Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 32, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 October 1889 — Page 3
JASPfK.
JKIKAKaJ
J'11 y got All flu inquired. "Tim
"he matt."
mil drove oa elawb tlarough Um college jBSore. The wind butt AMdownud
; all that day; I seul4nt ST - V4 the air full of
w . 5f . 'ae Bret Indication of dewu
""rT" " anew. I T". wwrwmi fa the
OOMPORTID.
TiJetbMadesi
Stokd
Tue wetk
fill KtHMUiR before.
my attMiotk
Hid AtSt MHUWltoa wu iMNlto
wave, eommeuclug along Www wt of Um hi4m1 co urns and WmlaeUng pcornl. euouly MNotu the roots ef his hair Then lrf MUIublMMI about UM klMM: klM
some trembling there. In 101. be wm feared.. He recovered partinllr. however, fat a moment end-looked under Um lounge. Thto tr.lt he probably infcrritod freu. bis maternal imwmok oourM bo did net
to " twf UMiUr Um lounge.
emerin Vtir. l7fc7T-nri,:i "Und bn
XrLd&"! iifjf-i-'-ifOT
w g,, . - . - - rror. uroulu, cly to be toW
mi MT IM lUIIUIdrV tl tha -LU !. I . , . vun,
bulldiugeeewpJad by Um laboratories, recltsUon rooms and t)t beebeler spartmsuto
, prHy sew ifcursd gown, IMW the toers tH krMf HUC rf-(M
ber! teer iiuud til flriivn
A little of all I wm .ugerlng. ass watted, mm! then Mid she: "PerhM Me nmi us ---nitffiir tamtam a net leek w im." p,wWhen vlie wm gone I iat Aewa aad eried, wits I alnioit thought than 'wdiif a b t Mm lor thi world at all I what Mltly dad aa1
,BO"'ll 01 K Herfl, mo when I In the morula j wwd to Um w, ad thre wmi my eaetui at lt la blaow; A K"t red, amj-Imm Umm,. Um( kad Ut-rst 'twin tM I kM Mad gkaja , And whoa t lookad dep into Its Mart, I folt a kind af an awe: I
thatwaR'tallIaaw..
I gated at tlM c narly, jrWtly plant, m We and erookad aad dry,. With that hloMou just like a rosy star droMted c-ut of the morning ky, rThtn Mik t my mmm mm the door, ad thrre on the baM. vA ud.
it knew there wm Oat who oared for mm, and
bw un raving 00a.
iter oh 1 If He ku the newer m wake nk a
flower hy love d i-lne.
irhape Ha will bring a pure white Mml from such a boot life aa m'ne:
It 1 dry, aad IWlatod. ad Ctmn. fll!d up with.
nt ahl have aaen M uio,M A kaaw
-Kllen HaaUto UaUer, la Maine, Farmer.
mwatat. J.i tttoro waa a coeao, Ko'xxiy kaew aar thiur at "if k
tbre aad the two hired aaalatrnta. It waa ImnrobahM that the laet-maaUoned would have takea "it," for Uty war urorolonaU aad denaadod on the aeXltu, fAr
jiloyiUHiit In WMlraowl-ifhowltohoalllnr. It eoukl aarUJv be tukuihio ttw. it
00 Loya bad played a joke. The onIt
uoiomeau. Of oourae It would turn up 1 1 an nut yet aaaa." inadayoraox I im. 1 1.
wiiN m mwhj jf one. "
anatnajBT bhmb aaaalMi tm
MUMMMioa aad aaaacouataltto immwIimm VLu n1 wm walauobal to Arthur Denver. An teoktout ooowjrred. 1mwot atUiiattaM aaa( broofbt aajalra
J " aboat Uiroaya Oraetao. One day be aieppod up to Aztbar m Um oolWira vmmpm aad aald: V Uootw, I aave a pattoat at my bawM wfcoae diMMa bafttoa m. I deaba your awvteaaJa oaewaHackMi U yo bava toav M; Tbhi wtUt all Mm grandeur tauf. taabla. , "Certalaly, Dr. OraoaM. I abalt be fiad to of any mttIo. Ibava aa baar'a Maara AtUi eoUaifa he aw a pale, thin warnaa, aluvoat a ak a let on, lyimx the bed. A rapid irlauoe of bla trained eye nw the av. ideneea a .approaching death. Aa be aproaohadher badeaMralMberayaa ! "Oh, air." aba aald. la a falat 1
Toioe which he bad to band low to hoar, "I do not Baed a pbyalelan ao Mueb m I do a friend. I have boon dalirtoua a kwf while and do not know ow whore I am nor who Uila old man w who takoa oara of taa aa
xinoty aad attentively. I may live Jon anougb yet to do eoma rood. I have tried
WK BHOVJttHJ AWAY TUK MOUXD.
of rror. Arthur DenTor. To the. laat-mcu-
tianod plaoa Uiey drove. The proreetor paid the man, dlamtaeed Korton with Um borsaa, took the saok in hie anna and nofee-
Meay enwreii the bouee. IIo laid hi bur
den on a sofa, and retiring into the next
room we ih 10 bea -
L !Tho Metaitga) of
1
Vtim DEAD!
Oorpaa A
WrHta jor Tb Paper. Xa a
HTnigbt waa bad. Bain aad aleat came ia fferoa guata. The darkuaM waa awfuL t "Are Um boraaa The ppeakar waa
panoplloU in rulber; fraat-ooat, bat aaH boota. aad wm jMUaaithaariM'PWw? Tlw yoiting man to whom Um laUon bad bean addreMed had jnat
eowa lnta the room, atanndnsr and
Mowing with tba bojatarotiaaeaa ot youth
Yoa, air: aad Wd bW kv far
it won't atand ttod MMh rearer srv
bra, bos It'a dark out doora!" "Oo aad toil Prof, Oroal to be raadrfor byUto thM wagaaek. Tall Pat aad
wa to ooaaa aa amd Maw Aba dark tester
Ail rlfht, air," aad Um young man. jrat Arthur Denvar, left akma, aUapatt hia datola Into bia Mekatm. ktokad mA ununil
Iha walttog.raom of Wiatoaoraland Colfega. which h wan atandlng, wblaUad toftly a part of a taua la aa alien minded.
way, ,anu atappaa .out or tba ngttt room lato tba darkaMe of Um atorm.
The audden transition from lleht to dark
ilinded blm, but be aoon -mw- Um dim
hte in the far-off windows of Um ooltara
lormltory, aad dieoerned before bim Um iwaying branobaa of Um troaa aad Um
raab of raiu-drope aeroea Um aih af tight that atraamod'fraai Um wiadow of the room be had f uat wft Ha remained ataading long enough to) tare dere loped aome impaUfaoa-Uwugh, It Um wind could bare taken oognlaaaoe of Ue faoe it boat agalnat, it would have parMirad that tin mind waa far away aad waa Ptiolng neither the weather nor tba lowag temperature -.when aUaultaneously a
ooo-naiureu pen or laugater and a olauer
horaea' hooft arinouiioad Um arrival of
young friend with tha team. Ha drove at a dashing paoe aad reined hie horaoa
uudenir it threw them on their
unches. Arthur coukl dimly aae. behind
reatlaaa horaoa, a light apring waron
d In it the dark and shadowy ftgurea of
00 man. He climbed n and took Um va-
nt Mat beafde Um driver. At a word Um
ettleaome ateeda aprang forward and
d through Um darknoM at a breakneck
oewge Maoar waa' VatMleeine, clever,
pmmnwtHim, weu, ana, iMoauae ii was
weaax, ertMt He Jarad Affile Xoraa band
jr. maeuy. ne-welt, aha wm yeaner, and K aha felt a reciprocal aenUmeat far a ydung man who boaioged her at every
OTMmm vppmwmnj wnn aarM lore, who aouM bhvwie herj Baa kaew not bar own
aean, ie boh Me truth, and -veattlllafced be tween the tool turn piofeMor at the medl
eat aonega aad the baud tome vrain Imrer.
ItomeUmae aha thought for long daya how happy aba would be if Arthur Denver
woara eaaiM aad aaat hia brown eyea on her alway. And the iHuwar. would aome into her mind and all h!a windy rb aad protoatationa of bow he oartalnly ahould
om mjiees abe would love him la return.
At thta etage In her refleotioaa aha would look at heraalt In Um gtoaa and wonder what aay one ooukl aea ia Imc to loya ao
oeaperaMiyail of wlitoh ahowe.d that Dmoar'a ilattary bad not faUea oa atony
Ktouuu.
xna am arar . albraiisr. after tiu
atormy night, Iaear oatua down to his office with unuaually light atap. The office.
ooy waa eurprtted at not being kicked. The dog caught hia tuaeter'a good humor.
aa doe will," and tied hlmaelf hi to lxtH
noeaon the floor aa an evldeace Uiereot "Poor Alice!" muttered Daccar to him. aelf, aa he picked up Ms morning paper and adjuatad hhMMlf to aorntiaJaa Im eantenta. Toor A Woe! She waaa't a bad, girL I saouM bare wanted her to live, bad ltnot been for that miserable secret On the whoia, aha acted very well about It. Though
ana aiways opposed ay paying attonstoa to
1 day or ao.
Hut it didn't Arthur Iknvar .. ti,.
I .day in qtilet but earnest inveeUgaUon, to such an extont that ha forgot Annie Moras and her engagement. The next day and the next and ninny dara muieed aad no a.
laUon to the mygtorr. Tha atfalr lak.d
out somehow-, and the atudente noticed with retUentRwe the f uhiani
their lMet.lMloved profesaor.
1U IV. A hoe Oranaton or.sned hsrevM aad
net where she wan. She wu 00 Id, she knew, and damn to the akin, hut v.n
seemed to hang over her mind. Xaking an etfort to niovo. ahe felt m tnriui.ijn.
pa'n in every miwela. (Uia vntimi.i 1,
exertions, however, until she had axtrloaktl horralf from the sack, and stood tin
In her STave-ciothea in tha
Prof. Arthur Denver. Her eyes had ia them a wild afore, ami ahnwaii i..t .1
Utoughehehad been restored to life? reason had not yet resumed its full dominion. She seemed to be laboring under some Imaginary fear aad. with a low nrtr nf nala
abe darted to the door, turned the key, opened the door and tied through the hall Iateal of turning to Um left when aba left the profensor's door, which would hare taken her lu a few steps to the front exit of the building, she ran to the rurht whii u,i
ber into the penetralia of the house. Ob she flew In her delirium till suddenly, upon
.HiniHKa pwner, ane rusnea into the arms of Martin Graeme.
Martin Graeme waa the Janitor of Wl
moreland Medical College laboratory. He wm what waa left of a s-reat nhvali.
Through peounlsry trouble hie mind had bMn shaken and when soon after this blow
HMMHivea wire and his only daughter went to the arave within two weaka of
eMh other, old Br. Graeme turnel from horrid grief to silly senllltr. He nramrf
hlniMlf harmless. He loved to wander about the buildings, muttering incoherently to himself. The true, courteous gentleman survived the wreok otthe scientist and
scholar, aad, treating all the etude nU with studious gentility and ienpeot, be In turn
wm always the reolnient of their nltr and
equally exempt from their joking rudensM, His venerable aspect helped blmia Una aa well. His hair waa of nenuHar
LlA T. I . . . .
waamaiM amaoe nore HH marKS of a Parsed sage rather than a crooning dotard. He bad asked for and received the ikxUUoh
offaaltorof the laboratorr and iibuumI
hlniMlf with ohlldlsh rejrraavement of Im
paraphernalia, ,He Hred by hirutehT ia a aamllaotoage a litUe dietaaoe baekof aha
oollege gronnda-the same nttle oottage
wMce um aaa apsas many years berate.
wen. mm heart is all whole yet! Batwy breath i abort -I have no time to explain -what -I do not clearly undersUndmyselt Auiwer-me some questions sir. I abjure you-aa a dying woman -that you apeak-the truUi-ag I halL Do you-do you know-George DaHjar?" Arttiur Denvar started, colored, heel, tated, gaaed at her seruUuiatagly aad susplolously nodded affirmatively. "Do you-know Annie Morse? Ym? Are you aa friend of hers? Then UU we ars these two-to be married?" "They are. Next week."
The woman gave a liUIe soream aad fainted. Arthur hastily gave ber a restorative and abe revived "I muat-aee her. Xeaa-eloMr. My strength Is -falling. He bent his ear close to her lips aad she wblepered a few words that made him spriRK to his feet. Growing red and white in turn, he glared upon her. "What proof?" he roared. Resigned him to be silent aad went aa faintly, "Hia letters are at -Mrs. Sherman's on Schuyler avenue together with abundsnee-of other proof.1 "In three hours she shall be here." he said, regaining his composure. "I leave you some strengthening wine. Medicine is useless. It ia wrong to deceive you with fatoe hopes. You may live a week and yea may die to-night. God forbid that you should die before I return. Quiet yourself. She shall return with me." He was 'gone.
Aa hour, two hours, three hours passed, like m many lifetimes la the invalid's room, aa abe lay gailng at the alow-moving
anus 01 tne oiock. Tttree hours pasted. Boon the miiek ear of Um dvia
oaught the sond of hoofs and soon the crunching of the gravel aaaouneed that a carriage had stopped before Um door. A
moment later JrIm Mom came Into Um
room, followed by Graeme and her father.
Annie s eye oaught the wan, emaciated faoe and looked lymrmthv. The invalid
motioned thorn to be seated. Graeme of.
Aeiouely offered Annie a chetr. bat asu
drewoioee to the bed.
'Tea have something to say to) me?" aha
BSJU.
Mpeets. Mow she la iTad, aad k !SiI? tmm, ? mth is oloeed thas nauld tuk eamamtsg. wtth aaw aaYMC, In a I here."
"Yoa witl have to learn to be more nuiet
0nexpeuu10ns.ef.taM sort, Mortoa," said Arthur Denver.
' "It was not I. who laughed ao bawterowely lust before we oame up with you." re idled
"the young man. " "Indeed? I thought it was." "No, air. It wm Graeme."
"Graeme! The idiot! What does he eut
fm auoh a night aa this?" a 'He be always eut aa these heiad of
Boighte, nor," spoke up one of Um men oa
the back seat. Arthur Denver shrugged Ms shoulders, Ara. Vtfifti m ra v am Viuiri Ska vaju! Viu.
ton?" "Been over it ever amee I waa a oMhL 1r." And he did know it, for they tew around he bJIbnaea, over dangerous grouHd enough! a dayligtit, without an aeeklent The rain still beat In gusto directly m their
faces. A smothered Imprecation from one
or tha oUter of Um; two men in tha hack
eeat oeirayeu taesr nawvity ana early religious fcaialagas well aa yarlad tha uonotony by msjpclng the passage at some;parttcularly rough chuck-bote or high culvert They sped on, winding anonf the hills and measnring many a dreary -lane before they stopped. And when Ussy did halt, it was before a gate that had rer It a huge white arch dimly discernible "through the murky night. The gate was locked, but it yielded to the "opau maama" ef a broad her iu.the hands ot Morton. Through the gate me wagon passed, aad along Um- graveled driveway wound ita tortuous way among the habitaUoua of Um slead ttnUl it came to a new-made grave. Here Um men alighted, and while the lata
occupants ot mm rear seat shoveled away t the mound, Morton hitched Um horns
utd stopped bank to) watoh the gata. and Arthur skilfully lit hia pips beneath hm
Half an hour later th same team waa Making re mm trip over Um same read. A fifth pasieiiger was new aboard. But
I this psaeenger leg e the ter at
ragoama
MM mf prospects. Mow Um aeasl.
the last month Is oloeed that oould blah any thing of that cursed bueiuesa. I wish
the memory of It had died with Alios.
well, bars and bolts ot certain institutions are as strong aa the grave aad keep secrets
as wen."
, Ha-read his paper. He threw It down and
saajitofed oat along Um street to sea if be ocMtld get a sight of Annie. He had often passed her hoaee before at area more un
reasonable boeurs Wan this to eateh
filmpee ot her. This time be wmmmmcm-
ral She wm on the pereh Just tarUng town. . 4
"Aad why not Mr. Dasear?" offeriag his
arm aaw ososrag ane gate Tor aer.
'Who would have thonght of seemg you at this Ume 'of day? I should have im
agined you immersed lnboelneMaad
beeee smoke by Uus Ume. l'aps always is.
And here yoa ars, without Ute scent of a
cigar, actually! "hat will happen next
wbea-"
She weald have chattered oa, for she was in a happy, talkative mood, bat he Inter
rupted.
"I told yon I would act smoke if yoa dis
liked it. 1 woura do any thing for yoa.
oame by on pnrpoM to see-if not yea, at hat Um house that sheltered yoa last
night in Um dreadful atorm. I envy it"
He spoke softly, yet with a peculiar
aeaauon ami inconerenoe that wua pretty
simulation 01 emotion.1 "0 dear!" said Annie, innooenUy enough.
George Dasear 8 brain worked fast. Out
of the many thoughts that rushed through
it came this conclusion: "Tell Iter now, be
fore that other fool does. You're all ears. The only witness ie dead."
"Mlea Mores -Annie, X will Befit Hare
you not seen it? I must marry you. You
know I love yoa to my death. Da Mot tell me. 'nay.' I know this ia a queer time and place for a proposal I can not kelp it My
feelings overpower me. I dare not look yoa ha, Um faoe. I shall call thta evening
aad learn my fate. I leave you and tarn
o, no not mm war. " Ane fee
Thisiok woman
spoke with a great
"You will n
will-be be-oal
"Indeed, jres," "I hare not m viva f atra4va '
- - J "i
d once or twice aad
Ysu you
Annie stopped a moment gating at his
receumg. form. Her heart a uttered : m
was (naay. it waa only for a moment, however, for aha hurried on bar, errand, a
bright game burning in each eheek. "That forenoon there was a tenl Ac battle. The arena was Annie Morse's heart; the com be teats, George Dasear and Arthur Denver. Kot a literal hand-to-haed 00mbat, as ia the days of chivalry, but Annie would now think of one and then of the other in a daaed way that bespoke her the subject of cross mesmeric talluettces. Arthur Dearer was to come that after, noon aad take her to see Use new ity libra'y. He would hare a oaanoe to Improve bis prospect Would he do It? It he didu't-well, she didn't kaow what, It he didn't The afternoon passed, bat no Arthur Denver osme, notwithstanding be bad pleaded with bar to make Um enragemeat, aad to do so she had broken several sthsra she was piqued. When George Dasear same he bad that maoh In Ms Invar that he know not of. He Improved hit chances well, aad wbea he left her house thst srenlng R wm with Um tatmrnait aa snamt t saafcat nrlflillVv in aWVa aataBll , Thsags weatea waastlily. The. wedding was at hand. Arthur Denver did net show hlainirf. ' lit When Arlhut Dsnvar awoke from Ms tj.it-., t. JT- - -- --- tasi i ttr tana I an. aa 4m aeaVnL?aaaaBhamt ninilMni MM IMN arewn. mw irs aivfiJ rvrvvavi be saw aa empty seek lying aa the teea.
la a
af the
ap-
raoment however, Um
bowed obi man whom she
eat can need bar terror late
Her. distraught mind studied a moment Ids patriarchal appearaaoe, m well as that beusretonoe and ohivalry which area her oonfaeed f acartses eeald dieoara la has race, aad the aext instant aha threw herself oa him for protoetloa. "OMnre me, air!" she orled, clsspiag her arm about him; "protect me! seme one la after aaa! DM you not see it? Oh! there, there! 8ee Ita horrid eyes!-"
raa oa la aa eeeteoy of frenzy. A lathe cM doctor's vises weuld
have boon apluesed: Um imbecile
seemed to comprehend the whole sHuaUoa.
He eeught down a great-coat that hang unoa the wall at tka kaJIwav tup -
threw it over her shoulders, rare her his'
arm. aad toe-ether they went out of the
roar door through Um woods-path to Dr. Qraeme'a cottage.
V. Time passed oa. This eaylnr la trite, bat
it is very emenUal to a story-teller. Wbea Arthur Denver remembered his enrars-
t with Mlae Morse it was already
forty-eight hours tee lata to f uttUl It The
lyetorr at the miming oernse bad so en
greeted Ms mind thst even Um thoughts of the iweet girl who had tiled his quiet life
rasne
m
aa .
iMTsXaMfa laski4 reHeved. abe reetod a fa w a. tbap. miaintasf Aaata to eaane
same werda that had
Dourer
pored ia her ear the
so startled him: "Oeorge Deeoar hes a
wie hi the
aeyJum at
Wbea Auvnie fell back her fethar ninaaa
KC BE ID Taa PAKAOXATJt
with daltotoas hoaee were crowded from
his attenUon. Me sat down immediately to pea hto regrets and request pardon. Aa he prepared to put his pen oa the paper
his eye casually fell on a aewepaper that
lay unon the table, and he read thta para
graph la the local news
Te eageeemeat ct Miss Annie worse m
my. George Dasear le aaaouneed. The wed-
dtnc will nrebseb; eesurln the latter part ot
Julr."
He put down hie pea slowly ana took ap
the paper. He road the perarrapn. a nostra Umes. Laying Ute paper down oa the table ha aroM aad contemplated the Httto
squib profoundly, with hta hands in hia paehstft Then ha said:
Thsuaynr So be did hot send his note. Neither
ooukl be make up hit mind to see Annto,
knowing her to be another's;, that ether, too, Dasear, whom for aome reason he had
atwan inettactively despised. Xow he
doabty desptaed him for a good rsMon.
The wind mm rata or aaron gave way as
dkmual Mahsdt tuaammaMealMmaul easaUafauaaUMml m BPaa HfrlvV sTu WaTuyTfaiawwW n wwwrea f
meat aewu, ta oeatse ec ante, my
"Be calm, daughter, aad thank God far what you hare esoeped. IkaowltalL Dr. Deaver baa put the proofs ia my heads. It Iseeeegh proof to My that at a hlat from ma Mr. Dasear has left town. To this dying woman, however, neither the doctor nor' I could refaae tha eettofaetien of
speaking the wards that weuht sever you from that" "Never undid, father. Da not abase Mat yet It kse sadden. I must think. Ptoaao take me hasne." Her faoe wore aa unnatural pallor m ahe left Um apartment "How did yoa get ppeeeaaieu of tbeec papers?" naked Arthur Deaver ot Um atok woman whan he celled later ia the evening. "Mrs. Dasear. after she had been craeUv
deserted, wm my best friend. We lived like sisters until has perseenttoa drove her
oraxy. I took poessmlon af an her papers when they took bar away to Um mad. house?" "At the place I got the papers tbeytold me you bad left there some time ago aad had taken another beardrng-plaoe. Did yoa come from there here?" "No; I' went from there-to tbe-to the-" Dr. Dearer beat low to eateh the words to solve tha mystery of the woman's pres. enoe at Graeme's, for Um old man gara a new story every Ume ha wm. asked haw Um weataa oame beneath his roof.
"Take a littts-wlae," ho said, bewdraak sad, resting a moment, aald: "To Um to the new department-la the
-la the h arise Hospital." Dr. Arthur's face wm Mhea whoa ha pat Um aext question. "Are you the nurse who wm employed there aad had brain fever? Tea are act Alice Alice Craaatoa?" - The answer solved mora mysteries thaa one la Arthur'i mind. "I am." A spasm passed over Um atok one's faoe, the arms wars thrown wildly up, aad saak slowly dewyt, the head fell back, the eyea grew Used aad glasrfy, Um ehia dropped, tearing the mouth partly open. Dr. Deaver toeoeed of Ids nsgeraand said qaloUyj "This Ume she Is dead." Pear aar Jet. - - He Aapraalatod tHa Hint Mrs. Ifometpua I'll tall you whera you oaii iad a Job sawing Ira oords o( woad, poor man. Tramp (oafedy) Where, mum? Mrs. H-omMpaa Juat aroaad Um corner ot the next street Tramp Thank ye, mam; muoh. obliged. I might have rut rlfht lata, it it H bada't bean for you. Amerka. lie In growihf vagetab4aa of aay tort for ahipplag to market it It always a food rule to plant largely of thoee with, whloh the market waa overtookod Uta last season, aad kmc Vargaly Uwta whlak thta raetd. kaaa1 ia irMi
JApselatlr arraaaed from t. S. Qaartortg.l Lassutt Taxr-3 Sam. 6:1-Ut OoLwrir TsxT-ThsLordioyeih the gatot f Iloa more than all tba dwellings ot Jacob. Pa. ST. CaxraAi, Tatmi-Tha tostamtioas of re ngkm a Maeatag to Uo bean, the heme aad Um aatiea. Twa-Aboat B. a 1043. six sr aaye yaars after Darid biaima Eiag over Israel Ptaca-The ark was at Eiriath-iMrim. tea miles northwest ot Jeraealem, e the road toJoppa. . PAE4U.XL ACOOOKTt A fulhsf mMyaum U
girsa in 1 Chron. chaps. 18, 15, 1ft. iMrnoutcTtox David wm now Irmly mWAItohed on hia throae. Mia capltot wm forttied, his palace built. He had conquered several onemMs. HU nest duty wm to re. estaWUh religiou aad thtte bind the naUoa together. HiLrs ovxa Haus PLACM-The ark had been at Kirjath jearlm for about Mvonty rsars. It had been brought there from the FhllUtinoa, who bad captured it la Um battle to which Kit's soas had brought it (1 Bam. 4.-1-M; see Lom.S, Third Quarter). All this Ume there bad beea great neglect of religion. Darid prepared a place for Um
"a mount &ku, in Jerusalem (l Chron. 15:1). J. Tkt eaosst men s Irad: dalegutea or representatives from all parte ot
wm Kingaom. mm: describing the return to Jerusalem; the aeeembly gathered here. BamU of Jtukth; the tame as Kirjathjoarim (forest city) (I Chron. 18:6). ftoe fiooe. Tht dmUtiA Mteemfhe ektntHm: on the mercy seat orer the ark. Here God had beea accustomed to manifest Himaelf. 8. Bet the ark upon a nsh
T" n imm way in wnich it wm brought by the Phil li tinea (t 8am. 6:7). But the Philistines had no means of knowing the law- Tha IsraeUtes ahould have known that this was contrary to Um law (Num. 4: 15; 7). 4. AbtnaM: the man la whose oara Um ark waa placed. He wm probably dead, and bis descendants took oharge of Um ark. MesaA; not a proper aame ; it means a hill. 8. tlnd: danced to instrumental and vocal music. pMIUrkt: lutes or lyres, yvmsrshv tamborines. f. 'reek huM 0 the mrk: contrary ta ss press oomaMnd (Num. 4:15; 1 flam. :19j. TM osen iMt it: the roads are very rough in Paieetine uaflt for carriages, and the oxen stumbled (1 Chron. 18:9. 7. Z sntsi a CA ZeraV not paseioa, but lodigaatloa against sin. And Oed smeti Mm.- m by a lightning stroke. Tim puuishmsnt was nevere, but (1) Uatah should hare known bettor. (8) Megieet of the law at Um begiaaiagof a new era like this would bring neglect and error into the whole religious ceremonial. 8. Deem" ems d ipUai: the death of Uassh broke up all David's plans, wmr great disappointment to the people. Tins was their part of the punishment 18. Hum e (Hwd-sdom; probah! near the oJty. He wm a Levite, probably born in Oath Rimmon of Manaseea, and hence called a Gittite ; that is, Gathlte. 13. S Dorid eresetl up the mrk: for a f allot description, see 1 Chron. chaps. 15 and 16. Ps. 94, 6s, 188, and Um hymns given in 1 Chron. 16 (Um same m Ps. 105:15; M; aad 106:47, 48) belong to this occasion. Lsssox Facts About sereoty years had passed sinoo Um ark ot the covenant had stood in the tabernacle of God. They wen yean of great political disturbance aad ra ligkms decline. After David had pacified Um civil dieeensiooa of IerMl, and gained Um ascendancy over hia foreign Iom, b turned hia attoaUoa at ones to the state of religion at heme. His first thought thaa was the rehtorsUou of the ark to Ita foratet place, and Um renewal of Um worship ol
se acostftfsag to the ordinanoaa given by wad to htoese. How be mod hie plaas, how
aaaauea m carry
jus aad
reeaore the ark to Jerusalem
raeitod tobeaerOod. and draw
people to UMir eJtogtoaoeae their HeareaUy Kiag. Ia carrylag eut hat phuia,he pro-
"wevtqr taiagoa a graad soase, aa boflttod tha ocoaaisa. 80 he amthered an
army 01 tairty thoaaaad
wna worn marched to the heuaa af
Abiiwdab wee waa a Levite. aad whoee
had been ebanred ta keen thai
era leeexamm. 7:11 ia TnniaU liliiim
iL. Ka. A r . . '
mm era ie nw oamtm wna mtten ama Ia
nil this there waa aethinsr vmm. but it
waa all frustrated because of culpable oara-
Meaawc. ie jLin ouxat to nave kneem
UwtOod bad eommaaded that aadrthaLau
ruee.saeuM carry taa ark, aad that ea their shoulders. Just aa God would allow only at.- e ... a r a... . . - .
we naa pnees to eater taa noiy of keltoa.
and that only eace a year, ia order to im-
proee holy rerereaoe oa taa people, m Bo had ordered that noae bat Leritee should touch the ark. It may be that David thought that this resTulaiion wm of small iMMit-
siace ths Philistinea had put the ark oa a
cart, and Abinadab had had it for soma Ume ia his houae. But rtawLl kj m
aesa to do any Hhiakiag" that wm 000trary 10 God's osprese command. Ha might bare known that, for doing jaat this, Aaron's two sons bad beea struck dead by God. He should, moreovsr, have remembered that God smote tha men of Beth-ahemesh for lrrevereaoe (sea 1 Bam. S:lt). Ia acUag aa be did David did wrong, and was culpably oartlesa. Thia led to severe punishment. Cms aba
wways waaa 10 aaoteer, and tha wrong f one man may do harm to another. Waaa the ark began to move tba oaaa stumbled, aad Umah rashl put oat hie hand aad caught bold ef the ark. As a ooaaequeaoe, God smote hia aad ha died. Ha was smitten, not ao maoh for touosiag iha ark m for tokiag part ia taa whole proceeding of puttiag the ark oa a cart,
ana not oa um taouMsrs of tar JLcrites. Uriah himself was a Levite, and ought ta have known better. David did wreag, bat Umah did more wrong. The puutahmeat of Ush waa for his ewa aia, aad was a great aad solemn lesson to all Iaraej, aad to David as well, to obey God's oommande aowa to th4 minutest detail. Obed-edom seem a to hare beta a godly man, aad to have meekly reoeived Um ark, which Darid waa afraid to beadle aay more. He waa a Levite, and hence a very proper person to have oharge of the ark. There the sacred symbol regained for three months, and during thst Ume God blessed tba house of Obed-edom richly. (Ia what way God did this wa are not tern.) TkMngs of this coming to David's oars ha agala starts out, and thia time, carefully observing God's enactments, brings tha ark to Jerusalem with great joy.
AM UTIKAItY.
Among the inscriptions in bar suborn most Prised by Una Pniti.
Uioolial is thia, by taa aider Dtmaas 'Being a man aad a Chrietiaa I Lava
tolietoa to your singing; bat if I wore
t oird 1 should die of envy." -Several of the moot popular ef Anthony Trollope'i norms are said to have boon written oa steamers duriag ag voyages. HU boat works wera nrriUaa wbila ha livad at Waltaaat Croat, ia Kssex, hatha was ooaetaaUy moving about
The editor of a Jamaese aewspa par raoaaUy eolleeted staAiaUct of frowttt from all tbaProtot taat ohurohaa f Japan, showing their inerease during Ute last three jeers. Fnta thirty Mghi ehurehas they hare grown to 151, aad from 8, 700 members to 11,800. Horaoa Greeley once preached a Christmas sarmoa ia Dr. Chapln's Bhurea, lis began by saying: "It haa boon said that I am tha poo t ost speakar ia America. " l T. Baraum, who waa preeent, said that it waa reallv
true, but what he said aaehaatad every hearer. Aa address has been issued by a body of ministers and eiders of tha Scottish Free church, representing ita conservative element, setting forth in Hrong terms the dangers which throat en the Free church in the line of departure from taa faith as it is 00a-
lalBed ia the Confestlon of Faith. George W. Childa concludes hia reralnieoenoM la Uppinoott's in thia way: "If asked what, aa tha result ot my experience, ia the greatest ptoasura of my life, I should say doiag good ta ethers. Not a strikingly original remark, perhaps, but seemingly the moot difficult thing ia the world is to be prosperous aad generous at tha tame time," "Dr. Holmes' life aad literary work," remarks Um Boston Traaoript, "have oorrsaioaded pretty eloeely with the New Xaglaad Puritan's progress, from the alough of social aad literary despond whloh he was ia at tbs beginning of the oentury to the at least comparatively d bootable mountains upon whioh he dwofn at present" Mrs. John Sherwood, who ghree parlor looture to ladlos of Um) select 400 of tha largo oittos, will be ia greater demand than aver, aa the has beea decorated with the insignia of oAoter d' Academic aa honor conferred by tba Freooh Minister of Public Instruction on persons who bare dlstinguistod themeelvaa ia literary pursuits. It is said-to be tha first rUme thedocorationhan been oonferred upoa aa American woman. J.T. Trowbridge, whoee stories for boys have made him famous, waa bora in 1827 ia Western New York. He taught himself Latin, French aad Gorman. He writes at the preeent time almost wholly for Um Youth's Companion aad makes a handsome
income. He ia a tall, fresh-looking Mi with a vary pleasant raoe. Hia smJrkwWto, bat otherwise be decs IMmtt AVW mW JpefsWtw Ba mWm MbTM' meWfiammt, "tat law almWh-far
poeulattoa, but has aojvar iaemdisdlt
HUMOHOUS. j
To raAT agaiast temptattoa, aad yet V. rush into oooaaloas, ia to thrust year Angara Into Um fire aad then pray that they may net he burned. The fable aalth "that Um butterfly inquired ot the owl what aba should do with the oandls which had sieged bar wings. The owl caaeeeled her net ao much m U beboM smohs." If yoa heMtha eUrrup, no woadar Mataa goto mta tat sodlie. Bishir. - Iw order to aerre Use Lord at all we amav wholly serve the LewL All there ia ef aa et (r0 attlfcrelifc e(ff rfautaifcfc MtW&09 atua mwtkf pmm armrej anmanptf Mmnmmm mmmmar mmmm immmmmmmaj. Bjaamm ayii mPt eftasarwwa
Pbotogrdpher- "Mow try to ieear aaeaat" Wtter--"Pieatawt? Whr.
you idiot, I'm a protoeaioaal humor Isf'-nme.
-Usher (at a reccptioa ia Chkaam.
pompously, as Mr. Foot aad smugktora eater) "Mr. Foot aad taa Miesaa
Faatl'1 And yet they say (3iioage haa ao culture. Paok.
First Youth (at a railroad denetr
Traveled farr' Second YouUt
"Kot yet, but I expect to before I
top. I an going Weet to seek my fortune." "I juet got back. Lead ma a dime, will youf'-K. Y. Weekly.
JohnsoB "Thai ttatue of a wecev
ng angel at Uta tomb of your wife's
mother is a beauUful work of art Why did you select tha figure of a weeping angel P" Thomaeoa '0-
cauee 1 thought there ought to bo
somebody weeping at fear grave.
Texas Siftihgs.
Judge "Your agar Lady
Thirty yaars." Judge (Inpredulsus
ly) "You wilt have tema dimoulty ia proving that" Lady (excitedly)
"You'll iad It hard to prove Una ossv. trary, as Uta eh'urch register whiea. oontained tha entry of my birth waa burned ia the year lSo."-Bortiaar Tafohlatt "Can't I stay home from efeurok With you, pa, Just to-day?" pleaded Bobby. "No, Robert, yoa muet go with your mother." Thaa he added to hia wife, aa ha slapped hia maraiaf aapar iato posiUou: "1 belleva ay mother's old adage: Traia ap a child ia tha way ha thou hi go, aad whoa he is old he will not depart from It' "-Ufa. Money bags ' 'You aay yoa wieo, to marry my daughter? Well, ajroa know I have three, and on taa marriage of each I shall give her husband ten thoueaad dollars. Which one da you waatr Jack Napae-'TU tall you what we'll do. You'll more oat to Utah aad I'll take all three of them off.your bands. I'm willing to do ma tquaro thing." N. Y. fhta. '1 deoiars," aald Mrs. SaarpUagh, tamiaff from her mirror, " look like a perfect fright ia thie horrid boa net, don't I?" "Yoa, my daar," raplied kar nwstnud, abatrttetadly, without looking up from hto paper, you do." "Sbarplelgh, you're a brutal Tha boanet Is Uta most beoeming 1 arar wore, aad makes ma leak tea yaars y onager." "I think ao, toe," rcwiided the "itntta," aiUl abeerbtd la bk tapor, X, X, Ledger. ,
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