Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 52, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 September 1889 — Page 7
4 'Would you mind tolling ui some-
-ifl? KKLT CO U Kliill. thing about your friend?" I asked, " rj ,! never git Ured. sir, of talk
l?l-liter. about Mill," was the
talking
prompt reply.
JASI'KK.
INDIANA.
FAIRY'S OOLDIN PROMISE. a Imouo -f HorHoj.
A thrift mrwr lay at Wagth upas kla dying
And wJ.t "11 M d ri "U
...., M vounr, I et R but dread to Issts
.ah nil atonr.
... .Hi. farm will kB VM without HSSd
Toss Mn"lt h. W" thsat bstk, ad e!owl hl weary ores, And wrnr opened Ikw ugutu this skis
vw lias (he wus tot iwnflty-OH, and
(!-tihl sevttoo)
1.1.1 ,Mnr Vrfda Pridottn shrined 1m hU
lit" r hart a aiMM i
Jim tlii (arm w only thistles, that choked
th lesoer wnt
While lUns. be nt a-sSajntag at prstty
She Bravely kbooli hr oWh bond, and to V. w !! "Si."
... v.v littl Himm nataed ths
nunc v ww studies Vo sort tm.
. lllllii 3ieteheu sst sighing at
ika ilntir.
. i w th mmUv thing that she
ottA huv no mar.
kt.V Md Frrdn Fr4tii.i hr ribbon frk
ams! laW.
milo her own ftaacen rJnglot wore tied with
fKftril blue.
Up to the cUai rtr tbers came, with weak uid fuller Mt tread.
A womn. bent r"r Bnd oM, aa ln 10
Grtthi ld: ,
You eary Frt.ln rriOolls her rtbtoas Wright HHii newt
Sbebtwthf,wwUi ftry jr'., Hke tbta I hrina to Vitat
And out iront ndwnatli her cioak took
a treat Whit U
Of wof.eti y ami "You'll And tk com wlien
Tou'av kH it nil:
And i-frc's u tnmlm tor U. who feu ho
luck ko'w h trte.
vi In b 4 UdiL ontt snalr uactk iwflp, a
froliUtn trtusiirti lie.
And IHn iht-f.tfry Itirned away, and eitr
Or"thii flew
To nd her nMM aad tgin the task she
had t da:
Aad Uanc began before tb Uuwn a-searehlng
for bis
From morn till noon, from booh till night, he
overturned the mold.
"Slae It U rtttit, I'll saw tbflsd,"k8 said;
lieoju I frnr
Th ninhbors may saiMwt that Vvm troas
ur hidden here.
So all th dayi of sammer ttme he worksd
with tt hi mtbt.
And Crctchn' hnlttlar-neodl ttew from
early tnnrn t II atbt:
And as the of ateklMa grew th btg ball
wbr way.
Anif she old the storklnxs In the towa aad
boa eft t the r bboa trayr.
Twm autumn when the ball el yara waa
knitted all away,
And Grctchen wept, for In Its heart as gleam ing jewel lay, ' The t airy told me faler,"' he cried ; Mthe yarn 1 knit, and r, 01 Han, where f the treasure sbe.premteed you ttd ! That a trhi IIo rme In laughing. aiiderieJ: "My whuut I tola." And out :a:n hr U;i he poured a shining lt? Of gold. And to her teind there came a light "O. I!a I nnAvrstand; ThH U th gold-tbe fairy goU rou found It in tbe land! M And, ve, there wan a Jewel In the bull of yarn !r me; rvc bought aU thK t ean tuy mere, by thrift end Industry." And when to Kr:d Fridalln Haas took the heart to fa And auk her lore nnala. she smiled, and did not tell Mm 'Hn." ' I would not wed an Idle man," she said, "tbo I loved you." And mi ui alt In happiness the fairy words eante true, Abbe Kleee. In Jf, Y. Ledger. MY PARIJNEI?, BILL.
Th Story of n Lonely GrY on th Mountin-SId.
The trnin on the Siiti Fe road, due n hour later Rt Pueblo, stopped at h Kay stntlon long enough for a soUUrj' pusaenRer to pet on. The pardon In question was a man past middle age. of medium stature, firmly and compactly built, who would not have attracted a second look, however, hut for the fact that his face was badly disfigured by a curious scar on hi9 ripht chuck, in hape exactly renctnbling a Greek cross. The new comer found a seat beside me. threw up the sash and became absorbed in the scenery along the road, his interest increasing as the train presently swept along a, pretty valley. Suddenly he turned half way round, touched my arm, and, pointing through the open window, said, very abruptly: "Say, stranger, do you see that pile o1 rocks yonder on the slope? Wall, that's HIlUs grave." The man1; action and speech startled tno a trifle, but I looked out and saw, as he had said, a pile of rocks on tk green slope of the hill. Yos," continued the man, "that's Bill's grave. Twenty-live years ago I put there stuae lhar myself, i'oor liill! pure gold ola'r through, an' I rock'n I orter knejw, for I know'd Hill from the gronallittp.'' Having dellfrjpfia this short speech tho man laptfelt fnte alienee, with a far-away, dreMay leek, m it recalling evonti long peat. Rvt his words had aroused my curlmlty, and at the risk of interrupting the stranger's reverie I finally ventured to ask: 'Who wajt BUI, sir, whose grave is yonder?" My companion gave a sudden start; then, recovering himself he answered: Didn't know Rill, eh ? Of course not, eeln' he was dead before ye was born dead twenty-five yean come June, "ill was ray ard, air. Bill was. A man to tlo to erery tine. Say, don't ye think ye'd .love a hap what 'ud be will!' Ver Jie for ye? lie wlllln', an' W?.'n att' too? 1 rftck''" "P" you moan to say your chum died for yoA,j" i m nowtlioroughi totH7. 'or there was tremenHntk$min Rnd BHi.nMtnw!W in the
aonmger m manner.
The
Stopped hyar yesterduy Jent to see
that grave, l'ut up one or two o' the
stuns tin lied roiled down. It all
right now.
When I fttt met lull he was guide
for eJinpn a'tfruenin' Uie plains. SanU Fe way, Jor thar w'a't no rallroadii them days. Agoodguhle ' a tnuty.
Cur'otw though 'bout noine thiHgs.
Ue'd never use ouss words, nor drink.
but Lord! how he'd srook. all duy long
h half the night, too; good-natured, but the solnmueat chap I over struck.
Stranger, I neer know d Bill ter
lauirh. never, not onoesU told me
bin heart was broke. V he couldn't
lauth. What did ho mean? Lor, man,
I dunno. for lie never said much about
hleself. 1 KM U oil him his uumo n he
said it was 'Hill.' 1 atk'd him whar
he was from, ii' he said from o
whar.' J spec lhar was a woman in
the ctwethar mostly is, I notice. JhH
Dill him built like a clam 'n kopt his
mouth shut.
"Wall. IHtt an' me got ter be great
chiiminn' 1 was mighty sorry when he
quit pilotin' trains, an' jlned eome
huntuts. an' milled out into the heart
o' tho Injun country. "IHinoby, a year later, bavin got
bit crazy on the subject o' silver min
ing, I struck this same region wo are now aitt' through, but we bod no
luck at ail In fiudin' silver, though I
felt 1 hod struck It rich one flne duy
when two hunters walked Into our
entnu. one of 'em being my old friend
Hill. "Glad to see hint, oh? Young man. ef ye'd socn old Mil an1 toe a hoggin', ye'd thought we was a couple o' b'ar for sure. "Hill had been tharabouts for several months an', said thar was no sliver signs about, an' so our party pulled up an' wont farther south, but I stayed with Will an' t'other chap to take a hand at trappln' beaver. The old tallow had a nice bit o1 a hut nigh a quiet valley, where thar was heaps o' beaver, an' as tha- was no redskins around we enjoyed Ourselves immensely. "Hut I didn't fancy Hill's companion, an' he didn't waste any loveon me either. Hill had picked him up on the border jest fir company, an'
took to him a bit becaino he seemed a
hervv. brave fellow. He was a haU-
breed Mexican, named Yumex, a smal!,
wiry fellow, with sallow cheeks, coalblack eyes and It hatchet face, and
craftv ways like a fox. At first he
showed his dislike of me plain enough,
but bv and by he became suddenly
verv friendly, which made it much
p!cHianU?r all 'round. "One day I went up the creek to ex'
amine the traps, leaving Hill and Yu-
mux mendinsr some of the old ones at
home. Having been gone about- an
hour I was gittin' ready to return.
when I heard the eraok o' a rlMe an'
bullet grased the tip o' my eardrawla'
a drop o' blood. "I reck'n I jump'd nigh a rod high, for it was a pooty clost call to climb the stairs, an' then I looked to see whar the infernal thing coma from. I seed a whip o' smoke hangin' over a clump o' bushes nigh the hill top that told me all I cared to know, an' grab-
bin' up my gun I made for home, under the shelter of the creek bank, at a 2:40 gait fearln' a second shot from the Injuns. "Nigh our hut I met Yumese, gun in hand, who said he had heard the shot an' started out to help mc if needed. It struck me as bein' cur'ous he could have heard the report over a mile away, behind the hill, an' tho wind bio win' half a gale in t'other direction, but o course there wan't nothin' to be said.
could we nee, wham .il!icl un that It
we all tke work u' that tblevia' Mexican. We should mis tho traps o'
eourse, out so :ar as mouhnii value was
concerned, the scamp's share of the
pelts made that good, an' wo was glad to be shut o' him, Hut we didn't
onderstand what a reg'lar coyote the
feller was, for a snake was a fool eom-
tiared with him iu general deviltry. . tin e . j
ining wont on niuootuiy enun tor
about three week an' we was quite
forgettin' tho Mexican, when one day
HlU wentolT to visit a creek sev'ral miles distant whar we had been thlnklti' of nettin' a few trap, leavm'
me at home, for I had been quite
seedy for several days with chills, which I never had afore or aence.
"Wall, after Hill left I got a royal
blirb'ar kln an' toted it out on the
graas in front o' the ht, an', spread in' it out. I Iny down, the hot rays o
the sun fdelln' very grateful to my chilled limb, an' bimoby I went oft sound ueleep. "After awhile I woke up with a start, feolin' half smothered, an' found myself on the bare ground with the big b'ar skin on top entirely coverin' me tt;v I ulo heard voioes an' felt that I wn? bein' held down by several pairs o' hand. I struggled as well as I could to throw off the b'ar skin, but found that I was really helpless, xny feet bain' caught in the itoose o' a stout lasso, "Very soon, howover, the skin was dragged off, and I saw several Injuns who foil upon me an' tied my hands in a jiffy, an' I found myself a fat
prisoner in the clutches o' a hall doaen redkln. "Hut this wasn't as discouraging as it was to dis
cover a man holdin' the end of
the lariat, in whom I recognized Yumex, the Mexican, who grinned at
mo in a most diabolical way that
showfld I need look lor uo mercy at
his treacherous hands.
" 'CaramlK)!' he growled. 'It is my
turn now. lou sot mil agin me an
now I'll have my revenge.'
What does this mean?' I demand
od. furious with rage. 'Loosen me, ye
coward, an' I'll '
Caraio'.' interrupted Yumest. Tm
not such a fool. Ye had your chance n' va let it silo., Now you'll take
what youfget 1
"And with that the brute came up
whinnln' out his knife said: Til
rouad for the Injuns, bat Mow
thar wasn't a singio varmint to
seen in tutr direction 'cent the
perp Ibat Hill had plugged through
the head a be csutte tea rut up to lot rescue. 'Ye see, pard,' began Hill, 'I found Injun sign a bit up the valley, an' I thought I'd better come back, seeia' as how ye wasn't feelin' well, an'' "Hill stopped suddenly an' grew very pale, an' then I t-ced he wag
bleedin' bad, an' then he slid down oh
we. i
has mmsmsI bar Hiftsta widows "The UoaM of
the grass with a sort o gasp, an1 seeln' how it was, I began to loosen his shirt to git at the wound, but h stopjied we and said: " 'Never mind, pard. One ' them red niggurs stuek his knife into my side jest I began haulia' ye up. an' o' course I oouldn't defend myself with out lettiti1 go the lariat, which 'ud
9fUl
70i
inn turned round, looked me ' in tke face and in a solemn
'aid:
iranger, he. did. n
Bill
was
inside workin' on
tho
traps, an' when i told him what had
happened he was quite oneusy, an' we discussed the situation as to what should be done. Meantime Yum ox had hung his gun on the pogs and gono for a bucket o' wator. " 'Wonder if Yumez seed any Injun signs when he was out?' said Hill. " 'Why,' sex I, 4was he out whilst I was gone? ThoWght he was hyar with
you i,
his gun soon I'll ax him.'
He wont out with
after yo did,' said Bill.
And Bill loft the hut. "That cave me another suspicion, to 1' am that Yumex had left the hut shortly after I did. What for? An why did he pretend he'd heard the rifle-shot an' come out afterwards to see what it meant? I got up an' went to the pegs an' examined the Mexican's rifle. I didn't see the result, for the gun wasn't loaded at all! Things had an ugly look. While I was putting the gun back the Mexican returned, an' seein' what I was doln', he look'd guilty as a thief, an' then I know'd the rascal had fired that bullet at me hlsself. "1 wos on thd p'into' denouncin' the villain to on cast an' I scarcely onderstood why 1 didn't. It was a drefful mistake not to do it, fer mebbe if I had matters would hev been d Iff' rent, an' the awful thing what happened might never hao oomo to pass. I have alius been aorry I didn't shoot the traitor on tho spot. But I reasoned that bein' warned I could easily sarcttmvont his deviltry. But he was worse than I glvo him credit for. "1 decided not to tell Bill about it, but whan tho next morntn we disklvered some o' our best traps gone an'
that the Mexican had vamoosed also, I up an' told pardner all about it; an1 I think if Bill had been a swenrin matt the air 'ud a smelt o' brimstone sartin, for the old fallow wa billn' mad ol'ar through. Wo skirmished rouad all day, an' not an Injun sign
SatHnas
roustin'
an
jest mark ye with a cross, so will srive voti an extra hot
when ho gits ye down thar.'
An' then the half-breed gave me
the mark ye eo on my cheek, stranger,
an' laughed long an' loud, an' the In
iuns danced a lively jig as he did it
Hurt? Wall, no doubt It did, an bled tuuna. too. but I war so rnad I didn't
feel the pain till long afterward.
"Then the villains seixed me, an
drairced me to the edge y the preci-
nlce on which our hut stood, whore it
was two hundred feet deep, tho side
being perpendicular an' as smooth as
a bald man's pate, an tumbled me
over. "I fell about tea feet, an' was fetched up short by the lasso with a jerk that nearly twiited my ankles out o jtnU Then the brutes began payin' out the rope, finally hitchln' the upper end to the stub o' the saplin', till 1 was left hangin' by the heels, head downwards, danglin' in mid air. My hands had got loose in the meantime, but it didn't help me a bit, for I couldn't double up to get hold o' the rope. "It was a horrible situation, an' I think I should have died in a little while from rush o' blood to the head, but before I could perfectly realize it in all its horrors I heard the sharp crack of a rifle not far away, an' then one o' the Injuns gave the most onarthly screoch as I ever heard, an I know'd thar was some sort o' a skrlmrnldge goin' on above. "The next minute some hoavy object struck rae on the feet, an' was jost glidlu' past when without knowing edzactly what I was doln' I grabbed on with both hands an' held it fast "What d'ye think it was? Hang me, if it wasn't the Mexican hisself! In foolln' about the end o' the lariat he had slipped an' tumbled over the edge o' the rock, an' I had ketched the villain, an' was holdin' liim by the leg, an' thar wo two was, I hitched to the lasso an' holdin' on to the rascal by the leg, an' both swingin' head downwards. "Yell? You bet he did. I never hoard sech skreechin' as that skunk sot up. A pack o' hungry coyotes wasn't a patchin' to It. What happened, did yo ask? Wall, see hyar, my friend, what, under them olrcumstancos, 'ud be likely to happen? "Pears sort as if my fingers all to oncest got a kind o' cramp in 'em, as was powerful weak, though sech a thin; never hnpponed afore or since, and they doesn't look liko women's fingers, do they?" and the speaker hold up before mo a pair of muscular hands, wlilch ho opened and shut In a way that suggested a grip of Iron. Then he went on: "As 1 was ayln the cramps somehow got into my fingers at that eydentlcal moment, an' somehow or other I never knowed exactly how it did happen the Mexican slipped out o' my grasp, an' fetched Up head first on the rooks a hundred an fifty (eat below whar nothin' ever teched him again 'cept the buzzards that picked
his bones clean afore next sun-up.
"Next thing 1 know'd I was bein' hauled up. hand over hand, as sHok a nay sailor could have dons it, an' when I reached tho top, Bill and me, dear old BUI, stopped jest long enough to have a brotherly hug or two, an' then wo got under klvor &' looked
sent ye down to jtne the Mexican, an'
then the varmint took to hi legs, an' never mind, pard, it's all up with eld Hill. I ean hardly see ye now, for
I'm rretttn' blind as a bat Take
. . ,n .
every intng lor yer own. i r cache o' mine bahlnd the big pine tree.
YVll find it by the ashes whar the fire
was built. Take it all an' don t ferget
old Bill.'
1 never seed a man flick out so
quick. The Injun's knifo had gone m deep."
The speaker was silent au looxeu
out of the car window again, ana i
know that I am not mistaken when I
say tnat His eyes were nujMCMuj
moist for a few minutes. J nau no
heart to break the silence, aad so left
him to his thought; but presently he resumed and said:
Poor Bill! if he had only left me to
take my chances he'd not lost his life.
He saved mine, but he lost his own. l
found the eache where the old hunter
had hidden many of his richest furs,
an' if I've got to-day one o' the best
cattle ranches in the State, Its all
owin' to the start the old fellow gave
me.
Poor Bill! I buried him back there
on that hilly slow, not far from where
he died, an' Tilled up the rocks lor a
tombstone, twenty-five years ago,
come June,1 an' that was Bill s grave
that ye saw, stranger.
"Pueblor" shouted the5 brakeman.
"Change ce" for Canyon City." The
man who had told rae the story
changed." and I saw him no more. Caotaln L. C Carleton, ' in Detroit
Free Press.
SOHOOL AND OBUftOH.
I'unditM Kama bod home for klga-oaete 'hro4a Sedan," or
Learning." It hi proponed to ettftMwh the "Lucy Webb Hayes Seminary" at Fremont O., la memory of that noble lady. An English clergy" is reported to have remarked to a daughter of BUhop Huntington: Ha your father roanv Mormons la his dioeer o? Utah, I think, U in New York."
That old motto of Wesley s m not out or date yet Suppose the members of all our churches, in city and la country, should adopt it what grand things might be achieved before our second centennial: "At It alt at it always at it" A clergyman in the London suburbs has resolrod to give a garden party on Sabbath afternoon. The jmople do not come to his church 4n such numbers as he could wish, and
1M ts crnintr to m whether tea. fruit
and lemonade will draw them in the
afternoon.
Under the ancient order of the
Congregational churches a man wan
constituted a paetor only uy laataiia-
the churches to a large ex
DAVIO PAHMM
Iniaomnalennl Inndng Usee el
SAW-
of or.
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Hasty
K, 1M
S.S.
T minir Tarr I Seam. j-1T.
Ooumx Taxr Me not
but oeereoeM ertl wita
OeirTnAfcTJicTii-Tta eolg
ftHMedlk writ sjoo. Tnts-B. C. lite, tern or Use hvntr leenoaj.
Placo Wudamoae ef
of ilwWeV'eo taeHUb fifteen
tiMthsasindfeBl Mcneei
tkmDeodsea. It it very eunmcelt eC btstaelMrmmK nwfcea feechnd
nc mm im tit YtCMUty.
Savrmv-Dwd tam wme a nMiifatr-six.
mvm-About twoatf-aWo
exile. Usevax Tbam
less m To Xao. doe to
lr a mr boar fctl. tl. tl Ps.
Te Get, a brief ntay (21 :lt; Pi. ii. miMa Aaullnm. live er ofec i
Ml). (1 The wudernoee of Jed, hMjding Zioa, Haon, Adnlhua ; -4). S) Kxyerkmce at fcRedi (--
dnors lesoo). ) JUcpenCTcw y---
the noetk of Jodah. with Kaoni (oa. i
At IlacMlah, m Use wuoeme DevM npsre Seel a seeood Usee, this is another version of U47"
feh.9tt. 181 AtOnta,wxtea
the Ittilinunes (ch. 2 ; I"- M). ii.rmi K,-Anbled a4
hundred
t.C
m m
fT)
uJawreasswiftacieet nose to I
II Cfaron. :M4l- The others i
di&mauerted suea. naauTOf
troMtheeiioretiettse8eL v.i or David s Exits; Exrmwaaa
Uon. lHit the enurcnes to mrsjo iwwrn -' """TJZr, uks. tent are served by atated supplies "r ?JJZ.
"acting pastor." The Inst .National fT CnTwral; thirty foor rsUst
faeon were an isoae.
work should bear the title of pastors.
The Turkish Government recently
sent out an importoni orocr w "
Governor-General of the different
provinces declaring that established
American schools shall not ne cioseu for the Jack of official permits, and that complaints against schools mut
be sent to the capital aad not oe eeau
with bv the local offlclai.
Accord in? to the Presbyterian
there is a sharp difference of view in
the Lutheran church of this country
OLD COLLEGE DAYS.
Wit AmarlnaM Kara llavn a Kensen to
Ilettre Their KotHrn.
American college boys have no
reason to desire the return of the "good old days." In the early days of Yale and Harvard the English system
of "fagging" was in active force.
A freshman was not allowed to wear his hat in the college yard unless
It was raining or snowing. Fresh
men were required to do servile work for any member of the faculty or of
the higher clauses at any time of thi
day, except study-hours or after nine p. m. They were also required to shake and dust the college carpet once a year, and to furnish, at their own expense, all the bats, balls and foot-balls used by the students. la some colleges corporal punishment was in force, and pecuniary fines were imposed for minor offenses. A comparison of these fines is Interesting. The amount exacted for lying, drunkenness and fighting was thirty cents, while the fine for card playing was one dollar. Six cents was imposed for too late attendance at church, while twelve cents was the penalty for too early an attendance, this discrimination being made beoause it was found that the young men were in the habit of standing at the church door before service and annoying those who ontered. We are glad to have seen the last of those good old days. Nothing was ever gained by cruelty and oppression, and wo can not help feeling that many a boy had to leave college in his freshman year to escape from these impositions who might have been a great man. Golden Days. The Shermanites of Alabama, In Leeds valley, in the vicinity of Birmingham, Ala., there is a colony composed of a religious sect known as the Shermanites. There are about one hundred families, and a happier, more contented people can not be found in the world. Their religious rites and ceremonies are peculiar. Who founded the society none of them seem to know, but it is old, as the fathers and grandfathers of the present generation were Shermanltes. They claim to follow the teachings of the New Testament in spirit and letter, and they believe that only Shermanltes will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. They have churches and preachers and worship ina manner similar to many other sects. One of their peculiar rites is the washing of feet A foot-washing service is held once every month, at which the preacher washes the feet of every member ef tho ohuroh. Tho members then hi turn wash the feet of the preacher aad of oaoh ether. They are industrious and scrupulously honest Divorce and drunkenness are unknown among them. The men never out their hair or beards. Ginoianati Coramerclal-Gaaette.
Moldy-Looking Individual (to London police officer) "Yes, air, I've decided to give myself up. I'm Jack the Ripper, and I" Police Officer "Sorry, but we can't accommodate you, a there are seven mere 'Jack the Kippers down-stairs, and you'll have to roost somewhere also toRight" Life.
(1) It kept him f ron tho en-irers of wieMoa taGod. (3) H made him eeJetei wtk the need of the people, (4) ItgThm tiM in deoilnr with niea. IS.) Itfwe-
pared a targe number of iero to hell I
as King. () It gave man iu
It gave strength to his esnnrawr. Hxxrs ova H.iu Fiace Mom, . ikmuiul i hiurn naea. was war
h.r TWwl He caate kite the eotrnoo ef
rn..i:i Hncr th anoaiar of . ik...r VjimJI. whore David
u,l i ra lul " s m . . - ji
Lutheran pulpitis to minieters oi J w;""; .." other denomination, even to any share 1 1 rtloftho
in services. Certain clergymen have , "T, jMirfc-rf."-eM-t--lor
transgresed the rule occasionally. ralj.KWiUi indignity his Bag- "- and this has led to sharp discussion ' terrmtU: who wished to kU sfeoLTM
J f kNAiinh a-tajgM tan. WttJft m rTMl ICWiMgoHopm
lift 41 IIIm WlBfifllQF UL A VlwBV wnw-e VNilfiJiiij -
inftir uimmMiu thouarh It might , mvm. bjh"
grow Into a disruption.
-Prof. Edward P. Crowell, of Am
herst College, dean of the faculty and
professor of Latin language ana literature, is stone blind. When he lost his eyesight some five years ago. he
tendered his resignation to tne trustees, but they refused to accept it
Prof. Crowoll's knowledge of the text books was such that he is able to hear his classes as usual, and to conduct
recitations as though he had the open book before him. He preaches aad performs his duties as dean of the college the seme as ever. INGENIOUS INVENTION.
la Apparatus Whtfb Whirte AU Sorts ol ClHebe A Mtemut leans'. Otto Urban. In Grose-Klkinda. la
well known as a first-class watch ana
lock-maker. He invented an auto
matic apparatus for winding pendulum
clocks, which was much admired for
its simple and practical mechanism.
It Is attached to tho clock on oae
side and to the door of the room .a . A a t mm
on tae otner. a nno ir m
catgut serves ae a transmission agent
iy opening and closing toe ooor tne
mechanism is made to work nod the
clock is wound. Te keep the doc
running for twenty-four hours it will
be sufficient to open tho door two or
three times.
When the eloca is luuy wouna tne
apparatus is stopped till the descending weight Is allowed to recommence it work. Such automatic winding in
struments do not cost much, and its construction can easily be made solid and faultleos.
In Austria-Hungary the inventor hat
applied for a patent but it seems his
nventioa only comprwee ciocks run
ning by weight and doors. There is an unlimited field for some young
genius to combine rrench mantel clocks with the parlor sofa when the
gae Is turned down; kitchen clocks with the range door, the coal bin or the washboard; bedroom clocks with the front door latch and alarm clocks
with the cats on the roof. Jewelers' Weekly.
Facts Concerning Rattreoete. It is claimed that the faeteet time on
record was made otfer the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad. Tho time was ninety-two miles in ninety-three minutes, one -mile being made la forty-six
seconds.
The chances for lees of life in rail
road accidents in this country are oae
person killed for every 10,000,000 carried. Statisticians claim that more people are killed every year by failing out of windows than there are in rail
road accidents.
The Canadian Paollc railway ex
tends further east and west than any other road in the country. It nwi
from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean.
The cantilever span in the Peogh-
keepsie bridge Is the longest railway bridge span In tho United Stale. It
length Is ft4 feet
The Kingua viaduct the farm railroad, is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States. It is 806 feet high. The longest railway tunnel in America is the Hooeae tunnel, on the Fitchburg railroad. It ie four and threefourths miles bag. The Atchison. Tepeka A Saoto Fo if atom operates more mileage than anv other single eerporaUoa M the United State. It severs aboot S.O0t miles. -Amerieaa Cmareli Travel-loc.
ho weaM
own life, escape perecmtoa, lie had to resist not only hi own ieetiss, hetthefersnskms of hi cosnfmeun- I. jm- Wmeel; hi reverence to his Hp:. m Tht-r er fcoee tn: David pnag 8oul refuted the slanders spoken htua hi swchnDo(SfcllUdt8b- (Soetttie tPs.7.) 13. H oreeoati frm sns teitkd; as bed fruit f root a had tree. Front DaTMessse Rood to ml; therefore See ibl m that he was not wkhed.
l.vmoiccToar CaU the attest lion of cis to the tct that wo have hodeonci
Uln6traUoB of opnotlto pnngifstes i
mi tknr wiUnsoM freitoce m two
eat men. la Soul we hod eerr. imismtiagm pTSctical murder. la Jomntaoa we hndlove, eadmg m socristet Tedey we hare another virtoe exempiided in ae tonllife. In order riirhUy to uaoVraa4 K, we need to reusennoer that for two or three years lavid had hen a knntod eariie. Seel hod driven him from pot to latlar, toerang 1ms sou! o ret (As a. mirror of his looimrs at this lime, read Psniat S7.) le his wasrieriags Dsvid hod jothersd nroond Mm a hood of discontented and lusnswhat lawless men,4KK) w numher. Sosu. who for some time and been busy with the PhfUnoisnowratoeredXOM men, and pet aft his energies into bvatiag; down lus enemy. With David his falling; Into UsmTs hooos was rare death. Coder these circumUnurOi the erests of the loseosi took nsee. CostMKXT Tn goieec teal this week hi well chaseo. Here we hare it practise! esempUaeotioa in tho Hfe of David. In order folly to nnwierstoodthegrnnlwrof David's coodoct, let as look at it eorefotry. It ie sekt that te return erU for good is devtlieh; to rrtarn good for good is hamsa; but to return rood for eril ts rfiriao. If so. David s eoodocc showed that he was gnUed by the Divine Spirit For goal was staking kis life without any cuoee- Jtnv. David had been Haul's hen factor, and yet ho bod te flee from before his foes. It was rook injustice aad wanton hiosdthirstnness that ied gaol M act as be wmsskMag. Yot. Dnrid wos ready to forgive him, and bore him no malice. Bet notice that it was not for leek ef opportunity that Demi did his foe so harm. Xwer hon mso a leUer cbooco, for both at this time sod abesietljr with Abishsi he hod free scope to act a he nieoaed. Kaui was nbosiately la David's
power. Xo again thot. it was not 1
others dissuaded him that ho
KauL On both oeesshms tho
urged David to toko veagconee on hk foe. On hoth eccesioos Dnvid hod to stem the this ef public opinion and stead ahme on the rightside. (Compere this with JSout's eonduct as grrea fat 1 8om. .) Ohservo flnoily thot k was not hecoese be coehi offer no ptaoftihl ezcose that Dstvhl spared SauL lie might easily have nrjrned thot Samuel hod anointed htmas wettasmsoL and that by his disobedience 8osd hod orfoited the Divine favor aad had been rejected hy God. and thot nnoer loe cirmmsUnces R wn naly actios: m self-defense, for him to
be avenged of his adrersory. JCssy poorer
arguments than Uus hove semked to load
OesTs cMMron mho pnes of sta. An tee aoevn coeotosrssoses amy well exalt the character of David's nctjoa to our eyes.
ltwasa most unraiaWoet pieeo of Wsrgeheerted forgiveoe mm David's port. K Jsnstkan, hi oer htst week's lesson, shoes as no ereoing star, Dnvid, hi this lessen.
arises upon our Ttshm as ae eonnny si mm I morning star. Rev. A. F. HchaoaUr. raAcncn. scssssnoxs. 1. Our sorty hfe k a school to train ns for Ufs'swork. X. Our whole Hfe is a school to prepare n for the Heavenly JClngdsm. a. God's hws shines through per trmss as tor shiee in the night. 4. Bvery one ef n hum greet Hmflolmng to overcome. 5. laopporUintty for wring dsmg is no excuse foreotngn. Patra stroogtheos the spirit for He eonmet with the temptations of the worM,
helps hi hteoiag the eyes of the son! open to the spiritual ventures that we ace m ooner of forgoitmg hi the mmstof the lod and turmoil of tht Hfe. aad sharp ass th Mnritasl aad moral toMlsihat often
get rosty for vrsat of
Tns hsgh msoatslas art barren, bet the low vstters are covered ever with eorn;and aeasrdtagiy, the shswera of Ood's grace fofl into Wwty hosrts and hums is seats. "Fit omMMPkl JC oWPuWtf BmP0 oWC
eoaotv. toe mere ssraesmy we m
sr - m I, fca, , , i aaVaaawmaa gaamW mamsnmf amn i VI WtTWl OHMn mmaTK oTVaOHmt Vsafanm sm 4
