Small Attentions

IIow very few oven of tho people who aro doing their best to pleaso a particular individual givo duo weight (o thtt mighty influonce in obtaining tho desired cml, smal] attentions. Tho peo plc who go throtigh lifo with vast deptha of affectioü for tbeir relativos and friendi, srnothered volcanoes of feoling which novor efferresco in little aois of indneïs aud good will, are apt to complain tbat their great natures aro misundorstood, and tho existenco of t'neir buried treasuro Ronsidered as doubtful as thosa of Captain Kidd on Galvcston Island - tby m&y or may not bo thore ; but until somo'hing moro substantial than mere rumor is furnisbed as proof, there will continue to be Bkoptics. A.8 long, howevor, as human nature is human oaturo, which will probably be for soine time to come, the majority of peraoni will want positivo evidenco of the truth of their assertions. A man who declares himself to be great painter, or poet, or sculptor, 3 not likely to be believed unles3 bis canvas, poem or group of statuary bear him out. VVhy, then, sbould ono bo called upon to place perfect faith i:i a peraon who sajs : "I Iotc you dovotealy, but I reilly can't stop togive you any ovidences of it !" Books, Ho-.yera, letters, all the pleasant amenitiea of liíe, aro certainly unimportant in themselves, but tbey are evidences tbat ono ig unforottcn, and the compliment 3 none the lesa subtle and charming for boi:L implied. Indeed, cvery one ia touched and gratiiled by thoughtful attcntioiis, and tlie use of thein givo a ccrtp.in color and glow to the cvery day routine of tho most commonplace existense ; it is the fact which keeps tbo llame of love burning brightly, nnd tbo more intimately people aro throvfn together, the greater neceesity there ig for cultivating tho kindly fceüngs whiob are tho refult of email atteut'uns. A Freneh writor describes very cleverly a young girl who had two suitors, a gravo or.e vrbo did littlo besides gape at her, and anntlier who ghowed her a tliousand courte'jics daily. On-o day, in walking aoross a bridge with then, her foot lipD'.-d and sho feil iuto the river. Her erious lover plunged in and resoued jer, but, upen proposiag nf'.erward, wa fjeoicd upon the ground that she wa not likely lo be bo near drowning again, vjjiie she would necd and reüsh email tteuiions as long as sbe lived !