Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 June 1889 — Page 3
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WEEKLY COUlUEli.
C. 1XJANK, FubttVlmM.
UCDUKA.
ONLY A WINK OF SLEEP. Ht Mttr of Bt, T a'rtrul, Ut sraiu 'rwcttbt ln MffiBX in IK tt-W uf ttMtugfcl, $ wt4 trM4 toy weight ef Mf, To ejf grown ii ut t Sfn tiara.
Ana omy vr wik w hwf A, Mfrnscr ! Kct Tii send VrtrlJ by J.y toil, T jtt bru In tU terawtt, i Imt grown t e ilK te way 0 r vrktrh ibejr raA trow r t JTi And only a Wink ( Ktoaft. A 5eengerof Rest, Tkctiirfc, br ef, yet rUl la the wrt, 4 A ur4o br.gbt, h welwoe RMt rune wtitt!l t bUrt Ills' raw anew, UuMtnv to Uh aid adtes. And only ft Wink, uf !;. A 3Jtttsr nf Hot. "VTttb beUn e'en ou folOmt wis', "Witb k ch gro:liilmcl from ectwneg striata Of hid c beard in sootbta trl Otte Moment lost to rare mU pauu, And only a WmK of Sleep. A Mmenger of R"t. Oae moment lut. ww,r A otvtg and a mto h lfi lb fir ry of rifct huaI'ltwweU to old, iiU bail new. Store of Wwik of Sloop. UooU Housekeeping. THE PKUmYiER'S WIFE.
Won Her Gaining
Inoldentally WWli Experience.
"I am a young man in years, but Tva hud h pood deal of expemesee from lay youth up, and if keep on I'll be a kind of a Methuselah nt seventy,'' lie said, thoughtfully. We were sitting at the theater wait
ing for the first act, and my companion was a commercial traveler whom 1 had met at the hotel, lie wan a Cental, jolly fellow, a good talker and well read; we had come tp enjoy each other's company, and were, at the theater together very naturally, indeed. v - Hare you had any romantic experiences?" I as4ced, heplaf to hear .something novel... u Well, yes, V. good, mauy," kty o- , -turned, reflectively; ''but myt, Irst businets venture was as rota aViti etas any thing that ever hapecd to me. I got lny wife on aecounsot If,!'1 'J .should like to'hearStftaht it, if you -care to disclose suelm persontid affair,,, J remarked. Yes, 1 would just as lief tll Jt a not while wo are wait-
in?. I always call it our 'Shakeponrean Marriage;' it" a queer stery. tool" He pusMi for moment 11 to solect a convenient Way to oommoacc, then continued: When my class graduated frtwthe High school letvi .Hrd that wa , in '74 we alt wanted to- do aomittkinK out of the ordinary and decided that wo would give a play of ome sort" at comtnencemoni. "We appointed a commltteo to look up tlw JttatWr. and they reported in favor of a eotntidy. with a reeonnnou4ation that A You lAke Jt' ho selected; m 4A You Mk6 It' it wmyou've read it, of course?" 1 ajiuid him that it was my favorite comedy.
Well," ho resumed, "some ef us fellow drew lots for role and Orlando came to mc; that mUted me first rate, for I Hked sentiment, and love scenes, and wrestling fcnd 10 forth. Thar waa a jfifl In tl ls named Lllley Heyaum Jovel but she was as pretty as a pieture!-and tluy chose her for Rosalind; the othor parts were distritmtd at random. "We rehearsed a good deal and irhen finally graduation day eairie we were iu good form aad played well for m:ttetir, and the wlwle town tur4 out to ee . ".Vow, the beginning of the end is ihiss Lilley Hoynum fell in love with ixw, and she did all her tender parts , with Orlando In good, solid earnest o that any one could notice it, but 1 didn't. ' I wa- in rove with Alice Cascl. and shouldn't have paid any atten
tion to Ulley If I had known she loved me. hut 1 had no idea of such a thinjf. When a fellow is in love with one girl lie don't feel like flirting with any one that comes along did you oror noUco that?" I presumed it was ho. "When I got my diploma I was nljuofct too important to live; if you ever graduated you know how that is, and when my father offered me a "clerkship in his store I wouldn't take it. I told liim that I had gotten some education .and wanted to nee it, and what was more, I wanted to sea the world. (1'vo ccn enough of it wince!) So when 1 saw an adverlitcmoat for ladurance.olieitora to do work down in Connecticut 1 lived in Massachusetts I jumped at the ehauoo and applied for a. pi nee. "Tho fellow who called hlmaelf "general agent' for some big life in furaucc company waa RHllcksebnndrel,
but 1 wa guileless and thought he was as honest a the angeU. lie told me that they paid twenty dollar a week snlary and expenses, and that there was nothing much to do but canvans a town, report, applicant for policies to him (he did the underwriting), .and draw my pay. "That looked' like n, wonderful chance to get something for nothing, urn! I told him to give mo a town mid I'd start the next day. When 1 told my father, he objected and said 1 ahould n't go, W) I like a fool boy, ran .away; but I forgot to Pay that Injfore I left rittaville that was ray homeI called oh Alice Cael anc clinched .matters there, got engaged In regular 4tyle. By Jevel aad wha I get rWk
we wore gulag to marry and live oa our incomu. "Dilford, thai wa my agent' naww. gave me letter of latroductloa to a follow named Jatmon. who had been in the buine, hu told me; aad to a big preacher. .Whan 1 got k I'eaHeld I couldu't flal the preacher, Imt Jawoa waa tftere and ho Ww vary ffieadly; he dhi every thing for mo and when 1 got hometdek he tended io me like a
brother I Uul you he wa Kinds "Well, m luck wuld have it, I Ifot acquainted with another preacher
named (Jrayaor, and he aKei me 10 come and board at W houtto. wliich I did. I went to work, and the first two weeks my salary and expenne allowance cairta U right, but, after that, Dllfewl kept makiag xcuea for not sending iny hi. rmnitUuoe from Lonaeii wa delayed, or something
like that I didn't supoot any thing, of courne, but supposed it would ul oomaLtmiee; hudid finally pay up all mv smlary. but didn't aand money for
oxnanea after tho second week, It
went or this .way for a month, when
one day I get a letter ram my Uum-
ii1U fJllov IL'vnmii 8ho Wits a
teacher then -ylg that her uncle.
the potmatr, had found out that mv aaeat was crooked, and warning
me to get out of hla clutches aa soon
a pOMible. I showed the letter to
.In -.., tiil lm Biild that the 'jirl was
a fool' and 'her uncle a fraud,' so 1
didn't ailHwer the letter. "A lew days later I went to the pie
nle of Mr. Graynor's Sunday-school,
and when I wa there Jarson's little
boy tumbled out of a lwat in the midftl of tho river, and I Ashed him out
iust in time to save the Uttlo shaver.
Old .Tarson was awfully thankful' and dwm'ti that he'd never ecttse to lov
"Well. 1 felt heartbroken for 4 Utile while; but as I was worklag very hard I soon forgot all about Alice, and declared that 1 would have nothing more to do with the fairer sex every one who gen jilted say that self-satue thing and lorget it in less than a year afterwardtsa't it so?" I nodded my conviction that he was correct. nU he res it mod. "At the end of throe months 1 repaid 1,11 loy lleynum and called several times to show my gratitude for her
kindness, but after all t-auie for oa li
ng warf removed I still continued to
cull oho a month, or oftsner, until at
lust 1 had a regular Tuesday night engagement, and before lonjf I found myself in love more deeply thau ever, but
1 wa too poor to pop the question and had to adore lit silence.
When I was twenty-one years old
my father gave mo a fourth interest la
his businowi as a tartr, sad after that
1 began a regular emiruhlpaud prtty soon I married the p reseat Mr, Kclton." "Hut why do yon cull it the Hhnlfe' spearesm Murrluge?' " 1 Interposed,
MRS, CONKLING'S JEWELS.
A UHm OrHMHifHt Ttmt Ibf Vlfe.tf lh IrA. Conkliug, widow of the late Kocoo CVmkling, has one of the most unique ornaments in the country. It is a locket of exquisite design ami rare workmanship, the dlleuto enameling nearly as ltlstrOU14 a the brilliant that encru.t- It surface. Aside from Its latrlnsie viUu$ it has tin Riilaeutiu historical otiv, and U in-
its
lag taekle. When they go to sea they
never uso the language that is em
ployed on shore, but a jargon sacred to the oeeahioti. A woman they call
cloven foods" or "heutelte." Arpar-
wm is an uiwtander." and tho church U a "bono hous," and so en. To usa a land word in a boat is ertaln to
frlgrhtcB away the fish. A copper colu is nailed on every keel to prevent the "brltdy" (which is the Danish name for the basking shark) from sucking the boat to
A worsted thread having
me. and bo grateful to me; lie got
over that! "A few, days afterward he came to me and said he was in a desperate fix; a note of his was due that very day and he couldn't moot it, owing to the fact that some, money hp expected from "New York hadn't come, and, while he would have plenty of caeh in a few day!, he was absolutely 'broke' just then, so he wanted to borrow ome money of me for a week. I asked how much he needed, and lis said all 1 etfuld sparo weuldn't be too much. 1 had all my salary on.deiott at the bank, and I gave him a check for all I had, about one hundred dollars, and took his note for the sake
of Ukj formality. A couple of days afterward I found he had jkiiped the
town ostensibly to go to Philadelphia-
I ti.leirrttihed to Dilford asking for
my buck nay, only to hear thnthe had
gone to Hoston tho day before and wa
(,n h steamer for Uueenstown at that
time! "Well, there I-.wss not a cent in the world -thirty-tire dollar'
worth of debtsno wy tp get home
1 couldn't write to my father for
money to get ottt of the difficulty, bo-
tile. I ratrawiiv and had r.eVer let
him know where I was there 1 was,
stumped.
"Welt, I told Mr. Graynor, God
bless him! and he lent mu enough to
get home, and said that he trusted mc for what I was indebted to hlut; In
fact he acted the good Samaritan to
me, and I respect his Christianity
more than any one else's in the world!
"1 left Penfleld a pratty sad boy ami
being ashamed to go home to my folk.
1 started for my grandfather's Intend
ing to Iwrrow some'money to pay my debts, and tell my father lhat 1 got
cheated out of my salary and not say
anv thing about the rest of the aJTair.
"When 1 got to Springfield who do
you guess 1 met in the depot?" "Your grandfather?" I ventured.
"Lilley Heynum! She said she was a delegate to a teacher's conrentlon
being held there, and asked me where l was going. I told her that l was on a
busimtsM trip, but got tatigjodup in my
remark?, and she saw maWI was ia
trouble as quick as a wink! She begged me to tell her all my troubles;
the said she was my friend nHd might lo able to do something frfi mo. I
was an diacou rawed that I lolfl' her
every thing; and even that I was go
ing to my grandfather s to get some
money.
"After sympathiairg with me nd trying to cheer me up a liit'.o, she said
that she had some oxtrtt money which
she would like to be relieved of be
fore feho lost it, and offered .to. lod it
to mo with or without interest for any
length of time; fche promised to keep
the matter qulot, and said that her Offer
would save me the cmlmrrasament of asking my relatives! for money and tell
ing my dismal story.
"Of course I ret used to take money from her, but she was persistent and
at last I gave her my note, at ninety
days and ten per cent., for forty
dollars. I paid my debts at P&nfiold
and went homo. My father received
mo like tho prodigal con, torgavo me for running away' and gttvo lie a
clerkship In historeat ten, dollars a
week, instead of twenty- aud oxponsoe! "Well, ns soon as 1 got settled, I
wont to soo Alice Cnssol. hot received mo very coldly, snying that alio
wiahod to have nothlnir to do with
one who had deserted his homo and
traateil his father so disgracefully;
that her father had fordidden my com
ing to the house, arid that, she had
another eentleman who was more
oonironlal to her. She returned my
letters and tokens and said that she
wished to have the nequulhtarlcii dl
continued. Well, that was my first
love affair, and I wn glad it ended
justYs it did. Don't ever commit suicide because a girl rejects you It
is always better for Vou In the end-
though it is hard to bear at tho time;
vou can always llnd a woman just as
good or lietler thaa the on whs rejected yau. ,
fearing that he would leave hi story
In a very unsatisfactory condition. "Ob, yes, you want to hear about, that, 1 expect While we were engaged in a conversation one night in June we naturally enough thought about tho event of our t-chool days, and commencement. I had made up my mind to get an answer that nijtht, and When k came to the A You Uk It' part, I nerved myself for the question and s-aid very abruptly: 'Will you bq my Rosalind?' She thought a moment and said: 'To you 1 give myself for 1 am yours.' " Then T asked if she would marry me and she said: 'I'll have no husband if vou be not he;' that is what
Rosalind tells Orlando, you remember.
Do you see tho point now?"
"Well." said I. "that was strange:
"Dr. Gravnor had in the meantime
been sriven the pastorate 01 ine
M.thodit church In I'itUville, and he
married us! On the day of the wed
din" I received a letter postmarked
n.mtfot Col. I oneneu it anu
found a check for two hun
drad dollars and a letter from Jarson!
did thut lm wkx oomuelled to
eheHt mo. as Dilford' had him under
hi thumb on account of some fraud
they had committed toother, but that
hB had settle down to an nonesi uie,
and the two hundred dollars was for
anting hib son's life ml inpayment
of the over-due note!
Dilford was arretted afterwards
vd a term in &lnsr olng lor
atnitlui' sharn ffamo: that's all. Now.
isn't that a little real life romancer
Y.m." I answe-od. "but how did
Dilford make any thing out of you?
"IWt vou see? lie was getting a
commission on the number of policies
ho issued, ami if I did the worK lor
nothing he made his money clear; he
paid me some and .Jarson, hto conteuerate. borrowed it all, so I was a cat's-
paw."
The orchestra eeaseu piayng. tne
bell rang, the curtain rOse aini we
were suddenly transported to a dreary
Scottish heath where the witches convened 'mid thunder, lightning and
tumult, for it was "Macaetn. 1
never saw the narrator of this story after that night, and if this comes to his notice let him judge whether his
story has suffered by the re-tolling.
L. A. Lamb, in lankoe uiaae.
vested with a sacred sentiment to
tiut "MtuveDif" thtt bottom.
liestowed uion lw by her giftod bus- ninAnots on It is tied around a joint
band. The ornament was executed from an orlirinai design and under tho imperial
suggestioi. aad supervision of Xapo-
leoi I. Though the mind of the Km
peror was engrossed with mighty
ura B;ts. he took a live v Interest in
Its manufacture, and on its couiplo
tion was groat'.y gratified with the re
sult lie hold it in especial regard.
After his death it was found among
his effects, and in their sale, by some chance, fell into the hands of a New York irentleman of fortune, who on
one occasion exhibited It to Mr. Conk
ling, who was an extravagant admirer
of rare jewels,
He asked many questions about It,
aud, though he had not
money, he was tilled with an
desire and determination to possess
the locket
I must have it for Mrs. ConkUntf,
hn jiaid. hntMJt louslv: "she has sueli a
delicate fancy in such trifle. Her
judgment is wonderfully discriminat
ing; she will be delighted with it; you
must let me have it for her!
His friend generously presented him
with the locket he coveted, but lie t-
olined to receive so valuable a gnu
For Mr. Conkliug to desire a thing,
however, was to sooner or later ac
quire it. aad after much jwrauaslon he
succeeded in purchasing tne jewel
when it is sDralaetl. Sick cows are
cured by drawing a torn oat by the
tail ovr their backs. If a minister or a 'person with Mat feet crosses the
path of the man going out fishing, no fish will be got. To accidentally wet
tho foot when stepping iato the Iwat
is a favorable sign. A cat should
never be mentioned when a man is
baiting his line. A rusty nail from a cofttn v 11 cure the toothache if used as a toothpick, and a sip of Water from
an old knoepan is a sovereign rjmiouy
for some disorders. To catch a halt
but for halt the fishermen put nine
jieces of peat into a kettle alove tho
flr before nroceedlnir to sea. A hen
should bo set when the tide Is flowing.
too much and an egg must be placed among the
tti-ilt'tit seed corn ootore 11 is sown, u nwn
sheen is being slaughtered indoors no
woman should passlotweeu it and llio tiro. Stacks should be built and the
ground dug according to the apparent course of the sun. lloats always take a turn sunward before going to sea-
London World,
THE GREEK ACTORS.
How They Irrsa ami How They were
J'ultl Ut Olit Atlimn.
It was customary to increase the
stature of the actors oy uie use 01 cothurnus or buskln-a kind of high
boot, ornamented in front, and Having
suceeeuouin puronamng wiw juww. ... ii,f,H,i,tnlr i... i.J.. t.t n lRtor of sole some three inohesthick.
IB RCCM TOIVIll ' "' . . , - ,,..! d, uumn
The cothurnus was
color as tho robe woru. in auuuion
to this, masks covering tho wlioie neau
and face were used. On the top, over,
the forehead, was a lofty troniiet o conical form, which must have added
considerably to the stature anu uignuy nf thu Hctor: inside tho mask there
seems o have been sorho contrivance
for strengthening the power 01 me v.5, tn aimble it to till thu Immense
space of the auditorium, lloll-shajwal vnl of bronxe are said to have been
Kmror is the most cherished l kD "
anu mouu
reached Mrs. Conkllng. ot long
itftur he met an intimate friend from
Utica.
"Has Mrs. Conkling shown you her
wonderful locket?" ho asked, eagerly.
"So. I have lMen too busy to go around to the house." The great
dtni.tatnun InoktHl disaunolnted
Go around a soon as you get limmi." ha said. "I WSUt VOU tO S6
iu" As the last gift of hor husband,
and thu evidencs of his.arfeetlonate da
sire to give her pleasure, tho locket of
tho
unions: Mrs.
Mi-, John lawreuce has. perhitps,
one of the most unique ornaments in
lliic imilitVV. tt Sultana necklaoo of
rubles. Tho dozen rubies that com
prise it are large and fine, and are set in a delicate Etruscan design that is
fast crumbling awny, and its owner
wear. It attached to a band of velvet rather than have it reset and forfeit its
historical value. This supurb neck
lace was made in Paris more than a hundred years ago at tho command of the last but one of tho Sultans of Alge
ria for a favorite Sultana. It has,
however, an inferior duplicate, which
may be found in ine i.ouvre among
the trensurod jewels of the republic of
France N. Y. Mail and Express. H m .1 PICTURESQUE FOULA.
AROUND THE APIARY.
ObsprvatluHn Mwl .r H Wlile-Avmke an
rrox"ol lti,e-K',l". We recently made a visit to the
apiary of an old-fashioned bee -keeper.
Some would call mm an om logy, ouv
in this instance wo liartiiy ueneve tne
term will apply, because he does not
insist that his way is best ami that so-
called improvements are a sham. e
rwlll toll our readers some things that
we saw, hoping thut some may learn
how not to keep boes. lhe bees were
kent on a ionir bench uader a low shed.
Such a building furnishes an excellent wind-break for winter, but for summer use is very unhandy, because the hives are crowded cloie together.
which is confusing to the bees and
often causes tho loss of young queens
by their getting into tho wrong hives when returning from their wedding
flight. To be compelled to work in a stooninir position when handling bees
is a serious objection to a anon, iiavmg.
several hives on one bench is objection
able, because while handling ono colo
ny others are liable to be shaken and disturbed. Tho beos wero all kept in ordinary box hivos, and looking
into several of theso revealed the fact that quite a numbor had died during the winter, not having secured honey enough to carry them through. These were nil swarms from last season, and consequently the comb was clean and bright. This, of courso, will be torn out and made into wax, whon if It had been in tho frame hives' it could havo been used to an excellent advantage in building up new colonies this Kwon, Had the beo-kooper been a careful one, these late Weak swarms would lutye been united, and. If necessary, fsd sufficiently to Insure their wintering. If thu host combs woro now transferred to frame hives tho holes caused by tho cross sticks would frequently be so large aa to bo objectionable." This bee-keeper, although futtinir a eood many poumls.of honey in
a vear, nover realises any cash profit
from it because it is made In large box
. the verv way in which it can be
sold to tho poorest advantage. Im
nroved appliances for the apiary are
unlri ui such reasonable prices that
there seems to bo little reason in such
a method. Header, there is not just imb mi aniarv in vour back yard, Is
there? Indiana Famer.
A I'retty IkIkmiI with Clver IobitUitiiBt hh1 ChHohs ,Snpfrtltlt. The Island ol Birds, for such it has been conjectured is tho meaniug of the word "Foula," Is net so frequently visited by the tourists as it deserves to be. Situated at a distance of fifteen miles from the nearest point of tho mainland of Shetland, its cloud-like form, which seems to lloitt on the horizon, is visible from every hill-top of any importance in the archipelago. The eye of the observer of the picturesque, as it glides along tho distant prospect, is caught by the fine, bold jMaks of Foula, and returns again and again from the general survey to gnj fondly on that island as the finest feature of tho scene. Kor is it only at a distance that it looks grand. ThnclilTs on the west side, which aro beaten by waves which have rolled without a check all the way from Greenland, aro the loftiest In the JJritlsh Isles. Tho highest hill Ik the Snuek,
which has an altitude of thirteen hun
dred feet above the sea. Another
niwik. almost as high, confronts the
ocean us a stupendous precipice from
summit to base. Thco crags ni'" the
homes, of innumerable sea fowl, the
norlo sea parrot and kitty wake being
most abundant. On the oast side llio
rocks uro comparatively low, but not
uninteresting. On the north side there
are some remarkable stacks, or Isolated rocks, one of tliutn lating pierced
by a lofty Gothic archway and another
surmounted by a ruin. Ilie notiow
center of the island affftrds peat, nnd
tho irrnssv slopes at the bnck of the
cliffs affords yood pasturage for cuttle
and sheep and a number of handsome
uonies. The population numbers two
hundred and seventy, and with tho ex
caption of three famules Is engaged
in croft nsr and flailing, llio 1'Ouiese
are masters of many trades. Thoy make thoir own turning-lathes and spinningwheels. Some can repair clocks and watches; all can make and cobble shoos. A few .are weavers and
tailors, as well aa dyers, hvory man is a mason. Tho wotnoit clip, and, I am afraid, sometimes roo or pluck the sheep. They spin the wool and knit excellent stockings and sailors1 frocks or jerseys. I believe if a Foulaman wero tb bo placed naked on a desert coast, with nothing in his possession but a elas-p knife, he would not only contrive to find food for his support, but in a short time would, by his unaided effort?, be provided with clothes, with a house, having a clock a lea wall, i.ad with a boat and uk-
iralninir both as to power
t.,!,m ot voice. Many 01 tne actors
ffa,,r. w -
were men of position anu in
tluenco in Attic society, anu tban one had been intrusted
with dinlon.atio and other missions,
Sometimes the poet himself played in
his own compositions, as Aeschylus is
sMid to have done. It may interest
some of the craft of the present day to learn that as much as a talent (nearly
250 iRMinds) has lnjen paid to an actor
of note for two performances. J here
were only three performers In speak-
u,.r ,i,.ia this others were silent: in
deed, they could not have spoken had thev tried, for their masks had the
orifice of tho mouth closed, while those worn by the principal actor and
his two subordinates were constructed
with the mouth oj)en in the shape of
an 0. No women wero allowed to aci,
the female parts being taken, as In Shakespearean times with us. by boys or voting men, not only on tho stage
bwlf, but in the chorus. Sophocles,
when a youth, was selected ior ins . . . .. , ....1 ,.1.
grace and oeauiy to tuau mo uuumi dance at the festival given in honor of tho victors at Salamis. The dresses
worn on the stage bore no resemblance to tho ordinary Athenian costume, but were probably a modification of the
festal robes worn In tho old Dlonyslao procession, and consisted of flowing
obes of purple and yellow and other
brilliant hues, crowns orchaplets, and embroidered girdles. These robes were
lonsrtliy as to cover the feet, ami
A
so
Were common to an unnniciara, imi as well as female Chambers' Journal.
HIT BY A COINCIDENCE. Mhm with Wbm1ih Leic Mrntn tho Head of n Hymimllietlc I'awlly. The owner of a place on Second
avenuo stood in his barn door on the
alloy the olhorday when a man with a
wooden leg and a crutch came aiong nml passed the time o' day and finally said:
"Say, I want you to do me a favor. I want to leave my log with you for a few minutes." "Why?" "I want to to around on Second ave
nue and work a house for half a dollsr
in money. I'vo got a pointer that lha folks are Very sympathetic. If I go
with ono log I'm sure of It"
"Very well; justleavo your leg hore
and J 11 take care of It" Tho wooden substitute was un
strapjMd and handed over, and the m lnnla used tho crutch to help himself
down the alley. Five minutes later lie rang tho door-bell of a house around the avenue, to havo It opened by the
mttnJio had seen at tho ban. "W wha what!" he gasped in ne tonishment. -
"Very sympathetic family lives here!" quietly replied the other. "Vou seoin to have met with a sad loss, and
T,n y1oii to holn vou. Here is a
wooden leif which may fit you."'
The lei was handed over, the man
at down on the steps and strapped
it on. and as he got up and stumped
through the gate, ho said to himself;
"Pve heard of coincidences evsi
tnee, I wa knee-high to ahop-tosd,
but this Is the first one that aver hit mo with both bpt at enee!" Detrttt
, Free Press.
tIESUS BEFORE PILATE.
IfttrUrtMU 4r-bMt J-tm tr
IttiM , isae. rplUy arasd f row 8. . Qasrterly.l Uso TsxT-Mark 13:l-. Uouj.sx TaxT-Pilate seith unto ths,
Thus jo J hm. aad acueiry iai.-Jea
11:6. . ,
Ckxtxai. TaiTK-Kae persea least
elde wtMtt he will do with Janus.
TiMB-Hetween Mve and eigbt e'ewes:
Friday uwraiiiK, April 7, A.D. 80.
PiMca (1) Tlisssaweurua a, nmr to
tsatide court. () Pilate's juagateat aa,
iirobably in tne tower oi Amonm, wijamIng the northwest wall of the tempi rea
in Jerusalem
Itl'i-aas-Tiberlus Csssar, miror i
home (lTth year). J'oatlus rmue, governor ef Judca (Wh year). Herod A uthaw, Governor of Oaldes (mth year) .
Pakaixw. Acof,i;xTS Matt 7:wn; iase
32 :s.Tl;a3! 135; Jotm 18:3s-0; l!l-l.
Oamut or Kvxxts at tms THIAIt-IB tmv
Imt lesson the Sanhedrim aujouraeu uu
layllgbt when a second legal session ws
held (v. 1). whence Jesus was taacn to Mate. There was the arst colloquy between Pilate and Jesus (v. 2; John 18:-
S). After Ills swniUtal here (vs. a-o), ue was seat to Herod (Luke 5:6-l2), Aasia He was tried, sial foraislly acquitted by PiUte (tuke 38:1316). Pilate offered to reletwe a prisoner (vs. tMft; and while he waa watting for them to decide, his wife sent a warniug message to hun (Matt 27:19). Bat, they chpe IiarHblsMi (v. 11). Pilate mtd further effort to release Jesus (vs. 13-14). Kiuallvhe washes his hands before them (Matt 'iT:W, ito), and gives hie sentence ef oruclfixion (v. 16), Hbli-s ovkk Hakd Piacas 1. lltUl a eontulUtion: the meeting of the Sanhedrim la the morning to condemn Jesus, winch could not be done at their night session (last lesson). CarrM Him amv: because they had not power to pub Him to death. Pitatv the Governor of tho Jews, under Tiberius, U$e Emperor of Rome. 2. Tho iayit: a strong way of saying, I am. 8. A eeumlnf mwy Mutts.- sedition, refusing to pay tribute, treason against Ctusnr, making trouble. 5. Amu ret I mlhlnu: (1) because tt was of no use; (2) His life was a suf
ficient answer, 7, ftiratlwi: a leailena a rebellion or riot against Itome. U. 1M W thtcf jrktffl, eta : while the iople were deliberating, Pilate's wife sent her wsra-
Inff. 14. rilate, Judas, iierou, i-uate s wu,
hu Centurion all agreed on the Innocence
of Jesus. 16. mtoriam. the court or aau
where the prator or Governor held trnus
and trannaoted business. 17. Chttlmi Htm
with purji the dress of kings; proesoiy
one of the soldiers' rati cleans answsrsu tae
puriKHte. This was the third umkery oi
Jesus.
Commbxts In this lesson the man waa i . .... . -
eomes beiore us most prouunenuy x ooufse excepting the Saviour) is Pilate, His
character is drawn witit unusum oir-
ness, and presents marked eontrssts. From a Htudy of It ws can learn te-dsy many practical lessous. For tlte world is full of Pilates
to-day.
Pilate knew wnat was riguu 4v booh
he had examined Jesus with ref?ard to His Messianic claims, Pilate saw that this was not a case calling for capital punishment.
So he went out to the Jews, and announeeu his opinion that tbetnan had done nothing worthy of death. He then sent Jeans to Herod (the saws who had teheaded John) ; but Herod could find nothing meriting the death penalty ,'so he sent Him batik to Pitate. After repeated examinations Pilate still sticks to his first opinion that Jesus is innocent This opinion is confirmed by a message from his wife, bidding him to do nothing against the prisoner, becanss Ha is Innocent (Matt 27:19). Moreover, Pilate knew perfectly well that bitter envy was at the bottom of the whole movomont, and that the guilt of the accused had really nothing to do with tho ease. If ever any man knew his duty, Pilate was that inaH.
Pilate did what was wrong, ue gave orders to have Jesus scourged and cruetfled. The cause of his evil doing was "because he feared the ieop!e." Truly Pilate and Herod (who that day were made friends, thouRh befere they had been at enmity, Luke 5:12) were just alike; for Herod hail taken John's life because ef tlKwe that sat with him at meat and Pitate sent Jesus to Calvary lecaua he wanted to please the rabble. In God's sight they were both murderers, and that, too, la oeel blood, for each one calmly ordered his prisoner to death. Pilate vainly tried to evade his responsibility. He did this flrst by sending Jesus to Herod. Doubtless he thus hojHsl to get away from the disagreeable task of condemning an innocent man, and also escape the ill-will of the rabble. This ruse failed. If he would rind favor with the okief priests, he must accede to their wishes. Hut his conscience swks aloud and condemns him. Then he adopts a miserable BUbterfuge. He calls for water, aad washing his hands, declared himself to be Innocent Of the blood of one whom he has just
condemned to the cross. S hat a heaven-
wide contrast between the heatltea rater
hihI the Jewish ruler ia tlielr action I uon. traot the calm hand washing with theory of the fifty-first Psalm, ami you will per
ceive the difference between rmw aae
David.
How strangely and Badly this experience
of Pilate's is constantly repeated 1 It was
his weakness and selfishness which led hue to sin. Pilate did not sin from pure wicked
ness awl because he kived it But when u
oh me to upUOHiing waat ae anew w un
right l the face of selMatoreat, we nml hiai wanting. He had not "the oeursge of
his opinions." The oonduot of David aad his three ctmnanlons wpuld have been in-
comprehensible to Pilate, so witn many
youiiK men anu women toufs ahojt ro
twrfectiy conscious oi tne direction in whkj the right lies. If they oould follow the es
tates or their consciences witn no anptwwant consequence, tliey would be glad to do
so. But tlwir desire te uo rigat w
strong enough to lead them to eaaure hardship for conscience' sake. Thoy are
rather willing to "content" ineir companions, or society, or the customs of these with whom they associate. So, knowing
tho right, and being reminded oi tt, perhaps, many times, like poor Pilate, they yet choose the wrong, because it is the easier eeurse to pursue. itev. A. V. SchauSsr.
l'KACTlOAl. SUOOBSTtOXS. 1. Jesus a King in disguise, as are oftsa
Truth, J ustice, Iteforms,
8. Like Pilate, w have many warnings not to reject Christ. 8. We must do sorrthing with Christ eltlier acceptor reject Him, It is a noticeable fact tliat the evangelists,
in telliag the story or Christ's uie, never attempt to eulogise His olvaraoter. What they do is to state facts In that life, repeat
His sayings, ami describe jus acts anu hui-
fcrwigs, leaving these tilings to maae tiwir own iinpresston ujwn the reader. ThSlr owe
though to and opinions are in tne imea-
ground, while Jesus canst as iiewaaconwa
to the front.
If vou have really given up your heart te God In private, your life will sIkjw forth tlw praise or God hi public; if God has tk heart He is sure of the life. Man's extremity is God's opportunity. Hot until despairing et help f rea morula dMtka woafwaMtoCteklfKnUe. .
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