Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 April 1889 — Page 3
WEEKLY COUIUElt O. JXJk31C. ZPublUdsar.
INDUXA.
OUR LITTLE PET. OwlHU nt J a brat IU. Herkarof Jt It Sm mmI as nmmr. Mr rtaabrt start 9m ItSMM 4 UMt, And the f nave eaUget la )mm a triMkfcw. TIm Uaht that U In bar nark K eMwtoc safra Cu etbia la ibair stanr lewnaar. Oa,lBaTett M hMN U A I Mt nlott, Bat aw are aam and sweat a4 taster. TJfM aa4ra!l Kisa th ft ehlld, Awl nature aitlt At lorailao m ton-of-atari-. Hr Ha HI. A ftw- IS A l" a W VM utter . vrtU petals O tn divine. Meant pet A Mali of Would er im la my mt sorrow; Aa-i lit ta haart A ray tbnt dart Kfoai atond that part.
yCiiM beam, thai promise clad lo-mnrmw.
W. Uuncajr, a lreaia-iai joumi
OH! I SAY, BILLY."
Romance of the Okl Msa and His Pretty Edltraea.
Im," " Two eoluma U the lmlt, mid U' to be edited h woman. and hh la Vu hare a seat Ml wiv table." My d.ir boy, cut your throat at nee with yor euor."
"Oar funnWt nrtbrt looks like
Hamlet woo lor what she 11 look
UK"
Sharp a to bona m well w wit Of uncertain age." "One f thu clever, ugly fa."
"WWv don't the obi man put hor
over in Um corner with the faahiort editor."
BecnuM. I wippa-." answer, Dausria. "it is intended that I hould
U W b haitdinr over nil the eueer
odd. fuaay. purely feminine Item I
muu aero- to her. And h'll b
here to-morrow." So mk. plr, bonny Scot."
Voat it be funny, though, to see the old man beading gravely over
h- lnaktas? a thouirh Ihs were about
to deliver a funral oration, 'and bld-
tlin kr in s-l-o-w nj-e-R -u-r-e-d
too to Uj funny?''
Ta ehancc to one Ym'M frighten
all tb fun out of hor. We're ud
to him. and don't exactly tremble
with fear nt hi frown, IU Holt,"
Mud Doujfla.
But to a stmnper d a woman it ttriki'ri mu he'll oem well, rather
The next mornliijr. Ht nine o'clock
nrmiclv. th cditor-to-be of "Th
Woman's Funny Department" arrived.
She wa not sharp as to bone. On
the contrary. he was plump enough to
make you forget she had boufts. She wh mA of un unecriain ae On tho
Mimrv. ihe was not moro than two-
and-twenty. She hsd not a clever,
Mhj nan a Clever, preiiy
The old man had jrone to hk lunch. He wanV an old man. but that i u-)tnt evon- luulv in that vat Otab-
. . r ,.:v itiA. i uelr face.
usnruc-n iruiu mo wuroi .
one, wivh . stiwv . .j. ..
to tho iirintcr's devil, called him
hind his back. In point of fact, he wsws r yotmjf man. not more than three-
and-thirty. though in consquc of hk dignified bearing and exceed in (fly grave, quiet demeanor he might have been, and usually wiw, taken for live y ears older at least. He was a tall, low-morlng. Rixwi -looking man with an ar of uppresod power about him the sort of a wan it wa hard to think of a once having been a small boy In knickerbockers, let aloae a baby in hwjj cloth. Tie had dark blue, rather" ncar-ighted eyes but woe to him who tried to take advantage i( thir near-ifhvettiieii
straurht. dark hair, a hna, well-
formed mtmth
chin. And when he spoke, which wa
- r u.
noef, tne most mwcnievinw u linjf gray eye, the wi:kedeiit of tiny white teeth", and the dai-keet of dark auburn hair, arranged in puffs and Jluffd, and curls and whirls in the most bewildering and bewitching fashion. A profound silence reigned behind the doors", or rather the half-open doors of the cubbv hole or rabbit hutches
when she made her appearance. As for the puir, bonny Scot he arose hastily, upsetting the mucilage bottle a ha did m. and lifting a pile of ipers and magazines from the chair she w to occupy deftly deposited them on the crown of his brand-new hat
which lav on tho table before him. hi
and strong, decided i a few moments the eld man came in.
bowed to the Itmny woman in a cum
... i t . . . i . tinri fitrituti wav. mtrouuecu tier o
in iwsinesMs nvuir. i iiwt, wuirHt ...... m iHteVible. it was in asiow, meanml Douglas ae 31 U Margery hiirr. gave way that at time became a drawl. ; her a few directions in his tim-i?n t.ludKtngMr. Wiiiiam tderby by his worth-any-thing voice and disapiwarcd
miinniT nt ix'akini' and movini?. one I in nw ancium.
wHild have come to the concludon
that ii M with him a minor coosldcratior -'teethe lit wm it? I hHild ralUcr think not- Xext to the M man tho clock reigned supreme in that great pubiiahing hooee. But, whatever feeling every body entertained toward the despotic dock, it I certain that every body, though more or lee in fr of him, respected, re, and liked the old man. He was so
lhorouirhlv honest and honorable
meant what he wiid did what he
thought riirht. and exacted from no
one in his employ a jot more than he
thought it li4 or her duty to do. In
proof of the latter assertion he did not YMt from some of them a much a
he did himself.
Weil, tine old Winn's carriage had rolled away, with the old man and the senior editor in It to the lioWl where.
they bolh being bachelors, they took
their middav meal, aad. as it rolled
away, the doors of the editorial rooms that had been shut, opened. and tho4e that had beea open, opexed it ill wider,, Thee cubby hole, or. as IL Rider (pronounced Boeder) Haggard calls them, "rabbit hutches," formed a cuii-circle around the main office and were directly opposite the anctum anctomm of tho old man. At the large table in the main office McGregor Dougla?.' picker up of co..ridcrcd literary trifle and writer f crip iaragraphs bad hh place. What's the news, Dough?" called
a voice from one of the cubby holed or
rabbit hutches.
Douglas, a long-legged, bright-
faced young fellow, threw dowa the
exchange he wa. ieruing with
lightning glance and replied cheerily:
News an is news. e re to hae a
funny department exclusively for women. Nothing to be admitted in it
ljut the oueer thoiMrhtt. savings and
doings of the unfair sex."
This announcement was followed by
ouetiont and exclamations in voices
from all the cubbv-hole or rabbit
.hutches. 'Great heavens! it will take up
-whole paper." 'Ohleome; ar n't you fooling?" Whe idea I it?" How do you know?" "Who U to have charge of it?" "Give me time and HI tell you, said Dotigla. "It's the old man"
idea. I heard hint talking to the
senior about it- la fact I deliberately listened when 1 should have been mimllng my own buslne.." (Crici of
Shame! j.hamc!" from all the cubby
hole or rabbit hutches.) "lne o-.u
man "Dauirla goci oc. "thinks it will
take. So do I." "That settle it"
r .
-now iHuva ?r" " r "Are we to be enlarged?"
r tWHtd. vau mean: no. lesa wil
do." "No. Indeed, for 'mm .reetcw women, as the dlrty-fac 1 man Ilekwick observed."
"Go on. DMgk5, DougVa, tendef and In." "Tit geoa if yen' H stop your in
fernal racket.' ' sav
the "tender and
Mi Margery Burr proved a great
aviuisidm to the imoer on which she
engaged. Her witty article were
quoted far and wideband she edited the
witty articles of others in smch a wKin
ful manner that they were twice a
good when they left her hand a when
thev came Into it.
" The Woman's Funny Deimrtment1
was a success a grand ftuceoss. MitBurr knew It wa. and she knew the
had made it one. No one appreciated her more than she appreciated bcr-
elf. Her own jbiios amused her im
measelv. and she had a way. when
be had written something that struck
her as irresistibly droll, of burstiii
into the iolliest of musical laughs, and
then reading it in a clear, musical voice to McGregor Douglas. And the moment that laugh wa heard, there wa nothing heard in that semi-ci elo of cubby holes or rabbit hutches until
the point of the joke was reacneu. Then various sounds of merriment escaped from them.
Ha! hal ha'." " He-he-he." Haw-haw!" , Gootl," etc. etc, etc
The fourth time this performance
took place the panutum door opened
lowlv and the old man came quiet'V
out. but not so auietly, however, but
that live or six iwirs ol ears caught
the sound bf his footsteps and drowned
them at once in the loud scratching of
pens, at the same moment that Douglas
.eixed an illustration designed lor a
transfer and snipped it in two with a
great appearance of interest in Hm
wrk. But dhl Miss Margery nurr
bend quickly over her writing? ao,
sir. No, mil am. She looked directly
at the old man, her long silken lashes
well ml if ted from her mischief-full
by. would you like to hear it, too.
I shall be content to enjoy it at the
nroiter time, wnen u apiear3 in
print." iMiid that gentleman, with more
than ittual sternnejfi. ana again wun-
drew.
ltut th very next day the excessive
comicality of anotner joke struck Miss
Burr with such force that another lel
of laucrhtcr resiionded to tho blow,
And again Douglas, forgetting tho reproof of the day before, threw htwolf
back in his chair alio. rcinrea to listen, and again silence reigned in the
cubbv holes iir rabbit hutches, ana affain the witticism was read and
riii It was irreeted with SOUHI oj
approbation, much subdued it may bo
,un(l. from the sremicircio oc un
seen hearers.
1a the result. A notice printed in large lelter.4 and placed where it could
not fail to be p-jen by all parties inter
eMd: "Beading of matter intended
fm- mtblieatloM in the" no matter
what 1 never intended to give the name, "during oflteo hours strictly
forWmlen."
"Horrid old thing!" said Mis Mai
rv Burr when he beheld it. "1
a.ui't tnnw what I'm eoing to do. It
will be tntptHtdble for me to keep all tk fuMNv tkthrft that ihjp into my head
u mrdt. Something dreadft VfUl
katwea tome, I kaew, II I'm ompeUed
to. ax met Ring that von't nt into toe
woman's funny denartinent' at all.
Oh, I shan't bo able to do It! I know
han'U I ahull be obliged to break
that rule, even though I'm dbwharged
without a reeouimondatloti the mo
ment after."
But she managed to keep it for two
day. On the third, Doogla, feeling
the table that waa between the in begin to shake, looked up to see her in a
paroxysm of silent laughter, in vain
he idtook an admonishing nnger at
her, In vain h struggled to ooey the admonishing finger, Open Mew hor roy little mouth, and out gurgled the not-lo-b.) Imprisoned laugh. Then be began to rend, but Douglas
iored away a though his life de
pended on the number of interesting items ho secured from Ills exchanges
during the next five minutes, and
scratch, scratch, scratch went the liens in the cubby holes or rabbit hutches, as though the lives of tlie holders depends! upon the number of word; they scratched off in the aame amount of time Tin door of tho sanctum .opened. Mr. William Kndcrby appeared on the
threshold. Slowly ho advanced towuru the deluMiuent. Slowly she raised Iver eyes to his face, and then, as ho looked at hsr with something very like a frown, she burst out with: "Oh! I smy. Billy, don't Iks so outvagyously orois." For onco tiieold man's equanimity was .shaken. And no wonder, for never before. Ln all tho year of
his life, hud any one dared to reply to him with uvea a .suspicion of disrospecL A strange look came into his face, and for an instant he regarded Miss Margery Burr so keenly and bteadily
that that impertinent young woman almost succumbed under Ilia gaze. Then he turned away and descended the stairway that led to the street Immediately upon his departure, and it wa well that he did so as soon as he did, for if he had not there would have been a man in convulsions in aoh one of tho semi-circled cubby holes.
Immediately upon his departure
Miss Burr arose, donned her hat, jacket and gloves, shook hands in the
gravest manner with uougias, aim also departed.
Two months parsed away, uunng
which McGregor Douglas took charge of the "Woman's Funny Department," thereby 'subjecting himself to endless gibe and jests on tho part of his com
patriots. But ho eonsoieu nimsoii
with the thought that tne oiu man nau
told him that it was only to bo a tcm!orary charge.
It was a bright dune noon, jv
usual, the old man and the senior euu- . . 1 .1. 1 .lut o
or nau gono iu tuncu. u mov, -'
usual, when his carriage had rolled
away a chorus of "What's tho news. Douglas?" from the doors of the rabbit hutches greeted that estimable young man. For a moment he did not answer. HU eyes were fixed in wide-opened surprise on a society item
he held In his hand. "The
news?' at length he exclaimed. "Well, brace yourselves. Are you braced? One two three The formal announcement has been made of the engagement of the
lovely and talented Miss Margery Burr to Mr. William Knderby. managing
editorof the .Margaret l-ytinge.
in Detroit Free Press.
BAGGING AND TWINE.
A Trtwt M'M'U I'rtM. t rw Kkm at
Juto bagging and Iron ties are
eeeential to the proiier and economical
marketing of cotton, tho staple crop of tho South. Twlit is just as wential to the proper harvesting of wheat, the staple crop of the Northwest The protective tariff im bag lag i
64 per cent ; on twine it Is -10 per cent By tho Mills Mil bagging w? placed on the free list, and the duty on twine was red weed to )r cent When this question camo before the people the cotton-planters voted to sustain the Mills bill, but the wheat farmers of the North wtt were o afraid of the "Southern brigadiers" that they could not trust them oven to reduce taxes, and so tho Mills Wll failed, ami the farmers Ninth and South wore handed over, body and breeche, one to tho twine trust and one to theibnggittg trust Ust autumn the bagging trust robbed "under tho forms of law" the
Southern cotton planter f about
t.OOO.OOO, and they are preparing to
ivitent tho gauio wnen tno couonpie
ins.
yet their gi'ood m unconscionable. They are money-makers by profeseiea. "They have," like the Duke of Grafton, "done gmMl by stealth." Their thrift is on record Chicago Herald.
CLARKSON'S CRIME.
TH
nig jx."
The "twine trim" is now getting ready for it harvest It has not only
secured control of the twine product.
but also of the raw materials from which it is made. This raw material
hemn is now taxed a ton; tho
"rebel brigadiers" proposed to put it
on the froii list, but tho plutocrats tie
fyiwl ibis m-nDositiuii. and now no
relief is possible.
We do not think tho trust will be
able to put tho pricoup to 2. cents, for
such an advance would load to heavy
Importations, and, as with copper, de-
feat the purpose oi tno oomumc om
the fact remains that under the protec
tion of the tariff a monopoly has been
ustablished and the Western farmers
must pay the piper. Ths following dls numb, frnm Minneapolis is worth re
,.. . producing: mu-iv imt nrelv the lilnilliisr tw ne trust
tiht.-ninif lu eoiu atjout tlie farmer. Already
tliei timet of It f M!H here in MlBBt'Spotif
wln.ro most of the twine m Uck has lic
imu9ht. un for tho trust, aatl now lies In a Mln
warehouse and where the prle li lre.idv advaneod materially. An aBt of tlta
Dakota Farmers' Alliance, width lat year
inht im twine direct from th factori;. w
. . . . uttw'b..ri r.1 tin
sent KUSl to eoinev lur litis jcti rrv dlK-overed that the whols output hud r;en
boueht ur by the trust. Further, ue,i.cow
.....! that thf tw ne whieh last year calu
Uwight for n ne vt aU a j oana vouia co.-i iweaty live cento thli year. The only remainlcK plan left the farmers s to ixiycott the irunt.
ml this tltry f.em laeiinen to no. innvr oils tw;ae dealer are In ttt f-aioe Ax a are
the farmer. About two montm asjo a youn
man, lrefe a a mmucr v.v ..s,.v
and ttought bp all the twine m iimj uaa ui
dealr. H was discovered too ite inai was an aiteat of the trufct. but tho tla hftd Inen soi l. The local dealer are now aiolcltijf.
while the twin, five auudrea tnouaau iwut
of it, is packett ay. If the farmer vei no
twhtti it is imeiy to iiavu a oau rneci wheat crap, as thak can not t harvested la a gool ooed.tion without the as of tw.ne."
This is one result of thedoteatol tne
Mills bill and of tho election of Mr.
Harrison; the strike at Fall Blver is another; the Beading failure is another. For four year longer the peo
ple must bear the burdens of which
tho Mills bill proposed to relievo them.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE REJECTED
SOU.
HHly Koprd f Mrmthcr IVaaa-
makiM-'a nrst AMmni. The attention of the New York
grand jury ha been called to the roblery in which Assistant rostmaster-
ieneral Ctarkson was an accomptiee
before the fact and if it does iU duty
14 will be called away from aching-
ton to thow cause why he should not
change the Poat-Oraee Dojanment for Sing Sing.
The proof of his guilt ir conclusive.
Tie property stolen as a result of the
nbberv was of irreat value. It was
the maillag Ht of Funk & N agnails.
containing tlie nne of Uio subscrib
ers to the New York Voice. As
riarknon was. no doubt, afraid of lie-
ne shot bv the watchman if h
HU?rel the office with burglarious
in twit, he hired two young men
'hades A. Durfee and James I.
I arisen, to commit tho theft Dudley
was also in the conspiracy, and during it nrM?resi ho wrote Durfee as fob
OW8!
31V IRAH niR- inf ,
,.) I vrnniii f,AY thxt as won a I am ready 1 .
shall he clad to have your service ia -
ter that Mr. Clarksoa aad I were taiaiait
you about. It vill weewsitate yaur ci:k here. aal I can arraaxe, I th.nk, ter you to
have a room lo sleep la tne aeattquariei butldinjv We w II settle abuUt tli details
when i am resdy lor you to eottw.
In explanation of this, the other
young mail employee as i.irwun s
accessory says In his conieion:
tr. Hlarkson and I had an interview, i
showed htm m circular and nsvs. :
For these lists already jura saea laarasosi asked what price 1 wanted. 1 said t Ht said tha priee was lair If the work was ! lectlve. I
This young man, a deaf mute employed by Funk & Wagnall. naturally foit that'aftoe robbing his benefactors it would be unpleasant to remain in their employ. He told Clarkson that he would have to leave them. Clarkson urged him to remaiu "in order to gain more information" and promised to "make it $2o0." Promises of Government clerkships in the eventof Re
publican success? were also made .as further inducements for the commission of the theft The crimo "committed was a felony. As thieve employed by Clarkson and Dudley were in the employ of Funk &
Wagnalle, boiiiu legal oompiicatious might be created to enable Clarkson to escape if he should be indicted, but
there are no complications to obscure the moral asixscts of the case, and
morally Clarkson is guiltier than the deaf mute ho paid for tho commission of theft and breach of trust. St Louis
Republic
OPINION.
ANOTHER SALARY GRAB.
now
OLD FOLKS AT HOME.
Kra to It That They Kerelve tne Best ol
KTery Thing.
If vou are so fortunate as to have
the " old people ' In the house, see to
It that thev have the warmest and sun
meat corner and a goodly portion of
the best that can bo afforded of com
fort, convenience and beauty; that
used blood may be kept warm and
cheerful; that falling limbs may nave
restful repose and that the dim eyes that have watched over you and yours
through so many toilsome years may
sec around them the ever-present evi
deuces of faithful and grateful care.
There is nothing in tho world more
iMUhetie than the meek, timorous.
hrinking ways ol certain oiu peopie . i. i.
we have ail seen incni who uvu
given up their old home Into younger
hands and subsided into some out-oi
the-way corner of it to sit by fireside and table henceforth as if they were
. ikinsioners afraid of "making
trouble," afraid of "being m ;ne
sv." afraid of accontinir tho half
that is their duo, and going uown to
their graves with a pitiful, deprcating
air. as if constantly apologizing lor
tHviriL' so long. Thero is no scorn too
diep ami sharp for tho fonsandtiaiigh
ters who will accept this attitude on
the part of those to whom they owe so
much.
Sometime?, to bo sure, people grow
nhl with a bad srraee. lhcy tK.-cotia
oMiblttered bv misfortune or affliction,
o peevish and Unreasonablu under
it,., t.,udlnsf of ill-health. All the
moro do they apthial to great gcntie
nos and faithfulness. Iji n uooornu
in mind that wo, too. are nasie-ning un toward tho sunset of life, t nd that it
is pesiblo that we may ripen into verv uncomfortable old people, to de
mand much more of patience and de
votion than we, m children, yield. Woman's World.
in
The number of book of all Sort
published in the United State! in 188 i t.t;ll, an inerente over tluwo Issued
in 1H87. lit not quite up to the number of ISM, whim we believe reaches the high-water mark In publication. Of the number published last year Under the head of fiction appear 874.
juveniles come next with 410, theology
and religion with is-', aim cmicauun with 41.1. In Knglaadtheie were iwued last year l.&UO new books,
the IMHtnrrata of the Senate Propose to Kfdiuu tlie Surplus.
Tllo Republican Senate of the United
States is tho seat of American luxury, extravagance and ostentation. It fol
lows as a matter of course that all salary grain should have their first orators in the upper chamber. Since tho catastrophe of 1871, when so many
statesmen were retired for their personal mean iieis. the only salary raid on the Treasury has been the hiring of a private clerk for each Senator. This
was accomplished in thu Iir3t session
of the Forty-ninth Congress, it was
abetted by the House because its memW expected to soon share the
plunder.
Now the Senators, in tne person oi
their poorest colleague, a ricn man named Piatt, stand forth and ask for
moro money. They declare that a Congressman can not livo on a salary of about. $.".oW a year, imld for less than six months' labor. There are a
hundred millions in the Treasury, and
yet a Senator, on wnom um puupiu
lean to bu taxed, must uvo ai me humble rate of $10J a week. He, the magnate of sixty millions of people, the embassador of a State, must dwell
like any prosperous g ocor, must
forego horses, carriages, grooms.
opera boxes, presidencies, mmursij diznlties all those dclighta Of modern
life which nro on Mtle to noerai buyers. Of course. If Senators' received flO.-
(XX) a year this cry of to-day would be for $H0, 000. The protective tariff has
shown us there U no limit to human grtejd, and these same Senators are tho high priests of the protective tariff. They want this money to swell tho social "f-plolidpr of the capital. They delight in tho vulgar exhibitions which aro i0 faithfully reported to tho ....... j.i.-t.. r.. csu. .1U
preM, wnero mun uynu o nt.i
at the tabic where women rich apjHirel is torn and their jwrsorts jtwtled
Is no hoodlum of a vtotr.orn iowii would iostle a defenseless . creature.
Monev, always a god in Amorica, hai buoomo a jealous and terrible gtxl at
Washington. Those bonator, standing before their Idol, like ojHjra choristers boldro the shining Fhthah, In "Alda," want tho jieopto to hoar the 2Xeiis of a heathenish offering. Whether or not the tax-payers will
bo as choleric tut In 187 1 remains to 1 seen. The Senatorial speeches of tho
other day wotu feeler.-. If there shall
bano exhibition of public aigerwe
u.ay count on early action in the Flftv-rlrst Congress. Put these siilv-
elinr old men in thulr best light, and
CONTEMPORARY
Republican jackaes are still
kicking at the lion they BupjKwe to be
dead. N. l. Herald
When Bismarck see Mr. rhelps'
bang, he will understand that he might shoot if driven to do so. Louis
ville Courier-Journal
One hundred and thh-ty-one out
of one hundred and forty of General Harrison's Indiana regiment have ai-
plied for office. Chicago Mail
Whltelaw Beid has achieved the objects of his ambition wealtli,iower.
social station and official preferment.
Hut at what a fearful sacrifice of con
science and manhood. Indianapoli
Sentinel.
Perrv Belmont is Minister tc
Spain. Ho is the first foreign Minis-
ter to ba superseded. It was Perry
Belmont, wo believe, who undertook
to investigate James G. Blaine. Bos
ton Traveller.
To protest against the appoint
ment of Frederick Dent Grant to the
Austrian mission will do no good.
yet there are thousands of intelligent
people who are curious to know when
(if over), in all the course oi nis nie.
Frederick Dent Grant did an honest
day's work. Chicago News.
The Republicans of tho hiftyfirst Congress intend to eviscerate the
Treasury. They may make a salary
erab a part of the process, but If they
do. thev will hear tho truth about it
and themselves In language that will not accommodate itfeelf to any delifr' thev mav feel as they fill their
pockets. St Loulsl Republic
We can not undertake to fur-
nUh u naridoss. an extravagant a
iramblimr. or a vicious Senator oi
Congressman with all the money he
n TMnd in Washineton. lo do so
would simply demoralise society there, and tho growth of luxury
would bo so rapid that Congressional silaries would soon be inadequate at
100.000a vear. Rochester Port-Ex
press.
Whltelaw Reid thinks on tht. wlmln that if ho can M) arrange hi.
business, and if he can wholly re-
. . t- .1 ti :
cover irom ins surprise, ami
really must be done, why, he will go
.1 he anectation
Am-H 14. II
(IffaclaUy arraaad from . . Qeertadr-l Lmmox Text - Mark Wil li. Uoli.ev TKXT-He mm ante Ht ewa,
and Ilia own mrwd Him not.-JGka 1:11.
CexthaThctm -The releetiM et Jeae
Christ la the aumt uafcratefel aW dangereea of alas.
Tim Tueda y , April 4, A. D. . Vr-
lag the )at week of Jua' tiff, aad the mat day la which He taught, m the temple.
PiacK ln the temple at jenmawsa. TUaAiXKL. AccofNTs-Matutt Lake
90 .SIM.
I.vTKKVKXixa Iliwoat Mark niia-m; Ma.21;t Ctmi mt..vck- Huaday eveelag, alts the trittsupnal eatry, Jeaaa retansad Uetitsuty. Moedarworalag Um goes ak a Jerusalem, laying a eurae on the berrea ftg tree by the way. HecleanaM the tennmof tboae rofaatB it by Iramc, aad at night poea again to Bethany. Tuesday morwlaic He return to the temple, giving a leasoa to Ilia diacipaw from the wttaerad ng tree on the way. In the temple Use ehiet prteMs question the authority of Jeans, aad He apeak three imrabk to them, of wbh-h this is one. Hku Ovkr Uah ILaces 1. Si-rnk ut Uh-m; to the laries and scribea, hut la the presence of the peopJe. -t ttrlMn mmu repreUg God. FMiwr Ood's khsgJoai; (1) the Jewish people, (2) the Camtwa church, CM ea heart. JPOm: ef thorns, or a stone watt The laws aad in
stitution which separated the Jewa irem all others. H'imj'ut; 'r, wincpre, often due out of he earth or the solid rock. Twr: built for the use of the keepers, ws defended the vineyards from thieves aad animals. The hedge, wioepreaa and tower represent the advantage cowferreil by God upon tb Jews, the church, the tout JslandmtH: rulers of the Jews. PuromMr: i. e., Gol aptieared to withdraw from the earth, thus testing the ndehty aad obedience f His Children. A serwwaV the servants were the isropheta. Kvery apocml call to love and serve Hod, every xrvice at the church, every providence of God, every voice of the Holy Spirit, every acsvMm of revival, k a servant whom God sends to u for the fruits that are due Rim. Km 4 tht vlniil: repentance, l ighleouftaesa, obedieace, worahip, Jove. 5. llim tk-y kilUU.as Jeremmh. laiah, etc S5ce Heh, 11:3s.) . (oa.- Jesus. 7. TKe ink) ttrt: they felt that Chriai's toswtdag woubl deatrov their Inhuence and power ia
the natkm; and, if they atew Him, they eouhl still Isold it for theasaelvea. . tic risMyarrf situ oUkw.' the Gentile. (Acta 10. TMi ticrlfAtn: referring to is. tlS:I, 28-a salm which the Jews apfdHsd to the Messiah ; also applied to Uim ht Acta
4:11.
Arri-iCATios to thk Jaws In the svmmer
of A. D. W, forty years after lata paraMe
was spoken, Jerusalem was destroyed anas the temple was bcraed and laid in ram by the 1 toman army under Titus, after tae
most terrible siesje tm reeora, m wmarsi te besieged "fought for miserable scraps," chewed belts and anoea, ami tore off the
leather from their shields. atd ate wisp oi
hay, aad even lheti (IkM by thouaods lrsa
the horrors oi lannne; i,iih,uw imwu.
ArrtMUTiox to tr LxmviiH"Ai-God
intrusVed to each of us a bieaaed and marvellously fruitful vineyard, which w are to eultare for Him. 1 f we reject Christ fee'
this world, we are lost for thh worm.
Those who reject Christ from taelr urea
aod plans, in c: -ler that they may keep noase8M.n of themselves, their r'-paaarea, aad HOes. have taken the shortest and areat
wav to lose tbem. Howmaca moreiavam
true of the future! Those who rtjeet
Christ ran not he saved. They refue eteraal
life; they reject the very principles waiea
wake Heaven what it ia.
Commkxt-Ib the leson of to-oav tae
parable shows both the goodneoa aad severity Of God. It shows His good nee in not
cutting oa his people with one trad, or two, or ten. Truly He could sy: "All day mag I have stretched forth My hands ualoadtsobedientaud a gainsaying ieope.M (Kom.l:2l.) TbonghouroutH-ardcircumataaeea
differ from theirs, yet mm Roodnese m aoae
the less manifest to us. W bat was trae of
Israel as a nation is true of ua maivMwaHy.
Every child of God will gladly hear witaea to the fact that "goodnesa aad mercy have
followed me all the days of my life." ltul if the goodness of God is apparent ia
our lesson, none the less doe the severity of God appear. With the Jew the end
came at last. Wisdom ceaaed to cry m tae streets and in the opeuiag of the nates. The
voice of the Nacareae hushed late piionce.
A few calls to repentance were uttered by
His disciples, tutu thea with one accent tbev tarnl to the Gentiles. Then - .. . . . .. , , - 1 . .
came their tiestructwn anu 'hivb
a whlrlwied. From that day to trne it la aa though there was no eye te pHy them, and no arm stretched forth from above to save them. Calamity oa calamity
has overwhelmed the chosen leopte, from the dtrctiCB of Jerusalem to theKuesiaa atrocities: and yet God keeps Mleat, What an awful prophecy is this of the fate of a soul that too often rejects the call ef the
Holy Spirit! There will come aume,we knew not when, ia which it shall to said:
h m alone: he is kxned Vo his Mot."
As with superhuman sadness Jw wept over Jerusalem, aad yet would not stay Ma
doom, so He may weep over tae Manor, but will not stay hk doom. When eaea the Master ef the house has rieea up aad
shut the door, the foolish ones may anee. ami ween, and mead, hut all will to kt vale.
The geBtleneaa of Jesus Christ has liU,
ami the goodness of Jitm whose name m
Love has hounds. God k love, wk. uoe also a consuming fire. Jean k the Imb of God i but this Lamb will one day terrify His opponents, who will try in vain tehMe from His wrath. Rev. A. F. SehuaMer. rK.lCTlC.ll. BCeESTKXS. 1. God does all that eaa to dona for as to bring forth the fruit of rinhteoasaesa. X. Tberefere God has a right te expect geea fruit from us. , X. The fruit are obedieace, faith, leve, good works, and alt the fruit ef the Stern. 4, Every opportunity te do good, every aet of God that deserves our lev, every eeoasiow for keeping Hk commands, every eall of theHpirit to repent and believe, k a servant to receive the fruit.
S. The sending Ilk Son w uoa s Mgnew
in 1'mi'Im um rwiuested
of diffidence or indifference made by i effortto lead mea to Him.
these fellows who have been yearn
. Therefore there ia ne hep fr taese
i n:
ing for place as a hart panteth lor the j -0 watVer how much leaders may re-
brook Is an evidence or that narm- jectChmt, those who oppose Himauauuut
farmers
ing culture now so very much agect-
l by our very best people. Chicago
I imus. It looks m if the twine monop-
would fcuccccd in Mjueeitlng the
a gootl ileal this year, in
spite of their kicking. An Increase of from eleven cents to twenty cent, or more, on several million pounca ought to satisfy the greed of an ordinary trtifd. Of course, none of the farmers voted In faVor of the tariff that protects the monopoly with its high l ato on the imported sbl which is the larger constituent of the twine. But trusts aro mostly private affairs. St Paul Globe,
while His kingdom te sure of stteees.
Onk of the tort sight upon wWeh human eyes can rest l aa eld maa fU te the brim of sweet aad hop a regular epttmlrt in every thing that emweraa grace and glery.-MIehlgoa Chrimiaa Ad-
ToeaM. Tax foandati-w of all happiae, temperal and spiritual, m fth m the gomlnoas, the nghteoasaea and the wve of Gd. Lcaks te come te Chrkt with every kind of trouble. Uim that cometa shall aet he cast eat.
Six may open bright a the meralag, tot It will end dark a nifbt-T. Df Witt TU
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