Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 March 1889 — Page 3
WEEKLY COURIER
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THE BUILDER'S TOY.
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Pa nf? art at T voa, rtwww a f" aaaat; Aad Wtter ts baaa-Ufa awar Tne wi.e o mr MiUf tai4 . Tbw Wanwllal iew friae Ua-at Awaffram cf TTit&'taeatf i as P 1Kt Aa IL iiouW . Tfc tare of 7 ycsta a4 tb atnte Ot mr cin. Tlw atotaer ei V . ere t:0aa
How h oared tre T araiaar
Al vita wsk ar : Uti wa altars test! l u ?.tii. a few rears r :
Wiit. It for mt 4ims t1" at. t. larU fur aikn t ixHt far HITlf.
Gaiae4 kj a Wwr aad wi sace at 11'. Till at lt, frte eror!c T laber c.
At xty I wre ic eat -miHi.re.-As w, is a mmIm bat lCty 9m4 wic
Tread trifie-piX iw. tathtaai r-
Rm ctmiM dMMAiot id
The efcwfcWw w JwniW 1 lMe all, A&4 uwr a4 rttre mktMU ta kalL Aa4 tfeere S r littttT-twHHi Med Ti a tor yUwloiwiiktf jo3e to wd: The tkt & w mi tr.M4 kw selected 0 Wt: TkWalic 5re,liaiowe; rw- tT Vet wetta!fticitM. Wkat i! Wk Tkt K Mtk!ac kfMC re k4 we, ' Aa4 jwJ krds sifWt wkwe tTji: is
-ori" wouM W Hr to din m tk
quarWr 11m mmI lft my dUpalrfww. umd m I rH Wck to the eornfoo4ot'f tent I r a dark form vtnwliiur
at lu Mtnuir awl, too pale fae of
Ckmr u. I saM. Ummaiar
oa t saonMiw. yoa'r loia yotur
Wnutr kloeo a tWa what will til
tfcoM daaMl at Dual ay whoa you
Iatwl of twrniac rotma aad eoax-
iag wia xcrU Itevtom a
tMual. Max'utM wk a WrU bawa
"0h,X4" (I awl taarat him to ata oatratiaa of my aaate). "I foi I efcaH aovor mm DtMtal aifala.1' Ik raia I expoaulal with him. walkiay up aa4 doura ia tlt a-oww; la raia 1 poiatea out to aim the fact that thraoarliotit tW tMuanaisra ni corre-
MMultfnt had been ;h much a4tmKhcl;
for aa:wr be too mo to tue top 01 a
mmiaa aad howeii tm tho UsrhU of
Tirsova ia th distance and aih
Th?fv a ball wattiar for m be-
hksd tho-i walU; it will eomo to Had
to-morrow."
la vain I reaoad. m raia I chaffed.
and at !al I ihourht h. beA to humor
hint aad tba he said to me
Xed. rou are mr moi iattmat
parod to follow my axuatplo, ami a ho
mw. avt wy tgr snouwu: (Uvo m on; I have boaa tryittjc to light a eiffarotto alt tho moralnr. but
it U so windy I an't do It. 1 hav
waited all mr match.
I yav him a eigar and ai I had a priiiffftit-whl and 3tol and ud a erap of tinder. I called him over to mo and handed him tho apparatus A tho fliat-wWl ivvwlvl and prtduoeda Hcht howr of s parks, my
boro reared aad daasd away about halt a doaen yaU, and thorn I stayed waltinf uatlt Maxim jfot a UtfhU A h- did so. tho whito eiood which hc-
eofniNinW a fiheU apparod ovr our
hatK. I xhouttid to fttm: "dnesu and diK-kud ImmedUtoty behind my
horao, but ho did not. Aha rejMrt
note, and a my horM turned sharp aad nod I saw poor Maximo struck
ftdly in tho t-2tet by a fragment o( the
yhll. lite hore fell at tho sumo time,
and poor little Diiraml wm dead. I thought immeliately of our coiivctah-
tiou of tho previous night, went wactc to the pot. and Uok from the poor mangled body tho chain, the locket and the image for Marie. 'Hie ghastly horror of the tak buttle &?:criptloa. but for safety I put the chain round my own jwedc and wore it there during tho rt!t of tbs war. Tho Servo-Huijrarian campaign of
'85 and 'S terminated, as you know.
friend a suing the boys here, you to do onn?thing for me
have fallvn ia tho saow. around my neck a gold chati
nortrait suiwnded to U. and
.
I waat whea I I wear with a a little
rather suddenly in the spring' of the
Acd kn, as we tit, tk r3H!y I T oar Hit jwar t weJiaei Ivoit ViS; witfc Wk :Xat garret t ztk ay iaiy 4m"W a GUrdea f JUea p farsr y'r of t!r. Tkeaw l!aa EnjclUfc, In Hjirpn WeeSiy. DID JIE DO KIGKT ? Tryhs Kxpriooe of as Amorioaa War Corroopoodost.
go!de imago of JMommhJ The
winrait i. that of the uaoffhtor of oltf
Xichola StereKe. of IXiuaL If I had not been here I should hare bum mar
ried to hor by now. hen I am dead I want you to take this chain, this locket, this image to her. and ay that Maximo died thinking only of her, praying with hU lat breath for her ia the hooe of seeing hor hereafter.
l isten a moment; we parted terribly. I - a i j
The war. a vou Know, nroxe ous sua-
dealv; and I was ordered by tolegraph
to the front without baring a moment ia which to write to Marie. It hap-
nMwd thus: I km at Arjentoo when
I rAoeired the telegram aad I ru-hed
the same evening to Douai to say good-
W in her. I arrived tired and HI.
and before taking myself to sou her
entered the rUuraal.uof riocro Lar-
ia 9 . jl
ki. totake a bite to eau anercimei
Pierre Dufoure. who ha for years
been endeavoring, to supplant me ia
ib etocm of Mario. He aked me
bow it was that I wa$ there asd I told him that I had been ordered to the war aad that I had come to !y goodbra" to Marie. lie would not Iwlieve
it and I took out ef ray pocket the tel-
I bad received I root rtr to
frhow him. At the same time I accidentally took ot:t her tat letter to mvi as he saw it. a look of joakm-y came
over his face, bnt he toid nothing, and
anenllv roe and went out. My meat
.
latter year, and a my mother, the only
person iatereted in my movement, had received continual new of me through the editor of our paper and I had no sweetheart longing for a sight (ti hu before returning to America I
went to Paris and from there look the
train to Douai to perform the comrais-
wumi r near little Jlaxtme Duranu. X
arrived there on an exquisite spring
morning and on my way patweu tne sign of "Lsrreze Kestauntteur." Here, thought I. U where Maxime dieted the nirht he came to say good-bye. I went
W7 " - .
in and while breakfasting engaged the old lUeton in conversation. Could he
Hrct me to the houe of Mcholaa
Sterelie. I akeL Certainly, but Nieholo was dead; his daughter, however. Mm. Dufonre, lived next door to where Nicholas Sterelie had died, and no doubt I should like to see her. 1
akd who she was. It seemed that be had been engaged to a young Parisian journalist, a war correspondent, who bad deserted her brutally. He had runaway and had not returned. They did not know what paper he served or they would have inquired
1 about him at it office. Meanwhile, f Si(Klt hsd married lite rival.
I rose and sought Marie and found, a Maxima had told me. a little narrow street, towards the top of which tho name of "Sterelie" was inscribed over a shop whose shutters were closed Next door to it a mil-
1 tnr inscribed "Dufoure T was
brilliant with Paris novelties two
wow asro. I went in to buy some
treated her shamefully, and nh would, not lot the thought ot him poll her life. At this moment a sour-looking, blaokhairod man entered the hop and wild ia har. coar tone: "Madame Du-
foure, I beg that you will attead to the
butiineiM of the shop instead or Planning chattering with stranger of whom you know nothing." So thin wa her husband! The poor little woman, cowed by hl manner, returned to her HiUir ami I looked at the huiband. to whom I remarked that I had finished my purehswwii. I thought for a moment thia In her huahand. and she in doing her best to ter the frail hark of her happlne
through th qulokwuids of a terrible future. Shall I leRve her thus, strengthenod in her attempt to do her duty by her belief in a dead man's perfidy, or shall 1 render her life one long dull regret by telling her the truth and turn hor resoect for her husband
into hatred by a recital ot what has evidently been his hellish treachery? I thought for an instant, anil then I
cam j away. , I took the next train to Paris, where I mmght out his sister, his only surviving relative, the wife of a jeweler in the Palais Hoyal. To hor, under the seal of aocrecy for these reasons, which nho aJ a (sensible woman appreciated, I confided tho story and the jewels, and Kuphrasle Dufoure never
knew she never knew. Tell me. did I do right or wrong? Philadelphia Press.
RAILROAD SIGNALS.
Es-
T!...l unultir 14 ml Nleiilllranrc at
plulncil ly tJi stamUnl Cod. The greatest civilizing agent in tho world, after tho art of printing, is tho locomotive, and that term includes
the railroad and all its appurtenances. Without railroads, three-quarters of the United States would now bo a wilderness, and tho same is true of great portions of other continents. Every body travels on tho railroad, and a railroad train is a familiar sight that never irrows old.
But how many of tho millions who travel know what the railroad signals
mean? The majority do not bother their heads about tho matter, and a
large minority vaguely wonder why
there should be so much tooting anu
swinging of lanterns, all of. which Is no doubt essential, bnt at the same time very confusing to tho uninitiated passenger. Perhaps this article may serve to the mvsterv. as the data is
-go slow
"stop
at or
I have all mr life beca eeutoraed
to act upon wy wa judgment, but 1
am not sromr eo much to tell rou a
tory as to ak you whether I did right
on one trying ecoo. The life of a war correspondent i.
a rou fellows Tery well know, in
many resps a bard oe. bat the correspondent of a paper not unfrequently more of what is roia? on in a
camoain than the soldier himself, ax
,t being comparatively unattached aad
able at nearlr all times to search a
fruitful field for stirring incidents.
his mind rapidly became stored
with a vast collection of incidents.
tntirie and comic, humorous and serf
ous. dralnatk and iirnicaut. which
too often crowd one another out of his
mind and onlr recur to him when
some special circumstance arises to
sujrgest them. Tlte.caiapaign of the
autumn aad winter of l&s m the Hctlkan Peninsula, though ihort. was not devoid of such iucidvats.anil thero wa one wh'ch ha branded it imWibir
upon my rainJ. I had beca ia Paris; when the war beaa and was engaged by a number of American newspapers to go to the front m their correspondent, f We were a merry crew ia the correpoolet tent, but there t something fingalarly callotfes abwut a correspondent after ho has been through a campalga or two they seldom get killed, though the fate of Suint-Leger Herbert. Power and Donnoraa. who fell at mr side in the Soudan, are exemplifi
cations of the proverb that "the excep
tion prore the rule." Still, when the day's fighting ist over, when the curtain of night bat fallen upon the drawn
of war and the treble of the infantry
and the baes of the arttlforr are at
rest. ii is not without s certain grim
humor that the correspondents took
round for each other to count noses.
Of all the bright. Joyous little fel
lows that I ever met in the fieM or elsewhere. Maxtme Dttraad was the
brightest example, lie was the spec
ial cornondett ia the Ihlkajt Penln
aula of del Me &ar) La Jraace, his
real name as also that of the paper for which he corresponded, together with
certain other WenUficairy panicu
la s. I have sunorefre4 for reasons
which wilt appear. H was the bap-
niest fellow in our me Hec
from Douai. and on the mo?t gloomy
days and ia the mot deadly now he would siiur to a snatches of his Breton
folk mm. eebOM mt tin Champs
Slreoi mm roaaiatteon of the Fol
iMlwMnf. Ik and I hnd made
frieads before we met. any of the rest f the boy. On night when we were encamped before Tirnova and I and been sitting up writing some letter to 1mt at headquarter, for weex-
1eied a not nav oa the Borrow and U
wu kuU a 1aM mm" whkk Of
mc mam uum 1 -
at an end. I started for tlie home of crav iies. anu. wnust 1 was ieinS wr uu
av sweetheart. b.it jtwt as 1 turaca up ; oy a ori.. im 1 1.:. r .i-v ...1 , tvollttlo Frenehwoaian. I sitid:
m BArrvil rilTCT . a , ... .
as a short cut in sroing to her, I felt a " Have I the pleasure of addressing
and re-
riolwat blow uuoa the
membered no mot
"When I came toiaysclf the little money I had in my pocket, my watch
aad all my paper, including the tel-
e-'ram anu Jtarms tetter, aau oeen
ien doubtless tie thief, hariag noticed that my clothes were of the
Ule-t Parisian cut. imagined that I
wa worth robbing. I came to myself seated in the corner of a smoking-car in a train going in the direction of I knew not where. It was an hour or mere b;;fore the train stopped. Then, feeling sick and giddy, I asked how it was 1 name there and whore I was going. The guard saii that atalt. fair man had carried me in his arm into the station, had taken for me a ticket to Pari, toward wlalch the train was
... a
no- hateia ana put me uniter tne
cant of the guard, saying that it was iBMriaai th.I JdvouU be lit Paris ia
the morning, but .that 1 hnd been hurt
m otn drunken brawl. 1 was too MtuMAec 'to sat' V thing. I arrived
at Par nd aoiook myself imme
diately to JfeCi office of L: France, received my in!-tn:c:ionand my baggage
and half an hour biter wa oa my way to Xich. Two hours after that you
met me and that k all.
I have written to Marie since I
hare beet in the aetd. but I can not teU wliether my letters hare got through the Servian llnof I could
aot. s you Amerinaa enrrepondents do. sead them to ie poted by the edit-
nL mr naticr. Promt me that
you will carry my message, my friend. W
aad now kt us go ia and try to sleep.'
Karir next dav titer began to bom
bard ma from Tirnova. A war corre
spondent .-t duty is to his paper, he I its nrofierty. and therefore he
had no right to warfe himself unnecessariir: discretion is therefore, the
better part of ralor. and speaking for
myself, whenever the plan is feasible.
get into a tree aad behind a good
thick limb. I had done this to-day and mr horse steed underneath, his
long cavalry bridle hitched over my foot as it swung from my perch. Maxime Durasd had followed my example and sat in the fork of a tree about twenty yards away, chanting some little French song or oilier as ho
made note of the action that was going on before our eye. Presently a shell soared over mr head at a dis
tance of about fifty yard and almost icm-ed lately afterwards three or four rifle bullet" whistled through the branches of the tree in which I was Siting. It occurred to me that this wa unwemly. and. stopping only to light a cixar. I lei myself drr.p into mysnddte prepared to seek some more sheltered spot, shouting a I did m my iaienttoc nv Maxima. He pr-
Mme. Dufoure. me bterelie?" bhe
anrd in the affirmative, "lour
name. Madame." said I. "has been
Keatiofied to me by M'sieu Durand,
whom I met recently m the Jvast.
Sh ercw rerr white and a hard
look settled over her features aa she
answered:
"Ah. vou know Maxima Durand.
-trim w.nt out to the war. He has
slaved there. I understand."
Yes." I replied, "ha has stayed
tW.x"
1 fotmd some dtfHcnlty in inducing
her to permit me to talk about Max
ime at nil. When 1 sain mat ne nau once sttoke to me of her it seemed only
tn inviT hor the more. Finally I
said, with American bluntncss; -rou
did not return Maxime's regard, his
affection"
I do not know." she interrupted.
"whether he is a friend of yours, but for four rears. M'slcu. I wa devoted
to that man: he was to have married
me when Ins wositton on nis paper
of which I do not know even the name
( for he never told rae about himself),
would iustifv him in doing so, but
when his position became a good one and would have enabled him to marry
nw ' fiim" me aide like an old
rlove."
And thoueh the little woman's bos
nm havMl with rajre. the tremor of
her lin told me that she was not so
callous about it as she would have me
believe. 1 asked her tf I might be so
Indiscreet an to ask her the history of
th s event, as I had met M'sieu uu
rand aad did not wish to have a false
opinion of him. .She told me that
when Maxime had been ordered to the
front he had come over from Arjen
ton. where he was then staying, and.
instead of coming to see her, had en
gaged himself in a drunken brawl in the cabaret of Pere Larreze. that
Pierre Dufoure had leen present ami had seen him exhibit and read aloud
hr last love-letters to him. There.
wa no doubt about this, for M. Du
fmtro. whom she had since married,
had quoted to her long passages therefrom, which loft no room for doubt. Ho had never written to her or made any sign, and she had crushed him out
of her heart and married M. wuioure. True. Dufoure wad! rather old, and
he himself, unfortunately, played part
in tho drunken brawl wttn wmcn
Maxime Durand had coleraed his
farewell to Douai.
taken from the "Standard Lode," a
text book for railway men.
Green signifies "cautionlr." White signilies "safety."
Green and wlilte signittes
Bag stations for pas?en
freight." . .
(hu- can or torneiio on ran means
stop Immediately."
Two caps ortarpeiiocaon ran means
"reduce speed immediately anu iook
out for danger signal."
A train whllo running must display
two green Hags by day and two green lights by night, one on each slda of tho rear of tho train.
After sunset, or when obscured by
yr or other cause, must display
headlight In front and two red lights in rear.
Two green flags by day and two
green lights by night, displayed in tho
places provided for that purpoio on
the front of an engine, denote that the
train is followed by another train runmir on the same schedule and en
titled to the same time-table rights as
the train carrying tho signals.
Two white nags by day and two
white lights by night, carried in the
same manner, denote that tne tram is an extra.
A blue Has by day and a blue light
bv nk'ht. nlaccd on the end of a car.
denotes that ear inspectors are at work nnil.r or about the car or train, and
Tnt nt be counted to or removed
until the blue signal is removed.
T.amn sisrnals are made as follows:
1- - " .. . . .
a toMtTi swtitttr across tne tracK is
...... ft
the signal to stop.
A latntt raised and lowered vertical
v 1 the slsrnal to move abend.
-r " .......
A lamp swung vertically in a circie
unAua tha ti'Mic. wnun inu 1 rum ia
Ca V. L f .7 a.v
stMndlnff. is th5 stenat to move back.
A tamn swunc vertically in a clrcio
at arm's length across the track, when
tha train s running. Is tho signal mat
tho train has parted.
A flae- or the hand moved in any o
the directions given above will Indicate
tho same signal as given by tho lamp
The locomotive whistle signals aro
rnraTwd of short, oulck sounds and
Innir sounds. In the lowowmg lauic, v
means short, quick sound; moans
long sound.
Apply brako. t6P.....0
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Cray's Immortal 'JCVegy" ooeu pled him for seven year. Says the novelist, Dr. George Maodonald, "I like prmushlng most of all." General Lew Wallaoe ban had his lkmllur" printed with raised letters for the blind. Alexander Dumaa, the French novelist, wa of African origin. He wa born at Villers-Cotteret, a town of France, July 21, 1808, and died December ft, 1870.
Mr. William TUmmII. the "cowboy
artist," Is an actual cowboy, who Is well known In MontanaTerrltory. His knowledge of the use of oil colors is entirely self-acquired. His summers are spent in "punching cows," while during the winter ho draws and paints at Helena. Mr. Kuskin ha at last officially permitted a photograph of himself to bo Issued. It was taken in tils garden, with a background of fern. His admirers may bo also pleased to learn that two views of Hrentwood, one with
the lako of Coniston in the distance, and the other with the surrounding woodland, havo been published. Tho late Hishop Steoro began the translation of Hunyan's Pilgrim's Progress in tho Swahili, tho language spoken in Zanzibar and it neighborhood, but did not live to finish it.
With tho aid of tho Religious iract Society, which bears a considerable portion of tho cost, tho book has been completed and published for tho Universities' Mission, under tho editorship of Rev. A. C. Madan, studont of Christ Church, Oxford. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in
presenting his medical library to tho Roston Medical Library Association, has parted with a collection which has takon a lifo-titno to gather. The oldest book in the series was written in 14U0 and tho latest in 1887. Says Dr. Holmes: "Those books aro doar to mo; a twig from some one of my nerves runs to every ono of thorn, and thev mark tho progress of my study
and the stepping-stonos of my professional life. If any of them can bo to others as they have been to rao, I am willing to part with them, oven if
thoy aro such old and beloved companions." The MS. of tho first essay over written by Mrs. Stowo has been preserved among her(papers. Mr. Munro, who Is to be ono of tho editors of hor memoirs, says that her accumulations also Include hor diaries covering the most interesting: nerlod of hor life.
C iticisins 01 ncr own anu owior wuiro in manuscript, copies of her own letters to the most notable personages of her time, both at home and ubroad. and their replies; lotiers that relate the whole inner history of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the causes that led to
its production, and the sources of Information trom which she drew her
facts; and letters filled with praise.
criticism and rabid abuse of this and
others of her works.
THE CHILD-LIKC SPIRIT.
ItltleaM! brake, start. ...O 0
live
Apprea'h m stutsoa -Wt lasting 5 see.
Call lr hw teamen.... r,tlrtt trurU ... ......" "
Train ha parted,.... ri?n n n
l-orruci ." IVX n
nrltigc or tannui warnm . Q Q
VU1 ua side-track, .... - -
UOlUCn unya.
rM,i Pnildiiiir. Ono quart o
sweet milk, ono pint of bread crumbs,
three-quarters of a cup ot sugar, jma
t f,, butter size oi an egg,
Vkva. vaj
flavor with lemon bake In asiowoven, dnnn siiread over a layer of
This wa hi ono jelly, whip the whites of the eggs to a I . m a ...... t ttiiMilaHArl CilltTHP
t..it, ,ti ntiii nun of itowdered sugar
liour o-er tho jelly and uaK a ngiu
brown. Servo cold.
fault, excepting, perhaps, a certain
MornwM of temper. Rut she was
hi wile new, and it wa not for a few
l . , tw,. r.. -ti b.r Uf.tHdSo -When a fond parent see boy
: i , k.ii, .1, , a ratuwav. instead 0
be anu suireient seti-respeci tu mjuvo the bet of IL Yes, she admttto.1 that climbing the fence, ha i worried for
,he had levoi Duraad. but k bad fr the lad ln l quite nm
HUMOROUS.
-No contributions to tho "Is-Mar-
riage-a-Failure" discussion have ap
peared from Salt Lako City. Puck.
Medium "This, sir, Is the spirit
t ,.- UniAn Uastns. who died last
spring. Stop! W here are you going,Visitor Kxcuso mo, I owo Uncle Uastus foO." America.
Rloodsrood ''How aro you getting
on with Miss Debut, Posoboy? Have
vou broken tho Ice yet?" Foseboy
Yrts. and pot a cold bath that I shan t
forget to my dying day." Rurllngton Free Pross.
Young man (to editor) "f would
like to leave this poem, sir, for you to read, and In caso It Is not accepted can you return it to me?" Editor "Oh.
vos." Young man "1 havo signeu it
Anon." Editor "Very well, sir, 1
will return it Anon
Miss Lonirnursc "Why.of course.
Helen of Troy was beautiful. Do you suppose thero would have Imjcu a
twentv-vear war over her u sno naun i
been beautiful?" Mr. Shortcash (for
getting himself) "0, I don't know.
Maybe sho was rich." fl. I. nceKiy.
Mr. nionos "I siiDDOie that new
grand piano was Mr. Ferguson's prcs-
enttoyou? You must be very prouu or it." Mrs. Ferguson "Yes. it was very nice of him but, oh, Edmund,
you must show Mr. Rjonos that love-
ly silk handkerchief wincii i gave you." Boston PosU Mrs. Winks-"Folks say Mr. Weed, tho cigar manufacturer, was converted at tho revival last nlghL" Mr. Winks "Guoss It's true. I Hteppod in this morning for my favorite brand of two-for-tlro cigars, and I noticed tho card 'Pure Havana' had been moved over to tho fifteen cout box." Philadelphia Record. Rlnglov "Well, havo you patented any thing latoly?" Inventor "O, yos. I havo just received letters patent for my now 'Prlae-Fight Suspender 151111011.' Ulggost snap of tho century." IHnglcy "What make you call It tho 'Prize Fight?1 " Inventor "It novor com off." Terro llauto Express. Woman (to tramp) "Thoro, 1 have obeyed the dtvlno Injunction to feed tho hungry,' and now I hope that you will remember that ono good turn deserve another, and chop a little wood for me." Tramp "Fin very sorry, mum, but I'vo got an engagement, an' must hurry off." "Why, what havo you to do?" "It is my solemn duty, mum, to go out into the highways and byways an' toll hungry gents llko mysolf that this ore house'ls a good place to gt a squaw Intnl. M N. V. Weekly.
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Marak l. law. IgpMially arraa4 ffont S. a. QaarMy.1 LawoK TexT-Xark 8: SMS. 1 Uomex Tkxt Waoaotvw aball aot rOi Mire the kiogdont ef Ood a a little oWU,: ha shall aot eater thra4a.--Mark M:ti. Ck.ntkal Tavrn-Oaly m the eWW-Wtoo taint eaa we enter the Kingdom ef Heavaa. Time Autuma A. D. M. A few wea after the hut loa. rLica Caperaaum; probably ia Mm heuaeef Petr. 1'akaulbl AccomrM-Matt. IS: 1-7; Luke :W1. . IarraonccTiox-One week after eur law teMtm Jesus wa traaattgured, rabably en Mt. Uerrnon, near Ceaar Pailippl. Coating dowa Hehealadadenwmiae ehild; tW they eroMd tbe Jordan near it touree aad, enteriag Galilee from tbe north,: journeyed slowly toward Capernaum. On. this journey, probably just before reach-, lag Capernaum, ooourred the dltpute relarraii tn ia tha lMimi. i
Haurs ovca Hd Pucas 83. And m earn to Capernaum: His Galilean home. Here the temple tax was demanded, aad Peter obtained the money f nana flsa (Matt.. 17:!M-27). i. IMJ their imoet from shame. Oribin or the DisvcTE It may havei arisen (1) from the fact that three of their number bad been selected by Jesus for Ilia companions oa the mount; (3) the key had been given to Peter, and he wa te be a foundation-stone of the kingdom (Matt. 16:18, 1); (3) Judas, as the treasurer, way have had special ambitions, a he thought . of being chief of the treasury of the Messiah klag; (4) those who had received special favors may have usurped some authority, or assumed a dictatorial spirit which would naturally be resented by tha others. 36. Took a child: as an acted parable, showing that they should have the love, the trust, the simple, unambitious fooiinnnf b. nhlbl. 87. Wliotoevtr aAstl re
ceive on nf $Hh eldldren: shall love him, care for bint, Imbibe his spirit. Retttetth mv has My spirit, is like Me: and his kindness to the child for Christ's sake will be accepted as If done to Himself. Tub Caii-n-uKK Sri kit-No t slnlessaess; for no children are sinless. Those qualitie which are characteristic of childhood, which make the Ideal childhood. As Dr. Robinson puts it, "What you would have your child be to you, that be yourself to God." Those qualities are: (1) humility; (2) freedom from ambition, rivalry, or jealousy, (3) tender and gracious affection ; (4) perfect trust; (5) obedience; () a teachable spirit; (7) unworldliness; (8) Indifference to the distinctions of rank aad wealth. 8S. nil John atuteerttl llim: I. e. his question was suggested by what Jesus had said. Did this man we saw receive vou! Did he have the chfid-liko spirit? lit
foUnvxth nwlws: he did the work really and in Christ's name, but fie did not jolu the apostles. 30. Furbtd hit twt: do not interfere, Let each one work in his own way. 40. He thai, it wtt wjatntt ut: see also Matt. 12:30. Everyone is on one side or the other. There Is no neutrality, 41. A cup nf water: the smallestand simplest gift. He Aoii not toMM reward; he shall be treated as if he had done the kindness to Jesus Himself (Matt.'J5:tO). Not a (I) that the essuntial element k u rAvcurilM U the love of Christ and
devotion to HIra. (2) What a splendid opportunity opens here for us to do that te which our hearts often prompt us, soma act of personal devotion and love to Jesas. We would express our gratitude to Hira, personally. (3) This direct aud personal service of Jesus tends to transngUre all our daily lives witti the radiance of Iloaven. A'l. Shall offend: cause to stumble, lead iato sin. Itu'rr htm: no earthly loss la
so great an evil as this sin. Commexts ' See how Jeus Instructed the disciples with regard to the way of catering the kingdom of Cod. They needed thla teaching, for they were all the time taking It "for grained, not only that, they were sure of admission, but that they wottkt ooeu pv promluent positions there. Their eyes must havo expressed great astonishment when He assured them that unless tkey became truly humble in spirit they weukl urver so much as enter the kingdom, mUch less occupy any lofty place there. With one sentence He upset all their ideas et merit ami establish! a new basis of valuation. Not bv seir-seeking, but by self-de-nlal; not by prate, but by humility; not by iu.;ncr cari-.M! hut reiidcriiiir service to
others, would they be fitted for that kingdom. In uttering this truth tha Saviour was Indeed setting forth a "hard sayiHg," for the verv last thing that men naturally love Is humility. To find a truly Ramble man or woman is harder than to nad a black diamond. Pride, under the most specious forms, finds only too ready admittance Into our hearts. It manifests llelf ia various and very twrrible ways. Pride ef dress, pride of appearance, prideof manners, pride of position in society, pride of aaeestxy, prideof wealth, pndo of intellectual attaiaments, pride of accomplishments, pride of influence, prideof honesty, pride of truthfulness, pride of religious form, pride of meek humility. The catalogue might be ndlcsslr drawn out. Notice for a moment into what utterly incongruous Haces thkt pride intrudes itself. At the very eowluunlou table the apostles were stumbled by their pride (Luke 2i: St-aO), and to-day many a proud minister in church oftkos may be found olMelating at the Lord's supper. n..i.. :., uior. a I'unut ut funerals, even the
mourners welcoming him and being stumbled by his SatJMio suggestions, lu revival services prkle Is never wanting, and among successful inquiry-room workers he strives lumUobeaguost. "Our holiest things are often made unholy with this evil prate, which will never be shamefaced enough to take nay for an answer. ltev. A. F. Schaufllcr. PRACTICAL SCOOaSTIOKS. 1. Tho desire to bo greater than other arises from selfishness, and loads to .Barrels and bitter feellmrs. ti. Man's way to be great Js by ruling other. Clod's way to bo great Is by serving others. 4f . Wo should belikoa child, In trusting God, m hamilitv, in obedience, in love, ia unworldlbioss, in teachableness. 4. beware of the Intolerant spirit. 6. Neutrality is impossible. W e must be on one side or tho other. . Jesus never forgets the humblest service done in His name.
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pared with the victory over our own passbns and failUigs. Ihavk been driven many times to my knees bv the overwhelming eonvktioti that 1 bad nowhere else to go. My own wist ota, and that of all about me. seemed insufficient for that day. A. Lincoln. Wo have need to pray "Leadus not Int temptation," hut tliere is yet heed that we should use our common sense that tt e run not blindly Into It ourselvea.-Rev. Charles
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duty. J. Foster. Cnaisr Is the only source of rest te the teal Ills breast is nlways JLVwre, w a kmad upon by the bnvd dketaia.
