Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 April 1889 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER. C. DOANKi PubliMhsr. JASPER. INDIANA THE LC11QN OF THE IIRDS. "What tie the bints do when the winter neareth, And dead leaves tlrop itawawartl, aa.l every heuirii Is bare, .And the imioU r lee-eruftted, and be whs llsteas heareth The rustle of the unow-wlnai In th;ujiper air! 'Oh! the Wnlu the? are brave; their line pervasive st:ns lUeeru tku distant warmth ami balm beyond the front and hUiiij: 'The old one toll the young ones in secret wmlereneeg, And the yuuntr ones leara the Iosmb, and trukt in the tjiniiK. 3n the dose pine oovereis they crowd for protection The twit-behind who cllnr to home and will not southward ko. They know the hardy berry-beds, and need no direction To seek out drlnklng-baslns in the half ineltud snow, When the luakhine warm the work', the birds rehearse tlie r a nair; Low trills uud twitters break the nulst of the woods. I JVntf while spring t yet lonR way 08, they see her and xtwe.wiiiKlu, lhuebud and thiusa ami roWn In Joyous brotherhoods. Teaeh us your lesson, doar birds, of hri(ht endurance. To face the cold and f ice the gloom, and bravely wait ami stint, And trust the love that never falls, In confident assurance That out of w nter's deepest drifts shall bloom the apring' -Husnn CooUdge, In S. S. Times. CHINESE BANKS. Thoir Peculiar Method cf Tranaacting Business. The Silver lixrliHtign r Peking-How h Millionaire Chinaman Saved Cunt oh The Carrier 1'ljfooii tlie CIiIimmi "Ticker." There is nt present uo national bank in China. Tho Chinese, however, have thousands of private banks. 'There tiro three or four hundred banks in Peking, throe hundred native banks in Tientsin, and Canton has banks and pawnshops by tho hundreds. The rates of interim are high jmd short loans in tight timet reach thirty-throe per cent. Tho pawnbrokers charge thirty-six per cent- a year, or three per cent, a month, and the rates of exchange fropi one province to another nre very heavy. China lias no national currency, and each bank issues its own notes. These aro much like our notes, save they aro0 in Chinese characters and on cheap white paper. The only eoin of tho country is the cash, of which it takes from a thousand to fifteen hundred to make a dollar, and which, small as it is, is counterfeited. tlie cash is h thin, round coin a little larger than one of the big American cents of a century ago, and sometimes no bigger than a nickle. It has a square hole in tho center and is usually carried in strings of one hundred or one thousand each. Gold bricks and silver nuggets are used in making large purchases, and tho unit of weight is the teal or ounce. One ounce of silver or a teal is worth about one dollar and forty cents Mexican, ant', a common denomination is a ten teal piece, which is a chunk of silver cast in the form of a Chinese shoe. I saw soine of these silver shoes at tho Hong Kong and Shanghai bank in Peking. Tlioy aro stamped with marks denoting tho fineness of the metal within them, and they contain from 97 to UK per cent, of puro silver. iold bricks are of the size of little cakes of India ink, and these, like the silver, aro subject to counterfeit. The business of tho treaty ports, which includes that of all foreigners with the Chinese, is done in Mexican dollars, and each business house has a man called a shroff, who does nothing elso but count money and pass upon its genuineness. Tho Chinese aro tho greatest swindlers in ii small way in tho world. They appreciate tho accumulating proprieties of little drops of water and little grains of sand better than any other people, and they will shavo a bit of sllvor dust off of every dollar so a mall that you can not perceive tho loss until they havo saved enough to liavo made quito a proiit. They bore holes in tho coin, All them with lend, and cover thorn with silver, and in taking money from tho banks hero it is necessary to ring every coin. Tho Chinese do all their business with foreigners on a cash ba-ds, though tho credit system prevails largoly among themselves. They aro honest in thoir dealings and merchants tell mo tliey stick to their bargains oven if they lose by thotn. China has no bankrupt laws and dobtors aro liable to corporal punishment from their creditors, lly not paying their debts they lose ensto and aro practically drummed out of business. It is a disgrace in China not to pay your debts, and, as a rule, tho whole nation settles up at Now Year's day, which comes in February. Tho result is that China never has a panic, and In tho case of famine or failure of croiH tho Government sometimes loans money to the people. Tho silver dollar varies in value, and tho Chinese now regulate the value of a dollar by tho rise and fall of silver In the markets of tho world. Tho biggest of tho Chinese cities lmvo their stock exchanges, and tho queerest sight 1 havo soon was tho silver exchange In Peking. In company with Mr. Charles Denny, tho son of our Minister, I went at f-even o'clock one morning into the crowded Chinese lty. Wo wound our way through tteels so narrow that only donkey

men could nM through them, through passages whore men had to walk siduwUe in order to get by each other and anally found ouruelve in a long, low building which looked more like a eat-tle-shed than a btislnea room. It was lighted from the roof and was filled with from MX) to 1,000 round-headed, pig-tailed, yellow-faced men, each of whom seemed to be yelling at the top of his voice and each pushing his Angers into the face of his nolghlmr. These men were buying and selling silver dollars, jtut ai our broken do in Wall street, and they made more fuss than all tho bulls and Injurs of New York. At eight o'clock tho rate was fixed for the day and the news was "telegraphed" by means of carrier pigeons to tho various banks of the city. Tho pigjons of Pekln aro largely used for messengers, and they are. perlia). the only pigeons in tlie world that whistle, As they lly through the air they make a whistling bound which, in the case of a Hock, sounds like a whole school of boys oenttlng tin whittles at the saint time. This noise comes from actual whistled which are tied to their tail-feathers by their owners, and the noise of which scares away the hawks from them, It Is a curious sound and I heard it many times before I could llnd out whence it came. They aro the tickers of the Chinese banker, and they givo him all the quotations. The foreign banks which do business in China havo largo capital .stocks, and they pay big dividends. The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Company, for instance, has a paid-up capital of $7,500,001). It has a surplus of $1,0)0,000. and lis proprietors, are liable for $7,500,000 in addition to the capital. It pays interest on deposits of six months nt tho rate of 4 per cent., and 2 per cent per annum on dally balances. It has immense establishments throughout the East, and Its banking otllce here at Shanghai will compare in size and appointments with tho best banks of Wall street or London. It is tho same with a number of other great banks hero in China. English and French capital manages them, but a Chinaman always counts the money and figures up the profits and losses on one of these little boxes of buttons strung on wires whiJi makes up tho Chinese calculating machine, and upon which all China does its arithmetical problems. These banks Will give you drafts on any part of tho world, or letters of exchange and credit, which will be good anywhere. Their chief officers are among the leading business men of tho Kast, and they all seem to be making money. Speaking of the credit system, there are largo stores run by foreign merchants at Shanghai, Hong Kong. Tientsin and at' all of the ports of Japan. These, havo stocks of goods which would sell in any American city, and tho most of their business is with the foreigners. It is nearly ail done on credit. The silver dollar is so heavy that it takes more than a pound of silver to pay a ten-dol)ai gold purchase, and the result is. every thing is charged and settled at the end of tho month. Tho purchaser signs what is called a "chit," a little slip of paper stating that ho has made the purchase, and these aro kept until tlie account is rendered by the proprietor. If the foreigner takes a drink at a bar or treats his friends he will write out a chit If lie plays a game of billiards another chit, and if ho buys shoes or sugar ho renders tho accounts in chits. That you are unknown to tho storekeeper makes no difference. Any man looking half decant can get credit in China, and I am surprised at tho carelessness manifested in such matters, a carelessness which, however, does not extend to Chinamen. Tho Chinese themselves do business largely on credit and every Chinaman of nolo has his bank account The honesty of the Chinese in their business dealings is shown in the actions of Hon Qua, tho Canton millionaire who died n few years ago, leaving at least 0, 1)09,000. One or the Chinese linns of Canton had failed, owing a great sum to foreigners. IIou Qua got up a subscription and paid the whole indebtedness. Ho headed the list of subscribers with 1,000,000 out of hlsown pocket, saying that "Chinese credit must remain untarnished." This is the same man who, when tho English were about to bombard Canton unless their demand of 40,000,000 was paid within forty-eight hours, headed tho subscription list with tho sum of 1,100,000. "I give," said he. "$00,000 as a thank offering for tho business prosperity I havo had. I give 100,000 as a testimony of tho fidelity of my son And I'JOO.OOO as a mark of tho affection which I bear my wife." This man Hon Qua, though dead, is still greatly honored in Canton. His gardens there are among tho sights of the city and his name is synonomous with business honor. A few of tho rich men among tho Chinese aro Christians, and I visited one of the most noted of such at I'oo Chow the other day. It is a city bigger than Chicago, and it Is one of tho chief tea centers of China. It lies in the mountains about four hundred miles south of here, and it is in what is called tho Switzerland of China. It has a bridge of solid granite running across the river which Hows by tho city, twelve hundred feet long and containing fifty arches. It Is called the bridge of ton thousand ages. Its pathway is twelve feet wide. It Is moro than one thousand years old, and is a solid to-day as the granite of which it is built. Tlie city has a wall six miles in circumference, and its wholesale Hih market is equaled bv ao plaiw. not even Billingsgate in

Lewdon. This rieh man ef rev Chow is known as Ah Hok, and he gave 10,000 not ion? ago to found a sehoei or college to taeh Chinese boys the science and oulmre of Christendom. He Is a Christian himself, and just before 1 arrived in l'oo Chow our UUiliop Fowler, of the Methodist church, performed the marriage ceremony whloh united his sou to a Chinese maiden. Tiie ceremony was the Christian ceremony adapted to the Chinese, and the Bishop tolls me he had great trouble in gelling the young lady to say that she would take this young man to be her wedded husband. It ii Chinese etiquette that the bride keep, perfectly silent on such an occasion, and the coy damsel would not open her lips. Tim Ulshop refused to go on with the ceremony, and the young lady finally compromised tho matter by nodding her head, "It was not3 embarrassment," said tho Bishop to me, "that made the girl tongue-tied, for 1 felt of lie? hand and it was warm and moist as yours or mine. Had sho been troubled it would havo been cold and clammy. She thought it would be Improper to answer, and she refused to do so." As evidence of the genuineness of Ah Hok's conversion he hud long since destroyed his idols, and he gave tho gold crown which covered tho head of one of them as a present to Mtv. Fowler. He is a bright merchant and a good business man, and his homo is one of tho most comfortable in China. Frank G. Carpenter, in St Louis Post-Dispatch. BULLYING LAWYERS.

How They IInrai mid N'miplm Witness-, in CromelJxainlnutlim. There aro many standard tricks of cross-examination that will disconcert mo.it witnesses. One of these is the plan of making a witness fix a time when lie litis declared that ho can not recollect The examiner begins: "Was it, a hundred years? Fifty years? Forty years? Was it more than a day? Moro than a month?" and so on. narrowing the time so thai the average witness will not know how to protect himself. This always auiusos tho audience. Another torture of witnesses Is to bo compelled to repeat conversations; to give tho exact words; to say it over and over again. If thero is any discrepancy the examiner gloats in triumph. If thero is no discrepancy then tlie examiner hints that the story has been learned by heart and recited. Most witnesses get restless under persistent cross-examination as to their previous history, piu ticnlarly if thero happens to be any thing unsavory about tho events referred to. Sometimes counsel will ask a line of most offensive questions of women that give food for tho gossips. Hut, as a rule, counsel are rather tender with women, and fearful of arousing the prejudices or sympathy of a jury for the softer sex. Once in awhile an eminent cross-examiner meets his match. This happened to Henry L. Clinton in tho Vanderbilt will ease. Among the witnesses who testified to the queer class of people who used to go to tlie Commodore's office was Miss Susan King, a wealthy and highly-respectable lady of this city, a sharp business woman of mature years, who has traveled around tho world, atrl yet happened to be unknown to Mr. Clinton or any of tho sharp detectives employed by William H. Vanderbllt to trace tho witnesses of the other side. Mr, Clinton was, therefore, not well equipped when he tackled Mis 4 King, and ho went at her rather roughly, and this if what happened: Q How did you coaio to be at Ihe Commodore's office! A. I went to huy stock ia tho New York Central rallro.id. fj. Oh, Indeed 1 How were you to piy for it! A. With money. Q. Ah. How much did you propoie to buy! A. Thirty thousand dollar worth. Q Ha. haj And where did you expeet to Ket ISO.0W! A. 1 had the money in my peeket. Q. So you ko around with t30,ufl0 In your pot-kit" How did you Ret this money! A. I made it in real-estate transactions. Q.And bow did you makslt In real-estate transactions! A. I bou.ht real estate when nobody wanted it, and 1 aold it wltea every body wanted it. It is not only in exposing roguoj and spiking false swearers that crossexamination is effective. Py its ingenious use tho most honoJt witnesses aro often harassed and nonplussed, and made to appear In a ridiculous light Few witneses have tho presence of mind to defend themselves against tho insidious or sudden attacks to which skillful cross-exatnir.n-tion may subject anybody. Jay Gould has stood about as sovoro cross-examination as anybody, and it is rarely that a lawyer can corner him. Ho testifies iu a cMir, distinct and perfectly responsive way. and seems to make it a study to answer quickly, so as to keep tho lawyer hard at work and gain lime for himself. He generally has ills side of tho case well in hand, and dojsn't allow hlnnelf to got excited, and never makes the mistake of trying to get in testimony which is not responsive Thero is not , generally so much bul.ylngof witucssoi us there used to be. The courts will goneratly protect a witness against insult or badgering. Hut the field of ci'os-extimlnatlon is so wide that it afford! ample opportunity for tho annoyance of most witnesses and the amusement of the auditors, who don't care a rap so long as somebody gets hard knocks. X. Y. Sun. .-..- Ham Toast Fry somo thin sippets of bread, either rounds or diamond shape, and spread tho toasts with a little ham chopped fine. Make a thick mayonnaise sauce to which has been added chopped onions and capers. Spread the sauce between the sippets, make into sandwiches, and serve with waiwtoiees.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

A eaurch at Almoat Mich., raise money in a novel way. A box is placed in the chureh and tlie members on ' their birthdays drop as many pennies in the box as they are years old. The school work In JapH, mainly controlled by wowien, hasift bearding schools, with 2.707 pupils, and 2,85 pupils more In day-schools, making ia all &.!(r under lady teachers. j Dr. Alvan Talcott, of Guilford, Conn., who has given 5f3,00i to endow a professorship of Greek at Yale College, Is one of the oldest alumni of that institution. Although over eighty years old he is still a practicing j physician, and It is said that every night ho reads one hundred Hues of Homer, in tho Greek, before going to ' sleep. The alumni of Williams College have raised 75,000 for a monument to i the late Mark Hopkins. The monument is to take tlie shape of a building at Williams, and It is suggested that the sum bo Increased to $10l.000, and the building bo made of stone, iw typical of the sturdy character of the grand old teacher and theologian. Cardinal Gibbons is reported as expressing tlie hope in icrecent afterdinner speech in Philadelphia, that the day mav never come "when we shall be obliged to call upon tho Mate to ouuu our ciuircues; lor ii inny uuuu our churches they may dictate to. us what doctrine wo aro to preach or what we aro not to preach. As for myself, I believo in tho union of the church and the people."' Superintendent S'envey. of tho Boston public schools, said in a recent address: "To what extent and how can manual training Iks introduced into city graded schools? My answer fs: Organize mechanic arts high schools cither as separate schools or as departments of existing high schools. To this extent, at least, and by this means, a now neglected educational field can bo occupied to great advantage." In New York City in 1810 there was one Protestant church to 000 of tho population, in 1880 one to 3,000 and in 1887 one to 4,000. Yet evee tho present churcho3 are moro than enough to satisfy tho demand. They could be reduced by one-third without bringing about any crowding, for thoir seating capacity is .100,000. and thoir membership only 100,000. This state of things is of course due, in tlie main, to the fact that the growth of New York since 18 10 ha Wen from foreign immiifrntion chielly. X, Y. Sun. Tho Living Church remarks: "This is a curious world. One new development of curiousncss is a service of a sheriff's notice upon tlie pastor and session of the Presbyterian church, restraining them from visiting a slcknember. This action was taken at the instance of the husband, who claimed that his wife's recovery was retarded by tho visits, and, finally, he had recourse to law when his remonstrances failed. Let this caso of church faithfulness in visitation bo recorded. The comnlaint is unique. When that husband falls ill, probably bo will not havo to call in sheriff's help for the same cause." The British and Foreign Bible Society was organized in 1804. Tlie American Bible Society came into existence in 1810. The issues of these two great Bible societies, one in England and ono in America, whose ttvorago ago is soventy-oight years, havo now reached the enormous amount of IGG.289,142 copies, all sizos. Thoir moneyed receipts have boon over 75, 000, 000. For the last four years theso two societies havo averaged an issue of, nearly 18.01)0 copies daily. The last year they havo avernged over 18.000 copies each business I day, calling ten hours a day's work. I It is over 1,818 copies an hour, 30 ! copies a minute, or a copy every two ! seconds. A Tough Watch Story. On his last birthday, a month or two ago, a youngster In knickerbockers who lives In tho East End received from his father a silvor watch, the price of which, it is safe to say, did not exceed fifteen dollars. It will not surprise you to hoar that the boy took tho watch to pieces after it had burned in his pocket but three days. Whon every wheel lay in his hand tho boy naturally fell to thinking how ho might put tho watch in running order again. IIo must bo something of a mechanical genius, for ho succeeded in getting the dismembered works inside tho caso in some sort of shape. It is hardly a reflection on the boy's skill, either, that after tho mechanism was put togothor it failed to respond to tho winding stem. lut the boy persevered. He detected tho root of the trouble in tho balance-wheel, which seemed to Interfore with othor parts of tho setting. So at tho balance-wheel ho tinkered, until, to his unfeigned astonishment, after he had jacked up tho wheel with a bandage of cotton thread, tho watch began to tick again. Pittsburgh Dispatch. He Disappointed His Friends. There wore a dozen meh on the car who saw Mr. Blank waiting on the crossing ahead, and one of them remarked: Now you sco If he don't lead right off by saving what an open winter this Is." Blank stopped aboard, entered and grefted half a doen people, and, whlie all were holding their breaths, he said: "Gentlemen, what a cool summer we had last year!' Datrolt Free Preaa.

f ?OWAL AND LITERARY. The late Kdmund Quiecy, of Boe on, on Iteming tuueh ef a popular novel and befaf akd if he had read it wild: "Ko. I have been waiting for it to Wow over." Colonel Elliott F, Skephard, the editor of the New York Mall and Express , carries a tortoise-shell handled OHiie. On the broad gold band dividing the handle of the cane from the stick the following suggestive text k engraved: "A soft answer turneth away wrath." "One hear a great deal nowadays about the difficulties between author and publisher," said an author, "but I can think of at least two women who discovered an admirable plan to avoid all trouble of this kind. I reler to Miss Braddon and Miss Muloeh, both of whom married their publishers." j Sir. Spurgeon, the famous Baptist j proachor, has for many years lwen in tho habit of sending fresh books to country clergymen who aro unable to huy such books thcmelves. Hebtr Newton, of New York, has been doing the same thing and other clergymen have been doing similar good work. Noah Brooks and William D. Howells are among the few well-known writers who have learned to manipu

late the type-writing machine. Mr. Brooks, who has been used to dictating his literary productions to a stenographer, now sits down to his typewriter and plays on the keys as he composes. Ho finds that this process Hives a groat deal of time. " I sailed," says George Konnan, tho Century's Russian explorer, " from New York. for San Francisco a palefaced, gloomy, morbid boy, only nineteen years of age, and weighing only 120 pounds, but rough out-door life so quickly restored my health that before I had been In Siberia a year I weighed 15G, and could endure more hardship and privation than half the natives." Stevens, tho bieyclist, who has gone to look for Stanley, Is doscrlbod by a friend who spent a summer in his company as a fellow who delighted in all kinds of athletic sports. "Ho was a splendid swimmer, a good boxer, and could pull an oar against a professional. In conversation ho was reticent and modest I never heard him advance an opinion unless ho was asked to give one, and I never hoard him willingly talk about himself. Of all the men I know who could host withstand tho hardships of a trip to Central Africa I think, he is the bost adapted." The "American language" is getting on. ' Very soon English readers will have to read Yankee fiction with a "crib," In which it shall be trans lated word for word (as neariy as the diverso idiom will permit) into the vulgar tongue still retained in these islands. Tho compositors began it by misspelling most of our words, so that their own mothets wouldn t know them. But thoir literary accomplices havo gone a step further. They have coined a new tongue in the earth i tongue whoso compounds are ae hy brid as Volapuk, wltose vocabulary is as pellucid as that of "the Jabberwocky." Pall Mall Budget HUMOROUS. "Old Mr. Skinner is a vory charltablo man, isn't ho?" "Oh. yos; of course. But If ho over casts his bread upon the waters you bet ho expects it to come back a sardine sandwich." The Hatchet Managing Editor "I think we can stand another minion editorial." Writing Editor "What, minion yet? Well, I'll write you a daisy." Managing Editor (faintly) "No bouquets, please." Washington Critic. Farmer "I didn't have any money for tho papor, so I thought I would bring you in a load of turnips." Editor "Yos; that's as good to mo as the Money. Er before you go, Mr. Hayeed, thero's a little matter I'd like to ?pcak to you about" Farmer "Well, what Is it?" Editor "You don't want to buy a load of turnips, do you?" Judge. Mr Bullion "I'm afraid, Mary Ann, that you aro Inclined to bo extravagnnt" Mary Ann "Mo, extravagant, is it? Sure yoz aro mistaken." Mrs. Bullion "You burn too many candles." Mary Ann "Mo, burnin' randies? Divil a wan!" Mrs. Bullion "That's vory odd. As passed the kltchon door, when tho butcher's young man was here last night, I am sure I heard him spoak to you about your taper waste.'' America, Napier's famous dispatch from India announced his victory in one word: "Pcccavl" which 19, by interpretation, "I havoSclndo." Very much of the same kind was General do Bourinont's message to tho French War Minister In 18110, when tho Dey of Algiers escaped him after being taken: "Perdidl Diem" "I have lost a Dey." It is said that Drake, when tho ships of the Armada turned their sails, sent to Elizabeth tho word "Cantharides" that is, "Tho Spanish fly." This last is probably a f able. Temple Bar. Clara "Oh, mother, wo had such fun at tho party! Young Smith proposed that he and I Bhould go through a mock marriage ce; emony just In tun, you know; and it was too funny lor any thing. Afterward, Koino of the older people who heard of It said we were really married; but we're not, aro we?" Doting Mother "Of course not Besides, young Smith couldn't support a wife If ho had one" "Oh, it wasn't that Smith. It was thu other Smith, front Gold City, the one who owns a bonanza mine, you know." "Eh? That Smith! My dear, a marriage Hku that lief ore witneeeM l bimlltig "-N, V. WwH.

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.

AprN 7, II t&fweiftUy MTMt frwa 8. . QnarteHr.1 LaxTxT-SUrtc 11: Ml. GoMHCX TmcT-ReJoiee greatly, O Uwfkter 0t Xtea; about, O eeMgater of Jamaalere; h ahead thy If iag eoeteUi uate taea. -Zeeh.a. CftM-raiL. Tkltm Jeaef. the Priaea ef Pee, ia to triumph over all the world. Tra Kuaaav. Ainl S. JL 1). M. Tflfttk nf Kuan ('aim KuimImyI. the dav after their gubeatfc, live days before the emeiMxiea. rucr.-(l) JtoUtptiafe. (a) xm roan f rem Bethany to JertMuUem. S) Jerusalem. rKi.i.rx AccncxTs-JUtt. 81 : Mt ; Lk 1: M4; John IS: 19-1. IvTFuvrvi vu EveKTs After the laatleamui (Tiiriat wtu entertained in Jericho br Kuechea (Luke 19: 1-10), He leave Jeriehe ana reecee HeUiany rrway eve, waere ue apeat Hi met earthly Kabbeth (JgHUtreay, tkL .TnwUVi Kahluith. Oh ttrt fulUiwio? day (Sunday), the a rat aeeular Oay their week, lie enters J ere rhkmb in mumiHt. CiacfMSTX3fcB Jeaui' work is neariy doee; and the time ha coma far Htm te enter Jerusalem aa Its his, in aorentaaw wkh the prophecy of Zevh. : . te seew the tweple that He waa their leer-expected Mewkh. " llBtrs ovkk HAan rics--l. Bie nwl IMfiitm villages ekwi together ea the eastern slope of the Mount or Olives. Mount ut ; a mountain eeat ef Jerusalem, ami lean than a mite from the efcy. So called from its elive-tree. t. ie m ftwl a .'(: o( an asa. In the Kast the m mga esteem, statelier arm swutcr urna with us, it vies with the horse in faver. The horse was a mack of war; the as, of peace, 3. Semi Mm hUher: i.e., Christ will return it to its owner. . cn wtw 9rmtn k: cloaks, outer rarments. An Beaters custom to Kve the highest honor. 8. An now in Nero a time a eeosus snomti mat. U.700,0i)u Jews wore eresent at a Paesover. 0. HVwt Ufwrt, al . . ,irf; i.e., these who had come dut from Jerusalem to HMet Him, and those who followed Him I rem llethanv. Ilomma.: the ureeit spelling at the Hebrew word fer mwt nvte in Pa. US : lift. 10. The kimjJet. lkiM: the Christian ehwrohis the development et the old Jewish church. It is all one kingdom. HuMnna In th highfttr in the highest degree; in thc highest strains; in the highest heavens. "Tlie expression , airieuy sneakinc. a prayer that whet m set forth M tho word Mioaanna may be ratlned and confirmed in Heaven.'' 11. An Jtm fttrtit Mm Jenmkm: with great crowds sboeusg hoaaima Matthew says tlie whote eity wa stirred, moved with excitement. Ami mm lie hatl Uh1 round abmU tins was not (tone, through vain- curiosity, hut in order te ascertain by personal inspection what abeseahad crept into the temple worship, ana what portions- of the sacred bouse and ite courts had been profaned by money-chang ers and others ot similar stamp. . was a net by which He took jo session, ae it were, of His Father's house, and claimed domin ion over it Jr,srs thk Tkixck or Tracr-Josus wae the Prince ef Peace, and yet He wan a Conqueror end a King. All the kleas that were incarnated in His career, and embhuened In His final sufferings and death and resurrection, are destined to be triumphant Hie riding in this triumphal procession wasaa object lesson, a living parable, setting forth, the fact that He was a King; that Hie kingdom was at hand, and also ,4the spiritual peculiarities and dignities and glory er the reign of Christ It is a reign of peace, humility and meekness, because of love." iTn . .-.. ..i. t. -.ru. Pou mi,. a tun from Matt 21 :15, 16, thatthe children joined, in the hosaniiasthe next day in the temple. Most likely, too, on the day of the entry. So should they ever do.. For Jesus is the ch'klren's tnvkur, full of leve to them, ever invitng them to come to Him. Ami the church, too, should take reat pains to have the children jein in the presses ef the sanc tuary. Comments In drawing ovt the apiritnel application of this lesson the title may guide us. A 'Triumphal Entry" at once seggests gorgeous scenes arff Jes marohing, " Ivannnr WMvlnf. nanth-RA with clankiaff nhalns. blast of truninet and roll ef drum. To the student the phrase tt once calls te mind the Eternal oity, ana in imiaauea tho u-tinM ilptiii'tfKl bv a Gibbon tHMtsesaa enchanting pageant before bis eyes. In the "triumphal entry" of our lesson all these things are conspicuous only by their absence. A humble man ridin g spoa the foal of an ass, with peasants' frarmeats for his saddle trappings, and Galileei.B for his at-tendants-this' fs nil that greet onrexnoniatii a. Tml v. if this imceskn de pends for Its character aeon that which ap peals to our live senses, inen iv any inia but "tnumjAaJ." To seo the really tnur nhal element, we must use oar Inward vision and see the unseen. I marine, there fore, that the Naiarene had gathered in that Inn nil tlmnlitnienLs of triufanh atHie command; that, like the Roman conquerors. He had exhausted the resources under His control. What manner of entry would He ti.utituivninu.tr into the cttvofthe treat king! Who, then, would have been present! There would have eeen present e vast throng of those whom He had restores; te tvuiiii- iiMltk. Faet would have followed Him to which Ho gave power; cyea week! have gazed upon ms lace which urn ier uw touch of His hand had still been sightless; lins would have sung His praise which ia literal truth He had opened; living, pal pitating hearts woukl have been there which lie had rescued from the grasp ef death. Captives in great abundance would have graced His entry into Jerusalem, and yet no sound ef chain or groan of prisoner would have marred the notes of peace ana harmony. Willingcaptives, joyous captives. triumphant captives, wnose captivity w liberty and whose chains were only level tlnw tlranni a ftmMMlon 1 ItOW UHWOHted a sight would that have been I Ami yet bow ntting an accompaniment ior a cenqaeror whose name was "Prince ef Peace!" Ke v. A. P. SchauBer. practicaj. sreeiwTioxs. 1. Jesus is the rightful King ef all the earth. 2. Jesus is ruling in triumph eewn the ages. 3. Jesus was careful te return wkat ue borrowed. 4. Wa should eladl v Klve te Christ what ever can be used in His service. a The Ixird lies need ef the services ef the humblest rt. Let us honor Jesus ae King, by word and by deeds To osk who believes that the Bible is the Word of God, and that Jesus Christ Is the only Saviour of sinners, nothing can he mere astonishing than the careless indifference with which millions treat beth. They pay no attention to what ought to he their nrst concern. This Is one of the mysteries of human depravity, N. Y. Independent A Tains iiereeptiOM of the Gospel is the entire forgetfulaese ef self, utter abseeee of any pretension and the eemeWte mi entire ref nsel te accept the world's ynwec er pidgmmt General Gordon. Faith is to believe what we do net see, and the reward ef faUh ie te see what we beheva-AugHstiiM.