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PERILS THAT THREATEN Rev. Dr. Talmage Discusses the Destiny of the American Republic. Monopoly the Overshadowing Curse of the United States-Nihil- ism Also an Evil PowerInfidelity a Great Source of Weakness. Washington. May 2s -In this discourse Dr. Taituage speaks of some of the perils that threaten our Amurlcan in it nut ion-. and point* oat th path of safety; text, Isaiah liil, f, "Thy land tball be mar- ried." Ai the greater Include* the lean, so does tb* rlroU of futunt JOT around our entire world Include the epicycle ot our own republic. Bold, exhilarant, unique, divine imagery of the text. At the close of a week in which for thro* da ys our national capital wiu a pageant and all that grand review and bannered procession and national antheiuii cuuld du, celebrated jy.. e. It umy not be Inapt to anticipate the tlm* when thu Prince of Peace anil the b*ir of universal dominion Khali take possession of thU II.IH.MI, anu "thy land hall b* married. ' ' In discussing the final destiny of thlf nation it makes all ths difference In the world whether we ar* on the way to a funeral or a wedding. The Bibls leaves no duubt on this subject In pulplu and en platform* and In place* of publlo eonouurM, I hear ao many of the muffled drumi at evil prophecy sounded, a* though w* were on th way to national Interment, and besid* Thebe* and Baby- ion and Tyre In th cemetery ef dead natloni our republic wa* to be entombed. that I wuh you to understand It U nol to be obsequies. but nuptials; not inaii- eoleum. but carpeted altar; not cypress. but orenga l.losoms; not requiem, but wedding march; for "thy land ihall be married." I propone to name some of the suitors who ere clvlmlng I ho band of thin repub- lic. ThU Uiul U HO fair, no beautiful, so affluent that U has many lulton, and It Will depend much upon yuur advice whcthor ihii or that iliall be accept**! or rejected. In the lint place, I remark: Yin-re 1* a greedy, all grasping monster who comei In on suitor *king the hand ef thin republic, and that monster It known by the nume of monopoly His arrpier i> mode out of the inin of the mil track and the \vlre of telegraphy. lie oea *vi-rvihing for hU own advantage and fer th* rubbery "' lll<l p>pl* Thing! went on from bad to worse until In the three legislature* of New York, Nevr Jersey and PiMiiisylvaula for a long lime monopoly d.i-ld.-d nvcrythlng. If monopoly favor it law, It pane*-, If mon- opoly oppos* a law, It is rcj.-t<l Mon- opoly *utml* In th railroad deuot putting Into hi* pockets In on* year |aOO.UUO,ut>0 BB exis* of all reasonable charge* for a*rv !.. Mono|iolv hold* In hi* one hand the ii m powi-r of locomotion and In *.h* elh<T ill! electricity of rlft communica- tion Monopoly has tli! Kepuhllcitn party tu one pocket ami th* Democratic party In th* other pocket. Monopoly decides nomination* and el.-ctlons city elentlon*. state elections, national elertloni. With brllies he sucure* thu T.IUM of legislators, giving them frr |MSS.-. giving appoint- ments te neely r.-liillves to lucrative l"i-ir i.ins. employing them as attorneys if t hev are lawyer*, carrying their Koods l!\ vir rent leas If they are merchant*. ami If h* flud a ca vurv stubborn as well an very Important puts down before bun the bard oa*h of lirlbury. rwi nf ly. lint monopoly 1* not so easily oaught now an when during the term of Mr. Mm h.uian the leglslutiT* committee In OHM of our stat<M niplornd and exposed ili'. manner In which s cm-tain railway roni|uiiiy had obinlniM a donation of pub- llo . u. i. It was found nut that 18 of the Senators ef that slate received 1176,000 amoiiK them, 00 member! of the Ixiwer He in MI of that Htntn received between |6,- OMI ..n l IIII.IHXI .-.i. h. the Governor of that iint* received IbO.MiO, his dirk re- enlrtiil li.KNi. the Ueutenant-Oovernor rnnlvi<d IIO.OOU, all thu clerk* of ths I.ifl->Utur* resolved $6,000 each, while IMI.IX.U wa* ilivlilnl among th* lobby agents. That thing un a larger or imallur wal" ii all the time volng on In some of %be state* of th Union, but It I* not so blundering a* It usttil to be,, and therefore not so I'limly exposed or ni-resto!. I tell Ton that the overshadowing rune of the United Stnti'M lo ilny U inonnpoly. He put* hi* hand upon every bushel of wheat, upon every nek of salt, upon every ten of coal, and every man, won, an and ohilil In the I mi.d State* feli the *ouoh of that money. d diH>Uam. I re jeiloe that In -'I iai of the Union Inwly antl iiiono)Hily league* hav* bimn establlnhwl. Uod *|M<ed them In the work ef liberation. million* of people and put It In a few Hi I ken wulleta. Mono|>oly. bruzen f.vtxl, Iron flngwred. vulturtvhHurt<^l monopuly, oilers hi* hand to thin n-publlo. He iir n (IBS It out orur the lakes and up the un-M milruatU and over th teleuraiih jiole< c>f the continent and savi< "HiTeare my hmrt and band. He mine forever. " It tlm million* of the ),... pi.', north, muth, (<t and went forbid the banns of that marriage, forbid them at the ballot box. forbid thum on the pint form, forldd them by great organization^ furliiil them by the over- whelming nuniiment of an outragnd nation, forhiil thf in by the proUMt of the church of (iod, forliid them by pmyer to high hei.ven. Tluit Horoil nhall not hare thi Alujj.'iil. It Khali not butoall-devour- IMK mono|ioly that this land Is to be murrlnd. Mlilll.m M.nil.r. Another suitor claiming th* band ef thU repuli.ln I* nIMliim He owim nothing but a knif* for uni- versal cutthroatery and a nltrog'Tnerln bomb for uulveraaj explosion. II believes In nu Ood, no government, no heaven and no hull except what hs can make on earth. lie (lew the Cur of rluuU. km>p* many a king practically Imprisoned, killed Abraham Lincoln, would put te death every king and pranldent on earth, and. If hn had the power, would climb up until ha could drive the Ood of hearen from hi* throne and take It himself, ths uiiiviTi.il butcher. In France It 1* called communlim; In the United States It 1* called anarchism; In Ku**la U Is called nlhllUm, but that last I* tbs most graphic and descriptive terra. It mean* complete and eternal iniathup U would make the holding of property a crime, and It would drive a danger through your heart and put a torch to your dwelling and turn over thin whole land Into the pose** slon of theft and lust and rapine and murder. Where does this monster llvet In all the towns and cities of thl* land. It offers It* hand to thl* fair republlo. It propose* to tear to plenss the ballot box. the legis- lative ball, the connnvulonal aisombly. It would take thl* Uiul and divide It up, or rather, divide It down. It would give an much to the Idler as to the worker, to the boil as to tho good. NlhllUm! This I .-i MI her having prowled across other land* ha* set Hi paw on our soil, and U I- only waiting for thu tlm* In which to prlng upon It* prey. It was nihilism that burned ths railroad property at rii'ilnirg during the gruat riots; It was illinium that ilew black people In our inirilicrii cities during ths war; It was nlhllUra that mauled to death the Chi ii'-se Immigrants yean ago. It Ii nlblluun that glare* out of the window* of th* Irunknries upon sober people as they go 'iv Ah, Its power has never yet been l/i* book that make, the difference be- tweon the United State* and the kingdom if Dahomey, between American alivllza- lion and Bornt'tlun canniballmn. If lnll dnllty could destroy the Scripture*. It would in '.'DO year* turn the olvlllxnd nations back to semi -bar barton, and then from ncml-barburiiim into midnight savagery, until the. morals of a menatriTi* .if tiger-. rattlemiuki<.s and chiuipatuvva Would be butler than the morals of th* shipwreck, -a human ruro. The oi-.lv Impulse In the right diroctlon that this world has ever nod ha* come from the Hlble. It WOK ths mother of K.imau luw and or beultliftil jun-prud- sno. That book has been tbs mother of nil rrfiiriin and ull eli:n itlcn iimther of Kngltah magna charts and American decianition of IndeiM-nilence. Benjumln Kranklin, holding thai holy book In his hand, Htood l fore an Inlldel club In Fathers to him *hall this land be mar- ried. Ob, you Christian patriots, by your contribution* and your prayers hasten on the f u i fill me., t of ths text. We have been turning an Important leaf In the mighty tome of our national hlitory. On* year at the gate* of this continent over 600,000 emigrant* arrived. I wan told by the commissioner of emigra- tion that the probability was that In that one year <HN),OOU emigrant* would arrive at the different gutoa of commerce. Koe> rr Ail. Are you afraid this continent Is going to be overcrowded with lu population f Ah, that shows you have not been to California, that show* you have not been to Oregon, that show* you have not been to Tfixas. A fishing smack to-day on 1-uke Ontario might as well De afraid of being crowcieiljijv other shipping before night a* for any one of the next ten gon- I'arls ami read to them out of the prophe- , erutioni , Amer icun to be afraid of be cie* of Habakkuk. and the Inndels, not , ng OTererowdad bv fore | Kn populations knowing what book it was, declare*! It In this country. The on* state of Texas Is far larger than all tlie Austrian empire, yet the Austrian umpire support* 35,000,- 000 people. The one state of Texas U larger than all France, and France tup- port* 30,000,000 people. The one state of Texa* far *urpauti* m sixe the German empire, yet the Germanic empire rapports 4 1.000,000 people. I tell yon th great want af the western status is more popu- lation. While some people may stand at the gats of the city saying. "Stay oackl" to foreign populations, 1 press out as far be- yond those gates an I can press out be- yond them and beckon to foreign nations, nitri of the comment alrauly fully settled | saying, "Come, come, all ye people who and the two thirds not yet oonnt<il It are honest and indndtrlou* and Ood IOT- *y: "tiive me all east of thu Mi-siMlppi, . Ing!" But say you, "I am so afraid that church and with was the best poetry they had ever h.-anl. That book brought Ouurge Washington down on his knees in the snow at Yullry Korge. and led the 'lying Pitnoe Albert to ask some one to sing "Rock of A>- " I tell you that the worn attempted crime of the century I* th* attempt to destroy this book. Vet infidelity, loath- mine, etunc.hful, leprous, pentlferuus, rotten monster, stretches out Its band, Ichorous with the second death, to tak* ths hand of this republic. It stretches It oat through seductive magazines, and through lyeeam lflet:ircs. anil througn caricature* of religlo.i. It as'*- tor nl: that, with the key* of the the Christian printing prv*sev Then give me Wyoming, give me Alaska, give me! Montana, give me Colorado, give me all the tat-e west of the MUsuuippI and I will tak* those places and keep them by I right of po*M>*slon long before the gospel can be fully Intrenched." And this suitor pif*** his case appal- j lingly. Shall the banns of that marriage be proclaimed? "No!" eay the home missionaries of the west, a martyr band of whom the world I* not worthy, tolling amid fatigues and malaria and starva- tion. "No. not If we can help It. By what we and our children have miffered we forbid the banns of that marriage!" "No"' say all patriotic voices "Our In- stitutions wurc bought at too dear a price and were i.Vfendml at too great a sarrlllne lo be ao cheaply surrendered. " "Nol" say* the Uod of Bunker Hill and Inde- |ndi*iice Hall and Gettysburg "I did not si.irt tills nation for such a farce " "No!" civ 10.000 voi.-..,. "To Infidelity this land shall not be married'" IMd(d < hrl.l. lint there ii another suitor that pre- sent < his claim for the hand of this re- public. He u m, iitlomxl In the verse fol- lowing my text where It says. "A* the liri'tcumom rcjoicrth over the liri shall thy (iod reioicc ovrtbe." U i~ not my Ugure It Is the figure of the llil.l . Christ ls no desirous to have thl* world love bins that he -tops at no humiliation of simile. Hu comparvs his grace to spit- tle on the eye* of the blind man Hn compare* hlin<lf to a hen gathering th* chickens, and In my toxt h* coin|>aree himself to a suitor begging a hand In marriage. Doe* thl* Christ, the King. deserve this land! 1 Behold 1'Uato's hall and the tio.iiniig ei|vtonttlon on ths face of Chrl.t. Behold the Calvarean massacre and th awful hemorrhage of flv* wound*. Jeoob served U years for they will bring their prejudice* for for- eign governments and plant them here." Absurd. They are lick of the govern* mentsj that have oppressed them, and they want free America! Olve them the great gospel of welcome. Throw around them all Christian hospitalities. They wil. add tr -ir Industry and hard earned wages to this country, and then we will dedicate all to Christ and "thy land shall be married. " But whore shall the marriage altar bef Let it be the Rocky Mountains, -when, through artificial and mighty Irrigation, all their tops shall be covered, as they will be, with vineyards and orchards and grain fields. Then let the BOS.ODS and the New Yorks and the Charlestons of the Paclfl* coast com* to th* marriage altar on one side, and then let the Boston* and the New Yorks and the Charleston* of th* Atlantic coartoome to the niarrtaire. altar on the other side, and there between them let this bride of nations kneel, and then if the organ of the loudest thunders that ever shook the Sierra Nevados on the one side or moved the foundations of the Allegbanies on the other side should open full diapason of wedding march, that organ of thunder* could not drown the voice of him who would take the band of this bride of nations, sariuic. "* brldngroom re joiceth over a bride, so thy God rrjotoeth ove- thee. " At that marriage banquet th* platters shall I* 1 <>f Nevada silver, and the ohaliree of California gold and the fruits af northern orchards and the sploes of southern groves and th* tapestry of American iniiniifactur* and the congratu- lations from the f rt-e nations of earth and from all the triumphant armies of hea- ven. And so "thv land shall be married. " CONSISTENCY THE JEWEL. tested. I pray Ood It* power may never Kachel. but Christ, my Lord, the King. I.- /..II. . -I I. . ..1.1 If I. V...I * V,- ' t l>un'l It I. I have nothing to my against tste, a man Im* a right to all th* nmnxy ke can make honontlj. 1 haT* nothing to eay against corporiitliuu as such; with ut them nu gmul anturprlne would be pneslltli but what 1 do eay U that the am* principle*) are 1.1 lie applied to oap toalU.i. and to oor]ranttloiis that ars np piled te ths pooruet man and ths plainest laborer. What Is wrong for me Is wrong fer great oorporatiomt. If I take from you E property without any adequate nom- MUII. I am a thlvf, and, If a railway Itt the property of the people with- eut slaking any ailmjuste oompniulon, ha.t Is a glgantin i.li.-fi What Is wrong n a email soale 1s wrong on a Urge eeal*. klonopoly In Kngland ha* ground kandredi of thousand* of her best peopls koto Mail starvation, and In Ireland ha* Artvsi Kultltudlnouf tenants almoil te gasklueaj, aad Im the United BtatM pn> tns wealtk ef ar TO be fully tested. It would, U It had ths K>\ver. leave every church, chapel, cathe- lr.il. snboolhous* and college In ashes. Let me say It I* th* wont enemy of the laboring dame* In any country. Th* cry for reform lifted by oppressed laboring men Is drowned out by ths vociferation for anarchy. The criminals anil the vagabonds who range through HIT cities talking shout their rights, when their lint right U tlm penitentiary If they could bu hushed up, and the down- trodden laboring men of thli country could be heard, there would be more bread for hungry children. In this land, riot and bloodshed never gained any wugm for the people or gathered up any prosperity. In tbt* land the best wnapon I* not the club, not the shlllelah, not Qre- arms, but the ballot. Ixtt not our op pmsaed laboring men be beguiled to coming under ths bloody banner of nlhll- lim. It will make your taxes heavier, your wage* (mailer, your table *canttnr, your children hungrier, your differing greater. Yet thll nlhilNin, with feet led of slaughter, coined forth and offers It* hand for thl* republic. Shall the bann* bn proclaimed" If *o, whore *hall the marriage altnr lie" and who will be th* officiating pn.-ii and what will be th* iniiHlc* That altar will have to be white with bleached skulU. th* officiating priest mint be a dripping a*n**<ln, the music must b* the Hinothttrod groan of multitudinous victim*, the garlamU must u- twistml of night simile, the fruits mint bn applu* of Sodom, the wine musi be the lil.HMl of St. liauholoniew'i masitacre. No! It U not to be to nllillUm, the sangu- inary mounter, that thll land Is te be married. II.M.I.I.I , . Threat. Another suitor for the hand of this nation I* InlliMlty. Whitn the midnight rufttuns ilei|ioil.'<l the grave of A. T. Stewart. In St. Marks' churchyard every- body was shocked; but Infidelity pro- IM>- something won*) than that the robbing of all tho grave* of ChriHUmtloro of the hope of a re-turn, -i Ion. It proposes to uhlsel out from the UnnbKtonn* of your ChrUtlan dead tho word*. "Ailccip In Jni*. " and subitlttite the words, "Ubllt- sratlon annihilation." Infldoltty pro- posus to take ths letter from th* world's Father, Inviting the nations to virtu* and happiness, and tear It up Into fragments so small that you cannot read a word of it It propose* to take the consolation from the brokenhearted and the sootblug pillow from tbs dying. Infidelity pro- poses to swear In the President of th* United State*, and the snprem* eourt, and th* governors of state*, and the wit- nesses In the courtroom with their right hand on Palne's "Age of Reason. r Voltaire's " I'hllosojihy of History." It propose* to tak* away from this eoontry uff*red In turiure SB years to win the lov* of tbl* world As often princesses at their very birth are pl.lged In treaty of > marn/nre to princes or king* ef earth, so this nation at Its birth was pledged to I Christ for Divine murriago Before Col- iiiubiis and hli I jo HUM embarked on the Santa Maria, th* Plntu and the Nina for | their wonderful voyage, what was the i last thing they did! 1 They sat down and took the holy sacrament of th* Lord Jesus Christ After they caught the first glimpse of tbl* country and the gun of on* ship had announced It to th* other issels that land hod been discovered, what was the song that went up from all ! ths three decks' "Gloria In excels!*. " ' After Columbus and his 190 men had stepped from th* ship's deck to the solid ! ground, what did they dot They all knelt and consecrated the new world to i Ood What did the Huguenots do after they landed In the Carolina*? What did the Holland refugee* do after they had landed In New York' What did the Pil- grim Fathers do after they landed la New Kns;l IMC| Wit.h bended knee and uplifted face and hmven-besleglng prayer, they took possession of this continent for Qod. How wus the first American con- gress opened f 11 v pruyer. lu the name of Jesus Christ. From it* birth this nation was pledged lor holy marriage with Christ. A MI***4| t ti.ilry And theu see. how good Ood ha* been to u*! Just open the map of the continent and see bow it is shaped for linmeasur- ' able prosperities. Navigable rivers, more In nu i n INT and greater than of any other I land rolling down on all sides Into the tea prophesying large manufacture* and easy commerce. Look at the great ranges of mountain! tlmlicred with wealth on th* top* and ildes, metalled with wealth unduriiKath. ()u hiindnil and eighty i thousand squar* miles of Iron. The land so contoured that extreme weather hardly aver lasts more than three days xtretns heat or extreme cold. Climate for th* most part bracing itnd favorable for brawn .mil brulu. All fruits, all minerals, all harvests. Mcenery displaying so autumnal pageantry that no land on earth pretends to rival. No South Amer- ican mrthquakev No Scotch mists. No l/omloii fogs. No Kgyi'tlan plagues. No liernianl-- divisions The pcopl* of th Uultod State* are happier thitn any peo- ple on earth. It Is the ie-.tiii.oiiy of every man that lias travel Ksi abroad. For the poor, more sympathy; for th* Industries. more opportunity. Oh. how good Ood was to our fathers, and how good be has been to us and our children. To him blesMed be hi* mighty name to him of cross and trluiupU, to him who still re- member* th* prayer of tb* Huguenots and Holland refugee* and th* Pilgrim Cae>rtake t* Talk a Wesaasu "Mo." she said. "I am vegetarian not strictly becaniw I believe eating meat is harmful to a person ; there U another forcible reaton why we should not partake of flesh we have no right to kill animal* for food or for any other purpose. I don't wear feathers on my hat. yon see." "I am inclined to agree with yon, Miss Fenlow. " be replied. "I think wt eat too much tn*at, or most of as do, and as for killing birds in order to ob- tain ornaments fur hats that la repre- hensible. " "Ah." she exclaimed. "I'm so glad yon take that view of the case! It U gratifying to Bnd a man who has thrown off the savage instinct and la willing to admit that the beasts of the field and the birds of th* air hare rights. Why. I would no more think of partaking of a piece of beef or limb than I wonld think of hailing myself from a bonne top. ' ' "I see, however, " h* amid, after short pause, "that yon still wear shoes and gloves that were mad* from th* skins of animals which wer* killed for the purpose of" But the dark look upon her fao* caused him to cut short hia rein irks, and they never discos* th* meat sub- ject any more. WOMAN'S WORK UNAPPRECIATED. Ha* U 'I ..l. l Fool That Omlr H.. L> Work That 1 . QnM l *> v> .., . r. Affair*. 'It U unreasonable to expect that a man. with his purely masculine concep- lon ..f things, can ever fully appreciate woman's work in the home, any raor* him .1 woman cnn be expected to under- stand fully a man's worn in the outer world. writ** Edward Bok. of "What Women Kind to Do -All llay," in Th* dies' Home Journal. "Uut o far ..m.-ii have acquired a truer conception if men's work than men have of women'* work 1 tirmly believe that If men were more appreciative of women's work in he home, and regarded housewifery as a jrofossion and a r.-s|>onslblo one, desert 1 - nu of the highest respect, and requiring i uiie H, much brain and eaucatlon as any lasculinu profession, there would be -wer women l.lclng for broader fields >f work and more responsible duties. Men have made women feel too keenly that it. is what the man does: that It is iis profession which move* the world, and that the work which a woman does In her home Is. while necessary, yet hui-lly to he compared with a man's achievements. It Is this holding up the greater Importance of the work of th* jutslde world which has driven many an ambitious woman Into that world to be- come a part of It. and thus acquire a posi- tion of more apparent Importance. Nos given recognition In their natural work, women have none out and tried work that Is iiiiii.iiur.il to them." UuHiar.l Kipling'* Krror. I wrote to Kipling soon after, telling him that a man who could write as he could should go home to Kngland, to London, where fains could be won: but he replied, in a characteristic letter which be published some day: You ought to know better at your time o' life than to knock a youngster off hi* legs In thl* wy How do you ex poet anyone will be able te hold n after your letter 4 "Would you be astonished If I told you that I look forward to nothing but an Indian journalist's career* Why should II My home's hero , my people are out here all the friends 1 know are out here; and all the Interests 1 have are out here. Why should 1 go honief Any fool can put up rhymes, and the market Is full ol boys who could undersell me as soon a* I put ray foot In It." K. Kay Kobln'on, In Literature. Wk*n i..., i... i.n. a *hw. "Why ls It the mind is brighter when a man Is past 40;" "After that age the man enough not to eat too much." Hl((l M...I.IH.; I -. KnoWQ. i )n the day that Alexander the Great was married no fewer than JO.JOd penions In one ceremony were made husbands and wives This seem* Impossible, but tb* event really took place, as historic records tail us. This monster \ .siding occurred upon the conquest by Alexander tb* Oreat of Persia, which was then ruled over by King Duriu*. Alexander married Statlra, the daugh- ter of th* conquered king, and declared that 100 of his chief officer* should b* united to 100 ladles from the noblest Persian and Medenn families. In addition to this, he stipulated that 10.000 of hi* Oreek soldiers should marry 10,000 Asi- atic women. When everything was settled a vast pavilion was erected, the pillars of which were riO feet high. One hundred gorgeous chambers adjoin.il thl* for the 100 noble bn.l.-trroonii. while for the remaining I'l.iM; an inner court was enclosed, out- side of which tables wer* spread for the multitude. Kach pair had seats and ranged themselves in a semi-circle round ths royal throne. Of course the priests could not marry this vast number of couples, en Alexander the Greet devised a very simple ceremony. He gav* his hand to Statlra and kiss.il her, an example that all th* bridegrooms followed. Thus ended the ceremony, and that va*t number were married. Then follow- ed the festival, which lastnl five days, the grandeur of which has never been equalled since. A M , . . . I in . .J On a certain hot summer day a'oala- brat.il naturalist entertained a company of distinguished savants at dinner, at th* conclusion of which they all went out In the garden. In the center of the ground* there stood on a pedestal a large glass globe. One of the guests happened to touch this globe, and found, to hi* amaxement. that 1* was warmer on the shady side than on the side turned to the sun. He com- municated his discovery to the guests, who at once proceeded to verify the state- ment. What could be the canes? An animated discussion ensued, tat th* course of which every imaginable law of physic* wo* made to account for this strangs paradox. At length they agreed that It must be so owing to the law* of relli.eii.in, repulsion or exhalation or some other law - physios with a long Ths host was. H A iver, not quite vlnced. and. calling the gardener, he i to him: "Prav tell us why the globe 1* wanner on th* shady sld* than on th* ild* turned to the sun ' The man reolled: "Because just now I turned It round for fear of it cracking with tb* heal" The l*i liivni'a >!*(. Th* message which President Clark sent In Itii to his Christian Kndsavar hosts is repeated by him this year, and he could not have ehoern better words of oouu*el than those h* uttered 15 ye ago, when he said in part: "The last dozen years have been ye of peculiar temptation to young people. The itundard* of many church, s In ve- garu to worldly amusement* have been lowered. Many practice* which a doaen year* ago would hav* been utterly con- demned, are to-day admitted In some Chnitian circles. The strain pat upon many young Christian* by this conform- ity to ths world all around them ha* >Nvn almost unbearable, and some, alas, have yielded to It. Look thl* matter of world! Iness squarely in the face. Decide what you ought to do as a young ChrU- tlan. 1X> not be laughed or browbeaten out of your convictions. T.lft up your banner and stand to your colors," W* gladly give these word* wider cur- rency, both because of their worth and bix-aiise they are applicable to a larger oiMiMu.-iicy than that even which I* iiimprlsed in the mighty army of Chris- tian Kndeavor. m* to Tae tavotr Housewife How dare yon ask feed you again f Hobo That, ma'am, la a perfeebnul se- cret. Detroit Journal fore uJ After. He Was your brother engaged In th* late wf She No, not until after h* came bom*. Yonksr* Statesman. V