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Show ."WANTED A BOY" , Wanted A rioy," was the ' topicTof Hev. D. M. Hclmick's discourse Sunday night July 3, in the IlifT M. IS. church Salt iu which he told of two kinds of boys, oue that everybody wauts and tlie other that everybody seeks to avoid. He said: "WANTED A HOY." This is no ' buncombe ad. I mean what 1 say, and am iu the competition to win if possible 5 The kind,ofvboy I am after I want the boy who at 5 to 8 sv years of age can innke more noise if.. with his horn and drum ami his W heavy feet thau a regiment of JT ; r cavalry. A boy from 8 to 12, i who can take more steps chasing a butterfly than his father can w take doing all his work, and ; tear more clothes climbing trees than his mother can mend in a Vv fortnight: a boy from 12 to 16 who is smarter thau father and mother, his uncles and aunts and his teacher, who can staud f at the head vOf his class both in ' his studies ojid mischief; a boy I' j from 16 to 21 who can run faster R" , jump farther, dive deeper and m ."(tstrike harder . thau any of tnc L.' , '.athletes of the Olympic gamer, Hut, I want the boy from 5 to 8 to be good enough to stop lus noise at the time and place that a judicious tmreut or friend may suggest. I want the boy from 8 to 12 to be just as willing and swift to run errands for his mother and as leady no tear his clothes climbing a cherry tree fur her as to climb a maple tree for fun I want the boy from 11 to 16 to be smart enough to know that his adolescent passions pas-sions need restraint and will submit to the rcigu of loving parents and teachers and the kindly counsel of friends, whose mischief will uot be malicious nor harmful and whose studies are provided in the course at school; a boy front 16 to 21 who will not run iu crooked paths nor jump at conclusions nor dive into polluted water nor strike at his owu manhood. I want this boy to have his clothes neat, his shoes shiued, his hands and face clean, his hair combed, and be able to look any one in the eye with a clean conscience. Kind of Doy Wanted. There is a sharp competition for this" boy. ISvcty store In in the city lus a standing advertisement for him, there isn't a bank but what has a place for him, every lawyer's oflicc has a desk ready for him, every physician a partnership awaiting him, every saloon watiU his patronage, the govcrment wants liim to fill a place of trust, society wauts him for a leader, the church wauts him for a minister, The boy that I want everybody wants and there arc uot enough of htm to go rohml. My boy, before you decide, each and all of these places are opeu to your choice. There is danger in but oue of these, Should you choose to be the patron of the saloon you arc barred from all the others. Hut as this boy is so scarce I must look further, for I must have a boy. There is the boy whom nobody wauts. Hedocsu't stop his racket when told, nor Ms chase for the butterfly until that innocent creature is impaled on a ptu; nor eomc down frfm the tree until he destroyed evtry bird's nest there, and leaves (lie cherries for some other to pick and the errands for others to run, The restraints of home are too great and his car is stopped stop-ped to the counsels of alt. He is running faster to destruction leaping over the grief and kve of his mother, diving deep into the abyss of woe and striking his best friends iu the face. Nobody wants this boy. There is'ito competion for hiutvat alt only bv the devil. liven the saloon makes no bid for him longer. It knows his days arc fcv and worthless, atnj his presence would disgrace his place of business driving away the other boy who has sonic promises of life and money with a degree of respectability. The Church Wants Him. Nevertheless. I represent an institution which wauts this boy. I am aware that it is a hard proposi'ioii, but the devil shall not have him if it can be helped. And it can be helped if the boy will give his consent. The church of our Lord Jesus Christ wilt take the boy at whatever stage he is, and present him to the master "who bv the jrace of God tasted dcatli for ecry mau" and who will put his spirit iu the boy and take away the old stony laden heart and give kim a heart of love and obedience and make of him a boy that everybody will want. As there are but two bidders surely I ought to stand a fair chance Here is the devil's bid: Pain, misery, guilty conscience, con-science, degradation, the pleasures plea-sures some of them of this world which perish with the using, a gay time growing wild oats and a hot time reapiig them and finally drath'andfeparation from all that is good. Here is the bid which I aw authorized to make: A clean heart, the abiding comforts of an approv!ag conscience, pleasures that arc lasting, life eternal and the fellowship of the good and blessed forever. Anlmttt Flourish In Now Zaalind. Hi pcrti tar that probably lhero li no country In the world vrhcro imported im-ported iptclei of anlmati, wild and do-mettle, do-mettle, have flourlthod ai they have done la New Zealand Tho red deer grow to over GOO pound! In weight In tho foreiti, the trout to twenty pounds In tho river. Tho ihevp hao not oipanded to un giant ilte, but they multiply at a faater rate than clio-whero; clio-whero; they grow a flntr wool and a better niulton |