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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
WESLEY CALLED A vAeABoND
irish Grand Jury Dealt Hardly with
Founder of Methodism.

The Irish Year Book for 1908, just
issued at Dublin, contains bit of
history concerning John and Charles
Wesley that is not generally known to
Methodism. This account notes that
John Wesley arrived in Dublin on a
Sunday in August, 1747. He had been
preceded by lay preacher earlier in
the same year, who had gathered a
society numbering almost 800 These
Wesley describes as strong in faith"
OF the Irish he writes, so civil a
people in general | never saw either
In Europe or America" Charles
Wesley and other preachers followed
him and the Methodist song writer
heard his own tunes sung and whistled
as he went.
Cork city was disturbed in 174S by
the advent of the new preachers. A
local ballad singer gains temporary
notoriety as riot leader. Subsequently
the grand jury declared: 1--WE find
and present Charles Wesley to be a
person of ill-fame, vagabond and a
common disturber of his majesty's
peace and we pray that he may be
transported"
The movement had spread to Ulster
in 1850. At Limerick, in 1852, John
Wesley presided over the first
conference Of the preachers. John
Wesley died in 1871, having made
more than two score cross-channel
journeys and having spent six years
of his life in Ireland, as well as
presiding at all the conferences from
1856 to 1878.
Notwithstanding the steady stream
of emigration the Methodist church in
Ireland has ESQ ministers, 35S Sunday
schools, with a total of more than
$4,000 pupils and about $4,000
members.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18

top and the bottom of the door, writes
a farmer in Prairie Farmer. A and A
are two pieces of 1x1% little over
half the height of the door in length.
and are fastened to the lever B with
bolts. B is made two feet long, with
a pin in one end which works in a slot
cut in the door as shown at C. ID and
d are pieces which are fastened to the
door bats at the top and bottom, with
grooves in which work the two levers
A and A. e is a block one inch thick
which acts as a lock on the lever and
will always securely fasten the door.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
POSSIBLE COW YIELDS.
How IL Is Possible to Increase the But
ter Fat in Milk.

We wish we could get our readers
to realize that it is quite possible, in
WAYS that we have already frequently
pointed out to bring the average yield
of butter fat per head from $50 pounds
per COW, which is about what IL is
now, up to 800 pounds and over de-
clares Wallaces' Farmer We know of
nothing better to do than to publish
reliable returns from different herds,
showing what has actually been ac-
complished.
The Wisconsin experiment station
has recently published Bulletin 167
giving the yield of a herd maintained
for research and instruction purposes,
with the aim, however, of making 1t
return the best possible revenue un-
der the existing conditions. The fact
that this herd is kept for the COM
bined purpose of instruction and profit
prevents the returns from being as
high as they would be if it was kept
I for purely commercial purposes.
| The five best cows in the herd gave
the following yields of butter fat:
47796 pounds, net profit 1881; 442.36
pounds, net profit sS0.01; 403 %
pounds, net profit $3.50; 41S5i
pounds, net profit s76.39; 336.5S
pounds, net profit s6621. The net
profits do not include the cost of labor
! or the value of the calves.
Some one may ask: How were these
COWS fed? In winter a mixture of
wheat, bran, corn meal, distillers'
grains in the proportion Of three, four
| and three parts, with as much hay
! and silage as they would eat up clean.
| In summer they ran on pasture and
| when corn was short were fed new
! green corn and corn silage.
The Georgia experiment station
! has, in connection with the dairy
/ division of the United States depart
/ ment of agriculture, been keeping rec
ords Of four dairy herds, including 70
COWS, together with the various feeds
7 and rations which have been fed to
( them. The best cow produced in one
4 year 9,257 pounds of milk containing
4 544.39 pounds of butter; the poorest
I COW 1859 pounds of milk containing
! $500 pounds of butter. The poorest
herd produced an average of 1858
pounds of milk per COW containing
221.36 pounds of butter; the best herd
an average of 1878 pounds of milk
per COW, containing 1892 pounds of
butter. This is, in this test in the
state of Georgia, the poorest herd av-
eraged about so per cent. more butter
| fat per COW than the average cow In
the northern states, so far as we can
ascertain.
Northern farmers who are only get
ting about $50 pounds of butter fat
| per COW in year ought to be ashamed
of themselves. No man ought to milk
cows that will not give 200 pounds of
butter fat per year. No man ought to
be willing to continue in the business
with less than $50 pounds average.
No man ought to be satisfied with less
than 300 pounds. When he reaches
that point he will want $50 pounds
but like the man who wants to grow
so bushels of corn to the acre. he will
have to work hard for the additional
pounds or bushels.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
ATTENTION A MOMENT, SMOKERS
More or Less Authentic Facts Are Put
Forward in This Story.

The users Of tobacco, it would ap-
pear, are subject to undreamed-of dan.
gers. A French medical journal tells
an interesting tale of man who while
smoking pipe had a serious fall.
Some time later a curious swelling
appeared on his tongue, and this, after
efforts had been vainly made to re-
duce 1t by common methods, was
found to contain a fragment of the
pipe that had been driven into 1t at the
time of the fall In another case an
ulcer on the soft palate Of patient
persisted for three years before it was
investigated and found to contain a
piece of cigar holder. How this lat
ter got there we are not informed, but
it appears certain that If these persons
had not been users of tobacco they
would have escaped much discomfort.
A word to the wise is sufficient!-Ex-
change.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
John p.,s sLnple Tastes.

Mr.. Rockefeller is democratic in all
his habits and tastes. In cold weather
he wears paper waistcoat, as he be-
ieves that paper more than anything
else will keep the chest and stomach
warm. He also wears old-fashioned
wooden gloves. and when he is seen
outdoors on a winters day he looks
more like an old Yankee farmer than
the richest man in the world. He also
takes great care of his stomach, and
always did When he is at work on
any puzzling problem he cats spar.
ingly, and recently, when downtown
at his desk in No. 26 Broadway, he
would eat nothing more than Is
:ent meal. This is not so much for
economy, however, as for the good of
his health, and many will admit that
Mr.. Rockefeller pursues the proper
course in abstaining from heavy
meals.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Wet Feed or Dry?

A man who has two or three extra
dairy cows and who buys all the good
feed they can possibly eat because 1t
pays him to do so, has been expert
menting with the feeding of alfalfa
meal as a slop. He has discovered
that such practice spoils good feed
The theory that the saliva and gas.
trio juices of the stomach should be
diluted with water in the feed is a
mistake. 1t is no longer considered
advisable or necessary to wet bran be-
fore feeding and 1t is absurd to make
a paste of alfalfa meal. 1t would also
be our preference to permit the COW
to grind the alfalfa.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
American Democracy.

Privy Councillor Zuntz, on his re
turn to Berlin. after a three-months
visit to the United States, delivered a
lecture before the students of the In.
dustrial high school of that city, in
which he had much to say in praise OF
American students and of the college
system under which they were trained
Our students" he said, can help
themselves financially only by teach.
ing. The American student has the
advantage in this respect, because
without losing caste or dignity, he can
break stone, act as a waiter or porter,
or do work at any trade. 1t is not an
infrequent occurrence that a young
man acts as waiter at a gathering OF
people where he is received as an
equal as soon as his mental duties
lave been performed"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Athletic Aristocracv.

The Italian and Hungarian
newspapers are full of accounts of a
remarkable society cycle race in
which Countess Ilona Bethlon beat
he beautiful ana athletic Princess
4etitia, Duchess d'Aosta, q feryent dc.
yotee of the wheel. as we'll as Signora
Barato, the most famous professional
woman cyclist in Italy The latter. it
s said, was promised $4,000 BY a well,
lnown firm of cyclist manufacturers
irovided she came in first Signora
3arato. however, was beaten by both
her titled rivals The winner of the
ace was, of course, the youngest OF
the ladies'. She Is the daughter Of tht
vell-known Count Andreas Bethlen.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
A Borneo Parasite.

A famous rarity in the vegetable
world of Borneo is the rafflesia, the
buah pakmah of Malays. The plant is
one of the most degraded of parasites
and so completely does it submerge
itself in the tissues of its host that the
only part which ever shows itself to
the external world is the enormous
flower. The diameter of the flower
measures about two feet, the odor is
repulsive and there is not one feature
of beauty to recommend il to man. Ii
appears, however, to hold an impor.
tanc place in the pharmacopoeia of
the natives, which perhaps imagine
that the plant to which nature has
given so uninviting an exterior must
possess some hidden virtue in the way
of compensation. Various species OF
rafliesia are known in Borneo, and
oddly enough their hosts are in.
variably species of vine (cissus).
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Why They Don't Clap.

Have you seen the near perfect
woman, Maude Odell?" she asked
No. You ought to see her. And II
you want to be really amused, you
ought to go and watch the men gazing
at her wide-eyed the men with their
wives. They are taking in all her per
feet points, but they are afraid to ap
plaud her on account of their wives
That beautiful, near perfect woman
leaves the stage nearly every time
without handicap on account of the
wives"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Brioht as the Fire.

When Crewe hall was burning, the
late Lord Crewe, father of the present
earl, displayed a humorous equanimity
which st. James Budget deems wor.
thy of preservation in print.
When the historic mansion, with its
works of art, rare manuscripts, armor
and other treasures. was blazing away
Lord Crewe ordered a footman to
place a table on the lawn and bring
him an inkstand and some telegraph
forms. He then sat down and com.
posedly wrote this telegram to Street,
the Royal Academician:
Dear Street. Crewe is burning;
come and build IL up again."
To his sister he sent another mes.
sage by wire:
You always used to say this was a
cold house; you wouldn't say so If you
could see II now. Youths Com
panion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Rinu in OhertorX.

After having taken the collection in
the Cullompton (Eng) parish church
the church warden noticed a gentle.
mans gold ring in the offertory box.
At the conclusion of the service the
vicar announced that gold ring had
been either accidentally dropped into
the box or given as thank offering,
and would be restored to it's owner if
put N by mistake. No one claimed
the ring.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18

That Kentuckians have a very high
regard for their native state is illus.
trated by this anecdote told by one
of them:
Once a Kentuckian died. So a near
relative went to the local tombstone
artist to arrange about an inscription
on the deceased's tombstone.
After due cogitation the near relative
said:
Carve on It: He's gone to a better
place.
I'll carve he's gone to heaven IL
you want me to-" remarked the tomb
stone artist, but, as for that other in
scription-there's no better place than
Kentucky!"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Bobby's Unfortunate Delay.

He was i've years old. On this
particular day mother had dressed
him with unusual care and was very
much displeased to have him come in
with clothing dirty and torn. She had
80 often told him he must take his
own part in the boys scraps-fght,
should the occasion demand 1t. This
he would not do. And now she intend
ed to punish him
Bob became very indignant and
said: We'll. mamma, just told the
boy wasn't ready to fight. and when
I got ready he was settin' on me-
Deiineator.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
How He Lost Out.

1T served me right" sighed the
bachelor. Il ought to have remem
bered that women have no sense OF
humor.'
What's gnawing you now?" queried
the inquisitive friend.
Why, during leap year a pretty girI
with an obese fortune proposed to me
and ! said no. explained the bach
elor, thinking, of course, she WOULD
take 1t for granted that my no meant
yes, but she simply let it go at that.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
One Was Lackinn.

1--WE thought you would be married
by now" they told the girl "The last
time We saw you you were with fel.
low you seemed so fond Of"
You did" she sighed. Il was. ]
still am awfully fond of him, but, you
zee, 1t takes two to get married"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Sore Throat Cure.

To cure Sore Throat quickly, safely and
surely you must use a remedy made for
that special purpose. TONSILlNE is
simply Sore Throat Cure. 1t doesn t
perform miracles but it does do its whole
duty in curing threats which are sore.
TONSILlNE is an antiseptic, kills the
Sore Throat germs and corrects the con-
ditions which produce Sore Throat and
like diseases. The first dose gives
relief, and a few doses cure. <LsR
A quick, safe. soothing, healing, ~m
antiseptic cure for Sore Throat Ia
briefly describes TONSILINE. lN
AT druggists-25 and SOC bottles. La
The Tonsiline Co., Canton, Ohio. W
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
What She Went For.

First Shopgirl-Miss Blank is going
away.
Second Shopgirl-Is she leaving for
good?
First Shopgirl-No. for better or
worse.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
Sometimes More.

Il see that New York professor re-
forms bad boys with piano music" Il
hope he bears In mind that some
pianos need reforming quite as much
as bad boys do"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
A pesnlcabIe Wretch.

"That man has no conscience"
"Why do you think SOP"
"He cheated NE fearfully in a horse
trade in which | supposed ! was easily
getting the better end of the bargain. /"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18
AUTOMATIC BARN DOOR LATCH.
Will Work Either on Sliding or Swing.
ing Doors.

/ have found the barn door latch
shown in the accompanying illustration
very satisfactory on either sliding or
swinging doors, as it fastens securely
with one move of the lever. both the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-18

A liberal banking of sheds on the
north side will prove a boon to the
cows when the cold weather comes.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-05

A traveller going 30 miles directly
north from the northernmost point OF
Lake Geneva, Switzerland, would ar
rive at the retired and interesting vii
lage of Motiers. He would also learn
by inquiry that he is just 40 miles d.
rectly west of Bern, the capital of the
Swiss republic. This little village OF
Motiers looks very much like other
villages in Europe, but if the traveller
happens to be an American, he will
soon learn that he has found friends
who know how to welcome him.
In this little town the celebrated
Swiss naturalist, lecturer and teacher,
Jean Louis Rudolph Agassiz, was born
in 1907. His greatest fame was
achieved after he came to America in
1916. That year he was given a pro-
fessorship in Harvard college, Cam
bridge. His great abilities were
readily recognized by the leading lit
erary men of the day, and he at once
took prominent place among the
educators and authors of the world.
The kindness with which he was re-
ceived by the people of the United
States is remembered to this day with
gratitude by the inhabitants Of that
unique Swiss village. They are the
descendants of the people who knew
Agassiz when he was boy. For over
fifty years the children of that village
have been told again and again the
story of Louis Agassiz, who went
away one day to school, found his way
to the United States and there made a
name so great that thousands each
year are attracted to Motiers as they
are drawn to the early homes OF
Shakespeare and Robert Burns. That
is why the inhabitants of Motiers re-
serve the best for the American trav'
eler.
Agassiz was the son of Swiss
Protestant clergyman. He had the
very best advantages offered by the
schools of Europe. He improved al
his opportunities. The biographies Of
all learned men do not tell us of {
more untiring worker. He won the
| confidence and love of all classes
easily. The common people gathered
around him to learn the simple thing:
which he taught them SO readily. Thu
most learned came to learn more. HI
left the literature of the world richie
far than he found it.
Many of his philosophical aphorism
have become classical. One of hi
wisest sayings was, every grea
scientific truth goes through tire
stages. First, people say it conflict
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-05
MADE NEAT BIBLICAL RETORT
Writer Who Expected to Score of Of
Editor Met with Really Witty
Counter.

Few editors have the humor and
good nature which characterize Robert
H. Davis, chief Of the Munsey staff
and author Of the play. 1.-THE Family"
A writer who had submitted story to
him received a courteous rejection.
stating that the tale, although charm
ing, was not suited to the Munsey pub
locations. In the course Of few months
the story won a prize In q contest, and,
highly elated, the writer dispatched
the information:
Dear Mr.. Davis:
Psalms 1922. See IS an
nouncements in the current ISSUE"
The Scriptural reference was: "The
stone which the builders refused IL be-
come the head of the corner"
The next mail brought Mr.. Davis
answer:
Dear -:
"Psalms 1923"
The chagrined writer found that the
fatal juxtaposition reads: "This IL
the Lords doings; it is marvellous in
our eyes"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-05
SAUL OF TARSUS.

Tarsus, now called Tersus, the cap
ital of Cilicia, Asia Minor, is located
on the Cydnus and has a population
of about 10000. 1t is the same lati-
tude as Old Point Comfort, Va 1t
is IL miles from the Mediterranean
sea. Saul of Tarsus was born there
in A. D. He was a Jew. He was
also a Pharisee. Whether law was
canonical or traditional made no diff
ference with him. 1t had to be obeyed.
Saul was an intolerant bigot. He
pushed himself into Christian homes,
arrested innocent women and children
and sent them to prison. He forced
himself into churches and had the
Christians arrested and beaten. 1t is
significant that the name Saul means
sepulcher, destroyer. His mind
was flashlight Intellectually, but his
pharisaical conscience was as dark as
sepulcher In personal appearance
he was ugly. He was the more dan
gerous in his persecution of those who
did not subscribe to his vise-like dog
mas, because his morality and charac-
ter We're above reproach.
The pitiful pleading and suffering of
Stephen the Martyr, excited in Saul
not pang of regret nor particle
of sympathy. He was cruel in his big.
otry; wdower; childless; bound by
no personal domestic ties; a literary
pugilist; theological despot, and a
legal detective in search of the least
hair-splitting violation OF Judaic law
Though boasting much learning" he
had found no employment better than
tent-maker. He measured human
needs by his narrow traditions. He
less soulless. He repeated with ten
, derless lips the creeds and catechisms
Of Judaism.
This then, was Saul of Tarsus, the
"old man with his Deeds" when il
about 33 A. D. he was sent to Damas
Gus by Caiaphas the high priest, with
instructions and power to bring witt
him to Jerusalem all the Christians
he could find. Tho world is familiar
with the story of that strange MONDAY
light from heaven, the splendor anC
brilliancy Of which struck Saul to the
ground blind and convicted. Who ha!
not contemplated in mute wondermen
that scathing rebuke: saul, Saul
why persecutest thou me?'
Biographical history is replete will
people of Sauls character who, lin
tied by bigotry. creed and dogma, have
resisted to the point of murder those
who have stood for and insisted upol
the acceptance and practice, fully ant
unequivocally, of the healing and re
generating truth Jesus taught,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-05
JEAN LOUIS RUDOLPH AGASSlZ
A Character Sketch Of This Famous
Naturalist, Lecture: and Teacher.
By John E.. Fellers
By John E. Eellers

with the Bible; next they say 1t has
been discovered before; lastly, they
say they always believed it,"
His faith in the school of nature
was a passion with him. The one am
bition to which he held tenaciously
throughout all the years Of his busy
life was the establishment Of a perma-
nent school where geological science
could be studied, not from dead speci-
mems, but from the everyday life of
the animals in their forest haunts.
Through the generosity of his
friend, John Anderson, wealthy man
of New York, he was able to establish
an institution of this kind in 1873 Mr..
Anderson gave to Agassiz for this pur-
pose the entire Island of Penikese,
which is located in Buzzard's bay, and
also gave him as an initial endowment
fund the sum of $4,000.
Another wealthy friend presented
him with fine yacht of 80 tons bur-
den which he used in marine dredg
ing Of the water surrounding this
beautiful summer home Of the in.
habitants of the forest If Agassiz
had lived long enough to bring to full
fruitage all his plans, he would have
left the physical sciences with rich
harvests to be garnered. He died on
| September IA, 1873.
| It may be of interest to the readers
OF this sketch to know that AgasslZ
and Longfellow were born the same
year, and although over 5000 miles of
ocean lay between them at their
birth, they were both drawn to the
same city in middle life, lived near
each other in warmest friendship, and
the earthly remains of each now rest
In the same cemetery.
On the evening of May %, 1857, the
literary friends of Agassiz surprised
him by calling at his home in a body
to celebrate his birthday. 1t was for
that occasion that Longfellow wrote
his well-known poem entitled "The
Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz." If Agas
siz loved to study the geological for
nation of the rock and the class tt
which it belonged, he loved more tt
contemplate the deeper meaning O.
the Rock of Ages. IT, under the serene
and silent sky, he held communion
with the stars, his spiritual eyes saw
beyond them all the life-star of Beth
lehem and he knew the message i
brought to waiting world. If in thu
woodland or glen he coaxed the iii.
to tell him a few secrets, he knew
that the Lily of the Valley laugh
deeDer things than man ever vet hat
!; learned.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-05
Bering Sea Volcanic Islands.

The BogOsiOls are group Of three
small volcanic islands in the southern
part OF Boring sea. and 81 miles north
west OF the island of Unalaska. One
Of these islands, Castle Rock, has
been known since 1896; Fire island
has been known since 1882, while the
third one, Perry island. rose from the
sea about the time of the San Fran
cisco earthquake. In 1906. According
to letter to Science. this island
has now sunk,