Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 April 1892 — Page 3

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C. DOAXX. FabUeber.

IXDIANA.

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4i OIDN'T

Al fte 8t)'' rt"" ' faH 7"rtwr whs eseertftil kha rTtka jvbu ttr sue the W4t l.mwl. .... , . MfcUU!"!1" Wagers bj .t,,, woke upos the iweewslx ansa kis plethoric roll. Mfira-a jay? Of snwme he was s awe as vorilsst thisjatSs?dMii'tre4Uw pspws, wkfck ssmnmUi (or every uujf pined for imki rhmss, s the Uit k swat-lot-Uiekk AVtcn tie l"1 w WH7 eH a soUU-n brtck.

jtfoathlm uar sear nve iiubme-. maybe kkkojltd the "t?oia brick" fa no to kV asr ACtUlUJ He It WW, ud tthunsi nil towiko . Bat be illdtTt tm the pam, se he auea'tksew it thenlie street re rstaer crowded snd Ue pavement they www v.i, Bat he started trom the esvfaeleM to the thr MM to get; He saw a car, but never thought that harm It could portend, For Ik' looked and &otkd that there were so lionos at the rut. He never knew what struck him sad what cbomw-d hlw like a knife.

Tor ttR- Uectrte doesn't 1!b.t when It yssks

away a life. jlfsnauld have knoK? Of ere, sad thea he'd not havti met hit fH.

SathedMa'ttvaatbepspcrij, h ofh

he knew It all. Spring field Unto.

v mT?

EJr

IE called her the

Pink nurse.

Ami t)i at settled it. After

that it was do lonirer Annie Durrant

but "our pink nurse," with tlve wliole

family, ami it even came to pass that

4he was known throughout the village

as "Hriggs' pink nurse." Awl the name

fitted her well enough, on the wnoie.

as her hospital gown she was a trained

nurse her plump cheeks, and even her

dimpled hands and the ribbons on her stiff cap were each and all a most lively

irink.

- .. . . .1 A

it all narweneu ine snainier inav

"brooght Zie her fifth birthday, when

the family were all out at the summer

home, Catalpa cottage, ami when

mighty battle was beingr fought in a big

front room upstairs letween a strange juyMcry we call having no better nam

i'ath, and two famous physician,

seconded ably by our Pink nurse.

For the grandmother was gazing pafct lis all into the ifloom. and, dove-like

and gentle, with alt .serenity, was bkl

tling us farewell with a certain stately

tenderness which was all her own. And Zic was the only one whow

happy. And she was happy, as she al-M-avs is happy, because she cannot, for

her life, help being so. It is in the

Avarp and woof of her small being. It is as much a part of her as her freckled little nose, vellow mop of hair and

topaz eyes.

One blue summer morning, after our invalid had had a IhmI night, and our

Tink nurse was far more white than

pink, she was sent into the old-fash

icmod garden to steal a little color from

the soft air. Zie immediately extended

the hospitality of lier hammock, which

was stretched lazily between two snowy, blossoming catalpa trees, and there the two sat. and were very glad they were alive, for it was tlie month

of June, which will at oaee explain

that gladness.

prettyr said Zks.

of being agreeable.

I'm glad. Aren't

mntiI Umm a day.

Thai vajitec a tmrnrise was m store

for Mr. Rl(4ey. Jasi at dusk, while all thing her were taking on the graygr4HM of twilight, he walked soberly boat to supper. Whea exaetly opposite a eertaitt hammock a small wie piped up in an authoritative HMuner. "Will vou please be l.ind c sough to aosw here?" Mr. Ulpley thoughtfully rubbed hte right foot over hht left foot, took his handkerchief out of the erown of hi straw hat, and, after wiping hh fe. carefully replueed it. Then folKvrd the suggestions offered by the muuI!

"Well, kM! What is It?" "I'm not a khl. I'm a girl. And my name is Zie. I dkln't know until to-day that your name was Joe. Our link nurse to!d me. Would you mind tellisg me if you've an AHHie already? "I've no Annie and Mr. Ripley grinned. "Would you like one?" "ihm'tmiml." "Ifeeaase I know one. "So?"

"Yes. That's our link nurse s name.

She watches you from behind the uur tain."

"So?" "That' all." added Zie, with dignity

"Vou ean go now."

Ami Mr. Kipley went home, but 31 r.

Kipley has since confessed that he never

felt so queer in all hts life, and furthermore acknowledged that if he had

got religion during the previous spring he sitould have been tempted to

believe m fate.

Ami in fact Mr. Ripley, the village

telegraph operator, begun to act as if uuder some sort of a spell. Just in front of Catalpa cottage, out near the

primitive horse block, there was a

loose plank. It was a singular fact that the window where the link nurse

lurked commanded a view of this loose plank.

Now, avoid that plank as he wouiu.

Mr. Ripley mi sooner reaehed that spot eaeh day", in the full consciousness of the eves lehind the window curtain

and the calm, judicious aspect of the small figure in the hammock, than some

demon lured him to it, stubbed his toe

with it ami allowed him to pass on with neck ami ears a perfect match to the

l'ii.k nurse.

One dav he distinctly heard a titter

from behind the curtain. m

"Never mind," came the small voice

from the hammock, "she likes you just

the same, if she does laugh at you. She

wouldn't watch for you every day, )'(m

know, if she didn't" Which was a sen

sibie conclusion for a five-year-old girl.

But the plank grew to be a night

mare to Mr. Ripley, the telegraph oper

ator. Every day lie found it there.

One night at midnight Zie had

dream. All in the moonlight ol a per

fect June night she heard the fairies:

"Knock! knock 1 kaoek!"

"It sounded she announced ovet

her oatmeal porridge.

And it probably was to some extern,

for the plunk was found firmly fixed in

iU place that morning by three origin

new nails.

'JCt tmig frsv," whispered Zie tc

herself, ami she told the same thing in

strictest confidence to three intimate

friends, after the fashion of her sex.

Rut as they happened to be merely a hop-toad, a demure lady-bug ami a gaudy humming bird the secret was still a secret

That night when Mr. Ripley went

home to his supper, Zie sat on the horseblock.

Did you nail it?-' she promptly asked. Xail what?" responded Mr. Ripley,

with a brief glance at the window curtain.

The plank. think It was a fairy.

St thinks it was you. as it?

lint Mr. Ripky passed on speeehtess. Ami as he went he was quite angry to

find himself marching tothe tune of:

" Sx they'll be awrrieg. Never to part," Awl, on the last day of June, when

the catalpa blossoms lay like suvci

snow upon the lawn, Zie propoumled a remarkable question at the luncheon

table. . . .

Do all men say they never kissed

anyone else in all their lives? Tinea

THE OOHOAM TRUST.

very

way

too.

ion are gravely, by

"I'm pretty

jour' "Oh-I don't know."

"That don't sound true. Are you

married?'' pursued Zie, with an air. "No." "Why don't you get married?"

"Nobody wants me!" rippled out the

Pink nurse between laughs.

"Hut voiir name is Annie. Hasn't

very Annie got a Joe?" remarked Zie,

"w ith amaitement

And the story would have ended right liere before it began if a man at that moment had not been passing down the

board walk. There was nothing singu

lar about his being there, or in the faet that his name should be Joe Joe Rip

ley, liut after lie passed, it was a little Angular that the back of his neck and ars should so closely match our Pink

nurse s face, who was blushing also.

"Oh, you awful child! What will you

oo or say next? It waa the telegraph

operator who sends tlie dispatches to

jour grandfather in Washington ami

wis name is Joe." And the link nurse

ttiad a great pretense of being painwlly shocked, ami ran, with a great

rustle of skirts, into the house.

And W name is Annie." added Zie

herself, while the pupils of her eyes tfrew very big, and the little bits of gold dust in them disappeared, and the

t of the day she waa Tery quiet

. Oat chile done got sompin on her

!n'Mp:" announced blaek Harriet in the

Kitchen, as she sprinkled the clothes,

hlle her glanceg roamed across ike fen of the lawn, away off to the

"nmrnoek -under the catalpa tree. For

e hammock hardly moved.

ow the telegraph operator lived just P lh hill only block beyond Catalpa mad Xta't (! iik was var

"HASN'T KVERT AJfXIK GOT HKK JO?1

flrv iret enrared. I mean," she asked.

with her mouth full ot sponge case. "Whatc the child mean?" ejacu

lated Aunt Louise, inawaacment

-t mean that Annie's got a Joe, now.

Oh. it's true Ami they say l m a uav

Itiur hat I knew that always, i nai, s

aehestiiut. And Joe told Annie that she was the very first girl he hud ever

WM1.ud she wouldn't believe him

bat she dkln't ret mad one wu nny

wouldn't she believe him?"

"IWmmmm thev all say. that" ex

slained mamma, stirring the cream in a - - . , LA. tn I

up of wnm. joaaawa oimmm, Truth. .

AUrwous "Don't vou think.

Ilerr Karon, that the artist has fiatmni mm in this picture?'' naron

na. Jur msdsasa. what artist would

set feel bound to fiaUer you?''

At the Fifth flimr.-ZenolHa-',l

ItV. iiUimh." Amrasta "Men o-

xbU -AutaaMt tea." a

HraM.

MuwiNisMM 1T-IU CsmaltU Vir Vmtme las TstMT tr Um mu4 lUmp sd its subsiHNtea, auvnila, sisal grast sad jut, eoaUituto the raw material of two haaortsat iadsstrhnv this of eordaffs and bagging manufacture. The mott Important of thus k t i eoriisfT iaduatry, whik eoav prises the proJuetioa of all clsssua of ship and other ooraage, rope and bind ing twine. It U seldom that these products are mauufaeturtd iu separate sUblishHwntK. Nearly all the materials used are imported, and the es-

tablishmeats in the imiuttry are quite widely dirersified throughout the coun

try. A schena to oombln all these

tablUhtnents into a gigantic trust wold Have bees eonshierad impowiibhs sevaral years a?o. Now, however, after the people have become accustomed to the sight of trusts sad com

bines, its successful accoinplhhment

excites little comment

The growth of the present cordage

trust from the so-ealled association

which loowly bound the manufactur

er together previous to 1887, when tlie

present trust was formed, has bean . gradual thstexcept among the interests

directly affected it has excited but lit

tle interest.

Previous to October. 1S87. the oorJ-

age manufacturers were in a combination or pool, the object of which wan

to fix jM-iees. Hut, like other loose ar

rangement of this kind, the members

were not slow to break the agreements made wheu they found it to their advantage tj do so. Early in 18S7 this pool fell to pieces of its own weight

and an eraof free competition followeu tilt )ctober, when the nucleus of the

pressnt cordage trust was formed. This- nucleus was composed of tlie following concerns: Eliaabethport Cord

age Co. of New Jersey, and the lueKer fcCurtT Cordage Co., U Waterbnry A

C. ami William Wall's Sobs, all ol Brooklyn. The triist as thus constituted suc

ceeded from time to tune in uniting

with it. by mesas of eontract or leeses, six other compani situated in various parte of the country east of Ohio. At the time of its organization the chief object of the trust was to secure the economies arising from, tlie purchase of its raw material oa a large seals. From this waa gradually evolved the idea of a ooatrol of the production, and price of tlie finished product. This was the purpose for which the eontracts or leases were made with tlie ten concerns in the trust Under these eon r acts the different companies agreed to make secret comnetltive bids each year for the produc

tion of cordage. The trust agreed to furnish the material and to award the contracts for the year's production to the lowest Didders. Besides this the eoatraets hound the companies not to agage iu production oa their own sceouat. Thia unique scheme contemplated a large increase in proata to be derived from economy ia the purchase of material and from a considerable decrease ia tlve cost of production, without any increase in the price of the product to the consumer. Fur a time it worked well, hat internal dissensious soon broke out, for manufacturers who hsd bound themselves by eon tracts found little profit ia keeping their

plaate idle for a year ia ease they were nit successful in seeuriag contracts by low bids.

It was these internal dissensions

which induced the trust to secure a

corporate charter and by purchase of

the plants umler contract, to strongmen its power and korease its control over tlut iwoduetion of cordage. When the

trust secured its charter in October,

issa it hsd contracts for the fee of the

following companies, in addUkm to tlie four mentioned above: fieorge C

Pooley & Sons, Ruffalo; Aenia Twine

and Cordige Co., Aenla. O ; J. KineK s

Sons, Easton. Pa., and the Akron Twine

and Con! age Co, Akron, O. In addition

to these it controlled by contract tlie following Victoria Cordage Co.. Dayton, Kv.;ll. R. Lewis A Co., ani'l tan regard ner, Woodward A Co., Philadelphia; the New York Cordage Co , New

York; the Atlas uorusge -.. w w leans, awl Randall, Goodale Jc Co.,

Roston, Mam.

Havinjc thus successfully aeeom-

plisbad its reorganixatlon, the trust

proceeded to taic step o acquire

other properties. In 19"l it secured

eoatrol of the eleven cordage factories in Canada, which gave it a complete tonopolr of the industry there. At

the same time tne khs secureu options oa several of the outskke establishments ia this country, and ia order to provide funds for the purchase of these it organised the Security Corpor

ation of New Jersey, to which a lurnea .. . ... .... ...

over its options, x. s'eu mw

this corporation should acquire a majority coutr il of an many independent - . , , . , 1 . . . i. . . .

plants as posstoie anu meii wmm to trie trust The Irst move on the r..irt of this annex to the trust was the

... a AJUI AAA .

nesotiatum of amorigaga iott,ww,vto

on the pfoperiien already acquired and

to be acquired. The trust tnea arraagea a lease of these properties at an annual rental ef tW,00 per year, being a pay

ment of S percent per annual on tne mortgage on the properties. My the terms of th lease the truit also agreed

in make a sinking fund payment oi

925, fXK) per year to lie need in the pay-

meat of the mortgage, ay thie means the trust will become absolute) owners of the properties atthe end of twenty years.

farthenlaa na worse as -

ecsafully as eould be expected, and the

trust has sow seemrva control ay fwr-

eksiw or lease ol se louewmg eom-

pauies, in additlnn to tnose airesuy uieationsd: The Sewall A Day Cordage Co., tb Hostoa Cordage Co., anf the tamlard Cordage Co., all t Roston; the Day Cordsg Co., of Csas-iK-ldgc? William Deeriag k Co,, of (nitcago; the Field Cordage Co.. Ntsia, 0 : t:ve Miamisburg Hinder Twin and Cordage Co., of Ohios the Galmtoa Rope ami Twine Co.. Taxas; the Suffolk Cordage Co.. hostou; the Ferua Mllla. ladiaaa; the Hanover Cordage Co.. renssylvanla; the Donnel Corf age fkj.. Kalh Ma 5 the New Bedford Cord-

Co., MasssehMseVMf tne uawresasi

Works, New. Tratt KM I'Moa

Crssa Co g ass nasTsri

Co , Indiaas, and the tu.

eg Co., Xuw Yoek Thus

trHst has also ceeurad eMMtruJ, lf pssrrkase r Mmtatf ef the sisals sf tH foUewmg maauf aeturara f maahlsery: W. C Roone. Jr.. Brooklyn: Joseph C

Todd, PaUrMn, and Joka Uoad, hrooklya In addition to the forty live eonesrna mastioaeri above, the trust claims tHe eoatrel of four ethers, making a total of forty nine properties. Atthe time of its orsniaation Sa ISttT, the trust announced as the object sought by iu formation, an Increase in the profits to be derived from a lower coat of materials by tlie removal of competition in the market and from the economies to be derived from a decrease ia the coat of production. It was asserted time and again that no attempt would be made to raise the prices of

its finished products. These claims were repeated at th time of its reorganization as a corporation, and finally In Februarr last ia the annual report to the stockholders in the following terms: "Through

these advantages secured by the control of many mills, and their management under one dilution, the company hopes to be enabled to secure an inerewsed margin of profit without in creasing the prices of its product to the consumer." ' Has the trust up to tlie present carried nut this promise, or. if not. Is there any likelihood that it will do so in the future? In the following tables are shown the average yearly prices since ISSfi of Lha raw material and finished product The articles, the price of which are .. . , . ..

given, are tnaniia iieinp anu inawns cordage 7-1U of an inch in diameter and larger, in cents per pound: is iw;. i&r m. m im. Cordage U. UM U IS UK H.M Manila "M $M 0 1303 9T? 7. SI

OHOOi. Am OHiMIOH.

DWereoce .. l.W W S.U I.W 4 ! 'lhese figures would be misleading without explanation. The high prices of the raw material prevailing in 1SSC were ia part due to a shortage in the crop, but cuieUy to the manipulation of the market by a coin biuati in of the cordage trust an I English brokers la the fall of 18SS this combination began to corner the product with such complete success that during a large part of 1898 they eon I rolled nearly all of the stock. The prices prevailing in were those at which the trust was willing to sell, and not the prices which it paid fr the raw material, lly this corner of the raw material the trust was able to keep up tbe price of cordaire to the high averages shown for

" ... .

lim and im, until it Had suoceeueu ia working oft the whole stock on hand. The difference between the price of the finished product and of the raw material for 1890, as shown above, was about the actual average difference ia lSevalso. This shows that the trust succeeded ia making enormous profits entirely at the expense of the consumers. The reduction in the prioe of cordage was made for a purpose. During the whole year the trust was negotiating for the control of the iadependent establishments, and its success depended upon it ability to force these outsiders to terms. For had the trust kept prices up, the outside establishment would either have refuse! 1 1 jola tlie trust or would have held out for more favorable terms than they would have been willing to accept unJer other circumstances. By October, 1S01, the trust had so far succeeded in securing control of the cnmneiin? mills that it was ablo to ad

vance prices again. As a result the nries of Aordaffe has been raised from

8Jc er pound to the present price of UHe per pound. And this advance has been made directly in the fa-e of a declining market for the material. Tbe present price for manila for ship mcnt U ojf to 7c per pound. 'Pie difference between this prlcu snd that of the finished product is therefore, 4.38c per pound. The promise made by the trust, that the increased profit which it hoped to secure from organization would not be at the expense of the consumer, haa been completely forgotten. In spite of the faet that the cordage trust en?a?ed in open war during- the whole of last year with the independent manufactories for the purpose of forcing tlie in into the trmt it was able to make very large profits. During tlie fiscal year ended October t. I8l. the trust made a profit of !,4.813, which enabled it to declare dividends of 8 per cent oa the preferred and 8 per cent on the eonmofl stock, add at the same ttmslefta balanre of SlOfUlS. As

result of the hi?her prices since October, the financial director of the trust

felt justified in making the following report for" the quarter ended January SI last: "It is very difficult at this time to give an accurate estimate of the profits of the business for the quarter ended January 31. I feel fe in stab ing, however, that after deducting expenses, reatals and all fixed charges these profits will be found sufficient to pay the entire annual dividend of $4, 900 on the preferred stock and a quarterly dividend of S50,lXM on the common stock, besides leaving a large surplus." Should this rate of earnings be eoBtinued throughout the year tlie trust will be able to pay the dividend of 8 per cent on the preferred stock, IS ner cent 6a the common stock, and

have 11.099,000 besides to be added to the "large surplus" earned during the past quarter, which latter will be U ereaaed tm per cent.

hm iH miMw aelssek for heft

sad 174 for girls. The MetlKlUtKpiseoeslehurehh aver 15, fee traveling preachers. Before the reformation fifty par sent of tke land ia the UniUd Kingdom belonged to tlie church. There are thirty colored men in th ordaineu ministry of the Protestant Kpiaeopal church of America. Out of 100 Indian students returned from Hampton InMtituVe, Virginia, tothe reservation only two have been failures. Prof. II. E. von Hotat, of Freiburg, who has just accepted a call to the new Chicago university, will reeeive e7,W0 annual salary. In almost every seheol of the mikado's empire it ia tlie custom one day in the autumn to take the pupils out rabbit hunting. "General" Rooth of the Salvation Army attracted much attention in Koine, where he was mistaken as a precursor of tlie carnival. The gross Income of the missionary society of the Methodist church in Canada for the last year was $148,000. Illus

trated Christian weekly. "Aren't you afraid that you are living rather too well for your health?" asked the chicken. "I nin't in this for my health," anuwured the turkey, between pecks. "I am out for the stuff, so to speak." Indianapolis Journal.

"What church were you married in, grandipa?" "I wasn't married in any church, dear, I was a vuy nnughty

girl, and ran away with your grandpa "Merer, me! I'd never run' away with

such a fussy old gentleman as grandpa."

In St. Mary's Catholic church, Rut-

deford. Me., one Sunday recently the

nustor. Iter, Father Liuohan, created

a senmttion by declaring that hereafter he would refuse to administer tho sac

rament to any person who sold li icr

ou Sunday. Cardinal Gibbons has addressed a circular letter to the archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic church in the United States, suggesting the propriety of some concerted action with respect to the. solemn religious olservanceson October 12 next, commemorative of the discovery of America. Probably the largest congregation in America is that of the Church of St Stanislaus Kostka. in Chicago, which

has 30,000 communicants. The number of attendants at the several masses ever' Sunday frequently exceeds 15,000. The cure of souls committed to its charge requires the services of twelve priests. It has a parochial school attended by ,000 children, and these are taught by twenty-six sisters and eight lay teachers. The church maintains an orphan asylum in which about 800 inmates are cared for. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. An American missionary writes from the Yangtse river that he tried in November last to buy land on whichto build houses for the accommodation of

a party of missionaries who were com

ing up the river, lie tnougnt ne naa

secured the land. All arrangement

hmdbeen made except the signing of

the deed. Then the man who was sell

ing the property heard a report that the mfeeiotiaries ate children. That ugly news frightened the poor man and he declined to sign the papers. The missionary bord the man's fright would subside, but at last accounts he

had not yet succeeded ia buying thf property.

THC sHJMPAV SOHOOL.

There was a novel spectacle during the debate in the hesse ou the fret wool bill. Nr. Stevens, f Massa ehusett, owner of one of the larges woeiea manufactories la the Unlttt' JHatea, got up oa his feet and made tpeeeh for free wool ssd for the reds tion of the duty on woolens. Mr Stevens contends that the passage C the bill would benefit both wool grew n and woolen manufacturers, and k also insists that the measure "re pre' senta infinite possibilities of good ali the American people." There im many other woolen manufacturers who thk.k as Mrs Stevens does, but there are few who are so eewaff in Hejrtag what they think.

AN UNINVITING OUTFIT.

Hew iHdMM Appear a Marketing Kx-

tr4ltlen.

An incident of this typical journey I

am describing would, at more than one season, be u meeting with some band of Indians going to a post with furs for barter. Though the bulk of these hunt

ers fetch their quarry In the spring and

early summer, some may come at any time. The procession may be only that

of a family or of the two or more iami

lins that live tocether or as neighbors.

The man, if there is but one group, certain to be stalking ahead, carrying nothing but his gun. Then come the women, laden like pack-horses. They

may have a sled packed with the furs and drawn by a dog or two, and an pxtra dt M- mav liear a lmlanced load on

his back, but the squaw ia certain to have a spine-warping burden of meat and a battered kettle and nannoose. ami whatever personal

rtwuwrtv nf anv and every tort

he and her liege lord own. Chil

dren who can walk have to do so, bat

it anmttini(s barmens that a 'baby a

year and a half or two years old is oa

hir lumk. while a new-born infant,

swaddled In blaukct stuff, ana uaggeu

and tied like a bolojjna sausage, surnnuntH the load on the sled. A more

t.Hpttlfmallim outfit than a band of

tfw nauncriacd savaree form it would

be difiicult to imagine. On the plains Hiiv will have horses dragging tr-

voiscs, dogs with travoises, women and ..hildwm loaded with impedimenta, a

colter two running loose, the lordly ,nrn i-idiiw free, strangling curs a

liabiea swad-

IIILIIIV, imuii-f" ... -. . , tiled, and toddlers afoot, and the whole battalion presenting at its exposed rwdnts exhibits of torn blankets, raw

meat, distorted pota and panB, tent, W and rustv traps, in all eloquently

mimmttt ive of an eviction in tlie slums

ofagreatclty.-JulkiB Ralph, ia liar-

per's Magazine

A MUtsken Female.

Two ffcntlemcn in the orchestra, Mr.

Manhattan Reach and Mr.Uptown (Jay

W.ara disnutlng about their opera

glass. Each one claims to have the best

Vi nv mv- I can count the wrin

kh. in the face of that okl woman in

tho box tin there.

Mr. lleseli And I can count her gray

Umim with mine.

Tki bwlv in the box observed that the

two gentlemen were looking at hsr, so with a gratified smile shesakl toafrmml athersklc: "A handsome woman always attracts

attention." Texas Sif tings.

Mr aairasea. - Ps.

Hnw Hsr AaeM a, la . 1 OeuMM paxr.-TaeLsvdlsBMf amsfaera. t

fcsU m wsst-lH. MA.

Atrraea. Prakswi at. at seawsm m

MU. '

mhmox neraa, 1. "The Lord ia my Wsephsrd:" KasW islbl to us ia this relation by Jestt

Christ, who is "the good ShphrV

John ,10: Ml. To understand all

fore of this image, we must

her what the Syrian shepherd was, How very unlike our modern shepherd. "Beneath the burning skies and tbe elear starry night of Palestine, there grew up between tlie shepherd and his fioek a union of attachment and tender neas. Try to feel how Christ is like a sliepherd by imagining wliat th lonaly Syrian shepherd inuat feel toward tbe helpless things which are the companions of his daily life, for whose safety he stands in jeopardy every hour, aad wliose value is measurable to him, not by prioe, but by his own jeopardy, aad then we have reached some notion ef tlie love which Jesus meant to represent, that eternal tenderness which bends over us infinitely lower though wo be in nature and knows the name of each, and the trials of eaeh, and thinks for each with a separate sol ieltude, ami gave Himself- for each with a sacrifice as special and a love as personal as if iu the whole world's wilderness were none other but that one." "I shall not want:" See Deut. 3:7 8:9. Or, perhaps, "I eannot want," as describing not only the present experience, but as expressing confidence for all time to come. t 2. "He raaketh me to lie down i A .1

.green pastures:" rasture grouuu oi.

fresh, tender, soft grass where pa ties at ease, and rest and enjoyment are combined . . . more especially aa oasis, i. e., tlie meadow land of the desert. There are times when a maa needs to lie still, like the earth under a

spring pain, letting the lessons of ex

perience and the memories ol tne wore

of God sink down to the very roots of his life, and fill the deep reservoirs of

his soul. . . . They are not always

lost davs when his hands are not busy;

they are growing days. And for this aide

of a man's life the Ureat suepnera provides in His green pastures. "He leadeth me beside the still waters:" Wa

ters of rest reet-glving waters, or, perhaps, waters of resting places. Not

quiet waters, which would be stagnant, but gently flowing among green fields. In distinction from the mountain torrents, rushing through ravines, carry

ing away vegetation, dangerous la w in

ter and dry in summer.

"He restoreth my soul:" ThisaUMMMta

bring th soul back again to itself, to

bring the soul that haa beeoaM uaium itself once more into a condition ef

equilibrium, and therefore to inspire with new life. "He guideth me in the

paths of righteousness:" In right tracks, as opposed tc delusive tracks which lead nowhere. Those which lead to th right goal. "For Ilia name's sake." Met

because of our deserts or claims, we eould not have the face to ask It for

our own sake. Rut beoauae lie lev

to guide us, because it is Hi nature t help us, because He would not he true to Himself. and His promise, unless Be

guided us thus.

Thy rod and thy staff:" xne seeoaa

of the word "rod and staff" seem

merely explanatory of the first. Ia Zeoh. 11:7 tlie shepherd has two staves; . . . a. a l a.

one to lead tne book anu me otner w defend it. The shepherd invariably"

carries a staff or rod with him when he goes forth to feed hi fioek. It is often

bent or hooked at one eml, whttn gave

rise to tlie sheplierd's crook in tlie hand of the Christian bishop. With thk staff he rules and guides tlie flock to their

green pastures, and defends them from their enemies. "They comfort me:" W must not miss the fore of th good oht word "comfort" It means far mere than simply to console. It signifies te tone up the whole nature, to strength

a maa so that all hi energies eaa ae

brought to bear.

"Thou prepares (or apreadeet) a

table, before me la the presence of mm enemies:" He can sit down aad eat m

perfect security, though surrounded by enemies. Enemies of every kind, both,

worldly and spiritual, are around tea

Christian. lie wrestles against th rulers of the darkness of this werleV

against spiritual wickedness in high, places. But with th whole' armor e God upon him, he eaa perform his daily; duties in perfect sc-urity. "Thou.

anointest my head with oil:" It m aa;

act of treat reapeet to pour perxussesi

oil on the head of a distinguished gaeet.

In the east no entertainment eeuld be without this, and it served, as eke where a bath does, for re fresh aK nt Ointment to tlie Jews was a symbol of joy; ae tea

it was in Egypt '

6. "Surely goodness and mercy snau

follow me:" Tlie Hebrew word trans

lated "surely'! more often means oaiy;

i. e. goodness and mercy only-nothing else-will follow me. The goodness and.

mercy will follow him; be need not sees?

anxiously for them as an uiusive omssleg, as tbe child seeks in yala forth rainbow; but they will pursue liira, and overtake him, if only he is a true sheep of the Good Shepherd. "And I will dwell In the house of tlie Lord forever: Tk imuse of Jehovah might refer pri-

marily to the tabernacle, as later to the - A . t A t Si

temple. Ami if so, mat 10 worn m looked forward waa acceaa to God ia His sanctuary, and the blessedness of communion with Him there. Hut k there no more than this? no anticipation of a more perfect and abtdmg blessedness m the everlasting saeiry above? 1'RACTtCAt eoeessxtoxa. 1. Jesus Christ shepherds, restore, sondes, comfort, proteeh aad bleats all who put tltekr trust la Him. ' . Christ knows His sheep,-II knew our secret thoughts aad what h4 S. lie gave Ilk life for us, that H might prat sot us from the ravage 4. lie should he give the key te att our

MIsrieeM Katrasreinsry.

mwH-IIoW old are you, MkwOldun?

aw-I've seen eUrhteea summers.

Msaals Yet hut hew long hav ft

Me bliad? Rreeklya Life

Thk right kind of faHh never takeaaa. for an auswar.-Ram's Horn. Tkk right klndef kws aevec brag ant) Ha work.-RaaVa Hera.