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L_ I 'REV.DRTALMAGE SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY TH NOTED DIVINE. Subject: "David and Absalom.*' Text: "Is the young man Absalom safe ?H Samuel xviiL 29. : The heart of David, the father, vs wrapped up In hi9 boy Absalom. He was splendid bov, judged by the rules of worlc criticism. From the crown of his head the sole of his foot there was not a sins blemish. The Bible says that he had sucl luxuriant shock of hair that when once year it was shorn, what was cut off weigh over three pounds. But notwithstanding bis brilliancy of attpearanoe he was a b boy, and broke his father's heart. He w plotting to get the throne of Israel. He h marshaled an army to overthrow his fathe i mi? J-.. -? ho/l nnn governmem. iuo un> ui uiunu uc*u The oonfllot was begun. David, the fathi sat between the prates of the palace waiti; Ibv the tidings of the conflict. Oh, he rapidly his heart beat with emotion. The two great questions were to be deci ?d?the safety of his boy and the contin ance of the throne of Israel. After a whik servant, standing on the top of the hous Jooks off and sees some one running. He . coming with great speed, and the man < the top of the house announces the comi! of the messenger, and the father watch and waits, and as soon as the messeng Irom the field of battle come3 within hailii distance the father cries out. Is it a quf tion In regard to the establishment of i throne? Does he say: "Have the armies Israel been victorious? Am I to continue my Imperial authority? Have I overthrow ousades?" Ob. no! There is one qu< tion that springs from his heart to the li and springs from the Hp into the ear of tl ?estreated and beduste'd messenger flyii from the battlefield?the question, "1st young man Absalom safe?" When it w told to David, the king, that, though his f solas had been victorious, his son had be slain, the father turned his back upon t | congratulations of the nation and went i | the stairs of his palace, his heart breaking be went, wringing his hands sometimes ai then again pressing them against his tempi as though he would press them in. crylc ' *'0 Absalom! my son! my son! Would " 1 ,L J J'-J *1 r\ AKoolnmt r vtoa X UBU Uieu 1UI luoc v . ?on! myson!" My friends, the question whioh David, tl kin?, asked In regard to his son is the qui tlon that resounds to-day in the hearts hundreds of parents. Yea, there are a pre multitude of young men who know that t question of the text is appropriate whi asked in regard to them. They know t temptations by which they are surrounde They see so many who started life with good resolutions as they have who ha fallen in the path, and they are readv hear me ask the question of my text, "Is t youne man Absalom safe?" The fact is tfc > this life is full of peril. He who undeitak it without the grace of God and a proper u derstandlng of the conflict into which he going must certainly be defeated. Justlo off upon society to-dav. Look at the shi H wreck of men for whom fair things we promised and who started life with every h vantage. Look at those who have dropp from high social position and from great U tune, disgraoed for time, disgraced for et( nity. All who sacrifice their integrity con to overthrow. Take a dishonest dollar ai bury it in the center of the earth, and ke all the rooks of the mountain on top of then cover these rocks with all the diamon of Goloonda, and all the silver of Nevad and all the gold of California and Austral! and put on the top of these all banking ai moneyed Institutions, and they cannot ke down that one dishonest dollar. That one i honest dollar in the center of the earth w begin to heave and rock and upturn itself u HI it oomes to the resurrection of damnatic ??As the partridge sitteth on eggs ai natcheth them not. so he that getteth 'rich and not by right shall leave them in t midst of his days, and at his end shall be I,., fool." . Now, what are the safeguards of rou: men? The first safeguard of which I wa to speak Is a love of home. There are tho who have no idea of the pleasures that co eentrate around that word "home." P< baps your early abode was shadowed wl vice or poverty. Harsh words and petulan Mid scowling may have destroyed all t aanctitv of that spot. Love, kindness ai lelf sacrifice, whioh have built their altars lo many abode?, were strangers in yo father's h ouse. God pity you, young ma jrou sever had a home. But a multitude this audience can look back to a spot th Key can never lorgec. it uur uavo ucou wly roof, bat you cannot think of it n< Without a dash of emotion. You have se jtothing on earth that so stirred your soi k stranger passing along that place mig *ee nothing remarkable about it; bur; oh! he tnuoh it means to yon. Fresco on pala wall does not mean so much to you as the tough hewn rafters. Parks and bowers ai trees on fashionable watering place or cor try seat do not mean so much to you as tfc brook that ran in front of the plain fai \ bouse and singing under th<? weeping w (owa. The barred gateway swung open porter In full dress does not mean as mu to you as that swing gate, your,sister on o tide of it and you on the other, sh9 gone f teen years ago into glory; that scene comi back to you to-day, as vou swept backwa And forward on the gate, singing the soa of your childhood. But there are those h< rwho have their second dwelling place. II four adopted home. That is also sact forever. There you established the fl ' family altar. There your children wi born. In that room flapped the wing o! t aeath angel. Under that roof, when yo work Is done, you expect to lie down a die. There is only one word la all the lr guage that can oonvey your idea of tl place, and that word is "home." Now, let me say that I never knew a n who was faithful to his early ana aaop v home who was given over at the same tl to any gross form of wickedness. If 3 find more enjoyment In the club room, the literary sooietv, in the art salon, tt you do in these unpretending home pie area, yon are on the road to ruin. Thoi you maybe cut off from your early as elates, and though you may be separa . from ail your Kindred, young man, Is tb not a room somewhere that you can < your own? Though it be the fourth st of a third-class boarding house, into t room gather books, pictures and a hn Hang your mother's portrait over mantel. Bid unholy mirth staad back fr that threshold. Consecrate some spot that room with the knea of prayer. By memory of other days, a father's counse mother's love and a sister's confidence, 1 it home. Another safeguard for these young me industrious habits. There are a gi many peoplo trying to make their ^ through the world with their wits Insteai by honest toll. There Is a young man 1 comes from the country to the city, fails twice before he is as old ashisfai was when he first saw the spires of the g town. He Is seated in his room at a r en $2000 a year, waiting for the banks to clare their dividends and the ?tocks to up. After awhile he gets impatient, tries to improve his penmanship by ma! codv elates of other merchants' signatu Never mind?all is right in business. A awhile he has his estate. Now is the 1 for him to retire to the oountry, amid flocks and the herds, to culture the domt virtues. Now the young men who were his sch mates In boyhood will come, and with t ox teams draw him logs, and with their ] hands will help to heave up tbe castle. 1 is no fancy sketch; it is every-day lilt should not wonder if there were a ra ibeam in that palace. I should not woi it God should smite him with dire sickne and pour into his cup a bitter draft that thrill him with unbearable agony. 'Ish not wonder if that man's children grei to be to him a disgrace and to make hi! ashame. I should not wooder if that died n dishonorable death and wero tum into a dishonorable grave and then' into the gnashing cf taeth. The way oi ungodly shall perish. O young man, you must have industi head or hand or foot, or perish. Do have the idea that you can get along it l world by genius. The curse of this c t try to-day is geniuses?men with large conceit and nothing else. The man proposes to make his living by his probably has not any. I should rathi an os, plain and plodding and useful, to be an eagle, high flying and good nothing but to pick out the eyes of carc! Even In the Qarien of Eden it wan not for Adam to be idle, so God made hi horticulturist, and If the married pair kept busy dressing the vines they woulf hav# bean sauntering under the treia, 1 ering after fruit that ruined them and tfcei * posterity! Proof positive of the fact tha when people do not attend to their busines they get into mischief. "Go to the ant, tho EE sluggard; consider her waya and be wise which, having no overseer or guide, provid eth her food in the summer and gatheret her meat in the harvest." Satan is a roarini > lion, and you can never destroy him by gu or pistol or sword. The weapons with whic you are to beat him back are pen and typ *?i and hammer and adz and saw and picka and yardstick and the weapon of honest toil Work, work, or die. ras Another safecuard that I want to presen a to young men is a high ideal of lifp. Some !ly times soldiers going into battle shoot int *? the ground instead of into the hearts of thei J'0 enemies. They are apt to take aim too low 1R and it is very often that the captain, goim " into conflict with his men, will cry oui e(J "Now, men. aim high!" The fact is that i life a great many men take no aim at all The artist plans out his entire thought befor he puts it UDon canvas, before he takes u the crayon or the chisel. An architect think r s out the entire building before the workmei ie- Degln. Although everything may seem to b ?r- unorganized, that architect has in his min every Corinthian column, every Gothic arch ,w every Byzantine capital. A poet thinks ou the entire plot of his poem before he begin d- to chime the cantos of tinkling rhythm? u* And yet there are a creat many men wh >a start the important structure of life withou knowing whether it is going to be i 13 rude Tartar's nut or a nr. aiarx s to on tbedral, and begin to write out the in 3? tricata poem of their life without know 68 ins? whether it is to be a Homer's "Odyssey' er or a rhymester's botch. Out of 1000. 99 have no life plot. Booted and spurred ant ?" caparisoned, they hasten alonsr, and I rui lt? out and sav: "Hellc, man! Whither away?' "Nowhere"' they gay. Ob. young man 111 make every day's duty a filling up of th rn great life plot. Alas, that there should bi ,s* on this sea of life so many ships that seen V* bound for no port! They are swept ever] "e whither by wind and wave, up by th ?? mountains and down by the valleys. The; 110 sail with no chart They gaze on no stai 53 They long for no harbor. Oh, young man kr" have a high ideal and prase to It, and it wil ? bs a mighty safeguard. There never wer 110 grander opportunities openine before youni ?P men than are opening now. Young men o the stroncr arm and of the stout heart and o ad the bounding step, I marshal you to-day fo 03 a great achievement. l*: Another safeguard is a.respect forth to Sabbath. Tell mo how a youns: man spend Qy his Sabbath, and I will tell you what are hi prospects in business, and I will tell yo' 119 what are his prosDects for the eternal world iS~ God has thrust into our busy life a sacre day when we are to look after our souls. 1 it exorbitant, after giving six days to th Q0 folding and clothing of these perishabl bodies, that God should demand one da; ?e for the feeding and clothing of the immorta !d- soul? ^ Our bodies are seven day docks, and the to need to be wound up. and if they are nc h0 wound up they run down into the grave. N iat man can continuously break the Sabbatl ? and keep his physical and mental healtt Ask those aged men, and they will teU yo j* they never knew men who continuous 0j. broke the Sabbath who did not fall In mind __ body or moral principle. A manufacture gave this as his experience. He said: *' owned a factory on the Lehlgb. Everythin e(j prospered. I kept the Sabbath, and everj thing went on welL Eut one Sabbath morn )r_ Ing I bethoueht myself of a new shuttle, am a ~ I thought I would invent that shuttle befor Qd sunset, and I refused all food and drink uc 0D til I had completed that shuttle. By sue down I had completed it. The next daj 4s Monday. I showed to my workmen an ^ friends this new shuttle. They all congratu ja' lated me on my great success. I put the a(j shuttle inlo play. I enlarged my business 0_ but, sir. that Sunday's work cos l3_ me $30,000. From that day even HI thing went wrong. I failed 1 n_ business, and I lost my mill." Oh, m l[L friends, keep the Lord's day. You ma a(j think it old fogy advice, but I give it to yo q- now: "Bemember the Sabbath day and kee |j9 it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do al a thy work, but the seventh is the Sabbath c the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do an a_ work." A man said that he would prov n* that all this was a fallacy, and so he said ge *'I shall raise a Sunday crop." And h _ plowed the field on the Sabbath, and the 1 .... , _ 1.U J V lie put in tne seea oil ino osuumu, auu u cultured the ground on the Sabbath. Whe: ce the harvest was ripe, he reaoed it on th [j0 Sabbath, and he carried it into the mow o 1(1 the Sabbath, and then he stood out deflar jn to his Christian neighbors, and said: "Then ur that is my 8undav crop, and it is all gai n. nered." After awhile a storm came np and great darkness, and the lightnings of heave struek the barn, and away went his Bunda a cr?P>w There is another safeguard that I want t< an present. I have saved it until the last be il. cause I want it to be the more emphatic ht The crreat safeguard for every young man i >w the Christian religion. Nothing can tak ,ce the place of it. You may have cracefulnes ise enough to put to blnsh Lord Chesterfield ad you may have foreign languages droppin -o- from your tongue, you may discuss laws am lit literature, you may have a pen of une :m qualed polish and power, you may have si il- much business tact that you can get th by largest salary in a banking house, you ma ch be as sharo as Herod and as strong a ne Samson, and with as long lock3 as th03 If- which hung Absalom, and yet you have n nc safetv against temptation. Some of yo ,rd look forward to life with great despondencj ,gs I know it. I sae it in your faces from tim jra to time. You say, "All the occupations an : is professions are full, and there's no chanc ed for me." Oh. young man, cheer ui rst I will tell you how you can make yoi are fortune. Seek first the kingdom c he God and His righteousness, and all othe ur things will be added. I know you do no nd want to be mean in this matter. You wi in- not drink the brimming cup of life and the iat pour the dreg3 on God's altar. To a gene ous Saviour you will not act like that; yo lan have not the heart to act like that. That ted not manly. That is not honorable. That me not brave. Your great want is a new hear rou and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ , in tell you so to-dny, and the blessed Splr lan presses Inroughthe solemnities of thi3 hou as- to put the cup of life to your thirsty lipi igh Oh, thrust it not back. Mercy presents ittso bleeding mercy, long suffering mercy. Di ted splse all other friendships, prove recreant 1 ere all other bargains, but despise God's Iot ?all for your dying soul?do not do that. The: ory comes a crisis in a man's life, and thetroub hat is he doe3 not know it is the crisis. I got :rp. letter in which a man says to me: the "I start out now to preach the gospel om riehteousness and temperance to the peopl I in Do you remember me.' I am the man wl the appeared at the close of the service when y< I, a were worshiping in the chapel after y< Hill came from Philadelphia. Do you rememb at the close of the service a man coming 1 n is to you all a-tremble with conviction, a: reat crying out for mercy, and telling you he h :9ay a very bad business, and he thought i of would change it? That was the turnii " - ? ?- ? ?- - T rv mw Ko/1 Kti fi-no puiui AU Ul^' UlSlUfy? X Ijtvvo up uij uau wu He ine3s. I pave my heart to God, and the c ther sire to serve Him has grown upon me reat these years, until now woe is unto mo i: it of preach not the gospel." de- That Sunday night was the turning poi run of that youne: man's history. This very Ss He bath hour will bn the turning point in t cing history of 100 young men in this hou ires. God help us! 1 once stood on an anniv .fter sary platform with a clergyman who t< lime this marvelous story. He said: the "Thirty years ago two young men star! sstic out to attend Park Theatre, New York, see a play which made religion ridlculo ool- and hypocritical. They had been brouf heir qp Christian families. They started f iiard the theatre to see that vile play, and th Chat early convictions came buok upon the >. I They felt it was not right to go, but si itten thev went. They came to the door of 1 nder theatre, une or tne youaj; meu siup^ou a isses started for home, but returned and came will to the door, but he had not the courage ould go in, He again started for home and w x up home. The other youni? man went in. 3 life went from one degree of temptation man another. Caught in the whirl of frivol bled ani sin. he sauk lower and lower. He 1 tvent hia busiuess position. He lost his mor t the He lost his soul. He died a dreadful det not one star of mercy shining on it. I st? y o* before you to-day," said that minister, not thank God that for twenty years I hi i the been permitted to preach the gospel. I ;0un- the other young man." i self Oh, you see that was the turning poll who the one went back, the other went on. ' wits great roaring world of business life will s jr be break in upon you, young men. Will than wild wave dash out the impressions of I for day as an ocean billow dashes letters oul isses. the sand on the beach? You need sometl safe better than this world can give you. 11 im a on your heart; and it sounds hollow.. had want something treat and grand and gl 1 not ous to fill it, and here is the religion that rn.ni-- do it. God save you! i RELIGIOUS READ! 3 a |? 'JO YOU WANT A REVIVAL NOW. J Do you want a revival in your chur _ year? If so, begin it now. The plac< I gin is in yourown heart. Give it nnew t (j Ask Him to direct you in your efforts e others. Let a new song be upon you s Pay no attention to your circumsumc circumstances cannot hinder God's re When Paul and Silas were tied up in pian jail.they began to sing and praise * great revival instantly broke out. Th " twenty thousand persons in Metnodi 0 day who could instantly inaugurate t r dons revivals in their communities r* would. Were the silent-tongued to b 5 praise and pray and testify, they woul ' arouse their neighbors to new life. W ,a hesitating ones to throw themselves ' strength of God and begin boldy to t ? Jesus, they would speedily witness th P ward. In their inception, revivals are 9 the quickened religion life of o a more people, but in their ? they often gather in hundreds or thoi II They are the most important and th piest events that can come to corann 1 They tnrili more peopje wna irut; jt 3 briug more solid comfort anil satisfnc L the community, than anything else tb ? bo named iu earthly experience. Ob. 1 thousand of tbera in Methodism now ! 1 would cause a shout to girdle the glo to penetrate the ear of heaven.?Mi Christian Advocate. 9 THANKSGIVING SYMPATHY rORTENDS P The first holiday which comts to i after it has been shadowed by bereav is very hard to bear. The general heartedDesa, the happy aspect of the a contrasts with our own sense of lo: . giief, and the pain deepens as we roc how happy we were only a little wbi 9 and feel how desolate wo now are. ? be very glad when Thanksgivi : over," cries many an aching heart. flr-t feeling of loneliness words o ] avail little. Far better is it to extern 9 sympathy to snow by tender tone, an _ hand-clasp, and loving looks, that j grieved with the mourners, than to I be it ever so tactfully, when the ear r listen. To those who sit in the si only one can bring the sunshine. e own good time the Master will send 3 and perhaps show the trustful and co 3 soul why He removed the desire of tt ? from the human sight.?Christian " gencor. d B IN HAPPY DEATHS WE ABE UNITED IN < 9 But there are many liappy families 9 th**re will be no empty seat, 110 vacant y where no losses and sorrows will i: I where virtue will preside and peat abound, where three or four generatic y meet around the hearthstone, and th >t dren will light anew the torch of love 0 old council fire. What unions there ' ti on Thanksgiving Day. What sacred i. ories of the dead and absent will a about the occasion. And what a cai y thanksgiving are such homes, such mc [, and kinships. If the dead could com r to earth?and perhaps they do?they 1 come on Thanksgiving evening. Thej g make the old homestead a living plau r? their presence.?Christian Inquirer. I e LET US PRAISE GOD FOB EVEBYTHI! l" "We cannot truly worship unless 1 l" genuinely grateful. Wo are not likely ^ grateful unless we mediate on our c d anccs and mercies. Experience is n l* which ought to be worked up into ] lt Each of us ought to find enough in }J perience to lead us to cry out as Dav -Exalted be the Qod of my salv r* .... Surely there is need of our c D ing the art of praising. We doubt an y ulate and philosophize us naturally y sparks fly upward. It would be bett< u us if we praised God more. If Ch; P praised God more, the world would l. him less. One man in ten returns God thanks, but where are the nine I 7 4 ' LET ALL Till* US KEJUiUfc aku at. iiti 0 a Let the Thanksgiving bells ring out! e forth the old "Gloria Patrl," the *'le ] Q the "doxology in long measure!" Let a swell their notss, and give utterance i a of thunder to our human praise. Let 1 tt roar, and the sublimity of Yosemite, i springing fountains ot Yellowstone p; I the ihauks of the people to the God of a tions. Let the palms of the sunny n wave their fronds, and let the trees y North and of the West clap their he , praise to the God who ruleth amo . armies of the skies and among tho k tants of the earth. Iu all things, r things, through all things, "boyetha j ?Bishop Vincent. a * S UPLIFT SOUR HEAETS IX THANKSOIV t , * There ought to be on Thanksgiving ?, uplifting of all Christian hearts into i 1 spirit of gladness. Thanksgiving J" become more an integral element in ? worship, in all our spiritual life. A ? earies are sad days because they re< ' losses and sorrows or me year, n '* homes there is a vacant chair today. that sang in the songs last Thanksgh ? missed and faces that brightened thi ^ have vanished. Tear3 wlJl choke r * bvmn of praise. Yet, oven in the s f Thank>giving should uot be lelt out jr song. Indeed, the purest, s\veet< st . .earth is transformed sorrow.?J. It. D. D. ir ir "give ds this day oca duly due, t What is this bread, 0 my God ? It 11 merely the support which thy pro a supplies for the necessities of life, it r- the nourishment of trulh which thou u each day to the soul. It is the bread is nal life,"giving it vigor aud making is in faith. Thou dost renew it eve t. Thou give3t within and without p I what the soul needs for its alvaueenx It life of faith and renunciatiou. For w r happens to me each day is my (tail; 3. provided I do not refuse to take it f - hand and feed upon it.?Fenelon. s :o garner in the sheaves. ra Most gracious God, by whose km Is the depths pre broken up. and the a drop down the dew, we yield Theo uu thanks and praise, as for all Thy moi of especially for the returns of S"ed-tii 0. harvest, and for crowning the year w ho goodness, in the increase of the grou the gathering in of the fruits thereof. >u we beseech Thee, give us a just si n>-e 101 mercy; sueh as may appear iu our liv bumble, holy, and obedient walking ad Thee ali our daj s.?The Pra\ er I3uok ad ha "a good hung to oive thank isie. That it is really "a good thing aj] thanks" everyone may discover for [j by making the experiment. Many i has been driven from the spiritual a n( tiii sky by a breath or praise, it m ib- Rood thins; to count over our sorrc he losses and perlexities; as a rule, w s0> them worse by doing so; but the cou Brl our mercies has an invigorating eft )l,j we are often surprised to find hov richer we are than we had thought. :fi(j tian Advocate. to U3 "COME LOBD JESUS AND COME QUIC fht Our modern world looks as if it w or ting ready for a new conception o eir There is gathering from all point m. compass of serious religious though till ume of insight and appreciation of h: the mu.?t finally overwhelm the public m ind the sense of his absoluteness for hu up ?George A. Gordon, s to 11^ Difficulties ara God's errands; ai t0 we are sent upon them, we .should t lifv a proof of God's conlldei:?>?.?Uenr 03t Le<Jf:hertils. ith. lud "to ive 'Welcomed Lafayette in 18*J< am Mrs. Henrietta Turner, seventy-ni old. who died at her home in Mount it? N. Y.. a few day? aero, was buried a rh? brigde, N. J. Mrs. Turner was th< oon the sixteen "flower girls" who met tne juuayeue at wooaorauaie on ino one this his last visit to this country, in 182 ! ol Turner was then Henrietta Pryor ling than eicht years old. being the you seat the sixteen cirls who, attired in cost Yo\> flowers, formed the words "Welcc orl* fayette." She represented the last! can fayette's name, and was attired in a of marisrolds. One sou, with wh Lived, survives her. NG. SABBATH SCHOOI INTERNATIONAL LESSON I ch this DECEMBER lo. s to beo God. to save Lesson Text: "Duvld and Jonathi les^for * Samuel xx., 32-42 ? Gold rivals. Text: Prov. xviil., 24? Philip- Commentary. God. A ere are sin to- 3"\ "And Jonathan answered Saul remen- father, and said unto him, Wherefore if they he be slain? What hath he done?" egin to David had slain Goliath and had fin Id soon speaking with Saul, it is written that ere the than, son of Saul, loved David as hit on the soul nnd gave him his robe and garr oil lor ana swora una wow auu gumo iou eir re- xviii., 1-5), and that Saul also set him simply his men of war and would let him g ne or more home. But when the women sweep ''Saul has slain his thousands and Davi isands. ton thousands" (xvili., 7), then Saul be e hap- Jealous and sought to take David's mities. Having rejected the Lord by his >y, and obedience, he became the prey of an ition 10 spirit, but the Lord was with David tat can prospered him (xviii., 10-16). As ? for ten persecutions of David increased. David They one day to Jonathan, "As the Lord li be and and as thy soul livetb. there is but a chigan between me and death" (xx., 3). but Jonf could not believe that his father meant < to David and so agreed to sound bis f; i'xx.. 12) in David's absence, and the eace. David know. Saul's answer was that I a home must die (verse 31). hence Jonathan's : emeut. ^,n first verse of our lesson. blithe- 33. "And Saul cast a javelin at hi world smite him. whereby Jonathan knew th tg nn(j was determined of his father to slay Da nember there was anger enougn ill Saul tc ile aco bis own son. then it was ceitainly a ' I will prospect, humanly speaking, for David, ne is see ?an' w,lat may become of a man 1 In the k0 rejects God. Ss.ul might have bee f cheer lord's own representative, honored by 1 silent ^ man< *or everything; was put withi id firm reanh for 1113 ?oodi(, 34. '"He was grieved for David. be< ^neak ^is father had done him shame." T pnmiftt f?re he arose from the table and went i hadow Without eating. It is easy to fast whe Tn mi heart is grieved, and if our love to . au xi13 /-t, ,?i u1.o jko nt tnn. neace vui?l u'"io amnfldinir to David we would be more sensitive evea cernlng the slights put upon our Sv Intelii- auc* not flnci pleasure and a dogree of i faction in persons and places and tl which dishonor Him. Oh, for a whole 1 for Christ! ohrist. 35_ "And It came to pass in. the moi where that Jonathan went out Into the field n ; chair, time appointed with Dti.vid, and a littl Qtrude, with him." See thes':oryof this app e will ment in verses 18 to -23 and r.ote Jonat! ins will faithfulness in keeping it. Our comfc e chil- not intour faithfulness In keeping our \ at the but in'the faithfulness of our covenant ] will be ing God and Saviour. See David's coi mem when he came to his dying hour (II cluster xxiii., 5. See tflso I Cor. 1., 9; x., 18; IT ise for v., 24; II Thess. ill., 3. smories 36. "And he said unto his lad, e back fetoh unto me the arrows whioh I s would And as the lad ran he shot nn arrow be ' would him." I suppose any lad would cheei e with go anywhere with the king's son for mauner of service" (I Chron. xxvili., Think how cheerfully Samuel ran at the posed call of Eli three times In success! so. one night. Let the qu estion search us, na I a ready and cheerful mesuenjjer foi - to be anc* ^is ?on at tla.es?" (II lellvor87. "Jonathan cried after the lad and nanimc Is not the arrow beyond thee?" Seethi our ?t- nlflcance of this in vei-ae 22. How it Id did" bave gone to David's heart, for it was ation " as he feared. He musi; sepante himself nitfvnV from'Jonathan, he must become a st? ii oMn and flee for his life because an enemy i oa thl the throne which rightfully Itelongs to rr? But It tsall a part of the foi?ordalned *or btm, and God's way for him to reao nstlans throne in due time. See Eph. 11., 10; 3 doubt xv^) 24. to give 38. "And Jonathan cried after the Make speed, haste, stay not" An addlt grievous word for David from the heart loved him as Its own life, but it was lxkful David's sake and just because Jonathan i Sound him so, for it hurt Jonathan as much, i Deum," more, than David. Ail that God sajs oi organs to us is infinite love; the very worst tha n tones come to us Is lovo and goodness and m Niagara as God sees it, and we must trust Him. and up* 39. "But the lad knew not anything, roclaim Jonathan and David knew the matter.' the na- we go on not knowing. He holds the k South all unknown, and we are glad. Whe of the asked Philip about feeding the 5000, it mds, in only to prove him, for "He Himself ng the what He would do" (John vi., C). Th inbabi- with the loaves tnew nothing, but wai for all dently readv to be used, "Jesus knew nklul." ine Deginmng, tu j. mm 10 duuu^u, 40. "And Jonathan Rave his artiller V. weapons) unto his lad, andsaid unto Go, carry them to the city." The lad's 1J,?* ness was simply to do what he was told Day an after the arrovrs, gather them up, \ loftier them to his master and now takethem b should His master knew what he was about, an all our lad did not need to know. There are i nniver- things which we now do not need to k ?all the we do need to obey and to iiaveimpllci! ? many fldence in our Master, and in all that He Voices Thus in quietness and in confidence we ring are find strength (Isa. xxx., 15). Whatsoev a circle King does should please till His peop nany a Sam. ili., 36). indues*, 41. "And they kissed one anotherand of the one with another, until David exceed joy of CTLeirlove was wonderful, passing the .Miller, of women (II Sam. i., 26). There was ing that they would not do for each otl it lay lu the power of each other to 4D." Yet this was but the faintest shadow ( . love of Christ to us. Jonathan's lov< ,, him much and brought him much sei is also yet it was steadfast to the end. David] ,?,t injured Jonathan nor rejected nor woa f t hia love. The love of Jesus coat Him tl it L?row three yeais of absence from home and c ' K * miliation and suffering Indescribable, ? \ J..I was all for His enemies. Behold what inn ner of love a John tii., 2, 3). 42. "And Jonathan said to David. < . i r > . peace." And so they parted, each hi > ' tne peace of God :ln the midst of muoh t romt j lation. See John xvi., 33; xiv.. 27;] xxiv., 6. They met again, and Jon/ strengthened David's hand in God and him fear not, telling him that he (D would yet be king in Israel and he wot jwlcrti-h next t0 kjm (chapter xxiii., 17). Such a; olotu.s nouncing is very rare. It is truly CI i reigned like. As next week's lesson will be a C cu'S, so mag iess0I1) anii ^e next a review, wi m-' ,"'1U not return to the Old Testament stoi ith 1 by July, 188U. Whai: better thought cou no. and car?y ^th U9 than that which is here And, owed forth, the love of the King's Soi of this "Loved me and gave Himself for me.' es by an has given Himself and all the benefits ( before finished work to each one who accepts He shall be King and we shall reign Him (Rev. i., 5, (!; v., 9, 10).?Lesson H a."' to Rive OFFICIAL WAR REFORTS IN CHII hi insult [i CiOud now the Ignorant Native* Are Made t lid men- lieve in Chinese Supremacy. j "ot 1 A letter has been received from a mis '?m?b# arV of the American Board in which a t lation of u documentary war report c " ? ! lated in Shanghai, Northwestern Chii v m?A enclosed. It tel:s of the tronoles inFor ? nhris following the surrender by China of thi and to Japan, and says that ultimatel Japanese were driven out by the Forn ?TV? Commander-in-Cbief. Lin, with the lc 30,0U0 soldiers and thirty battleships, i f"e Kp1- wards. acconliu;; to this document, J f Christ. soucht help from Western Nations?En; s of the French, Americans and Russians?to a t a vol- Formosa. E ic'n country responded i' [m that ab!y, and Japan brought thirty iron u md with 9hips and thirty or forty wooden ones, inianity. 80,000 men. Then follows ah account marine battle in which General Lin, b use of strutttRercs and the starting of t id when ou the surface of the water, destroye istoeni it l^'s ami the soldiers and sailors t .. vvnr,! i in. This was followed by an attac Japan, the capture of many places, and : slaughter of tlie enemy. A Phenomenal Crop of Potatoes I. Northern Michigan is swamped urn n'e years phenomenal crop of potatoes, and inst* Vernon t^? C00fl cron brin",nK pood time? i t Wood- brought severe loss to very many far last of Nothin? like the present abundance General evur known before, and there is ahsol asion of no lTmrkt>t for notatops there to-day. 1 4 Mrs farmers put nil their money into pot and less this year, and are in hard "strait.* no neest of ca,,3(,? while havine secured a hand umes of crop. they can't realize anything on it. ime LaE in La- England Liken Our Homes. costume The Secretary of Agriculture says thi om she exportation of horses to G-??at Britair more than doubled sines 1?98. TEMPERANCE. Jt rOTHINO TO ME. ?*OB " 'Tis nothing to me," the beautysaid, With a careless toss of her pretty head; "The man Is who can't refrain From the cupMlsay is fraught with pain.'' am," It was somethl^kto her in after years. Len When her eyesore drenched with burning tears, And she watched, in lonely grief and dread, ijid started to hear a staggeringtread. ' It's nothing to me," the mother said: h{g ' I haye no fear that my boy will tread shall downward path of sin and sname, After And crush my heart and darken my name." ished 11 WftS something to her when her only son fona- From the path of life was early won, , own And madly quaffed of the flowing bowl. nents Thea?;a ruined body and shipwrecked soul. apter "it's nothing to me," the young man cried; over Jn his eyu was a flash of scorn and pride, o no '! heed not the dreadful things you tell;' sansr i can rule myself, I know full well!" d his 'Twas something to him when in prison he came lay, life. The victim of drink, life ebbing away, dis- As he thought of his wretched child and wife evil the mournful wreck of his wasted life. and laul's . INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ON MAN'S LONGEVITY. I ?r* brothers, of Hartford, who has had vetD? I lrmrrnvnnrience in the management of insti ithnn rations for the inebriate and insaDe, says , fh :hat "inebriety is the active cause of from uthar 3ftfien to fifty per cent, of all insanity; from , t thirty to eighty per cent of all idiocy; from ) :3ixty to ninety per cent of all pauperism. I and from fifty to eighty-live per cent of all v y crime," then asks the question, "Who can tc estimate the relief of the taxpayers by the t i( removal of the perils to both property and _i(1life from drunkenness?" ..ft. Dr. Day, of Boston, in his late annual re00 . port of the Washington Home for the Treat*\y(l ment of Inebriates, says: "On the lndividwher Uttl the effect of vicious alcoholic indulgence tb(j is disease of the body. Sooner or later it Go must succumb. Disease of the mind is not ln k),; far off. It may be delirium or insanity." Dr. Formad found in the dead house au,aus() topsies of the Phila :e!phia Hospital that in Jjere_ 250 chronic aleoholists nearly ninety per aw " cent had fatty degeneration of the liver, sixn the Per cent* congestion or a dropsical Jesus state of tho brain; the same number an inithan flamed or degenerated stomach, while not con_ quite one per cent had normal kidneys, riour be convinced of tho cause of so muoh satis- pauperism.in the country, we have only to bines examine the statistics of the liquor traffic in heart th? United States. "According to the report of Internal Revenue Commissioner nin ? dill*, for the year 1892, the patrons of the ;t h,1 saloons paid $600,000,000 for whisky and e lai $017.258,460 for beer, a total of 81,236,259,ioin1 ,atereat ?f which for one minute at ban's s'x Per cent' P?1" annum is 88516.68." This irt is would more than pay off the National debt, vorC! and would feed and clothe all t he poor of the keer^ country. nfoit When we look abroad over the world and Sam *ake a blip's eye view of the evil effects of hess intemperance in its various aspects, its production oi disease and death, the destruction j{un of happiness and home, pauperism and hoot' crimes innumerable, with general demoralivend zation, we are astonished that anv thinking -fully man, much less a physician, should come to "any tho conclusion that drinking men and drunki ards eniov srreater longevity than total ab sup- ' Btainers.?Medical Progress. on In v "Am THE OTHEB SIDE. " the A gentleman said to us, "I do not favor 8am* prohibition. It would be an Injustice to the man In business; besHes, it would throw sa*"? thousands out of employment" ' 3 slg- replied, "You do not look at the ismu9t sue from the right side. even "You take a contractor's view. even "just before the war closed, a Government inger contractor said in a car, 'I do hope the war ? on will not close under two years. I will lose hm- thousands of dollars; besides, many men will plan turned out of employment from the Govk V?9 ernment works.' A lady passenger, clad in lath. vreeds of mourning, rose to her feet, and with tearful voice said: 'Sir, I have a brave Iad| boy and husband sleeping the sleep of death In a soldiers' cemetery. I have only one ; that boy ieft, and he is In front of the foe. Oh. ' f05 God! I wish the cruel war would close now." oved He saw the point Do you? it not u may be your boy, or your girl, that will does fau the next victim to tue drink "indus,t can try .. (?) ercy? Would you consider the "trade" worth such a price? If not, for yourdwn sake, and ,on'y for the sake of other fathers and mothers, 8? stop the murderous traffic.?National Advo0y cute.n He was |tnew. A DBTTNKEN MOTHEB. ie lad A drunken mother is a terrible sight, but s evi- more terrible is that of a drunken baby. A from New York paper stales that a woman, evi dontly under the influence of liquor, was y (B. staggering along near Fifty-flrst street when him, she dropped a bundle she was carrying, busi- She picked it up with great dlfllculty, but ; run soon dropped it again. A policeman who bring' had been following her thtn pioked up the tome, bundle and was tnuoh surprised to And It d the contained a baby about a year old. The many officer took the mother to the station house, now; and the child to the Woman's Hospital toon- where the doctor's who examined it prodoes. nounced it uninjured, but stupidly drunk, shall Two women admitted subsequently that she arthe had given the baby whisky to keep it quiet, le (II She was sentenced to the Island for two months. What was done with the baby is wept not stated.?Woman's Voice, led." WHAT IT LEADS TO. her if ^he Christian Leader tells of a liquordo it. dealer in the town of Ayr, Scotland, who had )fthe a particular brand of whisky which he i cost wished to advertise. One day the circus was ryjge coming to town, and to add interest to its never performances, aud advertise his whisky, he nded off?r?cl a prize for the best answer to the lirty- question, Why his particular kind of whisky ,f hu.. resembled a certain bridge across the water ind It of Ayr The show came, and the answers to man.! the liquor-seller's question were handed in to be examined, and the successful competiGk, in tor was announced. He proved to be a pooi iving boy. who perhaps knew from experience rlbu- I w'iat be was speaking of, and his answer to Math. th? question wny tnac puoiicau s wuisiy wo; ithan M^e fcke bridge wa3: "Because it leads to bade the poor-house, the lunatic asylum, andthf avic[) cemetery." ild be 5lf r?- A TWO-YEAR-OLD HOY'S FATAL DRINK OF WHISKY. hris'> Joel Layer, a two-year-old boy, died at hrist- hi3 home in East Cambria street, from alco8 will holic poisoniug. It appears that during the T t'11 absence of his parents the boy obtained posldwe se.ssioD of a bottle of whisky, which was shau- lying on the table in his home, and drank > tf? * cont0nts- When the mother and father returned a short time later they found the >f His ja(i unconscious. A physician was called in, jh ^ut e?or*8 t0 8ave tbe boy's lite proved olp jr unavailinS-?Philadelphia Evening Star. A PARETIC SENTENCE. A Sunday-school teacher handed to hei scholars little slips of paper on which was printed the question, '-What have I to be 0 Be* thankful for? Among the replies that were given on the following Sunday was this ision- pathetic sentence written by a Utile girl who rans- had learned by bitter experience probably :ircu- the painful truth it implied, "I am thankful ia, is ' there are no pub ic houses in heaven." mosa stisl- FRAUDULENT TEMPERANCE SALOONS. y the That there is no limit to the ingenuity 01 aasun mwcrupulousness of the man who thrives b> >ss of selling strong drinks, is illustrated anew in Ifter- the case of the "Temperance Saloons" in tht apan East End of London. Many reforming agen?lish, oieq hRd bean brought to bear on this local ttack ity?General Bioth's army ? interesting avor- temperance lectures, etc.; but they seemed uttle- to have made but little impression, when it with wa9 suddenly found that those "Temper?'" anca" finger pop places were bavin# a greal y f he rush of custom. Tho public analyst of Bethel " "r,J Green thought h? would turn his scientific (1 all eye that way, nnrl found that the liquid, dishere pensed as "harmless gin^or-wina, hurl in it * ?j1 ten per cent, of proof spirits, just double the :auch ncoholic streugth of the ordinary beer sold at the public nouses in tho neighborhood. A DEPRAVED TRAPFIC. ;inr a The liquor traffic managers in New York ar; of claim that the excise laws havo degraded tht t has | business. Not at all; it is depravity of th? mers. truffle that the education of the people has W(la brought to light more plainly each day.? utely National Temperance Advocate. Many J Hth(T TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. tanmi> The average liquor seller would sell his country for gain. Putting stuff down the throat takes "the stuff" out of the pocket. it the Herrick Johnson, of Chica-ro. say3: "Low i has l^finso asks for your soa, high license for y-jur caughter."' AGRICULTURAL 20PICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. the "wheat midge. This insect injures mostly the softchaffed wheats; the bearded and the red wheats are not so much damaged by this small fly. Steeping the seed has do effect against the midge, as it attacks only the half-rxpened grain by puncturing the chaff and depositing its eggs in it. This fly is a very small orange-yellow insect, that flies by night, and may be seen by the light of a lantern among the wheat atter the heads have set the grain. The only safety against it is to grow only the , hard and bearded wheats.?New York Times. SERIOUS MISTAKE IN FEEDING. Feeding too often is a serious mistake. If the hens are in good condition for laying, they will thrive much | better if compelled to come off tbe i roost in the morning and scratch for their breakfast than if they walk up to a feed trough and fill their crops. The morning feed of grain and seeds may be scattered in the litter after 1 they are on the roost at night, so that they can begin as early in the morn ing as they desire. Before going to roost at night they may be given all they can eat. They will digest all that the crop will hold before morning.?Trenton (N. J.) American. TOADS A NUISANCE IN THE APIABY. . One day last summer I noticed a large plump-looking toad sitting on the lighting board in front of one of my hives, writes T. Bailey. Watohing him a few minutes, I saw him take in a bee, and within another minute another one. To investigate the matter further, I took Mr. Toad to the woodpile and cut his head off and proceeded to make an examination of his stomach. To my surprise I found that it contained forty-six beee, which, to judge from their appearance, were an tagen in mat jaame morning. I have kept bees for the last thirtyfive years, hut this is the first time I have seen toads catch them.?American Agriculturist. XMPBOVDfG THE ORCHARD. There are many old orchards that fail to produce enough to pay cost of harvesting their fruit. This is not as it should be. If the trees are still vigorous their lack of fruitfulness is most likely due to a disproportion of nitrogenous to mineral fertilizer in the soil. If the tree shows signs of failiog, both kinds of fertilizer should be given them. There are many soils 1 that have been exclusively manured 1 with stable manure that laok potash and phosphate. Manure from the ! barnyard will make vigorous growth ] of wood and leaf, but it will not promote fruitfulness. A dressing of 600 pounds of a mixture of potash and phosphate, in the proportions of two < of the potash to one of phosphate, will ; pay on almost any old orchard. But ' before manuring heavily the kinds i that are least productive and salable should be grafted over. It does not ' pay to cultivate and manure poor i kinds of truit when the change tagood i kinds is so easily made by grafting.? Boston Cultivator. OASTOB BEANS. The success which many people have m growing the castor bean in private gardens naturally leads them to think there may be a large profit in it when grown extensively fpr seed and oil. The plant requires a long season and very rich soiL It its a difficult orop to harvest, requiring peculiar machinery to get the beans out of their nods. Farmers on rich land in Missouri and Kansas grow con* > siderable quantities of castor beans. They find a market in St. Louis, where the oil is pressed out. This 1 requires expensive machinery, and unless a market can be assured for your castor beans it will prove a losing business to grow them. We have known people to use the castor bean 1 as a purgative. It is much more pleasant to take than castor oil, and is equally effective, as it contains a large proportion of oil. Bat this use would . not make market for more than are grown on plants kept for show in the garden. It is a very showy plant when it has a soil rioh enough to grow to i large size.?Boston Cultivator. CATTLE DIPPING VAT. A Dallas (Texas) man has invented a cattle "dipping vat." The idea is to dip cattle as a prevention of the Texas fever. One of these vats is in use on the King cattle ranch, the larg, est cattle ranch in Texas. The digging vat is six feet deep and contains | a carefully prepared ohemical fluid. ; The sides of the vat extend four feet i above high water mark to prevent waste by splashing. Tho bottom of the vat is three feet tvide, the sides tapering ontward, making it seven wide at the top. Large slats are nailed Dn the 1 incline at tho end of the vat and on tho platform to prevent slipping. The | floor of the vat is covered with sheet i iron, and a square pen surrounds it. The cattle to be ducked are driven ' into the pen, and as they step over the i centre of gravity they are immersed in the flnid, after which they clamber out of the vat, On the incline. The , ' idea is to kill the disease carrying parasites, such as lice, ticks, etc., , thus reducing the liability of carrying , splenic fever. The idea seems to be a , good one, and the general utility of ' the cattle dipping vat should be thoroughly tested.?New York World. j WINTEKING CABBAGE PLANTS. Although the cold frame for winter- ; ing cabbage anil cauliflower plants is J ! stiil in use by many farmers and gar- . deners, it is by no means the best aud most economical means for the purpose. Some varieties of cabbages? Esrlv Summer particularly- cannot be fiucceHBlully wintered iu a cold frame. They will rarely make good ' i heads if the plants are wintered in a cold frame, as they very commonly run up to seed, having received a check which is equivalent to a season's proivth. The hotbed, started March I 1, is found to be the better place to ! : raise plants for an early crop. But 1 an improvement over this plau even, 1 and particularly for the Wakefield i variety, is to raise the plants in the J: tpeu field, and about the middle of November take them up and bury them in trenches, the same as is dons with the heads for seed purposes; plow out a double farrow six inohes deep, by running the plow both ways. In this the plants are set closely together, roots down, then a farrow is tamed over them from both sides*, covering the plants to the depth of ? foot, so that the frost is almost wholly excluded. While a few degrees or frost is not injurious, extreme freezing; would be, so that the covering would be sufficient to prevent it. At the same time, the ground shoald not b? so warm as to stimulate active growth, which is injurious. To prevent this the trench should be ventilated by putting a email bundle of straw in th? center of it before covering, so that the warm moist air from below may escape. In the trench the plants will make a slow growth the entire winter, and when taken ont in spring and transferred to the field will make a rapid growth, perfecting their heads in two weeks less time than those from hotbeds or cold framss.?New England Homestead. if imtuu vmirav viittva * To make fine batter in winter taxe?r the f^ill of many an old dairy man, and aof a few Rive np the work in disgust and oonfine their attention to summer bntter. Bat winter batter is not so difficult of manafaetare if a lit* tie intelligence is displayed Winter batter does not differ from sammeir batter very materially. The or earn does not change nor become obstinate in it? character. It is simply that theright conditions for making batter are ' easily supplied in summer and rather difficult in winter. W&at we do in sammer is to hav# fine milk and cream and then makt the batter when the cream has only a slight acidity, and with a regular nni? form temperature in ohurning. Now if these conditions are supplied in winter, good batter can be made jus! as easily and qu:okly. To begin with, however, the milk and cream are very often inferior at this season because 1 of poor feed. This must be changed immediately. Good winter dairying . / requires just as rioh, succulent food for the cowb as in the summer, and il XI -A V-_ VlitJQO UttiliiUV VUO VfcOVUft" will not be as rich. Bat assuming that the dairyman does this carefully, and that lie give* good shelter and warm protection to his cows, with all the pare drinking water at the right temperature that they will drink, it will be only necessary to supply the other conditions.! The milk is brought from the barn to the house and set right. Generally, it is necessary to aerate the milk im-; mediately after milking, in order to expel any disagreeable odor. This im, especially necessary with mQk drawn from cows that have been fed on ensi-f lage. To do this the milk most be| poured slowly from a height so that it] ,, will fall in a spray. An ordinary tioj pail or pan, with fine holes puncturedjthrongh the bottom, and anspendedat a convenient height will answer thopurpose admirably. Let the milk fall; through this sieve slowly immediately after milking, and the pare air of winter will etpel all odors even better than in summer. Sometimes several' aerations are necessary before all odor* are driven oat. A little troable is! this way will save a good deal of wor-: ry later. Do not scald the milk by. patting it on the stove in hot pans, a' custom still in vogue iu many plaoes,i for it destroys the qaality of thai cream by melting some of the fat globules. , I The setting room should have a temperature of sixty degrees to sixty-five, degrees. It should not be kept here more than four days at the utmost, no matter how cold the weather isJ Churning should be done two or three, times a week. If the cream is set! longer than this it gets a bad odor, ii. . i?ii TI that rains tne outttr. ju. uicam u>. not ripe enough the temperature around it can be regulated to hasten the process. Keep the temperatara in churning regular, and aboat the same as in summer. Washth6 granulated butter with cold water as in. summer, and work, salt and paok just the same. FABM AND GABDKN NOTES. Shivering and hungry' hens lay no eggs. Let berry plants be carefully laid ' ' down, covered with earth and nicely tucked up for needed rest. Delay this necessary work no longer. If you have doubts as to benefits of winter protection, even in mild climates, protect a part, leave a part without protection and mark the results. After ground is well frozeD, strawberries should be covered ligbtly with clean straw or marsh hay. in spring this covering to be placed between the rows for summer mulch. Eggs and good plump fowls for tha table generally bring a higher price in the market in the winter than at any other time of the year. The wise farmer takes advantage of this better market by being prepared tor it. The last year's hens will give the first eggs, bat soon the pallets will famish their quota, and the farmer's wife will be astonished and delighted at the dozens of eggs she will hava ready for the market in mid-winter. The farm poultry, which, daring the summer and thus far in the season have hadjittle care, because with their free ranye they have been able to scratoh f?' : themselves, must now have some attention if they are to pay for their keeping during the winter. Remove all weeds, trimmings and SUrpiUa lUUUiO i uuui -wm that every plant and bush is properly protected for water. Cover the ground with finely composted manure and you may then look forward to a. fruitful resurrection in the spring. Fall-sown rye on light loam soil mal?<s5 an excellent crop to plow under in spring. Do this just before corn planting, add a little potash salts and dissolved bone black, and without the use of expensive nitrogen you will be pretty sure to make a good corn crop. A Canadian farmer at the Poultry Association of Ontario says: "if fowls have half the care you bestow ou four cow or your horse they will pay it much larger profit than either the row or the horse. Infacr, a little hen [j etting a reasonable amount of cite, Ihe beat paying 'critter' on the l-vrui." y