Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 April 1893 — Page 7

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INDIANA.

A-.f 1 1 K big

ja-"1

moon

shiner u u in e

flushing down

1110 lUOUUtillU path as swiftly

as a deer. Ho

was Intensely

hands clutched

His

...iti.il. und his big

..'.i.i. r.u crrio tho. rille ho carried.

" ... ii ...... i..

..i mi nor u'n'j ( muicuiu nmv

ill

Lurried

J,e was either being pursued or was

urstiitof some one. Jits run no'selcssly, his cat-llko tread rending warning echoes into the valley. At a point in the path thickly inclosed on every side with it dense growth of mountuiu shrubbery, he paused, and. holding P mtVl' ncss before him, assumed a listening ottituile. The most intense excitement bowed itself iu his attitude of trembling expectancy. His rough young face was lit up with that peculiar animal-like expression wlncli comes to the faces of rough, unrefined inen of iicrco passions when they are violently wrought up. Hreatldessly be waited. The. moun

tain stillness was unbroken. The spot

where the athletic young mountaineer htood was little frequented, lying on rnwod little pathway that led

down into the valley where the little imiiintatn stream trickled, and beside

which, in a hidden nook, the big stillbouse stood. And yet, unfrequented

and known onlv to the mountaineers

as it was. Dig Dolph was by no means sure that the shrewd young revenue otlicer was not upon his heels. Ten minutes be f tire Dig Dolph bad been sitting beside Maitlie Dexter, his sweetheart, at her father's home, and between holding her soft little bund, now and then stealing a kiss, and watching the lovely shadows como and ro in her cheeks, his bliss was perfect. In the midst of it bewhiskered, hardy ami fierce-looking old John Dexter had run in upon them with a 'startling bit of news. The "revenues" weru in the neighborhood, and in live minutes would be at Dc.vter's door. 'Dolph." said old Dexter, "they've been prowling about for two days, and they've done It like sneaks. That vounircuss. Jack Hagirurd, is one of

;uit" The import of the news was not .Wncirnntoil liv Die Dolph. and at

the mention of young Haggard's nume & fWco lire lit un his eyes.

He irrabhed his ritlc, and, kissing

Mnidie. stenpcd out. At the door he

caught sight of the well-known (iguro of Jack Ilutnrard, climbing up the

steep toward the house, not two lun-

dred yards away. Woipn tiisnppeareu

around the house. His strong, well

trained nether limbs carried him fast n 4lio. wind into a covering of trees

r.cveral hundred yards south, where be amt Into the mountain path. Once in

this he sped like a racer, now and then hnltlntr for a second to listen, per-

for the sound of firing. At hist

ho'drew up, quite out of breath, and at a fever heat of excitement, where 1

nlncetl him in the opening paragraph.

. ll'vj Dolnh was not afrak'; he. wished

to avoid discovery and capture. He bad never been caught, though Jack

llM.r.r;.-,! bad carried oil so many of

bi ihm' him. The secluded nook

where he and old Dexter had been op

orating for years had so long remained

und sttirbed that they lintl negun 10 re

card it as invulnerable. Their only

fear was Haggard.

For him Itiir Dolph had the flcrces

hatred a fcelinir that had its origin iu

a matter entirely independent of the

natural feeling of hatred that is in htinctive in the breast of every moon fehlner toward a revenue otlleial. Hag

iranl was often in the neighborhood

looking-out for stills, and he know him

well. One day he saw him eneounte

Mnidie on the mountain road, nnd.stop

ping his horse, talk with her for a long

-while, ruder the fascination oi mo young ol-.cer's manner Mnidie forgot that he was a "revenue," and that it was her duty to hate him, and, in talking with htm, her pretty young face had betrayed an animation that nothing that lus might say to her would call lorth. Ho watched the talk, unob-

young Haggard at the mountain home, fascinating Muldie with his city ways.

Maitlie was not like other mountain girls, buxom anil strong mid course feat u red, Dolph knew. Sho va.va tender lit

tle thing, a dreamer, a woman of refine-

mimt, of feeling and lofty ambition.

Dig Dolph had been very tender with

her, for lie loved her as only ids big,

strong, simple heart, honest after a sort, could love. And Haggard might

win her heart He clinched his teeth passionately, his grip on his rifle tight

ened.

So Intensely was he absorbed In his thoughts that he did not hear the footsteps behind hlin. A yung man tirept rapidly toward him, holding a revolver iu his hand. The man touched him on the arm, put the pistol in his face and, in the quietest possible manner, said: "Dolph, give inu your gun." Like a tiger waked from its sleep, the young moonshiner sprang around and faced the oflicer. The pistol was still in his face. "Haggard!" ho screamed, his voice

hoarse and unnatural. He handed the rille to him without a word. "I am ready to go," he said, sullenly. Hack, along the winding mountain path, Dolph walked in front of Haggard to the Dexter home. There an

other otlicer bad old John Dexter ami

bis son under arrest Mnidie was softly weeping. Her invalid mother had

reeled to the door. In the excitement oi the moment, and there sat speechless and helpless.

The men got each a bundle oi

clothes, and started off for the prison

at Atlanta. J ust as they were leaving, Mnidie, tearful and heartbroken, put her little hand on Haggard's arm in a

pleading fashion. "Promise me." sho said, "that you will treat 'em square." Defore Haggard could make response Dig Dolph had jumped toward them and torn Maidie's hand loose from his arm. His face was black as thunder. "Dolph!" she remonstrated, and then, in a confident tone, said: "lknow Mr. Haggard will do you 'uus right." Too enruged to look at her or to speak Dolph walked off without so much as telling her good -by. She stood by the doorway and watched them out of sight Her little hands were clinched tightly, her heart beating

recovered his breath, and, with a feeling of wild exultation, ho walked fast along. Soon tho city was behind, and he was in tho open country following the well-worn wagon roads that Dolph remembered, having traveled It once in a mountain wagon. Daybreak found him several miles from the city, still hurrying on. ill. Tho witching hour of midnight ot. the mountains. All nature seemed asleep. The big mountains gleamed la

the moonlight like mighty sentinels. Hero and there a mountain home sliono among the trees. A solitary human being approached one of tho cottages, and rapped upon tho door. A sleepy

voice answered, and a moment later a lithe young mountaineer peered from the door. "liig Dolph!" ho exclaimed. "Hush!" said Dolph, "I want your rifle. And don't ask me what for." Wonderingly, the man disappeared into tho house, and, reappearing, handed a Winchester riile to Dig Dolph. "A& good a one as ever carried a load," he said; "sure as plsen, and dead agin revenues.' Are. they pressin' of you

Dolph did not answer, but was gone. Three miles farther on, ho came into the deserted path where, three months before, Haggard had surprised and disarmed him. As ho walked with

springy step along he was thinking that it would be different this time. From the rear, the little home appeared deserted, but, coining near. Hiß Dolph saw light gleaming through tho crevices. He walked oauily. making no sound. A four-pancd window in the chimney corner gave him, a view of the interior of the house. A tallow candle, shed a dim light over the small, barely-furnished room, and

by its rays Dig Dolph could sec .Manne, her face robbed of its bloom and terribly wan, lying on her bed, and Haggard .sitting beside, trying to quiet her. Her eyes were feverishly bright, and she was talking deliriously. Dig Dolph trembled as he watched the nieture. All the good in his nature

left him. He became a demon, and his

were bent on blood. It was

THE TIN DUTY.

thoughts

madly. When dusk settled down over

the little log-built home, ami wrappeti the mountains in an awful, dreadful

Hence, Middle was still sitting on the

doorstep, weeping softly to herself.

"DOI.I'H, GtVK ME YOUJt GUN." erved. and walked slowly buck

the still, his face black with jealous

rage, and n demon voice whispering

into his ear. That was tho last time

he saw tho two talking together. Dy

chance, entirely, they met twice after

that under his eves. He stilled the ro

"vcnAfnl suggestions that came to him

for safety's sake, and remembered that

rm had Mnidie all to himself. Terrible thoughts came to him, there In the fclloneo of tho mountain way. He -eoujurad up a maddening picture of

Of course. Dolph and the two Dex-

ters were convicted, lue sentence oi the court was nine months iu the At-

anta jail for each. They murmured a

Ittle at first, but after that they set

tled down to that philosophical resig

nation to the inevitable which is easier to a mountain moonshiner than any other class of the human family.

For a few days Dolph was Milieu

anil downcast II is fierce moods were sure guarantees of his being left In peace. When a boy, ho had been nick

named Dig Dolph on account ot ms . I t A I . . . .

superior strongtn, aim inc revenue

prisoners were qulclt to recognize nis

physical superiority. a iter a iew

wceks ho became jovial ami companionable, and was the center of many a . . ,f. . l.:..

group ot prisoners n.sioiiuig -,u ma stories.

His thoughts were with Malaie, uir

he tried hard as ho could to banish the

worry from his mind, bar a long tune

uo letter came, but correspondence is

not a practiced art among the more remote mountain classes, and this did

not indicate any change of feeling on

his sweetheart's part Dut the words spoken at their last parting, Maidie's apiioal to his hated foe, and the dis

tracting thought that llnggar.i migiit then lie with her, at times almostdrove him wild.

In the quiet days m prison, malice and venom gathered force in his heart, and a desperate resolve secured a firm hold there. In his dreams Haggard's calm face would swim before him. Ho dreamed on, because the liest of the dream was yet to come, and, before the sleeping fancy was ended, he stood triumphantly smiling into the bloody, dead face of his foe. The first news from Maldio'eame about three months after Dig Dolph went to jail. It was brought by a young mountaineer who lived near Maidie. Maidic was slelc with fever, and had been for nearly two weeks. He couldn't tell whether she was dangerous or not Düthe called Dolph aside and whispered: ' "Haggard's thur a-nussln' of her.

He's pow'ful keerful an" tender like to

her, an' she "pours to talto to nun nice lv " ' . . ... . i . ,i . i.

Dolph titti not ifHsi nimseu tu iwh.

He asked no questions. lie understood it all. To shed Haggard's heart's blood was worth his living. He told no more stories that day. An Importunate com

panion who spoke to him was knocked

down. After that no one approacucu

him. Ho walked about the yard like a man in a dream. As ho walked his eves scanned closely the wall that in

closed the prison yard. He stopped

and seemed to be calculating something

in his mind. Late that afternoon,

watching carefully to see that no one saw him, Dig Dolph crawled under tho

prison and hid himself.

At the usual nour uiai ingot- uw prisoners were locked in and his absence was not discovered. The night dragged its weary length with a maddening slowness. To the densely dark spot where Dig Dolph, lay there came, at whitt bee mod weekly Intervals, tho sound of the city clock striking the hour. At twelve o'clock he heard tho footsteps of the guard- pass iu his rounds. When the footsteps died away. Dolph noiselessly crawled out He contemplated the wnll for a mo-

to ment. He grasped on oi inu suppon-

ors mid hoisted himself up. II is fctl

rested on a cross ulece. Standing on

.lint, the tnn was vet high aliovo his

bead. Ho secured another hold, and,

with superhuman j.trength, drugged himself up. He reached up and grasped tho ton of the wall. A moment more

and ho sat on top of It, faint and out of breath from his exertion. Thcro was no tlmo to be lost, and he leaped to tho street below. It was denuded and lie hnrriiil away. II won

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mo pot.rit WATCHKO tub ncruiiK. terrible to see him in that, the moment of his vengeance. A smile, horrible, demon-like, fiendish, came to his face. He lifted his rille to a level with his siimiliW. It was so easy. He would

kill Haggard before, he knew. lie drew the gun back, and his linger touched the trigger. Another instant and there would have been a report Dut his eyes, fixed on the scene within, saw her spring up and cry out Sho reached her band in utter helplessness. "Oh, he went away without kiising

! lie didn't kiss mc! Dring linn

A Good Illustration of the Mudne of the MfiKiniry urn. It may have lwen altogether accidental that the report that the duty on block tin had been repealed was extensively circulated for two or three days after the adjournment of congress. Tho confusion which pretalls In tho last hours of a dying congress, tho manner in which conference ro ports are written, referring to amendments by numbers, louder it impossible to toll precisely what ban been done, without a careful comparison of reports with the bills to which they relate.a work for which there is scarce

ly tlmo iu tho prevailing hurry and confimiim.

i ic nrnlmhle. however, in snito of

these drawbacks, for one whoso Inter ests nromnt him to look after a partic

ular bill or amendment, to tho neglect nf nil others, to keep track of It and to

bo able to know its fate as soon as it is determined. In point of fact, it

in this way, that the' fato ot many measures first become known to tho

public. It Is obvious, therefore, that a

person thus keeping track of a partic

ular measure, which is of great importance to hira and those he represents, but of comparatively little to the

general public, may easily have it in his power to mislead others with reference to the matter, if his interests will be forwarded by such a course. Whatever may have been the origin of tho incorrect information, it happened that tho adjournment of congress was followed by considerable speculation in tin. After tho report that the duty had been removed was contradicted a rapid advance in prices of tin occurred. Tho advance was not confined to New Vorn; at London also tho price roso about three dollars per ton (1!2 shillings Cd). This increase ot .in wa direct lv contrary to what

was demanded by the statistical position of the metal. Humors were also in circulation that several hundred

tons of tin stood in the names of persons active in politics, and that these persons had been active in throwing obstacles in the way of a repeal of tho duty. The tax on tin, levied in the McKinley bill, is to take effect Julv 1. According to the theory of Mr. McKinley himself the foreign producers ought to pay this tax. Instead of making their arrangements to do this they have already advanced the price. This is in ...itini nation of the increased demand

which is likely to follow the failure to repeal the law imposing the tax. English mine owners hope to imitate the sharp practice which wits adopted before the tin plate duty took effect Our dealers were anxious to import large quantities before tho higher duties became operative. The manufacturers accordingly put up the price and were thereby enabled to extract several millions of dollars from our consumers. It is

probablo that importations ol Uiocic tin wilt be large between this time and

July 1, and the mine owners will tio their best to collect a part of the tax in advance. The tax on block tin Is no great matter as comnared with other oppressive taxes, as it will amount to no more than twenty per cent It Is valuable, however, ar an object lesson, because it is a tax avowedly levied to protect American tin mines, although no American mine is now producing a pound of tin. It is therefore a good illustration f.f the madness of protection during the McKinley era, now happily pastLouisville Courier-Journal.

make oar neighbor feel, as Chill e.w

feels, that they are safo from immtBcai

danger of being oppressed by our ia

trlgues in their airairs, u noi. uy nu

..in firmv if invasion, bent iu nuw

jugate them nud ucqu.ro control of

their guano bens, tneir sugar um-, . whatever any syndicate of rapacious

American plutocrats may cnauce w

covet , ,

W. have all tho territory we nccu

and a great deal more than we arc yet

able to develop. ve liavo no ye learned to govern ourselves justly, and we would bo foolish Indeed to subjugate others for the sake of governing them tho better to give tho same class of plutocrats who are robbing us opportunity to rob them under our aus pices und with our consent The foreign policy wu wnnt is not one of robbery, subjugation and annexatirn, but of peaceful extension of our trade. "Wo waat to put tho Atnerl--can Hag back into every port of ths world and, wherever there Is an English

or a German mercantile agent, we want an American drummer there to compete with him. President Montt, of Chili, feels that

Ids country is safo from attacu no. that the democrats are back in power iu the United States, and the party must so shupo its foreign policy that no weak pcoplo will dread subjugation from the United States. We must keep on good terms with our weaker neighbors and restore their confidence In our sense of justice and lovo of freedom. The country has been sufllciently disgraced by ' the policy of Pateganism. Let us have no more of it, neither in Chili nor in any other country. St Louis Republic.

THE PASSING

Flttlnff Clo

OF

RAUM.

official

The people do

how unlit Daum has been given orable record.

ot u .Multiflorous

Cnreor. The announcement of the acceptance by the secretary of tho interior, Hoke Smith, of tho resignation of Pension Commissioner Green D. Daum is glad no ws. Secretary Smith has not waited for the president to select a successor. Ho has summarily relieved the nation of the disgrace of having Daum occupy an otlleial place. For this he is entitled to mi blip, thanks.

1 . . . . . 4-1.1

not neeti io uo ium is. More than once in detail his dishonPresident Harrison

knew it all. knew It long before his own term expired; but he kept Daum in place in spite of his proved unfitness and shame. Why he did this may never be known. Perhans he thought Hauin was a pet of

the union soldiers and could not safely be disturbed by a president seeking reelection. This was rank folly, as the votes demonstrated. Dut it Harrison had any other reason for clinging to this disreputable representative of honest soldiers it can only be conjectured what it was. Certainly ho was a drag on the administration and a scan

dal to the republican party. Hut he is out of oflice. He was put out The acceptance of his resignation before a successor is appointed was a mark of want of confidence. It Is an act that will gratify all good men in every party. It cutis Damn's public career properly. Under no conceivable circumstances is he likely to como again to the surface of affairs. He Is as dcatl as KeifeY. N. Y. World.

You took him away bring him

mc

back!

back!" Haggard gently pushed her hack. He spoke to her tenderly. "De quiet Maitlie, and sleep. I'll bring him back, lie's coming now. I'm so sorry that he ever went away." It would give him more pleasure than ever, now. . to kill the lying .eoumlrcl. He had not won her heart, im, whs trviiiL to deceive her. lie

stood still with the gun pointed straight at Haggard, waiting for more. Maidle grew quieter, and. lixing her eyes gratefully upon Haggard, said: ' "You have been very good to come here and nurse mc while I am sick, and Dolph In jail Did he send you?" "No, Dolph didn't send me. He don't know that you are sick. It was accident that brought me here, Maitlie. I have been hearing reports of a still on the Drowns' place for a long time, ami 1 came last week to -look into it I

heard from some one that yon were

'sick, and I thought I'd ride by. i lounu

yott in a terrible, fever, and raving wildly. You are much better now. Your mother could not nurse you. There was no one here: there were no medicines. The men were in jail, and 1 put them there. I couldn't seo you die for want of attention. It was my duty. I gave up my work, nntl have beeu here for a week. You are ever so much better now, antl are going to get well. Dolph is coming home 1'vo written to the olllce to have his sen

tence remitted." Tho hands that held the gun slowly

relaxed. Tho gun stock slipped from the shoulder and rested against Dig Dolph's breast The linger that held the trigger was nervous. The gun

slipped to the ground.

For a ininuto uoipn wrichuu me

scene within. He felt a mean, wicked, selfish man. Tho evil thoughts had gone. He heard Haggard saying, sooth-

"l'lig Dolph will lie home soon." The moonshiner threw open the door and walked into tho room. His big arms held the fragile little woman close to his breast Great teardrops gushed from his eyes. Feebly she tried to put out her hand to his. Her feverish eyes closed, antl, like a sleepy child, she tnurlnurcd: "Dolph will he home soon!" He kissed tho thin lips long aftct they had grown cold, and, when at last he was persuaded to lay the motionless form of Maldie back upon her bed, he

turned and faced Haggard. The two strong men looked square into each other's cyes.from which tears were st reaming, and their hands rock in hearty clasp. Itobcrt L; Adamson, in Atlanta Coustitutioa.

THE SUGAR TAX. Ilew tho Country U IMmidBrcd Threaah tliu .Mt-Kltilry Kill. The McKinley bill retained a tax on refined sugars of half a cent a pound. For the year ending Inst December there we're imported only Ü4,0l)0,000 pounds of refined sugar, and there were exported over J.-,000,00() pounds. There were imported V.sO.OOO.OOO pounds of raw sugar free of tax. The comparatively small amount of refined

imported shows how fully the sugar trust controls our market Tho fact that we export re flucti sugars shows that no protection, not even that of half a ceut ii pound, Is needed. As a revenue tax it amounts to nothing. As a means of plundering tho consumers of sugar in. this country its power will be seen by a few facts. The stock of the sugar trust, still a trust notwithstanding its reorganization under the llextble laws of New Jersey, is f7.'.,Oi)0,O0O, very largely water. It declared a quarterly dividend tlv of ü ner cent, and an extra

.li.Mnn'il nf ten tier cent A dividend

was paid in January of $1,7.50,000, and the ollicial statement is made that it now has a surpl.is of S.i.0!)0.000. The profits of a little less than a year are thus seen to be about Slfi.OJO.noO. These lirures are given by tho Commercial Dulletln, of NcwYork. The Import price of raw sugar " about :i.H7 cents a pound; that of refined 1. 5(3, a difference of 1.10 cents-a pound Deducting 5 cents a pound, the tax. antl there remains .C'J cent a

pound, to cover the cost of rcfüilng, which is more than ample. Allowing for loss in refining, and the tax of half a cent a pound on the quantity imported nearly equals and accounts for the abnormal proIts of the trust. In other words, the country is taxed soma

Sl.000,000 for the benefit of the sugar trust -St Paul Globe.

OUR FOREIGN POLICY. Democratic Itlri tit rsllnff with

Other Nation. Tho foreign policy to which the democratic party Is committed is of peaceful trade with all countries and intrigues against none. Only through such a policy can we long cscapo a for; elgn war that will saddle our workers with another grand army of military pensioners, so that instead of supporting a single million pretorians we will have several millions of them, insisting on their right to be supported at public because ot their patriotism.

The foreign policy of the last four years has been danireroua to the welfare of our own people antl alarmtoff

to our neighbors. Things have come to a pretty pass with us when It require! a change of adtnlnlstratlom to

POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Eight years ago Mr. Cleveland was an experiment This time ho is a tried and accredited statesman. Memphis Appeal-Avalanche. Secretary Smith has shown himself a reliable democrat by getting rid of Daum ns soon as possible. Now for the rest of them. St Louis Republic. Secretary Carlisle is not talking ouite as much about the condition of

the treasury as Ins preticcessor urn in his latter days. Nor is there need of much talk. The treasury's situation is improving. St Louis Globe-Democrat (Dep.). The trifle of two million dollars lost by an, improper ruling i" the pension department is a small matter, according to the ideas of tho republican leaders. "This is a billion-dollar conn-

try," says Mr. Keen, oi .uuine. . World. A distinguished democratic senator says that there is Hot going to bo any trouble between President Cleveland and tho senate. He remarked that it reminded him of his own domestic relations. "There never was a happier family than ours. My wife docs just as she wants to, and 1 do just as she wants to. also." Cincinnati Enquirer. Secretary Carlisle has dispensed with the services of the head of one of

the bureaus in tho treasury departs ment who was a delegate to the republican national convention. If this rule

obtnins in all other departments of the government It is calculated that something like two hundred heads will come off. The Minneapolis convention was distinguished above all others of recent times for tho prevalence of federal office holders there. Doston Herald. Mr. Cleveland's rcnominatioa was tho work of the people, and Mr. Cleveland knows It too well to be Imposed tin by those who claim that they hftlned do it and that they should,

thereforc,bc reimbursed for tho sacri

fices they mado as his friends. He does

not feel himself in anybody's tteut tor

his renomlnatlon and reelection, nnu

those who undertake to foreclose mortgages on his gratitude aro going to have a hard time doing it -St Louie Dc pub He. The removal of the statistician of the agricultural department will surprise no one who knows how thoroughly saturated with McKinleyism tho work o that ofllccr has been for several years. Tho economic policy that this statistician advocated with great industry and enthusiasm, if not always with propriety, has been emphatically condemned and rejected by the people, and especially by the farmers to whom he atldressed his arguments. A professor of McKIa lcylsm is not wanted in the statistician's oflice now, either by tho people or by the new administration. N. Y, Tlaitr- .

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL International I.eMiin for April lß, 1891 Juli' Appeal t Jitl.liili aftll-in. Oot.iiKK Tkxt What I Co tbou knoweat no bow. but thou halt know l:t:rtattcr. uviKW.-Wet.UouW by review cot clearly Isfort us tliu vrofiTfa ot Uw poem up to th" clone ot our last Th ffootl man I Kutldunly uKsallttl by terrible tllsastcm owl afillctlon. Neither U" aor Ms friends under, stand tlie mtanlnfj. Tho problem lit too hard tor them. Job Knows tie 1 Innocent. Hut M Irlend-t declare that to say so 1 to blaspheme God us un unjtmt Hclmr. for a Just God must rowartl tnu rlRlitcoun nud punish the wlt-urd. it, therefore, ho'punlshos anyone, that fact provee him to bo wicked. They do not sec that there may bo other reasons for suffering. l'.r.SS0X Ji'OTKH. 27! Proyrtim of the Mucusrion. Kach of Job's three friends argues tho case, and to each of them Job replies in turn. This is repeated three times, except that in the last round of discussions Zophar has nothing tt) say. The discussion waxes warm ns it proceeds. The friends become excited and indignant at Job s refusal to confess his crimes. They accuse him again nnd again. They urge

him to confess and repent, promising that Ood will restore His favor if Job will oulv turn from his teeret bins. From their standpoint there is no possible way of reconciling the suffering of dn innocent man with tho justice and goodnCss of tlod. Value of Arguing. Arguing for the sake of victory is of little value. It generally confirms each party in its own opinions, builds impenetrable walls around narrow and imperfect views. The only hope is that somo light may flash through tho crevices. Dut arguing for the sake of knowing the whole truth, of seeing from every point of view, of broadening knowledge is tif great value, and will bo conducted without passion or bitter words. Propras of Job Toimnl the Light. At first Job is absolutely overwhelmed with his calamities, so unexpected, so undeserved hi comparison with those of other people, antl so terrible. This is often the first effect of a great sorrow,

of the setting of a groat hope nice tuo sun in clouds and storm, before tho stars appear one by one with light from Heaven. Silent sympathy and patient waiting are all that can como at first to one who longs to die because lifo lias nothing more for him (chaps. 3, 0). Then follows a state of bewilderment because he cannot understand tho jusHce and goodness of God. His friends argue that everything in tho world comes by justice and desert; that punishment has its Hiiilieient cause in sin, open or secret; and that thus in God's wrath wc may read anil nicasuro man's wickedness. This means that Job is guilty beyond mÖht other meu. Dut Job knows that charge to bo false. He is indignant,

but cannot understand. So. inehantor til. he declares more fully

that observation shows that those who Said unto God. Depart from un, For wo desire not the knowledge of thy ways, were yet prospered and preserved from the common troubles of men. Tho state of the world as to sin and punishment is still a vexed problem tt many. How can God suffer such injurtice'to remain in His world? "Why does He not 1:111 the devllV" Why does lie not scud His lightning to blast those who aro corrupting antl destroying men? Why are so many good men unfortunate, nntl poor, antl sick, and lonely? Still, "facing the problem" la one step towards its solution, even though wo seem, in Cnrlyle's words, to be "shouting question after question into the Sibyl-cavo of destiny, and receiving no answer but an echo." Only those are hopeless who will not see and feel. Job's next step was one of self aasertlou antl of refusal to believe in such a Ood ns his friends pictured. It Is the godlike In Job, rising up in remonstrance" against an apparently misgoverned world. He rebelled against a fictitious (Joil a true Medusa's head.

the very look of which turned bim to stone but carried his appeal to another God whom he was unable to dofine, but without whom he felt he could not live. GU'ivu of Light from the True God. In Job's earlier experience, when, all. around him was Egyptian "darkness that could bo felt," when he thought " If I wash myself with, mow water, And malio my hand? never so clean! Yet wilt thou pltintfi'mo In ttictUtch, And my own clothes shall abhor uic:" . then he lamented that " Thcro Is no Daynraaa betwixt us. Tuat mlk'htlay his hand upon us both." -9:30-3. Dut later on (chap. 10) he seems assured that there is a Daysman for him." Even now. behold. 1 Heaven Is my Witness, And mine Advocate Is on high. My friends are my scorBfjrs. Hut unlo God tnino eye pourcth tears, That He wotild plead for man with God, As the soil of man for his neighbor." A number of tho writers on Job rtpeakas If Job lost his patience in this discussion; that is, at the time when his patience was most severely tried. Dut it is these very expressions of deep feeling which prove his patience. If ho had been a marble statue or a being "carved in Ice." he would have shown

no strong feeling about his wongs, for ho would have had nbno. Dut It docs not require patience in such a being to Itcep from complaining. Job was lighting a terrible battlo, but he hold on till he gained the victory. His complaints prove the intensity of -his feelings; nnd yet he never lost his faith, never yielded to the tempter. That U patience. Just as courage is not indifference to danger, nor ignorance of it. but a going straight forward In the path of duty when the greatness of tho danger is so realized as to blanch tho cheeks, and almost stop the beating of tho heart.

A piANoronTK trio, by Liszt, a transposition of his "Carneval of PcstlO' and the onlv trio of tho sort from his pen, has latelv been brought to light and is to bb published. Kspeclal interest Is felt by musicians hi tho work, which Is said tt) show tho groat master at hübest. Jr.N.NY Linii was long supposed to"

havo left tho stage on account of certain religions scruples, but this, It is now said, was not the reason. She cared n't, tin tri Itter of the foot

lights antl she loved her home. Thai was all there waa of Ik.