Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 August 1891 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.! Hl-

will ha gives hli mtute aud J NIEDRINGHAUS REPUDIATES.

C. XXXaVM" Ja YttUMMr.

JA8PML

THE SEASON TICKET.

aw a London or Footed a Rail-

way Gktenajj.

1MERR wm ao

question about

it. I was a most

disreputable looking person

-a kind of per-

Hon whom you

would not eare to recognise! on

the street if you were well dressed. I had found it impossible to sleep that night awl had got up Kt half-past three in the morning a n d trumped

kil over the west end of L udon until

! wat dead tird and ready to go to

Loop on any doorstep. I hud put on

if oldest eoat I had and wore on my , .. in I i.i ..i i.

e;iU H YUlKMIUBtt-lUUKIIIK SIUUUII VMU.

Sow. there in nothing which gives a

nan Mich a woe-begone, haagdog P-

i iii-nnce a an old una bad slouch oan.

! had no collar on mid my lwots were

mri;red with the mud of various dirty

flurouj;hfares. A man may ims meafc-

treil by his soul, as Dr. atts held, but p to date the ouUtlde world insists on

nlgmg a person mainly by his appear

and my appearance was decided-

V

airaint me that morning.

I came to a railway station oa the

over which I hold a first-cl urn sea-

ii ticket, and saw that it had been

ust opened and that the uateman was

awning at having to get up so early

the morning, so 1 thought I would

ke the first train home and go to bud

a reputable citizen. I was vvidentthc lint comer and as I passed the

an lie held out his hand and said: "Ticket, please." "I have a season," I answered sleep-

ly. ah that is iny usual reply to such

nest ton, "I will look at your season ticket, If

'ou please," said the man politely.

Mocpy as I watt, this remark awoke n to the fact that I "waa a disreputa

ble K mi icing- eitiaen.

"Why do you want to see my season

ket?' I aid. "It is very unusual to

,k for it."

"Perhaps," replied the man; "nevereless. all tickets must be shown, sea-

and others." I have never len asked for my sea-

n ticket, and i nave traveled on huh

e for months."

I will look at your season ticket, if

"I don't sew what you want with mi

name ami add' I mid. .t wildly m I eouhl. 1 Hare a many acquaintance already tut I kow what to do with. I don't vhh vu extend my calllug list, Let me oiu, if yon please. I am going to walk." itoth mea planted themselves ia the doorway and refused to let me mum. "Do you mean to say," I or 11, "that you are goittK to attempt to stop me from going out?" "Show your season Ueket, or give year name and address," "I will do neither one nor the other." 'Then' you atay here till you do." I shall do nothing of the kind. You let me puss. How dare you attempt to atop me? Have you a warrant for my arrest? If you have not, then I advise you not to put your hands on we."

"John," said the ticket man to the

porter, "go and get a policeman."

John bolted out of the door while the

other s too. I in the doorway, aad nothiag waa said for a few moments. "Can't this matter be axed up?" I said, persuasively. "No, it can't" "Isn't there any way out of it?" "No, there Isn't"

"Oh, well," 1 said, with a sigh, "I

suppose I shall have to take the oon se

quences. hat are they, do you hap

pen to know?"

"It will depend upon what the judge

ays, he answered, shortly. j

"Well, now," I said, confidingly, "I am going to let you into a .secret I

think 1 will manage to square you and John and the policeman all three.

bueli things have been done, you

know."

The man gave an indignant "humph."

"It has rone too far for that," he

said, gruffly, and the next moment John

appeared, panting, with a policeman.

"What's all this?" said the oflloer of

the law.

"This man tried to pass the gate

without a season ticket"

'Oh, I never did anything of the

sort"

"And refuses to give his name and

address, and w.ys we haven't any right

te.ft

oe a.- low

fes, bat tell at war. Tea surety t thlakHat I woaU try to cheat

:aVr oowuMMnr. Do I took HIM a

tafcr

r mu a taui win Mw-r-

it there waa aa increasing

at the lip. lie waived

qnestfcpn of nay dishonesty by say-

f nothing about it

"1 would like to see your season

Iket, if you please."

'I don t want to take it out on a

imp, Toggy morning like this," l said.

a tone of exio$tulation. "it is a

ire, ornamental bit oi white leather.

kanti fully stamped la gold, and it cost

stock 1 deal of money, and I would

ither not expose it to the morning air.

you don't mind."

The man said nothing, hut looked at

le fixedly ami . serious-ly, the linea

(bout his mouth getting firmer and

nner.

I hesitated for a moment and then

lid: "Oh,.,well, it doesn't really mat-

fr. i see the liookiar offiee is open;

11 buy a ticket"

'I heg your pardon," said the man.

rou will nrt buy a ticket If you have

season ticket you have, a right to go

the platform; if you have not I

nt your name and address."

'Hut the hooking olWee is opes," I

otestfd.

'Certain ly it is open, l want to see

rmr season ticket. If von please."

"Well, but if the hooking offiee is

n and if it k for the purpose of sell

r ticket, why do yon ehwet to my

kv'ncr a ticket? XH1 bay a red thlrtl-

i or a blue seooed-elaes or a white

l MOUI.H I.1KK TO 8RK YOUK T1CKKT.1

rst-cinss, just aa you sav. 1 would

ther buy a tiukct than expose my

rnson ticket to the morning air," and

t-stm this I edged oautiously away

m the man as if ready to trait out of

lu? door.

Uc promptly plaeed himself between

nnn the door aad said sternly, drop-

ng the polite 'If yovi aleaee:"

f nt to see your aeatoa ticket"

well," I said, jauntily, "it

n't matter after alL I think I shall

F"K home. It U all rlat. I havt

11 a rood manv mtleaalrtrndv. ami

"nuer mile more or 1mm tioesn't mat

M (Jowl mnenlnv.

The railway man sailed a porter, who

.T'w cnm salatanee.

"ktaaa vov xaa."

te met ear baaes ea hhn, se I theaght

rd get iiomebedy that had.

"Kef used my aame and address!" I

erled, in astonishment

"Ves, and tried to snuare me when

John went for you; said he'd square all

three of us."

The police man, it seemed to me.

rather brightened up at this sugges

tion.

"What did you try to do that for?"

said the officer.

"I say I didn't try to do it at all."

"Didn't voh say you had a season

ticket?"

"Certainly I did, aad I have it"

"Well, then, why don't you show It?"

"Why don't they ask for it?"

Here John broke in and said: "I

heard him ak you for it a dozen times."

"Oh, John, John," I oned, "how can

you say sueh a thing?"

"Well." said the policeman, "if I had

a season ttcxet x wouiu snow it, u x

were yon."

"Now, that" 1 said to the officer, "ia

the first sensible remark I have heard this morning. I never thought of that

way out of the trouble. What they

seemed to be anxious for was my name

and address. Don't you think that they

might to have asked me for mj ticket

if they wanted to see it If you don't

see what you want ask for it, yon

know."

The officer looked at the ticket man

ami the porter. The ticket man

shrugged 'his shoulders aad said he

would like very much to see the season ticket I didn't look like the sort of

person who carried season tickets.

"Oh, all right," I said, pulling out mv nurse; "here you are. It doesn't

look very much, but it eosU a good

deal."

The ticket man took it in his hand and examined it turning it over and over with a bewildered air of a raau

who bad Inset! hit suddenly with a club.

"Now." I said to the officer, "don't

vou think that it's rather cheeky of

these people to prevent me from going1

out, and to make the assertion to you,

a respectable oniccr ot the law, that l

had no season ticket, when you see I have? It's good for three months lonirer vet Here they drag you from

vour manifold duties to arrest a per

fectly Innocent man, aad act in this era.v wav to a natron of the line a

Urst-elass patron, too,"

The policeman shook his head dub

inuslv and said he really couldn't un-

- derstand it

"Well." I answered, "you art' wlt-

to their eharsre that I had ao sea

son ticket Now. I say this matter is

not sroing to end here."

"Oh. well." said the poHeeman sooth

tmfk-. "I wouldn't be to hard if I

were vou."

"The matter." I repeated, "cannot

td kt-. 1 thiak that It's so early in

the mornlnr these mea are not rightly

awake vet and I thiak thsy should he

wakened an. I think that we had bet

ter have drinks all round, as the morn

ing is very damp aad disagreeable.

What do VOH think?"

Th nolioemaa smiled, the ticket man

UrtU1 relieved, and so we ended it

that wav. Luke ahara, w Pitreit

MHh- ApwmiiHtlii'il Tkrir

rrwweeUrw Tim Vtmlm Msker It rMUt

Their Vgrwumi'nU.

Nothing shows more elearly that It is

only at the meetings of eommitteea aad ia the halls of eongresa that those who demand high tariff speak of the interest of labor, aad that waea they go

away they leave behind them all

thought of their working mea, than the actions of Mr. Xiedriaghaus, of St Louis.

When Mr. Niedrimrhaus took hU seat

ia the Fifty-first congress he made a speech deefaring that he was there as a

representative of labor; that he did not

want to go to congress, but was forced to by the work mea of at Louis.

how Mr. Niedrlnghashaa a factory in

it Louis in which he makes kitchen

utensils. Kx-Coagremuaaa Niedring-

haus is president of the it Louis Stamp

ing Co.. a eoaeera with factories in at.

Louis, engajred in the production of

kitchen hollowware. It also imports

tinned platea and ia one of the prospect

ive tin-plate manufactories called into

existence by the McKialey tariff.

While asritating the question of a

higher duty on tinned plate the manu

facturers held a conference with the

leaders of the Amalgamated Iron and

Steel Workers, at which, according to

Mr. Weihe. president of this associa

tion, the following occurred:

"Whn the tin plate association, of

which Mr. Xledringhaus was a pro ml

neat member, went before congress to

have the tariff on tin plate raised, its

members were afraid to go before the

ways and means committee themselves, though they did a sigh, of lobbying.

They came to our association and rep

resented that an increase in the tariff

would start the tin plate industry on a

boom and would be a big thing for us,

and they wasted us to help them out It was necessary, they said, to have us, the laborers, go before the committee.

We took ia their talk and were really

persuaded that it would be a good thing. So we sent committees to ap

pear before the ways and means com

mittee, and, in consideration of this work on our part the tin plate

association agreed to a tin plate

wure schedule by which its members

would pay IS per cent extra for soft

steel work and '20 per cent for changed

iron and steeL Aow they want to craw

fish out They say they cannot rnanu

facture at such a price. Thev are right

thev cannot Another thing, they

will not be able to turn out the amount

of tin plate bv 1897 called for by the

McKlnley bill. They got the assocla

tien to help them, and now they want

to recede from their agreement with

us, and Mr. Niedringhaus, who should

he the very last is the first to try and

back out"

Now Mr. Niedringhaus refuses to

A . . i

carry out nts part oi me agreement.

The result is his workmen have gone oa a strike, aad he has telegraphed

to the treasury department inquiring

whether the importation of contract

laborers from abroad is permitted. The

first reply sent to him was that the

contract labor law would not prevent

him from importing skilled workmen

aad that no special forms were serr for doing it

But it was soon found that the Amal

gsmated association controlled more

votes than Niedringhaus could muster,

and accordingly, in view or, the cam

paign U Ohio, Secretary Foster wrote

to Mr. Niedringhaus repudiating the

letter of his subordinate and declaring

that the treasury department was not

In the habit of deciding supposed cases.

Here the matter stands for the present

but it will be hard for them to desert

la his hour of need this lively gentle

man to whom they have looked with

confidence for tin dishes and tin bills of fare whenever they advertised a

high-tariff banquet hut when they

understand the situation he will eat a

very small ngure uy tne siue ox tae Amalgamated Association of Iron and

Steel Workers and its votes. Secretary

Foster has already silenced the officious

and learned Owen, and Niedringhaus

will soon discover that he has permitted

his business to encroach unwarrantably

upon the domain of practical polities.

INFANTS LIVING AND DEAD.

Mew the Flesh aad Mleee Itahy le Tsiea

rr Ihn KAt mt iHfMt laeMtrtes.

Infant industries have been objects

df solicitude with tariff makers siaee

the first American tariff bill was passed.

Manv of these Infants are now 100

years old and most of them have passed

the age of Si, but they still figure as

infant industries, in the language of

the tariff makers and in that of the

stump speakers who shriek for higher

and eontmued protection to these wards

of the state. It might be thought that

to men so tender toward these strap

ping infants of trade the real wailing and helpless Infanta that are horn into the United States every minute of every day In the year would be equally obiects of solicitude. Nothing of the

sort On the contrary, the strain upon

the svmpathies of tariff makers made

bv tlie demands of infant industries

has left those legislators absolutely In

different to the claims of real fleih and

blood babyhood. Indeed, the flesh and blood infante are taxed like all the rest

of us In order that the infants of iron,

steel, wool, wood, leather, flax and what not may lie sumptuously fed.

clothed and housed. Whatever the

flash and blood Infant wears or eats is

taxed for the benefit of these lifeless

infants of trade.

Flannel is a necessity to the flesh aad

blood infant and one might have ex

pected to find flannel on the free list of

a tariff bill framed by the professed

lover of Infnnthood. .Not at all. The

habv'ri iUnnel U taxed, just like its

father's coat ami its mother's gown.

Here 'h what the law provides: Flan

ads worth ) ceitta a pound, duty 103 per cent; flannels worth from SO to W

cents per poumi, uuty i per cenu; nan

nels worth from W to Ml cents per

nound.dutv 101 per cent. ; flannels worth

from M te M eenta per pouae duty

from 80 to 138 per cent, aeeordbtg to

weUrht and other qualities: flannels

r--- - . . . ,

worth from M tow eenie per poumi.

hit from 75 to SO per cent Man.ieis

I . . a

worth above w cents per pounn, uuty

1M ner eent

Tktm if the leak aad blwd basr

would have ttanaebt he must pay from IS to 148 pr eeat, tiwsr.1 the mttintea

usee of the infant flannel iadasirr of the United States. It makes no difference how poor the flesh aad blood in

fant's parent may im or how tlimeHlt they may And to keep it alive aad warm, that tax must lie paid toward the support of the other infant

Hut flesh and blood babies mast sleep

under hlaukets in wintertime. This is

a lovely thing for the great blanket infant industry, for every flesh and blood

baby in the land can be made to pay

something toward the support of this

Infaat Here is what the live haby pays to the blanket baby: lilaakets

worth not over Se cents per poumi,

duty 91 per eent; worth from 3U to 40 cents per pound, dutr 8 per cent;

worth from 4 to Se eenti per pound,

dutr 191 per cent; worth from 58 to 00 cents per pound, duty 119 per eent;

worth from 0 to 89 cents per pound,

duty 95 per eent; worth above 9 cents

per pound, duty 71 per cent

Thus the live infant pays from 71 to

119 per cent to the blanket infaat

Oddly enough the live baby, whose pa

rents oan afford to buy blankets worth above 89 cents per pound, gets off with a tax of 71 per cent Somehow the tariff

makers always had a tenderness for

wealth. The fact Is that a great many

of them are millionaires and a fellow

feeling makes them wondrous kind. It

was easy enough to let up on S0-oent

blankets while 60-cent blankets paid

119 per cent duty.

Linen is one of the things that go to

make babies pretty. It was a baby clad In linca long clothes that drew forth

from Charles Lamb a famous whimsical

witticism. As they carried the little

one past the gentle Charles he grasped

the wealth of flowing linen, and feeling upward toward the baby's tiny toes stammered out "Wh-where does it

leave off?" Those long clothes are

taxed, you may be sure. Here is what the tariff schedule says: "Sheet) and all other manufactures of wearing ap

parel made in whole or in part of linen and not otherwise provided for, 55 per

cent"

Then there are the laces and pretty

bits of linen that go to sweeten the

faces of small humanity; they too are

taxed. Laces, insertings, embroideries,

00 per cent duty. Ihit lest something

might escape the tax, the tariff makers

placed a duty of from 73 to 1'23 per cent upon women's and children's dress

goods. Then they realized that the

living baby must have soap to keep

him clean, and they clapped a tax of

from 90 to 41 per cent on soap. While

they were about it they put a tax of 00 per eent on the sponge with which the

baby ia washed. Of course they taxed the baby's cradle and his carriage, just as they ta:.ed the comb for his hair and

the bone teething ring.

Hut you would have supposed that

the proposed lovers of infants would

have paused when they came to toys.

How could they deliberately go about

making a poor defenseless baby pay

more than the market value for hit

trumpery rattle? They could, how

ever. "Ah ! toys !" said they. "Every

body must have toys, aad now is oar

opportanity." 8o saying, they eon

eoeted this provision of the tariff:

Dolls, doll heads, tor marbles, of

whatever material composed, and all

other toys not composed of rubber,

china, porcelain, parian bisque, earthen

or stoneware, and not specifically pro

vided for, 35 per cent

Perhaps you think thev relented

when they reached toys of china, rub

ber and ail that, and decided' to let

them in free. Every child now

has a rublicr rattle, and thousands

of featureless rubber dolls make

American nurseries hideous. True,

and the tariff makers had those very facts in mind when they omitted rubber toys from the list of articles dutiable at S5 per cent Here is what they

did about that: China, porcelain,

parian, bisque, earthen and stone

toys, painted, tinted, stained, en

ameled, printed, glided or other

wise decorated or patated in any

manner, 60 per eent duty; toys ecm-

posed of rubber, 65 per eent duty.

There you have it alL The baby

must pay for his whistle. He eaa have

no fun without tax. He must take up

his load of tariff taxation and carry it to his grave, and his heirs must pay

tariff tax oa hie shroud and eoaln.

Even the fire-crackers with which he

celebrates the Fourth of July aad

learns his first noky lesson in patriot

ism, are taxed 199 per eent

OH ft 1ST AT THK FEAST

An interesting investigation inta

the cost of labor and materials in mane-

factured products has just been ec

pleted hy the bureau of labor statistics

of Massachusetts, it completely re

futes the doctrine of the McKlnleyites

that the cost of labor is the chief item

In the cost of manufactured goods and

tii at. the tariff is levied solelv to emial

ize labor cost here and abroad. Thh report shows that the cost of la tor represents only l per cent of the ot

of the product while tfte cost of the protected materials is OS per eent, or over twiee as much. The average rate of duty under the McKlnley tariff ia AO

percent and is largely added to the

price of the goods made. Tariff re

formers aim to decrease the cost of ma

terials by making them free, thus net

only increasing the wage of labor, but

decreasing at the same time the total

cost of production. Workmen will thereby lie benefitted in two ways, by

getting more money for their work aad

more goods for their money, it is for

the workmen to deckle which they

want

The Lawrence (Kaa.)

(rep.) says: "There must be a dleae-

sition to make such ch'inge ia the

tariff act as will satisfy tho west that it

is not to be robbed for the benefit of the

vast aad some responsible assurance

thai such abominations as billion

srrssses are not to be of annual

reuse, or the republican party will go

oat of power, never to return."

letters I'm! HawtaJ-)

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tease unlit M and driMtJesa 7:KT,

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ftavkmr and King.

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month before His erueiaslM.

IXTKRVKNINO HieTOSV.-MnU.. IJIB.

Martt. ofaB. 7 f: Lttfce, record ttw events between the last lessen aad this.

THEFXASTOrTABSUMAC!.X. (1) 7W. THIS

feast was held from the l&tn te the ist of TUri

(SiitUMrtt October); that yesr, October 11

to it. () 0M. Xt was a thssksxlvinir, was

spscUl refercsM te the sbede la tsbernsews during tH fecty years ia the wil4ersM. S) Urn dtimtnl. Booths were erected everywhere, ia court aad on sous-top, ia street aad square. These arbors or booths were made of

braaeaes of trees-psuas. yeesori, ouves, pines, wiHows, etc. Nobody wssliviaKataenui; everybody ia these booths.

HELPS OVES IIAUD l-I.ACSH.dl. "WS

Christ cometh," etc., this was their argumeat

that Jmus was the Messiah. 3S. "A'.llttie wane

I with you." aad you eaa repeat and aeeept

your Messiah. M. HYe shall seek me" forafcl

aadeorarort. Tauaer ye eaanoi eorae. jo so not belong with God or to Heavea. Your

wlioJe character is opposed tetheat. 35. "Unto

the dispersed." Jews scattered among Me

aeatkea. 37. "In the last day:" the seventh. One ot the ceremeale at this feast was the

a rawing wster la a goMea pitcher from the

pool of Hi loam, aad pouring it on the altar. It

was dose with a Kreafproeessioa. it wasjtui

alter this, ia a pause of the eeremoaies, that Jesus probably spoke. "Thirst" la his soul.

Men thirst for God, for life, for paraoa, lor goodsess, for comfort, for a better life, for a

noble object of living, for love, lor inenusnip, for eternal life. "Come unto Me:" all these thirsts arc satisfied in Jesus. 38. "Out of his beilj:" his heart, "Shall How:" the good is for

others, and not for self alone. "Rivers:" denot

ing: abuadaace. freeness. continued supply, la

contrast with the snail golden pitcher used ia the ceremony ot the pouring of water. "Of living

water:" pure, runaiaic water, overnuwiag

streams: the opposite of stag Beat, malarious,

poisonous water; also life-giving water. The jtospel of Christ, which is the truth of God received into the heart by the Spirit, brings life,

health and joy. a. "Holy Uhoet sot gives" in the abundance whloh characterised the new dispensation. See Day of Pentecost. "Jesus glorified:" by bis atonement, resurrection and

ascension to tho rlgst band ot uoa. eu. "tne prophet:" Dcut. 18:15. 41. "Tbo Christ:" the

Anointed, the Median. . "uataaoi tne

Scripture tatd:" this U their argument for believing that Jesu being a Gal

ilean, la their opinion could net be the

Meulah. "That Christ ootnetb of the seed (or

offspring) . of David." See Pa. 8:1-Sfl; 138:11;

Isa.9:8.7: ll:l-5: Jer. :. 6. "And out of the

town of netblehem:" (see MIc. 3:; mke:.)

All the trouble with their arguraeat was that

thev did not caro to ascertain the facts. Their

quotations of Scripture were an argument in

favor of Jesus being the Messiah, for lie ful

Hied the Scriptures.

I.KSSON C0MMKNT8.

At the time of this lesson, Jesus had

been before the public for nearly three

years, in ualtiee, in samana ana in J udea he had taught and wrought many

miracles. Lepers had been healed,

devils had been cast out and the dead

had been raised. lie was no newcomer araone the people; nor was he a man

like Elijah, appearing for a short while,

and then for months or years remain

ing concealed. He was all the time among the people, mingling with them

Ua their joys ami their Borrows, aad

continually teaching; them the things

pertaining to the kingdom. The scene of this lesson k laid in Jerusalem, ia

the very court of the temple. We need

to remember all this, for it has a marked

bearing on the dispute which forms the

substance of to-day's lesson.

Now call attention to the two parties

into which those who listened to Jesus

as He spake in the temple were divided.

Some claimed that He was tlte Messiah,

or at least His forerunner (the prophet).

Others cried that this could not be, because the Messiah was to come in

David's line, and be born in the town of

Bethlehem. (These persons wrongly

thought that Jesus was a Kazarene by

birth.) So they disputed among; themselves, and some even wanted violently

to lay hands o.i him as a blasphemer

ad a false prophet "What think ye of Christ?" Were

that question put to everyone in Amer

ica, would all answer In the same way? Would there not be divisions of opinion like these in our lesson? Some would say: "He is tlte Divine Saviour of the

world; while others would answer: "lie is a fanatic and an impostor." Some would acknowledge Him to be the Son of God, while others would only irrant that He was n good man, better than Moses or Socrates, but still only a man. How strange that for nearly two thousand years men have not agreed yet on that one question! This question about Jesus has been the central question for centuries, and will be for many years to come. In which way baa the division been tending for eighteea centuries? Do more people or fewer people to-day think that Christ is the Son of God than thought so in the time of this lesson? Incomparably more. To-day mitlltm have accepted Hint aa a Divine Saviour, while hundreds of millions intellectually ackowledge Him as the Son of Goth The trend at tlte centuries is in that direction. Rev. A. F. Schau filer, D. D. rRACTICAT. sueaRSTIoxs.

1, Miracles are the signature of God

te Ills message.

S. Life is full of opportunities pass away forever.

3. Everyone must goto his own place.

4. All have thirsts of the soul which

this world cannot satisfy. fi. Among these thirsts are the longing for life, love, comfort, pardon, good'

ness, a life, worth living, happiness,

Heaven, God.

. Jesus Christ alone can satisfy these

thirsts. 7. The living water is pure, refreshing, abundant life-giving, cleansing, free. abUiag, fiowiur to others.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The grave of Oliver UokWmsah, k.

the precincts of the Inner Temple, im one of the neglected graves of England. The engraved letters are becoming dlan aad the tablet ia scratched.

Stanley's contract with the Ameri

can publishera of his book called for

iM.tfW in royalty. It ia now authoritatively stated that he has received from them the additional sum of Hl.WW, aad that Maj. Pond paid to him some ninety thousand dollars aa his portion of the proceeds of the lecture tear.

The German empress went shop

ping in London. Her purchases includ

ed a beautiful hand-embrokiered sorerlet of Italian design, supposed to be

two hundred years old, for which ska gave forty-fire pounds, and a very handsome satin quilt a reproduction

f aa old pattern embroidered ia soft

ly blended tones of terra cotta aadfoM

which cost forty pounds.

Allen G. Thurman is said to be

breaking down physically. He takes

ao exercise at all. Since his retirement from public life he h as-got into the way of shutting himself up in his library, reading nearly all night kd then re

tiring so late as not to rise before noon. His wife is ill enough to be confined to her bed, but she tries earnestly to per

suade the "Old Roman" to take more

out-door air.

That old Bourbon, the London Sat

urday Review, thus protests against a new spelling of the name of a classical author: "For men of letters who are scholars and scholars who are mea of

letters there is no such vocable as 'VergH' In the world, nor ever will be. 'Vergilius' in Latin, if you like (yon needn't but if you like). Hut 'Virgil' in English, absolutely, peremptorily, without stay of judgment without

leave to appeal."

There Is just a faint possibility that

babies may supersede as fashionable pets the pampered lap-dog. The duchess of Portland has taken an odd and, perhaps, unaccountable fancy to he very proud of her baby daughter and to avail

herself of every opportunity of having' the little woman with her. When the duchess opened the great Kensington bazar recently baby Lady Victoria was proudly displayed to the public ia her mother's arms. Whatever is English "goes," and why not this? The late Mrs. E. L. Davenport waa a most charming and estimable woman. She was a very beautiful girl when, as Mrs. Viniug, she met and married the actor Davenport Her daughter Fannie has had some claim to good looks, but it appears to have been an instance of a "mother prettier than a pretty daughter." All of her five daughters acquired reputations oa the stage, and her two sons have made names for themselves la their profession. London Punch readied its fiftieth birthday recently. In all this time it hi said that it has never contained a vulgar or immoral illusion by pen or pencil; H has been a pure and respectable sheet. It has reflected the shrns of the times. It has been patriotic in its spirit It baa encouraged the artists who have the power to put humor into caricature. A writer in the Contemporary Review points out that every person who had genius aa a comic artist has drifted into the company of ' Punch artists aad writers during the last fifty 3-ears. HUMOROUS.

that

A bushel of wheat will bay two or

three times as much sugar to-day as it did a rear ago. 80 wfll a bushel of

potatoes. Sugar is new free. It wsj

no. a year ego. b the mm a teat

A xkw ear oa the Michigan Central railroad does the work of three hundred

men In scraping the dirt dumped on

the skies of the track to the edges of

the fill.

Wn.tf AM AxxinoKK, of Punt liases,

lie., has an alligator which est up the

refuse ot the Allibone household and is

a better scavenger by far than the

average Xew York garbage man.

Not far from Portland, Me., a bam wan set on fire by lightning. The same

bolt that fired the buikling shattered

aine that connected with a water mam.

. A A A 1 S S.

aau tne ow OC water exwagumnt wm

Tom "Have you asked lleesle yet?"

Jack "Yes." Tom "What did she

say?" Jack "That she would take

vanilla.' N. Y. Herald.

Mrs. P. "They say that Mr. Hay,

who used to sing so much, has lost his voice." Mr. P. "I shouldn't think

he'd offer much of a reward." Truth.

The initiated believe that half the

pleasure of camping out consists in seeing how miserable your fellow campers sen be under unfavorable circum

stances. Somervllle Journal.

Hoffman Howes "Yon remember

Jack Fast man, who married Miss Termagant last year, don't you? He's scad." Murray Hill "Out of the fry-

ing-pan into the fire, eh?" Kate Field's Washington.

Kklgewood, Too. Small Boy "Somebody come sulck and catch this

hydrant" All the Neigbors "What's the matter with it?" Small Boy "It's running." (Small boy promptly fel

lows Its example.) Brooklyn Eagle. Hostess "Te bet I beg pardon, Mr. Downcast, but really the New England custom of having pie for breakfast seems very funny." Mr. Downeast "Ah, madam, if you could taste New Engl ami pies, you'd want them three times a day." She Was a Good Cook. Fresh wed (pettishly) "I ean't see why you don't cook aa well se mother did." Mrs. Fresh wed (after a pause) "Let's see, George, dear, I think you told me that yoar father died soon after you were born." Fresh wood "Yes; dyspepsia killed him." West Shore. Maiiitou. Early in the season: Acquaintance "Have you any relatives with you?" Young Mr. Seekingawife "No." Later In the season: Another Acquaintance "Have you any relatives here?" Young Mr. Seekingawife "Yes, nine sisters." Colorado Sun. They were sitting together on a bench in one of the public parks whea a gentleman well known for his philanthropic practices passed them. "That man played a mighty mean trick on me yesterday," sakl one of them. "What did he do?" "Woke me oat of a nice, comfortable sleep to tell me where I could get werk." Detroit Free Press. A well-known dentist tried hard k. collect a bill, but after many ineffectual efforts said to the debtor: "I de not intend to send yon any more bills, ami I don't intend to sue you; but there is one thing I want to tell you. Every thaw yon cut off a p4eee of beefsteak sad pass it to your wife, I want yon te remember that she m not chewing that beef with her teeth, nor with year teeth, but with my teeth." In tevr three days he received a check. The motion ftf these doubly false teeth la his wife's amenta was to much fee ta hasVftad.-Dcmorcet's Menthbh

"uoB t lt tUt mm Wave the lte,"

Free Frees,