Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 March 1889 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. IHDA.N1C, Publisher. ' i i i i i JASPKU. - IN I if AN A A THANK-YE-MA'AM. res sokt or VKHMK THAT MAKIM JAHKS WHITCOMR "HIUCT. f" The Spllln' Iie wuz ovsr. I stooi clesn by the till, OMy fuse f z rl er tire, ty toes all in a chill, 'Till Buiuti not liur UitHK oh, an come up ter the door, An' then I crooked ny lber-jlNt an' held It out tefure. Hut Hessekmh llrliidle ez: "Permit if ye Ik'HBl" A-ihoviu' hi between us, with most am it In' ease. Then Susie's head went bmkward, Jut oz a robin mlKht, Said she: "ThanksJ-Sl Ml take ic!" her vyes H-sliliilii' lr;ht. So Hcfklah Mooil quite still, ez iukezany la tut', Ai' soon lit' tuflly il,u away without, a nc-ye'Ma T stowed her'nmth,the buffalers n wrapped her warm an tlrht. Old Dnuhln's hull weut JUtelln' away ltr the nisflit. I tot k clio 'z 1 larwd teran' lined 't was closer yit. An' whether ' not we niailu remarks, I d'clar' I clean ferK-tl Fer 1 sot tliar contrlvin' what words) I ought ter say Ter win that gal fer ray ownest own never ter Ko away. At l ifct I H-ared up spunk enough and cleared my thnnt au' tried: "1 uewr seen a prettier night for taklu' a sleih-riue 'O Sunt It's ride t03ther"l wuz solemn ez a 1 Mini, Hut ez 1 spoke the sleigh rlz up ott an aawi Suo toppled, with a leetle screeca, an' so I put my arm Tight round her wa'st ter hold her safe, for fear she d come ter harm. So then wnl, then-I kised her. Hut Susie did n't caret An' home wo weut a-zlppln" through snow an' frosty air: Old Dobbin's bells were rlngin' now a sort o' weddln' boiik With twill the runnor j'lnm' In, ez we jest flew alone. 'The old horse showed more speed that night than l u a thought he had; Xle scemtrd to go like lightnln' but I .was n't very glad. . .Soon Suo got down an' kissed her ma; we parted very calm. JDut go In' home my heart jest jumped, ez I crossed that Tudor Jenks, In Century Hrle-a-llrac. MY EXPERIMENT. '.Don't Be Too Sure or the Fish Until It's CaughtI was sitting up with it corpse. The position was really a ninocuro. Oneo .In tin hour or two 1 went nnd moistened, with a solution of saltpetre and water, the cloth placed upon tho face of tho deceased as a menus for removing tlc traces of decomposition which had 4-ot in; that was all tho lahor tho situation involved. The rest of tho time 1 sat before a blazing- fire, in a room separated from that where tho remains" lay by a narrow hail, a nicei'Mchitum in my mouth from which I puffed volumes of dense smoke, either busily thinking, or reading from some ono of tho books or papers which hud boon placed at my disposal as tho means for wlnling away tho lonely hours. Yet, though alone, I was not lonely; my thoughts kept mo too busy to admit of that. J was h medical studont, in impecunious ci re it instances, struggling in every way to obtain the funds necessary to the prosecution of my studied; no easy task, as I hail at tho same time an invalid mother to support; ttnd it was scit-cely over absent from my mind, tho query: "How shall I do it?" Kveu while reading, this question, like a specter, stole between my eyes and the printed page. How different, I thought, had "been tho prospects of my iriend, now lying rigid In death only a few steps away from my own. He had just entered upon tho practice of law; but, if never a case camo to him, there was nodangorthat he would ever become financially embarrassed, as he had recently inherited an immense fortune, and, if so he pleased, lie could livo a lifo of inngniiicont idleness. Why should he, with HMi'll liriiTlit rifnltnliilif tna li(n..n

him, bo taken, and 1. with dark roalllies staring mo in tho face, bo left? It was study ono of tho unfathomablo mysteries! Taking up a recent isstto of tho Now 'York Herald, I became interested in n account of an Interview with Prof. Proctor, on tho subject of Edison and Ills electric light. One sentence in tho rticlo I read over and over again, till tho worda seemed branded into my brain. It was this: I remember hearing it eaid that Mr. Proctor would hcllovo in a plan for galvanizing the dead, if that Yankeo Inventor proposed such none, and would credulously contomplato the possibility of shaking his deceased grandfather by tho ihnnd." I allowed tho paper to fall from my Tiand, and my thoughts to take a now direction. "Galvanizing tho dead" Tvhy might It not be accomplished?" 1 was nwnro that numerous unsuccessful endeavors to this end had "been made; but that was before tho t principles, of galvanism wore aa thoroughly understood as In thoso later years. Was tho restoration of tho dead to life utterly impossible? If not, whosoever should discover tho method for achieving such a result would secure a wider reputation than mortal had ever realized; and, bosldos,

at would furnish him with limitless wealth. Tkoa an idea uame to ma that

mad me tremble why might not I be

tltat fortunate person? I had quite an extensive philosophical apparatus among which was a Piimten battery of tlx jars and very powerful. There was a "subject" upon which to operate close at hand, and every tiling seemed to favor the project. Supposing 1 failed, no one would be the wiser therefor; if I should succeed, fame and opulence would both be mine, and 1 would gain my profession without being continually tormented by the ghatilly "Where1 tlte money to eoinu from?" To lie sure, tho realization of my "plan" would, in a degree, do away with the necessity for a physician's services; but there was another incentive to my efforts, in the shape of a gentle girl, with golden ringlets, blue eyes and dimpled cheeks, whom 1 had loved for many years, and whom I hoped to make my wife as soon as 1 should obtain tho means for a livelihood; confident that she would not say "nay" when I asked her to become mine. Putting on my overcoat and hat I quietly stole from the house, without disturbing any of the inmates all of whom were, seemingly, as sound in sleep as my deceased friend and rushed to my laboratory, a room which I had fitted up for that purpose in one of the out-buildings connected with my home. I found the battery, and, taking it and a bottle each of the necessary aeid.-J, 1 returned to the house I had left but a few moments previously, which I entered as silently as I had depar toil from It Placing tho box of jars on tho lloor, I joined the electrodes, and then poured the acids Into the proper cups, watching, in an ccstacy of delight, the liquid as it began to boll. As soon as my hands wore sufficiently warmed that I thought I could "operato" advantageously. I passed into the room where the "body" wn. According to the best of my ability to recollect, where experiments such as I purposed had been made previously, tho galvanic action had been brought to bear upon sonm ono of tho nervous centers of tho corpse only. My idea was to put my own living frame in the current, us follows: I would place ono of tho polls in contact with the medulla oManjla of the "subject," hold tho other in my right hand. Possibly my vitality would materially "aid in accomplishing the desired result. My friend had been " laid out" on a wide board, face upward, and in that position ho still remained. Having turned him partially on ono side, so 1 could readily get at tho base of his head, I made an 'neision in the flesh with a lance, and then, with a sharp drill, worked a hole through the skull and reached the desired portion of the brain. The remainder of tho operation was onrried out according to the above plan. In less than half a minute after the circuit was completed, to my surprise and g atification. a convulsive tremor ran through tho lifeless frame, the eyelids quivered, the lips parted, and a rosy tint slowly crept to tho pallid checks. In u minute and a quarter I had placed my watch where I could note tho seconds marking the successive changes perfect animation was restored to what so short a time before had been more clay. At once, noticing his peculiar position and strange surroundings, my friend, fastening his eyes upon me, asked: "What does it all mean?" I told him. "I have been dead? I knew it," "You are alive again. You know that?" It required but n few moments to inform tho family of what had transpired, and words would fail to convey an adequate idoa'of theiroverwholmlng astonishment, or of the gratitudo they manifested toward me for having restored their son and brother to them. I remained with thorn through the few hours of the night, as yet unexpired; and, when on my way home in tho morning, it seemed as if ovory inhabitant of tho town met and congratulated me on what I had accomplished. During that day I received telegraphic dispatches from various sections of tho country, requesting my "services;" each applicant promising to compensate me tit any rate I pleased; and the arrival of tho ovening papers proved mo famous. In the oarller portion of the evening, too, my "rovivitled" friend handed mo h paper which ho said was an "in strument drawn tin In leeal form anil properly attested, deeding mo one-half of his property." This ho wished mo to accept as a "slight testimonial of his appreciation of tho service 1 had rendered him, which no money, ho was aware, could fully re quite, " I objected to doing as ho wished. Ho insisted, and finally prevailed. "Famous," to a greater degree than man had over previously been famous, possessed of an almost princely sum. my friend's gift, with a surer means of securing limitless wealth than would have boon mine had I discovered the 'Philosopher's Stone," 1 called on tho one whom I so fondly adored. "You aro tho greatest man that has ever lived," she said, as I entered her homo, half turning away from tho kiss I stooped to Imprint on her fair brow, so It seemed to me, though she had always been more than will ing to receive such manifestations of my regard. Aren't you glad, darling?1' I asked. " Indeed I am," she returned, look ing down and blushing-; why, I eould not comprehend.

"For n other reason am I no gla4

as that I now have no hesitation in anking that question which 1 so long have desired to ask. Will you be my wife?" I expected she would quietly and In a happy tone, reply: " Yen." To my surprise, she fairly gasped: "Your wife?" "Ye, darling; you know I have always lovod you, that I am now amply able to supportyou In tltat style which you are so well qual0d to grace." "Your proposal i so sudden, so unoxjMioted." "You know 1 should nk you some time?" "Honestly, I don't think I had an idea that you loved me so very, very much as you do." "I thought I had manifested milord In every possible way; that we fully understood each other, though I have never broached tho subject of outmarriage, simply on account of my poverty." "I must huve time to consider this matter," she t-aid. "Cortalnly. dearest; take all tho time you desire." and. after a brief con vocation, I left her. This interview was on Wednesday evening. During the two following days I was so busy I had no opportunity to call on her. Saturday morning I received an invitation from my "friend" to be present at his house that evening, on occasion of a wedding that was to transpire there at seven. The names of the contracting parties were not mentioned, and it was a mystery to me who they eould be. I dispatched a note to the "young lady," informing her what was to occur, and that I would cull for her to accompany mo at 0:15. I did cull, as per nptification, only to find tho house where she resided entirely deserted. What eould It mean? lit no enviable frame of mind I wended my way to my "friend's." He answered my ring in person. "Why didn't you como sooner?" were his first words on seeing mo. "Seven was the appointed hour," I returned. "It Is quite a half-hour later than that now, I think," he said. 'sOur times must differ ivery materially, then," I replied; and looking at my watch I found it indicated 0:30, tho time I had supposed it was when I left my homo. My watch had stopped, u thing I had never known it todo before. "Put come in. and let me present you to my wife." "Your wife!" said I, astonished, nuver having known him to be attentive to any lady. "Yes," smiling. "Ah, here Bhe comes. My deaV he continued, addressing a richly-attired lady who was approaching the place where we stood, "let mo" An exclamation, by no means pious, that-fell from my lips, stopped him at thhi point in his remarks. And well might I use a profane expletive. Tho lady, now his wife, was identical with tho Idol of my affections. What would be fame, wealth, any thing the world eould offer to me, without her, dearor to me than all olse, but whom I had lost forever? Clone were the anticipations of aught but a futuro of sadness and desolating misery. And then, that she, in whom I so thoroughly trusted, should prove faithless. Oh! it was a crushing blow! The linos of Motherwell rushed to my mind: " As for woman, she can claim A name and title 1 her own Deceit." Here was a living exemplification of the truth of the poet's words. My "friend," whoso restorer to life I had been, must have known my longcontinuing attachment, and had undoubtedly won her from mo to himself in some unmanly manner. So he, too, was false to me. His gift" was incompetent to make up for such' treachery. In a voice tremulous with illrepressed passion. I shrieked: "May my eternal curses be" At this instant 1 uniokc, to find the fire nearly burned out, my meerschaum in fragments on the iloor and tho first rays of morning light trying to foroe a passage through the curtains. I shook myself once or twice to satisfy my mind that it was all a dream, and then entered the room where the corpse lay as quietly as when I had last looked at it. My doubts were dissolved. Tho "gentle girl," blue eyes, and so forth, will become my wifo next Thanksgiving, profession or no profession. Wo have settled that matter. Prod F. Foster, in Uallou's Monthly. A School-Girl's Epitaph. Though I can not give you tho following epitaph as existing in tho marble or on tho wood in any church or church-yard, I think it is worth preserving, for it lias sonio not unimportant teaching in It. Tho linos wore given to me as being "funny" or "comic;" but it seemed to me that the pathos in them was infinitely greater than tho fun. They were written, as I was Assured, by a girl who, long overworked in school and work-shop, was lying on her deathbed, and know that her end was at hand: "Ohl weep not for we, friend, for I am a-going Where there'll neither be reading, ner writing nor tewing Kol weep net for we, for though wo must sever, I'm j?n)ngto do nothing forever and ever!" Can wo wonder that auch was tho poor girl's Ideal of Heaven? T. Adolphus Trollopo, In Good Words. m - -One part cement and two pa rts of coal ashes make an excellent, mixture for gardon walks. If left until it fceta It will beoomt very hard and service-able.

MH. BLAINE' CABINET,

Whn XMbHdlf Whleh JIhh Jim Km Omtknrd ArttHHd Mlmswtl'. The Cabinet is Plaine. With the possible exceptions of John W. Noble, of St. Louis, and the Indianapolis William Henry Harrison (whose other name is Miller), it represents nothing but Maine, his greed for monej and his Itch for political meddling and boasism, liosides being a Maine Cabinet it Is a Northeastern Cabinet, framed to exclude tho West from the consideration to which iu commanding position in the Union entitles lu It will repeat In the financo of the Government that discrimination against the West which has impoverished this section to put Into tho hands of the Northoast the monoy of which Maine is so fond of boasting. Without regard to party, tho people of the West aro properly indignant that Windom should be credited to the West, which ho abandoned to do a doubtful business on tho shadiest side of tho back alleys of Wall street. Tho fact that Maine selected and insisted on him shows he is still the Maine of the guano enterprise and the Little Pock transaction. Proctor, of Vermont, is a very small Maine politician. Tracy. tht New Yorker, who is made Secretary of tho Navy Department a department in which extensive jobbery Is posriblo is another retainer of Maine's, with nothing but his Maineism to recommend him. He has a local reputation as a practitioner of law, but ho was appointed sololy bocauso ho was entirely subservient to Maine when the young Republican 3 of Prooklyn were attempting to reform Maineism out of politics in that city. Tho selection of Wanamaker for Postmaster-General is in lino with tho Plaino policy which always has boon a policy of demoralisation and corruption, Wanamaker bought his way into the Cabinet. Ho represents nothing but bribery and Maine. Tito Northeast has the departments of State, tho Treasury, tho Navy and tho Post-otllco. Tho West has only tho minor departments of tho Interior, of Justice and of Agriculture. The South has nothing. The Pacific coast nothing. Tho secretaryships allowed the'West aro given to mere nobodies. Millor, of Indiana, no onG ever heard of a month ago. Noble was unknown In politics outside of his ward. Husk, tho only Western man with a reputation, is a well-meaning old soldier with more backbone than brains. He is tho only ono of the Western men who represents anything at all. Tho treatment of the West has been shameful. Tho Maine conspiracy against this section can not be carried out along the lines laid down in tho formation of this Cabinet without exciting a, storm of protest. In Republican politics tho Cabinet stands for HalMircedism triumphant The old Grant-Conkllng stalwarts have received a blow intended for a coup da tjrucc. Maine has revived tho Garfield administration at least to the extent of putting his own foot on the stalwart neck. Stalwartlsm is not nearly as strong as it was in tho East, but dislike of the particular brand of HalMireedism Maine represents is strong there and likely to grow stronger as Maine develops his plan for political dictatorship over tho entire corner, including Now York in it. It will be strange indeed if after such a Maine administration as is promised there is not another upheaval in Now York such as resulted from his former quarrel with the local Republican bosses. St Louis Republic. WANAMAKER'S REWARD. How th, rhltaildplilsi (.imily.nnotljr He enroll a llulil oh ltrrloii, John Wanamaker's claim upon tho Administration appears to bo that ho took an arjtivo part in raising probably tho largest corruption fund ever known in American politics. Tho sum of money M) raised has been variously estimated, but most people place tho figure at $400,000. Mr. Wanamaker was especially well fitted for tho business of soliciting this money, for he was a man of previously good character. Ho wa a merchant with extensive business connections, he had figured largely in Sunday-school and other religious work, and Ills public spirit wa4 we'll known. Having raised the money, Mt Wanamaker turned it over to Matthew S. Quay, a politician whoso reputation for questionable practices was a'l well known to Mr. Wanamaker as It was to anybody else. When tho money was placed in Quay's hands Wanamaker's responsibility ended. It is not at all likely that tho Philadelphia merchant knows exactly where that money went Yet ho must know in a general way tho use that was mado of it Matthew S. Quay buys votes when ho needs thorn. Ho needed them last fall, and there is no more question that the $100,000 which Wamtmakor turned over to him wm used In tho corruption of voters than there is that Mr. Wanamaker has received a rich reward in olllcial honor for the part which ho played In that dubious transaction. Men have been rowarded before this for party labor and for personal loyalty. It is probable, however, that this is tho first time that a man not previously figuring in politics at all has been given a high station for such service as that which was performed by Mr. Wanamaker. It Hm been said that Jay Gould bought Stanley Matthews' appointment to tho Supremo Bench by tho contribution which he made to tho campaign fund in 1330. Mr. Wanamaker bought his Cabinet position In much the same wav Chi"ago Heralo.

THE INIQUITOUS TARIFF.

VrUUmt MarriiwH' I -) ttt High l'rHtfdttmt mm4 l'lHtaeraoy. The only reason, says President Harrison, why manufaetures and mining develoied more rapidly In New Knglaad and Pennsylvania titan la the South was slavery. This is the remark of a very superficial observer. Why did not slavery continue to exist in the Northern States? Simply because It was not profitable. The agricultural resources of New England did not compare to those of tho West and South, hence profitable employment for slave labor could not be found and the slaves were sold South. Then the tariff was established; a system by which the Western and Southern States, chiefly devoted to farming and from natural causes, were taxed to build up the mills of New England and the mines of Pennsylvania. Thus established under the false plea of protection to infant industries, the modern plutocracy has grown more insatiable with each passing decade, and it successfully resists every attempt to curtail its enormous privileges. As far as the West and South are concerned, tho tariff gives them no protection from New England and Pennsylvania. Alabama iron meets Pennsylvania iron in tho Louisville market Tho mills of Augusta meet tho products of the mills of Lowell in Memphis, in St Louis, in Chicago, w.ith no protection whatever. If thoro is any virtue in protection it should be applied now botwoen the States; if ever tho infants of Now En gland needed protection from competition with Old England, our mills and factories need protection from competition with the long-established mills and factories of the East Tills Is the tost which demonstrates tho insincerity of the advocates of tho tariff. Tho question in this sense may not be sectional; but it is worse than sectional, for it Is contrary to tho spirit of liberty. The battle now waging against the policy of restriction is a battle of freedom, and " freedom's battle, once begun, Uectuenthed from blredlnc; sire to soa, Though baffled oft. Is ever won.'' Tho tariff builds up classes and class distinctions; it taxes the 'poor for the. benefit of tho rich; it makes the rich more arrogant, more domineering, more dangerous. It degrades tho poor; destroys hope in their hearts; stifios all their aspirations, and it establishes a faiso wage systom that is little better than slavery. Down with the war tariff I Louisville Courier-Journal. CURRENT COMMENT. Windom's Treasury management will have millions in it for the Maine gang. St Louis Republic There will not be as much backbone in the White House in the next four years as iu the last four. Boston Globe. By "shoer, bold gratulttos" the Republicans propbsoto put tho surplus into a desuetude that shall not be innocuous. Louisville Courier-Journal. ' Grover Cleveland surrendered the scoptor of authority with as pure a heart and as clean hands as did George Washington. St Paul Globe. General Taacy, the Secretary of the Navy, Is not a man of large nautical experience, his training resembling that of the gallant olflcor Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B. Detroit Freo Press. Fashion seems to rulo in politics as well as in tho social world. The Dudley plan has already becomo established as part of tho new Administration. A Republican Congressmanelect has appointed a committee of five to distribute tlte patronage in his districtAlbany (N. Y.) Argus. Somoof ourcontomporarlos who indulged In bitter abuse of President Cleveland throughout his term of of fice are now admitting his excellent qualities. They may consider this gracious, but It is really an evidence of their injustice and unfairness, proving their utterances to havo been ; maliciously false as well as abusivo. Pittsburgh Post. It is reported upon seemingly good authority that Secretary of War , Rcdfleld Proctor has not boon outsido of Vermont since July 4, 1801, at which time ho went over into New Hamp- j hire to attend a celebration at West Swanzey. It Is also reported that for forty years Mr. Proctor has laundered his whiskers with Yankee shavin' soap Chicago News. Summing up President Cleveland's Administration, tho St Louis Republic tayss "llottor than all, he forced tho administration of tho full equality in the Union of to proscribed States ana people of thcTormer Southern Confederacy. Tho work that Abraham Lincoln would havo done; that Andrew Johnson was Impeached for attempting; that no Republican President aite Lincoln's dqnth and Johnson's impeachment had tho courage to attempt, ho did as u matter of course; and it Is a mournful tiling to say, but it Is bettor not to leave It unsaidho was. as a matter of course, defeated lor doing It." The Harrisonum Cabinet. ME. Secretary of State. Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War. Secretary of tlte Navy, f Secretary of the Intorlot, l-ME TOO. Postmaster-General, Attorney-General, hecretarv of Agriculture. Keeper of White House, It. Harrlsoa. Nashville America.

QUARTERLY REVIEW. tetofMtkMtaj MiHMly.Srtiin4 Lhmwn fer MfMh Slit SIHHI (lellly itrrsRffwl frow 8. g. QMrMri.l Lihmox Tsxt Iitataa Hf:Mtt. UohiiBX Tkxt The dsrt shall rsjeiee wd blotHom as the rose. Isa, mil, Ckntkm, Thi'th Jesus Christ has oome to transform this world into the Kingdom efUod, qc'kstioxs or thr qvaxtrk. I. Tltettmik WeStudy Which Iwokof tae Bible have we been studying this laat quarter! Wlwwroto it? How many ouapWs has itl What olse ran you tall about itf II. The Land What country was the scene of Christ's labors I Into what three great divisions was it divided! Ir which of these three did tnoat of our lessons take place) Name thu chief river; the chief lake; the principal cities where Christ worked miracles and taught. I1L The Forerunner (Los. I.) Give the leading facts about John the Baptist. Where did he preach 1 How did he prepare tho way for Jesus I IV. The Facts of Christ's Ltfe-Wbsre was Jmus hortij "When! Iu what place was most of his early life spsat! How long was his ministry I What was Ida age at the time of our lesson I Mihaci.ks-How many miracles are described in the loSftons of this quarter Why did Jesus work miracles I How would they show His character and His love for men I What miracle was wrought for an Apostle's family) (Less. II.) Describe the leper's cure, (Less. HI.) How was the paralytic restored I (Less. IV.) Give an account of the deinonlae's salvation. (Less. VI). What woman obtained a great blessing through faith! (Less. VII.) Describe the cure of Bartimous. (Less. XII.) Teaoiunob What do the mii-aclm teach us about faith I What do they teach us about the character ot Christ) What is the llrst recorded parable of Jesus) (Less. V.) What did it touch? What did Jesus toaeh by means of little children) (Loss. X., XI.) HKVieW TEACHIKO HINTS. Of all tho lessons of the quarter, the review requites more preparation thau any other; and this whether the teaeber reviews his class, or tho superintendent reviews the school as a whole. Negligence in preparationiwill simply insure failure. At suitable times let individuals be eailed on to state in ono minute the practical application of each lesson. Select persons with clear voices and minds to do this, so as to help the achool by their incisive way of speaking. Of course, they should bespoken to beforehand, so that they may rondor thoir parts well. As a rule, the school will be more benefited by a platform review than by class reviews, because many teachers in every school are really'not able to rightly handle twelve lessons in the time allotted. TEMI'EKANCE. Lr..so.v Text -Eph. Si : 15-21. Hku-sovkk Haki Places 1. The Brit, (v, IS). U'liie, wlvrel't it txtm: the nature of all intoxicating drinks Is to lead to excess; tho appetite for wine increases; it excites all p mlotis, all the bad feelings, and lends to actions which would not otherwise be performed. Riot, dissoluteness, anger, hate, intemperance, vice, murder, all lie ia the bottom of the wine cup. Mark the various evils that come from drinking. Uuin of the body. Destruction of the mind. Weakening of the will. Dulimg the moral sense. Poverty. Crime. Injury to others. Hell. 11. The Ci-ke. Filling the soul with good (vs, 1.V-MJ, FmsT. With Wisdom (v. 15). WVfc cirCHmiimHy: with accuracy, strictness, looking on every side to see that the right path is taken. .Vot im ', who go carelessly through life, running into temptations and dangers, viMting saloons and places of evil, going with If.ul companions, ml intending to go far astray, but just to sail into the edge of tho maelstrom of sin, to sue how it looks. Huch are fools. Uut aa aw: keeping in the right way; avoiding temptations; looking carefully for the ways that lead to the right onds. Sbcono. With Kaknest Activitt (v. 10). Itnlttmtnij the linn: redeem means to buy up, to get possession of; time here means opportunity, the right or fitting time. The words therefore mean, improve every opportunity; use your time to the best advantage; make every opportunity yield its utmost of irood. Utmue the dey art cellt because there are many temptations and dangers, hidden currents, secret pitfalls, enemies on every side. Tiiiki). Wmi the fiTimr or Goti's Woan (v. 17). VitiicrHnmllHi . . . the will of the Lml: by studying God's Word, and His works of natu re, and His book of Pro videnue. Learn what the llible says of intemperance. Write on each scholar's memory indelibly some of the Scripture warnings against intemperance. I'oL'KTii. With the Holt SriatT (v. 18). llible verses about the Holy Spirit and His influences to euard the soul against sin.

Tlte soul full of the Holy Spirit Is best guarded against temptation to intemper ance. Fn-rii. With the Spikitof WoasHir ani ItEMiuoN' (vs. 19, SO). Religious life, ex pressed iu religious worship, is one of the greatest of all aids to a temierate life. Let this fill the life before Intemperance has a chance to assail it Hoelal religious life guards against the social temptutkms ot strung drink. Kixth. With Mutual Hst.r. SubtnttttHt yaumte.t vh t a iftth'r: not seeking to rulo, but to help each other. We must lose our own life iu the larger life of the church, the society, the organization. Still it must be In tho fear of God, only In those things which are right Joining a temiierance so ciety lias great vaiue in keeping us from intemperance. Hee tiiatcacasciioiur is a member of sotno temperance organization. He who would go Heavenward, or Chris tward. can not go with the crowd; for the crowd is not going in that direction. And this is one of the sorest trials of the Christian life. It separates the Chrlslan dlxciple from many a companionship wliloli would otherwise bo delightful to him. But tho choice must bo made between conformity to tho world and consecration to Christ. a. H. Times. Ti H.-S-tmir:inen of narsonal siklv'.itimi essential to faith is contrary to Scripture and to tho experience of God's people. Tho Bible speak of a weak faith. It abounds with consolations intended fur the doubting and the desponding. God accepts thoso who can only say: "Lord, 1 believe; help thou mine unbelief." Dr. C, Hodge. He walks in tho presence of God that con verses with Him in ireqaent prayer and communion; that runs to Hint with all his necessities; thatasKs counsel oi mm lu all his doubtings; that opens ail his wants to Him; that weeps before Him for all his sins; and t'.at asks remedy and support for his weakness; that fears Him as a judge, reverences Him as almoin ami oueys uuu as a fatker.-Jercuay Taylor. The moral man may be perfect as a morat nmi I lid uinn n. statue is oerfeet The Christian man can hardly be perfect here as a Christian maa. Yet, who would not rather tie a Illy that has Ufa, though Imperfect, than a statue that tkeugh called eerfeet, is uisiess.

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