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SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE
NOTED DIVING.
Subject: "Gates ol' C.irbunclc."
Text: "And I will make thy windows of
abates, and thy Rates of carbuncles."?Isa.
Perhaps because r? human disease of most
painful and ofttimes fatal character is named
after it, the church and the world have never
donejusticetothat intense and all-suggestive
precious stone, the carbuncle. The pearl
that Christ picked up to illustrate His sermon,
and the jasper and the sapphire and
the amethyst which the apocalyptic vision
masoned into the wall of heaven have had
.proper recoRnit ion, but this, in all the ages,
it the first sermon on the carbuncle.
This precious stone is found iu the East
jauies, m coior is an miens? scitriei, auu
hold up between your eye and i he sua it is a
burning coal. The poet puts it into rhythm
as he writes:
Like to the burning coal whence comes its
. name;
f Among the Greeks 03 Anthrax known to ]
fame.
God sets it high up in Bible crystallography.
Ho cuts it with a divine chisel, sharpens it
with precise geometry, ami kinaies its lire '
into an almost supernatural flame ot beauty. !
Its law of symmetry, its law of zones, Its law
of parallelism, something to excite the j
amazement of the scientist, cliimo the cantos '
of the poet and arouse the adoration of the '
Christian. No one but the infinite God could 1
fashion a carbuncle as larjje as your thumb- 1
nail, and as if to make all ages appreciate '
this precious stone He ordered it to be set in 1
the first row of the high priest's breast-plate '
in olden time and higher up than the onyx ^
and the emerald and the diamond, and in '
Ezekiel's prophecies concerning the splendors (
of the Tyrian court, the carbuncle is man- 1
tioned, the brilliancies of the walls and of s
the taSsellated floors suggested by the Bi!>le 1
sentence: "Thou hast walked ud and down 1
in the midst of the stones of fire!" But in 1
my text it is not a solitary specimen that I rhand
you, as the keeper of a museum might 1
take down from the shelf a precious 1
stone and allow you to examine i
it. Nor is it in the panel of a
door that you might stand ami study for its
unique carvings or broszed traceries, but
there is a whole gate of ic lifted before our
admiring and astounded vision, aye! two
gates of it, aye! many gates of it: "I will
make thy gates of carcuncles." What gates?
Gates of the Church. Gates of anything
worth possessing. Gates of successful enterprise.
Gates of salvation. Gates of National
achievement. Isaiah, who wrote this
text, wrote also all that about Christ ''as the
lamb of the slaughter," and spoke of Christ
as saying, "I have trod the wiue press alone,"
and wrote, "Who is this that cometh from
JEdom. with dyed garments from Bozrah?"
And do you think thdt Isaiah in my text
inereJy happened to rJpresent the gates as
red gates, as carmine gates, as gates 'of carbuncle?
No. He means that is through
atonement, through blood-red struggle,
through agonies we got into anything worth
I getting into. Heaven's gates may well be
made of pearl, a bright, pellucid, cheer ul
crystalization. because all the struggles are
over and there is beyond those gates notding .
but raptures and cantata and triumphal pro- J
cession and everlasting holiday and kiss of
reunion, and so the twelve gates are twelve
pearls, and could be nothing less than pearls.
But Christ hoisted the gates of pardon in His
owe blood, and the marks of eight fingers
Aid two thumbs are on each gate, and as He
lifted the gate it leaned against His forehead
and took from it a crimson impress, and all
those gates are deeply dyed, and Isaiah was
right when he spoke cf these gates as Rates
of carbuncle.
What An odd thing it is, think some, this
idea of vioarioua suffering or suffering for
others! Not at all. The world had seim vicarious
suffering millions of times before
Christ came and demonstrated it on a scale
that eclipsed all that went before and all that
shall come after. Rachael lived only long
enough after the birth of her son to give him
? name. In faint whisper she said, '"Call
him Ben-oni," which means "son of my
pain," and all modern travelers on the road
from Jerusalem to Bethel uncover their heads
and stand reverently at the tomb of Rachel
who died for her boy. But in all age3 how
many mothers die for their children, and in
many cases Rrown up ohildren, who t?- recreancy
stab clear through the mother's
VtAAwf I Qnff^w!r\n #/\*? AfKatKs'J Vl/hw nrrtrM
uunu. cuuviiuk, ivi vwuviai t? uj , iuu nviiu
is full of it. "Jump!" said the engineer to '
the fireman on the locomotive. "One of fl
us Is enough to die. Jump!" And so the 1
engineer died at his post, trying to save the S
train. When this summer the two trains c
crashed into each other near Atlantic City, '
among the forty-seven who lost their lives, *
the engineer was found dead witb one hana
on the throttle of the locomotive and the t
other on the brake. Aye! there are bun- F
dreds here to-day suffering for others. You ^
know and God knows it is vicarious sacrl- ?
flee. But on one limestone hill about twice c
the height of this churcb, Ave minutes' walk >
from the fcnles of Jerusalem, was the sub- k
ilmestcaseof suffering for others that the F
world ever saw or ever will see. Christ the F
victim, human and satanic malevolence the t
executioner, the whole human race having
an overwhelming interest in the spectacle, t
To open a way for us sinful men and sinful I
women Into glorious pardon and hlurh hope s
and eternal exultation, Christ, with hand i
dripping with the rush of opened arterio?, '
swuntr back the gate, and behold! it is a red ?
gate, a gate of deepest hue, a gate of car- c
buncle. c
What Is true In spirituals is true iu tem- r
porals. There ar<s young men and older .
men who hope, through the settlement of Ii
this acrid controversy between silver and a
gold, or the oimetillic quarrel, that it will o
I become easy to make a living. That limn o
[ will never come._ It never has been easy to t
make a living. The men who nave It very *
easy now, went through hardships anil self- ii
denials to which most young men would b
never cons-nt. Unless they got it by inheri- t
tance, vou eaDnot mention twenty-live men o
who have come to honorable fortune that a
dirt not fight their way, inch by inch, and a
against fearful odds that again and again al- s
most destroyed them. For some gooa ren- s
son God ha3 arranged it for all the centuries t
that the only way for most people to get a v
livelihood for themselves and their families e
is with both hands and all the allied forces o
of body, mind and soul to push back and a
push open ibe red gate, the gate of carbun- ^
cle. For the benefit of nil young men, If I h
had the time, I would call the roll of those b
who overcame obstacle. How munv of the n
mighty men who went one way on i'ennsyl- X
vaniaavenire and reached the United States a
Senate, or walked the other way on Pennsyl- fl
vania avenue and reached the White House, u
did not have to climb over political obloquy? c
Not one. How much scorn and scoff, and s
brutal att?ck did Horace Mann endure be- n
tween the time when he first began to fight n
i for a better common school system in Massa- s
chusetts, and the day when a statue in honor J
I oi aim wus pmceu <mi steps ui lun oiaic ^
f House overlooking "The CommonsV" r
Bead tbe biography of Robart Hall, the n
Baptist preacher, who, though he had been f
pronounced a dunce a sohool, lived to thrill p
the world with his Christian eloquence; and t
j of George Peabody, who never owned a car- t
riage and denied himself all luxuries that $
he might while living and after death, t
through last will and testament, de- p
vote his uncounted millions to the c
education ot the poor people of Eug- n
land and America; and of Bishop Janus, s
i who in his boyhood worked his passage
from Ireland to America, and became the P,
joy of Methodism and a blessing to the race.
Go the biographical alcove in city. State, or j
National library, and find at least every
other book au illustration of overcome obstacle.
and of carmine gate that had to bo
. forced open. 1:
What is true of individuals is true of Na- ^
tions. Was it a mild spring morning whun >
the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth f
L HOCK, SDU aiu iney cuifj IU ni^ii'ivu ii
| gay streamers flying? No. It was iu a cold c
December, and from a ship in which one c
would not want to cross the Hudson or the
| Potomac River. Scalping knives all ready [
to receive them, tbev landed, their only wei- s
come the Indian war-whoop. Ite.l m??n on I
the beach. lied men iu the forest. Red mm r
on the mountains. Rod men in the valleys.
Living gates of red men. Gates of car- I
buncle! (
" Aboriginal hostility pushed back, surely 1
now our forefathers will have nothing to do I
but to take easy possession of th>- faire3t .s
continent under the sua. The skies so t
genial, the soil so fertile, the rivers so pop- #
ulous with Jinny life, the acreage so im- I
mense. there will be nothing to do but eat,
drink and be merry. No. The most powerful
Nation, by army and navy, sounded its t
protest aoross three thousand milm of water, t
V
Then came Lexington, an 1 Bunker Hill, anl
Monmouth, and Long Island battles, and
Valley Forge, and Yorktown, and starvation,
"and widowhood, and orphanage, and
the thirteen colonies went through sufferings
which the historian has attempted to put
upon paper, and the artist to put upon canvas,
but all in vain. Engraver's knife, and
reporter's skill, and telegraphic wire, and
daily press, which have made us acquainted
with the horrors of modern battlefield, had
not yet begun their vigilance, and tho story
of the American Revolution has never been
told, and never will oe told. It did not take
much ink to sign the Declaration of Independence,
but it took a terrific amount of
blood to maintain it. It was an awful gate
of opposition that the men and women
?and the women as much as the menpushed
back. It was a gate of self-sacrifice.
It was a gate of blood. It was a gate of
carbuncle.
Wk nt-tt not indebted to historv for our
knowledge of the greatest of* National
crises. Jinny of us remember it, and fathers
ami mothers now living had better Keep telling
that story to their children, so that Instead
of their beiug dependent upon cold
type and obliged to say, "On such a page of
such a book you can read that," will they
rather be able to say, "My father told me
30!" "My mother' toid me so." Men and
women who vividly remember 1861, and
1862, and 1863. and 1861, be yourselves the
historians, telling it, not with pen, but with
living tongue and voice and ce3ture. That I
is the great use of Memorial Decoration Day,
for the calla lilies on the grave tops soon become
breathless of perfume, an l in a week
turn to dust unto that which lies beneath it.
But the story of courage and self-sacrifice
and patriotism told on platforms and In
households and by the roadside and In
jhurohes and in ceme.eries by that annual
recital will be kept fresh In the memory of
generations as long as our American institutions
are worthy of preservation. Long
ifter you are dead your children will be able
:o say, with tbo Psalmist: "We have heard
ivith our ears, O God, our f.tthers have
old us, what work Thou didst iu their
lays, in the times oi old." But what
* ' TV...- Krtma
t time ic was; jcuui ^caio uumwlickness!
Four years of brotherly
tna sisterly estrangement! Four years of
nartyrdom! Four years of massacre! Put
hem in a long line, the conflagration of
iities, and see them light up a whole contilent!
Put them in long rows, the hospitals,
naking a vast metropolis of pain and
jaroxyism! Gather them in one vast assem>lage,
the millions of bsreft from the St.
jawrence to the Gulf, and from the Atlantic
o the Pacific beaches! Put the tears into
akes, and the blood into rivers, and the
ihrieks into whirlwinds! During those four
rears many good and wise men at the North
mil South saw nothing ahead but unnihilaion.
With such a National debt we
tould never meet our obligations! With
mch moral antipathies Northern and Southirn
men could never come into amity! Repesentatives
of Louisiana and Georgia, and
he Carolinas could never again sit side by
lide with the Representatives of Maine,
Hassachusetts and New York at the Naional
capital. Lord John Russell had deilared
that we were "a bubble-bursting Naionality,"
and it had come true. The Naions
of Europe had gathered with very reilgned
spirit at the funeral of our American
lepublic. They bad tolled the bells on
Parliaments and Reichstags and lowered
heir flags at half mast, and even the lion
>n the other side of the sea bad whined for
he dead eagle on this side. The deep grave
lad been dug, and beside Babylon, aud
I'hebes, and Tyre, and other dead Nations of
he past our dead Republic was to be
juried. The epitaph \vas all ready: "Here
ies the American Republic. Born at Philalelphia,
4th of July, 1776. Killed at Bull
iun, July 21, 1861. Aged eighty-flve years
ind seventeen days. Peaoe to its ashes."
Jut before the obsequies had quite closed
here was an interruption of the ceremones.
and our dead Nation rose from its
nortuary surroundings. God had made for
t a special Resurrection l>ay, and cried,
'Cpme forth, thou Republic of Washingon,
and John Adams, and Thomas JefTeron,
and Patriok Henry, and John Hancock,
md Daniel Webster, and 8. 8. Prentiss, and
lenry Clay. Come forth!" And she came
orth, to be stronger than she had ever been,
ler mightiest prosperities have come since
hat time. Who would want to push back
his country to what it was in 1860 or 1850?
Jut, oh, what a high gate, what a strong
rate she had to push back before she could
Qake one step in advance! Gate of flame!
lee Norfolk Navy Yard, and Columbia, and
Jhambersburg, and Charleston on Are!
Jate of bayonets! See glittering rifles and
arblnes flash from the Susquehanna, aDd
he James, to the Mississippi, and the Ar;ausas!
Gate of heavy artillery, making
he mountains of Tennessee and Kantuoky
ind Virginia tremble as though the earth
tself were struggling in its last agony. The
jate was so flej-y and so red that I can think
if nothing more appropriate than to take
he suggestion of Isaiah in the text and call
t a gate of carbuncles.
But we must admit it is a hard gate to
tush back. Millions of thin hands have
.nfjV.rt/-! nt- if mil Kahf- moMnrr ottmnrr on ifa
I U3ULU (VI IV nilUUUl tltuaiu^, IV WTAUk, v** *kw
lard hinges. It is a pate made out of empty
lour barrels, and cold Are grates, and worm
mt apparel, and cheerless homes, and unaedieated
sickness, and ghastliness and
iorror. It is a cate of struggle. A gate of
enury. A gate of wanr, A gate of disaplointment.
A red gate, or what Isaiah would
lave callod a gate of carbuncles.
Now, as I have already suggested, as
here are obstacles in all our paths, wo will
19 happier if we consent to have our life a
truggle. I do not know anyone to whom
t is not a strugle. Louis the Fourteenth j
houzht ho had everything fixed just right ]
,nd fixed to stay, and so he bad the great j
lock at Bordeaux made. Tho hour3 of that j
lock were 3truck by figures In bronze repesenfing
the kintrs of Europe, and at a cerain
time of day William the Third of Engand
and other kincrs were mado to come out
nd bow to Louis the Fourteenth. But the
lock got out of order on-} duy and just the |
pposite of what was expectod occurred, as
he clock struck a certain hour Louis the
"ourtoenth was thrown to the feet of Wilisim
the Third. And so the clock of destiny
rings many surprises and those go down
hat you expected to stand, and at the foot
f disaster most regal conditions tumble. In
,11 styles of life there come disappointment
,nd struggle. God has for some good reaon
arranged it so. If it is not poverty it is
ickness. If it is not sickness, it is persecuion.
If it is not persecution, it is contest
rith some evil appetite. If it is not some
vil appetite, it is bereavement. If it is not
ne thing, it is another. Do not get soured
nd cross and think your case is piculiar.
,rou are just like the rest of us. You will
lave to take the bitter draught whether it
10 handed to you in golden chalice or powter
aug. A man who has a thousand dollars a
ear income sleeps sounder and has a better
ppotite than the man who has i
Ivo millions. If our I'16 were \
lot a struggle wp woall nev-'r consent to I
:et out ol this world, and wo would want to !
tay here, and so block up the way of the ;
dvancing eenerations. By the time that a
nan sects to be seventy years of age, and
ometiines by the time h9 gets to be fifty
Hars of age, he says: ''I have had enough
if this, and when the Lord wills it I am
eady to emigrate to a country where there
ire no taxes and the silver of the trumpet
>ut to one's lips has no quarrel with the
;old of the pavement under his feet." We
lave in this world more opportunitv to cuU
lvate patience than to cultivate any other
rrace. Let that grace be strengthened in
he Royal Gymnasium of obstacle and oplositlon,
ana by the help of God, having
ivercome our own hindrances and worrlaents,
let us go forth to help others whose
truggle Is greater than our own.
/IODEST HERO CRUSHED TO DEATH
York Policeman Saves Two Lives and
Lodes His Own.
Spurring furiously after a pair of runaway
lorsfs in West -Seventy-second street, New
rork City, Mounted Policeman Thomas R.
Iclntyro save J J. P. Robinson an I his wifo
rom serious Injury, perhaps from death, and
us they hailed him for the hero he was, his
iwn horse threw him. Ml on him and
:rush?d him fatally before their ryes.
TSiuhrflvAtnun artAii iliml in RonaiiVHlt HoS
>itii!. He was in the prime of IIfo ami was
ooii to he promoted. H? bad thrice received
lonorable* mention for bravery iu stopping
unawnvs.
His act was the most heroic deed f>vor perormed
by a mounted policeman in New York
Jity. His attempt to stop the running horses
le knew meant great danger for himself, as
:ho animals were plunging madly toward a
;erie.s of elevate! railway pillars. Mcluiyre
ook the chance and wou, but paid the p niltv
of his heroism witli his life. He was
rnried with imposing honors.
CaieJonia, N. Y.,is now liqhte 1 by natural
;as. The village pays one cent a d::y for
;ach o.n of its street lights.
RELIGIOUS READING.
AFFLICTION.
There is no keyto affliction hut a key that
fan unlock eternity also. This world has no
compensation, but when we can take in another
world, then there may be compensar
tion. I can fancy if a grain of wheat had
j intelligence and a soul, and found itself
buried in the cold, damp earth of spring,
without light and heat, it might say. "Why
am I thus? It is terrible to be underground,
terrible to be in the dark. I am likely to decay."
But in a few weeks the sprout is
evolved, the blade has spread out.
th<! stalk has expanded, the (lowers are
clad in beauty, the ripe grain is on the ear,
ami then there is the answer. Partial darkness
and sorrow, if I might use the phrase,
preceded growth, expansion, beauty, and
fruit. So it may be with us. It seems to
be God's order that night precedes the day,
Borrow the joy, darkness the light. You
may be in the valley, but God has a mountain-top
for you : and I believe it is true in
ail lands, the deeper the valley the higher
the mountain-peak. I believe it is true ia
all experience also, the deeper the sorrow
the richer the joy. Christ's sorrows were
greater than human sorrows, and His gloryis
greater than human glory. And when
the revelator saw some bright spirits under
the throne, and the question was asked,
"Who are they up so high, who are just
under the throne, and beside the fountain of
glory?" the answer was, "These are they
which came out of great tribulation, and
have washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb." Afflictions,
then, become full of meaning, and to many
a heart is realized the truth : "Our light
| afflction, which is but for a moment, worketh
for us a far more exceeding and etornal
weight of glory."?Bishop Simpson.
IDEAL.
Teter may forsake the ideal, but tho ideal
will not forsake him. The words, the deeds,
the presence, the spiritual magnetism of
Christ still flash and vibrate through his
life in spite of himself. Out there, on the
lonely sea that night, the lost ideal pursued
him." The very lap of the waves called to
mind how Jesus taught tho people from a
little boat, and His words mingled with the
murmuring waters. The darkness and tho
rising wind recalled that strange scene when
he had walked to Christ upon the
waves; and. painted on the gloom in
soft, still light, he yet seemed to see his
Lord moving on the sea. That sense of
Christ whieh the intimacy of long discipleship
had wrought into his memory was not
to be shaken off at will; it ran, like a subtle
essence, through all his thoughts. He was
indeed forsaking the ideal; but the ideal had
not yet done with him. And as it was with
Peter, so, thank God ! it may be with us.
We are not allowed to sink into sordidness
without many a struggle with our
better self. Our ideal possesses us, and
can only be driven off by violence. How
often in wakeful nights, in quiet hours of
reverie, in some still moment we have
known by moor or sea, has our ideal come
back to us. and all the old high aims and
thoughts we once knew have throbbed again
through our softened nature! . . . Seize
6uch hours?they are God's hours, when
He is very nigh to them that seek Him. You
have gone a-flshing, but God has followed
you upon the barren sea, and can meet you
even there, for He is not far from any one
of us?ltev. W. J. Dawson.
KARROW PLACE.
"A narrow place !" You know that place;
you have been there, you will very likely be
there again ere long; some of you may be
there at this very moment. For it is not
merely a defile away somewhere among the
mountains to the east of Moab. It is a life
passage in individual experiences?a time
when there is no evading or escaping responsibilities
; where we are brought face to
face with some inevitable question. . .
Temptation is such a "narrow place." In
the serious crises of the soul's history it is
alone. It is a path on which there is room
only for itself, and before it there is
God. Between these two always the
matter has to be settled. Yes or
no is the hinge on which everything
turns. Shall I yield and dishonor God, or
shall I resist and triumph in His might?
There is no possible compromise ; for compromise
with sin is itself the most insidious
form of sin. ... No man can pass
through these crises, and be after it precisely
what ne was before it. He has met Goa
face to face, and he must be either the better
or the worse for that. Either like Jacob,
at Peniel, he <;an say,"My life is preserved,
or like Saul, after he hud thrown off his allegiance
to his God. he has to exclaim,"Jehovah
has departed from me, and is become
mine enemy.' ?William M. Taylor, D.D.
EXPECTATION.
llest in expectation we may all have now
if we believe in God and know we are His
children. Every taste of Him that we have
ever had becomes a prophecy of His perfect
giving of Himself to us. It is as when a
pool lies nir up 111 uiu cry ri/rKt-, aim ucuis
the tide and knows that her refreshment
and replenishing are coining. How patient
she is! The other pools nearer the shore
catch the sea ilrst. and she hears them leaping
and laughing, but she waits patiently.
She knows the tide will not turn back till it
has reached her. And by and by the blessed
moment comes. Tin- iast ridge of rock is
overwashed. The stream pours in ; at lirst
a tieklintc thread sent only at the surpeine
effort of the larger wave; tut by and by
the great sea in its fulness. It gives the
waiting pool itself anil she is satisfied. So
it will certainly be with us if we wait for the
Lord, however He delays, and refuse to li t
ourselves bo satisfied with any supply but
Him.?Phillips ]?rook>.
WHAT WE THINK OF CUBIST.
When wo think of Christ as u being at a
distance from us who bus merely done a
mighty work, when we eat the bread and
drink the wine in remembnuiee of an absent
Friend, not as pledges of a nor and
present one,the pressure of evil that crushes
down our faith and hope and love seems to
make the past redemption wholly unavailing
for our great necessity. 15ut Christ
in us, as St. Paul told the Colossians
is the hope of glory. What
we want is not that wo should
attain some separate and selfish bliss, but
that he who has been striving with us all our
lives through, to deliver us from the separation
and selfishness which have been our
torment and curse, should effect his own
purpose?that we should be his willing servants.
free children of his Father, formed
into one family and body by his blessed
Spirit forever.?F. D. Maurice.
Have you ever been in one of the great
weaving factories, and seen the curious
lingers pick up the threads one after the
other as they are wanted?all machinery
And you see iron and steel working mechanically
only, yet working out the plnri which
wisdom and skill devised for them beforeiwinH
So llf? is a i?reat faetorv. and the
forces that we call forces of nature and life
are those busy fingers ; but they aro doing
the work that wisdom aud love ordained beforehand
they should do. and are working
out a pattern that by and by will be completed
in the eternal world.?Lyman Abbott,
D. D.
If you havo any trial that seems intolerable
pray. One disabled from duty by sickness
may pray for health that he may do his
work ; or one' hemmed in by internal impediments
may pray for utterance ; but the
answer to the'prayer may be. as it was with
Paul, not the removal of the thorn, but instead
a growing insight into its meaning and
value.?J. F. Clarke.
Geneva ConcresRCA.
Geneva, in Switzerland, thanks to its universal
exposition, already opened, will havo
this year the monopoly of international congresses.
After the congress of the eioctri
cinos wus nom catno tnat or tne philatelists.
No more completo collection of postage
stamps bas ever been gathered. The mercantile
value of it is estimated at nbout $400,00U.
Tho great philatelist firms of Paris,
Now York, Leipsio, London, etc., have sout
Splendid lots of their owu treasures.
Now Vork Want* Poltcemcn.
President Tioosevelt Issued another appeal
for good men to apply for places en thfl
police force of Now York Cicy. There am
to be 800 appolnlmonta mado within foui
mouths. _ _
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
OCTOBER 23. J
1? i'
Lesson Text: "l'lie Proverbs of Solomon,"
Prov. 1., 1-19?<?ol(leu
Text: Prov. i., 10Commeutary.
1. "The proverbs of Solomon, the son ol
Oavicl, king of Israel." Wesawiu last week's
stu-iy that no spake three thousand proverbs,
and in this lesson we have a sample of them,
or, rather, of the wisdom which he asked for
and received from God. but in the wisdom
of God a? here revealed we must loot beyond
the son of David of our lesson to the Son of
David of Math, i., 1, a greater than Solomon,
who is also called ''the wisdom of God"
(I Cor. i., 24). The Hebrew word translated
"proverb" signifies aUo a parable or similitude
and seems to be from the word "to
rule or reign or have dominion." If we are
ruled by "the wisdom of God," we shall be
wise indeed.
2. Some one has said that wisdom uses the
best means toward the best ends, that instruction
is discipline or training and that understanding
is discerning good and evil. All
this is summed up in Christ, who is made
unto us wisdom (I Cor. i., 30).
3. Justice, judgment nnd equity are attributes
of uprightness, and these also are
cnmmad nn in Phriat whn qllilll
judgment and jastice in the earth (Jer.
xxiii., 5). By His spirit in us we may day
by day walk uprightly, and like L*}vl walk
with God in peace and equity and turn many
away from iniquity (Mai. ii., 6).
4. The simple are easily led, and if led by
God all is well, but if lei by tbe devil all is <3
ill. The things of God are hidden from c
those who are wise and prudent in their own t
estimation and revealed unto babes (Math, a
xl., 2c>). To be simple toward God is the s
highest wisdom. E
5. The wise will hear and increase learn- i
ing. In verso 33 observe that it is to God a
they will hearken, and thus dwell safely aud "
bo quiet from fear of evil. So shall they also f
know "the increase of God" (Col. ii., 19). F
8uch hearing gives life and soul satisfaction t
(Isa. lv? 2, 3).
6. There is one peculiar thing about the
word of God that cannot be said of any other I
book?if you are a child of God by faith in t
Christ Jesu9, you have the Holy Spirit, the t
author of the book, within you and tho e
promise of Jesus Christ that He, the Spirit, c
will guide you into all truth (John xlv., 17: s
xvi., 18). Rely upon Him, and He will not 8
fail you. c
7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning t
of knowledge and wisdom (lx., 10). The fear
of the Lord is wisdom (Job xxviii., 28). It i
is also a fountain of life and the good man's c
treasure ("chapter xiv., 27; Isa. xxxiii., 6). fc
8. Obedience to parents is the sura of the t
fifth commandment, and a fearful tiling is c
written Concerning such as mock or despise c
father or mother in Pro v. xxx., 17. The i
phrases "like as u father pitieth" and "as 1
one whom his mother comforteth."
9. No outward adorning is of any value in 8
the sight of God, but the ornament of a meek t
and quiet spirit is in the sight of God of s
great price (I Peter iii., 4), and this comes i
Dy ine wora 01 ?ou uwciuug m us. ?uv c
tify them through Thy truth. Thy .word is
truth'VJohn xvii., 17).
10. Vfi must say a very decided "No" to
anyone who would allure us away from
God. f'ince through the transgression of
Adam and Eve we have learned somewhat of
the ways of the devil we are iuoxcusable if
we walk therein. "Blessed is the man who
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
norstandeth in tbe way of sinners, nor sit- .
teth in the seat of the scornful!" '
11. There are always some saying, "Come i
with us," but it is more often the enemies *
than tbe friends of God. No words so much 1
as actions should be ever saying, "Come 1
with us." Children of God should have a '
life that will be a constant invitation to the
weary, unsatisfied children of th.s world. '
The grace of God will do it in all who are 1
simple. *
12. "How easily the devil, the destroyer, ?
is seen In these words. He was a murderer (
from the beginning (John vlii., 44.) He Is a
liar and a counterfeiter. He said to Eve, *
"Ye shall be as gods" (Gen. ill., 5.) And now J
he suggests an imitation of God's judgment 1
on Korah (Num. xvi., 30.) In the last days s
he will Imitate Christ in the person of ihe
antichrist (Bev. xiii.).
13. He offers what he calls precious snb- 1
stance, just as he offered to our Lord all the J
kingdoms of this world (Math, iv., 8, 9). He 1
is constantly suggesting to people how to be I
waVi h? iinfii.iupniiQiit.su nnd ho i?atches ^
many in his net, they not considering the
future, like the rich man of Luke xvl. Listen
to wisdom on this point and bo wise (vlii.,
19, 21).
14. "Cast in thy lot among us. Let us ail
have one purse.'" And Judas- would te treasurer
and help himself freely. Auother imitation
of the people of God as seen iu Acts iv..
32.
15. "My son, walk not thou in the way
with them." This is the third time we have
met the words "my son" in this lesson. May
it suggest a voice from our loving Father,
His loving Son and the loving Spirit (John
Hi., 1G : Gal. it.. 20; Rom. xv., 30), constraining
us by this threefold cord (Eacl. iv, 12)
to abide in such love and uot turn from it.
10. "For their feet run to evil and mako
basto to shed blood." The way of peace
they know not. The Imagination of the
ihouphts of their hearts is only evil con- <
linually (Gen. vi.. 5). They would for gala t
Hliel the blood of others, but our Lord Jos us i
shed His blood for us and would have us lay j
down our lives for others (I John ill., 16), c
not loving our lives even unto death (Rev. t
xii.. 11). i
17. "Surely in vain the n?;t is spread in t
the eight of any bird." Tlio margin sav.",
"In the eyes of everything that hath a wing." <
Wings impiv power to keep away from all 3
lVi? nnt<5 nf ni<in fn F.nh. vi.. We are told of r
armor und weapons by niH.in0 of which we t
may resist na<l overcome tae devil. If we f
uro not ignorant of bU dovico.j, we can easily t
reeognizo liim and have constant vietory 1
over him. Those who walk willingly iuto t
his open ra' uth deserve to be devoured by n
him (I Tet. v., 8, 9). I
lfi. Tho6e who lay wait for the lives of
others are really desiroying (heir own iiv<w, I
for Into the pt:s which they dig they are sure c
to fall. Whatsoever a man ?oweth that sb/vll t
ho also reap. TbedevU seeks to destroy life, ii
but our Loul by inylhtf down His o-*n life r
gives Hie to all who receive HJm. Believe s
should be moro watohiul to gi*o life than
ibo devil and ilia followers i*r? to take it.
19. "Ureedy of gain." Thin In. this world's
gain, wliiab takeaaway life. "Hie Ph*tls-<w, J
who were covetous, d-frtdM Chrut ?heu H? '
taught tho diaoiplea bow t< mako *i.re of ?
true richea (Luke xv:, H, IB), and't is ever J
bo since Gain lclllod A'.i"1 But ObrK is w's- 1
dom. and the truly ?iniple-*o?rtod do as i9
wri.ten In Prov. ti., I, (. Thoir wuy shtil r
never permh, but ha'l endure forever (Ps. 8
1., G>?Lo?son Helper. *
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TESLA'S LATEST DISCOVERY.
M:tchliio for Kcouoinlciil Production* of
ltuphl Electric.il Vibrations.
Nikola Tesla has succeeded in perfecting
bin electrical oscillators, or machines for tho
economical production of rapid eloctrical
vibrations. JJy moans of these ho is eonIIdent
that his lighting by g'uss bulbs, without
the usual illamenc of tho iueandoseent lamp, p
will become practioablu They ire, besides, n
capable of developing far more powerful t
Roentgen rays than was heretofore possible 9
with the old apparatus, and they lend themselves
to numerous other uses, such as pho- <
tography, tho production ozone and other 1
chemical combinations, and to eleetro- ?
thernpoutic treatment. g
Tho Eloclrical Review says of his latest t
work "Tesla, since he "tartled thescientitlc c
world by showing for the llrst time the pos* 3
sibility of lighting by means of phosphorus- f
ccnt bulbs and tubes, hasiueossantlv labored \
to simplify and improve his methods and t
apparatus, and now comes forward with
perfected and extremely simple transformers,
or oscillators, adapted to ovory day uso
with ordinary sources of current supply.
"That high-frequency currents aro dt-3- s
lined to play an Important part in tho praoticai
applications of electricity there can bo c
no doubt. Tho old and familiar form of in- j
duction coil, with its multitude of uses, can- I t
cmlva rohon n nmv IndantivO I ?
LlVl P'JCVUMI JT oui ti?v " ? - l
apparatus is lit hand fully as simple, Init far
rnoro economical, ami requiring only a minuto
fraction of the wire nocdod in tUo old *
form." _
Doctors Adopt a New Rule. g
The doctors of Dawson, Ga.. will, after
January 1, cive no more physio, except in
aases of charity, to parties wno have availed
themselves of their medical skill and made
qo effort to pay them.
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TEMPERANCE.
ONLY A WOMAJf STiAIN.
It only a woman slain
By the drunken frenzied hand
Of one who had pledged to protect her
By love's divine command.
It was only an item of new3
(Who cares for the woman slain?)
And the world goes on unheeding
Another's sorrow or pain.
It is only a home destroyed
And children outcast and lost,
Yet pause for a moment and thiulc
What this sinful traftb cost.
Three thousand women ureslain
Each year in this Christian land,
And the gallows claims its due
By justice's stern demand.
Fause as the days go by.
There's a hundred thousand lives
Given each year on this altar of sin?
A human sacrifice.
And the land is sad with broken hearts
The Nation stands in dishonor,
History records with shame
This stain that rests upon her.
Oh, Lord, hast Thou forsaken,
Thou who art strong to save?
Oh, touch men's hearts with pity
And make them true and braveBrave
to flght Thy battle
Until the right they win
And bear Thy cross triumphantly
In every strife with sin!
?Sacred Heart Review.
fOTAL ABSTINENCE THE ONLY 8AFEOUABD.
There are those who say, ''Drink, but
Irink temperately. Take your glass or two
?f beer or wine, but don't meddle with that
iornd whiskv. Aud. whatever vou do. take
.11 your drink at home. Don t enter the
aloon. If you will only learn to drink in
noderation. you shall be saved from drink*
ng to excess. Whereas, if you never drink
it all, you will find the restraint irksome
ind be very apt to fall into excess, on the
>rinciple of reaction. But gratify your apatite
for these things, moderately and halitually,
and the temptation to excess at
iny time will be lessened thereby."
To this there are two fatal objections: (1)
t is this, that the taste for drink and tne
iablts of drinking are acquired, and use of
he lighter drinks (beer or wine) does not
ixclude that of the stronger (gin or whlskv);
>n the contrary, the one tends to the other
is readily as if by a law of attraction or
travitation. Drink, drank, drunk is a se[uence
almost as natural to the social as to
he grammatical arrangement.
From little to more, from weak to strong.
I few glasses of wine may do to-day, but
louble the quantity will be needed by and
>y. Beer or li?ht wine may satisfy now, but
>randy and other strong drinks wlK be in
lemand ere long. Again, this is the most
jertatn of all ways of stereotyping the drinkng
customs, by founding them on the daily
iablts of ordinary domestio life.
Some say, "Drink, but keep sober." We
>ay, "'Don't <irink, and remain sober." Their
rery words imply an inconsistency and a
itruggle. Ours, on the other hand, imply a
litural and easy sequence of events. Tney
iay, "Enter unto this temptation so far, but
>eware." We say, "Enter not unto this
emptation at all and you will be the better
ible, God helping you, to contend not
>nly with this temptation, but with every
emptation.?National Temperance Advo*
i&te.
THE QBOWTH OF TEMPEBANCK.
The report presented at the annual gathernsr
of the Catholio Abstinence Union of
Vmerioa shows a wond&Tul increase of the
>rsranlzation, says the St Louis Republic.
L.ast year it established 120 societies, with *
nembershlp of 5761, and in three years a
/\f?1 f^flmhnrahlnnf tfl <WOhno haon AnrnllflrL
This is certainly a record of which any
emperance organization can feel justly
jroud, and, taken in connection with the
jains made by other temperance bodies, Is a
itrlking testimony to the growing popularity
>f the temperance cause.
It is remarkable, however, that, notwithitanding
the zeal of 9uch organizations as the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, the decline
n the consumption of intoxicating liquors
leems exceedingly small.
8ome figures are now published as to the
ionsumption of certain intoxicants in the
ast ten years. These show that the total
mnual consumption of distilled spirits baa
alien from 1.48 to 1.83 gallons a head of tbe
>opulation, while in the consumption of
vine there isadeoline of six percent, of a
jnllon. On the other hnnd, there has been
in increase in the consumption of beer and
)ther malt liquors. In the period mentioned
ho consumption has risen from 10.74 to 15.18
;anons. xnese ugures wouia inuicare a
shange of taste in the matter of liquors
ather than any marked growth of total abitinence.
If temperanco doee not spread
ncre rapidly, however, the fault does not
io with such organizations as the Catholic
Dotal Abstinence Union, whose splendid
vork is universally recognized. And it is
sertaiu that, whether or not the average
:onsumption of alcohol has decreased, actin.'
rirunkenness has been markedly diminslied.
The teroperauce societies must have
it least part of the credit.
"they all dbink."
It is well known that at certain central
igencies a record is kept of the name, posiion
and standing of nearly every business
nan in the country. Careful men are emjloyedtc
collect this information; and it not
mly includes the amount of property which
he parlies are worth, but also their standHg
its regards punctuality, promptness, inegrity,
temperance, morals, etc.
A numbor of years ago, it is stated, i firm
>f four men in Boston were rated as "A 1."
Chey were rich, prosperous, young and
>rompt. One of them had the curiosity to
;ee how they were rated, aud found these
acts on the books and was satisfied; but at
he end it was written, "but they all drink."
3e thought it was a good jolce at the time;
>ut a few years later two of them were dead,
mother was a drunkard, and the fourth was
joor and living partly on charity.
That one little note at the end of their ratDg
was the most important and significant
>f all the facts collected and embodied in
heir ratine:. Sobriety has its cash value,
ind drinking costs; oh, who can tell how
nuch it does costV?The Christian.
A UUUU LXAJITLL.
Tne Belgian Minister of Railways, Post9
md Telegraphs has forbidden the sale of
Iquor, even of wine or beer, by any of the
igents of his department. In explaining to
he chamber his conduct, and justifying it,
le said it had boeu represented to him that
"There nre in your administration 1400
igents keeping taverns, and you havo been
urprisud at having so often to punish ageuts
vho are found drunk on duty. The evil is
here in these 1400 taverns. You ars astohshed
at having 803 accidents to workmen
>er annum. Take the trouble of being at a
ailway station at the hour when the worknan
has drank. The half of the accidents
lappen through the abuse of liquors, and
his consumption of liquors takes place In
he taverns kept by the agents who draw
hither their comrades."
BELIOION AND DRINK.
Dr. H. K. Carrol, who Is authority on Govrnment
census statistics, furnishes an estin
t t\? n.) ti <4 < ? 11 on r\t fhrt AKimnkna r\9
UUlti IUQ c.\j;cuuiiun ?./? iuc v^uun.uu3 kj\
he United States for their maintenance. Ho
ays:
' The grand total for all denominations
ould hardly bo less than 4150,000,000, and
t might be many millions larger. These
lirures appear large; but compare them w th
1,810,100,000?the annual expenditure of
he American Nation to sustain the National
rlmo of the liquor traffic?and they aro
mail. For every dollar spent by Uncle Sum
or religion, twelve aro spent for drink. Wno
vill say that Christian America is unwilling
o pay for her vices?"
TESirKUAXOE NEWS AND NOTES.
It is the moderate drinkers who keep the
aloons going.
Drinlc stands alone as the chief destroyer
>f life, character and property. Banish it.
The man who begins by drinki uk som?
ime, may end by having to drink ail the
ime.
Tho rum traffic is an unmitigated evil.
Jot ono honest word can be said in its favor,
lup press it.
Mr. W. 9. Caine, 51. P., estimates the number
of total abstainers in Groat Britain at
even millions.
Drink hns blasted raoro homos and broken,
nore hearts than wars or famine or postieu#e.
Suppress it.
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WHAT TO DO "WITH BHTTBAHB. ?
The old roots of rhubarb may be I
U1..M J1 J * J . J J 1 A fl
tiitiou up uuw auu. uiviaeaana repi&uu- ~
ed in new ground with plenty of old f
manure. Each root may make three E
or four cuttings, which the second c
year will make good plants. Some of ?
the roots may be put into a cellar and
planted in half b'.rrolfl, in lich soil,
with plenty of manure, and by and by
they will grow and make shoots that <
may be used through the winter. Fre- 1
quent waterings with warm?not hot t
?water encourages the new growth. ]
A few old roots should be left to bear <
the next season until the dividsd roots
will have made sufficient growth for '
safe cutting the second year.
OFFENSIVE BREATH 15 A HOBSE. I
This may be the result of imperfect
digestion, or due to disorder of the
lungs, or to decayed teeth. iThe cause
is to be investigated and the proper
treatment for the special case applied
under the advice of a veterinary. If
the digestion is imperfect, a dooe of a
pint of raw linseed oil, repeated twice
afterward at intervals of two days, and
followed by tonics, of which one of the
best is a mixture of equal parts of
ground gentian, ginger and sulphate
of iron, given daily in a bran mash.
One full teaspoonful is the dose. This
mill nni/Vlr Tfllifif. 7f
rrin puuauijAHuv?u
the teeth are at fault, these should be
attended to by a veterinary.?Mew
York Times.
CROSS DRILLING OF WHEAT.
No winter grain should be cross
drilled. It is doubtful whether there
are any advantages in oross drilling
grain at any season. The cheok to
growth in the drill farrow is only
enough to save the grain from becoming
too vigorous and being thereby
attacked with rust. The particular objection
to cro&i drilling winter grain
is that half the seed is double covered
and is buried under the ridge made
by the second drilling. We tried this
once, and found that the first drilling
was entirely winter killed, or so nearly
so that very little grain could be
found except in the last drill rows.
The checkered appearanoe of a oross
drilled grain crop makes it look fine
when the plants come up, butthejoro^
is never afterwards so good as that
where the Beed is drilled all one way.
A HANDY FEEDING ARRANGEMENT.
When hens are fed in open dishes,
? ? i-i ?i.A-*
tney win persist iu gmuug miu wcu
food, soiling it and themselves. A
handy and oleanly feeding arrangement
is shown in the sketch. A board,
with a rim in front, is nailed to the
wall, six inohes from the floor, and to
POULTRY FEEDER.
this is hinged a slat work arrangement
that permits the fowls to feed through
it, but will not let them get into the
food. It opens out from the top when
one is putting food upon the board,
and remains closed when shut.?New
EDgland Homestead.
THE BEST WAT OF PLANTING BULBS.
After ordering your bulbs set abou;
getting your compost ready in which
* ' % ? j ii
to pot tnem. as goou a sun nuv 10
one composed of ordinary garden
loam, sands, and well rotted cow manure
in equal parts. One-third sand
may seem like "too much of a good
thing," but it is not. Nowhere in the
world are better bulbs grown than in
Holland, whose soil is nearly all sand.
Better bulbs can be grown in clear
rand, properly fertilized, than in the
richest of soils without sand. Mix
yourcumpost well, and have it fine
and mellow. It is very important i
that the manure should be old. Fresh
manure is harmful to all bulbous
plants, out or in doors. I should advise
the glowing of several bulbs in
the same pot. The effect is more
pleasing because of the greater mass i
of color in a limited space. Three or
four hyaoinths, tulips or daffodils may
be grown successfully in a seven-inch i
pot. Half a dozen croouses or snowdrops
will be required to fill a sixinch
pot. Three or four average size
bulbs of the Bermuda lily can be i
grown in a ten-inch pot. -Eben E. i
Rovfnr/^ in TndiAs"Frome Journal.
droppings over the field and n^ver fail j
to enrich lands where kept. Feed (
them extra, for this additional food 1
works to the profit of the raiser in i
two ways?it not only insures a good \
growth of llesh and wool, but it makes <
the manure richer and more vain- (
able. i
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>ne poorly cared for. "Wool is a
jroduct from feeding, the same as fat,
ind many farmers lose half the profit
rom neglect to feed properly. Sheep
ihould have, besides good feed, dry,
dean quarters, sheltered from rain
ind storms.
trees blown over.
Many orchard trees have been blown
>ver recently by high winds. Where
;he roots on one side are still intaot,
moh trees can be easily saved. L. B.
Rice, of St. Clair County, Michigan,
iescnbes his method as follows:
Dig a large hole on the side on
which the roots are broken, and soma
three or four feet deep. Extend this
excavation under the body of the tree,
an that when it is raised ud it will
8AVXN0 FALLEN TBEES.
aettle about four inches lower than it
6tood before. Then trim the tree
thoroughly, not by cutting off large
limbs, but reduce the leaf surface by
cutting away small limbs and twigs,
and by taking off the ends of the
longer limbs. Then raise it into its
place and set a fence post in the
ground at an angle so that the tree
will rest against the top of it; then.fill
in under the roots with sods and rioh
earth mixed with manure, so as to enconrasre
stroncr root growth. In A
few years your trees will be as good as
before. Of coarse this only applies
to trees that have roots enough left
intact to keep the tree from Wither*
iug.?Ohio Farmer.
CABK OF IMPLEMENTS.
Now that the greater part of the
season's work is finished, it will be a
good plan to gather np afl of the implements,
plows, harrows, cultivators,
mowers, rakes, binders, and all suoh
tools and store them away ander
shelter. It is not only neoeesary to
get them under Shelter, but to store
them away in a good condition. If
left exposed to the weather considerable
damage will be done by rain,
sun, wind aud snow. If proper care
is not taken in storing away, considerable
injury will be done to the irob
and steel from rust, and to the woodwork
by decay. The dirt should all
be oleaned off. If allowed to remain
on, as is often done, it win increase
the conditions for decay. Glean of?
the dirt of every kind, washing if nec*
essary, and then paint well. Linseed
oil and Spanish brown, red vermillion
or red ochre mixed to a proper consistency
makes not only a cheap paint
but a durable one, and it will pay to
keep the woodwork of all the implements
aud the wagons covered with it.
Black asphaltum paint is best fox
the iron and steel except the working
parts?the share and moldboards ol
the plows, the sickles of the mowers
and parts of this kind that need to be
kept bright These should be well
oiled all over or covered with unsalted
grease and then covered with a thick
whitewash into which a small quantity
of glue haa been stirred. This will
prevent rust and save much time in
getting the implements in condition
for work in the spring.
The work of cleaning and painting
can be done better now than at any
other time, and the tools will be all
the better for it. Some time in the
spring can be saved if a little care ia
taken in storing them away. Put the
implements like the mower, binder and
hay rake in first, and the plow, cultivator
and harrow that will be needed
first in the spring, last. This will
save overhauling in the spring. If the
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VALUE OP SHEEP.
It does not require a large farm to
keep ?t email flock of sheep, which,
everything considered, is the, best,
says the Missouri Farmer. It should i
be well fenced, so that they can be 1
kept where wanted. Many a rough, 1
wornout farm might Le brought up <
and made valuable by raising sheep.
There is no stock so well adapted to
rugged hillsides or rough pastures, or 1
to prevent the growth of weeds ami '
bushes. Where sheep have the range 1
of a field very few weeds will go to i
seed, and bashes will be so thoroughly i
cropped that they will either die or 1
be kept back. When a farmer can *
thus easily turn the weeds and bushes 1
ol a farm into excellent manure, and 1
at the same time have them converted 1
into mutton and wool, it is certainly a i
good thing. Sheep will thrive in a
' - 1- I
pasture ana gee mi waeru came
almost Btarve. They also scatter their
To make the most prom oui ot aneep i
they should be well fed and cared for. i
A bheep must be fed to make the best 1
mutton, but few conceive that a weli- ]
fod &heep produces more wool than i
tool shed has no floor, pat boards
under the wheels and under every part
of the machinery that comes directly
upon the ground.
Shelter for the machinery, and putting
away in good condition will pay
as well as good sheltering for the
stock. Summer sun and rain are almost,
if not quite, as injurious as
winter winds and storms.?St. Louis
Republic.
He Reached the Highest Altitude.
Sir William Martin Conway, who
has departed for Spitzbergen, can
boast of ha ving reached a higher altitude
in the Himalayas than any other
olimber has ever attained. He reached
the summit of Pioneer Peak, 23,000
feet above the sea, after spending
eighty-four days on enow and ice, and
traversing tbe three longest of the
known glaziers outside of the polar
regions. He states in a recent article
in the English Illustrated Magazine,
that the rarity of the air at these great
Hiin/lrto nnf Him sn lnnc aft
UVIItUlAGO MVTV ? -Q
le kept himself out of any cramped
aosition, and kept the chest (free bo
that the lungs might expand to th?
ltmost limits.
A Rich Joke.
That was a rich joke?a very rich
oke?which a good young man in
Jhicago thought he would play, when
ie moved a baby's carriage a few roda
iway from the store where its mother
vas shopping, just to see how scared
she would be at finding her baby
;one. But its richness came out in
ts fullness only when the good young
nan had to pay a fine of 3'250 for his
imusement?a penalty from which the
ract that he was an offioial of the Y.
M. C. A. did n't save him.?St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
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