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<???????^^ APPLES OF COLD. "A word fitly spoken is like apples of fold set in pictures of silver."?Pro v. 25:11. There was a singer who was mute, k Because all. ears seemed deaf to him; The throbbing measures of the lute, Or chaatings in cathedrals dim W*ked in his heart no living strain Tin til some one came with a smile That seemed as sunshine after rain, To speak a gentle word the while, And then his heart with music stirred, And made a song the wholfe world heard. There was a painter?yet his brush All careless o'er the canvas crept, ' And inspiration in the hush A Of night no more to being swept, f Until some one come on a day? A day that had been gloom and cloud? [And stnnnpft Hnf Inn*. onAmtti tn A word with hopetulness endowed; * And then the painter's eyes grew wet. But his grand work is treasured yet. There was a soldier; and a word Sent him to battle armed anew. There was a king. One thing he heard Into a greater kingdom grew. There was a slave. One came to teaclf, y Attd flowers blossomed in the road, * And the fair balm of gentle spcceh Took all the stingings from the goad And eased his feet where paths were rough, One kindiy word was word enough. ' To-dav the toilers in the heat. And thev who work with cunning hands. Kejo ice to hear some one repeat The word *he sore heart understands. And this is true of each "kind thing. Breathed in an impulse generous; It will not die; but it snail bring A goiden echo back to us. It is as silver pictures old Where armies clow in ruddv irold. ?Chicago Tribune. fmmsmmmmm SUZANNE'S UNDOING * * ^ By Perry Worthinjton. "V. yVVQ ^ V*-f; GlA?f "1 ^~ ^ss?22ass jmr HM. T just twenty-five minutes i past 5, Suzanne went upj 7T stairs to dress. Dinner was I JlJL at half-past 6, and there ^ would probably be an interval of about fifteen minutes between the finishing of dinner and the coming of Jack. This happened to be Jack's last night in town before his departure for a distant city, and if he didn't say it tonight?well, if he didn't! But he would. 8uzanne was sure of that. She moved leisurely about the room, pursuing the mysteries of a somewhat elaborate toilet, and finally came to the most important rite of all, the doing of her hair. Alas! that the doing of Suzanne's hair should prove to be the undoing of Suzanne! She had rather pretty hair, of the sort that makes other girls wish that theirs wasn't quite so straight. When a lot of them were on a windy drive, or a boating party, or anything of that sort, and Suzanne joined in the general wail of "My hair!" she was always exasperated at the unanimous chorus of "Oh, yours is curly!" She thought It looked just as badly blowing all about as that of the others; but as a matter of fact, it didn't. Just now she stood in front of the mirror and regarded herself with big, serious eyes, and wondered what she should do with it on this momentous occasion. What way did Jack like it the best? At length she piled it in a beautiful, crown-like mass on the top of her shapely head, picked up a handglass, -and surveyed it critically from all points of view. On any ordinary day it would have satisfied her; but to-night Suzanne paused, pulled out a hairpin, pushed it 3* again,'hesitated, and was lost. It must come down. Accordingly, down it came. Then she coiled it in a soft. Orecian knot at the back of her neck. TJie effect was splendid, but when she got her gown on, she couldn't turn her head; she realized with a sudden jblush that to-night of all nights that uaight be rather inconvenient; so off >came the gown and down came the hair. She was beginning to be a little out of temper. With a feeling akin to despair, she started a "figure eight" at the back of her bead. She was not at all surprised to discover, on completing it, that it was crooked; not coyly and daintily askew, but hopelessly, heavily, helplessly crooked. Just then her small sister cal?ed up from below: "Father wants to know why you don't come to dinner." Snzanne beean to null the Dins out of ber bair. ? v "Tell him I don't want any dinner," t she announced. And she began. x - *. She coiled her hair. She twisted It. She fastened it at the top with an elastic; she parted it into mysterious "front" and "side" locks. She brushed it back smoothly; she parted It demurely. She pulled it into a pompadour that made her look like a French actress; she dragged it into a "vaudeville dip," and became almost hysterical when she saw the effect It gave her usually sweet and refined features. She brushed it until every tangle was out; she ran her fingers through it until it became even as the quills upon the fretful porcupine. In fact, there was nothing she did not do to it. short of cutting it off?and once almost started to go into her mother's room for the scissors. Her small sister finished her dinner, came into Suzanne's room, sat on the foot of the bed, criticised, suggested, ndvised. All in vain. Suzanne's hair simply would not be done. Then did Suzanne become weary, and east herself upon the bed, aud wept bitterly. The small sister racked her brains. "Mother?" she suggested, doubtfully. "Mother!" She quailed before the look of scorn in one flush of Suzanne's only visible eye. It was true; mother certainly cou I not do Suz? hair? nor anybody's^ "I'll go and get / she said, with an inspiratiobr^^ "She's out of town," moaned Su anne. "Could I " hesitatingly. "No, you couldn't," sobbed Suzanne. Nobody could! I don't care now?I won't dress at all?I won't go down?I won't see him?I'll?I'll?I'll be an old ' . ?old maid!" Her small sister winked solemnly In fbe (lass. "Ob, no, you won't!" the said. #He'll write. or stay over another day, of something." "He won't." said Suzanne. "He'll think I don't want to see him, and he'll go away and " The door bell interrupted her. The small sister slid off the bed. "I'll go," she said, thoughtfully. "Good evening. Jack," she said a minute later. "Sister isn't very won. She has a bad headache and thinks she is unable to see any one this evening; but I think if you should insist, she -would see you a moment, just to? to say good-by. you know." "Most certainly I would like to see your sister," said the young man. slightly perplexed, "but, of course, if she is not feeling well enough to see me, I " But the small sister had vanished. She reached Suzanne's room somewhat out of breath. "Go down!" she commanded. "He's waiting, and says he must see you and?" "Like this?" said the horrified Suzanne. "Like that! Hurry, don't lose any time!" She flung herself on Suzanne and fairly forced her from the room. And so it chanced that Jack, waiting in the dimly lighted hall below, saw coming toward him. Suzanne, in a most fetching and dainty negligee arrangement, all snowy lace and coquettish ruffles?Suzanne, with her pretty hair all loose and waving softly down to her waist?Suzanne, with her brown eyes wet with tears, and her sweet little mouth a-trembling?a Suzanne to steal one's very heart away! Then Jack lost his head?just for a moment. "Why, my darling." he said, "my own dear little girl, what is the matter?" And Suzanne, seeing the light in his eyes and his hands held out to her, very properly flung herself into his arms and sobbed on his shoulder. After Jack left, the small sister came into Suzanne's room. "Why did you say I had a headache?" asked Suzanne. "Ronanso T know von'd sav mil hnd ** her small sister answered. "Wasn't it all right?" "Yes." said Suzanne, reflectively, "it was all right."?The American Queen. A New Radioactive Element* * X)nce again the discovery of a new radioactive element is recorded, this time in the residue of thorianite, after having been chemically treated to eliminate other substances. Dr. Hahn, who has made this discovery, was able to obtain ten milligrams of a crystalline precipitate which exhibited marked radioactive powers, and Which after two months showed no diminution. This substance not only glows feebly in the dark, but causes screens of piatino-cyanide and zinc sulphide to fluoresce brightly. Luminosity is also produced if a current of air is blown through a solution of this substance and then directed on a screen coated, with zinc sulphide, though this phenomenon is different from that appearing with emanlum under similar conditions. The new emanation while in all respects equal to that of thorium is remarkable for the fact that thorium itself was not present. Inasmuch as inactive thorium has been found, and that the thorium emanation without thorium has also been found at BadenBaden, Dr. Hahn is led to the belief that the new element is the active constituent of thorium, and that its presence may explain many of the phenomena of radioactivity.?Harper's Weekly. A* to Conscience. The public conscience consists mostly of trances. When once aroused the public conscience sighs and sobs and sheds blood with great fervor. It then closes its eyes and gently slumbers once more. Most men prefer the public conscience asleep. With it in that condition it is much easier to stay out after the ringing of the curfew. It is also easier to stay the market and strike the public for another cent on the gallon. The man who stirs up the public conscience sometimes gets stirred under himself. It is the prerogative of the public conscience to send evil-doers to prison, whence the private conscience of the average governor pardons them out a few at a time. The public conscience differs from the private conscience only in quantity, not in quality.?Chicago News. Umbrella Service Grails. The umbrella manufacturing markets around Greater New York are much concerned as to where "thej are J at," now that it has become popular with several department stores to engage in what the wholesale houses term an accommodation Umbrella business. The following sign is now in evidence in some local bargain counter establishments: "The next time it rains, step in and borrow an umbrella. Will send for it next day." Of course, a deposit is required, but the money is refunded upon the return of the storm protector in good condition. The umbrella trade tigures that this convenience will result in seriously purtfliMni' tlio r-nnsumntion of its wares?New York World. A Germaif Woman's Fleet. On many of our maps there Is an island ofT the coast of New Guinea bearing the name "New Britain." Such maps are not up to date, for the place now belongs to Germany and has been rechristened "New Tomerania." One of the Senators of the Commonwealth recently paid It a visit, and judging from this description, its most important personage is a Germau lady named Mrs. Kolbe. She has a thousand men in her employ, has a plantation of 3000' acres, possesses a little fleet of trading vessels and owns a number of wholesale and retail stores.?Pall Mall Gazette. ^ A Bishop Kicks t King's Tomb. Bishop Thornton,, speaking at RivIngton Grammar School, said he felt indignnt when he saw the ruined abbeys and monastrtes which King Henry VIII. despoiled. When he passed King Henry's tomb in Windsor he kicked It. though it did no harm to vkftt yeas feeneaUh-LoodOft Egress. i dmpMa Little Drrmmakrn of Paris. Tlie pinson is a French song-bird, and the petites couturieres of Paris are universally called mimis pinsons (little song-birds) because of the habit they have of always singing at their work. Crowded, hundreds of them, in ill-lighted, badly ventilated, great ateliers. during the busy season, they stitch and sing from 7 o'clock in the morning until long after midnight, and they earn?the vast majority of them? fifty cents a day. With this amount they must not only board, lodge and clothe themselves, but they must also make provisions for the morte saison?four months, from the middle of June till the middle of September, when the Ray world of Paris being a la oampagne, no orders for work are given, workshops are closed, and the mimis pinsons earn not one sou.?Harper's Bazar. With Small Mean*. iK^s very foolish of the woman of snitt means to try to keep pace with the woman of independent, or even comfortable resources; but very often a woman of taste and judgment, especially if she is skilled with the needle, will make a better appearance on a very small outlay than another would do with large means. Careful planning. judicious outlay and purchases adapted to her circumstances must be made. "The best of its kind," is a good plan, but it is better to get the best your purse will pay for, even though the quantity be very limited, and if the material be reasonably good, it may be made over for another outing, with small addition to cost, thus lessening the next season's outlay. Besides. a garment, cheap as to goods, soon looks "cheap," and if nothing better than a mercerized cotton can be afforded it is better than a flimsy quality of showy silk.?The Commoner. * Ideas For Bracelet*. The fashion of wearing a tiny watch in a bracelet, which always holds more or less for traveling, shopping or sporty occasions, is suggested by the big jew- 1 els that are being set in the arm adornments. While a watch bracelet is of leather, these new-old bracelets are of gold. 1 A big catochon or cut stone that has < served in days agone in brooch or ear- i rings is now just the thing to have i mounted in a bracelet, either a plain gold band or one in the link design. < For such resetting the semi-precious < stones are in as great vogue as those which cost more. Only the workman- j ship must be superb, or the effect is \ loud, cheap or dowdy. j Should the family jewel box contain j many such old pieces there is no more ] attractive use for them than to have i them reset in a network of silver or i gold links, forming one of the neck- 1 laces so much in vogue, especially i Willi lingerie mouses. One such In erusean gold is set with eoruis, which of yore adorned one of grandmamma's "sets." The effect is charming. Valne of Neatneci. Ask any one to explain why a certain girl is regarded as pretty, and see if you got a direct answer. Probably you will hear that "she certainly is pretty, but really I don't know why, for she has not a good feature in her face, and, now I come to think about it, I have seen prettier complexions." She may have a good figure, but that does not alone make a girl worth looking at twice, and certainly does not gain her a reputation for prettiness. The "pretty girl." you will find, is immaculately fresh and neat looking. Her hair looks well brushed, and is well and becomingly arranged; her dress is well chosen in color, and, however simple in style, it is thoroughly j trim at tue neea, ana mere is never r. suspicion of rags or untidiness about j her skirt or tier petticoat. The "little things" of that girl's toilet are not slurred over, and her hands and feet are as dainty as care can make them, for her innate refinement makes her abhor the dictum of the sloven that "all that matters is the general effect, and little details are not worth bothering about." Attention to these little details makes all the difference between the well and badly dressed girl. A Woman Crnaoe. Beginning due west of Point Conception. on the California coast, and continuing at irregular intervals as far south as the Bay of Todas Santos in Lower California, lie the Channel Islands. In this ideal region for the yachtsman, the fisherman and the hunter. one comes to feel like a new ( Crusoe on his primitive isle. And in very truth Crusoe's semi-mythical story was enacted upon one of these same ' islands, though minus the man Friday and the happy ending. The castaway < in this case was a woman, a Danish i emigrant, left ashore through some mischance by the crew of a vessel that < had sought shelter behind San Nich- ( olas during a storm, in the early fifties. For over seventeen years the lone . creature lived unsought and forgotten, , though the time at length came, when, 011 the days the mist-clearing north wind blew, she could climb to the island's hichest Doint and view the 1 ranchers' herds grazing upon the main- 1 land. And at last, when hope and * reason had both long died, the poor, wild, gibbering creature was found in < her wolfs burrow among the hills by < the advance guard (' the otter hunters' 1 fraternity, who hrf long wondered at the mysterious fo/prints they marked \ upon the lone * sands.?Field and | Stream. X ' Woman's Way of Eacapa. Two men sat nejt her table at luncheon. Tliej were suburbanites, ] and suburbanite talk engrossed their tongues and attention. She was a care- 1 ful, though not intrusive listener. So she seemingly bent her head to the ' business in hand the while her ears 1 were eagerly occupied witli the afore- 3 mentioned small talk* -?-?? * 1 ) ,J __ 81P1 In a few moments she learned that the topic of conversation was a wonderful suburban ball game played between a married men's nine and a single men's nine. The married men had wrm "I tell you,' said one, "it was a great game. Do you remember when Jimmie bathed fliut liner out to left held when the-fi?crr? was 23 to 29 in /lie ninth, and how I went after it and caught him at second?*' "You bet," replied the other, "that coup decided the game In your favor, but the thing I can't understand about is that your nine, you old married men, won out!" "Oh, that's easy," returned the Benedict. "We married men are well cared for. Our nerve is always with us. We don't have to watch the grand stand for the approval of a 'sweet young thing' just as a beautiful flier is soaring toward us." The young man disputed the point, and. though friendly, the argument waxed warn. Finally the elder man espied the /oung woman. "I tell you what," s: .d he, "I'll leave it to that girl." ".ill right," chimed in his vis-a-vis; "ask her." The attention of the entire tea-room was centered upon them by this time, and with the turn in the conversation the young woman was now the cynosure of all eyes. They approached and put the question to her, but being a discreet young woman, as well as wholly entangled, she threw them into confusion, to the delight of the onlookers, by slowly folding her napkin, rising as slowly from her chair, and with a withering glance at her flabbergasted interrogators, stalked proudly from the room. Amid audible giggles the men 30on followed her.?Philadelphia Telegraph. When Making Call*. When making calls the married woman gives the maid or man who answers the door a card of her own for the mistress of the house, and if there are grown daughters or women guests with whom she is acquainted, she sends up a card for each one of them, also. If the call is the first of the season, she invariably sends up two of her husband's cards for the master and the mistress of the house. At subsequent calls, it is unnecessary to^ledre the husThnd's cards unless he harai* eepted an invitation to a dinner or dance and is unable to call in person. To recapitulate a little, she should, if calling on a married lady with no ?rown daughters or other women in her family, send up one of her own ind two of her husband's cards, the latter cards being intended for the master and mistress of the house. She >ends up but one of her own because there is but one lady in the family, md it won id not be correct for her to send up a card for the master of the household, as a ivoman Is never supposed to call upon a mm. An unmarried won an leaves the same number of visit.ng cards when )ut calling as her married sister, with ;he exception, of course, of the husaand's card; that is, she leaves a card Tor each lady of the family whom she wishes to honor with a call. When making calls, visiting cards should never be handed to any one hut i servant. If. as sometimes happens, when the maid is out, or when no donestic is kept, the lady of the house jpens the door herself, a card is entirely unnecessary, although even in this case it can be carelessly dropped n the card receiver in the hall as one ?oes out. But to give it to the lady herself, unless this was done to point >ut a change of address, would be very ill-bred. When an invitation to a tea or afternoon reception is received, no notice leed be taken of it until the day of tie 'unction. Then, if one is unable 1o ittend, a visiting card, in an envelope :hat exactly fits it, should be mailed to :he hostess. If the tea is given for iome friends of tlie hostess, or to introduce her daughter 1:0 society, two risitlng cards should be enclosed in the envelope and directed to the giver of the festivity. When unable to attend 1 function of this sort, one should always send as many cards as there a -e adies whose names are mentioned on ;he invitation.?Housekeeper. Braid is used on the white serge suits, and especialy on the skirts. White serge has been revived, and lids fair to become extremely popular. Color is rarely introduced in white xistumes, and then only by some color ntrodi ?ed on the hat. A nc fashion is that of wearing the Scotch < ) with feather at the side a .id ;wo riblWfcs behind with tennis suits. Many are putting elbow sleeves in ine white waists and these are to be worn in the house with any kind of skirt. . i j J* l^ace 18 not USCU uu seise- uuiess 11 i bit of real Irish crochet lace; I ut land embroidery is often used with excellent effect. It is better to count on having sleeves ?lbow length in all blouses, and adding ?lbow cuffs of sheer material whenever they are wanted. The suits of serge are unlined, and the skirts are worn over full, wellatting white petticoats?silk petticoits not being much worn at this season. Much is being said about woman wearing separate waists in decided contrast from her skirt on the street. This is considered very bad taste unless one wears a coat The most popular tennis suit consists of white cloth skirt and a white tussore blouse with Irish lace co lar fastened with knot of red plaid ullk tike that on the relict cap. _ ? + mwi < ^ ~ **i V With the Funny\ Oar Sorrow*. To many of us life is rude . _ And joy a fleeting bubble; The only time our credit's good Is when we borrow trouble. ?. ?('nthnlio Standard and Times. Hi ? Strange, Indeed. Belle?"Do you believe in second sight, my dear?" Eva?"Sometimes." Belle?"Speaking from experience?" Eva?"Yes, I have often told Jack that he needed a shave when it was too dark to see his face." ? Chicago News. At Philadelphia Viewed It. New York Editor to Philadelphia Correspondent ? "Please rush report lending politicians caught in anti-vice crusade and reputations blasted." Philadelphia Correspondent to New York Editor?"Politicians caught, but no reputations among them to blast."? New York Times. * Something Larking* "Is it true that Miss Tallman is going on the stage?" asked the young man. "Yes," answered Miss Pluinpun, "but I'm afraid she'll not make a hit." "Why not?" he queried. "Because," explained the other, "she looks like a fright in a bathing suit."? Chicago Daily News. Automatic. rtn what way could you be of any use to an employment bureau?" said the proprietor. "Simplest thing in the world!" replied the shiftless looking applicant, j "You are always in need of men to ' fill positions and I'm always out of a i job!"?Detroit Free Press. Mean of Them. ! Kid?"Wot you tlnk, fellers, of folks wot'll put up a baseball fence wid only er single knot-hole in it!"?New York Evening Journal. Fickle Woman. Museum Lecturer?"The Bearded Lady's husband has been dead only two months, yet she's sprucing up again." Manager?"What are the symptoms?" Museum Lecturer?"Why, this afternoon she appears on the platform with her whiskers trimmed Vandyke style." ?Puck. Real Tronble. "She?"Too are very depressed. I didn't know you cared so much for your uncle." Ho?"I didn't, but I was the means of keeping him In ;.n Insane asylum the last year of his life, and now that he has left me all his money I've got to prove that he was of sound mind."? Chicago Journal. Sort to Break Down. "Hello, where are you walking In such a hurry?" "Fellow Just stole my auto and wont down this road." "But surely you don't expect to over* take him on foot?" "Sure. He forgot to take the repair kit with him."?Philadelphia Ledger. The Safest Bating. "Before having any financial dealings with a new acquaintance," remarked the crusty citizen, "first find out " "How he Is rated among his friends, I suppose?" broke in the confiding citizen. "Not on your life. Find out how_he Is rated in Bradstreet." His Experience Against It. DV. Washem?"I think a dally bath would be beneficial in your case, Mr. Plodgers." Plodeers?"Well. I don't know, doc tor. I took a bath once?a year or two ago. I felt better for a little while, but it wasn't long before I was as bad as ever, and I've been growing worse ever since."?Boston Transcript. It Ought to Work. "A gentleman writes to inquire," said the lady who conducts the "Answers to Correspondents" column, "how he may keep the,flies from bothering his bald head. Can you suggest anything?" "Oh, yes," promptly responded the Boil Weevil editor. "Advise him to hire a spider to live in one of ks ears*" There Are Manr. The hustler addressed one of those youths who sit on a Dencn 111 tne pur* and watch the grass grow. a "Suppose," said the hustler, "that you stood at the foot of the ladder of success," The youth yawned lazily. "In that case," he said, "I guess I'd wait till they took the ladder away and started an elevator."?Detroit Tribune. How tbe Trouble Began. Mrs. Lakefrunt?"What's the cause of the estrangement between Mrs. Porkpack and Mrs. Beeftrust?" Mrs. Southsyde?"Mrs. Beeftrust said her husband gave away a great deal of money anonymously, and Mrs. Porkpack suggested that might account for the present prosperons condition of the treasury's conscience fund/'?Pitfladel' .gltta u 1 ? m ? ... ^ r . i ' 'i hi , In France they have learned to petrify skimmed milk by treating it with acids, etc., and use it in a variety of ways. Paper floors are said to be growing In favor In Germany. They have no joints to catch dust or vermin, are soft to the foot, and are cheaper tbau hardwood. A .recent invention of value to the hi oiogist is tiie eomparascope, iuis attachment may be affixed to the ordinary microscope and by means of its mirrors any two slides to be examined appear side by side. In order .to find out whether or not public telephones accumulate germs an examination of several taken at random was made in London recently. The microscopes revealed no bacteria, although the telephones were very dirty. Radium, like all other things, must be known by what it does. And so far as known, the doings of radium have no parallel In nature. The chemist has seen that it shines by its own light; and this not for a day. a month, a year, but for an illimitable period. It was probably the return in ike present war to the use of such ancient instruments of warfare as the sword, bayonet, hand grenade, etc.. suggested to J. J. Mclntyre, a Brooklyn man, improvements in aerial torpedoes or rockets for war purposes. His rocket can be fired a mile, and it carries a charge of dynamite and grape-shot. Dr. C. H. Shaw, professor of botany in the Medico-Cbirurgieal College. Philadelphia, has started with a party of scientific associates to mate a systematic study of the flora and native race of the Selkirk region, in British Columbia. The Selkirk Indians are believed to be the only race that still lives entirely beyond the pale of civilization. MONEY MAD. What Chinaman Will Do For th? Sake of Gold. "China would be a poor field for accident insurance companies," said a man in the tea trade. "The inhabitants would be only too glad to get hurt in order to collect their insurance. Up the river from Hongkong there's a little settlement of Englishmen. Just across the river is a graveyard, inhabited by a few scrub birds of the snipe family. They are very poor shooting, but your Brjton must bave sport or some kind, and shooting these birds is the only sport in sight. "One day an Englishman let drive at a snipe and hit a Chinaman who had just bobbed out from behind a tombstone. The charge of shot struck the coolie in his "wrist, putting his hand out of business. Of course, the Chinaman made a roar. The Briton, wanting to do the square thing, offered to pay the damage. The coolie demanded $10. The Englishman generously made it $15. There was never any good hunting in the graveyard after that. Whenever an Englishman was seen approaching a Chinaman hid behind every gravestone. "With marvelous cleverness they'd manage to get In range just when the Briton fired. If one of them had, the luck to get two or three birdshot in his system he would come out, roar, and collect. Of course, this drove away the snipe; but the coolies took to catching bird3, tying them by the legs to gravestones and hiding themselves in holes from which they could rise and get shot.at the proper moment. The Englishmen had to stop hunting. It was too expensive. "One of the pleasant and refined Chinese tortures is crushing the ankle. There are -coolies in Shanghai who keep a standing ofTcr to submit to th:? torture, for the benefit of tourists, at a rate of $5. I knew of several cases where this offer has been accepted. The coolie submitted without a howl and smiled when he collected the money."?New York Sun. Mothers and Sons. In taking issue with the schoolmarm wl iKot itrVinn a linr tliniicht nuv OUiU VUU b U ?/v%? | much of the teacher It counted, while the girl pupil's professed friendship was only skin deep, a Howard mother who has both a son and daughter touches-up boys in this fashion: "The average boy looks on his mother as a slave, a drudge, a person to work for him, to be growled at, to be ashamed of and pushed aside when he gets old enough to look out for himself. The average girl, though she may be spoiled, selfish and at times ungrateful, turns to mother for comfort, for advice, and when needed is kind, considerate and helpful. Some time ago I worked hard to give my boy and girl a treat. They were away from home for a few days, and I fixed up each one's room with new carpets, new curtains and a lot of new things for their shelves, tables and dressers. My little girl was so delighted that she could scarcely contain herself. My son never noticed the things, and'nevcr expressed a word of thanks when his attention was finally called to them. I have talked with other mothers, and almost without exception their experience is the same. The daughters are the kindest and most grateful, while the boys exact the most attention. helD the least and cause us the most worry and heartaches."?Kansas City Journal. A Fellow Feeling. It was early autumn and I was going through a city street, carrying a large and beautifully colored brunch of leaves. A small, dirty street boy stopped me with: "Oh, give me one!" The look on the little chap's face was unmistakably appreciative. I picked out the very smallest leaf, feeling exceedingly shabby all the time and gave It to the boy. "I know I'm being terribly stingy," I s id. "Never mind," replied the little fellow in a big, masculine sort of a way. "I know Just how yon Atlantl? Monthly.. - mm EPWORTH LEA&l SUNDAY, OCTOL. The Christian's Trials and Tn. ?*James 1, 1-8. James Is the practical teacher the New Testament. The epist plunges abruptly into the whole qut tion of temptation and trial. Tempt tlon to James is "all joy"; and i reason is given, "because trial w/ j eth patience." The wisdom nt I sary to detect the temptation and I strength needed to resist it cai I had by prayer. The result wil I a "single-eyed man," not a wa^ or double-minded man. a A strenuous sort of religion* James teach. A stalwart strugg. and conquering sort it was. His kin. AA 1 of Christian plunged Into the thick of ^ the fight and won his place by developing strength through trial and temptation. But the virtue was not in the trial, but in the resisting. Sit at his feet and let us learn a few lessons: * . Trials are to be Encountered With Joy. The oak finds strength from the tempest. The arm is made strong by lifting weights. The Christian is made better by resisting evil. This is the philosophy of James. This ia J the experience of saints in all ages. rV The Christian hero must not tremble at danger nor flinch from contest, but rather rejoice in anticipation of vie- e tory. To a people in the midst of persecution as were these to whoa James was writing, this note mutt havfl rnmA with cheer and hODe. No less so now. Persecution, trial, temptation, struggle are the lot of all. But rejoice that you are counted worthy to endure; that God counta you strong and courageous. The Results of Trial are Blessed. Trial worketh patience; not simply that phase of patience that endures and submits, but that whiilf Is courage and firmness. Xbe test of gold is fire; the test of Che Christian is ^ endurance; and when it hath its perfeet work we become perfect. That is a kind of practical perfection which gives on the assurance of perpetual victory?perfect in resisting power and in boldness in service. The Secret of This Power is from God. If any lack wisdom he may have it. The wisdom here mentioned is doubtless that discrimination which gives one the power to detect temptation and seize upon all the resources of grace. It is the wisdom necessary to possess and to manifest the perfection mentioned. It is not by human culture but by divine bestowment. And God gives this liberally. He never upbraids. The winner is not a "double-minded" man^^Nm*^ but one with single purpose and uo? daunted courage. Under these conditions trial and temptation become helpful rather than harmful, and vlotory ,the constant experience of the Christian contestant. CISTi MM NOTES j OCTOBER EIGHTH. The Christian's Trials ana inumpns. Jas. is 1-fc. Qur coming: triumph is?to be perfect, to be Just what Christ wants us to be. All other triumphs are lost in this. Earthly fathers sometimes rebuke their children for their many requests, but God 'is more likely to rebuke us that we ask so little of Him. The hardest part of a prayer is after we have prayed, and the answer does not come at once, or manifest- . . ly. Still, even then, to pray is to ob- I tain. ' Suggsstions. "Good things are hard," Plato was fond of saying; and the Christian's triumph is the best thing. There is no triumph except along Christ's way, and llso no trial Is sent the faithful Cnristian except . along the way where Christ is. Temptation has two meanings?an inciting to sin, and a testing of virtue. God sends only the latter. To doubt that Christ has met your special temptation is to aouot his perfect humanity; to doubt that He can help you out of it is to doubt < His perfect divinity. Illustrations. The larger and more perfect the diamond, the more certain that it will be placed on the grinding stone. Old soldiers have no greater Joy than to relate the battles that were most terrible for them, and one of the greatest joys of heaven will be to remember the temptations over which we triumphed on earth. "No cross, no crown," has become a Christian motto, and a crown surmounting a cross has become a Christian symbol. Questions. Do I turn at once to a Christian In any trial? Have I earned a share in Christ's triumphs? Am I learning to rejoice in tribulations? When the devil tries our faith, It is that he may crush or diminish it; but when God tries our faith, it la to establish it or increase it.?Marcus Rainsford. It woulld take the wrinkles out of your brow if you would just look Into the future instead of the past?* Moody. ' v Pad for Fountain Pen. A business woman who finds it necessary to carry a fountain pen wraps it in a piece of chamois and thereby r saves her handkerchiefs and other feminine effects from many an ink stain. However, the chamois soon becomes saturated with ink, stiff and un pleasant and must be renewed often. A better case can be made of Inch wide ribbon lined with stockinettet rubber cloth and packed with a bit df absorbent cotton at the leaky end at the pen. This will keep the pen always dry to the fingers, as the cotton can be changed without trouble and the case itself need never be soiled. If you have a male friend who Is addicted to the fountain pen habit, you can endear yourself to him by presenting him with such a case, and thus saving his short ribs from many an inky bath whenever he happens to put the pen topside down in his waistcoat pocket MM fl