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6 (180) THE TO THE CITY BOY. You don't know that life's worth livin', You ain't had a half a showin'; It's a fact, too, Im givin'; Wonder if you ain't quit grow in' You ain't had a first-class laugh I'll het in more'n a year, l?.. f ...... 1~ ~ ?.If Or holt a rope tied to a steer. You've been swimmin' in a pool Where there weren't no frogs nor snakes. Where the water wasn't cool; That ain't nothin', goodness sakos! Bet you've never had a tight With a nest of humhle bees. Tried to leave 'em out o' sight Crawlin' round upon your knees. Bet you never rode a mule Just about half grown; Not a tame one, but a phule? Bet you never have been thrown In a brush pile by the roadside Right on top your head. Bet a dollar you'd a cried An' laved there like you wus dead. Bet you never chased a rabhit Through a brier-patch in your life; T)?i 1 ' 1 1 * * act juu u nave iu iearn me uauir To plug a melon with a knife; Bet you couldn't go in seinin' Without your shoes and socks. Bet you. would begin complainin' When you struck the rocks. If I wus you I'd leave the city Till I learnt a thing or two; Say, hoy, gee! but it's a pity To live the life you do; Are you going to end your life An* not know how good it feels After they have used a knife An' eased a stonebruise on your heel? ?Presbyterian Banner. SERVICE PROMPTLY ACCEPTED. Many are the absurd tasks that the candidates for initiation into certain college fraternities are compelled to perfonn before they i A ~ iI 1- ^i " me nmut-ii m iuu iueiiiuersiup, ana not ail are as useful in the end as the following. The Youths Companion tells the story: Miss Nanev Shykes, an elderly spinster, whose home was in a college town, was surprised one morning hv a visit from a young man in fantastic garb. "Good morning, madam" lie said, lifting his jaunty little straw hat?it was in the dead of winter. "This is Miss Shykes, is it not?" "Yes, sir. What do you want of me?" "I am sent here," he replied, with the utmost solemnity, "by the Eta Ititta Tie Society, to sweep your kitchen, paint your house, attend to your stoves, milk your cow. or do anything else you may want me to do. I await your orders, madam." Miss Nancy, who was a woman of rare selfpossession, reflected a moment. "All those things have' heen attended to, young man." she said, rubbing her nose; "but you may pay off the mortgage on my house." "How much is it?" "Four hundred dollars." "Tt shall he done, madam," he said without. the slightest change in the expression of his face. "T wish you good morning!" He lifted his straw hat again, bowing profoundly, and was gone. It only remains to add that the young man, who was the only son of rich parents and PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SC and Gids || coukl well afford the sum out of his allowance. was as trood as his word. J HOUSEHOLD PETS AS TEACHERS. l>y dean McCoy. Much lias been said against llie dog and cat as household pets, but it seems safe to say that, in association with such animals, the benefit received more than equals the chance of contagion which appears to be the main objection. The pet dog or cat teaches us sympathy and protection for the weak and an unselfish love for our comrades. Aside from the usefulness of these animals, what is more soothing than the responsive touch of a soft paw, when human friendships prove disappointing? What better lesson in motherhood than that learned by observing Mother Pussy's care for her young? T still cherish the memory of a pet cat we had when I was a child out in Illinois. Old "ltosa" was just a plain, everyday sort of cat, with lin iipistnprntifl I..-.* ? ????' VV. Ill VC4IUWIII, UllU she came to us under rather unusual circumstances. Several hoys had her down by a stream, holding her under water until she was almost dead, then taking her out and repeating the process until the poor creature was exhausted. My young brother, who witnessed the scene, was furious, but as he was only one against a number he could not administer the thrashing they deserved, so he emptied his pockets of all their treasures of marbles, knives, pennies, and the many things that delight, the boyish heart. lie gladly exchanged them for pussy's life, and triumphantly carried her home. We all loved Rosa, as we had named her. and when lier first little family came we took her and her four downy babies to my grandfather's barn in a meadow aeross the ereek. "We did this that they might he safe from the dog who had always looked upon her as an intruder. The following day Rosa came back, carrying a kitten between her teeth, both dripping wet, for she swam aeross the stream with her burden. She laid it down at the kitchen door, mewing for admittance, and stood guard until it was taken inside. She repeated this act of motherly devotion until all were safely at home again. After that, Rosa and her family could have all that feline heart could desire.? Our Dumb Animals. LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY . Wo may get some good out of whatever coines to us. Circumstances will arise over which we have no control, but they shoul 1 not cause us to despair. Circumstances over which she had no control placed a ladv, a college graduate in a country district, miles from a railroad. Fearing that in such an environment she would lose her scholarly interest, she made this resolve*. "1 will improve my mind every day." To-day her influence extends even beyond her own State. It has been truly said : "If you have what the world wants, the world in time will find its way to your door." > U T II. [March 2!), 1916 ONE BANK S RULES. The New York National Hank has the following rules posted where all its employees may see them. An interfering with "Personal liberty?" A trampling of the constitution underfoot? Hut the hank is paying the salaries and Hasn 't it a right to insist on getting good men, first quality, no damaged, shopworn, morally decrepit men? "Why should the ofticcrs of the hank not have the personal liberty to say what kind of help they will spend their money for? You must not drink any intoxicants with meals in public restaurants. You must not enter any saloon.* You must not enter any gambling house. You must not enter any pool room. You must not visit any race track. You must not enter any bucket chop. You must not speculate. You must not attend prize fights. You must not have vicious companions. You must not frequent Broadway resorts or become in any way conspicious where the great white lights blaze. THE UNPAYABLE DEBT. AYe can never do for others as much as has been done for us. That is the glory of our life,?not what we can do, but what has 1. .. e~~ --- m- ' ' 1 - uvm uuue iur us. jus a gooti thing to bo rich," said Euripides, "and a good tiling to he strong, hut it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends." Better even than being beloved by many friends is being beloved of one Friend. What the love of God through Jesus Christ has done for us is the best thing that can ever come into our life. We can never pay it hack; we can never through all time and eternity, by our most earnest ai d consecrated and and successful activities for Christ, approach what he has done for us. When our Lord gave to the Seventy the supernatural power of sub jecting evil spirits to themselves in his name and service, he added, "Nevertheless in this rejoice not., that the spirits are subject unto you ; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven" (Luke 10:20). Go<l's accomplishment for us, not our activity for him, is our supreme joy. The more clearly we see this, the more joy we shall have, and the more humble we shall grow.?S. S. Times. A NATURAL COWARD. Or Mistah Trouble, he come aroun' one day An' say, "I's gwineter git you, so you better run away! I likes to see you hustle. Dat's the way I has my fun. I knows I kin ketch up to you, no matter how you run!" I says, "Mistah Trouble, you has been a chasin' me Ever since I kin remember, an' I's tired as I kin be. ho I s gwineter stop right yere an' turn aroun, afacin' you, Air tick you ii 1 kin air fin' oui jus' what you kin do." OI' Mistali Trouble, he looked mightily ashamed, He acted like a buckin' boss dat's suddenly been tamed. An' den he turned an' travelled off, a-hollerin, "Good day; I ain't got time to fool aroun' wif folks dat acts dut way." ?Washington Star. I f these lepers had not obeyed the Master's voice to go and shew themselves to the priest, they never would have been healed. It is a significant part of the story that as they went they were cleansed. The healing depended on the obeying, and it is so in all Christ's blessing, it comes as we do his will. We show our faith by trying to do what he commands, depending upon him to give the strength as we make the effort to obey.?Pre*