Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 August 1889 — Page 3

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INDIANA. AN OBJECT LESSON. A pretty dor. soft, dark ey ' And kin:?, mH hair. In color UUtk And im iMtil white, wklea parted Me On elisor We, down neek stud bnets. TM children ay be it a dude, Hsum hw hair thil split, awl w : smile Rl the apt lilllludn, Wbtafceuila Mr dojrxVe te a T, tor MM teae H pet wtlh l( At home, InelndlaK wile and me. He'll run to eaten th btldr' ball. And it would make joh laufe m we Tne Mtte ke will eul t pi v. He'll Rite hia paw your hand te fcbahe. Awl bid hi foxy bend away Hetw.xt hi Ivr wu e'w yea UM .Am earnest look into kU eye. Ah? them how ahfully they fall Your psm; but. wore than all. I j r. Hi w.-.ving. pretty, warlh Ull. Not fir U rraeefnl, pretty ce, ItA waving hair, la Maek aad wule; Hut lor kis was. which lU?r I huesprein fordtrl.ghl. When, home reMrntajr. on the tret II ui comionf. wk aad bark Kr eye and ar uutailluic greet, lu ntr' wet cow; alway mark. I tm not da the siul!Ht thm To him. give e'en a word, or lot, Or yet a crt of dry bread Mrntc To kits, but that hi w t koek. Kor thu tie show blt gratitude. And what u lee does he teach "To animate of nobler brood Who, unlike kiwi, have gift of peefc. The du. my frld. will w.i Im tall To tpeaK hit thanks for wh.it you do Or v. If kind, he'll never fail la this. My lr.end, kow l.'t with y When morntn oom, with roy llkt, To ki your eyelid, a you lie .KefrokKd with dumber of tk uihi, Hare you no graceful thank tt soy TO Him, whose merry, while you slept. Watched over you in tender lore. In health aad strength your belnjt kept That you may forth to duty move! Aad as the day roe happy by. Kaeh pnln hour with mercy fraught, I there no upward xlanee of eye. Not la your heart one grtelul tbousht Of Him. ThG.verf all ood'' Whwh romtti t wan. whote lovinj? ha ad Provide alike for all their food Aad by wbo power alone they stand! The ttttlal joy whioh h4M thy lot: The power of Httad. aad oul and heart; r Are those ooJ xiti. or are they not? If yes, whoe hand did them Impart? If to give thank for tho you fall, Ot your latelllite'aee doa't braS " Hut think awhile of do:e tail. And leurn the 1ewn of ltwf It. SouUm yrt. In later O.-saa. A SLIP OF THE PEN. -As Annoying, But Not Altog ethor Unfortunate Mistake. a It was all Dicky Carihalton's fault. In many rcsiejts an amiable youth, he can not be snid to ba jose6eed of the finer feeling, and. jwrhnps. k not Hware of the extent of the dboomfort he produces in more sensitive people. A frequenter of parties of every description, he id fond of varyingthe monotony of the social routine by various little practices. Of thee, his favorite, not, alas! peculiar to himself, is commonly known as spoiling sport. Whenever Dicky sees a pair of people who appear to take partlciilur delight in one another's iKcioty. showing a tendency to seek ttnto themselves retreate, he is never Hatisfied until, by some bold stroke or cunninff stratagem, he ha succeeded in stinaratinir them: or. at least, in destroying their enjoyment for the 'rest of one evening. The happy posesor of an exhaustless supply of self-confidence and the most brazen impudence the object of his attack, moreover, being, from the nature of their position, comparatively defenseless it is needles to add that, though Dicky has his failures on record, they at o greatly outst ripped in numbers by hia successes. there Is nothing wonderful in the fact that Dicky was at the bottom of that unfortunate affair with Jack and Ethel. Matters hail long been in a delicate and critical state between thoe young Ieople. Jack had told himself over and over again that Ethel was a flirt, and that he, for one, had no intention of adding himself to the list of her victims; while Ethel had relieved her feelings by repeatedly assuring herself 'that Jack was a cross fellow who , oared for nothing but hbt books, and was quite impervious U the charms of womanhood. But that night at the Wardngtons' things really did seem to be taking a turn for the better. Ethel had boldly turned her back on half-a-dozen other i admirers, and Jack, looking down -into her honest eyes, was rapidly forgetting the doubte and fears which had tormented him during the past months. There is no knowing what might not 'have happened had it not been for Dicky, who oame up to them at this hopeful stage of affairs, his shoulders in his ears, his hair brushed to a nicety, and with the most unmistakable look of mischief in his prominent sve-4. "flood evening. Miss Mariner," he said, taking Ethel's hand in his and &qttMxing it with mpreeftnent, and thin the two poor things, suddenly awakening from their dream, stood there chill and helpless while Dicky lircd off his accustomed volley of chaff, and Ethel, with feminine presence of inlntl, ventured on one or two little popgun on her own account"Miss Mariner' ke aid at lat, witk a satisfied glance at Jack's Mtllen face, "have you been into th conservatory? They've put up a lot of pink lamps, -and there's the most ci'iimptious tete-a-tete chair you can imagine." I'oor Ethel looked up at Jack, who i stood by, furious and sulky. , "lie is only.teo glad to get ritl of .

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. a i bi m ItorrlWy MmiubU to hint." k thought In lUapwir. If )m HkM tnnt popinjity. lei nr go wiUt kim! I'm arry for kr UUs, thwt'i Mil," rllvtd Jnk, nnd in -tkHminute KUtel found krlf Hutunlly Mttod in the utHttt vknir witk Dicky, wku InrRH ym wen rolling triumphantly in Die lltfht t( tk ro-colored Uiiw. Sk did Hot iuc4Md in mnkinsf her eupe till u wm time to ru noma. Jnok wu nowhere to be seen, nnd He Urore buck in the chili emr Morning with tke kenvitMt kenrtMbe knd known for ninny yenrn. ., n. "lithel." said her mother nt brenkfnL the next inorntnr. "did tou ) x pieant time at the Warrington?" Oh. ye. mamwM. ' an id h.thel. dremrily. Sh ile and itenvyuved: I think he had not slept all nijftoU "or r "And who were there? went on Air Mrinjr. heJiHnir hemelf to bttered tfirsc-- with cbery ttrwKiie Klbel enumerated var;iiu people. And Dicky Carhalton." she oon eluded, "and Jnck DavenanU" The lat name slipted tmt ylUi ex ar?;ertil carelnef , and yet It wni whirrtne about in th poor jfirl nen. and had been doinsr for the last fire kiium. HL-n in imoriaotted blttebttht in a ffla&g. Jack JM-k .Taick Darennnt' a h nver to have another oenntic tboueht aeain? y the bye.' said Mr. Mnriner. a phe roe from table, "will row sona rt in Kbirenee llvme? I want her t-r. i,ti.l, v.r to-morrow at l-JMl the .SinsfletOHrt are cominc." Ethel moved to the writing table. bhthiny faintly. .She rewteaibered that Mr, livrne was Jaek Dnvwnant's cousin Half-imt one. recollect." cried hr- tbeir. an ahe rtwtied from the room. Ethel listlessly took up her pen. and Titillml .MhMt of nier toward Iter. It wi not Uuxl with tne aare but wh falletl to Hotioe thin, and be gan at once ".Hr oear .urs. Hrw. -j Then he stopped short, and the lMixzine- in her bra : a went on worse than ever. The note got written at Inst, all but tba HisrnMUtre. and then she besan to wonder . dreamily if she should sign hetelf "Your, very sincerely," or 'Yours a ffexrtionately. " ' "Ethel. Ethel." cried her mother putting her head in at the door. am iroinr out Give me the note for Florence; I can Uke it to the pot" Guiltr ami ashamed. Ethel sehted her mn and wrote hnetUv. but in bold hand: Yor Yry raorly. 'Jack Davicsant.' in. Mr. ISvrne neither came to lunch nor answered the Mariners' iaviu tlon. Mr.-. Mariner expreed surprise at thin want of courtesy, and apologised to the Singletons for having no one to meet kliem. Are you Mire. Ethel, you told her the right day? Flo. ence Is in town. I know, and it is so unlike her to be rude." "I think it was all right mamma," Ethel replied, vaguely, and never gave another thought to the matter. t But on the morning or the next day. ae she was practicing her singing in the great holland-shrouded drawingroom, the door was flung open to admit a benign and comely lady, who advanced smilingly towards her. "Mrs. Byrne!" cried Ethel, in some surprise, getting off the muic-stool. fortably in a deep arm chair, then beckoned the young girl mysteriously with a well-gloved linger: "Come over here, Ethel." Ethel drew a low stool to the others side and sat down, smiling, but mystified. Mrs. Byrne played a little with the clasp of the silver-mounted hand-bag which she carried, from which, having at last succeeded in opening it, he produced a stamped envelope addreseod to herself. "Do you know that handwriting?'' she said, nourishing it before Ethel's astonished eyes. It is my own; I wrote to ask you to lunch,11 poor Ethel answered, simply, while the thought lashed aorose Iter mind that Mrs. Byrne bad prolmbly gone mad. "Kead it, then." cried the lady, with an air of suppressed amusement which lent color to the notion. Ethel unfolded it quickly, th-n sat transfixed like one who receives a sud den and fatal injury. For before her horror-stricken eves glared these words, in her own hand-writing: "Yours verr sincerely. Jack D.vvknANT." What does It mr an?" she cried at latft. In a hoarse voice, for It seemed il, at oanui ftndish maeic had been at work. "That's wnat l wani mi sw. Mrs. Byrne answered more gently. I received this note the day before yesterday. There was no add re, and the handwriting wa certainly net Jack1. Nor is my cousin the le likely to invite me te lunch nt hi chambers. So I wrote off to him at kiwI told him to drot in to din ner if lie had any thing to any to m Ethel had risen to her feet, and was standing with a little froeea swlle on her face, but at thb point she broke la hurriedly: "Did you show him Mr. Davenant, the letter?"' Mrs. Byrne nodded. .h was net a penen of deiieate peretpUeas, and

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i amuKement; but twmefcww the anttMement wad not fertkeemlag. KUtt etawped her ookl hnnd to gether In a frenxy of denoMtV. She knw that Jnek wan familiar with her handwriting", had he not wade iiule eritiebtnw, ttevere and tender, on Ue ooeaeional note of invitation whieh he had addressed to him? Jaek aaid he knew nothing- about the note and hadn t the rhot of an doa what it meant' Oh. Jac-k. Jaek," rrried Kthol's heart in jMr.'tithoU, "what muH you think of me?" Mr. Hyrne wont on: "Oraee AUUon eante in later, and the myntatry wan eloared up. She wore to your bandwritlnp, aad we concluaei: you had done it in a fit of abeenee of mind. ,'oor old Jack, bow he did chaff him!" Kthul w trying to recover Iter prvsence of mind. Haw voum l nave mane sucn a stupid mistake?" b said, with a short laugh. "I ruppoee I was pursu ing some train of thoiqrht. I had met your cousin at a party the night before you know how it w. Mrs. Byrne wan sorry for the girl's dutrt,M. "It's a mistake any one might hare made, though you mut own it wa rathr funnv. However. I can aAfture you tills it won t gel any iunner. - m Ha m - . . a. . . Jack i scarcelv likely to tell, aad Grace has sworn on her honor." Ethel laughed again. Meaning4eeiy. As far as she was concerned the whole world WH welcome to know it now. No deeper disrrace could befall In I wonder if he Is shrieking with laughter, or merely sick with disgust, the poor girl thought, when her obtus and amiable visitor had at last de parted. "Oh, how I hate him! how katc htm!"- which wan hard on Jack. ooasiderms: that his own conduct in the matter had been irreproachable. But Ethel was in no mood for justice. It seemed to her that she had utterly betraved and disgraced herself; that never again could .-ho venture to show hetxdf in a world when Florence Bvrne. Grace Allison, and. above all, Jack Davenant. lived, moved and had their bein?, Sick with shame, hot and cold with aaguish. poor Ethel Hit coworing in the great drawing-room like a guilty thing. Ethel atonlhd her family at din ner that evening by inquiries as to the tuL of the female labor market in New Zealand. Uncle Joe, a philanthropic parson who happened to b of the party, delighted to find hU pretty niece taking an interest in a subjtr so little friv nlmt. delivered himself oi a short lecture on the subject. Ethel sighed at hearing that there wm so little demand for the work of educated women (save the mark!) in that distant colony, and begaa to turn her thoughts toward Waterloo Bridge. "Ethel funks on being an old maid. She knows that positively any girl can laesoe a husband in New Zealand." her brother Bob remarked, in a challenging tone. But Ethel bore it with uninteresting meekness: perhaps, she told herself, she was a husband hunter after all! After dinner she put on her hat aad stole out into the street. She had been indoors all day. aad eould bear it no longer. The June evening was still as light as day. and simple-minded couples were loitering with frank affection in Regent's Park. She had not gone far before she saw a large, familiar figure bearing down in her direction. "Oh. how 1 hate him I hate him!" she thought again, while her heart beat with maddening rapidity. "If he has a spark of kindness in him he will fnd not to se ma. But Jack, for it was he. made no such protease. On the contrary, he not only raised his hat. but came up to her "with outetretched hand. She put her cold fingers mechanically into his. and scanned his face; there was neither mirth nor disgust in it. and the thought fiaehed across her. chilling, while it relieved her. that he probably attached little importance to an incident te which she. knowing her own secret, had deemed but one inter pretation poseibta. And then, before she knew what had happened, Jack was walking along by her side, pouring out a torrent of indignant reroaches as to her desertion of him in favor of Dicky Cars ha 1 ton at the War rington' party. It is you!" cried Ethel, with spirit. for the unexpected tain of affairs re stored her courage; "it is you. Mr. Davenant. who were unkind, to stand br and let obi friends be victimised without striking a Wow in their behalf! Prav. what did you expect me to do? Wa I to have sid : N a. thank you, Mr. Carshalton, I prefer to stay here with Mr. Davenant? " Ad. if vou had said it, would it have been true?" She changed her tone suddenly. DtrWv U such a bore! I think I nrefer anv one's society to his." He stopped hort in the path, selling both hr hand?, and looking dewn at her with stern and pakmate eyes. A doe-linked cop!e strolling by mnuirked to one another that there had been a row, then refnwhed themselves with a half deaea kistes. "Ethel," said Jack. In an odd voice, "it's no ue pretending. You do think of me sometime I happen te know it." She was looking up at htm, but at this allusion the sweet fare flushed and drooped suddenly. "Ethel" J ark's veiee sounded stranger aad stranger; was he going tn htagh or err? and why on earth did he .ftak s kw?v"E4hei, de yen

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m to your lettmvr ThU whs tee woe. "No. I Wt" lifted bar naUMd face; the cruel taars skew and smarted la her eye. "C an t you guK?" "No." The moflaeatary deoaaeehiid died; a very weak whUper came from the pale lp. 'Can't you gueea? Then I shall tell you, Ethel? 'Ethel Davenant' that's what I should like to se at the bottom of all your letter, shall I erer t?" "Jaek!" Further explanation is needle. When next they met Mr. Car-halton. both Jack and Ethel were beyond the reach of hU maneuvers. Temple Bar, GRAND DUKE FERDINAND. lTHtor the Kobe nt a Cardinal Mo Wore the Matt of l'rtftf. In the year 1609 Ferdinand, Grand Duke of Tuscany, lay dying. Under him Florence had maintained its com-; merce and Tuscany held its own, in ' spite of Emperor and Pope. Indeed, ong before he had exchanged a v ardinal's hat for the Tuscan throne this Prince had given proofs of the reoution, fire and wile which served to maintain his state in thoe disjointed times. The early occasion that called these qualities Into play is so typical of the time as to be worth recording here. The story id recorded by Napier. He says: "In the year Pope Sixtus forbade that small arms houid be worn on pain of death. Yet one day from Prince Farnese's Kcket tumbled a small pistol at the very feet of the Pontiff, and the Prince was ordtered to be hanged at the same hour next evening. Ferdinand, hearing oi this, determined to save his kinsman, and to this end found means to retard all the clocks of Rome one full hour, except the Pontiff's. At the moment appointed for the execution he re paired to the Vatican and begged the life of his friend. Sixtus. seeing that the time was passed and the execution, as he thought, over, most graciouslv signed an order of release and Ferdinand repaired to St Angelo and carrlad off the Prince In triumph. Incensed at this trick, the Popedetermined to arrest the Cardinal, whom he summoned to the Vatican. Ferdinand, cognizant of the Pope's intention, armed himself with a cuirass and short weapons, made his adherents guard every entrance to the palace, and then boldly entered the audience chamber. Sixtus. informed of all and cautiously dissembling, received him as usual. Ferdinand bowed profoundly and, purposely letting fall his robe, showed a glittering cuiras. On seeing this the Pontiff exclaimed: My Lord Cardinal, my Lord Cardinal. what is this?' 'This, oh most holy father.' replied Ferdinand, raising the purple garment, is the habit of a Car dinal, and this,' parting the drapery aad strikiar his mailed breast, 'is the habit of an Italian Prince.' "National Keview. A Beetle That Eats Floors. State Entomologist Lintner has re ceived from Howe's Cave a specimen of beetle which has riddled a painted kitchen fleer in that place. The holes are about a quarter of an Inch in diameter. The beetle is about an inch long, gray, with Mack velvety dashes on its wings, and the males have horns. Prof. Lintner finds that the depredator is the long-homed pine-borer (Monohamus confusor). It larva, or grub, is the one that causes the injurious and unsightly burrows so often seen in pine lumber. In this instance the grubs must have been in the pine logs before they were sawed into flooring. From some unknown reason the grubs occasionally remain in a dormant of unchanged condition for a long time. In the museum of the Peabody Academv of Science at Salem, Maes., one of these beetles is preserved which had eaten its way out oi tne wooa of a pine bureau which was made fifteen vears before. As showing greater Imprisonment of beetles in furniture it is traditionally said that in 173e a son of General Israel Putnam, resl ding at Williamstown, Mass., had a table made from one of his apple trees. Out of this. twenty years afterward, a long-horned beetle gnawed his way, and a second one burrowed his way out twentyeight years after the tree was cut down. N. 1'. Times. i i He Had the Last Word. Am org Washingtoniaa relics oalled to notice this year is the epitaph of John Custls, father of Martha Washington's first husband. His wife was a good deal of a Tartar; and so, indeed, was he; but she managed to say the laet word in their wrangles. When he died he left orders to his son, on pain of disinheritance, to put this legend on his tombstone, which was done: "Under this marble tomb lies the body of the Hon. John Custis, Esq., of the city of Williamsburg, parish of Bruton, formerly of Hungar's parish, on the eastern shore of Virginia, and county of Northampton, age seventy-one years, and yet lived but seven years, which was the space of time he kept bachelor's home at Arlington, on the eastern shore of Virginia." And he had the last word. San Francisco Argonaut "I hare quite x interesting ornithological collection at home," said a profeesor to his host "I would be glad to have you call. Are you Interested in birds?" "Not much " "Ex cept in larks," hN wWa put in. sending a wave 'f in4ignati erer kW fnea. Merchant Traveler.

SAMUEL'S FARCWELL. talewaMaaal day.Mrbnwl 1muh fa Aae-eot 11, sane, tlpotaltr arras Iroat 8. . QaMtsrly.l Lassox TaxT-I Sam. 12:1-1. Goumx TXT-Only fear tbt Lord, aad serve Him la truth with all your heart: far sewsider how great things Me bask eeae ftryett.-ISaat.lSd4. Cumub TacTa Obedience to Ged the way tesuooeoa. Tims B. C. (JOTS er MuS), Mayer June (ea. 1S:17). ttma after the first lessen. rtees-Gtteal (the rolling) (Josh. S:t),bet ween Jericbe and the Jonhm.tae first camp of the Israelites la Faieatiae. Halt. About forty years old, lately elected King ef IarseL His home was at Oi beak, fear miles north of Jerusalem. tUuvtis About seventy years eld, at the end et his twenty year' service aa judge. lie Ured several years after this, aad was the loading religieu spirit ef his age. Ikt04i:ct!4X Saul bad been eboeea kiog, but not a few of the people refused to own his authority. But Haul's great victory over the Ammonites under King Xah&ah (II :HI) established his position. On their return from the pursuit of the AmBMnites down the Jordan, the army erMsed the fords or the Jordan where their fathers had first crossed into Canaan, and came te GllgaU Hers was held a great assembly, and Saul was owned by all to be their king. The era ef Judges, nearly 40U years long, was now ended. The kingdom had begun. Hair ovaa llano PtAcns 1. Ami Samml mM; he here publicly laid down hbt authority, just as Washington, la a farewell address to his army, gave back his authority

as commander-in-chief. 2. My t: see i 5:1-3. a. Atd hriU to htiml mfn ey; a gift for the sake of buying the furor of a judge, te persuade him net to see crime in the giver. . Jt i the -Lord.' connect with v. 5, 'ifc is witnes,even the Lord", etc. 7. SUtnU ttiltt listen, a S!$nt: the general ef the Caaaanites under King Jabis. at Haaor, sear Lake Xerotn (Judges 4. '1-3). PkUMintt: these oppressed Israel many times (Judges Sdl; 10:7; 13:1; 1 Sam. IStW-K). Moab: under Egkw (Judges 3:lS4iO. 10. Bteton: see Lesson IIL IL Fattllal: Gideon (Judges vi.-viii.). 9tkm: not named ia the history, but probably Barak (Judges 4 etc.). JepMkah: Judees 11. Sam 1 Saw. 7:12-15. 13. XahMk: Bee 1 Sam. 11 :1-11. 14. , Thru: read it . The eeeeiusioa is net stated, but was very clear. ' Leson Facts. Our bwtlesson told about the choice ef Saul for king. Owing, however to the'exeeediagly unsettled state el society la those early days, Saul was neither universally acknowledged by the people aa t kin if, nor did he for some time attempt tc l exercise any authority. The condition et affairs seem te have been very anomalous. , It seemed as though, having seen hue I anointed as kinr. the people now watted for Saul to show himself worthy of the position by some deed of valor er some exploit ef national importance. This Saul soon did, and the accetout of his first victory must be read bT every teacher. It is found in chapter 11 As a result- Samuel calls the people toretber aeaiB. to "renew the kinrdon These are the circumstances under whicfc the farewell address ef the aged prophet aad judge was delivered, aad tuts the tunc when he passed over the reins ei gevera sent into Haul's hands. Comments -We have many times learned that God is a God of justice. But He ha also another side to His character, aad that is forbearance or mercy. He ef nuret eyesthaa to behold iniquity, aad yet He is revealed to us as pardoniag iniquity and transgression and sin. Our lesson to-day ia an accurate instance of tula abstract truth. Ia spite of the waywardness ot the people ia forsaking God as their ruler (mark, they had not forsaken Him as their God) He rraciouslv bears with them, while (speakmgbytbe mouth ef Samuel) He plainlytells them of their aia. "Yet He says: 4'Far net for the Lord will not fersake His people, for Hut great name's sake, because it bath idessed the Lord to make vou Bis people." Here we nave the fact ef his forbearance stated, aad the ground of his forbearance given. The fact ot God's forbearaace is attested by all history. This day bears further witness te His long-suffering. How many men today are blaspheming Hi name, profaning His day, mocking at His word, rejecting His offers ef mercy, breaking all His tea commandments, and yet they live ea ia peace. Ged makes the same blessed sua to shine upon the vile man that shines en the saint and causes the rain to fall upon the fiekl of the ungodly, as well as upon the aeki ef the godly. The ground of God's forbearance. Of course it could not lie la the excellence ef Israel's character, for then it would no longer be forbearance. Forbearance implies ill-desert en the part ef the one towards whom we exercise It, Verse M gives us the ground ef God's forbearance. It lay ia His own character. Here, tee, lies the ground of God's forbearance aad mercy towards all His sinful creatures. Wuatis there good in me that 1 can take aad urge hefore Him who knows all my thoughts, as a ground for His forbearance I Old Testament aad Xew Testament and Christian testimony all point in the same direction. It does not read, "For God so realized the merit of awn, that He gave His only begotten Son, etc,"jbut it reads, "For God so loved the world." etc The fact that where sin dkt abound, grace did much mere abound, does not change the aia into merit Rev. A F. SchauSer. rnAcric.it scoeasTioNS. 1. Lessons from the life ef Samuel: (1) patriotism; (8) unselfishness; (3) aaeble character and useful life makes success; (4) the best life im see wholly given to God from chUdbood. i. Teachers should practice what they teach. . . , 3. The peat is th3 teacher ef the present 4. God's Book ef Providence Illustrates His written Word. 5. Obedience to Ged kt the only way to success. a. The bone of a nation is la righteousness and rehgkm. Theks is a sease la which we are nothing, but another la whkh we are of immense importance, and both these conditions are recorntned in the Scriptures. As compared with God, bow iaslgnincaat we are, and anart from Christ bow worthless. But as God's children and workers in ills cause, how unspeakable is United Presbyterian. our importance. Wnnx home is ruled according to Ged's word, angels might be asked te stay at night with us, and they would not find themselves out of tbeirelentent Spurgeon. Pxrx-has gone to the front agala. Paper clothing is beiug made by a Minnesota inventor, it as soft as ekHh, aad it is cbtiRied that th eoki can not penetrate It Tana-are InHngMnd SI? female black smkhe, who actually awing henry hammers, aad ,l3bi women employed in nail making. Ttx aad glass have found a rival in paper as a material for making koreseae oilcans. The bvUsr, it is claimed, will net rust and bade bke tin er crack bke gates. Ir wUl Flw JBrSwna Iwnjlwm Brml aiauiuuyet mjr n 1 as j x - - T AiMamtx IV V n-P!-r-aW- S srlrWWMmM

AND LITERARY.Thames Hardy, the novelist cia as n jusUee ei the peace ia Dorsetski re, Statistle hare keen furnished bathe Chautauqua Association to the effort that surer three thousand years wesdd be required for any oae peraen to read all the lHerary works new is existence that are reeogabed as standard. Sir Edward Raines, of Leeds, is probably the senior European journalist He represented hi father's paper at the "Petoriee Mtuweere" in 1T. and is probably the West surdvor ef that scene. He to new more than ninety yean oid. !: A Chicago paper which runs a story dally, er which did run one. made inquiries of over four hundred readers before it found one who had read ten lines of the serial Most people look upon them as "something to fill up space with-'' Susan Warner, whose novel. "The Wide. Wide World," was the most pojHilar American novel of Its day, lies buried in the military cemetery, close by the Cadets' Monument. West Point The grave is kept abloom by the sister or the authoress, Anna 11. Warner, herself a writer. Prof. H. IL Boyesen, of Columbia College, is remarkable among literary men by reason of the fact that he writes with conspicuous elegance ia at least three languages. He is fortunate, too, in being on terms of Intimacy with distinguished men in Amer ica, England and the continent Another prominent feature of American history has been attacked. Dr. William H. Eglc. State Librarian of Pennsylvania, says the victims ef the famous Wyoming massacre were trespassers who had frequently been warned by the Government that they were invading the rights of the Indians. Mr. Ruskln was once asked if it would not be well for the Welsh lan guage to die out and be replaced by forbid!" he rethe English. "God plied. "The Welsh language is the language of music. There la no genius about the English language. The Scotch hare got aU the poetry and the Irisdt all the wit, and how the devil we got Shnkespeare I do not know." Dr. Hoffmann, the author f Struwwelpeter," or Slovenly Peter, as he is presented to English-speaking children, a work almost as famous all over the world as the Munchausen stories, recently celebrated his eightieth birthday at Frankfort, his native town, where for many years he ha been at the head of the lunatic asylum. Hie nursery rhymes have gone through one hundred and fifty-seven editions, and are translated into every European language. m m 1 HUMOROUS. A saloon-keeper says the letters W. C P. U. mean "women constantly tUI lUQHb atTypewriter Agent Ml oalled to ee you In reference to your typewriter. Would you exchange if ye eould get some improvements?" Mer chant"! can't; I'm eagaged te her." Judge. "Have you ever stopped to cearider what is the chief end of our existence on this mundane sphere?" asked the solemn old gentleman with the shining garb. ."Dividend," replied the oil speculator. Terre Haute Express. First Robber "I've found the iress the lady of the house deee her shopping in. I suppose her purse i in the pocket" Second Robber Then we'll have to take the dress with us. We can hunt for the pocket whon we have a whole day to spare." Spectator (to dafendant) "Well, I guess the jury will find for you. The judge's oharge was certainly very much in your favor. Don't you think so?" Defendant (moodily) "Oh, I knew all along that the judge's oharge would be all right It's the lawyer's charge that's worrying me." On the Horse-car. "Do yew belong to the Salvation Army?" he asked of a stern-vieaged woman who steed at his side. "No. sir, I de not But in this generation of tired men." she added, with a withering glance at the raw ef sitting males, "I seem to belongto the standing army." eke get a seat Harper's Bazar. This world Is pretty evenly divided after all" said the butcher, ae he scraped away at his block. "How?" "Lady in the diamends aad sealskin) gets out of her carriage aad comes ia, here and inquires for 'sassags.' ' "Well?" "Well, other folks have the money and us butchers have the eddeeashun. Makes me feel more content1 Detroit Free Press. First Member (sewing society) "Dear me! Here we've been talking for three hours and haven't get te sewing vet" Second Member "Sewing? What wwlng?" Third Mem ber "Why, sewing societies ought ts sew, you know." The president "Ladle, owing to the lateness of the hour the Sewing Soolety Tor the Amelioration of the Heathen will now adjourn." N. Y. Weekly. Country Magistrate (genially, to complainant) "Oh, boys will be beys! I wouldn't prosecute 'era, if I was you. That cut over y'r eye will soon heal, and ye know they wouldn't 'a atoned ye if ye hadn't got mad when they anaeed ye. Jest remember ye was a. boy oncey'rself, and" Magistrate's Wife (rushing i)-"5ilasl . Sllaet Them boys hi la our orchard ag'ia!" Magi. Irate (darting up) Censarm s UM f -a fMl TfK.L I if rarer m au env--f f (

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