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WEEKLY COURIER. uohaxa THC PttAUMC FA. I'M MWattad i's Mi better bm m an eooartry 9 AC tty4 tt4n4 OM yw ttkff ftWflMT tel Matte fceUS eST M0 tnaaati kjJ La ve KB Iffnlw SMS b WtUMtOOtf. i(MM( work. ItHMK rwt, bet far .aH iiiw, Mwwik annates see la bloom tamyXew KalMMlkM. TIM ftoyareaU Veusbt awl laerrr wmM have dees so well at heme, yea ,0Wad poor, But ulK bestad my team aad ptew tee dee straight east I draw mjr farrows wfde t meet raa turti mm! drive sttaagbt wool ward, mm m tUleayte deae; Aad iben la aataaa glorious time, when days arofabaaad Wright, mu sawn miles ef rtpowtur grata wan in Uw foklm tkrht. jut wbra at algbt I aaek my bad, ta The of old new anglaad areeed mj ealM lit jty boys am gwr te mw nes, mr giru in? i 10 , wonder mac) at mm: junatntt gnuM, IMC on tbe SMMML known the sweet delight ta wild to roam. Mrii the apple trees m mmm nana my r Kagised home. the an'. brig-t itwa, talnvw leaps Um totTeetfi Ml te rosea n native (dream. ttj-.iM leagues tee mm goose me oa ureimc a 'effcead. here It was bred; !& tUe-prln' my fattbf-l Mjart, botdtac all . v . .t. ... -I L - l -h her? Vxt ( ikjdlat far We, mm hr I !tu-t rrniaia . mnrtt IMA IIMMI Ml UUI .itc in losaa. jrrr. ia Xw EaffUwt XafadM. Snr of a OnllfornUL. Min a Ownp. i ?Jar U contmiMd. His Vk uitttn Jmlau," wm psytnr i 1 1. ' a aW sway his moy a i - j Wash wag a tall. rim, lean, light No o jfTfl him y or ambition, mnd be bad stumbled lb camp was first i ii fir ltd wid a a cs biryzH thn wmy: Tb cmwp bea riacw (mi. ami ill J t I-. MW-IMtr. iniwa IB kllar to bin name, aad stood ionic Hiior bmhit oi nu thty took mt th-lr "eua to the What are yon lookinf at, yotmc fel- " v on i you ataice out a eiaimTT "AU UJcpr," Mid Wab, slowly. up on the top of tbe bill by tbm Wash borrowed pick, went to the indicated, sad ia aa hour 4t1tbe rat faatotta aaiae of tbe AhIn the course of time, ae the recioa iviaa It 1 t hundred thousand dollarn hmd ma ... , ...,, altw nM huvhihk mil. SbfW fnr U IU uul. .1. tt t,. Him m irvmm asm Mte another eent. He weat to the aim. struck a "pocket," and took oat ort- than a thousand dollars, the larjriyu;ldof aslnrledavin the historv the mine. Then he quit work, went the town. 4pmcd himself up." 4 rove ' iirjr, csitmt on me riri, "poeu, and was aeoepted. "Jennie." said Wh, "you're got to kome.efyoii want ate, 5ml m if I any mine, an' wasn't worth a 'ayune." ' I do," sid Jenni: lu rott Ioara for A month later they were married, and n, 7T:iM7T-iHnt7 in a lime aousa ei Mtv pine, built Mr tk .tu Thn Mh the rernlar devaloMaentef Claim '"t" six months he kept up ceurapre, ;';:5h nt a dollar had oome from it in 'ir.attime Thnt '"f the thousand dollars after the expenses were taken out. ne nay, Wash said: "Jenn e. . i . . ' . " wm mine is piayea . UV I UOnX I'll MHT iv it HI) 1 I've. Ill flmd a Up AVt t:at man u!ciW tbe hill and W wnrk "nnel which sImmU au-lkit tk f;;"'K0,,'rtnlde(iat a Wwer

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irad hiawifa. Om after aa4kr their friends drtd tlww; their Mailt f av oat, and they lived on yam, " wprnea, so that the Utile money they bad eould all lwnt for Uaatia-. powdr. Every moraine at daybreak Waah, faunt and allent. went tehla Wrk; every niffht at dark be stumbled mm to hlaeahln. "Jennie," he said. "I know tkete la gold there. We will Ind it aoe. I nevwr Wfore worked a month in the old mine without taklnc out omthinar. This deadlock baa laaied more than a year. It caa't last ml way. I will find th lead afraia, and then we will let the reet ire and buy a farm ia tb valley where we can forget aWut this fts;ht" she bel loved every word: for nhe was a hiving, loyal wosnan, and she knew that this groat, awkward Mtssourlan waa man among thousands. The very hoye in town booted after him, and ealled him erasv; out she knew better. Her family had onoe Urged her to leave him and eome home, hut thev never ven tured to suggest it again. Old miners paaaing by looked at tbe elaira and said there wa no gold left. Men who had bad thousands of dollar from her hutband, and owed their satire fortunes to him, atlaat refuted to give bint credit for a sack of flour or a side of bacon. Von stick by the mine, Waah: 111 stick by you," was all that Jennie said. She never told her husband that she had gone to her brother, who was rieh, and asked him for a little money to carry them through the winter. "Not for that spendthrift Alistourian to wastr)," was his answer. "He can clerk in my store if he will give un his fool-. isaness." Somehow the emmp was down on Wash. He had riven away loads of money, but always after a fashion of his own. When old Doe. Selby was knocked out by the leading saloon-keener, and nearly died in the now, "VVattli took him up, learned his history, and wnt enotirh money to his family East to educate his children, lhat was well enough, but he told the saloon-kneper that he "ought ter be hung;" and In the present crisis the old fellow waa not idle in advising people to let that roolMtasourian alone. Phere had been some who would have Stood by Wash in a different fashion, and "een hiui through" to their last dollar or last drop of blood, ltut none of them were left In the old camp; they were scattered over the Pacific Coast from P-iuamint to Cawiar: some of them layilent under pine-tree slabs on (lie him wst of the rl ver. t) ah s hair grew gray and thin. He stioped lower and lower. Deep lines were graven in his fare,and his eyes became fierce and terrible. Men met him in the gulches trapping e;ame, or down In the streams with his lUti-nets, ind panned him by without a word. Pros pectors, climbing over the hills, heard the sound of his pick as he toiled In his tunnel, and laughed him to scorn. "lie cause be found a few pockets, be is bor inr right into the granite. Crazy as loon, and his wife as bad. Her relations have done every tiling to help them offered them a farm and tbe best kind of a bow down in the valley' it wjs an afternoon in October. The saloon-keoper sat on the bench by his door readinr a newspaper. He heard noise at the head of tbe street; the vilhire hoys were shouting:: "Here comes the craay Missourian miner." Wash, ragged and miserable, came into sight, and, after a moment's hesitation, spoke to him: "Evening, Mr. Riley." "I can't do any thing for you." "Mr. Klley, listen to me. I hain't a cent in the world. We've sold all our goods and worked in the mine together this month. Jennie's held the drill while I druvit I can't get a pound of powder, but tbe holes are all set in the face, ready. Something tells ae that this time it will touch gold. I can feel tt just ahead. I've felt it all along; but now It's right thar, within reach of one more blast. I tell you, Riley, I know It's thar." "You're crazy, Wash. 'Riley, you've got money. Give me one keg of powder, an' I'll make you a rich man. I'll give yon half we take out. You doh't know how I've worked this year. I've hammered from daylight to dark, gone hungry and slept cold, aa' fell down In a dead faint tine and time over. Put your hand thar!" He sieaed the saloon-keeper's hand and held it on his breast. The man felt Wash's heart sway several inches, as If it had torn loose from its place, and its wild, loud throbbing was like the beating of a mighty engine. "Thar," said Wash, "you see I ain't for long. That mine's for my wife. She's stayed with it and with me. I ought to have dropped It and put my pride down long ago, but now it's too late. Riley, will you let me have the powder?" "No." Waih looked at his old enemy and turned away. He had already tried others, the store-keeper, the hotelewnerand every miner he could find. They thought it wan foolishness and worse. There had been many things said about that erazy Wash who married a young woman and made her work like a slave In his worthies claim, and some of them were flung out at him that afternoon. "I tell you, Wah," said one, "the Insane asylum is the place for you, and the boys will have to get you there and send your wife heme." So far astray does the judgment of men and of communities soinetimos wander! No one In all that ramp understood the proud, uny ielJing soul that had set Itself to wrestle with Nature and her secret. The afternoon wore en into nicht, and night into morning, and morning, noon and afternoon built up another day. Wash did not come back. Some lwys climbed the hill and went into the tunnel. There lay Wah,deal, at the further end of the drift, hli pick in his hand. lit had gone back to Itrenk hi- own way Into the treasure-house, but his he.irt had burst in the midst of a giant stroke, and he had fallen aenns hin own weapon- 'I here t wife knd found him. rnd She, too, weak and skk and heart-woken, lay li a faint over hU

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aim news mt its art me. -feasor carried Wash rd his wife set ef the tunnel, and did all abet eould he done for tbe poor woman. A dosen men went back into the tun nel from whleh they had taken the dead man, and looked at the place where his last faltering shock had glanced on the flinty roek. Boys," said one, "111 never forget that 1 told Wash he couldn't have any more powder, net If he died in his tunnel. We'll setoff them last blast-holes )est as he wanted, and then we'll bury him In here where he dropped.'' There was plenty of blasting-powder now to be had for tbe asking, and in a few minutes more thn face of the drift s ready lor tbe blast, the fires set and lighted, word hud got around tbe camp, ana every man was gathered at the mouth of the tunnel. A few women were in the old cabin caring for the dying wife. A long silence followed tbe lighting of the fuses, and suddenly the dull noise of the shock and the fall of heavier masses of rocks than usual startled the miners outside. They ran Into the tunnel with their lights. The blast had opened a wide path into an irregular cavern, gleaming with gold. Above, below and on all sides was the shining, precious metal. That last blast, for whieh Wash had struggled so bravely, bad revealed a fortune. The excited minrri rushed out again with a wild shout A woman met them with flushed and frightened face. How can you make such a noise?' she said. "The poor thing's gone, crying like a baby for her dead man." The miners drew close together. ashamed and profoundly affected. After a little a few of them went back to the tunnel and secured Wash's pickaxe, whieh had been left leaning against the wall. "We can't bury them here, now," said one; "the mine will be worked again. They must lie on the hillside. where all his old friends of twenty years ago are laid." Meanwhile they were talking in low tones, when suddenly, a miner, who had been looking at Wash's aiming pickaxe, whieh hardly another man in camp could have handled, gave a cry of surprise. In a little flaw in the welding of steel to iron a few Inches from the point, was a fleck of wire gold, broken off and caught there by the last stroke of the weapon, as it was flung forward and the man with it, both sinking at the foot of the wall of rock.' "Ef only Wash eould have seen thai before he died, 'twould have made him happy," said one of the miners. "He knew pocket-mining traces better than any other man in the mountains. That's pocket gold; he could have had a thou sand dollars on that bit of yellow wire. Wah made his strike himself, without anybody's powder; but he died before he knowed it." "What makes you say so, Jim?" que ried a second miner. "liecause I helped pick him up. He jest had both hands gripping his pick axe haauie. ana. tne point ei tt was wedged In the rook. He lay jest as he fell, going down with the stroke, as If he had felt his heart giving way, and threw himself and his pick into thatlast blow. 'Twas an awful stroke he made. I never saw rock split so by mortal man before." Wash had no relatives. His wife's brother came up and took possession of the claim which the miners had protected against all Intruders. In a few weeks It became generally understood in the region that the wealth of the "Blue Juniata's last and greatest pocket" was estimated by conservative miners at a quarter of a million. It was managed with consummate skill, and one of the finest blocks of build ings in San Francisco was erected by the shrewd, selfish man of affairs who had once refused to help "that crazy Missourian brother-in-law" of his. Th hidden gold of the "Blue Juniata pocket" went abroad in the world. blessing or cursing according to the natures of the men who held It; the miner and his wife lay in the red hillside soil, under the pines, within sound ef the river, their struggle past Hut from the day that Wash fell dead in his tunnel a blight seemed to fall on the little camp of Ophir. Mine after mine gave out; miner after ml Her moved away. A land-slide swept off the cabin where Wash had lived, and though, as I have said, the "lllue Juniata" yielded all that was expected, and even more, and founded one of the great Pacifte coast fortunes, none of its treasures brought happiness to those who worked it To-day the camp is deserted, and its very name a memory. The broken flumes rot on the hillsides and the grlxzly sleeps in the ancient tunnel where the Missourian sank dead in his last wrestle with fate. This is the story of the last strike at Ophir. Charles Howard Sbinn. In N. Y. Independent Let t' ChrrUh Sympathy. Ity attention and exercise, it may be Improved In every man. It prepares the mind for receiving the Impressionsef virtue; and. without it there can be ne true politeness. Nothing Is more odious than that Insensibility which wraps a man up in himself and his own con cerns, and prevents his with either the joys or being moved the sorrows of temper, howanother. This Inhuman ever common, seems not to be natural to the soul of man, but to derive itself from the evil habits of levity, selfishness or pride; and will, therefore, be easily avoided by those who cultivated the opposite habits of generosity, humanity and good-nature. Of these amiable affections, the forms of common civility and thejangiiage of polite conversation are remarkably expressive; a proof that good breeding is founded in virtue and good sense, and that a kind and honest heart is the first requisite to an engaging deportment N Y. Ledgor. CtHitil Xt Oblige Her. In the street-car: Mias Gushy (as iinagby prepares H rise) -Oh. don't get upt Don't get up 'lHe keep your seatl Snagby (lightly bewUdered)Llke U) oblige you. madam, but I get ef n4 this street Beaton Tews Crle.

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efeme lHt eT(e44 (Mf JejHl(&elJ ) Seflftt'ttf Je ftpfc J nVVn4fle4 Jy eyeH eea (rtWwH1 " HMeT t$Me) lM'tt4e' f fMNfeVMMH Ylg Irlgil tm nulia "I Itw J mi th-e H'imI wrf-Th fttMMMr Mm ChMMtr Ver Mr. Louis Windmueller, a large weal Importer ef Xew York, wrote recently te Senator Plumb protesting against a duty oa Kueeiaa earners hair and against increased rates en eearso and mixed wool, sech as are need in carpet maktag. It was shown by Mr. Windmueller that, as we have no camels, it would be foolish to place protective duties on camel's hair to build up a new Industry, and that the same is true ef coarse earpet wool, since next to none Is produced in America. The only effect of these ilutie, therefore, would be to increase the price of carpets to our own people. In reply to this letter Mr. Windmueller received the following letter from the Kansas Senator: UXtTEI PTATSS fiXXATK. ( H'ASHlNSTOy, I). U. Julv II, 1SS4. I DMtl Windmueller, Kim) . New York: Ik-wr sir: I hare read what you sxv i-nt tho iluty on Kumlaa ennui's hair. Will rIv thU mutter full comkleratlon, aU exeopt for im welkin which I do not bow forrswill support the position whleh you tk. I On not object lethe rtl0ottlon of the Inequal tie or the Ur W but I hsve nt boon Me to nvlnee my awlf, nor iwv 1 bei'n eosvlneed by tk ismmohIhk of otheri, that there shoals be anr genenil lucre of th dutlre so lmpol,plaUy upon art trim. vhlrli K" Into qrRsral eoasuttiptlon smong sur puptn. Touts Un y, 1'KBSTOX n. rc.nxa. It was Senator Plumb who introduced the resolution in tbe Senate to require the Fiaaaoe Committee to give reasons for changes in the tariff. Hut this resolution .called out such a rigmarole of glittering generalities about "creating new industries," "protecting American Interests," "meeting increased competition abroad," and so on, that it would have lrt cn as well If Senator Plumb bad never introduced the resolution at all. With regard to the wool duties, for example, the committee said: "The demand from the representative woolgrowers of the country that the rates upon wool should be largely increased, has led the committee to recommend the adoption of the classification herein suggested, which it is hoped will result in a uniform and honest classification of wool." That Is funny. The wool-growers "demanded" largely increased rates upon wool, and the committee gave them "a new clasifioation." ltut this was by no means giving a stone instead of bread, let the "new classification" results In a large increase of duties, though the committee neglected to assign any reason for that increase beyond the "demand from the representative woolgrowers of the country." This affords another example of how the protected interest of the country are allowed to write thelr"demands" Into our tariff laws. ' The theory of protection is that the law-makers examine the condition of the country and then decide that "protection" is needed, and this is accordingly given. In point of fact the thing is never done in this way; but the hungry interests come Hooking to Con gress to impose their "demands" upon a committee that usually knows very little about trade and industry and is only too willing to have its action guided by men who know what they want This Is the way tariff bills to defend "American interests" are concocted. It is tbe men who want to fill their own pockete whe rush before committees of Congress and prate about "protecting American labor from disastrous foreign competition." As the Senate committee had no reason to give Senator Plumb further than "the demand of the representative wool growers of the country," Mr. Wind mueller undertook to show the Senator that there was no good reason to in crease the duties on camel's hair and coarse wool; and he undertook to show up also the iniquity or the "uniform and honest classification" which the committee said it had given at the "demand of the representative wool-grow ers of the country." The present rates and' the increases are as follows en coarse wools: On wool valued at 13 cents a pound or lees the duty is cent a pound, which is equivalent to te per cent ad valorem, and this is changed by the committee to 9 per cent, for wools valued at IS cents a pound or less; on coarse wool worth more than 12 cents a pound the duty Is 5 cents, which li equivalent to 30.45 per cent, this being raised in the present bill to $9 per eent en wool above IS cents a pound. So much for the dut'es; but here is where the "uniform and honest classification" comes in and effects a doubling up of duties in a way to delight the political shepherds of Ohio who made the "demand." The bill provides that if any bale of wool of one class contains any portion of wool of a higher class the whole bale must pay the duty of that higher clnse; and further, that If any sorting of the wool has taken place the duty shall be doubled. Th s is what the political shepherds "demanded" and what they got Mr. Windmueller shows that, inasmuch as all carpet wools are sorted before importation, the rates put down In the bill will have to be doubled; that is to say, on wools worth 13 cents or less the duty will be 64 per cent-; on the higher grades 100 per cent Our political shepherds know bow to make "demands" for their own Interests. The plea that the political shepherds make is, not they have any carpet wools to sell, but that these imported carpet wools are sometimes used to make cloth for the people's clothing which, from the shepherds standpoint, is a thing to he stamped out by the iron heel ef a McKinley Tariff bill. Carpet wools must be made so expensive that the wicked manufacturers shall not be able te put them into our clothing, in order that the political shepherds may get higher prices for their wool. This will mean dearer carpets fer the people; but what do the shepherds care for that? They are looking out for number one! Meanwhile it is highly instructive to note that shoddy men are clamoring for the McKinley wool duties. They want ,to feather their nests too. They see that high prices on wool will cause a larger demand for their humbug stuff, and therefore they have taken a great liking to McKinley. and nobody is now supporting the McKinley bill with were ardor tkr 4 he shoddy men.

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A reeetrr far fretettlewtinv Mr. Blaine's letter te Senator Fry e the subject of reciprocal trade relations with South America and tbe Islands el Cuba and Porto Ktoo, has sailed out a variety of views from tbe Kepublieaa editor. The letter evidently pussies them. Some of them treat it like pointer dog when he fads a box-turtle; he frisks around, throws up his tall, cocks his ears, takes a sniff or two and wonders what on earth it can be. The curious thing about the matter is that some of the most hide-bound pro tectionist papers who always stand in horror of "British free-trsde," applaud the letter aa exhibiting qualities of farsighted statesmanship. 1 bat stalwart Republican journal, the Cincinnati Commereial-Gaaette, says: "Mr. Blaine's letter on the tariff, in i which he in suvituIji onnnriuntfv of i the market of fortv million of tae maricets oi tony minion oi . people to the products of American I farmers, is of vast public importance, i and will command great attention." J The Chiemro Tribune sees the imnor. Unce of Blaine's policy as tending to give our farmers a wider market The Tribune does not believe in the protec tionist notion that the home, market is enough. It says: "Mr. Blaine's method of protecting the farmer is by opening 1 new maricets, which win taice ins sur plus crops, and thus increase the value of all he raises. Were corn brought into this country in immense quantities .Mr. Blaine would put duties on it to protect the farmer. As it is not he sseks for more markets for surplus corn as the best way of protecting him. The Mchinleyites have but one medicine warranted to cure every ailment and that Is high taxation of consumers." The Tribune does not believe in trying to hUmbug the farmers, after the McKinley fashion, by putting a duty oa corn. The New Haven (Conn.) Palladium insists "that Mr. Blaine's significant utterances, urging the securing of more foreign markets, should be crystallised into law. To fail to do this, and to fall ff, hrin-1,111 mnr. th t,aM V- . T, , V , , .V wuiuu mu people expecieu anu uosireu, is to give free roin to the agitation which Mr. Blaine notes an agitation which, if unchecked, has defeat for us in store as sunoly as night follows day." And Senator llawlcy's paper, the Hartford Courant thinks that Bla ne "has Struck out In a line of development of a n. ,.u.n ,i.ii. t ..ii ,.f , 7 ' , , ,, u" t""'"' I if It can be followed. The Rochester (N. Y.) Deea-crat a Republican paper notwithstanding its name, agrees with Blaine that "the, present bill is unjust to the American farmer, in that it neglects to guard his interests in foreign markets, although abundant opportunity is offered." The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Chronicle says: "Secretary Blaine points out very clearly some of the great mistakes of recent years In our commercial policy, as a warning against tbe blunder of admitting sugar free of duty without exacting some concessions from the foreign producers by way of reciprocity." And the Philadelphia Press, one of the most hide-bound of all the hide-bound protectionist papers grows enthusiastic over the scheme for continental free trade. It says: "Reciprocity, once begun, will spread over the hemisphere. At a stroke the United State will step into a great trade, equal to that ef India." But there are some discordant notes. The Boston Advertiser, for example, which thinks the letter "more strange every time It is read," is "forced to think that Mr. Blaine has gone too far in assuming that under the proposed tariff revision any trade relations can be entered into with the South American republics which will, in his words, 'open the market for another bushel of wheat and another barrel of pork.'" At any rate, Blaine has done the friends of a low tariff an incalculable service in enforcing their views In the high places of his party. He has hidden the leaven In the meal, aad It has ab ready Vegun to work. The lrlee of Weot. The people who are clamoring fot higher duties on wool in order thai they may realize greater profits from their wool clip should read a late report in 15 rad street's on the condition of the wool market Bradstreet's says: "The feature 'of the wool market Is Its dullness, having nearly reached stagnation point The shutting down of so many mills In New England, together witn the eiisiumng MqNfftees oi proposed tariff legislation, has been effectIve In lowering the amount of sale k i, msi, uw pounas aomeaitc ana pounds foreign wool." The significant fact In this report Is that jast at the tme whea the wool duties are about to be Increased, there Is

great stagnation in the market, mills ot Be0ewry. Nehemlab prayed and are shutting down, and sales are conse- j t aB x1lswer while he was waiting en quently restricted and at lower prices. the table (Neh. 2:4). A woman of whom The prospector higher duties, which are 1 , kneH vhom hwbtni would not let certain to come very soon, to exclude ner kneel, used to lean out of the winforeign wools from the sacred home I do aml wkll. he thought she was lookmarket does not result ia better prices injf at tlie prs-by she was praying for the domestic article. I with closed eyes. Ut the teacher teAs a matter of fact the price now ii ,ir v,n, .iihlm.W!. -j nra

saw- aua laltfla met If ureita I aa 1 Hat? meelsAsn eke high duties were first imposed. In IS 7, when the period of high wool duties be- j gan, the price of wool, on a gold basis, I was 46 cents a pound; In 1888, the price J nau lauen to aa cents, ana ane graas Ohio wool is now quoted in this report in Bradstreet's, at SO. After this high tariff experiment extending through twenty-three years, would it not be, sensible to try some other kind of medicine fer eur slek wool-growing business? They say that when Speaker Reed same into the House the day after Rlaine'f letter was published he looked gloomy. He sees in Kl sine's reciprocity schemes fire-brand which may start a serious conflagration on the Republican side and jeopardise the Tariff hill certainly delaying action on it and so deferring action on it unt 1 li will be Impossible to pass the Force bill. The Minnesota farmers have had too muck tariff In theirs. Their platform demands that the "war tariff" be radically revised, and denounces the McKinley bill as "the erdwnlflg inlaws f aceteetlen,

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ft. .( IumosTsxt-L1m Ifcl-H. Gouts Taav-Me that hall at eselied. Lees Is; 14. CajriRjti. TncTM Tiue prayer tt staeert. huaiMe, trustful and always raoctva Tim a March, A. ., Seea after the lest ruMS Oa the war te Jeraial eetweea SeeMria aad Oaluee, or la the Jordan valley, ClHCUorrAM:wt Tb parahlta "were spoke mi ia bates )MirMrr with the last (the last toMon). Tbe warnings aivea te ease. 17: Kr, m in rally load te prayer ae a mesa ef betas' pn pared for Christ's wMalaa. Helps Ovbk Hash Pmcne-t "Feared aet Ood. etc.:" was set Impelled te so rUjhl by the fear of Ood (a good motive), nor by what maa would think aad say of him fa low motive), a. "A widow:" la the East the posiMoa of a wtdew U oa of absolute ItelplewsMMw. Ia India ujl excluded from all society, aad Is made a eommon drdc awl tbe eobieet of unlimited petty deMMlm. especially by her hushaads f11' "A renee B;:-,4io m)utte. 5. "Beeeei ,k. wlAMr BW,.-ul wmu tMt, aiav. uv hhm motives, but the lore of ea would make hlm listen. 7. "And hhall not God:" the anrument I. If Importunity avails with seek a aJul )dg. bow meek more will It prevail vtk a loving God who waU to do us good? "Kleet:" ebowen ones; dearly beloved; I Hi people whom He has redeemed, "Though If bear lonx;" either "though He Ulooc suffering toward the oppreaeers, la the hope that tbey may repeat;" er. waits mag ttefore sasweriiwr the prayer of Sts peePi, Tbe reason why God requires tkls iaportunlt; la aet from mm unwillingness to betttow, but by tbe importunity to make us fit to reeetve. The great dlfneuttf with all Ood's gifts to oa our part, to make as able and wilting to receive. Tbe gifts would be wasted oa un. unless we bad that appreetattea and desire which made us Imnortunate. & "Aveng them peedily," L e., suddenly, qotek1 ly, when the time to avenge comee. It will he as soon as possible. -Shall he Med faith?" wtH the people endure to the end? God will be tree, but will tkey continue to pray? 10. "Temple te pray." the acknowledged plaee of prayer. ; "Publican:" see Lesson V.. v. 1. tl. "Pkarl- ' see stood:" the usual position in prayer, and taken by tbe publlcaa auo. "I thank thee:" he did not pray, he only boasted. 18. "Give j tithes:" the tenths required by law. "All I ' posse:" rather, "All 1 acquire," his gsUM. ' lie did all but love, the one essential of alt Sott. (l) This prayer was communion with himself, not with God. (3) It reeogntxed nothin of tbe real nature of virtue, with love to God and man as its rcot. (33i had no answer; fer there was nothing to answVr. (i) Onemlght da all that tbe Pharisee claimed for himself. j yet be a most hardened sinner. 13. "Publieaa, . ftiandtng afar ot!:" from the most holy plaee. ae . unworthy to approach. 14. "Justified:" treated 2 as Just forgiven by God. received back hrie God's family. It was poestble te Justify aad receive him. because the true spirit and eharaetef had legun in his tral. "Rather thaa the other:" because, though as great a sinner as , the publican, he was still proud, unloving HnrWieo tin. So the Pharisee returned the temple as poor as he same: while the aaellcan, whom he despised, wondering how be dared to come, returned made rich by God's hiss of forgivenew and peace, Suookstions fokTeachkrs To teach the privilege of earnest prayer tbe Lord spoke the first parable of the lesson, and to guard men against the danger ef I self-righteousnestt in prayer lie gave the ' second parable. Kring out the story In each case, and then go on to the teach ings that are applicable to the lives ef the scholars In front of you. The lesson to-day Is one of vital importance to our scholars. Among them are many disciples of tender years aad limited experience who need help. Lai them not go without tt today. If be do not adhere to any special rigidly, but find out what their dlffeeelties in prayer are, and try to meetl Recall what your own difficulties when you were a young Christian, aad try to help your scholars, as you would have liked some one to help 'you years ago. Make the lesson intensely practical. As the result of experience and testimony, I will give some of the difficulties that young (and sometimes old) people experience, and will give in each ease p. helpful suggestion. Space forbids my dwellingon them at length. This must be left to the Individual teacher, (a) Wandering thoughts. Suggestions: Before you kneel think of what you want, and then ask for it, and stop, (b) Lifeless prayer. Suggestion: Think first te whom you are going to speak. Remember that He hears you, and loves to have you pray, (c) Formality, arising from use ef memorized form, or constant repetition of about the same words. Suggestion: Get away from memory prayers. Turn your usual form upside down. At times only give thanks, at others make only confessions, at others pray only for others. This will give freshness, (d) Sleepiness. Suggestion: Do not put off your prayer until your body is just worn out There is no law forbidding us to pray before eleven o'clock in the evening, (e) A feeling that we are speaking to the air. Suggestion: Before you kneel Impress vHir mlnA tne truth, thou God seest Remember God Is In the room with ' OUt Wheil JOU fi thle, then kneel .nd talk to him. (f) Irretrularitv. Suggestion: Have regular times praver and ,et nothing interfere. fer nnvnr. anrt lot. untHlnV IntnrlftrM. far) EllUre ,ack of darillr business , uM,i in,ra suarernBtinn TkU u I ' nestly to God for wisdom to guide bet scholars aright. Rev. A. F. Schaufiler. I'KACTlCAt, St'OQKSTIO.NS. I. "Perseverance Is the only grass which can net be counterfeited." S. lie that desires much will pray muoh. S. God delays the answer te prayer te Increase our desires and to it he te receive more. 4. There Is danger that we may eease te pray; no danger that Ued will net answer. Tub most obvious lessen in Christ's teaching is that there Is no happiness In having and getting any thing, but only In giving. I repeat, there is no happiness In having or getting, but only In giving, And half the world Is on the wrong scent In the pursuit of happiness. They think It consists in having and getting, and In being served by ethers. It consists In giving, and In serving others, lie that would be great among you, said Christ, let him serve. He that weuld be happy, let him remember that there Is but one way. It is mere blessed. It leesere happy, to give than te receive.