Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 March 1889 — Page 7

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(A SECRET. AftMrat, friend? Ob, lUy! Ctve it not , I jwuy The unmnnjr thlngi It leva the darks Instil, .And tt earries a trunif usrt 'N'Mth iu vampire winy. On whan my w t was j oung, Ton young to restrain mjr tongue From erel wartli, (I doubt that 'twill e'er w sage KfmU4, bowu'er olU, to cage Such rtles bird,) I HoeepUHi, with Mattered prttW, A mcret to keap and hide For a trustful friend, liut my prliie turned to pelned regret. Indeed 1 suffer it yet: With power of atlend Hound its cane in my brain It flw, JJeat th bars till it broke thero through, Ami, I own tt with shame, Flew out o'er my Hilly towtue. Kvmemoer my wit w.m youttq Kre you harshly blume. And this it the ittllM end; I lost the rf Karil of my frienil lly betraying Uis trust 5 So take the weird MrdUnir heaeo; Hut 1 pmy yon titk bo offense IlWttftO it I must. Mao' Pwett Totter, in Sprlructteld (Mass.) KepuUltcaa. LUCY'ti PHYSIOLOGY; -Or, How r. Lifo Was Saved and n Home Ro for mod. iWrlt:i forThis Paper.l UCJJ, put down that book and git to work. You're too lazy tn live'" At- the sound of her mother's querulous voice Lucy Hoss threw down hot book and hurried in to the kitchen. " 1 didn't think the dlshwator was liot," she explained. "1 forgot to put it on till after dinner." " Yes, that's always thu way. You sever think of nuthln' when your nose Is stuck in n book. If I'd a lenow'd what I do now, I'd never a tent you tp school a day." Lucy made no reply to this tirade; but her sensitive lips quivered and her eyes tilled with tears which ahostrovo in vain to repress Scenes like this wore of daily occurrence in the Koss family; for the mother's natural irritability had been greatly increased by years of hard work and ill-hetiith, and Lucy provoked her beyond measure by tho growing listless-ness with which she went about her household duties. Tho truth is that Lucy had bcoomo ongroped, heart and soul, In the pursuit of knowledge it being the fixed purpose of her life to rise above the fetation of a mera tolling machine. 31 rs. Koss, incapable of mental labor Jierself, was equally incapable of forming any conception of it. Drudgery was her Ideal work. What wonder, then, that she mistook Lucy's preoccupation for indolence, and that she lot no opportunity in rating her soundly for it. When the dishes had been washed and put away Lucy returned to where she had left her book, but to her surprise it was gone. She was not slow to conjecture what had happened. Ono of the children had hidden it to tense her. Hardly a day passed that she vas not made the victim of ono or tnoro of their pranks. Tim, the oldest, was four years her junior; and added to this difference in ago was a yet greater difference in disposition. Lucy liad, consequently, retired moro and more within herself, and had grndnally cometo regard her brothers and sisters as po many necessary evils. They, on tholr part, looked on her quiet, studious manners as indications of dulltioss and stupidity, and thought it lino sport to anger her, or "wake Lor up," as they termed It. On this occasion sho was too much concerned for the fate of her missing book to feel angry. Mother,1 sho called, as sho searched aimlessly about tho room, "make tho children give mo back my physiology. They will get It soiled or torn, and then what will Kitty say?" Mrs. Koss usually sided with the children against Lucy in their difficulties, but tho knowledge that tho book in question was a gift from Kitty Olwtrt made her equally anxious for its safe restoration. Accordingly, sho summoned tho children, and tried first to porsuade and then to frighten the guilty oho into revealing its wheroabouts. Hut all stoutly protested that they know nothing about it; and coaxing, threats and flogging proved alike unavailing. "I'm not going to Kitty's this ovening without It!" declared Lucy, toar--fully. Kitty was her ono friend and sympathizer. Tho only being In tho world who truly understood and appreciated her. A warm intimacy had existed between them over since, as children, 'they had played together at school. Hut Lucy's school days ended as Boon as sho grew old enough to be useful at homo. Sho struggled bravely on in her studies, however, finding a little benefactress in Kilty, who supplied her with books and assisted her in every Tins twe friends met regularly thrco 'limes a week to discuss Luey's selfassigned lessons, and the hours thus spent were tho happiest of Lucy's life. Tho poor girl was utmost beside "herself over the disappearance ol her 'herhmed physiology. It was pitiful

la see her that afternoon, vainly peer

ing again und again Into e very tirade ami corner of the house and yard, where It seemed jawslble for a lawk to be secreted. When four o'clock wme, which wiw tho tliiii! appointed for a meeting with Kitty, she nought the children at their play, mid, with tears in her eyes and voice, promised to do any thine in her power for the ono who would tell her whom her book was. Her entreaties elicited a derisive "laugh from Tim. In which the other joined, and with tha words: "Crybaby! cry-baby!" ringing In her ears, she hastened away. Reaching a socludod spot in the orchard, sho seated herself tinder a TUB UNHAl'l'V GIKL SAID NOTHING. tree and gave full vent to her feelings. When she returned to the house her mother scolded her for not keeping her appointment with Kitty. ' You know tho children'll give back yer book when they've hud their fun over It!" she snapped. "And you could a' told Kitty you mislaid It!" Ilefore Luov could reply, her little sister eamo running in. calling ex citedly to her to come and look in thu ratn.burrol. They's book in thero!" said tho child. "Mebbe it's your n I'd a brung it to you, but I couldn't reach iU" jucv naruiv nearu mo msv worus as sho ran to the rain-barrel, closely followed by her mother and sister. And there, sure enough, was her much-sought-for book, completely immersed in water. '.fist let me llnd out which ono o' the young 'uns done that and I'll lar rup It within an Inch of its life!" stormed Mrs. Ross, as sho surveyed the dripping volume in Lucy's hands Tho unhappy girl said nothing, but repaired with it, weeping, to the kitchen, where she spent the next half hour in thoroughly drying it over tho stove. Hut, alas! her beautiful, now physiology was f-oiled and faded al most beyond recognition; the print be ing. In many places, blurred into illegibility. W hue tho family were at supper there was a knock at tho door, and Kltiy Ohyit't made her .mo.xpeoted appearance. Hero you are, you little truant! I've come to look after you!" sho said. playfully, as Lucy admitted her. Mrs. Koss, anxious to explain mattors Ir. '" own way. Interrupted the words that trembled on her daughter's Hps. "Lucy'snlgh alxmt crazy, Miss Klttj. over what happened this afternoon to her physiology! I sent her to onkivof tho rain-bar'l, an1 Instld o1 layin' her book down as she'd ort to she took it along; an', somehow, in workin' aroun' there, she dropped It in!" Lucy gave a start of painful surprise at this direct falsehood from her mother, and her pale, expressive face became pathetically agitated. The children stared blankly from ono to another, but all remained silent 'Of course it got soakin' wet!" went o the conscienceless woman. " Lucy drld it by the lire, hut she couldn't make it fit to look at Git it, Lucy, and Show it to her!" Lucy did as sho was bidden, but she gave her mother an appealing, reproachful look that would liavo melted a heart less hard. Kitty saw the look and wondered at IU 'Don't feel badly about It, dear." sho said, taking the book. You couldn't help it, and will have a now ono tomorrow." Oh, don't got another ono!" pleaded Lucy. "I never can take it." And then, completely overcome by a sense of tho wrong her mother had done and of its injustice to herself, sho abruptly left the room, sobbing convulsively. Kitty, not a little bewildered, was on tho point of following her. I'd ruthor you wouldn't say nothIrt moro to her to-night!" Interposed Mrs. Koss. "She'll git over it quicker by herself." 4 'Very well. I will go home," said Kitty, as sho moved toward tho door. "Don't bo mnd!" whimpered Mrs. Koss. "You don't know Lucy like I do. It always makes her cry worser to talk to her. Come back agin tomorra! She'll bo all right by then." Kitty passed out, without deigning a reply. Mrs. ltoss had always been proud of Kitty's friendship for Lucy, and, al though tnllnltoty below tho Olwlrts tn social standing, sho had often obtruded herself as a visitor in their homo P'i tho strength of her daughter's preferment. This evening she had tried, as was her wont, to mako tho liest possible appon ratio befor Kitty. Hut sli dia

eoveredi when too late, thai the Mw&,

to use her own xprlott, "overdone the thing." A in t you a pretty thing!" she ex claimed, going into the bed-room where Lucy sat, a picture of the deep est dujeution. "ICttty's gone home mad; an' it s your fault for leavln1 her the way you did,'1 "I couldn't !clp It, mother!" Luoy answered, sorrowfully. "1 couldn't stay and see her so deceived, and I couldn't tell on my own mother," loud bettor never tell, either!" was ths th-oatonlng rojolndor. I didn't do no harm, anyhow. If I'd a-told her one o' the children sp'ilt yer book she'd .a blamed me for not loarnln' 'urn better. Hut when I told her you done It accidentally she thought nothln' iiv It, an' I knowed she wouldn't." Lucy made no attempt to combat this characteristic logic, realizing that It would be useless. And her mother ended tho conversation by reminding her that tho supper dishes were yet to wash. . Tim wa unusually kind tp Lucy during tho remainder of the evening. Hut she took little notice of him, and retired with a very heavy hoart. Her elastic spirits could not long be depressed, however, and the next morning she was again her bright, happy self. It was In vain that she tried to reflect sadly over tho occurrences of the 'viousday. Her mother had not m-.... o do wrong, she reasoned, and tho children were young and thoughtless. Sho would go to Kitty as soon as her morning's work was done, sho told herself, and apologize for leaving her. When sho came in from milking. shortly after breakfast, sho found tho household in great commotion. Tim had cut his foot to the bono while out chopping wood. I never seen nnj thing blood ltko it docs!" said Mrs. lliss, as tho blood trickled through tho thick bandage sho had applied. "I wish pap was hver to fro fer the doctor. Hut ho won't git back frum 'tendin' that trial before to-morra, an' he's got both tho horses." "I'll go, .mothor," announced Lucy, promptly. "It's only tnreo miles. I can walk. Hut lot me see flrst If I cnJUstop the blood. I know a way." 'Well, be quick!" replied tho anxious mother. Lucy then assisted her in placing Tim on tho bed; and, while removing tho blood-soaked bandage, her mother, under her dlrecton, made a pud of cloth. Tills pad Lucy pressed firmly on tho wound, securing it by means of a tight bandage. She theti elevated the foot upon pillows, and, without waiting to learn the result, hurriedly started on her errand. "Lio still, just as you are, till I fetch the doctor!" was her parting injunction to Tim. And for onco ho willingly obeyed her, though he found the hours of waiting very long and tiresome. i.'o Lucy they seemed liko so many ages, as she sat anxious and expectant In the doctor's little office. Ho had been called some distance into tho country, and it was after noon when he returned. Ho was the only physician the village afforded, so she had. no alternative but to await his leisure. "We have not a minute to lose," he said, when ho had heard Lucy's account of the case. "If your brother has cut an artery, as I fear he has, I may bo too late to render assistance." This statement so alarmed Lucy that she quite forgot the attempt she had made to stop tho bleeding, and prepared for tho worst. When they reached the house they were surprised to And Tim laughing heartily over a story which Kitty Olwirt had just told for his amusement You have had a nurrow escape, my " WIIKltB 1)11) YOU I.KAKN SO MUCH, LITTLE 1'USS?" boy," observed tho doctor, when he had attended to the injury. Then turning to Mrs. Koss ho added: "You displayed no littlo wisdom in your method of dressing tho cut" "It wusn't her. Lucy done It," put in Tim. Where did you learn so much, little puss?" inquired tho doctor, looking admiringly at Luoy. . "From my physiology," sho answered, modestly. "It says that ts the wav to do when an artery U cut, and Tim's foot bled so I thought maybe he hud cut one." "'Ton thought right," responded the doctor. "Ho would have bled to death before my arrival but for you. Tim, you ought to thtnk a groat deal of that physiology. It has been the means of saving your life." Oil, deaf ! Oh, dear'," watled Tim. I went an' put It In ttia raln-bar'l vlaterday an' ruined it.1'

Mrs. Ross here flushed crimson a

dropped her eyes before Kitty's look of aslonuhment and reproactL "Luce, I'll never do nuthlif mean to you agin, an' I won't 1st none o the reiit run orer you!" went on the re-mor-eful boy. "I'll git you another book with the money I made a plckln berries, and do without skeets thU winter." "I've brought her a new physiolo gy!" said Kitty, producing the book and handing it to Lucy, The girl received it in silence, but her eyes wore eloquent with gratitude. "Oh, Miss Kitty. I wanted to get It myi-elf!" exclaimed Tim, disappointedly. "Well, Tim, If It will make you feel better you may pay for it," Kitty returned, kindly. Tim brightened at this, and nothing would do but his mother must then and there bring forth his little savings, from which he triumphantly extracted tho price of the book and gave It to Kitty. The lesson which Tim thus learned bids fair to have a lasting effect not only on his life but on tho lives of the entire family. The loving respect that he hat ever since shovel to Lucy soon rcllectea itself In tho conduct of the younger children, and ho now leads them in good and generous acts as in the old careless days ho led them in mischievous and often cruel ones. Tnls happy change brought Lucy out of herself and caused her to take a new and active interest in her home and its duties. Her mother no longer questions tho value of education. Thero Is never so much to do now but that Lucy can bo spared when there Is school to go to. Hakiiau.v Wiiitson. WELLINGTON'S MODESTY. Thi. Unoitorjtwtlimrwar In Which He AiiiHMiiu-fil tin. Victory ut Waterloo. Earl Stannous voluino of "Notes on Conversations with tho Duke of Wellington " furnishes many interesting anecdotes which are not yet familiar to tho reading public Lord Stanhopo tells the following story of Daniel Webster: I breakfasted thfa morning with Hallam, and met Mr. Webster, the justly celebrated American, whose acquaintance I had already made the day but one before at dinner at Lord f Stanley's. He told me that on his way out he had been reading two or three odd volumes of tho Duke of Wellington's dispatches, and had been greatly struck at their total freedom from any thing like pomp or ostentation, even in moments of tho greatest triumph. The Waterloo dispatch itself contained nothing about "victory and glory. So unpretending was It, said Mr. Webster, that Mr. Qulncy Adams, who was our Minister at London at the time, and who had a good deal of bitter feeling against this country, with which ikjhco had oily just boon concluded, declared. on first reading the dispatch, that it came from a defeated General, and that In real truth the Duke's army must have been annihilated at Waterloo. This ho seriously believed for some time. What a contrast, continued Mr. Webster, to Napoleon's rhetorical bulletins. Ono day ono read in them: "We have thrown Hlucher into the Hobor!" and a few days afterward one found ttiat Hlucher had somehow got out of this Hober and defeated Napoleon himself at Leipsic. Lord Stanhope gives tho Duke's vcr-,-lon of tho way tho news of Waterloo was brought to England, thus: " The news of Waterloo was first brought over by a Joy in the service of Rothschild. He embarked at Ostcnd, and nobody on Imard tho vessel know of It but he. Tho way he got at It was this: Ho was at Client, looking in with a crowd at tho window, when a mossonger arrived to the King of France, and ho saw that the King, aftor reading the letter, embraced the messenger and kissed him all around tho room and all about tho house. Upon this the Jew felt sure that the news was a victory, and without an instnnt's delay set oil upon his journey to England. At Ostend he taw Malcolm, but told htm nothing, nor did ho to any one until ho reached Rothschild's house In the city. Ho afterward went to Lord Ltve"iK)ol. Lord Maryborough added that before they sailed from Ostend they saw a dragoon run down to tho beach, take off his cap and wave it in tho air. Tho other people on board all wondered what it could mean, and nono guessed; but the Jow had still tho composure to keep his secret" Willie's Manifest Destiny, " I confess I am sometimes soroly perplexed," said the father, with a heavy sigh, "when I think of tho future of my boys. It ts a great responsibility to liavo the choosing of a calling in life for them." Through tho open window enmo the voices of two of the lads at play. "Look hero!" loudly exclaimed .Johnny, "that isn't fair! You divided those marbles so as to get all the best ones in your own bag." "Didn't I have the trouble of dividing 'em?" reiterated Willie, hotly. "Think I'm going to spend my time at such jobs for nothing?" "So far as Will to ts concerned," resumed tho father, after a pause, "the task of choosliiff vocation Is not so dtlllcult I shall mako a lawyer of him." Chicago Tribune. There are now 101 geographical eoetettes In tho world. France comes first with twenty-nine, (Jcrmany next with twenty-two. and Great Hrttain third with nine uoclettos.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Mrs. Hrownliig, wife of the poet,

wne a little woman who dressed exactly as she pleased without regard to taskloa. and who had a very decided mlad of hur own and a habit of expressing tt Gladstone's daughter. Mm. Drew, was lier latner s "rigni-na nn-man for many years before her marriage, and one of her duties was to open all his letters, thereby saving hint no end of trouble and annoyance. Perhaps the best-paid woman writer iu this country Is Mr, houthworth, who receives an income of seven thousand dollars a year. Mary E. Hryan, one of the new writers from tho South, earns an Income of six thousand dollars by hor,pen. Dr. Schllomann, the noted Greek archaiologlst ami oxcavator, is master of fourteen languages. In his youth he was a sailor before tho mast on a German Vessel. It is said that ho gained a reading knowledge of English In six months of study. Tho now slang dictionary, of which Charles G. Loland Is ono of tho editors, is announced in London. It is a complete compendium of unconventional phraseology, embracing Eugltsh and American slnng and all tho recognized vulgarisms. It is probably as complete a guide to conversa tion in polite circles as can be found in tho market It is tt notable fact that groat soldiers are usually successful when they lay asido tho sword for a pon. Cajsar and Xonophon described their own campaigns better than any historian who over attempted tho task. Napoleon's letters will stand as models of stylo for all time. Cardinal Newmaii consldors Wellington's dlspatchos the bost speclirens of compact English in existence. General Grant's book has now universal pralsofor its directness and simple purity of stylo. 11. II. Stoddard, tho poet, In editIng tho diary of tho lato John R, Thompson, who was well known as a Southern man of letters, brought out somo Interesting anecdotes of literary London a quarter of a century ago. Ho speaks of Tennyson as "a quiet, simple man, who smoked a pipe and drank hot puueh with us." For yoars after Mr. Thompson's return to Amor lea ho kept tho poet supplied with Virginia tobacco, which ho preferred to all other,, and which ho smoked In rdnv nines, tnklnsr a new nine for every smoke. General Prejovalsky. who died recently at Tashkend, was a hero ol geographical science. Ho discovered the sources of the Yangtse-Klang and the Iloumr-ho and was tho revealor of inner Asia, and in his jonrneyings, aggregating 20,000 miles, In which he crossed Central Asia in all directions, he did far more than any other man to make known that region of lofty plateaus, great mountain ranges, and vast deserts. Like many other great travelers, he died in tho harness, hav ing started for Thibet on his fifth seriee of explorations. HUMOROUS. Husband (of economical views) "That's a very becoming bonnet, my dear." Wife (of sarcastic turn) "Oh, yes, becoming very old and decrepit" N. Y. 'Ledger. Mother" And tho serpent, ai a punishment for tempting Eve, was made to crawl all tho rest of his life." Bobble "Well, mamma, how did he get along before?" Habyhood. Shakespeare wn s slightly mixed in his "seven ages " It Is the "whining schoolboy" whom tho maternal j eye has detected In somo flagrant act of disobedience that "shifts into the j slippered pantaloon." Puck. I Lady Friend " What Is tho hardest j thing connected with your editorial J duties, Mr Lumploy?" Ldltor"aiio hardest thing is to leave the impression that I am out of town on tho first ol tho month." Nebraska Stato Journal. Mrs. Chlpperlng " So these are your children, aro they?" Mrs. Mar row- " Yos, and every body says they'ro just tho Image of j." Mrs. Chlpperlng "Why, ho they aro, poor littlo things." Uuffalo Courier. An exchange has an articlo headed Tho Mystery of a Golden Chain." The mystery is probably at the pocket end, and opinions aro equally balanced as to whether it is an old-fashioned pinchbeck bull's eye or only a bunch of keys." Hoston Transcript Dumley to Hrown "Brown, I un derstand that Robinson referred to mo yesterday as an old fool. I don't think that sort of thing is right" Hrown "Why, of course it ain't right, Dumley. You can't bo moro than forty at the outside." Harper's Hazar. Wlfo (revisiting tho scono of her betrothal) "I remember, Algernon, so well when you proposed to mo how painfully embarrassed you were." Algernon "Yos, dear; and I remomber ho well how kind and oncouragtngyou wore and how easy you mado It for mo, aftor all. "Life. Deacon Hayseed "Watt, that thero city man hez got more brains than I give him credit for. I offered to trade htm old Dobbin, Mnrior, an' what d'ye think he said?" Good lfo "I'm sure I don't know." "Ho said old Dobbin wasn't wuth a last year's bird's nest Philadelphia Record. "Poor Jenny! It must be an awful shock to you!" sympathized her friend "and to think that you trusted lilm all these yoars, while ho whs embestzltng such enormous sums." "Yes," sho sobbed, "I know my millinery alono came to more than his salary, but I never suiineokd him." Time.

JESUS THE MESSIAH.

Socially arraiHr! frow S. ti. QeerMrly.l Lkssox Tk xt MsrkS :S7-W; 9:1. Ooi.iikv Text WlMMoejrer will eem aftet Me. let him deny uunMlf, and take up kU eroM and follow Me. Murk 8:M. ' CiXTaM.TatrTH Tfeoe who would reiftawith Chrtet in Umvw, mint follow Ulm or earth. TiMK-gummer ef A. D. 90. StveraL months after the lat Iamoh. , PucK-On the way from tiw See ef GMilee to Cesarcm Phillppi, or 30 mUea to tee northeast; which was named after tka Eatperor Camr, and Herod Philip, who enlarged the city, Jiwcs mye years old, la the third year ec His ministry. 1 AKALLEL ACCOUNTS Matt lSUB-W. 1-.UM 9:18-87. I.VTERVENi.vo Histort Mark 6:14 to 8;3: moulding Matt 14 to 16:13, and John6:l-7L JXTROiiucTiox While the disciples were engaged in the missionary tour deecrlbed in our last lesson, John the Baptist was beheadtl (March, A. D.90), and the dlsoiplee returned to Jesus and to tpernaum. Jesus sought retirement with Ills Uliciples, first near Ilethsalda, then in the region of Tyre and Bidon and now aaln in the vicinity of Cesarea Phllippi. HRi.rs ovr.a iiakd i'iachs 87. tviw ewv from Uetlisaida and GrJilee. Ut mW; i order to lead them thus to the truth. 30. John the lUMtt: lately killed by Herod. Elian: Elijah, the promised forerunner of the Messiah (Mat. 4:5). 20. Thou art the ChrUt: Peter saw through His humble oircunutauceH, and recognized the Messiah. 80. Ttllnoman; Itwae notUtnoyet;for(l)' some would make Hint a king. (-') others oppose Him all the more. til. Tenth thtm: show them the real nature anu worn oi ine Messiah. 33. Get thu btAtnd mr, Siten: not that Peter was Satan, but his suggestion was from Satan. 84. IHtt come efttr Me: bo My disciple. Deny hlmtelf: put Christ and His kingdom before his personal profit and pleasure. He must glveup whatever I wrong and whatever wilt prevent him from serving Christ and doing good. J'iie Jits enm: the cross was the symbol of deeth. Christ did His duty, and saved mon, even though It cost Him death oa the cross. Bo must we. 35, Saw hi lift: life means tho blessedness and pleasures whick give value to life; tave hit life means get pleasure or profit at the expense of right or religion. Shall loe it: shall fall of his etui; shall lose eternal life, which is the true life. Real life must grow out of a pure and holy character. He that loses this may gain temporary pleasure, and that only, but must lose all true and lasting blessedness. 88. Adutteruu: unfaithful to God. Of Mm thai I the Sim of man be &him(d: because he has proved himself unworthy of Christ. C&meth in the glory: at the day of judgment, His second comiBg. 1. Seen the KtwiPm of Q4 come fully established, and showing its power. This was by His resurrection, and by tho day of PentoVost, and was oompleted at tho destruction of Jerusalem forty years later, when the old dispensation passed away, and the new was firmly established. John lived till aftor that, and all the disciples till after Pentecost Comments When Chaist began to shew them that He must suffer many things, Peter thought that Ho was very much mistaken, and began to rebuke Him. This called forth a stinging rejoinder from the Lord. Then Christ went on to tell them that they wore fundamental principles of His kingdom. Not crown-wearing so much as cross-bearing was to distinguish those who wanted to be His disciples in this world. To lose your life wa to save It, and to try and save it was to tutcv it away. All the rest of the lesson, from verse 54 on, is a solemn warning to men, uttered by the Saviour. It will apply as well to us in those days as It did to the men who sur rounded Him and listened to His words. Ttie Master s.iw that men were in great danger of making a fearful mistake In their relative estimates of the Importance of seen and unseen (things. Tho temptation to sin fortius pres ent world was overwhelming. The lust, oi the flesh, tho lust of thooyo, and the pride of life had led men Into horrible hypocrisies, so that trying vainly to serve God and mammon at the name time, they had lost all true religion. Pharisees, set ibes and peo ple all sunnosed that they wore minting a good bargain, and that all would end well. Jesus trios to undeceive tflieni and makvi them understand that any protended relig. ions lifo which did sot involve cross-bearing and self-denial was vain and fraudulent. He assures them that if any one makes the enjoyment of this life his chief' concern, ho will lose the lifo to come, and that if anv one uesires ttie masters service sp earneslly as to bo willing to lose thU life - .. . . i . . -. ; r , a lor It Sliail gain Ilia uwrum mo imyuuu. Having said this, the Mastor propounds what we might call a problem in spiritual arithmetic: "What shall It profit a man if he gain tho whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his souir-ltev. A. P. Schauffler. riUCTlCAI, SL'OOESTIOXS. 1, Kr onlnlons are so important as right views aboiwlirlst !2. Tho truo church Is built upon an aton ing Saviour Buffering for the sins of the world. a. Christ tells ns the trials, as v 11 as the joys, of His service. tcr, but to use It as a servant o. " Christ s cross is me nweeiosi ouruen I ever bore, It Is bucIi a burden as wings to a bird or sails to a ship." . At how small a price somo sell their souls. 7. Thero Is certain triumph for Christ's kingdom, and hence for all that are Christ's. Tkft I'eer ns Glvnrs. It Is true that the more a man gives, the more he has: but It Is not true that, the moro a man has, the mor j he gives. The glv ine of gifts to the pjor ts done more generally and more largely by the jioer than bj the rich. A rich m in's gift is more likely to be noticed than a poor man's, because of Its Immediate alio; but tbeglvlsg thai tells for the poor is the every-day giving In small sums', and that is done by the poor to as extent UKle dreamed ef, and rarely or never approached by ths rich. Bald Cation Clarke, In a sermon la Westminster Abbey: "Only God and the pool know how much the poor give to the poor," And that is a truth.that should bring horn its lesson to some who might more properly ba called poor givers tliaa givers to th peor, S. H. Times. ArtTilUa MoNTF.rioK, In Temple Bar, ei London: "And now fer Nw York poverty and squalor. Yes, thero is plnntyor both m this rich oltvof the now world, plenty of starving children and drink-besotted parents, plenty of seamstresses who are worse oft than slaves; and plenty, yes, plenty of all ages and both sexes who have got nc work to do. " The same may be said of all our largo cities Ooon companionship is an lnpertsat element In our happiness. Who has better contjtanv than the man who walks with God? He can never tie lonely: he will always have a sympathizing friend, aed a preient helper. The Dlvhae presesee wll. mtkeeven an nfehotlran blew lag. -unltje rmbyterlas.