Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 July 1894 — Page 3
WEEKLY OOÜuT Ell. C. DO AX 10. IMbMtlwtp. JASPER. INDIANA
THE GIRL WHO
LOVED HIM SO.
Mia, tu"' said Ompphi IIk1kIk. and be Inuidied liifihoulish Blee. I'm raaUlns hoe to duzen girls. lut none shall murry me; I steh to them and 1 Uo to them and 1 fall upon jay Knees. Vj 1 twit their tnntln hearts about precisely ui I please." Aod tin parlor clock Kent on, tick took. Ami the iMslbiht Hlckcrcd low " As he held his hut una watting at for the (ttrl Xilln IllVl-il hllll kO.
And when she hud frUted lior old-ROld hilr , Sl ,arfc figure confronted hitn at the uwa Intfr f'uUra fijco. ' )u;ad uf tilo night: am he recognized
sailor, a they understood t4 hybrid 41- began to dosccud into this cabin, feet ulect he used. foremost. On the night of .Saturday, Januarys, The captain waited until about half the two Malays began a fearful , the dark body bad come through the revengu for tlie indignities they Iiad window, and then, raising his revolver mffered. Hy that time the Thayer had ' with both hands, ho llred at Ills back, weathered the Horn and was cutting i Ho was so weak that he missed his through the South Atlantic. aim, but the bullet went through the At ten o'clock Capt. t'larke lay asleep t Indian's foot, anil tho hitter scrambled Ui his cabin, his wife by his side, and ' back on to tho deck with a different his sjx-ycnr-old daughter Carrie in a 1 opinion of the amount of life left in room just oft of theirs. i tho captain's body. Suddenly the captain was awakened ! Then there was quiet for ilfteon by the bound of his own name. minutes, during which Mrs. Clarke screamed in tones of mortal agony by : bound up some of her husband's worst
his second mate. Without waiting to ! wounds.
put on his clothes or to tnlte his revolver, ho sprang from his berth and rushed from his cabin up the, companion-way toward the deck. Justus
he reached the middle of tho stairway
-Poor. uiiMiMwctliw fcoul'" thought he. 'sho , Without a word thu savage began to little droaws that t slash at the captain's head with a long, Flit on from bud to bud as docs tho careless . ja,eu jtjfu jR lu,t btltler.iy- I MM... t ..lw. umc imnrmi.il lülil
I the man as-one of tho Malay sailors.
And the parlor clock
llent on. tick tcH. And tho gaslight Mckorcd low. At be shyly planned to hold tho hand of the girl who loved him ho. And when the proir timo arrived lie fell upon hi knees And word be wished to emphasise he'd give ber hand a srjueeo: There wmi no one near to a crhcar. so he told her of his luve. A true and pure und constant n the stars that shine above. And the parlor clock Heat on. tick tock, And the gaslight nickered low. At with subtile urt he won the heart of the girl ho loved him o. And the tender, trustful maiden, she-she laughed a gentle laugh, Lv. vii.. iini.iv .vwh unril was elearlv causht la
her sofa phonograph. And when he knelt before her she a button gently pressed. And the corner whatnot camera in silence did the rest. And the parlor clock Heat on. tick tock. And the gaslight tückered low As he sueetty Mailed, did the guileless child, ta Ctrl who loved him so. The world went round, but by and by he tired tf her lve. Twas then that "he reminded htm tho stars still shone above. And into court the phonograph and photograph were brought. And the gay young matt threw up the game, for he saw that he was caught. And the parlor clock Heat on tick tock. And the pt dicht flickered low. And th -guests all came and he gae hss name to the girl who lov 1 him m - Nixon Waterman, in nieago Journal.
1'ho caritain. who was unarmed, had
on only a nightshirt: and. in as many seconds, he had received live cuts upon hi' head and shoulders. Hut his fighting blood was roused. Wnrdiwr off
The Kiivntrcs next made their pres
eiice known ly suddenly thrusting long sticks, on to which they had tied their knives, into the window and prodding desperately about in all directions in the hope of hitting one of tho occupants of the cabin. ('apt. Clarice responded by shooting through the cabin roof at random. Sunday night was comparatively quiet, and when Monday morning davned dipt Clarke decided to bring matters to an issue, since, it would have been impossible to live another day in the cabin without water. It was so still in tho morning that the
the blows us well as he was able with j captain believed that all of the crew
his left arm. he attempted to sei.e his must have been killed.
tine of the most desperate encounters that the annals of the sea have recorded is that of which Capt. Kobert K. Clarke, of the schooner Frank N. M'lmver. is the hero. Cunt. Clarke was
a man of great strength and powerful ,
physique, or he would never have lived to tell the tale of the terrible light in raidoeean that cost him his vessel, the lives of Iiis first and second mates and four sailors. ' The Frank N. Thayer left port on tin. trin from which she never returned
on the llth of February, 18S.', bound for Shanghai. She had on lioard the captain, his wife and daughter, o ulcers and. behides the European crew, R couple of Malays and a Chinaman. They made a gTcat deal of fun of the two half civilized-looking Malays when they came on loard, and treated them with Tery little consideration. The men were lioth of very small stature, and they had long arms and stooping shoulders, so that when they walked about they reminded the other sailors of gorillas or chimpanzees. Hut the sailors found that, if they looked like monkeys, they could also climb like monkeys; that they were as quick in their movements as a couple of cats, and, when it came to a trial of ctli. either of the two little Ma
in vs tvns more than a match for the
strongest man in the forecastle.
On the Jit st of October the Thayer
started for the long homeward journey. It was a tedious trip, under the burning rays of the tropical sun, over the placid blue waters of the Southern Pacific and back around the Horn. Often the vessel lay becalmed for days at a time, and for weeks not another ship was hailed. The sailors, who were natives of northern climes, in spite of the numerous voyages they had made In southern seas were almost overcome by the terrible heat So enervating were tlie rays of the sun that the hands could scarcely move about, but were content to lie all day and night in any shady spot that could be found, and doze the time away. The air by day was stifling, and night brought no relief. It sometimes seemed to the men that they would die from want of a breath of cool air, since the very breezes from the south were almost as hot as the draught from tie blast furnace. The only men who were not affected by the oppressive heat were the two Malays and the Chinaman, who was the captain's fervant. As a consequence, tlie mates put almost all the work upon the former; and the sailors vMrb..i1 most ni thetr duties. SO that
the Malays were kept busy all the time that the others were idling. They never complained, however, and made no resistance to tlie kick and cuffs that the rct bestowed upon them. In fact, the sailor often joked about thu circumstance that the two utroiigest men on board should stand the abuse of the weaker ones. CapL Clarke was unaware of tht Ute of thinga until ctme the tragedy It brought about. The Malay wer almost unable to speak English, and most of the orders that were given tmi translated to tke kr a Spanisa
enemy; and still in grim silence the Malay eluded his grasp, and gradually J forced him down the companion-way, , cutting and slashing him with the , cruel knife on every stair. At the foot of the stairs the captain slipped in a j pool of his own blood and fell back- j ward. In si second the Malay sprang upon him and stabbed him in the chest. Cant. Clarke did not feel Iiis terrible
wounds then as much as he did afterward. He fcoizod tlie Malay and squeezed him so tight that he says ho felt his ribs crack, and then throwing him from him he sprang to his feet. The Malay made another rush at his supposed victim, but the captain shot out his right arm and knocked the Indian to the door ten feet away. Hut liofnri he could seize him'again his
agile adversary had regained Ins feet, and scrambling up the companionway. still holding to his knife, he disappeared for a time. The captain ran into his cabin, told his wife, who had been awakened by the sound of the struggle, that there was lighting going on: and. seizing a
revolver, lie rushed nacK lo snut, tue door from the companion-way to the deck, so that he might have an oppor
tunity to bind up nis wouims. The door commanded a view of the n'lnt holism, and Cant. Clarke caught
sight of an Irishman named Malone at
the wheel. 'Let go of the wheel and come and shut that door!" shouted the captain. "I can't." Malone answered. Come and close that door, or I'll shoot your he shouted to Malone. 'The Indian's behind it. and lie's watching me." called the unfortunate Irishman back. At that moment the Malay, who had been concealed behind tlie door, wait-
inr fnr tin. euntuin to come no ami
Just after davlitrht ho opened the
door into the corridor, and ran across to the bathroom. Here, to his surprise, he found one of the sailors hiding in the tub, a big Swede named ilendric.tson. He gave Hendrickson
one ot Hie revolvers, anu mo two opened tlie dining-room door, aud
wirk m U
THE INCOME TAX. Ttin Kipmuni uf it ".Homier" Anll-liieomr Tili .M eel Inc. Most of the big de moera tic daily papers of New York have been, und uro still, lighting against the adoption of the income tax. and the accounts they gave of a "monster" business uu'it's meeting was truly sensational, which makes it all tlie inoro pleasant to read the cooling corrosponilence of sober fact published in tho Nmv York World: "I was one of the 'myriads' who attended the 'great demonstation' against the income tux in Carnegio Music hall last, evening. "1 readied the hull about S:10, .Vot having a ticket, I was not admitted to the parquet or to either of the iirst or second tier of boxes. This struck me as somewhat peculiar for a muss meeting In the iirst gullery. which will seat about (500. I found less than fifty
persons. If, us the Recorder, Herald, and .lournnl of Commerce, and Commercial llulletin tell us to-day, the hall was filled to overllowing long before S o'clock, no evidence of this fact existed at : 15. "I sat in the best position in the house for making an estimate of those present. I made a count at t o'clock, with the following result, tinner gallery -
Lower gallery. .. Upper bo tier.. Lower box tier . Panpiet Platform Musicians Heporters
Total I.23 "'.t more than two hundred seats
J in the parquet and lower tier of boxes
were hidden from me. At no lime were there 1,100 persons in the. hall, including policemen and ushers. After the parrots hud exposed their ignorance of the proposed income-tax bill, the resolutions were read, the ayes
..3
tiii: M.vr..v simiv.no i pox hiji.
found the eaptain'e Chinese servant hidden there, and frightened almost to death. The Chinaman was given the other revolver; anil with two armed men to back him. the captain's courage returned. Hendrickson was stationed behind the door in the companion-way. and instructed to shoot either of the Malavs who passed him. The Chinaman
was placed Sn the cabin, and told to shoot if either of the savaifes came
near the window. Then Me. captain
went out on deck and found the Ma
lays sunning themselves upon a coil if rone near the wheel. He llred upon
tti.m. when one of them darteu into
' called for and the chairman declared I the resolutions iidopted"unaiiimously." 1 if he hud put the negative he would ! have heard a strong protest froiu the forty or fifty persons remaining in the ' gallery. I "I believe no mass meeting was ever j better advertised, it probably cost be- ' tween S'J and $." per head to get the ! masses to turn out and display their
enthusiasm. I am confirmed in the be
lief that if the people of tins city had an opportunity to vote on the income tax question they would declare for
siieh a tax bv an overwhelming ma
jority. The grossly exaggerated state
ments in many of the papers anu (he palpable attempts of nil concerned to deceive the people are a disgrace to our city. More than that, they sow the seed of anarchy and discontent by establishing the fact there is a plutocratic press.' 1 for one am most thankful that our greatest and best newspanor stands bv the neoide in their de
mands for what is right." Cor. National Economist.
nlov labor-suviiiir machinery. Hesldaa,
the better the material condition of
tlit ti'ni't.-iiimi ms ii idnss tin; more in
dustrious and intelligent they uro and ,. - M if t
intelligence will oeleat ignorance in the eoninetitlve race everv time.
Hut even if the cost of production is higher in one country than it is in another. It is diitlcult to see how freo
trade can ail'eet watres. I f an article is
tn , l..i-1. 1 t i li kll li.üllll. ill 1111.
oth'er country, there is no possibility of trading; no one will buy from a foreiirner. if the art ich costs more than
would a similar one at home. It In onlv when both narties can train that a
trade is made; and, in that event, it b
impossible to see how either country
.(mill 1risi lie fri'i trade.
To nroteet hitrh watres by taxing im
migration would be more sensible.
however uiiiust und selfish: but to
lew taxes unon commodities, in the ex
pectation of benefitting those who buy
them, is ouite as absurd as to try to
increase the sale of an article in the market by raising its price. S. Hyrou
Welcome, in From r.arm s center,
f.tfitvr tlm IltltYa
The Tin-Flute Consumers' association has addressed to the senate committee
on finiim-e n tirotest acraillSttlU! iUlOOSi
Him of a dutv of 1 1-.' cents a pound on
tin plate. This is the rate fixed by tho house bill, and the senate committee, f I or reducing it to 1 cent in its original
report, accepted the house bill's rate in
the revision. The duty umlertlie law or
la?, was 1 cent, and the Mclviuley tariff
increased it to 'J '-10 cents: so that it
appears that the duty now proposed is hierher than the duty which the .McKin
ley tax superseded. A duty of 1 cent would be higher now in proportion to
thu value than it was in iss'.iano mini, ue-i-uiis. the oriee of tin plate abroad lias
fallen. The association Holds mat tno
mnnli were led two years airo by the
nassntfe of the titt-nlate bill in the Inst
house to expect that the democratic
i;n-WV bill, whenever it should bo
passed would reduce ,the duty to 1 cent
for a time and provide for the removal
of tlie entire dutv afterward. We sup
nose that in determining what tho
dutv should be the wavs and means
...nMiTiittee viebled to the demand foi
revenue, if now it should appear that
sullieient revenue is supplied by other
nrov'sions of the bill, the senate com
mittee niiirht well reduce the duty on
tin plate to 1 cent, or to three-fourths of a cent, for even the. last named rate
would be almost as hitrh in proportion
to value as the rate under the tariff of
ISS'J. X. Y. Times.
FREE TRADE
MILLS.
lit Cond
line 1 - -
close it, rushed upon the man at the j tlie noiu. anu me ouicr r iu.u ....
wheel, ana ocgan 10 siau mm in: .-... .... tW nnnt
Iv. The other Indian also appeared:
and while Malone was still alive and screaming, they tossed him overboard. Capt Clarke had lost so much blood that he was barely able to stagger back into his cabin, where his wife barricaded tlie door. They felt safe with the door barri
caded from attack from the aft com
panion-way; but there was still the fore companion-way that led from tue
first mate s cabin to be secureu.
Tin. iT.nt.iin nneneil the door that led
to the corridor, upon which the mate's
cabin also opened, and there louuu ine second mate, whose oice had awakened him from sleep only ten fearful
HKOA.V TO STAU HIM KUUlOrHI.V. minutes before, lying dead upon hii faen. with the blood pouring from i
terrible cut under his left shoulder
III nile.
rnt. Clarke was now convinced
that tlie two Malays had captured tho hin. He did not know how many of
miMi were killed, but he came to
the conclusion that he need not expect . t
assistance from any or tnem. ue therefore barricaded all the doors and prepared for a sirge in his cabin. He had plenty of ammunition, and knew that lie had in his own possession all the firearms there were on board. The top of tlie cabin projected four feet aliove the dcck; and there was a window in the side as well as a skylight in the top. He had hardly secured the doors, when the window waa broken in; and he knew tha fight was about to recommence. He was so weak
that lie could not stand up, and he was only able to hold his revolver by taking it in both hands. His wife, however, propped him up in the corner where he could cover the window with the revolver; and then, with her little child, she got into the comor of the room farthest from tho window. Tho Malay who had stabbed the captain evidently bettered that he must have succumbed to his wounds by that time, and in a few moments his savage face peered In at the broken window and disappeared again so quickly that Capt, Clarke did not have time to akoot. In another moment the savage
Clarke was the only man whom they bad not secured, and that lie possessed tin-onlv revolver. Hut when the one
who ran for the cabin started to jump
in at the window the Chinaman fired at him and convinced him to the contmrv. t bou irh he did not hit him. The
Mnlriv then ran into the companion
way, where tho Swede shot him in the
back.
Tin Mnlav fell. Then he rose, ran
nn to the deck, seized a plank, threw
it overboard, and sprang after it into
the sea.
Meanwhile Cant. Clarke discovered
that all his crew were not dead. The
sound of firing had awakened them to the fact that a change w.t. being
brought about in the state of affairs on
ileelr jin.l thev were shouting to oe
liberated from the forecastle, where
the Mnlnv.s had imnrisoned them
r-int. Clarke hrotiL'ht them on deck,
armed them with knives and clubs nmi.uini. them down into the hold
after the Indian who had sought ref
Hire there.
Hut the desperate savage fought his
way through them, reneneu me ucck, rmil nlso snrano- overboard.
The captain was firing at him as he
swam away when lie nearu nis men shouting "Virel" The Malay had set I!,... t. tli ejirrro in tlie hold, niul the
. i . v. .w . - r". --- cl.in wns doomed.
In spite of tlie fact that none of tho men on board had anything to eat for two days, and that many of them were wounded, they were obliged to make
preparations to leave the ship at onco
A twentv-four-foot boat was pro
visioned for one week, and the wounded caniain. with his wife and child,
and the thirteen sailors who had es
,nnil In murderous Malays, cm
Vlf'Va ..w Knr-iiwi nriA fctftrtiMl for St. Helena
f Itirln ft the lournev the captain
i.m.il tli.it. nart of the history of tha
mutiny which he had not himself iatnn nart In. The Malays had at
tacked the two mates as they stopped . . A l-
to speak together when tne waicn .1 at ten o'clock. Davis
i.d.1 dteil tienr tho cantata's cabin soon
ot- the fiht. nnd first mate three
hours later. Then the savages attacked
t. who were unarmed, rour
rt lliom were killed, and three others,
...I. nenneil with the rest lino .ue
eabln. were wounded. the Maiayi
locked them into tho cabin.
The captain and the wounded sailors suffered greatly before they reached t. u..i..nn l.nt tlien thev found medical
IILIWiin) . nOomUiiKn nnd hosnl table treatment.
The surgeons told Capt. Clarke that
his case was ono of the most, marveihardihood on record,
and that not one man out of a thousand
m.iii limv foutrht at all after tho in
juries he had received, much los stand a two days' siege without food or water and then a six days' Journey in an open boat. The captain attrib.a i.u reeorerv to the circumitanca
that he was fighting for his wife and
child, nd knew that if no succumoea. thev would be f t at the mercy of th
h.-vvues. Kan Frauico Examiner.
They C.Ivo Steady Employment
Wapse to Workmen. The working man may be glad that
there are a few free trade manufacturers in this country who keep
their mills runnintr in all kinds of
weather and under all kinds of tarfff rt w1 it in. ii nut, t.-ike ndvanta're of
Uli tai ------ -----
von- nronosed reduction of tariff
duties to compel their employes to ac
cent, lower watres.
Nearly all kinds of glass are inanu-
f Metered bv tariff protected trusts.
These trusts llllVO kept about half of
their mills closed during the past two
ve;irs. ami for several months oi eaen
1 . . . 1 A. t
all have been closed, untiorinu
ion ner eent. nrotection of the Mch.ni-
lee tariff wnires have been greatly re
ilneed and manv strikes are now on be
(11 1 W l tf threatened reductions. lUt
iirv ' ... - t!.iw is nn lintiortant exception. Tlu
f liitnn chimnevs 1)
I1IIIIIIUVV1 i"
not. denetid unon a tariff for support.
have no trust, have not reduced wages and have given steady employment to
labor. The following is irom ine na
tional Glass Hudget of June :
At a meetinir of the lamp chimney ;
manufacturers and a committee of the
workers the wage scale for the next lire was agreed to. Few changes were made, there was no friction of any kind and the previous scale was practically continued. The western as well as local
factories took part m the meeting.
One of the manufacturers is .ir.
George A. Macbeth.of Pittsburgh, wno
is said to be tlie largest individual ginss manufacturer in tlie world. Mr. Macbeth has for years been shipping thousands of dollars worth of chimneys to
all parts of the world, including cr-
nmny, where are his cniei compeuu.rs. Iii s:ivs that with free raw materials
he woiilil distance all competitors, lie
neither believes in protection ior Him
self nor for any body else. He says:
Twentv-tive years of tariu demoral
ization has cultivated u socialistic und paternal idea of government." It miKKii timiiiifacturcvs to bend their
"energies to seeing how high prices
they could get Instead of working out tlie problem of cheaper production." iir.li miiiiiimeturers nnd such men
will be the .salvation of the nation, if it
ver gets salvation. 1. . n
CimmI llrnioi'ratle lliii trhie
For the first time since Senator
Mills' riiM'iiiv sneeeh. a voice was
raised in the senate, a few days ago on
behalf of the whole people, ll was
..hat of Senator Kvle. of South Dakota.
Coming from a sheep-raising section
be had been counted upon as an oppo
111M1 of free wool, but he boldly de-
1iirid that he favors free wool and
lower ditties on manufactured wool
ens. He charircd. what is per-
feet.lv true, that the wool sched
ule us it stands in the senate bill
was framed for the benefit of the re nnlilieun manufacturers of New Fn
gland, and not for the poor men and
women on the farms who have to buy
the cloth and the blankets with their
hard-earned money. Hut his further plea tiiat if a duty is placed on sugar
and coal one should also oe piaccu on
raw wool is fallacious, it is an argu meiit that one bad turn deserves an
other. Free wool is the best feature
left in tlie bill. X. Y. World.
lie Cot It.
The senate soent the day recently
iti re hitive reaction. The tariff lull
wns "stalled" bv Senator Ouay. who
barred the way with an installment of
Lis tmdiiislifd remarks." It is tin
derstood that in the interval the "re
vision committee" was engaged m finding out how much this foot-pud of
protection would consent to iukc hi l... fi.rm of eoneession on the woolen
schedule, and permit the bill to pro
ceed. The change he stands out for is
explained in our dispatches. I le wants
power for the woolen manuiacuircr.s in levy a heavier tax on Americans of moderate moans for the clothing of thu
unit ehildrcn. it is an oiu-
,....,ns vüntion. but he will probably
cot it. The majority leaders, having
t ken the irround that they must buy
h.. i t hrouL' i the senate, must
nav whatever is really insisted upon
. .1
'ii,..r, li ii s been no spectacle more.
humiliating in the history of American
legislation. X. V limes,
TARIFF
HIrIi Tariff
AND WAGES.
Not Make High
Piipi W'lllM
There Is another thing which is not
clear to me. How ix it that free trade,
with foreign nations that pay low
for labor, can benefit all? How
can it but reduce wages to a level with
those paupcr-lunor countries.
ir rst .i.Hiior noes not cost nun.; m
one country than In another us long as immigration is free; that is, wages may
be higher in one place man in auotoi r, but they cannot remain so unless the
work turned out is in proportion, w hi rrh wnires meant hiirh cost of produc
tion, the converse would be true low
wnges would mean low cost or production; and no wages nt all slavery
rould drive out of existence any wage-
dilution. Hut tlie reverse is
our experience of the last century.
The last relic ot tnai oaruanc lnswmtion slavery W88 abolished in IMS,
because it did not pay tne wage yntem superseded it. The reason is, that wkerc high wages eslst it pays to
a lliiiiil1l:itiiur (oufclu
vi,n missihle comfort Senator Vest
"v 1 . . .. n.-
can find in confessing to the eowaroi
surrender which lie and other mem
bers of the finance committee made to the protectionist highwaymen who
held up" the Wilson bill, it is hard to
imagine, lie does it again and again in open senate, as if it somehow afforded him great relief, hast Saturday he stated explicitly that "the members
of the committee who were miming
the tariff" were "informed" that the bill thev had reported "could not be
adopted," and he spoke excitedly of i .. ii ...... 1
the changes which nan nceii mrceu
unon tlie commiuoe. i toihuu.v ' - . ... ... ....
means, hy snoii reniarifs, w nm mi resentnient in the party at the handfill of men who have McKinleyized its tariff in the senate X. Y. l'ost. Won't Inerlmlniit! Himself. Mr. H. 0. Havemeyer declined, on the advice of his counsel, to answer tho questions of Senator Allen as to contributions made by the sugar trust or in its interest to state and local camfunds. There is. so far as we
can sec, but one legal ground on which
Mr. Havemeyer can rciusc toausner such a question. He cannot bp required to incriminate himself. X. Y. Times. It Might He Convenient. In the amended tariff bill tlie dutj on car wheels is changed from thirty
ml valorem to one and one-
1 mini 11 twill nd. As this country is
an exporter of car wheels It does not
matter a row or puis to tue maiiuinuitirers whether the duty be ad valorem
or specific or whether the rate per pound be one mill or taa ecuts. Phil
adelphia ucooru.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Internat lonnl I.ooh for July 9, t
Tho Youth of .ImusI.uU Ul4t-A'j. Specially Arranged from l'cloiibefs Notes. Uoi.DK.v text. And Jesus Increased in wis
dom und .Utuio.unil In favor wlta Oou and man. Luko
1'I.ACK IX TIIK STOKV. Thl 1CSSOB Üi tÜ einsinif one on tho period of tlio childhood asd youth of Jesus. It helosKs between tho second asd third chapters of Matthew.
I'AKAi.i.KCiiiu uneiest nints oi wis period uro found in Matt. 2:28 and Mark 0:3. Timk. April, A. Ü. I. Tho Pansovcr was that year.Marclia (Lewiu's Kasti Sucrl). Jesu was twelve yearn old IX-ceinbtr. A. 1). 8. ana this wus tho fuUowlnir spring,
I'LACB. Muurem nnu Jerusalem. .Ir.sna. ln-twei-n twelve ami thirteen yours
old, living in Nuaruth.
John, six months older than Jesus, cany retired to the solitudes ot tho wilderness whera
hu spent his youth till no was tnirty years om,
at Jesus spent hl m tne town among inn activities of life.
Ht;i.uns. Augustus Ca-snr, emperor of Home.
toward the end of his reltfn. Coponlus. governor of Juden, which had lately become a ltoinan province. Herod Antipas (son of Heroc" the üreat), ruler of Caltlco anil I'erea.
l.i:ssox NOTKff.
A Growing Hoy. V. 40. First. Phys
ical Development. Jesus, tho Divine Child, was completely human, as Ho
was completely Divine; He grew in knowledge and wisdom as He grew in stature and strength, went, in short,
through all the natural gradations of childish and youthful development. Prof. Kendrick.
Soonnit. Strenwth and Activity, "ha
words "in spirit" are omitted in the re
vised version, accortllng to the oesi authorities, but the meaning is much tho
same. The "waxed strong" refers to
hl wlmln nntiire both to the physical
growth mentioned before and to tho
wisdom that follows, .lesus was a strong, active, sturdy boy. He was what we mean by "a real boy," full of life, ready for every boyish deed, only
He used all His strengin aim acuviiy in pure and noble ways, in helping His mother, in just and loving actions to
His fellows. What a messing sucn a boy is! He was a success us a boy. He
needed this perfect body, in order inat He might endure the severe strain and burden of His public ministry. Every
bov that cures for true success in life
should take care of his body, the instrument of his soul.
Third. Sniritual Development, lie
grew strong by being filled with wis
dom. This refers to "His spiritual, in
tellectual and religious development.
Tlie wisdom comprises, on tlie one
lü.iiil. tho knowledge of God: on the
other, a penetrating understanding of men and things from a Divine point of
view. The image, filling himself, appears to be that of a vessel, which, while increasing in size, fills Itself, and
by tilling ltbclf enlarges so as to no
continually holding more." Godct.
Jesus was wise in every direction in
His common sense as applied to daily
life, in mental studies and opinions,
and in His moral decisions. Anil this wisdom was one great source of His
strength. The bad habits which weak
en boys the idleness, gluttony, wate of nerve power in smoking, drinking
and other bad habits are all the fruit
of folly.
His School and Schoolmasters. Ve
can understand the ciiiiunoou anu
youth of Jesus lietter when we remem
ber the surrounding influences amid
which He grew. First. The natural bcenery was rug
ged nnd mountainous, but full of beau-
lie breathed tho pure mr. lie
lived in a village, not in a city. He learned to work as well as play. It is
quite noteworthy how muny of the
strongest, greatest and most prominent men in the cities were brought up in
the country.
Second. The Kornau dominion was
irksome and galling. The people of Chxl were subject to a foreign yoke.
The taxes were heavy. Kornau sol
diers, laws, money, ever reminded thta of their subjection, when they ought to . .. .i l -
lie free anil themselves mo ruiors oi the world. When Jesus was ten years
old there was a great insurrection
(Acts 5:37) in Galilee. He who was to Ii, Kinir of the Jews heard and felt all
this, and was filled with patriotic im
pulses. Third. The Jewish hones of a He-
.!,... tiu.r nf ilirowinu- off their bondage.
of becoming the glorious nation prom
ised in the prophets, were in tne very air Ho breathed. Thu conversation at home and in tlie streets was full of
them.
Fourth. Within His view and the
bounds of His boyish excursions, were
many remarkable historic placesrivers, hills, cities, plains that would
keep in mind the History oi i us peopio and God's dealings with them. "There
could not lie a national history, nor
even romance, to compare with that by
which a Jewish mother might noiu ner
child entranced. And it was ins own history that of His tribe, clan, perhaps family." Edorsheim. Fifth. Ills School Training. Hero are a few of the innumerable popular sayings of the period: "The world is
only saved bv the hrcatn oi me scnooi
ehildrcn." "Even for the rebuilding
of the temple the schools must not lie Interrupted." Mr. Deutsch, in Quar
terly Keview. In the village schools Jesus learned to read and write, and to memorize, not only Scripture, "but
thu countless precepts or me räum.
It was school mm aunoay scnooi m - ! . 1...4
one. His language was Aramaic, uuu
He probably also understood Greek ana
tho Hiblo Hebrew.
Sixth. His Home Training. I rom the first days of His existence a religious atmosphere surrounded tho child of Jewish parents. And this atmosphere is the most important clement in the training of a child. FltACTICAI. St'OOKSTIONP. Jesus was on a child, so that He can be the children's Saviour, having passed through e.U their experience and temptation, "yet without sin.' Religion, olfcctlcncc, mental and moral activity, urc as natural to a strong, active, vigorous boy as to ono who is sickly or weak. It belongs to the very essence of Chrlatlan duty that we should make tho tot ourselves, that wo should develop afi cw powers, ami know as much of this mysterious life that w are llvinr, of its laws and methods anil duties, as is possiblc.-T. T. Mungcr.
