Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 June 1892 — Page 3

WEEKLY OOUBIER. C. 1DOAXJC, JWUHf.

JASPERINDIANA. T WAS neces sary to orosa a rr-t many crooked streets, turn h great many sharp isomers and thread h great many narrow alleys before one came at Jt to the narrowest and dreariest one of all, Shea's alley. Yet it was really worth the trouble and inconvenience, for here, up two flights, in the shabbiest hunt of all the many shabby house In the place one Would He a'very curious sighta little jfirl who in all her life bad never wen a blade of grass growing, or eveu the humblest little wayside flower pushing its head through the dark earth for n peep at the sun. As for a whole meadow full of green, waving thing., noisy w ith the song of birds and the hum of bees, hV. if yon had told Liz that such a .strand place really existed she would not have belteed you. f or Isiac was cvuural; sbc tcatded most people, (and their stories too) with district, and the more pleasing the tal the more satisfied was she that It wa4 a pure fabrication. Poor little Liz! She had a hump upon her back anfl a crutch under her arm, and nil the world seemed made wrong, since ahe was. For LI was not in the least like the saintly little creatures in the good story books. She wan instead a real little girl who lived la Shea's alley (wherein no saint ever dwelt), and she tried no more to be good and meek than she tried to be happy and comfortable. for the crutch It served a variety of purposes. Sometimes when she grew very angry she threw It at people, and, in turn, it often fell upon her own defenseless shoulders. It enabled her, however, to crawl downstairs into the alleyway of a, hot day, On such occasions she found there a swarm of ragged children who screamed ami fought with each other for amusement. Liz did not scream, but with her trusty crutch she felt ready for any assailant. Rarely did she venture further than the end of the lane. What was the use? Heyond was onlv another Shea's alley, longer and broader, perhaps, but not other wise more attractive. LU had a Uter. who would some times. hmr a hot Sunday, don her best dress. If she happened to have one and sw away to the park, lint tin nark wa. three miles distant, and it cot, moreover, a matter of Ave cents to rea -h It. so Liz had never been taken there. Who could be troubled with a cripjled sister when the crowd was so gnat that it was only by bold elbowing and pushing that one . Md reach the car at all. Xo one ex;cU'd Liz to even desire to an: but one day her sister brought borne a bunch of daisies, and from that, momenta great longing filled the child's heart. 1 f only she might see the wonderful place In which these gay flowers irrew. What could it be like! For manv davH she wondered and won deced, and one night when Xaney, her sister, came home from work she called out suddenly: "Are there manv of these near the pnrkr 'Many of what?" sakl Nancy, crossly, for she was very hot and tircu. "Manv of them," pointing to cracked tumbler wherein the daisies. carefullv preserved, still stood straight and prim, their golden disks making gay spot of color In the dingy room. "Oh, miles of 'em!" responded Nancy largely and grandly, her tired luce hritrhtnnifiir Htlcottscioutdv as sllU thought of the broad Held wherein, un hindered bv viirilant policemen, she had roamed knee deep in grasses to pluck the kindly flower that, did not scorn to grow in humble places and.for liumuie People. Miles at them! Poor, astonished Liz could sar no more, but thenceforth the trange longing bora so recently in her heart imw and grew, until it threat ened to overcome her with its Intensity. Of old, angels were supposed to be the Kiting bearers of joyful tidings bnt in thesm degenerate days our an trlle visitors are wont to clothe them s-elves in divers unromantic forms. And thus it fell out that it was a policeman, stout, red-faeed and grim, who brought tlie good rieWs to Liz. It was a stilling day. The Autroat sun sent Its malig nant rays triumphantly into the city streets, sure of eonnuest. Horses drooped and fell beneath thorn. Trav elers, in despair, sought shady corners In which to mop their heated umws l'hj pavements were on fire, the dusty streets seemed scorched and shriveled The whole great city, indeed, panted and gaied for breath. In shea's alley the entire population had turned in "vain hope of comfort to the street. AN omen with white-faced babies crowded the doorsteps, while the chll drcn disported themselves languidly la ute dust. Liz, however, was not to be seen. As the policeman came in sight hush fell upon the assembled tenants. Each one regarded him with a lower ing, suspicious glance, and straight way searched his guilty conscience for the misdeed which had called forth this visit Ilk victim was evidently not among them, however, for he turnml ato a house close at a mm im 4 tke riftkeu stakra,

Ut need it mora than any of ihm.m

he soliloquised, as faulting hk red face violently with hla hat Im paused bslore an open door ujkjii the second floor. Peering into Um rooia, 1m saw lying upon a heap of something upon the floor a little, still ngurei so st ill, indeed, and with such a pinched, whlUt face that for a moment he fancied it lifeleaa. Huddeuly, however, LU (for ahe it waa) opened her eyes and regarded hlui fixedly, hut without surprise. She knew the policeman well, as lie same often to tint alley, am! she waa wondering now, Wly enough, what had happened. Hut the oollceman, who, after all, had a kind lieurt beneath Ida official blue coat, cam into the room, and, stooping beside her, aald, kindly: "You ain't sick, are youY' Lix looked at him suspiciously, with the dislike inhertnt in all the children of the alley for a guardian of the peaee. "Yes," she aald, Irritably. "I'm al ways sick: my back aches, and I'm so hot." And then, in a milder tout: "Who'd you come for?" "You," answered the policeman; Mulling at his own wit. "I've a warrant for you, and I shouldn't wonder if you got thirty day a or more." Lix locked at the big man with an expression of withering scorn. Did ha exiect her to laugh at this ioor joke? She was not in a laughing mood, if he did but know it. The policeman, seeing that she was not disposed to bu facetious, and finding the air of the room almost intolerable, decided to come to the point at once. "Liz, he said, "I've come to And out if you will go into the country for a spell. One of thum fresh air women came to me this morning and said she had n fine place In the country for Mime poor child. 1 thought of you. Will you go?" A great wave of color dyed the child's pale cheeks. The count 13 where grew those 'idles of flowers! She to go there! She could not answer. Tears rushed to her eyes, and a great sob of happiness rose in her throat. The look upon her tired face, however, seemed to satisfy the man. lie mopped his faco again and turned to go. Tell your sister when she cornea homo that I'll come, for you to-morrow. You'll lie put upon the ears and some one will meet you at the other ond. No danger. It's all straight. Wish I was? going myself." Fairyland "still exists, notwithstand ng the vertliet of sundry skeptic to the contrary. It was located that summer ust twelve miles from idifea's alley, it anyone doubts it, let him ask Liz. Oh! the birds that were there, and the flowers (if not in miles, yet in plentiful supply), and the grand old trees, and the creen trrass, through whose crest went a lazy ripple every tunc the wind blew. As for the tiny, golden-winged creatures that flitted about, here, there and everywhere, why, if they were not called fairies, but butterflies instead, the difference was only in the name. The first long breath which Liz drew in this wonderful place seemed to m toxicatc her strangely. She gave one little smothered ery, and then tap, tap. tap. went the little crutcii, iater anu faster, and before her wondering companion realized her intention, she had rushed to a particularly thick bed of clover and llunghersclf face downward into its fragrant deptha. Happy , LizI Here wae her dream come true. Here watt what fclie wanted so long, all her Ifc, for that matter, although ahe had not quite known It until now. snea a alley, with its heat and noise and pain, "TAP, T.r," WEXT TUB IJTTt.K CKUTCK. it was a thousand muos away, in an other world altogether. It surely had no part in thk odorous, restful place. And so the trlorious days sped away. Days so fU of delightful discovery that Liz heneveu ncr poor ursm umn nu lie able to hold all its newly-acquired knowledge. As for her misshapen body. it was crowing so strong anil roay tnai the. crutch was scarcely ever called into uw; now. Hut alas! Vacations even in fatry land cannot last forever, and a ilay ame at lenirth when Liz was forced to say good-by to her country friend. The ladv with whom she liau been stavinc was very kind, however, ami for a parting gift she gave uv. a prom ke that she should return with Hie re turning summer. It was not much, fii.p thouirht thu ladv. that she ws eivinir: not of lier own weallh. only sharing n corner of God's beautiful world with n little creature who was dving for want of it And so. in the clear September days, T.U wimt back to the citv. Hut with her went health, strength and a gra cious memory of happy summer houra, bt brie-htened ami beautified even Shea's alley. .1. Gertrude Meaard, In Hoston lludget. An attache of the BritUh legation, in addraMdnir a Waahlnrton girl whose name, unfortunately, does not go wttk the story, saidi "I am sorry that titer ltehring sea trouble in looking ao sennun. tMnans. with her snlendhl naval equipment, Great llrltaln would wlpa yoH off the face of the earth." Tha vog lady retort!: "What, again?" Ana then wmm ftak mi attMHM.

WHAy M 'KIN LEY MUST FAOC.

IktM, Wmm M4Nitte4ttMM a4 TrtU rWwc t AaabM Utat. The fathers of the McKinley hill us new industries, more work at higher w aires, fewer trusts, lower nrtae and general prosperity. Xotwithstitndmir the faet that 1'roviduaee has since smiled mm m never before and frowiit-d m seldom before on K 11 rope and Asia, we can not but feel disappointed at the kind of prosperity we are now enjoying. Thousands of laborer are on a strike, thoasaml are working Hi r.witimti bmi tii ..t... . thousand are Uirown entirely out of employment, lecauae of dullneas in buHtness, or of mill held Idle to reduce ; production ami raise price and Increase , tbe profits of trusts, organised and eonduetel in o;h?h deflaiiee of our laws. Amongst the hundreds of item on the debit aide of tins McKinley account for the Utat two weeks, we notice the fol lowing: Mar . To 1ho p port taut tle new wall paper tn:t will Uavu M,tWflMot rapt tat, and that it Mill nave iMW.UUO n year by throwing out of rmulojrineutaKi itrummers. The oht pottl which tnt to )cces in ifctff made iroftt at & per tnt. by h1IIii st O ceau imt rolt wall paper now Mold for 7 eenu. Wall paper rasnufacturrt hsve ot foncuttea thone addu days, sad will make an effort to at iMwk to tbem )y adViineiuK prices, rt Judiig i:xinMiii, May 10, To ihn report ttm scwa paoKtng compuieti have cumbttutd lavi th Iulcriuitfoual I'ftcktujr a 1'rovtalou Co., with a capital of W,.vw,WJa. OflteeK will be In Chieago and loaIay 10. To the report that the safe trtwt, as eomiseted, contains Ave biif Arms and has a i-ufital of U,n.u. Mhj 11. To the report that the naval atoms operators of Georgia, Florida. .South Carolina Miid Alntmma ltsv formd the Turpentute 0enktors Oent ml hhhocIaIIoa. ltu objects of thin trust are to reduce the priee of labor and to MulKte tiwuupply aadpriotts of their ware It control more thin W m oent, of the world's supplies of nval stores. May IS. To the report from Jforrlstowa, Pa., that the peddlers in Iloown'ri roUintr mitt hv sveepted a reduction from tl to M..VI per too, sftors strike of several months, during wtiich time the mill hax Mtood Idle. iMt 13. To thj report from Vl River thst the XarrSKitHtett mil. 11 spinner are on a strike because of a scarcity of luck-boy sad doffer, rftulUnK from a reduction of wwrcs. May li To tho rcKrt that the Union llk milt at Oumiiuiu, !'., hat clwd becaiww 11 fly u'vr uronHtrike. On hundred and seraty emidoves r affected May li. To tho wwt that Maine hax lout Htr Pineltlnif imlustry, The lCatakdhi iron works which suspended In 18 JO has now removed to 1'lctou, Nova Sootk. May It. To the report in the Iron Age that tilt; manufacturers of the Mahoavy and Sheaango valleys have sereed upon a scale of wwifes which they will present U the Amalgamated aociation of Iron and stwt workers in June, ami that "It Is radmuod that a thorough rearnknKcttK.il. of price ha been made, and that quite a material reduction In the price of puddling has been demanded." , May it To the report in ih Iron Age that the weekly cafacity of blast furnaces has been redue! 7.A7S tons nlnce April t. May ti To the reiwrt that th first move of the perfected sufptr iru-tt (after getting control of hpreckles' I'nllaaelphia rennery) waHloorfcr thv miirar planters In Cuba, Porto Kteo and otlier West India tiilaads a rate for raw suaar that will hardly pay expense of production Thu poor planter, now having only one market and one set of buyers, muni nccept. The consolidation ha also had freights cat froe U to 9 cents per hundred pounds from Cuba to I'htlailellhift. May 12, To r.n advance of s omits per 2S pounds in the price of shit. A prerlou advance wat aiade .Tuly 4, Mil. The shot trut whi formed ia and eontalas tea of our loading shot manufactories. May It To the report in the Iron Age that the price of lander twine which recently wm ?tt cents, has been advanced to It oeau per pound. The American Cordsae Co. has not km its grip oa the market, and doe not fear that Un friend in the senate will desert It aad pass the free busier twine bill c Mav 14 To the report la the Iron Age tht New York and Dim to Importer of Krench gta$s have advanced price, and that "better" prices for Ameriean jpaiM are likely to rule. Thin Is what the window glaas trust ha tteea aiming at by closing furnace tu deereaee duetlon. May la. To the report that all the tanners of the United States tiara signed aa ngrecmeat to curtail production W per cent, for the iext four months by shutting down all tanneries for two months. May IT. To the report Uut Carnegie, I'hlipH A Co. and Carncile Hro. Co. will consolidale July 1, aad that these will alworlt the Key Atone H ridge Co. The aagregate capital of this new eonwratloa "The Carnegie Steel Co willbelltl.TiW.X), Itwtlt Ite the chief of the great iron ami steel concerns and will be of great atMstance in sustaining the 30 per cent, duty 011 steel rails. May 19. To a report In the Iron Age that aa attempt in being made at Pittsburgh to form a new truat of all the plate glass factories ia America. May 19. To notices la the Journal of the Knights at Labor advising laborer.- to star away from Piaenlle, Ky because the miner there are on a lock-out against a reduction or wages: irom ut'nww. ww., aecaaste a senou lockout in the saw mills ha thrown hundredii out of employment; fr.Wn Wardnor, Idaho, becauee of a strike at the Cteur d'Alene silver aad lead mines against a reduction of wage: from Tarkto. Mo., because wages have been greatly reduced; from little Rock and Argenta, Ark., because the cotton mills are shutting down and the railroads are laying off men. hlxteen otar similar notices appear In this same journal May St. To the report from Detroit, Mich., that l.VJ girls employed ia the Pearl button fac tory there are on strike againtt a reduction la wages. The factory waa started soon after the passage of the McKinley bill, and was visited by tlov. McKinley at the time of thj MlcbUfitn club banquet on February! lait. The girls who were making si a week win now only be able to make W. Instead of striking these lKr girls should petition congress to raise the -HKl per cent duty on pearl buttons to above l.nx) per cent, 1 cause, as McKinley says, high tarISh make hign wages. THE DUTY ON REFINED SUGAR. an aiu to the .sKr TrHHt. Hat Cume to the People. The attitude of the sugar trust toward the effort made in the nubile Interest to check ita monopoly, and to defend consumers against Its extortions, de serves more, than ordinary attention from memliers of congress. 1 1 does not become them to assume that the other department of government are solely responsible for the correction of the evil. The duty of the executive depart ment should bu insisted upon most earn cstly, and yet the law making power haa a responsibility in the matter which cannot bo evaded Whether proceed ings in the courta can or cannot protect consumers against the extortions of the trust may remain dtmbtftil for some years, since in important cases where a powerful monopoly lias minions u ex pend in protecting Its interests against the public, delays are oy no means in frequent Hut It is in the power of the lawmakers at Washington to settle the whole business within a very few days and the people will hold tliem respon aiblc If the adjournment of congress comes without an effort to deprive the wnnonolv of Ita power. A matters stand, the sugar trut takes ri eoaaumers about a cent and a IMMTtar m Ita prettier i-eftalaf attftt

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Um aeM f centrifugal and granalaiad wugmr km now been maiutaiaed for ohmi that i and Um truat man Meat a dlaneeMon to j continue it extortion without t slightest regard to public nroteata or to , proceedings in the court. Ketuaatea of the cost of refluing vary lomcwhat, but it k certainly safe to nay that half a eent to tire-eighth of a oent per pound will more thau cover all the expenaea of priKluclug granulated from centrifugal augar. Th difference be tween the actual coat of rtsnumg, w Jutl ever it mav ue. and the ehanre now "i " Americau bugar Iteaning Co. for granulated augar represent the exUrtlon which, ou account of ita monopoly hi the markets, that oomany propose to eoutinvie. At the atxwe rate of profit, the conauinntion in this country being about aixty-ftve pounds for every inhabitant, tlie sum imld to the sugar rcUnlng oinnpany in exceas of the actual coat of refining Is something like forty wnU for every inhabitant. In other words, thi greedy monopoly takes fnmi the people at the rate of more than SS.lWO.uOM a year. Undoubt edly it IseutiUed ton fair profit. A reasonable interest on the cost of plants and machinery may fairly las allowed. Jlut no man will pretend that a reasonable intereat meant 3.1,003,000 a year on a plant which could be reproduced for ulxnit a3.00,OOO. Congress can end thU matter by removing the duty on refined sugar. There is no reason whatever for continuing that duty, since the most competent officer, of the refining company have themselves repeatedly stated tluit they were fully able to refine sugar in the United States ns cheaply as it efmld lie refined in any wther country. The lalKr enU'Hiiif luto the operation forms but an inaijfnifleaiit part of the cost. Years ago, when the rate of interest in this country was relatively very high. there was some excuse for saying that the costly machinery and plants involved a higher charge for interest on capital in this country than in other countries where sugar refining is largely carried on. Hut in these days the rate of interest has come to be approximately the 'same in different countries. The capital of all the civilized world 1ms come to Ihj available at an hour's notice in any of the money markets of the world. There is no necessity for protecting the capital of the angar re fining interest in this country, nor would there lie a reasonable excuse for such protection if the monopoly had not grossly abused it powers. lat in view of the extortion which it has thus far practiced, there is the strongest reason for insisting in the interest of consumers of this country upon the removal of the duty. The majority in the house of repre sentatives has no occasion to hesitate In regard to tins matter, n can uo no more popular thing, nothing more surely calculated to win the approval and favor of voters throughout the coun try than to pass a bill making refined sugar free of duty. If the majority in the senate rejects such a bill, the responsibility will rest with that body and the political body which controls thu senate. There is no reason to suppose that the president would Interpose a veto of such a measure, but if he should it would be for him a particular ly unfortunate error. The people are tired of the extortion of the sugar trust. They do not want to wait until legal technicalities can be fought out in thu courts. Their representatives in con gress are abundantly able to defend their interests, ana win oe item re sponsible if they fall. X. Y. Dally Commercial lUilletin. The I'orolguer ! Not Pay the Ta. Mr. .laliez Fox;,of Cambridge, Mass., author of a tariff primer, printed ami used by the New England Tariff Heform league in 18SS, has made up from the report 011 commerce and havigation the tables showing the average foreign price of forty-four different articles for the year ending .1 tine SO, lSttO, and for the nine months ending June 30, 181, upon all of which the duty was materially increased. He nnils that "the average foreign price of thirtyeight out of forty-four different articles was apparently higher after thu passage of the McKinley tariff than it was be fore. So that the increase in cost to the importer was greater than the mere Increase in duty aloue. On only two out of forty-four articles was thu price plus the duty as low in 1S1 as in second table snows tlntt ot twelve articles placed upon the free list by the McKinley act the average foreign cost of five, including raw sugar, was lower in lSwt than la 1S93. The price of one article remained the same and six were higher. In only one case out of twelve, in beeswax, was the cost witnout ine duty in lJt as great a the cost plus the duty in 1S0O. These arc omcial figures, it is proper to say, however, that they probably do not exactly represent the actual change In the foreign prices between 18IK) and 1MIU 5omt! allowance must undoubtedly le made for the adminis trative bill which caused an apparent increase in the foreign values by changing the basis of valuation. It is probable, too, that there- was in some cases a change in the grade of the articles imported. Hut after making all reason able allowances for all these variations, 1 think that the tables show, with sufficient certainty, that the foreign price does not go down as the duty goes up, ami that it does not go up aa the duty goes down; that the duty Is imid by our people and not by the foreigners, and, in short, that the protected ones knew exactly what they wanted when they framed the McKinley tariff, and that they got what they wanted. There is no doubt that they wanted to shut out competing articles as much aa possible, and to raise as much as poslble the price of Much articles as succeeded ia getting in." i Hcnrv George has scored many tri Hinphs, but never a greater one than when he got Uncle Dan'l Houser's name on a single tax petition to eongres. When the principal proprietor of the Olobc-Demoerat gives such an Indorse ment to free trade, it proves that it M ever too late to mead. U Louie K ubllc

THE SUNDAY SOHOOL.

Llaet Ilea. eJ. fee Jaw It, !. Specially Arranged from a. S. Qearterijr. Coug TaxT.-No ommumt of hart waa fouae upon aim, bocscae ae bettered M ala Ood.ti'vn. CKWTIIAI.TUCTS.-Ood Oliver H falthtttt eaea ta tine or trouble. Tlx -between H. C. ftS8 and IM, hi the te jpar or Dartu' retgn. PUACC-Babykm. Just conquered he Cyras, KtKca-Darlua the Med waa king of BabyIon, under Cyrua. He ia probably the Muae wt Cyaxare. Um father-in-law of Cyrua. Me was sixty-two yerr old aad retfaed two yea. Tua Jaws had been la exue about seventy yean, and the pranuaed return waa near. Deaid's exaltation and hi great fatUUulaeaa were a preparatkm for the return. DAXixt, waa more tbaa eighty years otd, aa had been la Uabylon alxty-olght years. Part of this lime ha waa at the head of the government, but for some time he seems to have been ia prlvata life with the wise mea. Jeat before our leasoa he had been again placed la high office through his iaierpretation of Betohaaaar'a dream. IiKi.ra Ovkr Hash 1'i.achs. The story of the plot should be read la the earlier part of the chapter. Tbe occasion of It waa partly envy that a foreigner, aa old man of an exile race, should be exalted over the young natives, aad partly becauac Daniel's strict honesty stood ia the way of their schemes for unjust wealth. Tk Plot Affttit IHshM .The reasons for tal plot were, doubtless. (I) ft rat and chiefly that ha stood ia the way of their itUhooeat gnlnn. Sack offlitrn in those times almost always made fbclr position a means of wealth. They soon found that Daniel "would neither wink at their misdeeda nor share In their dishonesties." ($1 Daniel was a foreigner and a Jet, of a slave race, exalted over them, and holding the place they or their friends wanted. (3) Daniel's character was a perpetual reproof. They were tired of seeing his good deeds and hearing his praise; as thu Athenian voted for the condem nation of Aria lid cn the Just, simply because he waa weary of hearing him called the Just. (4) Envy because Daniel waa preferred before them on account of his wisdom aad honesty, aad lusher lienors still were planned for htm (0.1). Th Iktrtf.U seem strange that any mon arch should sUm hucIi an. absurd decree. Hut (I), according to Pussy (lisjtures, pp. 445, 4l). tbe Pctnlpxs looked upon their king as a representative of Ood. as Indwelt by Him, and as such gavenlni divine honors, (i) The decree appealed to the king's vanity and self-conceit, and be doubtless Imagined no great harm could come front it, and that he would not enforce it It waa a kind of joke, a piece of fun. (3) There may hare been political reasons. Being a Mede he would conciliate the Persians by cod form lug to their religious Idci, aad divine honors would confirm his rule. 1. "The den of Hons:" a eare, or large place ilos in the rock, open above for giving food, and with a door for entrance at tbe side. IT. "Scaled It with his own signet:" a custom originating in the fact that few could rrd. lloth parties sealed tfco stone so that neither could interfere. St. "God hath sent Ilia angel:" whether visible or not is not said. 21. "Those men which had accused Daniel:" not the whole 140, but the leading accusers. Many of the others were doubtless scattered over the kingdom aad would not be there. . "I make a decree!" by this means the natives were prepared to respect the Jews and help them to return home. The Jews" themselves would be strengthened la faith. The decree reads as if Daniel himself wrote it for the king. LESSON JfOTKS. Daniel got Into his trouble not by wrong doing, but by right doing. This was hard. Hut Daniel is not the only man in all the world who has got ten Into difficulty in this way. Long before him Joseph was east into prison because he would not sin a great sin. Then after that Elijah had to flee from before Jezebel liecauae he would not bow down to her hideous idols. Then we saw last week how the young friends of Daniel fared because they would not forsake tbe law of the Lord their Ood. In Xuw Testament times such instances abound. Paul ami Peter ami James all suffered, simply because they chose to do the right. They might have had an easy time of it, had they gone in the face of that which their conscience told them and conformed to the sins of the world around them. In the case in our lesson to-day, w are told that (hwl interfered to deliver Ills servants from the mouth of the Hons. Does God always thus interfere? Xo. Not even in Hible times did lie ik this. ICltjnh was delivered from the wrath of Jeaebel. but many otlier of the Lord s prophet were slnin by the edge of the sword. Isais.li was sawn aun der. Pan I was beheaded, as was also J ohn the Iktntiat. Peter was crucified, and James beheaded, while the beloved John was exiled. If ycrti want to know how It often fared with luiy men of old. read the 11th chapter of Hebrews, and vou will see. "They had trials of cruel mocking and scourging, yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment, they we're stoned, they were rawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, iwing destitute, afflicted, tormented." The same treatment is meted out still to those who try to follow the Lord Jesus In some parts of the world. In Afriea we still have the blood of the martyrs shed: ami in Madagascar they suffer many things from their enemies. What then? Why, we should have the same spirit tlntt animated the men of olden time and the martyrs of modern days, and le rather willing to die than to do the wrong. Daniel went into thatdejn not knowing whctherGod would or would not deliver him. If he had been sure that the lions would devour him as poon as ho reached the bottom of the den, he would have gon there all the same. To be willing to die for the rio-ht la one of the very grandest things thata man can do. See, men are wil ling to die for their country, and shnll we be willing to die for our country and re fuse to die for our Ood? You will never have to encounter a Hon, much less a den full of theln, for the sulfa of dutv. Hut the Bible tells us that our trreat adversary, the devil. goes about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. And truly the temptations that he places in our way are far more dangerous than all the danger into which Daniel walked, l'or that danger wasonly one that pertained to his body, while that to which you and I are exposed relates to our eterm welfare. rnAcncAL buoobstioxs. 1. Even the liest person cannot escape the hatred of the wickeL 2. "He thou as chaste as tee, as pare jt atinw. thou shalt not escape eal umny," a, The true Christian lores Christ and Ills cause more than life j. d delivers men either froam trouble or in trouble, ft. "If a man will take care right, God will take ears of mm. a. Persecutions and temptat latua ifi rnalttv of true relkrioB. 7. Only those who have done welleWb aat.au... taJh "a. sail H

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, Prlii east assclal Mew York Cerwiwoadaasa. ynahhm ia maknur no rat) id aicidaa iaat now, bnt moves quietly aad steadily. Most of ihm style are eHle4 for the Muawer, tmxigfc a iw ehanwsa will occur further on. Already there ia an embarrassment of riehea, aad every ineoHtlnr steamer is bringinff addittoaal contribution to the already ltd 11 last and artistic display. Great, howvr. is this elaborate exhibit, still elaas of fabric has ita own peculiar des tination ami ues, for tailor oostnnms, for traveling, sttoppisg, receirtioas. dances, ate. The materials for damn toilets occupy a small world of Utah own, and the gawsea, silks, erepea and erepalinos (la delicious dyes) ami humWrless otlier textile of like character. fulfill their destiny on dinner and evening toilets of the most sumptuous description. The natty tailor costumes for 6 u m m e r are more than ever adm irab le in style, out is ami finish. Tlie light camera hair fabrics, summer cbe- ' vioU aud light welfrht corduroys and Hedford cords, Harris tweeds ami fancy suitings are more artistic in point of color blending than they have ever been. W ool surah, m very popular also. It Is a new dresa fabric that is almost as light and del icate as the silken material. The nrineesa style is greatly like. this year, and the bodice on this sort of a gown still fastens invisibly, and kohm of the French models have a bluntly pointed back to the bodice, to whiok the deeply plaited inn ubck 01 me sair is applied. All tliese dresses are Ma li noil, aud are worn over h suk peuicoaU The chic 01 new gowns im hs the IkmHco, as skirts are comparatively 1? plain. The great fancy is jacket fronts. KjF LW and a Host of jaunty abort zouaves, Hgaros, Ktons, etc., eut in new and varied ways. The top of the jacket is sometimes shttped in two square corners above the armh ole s , with lapping edges falling on a full vest a pretty fashion for polka clotted nurahs, snaW flake erepons, or fine elairettes and ato hairs combined with shot silk. Laea zouaves are on crepe de chine gowns,. very square revers or gathered jabotre vers edge other zouaves, and an entire jacket of crcpon is worn over a fall waist of India silk. Very pretty set and lure dresses over changeable silk arc made in this faithion. Mesa jackets and English cutaway coats apjiear with any number of blottsei fronts or fascy waistcoats e it suite some of wash Milk checked, spotted and striped surah, and for morning uses of percale, n a i hsook and dimity, fastened m. front with three gold studs. Jackets and. cape for -wjape. appear to h about equally favored, ami th choice between, the styles ks merely matte r of taste. The choice of material an garniture Is a matter of means, r the range in thos regards is almost limitless. T1m? new summer corduroys are made lute stylish and serviceable beaclt anil mountain dresses, with bell hkirte that just escajx! tiie ground in length, oikjm KngHhh Jacket ana mouse wait.v"i China silk or dotted sttrali. styimn. outing drefses arts made or lietiroru cord in cream color alternating witk

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narrow stripes in summer colors. Washing silks, or silk cheviot, a they are called, abound among summer Importations, They are used for tennis costumes, travelitiK dresses, tea gowns, ami are combined with dressy afternoon toilets of ltglit woolen. Witk light summer costumes apj-ear very charming lace capes, fichus and berthas. Very graceful ntul Incoming capes are made of deml flouncing lace simply gathered around the neok and fastened with a ribbon tte with end in front Wash dresses of every description ar made up in Russian blouse style without a lining. This blouse hus a yoke and t deep full skirt gathered to it belt. This is aliout three-quarters of a yard ocep after it is hemmed. , Pink is very fashloaable amng dainty ginghams, lawns, ohambrays, et. and also in the very lovolj nwe-lteart tint in evening fabrkw. Tin; new picture hats ar lawn wit lace and ostrich plumes. "Fresh butter" ki th name of the very latest shade of yellow. It appears among silks, batiste, moires and alaa ia the spaelal Hat f kok gloves. v r