PREACHEK PRACTICED A BIBLE 

 MAXIM. 



A friend of the Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson, 

 the popular Chicago preacher, not long 

 ago found the pastor in one of the large 

 department stores of the Western city. 

 He was leaning up against a supporting 

 pillar in a brown study. 



"Why, Henson, what in the world are 

 you standing there for?" asked the friend. 



''Oh," said the witty parson, as a twin- 

 kle came into his eye, "just putting into 

 practice that verse in the Bible: 'All the 

 days of my appointed time will I wait till 

 my change comes."' March Ladies' 

 Home Journal. 



STOPPED RAILWAY EXTENSION. 



The Commissioner of Indian Affairs 

 through the agent of the Nez Perce reser- 

 vation has stopped the Northern Pacific 

 railroad from extending its line from Lew- 

 iston to Grangeville, Ida., across tne Nez 

 Perce reservation and has also forbidden 

 its extension over the Indian allotted 

 lands. 



The railroad company has appealed to 

 the Idaho delegation to secure withdrawal 

 of the prohibition, giving assurance that 

 if allowed to extend their lines to the 

 point desired, they will willingly agree to 

 whatever requirements the interior depart- 

 ment think proper to protect the Indians' 

 rights. 



Senator Heitfelt will see the Commis- 

 sioner of Indian Affairs and Secretary of 

 the Interior, and will endeavor to ascer- 

 tain what arrangements can be made which 

 while fully protecting the rights of the 

 Indians will also give to the settlers the 

 benefits of the railroads. 



Camas prairie is from forty to sixty 



miles from the road, and Grangeville is 

 the center of a section which is one of the 

 most fertile in Northern Idaho. 



"A slap in time, saves nine, ' said the 

 prudent mother as she slapped the baby's 

 hands. 



The Irrigation Age will have an extend- 

 ed article on the drainage canal in the near 

 future giving a full description of the 

 mensity of the work, by whom built, the 

 machinery used in construction, and cost 

 of the enterprise, including a careful esti- 

 mate of the possible lowering of the wa- 

 ters of Lake Michigan by turning its wa- 

 ters into the drainage canal. 



The visit of Secy. Alger to Chicago 

 and inspection by him of the drainage 

 canal was timely, and shows the Secy, of 

 War to have an eye open to the best inter- 

 ests of the country in civil as well as mil- 

 itary matters. 



We had an opportunity to see a ship- 

 ment ef trees and shrubs from Hill's 

 Nursery of Dundee, 111., and were aston- 

 ished at the pains taken in wrapping and 

 packing. When the packages were open- 

 ed and the trees taken out they looked as 

 fresh as though they had just been taken 

 out of the ground. 



WINDMILLS. 



The first barley-mill was introduced in- 

 to Scotland from Holland by an ingenious 

 mechanic named Andrew Meikle. But it 

 was many years before the invention came 

 into general use, owing chiefly to the su- 

 perstitious prejudice of the country folk, 

 who looked upon the grain thus cleaned 



