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A Romantic Affair. “Yes, my dear, it's a pump, a decid ed one. Heart, or whatever stands in Um place, very much affected: but, let uh hope, not incurably ho,” nnid Kate (Jordon, slinking her head wit h mock gravity to her cousin Lillian, who turned from the window, out of which she find been gazing, and look ed fmpiiringly at the speaker. “I saw him over your shoulder,” continued Kate, “an he walked hIow ly away up the street, and I also hiiw thehluHh that instantly criniHoned your pretty facet how do you manage to have that blush come at your cnII? puidthe light tim t sprang to/our lovely eyes. Again you’re in love, or fancying yourself in love, Milan,hav ing already forgot ten t he young ar tist that sailed for home only a month ago; and this time it is with a poor professor of music in a grant city, where there nrcHiilflcicnl of Ills kind to convert a great country into u musical bed lam.” “Why, Kate!” “I'm sure I don’t know why,” said Kate, pretending to take the ex clamation for an interrogation, “unless it is Iss-unso he has large, dark eyes,a fine form,an aristocrat ie face, a refined air generally, and last, but not least, up(ieur* to 1st highly sensible of your fiisdniitlons. And, then, vou’vo nltvavs ln«ai i-en/lv In fall iii love with miy in tercet ing per ^ hoii flint I’lmio in your way ever wince your flint. Pen, e#pccially when dintutii'o lent enchantment to the view.’ ” “NVImt ii rornnnce, or #emblunce of n romnnee, to adopt your own mode of Npeuking. you are making out of nothing, Knte,” miy# the younger girl, wit h a ton# el her ehe#ti,ut hrahJw. “Out of not lifng!” repeat# theot her. “Oiveii it pretty, ii very pretty girl, watching nt her tvipdow, half-hidden, in the regular poetical wtyle, l»y it# lace curtain#, at nine in the morn ing and four in the afternoon n haudaome, a very hiind#ome H young mini,) omingouf at thedoorof Hr' udwellingoppo#ite punctually nt the fir#t hour and going in punctually at. Up the la#t, ein il time canting profound ly re#|iectful lait unmi*tukab1y teii it>., derglance# at the watcher in tin* window. A pink roxebud in her light I brown hair in the morning i# dupli cated in hi# buttonhole la the even BHt|| ing. Mite atorm one v. intry day at the corner of the afreef to liny a ” | bunch of violet#, nnd, unconwcion#, ofcourae, that. #he i# olmerved, pre## - : e# them to her lip#. That name night ( u royalcriou# meeeengcr leave# an Hfexi|ui#i(e iia*kct filled with the ■ fragrant thing# at her door. .No f doubt the poor young profe##or Jam went without hi# lunch for a week to |H| buy f hem, lor hothraiMe violet# and bnnkete—” “Knte! How cun you?” “llecauHe I can," annwer# Knte H coolly, ‘‘and wlwit’# more, I can u*k | how i# it all to end? I know it. i# jj nothing but romance on your purl, f but it limy be reality on hi#, and al K, low me if your delicate #cu#ihihty r will admit of it. to recall to your K tnind the fable of t he boy# and the f rag#, where what wu# fun ononeaide KLavu# death on t he othe;', and to kind Ry #ugge#t that you find #ome new loi-cupatioii ut tin- hour# of nine and Kate I wo# never more deeply im |irc#«ed in all my life, that in, never ' 1 nu iluntiltr III11 ii’/iuui I_tlmt la -<»l« pshaw! you know wlmt I mean. wHil .V°H believe ino?” Disregarding via* <|iieMtion. Kate . fSBwent on: “And granting that von Sin re in earnest this time, winch I don’t grant, by the by. nothing good could come of it. Your kpositions in life are (nr apart, that is, society decrees that they are, and being a well-bred foreigner, la* tro dpuht nv epts such a decree as in* kJvitnhle, and aah*ss you meet him * half way tyoa liave already taken ! the first stepl, lie will never go tie [yond tin* tender giauee and t lie banket of Mowers. And Ustides alitiiat, you will remember that blare de Vere did Blit monopolize all the lil'ide. The ^eoiiniahadlds share, and the I tetter Burt, to my way of thinking Ami, If i’m not mistaken, your humlsntite Krufessnr is just u proud. ' F ''Kate, how do you know all tlii«t? asks l.iliinii, riwtit4 and couiilig to B|aud before iu-r “You say 'no ■oilin' and 'if I'm Ml mistaken.' But the tone of your voice says you "Iksnitae, inv dear, while you tinve ■Mi dreaming I have Ueu a* Dug If Ml n sol row till interest in ltw> ptatr pliow as Siam as I discovered that , you had mad* up your mind to hark [lit him, amt so I went to work nud haiml out all about him '1 ihiwri oil tile Moor beside l«*r sank JMrettv Iniiiaii. say ing as star Mated tare hand, "tlo on, Kate; that’s a “A do hug' ‘ How long will It la* I <e to re I 'm a hateful old thing, one ol MMf fnvortts* u a liras h*r twe. though I am hut two yiarw abler thaw your •ell hnt I II go on if you’ll take your sweet self off the train of my I dew wrapper It's tint young to tie wrinkled That he hi w (mihwir of mush* you iltsumwl yourwelf at the but I trell*’, w here the dull-haired and cn viou*ly-coniplexioned Mi** Gertrude eondew-end* to I*) taught by him. Tome lielong* the credit, if it be a credit, of finding out nil thereet, and at, tli« rink of *hoeking you, you nro *ui'h a ‘mimoMu een*itive,’ tii.v dear, I w ill proceed to tell you how 1 did it, I made friend*, at the confectioner'* one day, with iii* landlady, that fun ny little Frenchwoman with thecork* hctcw curl* and tin* very much uj> tilted now1, and I told her—” Lillian made a ge*ture of Impatience. “Well, I’ll *kip that and come to what *he told me. Now, what *bould you gnu** iii* name wa*7 Hi*flr»t name, of cour*e, for it couldn't in; expected that you could gin*** iii* ln*t.” “Walter, Hubert, Reginald, Rod erick, Hebuetian,” “Wrong, every one. it* Robert,, not a had name, a* name* go, tlmt i* if they don't *liorten it to Roll, and it harmonize* very well wit h iii* laet name, which i* l»nr. And lie’* poor, a* I Hiiid licforc, ho poor that he anil the iraditiomil church inou*e might *hukc Iminl*, and cull each other ‘brother,’ it the iiiouee hup* pelted to lie tliat kind ofnmoiiHo —i* part French, part German; goe* nowliere iait wliereduty i nlle; ring* in the Holitmli) of iii* own *hubby room, ‘Aehl war* t dn inir mein eigen,’and *ong* of that ilk, an you have heard, and i* fu*t falling head over heel* ill love with my gentle 1011*011 Lillian, an exceptionally pret< ty girl, wlio really don’t ami never wouul euro two miiiiwh iiiioir mm, Ming nt tin*core of her heart devoted to the purple and fine linen of life, and only lift married um yet hecmine, iih mIic hernelf line conllded to me, none of her admirer* could offer a 1111111011.” "Htuff and non Henna,” *ny* the ”grctle”coiiHln in no gentle voice, iih nha i'Ihch from her lowly po*ition, and leiiniug her elbow on the mantle mid bar hend upon her bund, look* down whercHlia lifih been looking lit), “You ktiow nothing about it, Kate, I never, never, never wnn ho attracted toward any one iih I um toward* Itobert—why couldn't it have liccn Kndolph or Kegiaald ho much more poetical, you know—toward* Robert Mur, He'* iu»t like Home one out of a poem, Kir Lancelot, fortn#tunce, ho hamlHome, ho melancholy, ho grace ful.” “Lilian, what would your father find mother andHi*ter* nnd brother* Mity If they heard you? They are Vere de Veri*h to the hint extreme. I Mg your pardon for Hmilling, my dear; but to ilia the Vere de Vere bunlncM* a*done In America in inex preHnlbly comic, 1 know I don’t de nerve to belong to tin* family, fori can't for the life of me forget that our great gin ml parent* Hold tobacco retail! However your Immediate kin would act a* though they owned half-a-dozen coronet* among them, and drive tlie mimical uputart whone grandmother actually wore one to Hfllcide or worne. An for you, my dear, they'd nlttit you up la your own room and give you not hing hut Ixi'fNtake and fried potato*'* for a month. Think ol that! What a d rend fit I punlnliment for one who In iih fond of broiled bird*, roant turkey and cocoanut, tart* a* you are.” “You may laugh n* tiuich a* you plea He, Kate,” nay* Lillian with a frown. "You ulway* were a matter of fact creature, with not a bit of nenf iment about you. You cannot midemtund the fei ling that npiang tip In my heart the very flrnt mo ment I beheld him. Had I your for tune—” "It"* only a few thousand, my dear," interrupted Knte, “and you know your own in a million. Hut, to be Mtriou*, if you hnd it you’d be looking for two tnilliotiM inHteud of one. There, there, don’t burnt into tear*. I will. I vow I will be nerioun thin time. And I link you, granting Hint, you are willing to admit him in to the favored circle that pay* you hoimige. how in tlint admit lane • to lie managed without your overstep ping the bound* ot maidenly proprie ty? To be frank with you, tin believe* it* I know—you needn't shrug your shoulder*—ns I know, I miy, that your interest in him is only r, girlish In my, mid 1 lie little Frenchwoman tell* mo—she is in Id* confidence, be ing mi old iriend—think of tlmt, u woman who takes hoarder*, tlmt in u month or so, to break the fet ter* vourwitchery hits thrown around him, he return* to hi* own country,” “Kate, have yonoleeling? Ho you want to hrenh my heart? Yen, break my heart, You need not look at m« in tlmt iuerisltilou* way. When you *|M'uk of M* going away forever i led a* t hough all thelight and iM-auty were faded out ol my life, And if at till* moment he and a millionaire stood—” “No rush vows, Idilian," interrupt ed Kate, “I mast ami will hid ho|**. I must and will, I say. Kate, how shall I do It!” •’FailIt, I don't know,” says her cousin, with a delicious mimicry of the brogue and an air of m«ek tvsig nation, “tildes*. me dear, you send him a valentine,” t III the evening of the l At It of Felt ruary there was a huge and fashion able |Mirty at tlie l.iitirell* Ami “tpieen rose ol 11*- rosebud garden of girls " wa* pretty l.illiaut relghtou No lining lit, thtiUgh Hot precisely In those words, tor lie r* ad no verses with the reception of comic ulus Al len Ingram, owner ol the yacht Fare Well, tlie fust horse Neverlient, a town houseunrlrak-duimagniHrem-e, a country house une«|Un!ed in sidwir dor, ami thousands of his hauler's amt risen here VV ith a world of admiration in his j very light bin* eyes lie followed the “i|neett rose ' about, happy to jday, lor the time be tug the part of h> r slate. Mr. Ingram was small nnd ignoble in |ierson but hie fortune was grand. His eyes wern faded, but the din 111<>11<im that, awaited his bride were bright. IHh brain and voice were weak but bin family was strong. On ly for a tew moment* that evening did he leave the enchantress, and then it was to week the supnsr-rooni and toust her in sparkling cham pagne. At that time Robert I/enr left hid seat at the piano. Lillian's compan ions were clustered together liefore a picture at the other end of the room and hIic stood alone, nnd with his proud fnee all aglow he nought, her Hide, and in a deep, rich voice hesaid, "Messed forever lie the good Ht. Val entine. He brought me your precious message this morning, and my heart has danced in my breast ever since I read these words: N/i.y. fly not, 'rom the »pcll of Invn Lex11 xlioithl pine ill vnin ri-urrt, lint ftny nml con till* lexxon o'er Faint heart ne'er won fair ludy yet. It was a verse from a valentine, a violet scented valentine, that he laid received that day. Lillian Creighton looked lit, him with haughty surprise in her fine, wrapped her white satin cloak about her as though she felt a sudden chill in the air, and t urned nwnv. Mack to Ids place, the place lie was paid to occupy, the young man went, while all the brightness faded from Ills lace, and the beautiful dream t hat he hud lieen dreaming so long died out in utter darkness. "Could I have been mistaken?” lie murmured. “Not uhoiit the valentine,” said a low, sweet voice, and looking up he met Kate (Jordon's lovely, pitying brown eyes, “not about, the valentine, init about everything else. Whnt to voii has been so serious, to her Inis only countcd/i* one of her iiwniy ro mantic affairs. The reality of ie-r life will he Mr, Allen Ingram or one very like him.” Am/die ceased M|/eaking mid turned away, Robert Ix-iir fliimr back the long hair from Ilia brow, mid at l iking with firm powerful touch amno grand, full chord*, burnt into a triiimplmiit march, a march that aaid tout lea at two listeners: “Slight w/is the wound that I feared would be so deep, for feeble, most feeble, was the hand tiiatstruck it. Andthotigli for < ne short moment I faltered, I loaf no strength, but strong in heart and spirit ns ever, 1 again take my place in the grand army oftlio buttle of life.” And fitting reward awaited ao fruo a soldier, for the very next 14t h of February lie bald a beautiful, brown eyed woman in Ilia arms, close to ids heart, nnd whispered, “Many a grief ia a joy in disguise. Had it not been formulae Lillian’s false valentine, I should never have won true Kute for my wife.”—Margaret Fytinge. - — » —i Yawning From tlin I.oiiiIoii liloU*. It is now some years since Mr. Al fred (k/llier wrote liisyawning song mi invitation to drowsiness not less potent than the best after-dinner speech of n magistrate or the good old three-decker sermon, Yawning lias generally been associated with comedy. There have ever been coarse wags who, in reference to the well-known “catching” power of yawning’ have evolved the proverb “What is mine is yawn”—-a confusion of “meum” nnd "tuum” only defen sible in the case of a sleep-walker. Rut reports from Cambridge City, in Indiana, put n tragic color upon this L.I. I» « I... 4 foil'll oiw. Mi. Lucky, having indulged in a large ymvn, ruptured somo of the cords in the vertebra, and “rein tins ut pres ent in n critical condition.” This re grettable incident should lie a warn ing to all lazy folk. Yawning is a vice which is of all vices most sym pathetic. The terrible maxims about “examples" apply to it with fatal pertinence. Is there not even the case of the lounger iu the I'nitish museum who, standing opposite to one of the triumphs of Assyrian sculpture, was provoked by the si lence and the attitude of the mon ster's jaw, into wliut is believed to have lie'ii tlie most capacious yaw u on record? Still, the yawn must be recognized as a valuable social hi st ru meat. H Imt is so convenient to get rid of it wearisome intruder as that little motion of the hand to the mouth, which, like a chorus Indy's costume, suggests what it does not reveal. It is a standing maxim in the hand book* of “Ltiipiettc for the drawing-room" that yuwtiing must on no account l«* |iermttted. As an offense it is ranked with the kindred ofli'iinc* ot eating soup hastily or : shot 'thug |was into the mouth with a knitc. Hut not all kite maxim* of hand books will ever o*tnn t«e t lint most con w iiii at lorm of dtsiiOMMii which intimates by a yawn what words cannot express, A tilts* luiuH Trick. Ma»tr<«*§4 Mvvbi Alt energetic, business like malt elt* lervd Ills luetary of the t’ Jt t\ k|o tor *«iiu|stry, New York, rtsvttily ami Ut an ofMutudmanner that near ly paralyzed them a nags* rsmurkwd “I desire to imn'lua* an electric mo tor to run my perpetual motion ntarlttn*. I am th* il*> proprietor ol a dim* man urn lit tla* city " The contract was ttotdc and the t isilor* to a prominent dim* musstitn in tbts city a is now trssttwd to a xt*w of tbs on» «ii*l oily perpetual motion mat bins luwbnb tbs >*m«smt*d power Is tarnished by nn electric motor run t»y •loragv halter***. I How Mr. While Settled. From theNew York Hun. After explaining that his non John i w»s threatened with a breach of promise suit, and that the girl in tho ense lived only half a mile away nnj , willing to lx- talked to, the old mmi| asked me to go over with him ami witness Ids efforts to effect a settle ment. We found the girl at home, also her father and mother. They were all shelling corn in the kitchen, an<1 Betty, ns the girl was named, looked anything hut broken-hearted. She was twenty-three years old, weighing Ittfi pounds, and was in clined to sentiment. After greetings and a gviF'ral introduction, mv friend, whose name was Jeremiah White, led off with: “Now, then, t/har ain't no use in chasing raldiits all over the woods to It ml one in a trap. Betty, you and John hev busted up." "Yum», but It Imin’tmy fault," she replied. “No, indeed," added the mother. “He basted of his own accord." "Beckon he did," put in Betty’s lather, ns he laid down a hall-shelled ; cur to light his pipe. “When folks is courtin' they often bust up," observed Jerry as lie got comfortably seated. "They git jeal ous. They get slek of each other. They git outer sorts. Mebbe one has ii bud breath." “Yai^s, Jerry, I'm fullerin' ye,” said Bet ty’s father. “And when they bust up the best way is to I si sensible. John don't want no row with Betty, mid Betty don't want to row with John.” “No more, 1 don’t," murmured the fuir one. "John Isn’t tit ten for you, Bet. He’s nil for mewls, and whisky, and tobacco, uml lighting; and you is all i for poetry, ami stars, ami clouds, ami flowers. You is too liigh-souled (or John.” “Hhuek my hide if t hat liain't so!” exclaimed Bat t y’s fat her,as lie whack ed the edge of the lull with a big ear ot corn. Hetty si in tiered and giggled, ami the mother looked pleased. “That’s why yon busted,” softly explained my friend, “Hadtoi ome. Couldn't help it . When one is too good for’tot her h bust alw ays comes. Hay, Hetty, I couldn't sleep last night for thinking of that verse you wrote for my old woman when she was sick last, year. I'll Is't, 1 repeated it over a thousand times.” “Ob, la! Mr. White!”giggled Hetty. “Vans, it run iii my head till I couldn't sleep. I kept, saying: “Old Mr*. WIillc I* very nii-k, Ami middle xlie will die; Altliouitli t« nuie her from t!'« Tim do If or hard will try,” “All, Het ty, if I could write SDeli poetry as that 1 wouldn't be slosh ing around hero no great w hite, ami you kin jigger to that!” “Honest Injun?” site asked, hold ing nn ear of corn in either hand. "Dead sure. And now, Hetty, bo ing as you w'nr to good for John, and being as you've busted up. I’m going to send you over them two lilack hogs and geese as a pres ent.” “Is it for her wounded foehns?" asked Betty’s father. “Kinder that way, nnd kinder be cause she’sso good.” "Bet's cried a heap, and she's lost, lotsof time,” put in her mother, nnd you'd lietter throw in that nr’ pea cock.” “Darned if I don’t, Hnnner! He’s the nicest bird in the country, and a peddler offered me $10 for him, but chuck my hide if l don’t throw him in!” firm_t_ti__ »*_s.i n ,tf.. ■ im.ii s nun v omu, nmiii vv#r • “No, nhe won’t,” added tin* father. “Then it’n nil nettled befo’ thin g<*nt, who in the witness.” continued Mr. Wliite. “I’m glad on’t. It'd the proper way. When lolled love mid hunt up, hb they nonietiiuen will, tliur'n a proper way to nettlo dam aged. We've nettled, and I’ll send the stuff right over, and Hot will lx* fr e to make up to that feller who in nelling fanning milln up at the corn er*, and w ho’ll lie down thin way to morrow.” ltowiidfltatlou After Ileatli. Hullnu ora Anirrirmt. The Medieul Newn Imn tin article upon resuscitation niter death which, if extensively read by the laity, in muiv to oc.-imiou doubt uiid anxiety ill the mitidn of iimuy |x-rsotix. After showing that two kinds of deuth—• MIIIIHtlc timl cellular--take place be fore life has completely laded from the hotly to In* mailed, the urtivle point* out the importance of phy eichirs pio|s<rly distinguishing U tweeu the two mid renewing ittai. atiaiidoulug t heir efforts ut reeiiscitn- , tioii ns i Ireumstaiiees direct. So malic death may is* brietlydt-serilsd as the lailme of the miiiii organs id the body, the (miiti, heart, and i lungs, to |s-rtarm their hitntlous, 1 | while cellular death Is where the cell* or tissue* of tin* laxly die. Hot it may I occur at the smite time, but, the writer urges, tie former mat take I'howithout the latter, and olt»u das, and in all »u*h cases there is a I chance of resuscitating the deed i (s-rsou until cellular death su|s*r j wise Authentic lustaixes of six h I resaw It title «n lire given <1 luting olh- , | ere, the ease id a man whose laxly, 1 ivio.oixsl mI the Ixittom id u shallow •t ream tor Hilly half tin hoar leftx* it was taken out lie was rvsmeita tt'tl itflst se<-nil hours id awn tali ttng la (hit Hut u move rvuiarkn bis, case was that trnaehed for la I’mf. j krnmr A few-nd ofhfe tlietl from la-, than hemp poison lug The pkj si twins ra-iwl HW hr.on (or none titan an four Air sums menns id restom g his It tend to life while h< hiy dead >w . I i hit* presence, nnd nt length called to aid a sturdy negro. They worked manfully for font- hours. Muring nil that time there was not the slightest *ign of life, but. at its expiration a •light movement of the lips «vns de bated, nnd tile stethoscope disclosed "an occasional, light, mottled sound aver the heart.” Their efforts were redotihied with the result that respiration and circulation were very •lowly re-established, and conscious ness returned after many hours. The man lived for many oe^rs afterward —indeed, up to n few*fours ago, nnd mi a prominent NYwEwglnud lunik sr. A Woman on klKning. It 1ms been the gallant habit of men, from immemorial, to comment unfavorably on the Imbit which women have of indulging in the use less distribution of kisses among themselves, hut it Is not often that the nnimrulversion of the erring sex itself is visited on the same theme, A critical,young lady, however, was recently heard expatluting vigorous ly against this senseless custom, “Do, for goodness sake,” she re marked, "say something about, the silly way that women haveof kissing each ot her every time they get to gether. It twenty women were to meet In the street every last one of them would have to kiss the other nineteen, nnd t here would lie—let mo see—JlNO kisses worse than thrown away, for probably in ten minutes the whole party would separate in to s<|uads and go off talking about each other. When you see one id these very violent miscellaneouskiss ,.1'vt liimr. wit liin.sic III Liml of worn mi, it is sole to set her own down ns n fraud, which she generally is. If I Imd my wny, kissing should lie con fined to filially use, nml lor medicinal purp ses. Now don't }on put my tut me to nil tills or I will kiss you right on Washington street the very first chniicc 1 have.” Then the talk rim off on other klndsof kissing, nnd n story was told of n young lady who kissed u ho by held in its hit hers arms; then Inn moment of temporary insanity or atistnv:tion she stood on tiptoe mid it* eil the pupa. Realizing instantly what a dreadful tlditg she Imd done, site wheeled around and kissed tin* linby's mam* ma. who was standing near, nnd re t in-din goodoider. Her satirical sister squelched the poor young woman om they left the house by asking her if ■he dind’t want to go Inn k imd fin ish it by kissing the hired girl.—In diaanpolis .lournul. Criticism of Hclenee, Men of science may, as individuals, fall into may errors. They may tail to realize the true dignity of their calling; they may he unduly swayed by party spirit or hy personal aims; they may be unworthy ministers of the truths which they deliver. But science, whnt was it hut truth? And what Is the scientific spirit lint t he spirit that hows to truth? To nil who nre dissatisfied witli the present currents of thought we would, there fore, say: “Criticise men ns much as you pleiiso. Point out their errors, tneir failings, intellectual and moral, with all needful severity. Hold up the standard by which you think their lives and thoughts ought to lie gov erned. Criticise theories, too. Let nothing puss unchallenged or uu scrutinized that you are hot satisfied is triix Let mi u-l.imoiir of emit names, no popularity of certain inodes of thought, deter you from expressing your dissent Irom what you do not Iwliove. Hut do not put yourselves hope lessly in the wrong by attacking science, or by abusing the scientific spirit. You will gain nothing hv it, hut will merely darken your under standings, and shut yourselves out from the light that is ready to light en every man that routes into the world. Science will abide. It has its root in the everlasting rocks mid draws its ailment from universal na ture. The scentifle spirit will abide, admonishing men of their errors, mid lending them into nil truth. It is wise to ite reconciled to such powers ns these; even now when you ure in the way with them make terms at iiruee mtd Itnd rest to vour souls."— Vv. I>. 1st Burr in Popular Monthly. He klntl tut he Children. Wall ies says the mind of tnmi is *ogrs«t that hmieoforth Ids *'»-lec tion" will repine«tin- primeval post er of "natural wteitlttll," mi that it is imstilile the e i lli Will !»• ir only cultivate*! plant* ami tn me animal* mid Kn*li>rii'ii llrc.ucr thinks umii may iwwnhly create mi ennobled race of mil mu I* ' by lite *■«!.:* aitoii of a kind genth> tt«**itnieiil With what iMiltHicy, then,coinee this uaih to I he ettinaition of children, Here, in iliwd, I* the rn-hr*t reward of kind. ikm, And how i» it |»M*llih to l.mk on nebikl wtihout W iii| ton* test by the pathos of Its hcipt*M*ne»*< lloW k-iofid har*i‘ne*s ks. or «oM iieglwt, m.d how do oltui are angry ptitiMh un-ntw to 11 wee III tie lo'lnge w ti«> cling to ne ilk* clunlew win la**! It I* by our psd |un**e they muet h*ri|**u#*l M>d If Ike iIn*- be Uad, what k**f>* for th*»in' And, as lefun*. I hat* ■«nl that there la great iunity and -owceit in unkind*.**, so the kind new* of Ike hoe of parent or l-sdsi will r*w*t well in humility Fur who cun look iat n * MM without awe, m compor* it* n*s*W uni km own At* tatnuMAt* aUAoaA a THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON V. SUNDAY, MAY S THE POWER OP FAITH. tioldan Text: "Uni, Increase Oar Ptllk,* l.uks xvll, a- The Humility of Faith— Earthly Blessings Thereof — I’rnaent and Everlasting. OR TODAY our letsoi. Includes Luke xvll, » IS. Nearly Ih* whale chapter can be used la this bason In It* bear ing upon faith. In tbo earlier verse* of ihi* chapter certain vary hard dutlc* wer* laid down, which re quired great faith. Then come* the promise bv which little faith became greot, and faith's mighty power wsa shown. We turn to th« parallel Hcrlptura* and *e« how ibis promise la repeated four timoi with the aame or elmllar Illustrations. We turn to the elory of lazarus raised from the dead. Ill John *1. which belongs between veraer 10 and II of this chapter, and behold a wonderful lllualration of the power of faith. In the ten lepers we have onofher example of the power of faith, not only to eur* lit" Incurable leprosy, but also to save the aoul of at least one leper. In the remaining veraea we aee the danger* to which the disciples would be exposed, and In the long walling for the eomlng of the In visible kingdom, In the patient fallhfulneea required, strong reasons for praying, “Lord. Increase our faith." Thus one deep Impression may be made ns to the need of faith, the power of faith, and how to obtain this larger faith. Time--Veraea B IO, Deeember. A. D. SB, or January, A. D. SO. The healing of the lepers. In March, A. TV 30, short I v before the crucifixion. f’litce • On the border line between ftamarla and Oalllee, on the wav from Flnbralm serosa the Jordan, and down through I’ere* to Beth any. The full text of today'* lesson Is as follows R. Altai I tin eio.sll/.a stale! llfllft Ih* I Increnac our faith. fl And the Igird aald. If ye had fallh a* a grain nf niualard reed, ye might aav nnta (III* aycamlne tree, lie thou plucked up b» the root, and be thou planted In the neat and It ahimld obey you. 7. Hut which nf you. having a aareant Ploughing or feeding entile, will aay unle him bv and by, when he come from the I Held, Oo nnd all down to meat? A. And will not rather aay unto him Make reedy wherewith l may aup. and gird Ihyaelf. and nerve me. till I have ealen and drunken , and afterward thou ahall eat and drink" A. Hoth he thank that aervant hecanae he did the thing* that were commanded him? I trow not, 10. So llkewlae ye, when ye ahall have done all Ihoae thing* which are commanded you, aay. We are unprofitable aervant*: we have done that which wa* our duty to do. 11. And It came to faa* a* he went te Jerufnlem. that he paaaed through the mldat of Samaria and Oalllee. 12. And aa he entred Into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepera. which alnod afar off: 12. And they lifted up their volcea, and aald, Jean*. Mnalcr, have mercy on u». 14. And when he *aw them, he aald unto them Oo ahew youraelvea unto the prleata. And It came to pa**, that, aa they went, they were eleanaed. in. And one of them, when he aaw that he waa healed, turned bark, and with a loud voice glorified Ood. HI. And he fell down on hi* face at hi* feet, giving him thmnka: and he waa a Samari tan. 17. And Jeaua anawerlng aald. Were there not ten eleanaed? but where are the nine? II. There are not found that returned t» give glory to Ood. aave till* atranger. 19. And he aald unto him. Arlae. go thy way: thy fallh hath made thee whole. Soma explanation* to the above are a* fol low* : A. "And the Lord aald." What he aald wa* an anawer to their reoueat. aa It Implied nearly all the way* of Increaalng fallh re ferred to above. "If ye ha*" If ye “have.’* Implying that they have faith, but do not fully act If out. "faith a* a groin nf mua tard aeed,” "the arnalleat of garden ncrda;" even a very little faith, hut real and living, not like a grain of aand. but with life In It. and a power of growing. “Yc might aay.” yp would aay. your little but active faith would Impel you to aay. "unto thl* aycamlne tree.” apparently pointing to one near by. "Be thou plucked up by the root," what power le*» than divine can pluck up that tree? "Be thon pianien in me net, uneu uwr uir ▼ murm and hill* to the distant sea. "And It should " It would, "obey you." It Is within the ability of Faith to wield this power. 11. "As he went to Jerusalem." This was several week* after the first part of this les son. "Through the midst," in the middle way between "Samaria and Galilee." east ward toward the Jordan. 12. "Ten men that wore lepers.” nine Jew* snd one Samaritan. I.eprn*y was a rointnon disease. "Afar oB,” being forbidden by law to approach other*. The leprosy made them outcasts. IS. "Jesus. Master, have mercy on us." Thl* call upon Jesus showed thst they had some kind snd degree of faith In him. They had doubtless heard of those who had been already cured by Jesus (l.uk* v. Ik-UI. Kaltb loves to stand on fact*. M. “do shew yourselves unto the prleets." When a le|ier was cured, before he could b* restored to society, be was rwiuoated lo show himself to the priest, tn make an oBsrlag. and to he officially pronounced clean. "An they went, they wore cleansed.” After they had shown their faith hy obedience. It waa done unto them according to their faith. IS. "And one of them turned hack." not tn disobedience to Jesus for he would nulcklf obey, but la obedience lo tbs higher duty of gratitude and love. The others went «• in Iheir cold and formal obedience. H AM*(& HORN*. The more Uotl gives ua lo do. tha ntuf tit ml there la that w# ahould pray. Roma preacher* ora trying every means for titling their ehureha*. except holding up i'hrtal. To pray tha Lord a prayer as Jesus taught M. will change h .leaerl Ilf* into s fruitful gar deg tf you la he I ha devil home to dlnnnr with you. you may have to taka him for • Nnrdor. Lov* to (kd and man nr* loo ntagu ovar which evarv ona moot paaa w antra tha eluant of prayra Our prayaeg avoid oil hnvo mora pavrra It tham, tf thay bag**. no thay should to Hg ' teoua conduct RINtiU ftraah legends dratorad that III* uyo tie ring* *1 tlvgaa. tha king «f ld«h mate th* waoror la>lathi#