Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 32, Number 40, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 June 1890 — Page 3

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C. POAVS. Publlwlusr IHDUXA. )HX STONK, FOLTKOON. tg Fast of a Mm Who Wm Afraid of tut Mevstor. HE unpopularity (f the yenth seemed to date from the .day he I entered the ofHe. Ills name, like hiii face, wag plain, lie wm introduced to his follow-employes as .John Mono. llohnd a square, pale face, with an o x p a nstve ibrow and a mouth "rather too large to chew soup with, M the cashier af terward rather 1 M.. ..nMiiaixllt KtltnM StWmfttl Ui.) Siiinrt11.' r"v ' tuilean ho walked, and the uniasuiontjjy cut trousers that he wore gave hie Ljjjr Jeff a uecmtruij ni,j "I'l"-"' Lace. As he sat at his high desk, howker.and bent over hU books, his leatLs wor a look of quiet determination hat seemed to Indicate a latent lorce jdden somewhere behind that calm extrior. It was in the hig insurance omce oi Kroup, KlkitfeCo. that John St one was i l no nrm oceupieu wiu wnwrw op floor of a big offlee butldtng in the rv heart of the business center. The Lsk were all very handsome and highly polished, and the doaen swell clerks U on no end oi airs. mt. rireupw ..... 1. I - 1 u.lll. ItCfV eipUH rOUIGunii hcihiciiihii, nttu IcuJ voice and a fuasy manner. Mr. bicit, on the contrary, was slim and te?nt, with Tery little to say to any m. ih 'mplo3eH included, a he menItT of the "Co." was mysterious, borne said the "Co." was Mr. Wallet, the ,jjler, ana outers that it was auss nlc the natty type-writer operator, -o always wore a tailor-made suit and it i ! , Ukeiy that the newcomer . to keep to himself enhanced r. ubatien with which the other k:.r.rl c if invitations to share their .i . usemeats, and was quite wnyT, .n. :.tive M te nis pi ace ui resikt r trode of spending hi spare it o it hi rap y KWCK Ul PIH worn Ifltt .inv..h nz. H even resisttnl an inu' !.n ' -offered him by yoimr Wrack(r, ihtt pt Ucy writer, who had pimples ins ch n and a weakness for waistm of v ag-treratod patterns, to accommy him to a ms hall frame; a resisti that filled the said Mr. Wracket a .-I uitb ire and sfanaiied Urn. MMM Wi eyes a s pemoa w Marty laekimc ambit on for iaxllaatotf advaase ?at itK ietire toek eare that his oplno Ut" new clerk should be shared other-: and so Ueame to pass that ik .Stone rntdttally became aware bat hi t of the emaloyes of Firenp, ikit .t Co.. were indifferent to him. M that the other half detested him. ten iw Jsel, who was perhaps a t'.a di concerted by his failure to fol'V tie example ef ether new arrivals ' jwa her army f worshipers, used to toft Mm rather disdainfully over the po( t ie machine oh which she clacked Mimrlcuiv awav. thouch had she but known It, hers was the only l!ure In W- office upon which the new elerk's Jt rwted at times with an expression interested, balf wistful, in. One morniar m. rathnr sinrular diswag made. It was Mr. Ledcerthe iok-keener. who made it. He prned toat John Stone never rede in t 'lerator, hut walked up nineflijfhts Mam to his work, and as rMrnlariv lkwi down them on his way home. 1 urMt .Mr. Idgertop lost no time in fwinir his discovery through the a, and in a verv short time Mr. one became aware of many wlttims Leinjr lwndied alwut at his exn. Whenever he left the office, wee or four of his fellow clerks were Uln to rush after him, dart to the m Tt vmnx woui.n mkk to coxfks TO MKIXft A rot.TMOON." Ttor shafl. iul t1t(lv UvSu him ' take a ride: inviU(i wh ! h .1pM gravely and proceeded en his p aown-suirs. Even the color ml r Mded his guying to the rest. Mere euvia rr and there was soon a widesnread PriMitr .In W..u. .1 a 14 ""ww n a J inn mn uieri tv not tU In IU alnv.fnr 0a ?hLl Surday afternoon, while both wf. oi the Arm were out, and rt nnn .... 1J l . M. the eaohler. called out to Stone, " Dassinf him with a load of tinder his arm: ey, Stone, why jh rme in the elevator?"

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was qiii-ittiun every oni had Won trylnjf to ask him for a weVf John .Stone looked Urmly at his interlotMitor and htrsigbtened up. "I nover answer impertinent questions said he. There was a titter at Mr, Wallet expense, The lalk r Mushed up and reJoined: "Indeed? That's not strange. I suppose it's because you're afraid of an accident. ehY Well, few people would like to confess to being a poltroon.' Stone turned very pale and glanoed about htm. Every one was laughing at him now, and oven Miss Jessie had her handkerchief to her lips and a twinkle in her eyes. He seemed altout to make some Berts retort, but thought better of it and walked back to his high stool in silence. " IV. Nearly every one had gone home. Mtss. Jessie was Anlshing some letters in a dim corner by a window when the youth who had been stigmatised as a poltroon walked over to her. lie took a chair by her and they were virtually alone. It was the first time he had ever done such a thing, and she was a little

astonisnea. "Alias Jessie," he began abruptly, "do you believe I'm a poltroon?" "Why, Mr. Stone, I-I ' she stammered. "Because," went on the young man, "I don't believe I am, and I can't beiwt have you think so, and I'm going to toll you something. Four years ago an elevator on which my father and I were riding collapsed and went to the bottom of the shaft. I escaped, but my father was badly hurt. Now you may not belie vo it, Iwt ever since that day I have had an unconquerable aversion to olevators. I could not enter one if my life depended on. I should die of terror. No one knows of this weakness but myself. I believe I could be brave enough in the face of real danger, but I am a coward in this one reaped. Some day 1 hope to prove to you and the rest that I am no poltroon. For the present try and induce the rest to excuse my Infirmity, for it is the only thing I am sensitive about." The young man abruptly left the ofSee. Mis? Jessie looked after him with a ptiszlcd expression, lint she was a little Mattered at Wing made the recip ient of this eonfldence. Itesides, he had looked so brave, so earnest and so very It n ml -Mini h while making this ridiculous admission. It was very queer. She had read of the great French warrior who always went into flu of terror at tho sight of a rabbit, liut elevators. It wsh too absurd. The young man must be a coward after all. v. Who over heard of a' fire in an insur a nee office? Yet this wai precisely what occurred the following Monday morning. And the fire had not blazed three min utes before consternation reignwl in the office of Fireup, Itiskit x Co. It broke out on the second floor below them, and shetta of flame were stream ing through the windows before the alarm was sounded. There was a witt rush of feet below, a chorus of yells. and far down below could lie heard the shouts of the crowds, and the than dec of the engines dashing up to the MtUdi ,. Mr. Itfekit had not appeared. Mr. PlaMD ra Into the hall and returned with a white face. "JteysP he roared, "leek every thing up in the vault every thing, mind you, books, papers and all and then let's get out of here." Mr. Wallet proceeded leisurely to lock up his books. "The governors la a sweat,'' he murmured, with admirable coolness. Miss Jessie's face was a little pale, but she went placidly enough to the place where her hat and coat hung and nut them on. ahe noticed that John Stone kept close beside her as the en tire clerical force of Fireup, Riskit tc Co.. headed by Mr. Fireup, moved Into the hallway. As they did so, every cheek blanched. The smoke was coming up with otuia (him thickness, and the roaring of flames could be heard below. The stairway!" yelled Fireup, and to the stairway they ran. Hut a long strip of flame was coll ing itself around the banister like ; great ml snake, and the heat drove them back. ISeneath was a veritable furnace, in which costly office furniture could be heard crackling as it fed tho flames to a greater heat. The fire was sapping the floor on which they stood. In a few moments it would go down lieneath them, and then Mr. Fireun was a brave man, but his voke trembled as he ejaculated: "Hoys, I'm afraid we're lost!" Younr V racket's knees knocked to gether. Mr. Wallet stood his ground bravely. Outside could be heard the hoarse yells of the firemen, the crashing of their axes and the hissing of the streams of water that only seemed to stir the fire to fiercer fury. Would help coma in time? Miss Jessie began to sob snd wring her hands. Somehow no one seemed surprised when John Stone put his arm about her slim waist and supported her drooping figure. It seemed the molt natural thing in the world to da When he had done this ho said, in a tone that contained not tho faintest tremor: "Ihin't let's rive tin vet. Sir. Fireup. Is there not a way to gain tho roof?' "lly heaven, you'vo hit it!' exploded the big insurance man, rushing to the other end of the hall, followed by tho troop of clerks. He pointed to an iron ladder in one corner and exclaimed; "Up with you, Miss Jessie! It was necessary for John Stone to follow the young lady and assist hor feeble steps. At the top of the ladder was a heavy trap-door which Miss Jes sie's slim hand eonld not begin to stir. Crawling past her on the other side of the ladder John Stone nut his head against the trap-door and braced his feet on a rung. Then he shoved. It was a hard head in more senses than one, and the door yielded. Miss Jessie was hauled up through the aperture, and as the last of the effiee force gained the roof the flames eonld be seen danelng along tho edges of the hallway they had just quitted. vi. They huddled together in the eenter et tho great reef, the majority of them a my terrified Mt of huma belnf.

The fresh air was grateful to their I

bsuatcA bodies, but even now the) tarred and graveled roof wm utmomforW 1 ably hot. Tho awful thought seemed to , flash through every mind ut onee that , RAMI WU t liul f I MM Mfoua I w- -w www ..... wmmw V.JJ. VMTW them of that and they were indeed doomed. No one ventured near enough to the edge to look into the street, and young , Wraeket gave a howl of terror as he pointod to a thin flame curling up over tho parapet. Things begaa to look kopeiea. For several minutes John Stone hud been walking about the graveled Mrfaee peering heie and peering there. Suddenly he came to them with a look on his face that no one who aaw ever for got. "I think 1 see a way to save us," he said quietly. The lmrHing building wm situated on a corner and iH-cupied half a block. It touched no other building, but wm separated from the one next to it by an alley every ineh of twenty feet wide. The rool of the building across the alley was on an exact level with tho one on which they stood. Towards this nllev. then. John Stone led the way, and when some six yards from the edge sat down and began to unlace hU shoes,. He threw them to one side, and then discarded his eoat and vest. "What are you going: to do, Stone?" gasped Mr. Fireup, his voice husky with the smoke he had inhaled. "Mr. Fireup,' returned the young man, ealmly. "I am going to leap to that next building and bring help." Miss Jessie screamed aloud. "You shall not.f she shrieked". Mr. Fireup caught hold of the ruh youth's arm, but relaxed his hold as a let of flame shot through the roof not ten feet from where he stood. Stone walked to the very edge of the awful abyss and carefully scraped away tho loose gravel with his hands, to give his foot purchase for the spring. Then he carefully measured off about seven yards to the rear for his run. Then standing perfectly erect, with one foot advanced, raised his hand and commanded: "Now, gentlemen, perfect silence. If you please. " He shot forward. One step, two, three, four. He is at the brink. He has made his spring. He rises in the air like a greyhound. People far down HK IJtXPS FAini,Y OX THS OTHKK SIIHC. below see something shoot across the chsnm. He lands fairly on the other side, slips, stumbles and rolls over and over, far out of danger. The athletie i training of his school days had stood him in good stead. VII. Leaping to his feet Ilk? a oat, the youth tore across the roof, found the trap-door leading to the story below, and disappeared in search of help. In five minutes he had reappeared at the head of a procession of men who brought with them ladders and planks. The ladders were stretched ovr the chasm, the planks laid upon them, and over the crazy bridge thus constructed the clerical force of Fireup, Riskit k. Co. walked to safety. With his own hands, cut and scratched as they were by contact with the gravel, John Stone helped Miss Jessie across, bhe carried , in her arms his coat, vest and shos, i and presently, when no one was looking, gave them a sort of bug, as though she , wished they had a tenant As the ladders and planks were with- J drawn the roof on whieh the rescued ones had been standing two minutes . before went down in one mighty mass of flame and smoke. VIII. Everyone was temporarily cared fot in the offices of a big firm two or three floors below, where their remarkable story caused no end of astonishment It had been supposed that tho Fireup, Riskit Co. people were the first to escape when the alarm went out Catching John Stone for a moment by himself Mr. Fireup laid his hand on the young man's shoulder m tenderly as a father might havo done and observed: "John, dating from to-day consider yourself the 'Co.' of Fireup, Riskit & Co." Five minutes later John Stone found MiW Jessie crying softly In a corner and gazing with a sort of admiration at the Shoes, coat and vest that now adorned the person of their lawful owner. "Miss Jessie. ' ho asked her, "do you think I am a poltroon?" The reply of the fair type-writer is not recorded. Harold R. Vynno, in Chicago Journal. The Charm t Tree Manners. No one who Iim any appreciation of grace and beauty in nature or in art oan fail to recognise the charm of fine manners in an individual. Wo rejoice in them as we do in a lovely sunset view or a beautiful piece of architecture, or a fascinating poem, for their own sake and for what they express; but even beyond this they have another attraction in the magnetic power they exert upon all beholders in setting thorn at ease, in sweeping away shyness, awkwardness and restraint, and in stimulating them to the expression of what ever is best worth cherishing within them.- Christian Union. An Apology. 'See here, Browne, did yen tell Bar rows that I wouldn't run elf with a redhot storef' "Ys, I did, Bronsoa, but I'm wlUUf to admit I was wren." The Jury.

MKlrtLfcY'tt A E BATES

Atw lit KMtxwnMi4M XwfaiHfm tt FMrftHwiftCUvatMirTMM In ihm Mrkt ah Uh1m4 tour H.lmtriwi Kill." The McKinley bill U a bill of falte K tenses. HesiOM its attempt to gull farmer there are various other deoptions aimed at in it One of tho moat notable is in the matter of rebates. When any material ia brought into this country and la then sold outelds of the country again, either in its first form or after being worked up into tome manufactured product, the Government refunds M per oent of the duty which had been paid on this material when it wm brought into the country. Thi.4 part of the duty refunded by the OovernuiOHt is Balled a rebate, or drawback. The Government now fives back, m ittated, W) per cent, of the duty. Mr. MclCinley proposes that the Government shall hereafter pay back W per sent., keeping only one per cent, to pay sxpttnscs for collection. This measure wm claimed by McKinley, in his opening speech on the Tariff bill, to place our manufacture ra in presisoly the same position, with regard to Haw material. McKinley has heard the i foreign trade, as if they had free voice of tho manufacturers of the East demanding free raw material. He has 1 seen the petition of the New England manufacturers, with the names of hun dreds of the most prominent firms at- : taehed to it, asking for free ooal and aoke and free pig iron. Something had to lw done to make it ap pear that thlsdemand had been granted. Accordingly the rebate on raw material was raised from w per oent to 99 per ( cent This, Mr. McKinley said, would give tho manufacturers, so far as Im ported materials were concerned, all the advantages of free trade in the foreign market In this way the Lord High Tariff Maker thinks he has silenced the demand for free raw material ltut it Is lust here that the false pre tense comes in. This rebate, as iswell ' known in manufacturing and trade 1 circles, is practically a dead letter. It ' is worth so little to manufacturers they seldom apply for it The difficulties and delays in tho way of settling the rebate are so great that it is almost en tlrely ignored. Speaking of Mr. MeKlnley's elaim that the 99 per cent rebate gives the manufacturers all tho advantages of free trade, the Jew York Commercial Itulletin has this to say: "Manufact urers who have had experience of the visionary character of relates will not i bo deceived by this. They know that rotates, although ostensibly put forward. as encouragements to the export trade, have no effect in that direction and simnlv serve to mislead public opinion, if . so intended. The they aro not conditions under ' which the rebate of duty can be claimed j are so onerous as to be practically prohlbltlve. In the first place, exports ot such manufactures as textiles, to qualify for it must bo wholly composed of imported materials, and in the second, suoh articles as plows, mowing machines and shovels must have imported material incorporated in their manufacture to an extent exceeding one half of the total of the materials used. It is still further necessa, in order to make a claim legitimate, that the imported materials shall be identifiable, that is, in every step of the manufacturing prooeee they shall practically be under tho surveillance of Government officials. The present tariff allows a rebate of 99 per eent, under the above conditions, but the trouble and expense attending any attempt at its collection have' been so great that exporters have found.it to their advantage to ignore it altogether. It is not at all likely, therefore, that the proposed ohange from a rebate of 90 per cent to one of 99 per cent, will prove a satisfactory solution of the difficulty, and the clause will therefore continue useless." Mr. A. B. Farqnhar, of York, Pa., on of our largest manufacturers and exporters of agricultural machinery, has written a letter to the New York Tribtlne in which he calls attention to the embarrassments which combine to make the drawback or rebate provision practically a dead letter. "The least of theee," he says, "is the fact that the dutv' is not refunded,' but only a portion of it 99 per cent Then the regulations which are required by the Treasury Department to guard against frauds, the necessity of proving that the imported goods In eaeh article exceed half its value, the limit of tlmetn which drawbacks can be claimed, tho danger of having orders countermanded by continual delays, practically involve so much annovance and nreclous time as to oat up all the profit thero we're in the drawbacks, even when tho material was as much as SO ner oent cheaper in Eneland than here." And thus it is seen that tho tariffmaker's talk alKHit his rebate placing all the advantages of free trade in the hands of the manufacturers, is simply a piece of pretense. It is like his duty on eggs, which Mr. Hutterworth, his Republican colleague from Ohio, says means "one omelet a year." Hut why should Mr. McKinley propone to urivo foreign buyers a great advantage over the home conBumer at the doors of the homo market factories? He held up his bill as "an American bill not Kuropean bill." Why then should Americans be discriminated against in this nreclous American bill? Our tariff' maker gives Europeans, who buy the woducti of onr factories, the advantage of free raw materials: but ho refuse this same advantage to the American buyer. And yet he calls It an "American bill." What has the American elten done, that he must be made to pay duties en raw materials which are offered to the Kuropean without duty? Does McKinley think that the people will look upon this as just and fair to them? This looks as if Mr. McKinley regarded the home market theory as a humhug, and the home market Itself as ontitled to no special consideration. It is ltnewn that many of oar manufacturers aeoreily entertain the samn feelings toward the home market They will contribute liberally for election penses to hold the home market foe themselves, and will auka ZMilkTf

trips to WaahlagiOH to nee that the agnHieai ia earried out by putting os a high tariff all this they will do; but when it somoe te the question of akow lag bow tender they love the boms consumer by selling cheaper to lilm than

to foreigners no, air, they refute to ao that every time! Not oaly so, but many of them actually sell to the foreigners okeapor than to tho America a followeitiaen. Of ooutm such men believe ia the home market, for they make bigger profits out of it This KuggesU one imporuat ques tion: If tbeae people ean deduct a part of tho price of their goods in order to tell them in foreign countries, woum it not bo just for the American people to reduce the duties which protect these manufacturers, and by such reduction compel them to sell their goods at lower prices to their fellow-oiuaens as wen as to foreigner? Is it not singular that these men oan reduce prioea in order to sell in the market of the world, and then claim that they need the highest kind of protection from those very markets of the world so that they may lie able to hold their own home markets. Curious! Ia it not? A IHmrHotrd t'rotfetltMiM. Mr. J. A. Sawyer, of the Irwin Phillips Company of Keokuk, ,Iowa, who de scribes himself as "a Republican and a believer In protection to American induatries," has expressed a very positive opinion of the McKinley Tariff bill. He writes a letter on the s abject to 15. . Talter, of New York, who Is a large hosiery importer and who is a prominent member of the famous Union League Club. A few sentences from his letter will show how this prominent Republican feels over the work that Mr. McKinley has done. Mr. Sawyer says: "Our uomeatla Industries have been foi tered and protected for many years by legislative action. They Itave passed tlie Infan tile period, and it they ean not now stand alone, with protective duties averaging 47 per eent., let them fall to the ground, our Representative In Congress, John II. Gear, snt me the new sehedtile. I consider It as an outrage upon tlie common practical aenae of the American people! We want reduction In Import duties not the contrary. If the propoeeJ achedule becomes a law, your buslneeeand ours would auger from the curtailment of consumption of certain foreign goods. "I am tlr.'d of clam legislation; the people generally are tired ot It. We want lawa framed In tho' Interests of the whole people. We want rather to Increase than diminish our trade with other countries." Mr. Sawyer evidently agrees with Congressman Itutterwonth that there oan be too much of a good thing when protection is the good thing in question. "MeKiHlry Prta" For C.rnm. The new duties on guns are a stj good' example of the iniquity and inequality of the McKinley hill. Ihe cheapest gun, now selling for $1.6, will boar a "McKinlev nrioe" of 2.35. which is an increase 0f 80 per coat This ia iv. ik,., un. Now examine this table. x mf " r Present "McKinley Prlee " IM 12 22.X Increase. rr eent. W 9 M 7 Price. t '.0 B.2S X3S These are the poor man's gnna and the poorer the man the higher his duty ia piled, up. Contrast with that the I Hewing table showing the increase on rieh men's gane: ITesent MeKHiley Inereeee. y r d9ttte) H 7 e 8 Prlee. Irle. $ 44 99 4S.M 190 99 J9S 99 tanfe eTofil Ofi AA And the richer the man the lighter McKinley touches him. The poor hoy's guns and the pea man's guns are nearly all imported; and the duty will necessarily come oat of the pockets of the buyers. ' Tho Farasor'a CeseoetlHae. Thera la an attempt all along the Pro tectionist line to hoodwink the farmer and make him believe that his turn at protection's wheel has come at last. This attempt is based on the assertion that our farmers are suffering from ruin' oils competition from agricultural prod' nets imported into the country front abroad. The New York Tribune gets up figarea to show that these foreign farm prod' ucts, counting all the way from live stock to shrubsand plants, amouted laat year to $75,9127,000. jtut our iarmers exported last year about 1000,000,000 worth of their prod ucta. This sum does not include manu fac tares into which farm products en tered; and it can, therefore, be greatly enlarged. In this competition, then, between th foreign farmer and his American rival the account would stand about thus: Foe every dollar's worth of produce that tho foreigner puts into competition with the American, .the Amerioan puta about seven dollars' worth Into competitio with the foreigner. With such a showing as that tho Amerioan farmer has no cause for alarm. The MHtlHg HarpttH. The surplus, Which has eauaca our statesmen so much trouble, ia rapidly molting away. Congress is voting away money ont of tho treasury at such rapid rate that the President is reported to be alarmed. He fears that the sur plus will soon become a deficit. Does not this reckless use of the public money grow out of the faut that the taxation which raises it is disguised i the form of a tariff? When a man puts his hand into his pocket and pays out his money to the tax collector, he sees his bills going and it hurts. lie knows exactly how many dollars and oents he is out of pocket ltut as the National taxes, except on whisky and tobacco, are raised by duties on foreign goods, ne man knows just how much he pays to the Government and still less does any man know how much he pays to the protected classes. whose goods ho bays. If those two facts could he neon and measured by every man when he buyi tarift-proteeled goods, we should have lean of extravagance in Congress and oertalnly less of protection, toe. The seises whieh fishermen nee ant the twine from whieh they ate mads have felt the heavy hand of MsKlalaj I The duty 6a tkent M denhWa.

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.

letersMsUoael an. (flpeeiaUr atvMd fra Quertertft, ; UwaoK Tnx Lake S:SM4. UnuMtx Tax-Year Father kneweta the y kvi' iwwmI of these tela. - Lake 1930. CKSTHAi. Tkltii uoa wul take earn er i who x.k nrt Ills Kltftiosa asM m i Tina November er Pssember, A.D. M,tsameatately following the tost lewaee. I'UAoa-l'urca, beyond Jordan. 1'AKAJLiJU. TnAcaiwoa-Mntt. CsavM. Te aar'a lesson U a repetHtoa of sisaUar ttoe stvwe ia the fermoa oa the Mew Ifcea a year before. HKI.P Ovkk Hjiao Puuma-M. J" koujt: be net over-earefel or ever Miweii. IV K felt It means tae eare waieaowiraeuM, w naakeMare aaa other writers wnen use ibU was translated. 9s. : leea. Te ea la, do right, earn for your seal and eea. will see that the body does not want . Mawr a Mrd of the crow kind, very BtentMul in Palestine. ry Htltktr tm r rv: Me does not tell us not to sow, bat to oa ear pert, asttw IHrds tlo their, wid we ataall U e tor. Ant 004 (tHktk tktmt not ia ktteaess, bet by providltiK the food they need, and thea with the meaes ct obtaining it. Hut they moat seareh ferltthemselres or they will starve. Thtsle not an illustration which eaeouraces Idleas. What, then, are we to take thought ebeetT Why, about our work. What are we not to take thought about? Why. about our life. The one is our ImaiaeBs; the other is Clod's. Set yen turn It the other way. You take no tkouajht ef earnestness about the doing ot your duty; bet you take thought of eare leet Clod should at fulnll His part in the going on ot the world. A man's business is Just to do Ule eety. God take upon Himself the feeding and the clothing. 25. Statwt: may mean length of life, er height of body, probably the latter. OtW: a measure. 18 to 91 inches long. 97, LUtt the gorgeoua Huleh lily, wonderfully beaatifel; er it may include all wild Mowers. "This Hale Illy W very large; and the three laser petaia meet above, and form a gorgeous eaaopy, swh as art never aeeroaehed. and king never sot under, even In hie utmost glory." "The hillsides of Galilee are clothed ia spring with tee erown Imperial and the golden amaryilM aaa crimson tulips and anemones of all ithaaee from scarlet to white, to say nouns ot tae eonamoner buttercups and dandelions and -daisies; and all these are probably elaossd roughly together umler tne generic name or lilies.'" xAomen: DhvM's boo; the richest and most magnificent King the Jews ever knew. 98. Orxui: all kinds of herbs, Including Vkj wild flowers. Vit into th ottn: used for fuel, fee wood was very rare, ifow mwcA r nm m tUtX yav, who are infinitely better tkaa toe lilies. It is not possible that God should take better oare of the lilies than of Ills eblMrea. It la Implied all through that God's children are seeking Arst the Kingdom of Heaven; seie, they may trust tbe care of their teinporai wants to Him. 30. IA imtomt bj r verw unbelievers. Those who do not know GoJ, er who do not love a4 trust Him as their Heavenly Father. . liUk Jf: a few defenseless disciples amid multitudes of eaemlea, Its a few abecp surrounded by wolves. T fin yew tkt.9lm: to make you kings and ortaeoa unto God, and auoeeastui in joumnag um stw Kingdom. IB. SHI that yhatt not sell all ye have necessarily, but put all iato God's aaaoa to do as lie would have you, and lay ap year treasure la Heaven. Some of the apostles, a John, still had homes in whloh to lire, bet their treasure was la the Kingdom m uou. m. Wkrevrtruni: ttilsli tl) a lest, W v meem. of putting your heart in the right Fhtee. Comments In tlie bcrmen on tne Mount the Lord tells Ilia disciples that they oan not serve two masters at the same time. Else they will either negleot and disobey the commands of the one or the other. Just so they can not servo God and mammon. By "mammon" tlie Master means "richee." Therefore His whole meaning is that men oan not serve God and at the same time give their thoughts and efforts all to the gathering of any earthly treasure. He then gees on to aay m our naion nana God's children are not to "take thoagWr for what they ahall eat or drink er wear. Does this mean that we are never to think of these things? ire. The expression "take thought" means "he worried about or fret about" Tne Saviour means that Ilia disciples are net to borrow trouble and tret about their earthly necessities. They are not to do this because God known their want, and they may he sure he will sepply them. It ia lie who feeda the birds and clothes the lilies of the field in met beautiful garments than eves King Solomon had. And will He net meek more oare for Ilia living children? Is verse 81 the Master saya: "Bat rather seek ye tho Kingdom of Oed, and all these earthly things shall he given an Why do Christians worry an ire about tholr earthly lot? There are many reasons for this. But one great reason is because they are not eon ten i with the mere necessities of life- They want to be surrounded with luxuries, and to be able to indulge every appetite and fancy. They are not satisfied with enough to eat and wear and a comforta ble home; they want to make a snow among their neighbors, and to own land and houses and carriages, and be filled with every luxury. Very few Christina men have the spirit of which St. Paul speaks, when he nays: "And having food and raiment, let us be therewith eontent" (I Tim. 6:8). They long to be wealthy and are not content unless they oan lie. So they worry and fret if they find that they ean not have all that they think neeeaaary for themeelves and their children. This leads many a Christian man and woman into sin. "Hut they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare. For tho lovo of money ia the root of all evil; which while some eoveted after they have erred from the

faith, and pierced thorn selves through with many sorrows" (1 Tim. 6:9-10). Ia it wrong, then, to be rieh? Oh, ne. Bat it is wrong to grumble and fret because God has not given you all you think you need. Is it dangerous to be rich? Yes; for theH our temptations will multiply. St Paul says: "Charge them that are rieh In this world.that they le not highminded, nor trust in uncertam riches, but in tho living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy" (I Tim. 6:17). Can a poor man "serve mammon?" Oh, yes: if his hoart is set on getting money, he Is serving mammon and making riches his Idol, just as much as the rich mas may be doing. Uev. A. P. Sohauflier. PKACTICAt. BUOGfiSTIONS. 1. A large part of our trouble comes from over-anxiety. . . , 9. The highest and beat things should be sought most earnestly. 8. If we give ourselves te Gad's work He will take oare of us. 4. It is a mark of unbelief to be overanxious about worldly things. 8. God's works prove Ilia promised true. , , . 6. Oed does not wish to deprive na of worldly blessings, bat te shew as the true way to gala them. . 7. Te seek God's KingdeM first la the only way W get the naeat gaed eat et lake world.