"JEZEBEL . . . said, . . . Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel?" That is the way to provoke a man or a boy into doing some wicked or foolish thing. Ask him if he dare do it. "Stump" him to it. If a boy says his mother forbids his leaving school, ask him if he is tied to his mother's apron strings. If a young man declines a cigar or a glass of wine, on the ground that he has promised not to use anything of the sort, ask him if he has given up his liberty, and is no longer his own master. If a man refuses to be away from his home in the evening, to join old companions at the theater or the club-house, ask him if his wife keeps him in charge all the time. If he refuses to share in a dishonest transaction, or to make a bet, or to accept a challenge, tell him it is because he is afraid of what will come of it. It takes a stronger man to resist a wicked sneer of that sort, than to withstand almost any temptation to which he can be exposed.—Sel.