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Show iJiaroa at tba (late. IX mil Ait frui "Here," aald tha good mtntater to flia applicant at the back door, "you ran have tbeiaoruala or bread! Ihat la a) 1 1 haveor you today," "Ate wo nil brotheri?" aaked the boy,looklng up Into hla face; "jou ald aolattrluuday when you pnacbed to "Yta, jea,"aald the mlnUler, turning turn-ing rrd, "we an all, I hoiie, brother! In Utirl.t," "An wonlJ you g'va your puor Imtlier cm. I. of moldy bread to ealt" ' 111" liny akid aerlourly, Laiarua duct not olleu luk iiueitlgn. x It la more Ilka him lo lake the moldy bread with meek civility, and when he l out of eight to hurl II over tbn feme Willi murder In hla heart and nialrdlc. Horn on hh tongut. It la turn n blller artronl to hla loverly that he ran neither foralve nor forget II, And on lha lintel of that houae he write hla ahlboleth In tha mvitlo letter of hla tribe. "rthall I atk him Into ray arlor and regale him on itroug coftVeand toatl?" aika the well bottled oltlten who de hie ralalJoUBhlp wllh l.tiarua. Heller men have done II, my friend. The good lllauot. Itlenvenu. In 'Lea Mlaeratlea," tha Monalgneur welcome of the ror )eorte, ordered another knlrttanJ fork laid for th rough trrvv-eler trrvv-eler In aearch of a lodging, and clean Ibeeta to be put on Ilia bed lu the alcove, al-cove, then he aald! "81 1 down and warm ynurtelf, air. V thall aup dlrictly and your bed will ba got ready whll we are aup-ting." aup-ting." And tha aatonUhed man who hai announced blnuelf aia convict raid: "You call ma 'air;' you do not 'thou' me. '(Jet out you dog!' that la what la alwajaaald to me." Theu we are lol I that lenomy Ihlnta for rcB eel. Hut alaa for the clltnag, If waread II wllh the fordid Interpretation Interpreta-tion of ourtarthly aeuata alone. Jenn Valjran, theconvlct, aleala the blehop'e allver, la arneled and brought back with ItlnhlepoavMlon. Hut the good hi. hop argute that all he haa belonga to the poor aud be telle tha gendarmra that Hla a mlatakaand Ihaninn la free. Then he give Mm hla allver caudle-atlcka caudle-atlcka with the lejuncllon that ha la never to forget to employ their value In becoming an honeat man. Here la Iba good blihop'a formula for Cbrlatlana of all creede, when they deal wltli!thevlrlout poor: "My brother, you no longer belong to evil, but tu good, I withdraw It from your black thought and the spirit of tierdlllon, aud give It lo The Chlneae never give an Inferior thing to the or. They aay their beat la noue loo good. The poet-prleat, 'atbei Jtyao, now gone to hla reward, waaof theaanienrlaton. Ho woe Invited In-vited by tha lidlea of Mobile to give a lecture. He told tbrm he had nothlug lo wear, eulhey ordtred a ueweultlud had It anllo hla baua Ibo evening or III lecture. While he waa eating hit Irugat aupper a beggar rapttd at hla door atklng for rlothea. "1 have none eioept thoae I wear," eald th good man. "Htaya moment. Here la a an It I have never worn. Take It, and Uod'a hinting gowllhjou," and ha laid the package uantalnlug hla nw cloth In tba tramp arm and delivered the lecture In hla old onee. There may have been teal without Judgment, but whodoubtathegoodneea that led to tho nctlou and made It flueT I knew an aicelleut man once who never refuted tba beggar at hla gate a warm meal, but while the man ale ha eat by ulm and took th role of father-oonfi father-oonfi aaor. You have alnned or you would uot lirtvu been wher you are,jj)thla good man v,ould aay, a tho rilnd, paielcd wllh ago and illrl, conveyed the fowl In trembling mouthfula, "Acknowledge your tin. If you are penitent and reform re-form you way yU be aaved." If Ihu vagrant tried lo Uenyorevtd a direct anawerthe eurlormn anl brother waa ready wllh hla teila. "I have the lllble for an authority," he would lay, "David, the man after (Jod'a heart, aald these wordat ! have been young and now am old, yet have I not aten the rlgbteoua fureaken or hla And one day tbla reepector of per-eona per-eona met with a rebuff where leaat ex--lectid. A veritable old Iramp without a tingle ear mark of respectability wat rating lha food of charity wllh apparent appar-ent rrllth when lha matter of the bout began hla favorite caullclo about hel log ueaervlngroverly.endlng wllh Iba remarka uf King David. T he tramp ij. lied back hla chair anil left bit food uneaten- "I dlJu'taikftraMrmon,au'Ialn't apllln'furajob, 1'veUoue aomemean thing In my life, but I reckon David warn't always straight hluitelf, If my memory lervea me, an It ain't fair to hit a mau when he la down, I'drulhcr go hungry: inuih obliged for your vlttala, but the sc aaoulng alu'l to my llkln'.'' ' There haa Wen a womau Legging from house to houiw at occasional rrloda who alway atka fur luaurles, A llttl while tugar, sum Jellyor, at the calll II, "Jell" a pleea of cake or lie, Hhe said aha k I her family lu the neceatarlea of life, but her sou dying dy-ing of contumptlon craved dellcaclea, and fur hit Bake ah rtaorled to begging at Intervale. Her wlh to remain unknown un-known and her refutal lo give her ad-dreta ad-dreta led ieo le lo think her au lm IHiator, Klually tha waa traced toher homaand It waa a eight lo move any heart to tee th jour boy In th last stages of thlt dl.lrrt.lng lllneta keit clean and oomfortabluand uiadahaiiiy by a aup) ly of audi food aa he craved, I here waa no longer auy need fjr tha mother to beg. Tha aubeunllal faaturea of lha caaa at once appealed lo lha charitable heart and hand. You have only to imagine the tpectree of waul which attend uisetn on every beggar who wllh bold persistence per-sistence ring your door.bell to b suubbed by your Croat uiaii-aervaut or mald'tertant who Is clothed In a little brlrt authority for the oocaalon, You do uot need to Join any society or wear any regalia or go iluniudog lo ordtr lo exhibit a i lotuntquo chtrlly. The tlmna come to you every day the or you have wllh you al way t. "Lilian to my tale of woe,"chanta I.aiarua at your gala and you rail blui an Imtioator, and are not willing tu recognli him until liu lain Abraham's huso hi. I would Ilka to suggest Ihat col 1 food Is nut good enough for 1-starus. Warm your buckwheat cakes uud put syrup on them. Warm up your cold endee. You need not ssrv II wllh a sliver spoou, became that might be too gn at a temptation. Hllver Is convertible Into mousy, Wa oould uot trust ourselves our-selves In his caw, If we were cold and liometeH aud wor with winter coming on, and a rich man's lumpier tpoon lu our hand. Aud If jou give your oatmeal oat-meal porridge of day Ufora yesterday to an old beggar woman, Jutt take the trout la to put II over the Are and heal II up. And don't grudge liar that remnant or cream with It. Bhe may beau angel btfora you are. In that wonderllil novel, "Jane Kyre," we have a good picture of a beggar'e treatment treat-ment from do)r to door. It li Jena who sayst "At lha door of a cottage I taw a little girl aliout to throw a ml as of cold poirldjre Into a 1 lg trough. "Will you give ma that?" I aikod. " 'Mother,' tha exclaimed, 'there Ita woman wantauietoglvolier thla porridge.' por-ridge.' 'Well, lut, replied a olce within 'give It her Iftbo'a a beggar T' pig uoetu't want It."' That la too often the turn and tub-etaiiceofour tub-etaiiceofour haeU door thallty T'lhl doaan'twaulli," |
