Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 January 1894 — Page 3

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INDIAN; DISCOVERY. Wln tl '-! r BB'K W wra a d ve t. ake o t tt t be. A-J an? at -L srtnwm? Mi nr t n.'.aj Ujoushyo'JliriaDOsuy - ..'-tra.a O? the suim-nes-j-rim. ,r rive, new, new sew throu'-a ad acJ Tauet a- a lawScs dream. T , j .fcc jr.fmooJ Kat by the lonely fct u-prlswr heart aabar, fi .f , of the sireud tf &a uaw iisd 1, . not far, niu'arj v C tc r.-w hope' Hwrvp 4 seore . . u r messe! V ..... .. .... tu - blnb My across the sky, r j b he and W not to see j: , jjfj tlinped a ad pisvel is tfc ea-llae iit? Or ..T,pa!r" ihouich the hopeics. air t. rx m ...m with the raitn and trrivVc. Y u r oew. new. new and t cleave to you A, a .ui lo it freedom cleave. 'be fa.hns night aide fitt&ds to fight a J ph.ntonv to affray? TVta: uewott lurk la the grtoy mirk. A ' ;e fc rht watch waiu for day? Oi-rarffe nw gloom wo await tha Aoam. vtd tat Jooai aon may deem: ' Il.t 1' if, B,vv aew ana eil au it troi.Jh. Y, tu. the eocJjIcs jsca-fuMs scream. 'ht,a2ht. in the dead of slht. T it , " and sink in the wave! V. lu full: are they who have kiadled IU ray M a .t lw caoul of j-raresr Oecw iitiv fear' near, near and near, U u he:r us wc-d or woe! . you 'iv new, new, new m a cheer for yce! A . 4 ui. ward friend or foe." 'he lookout call from the fore top tail - .and "' with a maddened acrcaa, .' new In rice from Shu laCraM see n t the island julm-trcc dnssmi l art, new eyes.! 1-ur the aornic; skies - -ant with their ereca and gold! S a rm, sew, new new throurh asd ir.ash Nrw. new li.l the dawn It old! Kicbard Ilovey, in X Y. IndepesdestA CHOKED CHIMNEY. An jjjlneor'a Way of Socuriagr Bich Wife. In tlu highest part of alarjrcantl imr" j; buildinfr, situatMl on theMrcet ( .ausec rAnlin, u younjj man by the came of I'a.sscraud pcrchetl like a iparr w nn the topmost branch of a poplar tr T;ie manners of this youn man we. li'acful and orderly; his temper n Tcnt'.e; his bearing modest; his c .i". wore patched. The janitor had exprt-sslv forbidden this insignificant tnunt to have in bis possosioa a dos, a r tAn, a sewing1 machine, anything; m matter what, which was cumberKiue or noUy. He was enjoined to c rac in very cany at nspnt. it was a Cli. in in the neighborhood how he rünaffed to koep his hanV clean, for tie janitor had forbidden him to take tp ani water, because, tliis liquid, carr.wi carelessly in jugs by his youthful LiiuLs. might damp the stairs. Hor.--nn. by good will pad jrood hamor, IVieraud had succeeded in making kis pfeetice &npiorUble, although onlj a mox devil in a house inhabited by bankers, favorite tcnora, diplofuates iti commissioners of accounts. He had recently left the Ecole Ccntriie with an honorable standing, and turnst immediately the Calcium Minis? company of the Upper Peloponne-t-s had offered him a position ose littndrcd dcdlars a Tnonth to bezia with -Kh.di would have put him out of the wach of want; but as he dreamed of ia'r-ni.ng an ntitomatic brake, which 1 prevent locomotives from comin,' Into collision on the railroad, or at lfast would reduce the force of the vk, he had refused the offers of the a.t-njj company, to ive himt-elf nijrht si-l t.ay to the drawinir of inniimHnu p . aarrams of the brake in question. 'iUrefuro, he lookert fonvard to glory "1 fortune, but while he waited he -sdy.mr of.hungwr. That satUred t" to him; his iaveatioa he was ab--Uy .sure of that his laveation v n thts poiat of SHceeedin?: "tie Jay, on the first llizrht of the it4.r.-;5M he encountered K.vounjr fjirl. I- nle and exquisitely dressed, and so T'a vful tlsat a scholar would itnmediy have called her a goddess as tiM n br her learing. She went forartl aud disappeared, light and j-up-I". leavintr behind her a subtle odor of lernen verbena, and I'asseraud. astonfltU rtinaiued motionless in the said"f the landing for five minutes with " mouth open, as though he exP'ed that the vision of his peerless rriuor would present itself to him inew. Ike next day, by a coincide see which f would like to believe aaite fortvitus rasseraud was on the same land "if exactly at the same hour again. ftl youn? girl passed, anih as it JniHl, blushed in passing.. Fearing lhal e bad woaaded her Passeraad TfWil never to coiae dowa the stairat that ltoarafaia. The following day, however, he re-Of-mbered that urgent business coaired him to go out at a moment cxa'iy identical with that when leaving" house was quite forbidden him by lu. ccision of the dav before. II ""h tip his hat, annoyed at thw basi Mvhichexposetlhim to the danger of ötorrassing with his presence a per7' "now he would not havo troubled j the world. What he dreaded hapln'd; a new meeting took place, and '""-rand was inconsolable, the fair having blushed more than before. H' was accordingly enraged against W.V-U. thetinknown one, scandalized rl lhus -"Howcd wonld very take steps to keep herself oat Ms way. ln oner to convince himnh? U,IS 5sf"tune, Passeraud k. " lh fcarae piace everyday at the on t ur' ?nd ,,ay drcw - t,L ,ftalrcaj to let his neighbor Either T1 UP P0111 b-T hl At ti, . L ie .boWcd ?l cach Ik. ,i V . Mme Umc- t seemed to lUs. the .light iaeliaatloa f the

hail which he reeehed in ivtur t.

ob an aspect almost frieudly. HviiiK noticed this he Ht to look at himoelt in tin? mirror of a shop in hi room there was nothing of the sort In order to know if his persou was such that it might please so accomplished a youij pH. Then he saw that, even though the eat of his overcoat was bad. there was nothing- repuls sixmi tits looks. .Next 1m' inquired, with matioM. concerning- the Srstname of the pretty vohht lady on the Grst Hoor. He did not kcrfw why, but he had a strong desire to know hor lirst name. When he had learned that it was Valentine he was quite enchanted. These ceaiiags aad goings were not of advantage to the automatic brake; the diagrams were aeglevted. At Iat Passeraul took a decided step; he dressed himself as well as possible, went to the apartments of Valentine's father, who was no less a personage than .M. Lamantin, owner of the large and imposing bnildin. ami ' said to him: "Sir, I have the honor to ask for your daughter's hand." "My daughter's hand:" said the astonished old gentleman, eyeing Passeraud from head to foot. "For whom, if you please'.'" "For myself, sir." '-For yourself: Why. are you not my little tenant of the garret, up there under the roof?" "Yes, sir." "Then what do you mean?. My daughter has eif-ht lmmlr!! thnnuni! dollars. I am willing to inform you of that fact- Do vou täte. it 'ino Eight hundred thousand. And vou. what have vou?" The engineer ansxvered franklv; then he added: "I am not actually rieh, but if vou will give ine Mile. Valentine, believe that my work, my humble acquirements" Ston talking: your conversation is of no interest to me. Will vou nlease take year departure at once: It makes me die of laughing to have you come to ask me for my daughter. I have ouly to add: "Hood evening.' " "Kut, sir. if I do not present my suit until after my automatic brake has made me a millionaire I risk finding Mile, alentine married to another. Xow, sir, 1 do not wish to run aay sEch "So much the worse. Wnat do vou want me to do about it?" Passeraud retired in much distress. Hanging the doors after him, M. Lamantin exclaimed: "Not a cent: No position: Asks for my daughter. Ah! really, it b quite ' ntereJicg.T IL j fa'i . . - . . ...... .... i Hn A ,4., 4f W4I 4.111 2UV;ll UU UI11Ä1- . vurauie rtssiiii as rcgams our menu, k V . . . -. . - , left very slight traces on the mind of f M. Lainsatum. Waa t brought, several : days later, aa anxious look, to the lat- ! Icr's face was simply the fact that his f parlor chimney smoked. In the middle of the month of De- : i cembcr and just as he was preparing to arrange a reception in honor of hb daughter's nineteenth birthday his parlor chimney began to smoke. A householder could scarcely have had j aatorc disagreeable thin.? happen to . Ur. M Lamantin sent for kis archi tect. who hasteaed to coaae, smelling an order. "Is that alUf he said, vexed when he learned what the mattter was. "1 think that is quite enongh. It is nov amusing to own a chimney that makes my wife and myself weep all day loa? he a. family reeeatly afficted." "Your chimney was; bailt os my plans. That means it does not smoke." "Hut it does smoke." "Hecause yoa barn Möns coal; don't barn Möns. Hum wood, and you will have a clear fire." "Perhaps you are right." The change to wood in place of coal did not make the chimney's breathing ass.T. M. r -imantin. whis ii a tiko. lute man, sent for the best architect ia f Paris and begged him to deign to come in person to study the question. The architect, after having minutely examined the chinaey, aid not scruple to restrain this creel reflection en his Worker in art: "What ass built this chimney?" "It was Lsdente, ray architect. fit was well said; an ass. Have the 1 ae made four inches higher, ia order flue to increase the draught. It will be all right then." "What a simple matter it is, after alL" "It only needed a little thought." The opcratioH completed, the chimney smoked as before. Hut the great architect took care of his bilL "Hang it! what a bill:" M. Lamantia could not help sighing as he paid itDisgusted with architects the householder turned to bricklayers. The first ose called in ordered the addition to the flac of a piece of sheet iron, in the form of a serpent. The chimney continued to send oat its smoke into the parlor. A secoad bricklayer arrived; with disgust be had his colleague's serpeat removed, and substituted for it a sort of helmet of the same material. The chimney did not pay aay attention to the helmet, but smoked, worse than ever. Hat here the concierge interposed with these consoling words: "Sjr, you are wrong to despair; I was jast this moment talking with one of the tenaatH oh! I must say it, sack a nice tenant! He told me that he would un dertake to disenchant your chimney in five miautea." "Let him tome to me instantly, or I give him notice to leave." As quick as lightning Passeraud put himself at the orders of M. Lamantin, lie found his landlord tramping up and down his parlor, which was as cold as ice. "Ah, it is yoa, youag man, who latter yourself yoa can care ia five minutes chimneys incurably ÜL Try; I am carious to ace yoa do it." "Fiveminates ia a little too short a time. sir. I waat aa hoar." "Very irell an hoar. Here is a ckimaey gi?e ap by all the doctors.

If you make it agree to send its smoke

up into ine skies instead of dowa lato y apartments I wilt gha you what you wish I am quite out of patience, I do not vish to bargain. Name your pri.v." 4,fcir,B answered I'aiteraud with dignity, "you will give me-the hand of Mile. Valentine. That is my price to he paid only after I have succeeded." tor a chimney! You wander in your talk, my dear air," "This chimney, sir? Send for M. Garnler, the architect of the opera; add to hint a picked jury of engineers, chemists, members of the institute, professors from the Ecole des Haute Etude, and if those gentlemaH cau do iu three month what I andertaku to do in an hour, that is to, say. preveut it from smoking as also to prevent from smoking all chimneys with the same trouble, I agree that you shall treat me as though I were indeed raving." "The hand of my daughter! That is a high price. However, if really you do possess such a hecret, you will be able to make money, a great deal of money, and" "I have a secret, in reality; anil, as I have a high opinion of it, you will give me authority to shut myself alone in this parlor for an hour and you will give me your word not to look through the keyhole. I ouly go to work on that condition." "As you please. But why have you not simply taken out a patent? You would avoid these childish tions." precau"I am not rich enough to pay the first premium on a patent." "Korrow the money. This is a case for borrowing, if ever there was one." "Sir, I hate borrowing." "Well, I am going. Perform your mysterious operations in peace and tranquillity." "You will not look through the keyhole?" "1 give you my most solemn 9 promise. "And I have your word if I sue ceed?" "We will see, I do not want to yield on compulsion, but I am a just man." Once alone, Passeraud wasted the time in foolish proceedings rather out ' of place, the gravity of (he eircum stances considered. An attentive spec tator but Passeraud had banished spectators would have heard him huir the ain "Cest lcl que Rose respire!" The same surprised spectator would have seen him go from one piece of furniture to another with a delighted air, walking as in a dream among the beautiful furniture, extend himself at full length upon the sofa here Valentine must have sat; then install himself in a small chair this low seat is without ! .1 1.. .1... . 1 . I .1 . I .J." VHiltl 4VF. 3V.4b 4.1 Itl.UUUb uuuuw mcuuv sue preii-nj iiien jjaze lor a long while at a young girl's portrait; that is her dear picture, and throw kisses to it to yon. ever to you! These frivolous proceedings having consumed 'the appointed sixty minutes, Pas seraud opened the doors and called everyone. "Have a fire made, sir?" Passeraud was obeyed. The chimney had now a clear strong draught. A pen tie warmth breathed through the chilled and frostr room. There was not ine tease smoKe. rasserauu s genius shone out like the sun; he who could not see it was blind. "It is too delightful!" exclaimed M. Lamantin, radiantly. "Valentine, this dear young man is a great engineer. He shall be my son-in-law witlt your consent." "Oh: yes, papa." IIL A year after these miraculous events Mine. Passeraud nee Lamantin had a son as beautiful as the morning. Upon this occasion M. Lamantin made the following speech: "My dear son. explain one thing to me; three months ago the railroad com panics adopted your automatic brake; gold showered upon you from all sides; the right to use your patent is purchased in England, America, Italy, Australia, the Indie and Spain. You are now rich, not from your wife's dowry, but of yourself! Docs not that make you think seriously? Hut to come to what is troubling me; you have on hand another invention, and you do nothing with it." To what invention do you allude. , , , , .A , , U h?; vhat elsc 1x5 but rour secret for preventing chimneys from smoking. Ah! you are not going to tell tnc now that you are too poor to pay the premium?" "Pshaw! that would not bring ia much." "It would be a spoke in the wheel; why neglect a profit ready to your hand?" "Father, do not let us talk about it." "Yes, yes. I wish to." "Father you will oblige me to tell yeu things I would rather keep to myself." "Speak out, speak out" "Well then, know that I did not cure jour chimney of smoking, simply stopped making it smoke. There is a akade of difference betweea these two things. My room then waa up under the roof. I had only to pat out my hand to check the draught, by placing something, so matter what, over the fiue a plate, for example. It was your fault, too; ever since the world was made, cruel fathers have forced lovers to carry off their daughters by stratagem. I did as every oae does; I improvised a little comedy. My excuse is. that Valentine helped me; it waa she who commissioned the concierge to represent me as the greatest chimney builder of the vicinity. Forgive us both, and console yourself by thinking that it is fate which so rules, for those who love each other must succeed in their plans; that is a law. When a prudent marriage is happy, it is the exception which proves the rale. So then, my son, born this morning, is rich; be sure that he will fall madly ia lore with an honorable but poor girL Only he will not have the pleasure of playing a trick on me; I declare to yoa ia adraaee that I will give him thk maiden with oat a cent, certain as I am that if 1 did not give her to him he woald take her." From the Freack, m Omaha Bsc.

IRON. Keferm That Will Krueflt tUm Labor an fet the Mmepolhit. If some genius hud discovered a means by which the hidden wealth of the coal and iron mines of the country might be more cheaply brought to the bitrfacc and made ready for the hand of labor, only the most, hardened McJCinleytte would have wlthlmld from him the award of grateful praise, lie would by so much have increased the power of labor over the forces of nature. Ry so much would he have Increased the potency of every hand engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel goods. He would have been scouted as a fool who proclaimed that this new invention threatened the iron aad steel industry or was intended to ltenufit foreign competitors. He would have been laughudat whoclairncd that this invention must-destroy the value of the coal and iron mines. Yet it has happened that the genius of the people have discovered u means of reducing the cost of iron and coal to every worker desiring to use them. It was a simple proposition. Through fraud, the owners of coal and iron deposits had been allowed to gather tribute from labor wishing to use these products. Their mines had been increased in value through the operation of a law which enabled them to take from the hand of toil a portion of its product The tariff bounty to coal mine owners meant an increasing tribute from all engaged in production of iron and steel. .Nearly five tons of coal is required to produce a single ton of manufactured steel. Of ore nearly 1 three tons are med. The original j basic tax on these two products cumui latcd to the injury of labor and only to ; the benefit of the owner of the natural j deposits. No robber baron ever laid ; more unjust tax upon his victims. . None ever proclaimed his intent to ; bless while thus plundering. The American people are now offered, through the tariff bill of the democratic , majority in the house of reprcsantativos, something- batter than an invention for cheaply operating coal fields, t .Such an invention, under the operation J of the McKinley bill, would but havo increased the power of the mine own- , ers over legislation by increasing their ; capacity for fat-frying in the interest i of a party pledged to the psrpetuation and extension of the infamous system. , Timid souls who believe that this boon, i brought by democratic statesmanship in obedience to the demand of the people, will be repaid by a vote of lack of j confidence by the people most benefited, have small b.isls for their claim j that popular sovereignty is not a fail ure. American Industries. WAGES AND THE TARIFF. ISlackmnllliiK Kmployc to Secure Their Vote Scheme of rrotrctlotiUt. Thu McKinleyites assert that the higher the duty the higher the wages of American labor, and tho lower the duty the lower the wages. This is untrue. Wages are highest in unprotected industries. Wages in the same industries, under the same tariff, vary greatly in the different states of the union. Therefore, when they threaten to close their factories to lower wages because their protective duty is to be reduced by the Wilson bill they are simply blackmailing their employes for votes or trying to frighten congress. There is only one way in which the price of anything can hs Increased by the tariff. That is by limiting- its supply by placing a sax or duty on itThere is no duty on labor. Men are on the free list Foreigners compete on even terms with natives. For manyyears the protected manufacturers imported the cheapest labor they could find in Europe. Some of them do it now, violating the contract labor law. No manufacturer pays higher wages than he is obliged to in the unprotected labor market It docs not follow that higher rates of wages mean greater cost of labor. As a rule, high wages mcaa cheap products because high-priced men are much more ctHcient than low-priced men. secretary liiaine reporteu that this was so as to cotton operatives. American workmen are more skillful, intelligent and enterprising than foreign workmen,andAmcriean machinery isb ettcr. The average cost of a ton of 1 paper in an American mill is f S.ST; in the English mills it is $i:MG, though wages are higher here. In many cases under the McKinley law the projection on an American product is greater than all the wages or labor cost The labor in mining a ton of coal costs from 00 to 70 cents; the mine-owner is protected by a tax of "5 cents plus the cost of transporting the foreign product Wages do not go up with increased duties. They did not in 1SI0. In 1SO0 the average tariff tax was 24 per cent; the average labor cast in protected articles was 25 per cent of the whole cost of the product In 2 SSO the tax had risen to 4(5 per cent and labor cost had fallen to 22 per cent To-day the tax is 43 per seat and tho labor cost probably not abore 20. The wage-cutting and mill-closing of the monopolists are simply repetitions f their campaign scares. X. Y. World. NOT THE SOUTH. Why MtrmMKham Irsa Men Do foft Waat Tale Keduced. A dispatch from Hirminghaxn. Ala., announces that "the Wilson tariff bill does not meet indorsement in the south." This implies that Hirmingham, Ala., hi the headquarters of "the south" the place whence tho voico of "the south" speaks with authority the Delphic shrine of tho southern oracle. It is quite safe to say that the implication is false. Hirminghara is a placo where pig iron is produced in considerable quantities, and the owners of coal and iron mines and furnaces are in favor of a tariff for revenue only for themselves. The dispatch goes on to say that "Sentor Morgan says he is not for the free list as promulgated by thu bill. It is inconsistent with a tariff for revenue and he will stead with the interests of Alabama and the south in defending them agt'.nst free coal and ore for the benefit ot the northeast" The further iaforaaatlars k ae&Teved that "the rnl

FREE COAL AND

aad iron aien of the district are with

senator .Morgan, Jtwouiiibe nearer the truth to say that Senator Morgan is with tlte coal and iroa men of that distri-t Aud all this is no news. Representstlves of the 1 JirmingliHtn interests went to Washington some time ago and la bored with Chairman Wilson and his associates against frei coal and ore and for as high duty on pig iron. And it is not forgotten that the spokesman of the delegation not long liefore had published in the Iron Age a statement over his own signature that pig iron could be produced at less cost in thu south than In England. Mr. Wilson and his associates may have seen that statement At all events the delegation labored in vain. Their selfish op position to the bill is a matter of course. Iheyarenot authorized to speak for "the south" any more than the Pitts burgh iron men are authorized to speak for the north. As for Senator Morgaa, nobody need be surprised at anything he may say or uo. He calls himself a democrat, but he is "agin" the administration. He is one of the Sam Randall variety of democrats, whose support for any measure of tariff reform worth having has never been counted on. There may be a few more democrats of the same variety ia the tienate, but not enough to defeat the Wilson bill. Chicago Herald. THE CALAMITY BUBBLE. Jt Ia Punctured by Caagreaamaa Harter I'rotcctietiU. CUptrapRepresentative Harter, of Ohio, is not dismayed by the fact that republican politicians who happen to be in the manufacturing business are trying to make illegitimate party capital by cut ting down the wages of their employes ami charging tneir conduct to tli un certainty felt about the democrutie tariff. "Of course," said he to a friend who called his attention to the matter, "all this is mere protectionist claptrap in tended to frighten the workingmen by making them lelieve that revenue re form is hostile to labor. It is not like ly to deceive many persons certainly not any wlio read aud think, if you will go over your lisUyou will find that not one of these fellows who is making such haste to cut down tho wages of his hands has shown equal haste in cutting down prices to his cus tomers. That is wnere the cut is really needed, and where justice demands that it shall be made. Let it be remembered that these men, in con tinuing to charge the same prices for goods manufactured under the McKin ley tariff, show that tho conditions have not changed. Their proposal to cut down the wages of their help is based entirely upon their expectation of a change of conditions still to come. .now, way is it not inst as lair to re duce the prices to consumers on ac count of n future contingency which seems to be impending, as to cut down the wages of the poor men who 'do manual labor in their factories? "The fact is, for every 10 per cent cut from the wages of workingmen on account of a prospective decrease in duty on the finished product, at least 20 per cent ought to be struck from prices on account of the free raw mate rials wincn, under sucn schedules as the Wilson bill provides, would enter into most of the fundamental manu factures." Unreif Taxes. The president in his message referred to "the indirect and almost stealthy manner in which a large part of our taxes are exacted." Upon which a Mc Kinley organ observes that this is only another way of saying that under the republican system "nobody feels the burden or knows that he is tuxed." What humbug! If a man earns $1,000 a year and pays 9100 in the tax-en hanced cost of his necessary purchases he may not know just when or how each tix was paid, but he feels the loss in striking his balance for the year. A woman may not feel tho loss or know that she is being robbed when a thief picks her pocket, but sho knows it when she gets home. The people of this country paid last year in duties upon woolen goods tho great sum of $:4,203,000. They paid nearly s?17,()00,000 in duties upon silks. Did they not "feel" the tax because they did not know just now much was duty and how much fair cost in cach yard purchased? Out upon such flimsy 'and dishonest pretense! An indirect t'ix imposes a direct burden. It is felt, though it may not be seen. If even one-quarter of our revcaues were raised by direct taxa tion of those best able to pay, we should have no more billion dollar congresses. N. Y. World. Dolre CrlM "Wolf" too Often. Alfred Dolge it Son, of co-opcrativs. notoriety, threaten to move their felt ing machines to Germany and leave Dolgevillo a desolate waste if the Wil son bill seems likely to pass. Tha country would survive if they should execute their dreadful threat Hut they will do nothing of the kind. They will get their wool free and a "protection" of 15 per cent on their product if tho Wilson bill passes as It stands, and they cannot do better ia Germany. Thu Dolges are joining the procession of tariff-enriched bulldozers, who repay a generosity, wlxich they never deserved, by threatening to do desperate things. There is some reason to think that they will not be able to frighten the present congress. Chicago Herald. The Tla rial Myth. Protection speakers are talking about 'the tin plate industry" and trying to make capital for McKinley on that score. The governor stated at Ashtabula that 100 persons were employed is the tin plate factory at Concaut The Herald representative met a very reputable mamtito-day who said ho had recently visited that alleged factory, and by permission he searched the estab lishment through to Mad those lOqliappy employes, lie declares that only seven persons (six men and one girl) constitute the entire working force ot the concern. Ho added that 10 per eeat is about as near the truth as Mc Kinley ever gets when talking tla plat . "vUlcago Ueralo.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, lattrroaUmMU Imun IftrJaMuaryai, ise Cain ami Atx-l-Ccu. 4-3-13. I-Spcelaliy Arraagcd from J'tloubet' Notes. Goiujex TcXT.-Uy faltU Abel offered uato Gal a mora excellent sacrlüco tUua Caia. lieh. 11. 4. thk Sacriox or Uutoky iaciud Gen. tHft Tt!fc .Ueordfctf; to Usher's Cfcrtttoktffy, B. CiS! one halrl aad tveiy-;1U to u hundred and thirty years after .tao exjull0H from I'anidtsc. our last lcon. Adam was om hundred and thirty yean 'M whn Seth wax born, which event b rer-re--nteJ as not lonjr afv-r tho death of 4bcl. mala. Cala'a cnuplalst (v. Ii) implk-! tint there was quite a population at that time, and this would require a considerable iwrloit ruiCE. Outside of th-5 Oftreen of KJca. bat probably la tho sarao nIon. vbieh whole region wa called ICdcu. tKor thu Tlris and Euphrates rivers. Tun Poi'd-ATTOK or -acts Wohmj. At this lime, one- hundred and twenty-live yearn after the creation of Adam and Kve, their tSoteead. nats raLsht easily have numbered half a Bullion, had their children married us early as b the modern custom. It was probably .maca cm than thk, but wo oan easily see how there mteht have Leen remote people with whom ,&.ui could oo mo in contact. Liisso.v Notes. The First Two P.rothers. Cain and Abel were probably tho lirst two boys that ever were born. 1. Their Names. Cain means "possession," or "offspring." We understand Eve's exclamation: "I have gotten a man from the Lord," as a kind of joyful enreka over the firstborn of the race, as ff iti this seed of the woman was to be rea

lized the promise of the protevangclium recorded in chap. 3:13. W ith each child that comes into thu world rforao fresh hope is brought The name Cain expressed this hope. Abel means "breath," "transitoriness," and was given either after his death, or as ex pressing her disappointment connected with Cain, or she was feeling the trials of her life outside of Paradise. J. Their Ago. Probably about one hundred and twenty-five years at the time of the murder. 3. Marriage. Hrothers and sisters must havo married in this first age. i "i ic m .in vuii u.iuiuuii iiiuv Lam and Abel had respectively twin sisters. 1.1 4 1!4 .1... 4-f.. and that the twin of Cnin became the bride of Abel, and the twin of Abel the bride of Cain. 1. Their Religious Training. That they were trained religiously Ms evi dent from the fact that they worshipped God by offerings. It is not possible that their parents could have forgotten paradise, and their communion with God, and all of his, teachings; or that they could h&yc failed to teach their children from their own experience. Creation and the Creator, innocence. temptation, sin and its consequences, the hope of God's mercy and the promise that accompanied the punishment. the longing for renewed communion with Cod, holiness, and paradise refjained, must have been fruitful themes in their home training. Their briniring offerings implied some place and mode of public worship. I cannot see how these early men could have learn ed that there was only one God, uuless God himself had revealed it. It is only within a very few years, even since I entered the ministry, that the scientific proofs of the anity of God were complete. . Their business la this earlv per iod began division of labor according to natural tastes. Cain was a farmer and Abel was a shepherd. Food and clothing, implements for tilling the soil, and for some kind of home, must have been needed from the first With out doubt everything was of the rudest. and these men used such stone iraplemcnts as are found now in connection with the remains of early man. It must have been some centuries before metals were discovered and used (4:2-J). The Hible account thas exactly agrees with the modern discoveries of early man; and the earliest .bones of men, the tall Cromagnon men, agree with the giants ot Genesis. 0. Their Cliaracters They doubt less had natural differences of disposition, and yet not so great as to ac count for the results. They had similar training and home influences, but gradmilly, by their early choice, by . the working out of natural tendencies. they must have grown very far apart in character. Hie only explanation of the difference between them lies in their freedom of choice. The Difference Hctwccn. tho Offer ings. There must have been some es sential difference between the two offerings or the Lord would not hare made so marked a differcnee in his treatment of them. 1 Tili fundamental difference was expressed in various ways, as, for instance, Abel offered tlie best of his Hock; but Cain's offering is not spoken of in that way. Ho dkl not give his choicest things to Goch . The offerings themselves may havo expressed different feelings toward God. The burnt sacrifice expressed sorrow for sin, rcpcntancc,a prayer for forgiveness, while Cain's may hare been a mere formal act of worship, a giving of something-according to custom, but without repentance or faith in God. S If, as seems probable, animal sac rifices were appointed by God, thert Abel showed his faith by making tho offering in God's way, while Cain seems to have shown his want of faith by dis obedience to God's appointment Lnssoxs fhom thk Storv of Caix axd jnn trom the first there has lcen some communication be tween God and his earthly children, mid this even after tho fall. Every soal needs a divine rcvclntidn. Otherwise man Is as or phan in God's world. The great majority of quarrels arise, and most bitter words are spoken. among those who should love one an other, because the most frequent occa sions of difference exist among such. Had men hate and envy the good on account of their receiving God's favor, which at the same time they them selves might have if they would do right They are angry with others when they should be angry with , themselves. "Outwardly one sees bo difference between Cain and Abel. Heaven aad Hell sometimes sit ia the same pew, hot they are eetestmldlaiacttT apart-

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