Golden Text: James 2:20— Commit Verse 20— Com mentary. TIME.— A. D. 60. PLACE.— Jcru- Scl l&TO EXPOSITION. — I. Living Faith and Dead Faith, 14-10. There is no profit in a m a n ’s saying that he has faith unless he proves it by such con duct as necessarily results from living faith. Real faith Is not mere opinion it Is not mere belief of the t r u th. Real faith, the faith that saves, Is heart faith (Rom. 10:9, 10), faith that governs our thoughts, our feelings, our choices and our conduct, faith that leads to action along the line ol that w'hlch we believe. The faith which a man says that he has but which does not prove Itself by works, “that” faith (v. 14 R. V.) cannot save a man. We are saved by faith, but we a re saved t>y real faith. “ Faith is the assurance of things hoped, the conviction of things not seen” (Heb, 11:1, A. R: V.). The foundation upon which this assurance of things hoped for rests is God’s Word. The reality of the faith shows itself by conduct along the line of that which is believed (Heb. 11:7, 17-19. 23, 30), This is not only the doctrine that the Holy Spirit teaches through James, but it is also the doctrine that He teaches through Paul (Gal. 5: G; 1 Cor. 16:22; 1 Thess. 1:3; Tit. 1: 16; 3:8). There were those in James' day who were abusing the doctrine of salvation by faith. They interpreted faith as merely meaning theological opinion and they were holding th a t whoever held the right theological opinion was thereby saved irrespective of his conduct. The love that tells a needy man to depart in peace without giving him what he needs for his comfort Is a sham love, a dead love (v. 16; cf. Matt. 14:15, 16; 25:42-45; Rom. 12:9; 1 J o h n 3: 16-18), and just so the faith that does not lead to action is a sham faith— a dead faith. There is no life nor profit In the one nor in the other, A man may be a true Christian and be destitute of the necessities of life (v. 15; Heb. 11:37). Their necessity is a call to us to prove our faith by ministering t o it. Obedience to God is the only real proof of faith (cf Heb. 11:3. 7, 17. 24, 25, 30). Real faith is the migtiest thing there if among men (Heb. 11:33, 38): dead faith is a disgusting corpse. Do not merely say you have faith, prove it by vour\ conduct (cf. Tit. 2:7, 11-14; 1 Tim. 1:5; Matt. 7:17; 2 Cor. 5:17; 7:1). It is well to believe the t r u th, but merely believing the truth with the head alone will not save a man. II. How Abraham and Rahab were Justified. 20-26. Paul appeals to the Old Testament Scriptures to prove that a man is justified by faith alone apart from the works of the law (Rom. 4:1-12: cf. 3:28,R.V.). James emphasizes the other side of the truth, t h a t the faith that leads to j u s tification is a faith that proves Itself by works. We are justified by faith without works, but we are not justi fied by a faith that is without works, The faith which God sees and upon which He justifies a man leads inevit ably to works which men can see. Giod saw the faith of Abraham and counted it to him for righteousness (Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:3-6, 10, 11, 22, 24; Gal. 3-6), but the faith God saw was real and led Abraham to works that all could see and which proved his faith. The proof to us of the faith is works, and we know t h a t he who does not work has no justifying faith. There is no contradiction be tween Paul and James. They stand for opposite sides of the same truth. Abraham proved his faith by doing i what God bade him do, even to the I extent of laying his son, his only son, | upon the altar. We must not lose sight of the truth i which Paul emphasizes against legal ism on the one side— that we are j u s tified on the simple condition of a real faith In Christ; and we m u s t not j lose sight of the truth which James emphasizes against antl-nominianism on the other side— that It is only the faith that proves its genuineness by ] works t h a t justifies. To the legalist who is seeking to do something to merit salvation we must say, “Stop working and believe on Him t h a t jus- i tifieth the ungodly” (Horn. 4:5). To j the anti-nominlan who is boasting I that he has faith and is justified by it | but who does not show his faith by his works we must say, “ What doth it profit if a man say ho hath faith, but have not works, can that faith save him ? ” (James 2:14, R. V.), We are justified by faith alone, but we are justified by that faith alone that works (cf. Matt. 12:37; 25:35- 40). Real faith stops at no sacrifice ( v. 21). Abraham’s real faith, which stopped at no sacrifice, won him the highest title ever bestowed upon J a man. “The Friend of God” (2 Chron. 20:7; Is. 41:8), We may all have the same title (John 15:13-15). There will be at least one former harlot in heaven— Rahab. We have the Word of God for it, t h a t she is justified. She became the ancestress of our Lord (Matt. 1:5). And to-day publicans and harlots are entering the kingdom before the Pharisees (Matt. 21:31). Of all the people liv ing in Jericho the only name t h a t has come down to this present day is t h a t of a harlot. Others perished, but she perished not. She was saved by a faith that led to works (v. 25; cf. Heb. 11:31). Filipino* Use Postal Havings Banks. , The Government's experiment with postal savings banks in the Philip- oines is a success, according to re ports of the Director of Posts received by the Postal Savings Bank League of Chicago. The net deposits In* :reased in the last fiscal year $529,- 280, making a total of over $1,000,- 0 0 0 after twenty-one month*’ t r i a l . tr-’- Made Oofflas by Hand. ------ Peter Welle, undertaker, who made 8874 coffins by hand, died nt Jlwood, Ind., aged eighty-three. _
