Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 30, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 December 1887 — Page 3
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ill tk IMU wtlk eoM out r tk Ur," yrisuikd wbtekwra MUd kfai wrtU. iMiiti DwumI. W tk yow'd rurry it "It Jookwl )wwerful likw it," aukl ttMtiriMi' t it himUt Umj puw do lkdhnHi, yo two y tmttK fclk u you rvaMwkw tku pw ur tk pulpit te out up turrlUto in umwUh' 'p-
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THE Old) TUNE-BOOK.
behind tki
(mom nt Dikh
hu' writiu' note tr 1 t..t I --
mintotr pruytv wux mmm iongt- m encu utr. xh H-tirnwin ptcMtra m whiter tknu in iwmiuur." thu hynt' lMMk. 0ne y Uorrwd "I ruckoltoct it nil," uUd liimm. Koldo I'mlt's jwkknif tor wkittUi fimit )iku I could we gmH'Mn mw plvtcv u two kuurU m I)m bk o' tk .tiiii' in tbm oV mcAtin' kou: n' I errin, hh1 y InUvkd mh on 'um 'M.'
fur Mi rami v. r 'Uthr xur
Hiram. ye rtnHmbr it?"
Yes, hh' I Aim Unkell, tku good
yonns man who punnwd tke oi-irin,
cHiiKht ' st it," intenwMKtd Boykntton;
mi' Im snhI h whz snrritMl tknt two
eHkkw. n' gmn'mn t on now u' young folks who iutd Inwn brought Hp then to kind o' tuy bw piMtit, but H lHB urtwr an' wlnwnitkin o' tb
th littk boy gU now, for it wouw m wicked fur MttW lwys to eat eokk in meetin'-tiwe. Gran'ma k old it's different with Aer." Ye don't remember, do ye?" asked
eu e the Wg. Week velvet bag, too tke bag the earried ewuug by broad eniln ribbon on her ami. Tke bug hex religious flower embroidered on It not roe an' urk like, but Ulllon vU.U.t: mm in the buie there it
lortl could carry on so."
"Leni married Heiwy Burdette
oh1. lively eal a ever Hveti." fwkl
Brattle Street. "Use ter be mighty
ehioimr when she fust oorm inter the
tine
IU
Kew BeffkuMl
of Hiram's
Boyhood.
Antioeh. "with what a feelin' uv re- t.. u..t wueiv gw fl her
Uif vtt um( ter hear the last hymn i ribWns an' feathers
given out? The congregation used ter HMiWgjjH her down to erditioH, she stand up an' turn round an' face the in wn, to j,ttr 8jgter Mntikly.''
.kiriu tk tfaU'rv. Ami everylKHly ItArtMl thia venerable
One dav Hiram Atkins stopped into etiHg. too, fm in tm-m day folks dnln t wjulcimi nm He remembered Hejniy
i -ir attlw eiriter. hv ter eet musical eHuicnwun iiUr.l..Lt mihI Lm llaakell. too.
WHS fHmbting over a lot of oW tkey end rae GchL T. "".it k-J nlaeaided "For "Sins:? Wky, I should
MIRAOULOUM-Y SAVCO.
I have a brother who to how in Um
freeery bueta in Wcamoau, Ya.,
he was for etoveu years a db
ate her on a South era road. He to a
sober, auiek-wilted and industrious man, but altkougk to to only thirty
six year old, his Hair to almost as white as snow, an4 there are times when the eold sweat stands on his
forehead and he trembles like a leaf.
WkH he was a dispatcher, one
warm afternoon in August he was fan
ning himself and trying, without
meeting with much auceeta, to counteract the eflfeet of the hot winds, which lomctimes blew in thai part of the country, in addition to the intense
heat from the sua, which snone on tne awning overhanging bis window. lie had been doeoly eon fined to the oWee
for many months, and the constant
jtrain had probably wearied both body
and mind. At any rate he hmt sent an order for an express train to meet a
ipeeifti, on which were a number of officers of the road, at a certain station; then, by one of those unaccounta
ble slips sometimes nisue y tne most
well-trained andearelul mtmis, oruereu tke special to a station by the meeting
point. lie took his anger irmu the key and his sys from the train
sheet, and again began to fan himself vigorously ami allowed his mind to wander at will. A few minutes afterward, more from force of habit than from any other reason, his eyes were east over the train sheet. Like a flash of lightning, almost at the Instant lie saw ids mistake. Ha seiaed the key ami was about to eorreet it, when he i-mmIixmI to his horror that it was too
OHUsKMi
-la to never at a assart If w s
retreat from it we siusst advHSM km Hi
smd the further we go em Um have to oome back
The very core of Moisnr asm
py dlsciptosbip to the willingness ts deny self sad to tot the Master bavve bis way. This priueipie msm tkrsmgh the deepest, richest experieuoes of the
MMisecraic believer. cfr. The Christian faith to a grand eathedral with divinely pictured windews. Star ding without, you mm no irlorv. nor cut poasibijr imagine
standing wittH, every ray of light re-
re a harmony of umipeaaawe spun-
Prof. Drummond, the bright yonnjf
Scotchman who has been msking
visit to some of the leading American
boIUmms. savs that to him their most
msaarkable featovs to "their Cbrtottoa
tone." Their general atmospher, he eys, to Christian. "They are religious
institutions." Prof. Drummond and his co-labor
ers have inaueeu imna w vounsf ChristiaH men to devote tiient-
wh'M to work among the tenement
houses of London. The profosser thinks that thissetale will do more to inspire a beliefm Christianity thsa a whole library full of books on dogmatie theology. At Hartford, one day recently, a little child told his papa that he couW name the first five books of tke New
Testament without looking a me Bible. They were, he said: "Mattltew, Mark. Luke, John and Hatchet," and then, thinking peopJe looked quoor, he hesitated and addpd: "Well, hatebet or axe, it's about the same thing." Two ex-nresklents of Yale are still
8Mslfl4staslft0d sCsMkW sfiiinwis m sastief
irian wrsasiS Isesa
Immau Tin Matt 14: t-11
Ooumx Tsx-Ane Ids slseMs snn. U took as Use sear ad butrtod K, sad
meat sad teM Jee-M. M iH
CimuL TsttM-latUMiUMMM w aw
end aiwajrs wias a eiewsu Tixx or mm Lsesosf
prtoensd to Marsh or April, A-B. m was sahssiiidm Merck er Aaest, AB.tt. Tlwieporttov.l.rwsdto4sea after the
with liu a milu sort of
say )i I altiUllCV. lUtwn the enfeebled con-
. T f , nn I J. . . . ... i . . t.l..
l.u rh Illraat mui a iwawn onm wwni. - , i anion oi ins inseuoci ""j OSie X . . , .. I .. ' uavw win Milan . ... t.. .t. ..n L
Irtrnuaintoid uoks, ami many a greni. wins, mjHoyiueni at pumping n nS . w mere trine he had bougiit litera- nirs on the wes' skle o th mountain. M it)t4, wl maintained the pleasing Ziht no money couW have imlucel nohow, Imt in a meetin'liouse on Sun- HoUon t,Ht jw himself made all the Z to vrt wHh- And now, as he day they jest lifted up tholr vetoes ex Hiuslc the organ emitted. J tU ttuttr mlHSHW. much ex to sav: 'If (Uh ears is open Avid jh ttust Is ti mm 1 u ml wbkerel
rninmBr- r,Tl. ' .i .i iU nlK- ni.' to set , f"W : V ... ' . .
he heard ft piping t""""" - j n- i to )ltm uiese oiu, mmm "
tne start uv wto jwm
Vim 4trnelv
Waal s"w. If it ain't Hi Atkins! v.., ..cm sdivel how he has tilled
iUH ' jUi was what the voice said, ami the shrill tones took Hiram Atkins wr back over the years, aad over the bilk and over the rivers, an4 it seemed to him as if he were a bay again a Ur little bov in a irim Vermont
Tillage among the rugged bills.
Gee whdiikin!" saul ill mm.
It's I
Hiram Atkins, that wux aered music we kad in them days!'' 1 don't understand it. nuther."
said Chins, in a quavering voice, "unless 'twax 'cause in them days we had idain meetin' houses instead o'
churches, an' plain ministers ter
preach plain gospel instead o' eminent divines ter deliver eloquent discourses
like tkev her in these hifalntm' Hays. lMtstwhw. it's all sjrt o' difierent an'
the Caimina: "Dnke Street" ami -ux-brMlge" and "Windham" and "lundee" and "Olive's Brow" and "OlmHtz" ay, all these old friends of Hiram's bov life among tha Vermont hilto. Thev talkeil with him of the
tUm idil court-house, the
tavern, the bobbin factory, the spellin' ?hools. the buskin-bees, the saw-mill.
the trout brook, the burj in' ground ou
the hill. l' Gineral Kimball s orcharu.
W . . . M .
. the hmur Mower-betls in lroni o
iat nith ti-utna biul been renortcd
ttc LaviHfr niiu4.ul thir sUtioiiH several 1 livlne Drs. Woolsey and Porter.
m i 1 . e ur l t.AM ls A ixKaaian
minutes liefore antl were now last maK- the two, ur. 1100113 " a"3""' ing toward each other at not less than power of recollecting the names and forty miles an hour. When the cer- fnee of Yale graduates. His memory
tain result of his fearful blunder fully is wonderful, and he often astonisnes dawned upon him, he tried to get up, xn alumnus by recalling some trivial . m 1 . . i ii. a, ...Utb li.d ttutiralv
but his limbs were numb ana reiuseu aetau 01 iae pt wmw " J
to fulfill their functions. As he ex- passed from the mma w we joungw.
pressed it, he saw the two trains as man. they were rapidly approaching each One prixe of $700 and one of S00 other: saw them but a mile apart, with Hre offered by the Congregational Sun-
thuir raious lOlMlS OI Human ireiKMU rtv-SCH001 aim lnuiiB e"n
Carminy 8acry! Yes. an' its the changed like now, an' with the change oJd hon,MttJM)i; h,1 they talkwl of
wit ul' tune k forgotten."
"Oh, no. not forgotten," cried I Hiram. "Some of n. perhaps, are
i,mim1 in th different days, of
vcrv same Carminy 1 uel to sing eout . . . eee
of when 1 h kmgett to tne cnoir: Jjo it was, the same green-backed, tan9 book of church mnsle which
Hirahrs grandmother had iMHtght for the quaint old tunes our gran'ma use Mm when be was a bov and beran iro- ter sine. lMt we hain't forgot 'em oh,
ing to idnging school. That was many no. we hain't forgot 'em. They haunt jer xn, and times were all different us like sweet memories, an' very, very now. Birant Atkins was no longer a often tne thought on 'em brings inter
. ..If J. . .LI. . . ur . 1 it ... I. ...
unr: iminiiir in hub rrnH. wiifr n cut- 1 nur ures m'iiiqiiiih mm
ern world had brought wrinkles to his late, and the years had loft traces of their fronts and saow in his hair. The Carolina Sacra, too, waseitanged; onee i: kl been bright and fresh ami new. hut now it was faded ami ragged.
Fully one-half of its green pastboard
covers
"Did
asked gone gms
tin times when Hiram went sngann
off, and played hi-Bpy in the meetin'hnuae slieds. ainl went slldin1 down
hill on moonlight winter evenin's, or ntlemlcd general trainin', and playeil
Boston, for the first and secontt nest MSS. suitable for Sunday-school Looks, either of fiction, biography or history. These prizes ought to set a good, many
to worx. uompwiHoa
pens
He knew every inch of the road, and knew that where they must meet there
was a high wall of rock on one sWe and a deep ravine on the other; knew ili.t m. hocriUe death awaited in an
other instant almost two-thirds of the until May 15,1888. Full particulars naesenrers of both trains, for it was niMy be obtained by addressing the
en a curve, where tne engineers roum eociciy. rmmc ypintvn, not see each other until it would lie too jn New York there to one Metholate, then a mist came before his eyes, ,jj8t Episcoial ohureh to each 2ft,61 of and, as he almost fainted, he saw in population; in Chicago, one to each his mind's eye, the crash of the two ig 904; jft St Louis, one to each 36,000;
US
mirer an' gtronicer an' Inst ter."
"Waal. I hops so," sighed Hamburg. "ieastwiM I'm gbwl to hear yc say so, Hiram, fur ye wax a wild boyyes, ye wax dre'ful coltish "Hush, don't speak so loud, the children mlttht hear ye," said Hiram,
In Cincinnati, one to each 10, 6W; m San Francisco, one to each 17,500; in Cleveland, one to each 18,888; i Pittsburgh and Allegheny, one to aaek 7,.',75; in Milwaukee, one to eaeh 16.&00; in Detroit, one to each 8,740; la Imllan-
..miu. mii to each 8.000. and in
Columbus, one to each ,3. -Public OftinioH.
The Souitern Califrm Jitimme
... 1 .ii
engines, anil teiescoieu cars ton oiw the emlmnkment and piled in a great heap. Loud above the hissing steam ht hoard th cries of the dvinr. He
three-oW-cat on the common, f-inted awav.
chnsed butterfiies in the home lot, ana When he recovered consciousness he
scolded for trammm' Uown tne lik ell nn the line. With al
' . t A.ll 1 tLui &nba 1 . .1
rowen. Ana as iney mww inj mot a superhuman eaort ae arose am of the war. .. answered. The operator at the sta-
"No. we didn't go tor the war, ttM ln WMtch he sent the order to the
stTvd Old Rockingham.
tke wimmin folks oomp
men an' boys wux away, aa x emu i WRg Hl-mx out ami he wanted lurtner California by
we saw a grander martyruom vhhh ortIers, -Hokl it!" be flash uaex, ow.r 0f the Centinella ranch near
you couw na ioanu on " j m 1 Km K mountain roiiea oh his mmu. Los Angeles f00, 000 in au given 10
Wattle-ttehU. u Ihe men aeti w lct I IH miother moment, when he HhU time 1 fn..i SOMOol of applied sciences.
attempted lnn 000 for bdildine and apparatus
found that his an,i ejwyo.000 for endowment. Tha
cokl sweat iu,tKi;HV, will b in the vieinity of
1
Tnrliiwood. the new awu
m. "but we kep apecJ,i then told him th-t the engine .fcporU another liiagnilioent donation wmp'ny while the the ai,c hatl broken down as it of jHBls to th University of Southern ray. an' I ealc ate WRg 1M,ujg out and he wanted further California, by Mr. 1). Freeman, tha martyrdom than . .Until ;t" U iahd back. rAt:aii ruinh near
were missing. starting up aim gnwng i ,.n 'm braeed un. for there wux tne , nt i.s, tLnuht. he
n't knowm at faet. um yer - Uronnd him. "lim re wrong, ow , the excitement o' . - w
... i . t 1 ei" " v iluxu ru. em w imtw " t ,
the Carmma. "W aal, times nev 1 f fiend; I was a vwy seaate uoy, as A ck tws thought o' fame. were numh aBll the
iwweriui aaru wua me, ami 1 remember uistmcuy. country, an' all that sort o' thing; but stHl(iii7 on his hands and fore-
1 ain't nf wuaIi aiort auieAHnt. I i'WttuI uiv tlui voa ever! CX-I . .t ;1 I . . . " .
' haMa omm qiba 1 ' ii vn imy
n4ow. Hhy, when ytwr gras 1'ma cUiml the tunos in chorus; ami then fHr tlwm tr do ter wait, an' ter j mMion at the roots of his hair, boegfat me I cost her a dollar 'n' a half, they all laughed-ay, and OW Hundreil UnU M ter pray." rthough some one was pricking him batneow I'm chucked inter thto ere ha 'bed lomlest of all. .... atMiA -...-.J n 'ran mi." La ith anv needles. That
vain, mvoioHs,
rota at a nine-
basket with x let o secular trash that's peace apiece."
TV old tune-book sighed grievously. To Hiram Atkins it efcV seem like desecraUon. This old tune-book was
one of the first books he had ever held
man
it
It's n iwerfnl curious how a
tries ter forgit he ever wux a boy,
said Refuge. "You use ter cut up worse'n any other Ikv la Wind'am County, Hiram Atkins, an' you know it! Whv, all on us know kow you use . 1 .....
ter carry on at cnoir, meetin , ami on
Tk lillia Rtood ruard all 'rennd," nn the hftd with maav needles, lhat
said Deilham, "as much as ter say H,ght when he left the office and with TUra diaSi't nn sorrer come to the tt u-i-Aat iri-t wnlked home his wife
wimmen folks if we kin keep it away'; Jokingly asked him what he had put on
nn' it seems
their word,
ia bis hands with the exception of his Sundays, too yes, siree, on Sundays, Suw Enriand nrimer. his catechtom too!"
ami his BfWe-h was lk first. I "Yes. I wnx a member o' the choir," ril bnjye; darned if Ideu'tt" crhMll sahl Hiram, sullenly.
mranu i U Imy ye, if it take's the -O course ye wua, lact boss dailV kP Street: .4aa' ye sung an
And he tM huv the oW Carmina 1m.V. tmi. as I well remember. An
Sacra, ahboagk it cost him only two don't ve lecollect Mirandy Perkins?"
ami wh a spinieu mor
gan. as yon might suppose.
Hiram took tke (WmIr koni with
bim, and that evening they talked over old times together; that to to say, Hiram turned over the leaves of the quaint old book and saw the familiar kyuins and psalms and anthems, the tunes seemed to talk with him and hum to him. ami he eould see faces and hear voices lie had not seen nor heard in many years. 'Hi wux a little hoy then," sab! Brattle Street; "your toga wux chubby an' your cheeks wax rosy, an' you re cHunia' blue tooket to which your trousers wax buttoned with brass Somettoaes when it wux
m you wore a sippet aad a cap that
Hint ml Perkins? Of course he did.
Hiram had waited on her for two years before he went West. She had red cheeks and glossy Mack curls, and her eyes were full of mischief seemed to Hiram he could see her now, in her
as U tney irieu 10 Keep too. for the stage that
fetched the mail from Brattleboro alius
broke down two or three times a the
road, whenever it had bad news from
the boys who had gone to the war."
wMi w kaw sort o' fierce like the
,;tBtt mm ur mad oat the hvmns in money eould not hire him to again ac
" uui israta 1 """" rz ... . . 1 - ... . ... i
Jlr-d hnsMt them days," sahlOrtonville; "an now cept a position as a tram ispi... ZlLw W he kep' fightin' over the battles o' the lMtlphi New.
war in his prayers an' sermons."
An how tne nun congregation m
Gwl
his hair. Upon looking into tne gmss he was horrified to sec that it had in those few moments become almost as
white as snow.
He resigned his position next day
without giving a cause for so doing.
Often since then he has told me that
ter ri-e un an' sing Traise uwi irom
u-l,nm all bhMsinrs flow1, whenever
thr wux news that the Green Mount
hor bed won a battle!" cried Old
Hundred, woudly.
, i .1..L.1 ... sN-lf-r "18. i m 1"!V "
bonnet. It was a pleasant picture, part in "JJ Miramla muni t sing alto in the choir. "L' it'f wim
men's iirayers, I tell ye, that win half
the Imltles men fight."
, . ..t.t. .
xhu come wua me carriage to at the
There were eight of thorn la the choir the two Mwse girl. Susan Baxter, Lew Higgins, HepsyBunlette, Miranda Perkins and himself, Hiram AtkinsHe remembered them all. and by the dear light tha oW tune-book threw around him he eouki see them now, too. Miranda Perkins! He wondered what
ki Ummh of, her: she must be a
The old time-book was humming
and murmuring to Hiram Atkins when
he fell asleep, aad he dreamt he was
a lwiv arain.
" "j --- ... ,
All arouna Htm were tne ruggen
Pear George's Exercise.
Uncle Zob (visiting niece) Maria.
put on your wraps for a drive. My
door.
Young Wife Ploase excuse me,
unele. I have been shoveling tne
snow off the walks, carrying in coal
and emptying ashes, and 1 am too tired to dress.
Unele ZebH'm! Where's ttsorge? Young Wife He's at the gym
nasium, practicing on the lifting machine. Poor dear Geore has to have
noma exercise, you know. CWoce
TribHHt.
bad ear-laaaeis aa Hi roar vara mit- wrinkled and rray-haired woman now
1"s wux hHcbed together with a long i-yet, somehow, he eoahl think of her
"1'vo about concluded," said the
hll wTtcoand tohtof ctimpauy, just aftera
big warts on their honest, homely r J wiU u ueeful."
tope to keep yea from toeia'ofW only as the red-ekeeked, black-eyed faces. The ZTZ "What are yon going to do?" naked the Owgk! bet what allured ceM weather girl who had sung alto to his bass in full of the fragrance of Mines ami 01 MJIl rm going to organise used tor have oa tha west side of the Kewfaae ehoir. wintergreen. lHto a foot-ball association. 1 11
mountoin.ehr "Mlraady married Sam Baxter,?' WWj jTliTZhe iu w.-i t-j . 4. .... 11 . rraat vard and tall trees aau tne nar-
h m" Tl"' I w inox. I w walk between the ftower-bed
'IM lujl r" . -- . . n.L. . UA 1 . .t of .1 1 , 1 mum 1 in Uinna j
Mvimumu mswnm, m ,w i wwimr. 0 wumm ye www 1 . . .. , ., I . .. . .. r-
a. 111 m-lb ikA al1 folks noapwi m 7 i" f"'
" J " . . I tk. dySr.MliU ana sweet u -v. MHJ,i. .taoJc in this man
oaiae mrm aear ta wiw --7- , , . 7- - - - . w
.1 1 1 1 w iinoa rma n i ru hib. Minu-iflHiiui. -
you
have
the most brilliant collection of
beautiful
branch of tha
kickers in
Miie Tni
the eouHtty." JforsmsaV
Htttber. doyer
"iiHtoed, I do," saM
JHeVWlaa svWsWf
Mlram, "a' I gate; asa tor sing tenor In
Bhe was eominc to meet the
boy who had been gone so kmg!
"So Mlraady tuk up witk Sam, did boy who bad ' 11 ZZ fTS n aher' muttored Hiram "Humph, tha kind TL vX ' W !2!M Tina nakLmmd mlgktor done better!" goW-bowed apsesl A rflvuK i""" t5i. ua wm Mki sum Maxtor: hung over her arm; H was full of kroscope," kc.
.rn- ""7 7" " aTu- .uieakaa aad leaenves.
now ae nmm mm. let it was iweniy-1 "'-".
wuember the IHUe Mae toaket with when yoa wax there."
ae imttoas nest of aB, bet I had forf"a whether the wiatori wax so vary iM or not." "Waal, I declare fcr't!" ertod Bratthl Kr iT- La. -11 ,-!
A yu'vs forgot y poor el' gran'ma. five years since he had seen Sam -or The little boy miw, ami ka ran to too. haiat -rr" I s.i u tt- . elaan rran'ma's dear hands.
"Oh. no" a-U -. i-M.u ..t uji .-. . t-iui. ci But it was oalv a dream. Hiram
"Hdd neW hKHt U-. -ul . uu. ... . ku4 mi was asleea. rou know, and wHk He
tlff she's been dead many, many I vary muh oat of tuae, and when he 1 1 house ml holy harmoatos the W taae-
JMH" thaacht of Miraaaa Perkins all of book sang m
. . aas . ... -...
Mttto v. waa atamnad when he tackled me!"
How ..v. -..-Ud Miss Br ssav. "he
time
s
town on the oanon
California Central.
At the recent Episcopal Missionary
r-unml in Ph ladetohia one 01 tne
speakers said that he knew a wealthy w York Eniscoaalian who paid 8800
for an opera box, and who 111 eniircn ou Sondavs drons five cents inte the
alms basin. The Christian al Work says
that this recalls the family wfto, alter making a trip that cost 8800, and rehome because they couldn't
take into the car with them their dog, for which they had been paying 86 a dav lward at a hotel, gave as their
united contribution 85 for foreign missions.
Plvmouth Church, Minneapolis, to
enlarging several lines of its mission-
ary work. In its uetnei teim, mm- ..
two daily l.inuergarien w:nwi
with four teachers, a day nursery ana
a dispensary, a sewing school, besides the Sunday-school and evangelistic services. The young men are about to establish a new mission, including a Sunday-school and preaching service, reading room, a coffee room and an industrial school for beys. Tha church attributes a large share of tha support to the regular city mission. Okrirtimn Union. 1 Didn't Livs in DetreH. gome of the sharifs in this State are
about as sharp as men nan he made, and the suspicious character who gets away trom them without proving his identity and character has got to be the slickest of the slick. In one of tha upper counties the other day the sheriff got held of a stranger whom he could not work for all he was worth, and In
into dilemma he telegraphed to the chief
of pottos of Detroit:
Hare John uoe m ousfoaj on --
ptoton. Doss be livs in Uetroitr ' He wanted an answer In a harry, hat tha chief concluded to give poor John
Doe the benefit of his sltonea, iwre
Frt Press.
The latest "sell" that youngsters ... , .tLait a fetal
are mavmc anon owe imwv-wi
h Mt vi reekoltoet I Mtoam's lsteWsssiins af fam Baxter's
"Grandpa," inuuired Johnny Wlss, "must every body die?" "Yes my ehHd. livery an ia this worWmuet die, whan hto turn somas." "WeU?' kraaase "what I'd like to know
s-s-ns-toMM JnC-Ms-L fM
f'-Jato-
Hpoa their skiers tot "DM yoa fet the L..-r What. Uum4 to naturally
"Go Gallaghecr' X. T 3ae.
totter?1
asked.
Kegs of whtoky hava basm washed ashore at Toledo that are saamesetl to
UY- lato la a. ahlawrssktd vessel at
Dm ksttom at tha laha Ssc thirty Tsars.
asacii'dosi.
Tium Juai wss ia
feast aad John's faanriseameat were la MS Os4toMaebsras, to tha seethera pact sf Ferea, borasrtog oa Arabia Patrea. Jatca was now about Mh yaars osd, sad had been preaching more thsa two jrssjea. Pakaluw- AococxTS-Mark iU4"; Lds X-.ie.aB: t:7-.
CinctnusTAncas-Jssas had seat hto 1
dUedpieato ireaob tha Oespsi threes; Galilee. They nreetobxted Htoa as tha :
etoh, aad akl mifbty works ia nis w tkt ru Harod heard of His fame.
pent part of his time in bis oaWMU Tioenaa, ea the Sea of OaUlse, sad part to hto patosa. at Maoherus. 4 Hstrs ovsa Hard Placm-1. - laa. ar period ef Jesus' ministry. Tne order of events is given in Mark. JaVaV Anttoaa, son of Herod the Oreat. T bIrarM.' rutor of a fourth part, aad heasa any subordinate prince. He was amtor Rem. I " the report of Jesus' wonderful works aad words. J fa JTmf the forerunner of Jeeus, a holy proebst who had preaobed repentance aad rifbteeusaee to the people. MttmfrtmkU etc: Herod thought Joan, to the ether
world, had acquired aewpowars aaaoaua mow enforce bis reproofs, and be sttU aura terrible afainst aha. Herod' a gaUty osaekmce gave him no rest 8. Ar Jmv'. the story bow goes back a year;- In prKsa. at Xaoberas. Fr HmHH mOmt ea aeOMint ef Kerodias, witk whom be was bringia sto. and because Herodtos bated
John. Mt sreswr -PJWbp'i ueeow was tha Kraaddaugbtor ef Herod the Orsst, and ntooe of Herod Aatipss. ShefiratnuHv rtod bar Vacte Philip. But he was etotokeraed by his father. His brobr Versa Aatipas vhitsd him at Rome, bscsaas aetusiated with Heredtos, aad eloped wish dMertod hh wife, tha aauaMsr'sf
Aretas, King of Arabia, sad she desertsd
her husband, was was poor ana ne an hair to a kinidom. for the rich, m
Prfauie Antfoas. 4. Ft Mm
bt nublksor nrivste. or sota. nerea s
anla was ruinous to BWHrato. It
bivotring tae people ia a oni ww, wr Xing Aretas gathered aa army to arsaga
the intuit to bui deserted aavgrn-r. .
pril At muWmt : lest tney saouM rebel, or accuse him to the Smperor atBossa.
efter John's imprisoaaMnt. 7M aawfsisr Jtre4l4 : Salome, her daughter by her
first husband, fbUtp. U: eaa m mseasual dauoes before a crowd of man who
had bees drinking aad teveUag, J'nmutm
usafaawvr m teouiu a : even 1 aes.
bk kingdom, says Mark. He was, peea-
ably, axened wlUi wine, sea rwwy wr wmj rasbaet t. -B;i W inMrwl-ii : sc pat
forward. BatosM, aftor tba Klefa prsav
hw. west out aad aaked bar awtaar was beshoeld ask of the King. A mgtri a platter, or torge, fiat dish. 9. gmr .! ariMd. Not reeeataat: bathe was sorry
test bad oonaequenoee should coot frost lt He was afraht of the prophet IS. rMj Jmut: who was to Galilee, one hundred
mUes away. Herod's life was a Muara ever after. He was seoa dafeated to bat-' tie by King Aretas. He was aftoruarshV deprived of his kiasrdem, and died in essto. CoMUXXTS-Tbe wicked Herod heard absua the wonderful miracles of Jeeae. They MMto a deep impreesion oa his niadj eae time before tois he had beheaded John tba Baptist, and now ha tbo-rht Jesu rnestba the sane person aa the one he had kitted,, and that He had arisen from the dead. O ea to the story of the murder of Jeha. Herodhw and her daughter bated-. One day whoa Herod had cirea a great dhiaerparty, Heredtos1 daughUr daaosd bafoes tha aebtod company. She did thto so wall that Herod was ptoased, aad peomiiid to eire her any thing she asked for. This was just what toe girl's mother had eapsctod, and so she had tokt her daughter beforehand to ask for the head of the man she bated. The request grieved Herod, for he respected John, but be had not the moral eouragato
refuse Jbe wicked request, so ne BMjrasm WMMded at onoe, and his head broughtm
oa a plate and given to this girL Bbstbaa
took its a present to aw www. "-7. Joaa's atsoiptos heard sf hto Ms,
tbey went aad banoa toe bohj, mmm hurried away to toU Jesus of the sad ereat. Hecod Uhd to bear Job irech, aad evea did many things Which John teM aha to sto. What the tbiag Wre, we are not to, hat possibly they referred to the adnata trsAssBoftoetiesmthektofdom. AU thto showed that Hrdhsasetoaee whtoh soofc to him, sad warned him against eru-Zj-it t tbme. iadeed. Herod defended
Joba against Hrodi, who wantod to Mil1 Jaastatonca. Hut ooasotoaoo than weald
Betpsradthha to de thto evil deed, later oa, a we see i oar tosssa, hh mmLm-m kardanoi. aad h did
wbtoh previously he bad refused to de. The IreabtewKhtatorntorwae that htm net rry Mt imhn. Wew there are asaer persons today who, hhe Herod, have eos4i4cM that trouble the. They have l7god tonmtoes, and at ttones totok that tbey will try and do what h right ... .1 .i Mm tnaaa aad laoHas
-.. ,l aavd bv nad by some great toxtpba-
. - 4- U
long, aaaway
are swept away.
a profane man, many a -"jr1 4tosTlsattatot tney go so ftfb tow la the good way.-. A. r. Stk&r.
nucnoax srsaaonona. 1. The guilty osnssimes gives psipstoal
Wrestand fr.
TWtr la an ir
i .ai-t. w,waaa seed sad evil.
m. will attber forsake tbsir
li. -u-km thaaa was roarers
T -UM - 7 . . , I J 4 tk
4. gtroag drtaK aaa psaawn ot roki- and foolteh acttona.
g. Only too are ssie wno "a-j" "T aoauaa more highly ttma atojr J mt ..M-m rlvas awsy tne f-
desaof hM aeui for toapowy rtor.
T. Thar is a wnw anwaorrow form osaseeaaaess
auoe for the ski. 8. Temporary auosis a ww jfhmMm a rwa sf
W. Gto aad am rfn swj-
RiTrssmrs fiyHsea aaaaetht i.oreiy a beuasa jj-iisbihi -j jssaai Wstor.