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Exeter Times, 1900-5-17, Page 2T HE EXETER TIMES MANY BEAUTIFUL GARDENS. Rev, Dr Talmage Discourses on the Springtime. Many Beautiful Gardens in the Worlds—The Church Compared to a Garden-s.The Different Kinds of Flowers—Mel-1's C'haracter Compared to the Flowers. A eeepatne etote washingten nays:. ; but Efe intereda the choiceet fruits to e -Dr. Telmage preaehed from tire fon be in the garden, and if tbey are pot lowieg text am come into my there THEN SelAME ON Vale CHURCH. gendenee-Sologiount Fong, v.i. iARellielon is not a mere flowering aerate Ceriet said this to the Cbureb, 118- !rueletality. It is a praetieal, life-gieleg$ lug a difetere Ileac eeeuls rerF tzshhealthful frut-not posies, but ap. and suggestive this reerniug, now as , ples. "Oh," sees somebody, "I don't teteame eyiterltemtve anWdleyerQuer,a4hoysopuitraai:iluamnas ererke are alive evi:b birds znigrating Tiortitiverd, aud our earde are being ;year iustitutions neercy t Christ plantedi tied lir:muted. yoe have planted every meet ot them; plant, ;teen Itt the tuthet„e oe the city ewe ed theee in His garden. When Christ gave szgett to Bartimeus. He laid. the raerning, en I hive been. aew that th6, corner-stoue of every blind asylum veil ef tbe clarkeeen and the stormis: teat leas ever bee u Innen taneu ewey, yen neve seen Cbrise Cbrist seethed, the eelletinian Galn wddiittG ditth hd, 14.4,11val$, wee oleo lee, the laid the corner-etone ot eviery erne luratic asylum tbat has ever beeu de; Lk" keee iereneiev"; tb° b7.", established. Wleeu Chreet said totter dens, yoa !rave lecard the votee sick men: 'Tane up thy bed aod. wain," more eneepealy teete yea hear my He laid the corner-etoue of every hos, 4w,12 .1 tett wee, two me ger, pitae the tvorld ban ever seen. When Obrist said.: "1 was in pritton, ancleei I visited Ale," He laid tile eoruertetone Thet wined in a strange gardeu in of every prisou xetorm associate:in wieele :teen were no flowers. If non that has ever heen foemee, goe 1,v5 "I ka 411°,113 91.'6 b9tf" g4e7rfthirs3tIC'hullritr4ft WC11114>talsteffaficeleill dere, or erf k&le g4"-eWlY" "e" e4dVde"" Is seine poor fruit iu 1 knot‘v tbee ere tib' w einem twait•ii4lIg„, if it are sone() weeds that ought to have he the ele-fieueentel lattnelinele, or been thrown over the fence. I know &lee, eeennte oe eeeneene; bee otillerbot, atroebsomouet cforNivtbapplieketrees that if thew Le lereeer netene, tken Pee:twin are sOlne gapes thatn:Invgltatbef: tine the Mexiene cactus eud dark- Le oprooted; but are YO4 getzin to letereetee. aue egeteote. azelle destrey the whole garden becauee of a, .41;7, 6•eC'114".'" Wel3* worm-eateu leaves in Poutainebleau, the biloesozas begin to seart, and the eee 'what your garden of tile Church UU1egnarled freit t You will find ner4va; end lie and insecte that sting in the fairy seen, ,the brightest groves ot tbe Champs lillysees. roe die wetei tee= tbe ▪ vitilets, ennee in heaven.: o feuel alexia. You oftera, periaeps. eett ter they bate been', he the bteeeteeilete, f eee oe the invalid, cu ae the tenet tee gereni.me on the mune, end the seew eoutiew-curtains hereon; %out tee elan uf the sunlight.; Tb are, rerliape, mere I:ke the ran- w.ttles, ef cepa* effetely alozag amid, the thotee and bs.ars life, giving! hies for ening, an a many a rain who', lee- had in be wey, euene great black reen of. trouisfe, feevel that. they bane covered et al; zner with flowery .lazt,:tra4le. running in and out amid the cretaree. Then: Lerietieus Christn leureen are not Ina: the eunnower, geuey in the ; eut woe:fever dark -- nets hovers over a emu that needs to he eomfortete teere tiny Staid ti:ght- bloomaig eetea-es. Den in Cnristei gar- den ;here are plains' that in iy be bet- ter temeereri to the Mexenti eactue welene, feeednese woe emelt pedute enaracter. They weenie :omen eery true that toe he - item. 'they 0,e hare 10 han. ele Men pronounce them nothing but thortis, BIT LOVIete ceie2, ELIE:US,tn IreA t -"'A t,..! CO :A); tee tbrn mawatnisnuine ail their sharpriene. lnauy a man hae tiati very hard ground to euiture, and it has °Loy been through eevere toil he leas raised even the emallese crop of grace. A very harsh minister was talk- ing with a very placid eider, and the laacea elder said to the harsh ricenieter: "Doetor, 1 do wish you ViOtliei control your temper." "Ali," said thenunister to the elder, "I con - control more temper in Live zurnutes than you do an five years. it is harder for some mien to do right than tor others to do right. The grace that would elevate you to the sev- oath heaven mighe not keep your bro- ther g m own. I lead a friend who egiiree to Me and said; "I dare not join the Church."' I said; "Why I' "Oh,' he said: have such a violent temper. Yesterday morning, I was crossing very early at the Jer- aey city ferry, and I saw a milkman pour a large amount zit water bate the walk can, and 1 said to him: '1 think that will do,' and he insulted me, and I knocked him down. Do you think I ought to join the Church 1" Never- theless, that very same man, who was so harsh in his behaviour, loved Christ, and pould not speak of sacred things without tears of eraotion and affection. Thorns without, but sweet - nese within -the best specimen of Mexican cactus I ever saw. In this garden of the Church, which Christ has planted, I also find the snowdrops., beautiful but cold look - lag, seemingly another phase of the , muter. I mean those Christians who, are precise in their tastes, uninapas-i sioned, pure as snowdrops and as cold. They never shed any tears, they never get excited, they never amyl anything rashly, they never do any- thing precipitately. Their pulses never fluttert their nerves never1 twitch, their indignation never boils over. They live longer than most people; but their life is in a minor key. They never run up to "C" above the stall. In the ,musie of their life they have no staccato pa.ssages. Christ planted them in the Church, and they must be of some servize, or they would not be there; anovvdrops, always snowdrops- • Again; The Church may be appio- nriately compared to a garden, be- cause it is a place of select fruits. That would be a strange garden which had in it no berries, no plums, no peaches, or apricots. The coarser fruits are planted in the orchard, or they are set out on the sunny hill- side; but the thoicest fruits are kept in the garden. So in the world out- side the Chureh, Christ has planted a great many beautiful things -pati- ence, charity, 'generosity, integrity; out tear dewy; and destroy the whole garden because there are a fet specimens of gnarled fruit. admi there are reen •and women in th Church who ought not to be there but let us be just as frank, and admi ttmee have high' fences around them and cannot get in. et is se with the King's garde. The ooly glimpses you ever get of such a garden is wenn the king ricle.s out in his splendid ear, riage. It is aot so with this garden -this. gand,en, I throw wine opera tee gate, and tell you all to cone in, No mouopoly! in religion. Who- ever will, men. Chooae oow betweeu a desert andea garden. Many of you have tried the garden ot ties world's deleght. You have found it teas been a chagriu, $o; it was with Theodore Hook, nee ratede all the world latieb, He makee As latneb reow weeu we read poemee bat he could not make his Owe heart 'engin While in the midst a Ili festivities. he confreeted a lookiog-glass, and he saw lumself, and said: "Theret that is true. I look just ae I am done up in body, mind, and purse," So it was *with Singletons, a whose garden I told you at the beginning of my sermon. Be sat down amid those- bowers, and said: "T have lost my road. to happiness. I am an- gry, cud, envione, and frantic, and de - spec everything', around me, jest as it becenrea a madman to do?' Oh, ye weary souls, came into Christ s gardeu toedaye and Pluck a little heart 's -ease. CUBIST di TIM 0.NLY RWr satd the only pardon fer a perturb- ed. spirit. Do you not think your chance had almost comet roe men and women who Irene been waiting year atter year for some good ep- portunity in whine to aceePt Christ but have pestponed it eive, ten, twenty, thirty years, do you not feel as it „yew' emir of dale/enlace. end parterre and salvation, had come? Oh, min weat grunge beat thon agate thy poor soul. ilmt thuu wilt noe let it be saved? I feel as if salvat neustreonee, this =turtling in (nue eV your beam. norm: yeers ago, a vessel struek on the rocks. They had only one lite - boa. In that life -boat the paElSen. gera and crew were getting' ashore. Tile vessel had founclered, and was slaking' deeper and deeper, and that one boat could not take the Passee- gees very swiftly. A little girl stood , on the deck, weiting for her tierse to get into the boat. The boat came and, weat-came end. went -but leer turn: did not seera to come. After awbile she could wait no louger, and ehe; leaped on the taffreil, and then sprang; into the sea, crying to the boatman; "Save me next; Save me nextl" Oh,' Y hew many have gone ashore into God , t ; reereY, and yet you are clinging e to the wreck of sin. Others have ace, cepted tbe pardon ot Chriat, but yon! t are in peril. Wiry not this morning ; c a there are hun-, dreds and thousands and ten of tbousands glorious Christie men and women -holy, blessed, use ful, consecrated, and triumphant There is no grander collection in al the earth than the collection of Chris tians. There are Christian men it t this house, whose religion is IlOt a mat Ler of psalm -singing and church -go leg. To -morrow morning, teat rang. ion will keep them just as consistent and consecrated "excbange" as I ever 'kept Chain at the communion table. There are women bere this morning of a higher type of charac- ter than Mary of Bethany. They not only eh at the feet of Christ, but they go out into the kitchen to help Martha in her work, that she may sit there too. There is a woman who has make a rush for your iremortal ree-g cue, crying until JeSUS shall beanyote; n and heaven and earth ring with the - cry, "Save me next Save me next 1" - Now is the day of !salvation. Now! 1 Nowl • Tbis Sabbath is the last for sorae of you. It is about to sail away for - ever. Her bell tolls. The planks - thunder back in the gangway. She, - shoves off. She floats out towards the great ocean of eternity. Wave t farewell to your last chance for heav-1 - en. Oh, Jerusalem, Xerusalera how often wouie I have gathered thee as -a : hen gatherath her brood under been wings, iand ye would not. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. Invited to revel in a garden, you die in a desert. May God Almighty, be- fore it is too late, break that infatua- tion DR.Tilelneld HUSBAND, wlio bas exhibited more eattir, and patienee, and .courage than Hugh Latimer iitt the fire, He was consume ed in twenty minutes. Her's has been a 0% enty years' martyrdom. Yonder ie a roan wbo has lain fifteen years on his back, unable even, to feed himself, yet ealra and peaceful as though he lay on one ot the green banks of heae ven, wateleing the oarsmen dip their eaddles in tee crystal river! Why, it, seems to met this moment, as if St. Paul threw to 1M a pomologist's catalogue 'of the fruits growing in this great garden of Christ -love, joy, peace, patience, charity, brotherly kindness, gentleness, mercy - glorious fruit, enough to fill ale the baskets of earth and heaven. the , in my text, is appropriately called a garden, because it is thoroughly irrigated. No garden could prosper long without plenty of water. 1 have seen a garden in the midst of a desert, yet blooming and luxuriant. All around was dearth and barrenness; but there were pipes, aqueducts reaching from this garden up to the mountains, and through tease aqueducts th came streaming down and tossing up into beautiful fountains, until every root, and. leaf and flower were saturated. That is like the Church. The Church is a garden in the midst of a great desert of sin and suffering; it is well irrigated, for "our eyes are unto the lulls from whence cometh or help." From the mountains of God's strengtb, there flowi down rivers of gladness. There 15a river, the streenal whereof shall make glad, the city, of oun God. Preenhing the .Gospel is one of these aqUeducts. The Bible is another. Baptism and, the Lcrrd's Supper are aqueducts. Water tot slake the thirst water to restore. the faint water to wash the unclean, water tossed high LIP in the light of the Sun of righte- ousness, showing' us the rainbow around the, throne. Oh! was there ever a garden sot thoroughly irrigate ed? You know. that the beauty of Versailles and, Chatsworth depends very much upon. the great supply of water. carne to the letter place, Chatsworth, one day when strangers are not to be admitted; but by an in- ducement, which always seemed as applicable to; an Bnglishman as an American, I got in, and then tee gar- dener went, far up above. the stairs ofstoup IMAGINATION AND DISEASE,. re— uow a itoettnee Letter Almost Rimed a, comparatively nealthe Mau. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 20. "Paraeie or tke sower." Hatt. 13. 1-8, 11,843. comet', Teat. Luke S. LI, PRACTICAL NOTES. Verse 1. The same day. After the call of nis talother and brothers, relate ed at tbe direct of chapter 12. Out ef the houee. The holiee inaorna- un he made his home,. perhaps that of k.. -Inion Peter. He went to the seaside So that a larger number might listen to hia teachings. All the landscape gave him texts, in the efarriarwsingowinlIgis biu,Vieigd:::lt,thebeclaishusee that was the position eustenaary for a teacher. 2. Great multitudes. It was near to the close of the popular period of the Saviour's ministry ; but not many weeks later he was left alone with the twelve- A orowd is not always the token of a euecessful ministry. Into • ship. Tbis was probably the boat which was keel, for his service in Pass- ing from platie to pleiee along the shore, Mark 3, 9. And sat. This was the customary poeture of tele rabble while giving lust -ruction. Mule titude steed. On the northera end of the lake are several email inlets, where a boat, may ride et auther • e few feet from the shores, which elope gentle up ou each We, torating 5. natural aruolliteeater. 3. He speke many things This up - Pears to hare been the beginning et his priunice of teaching hi parables. Of those given at this lime Mattleew bas recorded seven, and Mark an ad- ditional one. Doubtlese there were many others welch were not written. But we are not to euppose that tbe preaching is lost 11, bitth remains tut- publisbed. lu paraeles. A good de- finition of a parable is that of .y - wan Abbott: "A. fictitious narra- tive, true to nature, .yet undocep- five, veiling a vintual truth under a symbol, for the purpose uf conveying it to minds reluct- ant or Indilierent." It tenet some things to the indifferent, erove the truth lionie to the thougbtful and inquiring. Behold. Perhaps empaeiz- ing bis wotels hy painting to a farmer at work on the terraced billside. sower. The sower is, first of all, Christ himself, elm is freeent when- ever truth is taught; neat, his epos, tles, or imureiltate dismples; but also who labor in Christ's eause, whether preuellers or lay workers. Went forth. le the Rust the fernier never lives up- on his (nem, but always in tbe village, from which he goes forth to his fields, which are oEt en at u distance. 4. Some emcee. Tee seed is not all truth, but Gospel truth, teat willeb brings salvation to tbose wIto receive It. Be the wayside. There ere no fences in Wee ,East, but the fields are eel)? ra t ed by ben ten pli I s upon N% Inch some of tee seed will be sure to fan, Such ere the bearte beaten into hardness by the ruse of worldly and, sensual thoughts, eo that they are not open to the truth, which falls upun them, but does not enter them. The fowls. Revised enirslou, "the birds." Jut as the birds pick up the seed on the herd ground, so do the light thoughts and frivolous utterances drive •away the impression. of the truth front the careless hearer. 13e - ware of the wandering thoughts, which are Satan's messengers. See verse 19, In "A. Journalist's Note -Book" 5. Strong places. Revised Version, 1 , Frank lie Moore tells an amusing and "TcmkY 11,065;"1,1.0tP1 Ce herestones sigreficant story of the influence of imagination upon health. A. young civil servant in India, feeling fagged n from the excessive heat and from long /lours of work, consalted the best doe - tor within reach. The doetor looked him over, sounded his heart and lungs, and then said gravely: "I will write you to-morow." The next tday the young man re- ceived a letter telling him that his leftlung was gone and his heart seri- ously affected, and advising him to lose no time in adjusting his business affairs. "Of course you may live for weeks," the letter said, "but you had best not leave important matters un- decided." Naturally the young official was dis- mayed by so dark a prognosis nothing less than a death -warrant. Within 24 hours he was having difficielty respiration.with his was seized with an acute pain in the region of the heart. Be took to his bed with the feeling that he should never arise from it. During the night he became so much worse that his servant sent for the dootor. "What an earth have you been do- ing to yourself I" demanded the* doe_ tor. "There were no indications of this sort when I saw you yesterday." "It is my heart, I suppose," weakly answered the patient. "Your heart)" repeated the doctor "Your 'heart was all right yester- n'n day. "My lungs, then.". "What is the matter with you, mane You don't seem to have been drink- ing." • "'Your letter!" gaeped the patient. "You said t bad only a few weeks to live." "Are you crazy?" said the doctor. "I wrote oou to take a few weeks, vacation in the hills, and you would be all night." - For reply the patient drew the let- ter from under the bedclothes, and gave it to the doctor. . "Heavens 1" cried that gentleman, as he glanced at it. "This was meant for another man. , My assistant mis. placed the letters." The young man at once sat up in bed and made a rapid recovery. And what of the patient for whom the direful prognosis was intended 11 Delighted with the report that a sojourn in the hills :would set biro right, he started at once, and five years later was alive and in fair health. TURNED Olet THE WATER. I saw it, gleaming en the dry pave- ment, coming down from step to step until it came so near I could !hear the musical rush, and all over the high, broad staire, it came foaming, flash- ing, roaring down, until sunlight and wave in, gleesome wrestle tumbled at my feet. So it is with the Church of pardon from above, joy from above, adoption from, above, sanctification fromi above, Olal that now, God weeild turn on the waters of salvation, that they might flow down through this heritage, andthat to -day we might find this very place to be "Mina" with twelve wells of water, and three score 9,nd ten palm -trees.. I notice teat the fine gartlens some - SYMPATHY. Watts -1 thiek I feel as bad as Mudge does over his losing his job. Potts -I feel worse. He's already touched me for ten. ' and intermingle , where et° din r rock beueathi is thinly covered with earth -an emblem of the shallow natures welch, seem to be converted when only the surface of the exu.o- lions Is stirred, wilale tie heart be- low remains unyielding. Forthwith they sprung up. 13%311:Luse the rock heneate was, warmer than the soil, and started( a preznature hut tran- sient growth. So the weak, emot- tional nature Is often Um soonest to be aroused, in time of revival. Let us not' suppose that ropre excitement ts true conviction. 6. When. the sum was up. In the late spring; rains the seed quickly germinates, only, to be as quickly burned out by the hotsummer sun. Because they, had no root. During tee long drought of summer the sur- face soil becomes, very dry, and. only those plants hven whose roots reach down to moisture below. They with- ered away. Beery revival will furnish instances on this class, people of emo- tional nature, but weak will, easily influenced by eircumetances. When they drop, back to their former state ot sio theyare often called backslid, i ers, When n reality they were never , genuinely converted. The Christian character that cannot stand trial is not real/ but only seeming. 7. Some fell ataong the thorns. These! are very abundant in Palestine as in ' all countries, where they are permit...t ted to find a place. In the parable,' as Chet tells as, they represent "the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches., aud the pleasures of this • e." e. grow for themselves, but good seed must be planted and 1 cared for. Choked them. They do not! always kill the seed, but they prevent from full development, so teat it ; brings no fruit to perfection, Luke 8.1 14. How many starve their souls that ' they may supply tberr bodies 1 Better be poor here than poor hereafter. i 8. But others. Nolice that in no in.. tane is the seed d1ffejeut. Truth is the same wherever it falls upon the ' heart. Good ground. Repreeenting thee heart a which are recePtive, tender, and , ready to make good 1113e Of the Gospel. ' What kid of soil is your heart? Brought forth fruit. This is the pur- pose of all the toil, fruit which will repay the farmer for his toil. In the application it represents the renewed character wrought by the Gospel, and the ennobling influence whieh such a character exerts. Some a hundredfold some sixtyfold. A single kernel of wheat has been known to produee 12 hundred grains; ,but in the East the usual harvest is from twenty to sixty times the amount of the seed. So I there are natures from; which great effects come from the Gospel seed. It fell in the heart of Sant of Tarsus, and unnumbered have been the re-; sults. It quickened the soul of John Wesley, and, the harvest is world- wide. Some thirty -fold. Some dis- 1 SYruP Each. 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Doubtless there 1 might be a larger h'arvest from many, but no one knowe how) many are in- sensibly infLu,enced by a single god- ly life lived in their presence. e8. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Listen; to its explanation. 19. The word of the kingdom is the ' Gospel; the, teaching's that would hal- ' low. God's, name, bring, abont, his con- trol a forces, and do Ilia will on earth as 14 is in heaven. Bet Gospel ; teaching is sometimes not understood because all hum,an hearts are not teaohalble. The seed is good, but the sail unfertile. It is like tee tramp' - ed earth; of the wayside. Worri- ment, pleasures, and a thousand ea vela ly interests ev& passed over the, heart, as the camels and burden- ed doekeysand numbers of men pass over Easterni roads, untie it is all hard and dusty. It IS no 1043ger improvable. It needs the Gospel plow, like the preaching of another' John the Bap- tist, to break its solul,surface, so that the showers of mercy and the rising of the Sun of righteousness may turn it again into arable soil. 20. 21. Stoney places. Ready emotion is not a sure sign of either shallow- ness or depth of nature • but superfi- cial people are weeny moved. just as the sun dries up surface soil quickly, just ars the rain moistens the surface fleet, so every slight movement af- fects some people. But they lack `root," they have' no deep apprehension of di- vine truth.. Teibillation' jo thie wined; we are assured elsewhere by our Lord, we shall have; persecution is sure to come twhere the spirit of Satan is strong enough to venture on it; and Lt requires a person of same depth and substanoe to :stand up against persecution and tribulation: The thoughtless, superficial character is offended. "It is a thought very full of comfort, however, that the ferti- lity of our hearts, unlike that of the sail, is under the control of our own wia!n" The ease of this world, and the deceitfulness of. riches. The an - anxieties at the poor and the ease of meted ef the rich are both alike thorns. They are weeds, which, while they do not always prev.ent the seed of the kindgoro from gernaina ting in the heart, "strangle" t, and make the life I unfruitful. No one can be a service- ) able Obristian, a useful child of God, who is care -stricken, constantly wor- ried by his troubles and responsibili- ties. Oletist leads us through no darker rooms than he went through before. We have .the repeated prom- ises af God that his blessings will abundantly meet our needs, and If we cannot repose on those promises, we forfeit a large share of our use- fulness. On the other hand, the comfort that comes from wealth is even more hostile to the growth of the Gospel spirit. If a an love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Remexnber that these thorns grow unplanted, and the better the soil the more apt they are to grow, if the Roil has not already been pre- empted for the planting of the good seed. 23. Astonishing stories are told of wheat and barley harvesting in the Bast. Ite that heareth the word, and understandeth it. Who seeks to know God's will, accepts what he under- stands, and seeks to live it, bearetn fruit. If seed and soil are good, the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gen tlettess, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. _4.11 these spring from the good ground in which has been planted the Gospel. The grades of the Beatitudes beautify it. Some a hundredfold,some sixty, some thirty. All good soils are fruitful, but not all are equally produotive. Talents and opportunities greatly vary. leNBW Hrs BUSINESS. Mrs. 11arduppe-0 1 John, just think, Mary is engaged to young Bilyuns. Mr. Harduppe-Eh 1 I must object to Harduppe--What 1 Are you crazy? Mr. Harduppe-Not at all; if we don't niake a eluff at objecting to it, his folks will consider us of no account and call him off. _nee. THon DBA.R GIRLS. Miss Chellue-What a lovely piece of lace alMe g8 t:bpAe tmmy. B thatei1when I first came Yes, isn't it ? lefam- cuMinniss Chelluse-Really ? How well it has worn! , 11i/t{i 'a( 1)114 'Ara .friel.terneette 1I11I7 )111 S1I aeill • / a a3a I - • • '' • ' " ' 4,?; oogo ;l110 *.11 (3.1 13111J1 tyt )pqr.,v• M1110111111111114 SPRINGUMILES. My dear, said Growells, you are sim- ply talking nonsense. I know it, re- plied his better half, but its because want you to understand what I say. Twenty-five dollars for a basket- ball frock ? Why, Clara, the doctoi said you were not to play basket -ball any more. Well, mercy me, Harry! I have to have something fit to wear when I go to look on. Mrs. Bunt -The new tenants next door are not a bit neighborly. Mr. Bunt -No; I notice they keep their confounded piano going almost Om- stantly. Dorothy -Papa, we girls have anew name for those nien who call on us but never take us out anywhere. Papa -Wbat is it, daughter t We call them fireside companions. Milliner -This hat will last you MeV- era] seasons, Miss Flyhigh. Miss Fey - high -Oh, I don't want that kind of a hat; show me one that won't be fit te be seen in about four weeks. Hix -What would you think of a man who divulged a secret intrusted to him ? Dix -Well I should think he was on an equal footing with the man who Intrusted it to him. Mother, sternly -He kissed you twice - to my knowled.ge, and I don't know how often atter that. Daughter - Neither do I, ma. I never was ranch good at mental arithmetic. Youthful Diplomacy -Mother, with conviction -Johnny, you took those preserves, from the pantry, Johnny, shrewdly -Why, ma, you never saw me do anything of the kind. Mother - Perhaps I didn't see you, but you , did it, and I want you to tell me the truth. After a long pause. Come! Why don't you answer ?3 ohnity-Ma, children should be seen an dnot heard. months' rent! My wife says that nothing could ever induce her to bet on the races. I have the sa,rae trouble, said the Mall With the limp collar and the dented hat. I can't get my wife to go. She stays at home and reeks the horses with the prettiest names to win and then makes fun of me because her Judgment is better than mine. '•""" 8 •girs.(1:vir: