Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 March 1895 — Page 3
ff KHK I A" COUKLEK. C. J)OAXJC, lNibllwhur.
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THE CASTLE. FAME. IllAfe on Endeavor's summit stands The cuttle Kanio, not made with band; Where Perseverance meets renown. And Patience wears the victor's crows. Its rueced battlements are hlßh. Its Kllttorlnc turrets pierce the fky; And open wide Its portal tiles. When Genius worthily applies. But hold Is he who would assay To climb the steep nnd narrow way Thst leads o'er rocks nnd mountains hare, lleforo you reach the cu-stle (air. Hero Biddy youth, with winged feet. Awhile ascend, most if.iyljr licet;
nil. drawn aside hy blooming bowers. They fold their wlns amid the Howum. Some Invincible In conceit. Ne'er think of possible dofcat; Hut falling in etch trial vain. Deride the heights they cannot (tain. And hateful Folly's lustrul brood. Who pinn the downfall of tne yood. LIUo owls an! bats the shadows seek. And dread the llfht that crowns the peak. Hut Worth tolls on with steady paco, The certain winner of the race; And nature's vnln and vicious bands Are loft to tread earth's slnkuuj sands. -A. W. Lltfhtbourn. in X. V. Mail and Exprcsv
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SOI KT IM ES thought that the hoys of Paring did n't reckon time by the usual calendar di
visionsfrom spring to summer, and from summer to autumn, and from , autumn to winter or that thty paid t little attention to weeks and months, i but that they counted by holidays.
and especially by those holidays which
won't have to nslc father about It. I can Just tell Jou that I want to go down lit the tinshop for something, and then I can watch until the tinner i.s out and tie a string to the coil of wire and drop it out of that little win low that opens on the alloy. Koine of you hoys must be theru to take care of it rij;ht ti way, and we'll get it hack again in good shape and father won't bo anything out or any the wiser for it." Mr. ISnnnlster was the lending hardware dealer in Paring, anil in connection with Id store had a tinshop. The tinner who was employed hy him was a quick-witted Irishman who had two sharp eyes in his head and could read the mind of Master Ted like an open book'. So, next day. when that young gentlenutu hunt,' around his work bench as though lie was glued to the spot, when
ordinarily he would have been on the
street with the boys, or whining if asked to leave them long enough to do wniie little errands, Mike began to have
his suspicions uroused that there was bomcthing in the wind. Ho did not need to be asked a dozen times if he had a jobs to do outside that day, or if lie had ever fixed that rainwater conductor of Clayton's, to take the hint, and in a short time he made an excuse to go out, and when he had got himself in a position favorable for observation, he prolonged his stay until his suspicions had all been continued. When he ea me hack, Master Ted was not in the shop, which did not surprise Mike at all; but Ted was not the only thing missing from the shop, which did not surprise him any more than the other disappearance.
"Faith, and it's to broad daylight
robbery they've taken, is it?" he soliloquized to himself. "And it's meself as ! is wonrieritur what the boss would be
saying if he saw how the little alley window and a had of twine was mak
ing way with the best stock in the store. "Hut it's not meself that'll be
telling him until after the morrow
sure. I ain't been a boy so long ago
meself that I can't understand a cute
joke- when I see it ripening, or take a hand in it meself, for that matter, sure
as my name's Mike Donovan."
And so Mike took an extra whiff at
his nine, and held his peace, so far as
concerned what he had r,cen that day
but he had heard enough more to cause
"Oh, I don't care what they do wit'i us! 1 can't stand it any longer. 1 n going to father and confess, and then they can take me right to the jail. 1 war.tto bo shut up where I can't see anything or hear anyone say a word about this. Oh, it is dreadful! Who would have thought that wire ould have got the current? Oh, my!" "And no one would have thoughttho same but a pack of jabbering idiots," sounded the volco of Mike in the boy's ear. "Faith, and why hasn't it killed the horse? Wake up, Tonil" ho shouted, in a loud vojee. "And that's a mighty fine bundle of wire the boys havo been giving you." The peoplo stared at Mike as if they thought the dreadful calamity had driven him mad, except a few who had
heard and heeded his remark nbouP
the horse. They noticed that all tho phenomena did not just accord with an electrical killing, and some of tho cooler-hen dod began to shake their
ends, and creep back from the front
ranks, as if not desirous of wing
aught in too conspicuous positions.
And they were none too soon about
it. for that minute Tom responded to tho summons of Mike as if it ltad been
preconcerted signal, and sat up in
us wagon aim oegan reeling in. tue
now wire, nfter giving it a stout jerk,
to disengage it from the cable overhead.
Then busy tongr.es began to Uy, aim
it was not live minutes before everyone could tell glibly enough how he
hud understood just the nature of the
loax from the first, and had only
stayed around to help the joke on.
Hut the truth of the matter was, no
one fully understood it but Tom and
Mike, and it was the pointer the former had received from the latter, after ho
hud seen Mr. Hannister's bundle of wire disappear from the alley window and
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after wonting nours, iinwu io murmur,
where the junk boat of Tom Doddridge
was tied up. Mavbe lie just wanted to borrow
pipeful of Tom's best tobacco, or may
be he needed the exercise, ami jus
happened to take a notion to stretch
m
were of a jovial,
their observance. After the Fourth of July was past they counted forward to Hallowe'en, and from Hallowe'en to Christmas, and from Christinas to All Fools' day. And a large part of their study and i i ......... !. c "n Wlirtt
Zrdom.ilttae that is new?" j hhlcB in this direction.
They grew tired of all their old fun, and it kept their brains on tho stretch to think up new and exciting srwrts suited to the season. And so they were racking their wits now for some novel joke to perpetrate on the unwary on the first day of April. The "unwary" meant, above all, Tom Doddridge, the junk man, who drove a bony old horse to a tumbledown old wagon and plied a thrifty business in bones, rags, iron and various other articles of barter in his line. Tom was not overly bright, and the boys were disposed to take advantage of this, as they ought to have been ashamed to do, and make him tho butt
of their jokes.
Tom's stunul face didn't show any
more wisdom, if he had it, after Mike
was iroue. and Mike's countenance
showed none less.
Karlv the next morning there was
creat commotion on the street of liar
inir. A great crowd of people were
irathered around a team at one of th
crossings, the driver of which seemed
to be dead.
A part of the people were horror stricken and loud in their denuneia
tion of the carelessness of a corpora
tinn that thus endanirered the lives of
citizens, and another part were at firs
disposed to be amused and then amazed. Tha't portion of the crowd, to tell the truth, had been on the spot before the
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1'hev had striped his horse, and put ! accident, or wmuover ,t i ' .... i i t ... i .,.,,1, niul thn;r fai-i'S had
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runners on his wagon, ami crossed tue lines, so that hu steed hawed when he ought to have geed. and geed when lie ought to have hawed. So the natural question was: "What shallwe do to Tom this time?'' Each bov shook his head and pon
dered. 1 I hav it!" exclaimed Ted Patiuis- ' ter, after a painful silence, in which !
new ideas were as scarce as blackberries on Christmas day. "Oh. some old trick of yours! We've heard enough of them." "No, honor bright, this is new. I iimt thoiurht of it. You know there
worn a look of expectancy of something unusual about to happen. Ted l!ii no ister was in that crowd, and so were a number of other boys in fact, nearly all the boys of any size in the place and Mike Donovan, too, hud left his work, and was standing at a corner near by. quietly smoking and watching the turn of events with a humorous gleam in his eye. And this was what had happened: The wagon had driven along until it was directly under the electric light cable strung along the street, when all
at ouce some one had noticed a smaller wire dangling down across the cable so
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was a mau shocked in- tne electric;"'", - - wires the other dav bv touching a dead I against It in passing. " ire that was hanging down, and I j Then it was that the warnhig : cry heard Tom telling ne of the boys jyna raised by some onc-a boy s voice the other night that he just expected 1 it was afterward said. ) " i.i u i... i.:n...i i... tiia I "Dead wire! Dead wire!
TUJim.Kn most ins skat.
overheard some of the talk of the boys
from his hiding place, which had turned the intended joke of the youngsters on themselves. When the situation became understood and the laugh went up. Ted Hannister was a sicker boy than when he wanted to get to jail a minute ago, or expiate his supposed crime on thr gallows. "Yon may have a chance to tj to jail yet," said a sympathoti bystander; "two of you. at least, for it was a clear case of burglary, taking that wire in the way you did. And, "besides, Tom claims it as his, and Mr. llannister is as mad as a hornet about it. It's worth two dollars to say the least." What the boys did do was to agree to pay for the wire themselves, and the next day Tom came and sold it back to Mr. Hannistcr for a dollar and a half: mid now there is not a boy in the lot
who would not rather give more than the price out of his pocket money, than hear any! hing said ahout a dead wire. "We ought to have known better," they say to one another, when the temptation to kick themselves is strongest; "for didn't we take the pams to tie it under the cable with a silk cord, instead of passing it over'.'" "Yes; but 1 tell you these jokes don't
pay, any now. And it was sure enough this one didn't. Golden Days. A WONDERFUL FEAT.
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1 1 wire for fear it wil Ihj a dead wire ' was about to graze his face, and then, om nirtiuriuu 1. ... . . , to the ureat horror of all and the Mirund go off or something 1 ml U him he lml tumMcil from hU and his horse. ow, we 11 hx up- n , i fallen, with a convulsive mo-
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Atlt WV. S- aw 'J --'1 Iriml statre wiiisner. suddenly inter
rupted the explanation of the plan. And the warning came none too soon, for Tom and his rig drove out of an
T'IAT TCtfSO GKXTJ.KMAJ 11UX0 AROUND ins wonic nr.NCii.
alley cl.c hy just that minute nnd were brought almost within hearing distance.
Hut the boys hastily tork themselves J to some more secluded spot and plotted
to their hearts' content against unsuspecting Tom. It was soon nil arranged to their complete satisfaction, though they tok great pains to prevent uuyone else from overhearing them. "Are you sure you can get it?" asked one of the boys of Ted, just as they were about to separate. "Yes that is, I'm pretty sure. I
tion of the body, prostrate m his wagon, with tho wire in some way attached to him still. There was but one conclusion. He had been shocked by a deadly current from' the electric wire and was dead. I'hose who rushed forward to draw
' the body from its terrible position were ' warned that they would touch him at
, the. risk of their lives, as he was still in 1 . contact with the wire; and one who I was rash enough to reach out and take ! the horse bv the bridle, to lead it away, . . 1 1 1. .1... ........I..
was dragged nacit as uiougu me uib equipage were charged with deadly fluid. To say thnt it was a time of excitement expresses it but faintly. Jkiring never had such a sensation. And by this time the most horror-stricken lookers-on were Ted Datiuister und some of his companions. When they had stared nnd stared, until their eyes were about to protrude from their sockets, the color began to leave their cheeks, and Ted sank down on t he curbstone, and covered his face
with his hands, as if to shut out the expected sight of bine Humes darting their forked tongues from the body of thu poor man. Some of the other hoys slunk away
until they were out of the range of observation, and then took to their heels with the speed of scared colts. Hut the situation did not Inst long. Milte had edged over to where Ted was all in a heap on the ground j'tst in time to hear him groan out, in answer to the question of one of his terrilled companions, about the only one that was to be seen on the ground: "Will they hung' us, Ted, when they and this out?"
Tlio Marvelous Accomplishment of an InvcntUo Or 11I111. Jules Curzon, a Polish mechanic, who
was presented with a gold medal for his inventions, performed a most extraordinary thing when he succeeded in manufacturing a complete watch in the space of eight hours, and from materials on which any other watchmaker would have looked contemptuously. It appears, says Household Words, that the czar of Kussia, hearing f thu marvelous inventive genius of Curzon, determined to put him to the test, and forwarded him a box containing a fewcopper nails, some wood drippings, a piece of broken glass, an old cracked china cup, some wire, and a few crib-bage-board pegs, with a request that
he should transform them into a timepiece. Nothing daunted, and perceiving a golden opportunity for winning favor at the court, Curzon set about
I.Mnslc with enthusiasm, and in tlie
AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
Smmm lmlde met na tUm flnaacUI
Situation. The spcccli made bv Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury Curtis at tho recent dinner of the Percocratic club is the most Important uttcrnncu on thu subject of the recent boud issue that has coma from anyone having the right to speak for tho administration. Mr. Curtis' authority to do so is unquestioned by all who know his relations to the various efforts that have been made by Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle to protect tho public credit, notwithstanding the refusal of congress to perform Its plain duty. Mr. Curtis' assurance that tho treasury was compelled to accept tho terms of the syndicate which represented the foreign
bankers must bo taken as conclusive of tho condition of mind in which tho
Washington authorities found thenv ßclves. Mr. Curtis is right in saylua that the L'overninent was in the posi
tion of a uank on which a run was in
progress, and the administration natu
rally desired to stop the run. As tho
Weekly said, in commenting on this
loan, time was essential, and this con
federation mi fht easily havo prevented
the
market. Moreover, gold exportation
havo been checked, at least for the
time, and Mr. Curtis regards this fact as of the first importance, and as full of promise for tho future safety of
the treasury from the raids or tne gold
hunters. All true friends of the conn
try will hope that Mr. Curtis' anticipations of good results to follow tho bond Issue will be realized, and that the
drain of gold from abroad and for
hoarding nt home has ceased. At tho same time wo must not shut our eyes to the facts of the situation. Tho greenbacks and the treasury notes still exist as a menace to the treasury gold whenever capitalists at home or abroad shall be frightened by tho clamor of our silver and flat money advocates who will bo in power in tho next senate, no matter what may be the complexion of the now house of representatives. These paper demand obligations will not be got rid of until tho popular demand for their abolition grows to be as intense and clamorous as was the demand for the unconditional repeal of tho Sherman net. A
remedy has been suggested that is more snccious than sound. It is tlwt
tho government tide over its diffi
cultics until the revenue3 became
greater than the expenditures. After that event shall happen, the secretary
of the treasury may hold all the greenbacks and the'notes of 1800 that come
into his possession, thereby diminish
ing the amount of the instrumentalities available for drawing out his gold. This method would be slow and uncertain, l.csidcs, there i.s no reason
to believe that a surplus would not again tempt congress into extravagances that would once more compel
the secretary to pay out His accumuia
tion of paper. Not only is none but a
thorough rcmcdv to be thought of in .. ... . . 1!l.,...ll!.
ucalimr witn our monetary uiinciuues
but no remedy can be thorough that is
based on the presumption that con
trress will become wise and patriotic
A good deal hs3 been accomplished in
this country by campaigns 01 eciuca
tion. Not onlv tariff reform, but civi
service reform, nnd, within the memo
ry of most of the men in public lu
cnricncy reforms have been brough about by the education of the pcopl
who elect congressmen every tw
years, and whose voice eventually finds
an impressive lodgment m tne mm ears of senators. The newspapers, with their constaut arguments and appeals, did much to drive the inflation movement ot twenty years ago out of the republican party, although at that time there was a sufficient number of senators who were capable of thoroughly debating financial questions to enormously aid the pressure from without. At present, what with the young men from tu mining camps who have been made senators for the purposo of keeping up tlu price of silver at any cost to tho credit of the country, nnd the politicians who are so afraid of the camps that they are hiding in the baleful shadow of international bimetallism, nearly all the work for sound money must be dono in tho newspapers, by clubs and their pamphlets and on tho platform. The new house of representatives is probably sounder on tho money question than that which has just ended its inglorious existence. It is true that many republicans are unduly fond of tho greenbacks, and tlut some from sound-money states voted with the populists, aud tlat-raoncy men to reject the contract under which the administration nought to save the country sixteen million dollars by offering a gold bond. Uut tho reasoning of tho great money centers is more likely to affect their minds than those of their democratic associates in folly. The condition of the scuato was of course deplorable. Its ignorance, selfishness andlackof principle were phenomenal. , There is no parliamentary body in the
world, unless it may be found m some
money will begin at onco a caiupalgm
of education on the money question. The Americas peoplo aro neither fools
bot dishonest. As Mr. Curtis natu, tneir credit is supremely dear to them. The
moment they are tot to f hlnlciug in mo right direction, tint moment, tho result
is nearly assured. The lime is coming when every honest American will be profoundly grateful to Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle for tho part they have
played in this and crisis, and will loou back upon the speeches and votes of
the majority or their congrcssmer with shame. Harper's Weekly.
ONE GOOD
LAV.
U Entitled to
Wherein tU Ijite ConcreM
Credit. One good law of prhno importauco is
as much as any ordinary congress suc
ceeds in placing to its credit. 1 no ursi two or three congresses, and perhaps ns manv more riurlnrr tho epoch of tho
civil war, undoubtedly accomplished more under the urgency and spur of the times when they were sitting, but
most con.Tres.ses have done less.
The congress which has just passed
from the stage has burpassod the average. It has enacted at least one law of
nrimc importance the now tariff law
While it did not make so much progress
in the direction of free trade in fram
ing this law as had been expected by most people, yet it did make decided
progress. It made a distinct tieparturo from tho protective policy which had
nrnvailed for thirtv-thrce years. Dur
ing all thoso years thoro hnd lecn al
most uninterrupted progress from protection to higher and higher protection
until tho climax was readied in tlio
McKinley act of 1690.
Tho lato congress not only called a
halt upon this movement, but it began
a march backward toward commercial
and industrial liberty, and it niado
good advance for a first ono. It put
the country in motion toward irec dorn, and the impulse which it gave wil
not be lost. That impulse may not seem to be operativ; for the time be
ing, but visible results will bo seen again as soon as the country begins to
nercelvo the beneficial effects of tho
creator measure of freedom it now en
joys. Then the march will be resumed
not to cease until tins is as least a3 ireo a conntrj' commercially as it was dur-
in?r the democrats davs from 18j to
1SU1.
If the late congress has dono no
other irrcat thing it is at least entitled
to credit for refusing to do many bail
and doubtful things. Among the bad
are the numerous grabs which nt ono
tirao threatened to swell too appro-1 priationH for tho next fiscal year to a
total uncqualcd in tlio MsKry ot uio
country. Every grab ol any greai
magnitude, with the exception ot 1110 sugar bounty only, was defeated during the closing hours of tho session, and to the democratic house belongs the credit. Among the doubtful measures which havo fallen, for the time being at leasl, are the pooling bill, tho Nicaragua canal bill, the Hawaiian cablo appropriation and a number of moro or less questionable measures of currency reform. These can wait. For some thlnirs. such as voting tho
suirar bounty, refusing needed relief
to the treasury and neglecting to pass the free ships bill, the late congress is not to be praised. l!ut on the wholo
it has dono more good and lcs harm
than any other congress for very many vears. Even thoso who now Und noth-
incr L'ood to sav of it will give it credit
for its irreat work of setting in inotior
t hr. ear of nraetical tariu reiorm oe-
foro many years have passed away.
Chicago Timcs-Ilcrald.
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.
almost incredibly short space of eight ; remote boiith American country, to hours had dispatched a wonderfully little enti led to , respect. Its meiual constructed watch to the czar, who was and mora conditions are such ns to
so surprised and delighted at the work
that he sent for the niauer, ami conferred upon him several distinctions as well as granting him a pension. The ease of the watch was made of china, while the works were simply composed of the odds and ends accompanying the old ettp. Not only did it kwp good time, but only remiired winding once three or four days. This re-
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markable watch is ueiiovi-o 10 oe sou in the possession of the llusMan royul family. . "1 guess Hllgglns and Hinggins are going to fight in a minute." exclaimed the man who is easily exciU d. " Wlrit makes vou think so?" "They are both telliiig each other that they don't want to have any troublu with each other." Washington Star.
-Leave to attend hist mother's funeral was thus applied for by a Lahore baboo: "Uy the vicissitude of time my mother yesterday went to eternity, and, as a rule, have to attend her funeral ccrcmonftts." Ilousohold Words,
create a doubt of the value or a ecu
tury of parliamentary institutions. A
financial debato in tho senate must lead the stauchest American to wonder
if those who mako our laws havo learned anything whatever from tho experiences of mankind or front the history of their own race. And yet even the majority of the Rennte can be driven by lear, if it cmuot be convinced by arguments addressed to tho reason. Wo arc assured by competent authority that in the cities of tho south soundmoney ideas prevail. Wc know that they do prevail in Now England, the middle states and westward to the Mississippi. Itisprobablo that an active campaign would result in much good among the intelligent people of Minne
sota, Iowa, Oregon and California, ami that even Colorado, Kansas nnd Missouri aro not hopeless. It is possible thnt the silver men would hold in ISM only the new states, with Nevada, and that in 1803 they could not tount on aome of these. All this Is based on tho aaeumption that the friends of aouad
Le't the Fifty-third congress bo
remembered with gratitude for nt least
one act on its deathbed. The defeat of tho Hawaiian cable job is enough to atone for a great number of follies.
Kochester Herald.
The unanimous confirmation of
tho nomination of William L. Wilson to be postmaster general In place of
Wilson M liisscll, resigned, was a do
nerved compliment us well a3 a grace
ful courtesy. Kansas City Times.
John Sherman thinks the secretary of tho treasury should be held per
sonally responsible lorall tho linancial
operations of the government. Mr.
Sherman was onco iccretary of -the treasury. Docs ho intend to plead tho
statute of limitations? St. Louis he public.
Tho tariff war with Spain has
ended as it should hava done in tho
restoration of trade relations between this country and Cuba and l'orto llico. It was a tempest in a teapot any way,
and only served for a few days to draw idiotic drivel from the pens of repub
lican editors. Kansas City Times. Mr. Wilson is in the best tense
man of the people. Ho has strong confidence in the good sense aud honesty
of tho people when thoroughly in
formed, lie has a peculiarly wide and intimate acquaintance with the peoplo in every part of tho country, nnd he
enjoys their sympathetic and admiring
confidence. IS. 1. limes.
The appointment of Congressman Wilson as postmaster general isentircly
natural under the circumstances. His
term in conirrcss is about to expire, and
his personal nnd political relations
with tho president are sucn as 10 en
fithOnm to tlris recognition. Ho is a
man of decided ability and undoubted integrity. Indianapolis Journal (Hep.)
A republican journal points with
reproach to tho fact that tho imports
for the llrst nvo monuis unucr uio m-Kou-Gorman tariff havo boon less than
they were iu the fcamo period under tho McKinley law. Why complain? Isn't it the republican purpose in a tariff to
nrcrnnt "floodiiiL' tho homo market
with pauper-labor foreign goods?" N.
Y. World.
Mr. liisscll has been a strong nnd
successful postmaster general. Ho has had some stormy experiences over rmestlons of patronairc. but he has
deauilv held the trood of the service
uppermost, and has enforced his pro
claimed principles witnout uincning, Ho has been a safe and courageous oül
cial, worthy of the high office he filled.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. fBtcrnatlena! Lruea for March St, ISM I'lrnt Quarterly Rovlew. lpc dally Arranged from Pcloubet'n Note. noi.ncv Tkxt Take my yoke- upon yoa and learn of mc Matt Hi'. We should brloay review tsa wholo Ills of
Christ up to this tlrae. m well asthoyetr under special consideration Keen the dltlercnt porttoBA In lad. with tbedatos. Not how lone vras the period of preparation (thirty
yearn) for tnroo ana one-tiair years or wora. Note bow much tnor full ibo report of Christ's life Krows with each added year Ta epochs or Ktcps In tho dovelopmont of th work and kingdom of Jesu should be kept dis
tinctly In mind. Msarn this ty heart, ao mat each event of tho life of Christ may Und It
placo and be Instructive, not only In Itself, bub
n Un relations to tho waoie lire ami mission at
our Saviour.
rnoanxssivE review. Tlov. R. lllnlteslcc. In his Teacher'
Manual for his Studies in the Lifo ot
Christ, innltcs some excellent uggestions for a review, which can best be
begun with tlio bcginnlufr of tho quarter, and carried out gradually to tho end. IIo proposes that each scholar, or
tho class ns a whole, make a harmony
of the life of Christ frorn tho Gospels,, and illustrating it with unmounted pho
tographs, which can caslty ho obtained; of dealers. "Many persons havo done;
this u-orlc with very great satisfaction,,
nnd by tho use of maps cutout of books
and papers, or drawn by themselvcs,s unmounted photographs, and other il-
lustrations, havo mauo most valuable and attractive boohs. In making such a book tho best plan is to uso, sheets of
heavy paper, stiff enough not to bd wrinkled by the paste, and then io bind them into book form, or tie them loosely together after they aro finished. Tho best paper for this purpose is un
ruled writing paper, such as is used for ledgers, and which can be procured at any stationer's. Tho paper should be cut into sheets about nine and one-half by twelvo inches In size, which will give amplo room to insert parallel passages side by side, and for marginal notes." VI.ACE8 AND ir.I.TJSTItATTVE OBJECTS. In tho bright little paper, the Child's Hour, is given tho following capital plan for studying tho geography of the United States, which can easily bo adapted to tho life of Christ. "Tho map of the United States, and tho products of the different parts of the country were laid in tho right places. There was a bit of coal for Pennsylvania and Ohio, wheat alonff the Mississippi valley, copper near Lake Superior and gold in California. "Another way to make a 'product map' Is to cut out the separate states
from a largo railroad map, or an old. atlas, and as you study about each ono
paste it on a largo sheet of stiff paper, und fasten on the things which will
show the industries and productions of
that region.
"Here is an account of sucn a map.
writteu by a teacher who has tried it.
She says: "On the day for the study
of Maino tho map of said state should
be pasted on upper right-hand corner of the paper. Several boys will, doubtless, bo found to voluntcci
to whittle out a tiny boat, which bhould be cut In two in tho
length, leaving a flat surface for at
taching to the ocean southeast of Maine.
Toothpick masts, paper sails anil ling
complete tho matter, and tho children
have learned that shipbuilding is an occupation of Maine, and most heartily enjoy the lesson. Kafts of lumber formed of tiny twigs, held together by headless pins, float merrily down thu I'enobscot; and whatever products aro
to be taught are gummed to tho map.
" 'When New Hampshire is taken up,
it is carefully joined to Maine, and so on, one by ono, till tho union is com
plete.
In somo such way wc can study
Christ's life and travels in Palo-nc; a ship for the sea of üalilee; a well for Shcchcm; a templo for Jerusalem, and a small roll of tho law; a cradlo and a star for Hethlehem. and n grain of
wheat to show that Ruth lived there; a dovo where Jesus was baptized; sands for tho wilderness of temptation; a cup for Cana; a carpenter's tool for Naz
areth.
JOUI5.VCVS WITH JESUS. "If the lessons have been of a histor
ical or narrative character, a very satis
factory method of review is to call for the places which havo been mentioned
in the quarter s lessons. Pointing out the place upon tho school map, pin (over
the place) its Initial letter cut out of some bright colored paper, and then
call for the connected persons, events, and truths.'' Sunday-School Times.
In "Tom llrown at Oxford," tho best
scholar is represented as studying his Greek history by means of a map and
pins with largo heads made of differ
ently colored sealing-wax. The red
headed pin represented ono army, tne black another. And as tho text described tho movements of tho armies.
the pins were moved to tho places
designated on tho map. During tho
late war several ministers did tho same thing with tho various armies. When
news camo of any change wo maructi
it with the pins. This plan gives great
vividness to the history nnd assists tho
memory. Supposo now that wo have lnrgo map on the wall. Prepare a pin
with a large scailnR-wax neaa to represent .lesus. Smaller pins can represent tho disciples and John. Take tho initial letters of the principal places, printed on cardboard, so as to bo seen across the room, and with a pin fasten
them in their proper plnces on tho map as fast as tho journey is made. Somo scholar or class can tell whero tho next movement is to bo made, und all tho events or incidents clustering around each placo can bo noted cr described.
How lien Franktii Cnrert ColdsUcnjnmln Franklin, wo arc told, cured his "colds" by "air baths," and
found the narao treatment g-ood for Insomnia. His method wns to divest himself even inwintcr-of all cloth
ing and covering and'Ho in bed till well refrigerated, and then draw the covet over him and ro to sleep. "He would often," it Is added, "sit for hours naked writing or reading, ns a prophylactic measure.' This presents the captor of the thunderbolt In a new aspect; bat great wisdom and crankint.-s are of tea sear allied. IteUlmore Sua.
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