Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 6, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 October 1890 — Page 7

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C. DOJUriB, PuUiUb-. JASPER. - - - IX DIANA. MA BCLLE METITI. I've Men the dslnty hsiseeti TtM rlv seek besto vioMt Mid fOfMMrt. And larkspur-asaM- prids. But neither mm in sweetness via With tlM wtt Wat C tear's eys. I know wbt asm Wdeee Within the omen MMil, What color Ntow end an IB MUUMt kll Ml WU, Hut only cm tto Imealsg res The bloom oh toby's oasex rtteekiss. And ht In earth sr Hmh Cn w the hrt bfHdtlt. As when o'er toby's feature Hrrak out ttot Hutmv WUt, Wlille roguishly tosses Ueft The uuroU IN getd-red heir. ),lt IIIOMt of nil what gUtdBOM Doth o'er my spirit mmi, When bav' HWi warmstag Awund my mek I fwt, And from tear dewy Hp t bear The cooing words to mm) m dear I from rnrly ewn to nigbUalt Aimtit my Mih she , And with a lev unttrisg I wtc her Jtrelty ways, Till weary -frown sbe mk reftM, And the ltu 1m slumber etess. W. W. Caldwell, tn UrnUm iludet. .MADGE'S PROJECT. Advertising for a Husband and What Cam of It. (Written for Thin Paper. II A V B a now ju-ojest Mattie; something out of the ordinary way, which I am going to net upon at once. (Jive a guess, Mattle." "0, I e a n t guess. You gat so many strange tint Inn n t. n that head of t ' 7 .'rP- yours, I should not lie surprised a in Die least to learn 3ou intended a trip to the moon In a swift willing balloon." ".Much more practical and matter-of-fact than that. Mat I'm simply going to advertise for a h unhand." "Advertise for a husband! Mercy on m Madge LI 11 ton, have you lust your sen.'?'' "Not ono of them, sinter mine. Was never more sane in my life." "Madge, the very, idea is preposterous. Yo'.i don't want a husband." "Of course I don't, and have no lutestion of slipping my head Into the noose matrimonial until I am jnston the verge of old-maidship. I'm going to advertise just for fun, and see what will come of it." Despite Mattie's protestations and misgivings, the advertisement wa written and duly forwarded to the editorial department of a prominent nerlodieal. It read M follows: J "Want! A geatl tan correspondent, b--tweea the ases of twmty ms tw&nty-Hre; must be pottesued ef averar e ability, good mortal Md a fair personal address. Object, Tan, Improvement and possibly Matrimony. Old bachelors a4 wMewera need not apply. Address, Trrnksa Xlwoou, Ashtabula, O." Responses came from the North, South, Xast and West, until Madge declared there was a bushel-basketful, at the least calculation. Many of these were read and toeeed into the grate; others were laid aside for a more careful scrutiny. At the end of two weeks. only half a doses had been retained. Madge could not decide upon the relative merits of tfee undecided six-, therefore concluded to answer them 11. She soon made the discovery that one was too sentimental; another, too prosaic, and she was confident two of them belonged to the feminine gender. Over two months had passed away; she found her correspondents limited to one. The writings of this one evinced culture, and they were devoid of that sentimentality which is always so reDellant to a girl of Madge's temperament. Time flew by on rapid wings, winter fcad merged into spring, when there came a request from the unknown, who tyled himself Herbert Minturn, that Miss Theresa would exchange photos. Mere was a dilemma, indeed; however, by dint of coaxing, she persuaded Mattie to let her enclose "her photograph in place of her own. Mattle was thirty years of age, Madge, but eighteen. In personal appearance the sisters were ery unlike, Mattio being a typical Monde, while Madire was a brunette THKItB WAS XO MtStAKISCO THAT PACK. Hh sparkling black eyes that betokened a love of mischief. She was mwoh chagrined when, in return for the picture sent, she received, the handsome Adonis she had MUclpated, but the photograph of a apn PPateatly about sixty years of "I don't believe those niee letters I? a V?' y 8h old fogy 11 ",U,'lld she; "but I will nd the eetresposdenee at ones." ' IklU-tfttoMtUr, to the weed, tee

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to .1... ..mm. 7 mwi -f hare," she exclaimed, as she folds the note and addroiwed it to Mr. Minturn; l gMw that will eud that. dva'l''nt aeheme too.be litUe dreamed what was yet to be the outcome of that foolish escapade. Kred Manly, Mattie's husband, was away from home at this time, attending Ui some business related to the settlement of a fraud's estato. The man whom he wished to see bad reweved from Coseord to MiddleSeld, the town In which Harry Wythe, alias Herbert Minturn, lived, it ehaaeed that he stopped at the same hotel where Mr, Illythe boarded, and in which be bad his bachelor apartments. They formed an acquaintance, as strangers often will, whieh resulted in IWs receiving an invitation to call at Mr. Hlythe's rooms after business hours, to smoke a eigar and have a social ehat. During the evening, Mr. Myths was eslled away for a short time. To pass way the Interim of his absence, Fred took up an album lying on the table near him, He was carelessly turning its pages, when his eyes rested on a face that was not unknown to him. There was no mistaking that face. Every, lineament was familiar to him. Could it be possible?' yes, it certainly was the face of his own wife. How had this man become possessed of Mattis's picture? At this jineture, Mr. lilythe re-entered the room, which prevented further conjecture upon this unpleasant discovery. Noting the album in Fred's hands, ho said: "I am glad you found something with which to amuse yourself, while I was out" "I found one picture here that reminded me very straggly of a friend." replied Fred, assuming a cool and sareless manner which ill accorded with his feeling. "It was this lady," turning to flattie's picture. "Does she reside In ailddk-aeld?" ".NV replied Harry; "it is a lady correspondent of mine.". "Is she married, or slna-le?" Harry colored visibly, hesitated an instant, then answered: "To lie frank with you. Mr. Manly, 1 don't knew. I answered an advertisement; correspondence wanted. " "I must have beed mis token regarding the resemblance to my friend;" Fred replied, carelessly. Then the subject was dropped; but Mr. Blythe's coy apartment and fragrant Havanas had lost all the. charms they so lately !oesed for poor Fred. Pleading a severe headache, b,e excused himself and hastened to his own room. His brain was in a onnfused whirl. In the chaos of hi thoughts, one object alone stood clear before bis mind: his wife's picture in a stranger's album. Could it be possible, the little wife whom he had cherished so tenderly all these long years, was untrue to him? Why! he would have given his life for her. If for a moment sleep touched his eyelids, the snecterof his woe seemed more vividly real to him than in his waking moments. He resolved to hasten his business, return home at once, and demand an explanation of the mystery from Mattie. He arrived just after night-fall. Quokly wending his way homeward, he entered the hall unpreoeived, and paused a moment to listen. As be did so, he heard a veiae whieh he recognised as Mattie's saying: "Madge, Fred's last letter was mailed at MiddleSeld. What if he should and out about those letters and the picture?1 "Don't be a goose, Mattie,' said Madge. "He's a stranger in Middlefield. How ean he learn any thing in regard to them?'' He waited for no further disclosures; for had he not Hie evidence of guilt from her own Hps? He fled from the house; his brain seemed on fire. Hour after hour he wandered aimlessly, 'first up then down the street, until the wild tempest raging within his bosom had in a measure 'exhausted itself. The cold night air cooled bis fevered brow and brought a calmer mood. "I will watch closely and bide my time," he muttered, as he again crossed his own threshold. Day after day and week after week went by. The gulf between husband and wife had gradually widened, until HoseWood Cottage seemed to have lost all the attractions it once held for both master and mistress. They were gathered in the sittingroom one evening, Fred taciturn and moody as usual; Mattle, drooping like a plant bereft of the warmth and sunshine so neoessary to its existence; Madge, gazing earnestly Into the open grate, as if seeking the key to some knotty problem within the glowing embers. There was no sound audible save the tick, tick of the brass clock on the mantel. "I declare this is becoming unbearable!'' exclaimed Madge. Rising hastily, she lnf t the room, closing the door with a bnng that resounded throughout the entire house. Its dying echoes were followed by an ominous silence that deepened the shadows resting on the brows of the two remaining occupants of the room. The spell was at last broken by Fred's voice: "I have been thinking for some time that, under existing circumstances, it might be better for all concerned if we two wore separated." The words were spoken in cold, measured tones, that pierced his wife's heart, like a poisoned shaft unerringly aimed by a skillful archer. Her Hps refused to utter the words she essayed to speak, until the one thought that her husband, her homeall that made life worth llving, were slipping away from "her grasp forced from her Hps, in broken accents, a reiteration of Fred's words: " 'Under existing circumstance,' O Fred! tell me what it all means? What have I ever done to merit these cruel words?" "Rather, what haven't you done?" tartly returned he. "Advertising for a correspondent- carrying on a flirtation With an unknown man, so far fotgetting your womanliness and honor as to send him frf) your ewn picture." "I am guiltless of these churgss," faltered Mattle, a new revelation dawning upon her mind. Explanations fallowed. When Madge re-entered tee reset a beer later see

need Kraa and Mat tie oustty asatott side by side on the sofa, apparently enjoying each ether's soeWty as in the oUea days. West my soul! Married people do have the queerest freaks Imaginable !'' ejaculated she. again leaving Use room. A few. week after this little episode Fred earns bounding into the cottage like a bey from school, with: "Come here, Mattie! I've a secret to whisper in year ear." A short time ago I wrote Mr. Wythe giving him the history of that miserable little advertieement, also inviting him to visit us. He will eome in June. Now, mind, net a hint of this to Madgs. Wouldn't sbe storm the osstle, though, if she had even a suspicion of the trap I've set for ber and I'll wager a tea-dollar bill that shell walk deliberately into the pitfall. What do you think of my plot, little woman?" he said, catching Mattie In his arms and waluing her about the room until sbe declared her head was loosened from her shoulders and just ready to tumble off. Mr. Klythe ea.se at the time appoint eJ. He was introduce! to Madge as an old friend of Fred's. As a matter of course, Madge strove to make the stranger's stay among them a pleasant one. There were picnic excursions to various points of interest; on fair evenings a row far out, over the blue, placid waters of the lake. Ah! who that has ever realised the witchery of a moonlight sail upon the waters, ean ever forget Its power to sway and quicken the heart's deepest feelings? As Fred predicted, so it proved. Poor Madge walked unsuspectingly Into the trap set for her unwary feet; and we

, MtSlNfl HAKTII.V, SHK T.KFT THK HOOH. can not find it in our hearts to chide her; for truly, Mr. Itlythe was a noble specimen wof a manly man. Fred chuckled inwardly over the success of his plot I was a guest of the Manlys a few weeks after Mr. Hlyihe's return home. One evening Fred brought In a letter addressed to Madge In a bold, masculine hand. As he banded it to her, he teasingly inquired if she had been advertising for correspondents again. Then Mattie chimed In, demurely, that she supposed Madge must consider herself in immediate danger of slipping into the old maid's paradise, as the escape from that fate was to be ber only inducement for joining the matrimonial ranks. To these sallies Madge tartily replied that she had had enough of advertising to last her a life-time, and that people sometimes changed their minds aboht matrimony. Mattie slyly informed me that Madge had net the slightest suspicion of Mr. Blythe's identity with Herbert Minturn. She is to be kept In ignorance of it until after, the marriage, whieh will take pi see in a few months. Then Mr. Blythe will present her with the letters and photo as his bridal gift Emma A. Tiffast. MENTAL RELAXATION. The KralH fthiHtlit 3it No Kulaett by HtffMsry TaM. Some brain workers toil on year after year, contenting themselves with the relaxation of a day or two now and then. They have no real vacations, and the brief intervals that they are away from their duties do them but little good, not being long enough for them to forget their work and vexations and get out of the groove they have been running in. There comes at last to these men a time when memory weakens, when it is hard for them to tlx the mind upon one subject, and their work seems to grow more and more irksome. And In conversation there is a slight tendency to incoherence. It is rather difficult for them at times to express themselves dearly; the suitable words do not come to them as readily at they euee did. When conversing they start in well; but after a short time their ideas are somewhat confused and they are obi Ired to make considerable effort to keep their attention fixed upon the subject they are discussing, Is writing there Is a hesitancy, especially on long words or sentences. They are obliged to stop and think, seeming tc drop the thread that they h ave been holding. These ate signs of mental failure, which must not be disregarded. In this condition of brain exhaustion not only are the reasoning faculties sluggish, but unusual effort is required from the weakened will to keep the attention fixed. Good mental work is then accomplished only at the expense of the brain, which is still further weakened by every Intense effort The time has now come when mental rest Is imperative. And it should be as complete at possible. A long vacation should be taken short rests are not likely to de any good. A sea voyage promises the greatest good to the weakening brain worker. On shipboard he seems t drop almost entirely eat of his old life. His vacation should not be less than a month's duration, and it ought to run on for several months. Falling to take the needed rest, insanity Is very likely to be tha eenalty.ltoston Herald. Where Ms Umt Hto Tm. Rill I just heard from Jim Ketohnm. He's been making loads ef money ent et some tin mines in Dakota. ' Jack Did he get any tin est there? Mill Certainly. It was from an glish syndicate and net frem the mines, hewever. -Texas MfltefH.

THE KM ELL Of MONOPOLY." A MM -4 ThsUT mUtmrf H-yaU IMMw 2 ttfl) ifiWP TeeeTMl JsrHHjGe" afeKe1 is Wee"TlMI AHsWT rH4MMls)Ms4y IMB4 III AM It UU Itow. Tariff history, like ether history, repeats Itself. In Um fiscal yean 1tTi and 18T-J a surplus of something like Il(m,000,000 had aeoemulatod as the result of war duties whieh bad not been reduced. There was then no party so extravagant as to make it its one vital principle that the true way to make the people prosperous is to tax them enormously beyond the needs of the Government and tbet. squander the surplus by appropriations of the most profligate character. There was no Tom Reed at the helm then to boast that tbejr had got rid of the surplus by spending'it The majority of the Republican party was at that time in favor of the common sense view that the way to 'get rid of a surplus is to reduce taxation. Then, as now, there was a strong tariff reform wave sweeping over the Republican party in the West and nearly all the Republican Congressmen from the West went to Washington in 187 with a determination to reduce the tariff.

Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, wee then In the position now occupied by Major McKlnley, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House. As a Representative of New England be was opposed to a reduction of the tariff, New England clamoring at that time for the highest possible protection. It is interesting to note that this same Mr. Dawes, now Senator from Masseohoeetts, has begun to see the tariff in a different light, now that Ntw England has ceased to reap a benefit in all directions from the highest form of protection, and her manufacturenhave, in fact, begun toery aloud for free raw materials. Thissaire Mr. Dawes said of theMcKinley bill, .n the Senate on August 6, that "he recognized that change of sentiment in New England," and that "nobody felt more sensibly than be did the inequalities and injustices of features of the pending bilL" After saying this he voted with the Democrats to reduce the duty on Iron ore. Hut In leTO New England's views on tariff reform were different frem what they are to-day, and so Mr. Dawes held different views too at that time. Although he was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee be did not succeed in shaping such a bill as he wanted for his own dear New England; and hence he left to a Western member the task of defending the bill that was constructed in aeeordanoe with Western Ideas This was Mr. Flnkelnberg, of Missouri. In defending the tariff reduction bill which the committee had brought In he made use of language in striking contrast with the sentiments of the protection party to-day. lie said that the committee's measure was intended merely "to divest some industries of the superabundant protection, which smells of monopoly, and which It was never intended they should enjoy after the war." But McKinley's duties have that very odor they "smell ef monopoly." As soon after the war as 1872 Mr. Flnkelnberg, speaking for his party's Ways and Means Committee, said that it was never intended that our industries should enjoy war duties after the war. Now what do we find twenty-five years after the elose of the war? The few men left in the Republican party who talk as Mr. Finkelnburg did 'against war duties and "toe smell of monopoly," are looked upon with suspicion and denounced as "assistant Democrats." MeKlnley comes forward with duties higher than the country has ever known far higher even than under the storm and stress of the civil war and has the assurance to defend these exorbitant duties by telling the people that "when merchandise is cheapest men are poorest," and therefore "we want no return to cheap times in our own country." Under the fostering care of Mckinley, and his high tariff associates, trusts are springing up about us like crab-grass after a spring shower. Old trusts are confirmed in their possessions, and in many cases get higher protection. The linseed oil trust gets some of this "superabundant protection which smells of monopoly." Three years ago the price of linseed oil was almost as lew here as in England. Then the trust was formed and prices were put up to the hirhest point that tbe duty of $6 cents a gallon would permit At present our people are paying almost twice the English price, and only Ave or six thousand dollars worth were bought last year, owing to the duty. As the trust has complete control ef the home market, and as the combination contains 97 per wat of the linseed ell mils in the country, one would think tnat they might at least continue to thrive on the existing duty. The trust did not even ask for a higher duty, so far as the published reports show, but McKlnley apparently likes duties which "smell of monopoly," and accordingly he raised the duty on linseed oil from 36 cents a gallon to M cento. As if this yet did not smell strongly enough of monopoly the Senate put It up to S3 cents a gallon. That gives the trust a total of 7 cents for future juggling with prices. The sugar trust, too, was well provided for. The difference between the duty on raw sugar and refined sugar, which competes with the trust, was made greater than at present; so that although the people may get the benefit of the cheaper sugar, the trust will actually reap greater pro ft to than ever. The president of the sugar trust, Theodore F. Havemejer, has the same views about high prices as McKinJey himself has they oth think that high prlees are best The trust simply alms to reach the same result as that aimed at by McKlnley. Indeed, the trust has net failed to see that their alms are the same and to point out the absurdity of any protectionist objecting to trust prices. Last winter the president ef tee sugar trust said: "The great cry ef one ef the great parties is for pretoeUent that Is, they cry for it loudly during campaigns. But when we prosssd to five ettftelTet Met pretoeUen a hewi

is raised. They demand

the industries. When an Wades try pre teets itself it is said that it m illegal." Why should the people ease whether it is a McKlnley or treat that makes them pay higher pries? The reejslt if when the money to spent BINDING TWINS. One ef the members ef the biadiag tains trust, speaking against the aefioa of the Senate in putting binding twine on the free list, attempted to show that the duty on that artiole wee so little that it could not make any appreeiabU difference to the farmers. He said that free b'.ndlng twine eoeld not amount tc a gain of more than two-tenths ef eent per bushel to tbe farmer. Even admitting that his figures art correct, free twine will mean a great deal to the wheat growers. Let as see. The wheat erop Of this year has been estimated at 500, 000. 000 bushels. If w allow that 400,000,eM bushels of this are harvested with twine, what wouM be the gain to the growers? Twotenths of a oent per bnshel on 400. 000, 000 bushels would aatouat to Seoo.000. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, said in his speech against the trust that the binding-twine duty affected the people of his State alone to the amount of nearly a million dollar. If this is true, tbe estimate above of a member of the trust is far too low. But even if we aeeept hie figures ot two-tenths of a oent per bushel, giving a total of 900,000, M not that x. worth saving to tbe wheat grower rather than let it go to a greedy and rapacious trust? For the year ended June SO, 1900, imports of wheat into this country amounted to 157,000 bushels, valued at $11?, 000. In order to make a pretence ol helping the farmer, McKinley raises the duty of 30 cento a bushel on wheat to 4S cents. He pretends to think that the trilling amount Brought in constitutes an appreciable competition with our own wheat, and that by diminishing tbe insignificant imports he will save something to the farmers. He says himself in regard to his duties on farm products his "tin-whistle" duties, as Butterworth calls them that these duties "are advanced with a view to save this entire market to the American farmera." Suppose that his five-oent rate outs down these trifling imports of foreign wheat about one-half saving, say, fSO,000; is It not much more important to help the wheat-growers to the extent of 600,000 by giving them free twine? This latter method of helping the farmers out of their, "wide-spread depression," as McKinley calls it, does net seem to have suggested itself to the mind of that eminent statesman. Why should be strain at a five-cent duty and swallow a trust QUEER REASONING. Hgfuu'.- 'trf Hurt Kaalaad Imm M StumrWy HmAp V7 One ex the favorite methods of the proteetiouisto is to quote from the English papers any thing against the "American system ot protection and to point to their quotations to prove how good a thing "protection" is Sag land doesnotllkeit The childlike simplicity of these gentlemen in claiming that because our "protection" harts England therefore it necessarily and infallibly helps us, is one of the most delightful examples of the truth that men are bet children of a larger growth. But th protectionist hold to it a a bed-roe principle that, la trading, the seller ab ways makes a profit and the buyer loses. True, they do not hold to this ss a principle ruling in doom tie trade. As between Americans they usually admit that both seller and buyer may make a profit by trading. When you cross salt water they held that only the seller ean make a profit Hence they snatch up greedily all news from Europe showing that the McKinley bill is very unpopular across the sea. McKinley will refer in hi speeches to such news as proving his wisdom in making the high tariff still higher. Tbe protectionist papers delight in printing quotations to the same effect They have had bad luck, however, with their quotations. Some of their choicest have turned out to be forgeries. So great was their need in the campaign of im of having certain things said by certain English papers that some ot their clubs and committees went to flooding the country with forged quotations As they attach so much importance to English quotations, here is one for them. This is from tbe London I'ublie Opinion. The editor, in giving an account of the changes in tariff views new going on here, says: "Mr. Blaine's reciprocity proposals, which are really incipient tree trade, find daily increasing support among Republican voters" One State convention after another has indorsed Mr. Blaine's reciprocity plan and the rank and file of the Republican party are held to be in sympathy with it And yet here is an English paper calling that plan "incipient free tradel" If English quotations are really so Important as tbe protectionist leaders pretend that they are. to it not a eleat case that reciprocity is a delusion and a snare? The English are calling it "incipient free trade' as, in fact it is and yet orthodox protectionists are fall ing over one another in their haste tc endorse reciprocity. Clearly the protectionists do not really think their English quotations so important after alb Mr. Carnegie, our tariff millionaire, has had bis four-la-hand coaching tour In Scotland again. He ean afford ih the tariff has made him rich, Th profits on steel rails at his mills for the first six months of the year were men than ft, 000, 000. Cbauneey M. Depsw tolls the Net York farmers to take for their motto, "Reciprocity, Retaliation, Revenue." But somebody has get hold or the farmers' revenue, and to get retaliation h must find home reciprocity at heme. Instead ef making Uncle Sent paj duties to himself, why did net MeKIn, ley leave the dutf fee the IWeigner Sett

JEAU3 IN QETHIMAMI.

taUraaMannt Sawdny tmkmmt Tjm A- D. &Taereay ivaetag, AmM atwist mldamln. to about see 'rtoek rSstseg April T. smmaelamty feUewtog tee at tas nwtitotim ef toe Mere rtJtcaOssaseaMMML agaeswi ea teei era sleee of the Mewat C ONvas. Fasauju. Aocoorrs-MeU. Mtle$t M:aMU; Joan IS'.S-IS. Jsses-Thktr4atM sad a aM yaw TW )at day ef ata asrtaiy tita. ucseoy mixts axii hrm. St. "And Ue eame out." Frem the upper room in Jerusalem, where He had instituted Ills memorial supper. "As He was wont" Jesue of ton times resorted to this quiet retreat with Mi disciples (John IS:). "To the mount ef Olives." A place on it called Gothsemane (Matt. MM). 44. "And when He was at the place." At the entrance ot the garden, where He left eight or the eleven disciples (Matt. SO:, 37) a an outer guard, while He went a little farther in with .Peter, James, and John, who became an inner shard (Matt MtM, S7j. "He said unto them, Pray." Their best defense was prayer. "That ye enter not into temptation." Into the spirit of temptattoa, so that it could overcome them. 41. "And He was withdrawn from them." The three who were inner guard. "About a stone's east:" 1st) to 900 feet Jesus was intensely human, as well as Divine. And while He meet "tread tbe wine-press alone," it was a comfort to know that human friends and sympathy were near at band. "And kneeled down and prayed." The natural position of earnest prayer. 43. "Saying, Father, if Thou be willing." If it is right and wise la Thy sight; it the work of redemption can be accomplished thus. "Remove this eup from Me." The sufferings were represented as a bitter potion in a eup placed to His lips to drink. "Nevertheless, not My will, but Thine be done." This is not merely tbe language of submission, but of petition; He does not merely say, If not as I will, then as Then wilt, but do not what 1 will rather what Thou wilt. Abbott 43. "And there appeared an angel. . . . strengthening Him." Both physically and spiritually. 41. "And being in an agony, He prayed more earnestly." Tbe participle is of the Greek verb "to become," and means, here, "getting to be in bgony;" so that the thought is that, after he had prayed, and had received angelic sucoer, tbe distress was allowed to increase, and with It His prayer grew mere intense. Bliss. "His sweat was as It were great drops of blood." Tbe internes agony caused the blood to oose through the pores and color the ' drops of sweat so that they looked like drops of bleed in form and color. 45. "And was come to Ills disciples." Luke condenses into one tbe threefold return of Jesus to His disciples (Matt. 34:40-44). "He found them sleeping for sorrow." Luke as a physician gives the cause of their sleeping, the fact of whieh only Is mentioned by the other evangelists P. 44. "Why sleep ye?" This is tbe last time when yon should sleep. Dangers unknown to yon are elose at hud. "Rise (rouse yourselves), and pray." See on verse 40. According to Matthew, Jesus makes a partial apology for them in the weakness of the flesh to which the willing spirit succumbed. 47. "And while He yet spake." On His third return, while lie was saying: "Rise, let us be going, behold he is at hand that doth betray Me" (Matt. M:4). "Behold a multitude." Including Roman officers and soldiers, chief priests and Pharisees, armed with words and staves and carrying lanterns. "Judas, one of the twelve (one ef Hie most intimate band ot dlsciplo), drew near unto Jesus, to kiss Him." The sign agreed upon, by which in tbe night, tbe officers could identify Jesus (Matt. 3sS:46). 45. "Judas, betrayest thou," eto. These words showed Judas that Jesus understood him. They doubtless revealed to himself the wickedness ef his conduct 40. "Lord, shall we smite with the sword?'' Suggested by what Jeses said in our last leeson about the necessity of buying a sword. SO. "And one of them." It was Peter (John 18:10). as we would naturally expect. "Smote." Without waiting fer Jesus' answer to their question. "The servant of the high priest," who may have been officious in the arrest III name was Malehus (John 18:10.) &1. "And Jesus answered." Christ reply to Peter's act, as given in Matt 3c:3, M is full of instruction. "And healed him." He did all that was possible to avert the eonseqnenees ef Peter's rashness; and He showed Hie loving, helping power even in this terrible hour. 83. "Be ye eome eat, a against a thief." A robber, to take a man who , hae freely been among yen unarmed I and defenseless. I have shewn no marks of a robber. 53. "When I was daily," eto. Gedet explains this as meaning: "It was -m cowardice that you did not arrest e in the full light of day." "Bt this s your hour, and the power ef darkness." You have chosen for your dark deed a fitting hour, and are in league with the powers of darkness. Jeees then gives Himself up, only asking that tbe disciples might go free (John IStf). And they all forsook Him and fled (Mark 140). practical sueensTioxs. 1. Every life has its Getheemattes ef sorrow, and may have It victories. 3. There is no sin In shrinking from what Is painful, save when the shrinking is so violent that it resists the elear will of our Father. Cumming. S. God's will is always infinitely better for us than our own. 4. Christ's prayer in the garden ie a model (1) of earnestness; (3) of directness; (3) ot perseverance; (4) ef faith; (i) et submlmton. 5. It Is a see thing fer the ehureh w he sleeping while Christ t tefferiaff and praying. i