Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 August 1894 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

C DOAXE, Publisher. fASl'KR. INDIANA WHEN LINNIE CAME HOME. fhr itny when blnnio catno liomo. came home, Tho binlH in the tree-tops know, rfk.nit thu blossoms sweet foil down ut hor feot At a glance from bur eyes of bluo! Ami tho blrdi an swot: "Sliu has come onru moral" And tho roses kissed her At thu door. TU day when Mnnlo catno home, camo home, Tho sun beamed bright that day; Tho beos tnndo sweeter tho honeycomb. Anil tho lilies leaned In hor way. And tho south wind sang: "She has eomo once more!" And tho Huitshlito ktssod her At tho door! Tho day when I.lnnio -miip homr, came home, The hlirh and spienu' ; kies That smiling bent where her footsteps weal Wero uourly an bluo as her eyes! And tho birds sung sweet: "She has come om'o more!" And my Kind heart met her At tho door' -Frank I Stanton. In Atlanta Constitution. 40 QY& 'OIN to the fair, 11111?" "No," Rill shook his head. "Costs t o o m tt c h. You?" "No. That's the trouble with me too. 1 wcnty-ilvo cents to get there, half fare; twentyfive cents to get in." "Ami this is an awful place to pet anything to do in." "Awful!" The two hoys resigned themselves to t least a half minute's relleetion on the L'loomv outlook. Roth were kept at school, had a comfortable home, with enotiL'h of wholesome food, and clothes whteh we.-e warm although not line. Rut a cent to spend, which was not of their own earning, neither of them ever thought of having. Ami over in the next town was to be held the county fair, with delights ami wonders in the way of line horses and eattle. big pumpkins, splendid fowls. merry-go-rounds, trotting, crowds, band music and a balloon ascc-nsion. Does anvone know a medium-sized boy whose heart would not be heavy with despair at thought of missing it? "I could get a job plckin' up taters at Farmer Capron's," said Rill; "but it's too much work for the money." "How much?" asked Johnny. "Can't make more'n five cents a day irorkin' all the time out of school." "And it's a week to the fair. "Wouldn't Farmer Capron let you have enough to go on, and make it upaftcrwnrds?" "I s'pose he would, but I didn't ask him. It's too hard work "Why," Hill straightened himself up and spoke with enthusiasm, "once there was a man who got me. to carry a valise to the station for him, 'cause ho was 'fraul he'd lose his train, and we had to run like sixty. And he paid me fifty cents lor it. Fifty cents in less'n half an hour!" "Yes," said Johnny, who had often before heard the fifty-cent story, "but what we want to know now is what we can do now. If I lived to your end of town and could get so easy out to Capron's I'd pick the taters." "1 won't." said Rill, stoutly. "Come on! I'm goin' down street to watch for some kind of a job. If we take al this Saturday afternoon to it it's j pitv if we can't find something." The boys hung around for a while. to become at length discouraged tit finding how few things seemed wait ing for a boy to do for which anybody cared to pay any loose change. Thev came at length to where a man was laying a brick sidewalk. "Want any help?" asked Johnny. "Well. ves. I do." said the man. "I expected to have my boy to whee sand and brick to me. Rut when I got home to dinner 1 found he'd gone fish lng. So I'm getting along the best I can without him." "Whnt'll you -pay?" asked Rill eagerly. "Well. I can't nay much. Ten cents apiece from now till tcathnc." "To wheel brick and sand all that time? Why, one day a man gave me fifty cents" "Oh, go 'long with your fifty cents," aid Johnny, with a good-humored laugh. "You wouldn't find such a chance more'n once in a year, if yon did then.' "Well, I shan't work all the after noon for ten cents," said Rill. "I'll look round for something else. I'll do h errand or something that'll make me twice as much and won't take half so long." Johnny before long was obliged to confess to himself that he, too, would far prefer to earn money a little more easily. The afternoon was hot, the bricks and sand heavy, and the way over which he had to wheel them rough. He grew tired, and his back ached long before it was time to stop Hut he worked away with sturdy cheerfulness, feeling glad of his good luck in getting anything at all, and settling within himself that a saying he hud once heard: "If you can't get wiintyou want you'd better take wlia you can get," was a very wise one, and one which boys would do well to heed f rom brick olio to sidewalk h wheeled, occasionally getting a few moments in which to sit 0 a handl of the barrow while he took brcatl ml chatted with thn man. of his hopes of innking, within the next week, enough motiby to talcu him to we lair. "Well, you'r a Untoo worker,"

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length, said Mr, Green, as with tin setting of the sun thu walk was fin

ished. "When I have to hire a bov guin I hope I'll have you. And I'll pay better next time," I'll come," said Johnny. "Thank you," he added, us tiic dime was put nto his dusty little hand. It was not a large piece of money, tut it looked good in his eyes; clean nd white and solid, as money well nd honestly earned is sure to look. "1 ou've done now," said Mr. Oreon. "I'll just sweep up this little pile of sund and wheel it off, so's to leave tho walk lookin' neat," said Johnny. Just at that time Hill was slowly making his way back to where lie had left Johnny, looking with great satis faction at two small coins lie held in Iiis hand. "Fifteen cents. Waited 'round tho whole afternoon thinkiu' I'd never get a job, and then come along a man wantin' a letter took to the post ollieo a hurry. Didn't take me more'n twenty minutes to make more'n John ny's made workin' hard all the afternoon. Won't I crow over him, though! I wonder what's goiu' on 'round on that street?" Quickening Ids usually lazy gait, Hill rounded tho corner to come upon a, u scene of a little excitement. .small pony carriage had been standing in front of the house next to Mr. (ireen's. The gentleman driving it hud gone Into the house, leaving tho pony untied und u little girl sitting in the carriage. A noisy wagon being driven rapidly by had frightened tli skittish little animal and lie began backing and rearing, llnally turning sharply and starting to run. The little girl screamed with fright. No one but Johnny ehaneed to be very near just at the moment. Dropping the broom with which he was clearing away the Inst of the sand, ho ran and seized the pony by the bit. It pranced ibout in a lively manner, jerking Johnny from Iiis feet, but the small boy pluokily held on. it is not likely that anyone would have been hurt, for plenty of help was near, and the little girl's father camo running out with her first cry, and was soon adding his strong hand to John ny's in bringing the pony to order. Hut the gentleman smiled very kindly on, the sunburned: freckled boy. You did that very well," he said. "If the pony hnd got a start there might have been trouble. I want to know your name and where you live. And here" Ri 1 had drawn near, and now stood breathless as the gentleman put his hand in Iiis pocket. "Rovs like a bit of money, I know for I was a boy once myself. he went on looking over a handful of change. What would it be, Rill wondered. A quarter, may be no, he was passing over the quarters. A half? Then Johnny could go to the fair, sure enough. Rut it was the biggest sib ver piece of all which was held out to Johnny a big, round, hard, solid 11 "a whom: pom.ah!" kxci.aimkh nn.rver dollar. And Johnny was so amazed he almost forgot to say "Thank you." "It's all luck," grumbled Hill. "I don't mean I ain't glad for yon to 'a got it. Johnny; but I might 'a' been waitin' round here just as well us not. and then I could 'a' done it. It's just the luck some folks lias. It was luck that day I made fifty cents carryin' a valise." "Hush up about your luck," said Mr. Green. "All the luck In it is just that Johnny's been here putting in good honest work all the afternoon, so lie was just ready for it. That's all the luck a boy needs. When he's doing his best he's pretty sure to be ready for the best that conies." "A whole dollar!" exclaimed Rill, as the boys walked away together. "Kuongh for you to go to the fair, and more." "Yes," said Johnny, with beaming eyes. "Knough for both of us. Hill. Me 'n' you'll both go. And have some peanuts and popmrn, too." Sydney Day re, in N. Y. Independent. Stub Kudu of Thought. It Iii easier to marry than it is to love. Man's mind to him a kingdom is, while woman's heart is that to her. A patch on the seat of a poor rami's trousers may be honester than the crown on a king's head. There may be charity without religion, but there can be no religion without charity. Tears that come easy, go easy. Ditto, love. Don't nurse a good intent: give it immediate exercise. Man's yesterday's should bo his proudest monument. A bad boy is condensed cussedne.ss. A woman has a right to change hex mind often, because she can't changu her heart. Detroit Free Press. io Hi'Huon it All. Missouri JudgeStand up, sir. Have you anything to say why the sentenco of the law should not be passed on you? I'm not tho prisoner, ycr honor, I'm a detective " Judge (fiercely) Is that anv reason? Cleveland Plalu Dealer

SOUND DOCTRINE. frlnilpl". Which Prompted tha I'rnl driit'it letter Chiilrnmri tVlUoa.

The president's letter to Chairman Wilson is full of bound democratic doctrine. It is refreshing to read it after the weary weeks of democratic llenco n the face of a betrayal of the party's pledges by senators who hold demo cratic commissions but who place their nvn interest aimau those of their party and their country. Mr. Cleveland wrote tho letter as an uppcal to Mr. Wilson in this crisi to insist upon party honesty and good faith and a sturdy udherence to demo cratic principles." The question as presented to the conferrep.s is, in Mr. Cleveland's words, "whether democratic principles them selves are to be saved or abandoned." In view of his belief that democratic principles are imperiled by the senate bill, Senator Smith's protest against tho interference of a democratic presi dent in behalf of his party by writing a letter to the democratic chairman of the ways rind means committee is of a piece with his insistence 011 no tariff bill at all unless tho sugar trust bhall be amply provided for. What arc thu democratic principles in behalf of which Mr. Clevelaud has done an unprecedented thing under unprecedented circumstances? He states them in his own terse way in the letter. IIos::ys: It must bo admitted that no tariff measure can accord with democratic principles and promises or bear n gunuino democratic badge thi'.tdoo.-i not provide for freo raw materials.'" This is absolutely true, absolutely sound, absolutely democratic. As Sen ator Hill said the other day in his re markable speech upholding the presi dent: It expresses better than I can hope to do the true, Bound and logical position of tho democratic party upon this question. Upon tho question of freo raw materials tho president Is right, nnd you know it. You cannot ni.swer his nrgumeuu. You cannot successfully dispute bis propositions. You cannot doubt his sincerity and patriotism. You must yield In the end to his lews. You cannot stand upa,.inst tho sentiment of tho prent democratic masses of tho country whlth will rally r.round tho President in hi, content with you upon tills particular branch of the subject." Again the president says, in speaking of tho senate bill, which leaves the wool of the fanner 011 the freu list nnd proposes to protect the coal nnd iron ore of the capitalist: I!ow can we face tho people after indulging in such outrageous discriminations und viola tions of principle' It is quite apparent that this question of fn o raw materials docs not admit of adjustm"ut en any middle ground, since their s-jbjoction to any rate of tariff taxation, ircat or small, is allko violative of democratic principle ami democratic good faith." if this is not democratic, and if Mr. Smith' "swcat-leathcr" statesmanship and his and Gorman's and Rrice's sugar trust statesmanship are democratic, then those who have made the democratic party what it is, those who have led it through its hard but patriotic struggle for tariff reform, tlioso who have won its triumph, those who have given Smith and Gorman and Rrice what power they possess, have been basely deceived. It was Cleveland's democracy, not Smith's, for which the people supposed they were voting lu lb'JO and in lbO-J. And this again is theirs as it is Cleveland's democracy: The democracy of the land plead most earnestly for the sieedy completion of the tariff logIslatlon which their representatives have undertaken; but they demand not less earnestly that no stress of necessity shall tempt those they trust to tho abandonment of democratic principles.' Rather than a bill dictated by the sugar trust and the money-bags of the senate it would be better to have no bill at all. We will then at least save the issue for which the democratic party has been courageously and hopefully struggling for twenty years. In conclusion we quoto once more from Senator Hill's speech, because of the force and eloquence with which he emphasises the point made by the World since this bill went into conference: The house of representatives, fresh from the jteoplc. which represents moro distinctly and jiecullarly than wo do tho taxing power of the people, repudiates our bill, and n democratic picsideut has emphasized that repudiation, und tho condition which confronts us is one of extreme embarrassment. Shall vo retreat or advance? Shall we surrender to the hoiee while we can do so honorably, or shall wo wuit until wo aro driven to it" N Y. World. NOT A SECTIONAL MEASURE. Tho a riff Hill 1 Intended to Treat All St nt ! Alike. Tho attempt of the McKinley organs in both parties to arouse sectional prejudice against the tariff bill because the democratic eonferrecs are mainly from the south is not warranted by the measure itself. Tho bill as it stands provides for free wool nnd free lumber. Texas alone had 4.334,551 sheep in 1M3. This is three times as many as New York lud. It just about equals tho number of sheep in the five great western states of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Missouri and Kentucky, two other southern states, have nearly as many sheep as all the New England Mates and New York together. Are not Georgia, North Carolina nnd other southern timber-producing states as much affected by free lumber as any northern states? As passed by the houso the bill made coal and iron ore freo. It is hoped that thu conference will result in a restoration of tho democratic policy. Are not Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland large producers of these articles? The sugar bounty, of which Louisiana is tho chief beneficiary, was voted by a republican congress and is repealed in the pending bill. Whatever may bo the defects of tho compromise measure U Is notasectianal bill. IS. Y. World. Gov. McKinley is unnecessarily alarmed. The possibility of (Jen. Tracy or Clinuncey M. Depew carrying New York state this fall, thus casting tho McKinley boomlct into the shade, need cause hltn no uneasiness. If his chances for the nomination arc threatened only by a republican victory in Now York ho can go to work on his speech of acceptance, at once. Chicago Ueml.l

THE TARIFF SITUATION. Conditio) Which Heilder 1 111 med tat Am Hon Ncrcmury. It is true that ninety-nine percent, of tho democrats of the country prefer the house tar if? bill to that which passed tho senate, nnd it is not surprising that the preference is so overwhelming. The house bill wasn't a perfect measure, but it very closely approached thu lines which had been laid down in the minds of thu democrats of the country. It substituted in nearly all cases ad valorem for spcclllo duties, which Is in the interest of justice and reason, and in all material instances put raw materials on thofroo list, in obedience to u well-understood democratic demand. Its only grave fault was that it held out tho menace of a treasury deficiency, which, if realized, would have been calamitous. The senute bill is much less perfect, though in the taxation of sugar it avoided tho danger which lurked in the house measure. Rut it is safe to say that that is the only point of improvement. It is objectionable in that it restores the odious and unjust spucilic system of duties. It violates tho democratic pledges in continuing thu

tax- on raw materials. It is offensive in that it preserves the unjust and injurious protective system. In fact, tho only thing that can bo truthfully said in its favor is that it is infinitely better than the McKinley bill. Its adoption would repeal that agency of robbery and destroyer of prosperity nnd save the people of this country millions of dollars in taxation. These are th. conditions that confrot 4 the democratic congress and peoplu. In the face of them what is to be done? There is no use in Hying off on a tangent over it. Reason the question out. Summon the nrguments on both sides, and weigh them. On one side it may bo said that the failure to legislate for the relief of the people will forfeit public confidence in the democratic part'. It will continue the needlesii b miens which have exhausted their resources, prostrated tneir energies and destroyed their prosperity. It will put the democratic party on thu defensive in the impending congressional contest, and a defensive light is a losing battle. Moreover, it v. ill justify the accusation that the democratic party is incapable of governing tho country. What is to be said on the other side? President Cleveland has said it all, and said it well. It is simply that the senate bill fails to fulfill the obligations of the democratic party, and that the failure is so emphatic ami inexcusable that it amounts to a betrayal of faith. That is a serious objection, and one which should bring upon the heads of those responsible for it the most severe execration. Rut, ufter all, if the condition is a choice between the senate bill and the McKinley bill, the senate bill should be passed, nod that accomplished, every agency of punishing the recreants should bo invoked. The In terests of the people are entitled to consideration ilrst. After that matters of politics will be in order. Kansas City Times. OPINIONS" AND POINTERS. The republican party of Iowauas become a party of extravagance. Itis heedless of the necessities of the people und reckless in the expenditure ol their money. Lx-Uov. Doles' Speech. Fuder democratic institutions there is a force stronger than senates, more powerful than presidents, more notcnteven than the press. It is tho force of public opinion. N. Y. World. An excliaugo asks: "Why do fishermen lie?" Perhaps for the same rea son that republican editors do: they can catch more suckers by lying than bv telling the truth. Kansas City Times. A nroner tnriff bill must, as tho president says, be largely the result of honorable adjustment and compro misc. Hut it need not be the result of barter and sale. Louisville CourierJournal. The people of tho country am substantially united in a conservative measure which will reduce thu burduna of taxation, remove the oppression of the McKinley tarill und make a great step in that direction of absolute tarilT reform which is approved In the ueuio cratic platform. Albany Argus. The president's letter to Mr. Wilson is tho utterance of an earnest. honest advocate of a principle who sees that principle endangered; it is the utterance of an earnest party man who dislikes to see his party going wroug or failing in its duty; it is a timely and patriotic deliverance which ought to bring tho democratic leaders to their senses. Indianapolis betitinel. Over confidence has taken full possession of tho republican party this year, and in politics over-confidence is a most dangerous thing. It is almost two years now since the last national election, and Whitclaw Reid hasn't fully recovered from the terrible nightmare of seeing a sure thing slip through his fingers. Over-confident republicans should consult him. Kansas City Times. There are thirty-five democrats in tho United States senate who stand for tnriff refor.n. There aro nino democrats who aro traitors to their party and to tho people. 'Ihe niuo trnitors would not have the power to put one nickel in tha treasury of a thieving tariff trust were it not for tho fact that thirty-eight republican senators stand in solid phalanx in de fense of tho trusts. Yet the repub lican press is trying to make party capital out of the situation. Chicago Herald. It seems to shock some of our cs teemed republican contemporaries that President Clovelnnd had no precedent for his letter to Congressman llson, Hub if they will overhall their histories they will find that John Han cock and his associates had no prece dent for the declaration of hide pondene, or Abraham Lincoln for the emancipation proclamation. Notwlth standing Hint drawback both these documents have been largely approved, by the civilized world. Detroit Vr Prcsa

HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Potato Salad: One pint of coll boiled potatoes, cut into small plecet; two tablespoonfuls of grated onions, four tablespoonfuls of chopped lniets. Mix with the dressing. Ohio Farmer. Spinach for chronic constipation, celery for rheumatic troubles, tomatoes, for action upon the liver, und onions for their luxutive properties aro all vegetables having valuable medicinal projiertics, and more agreeable when well cooked than pills, powders, and tonics. Old-fashioned housekeepers say that the dough for cookies or gingerbread is much more easily handled und rolled und stamped the day after it is made than on -the same day. In cool weather it should be set where it will not become hard. Farm, Field and Fireside. Iced tea may be palatable, but it is certainly not wholesome. The better way to mnke it is to fill the glasses partly full of cracked ice; then make the tea double strength and pour it boiling hot over the ice. Then, if you like, add your lemon and sugar. You get less tannic acid m this way than when the tea is alllowed to stand und cool before using. RliicklerrvCordial A quart brandy; two quarts blackberry juice;two pounds white sugar; one ounce each powdered cinnamon und nutmeg; one-half ounce each powdered allspice and cloves. Roil the juice and brandy and the spices (these tied up in thin muslin bags) for fifteen minutes. Take from the fire, add the brandy, and when cold, strain, bottle and seal. Harper'!; Razar. -Fancy Cakes: Heat the whites of two eggs and one cupful of fine granu lated sugar for fifteen minutes. Add tho white of one egg and leat live min utes more; add another white and beat until stiff. Shape by using the pastry tube into little cakes about a tabic spoonful on an unbuttered paper and bake in a very slow oven twenty minutes. Refore baking sprinkle some red sugar, others with chopped nuts and tc a part of the mixture add some color ing or chocolate. Refore serving put two cakes together sticking them to gether with the white of an egg. How can I keep mv hands white and do mv housework is a question. (Hoves save the hands from dust, scratches and dirt, so, first, wear them all the time when working about tin house. They must le easy and large. Always use meal or bran in the water when washing the hands, and only the best soap. Olycerine and rose water arc tiK)d. but honey much better. Lemon juice is indispensable to remove stains from the nails. It also prevents t tic cuticle from going over the nails, Lemon hi Ice and salt will remove all stains from the hands, and is prefer able to soap. At night rub a little old cream or milk on the hands a tea siKonfnl will be enough. Do not dry the milk off. The nails must be longer than the fingers and of the same shape IMPURITIES IN FOOD. They Art Not m Common a Many IVmont Mmj- Huppotw. Singularly exaggerated Ideas con eerninc- tne neiuiteration 01 ioou are very generally held, according to Dr, IL W. Wiley, chemist of the l nlted States department of agriculture, hand, for instance, is not sohl with sugar at least in the United States. The granu lnted and lump sugars in the market are almost absolutely pure, powdered sugar sometimes, though rarely, con tains a little Hour or starch, and lowgrade sugars are impure chiefly through the molasses and water they are made to absorb in manufacture. Not as good n report can Ik rtti f. 1!nl. given 01 sirups, mere is very nine pure maple sirup, most of what if sold as such being a mixture of glucose or cane sirups with a small proportion of the product of the maple, while in an imitation actually protected by a patent, the maple flavor is given by nn abstract of lnchory hark. Mquhl honey is largely adulterated with glucose Of comb honey, however, only that in bottles and jars is impure, the old 1111 pression that comb honey on the frame is adulterated having been proven tc lit erroneous. 0 round colfee is sc largely adulterated with ehickory, nens. beans, etc., that it is rarely found mire, and even the ungrotind lerry b imitated. Tea is rarely mixed with foreign leaves, but frequently has it weight increased by the addition ol salts of iron and copper material quite prejudicial to health. Cocoa and chocoalate aro largely adulterated with starch nnd sugar, and product claimed to be greatly improved as tc digestibility may have little of the virtues of the original cocoa lienn left in them. A danger in canned goods i the use of adulterated tin, which may contain us high ns twelve iht cent, ol lend, the organic salts formed by the a 1. ..1 ..... .... corrosion 01 tne lenu wing injM unisonous, l lie common practice 01 itdorinrr canned ocas with copper U very objectionable. The use of preservatives, such ns salicylic acid, is not with out risk, while an occasional source of danger is the development of nitro rriMious bodies called ptomaines in preserved meats. The above are lllus tratlons of the principal food adulteni Hons which, though bad enough, arc iii.sbrnilleaiit in comparison with the startling reports that have been pub lished. Much tin greater part of food wi eat is nure and wholesome. De troit Free Press. A CooIIiik Nummer Ilrlnk. A delicious summer drink is made of tvnto chopped ice and orange sirup. The sirup should be made and bottled when oranges are plentiful und cheap 11 follows: Squeeze the juice through a sieve, and to every quart add three nounds of powdered sugar, f little grated peel and the juice of one lemon. lion iiitcen minutes, si.imuiuig constantly and btraiuafter removing from the lire, if tho sirup is not perfectly clear. Seal in jars like any pre served fruit. This Is useful for flavor ing puddings, icecream, and custard as well as to make a coolipg drink. Philadelphia Pres.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

laterimtlnuul t-rmoH for Au!;nt lt. 1H04 I'lmt Dlnelidr of ,leua .loliu l::n- ll. Specially Arranged frain l'cloubet Notes.) nor.PEN Text. We have fount tho .Mo-. las. which U.bilnc interpreted, tho t'Urisi. John) II. I'LACK IN TIIC HlSTOKT. -I. HlrtU. S. YOUtB. t Preparations, 4. Tho ilrst year. rur. Yi:ai or IlKoiNMNOH. - I. The tlrsi dis ciples. February. - The Ilrst m'.raclo. February or March. S. Th Ilrst reform, cleandtnr tho temple. April. 4. Tho Ilrst utseourM. To Xtcoclcmus. April, ft. Tho first tour Ttrouch Juden, .Summer und autumn. 0. Tho ilrst eonverts lu Samaria, December. 7. Tho !ln.t work of tho Galilean ministry, December. Chiefly In Jmloa. Kewdoa only in John. Itelong. botween verses II and Vi of Matthew . Tiii:.-Fohruary. A. P. -'7. On tho return of Jesu to ltethnbani after the temptation. Prob ably, uccnrilhi; to l-'dershelm. on Saturday, the Jewish nbhiitn. l'LAi'K.-llcthnuara. beyond. I. e.. cast of, Jordan, or IJethnny. ns In K. (not tho Uethany on the Mount of Olives), lloth names have nearly the snmo meaning. Bethany noraettmes slk'iilfylmr "boathouso." and Dethabara ford house." or "ferry houe." I'rotauiy theo wero the names of two villages or districts near together. John may ha e been bavtlzltiK In a place between the two villages, ami honco sometimes called by one nanie, nnd sometimes by the other. These vllltises wore. doubtless ut a ford of tho Jordan nearly op-i lxisito Jericho, where one of the nreat roads crosses the river, or ut a ford of a strcum that enters tho Jordan near tho same place. Itt'i.Eiis. Tiberius I'ti'tar, cmicror of Home, tfith year from his tissooiatlon with Aurrusiu (Luke 3: 1. but inth as solo emperor, rontiuü lMlutc, governor of J mica (second year). Herod An'tlpas, tetrarch of Galilee (31st year,) Jksus. Thirty years old, just entering upon Ills minUtry. John tiik Haptist. Thirty nnd one-hall years old. having preached six or eight month In the wilderness. I.K8SON xonrs. The Deputation from Jerusalem. Vs. February, A. 1). -'7, about tho close of the forty days of temptation. the religious authorities at Jerusalem hearing of the wonderful effects of John's preaching, sent to inquire who he was, whether he churned to lie tho Messiah, or the expected propheL John testified to Jesus, who was then Htanding unknown among the crowds. John the Haptist Points Out Jesus as the Lamb of tiod. Vs. '.'SKU. tTho next day after the deputation, some Friday in February, according to Kdersheiin, John seeing Jesus among his hearers, recognized Hun, and pointed Him out as "the Lamb of God which taketli away the sin of the world;" and as the one who should baptize with the Holy tlhost. Then he declares how this was made known to him. John saw in Jesus the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy, in Iiis fifty-third chapter," of one who should be led as a lamb to the slaughter; the one prefigured by tho passover lamb, and tho lamb of thu daily sacrifice. He "taketli away the in of tho world." (1) by making tho sacrifice through which pardon can be frcelv offered to all; und l'J) by the love of God manifested in iiim.whicli touches and inspires the heart to goodness; und (3) by the gift of the Holy Spirit, by whom the heart is renewed, thus tak ing away sin. The First Disciples of Jesus. Vs. 3530. Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. At Dethabara. 35. "The next day:" after the previous testimony of John the Haptist to Jesus. "Two of His disciples:" One was Andrew (v. 40). Tho other wns probably the apostle John himself. He recollects the event very plainly, even to the day and hour, even after sixty years when he wrote this Fiospel. "I lis whole life," says Dodn, "seems to date from that hour." It was his spiritual birthday. 37. "The two disciples heard him speak." What John had said was really his implied permission for his disciples to leave him and become followers of the Master. They might otherwise have hesitated, as if to do so were to dishonor John. Note the self-renunciation of John, willing to yield up his apparent success for the honor of his Master and the salvation of men. Uut his very success was in his apparent defeat. His .'k was to prepare men for tho Saviour, and lead them to Him, anil the more siuicessful he was, the sooner his disciples would leave him and follow Jesus. A good teacher is always preparing scholars to graduate. His success is in having Iiis scholars leave him for the life for which lie bus been preparing them. "And they followed Jesus:" Literally, followed Him in Hb walle. Imt it was the beginning of a spiritual following. This day was really their conversion, the beginning of their Christian life. "(1) Promptly; (ai inquiringly; (3) finally, persevcringly; (4) uxemplarily." Whitclaw. 3?. "Then Jesus turned:" He met them half way in their search. He did not wait for them U come up to Him, but stopped and waited for them to come, showing them that lie wanted to roc them. So the Lord always welcomes find waits for those who seek Him. He is "the same Jesus" now ms then. "And saith unto them, What svek ye,:" 1. e., in Mo. He does not ask: "Whom seek yeV It was evident that they sought Him. Cam. Hilde. "They said unto Him. Uabbi . . . Master: Ka.,.,j jH Hebrew, and John interprets I T - nto (reck the common language ol most of ids readers at that time. Uabbi strictly meant my master, or lord, but in the time of Jesus it had already come to be the common honorable title of the teachers of the law among the Jews. "Where dwellcst Th-mT Hy this response they recogni Him as a teacher, nnd intimate their desire to speak with Him at sota convenient time in private. I'ltAtTicAi. sroonsTioxs. Note the simple, natural, quiet way in which these first disciples were led to Christ. We see the value of personal, bidiTiijial work and inllnence. "What seek ye'.1" is the question that determines thu life. Are we Recking God. goodness, usefulness, the Heavenly life or uro we leeking self pleasure, wealth, honor? Peter wiih worth ten Andrews, but was led to Christ by Andrew. We may havosmiill talent ourselves, but wo may be the means of drawing better and greater men to Jesus. Now, how quietly, silently, tuiosten tatimisly the kingdom of Hod comes, not m much by new instrumentalities, as by new power In the old. To follow faithfully the light wc hiT Is the sure and only way to more light. To him that hath shall be given.