II ELISHA HEALS NAAMAN Sunday School Lcnon (or Apr. 2, 1911 Specially Arrangad lor Tint Pjpr CO u The Question o Personality A Young Mans Record Timely Suggestions p 1 JV,NJ vr- By JEANNE OLIVE LOIZEAUX ' When a young man has been in love for a year, whon he hns been blushing lj told to "BHk pnpa," when ho hua aked for an lutcrvlow that he may do that name, when ho ha no reason to believe that "papa" favors him. when tho momont for that Intcrvlow it Bt hand well! That young man would rather charge up San Juan hill five times than knock at the library door and face tho within. Hut for the girl bracing him he might leave the house bareheaded. Harrison Forrest, twenty-three years old. late of Harvard, athletic, baseball, awlmiulng, some thoughts of law, good family, good fellow and Intending to settle down and leave wild oats be hind blm-that Is tho young man! , .Miss I'rue Wilson, twenty, daughter ut Hanker Wilson, very much In love, Afraid of her dlgnlMed father, not a jlt afraid of her mother, hoping dnd will consent, but afraid ho won't, In which cane It Is suicide, cheeks scar Jet, heart going pit a put that Is the 701111K woman! : It Is the crisis of two lives and no earthquake can postpone It. Mr. Forrest knocks at the library door. Mr. Wilson bids hlin enter and foe Is lost to the view of tho girl In the lull. According to precedent sho aiiotild rush buck to tho parlor ami sit down mid shiver and tremblo and re Call her "Now I lay me down to sleep," tint she does nothing of the sort. : Like a nleo, swcot girl sho advances to the library door and kneels down and applies her eyes to tho keyholo to ee and hear what Is going on In that fateful room. , "Mr. Wilson," begins tho young man s soon as his head stops swimming. I ImvH asked for this Interview to tell 7011 that" ; "Yon needn't tell mo," Interrupts the tanker, an he holds up a finger. "I havo U all here!" ' And Mr. Wilson takes a manuscript from a drawer and says: 1 "I have known for a long time what brought you to this house and have ("Apolles Her Eyes to the Keyhole.' main something of an Investigation, bo as to he ready for you. It Is by no means complete, byt I will read whut 1 have: ' "Played football and was an oars man In college. Was never perfect In a lesson. Had the reputation of being a slugger. "Came near being expelled ou sev eral occasions for pranks. Said pranks consisted In damaging property and slugging policemen, with tearing down JampiMMta as a side sHue. "Cleaned out one tuhlo d'hote and two saloons In New York ami was stabbed In the arm. "Han away with a professor's auto nn. I damaged It. Paid the damage, but K'lV'M the professor. liaised a row on a New Haven train. "Was the principal feature In an amateur boxing contest. Left his man Insen ilble. "Siivej a man In Horn cm from drown hii!, but slugged two policemen 15 min ute later. "Fwntly well to do and respectable. "Young man may turn to law, or he may turn to the prize ring." ' Said to dote on his mother, but was lued $25 for rootlug up a sidewalk at Full niver." Mr. Wilson read that far and then Ul I thu report aside, and looked at the ''ung man for a long minute before ay I tig: "And now you may go on with what yi came In here to say." "That that report Is true, sir," was tlm reply In a trembling 'voice, "but I'lease don't bellove mo vicious. It was what they rail exuberance of spirits. When you were a young man" 'in "P j! hMi n MAKES ANALYSIS OF EREATW"Z:"" Profewor Courtada of Paris Declare! That Exhaled Air Contains. Matt of Solid Particles. The ultrn-mlcroscope has enabled Professor Courtade of Paris to an ') the human breath far mora jmmitely than It has ever been dona fore. In a report to the Medical so c"'iy of Paris he says that exhaled ahj contulna not only gases, such as nltro '!U, carbonic acid, water, vapor, etc., "it also a mass of tluy solid particles, "nie motionless and others mobile. The latter, he surmises, may In udii bacteria, both rod-shaped and KMbular. The preseuce of minute bits ut 'ell tissue (epithelium) In the hu "in breath he regards as positively Pruvd. The process followed by thd invea gator In his experiments was very Htniple. it was only necessary. ' he um10 ,x,ln'l" a glass' plate on nl,'h exhaled breath had been al owed tt, evaporate. Under the ultra I'.iohctve lw obsuivjd tul'eclloo of "I was not troubled that way, Mr. Forrest!" "Hut but " "When do you enter tho roped arena to meet all comers?" "Hut I'm no slugger. All these things Just happened so. I have put them all behind mo." "Until you meet tho next policeman! Mr. Fo Test, you camo to ask my com sent to wed my daughtor. I cannot give It." "Hut If I change If I havo changed If I do not slug any more If I am no longer troubled with exubernnce of spirits?" "Please consider this Interview at an end, Mr. Forrest. I hope for your mother's sako you will change." "And ho gave his cons; tit!" whis pered Ml.ss I'rue, who was waiting 1.) tho hall for her lover to reappear. "No, an. I he never will! Ho thinks I'm a Mugger and a loafer." "How daro he! How dare he!" "Oli. ho dared, all right. Ho didn't seem a bit embarrassed over It. Ho same as called me a prize fighter." ""And you so gentle tli.it you wouldn't hurt a fly! Well, we won't elope, and we won't commit tuileldo. You Just wait. That fitther of mine Is going to get a talking to." The father got It, but It did not change tho situation, except ho hoped that Mr. Forrest, for the sake of his panuts, would glvo up slugging and take to tho law and become a credit to tho bench and bar. If he did this, and after five or ten or fifteen years, proved that he had recovered from his exuberance of spirits, w hy he might come around and talk. Miss I'rue was not found dead at tho end of a rope In tho garret next morn ing. Thoy don't do that way nowa days. They write a little note and smuggle It out of tho houso and then have a feeling that their angel grand mother Is looking down from heaven and will somehow bring things around all right. In this Instance, Miss Prue's angel grandmother was on the spot and saw her way clear. Mr. Forrest did not call again. He did not propose an elopement nor plan tho death of the banker. If he was a slugger ho was an honorable one. Be sides, be also had a grandmothor up there. She was a hustler and schemer when alive, anil he believed he could depend upon her now. Mr. Wilson was Interested In a mar ble quarry, and occasionally drove out there to sec how things were going. There hail been a cut-down In tho wages of tho men. Too much money was being sent back to Italy. Two weeks after breaking Mr. Forrest In two he started to visit the quarry and settle the trouble If he could, and Miss i'rue accompanied him. At about the same time the despairing lover started out from somewhere In bis nuto for a spin. Ills route passed the quarry. The banker arrived to find seven or eight hands hanging around and grumbling, while a dozen more bad packed up and departed. A strike had been declared. He stood up In his auto and orated. He showed that a cut In wages always made the wage-earner more economical, and was therefore a good thing, and he was going ou to prove several other things when the men made a dash for him and hauled lilm out of the machine. They had Just begun to pound him up right smart when another auto arrived on the scene, and he had a dim remem brance of hearing his daughter cry out: "Oh, It's Harry my Harry! Oh, Harry, they are killing dad!" This was the situation that the two angel grandmothers brought about. Couldn't bo bolter. Mr. Harrison For rest was out of his machine and slug ging away, one, two. three, Inside of (en seconds. The enemy went down. The enemy clubbed and slashed at lilm. The enemy was punched until It fled. And Mr. Wilson sat up In the road and saw It all, and heard Miss I'l lie's words ,of commendation nml exultation. Anil when tho enemy had been lambasted the banker arose and extended his bund to the young man and quietly ob served : "I thought you were to quit slug ging!" "Hut this was a special occasion, you see!" was the reply "Oh. I understand. Well, you mlRht rail this evening and make It another special occasion, and I shall expect yon to take up law the very first thing In the morning," And Miss I'rue reached out and patted her father on the shoulder. "You are the best ever," she said. Accepted. "The position requires a high de gree of courage. We must know that you possess It." "Well, sir, I run a moving picture show for six moiilhs In a collego town." dust composed 0' ns rich a variety 0f substances us that lert by evaporated drinking water. Doctor Caurtade hopes ultimately to be able to lay down a new standard of health by a series of romiinrlsons of whut he calls the "breath dust" of healthy and unhealthy persons. N'ew York Sun. Wanted Plenty of Time. Countryman (to bonrdlnglionse keeper)- And wrnt llmo do you have dinner here? Hoardlnghoiiae Keeper From 12 to 3. Countryman Ob, that'll milt nie very well. I never liked hurryn ovor my meals. Seldom Called For. "What Is your Idea of us. less knowl edge?" "Knowing the length or a Ml-grown walrus' tusk aud thu exact populi.tioi ol Tlbut," By REV. HUCH T. KERR Paalor Fullartnn At. Pretbrterlan Church, Chicago TKXT Whnro art tlmu? Onnesla S:j. ThU question whispered by God Into the heart of man Is tho first und tho laat question of life. After we have traced tho working of God's band tn creation and beheld the fashioning of sun and moon and stars and seen tho furnishing of tho earth with cattlq and every creeping thing and beheld Eden blossomlug with love until slu' sting shrlvolod Innoccnco as In a Ore, then God speaks out of tho silence ol bis own omnipotence and demands an answer from tho man Into whom he hua broathod the broath of a dlvlms llfo: "Where art thou?" It lifts man out from tho rest ol God's creation. Not of tho heuven 01 tho earth of tho sea or the air dot s he ask tbla question. Not of the birds or beasts of tho Hold. They aro part , and parcel of a great dumb creation ! thut works the will of lilm who or dered their coming uud determine, j their going. Not so with man. Ho stands as sen tlnol. Into his hands dominion Is giviti. Ho Is not part of tho givul j creation procession. Ho is the mas j tor, tho arbiter, the spectator. It l ! tho Unit question asked in tho begin ' ulng of worlds. It will bo the last question asked when the worlds urn rolled up as a scroll and all thlngi pass away. Then, too, the question will be heard: "Where art thou?" How diverse and different have boon tho answers. Wo havo heard many stories. Kvell thu lllblo tells us two stories. Ou tho ouu hand, we aro told that be stands where the shadows come and go. Ho is as a vapor, a dream, a sleep, a story, a tale that la told, water spilled upon tho ground, a Hi rend of the weaver that Is cut, a llowcr that faded, grass that wltliurelh, a shepherd's tent that Is re moved. Then, too, wo wo told that be Is clothed In light and Immortality as with a garment aud crowned with glory aud honor. "Hero lies a man whose name was writ in water," so runs the epitaph 01. tho stone of 0110 whose name is still remembered. What is man? Whut Is personality? Physicians tell us thai the body changes every seven years Once wo were children, now wo aro men and women, yet wo believe we are the sumo now that we were then, with all the changed aklu to the death of the physical There have been two of us, perhaps more. One of the punt, one of the present and still one of the men that Is to be. Which Is the real Haul, thu one that breuthed out slaughter or the one that worshiped, at Christ's feet? Which Is the tine Judas, the ono that listened to the call of Jesus or the one that betrayed lilm with a kiss? You remember how Oliver Wendell Holmes pictures three men lu each man the man that one thinks be Is, tho man his friends tbluk htm to be and the i.iun whom God sees, tho real nan. ' Yet through it nil there Is ono con tinuing personality. The Adam ol Kdeii Is linked with tho Adam with out tho gale. It belongs to the realm of the soul, tho mind, tho memory. "Sou remember," Is the verdict ol heaven and the doom of hell. John Quincy Adams at the extreme limit of old ago when iihked about his health replied: "Tbiuik you. John Quincy Adams Is quite well. Hut the bouse In which he lives Is dilapidated. It is tottering. Times and sensuns have made their mark upon It. It Is well nigh worn out. Some day soon I shall move out Hut John Quincy Adams Is quite well, sir, I thank you." God's voice Is ever calling to the consciences of men. He Is ever sea.-chlng to discover the best that Is In man and to reawaken tin. hope that has been burled. A good painter de picts the best A friend viewing a por trait, of his friend by Sargent said It looked like tho portrait of a dissipated man. The man said yes, ami that's what I have in me which I havo al ways bat!le, and fought and con quered. Suld his friend, "It Is thut better man, the victor, the conqueror, that the painter should have painted." Yes, and God always calls us to our best and sees far off the man who ought to be. In Simon he sees Peter In S-.iul he sees Haul. In Jacob be sees the wrestling prince with God. God Is not a cynic hunting like Dloge lies for tho doubtful discovery of a Wn. God Is like the shepherd who knows the sheep are lost. He Is like tho father who knows the son Is bet ter than ho pretends. Ho Is like the loser of the coin who knows Its value and has faith In Its recovery. , 3n wiih 1 1111 l.onI lid takea and ha re. fusea. Minis lilm HiiilnKsiiliira whom moii ileny. I Wise m. 11 in ir mighty for , aalnts im I llllOIIH.'H. ' No. miii h ux J.ilm or (ilileon or I. It is had biislnasH to try to hide from God. Personality nun uuiiii-i. im in me iigtn in which 1 lie power of a right life blooms iiu Is the country In which the trim fr.,if or faith conies to a beautiriil maturity. We aro all In his great garden. He still walks Its path aiid calls for Its beauty. Why should we hide? To see his smile means heaven for us. To miss lilm In to miss the best. There Is only one safe hiding place, and that is the Hock of Ages, the I. over of the souls of men. "lu 1,'in, 3 life and the life Is the light or men." All the Difference. If, as we look out In the world we see a Tew people that we know 'and all the rest "strangers." we are apt to shrink from It; and If we do, our 0f lisbness Is i.f.t to be reciprocated Hut if wo really htive In us the sentiment f tho old-time philosopher, who nought nothing human oul:e alien to almseli, It 111al.es a vns' illTe-cnce ml t.V woi- d, Instead o" b.-li.g ,u!l o' tns-: . lti.o.i,es f'.r-ijhiwMj ml, , .v. .- .;.i ,. 1 M . , ii . Interest to , An April First Party. A young girl having a birthday ou (ho first of April deviled and carried out this pretty party In a most suc cessful manner. Tho Invitations were Issued on foolscap paper, asking each girl to coino dressed na a "fool " the costumes to bo made of cotton ma terial nnd crepe paper, so the expense would not bo great, but Jmt as much fun. Red nnd gr. .m, the Jester's col ors, were carried out In every detail as far as possible. On tho red candle shades funny little donkey heads were outlined In green. Tho lees were served In the dearest little green pn rer calib.ifv beads und the fruits nrnvi'il in in. excellent Imitations in tho renl Iruil shapes and colors, only (hey wire candy boxes, nnd the sup posed chocolati! eclairs were filled with creamed chicken. A dcllclouB cream niueo wns passed to put over them. Thero were all sorts of nmiis lug games, such as marble:! for the glr'.s nnd u doll dressing content for the boys, a whUtMri: contest for the girls and a sowing contest for the boys, all having simple pri.es for the best. There were clowns nnd Jesters. Tho children raid "It. was the best party ever" and so the mother who planned the affair was amply repaid for her trouble. I give a list of names of real clowns nnd Jesters who once pxlsted: Archie Armstrong, the famous Jeiiter of King James. 1.: Chicot, the Jester whom Dumas has Immortalized In bis novels; Trlboulet and Prus'piot, Jester of King Francis I of Frnnce: John 1 ley wood, the Jester of Henry VIII.; Scrogan, the Jester of King Fd ward IV.; Patrick llonny. who attend ed Hcgetit Morton of Scotland. Other characters In fiction nre the "Green Son" of the Vicar of Wakefield, called "Moses"; tho "Mad Hatter." from Alice In Wonderland"; the "Three Wise Men of Gotham," "Don Quixote," "Sancho Pan.u." "Simple Simon," etc. Rest Cure Party. This Lenten party given from "throe to six" for light girls proved such a success that I am Biire there will be many more In the next two weeks after our readers know of It. It cer tainly was an Innovation slid came about by one of the i(lrls saying "she was so tired out. so weary of formal function, so bored by being a debutante that rbe wl.-hod for something differ cut." The something' different came lu the form of a wee note which said: "Come to My Rest Cure ' party. There was not nn nbsent guest, I nhsiire you They found the great drawing room wlili thades nearly drawn, a log lire, couches with piles of pillows slid nfghans. When nil had arrived tho hostess said no one was to talk until moved to do so, then only In the low est voice. Quite mystified, the girls found pinces and a mnltl noiselessly passed piping hot bouillon nml crisp wafers; then from the next room a low sweet voice to a guitar accom paniment sang a series of lullabies; then Hie name voice rend several de lightful stories In a low. distinct tone, the person was concealed by a screen, then there was simply nothing doing for fifteen minutes, each girl being told to close her eyes and tell Bt the end of that lime her vision. This took another half hour, when a tray of frngiant tea and delicious sandwiches were served with candled ginger. After Desk WK Kvo a sketch of a little nov elty In tho shape of a combin ed plncuBhloii and pen wiper, either for pluclng upon the writing (able or for hanging from one nf the bandies of the drawers. It Is made to represent somewhat a Christina crncker. and It Is lied up on either side with smart Utile rib bon lows. It rsn be made In silk or clo'h. and the edges of the material should be cut Into points on either (Mi- nnd then the uncut edges sewn together, so that, finished, It foiim IMPORTANT ITEM IN NURSESY Basket for Eaby't Toilet Accessoriet It Easily and Cheaply Made. Oaby's toilet acccusorles should be as dainty ns tl Is possible to huvu them. Perhaps the most Important Item in the infant' nursery Is the dtwlng basket. In the shops devoted to the things ot children these ham pers aro shown In exquisitely dainty variety, but, like most good things 01' life, ihcy come h'gh und the moth er who wlslies to have a pretty basket for the buby and cannot afford the price nsked must use her ow n Ingenu ity and devise one. The cheapest sort of a basket may be bought for this purpose; as it Is entirely covered, the quality does not rhow. It should be light weight. Silk Is generally used for lining, but for the nl;e of economy blue or pink I nil 11 may be subs! I uted. While poln' d'esi t it Is the muti-iial t.er.illv l.se I l.s S'l Ol'.'er O'lvrv'tr'H - v , '.!.' al.U. Vju can C'.W.T .Ud of the Hostess that, having siiMlcli-ntly "rested, 1 ... ... .,,., ..,,,1 1 at a tnern " the girls pronounced It a Hue party. ToaiM for All Occasions. IWn's to the pntllest. lli-ro's tn Hip wl'tli-iit. Hero's to the tun tt nf nil who hp- true : Mprfl'a to Hie awi" ti'st n'". Hern's to the niMte.it na". Ilere'a tn tlmin ull In onn. llere'a tn you. She' tipftutlfill. thei.fi.ri- to h wi")M, Hhe'B a woman, tin f furc to he won. To Krli-nilnhli It Impniv. l.'ii lii--a unit hnteit misery, hy Hie il iulili ii; nf ur Jny nml itlvlilliii: nnr Ktief Thnrit is n mil' h I" wrt nf iih, Ther Is n inn li hml In the, hesi nf uj, Thnt It III h ics any me- nf nn T.i tnlk iihi.ut Hid rest i f us They talk nl.ntit a tvun.in's siili'T An timurli II liiel it limit. Tin re's mil a pl iee In enr'h ..r l i nen. Then-' nut a list; M nmnklii'l nlvw, Tlier-'s mil u hlenslm,- nr , There'K lint a W llll'l- I il V'tl or I'.'V There's nnt 11 life nn l ti"t " hlrtli That lins a feather's w. uht nf worth- Wltln ut u wiiiiinti ri It Miiv every Joy r'leii'l "U. Ami heuven ilnllv aenil vuu Hlew .nKH In hi' -r: nml hntne, faithful luih.O't In lend you, Ami 1,'aihinlly defend ynu. Wherever you may roam. Here's In tlm man I love. And nmy that nuin tvt h Whn lovea but oni and only ona. And may that nn Im me. Mere's to nur hitler loving. And here's tn nur Inves nutirrnwn, llere'a In tho hitter whirlwind That reitpa whut nur seeds have nin Ifere'a tn tha friend that tnvea ua Tun deep fnr tears nr wnrd. And liere'a to those that love us. When only Hie sense la stirred. A Detestation Party. The hostess said In her message which was given over the telephone: ' Please come, wearing an article .vblrh will express your greatest dis like." As men were Included In tlm mvllatlons we were prepared for some thing very unusual and were not dls appointed. There were twenty guesn ,tnd here are a few examples of what happened: A sedate matron came com plctely covered with realistic llttlt wlggly simkes, most of them pur chased at a Japanese store; other were of the vivid green variety F(, much In favor for St. Patrick's day; a tie.iu of tho town wppeared with his head adorned by a curious collection or false hair, braids, puffs, ra', vary lug from golden to Jet black, which 'plainly showed his tll.-dlke for falsi hair. A young girl wore a necklace made from tiny Imitation, but realistic cigars, with cigars of larger size Ir her hair; a young matron had a mini ber of toy and candy mice adoinln her white frock; one girl wore nn enor icons ouantltypf paste Jewelry, string! of beads, etc., and another bad hoi dress ornamented with nils of whisk und champagne. It was really a vei) clever affair and created much nierrl merit. MAPAMK MKItKI. For Little Girls. School frocks for little girls show a continued adherenco to the front panel ef-'ct. finished cllhei with scallopln. or braid. Novelty a hollow cylinder of the material. The center portion thould next 1 1 well Ktu (fed wiih cotton wool and two circular pieces of cardboard Inserted ou either sblo to keep the cushion In shape. The material Is then drawn together over these two pieces of card board, nnd tied tightly with the rib bon. I tot li ends are filled with loops of lierlln wool, on which the pens tiny be wiped, nnd should It be desired to harg the cushion up. 'lien the loop 01 lilii on with a low at ibe top can be ll.M.'U pZX "i to Z,,, should be shirred Cut a strip twice as long ns tlic measurements of the tour sides of tin basket and nn Inch or more deeper, loin the short cutis ti gcther and then' turn under one edge and shir 11 ti t i the point d'esprlt Ills the bottom o! the bj:n!;et. Sew the snip down nil around and then shli the top et!gt Sew to The edge of the basket nml cover the at itches with a (pilling 0 b'ue sal in ribbon about nn Inch wide. Make pockets from the blue silk covering with the dilrred net; trim ming the tops with the quilted ribbon. Sew these Into opposite corners and In a third corner sew a pincushion made to match the pockets. Into these safety pins und small accessories or the toilet are packed. To trim the outside of the basket, Mrrit make a ruffle of blue silk the depth of the basket and another one to overlie the first of the poln' d'esprlt. Kdge the latter with two or Hi:', pv"t nf b'ue baby ribbon ubjve lui.o Ik m. I.KH.SoN TBXT-II Klnim 5. Memory vikk 13, 14 l!(ll lll-V TI.-VT.J-1 nk utile 1... nn, t' y HUVI-ll. nil Hid CllilH of tlm t-lll'tli; ' fur I Rin Uud, mul Hiimv l n-.m- elite."- I 1 4f. tl ! TIMK-Mwit rlnilnr pluro Ihlit ttfiit ( In th rnlijii of .trhoiHin, Hip mm nf Almh, klne of l.iai l. who reluin-J II. '. '.M VJI. i Othfr iirifiiH ilmt It of Jehiiiiliax. II. C. Wl -M rl.At I'. - I iMiiiHNi-tiM in run til nf Hv- rla, tlm nlj.-.t city In n. wnrM. fniied for Its iwurils, "I iHinssriis lilmli-.," ' nd j ' for Im k: Ik ft. "duni.isk." Himurln. Hie i I rn pi 1 tt I f I atrit - . at. nut III) mllm ilia- ! taut. I The miracles of Kllsba were nearly j all miracles ot klr.dly helpfulness. I What were some of these'? Those lin- ! mediately preceding mid following our , Ifssou: healing the unlieultliful wa-l ten of a spring; bringing water Into a j dry valley for the aid of the three J kings; paying a poor widow's debts; by Increasing her oil supply; restoring ; to Sire the son or the Sliiiiiamnille ' woman; making healthful some pot ; tngo Into wlil' li u polsoitoti'i plant bad been put; feeding 11 hundntl men with ! 20 barley cakes and a few ears of , corn- this ami the preceding being In time of famine; bcalliiK Numnah; ; making a lost ax bead return to the surfaco of the water. Who was Naamnn? lie as com mander ln chlcr under the king or Sy-1 rla, rcntindad 11. P.eiilinilad, who had been wont In his youth and middle ago to lead bis armies Into the held In j person, seems now In bis old ago to have f'Jiind It necessary to entrust the command to a general Nuamun hud gained renown by fredng bis country from n powerful foe, probably Assyria, for the black obMlsk mentions wan of ibe Assyria! s under Slinlmanezcr 11. again Israel and P-cnhadud. Honored and powerful, what was the flaw In Naaman'i fortune? He was a leper. Leprosy Is of slow develop ment, and as Nai man retained bit r.Illtary command his malady cannot bave reached a very advanced stage. It la not likely, In any ense. that tin Syrians observed the same strict rules regarding It as the Jews. Leprosy, however, la a terrible disease, fitly uaed throughout the Pible at the gym-1 bol of tin and dc.tb. The disease li contagious. It Is most loathsome. It : It Incurable, at least In the present j fate of our knowledge. Sin Is cur able, but not by nv.n. Naaman was a reat man, with a great need; and God prepared a great deliverance for him, as he hat a great deliverance for all the great needs of his children. Hut It was brought about by four very simple agenclet. Only Inferior artists make a parade of oomplieated processes', the most skill ful workers use few tools and unpre tentious methods, and God Is the most skillful of all artist Why did Klisha bid Naaman to wash aeven timet In the rive Jordan? To test and strengthen his faith. The Journey would give him time for medi tation, for the nearest point of the Jordan was 25 miles In a straight Una, but much farther In distance to be traveled, from the winding of the ra Inei down which It mutt o reached. Moreover, tho simplicity of the act would turn Naaman's thoughts away from outward forms to the true God. Ha would be aura that the water Itself did not accomplish tha cure, else thert would be no lepers In Israel. And ht would not, at the distance of 25 mllea, be likely to ascribe the cure to the prophet. Why waa Naaman angry at inn message? How was he to tell that this man of God did not design to mock him by tending htm on a fool's erraud, so that he would come back ai a laughing stock both to the ltraelltet aud to his own people? Naaman had expected the prophet hlmtelf to come forth respectfully and "wave hit hand over the place" and go through tome mystic ceremony, the eting lay In the fact that the prophet himself took no part In the cure; that, Instead 0 being proud to have to august a pt tlent. he hud calmly handed him ove to one of his assistant physicians to the medical skill of the watert of Jor dan. As Naaman went away In a rag how was he put In a more sensible frame of mind? Hy one of his serv biiu; Naaman seems to have had great fortune In hl servant!. My fa her. said the servant with respectful affection, If the prophet had bid the lo tome great thing, wouldst thou not liave done It? Yes! Of course hi would, snd the greater the better. ! What wae the result of Naaman'i obedience? The result that alwayi conies when men obey God's com mauds, he was Instantly and com pletely cksnsed from hit leprosy. It Is a shame that this beautiful atory mutt close with a recital of Nsa in'i perfidy. We may be sure thai It would never have been Inserted II the tale were not a true one. Gehatl Is the Old Testament Judns. Gehaxl misrepresented the true religion to Naamnn and through him to the en tire Syrian nation. His punishment was not loo great. Gehail had taken v.. man's irlft: he should take with II . . n u.Mnld ontutl the on ! his he,.: be so,d cnta,. t, other. The story of Naaman has been said to be the best Illustration In the Old Testament of salvation from sin. How Is thlB? It Indicates the hldeousneii of sin. Sin Is like a leprosy, eating, inrldlous, dcfil'ng, mutilating, disfig uring. H Is tho disease most to bt 'dreaded. It Indicates the universality of sin. No rank Is exempt from th curse and no condition of life. It pie Hires false views regarding salvation from sin. Men seek the wrong meani rf salvation, as Naaman waa sent to 'Jehon.m instead of Kllslia. Men en tertain their own Ideas of salvation and want It accomplished In their owr wnv. as Naaman would dictate to Ell aha tho method of his cure. It shows the simplicity of the plan of salvation. Tbe turprlso of Christian revelation la always In the direction of elm ipiidty. Choose the life that Is most ufut and hsblt will make It the tnokt '.greesb'H I ovd ,I!sct;U. I I 1 DRINKING HABIT IN FRANCE Number of Cabarets Grown Excessive ly and In Some Diitrictt Alcohol ism It Menace. Tho French Senuto Is now rnsigod In discussing a measure which will be Instrumental in lessening tho danger of the republic becoming a- drunken nation, says a Paris correspondent. Since the passing of the law of 1S80 the number of carburets had grown excessive, nnd In somo districts nlco holism hail reached a danger s'ate. Ktatlstlcs show thut 30 years ago there were more than 300,000 carbur ets In Purls and the provinces; the fig ure Is now dose on 600,000, with an average rff one per eighty Inhabitants, or one for thirty grownup men. And it Is not the workmen alone who con sumes alcohol, but alio his wife and children. The figures further show that the divisions In which alcoholism Is most prevalent furnish tho great est number of young men who cannot be admitted to service with the colors or who have to be sent home pending their return after uwblle for another medical examination. That French statesmen ure con scious of the national menace of alco hol Is revealed by the diim'e In the senate. Said M. Miiand: "Tho present Hit 11:11 Ion is terrible. This Is n iuet.tlon of national tuteient; the life of the nation In at stal.e." Il went on to say that ho agreed with tho words of M. Jullen (!oujon, a previous speaker, that "the nation has a duty of legitimate defense, wilch. Its representatives must undertake on Its behalf." and the government must accordingly tuke the responsibility of action. It remained to he seen whether the proposal now brocght forward would prove as effective as was hoped, but If It had ,tny prospect of doing good parliament ocgbt to vote tor it. The government would bo Incurring a grave responsibility If It did not assoclato Itself with this propoaal. The government Indeed earnestly de sired that the senate should pass to the discussion of the clauses of tha bill, and It had doclded to at cc pt and eupjxirt all measures whlcn were cal culated to safeguard the country from the jiorlls of alcoholism, to enforce the law against drunkenness and to pro tect all societies which promoted the anil alcohol propaganda. In the general Uiscuvtlon the views of thoso who oppos. -I the bill were expressed by M. liorard, wLo de clared that It would tend to crealo a new monopoly In favor of the esiab llshmeuts nlrou.'i lu existence. M. Goujon, on tho other hand, main tained thut tho "liberty of Industry and roinim rce" Invoked by the op. poiictits ot the measure was not uu soluto, and must be subordinaicd to the Interests of tho nation. ALCOHOL AN AID TO CANCER English Scientist Makes Some Striking Statements on Influence of 4 Drink to Disease. Sir Alfred Pesrce Gould, eenlor sur geon of the Middlesex hospital tn K;ig land, recently delivered before the Royal Collego of Surgeons of ICngland the twenty-ninth annual Ilradshaw loo ture, the subject being "Cancer," and made striking statements as to the In fluence of alcohol In this dread dis eate. -. . In the course of the lecture the great scientist said that the Influence of alcohol on the Incidence or cancer wae very Important. It was a factor In producing cancer by directly or In directly causing chronic Irritation. It was a protoplasmic poison, which di rectly Interfered with, and mars all coll life. Statistics showed that the disease was twice as frequent among brewers and publicans as among clergymen, and that the cancer Inci dence In any trade varied with the attendant bahlts as regarded alcohol. With regard to these various condi tions, Sir Alfred expressed the opinion that clinical experience and experi mental pathology threw some rav of hope across the dark sea of malign ant disease. The deep Impress of the primal laws of development held tho cells of tissue lu true and loyal obedi ence to the very end In the almost In finite majority of cases, and made them more liable to cancer. Like age, chronic Irritation and prolonged use of X-rays, alcohol wore out tho cellt of a part and deteriorated tho evolu tion of tho Individual cell. The lec turer stated that 10 per cent, of all people contract cancer. What Alcohol Does. In the Comptes llendu de la Soclet de niologle, Messrs. Gleliaut and Quirt j quand publish a series of Interestlnn ! experiments allowing tb effect of al I cohol on the working power of mus cle. The experiments weie upon dogs, j the details of which nre given, show- I lug that as tbe dogs came m.iio and i more unrir the Influence of alcohol the j tmisrulnr power diminished notably, I "sinking in one Instance from 1,221 te I 921 grammes, and In another rrom I 1,021 to 721 grammes." The Quarterly I Journal or Inebriety, by way or com- ! ment says: "These experiments made' I direct 011 muscle confirm tbe results ol observations on miners and sol- I dlers, that when nn extra amount of I work was to be done, coffee, and not ! alcohol, was the stimulant to admin ister." Drunkennest In Denmark. Tbe police 111 Denmark bave a prac tical way of denilng with drunk per sons found In the streets. '1 h y sum mon a cub and place the drunkard in side It; then drive to the station, where he gets sober; then home, where ho arrives sober and safe. The policemen never leave hUn till they tee him safe In the family bosom. Then the cabman makes his charge, and the police surgeon makes his, and the agents make their own claim for special duty, and this bill Is presented to the host or tbe establishment where the culprit took his lust overpowtr lg g'.ss.
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