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THr THE TII!hTI,K. Tor fauKhtr. naughty thUtle, a think it a disgrace "Ho use o many horrid pins To keep jour clothes in place you hould not be so thoughtless, mat try to do what right; 3ust think of other people, dear. And stick the points in tight. Mary Seymour Cowies Clark, In St. Nicholat. firtt plac amoac books of lit world sot only for currency, bst alio for rta. Hear Vaa Dyk. la The Century. TIIK IHHLK IN LITEIIATUKK. ThA lltprarv Influence of the Bible, appears the more wonderful whea we consider that it is the work of a race mot otherwise famous or potent in literature. We do not know, of course, what other books may hare tome from the Jewish nation and vanished with whatever power or beauty they possessed; but la those Oh at remain there is little of excep tional force or charm for readers out ride of th Hebrew race. They have no broad human appeal, no universal significance, not even any signal excellence of form and im agery. Josephus Is a fairly good his torian, sometimes entertaining, but not comparable to Herodotus or Tau- cvdldes or Tacitus or Gibbon. The Talmnds are vast tore-fccue of things new and old, where a careful searcher may now and then find & le gendary gem or a quaint fragment of moral tapestry. In histories of me dieval iiterature. Ibn Exra of Toledo and I(ashi of Lunel are spoken of with respect. In modern letters, j works as far apart as the philosophi-; ral treatises of Spinoza and the lyrics j of Helnrich Heine have distinction in their kind. No one thinks that the Hebrews are lacking In great and varied talents; but how is it that in world literature their only contribu tion that counts is the Bible? And how is it that it counts so immense ly? The fountain head of the power of the Bible in literature lies in Its near ness to the very springs and sources of human life life taken seriously, earnestly. Intensely; life in its broad est meaning, including the inward as well as the outward; life inter preted in its relation to universal laws and eternal values. It is this vital quality in the narratives, the poems, the allegories, the medita tions, the discourses, the letters, gathered In this book, that give It TIIK HABIT OF KI5DXESS. I know of a home ta which t very atmosphere Is so charged with human lorlcc ktadaesstaat ft is a delight to be a guest therein. I bare been a guest ia that home for weeks at a time, and I aerer beard a single harsh, unkind word spoken to or about any oae. One flay 1 said to the sweet and gentle mistress of the home: "Do tell me, if yoa can, the se cret of the beautiful and unfailing kindness that forms a part of the very atmosphere of this home. What is the real secret of It?" "Why, I do not know thai there is any secret about It. It is a kind of habit with us. You know that some people fall into the habit of always complaining. Others form the habit of always speaking sharply, while still others are habitually morose and sulk continually. Now, it Is just as easy to form the habit of kindness as it is to form the habit of unkindness. When I was a little girl at home, my father had his children sing nearly every day: " 'Oh, say a kind word if you can. And you can, and you can; Oh, say a kind word If you can, And you can and you can.' "If any one spoke an unkind word in the house, some one would be sure to sing these lines, and so we came to speak kindly nearly all the time. So taaca k?plss east frota ft laai f rvsetred, v&ea l caa ta $0gs&a of a boat of ay ca, taat aabltsal kladaeaa should tm lb rak isr." "It is a WaaUfat raU t taid. "It ts a role fat wtH brtag pae aad joy to a bos, aad, as 1 said b fore, any oae caa cultivate tb bablt of kindness. I bt!ev tbU to b trat. aad ! aa sure ibat Sir Humphrey Dary told tb trutb wbea b said: Uf U made up, not of great sacrifice or duties, but of llttlQ things in wblcb smiles aad small obligations, glrea habitually, are what win aad pre serve the heart and secure comfort. Selected. what is xow i ix mu:i. It is no longer well bred to talk about ill health. It Is true tbU we are still hindered with relics of the days whea one's health and ills were the most interesting topic of conver sation. We will perfunctorily ask: "How do you do?" But we have only pity or disgust for the person who really answers that question if she Is not well. The woman who habitually pours out upon the unwilling ears of her friends the disagreeable tale of her headaches, her backaches, her worries or other ills; the woman whose greatest satisfaction seems to be to tell, in gruesome detail, every step of an operation either upon her self or some one else these women are slowly but surely being isolated by the bar of social exclusion, and either ignored or avoided. We know for a certainty now that the psycuic contagion which one person can frd by issswtisa Ita rfftc t dlsas U as rtal a tat te&tafl froa tataa&a, or saaej of sr$tl tmt. Xodtra aadtty aaa rctcaitd tkia psychic coatagtsa. aad is d isasdiaf that oar eoartrsatioa &XI bt ctaa aad wbofcootat a bjtcts of heal lb. To talk otbtrsrist & fes ters a slga of ill brttdls. TbU Is aa tpocb-aaktat; cba> ta tbt cbar aeter of baaaa eoartrmauoa. aad it has occurred Uh!a tb tasaory of aaay of aa- Ladlt Host Josrasl. WHY WE SAY -YOntS SIX. CKUIILY.- Hare you ever refiected. hea you finish up yoor letter, "Yours sincere ly. John Saltb. why joa do to Well, if yoa subscribed yourvrlf. "Yours without wax. John Smith " it would amount to the same thing Here's bow: When the aomaa Jurymen return ed their verdicts, they usually did so on a wax tablets Ia cases, however, where the verdict was so overwhelm ingly la favor of a person on trial for any offense they were allowed to give t their verdict Sine Cera-tbat is to say. ; without wax, or without going to the formality of inscribing their verdict on the wax tablet (cera). So when you subscribe yourself, "Yours sla , cerely," , to a person, you mean whea you are serious, of course, that your regard for him is above board. "Yours faithfully" Is the busi ness style, "Yours truly" the Indiffer ent ,and "Yours, etc.," the most un pardonable of epistolary atrocities, according to the unwritten coda. Aa English Cabinet Minister, when Ui ft facial cosJ A Cbiaaaaa ... . ' st baab rri, 4 rm Ui Uli yo taat b ., 4r tecul tsilSHa! ft uyi 1 Uf aat fstorl i - Nottbtttni Cbntu- ,t WITH IJL lltn HUirSuin A Utl bay dlr2 s bis aotbtr -tti !i x . ... H f aeaat by 'itb sll it . said: "WU. ni u;; t w live oa t! f04fts, teceatct. aad ti,r aad the cotl U kr; ; all the Use. sad it- o I ro st Cit th t J'1 never empty. I Sy , 4-' ; SighU of stairs all i t . ,,. . v a pretty big hi. It -Utl t) itreagth to get it up thr-r . s? strength!" SWtM KILIA A MtIUHijv A merciless mur4rT : A:-;rt cllis with many vi(t! t' King's New Life Pill k;ii '.. rention. They gently u1. :. r ach. lirer and boweU. vttxtt:tg clogging that invito curing Constipation. HeaJs.rjJ lousness. Chills. Twenty. ,t r all druggisu. When writing adverU:i, tmm mention this paper. 11 1 1 : ii 1 it 4 31 t 6 fi rrpyu (B IPipflscB OfifiBnBdl to CCffli Pirfise aunidl Popmillaiipntly (DnimttBstt Coim1t(Bstt (Closes cttolbxBip T9 all S) IP. 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