PATRON SAIIfTOF 6UNP0WDER ??rfeara Chmn Hr Honor mum L?gMnin| KIIIhI Htr Executioner. St. Barbara, or Bart>e, u known M "till, patron saint of gunpowd ef," although aha lived more than a thou Miul yean before the invention of that eiploaive. When cannon ware introdaoed the "men behind the gun" eearobed through the calendar uf Mint* for a patron, and finally (elected the gentle martyr, SL Uarbe. Many reasona have been given to explain the choice, bat the moat prob able one that Barbara's execu tioner, her own father, waa immedi ately stricken by a bolt of lightning, which waa accompanied by a tremea- 1 doua clap of thunder. The cannon t*r? likened the thunder, which ac companied the infliction of vengeanoe upon Barbara'a slayer to the thunder peal of battle^and s? Barbara waa chosen aa their patroneas. St. Barbara lived id the third cen tury. Her father, Dioacorua, waa a tyrannical parent, and kept the girl immured in a lonely tower after she had manifested interest in Christian ity. Condemned to solitude, she ipent her time in prayer and study if the new faith, and by stealth con trived to receive instruction from a priest. The father, upon discovering this, denounced his daughter before the judges. Dioacorua declared him lelf willing to act as the executioner }f his daughter, and, after patting her to terrible tortures in an effort to force a recantation, he cut off her liaad. According 1 6 tradition, the iky was clear and cloudless, but a -?raah of thunder that shook the earth followed the martyrdom of Barbara, and her father, stricken by lightning, fell dead. ? . ?. LONG TIME AT THAT Mr. Slowwit ? Mii< Cora, I ? er? er ? I can't begin to? er ? er ? tell you ? ?r ? er? how much I ? er ? er ? lore jou. MiM Cauatiqae ? Well, you rer tainly bare been a long time bra king. GIFT THAT ERRED. George Cohan, discussing a Christ mas testimonial for David Belasco, said in New York : "Christmas gifts should no more err on the OTerrieh than on the ot?t parsimonious side. " f "*? "A Cohoes womaa got an OTerrieh present from her betx* half last year ? a limousine of sixty horse power. ; < " 'Aren't you surprised f the rom ar's mother aaid, 'to get such an un usually fine ; remembrance out of J amies F " 'Not surprised. Mother dear/ tha woman answered. 'Not surprised. Burpicious.' " COKfiCCTION OBVIOUS. Mre. A. ? You seem rather hoarse this morning. lira. B. ? Well, my husband cam* borne rather late lsst night. WATKRS WEAR THE ITONH. Oigga ? Does Badger still come M you with til his troubles f Dibbe ? Yes, and now he's bccoiae sat of mine. ? STARTINQ ?QMCTHINO. "John, w? hare been married If ?s it today." "Oh, forget it What's the use of trying it start a quarrel t" HARDLY KNOWS '**. "He doesn't mix much with hk friends." . "Not much. His books are his only friends." ? . '? T|#B RESULT. "Why wtt Qneee to snxiev* is cet hold of Crete r ? wtt for coo Grata yar poioi," ' MIBMONAI. StiNuSrSanoL LESSOS LESSON FOR FEBRUARY & DARKN1M AND LIGHT. LK8SON TBj.T-l.uk. ll.U-tt. UM. OOLDKN TEXT - "Look Uuitfsn whether the lljrht that U la th?? tM not lukMH." Luke 11.*. I. The Accusation (w, lt-U.) The iMt of demoaolofy ss nv?M In the New Testament record* li h?n ?tronfly emphasised. Their existence, their malignity, their evil power*, their relation to the devil, end yet their subjection to our Lord, la all clearly set before us. The devil had so taken .possession of thla man that he could not apeak, jet a word from J eeui, and the dumb a pake. That he ?heuld have inch power caused the people to "wonder" (v. 14). His mir acles were for one principal reason (John 6:84). Matthew tells us (11:33) that in this case they asked the Ques tion: "Is thla the Bon o< David," e. f , the promised MssslstiT The record doee not, however, indicate that they believed on him? were converted They knew what had been prophesied | about the Coming One (Isa. It: It, 11:2, 4), yet they hesitated to come out on Ms side. Into the midst of their controversy (v. IS, Matt 11:14; Mark 1:11) the Borlbee and Pharisees projected themselves. They had come down from Jerusalem seeking, "that they might aoouse him" (John I 19:36, M). It is ever thus that the | devil seeks to divert. Convincing Logic. 1L The Defense (vv. 17-Iv). "Bat be, knowing their thoughts," Evident lj tlxjr dared not openly to make their accusations. They would not accept the natural and true explanation Jesus endured this contraction and theae charges (or ua (Ua. 61: J, 4). and must not his disciples expect a like treatment? (Matt. 19:11). With convincing logic Jesus reveals their motive (?. II) and demonstrates the untenable position and conclusion which resulted from their own charge. Satan la not flghtlhg himself. A king never sends an army against bis own soldiers, but against those ot his en emy. Therefore, oat ot their own as know lodgement that the devlla ware caat out, ha proves that the kingdom ot Ood baa oome upon them. Such an accusation (v. II) was to Jeans an ev idence ot the depravity ot tbalr haarts. There la keen sarcaam in tha answer he demanded from them (v. 1?). Evi dently they, too, had had power over demons, and it Is easy to aaa tha di lemma Into which he led them. This la not the only time that Jesus con victed men out of their own testi mony (Matt. ll:tt). in. Tha Application (w. 11-U). With a true teacher's skill Jesus drives home the truth brought out In the preceding paragraph. Satan la a "strong man," but he. J sens, la strong er. He has power to overcome and to take from tha strong man his armor (de(ense), his spoil, and to bind him fast (v. *1; Mark 1:17; Hsv. 10:2). Those bound by ??>??^^raMf?m' dlUL - ' It AlWays Helps Mills, Ky., In lul, the woman's 1 began to use bun so bad. I says Mrs. Sylvanla Woods, of writing ol her expectance with tonic. She r.ivs further: **B Cardul, my 'back and head would hurt so bad. 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"Love," I pronounce it, thinking the w has the ?ound of v. "No ; it is pronounced *10,' Mid the teacher. "Then why ia the ? there?" I in quire, nvretified. "It ia there because that ia the way the word ia spelled," responds the teacher; "but it is silent. Never mind why; it ia sufficient to know that it is there." Before long we come to the word n-o-w. "Pronounce it," says the teacher. "No," I reply. "Why will you not?" ahe aaked me. It is some time before she under stands that I am trying to pronounce the word when I say "No." Then she declares that althoagh 1-o-w ia lo, n-o-w ia now., "If you want to make it no," she explains, kindly, '^rou put k before it" You may believe I am bewildered. However, I memorise that n-o-w ia now. The next word is s-n-o-w. I pronounce it like now with aa s be fore it. The teacher laughs. The w ia again become silent, apparently for no reason, and the word ia called sno. But that is not all. Later I lad that if you drop the n from snow you can pronounce it whichever way you WISE TO THE GAME "Women won't find campaigning u easy u they expect." "That'a bo. The female candidal* won't be able to jolly the woman rotera by going around and Haaing their babiee. THE EXCEPTION. Blotba? Jack Pott* ia a ngat* rian. He aaya ha haa no' aae for meat Slobba ? Pecfcapa not, but I Kara fcsowb hie to play poker far ctakaa. CONSIDERABLY WRINKLED. Cooke? Umaon tella ma he haa bean tiring ia hi* trunk of lata. Fry* ? Maybe he haa, bat ha look* aa if ha had been bunking ia a auit NOT QUALIPIEO. "Does Mra. Oaddoaa belong to the exclusive act?" "I'm afraid not 8he*a nercr bees fined for amaggUag." MATTER OP MAKEUP. "Don't you think Uiaa Flabkia ha? a beautiful complexion f "Well, to tell yoa the truth, I haren't aecn her today." ARBITRATION. Ton aaid yoa woald make pag* cone to terma." "I did; and they wen the rilaat anyone erer applied to ane." NATURAL REBULT. 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