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JASl'KR, INDIANA. SUBURBAN JOYS. Nmmwn4 1 UK- 4eat evsalac, "In the irkMiiNtBg of tk May tay, TrtMtgtMt It obl Hiawatha To his eettage ih tb! suburb; WHars ke ttally mis. txl his brtakfMt. Ant the nrst train tint he ran far. Kow his heart was iclU wlthia him, Far at hw upon Ms thutilitars, Ih as art- a4 Ih his tMMkt TniRr t make and sioek the Harden; gpa.lM ana fork to break the cio.li up; KaktM to make tbem somewhat naar; Varkmi kinds ui pateat weedar MtHly kmk1 to break the btMk With, Dandy ttilnyi to make the hk aekc; IIn to tkkle Mother Barth with, Ttlt the laughs ia weedy lM.rrtx.ti; I'rutveri, clippers, IOhm awl markers; Shovels, trowels thing that ho whb, Savt th tteater, eoalJ have h for. Heads la Wags with picture oh thw; Pictured truit of hit glanti: Strawberries that IuoIjwI like appl" Warranto! to boar the nrst yew ? tare large quart to every l Awle &ed that would be bearlax Ity Hpvle when ,ro1 ratt,e! Pach pit that would be all leady Fw the table about hrvtst; Pumpkin seed done P Hleely Marked "I etas I'uritanV With a foot note that dtficr.ln'd It As an ornamental trailer J tut the thing to droop In cluster. Perfumed festoons o'er the front porch. All these thin and many others .Hiawatha carried hcftneward, LauMhlnit ai in dreams he ww them Fill his home w.th fruit and 1i!osoib, llUHiiiiinx like the Idoomt of llloomville; Never thinking that the Seed Man Went and played him for a sucker. Smch a chump Is Hiawatha. ' When he move mto the country: Greener 1 he than the grass blades. Creenr than the broaddnaved plantain That he eultlvatS' for pansW-s: Greener than the Haunting ra weetl That be thinks will turn to asters ; Greener far is Hlawatba Thin the green thinx In his jarden; Hut as lurhl as the lightning Whan it scathes the mountain forest; IJarker thnn Hie brow of midnight When it frowns upon the tempent; Orimsoa a the anjery Are Head When It sweeps serMi the prairiesSuch Is ILawatha's lansmiKe, When In casual oonversatloe. He descants upon the Seed Man. Kobert J. lliirdette. In llreoklyn Eale. AN UNLUCKY ENGINE. Murderous Caraor and Ultimate Fate of No. 147. Wlien No. 147 yard at Denver, there wae not an her that did not wft run into the for tho lirt time, engineer who saw covet the job of -driving her. The men left their work, and crowded around to look at her. "I5y me soul nhe's a beauty." said Iat lionaghe, "An' it's meself would like to run her. the darlint." I wonder who'll get her," said Jack lerritkld. "I suppose I've no chance." I heard 'em saying 'twas Jem Doncgan had the proml&o of hor." -said .Jemmy James. He's in luck, then," said another. "I'd like to be him." "Faith. I wouldn't thin." The sieakcr was an oldish man. who had not pokon before, and all the others looked at him in surprise. "What' a tho trouble now, Mike?" anked .Tame. "1 don't like tho looks of her. She's like a handsome woman witn no heart" This was Greeted with yells of laughter and shouts of derision. "You're the bitrsrest croaker in the yard," wild Tat. "Who but you would be talking of a locomotive's heart?" Dade, an' she has one thin, an' a bd. cruel, wicked heart it is. It's mischief she'll be doin and Jem Donuiran will rue tho day he lays his hands upon her." and Mike turned his back on tho new locomotive, and went to his work again. Tho others lingered a few moments lonsrer. admirinsr No. 147, and envy ing the fortunate engineer who was to run her. She wa undeniably a baan tiful piece of machinery, and as she stood on tho track before them, she seemed to pant and quiver with life. It was easv to believe her a sentient being, and it is not strange that tho men who pa their lives among engines fall into tho habit of endow ing them with tralu and qualities liko themselves. lut Mike's condemnation had had its weight. Their admiration flagged. and they soon went hack to their places with dampened ardor, and more reconciled to the fate which had placed her In other hands than theirs. Thoy romeaibered his warning when, a lew daya later, she ran over and instantly killed an old man who was walking on the track boforo her. Jem Donogan was furious. "It's not H7's fault at all," ho said, "git out wid ye. Mike, an' ycr 'I told yo so.' Isv could 1 17 help running over Ihirns, an' him right on the track before her, an' mo a whlstlin danger an down brakes as loud as iver 1 eotur Mire l rcvorseti, out lie was right in the way, an' there wasn't time to stop an' ho niver so much as tried to git oil the track. 1 believe he did lion purpose to give the locomotive bad name, bad luck to him." In less than a month, however, sho ran over a drunken man, lying in pUiiku on a bridge across the Piatt Horses, mules, skeep and cato went down before her like grass before tho feythe. and he Halshed up by running into a rancho wagon on a couutry crossing, killtng two of the occupant outright, erioualy injuring two more ntKKing a wrsck of her train, am: crippling Jem Donezan for life She was badly smashed herself thU time and had to be susnt to tho shop for re pair "What did I tell ye?" said Mike, as

lie saw Ler to wad off. When she came

took again, ha handsome ever, It was nl easy m Nad h Mian who whs willing to Wave aay thing t i wither.

"Ilelng all made ever may have th en the inlsehlef out of her." suggested the "bo," The mischief aWer oomas out of the likes of her," returned old Mike. grimly, and the man accepted hid verdict unquesitlonlHgly. Among the ftroinen wtw a new hand, Cluirlio Kuggles, who had but roor.tly come on th toad. H wan youn fellow, brlufht looking and Kod tiniwrod, but, Ha yet, nonu of the boys had made much hoadway in gutting e qualnted with him, though all folt kindly to him, and waro dlpood to lm frlandi. It was rumored that he was tho solu uii)ort of a widowed mother, who wan a consumptive sent to Colorado for health. When it was made known to the mon that ho was to lie engineer on No. 147 a cry of dismay wont up trom one and all. "Oh. mo b'v " gaid old Mike, "what aro ye thlnkin' of?" niinkintf of tho bisr wnec& f UMlfl Charlie, "and the comforta lean for Uio little mother.11 buy "Oh, wirra, wirra, let hor alone. Havo nothlnsr to do with her. She's n murtherin' villain, that's whatsho is." Mike meant M7. not Charlie's moth or. "Whv. Mike, you can't really think tho onsrlne Ia to be blamed because wionlfi ?ot on tho track beloro hor? wild Charlie. It's her luck thin. It's nil the same. She'll bring throuhlu to any one who has audit to do wid her. Let her alone, me b'y." Now. Mike." said Charlie, "I take it we're all in the bun Is of tho Lord. wherever- wo are. I am as much in lis euro on No. 147 as I am standing hero talking to von. I don t believe Ie gives a locomotive power to hurt lis creatures, and 1 uo believe it is my dutv to take this chance, and do tho best I can." This was a new viow of tho matter, and the men wore silenced, if not con vineed. No one opposed Charlie Hug tries decision, and in a day or two lie entered upon his new duties. Ho was sent into the mountain re gions to help txke trains over the ilirhest passes in the Stat-o. Until one las crossed tho Kooky Mountains by uil it is impossible tu form an idea of the awfuluess of thejo passes. 1 lie train creeps slowly up the mountain, with labored breath, giving one u sen sHlion of painful xortion. Tho road winds about to find tho.easiest grades, now zigzagging puck ami lorin, now crossing itelf by means of trestle work, or tunneling under, but always going upward, slowly but surely. As tho tram climbs higher,, far be low ia some abyss may be seen tho track already passed, while high above tower rows of snow sheds yot to be gone through. In the higher altitude the solitude and stillness be come oppressive. One seems lost in a son of mountain icaki, whilo above all tower mightier summits, eternally snow clad, where foot of man has never yet troth In tho heat of midsummer below, it is always winter in these passes, Hugo icicles hang upon the roofs of these snow sheds, a.id deep snow lies on the eround. It wns at tho entrance to such a pass that Charlie and Iso. 147 were stationed. When tho through exnress came, uauy, it was aiviueu Into two sections, and each section was given two engines to pull it up the steep grado. Hut at tho top it was coupled together again, one locomo time being quite enough to take it over tho down grade, and the remaining three wcte sent back again t.o help bring the next train up. Well up in tho pass stood a little cabin, where a few of tho section nanus Jmu tlielr home. lhero were two llttlo children, a boy and a girl in this family, to whom Charlie be came mucu attaeiicni. ihey were prcttv little creatures, but It seemed a lonely life for them. Isolated entirely from playmates, from school and all tho pleasant things which children love. A water-tank stood near tho cabin, where the locomotives stopped to take in water, and in summer the children ran through tho cars while thev waited soiling bunches of the beautiful Colorndo wild llowors which blossom in spite of discouragement under the shadows of tho everlasting snow banks. This was their only diversion and Charlie learned to watch for them as tho prottiost inci dent of tho trip. Ho always had a pleasant word and smilo for thorn, and often something more. An applo or an orange, a pretty card, which, small as it was, went far to brighten the chlldrens' day. No. 1 17 behaved herself perfectly. As week aftor week and month after month slipped by, and she did not even kill a sheep, tho train men began to breathe freer, and even Charlie was conscious, of a se;uo of relief. It was generally believed that the overhaul ing in the repair shops had changed her disposition. Only old Mike was skeptical. "There's no good in her," ho said. "She's only biding her time, an' sho'll do worse than she ever dhrnmed of before wan of theae day." Hut the other men laughed and called him a bird of ill omen One warm, sunny day, in early July, the train had climlwd to the summit of the pass, and Charlie was ready to retrace his course. J he air wa-s sultry; oppressively wnrm. Lven at the summit the show was melting rapidly, and down by tho cabin the heat was felt sensibly. Charlie often

said that his return trim ivminded

him of alnUa? down hill. lie kejtf

the ft re low, aitd the enlae s'.tppeu aliw' of llit own weight, gatherinx momentum a it went, until it alutoet now. To-day lie stood wateliinjf the track Iwfore him, ax No, 1 17 ed over the raiU, admiring, half uhuobbuIously, the wonderful panorama spread out before him, and thinking, quite oonsuiounly, of a little blue-eyed girl he had left at the hast, wondering how noon he might have a home for her in the Vet. Then he thought of o. 117. with how much distrust he had undertaken her, nnd how pleasantly he hud disappointed him. lie felt in perfect sympathy with her HWf" S w iMnv fssvj wum s uuj'wmu uiita tht uha umiisl tai rrtwt to 1. 1.. .1.... i... 1119 IMMUil. OlIlilUMIlk UlSb nil could always guide her. derstand each other, don't unmy we, beauty," ho said, half aloud. Tho locomotive whizzed along. Looking up above him, ho could sec the other engines, apparently not far away, out lie Knew mat miles oi tort uous, twisting track lay between them. And below was tho most unfathomable abyss. One deviation from the track, and ho would go crashing down into Its depths, to certain destruction. He was Hearing tho cabin now. Twc more sharp turns and it would come Into viow, and he would slacken his speed for a moment that ho might have a word with his little girl. "She is a sweet child," ho said hall aloud to himself, "she makes mo think of Uessic." And now ho turned the flr.d curve. The turn wai a sharp one, the grade very steep and as ho came in sight of tho track beyond ho saw the little girl of whom ho had just been thtukinz. Ivlusr. apparently asleep on the truck, scarcely a stone's throw be fore him. To reverse his engine, to put on tho full power of tho brakes, to whistle tho danger signal loudly, all this was but tho work of an instant, but he know only too well that it was useless, that before the engine could possibly be stopped he would bo upon tho child. The noise awakened hor. Sho raised her head, and turned a frightened, be wildered face toward him. He was so a . i . m near no couiu see mo wuiies oi nor eyos. Jie inougni no nenru ncr spoaK. He closed his ovos. Ho could not see his engine pass over and manglo that little form, und even in that moment of agony ho was conscious of a hundred different thing?. Of wondering how ho could ever meet the mother's eye. when he had killed her child. Of how old Miko would exult, and say: "I told yo so," and then there came a crash and a thud, and he knew no more. When he came to himself ho was lying on his own bed, in tho boards ing house, at tho entrance to the pass. Ills mother sat beside him, and Tommy Iturns, one of the firemen, was at tho window. Ho felt strangely, ho tried to move his right arm, but it was useless. Then ha lifted his left arm to his bend, and found it covered with bandages. His mother hastily intercepted his motion?. "There, there, dear," she said, "it's all right I am hero, take this." and she put a spoonful of something to his lips. Weakly obedient, ho obeyed, but gradually memory asserted itself, and he could not keep quiet "I killed ."What was it?" ho asked. -a . tnll a ctniu, tiiun t u "No, dear," said his mother. "Tommy knows jjust how it happened; ho j will tell you, it you icei strong enougn to hear it" ' Ho made a gesture of assent and Tommy camo from tho window to tho bedside with that sheepish air which strong, well men often wear, and began: "The llttlo kid Is all right," he said, though No 147 meant to kill her fast enough. You sec, just before you got to hor, there was a broken rail. Don't know how it happened. Gurus about it. Track walker was over there not i t it an Hour ueiore, au says n was an right. Wall, it was there, any how, and No. 147 wan t lookin' out for it, an' it was too much for her. Sho pitched off n the bank, and sho rolled ovor an' over, moro'n a thou sand feet, clean to tho bottom of the can von. An' there sho 11 bo to tho dny of judgment, for she's toro all to pieces, an' serve her right, too. "You was pretty well bunged up. , Arm broken and head cut up an' so they fixed up a bed for you. air brought you right along on tho train. An1 wo tellvgruffed for your mother to come an' take care of you, an' sho got here that night Yotrvo been purty sick. Hnd a fever an was out en your head, an' raving about tho little kid you thought you'd killed, an' the doctor said as soon as you como to wo must tell you sho wan't hurt, to ease your mind." It was all true. In some miraculous way Charlie had been freed from tho locomotive, und caught In a tree. Thero tho section men found him, a fow minutes later, when thoy hurried to thu spot, drawn by tho danger signal. He had had a serious illness, but his injuries were not dangerous, nor was it long before he was able to resumo work again. Old Mike wait jubilant at tho verifi cation of his prophecy. "I told ye thero was no good in her," ho sad; to kill the little ono and t.....t f'l.....1t.j Iiau. Unl lilln mt.J ::i "V ;.;;"r, III!) ITCKUN1IIX 11U UJ1VV. U D 3IU she is now, rusting at the bottom of tho canyon, and the best plftco for her, the saints btJ praised. Julia A. bablne, in Woinan'a Mngaxlne. , i -a a m i ' One of the best re me die for the rows slug is a utrong stream of water from a sinsll hos. It should be reper.ted several tlmee a wak.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY. (

rubUnher V tiinttheri ha a great growth ef reeeHt year.i in tbe market for Chrietian literature. llolnjrt iJoiiner'a boys maintain the high rate of profit on lUe NewYork L6dger whloh thir father first indured to that pajwr. Like the elder Bonnor they are all g rat hordemen. Sylvanus Cobb only wanted an hour to lay the plot of a story and place his character, it would have been harder for him to write a school composition than a serial to run for twenty weeks. Mr. Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, widow of the Admiral. hn been a lit lerarv worKor tor mirir ytmrs. sw has made translations, and written poems, political essays, novels and books of etiquette that are entirely original. Mr. Gladstone, who reads widely in a half dozen languages takes up his favorite, Homer, the last thing every night lie says a page of it soothes his nerves. John Hright was equally industrious, but ha was just as likely to read a French novel before dropping to sleep as ho was to dip into hi1 favorite Milton An American nuwspaper syndicate recently offered William E. Gladstone the sum of $LV),0M) for a series of twonty-ilvo articles on subjects of currout Interest. Tho n following replyhas been received from Mr. Gladstone: "At my ago the stock of brain power does not was but wanes, and the public calls upon my time leaves mo only u fluctuating residue to dispose of. All idea of a series of efforts Is. therefore, I have finally decided, wholly beyond my powor to embrace." The early Invalidism of Miss Murfreo (Charles Kgbort Craddoek) compelled hor to lead a quiet indoor Ufa. "I couldn't engage in tho sports of tho other children," sho says, "and sometimes I was so disappointed and uneasy that my mother used to find it necessary to comfort me. Ono of her favorite methods was to say: 'Novor mind, my dear, if you can't do as the others do, you can do ono thing which thoy can't do; you can spoil Popocate petl, and thoy can t.' Ono day a very pious clerical friend, who had consumed an hour of his valuable time in small talk, said to James Harper, the publisher: "Brother Harper, I am cttri uis to know how you four men distribute tho duties of the establishment between you." "John," said Mr, Harper, trood-humorcdly, "attends to the finances; Wesley to the correspond ence; Fletcher to the general bargain Ini' with authors and others, and ' don't vou toll anybody," he said, draw ing his chair still closer and lowering the tone of his voice, "I entertain the bores." HUMOROUS. What this country needs is raapl sugar that will pass a thorough Civ! Service examination. Detroit Trib une. Customer "I can't wear this suit and that's tho end of it! It's all shrunk up on ono side!" Ilosodalo "Vat you expecgt mlt deu diagonal goots." Puck. Youmr Lawyer to his Client "I)c not trouble yourself about the caso at I all, my dear sir. I assure you that tc ' gain a favorable verdict for you will , bo the object of my whole life." If our merchant marine has gone to decay we still have more ships than any nation on tho face of tho oarth. Some are consul-ships, but more ar postmaslor-ships. Boston Post. Papa (earnestly) "Didn't I onjoin upon you not to seo that young man again?" Daughter (quite as earnestly) "Yes, papa; but ho cam with an ordor of court to vacate the injunction and I vacated it" Sunday morning Miss Travis "Ah, Johnny! I have caught you with a fish-polo ovor your shoulder! I shall go right and tell your father. Where is ho?" Johnny Dumpsey "Down at tho foot of tho garden dig. gin' the bait" Burlington Free Press. Mrs. Jinx-"I'm going to commence house-cleaning to-day." Mr. Jinx "Well?" Mrs. Jinx "Well, 1 wish you would swear your phonograph full and send it up to tho house for mo to turn on occasionally when my feelings get too much for me. Will you?" -Miss Kissan "Oh, Calvert! This isso-o-o-o unexpected." Her Maid "Excuse me. Miss Mary, but yure mother slnt mo down t' toll yez that about that mattor sho wor talking over wid yez this mornin' fer youse t'say Yes.' Sho said youse would know phat sho manos." "Domestic animals in Greenland must have a hard life of it" sho said. "Why so?" ho asked. "Because," she explained, giving him a stony stare, "tho people of that country havo no doors to their houses, and when a man gets mad at his wife's cooking, or 1 comes homo and finds dinner ton mlnuteslate, and no door to slam, ho must necessarily kick the dog or cat clear across tho room to relievo his feelings." IS'orrlstown Herald. Husband "I must raise $1,300 to morrow or my note will go to protest, and if my creditors once get started after me I am a ruined man." Wife1 uu" i ret, dear. You can surely raise tht much on my diamonds. u ..... J....1 t , "f"1 ' Ttf" W S n, were worth ' Anil as ihti memory oi tno awiui no no ! had told tho day he gave her that ' 27 st of gems rose up before his I guilty conscience, tho miserable mart : betook himself into the outer darknew with a exceedingly bitt-or ecy. ! Terr Halite Expree.

THE COUNTRY ROAD. VlUy It KHhhM " ComiMMou a All Se. Yoer. There U nothing of grat interest to the farmer to which he jmys no little attention a road. T.:e large proportion of farmers act If thy do not think as the Arkansan did about the roof of hie house: "Vhen it rained he couldn't rlx it aad when it didn't rain the roof didn't need fixing." So with the roade, when the deep mud oomes and it is impossible to haul a load over the roads they can't be fixed, and when tho good weather comes they do not seem to need fixing except to fill up aholeheri and there, plow out a ditch or haul some loose dirt in the center of the road where there may be already too much of it. It would seem to be almost noodloaa to say a thing about the necessity for roads over which a load may be

muled at any tlmo of the year. The difference in time, to say nothing of tho advantage in labor, gained by taking a load from tho farm to market three or four or more mile . . . . i. on a roau wnore me team can u kept moving at tholr best pace, over using a road whore the team wastes ts labor in pulling tho load out oi loles or around puddloa and the drivor endangers his reputation for morality by tho blessings ho calls down on tho highway, is easily ap preciated. In bright summer weathor tho road a 11.. I- ll.M may ho goou, usuauy is, um mc spring and fall rains make it a terror to overy ouo who has to go ovor it Tho soft places in the dirt are wasnou out or cut Into by tho wneois oi . a A leavilv loaded wagons; tho low places by tho roadside become hllcu witn watorwhlch Is absorbed by tho utrt or tho roadbed and makos it a bed of mud. impassable, somotimej oven for footman. Somctimos, as in the winter of '7G-'77, such a condition will exist on tho roads of tho ontiro coun trv. and a mud embargo results which shuts the farmer out of tho market by nrevontine his hauling produce of any kind and while prices of grain go stoadily up no advantage can be tuken of thorn. There is no good reason why the roads in every part of tho country that is fairly well settled should not be good at all seasons and undor all circumstances. While thore may not .be as good material in some places to make tho road a3 there might ue, while stone or gravel may bo almost nr milta unobtainable, still it is not impossible to make a good road with 7 . , . ,Z t tnton. nothing but dirt It is not tho Intentlon of this artlclo to toll how aucn. roads may be made, tho details would h too lontr for it: but it may be said Ba a t nnnnd rulo. applicable to all roads of whatever kind, that the first requisite of a perfect road bed Is a dry foundation. This bolng secured, either by natural or artificial drainage tho rost is comparatively easy. The better tho material that is put on this tho bettor tho road; but no kind ol material, no mattor what kind It is, will make a good road unless this first requisite is secured. Western Plow man. POISONS IN MILK: Simple MeasHi-aa ta Prevent the Formatton of TjrrnteslreH. According to Prof. Vaughan, tyroioxicon docs not develop bolow sixty degrees Fahr., and is anaerobic grows when air Is excluded. Some very simple measures, then, are preventive: 1. Scrupulous cloanlinoss. A little dry milk on the rim of a can or vessel may brood tho germ which will find a culture-ground In fresh milk. 2. A low temperature below sixty dogrees Fahr. :i. Ventilation In an untainted atmosphere. . It Is but just to say that those procautions aro generally observed by careful dairymen and croam manufacturers. There is gravo reason to fear, howevor, that they aro not gonorally observed aftor the milk reaches tho consumer's f hands. Also, the slightest carelessness may affect seriously that class of tho community which does not speak for itself the very youngest Statistics prove with increasing testimony that all artificial feeding is not only unnatural but hazardous, and to bo successful requires the most intelligent attention. However, if all mothers and nurses could learn that milk exposed to foul or warm air for any length of time may not only sour, but become tho vehicle of virulent poison, perhaps tho summer montlw would bear a bettor health record. One word of warning imy not be amiss. Whenever a young child is fed upon cow's milk, and this causes symptoms of disagreement, tho diet should 1)0 changed at once either to mentor rice; for, if tho chief mls-chiof-maker bo at work, tho best milk will only furnish it with tho medium in which it llourishos, and, deprived of this, it will inevitably perish. Alice H. Tweedy, in Popular Science Monthiy. i a a - -Should cheese puff up during cur ing it allows that the gs Is generating too fast and tho room has been too warm, should The cheese thus puffed up bo removed to a cooler place, and. as a last resort, should bo pricked to allow the g.ta to leOapo. A good cheese inity be spoiled by not recehing good attention while curing. -Canterbury, N. H.. has a Quaker church that wa$ built in 1792 and has not been shingled since that time. The shlngloe then put on the roof were of heart pine, and were fastened on wlta wooden pegs. ,

JESUS CRUCIFIED.

tatf am Mai tall ill ,Iuar 18, II IKfxuialty amatftMl item . S. Qartrly.l O Lk-mok Text Mark 16 Homikk Tkxt Me humbled Mlwself, 4 beoamelKk'iituateiMli,eva tke death ef the croaa I'lul. 8:8. G'KMTKii. TattH Christ ereoiHed lathe wisdom aud power of Ood for the wdvatlea ef maa. Timk Friday, Ajn-jl 7, A. D. fre. nia a. m. to three p. m. ljuc-Calvnr (Odjtotha), Jert etaw tee eity of Jerusalem, on tbe aertb. VkXkU.ru Accounts Matt. ; i.uae J8:4T; John f :.'). Kczn-ka lMrxixe thk CRCCtnxios Chrlat apoke seven times during His crueiflxlon, and these sayings are called "t" Mvea words from the erowt." (1) The frst word from the creiw. while He was being aKxed to the croas, "Father, forgive them" (Lake) 33:!H). (2) Mockeries by the crown eoauaued till noon ( Conversion or the roiajer, toward noon (Luke 18:.-4J). (4) The second word, to the penitent robber, "To-day thou shalt be with Me in Paradise" (L,UK9 38:48). (5) The third word, committing ms mother to John fl.3.37). uarxneae over the land for three hours, beginning at noon. (7) The fourth word, toward the close of the darkness, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Mel" (Markl5:SM). (S) The lllth worU, "i thirst" tJn msasj. , (9) The vinegar offered. (10) The sixth worth, "t U JiHthl" (John 19:30). (11 The seventh word, at three o'clock p. w., "Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit" (Luke 38:46). Hkli-s ovaa Harb Placm-21. Cyrtnianr bolonh'insf to Cvrone, a city on the north of Africa. 23. GJotha: a low hill in tho shape . of a skull, probably on the north of Jerusa lem. 38. Myrrh: as a narcotic to ueauea the pain. It was given by some benevolent people. Ileectvfd it nA: lie would bear an the fluttering God laid on Him. 34. ltrt4 Uu iwrwewt. among four soldiers (Joha i: 33). Cutting Ms; for the tunic, wnion was seamless, anil couiu not wen ue umueu (John 19:2a, 34). 26. Third hour: aiae o'clock. 27. Thitvtt: robbers, perhape oi Barabbas band. 36. The ScrlAHrt: Isa.W: 12. .. ;lwJUify;poken in a general way; probably only one reviled Him; or both did at first, and one soon ceased. (8ee Luke 23: :3-48). At this time one robber w con verted, and Mary was given in chance oi John. 88. SUth knur: noon. 34. Kloi, etc. : words la the Aramaic, the common language of the Jewish people at that time (see Vn. 32:t). Jesus ftU forsaken, las mat: Elijah. Comments Lot us now uk bow quw tlons of great importance, with reepeot to tha death of Chriat. 1. Who waa it who hung on the .WdUJk crosal All know that He was the son of God. The sarao one of whom God said : ''This is my be loved Bon." Had He at last fallen into some great s'.n for which He was now enduring " .11 the proper penalty! noi n you couiu nave looked into His most secret thoughta, you would never have seoa aiiy single sinful thing. "He did no sin, neither waa guile found In Ills mouth" (I Pet 2:32; 1 Jobs More than this. All His Ufet had been engaged In doing good to flick e8re8beaIed. thesorrowh All His lifetime Me ethers. ing ones comforted; the dead were raised by His power, and devils were cast out of men. He pardoned the flinsof many, and preached tho good news of salvation to all who would listen. Even, godless men testified ia Hla favor. Pilate said: "I find no fault in Him. No, nor yet Herod" (Luke 33:14,15). Judaa Iscarlot confessed: "I havo betrayed Innocent blood" (Matt. 27:4). The centurion who helped cruolfy Him said : "Surely lie waa a righteous man" (Luke 33:47). The thief waa convinced that He was innocent and deserved none of the pain Inflicted on Him (Luke33:41). So we see the amazing night of Jesus a sinless being, kind and centle to all, the healer of the siok, and thecaater-outof devils.the great teacher of God's Word, and the Hon of the living Gotl; we see Him nailed to the cross, there snfferine untold agony, aad at last dying the death of a criminal, 8. Could He not have saved Himself? m His enemies naUl: "Himself He can not save"' Matt. 27:43). Was that true! Ofc," no ! He could have saved Himself perfectly well, When Peter, la the garden, drew his sword to defend his Lord, Christ said to him: "You need not do this. If I should ask my Father, He would at once give me more than twelve legions (60,000) of angela" (Matt. i36:M). He Himself said: "No man , takcth my life from me, but I lay it dowa of .', myself" (John 10:18). Those verses prove that Jesus could have saved Himself if He had wanted to. In a moment, He who cast out devils, calmed the storm, and raised the dead, could have overthrown Herod, Pilate, Hoainn soldiers and all, and have gone tree. Hev. A. F. SchaulBcr. LESSONS raOH THE CROSS. 1. Calvary Is the center of the world's history. 2. If Jesus was willing to die that we might be saved, how earnest we should be to lie saved. 3. Christ crucified shows the exceeding evil and danger of sin. 4. It shows that God loves us and desires to forgive and save us. 5. It shows that we can be saved ia no other way. a. it shows the value of our souls, aad the preciousnoss of salvation and Heaven. 7. It furnishes overy motive for turning from sin love, hojo, fear, duty. 8. It shows how God caa be just, and yet tho justilier of every one who believes oa Him. Hew Smsrlnt FflTr F4an Ia UlstrllMited. The Medical Era relates the case of a girl aged about eight, living at Fortress Monroe, Va., who was some months age attacked by Bcarlct fever, the disease running a typical course. For a long time no possible source of contagion could be discovered. The child had not been absent from home, had been with no one lately exposed, and no other case was known to exist anywhere In the vicinity. Subsequently Dr. Brooke learned that ono of the house servants had nursed a case of scarlet fever ia a distant city just about a year before. After the case terminated she packrd some of her things, including nomo clothing then worn, in a trunk and left the place. A year later she had the trunk sent to her, opened it and took out tho contents, the little girl being present and handling the things. Very sooa alter the latter was attacked, as stated. Oca best work may be In preparing the way for better work than wa ourselves can do. Let us not feel that inr time is lest when it is given to preparing others to do a' work that is beyond our powers. Dtrrr performed trives clearness and firm. nes to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes tho mora assured and satisfying to the souL Tyron Edwards. As A King Is honored in his image, so God is loved and hated ia man. Ue oau hot hate ihhu who loves God, nor can he who hates God love raaa. Chrysestom. 1'cTKa thk Gkrat married a peasant, wee Was kla best eeuaseWr aad truest friead. ,

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