Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 March 1892 — Page 3

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C. PO-A-XJC, IaMbHMr. INDIANA. WHAT AILED HIM. .. ik. ILut Wiu lu M Hail W V. " - ... I... WUf t'm uu It was on Ktateii island ferryboat iil!" up to tOWH. All OI H SIHUieU H .ir nroiil n years mii who wjm up- . i -. . .11 .... !i iitiitv iwiritn iu wvca ik. n ma tiletit sort of h weep, with his hand . i . liU uUtniuj.ii ami hl& luulr nil nviT. hut I knew that some- - liiw tit ttuiitr Uw ta tv iti .i r.LiiiH. Ilt sjtt imvl uui am I I i.-i :.. n fathxPlr WHY! ' ts t matter with you, Imb Hi nolled Ins head nt the Hfnrmative. !..... cKv klf it In t li a uiMMtSva a till lmot: humped up a little more and l . : . . . . - ..... it., ii.i. riti i in mim i ri nuntiteei. i r i ii in lime In lift I attracted general attention ....I m man Willi (iMili t kltfiM's luns i. ni -i luiv iHimrt tin mhiI &1.Y? I knmv what alls thw km lie s run . .. fi.itu liniiut .!... M1 i I'll Wiuiittfr ift erv's an officer on this boat?" Tfo- boy now began to sob, and a tvtjjniri came over and sized him up, am) rt?r3 I.cd: iKs just homesick that s nil. La! .. . kJ r i i i . i BU 1 Vt mtii in.v jvcuiten inrM llfiwil liT 1U a unity if he had to go inrv fro nvi one single hour." " Vat's thatlwy, blubbering about? d,-tt!." lU-il a red-faced man as he got up nJ f led up his papr. Ilas anyone iivn abusing yon, bub? If so, tuat p lot Mm out." "Ha V was now going St strong, wari nrnl ftn. mid irrnariiiitr itawl prrinp. i" t a wo.imii with a bundle In herhand ;.!;.- UP. Hwd imtr inr.uu at Hie, and TuOiOily's proltaWy tHd to roh . ... . . . i..i. i..... ..i...i p. y. ur money away? II urst noddfl awl twn shook Ins h a. nntl a yoniiK hii with a Tery t. !i o lar and a very little cane sajfely o-mtcovI: "t'rotit what 1 am able to obtorve I sV w! 1 thay that the kid has uoni down r, .h tSt ripth. That's about the way I ith ttaeked." i! ib, did anyone threaten r alnjse yi o ' kimliy niquiretl a yonn Jauy, a6 fcfr ;las5c fell off her nose. T boy nokled, ami everylKHly now far'r. I was about to jret up and make i' iin! and mak ffvr a. ronrt of innuirv lihn a brisk-Iookins little man 8tpptNl J A J" 4 . . J 1 J T X. A 1 Llm up and aakeil: "Ho?, what haveyon been eating this swniinK?" Clfs-eheslnnts!" le gasped. "Vr.t elwr "An-apple:" "W hat ele?" "B1! rains!" 'Tinl What's this ia your pecVet?" . ottt a half -ateH raw turnip rn pafNtr witih Are or six dates "tionhtso when I Unit saw him; Ti o ro;inr man with a Ima had sninr. an ti ure minntes the 1hvs tars bud hjprearcl and 1m was looking an rnt for the ether half of that twrain. ' Well,'' said the woman who had first tne nj. -I knew it was either home-"-Wv or the coli. It's about the .if thinff with a loy. If he didn't haw smethtn; of the kind to aoare i "lkshnlf to death he wouldn't be happr. I'd like to be his mother for about three minute and have a ood thick a-flc hawly by!"-M. Quad, in N. Y. WoriiL SIih:h)c a I.rak. "I do not know if one way of stopfJrJT a leak in a .saucepan is generally fcsowji, ' says a yoitnjf housekeeper, "tut St .struck me as original, and it is rtainly very simple and eJHcnekms. I wvnt into the kitchen the other day d .sav that ray cook, who is French, rul soraething simmering on the lire. As she was potirinjr it out, I saw a kite rug at the bottom of the saucern. "What is that, Pauline?" I sakl '"OIi. did tnadamn never see that way f mendinff a hole?" she explained. "But .sec, it is very simple," ami she palled out the little piece of linen and "wd fee quite a large hole in the fte pan. "I put the corner of a bit ninen through so." she went on, "and I pull it until the fullness is jtmnieil very tight; then with a knife 1 cut it off on each side and it hold Perfectly." -Hut I should think it -!d burn," I said. "It never does," 1 Pauline, "but I don't know why Perhaps because it remains wet voila!" A Karrtt I.lttla rrinee. A d little story is told of Princess iulmine of .Holland, when she was writ six or .seven, which proves that we life of a prospective queen is not Ja"'te a bed of roses. Once when seated Wplay with three of her dolls, one of ax babies misbehaved itself and 7 little princess held up a warning "OR-cr, saying- sternly: "If you are so Khty 1 hhall make you into a Princess, and then you won't have any othrr little children to play with, and Jotfll always have to throw kisses with JKir hand whenever you go out driving. Hit VTaa Cawaelsatla . K4itor Vnu u i.i. t.t. " appar in my paper aaosymoHsly? Wouid-Ue Contributor-Yes; I 4om't .I1 Hn ta It ea I can't oablka it" t "hy Bot?" 'ha iit T . t i. . . u . mm COaHKIUOM KBOHl T1 matter. I don't wast an unjust rfJHi to fall upon soa UmhmmI -Texss Sifti-sgt. r ik- An mm' Uther-Kverythmg 1 say m jm gt tii.T f w 1 Kt the other. W ivJm (tflly)-Ia that Jjw little beys mm Vwe ntr, fm

THE WOJTAK-GAZKII. Th Story of Old Swolfera Stnunm XaUuoitlo.

was a Mwmbw of tht Xortilng Chroniide'aataaT when I lMMon connH!t4l with that journal several years ago. Why he bhould have been called "Old Zweifel"leould never ascertain, lie could iiot have been more than forty years of age at the tim of which I am writing, and nothing about him indicated old age. Otto Zweifel that was his real name was the musical crltie and general utility man of the Chronicle. lie was a Uerniau by birth and had come to this country when sixteen years of age. He was proud of his masterly knowledge of the KngliNh language, and this was, in fact, the only subjeat of a private natures he oould ever be induced to discuss. Zweifel's personal appearance was not calculated to attract attention. He was .tall mid angular, his bushy black hair and whit-kers were tinged with gray, and years of editorial work had given htm a slight stoop. He was not a beauty, neither was he repulsive. His eyes were bright and lellected even through a pair of heavy glasses a love for all mankind, and especially for his fellow-martyrs on the staff of the Morning Chronicle. Although he was everybody's friend he vas intimate with none of his associates; and when he invited me one evening to call upon him at his lodgings, great astonishment was manifested by every Chronicle man, from the managing ad i tor down to the office boy. Nothing about Zweifel reminded me of his nationality, except, perhaps, the careless way in which he dressed his hair and his place of residence, which was located in the German quarter of the city. He' occupied a large front room in the house of a Suabian widow, whose seven hopeful sons and daughters kept the entire neighborhood in an uproar. The noise, however, did not seem to disturb the lodger, who was too much of a philosopher to lose his temper over trifles. "A noise which carries its explanation with it," he sakl to me when I asked whether life was not made a burden by the incessant and outlandish hubbub, created by the impish young Teutons, "does not disturb mc. Hutplease do not mention it to our mutual friends supernatural sounds whose origin must forever remain a mystery, upset my nervous system and drive me to the verge of despair," That the clear-headed Zweifel might be a believer in occult demonstrations had never entered my head, ami great was my astonishment when he eon tinned: "My life has been oae rich in strange experiences. Soon after I came to this country I beheld in vision the faee and figure of a worn an who, the dream told me. was to be my wife. "I paid but little attention to the vision until it had reappeared three times. Each time the apparition annn.mced its arrival by three distinct knocks against the head of my bed. "Silly dreams, were they not? And yet, my friend, some day I expeotto lmvt the woman of my dreams face to face." As Zweifel seemed to be much affected by the recollection of libs spirit Mr XOTK HHOL'OHT YOU MEKK. love, I did sot oare to pursue the subject, and felt somewhat relieved when he suggested a walk la the park. Never again did Zweifel refer to his vision. When we happened to be thrown together, he talked about public affairs, indulged in a few pertinent hints at mutual acquaintances, ailing in gaps in the conversation with small talk of a varied nature. Great was my astonishment when one morning I received a note in which my friend stated in a few wonls that he was thinking seriously of leaving the Chronicle, with which he had been connected for more than Ifteeu years. I started to his lodgings and intercepted him as he was leaving the house. "My note brought you here." he exclaimed, as he looked at me with unsteady eyes. "Yes, I have concluded to resign from the Chronicle staff by let me see, by" He opened a well-worn diary and, after glancing over two or three eloae-ly-written pages, concluded: "the fifteenth of next month." "But why do yoa want to sever your connection with a concern whose managers respect you aad would do anything they could to retain you in their employ?" "You don't understand the case," he replied, sharply. "Never attempt to judge anyone's aettona unless you are in possession of the key ef their motives." I took thft re bake goodnatredly, and that seemed to have a soothing effeet en my frkad, wkeee exeitenseat

and abrupt i.ott versa Uoa were a mystery to MM. "15 t," he eonlUiHod. "1 wHl explain. Night before last tho riskw of which X toid you appeared again." "Knock ami all?" I inquired. "Knocks and all,' he repeated, aot offended by my sareaUe question. "Hut what has the vision to do with your contemplated resignation?'' I naked. "What has my vision to do with my eouUmiplHteii rlfrnatio? Why, everything in the wmld, my boy, I have oome to the eoneluslotr that I ought to seek the woman whose image has appeared to me so many times. 1 think" this in a whimper "she needs me and I know that I need liar." I reasoned with him earnestly and long, and finally induced him to withhold his resignation atleast one month. My pleas were put on personal grounds, and were effective, beeauwj I succeeded in convincing hlei that, by postponing the execution of his wild resolution, he would place me under obligations.

Hut "Old Zweifel" was no longer the accommodating, patient fellow lie had been. He was easily irritated, refused to perform the slightest task not strictly within the line of his duties, and spoke sharply to the young reporters who attempted to be funny at his expense. In a few weeks the rumor became current in newspaper circles that "Old Zweifel" had been jilted by a wealthy German widow, and that the cruel cm SSsC :.w HK STOOD I.IKK STATl blow had made him misanthropic and subject to fits of ill humor. The editor of the Chronicle, ahumane gentleman and a friend of all his employes, convinced that Zweifel's strange actions were the result of overwork, one evening called h'un into his private office. "Mr. Zweifel," said the editor, kindly, "you have been with us for fifteen years and have never taken a rest. Next month there will be a musical gathering in Vienna. The Chronicle wants a good report of the meeting, and I think you should represent the paper. After you have finished your work, you might, perhaps, lie willing to travel around a little and send us occasional letters from different points of interest." "Sir," replied Mr. Zweifel, moved by the ehiefs kindness, "you misun derstsad my condition. You seem to think that I am overworked. Such is not the case; and, consequently, I cannot accept your kind offer. Sometime" here the poor fellow broke down completely "sometime you may, perhaps learn the cause of my present distressing condition." When the. month I had bargained for drew toaclose, Zweifel, despite further entreaties, submitted his resignation, which was accepted regretfully enough; and a few days later the poor fellow became a fixture at a prominent downtown corner where he stood from morning until late at night examining the features of every woman. In the course of time his clothes became shabby and his face showed that he denied himself wholesome food. His friends made many attempts to restore him to society, but without success. He listened to their entreaties patiently, thanked them for their kindness, and ended his reply with a hint that be did not care to be disturbed in his observations. Summer passed The cool days of autumn, it was thought would have a beneficial effect oa the "womangaaer," as he was callod by the newsboys and fruit-venders who frequented the same corner. The hope proved delusive. Zweifel remained faithful to his whim, and not even the Icy blasts f winter moved him from his pest From five in the morning until midnight he stood like a statue, never addressing friend or acquaintance, but politely answering every question put to htm by strangers. Winter reluctantly yielded to spring; and still the poor fellow continued his search for the woman of his vision. One particular cold April night he showed symptoms of returning consciousness, and one of his former associates astonished the boys in the office by announcing that "Old ZweifelV eyes had lost their unearthly look. I happened to be at the Chronicle office at the time, and hastened down street to seek confirmation of the happy resort My old friend was at his accustomed I post but he failed to recognize me. His eyes seemed to penetrate the gloom; a hoarse laugh was succeeded by a deep sigh, and his dreary .watch was forever ended. He had found the woman of his vieloa. Old-time friends wrote an account of his last days to friends in Germany. In due time, one of them receive 1 a letter from a physician of international fame who was intimately acquainted with the history of the Zweifel family. "The dead man's friends here," wrote the doctor, "were not surprised to hear of his peculiar end. His father died a victim of hallucination akin to those experienced by the son, and the grandfather expired in an insane asylum. His malady waa born with him, and was bound to do throne reason sooner or later." 0. W. WeipiHert, fat Humt eML

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AT SHOT. W Mew iw frit KWr MTnM tMW lhi Mmm Hlk tMM-IUfM tMfcH I'tiii'Mt Mr iittt. Under the operation of hlyh Amtkn Dm priea of domestic wool has always gone down. Under low Uriff, however, wool hat rin in price. On tali point we have th testimony of Mr. Thomas DoUn, who dcelareti in a letter to the New York World, on the fall ln tbe price of w ol a a reaaU of the InereawKl duties impound by the McKnley tariff, that it was distinctly promised by the prO'ccUoniiitft who took pert in the conference of wool growers aad manufaeturcrtL And Senator Sherman sakl iu the debate on the tariff of "In l(s6T t he price of w.m I was 51 eenta; in IWK 4 mnU Thw was tbe result of tha poller in protecting the wool grower, as It k in all Industrie, to gradually reduce the pr.e?. Uo ler the operation of the existing tariff (the tariff of 1887) the p-ice of wool has gradually gone down." All wools were free of duty down Ut whew a duty of 15 to 39 per cent. whs imposed. This duty was increased by the tariff of 1$:$ to 4 eeots per pound ami So per eent Under the compromise tariff of 1S; the duty Was gradually lowered, aud in 1848 H stood at 4 cents per pound and 36 per eent The tariff of raised it again to 3 cents per pound ami 1 per cent- The act of 184 made tie datr on wool S3 percent; that of 1857 put low grades on tlt free list ami cat down the rate on all other wools to 24 per cent The Morrill tariff of l)t inereasei the duty to 8 cents per piuml, ani the special wool tariff of 17 ratsod the duties to 10 cents per pound and 11 per eent on clothing wools, and 12 cents per pound and 1 per cent on combing wools. The tariff of 1S2 took off tbe ad valorem duties, but left tbe pound duties as they were, and the McKialey tariff added another cent to the duty on clothing wojIs. The average prices given are compiled from Mawger fc Curry's circular, as printed in the "Statistical Abstract of bite United States." 1. Wool free of duty. Price the first

half of 4t cents per pound. 3. High wool duties, lSiVl&tt erage price of wool 4H eents pound. S. Lower wool duties. 1SS3-1S42. erag? priee of woo, 4t 9-10 cents pound. 4. Higher wool duties 1SIS-1S4. erage price of "wool 49 3-5 eents pound. 5. Lower weol'duties, 1S47-1M. erage priee of ewool 40 S-5 cents pound. Avper Avper Avper Avper n. Still lower wool duties with some wools on the free list lS37-ltX Average price of wool 44Jf cents per pound. 7. Wool duties raised, 1!1-1$6 Aterae' priee of wool 44 cents pjr pound. 8. Wool duties raised still higher 187 to 1890, average price of wool 41 K cents per pound. 9. Very high duties imposed br the McKinler tariff. Present priee of Ohio wool, XX and above, tit eent per pound. This confirms the statement made by Senator Sherman to the effect that high wool duties are accompanied by low prices of domestic woois, and that when the tariff on foreign wools is low donestic wools command higher prices. FREE BINDING TWINE. Wrport an CoHt;ri Kry n's IMU to I'Ht HiHtllHc twlnn hn the J-r" IJct. The ft st one of the rvports of the ways and means committee on the three tariff bills ordered reported to the house has been prepared br Representative liryan. of Nebraska, whr drew up the bilL It is to a -company the bill making binding twine free of duty, and will be presented to the boase in a day or two. The p-esent rate of duty on binding twiue. the report says, is 7-18 cento per pound, this rate having been fixed as a compromise in conference after the senate, by a vote of 34 to 94, had placed binding twiue oa the free list The report adds: "Petitions have been received from a number of individuals and organizations asking that this relief be granted t the far. tiers of the country. The committee is convinced of the justice of tlm demand. There is a difference between a request that all consumers be subjected to a tax levied for the benefit of some particular industry and a demand from the consumers to be relieved of the burden. While both classes look to their own advantage, they are not equally selfish, for the latter only asks to be let alone, while the former seeks to appropriate to Its own nse the proceeds t the toil of others. That great industry, agriculture, which lies at the foundation of all others ami upon the welfare of which all the interests of the eountry so largely depend, has been neglected. It has been discriminated against for tbe benefit of the protec ted industries, and the injury has been aggravated by the impitiou of useless duties upon a large number of agricultural product, under the pretense that such a tariff would in crease pric of such products, although the farmer has been assured that a similar tariff on manufactured artieles would reduce the price of the goods he buys. A large part ef the sondes products of the farm must be disposed of in a foreign market and the price or that surplus, axed by free competition, regulates the priee nf the portion sold at home. If the articles necessarily used by the farmer in the harvesting of h crops are made dearer for him than fer his competitors he must bear the burden alone, for there is no one to whom be eaa transfer it The chief of the bureau of statistics has mf erased the committee that "it is believed that no binding twine has been imported in to the United mates for aereral years." The tariff, then, of seven-tea Uw of one eent per pewad is prohibitory and brings no revenna whatever to the gov crnir.crt Tat tariff on this nrtiele, Oterefore, oaunov be jus lifted, exeept upon the prtneipto that the taxing power should he need te prevent importa tion entirely, and that nrmointe, beiMee being nntnpferbnd by

Uonat aulaor.tr. wmm ejwvtnK ail merne frXn import ana ewmnel a to look to imi ottuirnonro fine the nee aery revenue. Tk Uoaemry department has sent te the eommlMee alt the information obtainable let fgad to this industry. A letter received by it from a prominent manufacturer state, that there are m the Unite i Mates tMrtyJve cord

age ami binding twiew twentf-ntae of whi-h are owned controlled by the National Cor dago Co . of New York. The taensy-oiae in the treat if k may be so termed, produce e per eent of the total output There waa produced and eentuttied ha the United States ia ISM Q,MVtoa of twtr.e, all bat 7,00 tons of whhm were made from foreign grown ahem. If tbe seven-tenths of on eent per pound is a tded to the priee. as is probable, this tax cost the farmers of the Fnited S.ttm in the year 1990 alone t7a,eeo, and vhh does not Include a large additional sons ekanred for profit m tbe increased priee by Uw various dcalrn through wboe hands Vhe prod act parsed. Not one dol'sr of this large tax reached the treasury. Surely there can be no excuse for nJmwiajr this trust to eoaiinne the exaction of this tribute. The raw material from which this twine ht made is already on the free list STEEL RAIL TRUST PROFITS. Iwnr Prim Fr lift- Ires. Lwr Wagr. ihmi Hthr lrlt rH- Matt Mafc Kiw 1'rwtttau ICarly in 1(01 the steel rail trust clinched ite grip upon tbe market for steel rails by the consolidation of the two mills at Scraaton, Pa. Previses to this time, though both mills were members of the trust oae of them was ia the habit of eutt'og prices on favorable occasions. Their consolidation under one .uanagement removed this disturbing influence, No better illustration of tbe control which the trust has over production and prices ran be given than tbe average monthly prices of steel rails ia 1WL As computed by the American Iron and Steel association, the average prices of Westerner pig iron and steel rails at the mills in Pennsylvania ha"" been as follows: fill f JsHsmrv WM mm Frbnarjr.. .........I M Jtsrt-a.. .... ApriL. .v. ..... 4 ...... ..,,. .... .ItWML. .-... km aim 11 ; ftj K3K mm July.... AsaniMi . ... ..- ...,5.. .... ntnn mm m mm XpiEKf',..'.f...M.i.4 I.' iX'iohcr , f IS Kermtwv ! is itt5bec. an i mm l!emer pic iron M nw aedlag m Pittsburgh at ft4 99 per ton. lint not a ton of steel rails can be bottgbt at lees than 3 at the mills. In the report on the cost of producing iroi ana steel products in the United Stele, for which iavestigationti were made in 1W9. tbe commissioner of labor sars: "The department has beea positively Informed relative to the eot of m airing steel raPs in several of the very largest establishments in tbe United Stales, ami there is no shadow of a doubt in the mind of ths writer that ia these establishments tbe actual cost of standard steel rails hv and has been for some time, within a feweenUof tti p?r ton." The recent heavy reductions .nade ia wages by tbe sWl rail trust and tbe fall in pries of Iesemer pig iron from an average of SIS $3 per ton in whn the commissioner gathered hat statistics, to an avenue of StVW per ton in 1S.U. have greatly reduced the cost of producing steel rails, The present cost of prodariag rails is not over fist For every ton the treat nrodnces, theref m, it makes a profit of at least 911. Under tle higher priee for pig iron in lf?l the eft of mils was not oyer 9S0 per ton and the pr .fit was fio per ton. In 1991 the trust produced l.SM,?s9 tons cf steel rails. The profit, there ore, were not far from SlS.S30.eM. Ikmbtlens these large profits have enabled Mr. Carnegie. mills to declare over S, 0.10. COO in dividends just as they did in 1SSW. TrMtft tr I.mrjHy 'rirat AMn." The remarkable remissness of the present administration as to the enforcement, of the anti-trust law calls to mind the remarks of Hoi. J. G. ISiaiee at Portland during tbe last presidential campaign. He said: "When President Cleveland delivered his me -sage he had something to snv to the American people about the danger af trusts.' I thi.ik there have beea no demoeratie papers ia the roantrr. whether they understood the meaning of the words or not, that hare not been constantly warning the people as to the horrible danger of trusts' Laughter. Well, I shall not discus trusts this afternoon. I shall not venture to say that they are ato?t!ter advaatageous or disadraatagtfoas. Ther are largelr private affairs, with which President Cleveland nor any private citisen has any particular right to Interfere." Ia his letter of acceptance Mr. Harrbo'i ignored Mr. Itlaine's theory aad indorsed Mr. Cleveland's ideas concerning tbe objectionable character of trusts and combine, hot sinre he hae beea thrown more closely with "the greatest living state-Muaa he seeass Vc hare had a eitatge of heart. Pcnsibly as the campaign eostes on he may show more interest in tbe peep.e. In disaapolis SentineL lav tat! Treat. The latest thing in trusts is the rice mill trust wnleh has beea formed at Xew Orleans. Th deal between the syndicate aad mill owners has been finally consummated, and tle truttt k now m opera' fcte. Every one of the thirteen riec milk has joined the trust. At present only a few of jhe mora modem mills will be operated, The imports of tin plate within tHe last ten month amounted toit7.73M.MT pounds, against a. Importation of !,- 7S9.70 pounds in th aaene months of 1990 an increase of Sa.90O.999 poeada. These figures indkuse that the domestic production of tin plate, of which we, read so much about ia the MrKmley rgaee, has Had ttttte cleat en eta Set Igoi inppty.

THC SOMOAY OHOOL.

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Ttua iath Mmteanl 0. C JepennT'rj e(f em lenW JP1 uan ehm ef the rtVm, aafeb eaees K. C 9S1 rXsca Imlsb eaiks ve hi Babylosei. Uatrs Ovan If ah . ye;" poaea t the att asS eoma. x. He htiesitjr ht puooawe:' tbe mfcmttr m of whka see enemiOrin -' It taraU mmtreT imtcsm a StwUe a the penalty (Ex. tSh, m am nenMe mtscs mst s maaltvef bcrsmm a "1 ass. "la me wfJiteineM: tac ella, tehsMte ttsets Mag i Connect Ifcis Uiimt with rveesieie ta var U me Lent rases ate feted la the tea ta when macs a toctety ae inn mm tefote a mvesre tae rasds SeGeOoweed pate the way tor the moraef thecxUsvfar ef Carmt. he the fcomapmat of a. -The iriory of the Lore worm of neontoa a tramCoa. -Aaaeafel; me -All men la rnMs " meaea sear tfceveoeref God. tot a a tedinc noetr wttkGed. a -Tmeeteof verGod:" sac meyhety. 9. "O Zfas:" me coo, -Good ttommef tam.f mlvattoe, Theama nmnsmai'- j tisns (imtkamMhkatwuaii&eN aad kaew "Be held year Ged: ML -ut wort;" tether. Ms watd la his pespln Israel had gone into captivity. the prophet foresaw the coming sptlrity of J adah as welL Yet beyond teds, far in the fntvre. he also saw the restoration of God's people, and it isef this that be tells in oar lemon fiar to day. This mophecy reeeHed hn and partial fulfillment in the from captivity years after this. Bmt la wns again partially fulfilled at the ' of Christ, when John the Baptist the voice cf one crying in the wilderness, telling the people to prepare fertile coming of the Messiah- Bet abet f nil completion of the prophecy as yet in the future; for the day at yet eomduer when Israel shall be more folly restored to her ancient place than she has everbeen. When the veil shall be lifted from the eyes of Israel, and she ahaat clearly, aad shall accept the Mas Man. then ahull come the complete fulfillment of these precious praeaiseseC. Isaiah. Then they shall ngnin lift nav thetr beads; for they shall be tern forted, and shall once more rejoice ha tbe Lord their Soviour. For the surhffc coming of this time, every Wlteter oeght to pray and long most eanmemy-'-The blrssungs of the GospeL" yum a ly (1) The hlcwdeffs that the OcameL has already brought, and (t) the alms kegs that it has yet to bring. (1) The blessings that tbe Gospel bee. already brought. These are very numerous. If we compare tbe world as ht is to-day with tbe world as it was ha the lime cf Isaiah, we shall soon be convinced of this. For where there was one true child of God in tbe worid. that time there are thousands Outside of the Jewish world there very few at that time who had any of the true God. And there was more idolatry than tree worship. This was one of the remnna why God allowed them to go into captivity at alL There were, of course ia Jndah some who loved the truth, but they were very, very few. To nay millions of those who love the Sevkmr. and if of those who preW to love Him mnny are unstnhwn there ant maltHudes who are not. Go to any city where Christianity has gained many victories and count up the instHutkms that are working: fer the amelioration of the welfare of tha poor aad unJortnnate. They numberhundreds. In New York dty alone wer have oeo-r three hundred such hastHn tions. Tbey are for the sick, for the erippled. for the eonviet the the drunkard, the fallen, the the widow, the aged, the blind, the : migrant the wayward of every scription in fact for alt classes 1 conditions of men. It is hard to ' any trouble of mankind that hm celled forth the establishment of kind of relief. This is surely the of tbe Gospel, turning men's besrta to that which is lihe the Master. are no such institutions' where Gospel has not come, at least, very : i) The bleating- that the Gospel I yet to bring. But some scholar a here say: "Yes, but there are many a e-reet evils still in this wecM. : injustice.' To this we answer: h'es. Bat the Gospel has not done all mm work. Tbe evils that sow exist are result of men's refusing to obey Gospel. For example, there is the gigantic drink-evil, which is the cause of most of the poverty of our land, aad mt most of its crime and misery. Why does that still exist? Simply t pea ana men will not obey the commands ofhe Word. If they would do this all i enness would at once disappear. : wkh it an awf ul amount of sorrow : sufieriMt. Wars too would at cease, aad all the standing armies eC Europe would be disbanded. JUrhbmv which are a kind of war. would noteecur. for masters and men would to see in the same light I ties over which now they fight las honesty would come to an end; would "provide things honest iu night of al! men." Crime would a ssan tanLl mleurn. Ceha mtmel ejnummmml MA M Mumk various kinds mf the rateef Mm thai ef the 1 raucncAL L Fenritrea sua is the wuyto S. Irepare the way of the Lerds (ly PHI up the valleys delects of arayeev of faith, of love, of work, ffl hVisc emnrC enn)09MBemniemnl OC f9aHWteeJmta4anam nnbelWf. (S) Strnarhtea aba. rlases of dishonesty. wan rahacitf n arliinj m9araV 1. Prepare the way wf the Lord-bp mrger gifts to mtnmens. ny about them, ay Ser them, hf work,

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