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YOUNG MAN BKWABE! THE PITFALL® POINTED OUT BV OP. TALMAGE. Mu tk« Boat* rianai ik* (Mr* —ilfj M| Ik* hkMk »»r-t*l*k i*4«irr mi iiiiirtir Ai*»r* — «ii*n»* »t VMM* APHINOTON. D. C., Nov. 24, IM&,~ !a bla aermon to day, Rev. Dr. Tal mMgit, preaching to tba uaual crowded audience, took up a aubject of unlver aal Intereat to young men. Ilia text waa aelacted from 2. Herauel II: 29 "la tbe young roan Abaalorn aafef" Tba heart of David, tbe father, waa wrapped up In bla boy Abaalorn. Ho waa a eplendld boy, Judged by tbe rutae of worldly crltlclam. From the crown of bit bend to tbo aolo of bla foot there waa not a alngle blemlah, Tha Hlbla nay* that be had aucb a lusurlant abock of bolr that when once a year It waa ahorn, what waa cut off weighed oxer three pounde. But, notwlthatand fag all bl* brilliancy of appearance, be waa a bad boy, and broka bla father'* heart. He waa plotting to get the throne of ferae!. He had maraballed an army to overthrow bla father'* govern ment. Tbo dey of batU# bad come. Tba conflict waa begun, David, tba father, ant between the gate* of tbo palace waiting lor tbe tiding* of tbe conflict. Ob, haw rapidly bla heart beat with •motion. Two great queatlon* were to bo dacldod; tbe aafety of bl* boy, and tbo continuance of tbe tbron# of |E®e1. After awhile, a aervant, aland fag on tbe lop of the bouao, look* off, and nee* aomt one running. He In com mg wun great epee a, inn ui» uimu vu top ot the house announces the coming at the meaeengor, and tbe father watch* ee and wait*, and aa noon aa the mee* aenger from the field of battle cornea within hailing distance, tbe father cries out. Ia It a question In regard to tbe establishment of hia throne? Does bs say: “Hass the armies of Israel been victorious? Am ! to continue in my Im parls] authority? Have I overthrown way enemies?” Oh! no. There Is one question that springs from bis heart to the Up, and springs from tbe Up Into the ear of the besweated find bednsted mosaenger flying from tbe battlefield - the question, ”ls tbe young man Ab salom safe?” When It waa told to Da vid, tbe King, that, though his srmtes had been victorious, his son bad been elaln, the father turned bis hack upon tbe congratulations of the nation, and west up the stairs to bis palace, his heart breaking as ha went, wringing his bands sometimes, and then again pressing them against bis temple# as though bs would press them In, crying: “Ob! Absalom! my son! my son! Would Ood 1 bad died for thee. Ob, Absalom! ay son! my son!” My friends, the question which David, the King, asked In regard to his son, Is the question that resounds to-day In tbe hearts of hundreds of parents. Yea, there are a great multitude of young men who know that tbe question of tbe test is appropriate when asked In re gard to them. They know tbe tempta tions by which they are surrounded; they see so many who started life with as good resolutions as they have who have fallen In the path, and they are ready to bear me ask tbe question of my text: “Is ths young man Absalom safe?” The fact is that this life ia full of peril. He who undertakes It with out the grace of Ood and a proper un derstanding of tbe conflict Into which be is going, must certainly be defeated. Just look off upon society to-day. Look at tbe shipwreck of men for whom fair things were promised, and who started life with every advantage. Look at those who have dropped from high so cial position, and from great fortune, disgraced for time, disgraced for eter nity. All who sacrifice their integrity come to overthrow. Take a dishonest dollar and bury It In the center of the north, and keep nil the rocka of the mountain on top of It; then cover theah neks with nil the diamonds of (Jol conds, and nil the ellver of Nevada, and all tho gold of California and Australia, nod put on tba top of these all banking nod moneyed institutions, and thsy cannot keep down that one dishonest dollar. Tkni one dishonest dollar In tba cenlsr of tbe earth will begin to boavs and rock and upturn Itaolf until It comes to the resurrection of damna tion. 'As the partridge slttetb on eggs and batehsib them not. so bs that gettetb riches and util by right shall lenvs them in tbs midst of his days, aad at kls end shall be a fool." Now, wbat are tbe safeguards of yauag men? The first safeguard of which I want to speak Is s lots of home, These ate lltuw who have no idea of the pleasures that concentrate around that word "home." Perhaps > our early abode was shadowed with vice or pov erty. Harsh words, and petulance, and ooowling may hava destroyed all the sanctity of that *put. Love, kindness, and self-sacrifice, which have built thnlr altars in so many abode*, strs strangers In your father's house Owl pity you, young man; yog atvtr had • home. Ilut a multitude la this audl* sans can look back to a spot that they oaa aetrer forget, It way hate boon a lowly roof, hot you cannot think of It now without n dash of emotion. You fcavn won nothing an north that on stir rod your soul A stronger passing along (hat pis. a might son sothlsg re marhablo shoot III bst ok? how mock It «mmm In you Promo oa palaao wall dans aol awaa ao much In you so tbooo rough hows rafters l arks aad bow* WO aad Irons aa fsahlusablo waterlog plans gr cousin -neat do not mean w much In you no that brook tkst roa la trwal of tin plain farm ><«oa*. sod «tog log under the weeping willows. Tb* barred gateway awung open by por ter In full dreae. doe* not mean aa much to you aa that awing gal#, your elater on on# aide of It, and you on tha other; the gone fifteen year* ago Into glory. That arena coming back to you to-day, aa you awept backward and forward on th* gat*, singing th* song* of your childhood. Hut th*r* nr* those her# who have tbalr aecond dwelling plac*. It la your adopted home, That also la sacrad forever. There you established the first family altar, Tbara your chil dren were horn. In that room flapped tha wing of th# death angel, l/nder that roof, when yeur work Is done, you si* pert to II* down end dl*. There Is only on# word In sll the language that can convey your Idea of that piece, and that word la "home,” Now, tot me aay that I never knew n man who waa faith ful to hit early and adopted bom* who waa given over nt th* earn* tlm* to any gross form of wickedness. If you find mora enjoyment In tba club room. In tb* literary aoclety, In th* art anion, than you do In thee# unpretending homo pleasure*, you are on the road to ruin. Though you may he cut oil from your early associates, sod though you rosy be separated from all your kin dred, young man, Is there not n room somewhere that you can call your own? Though It be the fourth atory of a third class boarding bouse, Into that room gather books, pictures and a harp. Hang your mother's portrait over the mantel. Hid unholy mirth stand back from that threshold. Consecrate some spot In tbnt room with th# knee of prayer, Hy the memory of other days, a father's counsel, a mother's love, and a stater s confidence, call It bom*. Another safeguard for these young men is Industrious hsbtt. There srs a great many people trying to make their way through tb# world with their wits Instead of by homst toll. There Is a young man who comes from the coon trw tn (ha H(v Me fails twloe before be I* a* old a* bis father wss when be flrst saw the spire# of the great city. He Is nested In his room at a rent of two thousand dollars a year, waiting for the banks to declare their dividends and th# stocks to run up. After awhile be gets Impatient. If* tries to Improve bis penmanship by making eopyplate* of other merchants’ signatures! Never mind all Is right In business. After awhile be has bis estate. Now Is the time for him to retire to ths country, amid tbs flocks and ths herds, to cul ture the doemstlc virtues. Now the young men who were bis schoolmates In boyhood will come, and with their ox teams draw him logs, and with their bard bands will help to heave up the castle. That is no fancy sketch; it Is every-day life. I should not wonder if there were a rotten beam In that palace, 1 should not wonder tf God should smite him with dire sick nesses, and pour Into his cup a bitter draught that will thrill him with un bearable agony. I should not wonder if that man's children grew up to be to him a disgrace, and to make his Ilfs a shame. I should not wonder if that man died a dishonorable death, and were tumbled Into a dishonorable grave, and then went Into the gnashing of teeth. The way of the ungodly shall perish. Another safeguard that I want to pre sent to young men is a high ideal of life. Bometime* soldiers going Into bat tle shoot Into the ground instead of Into the hearts of their enemies. They are apt to aim too low, and It is very often that the captain, going Into con flict with his men, will cry out, “Now, men, aim high!" The fact Is that In life a great many men take no aim at all. The artist plnns out bis entire thought before he puts It upon canvas, before be takes up the crayon or the chisel. An architect thinks out the en tire building before the workmen be gin, Although everything may seem to be unorganized, that architect haa In bla mind every Corinthian column, j every Uotblc arch, every Byzantine capital. A poet thlnke out the entire ! plot of hia poem before he begins to chime the cantos of tinkling rhymes. ! And yet there are u great many men who start the Important structure of life without knowing whether It Is go ing to be a rude Tartar's hut, or a Ht. Mark’s Cathedral, and begin to write out the Intricate poem of their life without knowing whether It Is to be a Homer's "Odyssey" or a rhymester’s I Mitch. Out of one thousand, nine hun dred and ninety-nine have no life-plot. Mooted and spurred and < uparlsoned, they hasten along, and I run out and 1 say: "Hallo, man! Whither away?" : "Nowhere!" they say. Oh! young man, make every day's duty a filling up of ; the greet life-plot. Alas! that there ahould be on this sea of life so many •hips that seem bound for ni< port. They aro swept every whither by wind and wave, up by the mountains end down by the valleys. They sail with no chart. They gas* on no star, They long for no harbor. Oh! young man, have a high ideal and prase to It. and It will be a mighty safeguard There never were giander opporioaltlee open ing before young iti«u than are opening now, Young men of the strong arm. and of the stout heart, and of the hounding step, i msisball you to-day far a greet achievement Auother safeguard Is a respect for the Sabbath, Tell m* bow g young man agenda bte Mahbath, and I will tell you what are bis pi«*p«tia la bualaoae, and I will tell you a bat era bla prospect* for lb# elornel world. Oort baa Ibruot lalg our busy Ufa a sarred day when wo aro te look after uur soul* te II esurblleal. after glvia* ai* days to the feeding end clothing of thee* perish* hie bodies, tbai Hod ekeuld demand on* day for iba reading and ilotblng of ibe Immortal tool? There Is aaetber safeguard that I want lo proeoal, I bate aovod II until Ibe last because | wehl II to be tbo more empbalte, Tbo great safeguard for #v#ry young mag la Iba 1‘brlaiUu religion, Nothing rea take the glare of IL You mar bar* graccfulnoae enough to pat to the btueh Lord Chee terfleid, you may bar# foreign !aa gnagea dropping from your tongue, yon may dlecuaa lawa and lltoratura, yon may bare a pen of nnequaled pollah and powar, you may bara ao murb bua Ineaa tact that you can gat tbo largest aalary In a banking bouae. you may bo aa abarp aa Herod and aa atrong aa flamaon, and wltb aa long lock* ao thoao wblcb bung A baa lorn, and yet you bar* no aafety agalnat temptation. Homo of you look forward to llfo wltb great deapondeocy, I know It. I aa# It la your farea from (me to tlmo. You aay: “All Iho occnpationa and profoa aloas a to full, and tbero'a no chance for me." Oh! young man. rbeer up, I will | tell you bow you can maka your for tune. geek flrat tbo kingdom of Ood and bla rlgbtoouaneaa, and all olber tblaga will bo added. I know you do not want to bo mean In tbla matter. You will not drink tbe brimming cup of llfo. end then pour tbe drrga on Ood'e altar. To a generoua ftavlour you will not act like that; yon hare not tbe heart to act llko that. That la not manly. That la not honorable. That la not brave. Your great want la a new heart, and In the nam« of tbe !x»rd Jeaua t.’brlat I toil you ao to-day, and tbe bleaeed Mpirlt preaaee through tbe aoiemnltlca of tbla hour to put the cup of life to your tblraty lips. Ob! tbruat It not back. Mercy preaente It-bleed ing mercy, Jong-aufferlng mercy, De aptae all other frlendablpa. prove re creant to all other bargalna, but de aplae Ood’e love for your dying aoul > do not do that. There cornea a crlala In a man'a life, and tbe trouble la be doea not know If la tbe crlala. I got a letter In wblcb a man aaya to me*. "I etart out now to preach tbe Ooapcl of rIgbteoueneaa and temperance to the people. Do you remember me? I am tbe man who appeared at tbe cloae of tne aervie* wrien you w»rr wvrmnvini ■ fn the chapel after you came from Phil- i adelpbla. Do you remember at the rloae of the aermon a man coming up to you all a-tremble with conviction, j and crying out for mercy, and telling , you be bad a very bad bualneM, and be thought be would change it? That waa tbe turning point in my blatory. , I gave up my bad bualneaa. I gave my heart to Got), and tbe dealre U> aerve him baa grown upon me all tbeae 1 yoara, until now woe la unto me if I j preach not tbe Ooapel." That flunday night waa tbe turning point of that young man'a blatory. Tbla very Babbatb hour will be the turning point In tbe blatory of a hundred young men in tbla bouae. God help ua. 1 once itood on an anniveraary platform with a clergyman who told tbla marveloua itory. He aald: "Thirty year* ago two young men atarted out to attend Park Theater, New York, to gee a play which made religion ridiculoua and hypocritical. They bad been brought up In Cbrlatlan famlllc*. They atarted for the theater to aee that vile play, and their early onvlctiona came back upon them. They felt It waa not right to go, but atlll they j went. They came to the door of the theater. One of tho young men atopped ; and atarted for home, but returned and came up to the door, but had not tbe courage to go In. He again atarted for home, and went borne. Tbe other young man went In. He went from one degree ■A temptation to another. Caught In tho whirl of frivolity and aln, be aank lower and lower. He loat hi* bualneaa poal lion. He loat bl* morale. He loat bla koiiI. He died a dreadful death, not one alar of mercy ablnlngon It. I aland before yon to-day," aaid that mlnlater, "to thank God that for twenty yoara I have been permitted to preach tbe Goa* pci. J UU1 llie WU1«I 1VUUI wan. Kl ret deity In Art. Electric lighting Is to be applied to art In Uruaael*. On tbe Anapach me morial Hi. Michael la repreaented on boraeback claying the dragon. The sword will be made to blaze like a eword of lire, light* will Ire put In Uie aalnt'a eye* and In the Inside* of tb* dragon, RAM’S HORNS. The worst deception la self-decep tion. A good thought planted In good soil will grow. The real coward js the one who I* afraid to do right. It la Impossible to lova God until bis word I* believed. When bad men are elected to office the devil rule* lha city. Wa can't keep away from other peo ple and know ourselves. The man who never gives away any thing. cbeata hlwaelf. It la hard to pleaaa the man who never kuowa what he wants. Aa soon aa Kve took tba forbidden fruit the devil had an army. Don't go aecurlty for th* man who run* hi* boot* down at th* heel. The Mikiwu that uroat pinnae* may not lie the one that moat helps. The recording angel never gets any informal ton from a gravestone. The more a I'brlatlan grows In grace lb* lea* be thinks of himself. II* I* not very good who la not better than hia friend* Imagine him to be. tied can say much to the poor that ha cannot make known to the rich A lie tremble* all aver whenever It discover* that truth la on IU lr«< k Iav* le (lo I and neighbor la th» ooty law needed for the good of men Try to t uni your merdeo, and many of your trouble* will be rubbed oul, If we hava only given t'hrlol a second pine*, w* haven't given hint nny Tba puurent man In the world I* the on# who get* rich by lolling whisht A too! will be all bla Ilf* In learning • hat the «ta* can aeo at a glance la taking revenge a man la hot even with bis enemy, la pasting It, b* la an per lor. Itefur* Imui laughl hi* dtariplea I* pray, he taught them how lo glvg, * FARM AND HARDEN. MATTERS OR INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Cp-to-IMI* dial* Abaat ('*111*4 • taa of tha Poll suit *UI4» Ihoroof— MaflUiltan, Vlll-.all«r< aa4 » o.rl * altar* N • report of the Katiaaa MUle Hoard of Agriculture, aa quoted In an eg change, it la Mid that If hurled, po tato** muat he cov ered Hgbtly *i flret, and the covering added from time to time. but only enough to protect itie tuber* from from, Thl* I* tha moat unaatlafai lory and expenalve way of etorlng potaloea, The next worae la a cellar under a building. The moat, aat lefartory and cheapaat way la lo atorr In a du* out. In moat Kunuae aoll*. no walla but the dirt walla sra needed. The root will be of earth over polce and bruab. In wet weather auch a roof will leak unleaa eovored with boat da, torn atalka, afraw or other covering, The beat, location will be a elope or bank facing aouib. Hy leaving an al ley through the center of iba dugout, with plenty of large ventilator ahafta through the roof, a brlak (Imitation will be eat up whenever the door In the end la opened particularly where the door opena on the level, aa It will If the bulliflng la dug In the tide of a bunk. The trouble with a cellar under a building la to give It air enough, The dug-out abould be built with a bln on each aide of a central alley. The bottom of the bine ehould be ralaed alx Inehea from tha ground. Both the bot tom and aide# are beat made of fence board#, with Inch apace* between. The aide* of Ui« bln* ahould he dear of I contact with tha walla, whether atone or dirt. Hpout* ahould lie placed at ' Interval* through the roof at the outalde of the bln*, through which to pout down the potato** Into the cellar Hitch a building, carefully managed aa lo ventilation, opened up on froaty nlgbta and kept cloaed during tha warm daya of fall and early winter, ' will take Karly Ohio polatoea through to aprlng without a aprout. Karly ‘ Koae, Beauty of Hebron and auch va rlatlea may require turning over once, Tha only antidote for aproutlng, aaldo from the manner of atorage, that la known, la the acoop abovel, Potato** may be kept In cold atorage until Ad guat without a aprout. , i'ltntini Tree*. It I ware going to plant a tree for the amount of aacebtrlne matter I could get from It I would plant bar.*' wood, and I would nave all the fuel by keeping aome bee*. | think there la no ahade tree that we < uti derive *o much profit from aa the baaawood, Next to that would come the aoft ma ple; it bloom* ao early In the aprlng that our colonle* of bee* build up very rapidly indeed when they begin to gather honey and get a certain amount »f pollen from the blooma of theac aoft maple*. They make very pretty ahade tree*. I think aa pretty *bad< tree* a* I ever aaw In our part of the ; country were In a baaawood grove. Tb< j original tree* had all been cut away from the clearing except a few baaa wood tree* that were left to grow, and the ground wa* kept covered with graa*. 1 attended a picnic in thla grove, and 1 can aaaure you our Hub bath action! boy* enjoyed a game of football under theao tree* very much, and 1 enjoyed half a day looking at them. I think the prettleat ahade tree*,, however, that I have ever accn are the elm* which are almoat unlveraally planted In the Eastern state*. I have men aome tree* atandlng on one aide > of a roadway which extended to the , oi ner aiue, and it la aometning very pleasant In need on a hoi day to haw the privilege of resting tinder one of these trees. There Is a road that I travel over a good deal In the summer which Is almost devoid of ahud>* trees, and It is very suffocating sometimes to have to drive for twelve miles slong I that road without any shade at all; but towards the end of the Journey, hs the road approaches Ihe town, there arc a few elms standing, the branches of which nearly cover the road, aud I have often been very thankful to he able to staud for a minute or two under those weeping elms. I would recom mend Ihe aoft maple aud the elm, and I would uot deaplae Ihe white birch. There la ona objection to (be white maple; a borer gets Into the tree and ruta bla way around It, and the result la a dead top. I planted a number of sugar maple treee eome years ago, aud I think there la not uue tn ten living today, while I planted some aoft maple trees a year or two afterwards aud they are all living Mr. Dempsey, Keeping qualities of Drapes Much lose occurs every yaor from lack uf knowledge of Ihe llmltailone of grape* aa regarda their Mtueaa lo keep through the winter. The most popular grape* are uaually tliuoe that have been rhu*eu j lor aarltneaa and certainly In ripening Mo«t el these are, a* wight be e a pec led poor hcrpeia The grape meal widely grown »f any, the t'oncord, can hardly j ho kepi In euudlilou tilt Ihe holidays , Drape* that are very sweet become in- 1 elpld when kepi long, though they may look well Isahalla when thoroughly , ripened la loo sweet to hoop long The t'atawba, however well ripened, hoe sn acid flavor aad la a good beeper The Agawam la more add than the da I no and therefore k**pa heller Wilder and Itarry, two hlarh Huger* grab a, . are about tha heat for hooping Ail j these have thick ahlna, Tha Kont-Un wa have found a good haoper, a* la also tha Iona, though that ta quite aa dipt colt to ripen aa la Iha t'atawba 'I ha Uriah ton la heal to out aa picked froth ika via# t'oobtry DenDcntan. I’tlllslag All of lb* trait. There have been many error* In tree* planting In the past. Too many varie ties have been set out, und Improper varieties have been chosen. In many Instances too large a proportion of fall fruit* have been planted; hence In eu ebundaat aeaeon the markets are aoon glutted, end aa fruit of tbl* character will not keep prices are apt to fall bo low a remunerative point, and disap pointment la the result. We rnuet leern to meet aucb difficulties aa these. We mu*( endeavor to overcome them aa we find fhem. Tbl* particular one may be got over In a short time by top-grafting the trees with late keep ing varieties; or It may ba remedied by the establishment of fruit evapora tors, whereby the surplus stock may b# reduced to such condition e* will sdmlt of Its being sold at s later period of the year, and, If desired, shipped to any part of tbs civilized world. Kvery part of the apple may be made s source of profit, and nothing should ho wasted. At u recent meeting of fruit growers In Michigan, s gentleman In the course of bis remark* gave some statistic* )n regard to the profltsble nesa of apples, and he said that even the cores and skins were used at his factory, and tbs prolli from these amounted In a short time to a hundred dollars, I asked him at the close of the meeting what use was made of the • ores and skins, und he assured me they wer* very valuable in muklng ap ple jelly, Oti returning home I Insti tuted some experiments lit my own house, and found Ibis was correct, In making apple sauce, too, In order to ha vs all Hie flavor of the apple, the skins and cores should be stewed sep aralely, and the resulting liquid pouted Into tbs apple sauce. This adds very much to the richness and flavor of the sauce. It, W, Beadle. I'nar Might The secretary of agriculture give* the following suggestions relative to pear blight: Pear blight Is caused by a very minute microbe which enters the tree at ihe blossom cluster, or at the tip of the lender growing shoot, it may destroy only the blossom duster, or a few Inchee of the twig, or It may run downward several feet, killing large limb* or even whole trees. The same microbe cause* apple twig blight and quince blight. Most of the damage from this blight I* done during the first month of growth, beginning at blossom time. After running downward for a few inches or a foot or more, the di sease usually becomes a standstill. When It has stopped, a definite crock forms In the hark, separating the live and dead portions. When the diseased portion blends off Into the live part, It shows that the disease is still progress ing. Below the blighted portion the tree may be perfectly healthy, os the blight kills only as far as It reaches. Healthy, thrifty, rapidly growing trees suffer more when attacked than those not so vigorous, in certain cases the blight does not stop, but keep* on slow ly growing In the bark till the dose of the season. After this such case* con tinue progressing slowly, the new blight for each year coining from germs which lived over from Ihe preceding season's cases. The remedy for the pear Plight Is to exterminate the microbes wlilch cause the disease. This can la; done by pruning out the old blight In the fall or winter, thu* preventing the microbes from Jiving over, in mild attacks, where there 1* but little blight, and wherever practicable, It la best to cut out the blight a* soou as discovered. Complete destruction of the blight should he carried out In thu fall, as soon aa all lulu growth has ceased. In cutting out ihe blight, care should be taken to cut out on the sound wood be It. nr it./. lll'JO'iiO yrmliirnul Hlrawlirrrlrib In a dlacuaalon of froatproof straw berries In Ihe column* of the "Rural New Yorker," It l« made apparent that Darker Knrle varies In hardlueaa In dif ferent part* of the country. From the cold North went a grower with forty year*' experience write* that he has never found any variolic# that are from proof. T. T. Lyou of Michigan echoes this opinion. He says: "No vurtetle# of strawberries can he aald to ho actually froatproof, although certain varietlua, Much a# Hhurph-sa, Haverlaud, Holyoke, and other#, are reputed to ho leu# hardy than utoat other*." A New Jersey correspondent numea the Darker Karle aa one of the heat froatproof strawberries Mr. M. A. Thayer write# that Uaudy I# about the #4fe»t variety he b»«. Warfield I# tong In fruit, and may have It* llral bloom* killed by frost, yet produce a good crop from late bud*. ltlooded or Hcrub*. We cannot Advo cate a general departure fur any far mer from so-called native to blooded rattle. Many of our so-called "scrubs" are really good cow#, and inch will pay to keep. It la a mistake to supu »#* that an animal without pedigree la therefore necessarily uf no use. tin the other hand It I* equally a Mistake to suppose that all pedigreed animals are guild I.Ihe produces like, with vat la lion, and IrwRienUy the#* variation# produce worthies# cow# from bloud#d Much, and good rows from u#tlv# sloth. However, !h* chance# are Ivrgely In fa vor of the blooded stock lint the test n> sda to be applied to our UoUlela# and Jerseys o# well a# to our n#in,l**« cat tie. Demand for Dottle The Rocky U»u*t*lu >lu#b*wdut*a way* ’ lleef i» bttugtwg a g««d igur* in the mathet and ga great ut the confident • that that# ta an active demand for all mattuer of horned sloth, Itoelnee of awy age, hind, eto# or Uesct iptun will tell at a *«•»! strong price In advnnre of whel they would have hi ought one year or mure age Thvro hi only in iIrn of on limited eonidottco In the industry that thero i# an wilts demand for every* thing In Ihe sow THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON X, SUNDAY. DECEMBER S— DAVID AND OOLIATH. Hold*# Toil; The Haiti* I* Ih* l-ord'a . —i gatnael, ITtdl — Uwllafh. tkaaplm ot lb# I'hltlatlnas, n«** U(*a It#for* David. NTitoi) i; c t o it r Th* events here re carded transpired a Pout MM3 H. C. Haul waa atlll King ol Is rael. David wee about 2d year* old. I. In tha fertile plains alona Ih* roast, southwest of th* Israelite*, lived the Hen a and warlike rare of th* I'hlllaDn** Ifrotn whom tha name Palestine la derived!. The** people wereoften mode Ood's In atruinent for the punle It mailt of the etna of hit people. Afler Haul's disobedience It Is said that "Iher* was sore war agelnat th# Philistine* all th* day* of Haul" (It flit. 'The mode of warfare pursued by them waa of the guerilla description. They msd* a series of auddni raid* on tin protected pise** for purposes of plunder. At the Drnr of this lesson their central tamp wea In the vail»y nt Walt, near Hho> hoh. Th# bill* on either aid* are seven hundred to eight hundred feat high, running nearly cast end weal. Through the middle of the valley wound a Htvln# with strep sides, the lii'il ol the winter lorients, "funning g nelu tal defence to any form drawn up on either side of It. Th# Plilltatlnes worn encamped on the southern elope*, and Haul had asrrin hied an army of defem# on th* northern, with Hie valley between, and neither army dared to lesvo It* position, and msha an st iM'k scrota th* ravin*, whoa* Bleep* aides would give Ilia oneniy a great advantage. II. HoMsl.li, the Champion of the Phllls • Hiea. While th* armia* warn In lltla posi tion, within eight and speaking distance of #a<h other setim* the ravins, there «#m# out from the Philistine ranks a giant chain ■ ptoh, who proposed that the Israelite* *hnul| send forth a warrior to meet hint, and hate th* whole battle decided by a single min l.at III. TU» challenge. Thus armed end Plumed, iha giant stalked down Into the val ley in eight of Haul'* camp, and In a tune answering to hla huge form defied tha armies ol Israel morning and nvenlng lor forty day*. !i "leuilnds u* of D* liohun at llannn. kburn, nr of the Norman Tglli* far at Maniac,” IV. David Vlalta the Army. The three oldest of David’s hr other# war# In th* army of haul, only about ten mile* from home, and (esse, feeling am Ions for news about tharn, sent David to the camp with some fresh provision*. It was th# fortieth day of Uollarh'a challenge when David reached U>* 'amp. and heard hi* haughty word*. Il« soon look In tho slate of affairs. Ills In unifies and comment* brought upon him ihr rebuke of his oldest brother. Hut ha kept on till his words ram* to tb* ears of haul. All th!*, and hi* practice with th* sling, and hi* conflict with th* lion and tha bear In previous day* war* necessary steps to hi# great victory. V. Tha Israelites' Champion, David. Vs. 3*4*. Il ls well to math the moral uualltlr* which David manifest*, and which make him a worthy champion, and without which h* would cither hava fallad altogether, or diminished the value of tho victory. 34. And Haul armed David with hi* armor, and he put a helmet of bras* upon his head; also he armed him with u cnat of mail. M. And David girded III* sword upon hie armor, and ho assayed to go; hit he had not proved It. And David aald unto Haul, I cannot go with theaa; (or 1 have not proved thasri. And David put them off him. to. And he took hla staff In 111* hatid~*n3 Chose him live smooth stones out of th* brook, and pul them In a shepherd'* lug ^ which ha hud, even In a scrip, and hla sling waa In his hand and he drew near lo Ihe Philistine. 41. And Ihe Philistine lame on and drew near unio David, and tha man that bare Ihe shield went before hltn. 42, And when tho Philistine looked about, snd suw David, be disdained him fur l.» was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair Lountengnce. 43. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I u dog, that thou cotiiest to me with stave*? And the Philistine cursed David by hi* god*. 44, And the Philistine said to David, Como In m*. snd I will glv* thy flesh unto the fowl* of Iha air, and to the beast* of tho Reid. 46. Then aald David to th.v Philistine, Thou comes! to mo with a aword and with a ■pear, and with a shield; but I come to thuu In the name of Ihe laird of hosts, the Hod ui the armies of Israel, whom thou hast du lled. 44. Thla day will the l-ord deliver thee Into mine hand, and I will smite thee; and IKK1' mill** IJI-BU I rum uiPr, ami » win Hie larrasse* ot tha host of tho Philistine* ■ his day unto tha fowls of the air, and to lhe wild beast* of tho earth; that all the earth may know that there Is a Clod In 1*' rael, 47. And all this assembly shall know that the l,ord laveth not with sword and spear, for [lie battle la Iho lord's, and ha will give you Into our hands. 4*. And It esmo to pass, when tha I’hllis lino arose, and eumn and drew nigh to meet David, that llavld hasted, and ran toward iho army to meet tho Philistine. 4ii. And David put hla hand In hla hay, and took I lienee a stone, end slang It, and imo!* the Philistine In his forehead, Him the stone sunk Into Ills forenead, and li« full upon his face to the earth. Mi, Ho David pruvallud over Iho Philistine with a sling and a stone, and emote IKW' Philistine, and slew him; hut titer* was in' sword In iho hand of David. fd. Therefor* David ran, Slid BtomI upon Hi* Pblllsllno, and look tile sword, and drew II out of Ike sheath thereof, and slew him, and tut off his head therewith.. And when Die Philistine* saw their ehauipioit was dead, they Bed. Agouy t asy la Moor. Husband Now, my darling, lm sure to writ* to mu Ihn moment you arrive *1 your ttlalor‘b, telling me all about your journey, ami exactly how you felt alter ttie wearlug i Id*. I shall b* in an agouy uf suspense until I h*ar that you have arrived safely and In good h*atth. Wile Oh, I wont witll to write. Ill srnd you a uh*. long telegram. Husband I'm that la very thought* lul, my angel; but er thea* telegraph n,minute# are very unreliable Put your telegram In an envelop* and mall It to m*. and thru I'll b* sure to get It, Here'* a two-veil! aivmp Oh MM OP T HOUGHI. Vanity I* a poison of agteeaUU n*#* • ^ tire villa, What make* tile dreary is want of motive, (leorge ID lot tiel your enemire to read your work* In order to mead them, for tour friend la ao moth like your #e*«ad sell that he Will judge tun muvh St he >ou IHtpe llumaolly I* divided lata pounds, shillings and pane* Tha pound rule, the shilling trutle and the pea»>e labor, Tha uaewstslderod trifles are the forth* lift a bout here.