Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 May 1891 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER C. ZOAJf IB, PubUsssMsr. TAfiMSJU WWAJTi.

. ULYS3ES MENDENALL," O'aAt woe met newly ta sty ttreaam 1 bears' ton teacher call m m ismyestsati nnrsss Mm. Ih-rJtht BM tsea jests MtSM mmI kk rrl!MMrlW a wbc from his fsr sereer iwt Ulysses M seered: 'Merer Cly StiaipMH MWmmMi tit paHuvt of mj Tbe jV-ncr of my sorrows, too-wae yes m4 I wns boya, sre tiaraed to skats together e th creek at JOBCS will. T.vt-ttKr gathered wswatt ft Um tree a-wiruitswhill; 4 As partaers trapped the rod-Mrd, ashed tofetter io Ike brook. -jm a j (scd to ?ataer sersp-lroa to Message lor hn! sod books; jfVJUb.Tated H 'arMaplsjrlag ita oa the suttnee Saturdays we tramped o'er tld and bill, , Asi emulated Pastel Nmm from Mora to set Of JtttB Ycu with your homely yellow dote. I with my f-tber'a cm. And vlit-a the on in NniMrMMk Um road a ;;vwlag track, go willing y yo wooed tbe chases of blisterin? your beck, la helrlog this the ears rows Just to gratify the whim Of fathpf" who isstsied that I .work before I fly Stmpsoa MaaeoaaU, Unit ragged eoat you wore It ;at a plain to mm a theses we two wore boy oece more. For I rctotmber veil eaefc rent how tots was torn the day The liorneu ebrd yon through toe hedge wM.e I bid la the bay; i-1 th;s recall tbe time we elimbed the old tsulbfrrr tree; Aad t. .'.!. 1 almost bhum to My, csme from a tijUt with me. Dear eld Ulysses lieadesall, bow tar away t (todays! Hw sweetly pHiafd are the dtwai old memcr.e ea ral! Sex. "I,ow I nodded at the Ore to sight and .-jd ad then I turricd back aero lb year sad we were Us again. Bat oh, to see that ragged eoat, to grep that !lojM!d hand! To talic with yon of things whMt oaSy we would iir,Jr-itad. r . i'KjT eye, aad try agaia to bear the f&rU-r i all Tl: rai,actl bear ygtaaawer: "Merer Utyoea Icniaall. Carl Smith, 5b Harper's Weekly. SDSCEPTIBLP liAFAEL Prof. Midcilemlsit'a Pills Ours Him of a Serious Ailmsnt. "I did hope I really did hope it would hare been different, I'vot. Middleraist," tid Rafael Am to dejectedly. "Vou yourself told me, yon know, that )V would be ad right; nnd I had rery eonfidence in too. Kut here I am onlv n.n.K ! W'b Mailiiai )HUlr almost at bod aa err and of latdirlnar the aJuWMpnaaw, deal worm. What wncVar jfaarsm am I to do?" 'You eare nothings more about hr, o f.a . i u i booming voice. "But I do care for her, j-ott see! ext t ii . miad; but that's the " ho ever heard," Miorted the profvur, "of a man who eared for his Wife failing in love with another trainan'.'" "Then it is as I fwwed I am unlike oMit-r men," rejoined Rafael, with a M.-rh- "That's what wty poor dear muther alwars used to tell me. I'll tell you the way it Keents to me. It is a :f alt women were only one woman; varioua versions of one woman, you know, And atnee I'm ia lora with the woman, of courae I t-an't help being in bv with all the reraions." Xh'A Uffly and pretty alike? 0h, not only the pratty ones. Th offly ones don't count- They're a sort of mistake. I dm't exaeUy look at th-m." "Doyou consider Verinda pretty ajlyr or "Why, pretty, by all moans! But If slie were the prettiest woman ia the ftorhi-and 1 do belivw she ia still siw's only oite Tendon. If I never saw anyone tIiM, or if there were no others, I -vhotild b jsafe. Kut m it ie. souietninjr happens every time 1 go out!" "Rafael, my boy,1 said the profetMor, "loroufcty, -iiottllHg ts SO baU hk naif a phllophy. Your theory th at " women are but manifestations of we one ererlasting woman U sound !aoiih. But is it not also true that all omen are contained In each Individual woman for him who loves Iter? That Precious seeing: which love, a the poet y, lend to the eye. should enable 70U to discover in Verinda the sum and wnc of alt the fanctnatious of her Yf' lt I can't help remembering no ts Verinda all the time," ltafael ausw,-'J. shaking his head; and after amom.nfs pause he addetl: "I don't ;f'nk ' would be right for me to forget .. . '.m not a t'iyrnkt-" . I'acUM dcclaretl the profcaftor, emjwislnghlawonl with solemn up''W forvfinger. "you are the victim of deluding hihI erroueouK trsilition. not a captivity. It iff an "nan? patkm. a your eyenjgiitendows Jjl w th the visible universe, so in the n of yow wife you are pomewied w womankiiMl. Your union wiUi her ia atypt V, nrofemanr. nil tttU lnas m - er .aww swat ;m jC, plibUlt.v Mf,l Tntured to toa see m i. uh l.aa in aaa i.n bbk' "Oman a&ii I lu - , ------ omt a ivu wr a t m. t.. m . . W .T sue is woman, J ,r toot Wt, in so far as she la my f- M she is my wife," rethe,.rfr . dly hut irmly, -m sw if .she were below par. How bXTj jandestre what he alrea1y ha? h k ,mH that allure hint.

Weiw 1 1 .ae Vtrriuda I should be lawmsowMr, ad kooald forget all othem in TUg her; hut, as there is no proa, pect of Wr getting tust, I am in da, gur of footing her in at-eklng aitor UI the othcrH." "I'nhnDpv lwr! vou m

vetted," Nthl the profewir, reiuoving bis bpei-Uwles aad rubbing the gUsaea cut a corner of hi, Wndaaa. "You argue in a vicious circle, whenee ia no exit Your wife, iu order to be your wife, must cease to be your wife! You are an irreeiuiniubla id lot. M "Not imrclairouble, Prof. Middlo miM," rcjolncil Rafael, earnestly; "for you are the wlaeat of men, and I am eotttiilettt that you know a medicine to cure even such an idiot as I." "Humph! You really Hatter me." grunted the professor, stroking his beard. "I don't altogether share your confidence; but I know your father, and for his sake I am willing to do what I ean. Let me see!" He opened a cupboard in the table near which he was seated, and took out a tin box. On being opened it proved to be a medicine chest, containing small phials similar to those used for homeopathle medieine. He put on his glasses and examined one phial after another, pausing for a moment at one labeled "xele typus." Rut he replaced it "It is a very odd remedy," he muttered, "but, from what I know of Verinda, I doubt if it could be made effective In your case. Site Is as guileless as a wild rose, and Imagines there is but one man in the world. No, I think I will make experiment with this nostrum of my own invention. It is a desperate remedy, and has never been tried before; but it wilt cure you if you are curable; you are more fool than knave and that is in your favor.' The little bottle which he now took up was full of small pills, each as big as a duek shot, and of a high pink color. The professor put some of them into a tiny paper pill box, and handed them to Rafael. "I et her take one every morning after breakfnLn said h. "If.lbww. ia Lno Improvement by the end of the week i i ii "Hut it is I who am the patient, not Verindar said Rafael. "It is through her that you must be cured, if at all," the other replied; "ami in prescribing them to Verinda I am paying her the highest compliment ever rfeffemrl til a waim.m 1t.it uha will .,.-,- ;$now it, and if she did it would make no out en ace. -Now be off, and don t let me see you again till next week!" So saying-. Prof. Middlemiat returned his book, and Rafael departed. n. "Of course I'll take it darling, if you wish me to," said Verinda, the next morning, "but I never felt better in my life. There!" and she swallowed it, with an undulation of her lovely white throat that prompted her husband to kiss it. Then he looked at her but could perceive no effect from the drug. At least it was to the kiss that he ascribed the brightening of ber eyes and. the flushing of her cheeks. "I believe she does look prettier," he saki to himself; "but after all ane Is still Verinda-and I am IT' "You'll be back to dinner, won't you7" she sid, with her soft hands on his shoulders. "Rut I know you will, because I know you love me as much as I love you. Ifl had never met you I never should have loved anybody." Rafael concealed a guilty blush with a forced tun He. "Nonsense !' said he. "There are dozens of men In the world you might have loved as well as me, or better' "Rafael, that is wicked! Suppose I was to say there were dozens o( women you might have loved. Why, what's the matter, darling? Are you angry?" "Don't try to jest, Verinda it doesn't become you." said her husband, gloomily. "Of course, I will think of nobody but you! The mere idea paius me.. There, good-by, , ray love! . lie a good girl, and expect me to dinner." Ho Rafael went away about his affairs and at noon he met a friend who invited him np town to lunch: 'There's cousin of mine, a mighty pretty girl, to be there," the friend said, "and as you are a connoisseur, I want you to meet her.' Here was a temptation from which Rafael, knowing his own weakness, onfht to tty. UuU after a little hesitation, lie accepted hifi friend's offer. "How am I to know If I'm cured, un less I. put It to the test?"' he argued, "if this girl is really pretty, and I don't fall in love with her, the professor's medicine will have been successful. So to the luncheon he went The cousin was not at all like Ver inda. Rut she was very, very pretty; nay, she was ravishingly beautiful at least Rafael thought so before he had lecn half an hour in Iter company. At the end of an hour, it was the worst attack he had yet had. As he went homeward, at the end of the day, lie was much depressed. Plainly, the medicine had failed; he was incurable! Whenever he tried to think of Verinda, the image of Hie cousin presented it self. As he let himself Into the door of his house, he, felt like a criminal. The hallway was dark; Verinda came dancing out of the parlor to meet him. "What a good boy!" she cried, "you are ten whole minutes ahead of time! You shall have ten extra kisses! one two three ' "Wait till we get inside," said the unhappy Rafael, catching his breath. "Kissing In the dark is.no fan." "You dkln't use to think sof returned Verinda, with a little quaver in her voice. "I shall begin to believe you don't care to see me, if you" "Verinda:" exclaimed iter nnauaao, desperately. They had by this time entered the drawing room, ami the light from the ehattdelier fell full upon her face ami fttrurc as he turned towards her, with the purpose of confessing all and leaving her to deckle what should lie done. Rut, aa his glance fell upon her It became fixed in a rigid stare, his jaw dropped, and his voice died away in his throat What had happened? The woman who stood before hist, dressed In VeriiHkVs fown, ami whose

tee and wavy ae had but aa taasgsu

before recngniied as his wife's, was n4 Verinda at all, bat-of all people ia the world -the Kuutlfol eoutda! It was IttcnHUbw impossible, of course; and y-t how is a man to reject the evidence of his own senses? She to whom he had lost hi too lfclc heart was before himshe and no longer Vsrinda -wee his wife. There was the slender oval face, the delicate patrician feature, the complexion of the stagnolia petal, the dark-fringed, languishing Andalusia eye the cousin, to a hair! He put his trembling hand to his forehead aad gasped with sheer amazement "Why, what is the matter with yon, Rafael?" exclaimed sh, advancing and trying to put her arms round his neck. "You look as if you didn't know me. What has happened?" "I I don't feel quite well," replied Eafael, shrinking away from her touch. "I'll be all right directly." The strangest thing was, that although his every sense told him that this was the beautiful cousin, some deeper perception in his heart assured him that it was, nevertheless. Verinda. It was also evident that Verinda 1 terse If wss unconscious of the change that had come over her. And the servant, who at that moment eame in to say that soup was on the table, was obviously unaware of any alteration in her mistress' appearance. The transformation, then, was perceptible to Rafael alone. With a sudden Impulse, he drew her to the tall mirror between the windows, that she might behold her reflection there. Their eyes met on the polished surface; but lo! another marvel! The reflection of the beautiful cousin was not the beautiful cousin, but Verinda! Rafael was the victim of an enchantment, which the mirror dispelled. Yet, when he turned from the reflection to the woman herself, it was the cousin again! "I understand it nowl" he muttered, with a shudder, "it is Prof. Middlemist's pills! What will become of me?" The necessity of concealing the miracle from his wife if she were his wife was imperative; and by a violent effort he contrive I to assume an outward composure. They went into the dining-room, she leaning lovingly on hie arm. Why did he recoil from her touch? was he not in love with her with the beautiful cousin and should he not regard this transformation, of which only he was cognizant, as a piece of unexampled-good fortune? to have one's wife present the exact image of the woman one is in love with What could be more convenient and agreeable? and If to-morrow lie were to meet ami beeotn enamored of some other lovely creature, undoubtedly he would And her hi his wife's shoes when lie returned home; and so ' on forever! If this wouldn't satisfy a susceptible married man, what would? "It is the most horrible fate that ever overtook a man!" said Rafael to himself, "to have another woman masquerading as my innocent aad precious wife or the other way about it's a hideous profanation uml sacrilege! 1 hate the beautiful cousin from the bottom of mg soul, aad I wish I had never see her, and never may again!" " "Will you have cheese iayoer soup, darling?" asked the lady at the other end of the table. Rafael looked up. He uttered a ery of joy. The beautiful cousin was no longer there. Verinda his own Verinda sat before hint, lite change in his heart had made a change in her; no third person stood between them any longer; and Rafael felt a conviction aad registered a vow that no such catastrophe should eve occur again. "Back already," growled the professor, the next morning. "Take back your six accursed pills!" said Rafael. "One of them was enough for me, and too much!" "Hotter keep the rest in case!" said the professor. "Sly eyes are opened," returned tlw young man, "and 1 see that there is but one woman in the world, and that Verinda is she. And having once seen clearly, I can never more be blind." "Very well," said the professor, "rou know your own business, I suppose, lly the way, dkl you tell Mrs. A mate the

secret of your complaint?" "Heaven forbid," said Rafael, turning pale. "She shall never know it I am sane and seeing now may site never discover that I was oece mad and blind!" "For your sake, I say amen!" said the professor. "Rut the pills are always here, if you should have a relapse." Julian Hawthorne, ia Life. HABITS OF THE GROUND HOG. Its KeHaMltly as a Weather rreofcef Somewhat UooMfM. It is a fact that the prediction of the grow ml hog seems to have often beet fulfilled, but the prognostications oi that farseelng beast are rendered somewhat unreliable by a variation in it bablU from one latitude to another. Its wisdom as a weather prophet denenda anoa its manner of hibematinsr. and that differs according to climate The range of the animal extends iroic Hudson bar to North Carolina, and tin neriod which it remains undertrrouiic depends wholly upon the degree of coW that it finds., When the weather be (omen too frirkf to be comfortable, it disappears into its hole, and It does not come out again until tlte temperaturi has moderated. Thus, in the far nortt it remains dormant all winter long, probably not visiting the outer air s much as once during its period of re-tb-Mutnt. Farther south its neriod ol hibernating is shorter in proportion U "fee. t . j the warmth, and it isprooaiue uiatuttrIn a. warm winter in North Carolina it hardly goes to sleep in this way at all, only seeking that meutou ot getting war from .lack Frost when occasional eohl snaps make it necessary. Bo yon see that it all depends upon the scclUnt gt latitude whether or not tlte ground hog comes out of Ha hole on Candlemas day ami looks around for its shadow. The popular superstition to tb la effect is a verv curious one. and. so far as can be learned no one knows from what source it la derived, Of course, the ground hog is not a hog at all, but a kind of seuirrel Cnksf Jeurnsi.

! THI WINDOW GLASS TRUST.

A Smw CbIM wf tko TwrUrftrsjSMlaatloo of I be Trout awd Adva wf t-rU rs-Uhafc uar Down tbo HmUUtUy IMwmm-Am IkduMry Tkst Uod. Forty-three Manufacturer of window fiats have recently met in Chicago and sipicd their 'names U an agreement raisin the price of glass fifteen or twentr per cent They take eare not to call their combination a trust, sad eren aakl that they had "bad enough of trusts;" but, all the same, this combination serves all the purposes of a trust It binds the signers together in a cast-iron compact to keep prices up to a certain figure. In the popular mind this is all that is necessary to constitute a trust This window glass trust is distinctly a child of the high tariff. The glass business has extended very rapidly during the past ten years, there being now about twice as many pots as in 1SS0. This great growth was promoted largely by the discovery of natural gas, which supplied a eheap fuel admirably suited to tlte purposes of tlte glass manufacturer. The protectionists esn thus point to tlte expansion of the glass industry; and they invariably claim this expansion as one of the bright and shining proofs of the "blessings of protection." Rut they cannot claim that their system hss put down glass to the consumers at lower prices iu all these thirty yean of high duties. , The following table shows the price of different sixes of glass ia I960 sad 1890:

'Prtee per t box Sizes. Quality. of s feet, lu itm, SslOinenoo Sd. YY.SI T"l.wT" W tn t to l.S 10X11 " ........ M. Ztt JW mn " ..,,.... M..,.. ... io i.9i nxs it got a x H ' Sd. S 10 2.2 1SI " id- S6 111 3U " ........ Sd,..,.... BAD SSI Tola! n hoses,.., I iWM mm

Here is a trifling reduction of S per cent In thirty years of high protection; but thn trust has now put up price. 15 to 20 percent, and " there has been no reduction in thirty years. On the other hand, here is a table giving the prices of imported glass In 1967 and ltu: WW. f Ma tVr 111 !ler lb. zed. 0t. i Ci. X I M Xot above lOxJS I xl tolSxll lx! toltaso...... Above ilxSA....... t.i t l. l. It 18 I 1.9 . -1 AvTSe. . Or s fall since . 188" of &4 per cent, showing dearly that instend of lowering the price of window glass the tariff has kept up the price here. The domestic manufacturers keep prices close up to the price of foreign glass with the duty added. For the last ten years less than one-third of our window glass hss been imported, always enough, however, to keep the domestic manufacturers within bounds in the matter of prices.' Of the various domestic iiMMstries conspicuous at Washington when the tariff lull was under dhmussion, none showed up more prominently than the window glass manufacturer. Their particular trade was already protected by duties averaging above 100 per cent, but according to representations made on their behalf this was insufficient to secure them sgainst foreign competition. McKinley lent them a ready ear and advanced duties in all sixes of glass. The senate, however, insisted upon retaining the old rates of duty, ami this was done, except on the larg est sise where a higher duty was given. The same effect ss higher duties, however, was accomplished by adding a provision that aU imported window glass should be shipped In boxc of SO feet, instead of, as previously, boxes of 100 feet Under the administrative tariff act, moreover, still further pro tection was given by assessing ditties on coverings, on freights and insurance, and by stl owing nothing whatever for broken glass. The organization of this trust, therefore, means a scramble for McKinley spoils. How the committee was Imposed upon by tlte window glass men was msde clear some time, ago, when a syndicate of Ilritish capitalists tusde overtures for the purchase of certain window glsss factories, lie fore the ways and means committee, the window glass manufacturers told a pitiful tale of hard struggles for existence, or how they were compelled reluctantly to pay rates of wages much below their inclinations, and of how raising import duties to a pratlcally prohibitive height would lie for the benefit of the workman. To the R itishera, however, they made it clear that their factories were a property well worth having at a good price, as a steady ten per cent profit might safely be counted upon. NATIVE AND FOREIGN WOOL. Why Ohio Wool hi Lower In rrJee What the MaaMTaeturers Say A Coee of Tariff failure. It has puzzled our producers of wool that the price of fine native clothing wool Is less now than It was last year, before McKinley increased the protective duty. The grsdes of Ohio and Michigan wools most used in making fine woolens are now from 1 to 2 cents lower than a year ago. The causes of this are two, the increased production of wool in Australia and the unsatisfactory character of domestic wool. ,. It is said that the wool production of Australia ia Inereasing so rapklly that if the entire production of the United States were wiped out Australia eould supply an equal amount in five years, provided that Its production continues to grow at the same rate aa last year. A gentleman who has just returned from Australia says that ne the sheep graxe there all the year round they require no winter feeding, and that they will probably continue to increase and the growers will find it profitable at even less than present prices. He estl-1 mated that the capacity of that continent to sustain sheep Is equal to many times the present demands upon It Australia hi capable of preduoiaf; the world's supply el slothing weals.

Tlte quality of Australian wool W sc even that a much larger per cent of each Jleeee can be used in say ose lis of goods than is the ease with American wools. Manufacturers aim to run their nmeUnery all the time oa the same grade of cloth, nesting test, the manufacture of different grndes involves loss of time and is otherwise less aausfaetory. Hence they bajr a wool In which they find the largest possible percentage of the desired quality. They say that the American Sesse hi uneven, that an undue psreentnge oi it must be lsid aside as suitable only for a different grade of goods. The American Wool Reporter, a high authority ou this question, says: "The manufacturer prefers Atutrsv lisn wool even at the advanced ooet Why? Recause It is put up better; it hi eleener; It shrinks less there is lees waste and there are fewer tags ia it than in domestic fleece. It does not contain so many tarred etuis, so many pounds of strings and so much hurry staff as Ohio and Michigan fleeces." A manufacturer, writing in the sense journal, says: "If Michigan or' Ohio wools are purchased, and a strictly elessv fine sort is required, not more than half, and frequently a smaller percentage of such sort is obtained from a fleece, and the undesirable qualities accumulate from month to month, until, alsrmed at the quantity, th manufacturer makes o titer grades of goods to consume this accumulation, sad dispose of them at a loss." For these reasons tlte price of Ohio and Michigan wools have declined. This, however, has not been the ease with the wools produced in Texas, California ami the territories, as manufacturers haye recently discovered that these wools are very desirable for mixing with Australian wool for manufacturing cloth. j Thus the efforts of the Ohio politieal wool-growers to make higher profits by raising the wool duties have been doomed to disappointment Their higher duties, however, are not harmless on that account; for all imported wools bear higher taxes, which the 'consumer necessarily pays. Iloes It Reduce Imports? The high tariff organs ought to try to get together and not pull in contrary directions. The New York Tribune, the leading protectionist journal of the country, has been pointing out how the

I McKinley law does not restrict trade, V . 1 1 A J as impart are ini ger twii c vei, m therefore Itowalse and wicked are all those who speak of that measure as a Chinese wall! In a contrary way speaks the Manufacturer, the high tariff organ of the powerful Manufseturera club of Philadelphia. This mouth-piece of Pennsylvania protection rejoices thus: Tbe manner in which the McKinley tariff, within a few months after It adoption, is fulnlttng the purpose of Its pussage and the predict ion of iti friend Is plainly IndlestfMl by the following facts: Tun Imports of tills coon try of foreign textiles for the month of January this year wer.t about M,oeo.ns) lees than for the same month Ust year. Tits Imports of woolens an 1 worsteds for February, USI, were More than ttpmjm htee than tor FebrHary, MBS. The oxports of wort tod stuff from the Bradford district, Xagiand, fell from about $t,(f,ftJ la February ot lass year to ISSa.osi In February of thlsywar, a decline of AS p-r eont The exports of cutlery from Shemeld to the United State lor the arot quarter of lite present year were Just one-half those for tbe same quarter of last year. In other words, MeKlnley's "American bill" prevents tlte American people from buying what they want Abost Keelproeity, In a, lengthy, article on reciprocity with llraril the St Louis Republic hue this to say: "Great Britain's annual wheat ami flour imports f rm the United States alone amount to S5S,O00,OOO. Rrsxirs annual Imports of wheat and flour from the United States and all other countries amount to $4,000,000. Great Britain in one year takes from this country alone more wheat and flour than Brazil takes from all the world In fourteen years. Qrent Britain's annual imports of pork and bacon from the United States alone amount to lSfi.000,000. H null's annual imports of pork and bacon from the United States and all other countries amount to $4.5,000; no that England In one year buys more pork and bacon from tlte United Stats alone than Brar.ll 'would buy from all the world In 577 years nine months and ten days. But if with the freest of free trade it would take over five centuries to sell Braail as much pork as we sell Crest Britain in a single year, we could easily sell as much to France and as much to Germany as we now sell to England if we only had reciprocity wtth those countries. The First mrlkers. The common notion ia that strikers are laborers who quit work for higher pay; but ex-Gov. Morton, of Nebraska, has recently shown that the first strikers were not laborers, but capitalist. The following Is his novel way of presenting the case: Citizens of ordinary Intelligence who have renwto't upon the discontent of tabor snd the strikes whioh result from It tee that this dlx-ontont and these strikes are directly traceable to the protective system; for when capital demanded a protective tariff to encourage certain branches of Indastry it struck for higher profits. The capital Ists who demanded from con arrets the ntsttttcs excluding foreign ooutpetitloa were the nrst "Strikers" In the United states. And so the laborer, seeing that the capitalists eaa rtrlkn for liigln-r pronto through the law making power of the government, naturally strikes for high wsges. This Is done sometimes by the old method of quitting work, and again, emulating capital, an attnest Is made to congress to make eight hours a day. uongressnaspiMas much economic power to make forty minutes aa beitr. There never was a legislative body, national or stale, wise enough to denno a day's labor. McKinley raised the duty on raisins from 8 cents to 3K cents per pound; aad the price of raisins is a halt-cent lower now than last year. Protection papers try to make use of this fact to show that Mckinley's hlgherduties ean cause lower p rices. Rut there is a perfectly natural reason for the lower nrioe of raisins this year. The fruit dealers art complaining that the use of raisins as a table fruit Is pjuutlngout of fashion in the large cities, and that thin k ca tiein a more limited demand and consequently lower pries. The MeKaiW

mm THE CAUSE Of sowrow;

Me it, last, t Specially Arranged from S. a Qsaeteny.J Uum Tt:rr lioa. :-lX OotJJEK Text Your iniquities save separated between you aad your God. las. Ms CKtfTOAi. TtUTH Th y that sow the wwd shall rasp the whirlwind. UoasA. The assso ss tlosaes, ion." He was the son of lleeri, sad belonged to the1 aorthera ktegdoaa. He ptopaeafod seest stetf Ave years, aad dlea about II. C, TH Timr- B.C. TSO-m from tbe last ft re yes of Jfrobosm II. to the second year of Hesesiah. (See 1:1.). Plates Ia the kingdom of Israel. Htarx im lit sue lIiwrogY a Klaas, ess. M, IT; g Chrotu, oas. ss, SB, COSTKMPOKABV PSOPMRVS Joooh, AStSS, Isaiah sod Micah. Tit a statu or tmk Tinas At met wader, Jeroboam II. there was outward proapsrHy., Then followed a period of aasreay sad disorder. The six remaining kings belonged to live dynasties, loot worship sad crime prerallod. aad tbe nation wss hastening to its tula, wskm wss accomplished wlthia five years after liosea's death. Hzxps ovsa Ha si Ptwtcas. i, "Empty vino;" luxurious, running to leaves, bat without fruit, g. "Faulty t" guilty. "Xo king:" no kingdom. 4. "Thus Judgment-." God's Judgment. "As hemlock:" sbuudant snd very Miter. 5. "HeUtavcn:" house ot vanity, s niekname for Bethel, house of God. because perverted by Idols, a. "King Jarcb:" it is sot eartain to what king Hoses refers. Probably "Jsreb" means "champion, " and tbe golden Idol was sent to him to persuade him to be the ehsmpion cf Israel sgainst Syria, a "Ave:" Ikjth Aven. "Say to the mountains," eta. : they would rather die than sutler so much. 9. "Days of Oiteah:" the sins for which lieajamia wss almost destroyed in the time of tbe judges. M. "Two furrows:" twe iniquities, the go Idea salves at Dsu snd Bethel. 11. "Taught:" trained, eared for. "Tread out the corn:" easy work with pieaty to eat "Passed ever:" did sot puts joke upon. "Ephrslm to ride:' to bear a rider. "Shall plough:" do hard, servite work, have on a galling yoke. Is. "It is time:" there is yet time to repeat and return. 13. "Trust in thy way:" own opinion, not Is God's. 11, 'Tumult:" of an Invading army. "AsSbelman:" Shslmaneser of Assyria. "Beth-Arbeit" near the sea ot Galilee, some terrible siege, us recorded. LKSeON COMMXXTS. The times in which the prophet lived were very evil, the people had wandered very far away from the commandments of God. The more God had blessed them, the more they had gone after idolatry, nnd the worse had they become. Their very rrofipcrity, that should have been used in the service of Hint whoent it, was used in opposition to Ills commands. On this account it iu that the prophet foretells the sorrow and pain that is in store for tlte people, and tries in vain to bring them to repentance for their transgressions. A1J. his efforts were useless; for the people were bent on mischief, ami would not be warned. "Sin the Cause of Sorrow:" That was the case in the tlins of Hoses, ami It is still the case. The world is full of sorrow. In my own experience this very day I have ltsd two such cases. In the one a lady from New England writes to me about Iter brother, who has almost broken ber heart, He is in a hospital, brought there , by strong drink. Wife and children are in poverty, and he him self is about to be ruined by his appetite. In the other, a man is about to lose his situation, and find himself.wlUout the means of support, all poos use the same sin. Every man in jail means a mother, or a sister, or a wife aad children, who are in sorrow, and perhaps also bodily suffering for his crime. If only children would be obedient to their parents, how many a boy would be saved from moral shipwreck, aad how many a girl's life would be saved. Yes, it is not our misfortune so much as our fault that we suffer. But besides these sins which we see, there are others that we do not that bring with them suffering. Men may laugh at the "original slit," but they shall weep for it all the same. It is because of the sins of the race that we are doomed to suffer in these latter days. If there had been no sin, there would have been no suffering at all in our times, or in sny times. Sin has more children than anything else in the world; for its progeny is a multitudinous one, and all sad and heartrending. We have seen how sin is the cause of sorrow. But blessed bo Uod, the converse of this Is tnw as well. So for the rest of this lesson let us look at tlte fact that "Repentance is the cause of rejoicing." The prophet tried, tliough in vain, to bring the people to a repentant frame of mind, because he knew that tlien their sorrows would come to an end, ami they would have joy and rejoicing. "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, and reap in mercy" was his message. He promised that if they should do this, the Lord would "rain righteousness upon yott." That which was true then is still true. If a man whose sins have brought sorrow upon himself, and all those who are daar to him, wants to have joy, tlte only way in which lie can secure this is by repentance. The prodigal son had no joy until he came to hk father's house with a penitent heart and confessed his sins. Till that had been clone there was no opportunity for him to sit down at the wellladen table and cat of what was provided. Music and dancing eould not be enjoyed till he had repented. So with the sinner to-day. If you would bring your sorrow to an end, there is but oas way in which that can be done. Thus far the sowing has been one of sins, and the reaping has been in tears. Henceforth let the sowing be in righteousness, and the reaping shall, be In peace and mercy. You cannot sow sin and reap joy, any more than you can sow thistles ami reap corn. The two things do not ge together. Rev. A. F. Schsufller, D.D. Ilsk a wise man that can reason a, thing out with himself, but it takes twe wiser men to reason it out together. MeHceileas. - Muck worrying is mental eowardles. No man Is in a minority when he is right. TIk who knows little, and knows it, knows much. Christ was the only teacher who f ally lived His teachings. Am. truth is old, but there ts musk art in making it appear new. Tine workl gives Re greatest rewards to those who learn not to eare forthes. Wr adtnire ti raseal for what he ntlght have been and hats a feol far

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