Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 April 1895 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER,

O. DOAXm, PuMinhor.

. . . - INDIANA.

jlOW ONE WIFE MANAGED. Why John Wooks Built a Protty Now Homo.

LD SAYING "What can't bo cured must be endured." New

version-"What can't bo endurcd must

needsbe cured." A very tired woman wits Mulvlna Weeks, and shf said

t4sMJWfM she should nev-

er be resled

V iWwH 7 again tin Mie wW'VPfflfM cm.ld have the f. vi.''. bouse painted

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USK1MI II sue U

and shingled.

Lu rv shower that came over the hills l,r.,,p ht hurrvaml worry with it, for tw must take'down every thing httngii - ir the lean-to, and set pails in half a t. i.cn places in tbe attic, and tho earpa in the end room had already been niton up because the numerous wettii.j. h that it had received were spoiling it. and the brilliant colors were all rurtung together in one indistinguishnt.V blar.

'1 w paint was all off tbe house in me places and fast coming oi " ot.n rs; in fact, tbe cottage was in a btate if "peel" 11,1 ovur- 'lllu nciKn" Ik ts had begun to speak about it, and f,ay to .Malvina bow nice it would look painted in light colors. And down at the sewing circle one lndy had heard that she was going to have her bouse

mimted. and another

,it to liev naintin' done this fail!"

she had asked and asked John to have it done, and for two years she had asked in vain. First, John must J,.ie a new barn, for "A merciful man is t'u reiful to bis beast," and then he n.us; have a new binder, for it would uivi. lud f the time, and be would need

but one man. In vain she told him the bouse leaked, in vain she told of the peeling paint, in vain siie bewailed' the new rag carpet ruined by the dripping water, and said how tired she was of setting pails, and how afraid even to fr. to the nearest neighbor for fear of a s'iddeu shower and no one at home l'i attend to it. ow his last reiusal was ringing in her ears, and the poor woman, tired out with the numerous cares of a farmer's wife, just sat down and cried. Hut If vou think a woman's tears cud

the matter, you arc much mistaken. '1 he tears are only the beginning. When she wanted anything done, John was always ready to start fur tbe poorhouse, and was quite sure that anything laid out on the bouse, inside or out, was only so many paving stones on the road to the great, roomy old farmhouse where the dozen or so poor and crippled ones of the town were cared for. The first time she asked him timidly if he didn't think the house needed paint, he .said: "Yes, I do, but we should go to the poorhouse if we got everything we fancied." When she wondered if he couldn't have the roof patched, be said: "No, he couldn't lay out nothiu' this year, for that binder had jest about swamped

him. an' he cale'lated he'd have ter go ter the poorhouse if he kep' on spend-

in' monev."

She heard about the poorhouse till

.she was tired of it, and one day when she was out in the berry pasture, she

sat down and looked at the building which could be seen in the distance iust over the hill, and, with a queer

feolinir at her heart, she thought if she

AiA linn, in Lo to the poorhouse, it

Don't (ortdt to take down Um coats ta ttM

lean-to, and sol the i Kit Urn qulok a you caa. for It does route In lllto stity when it begins t hall work for my keen there, and II they allow jiauiwra to no vlsllln. I Khali como over whtrs I ken. Your affectionate wile, Mai.vi.na Wkkks." 'Wal, I never see the beat o that!" Ho ate his meal in bilcnce, trying to digest tho fact that his wife had taken his frequent allusions to the poorhouse in earnest, und thought if she had to enter the house some time she might unwell take advantage of the condition of her own home and avail herself of Its shelter at once. "Who'd a-thought she would?" was a question be asked himself over and over as he took the pails and went out to milk.

As he came back, lie noticed the scaling paint and the bare Hashes and said to himself: "It looks wus'n 1 thought it did." Then he rememlwred hts last remark to her, that she could go to tiie poorhouse if she wanted to, he didn't. She had taken him at his word. Just at dusk, the keeper of the poorhouse drove up, and, stopping before the house, said to the man sitting on the doorstep: "Hello, Weeks, met with reverses?' "No. not 'specially. Why?" "Wal. Mb' Weeks she cum up an"

talked with my wife alone, and asked if she might stay and help her a spell, an' my wife's real glad she's come, cos she does think your wife knows a leetle the most about doin' pickles an' things of anybody round, an she put her in the spare room, an' sent me down to see you." John chewed a straw vigorously while he wondered what Mr. Groe thought, and what excuse he, one of

the largest tax payers in town, could make for sending his wife to the poorhouse. He tried to seem perfectlyeasy as he said: "Wal, the fact is I told her she could go. I'm goin' ter hev tbe bouse shingled and painted, an' I thought's long's the smell o' paint makes her sick, I'd git her out of the way; but 1 'xpect she'll Iks some s'prised, cos I didn't let on that 1 was goin' ter hev it done." "AH right, neighbor, I won't say nothin' 'bout it." and turning the horse he drove away, but he wondered, and muttered to himself that "'twas curis (loin's, and ho bet there was suthin' that be warn't told." However, the next time he passed the

Weeks place, there were men at work ou the roof, and tneu painting th-

M'KINLEY

laillrattona

OR

SHERMAN.

Wavrrlitf

WHO

MADE THE

BILL?

Mm-

ritat Ohio la

Ilr fhotcr. The McKinley presidential boom is the eyes of many politicians is the most Interesting boom of all. These men are very fond of dwelling upon certain features it is thought to possess. They regard it as a sort of test boom. Shall the next campaign be waged upon the tariff issue? If so, who is th foremost representative of tho tariff issuo on the republican side? All of the republican aspirants for the nomination arc protectionists and all have declared tit-o and again for the fostering of homo industries by high customs duties. Hut whoso name is found at the head of tho list when the champions of protection are called off? And if there is one man among them so conspicuous that he stands singled out both by his own and the opposing party as the most pronounced protectionist of them all ought not he to carry the banner when protection is the issue? Tills is the McKinley case.

The friends of the government insist that the tariff must be the issue and

that he is the foremost republican rep

resentative. It is not his only merit In their eves. Thev are willing to

match him against any of his rivals on

any score. Tor all-around ability, for

high and attractive personal character.

for patriotism and tho best order of Americanism, they maintain that he Is the peer of any man in either party.

and would prove an exceptionally

strong presidential candidate, They expect to see him nominated.

Another point of interest attaching

mav 1. tPrmnll its horn embarrass- ' well known that many parts of the bill.

nients. How is it to shake off these I and these the essential and objectionnnd the different interpretations put ! able features, were not written by

i . .

the i:wienll)illtT for

Klniry Iwr Urion;. The adjournment of congress has not

been sulllcient to stop the mouth of Senator Fryc, of Maine. His jaw ia like death, in that it has all seasons for

its own. In a speech in Connecticut last week Mr. Fryc said:

The McKinley bill was the best

tariff measure evcreuacted. McKinley did not make that bill. The United

States senate made it. Keed, or .Maine, had more to do with it than McKinley."

Mr. Frye professes to be a menu ox Reed. Itocs he call that backing his

friend? If so, it is a dangerous kind of

back in?, to say the least of it. et it

chimes in admirably with the claim re

cently put forth by some of McKinley a friends that he is not responsible for McKinlevisra.

In a tense it Is true that Heed was responsible for the McKinley law. Had he not taken the position he did, and pushed on the work of stealing democratic scats until the republicans got a good working majority, the bill would never have got through tho house. Hut it is not apparent, iu the present state of our knowledge of the secret history of the period, that Mr. Keed had very much to do with tho framing of the bill. Mr. McKinley was chairman of the committee that reported the bill to the house, and he defcuded it from first to last. His responsibility for it, therefore, is as complete as it could possibly be. Hut, if it comes to a question ol credit (?) for framing the bill, the case

is somewhat different. It is perfectly

l

BO

upon them at a distance? For a time there was a misunderstanding as to Gov. Forakcr's attitude A doubt existed as tohisreal intcrcstin McKinley's success. An opinion prevailed that this doubt ought to be removed. Friends of the two men conferred and the doubt was removed. Fraker in an authorised interview declared unequivocally for McKinley for president, and McKinley as unequivocally declared for Foraker for senator. All seemed clear then so far as Ohio was concerned, and a full delegation to the national convention, well selected and cordially pledged, was guaranteed. Hut a bigger man than Foraker is now the subject of talk well calculated

to disturb not only the friends ol McKinley, but the friends of all the other aspirants as well. McKinley is most in interest because this man lives in McKinley's state All speculation

Maj. McKinley at all. On the contrary they were written by men who during the campaign of had bought tho right to tax the American people for their own benefit. The iron and steel manufacturers of the Pittsburgh div trict bad Henry W. Oliver as thel head representative at Washington, and when his work was done he went back and reported that "the metal schedule was that offered by the manufacturers," or words to that effect. Mr. Wilson humorously said that the way and means committee had their tables covered with blanks and that all manufacturers whose standing with the committee was good were invited to come there and write such sections of the law as they desired. This is unquestionably substantially the truth with reference to the most outrageous and most characteristic parts of th

;aw. iney were written uj wie vr-

.Mciviniey s state- . jwrn-nuu i .- 'w -- --- about the next presidency has come to sons interested in excluding coinpeti-

l'VK ltKKN

I.O.NKSOME, Oll, JOHX.

he thought the papered, but he

,4IF YOU WAST TO 00 TO Til? l'OOB HOUSE

YOU CAN."

would not Imj such a bad place to stay

In. after all.

Next day she went about her work verv uuietlv. and stole away in the

afternoon to Widow Smith's for a little

while The second day alio made one

inure effort: "Don't you think you

could have something done to the roof jif tor vein irnt tho harvest out of the

"way. John?"

"if you want to go to the poorhouse,

von can. I don't." was the concise an

swer.

When John came in at night, his supper was ready, but his wife was not to

"be seen. He thou flit she would be la

in a moment, but after resting awhile

jtnd seeing no sign of her, he decided

to eat, as she had probably been called

to some one of the neighbors. On his

plate lay a note:

"Deaii JoitM! I nave made arrangements with Widow . Smith to como hi threo times a weel: and cook the vlctunls and clean up tho house while 1 am away. ("Good lamb whore's

he coin""') I wns looking nt the ixwrhouso the o.her day from tho Hluo Hill pasture, and

it did look so nice that I thought If I'd cot to o there I mltfht us well go there now, It has Just been painted and 1 asked Goody Walto If It lenhed. nnd he ald no; nnd I'm roIiis to ask Mis' Grove to let mo keep tho end room

for you, for I n'pose It won't bo many weeks before you'll como, too. That room looks rltrht

down on tho medder that leads to our lice t

door, and I think If It's empty she'll keep It Tor you. for she' nlwaya to real accommodatU' term

kitchen inside, and

front room was being

could not quite tell.

Meanwhile Vina was homesick, and

though she went into the end room and looked out on the meadow that she knew reached her home just out of

sight beyond the woods, it only made the tears come faster, and she won

dered if she couldn't have stood the leaks and the pealing paint a little longer, and then, perhaps, she might

have coaxed John.

.lohn was homesick, too. and hurried

the carpenters and painters till tney

made jokes among themselves about his impatience. The home was not home

with Vina gone, and lie tnougni perhaps she might get so used to living in

a big house that she would never again care for the little house she had called

home so long.

With fear and trembling he harnessed

the horse, put on his best suit ol

clothes and started for the poorhouse.

"She's awful sot, an' ef she s tuk a notion she's a going ter live in that big

poorhouse, nothin 11 fetch er uacic

Mebbe if I told Her I'd uuuu a nou.se

next year, she d come." so lie tnea to go over all the arguments he would use with the woman who was more

ready to return than he could possibly be to have her.

She sat on the back porch knitting,

when Mrs. Grove called her to answer the doorbell, for her bauds were in the bread. John Weeks' argument fled, for Malvina threw her arms around his neck and cobbed:

"I've been so lonesome, oh, John; And he patted her shoulder and said: So've I, Viny, so've I." Then when she could think she said,

with a curious expression on her face:

"Itairn villi fnmf tOStAV?

"No. I say, Viny, I'm willin'-I'U do

anything I'll build a house if you'll only come back to live. Miss Smith can't make bread fit to chow!"

Hannv woman that went riding dowa

the valley by John's side, and told him

of her stay in the poorhouse. Happy John when they came out beyond the

the woods, and the cottage with Its

now naint and bright blinds looked at

them, for then Viny put her head down . , 5 I (-.1 .!. .1..

on Ills snouiuer, nna cnei mai,

would never go away again, and that

it was all wrong for her to go when sho

did.

And he said very gruffly: "It was all right, and she could go again whenever she wanted to, if she'd only come back when he come after her." She docs not look longingly at tho big poorhouse now, and John never mentions it. Malvina has had the sew. ing circle meet in the parlor, and she took them all over the house, and showed them the new paint and paper, till some one declared: "John W-ceks couldn't be called stingy about tbe i. ..... . .. .......I..

include the name of John fcherman

His great abilities, his past eminent services, the influence he exercises in matters of finance, are tbe subject of much comment. His face is again one of the most prominent in the pages of the pictorial press. No colored cartoon representing the presidential aspirants is complete without it. Whenever it is suggested that the financial, and not the tariff, question should bo the issue for next year the suggestion follows that Mr. Sherman would best represent that issue. It is even insisted that his nomination would be so conspicuously fitting in sucli circumstances that if the party failed to mako it the contest at the polls might be lost. The people, it is claimed, would resent .hc presentation of such an issue without the candidacy of the man best entitled to stand for it and best prepared to give it form snd substance in office St. Louis Republic.

tion on certain articles, ana were unsigned to prohibit importations of such

articles entirely or as nearly as pos

sible.

Under the circumstances it scarcely

seems worth while to debate the ques

tion who made the McKinley law. It

was dictated by the trusts and monopolists, but Ueed, McKinley and Harrison approved their work. Louisvill Courier- J ourual.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Mr. Foraker and Mr. McKinley mar have kissed and made up since

Hoed committed hari-kari. In fact

many things have happened since Reed did that. St. Louis Republic.

lion. Thomas 11. Reed seems to

have taken time by the forelock and cone to the woods in advance of the

rank and file of his party. But they

will como after him. Kansas City

Times.

Senator Frye says that Reed wrote the McKinley Mil, and tho New York Tribune savs it was written by

Uarrison and Maine. If this thing

goes on the correct answer to the question who wrote the hill will be as difii-

cult to find as the answer to who struck

the Honorable William Patterson.

Brooklyn Eagle

The advance of business prosper

ity continues and it may be observed

that it Increases in velocity as the effect

of the new tariff law is more fully

felt. The money which was taken from the wace-carnera to fatten the

treasuries of trusts under the McKin

ley era now finds its way to the furni

ture stores, the grocery stores, tue

drygoods stores and the art depots, to provide comforts and luxuries for those who earn it. That is the difference

that makes busincsa better and people

happier. Kansas City Times.

Free wool has eome to stay. It

already affects and lowers the home

price of woolens and ready-made elothlne. and this is an object lesson

nrnnle will not care to unlearn. As

vet the maker of woolens is too highly

protected with the tax of from forty to fiftv ncr cent, and he is demonstrate

- - . . . . .

ing, as in this shipment ox cneviota, that he needs so protection, becaase

he is meeting abroad successfully the

competition he has said he could not meet at home Free woolens will sooa

follow free wool. St. Paul Globe

Senator Frve shouts that if the

people will give tho republican party unlimited power for ten year it will

seize the islands of the seas, plant tho American flag on them and see that it never comes down. Not the people, but only Omnipotence itself, could grant unlimited power of that kind. Such a policy would lavolve us in endless entanglements a ad wars, with no adequate compensatio. Our vast domain in North America is certainly big enough without trying to spread ourselves over the waters of the ocean and over tho international pitfalls of

the earth. I f tbe Frye were Intrusted

would

THE INCOME TAX DECISION.

with unlimited power they

Vinn rrM ted it to him. with thia ad lunire the United States into nnlim-

j:;. "I ,l HlfA to harn folks think itd nndeaai. Louisville Cr

i wal of yc, John." Household. Jtr-Jouraal.

Democratic Opinions of the Action of th.

Saprem. Conrt. The law is practically a dead letter,

for what is left of it is most unjust,

since it taxes energy and brain instead of accumulated wealth and idle capi

tal. Denver Times.

If you pay rent yon pay income tax; f vou receive rent yoa do not pay In-

come tax. Thus say tne wise men oi

the United States supreme court.

Chicago Times-Herald.

As the income tax law now stands It

should be entitled an act for the discouragement of thrift m the producing classes. The incoming congress should repeal it at the earliest possible mo

ment N. l. lierald.

Though the central principlo of the

income tax remains, tho uecisiou oi the supreme court invites further attacks and the law cannot be deemed settled until a positive affirmation or rejection is obtained. Si. Louis Republic.

It looks as if tho Income tax would

not bear very heavily on the wealthiest families in this country. The immense fortune of the Astors is largely

invested in real estate, and Us enormous income is chiefly in the shape of

rents from the same. Boston Herald.

Now that it has developed to the

senses of Uov. McKinley, as the result

of personal observation and inquiry,

that the industries oi tne souin are re-

Tiving and expanding, he suddenly discovers that the one thing they need is

protection of the liclvinley brand. Tho major is the dangerous man dominated by one idea. Detroit Free Press.

Tbe supreme court has performed a traditional feat of driving a coach and four throagh the income tax law. There is very little left of its effective provisions, even ia its present condition, and there will be still less when the lawyers of the land have accepted wnat is practically the invitation of tho court to submit the undecided questions to a full bench. N. Y. Times. With rents and state and municipal bonds exempt from taxation under the income tax law there is mighty little left of it, and the tie vote on the remainder of the law renders it certain thatcverv littlo noprran in the land

will be turned upon it, and the upshot of the whole matter will be that litigation enough will result to almost cat up the receipts. St. Paul Globe. The effect of the decision Is to exempt tho large Incomes from invest

ments and to tax Incomes from mduv try. Thus a law intended to correct ia some measure the Injustice of taxation levied wholly upon consumption creates by virtue of the decision of the court a greater injustice by exempting that form of accumulation which is most secure and to the value of which tho owner has contribnted tho least, whilo taxing the productive Industry. There is. however, cause for gratification ia the fact that the principle of the law Is not shaken. The jnstke of taxing superfluity and apportioning the cost of government with some regard to ability to pay and senefita received ia not fhld. N. V. World.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mr, Andre, the Swedish scientist who proposes to 'seek the north pol in a balloon, is almost a giant in stature and his strength is extraordinary. He is in correspondence with M. du i'onville, the French aeronaut, and contemplates going to Paris to have his balloon constructed there. Gen. A. J. Pleasanton, of Philadelphia left one of the largest private libraries iu that city, numbering about 15,000 volumes. Gen. Pleasanton was widely known as a lover of books, and had many rare editions. Among his books were fine collectiona relating to Napoleon and to Shakespeare. It is said that the late Hans von Bulow left directions that a post-mortem examination of his brain should be made to ascertain the cause of the excruciating headache from which he was a life-long sufferer. The autopsy revealed the fact that the end of the nerves had become imbedded iu a scar of an injury to the brain, which he had received in childhood. Peter the Great of Rusla had the typical face of a Russian peasant A short, thick noe, with large nostrils, heavy brows, full, sensual lips, wide

mouth and high cheelc bones were among his most prominent features. His head was almost round and showed by its width at the ears that com-

bativeness of disposition that was one

of the leading points of his character.

Mr. Gladstone is a believer in the

theorv that a man can do better mental

work every day to extreme old age il he takes care of his body. He claims

that tbe mind grows stronger and clearer as the body loses vitality, ad that it is only disease of the latter that

canjprevent an intellectual progress

that will go on to the end. He is cer tainly a good illustration of his work ing theory.

Col. Will II. Vischer, tho humorist,

enjovs his reputation for homeliness. . ... -

Speaking ol ins yearnings lor coineu ness, the humorist said: "When married and had a little daughter, :

had some one who really admired me

To her I was an Apollo. One day Hill

Nvc was in my oflice with me, and ruy

little girl came in and began making love to me, as was her way, calling me all sorts of sweet names. 'Nice papa,' said she; 'pretty papa.' Nye turned around and said in his peculiat

drawl: 'Vischer, are you trying to make a humorist out of that child?'"

Itwasdurine tbe Commonwealth

that John Playford printed "Ayres and Dialogues," a book that comprises

with many pleasant pieces the first three that ever were defined by the word glee, a term that later times have wontedly acknowledged nnd boasted as the designation of a class of

music specially English. It was dur

ing the Commonweath that the same publisher issued several editions of

"The Dancing .Master, eacn oeing a variation of the foregoing; and this is the work to which we owe the preser-

vation or all tlie oeauuiui rmgnsii ballad tunes of earlier date that arc, many of thein.not to be found in previous "print or manuscript. It was in that very opera, "The Siege of Rhodes," that Mrs. Colman, daughter-in-law of one of the composers, sustained the character of Ianthe, she being the first woman who ever took part in a public musical or dramatic performance in England.

HUMOROUS.

His First Game of Cards. "Dinnis, phwat's troomp?" "Shamrocks." "Aw, yez mean clubs'.' "Pfwell, shelalees,

thinr Harper bazar. Mrs. Poorc "Jabez, why do they say hush money?'' Mr. Poorc "I don't know, Marindy, unless it is that money talks." N. Y. Morning Journal. Hiland "My horse is the most intelligent animal I know." Harket "Go on!" Hiland "He's away up in jrCC," Pittsburgh Chronicle -Tele graph. He bancs the door tho show hin spite, Tbe hateful man, he does not eate, And she to make thlncs even quite, Goes right upstairs and bancs her hair. Cincinnati Tribune. Mrs. Turnbull "It's too bad tha' rour husband cut off his flowing beard.' Mrs. Crimple "Oh, but he had to do it; I gave him a diamond scarf-pin for a birthday present." Landlady (who catches Hall Bedroom cooking over his gas jet) "Here, here: I'll have none of that." Hall

Bedroom "Vou are quite right, madam. It's all for me." Chicago

Times-Herald.

Medical Kxaminer "Have there

been eany symptoms of insanity in vour family?" Applicant for Insur

ance "Yes, sir cr that is, my sister

once refused a man worth half a million." Tid-Bits. Army Surjreon "What's the mat

ter with you, PrWate Locks?" Private Locks "D(ctor, my boot hurts my

foot so that" Army Surjreon "Out

ofmv line. Go to the shoemaker."

Boston Transcript.

-"Is that baby atrong?" "Well, I

should sav so. He raised the whole

family out of bed at three o'clock this morning, and scientists say that that'i the hour when everybody's strength k

at its lowest point."

A Stiff Hreeze. Clerk (coming in)

"There's a very stiff breeze blowing

around this corner." Boss "Ah? How

does it get around the corner if it is so stiff?" Clerk (shying) "I suppose it bends ia the wind." Detroit Free

Press.

A Calumny Exploded. "They tell as" he taid dreamily, "that women

are extrcmelv susceptible to flattery.

"I've heard that," replied his friend,

"Well, don't you believe it. I tried

this morning to tell my wife she wai

so good-looking she did not need a new

spring dress." Washington Mar.

A vomnr housekeeper who lives In

a small Kentucky town had occasion to rcprhuaud her cook for neglecting her duties. "Well, Miss Laura, Pi

been worrited," was the reply. "Pi studyin' a most 'portar.t. question. Tell "de trute, I don' know which to get. a winter cloak or a tllvohce." llaruer' Drawer-

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

International 1mm for April 8H, IMS

Th iMra'u uppr-Mrk 14:111-3. (Specially Arranged from reloubet's Notc.l GOI.uksTkxt. Tala do la reznombranco of

bo, LuUaiS:19.

TmsSKCTiOtfof the narrative mciuaciiae

whole story of tho institution or tho ira

Supper, chlcay la Mark H;12-Jl; and Juan chapter! 13-17. INTEHVEMNO STOKT. Af tCT III discourse on the mount of Ollvo. Jesus continued Ilia

walk to ueibany, whero Ho ntcnt weuncxiay and Thursday morning la retirement, probably St the heme of Laxamv, while tho Jewlsa

rulers were conspiring aRalnst Him. inursaay sfternoon Ho sent two of Ills disciples to Jerualem to prepare for tho Pasnovor. and toward, evening Uo wont there with III disciples.

TiMC-Tnursuay evening. April o, a. u m

It was tho evening after tho Hth of NUan (the

day of preparation, and henco called tho ursi day of tho feast), and thcrcforo wa the begla-

nlng of the 15th of iswan (i-naay. Apru if, which, accordtng to thoJowlsh reckon ing, com

menced Immediately after tho lunsct of the

Hth, and wan tho day on wnleb. tho i'aasove

was catea.

PrACt An upper room in Jerusalem. Pah.hxel. accounts. Matthew 20:17-30;

Lulto 2.':7-30: 1 Corinthian 1 1:33-33. compara

John 13:1-30; and read John. chapters IS to 17.

LESS OX NOTES. The Strife to Iio First. The strife

probably hegan when tho disciples

were asscrahhng in tlie upper room unu were ubout to take their places at the table, liven in this most solemn hour, more solemn than they realized, thero arose a contention among tho disciples as to who should bo the greatest, probablv with reference to tho places oi

honor at the table. "How like a mounting devil in the heart rules tho unreined ambition!" Hut distinguish between the strong desire to improve, to have largo usefulness, to grow in holiness nnd love, and tlie dcslro to have more honor and power, or even to bo better than others. To do tho very best wo can in everything is our duty.

Jesus Washes Iiis Disciples' Feet. We gain a very erroneous idea of tho meaning of this action if we imagin that it was performed for a mere example of humility, or even as an illustration. It was simply a humble, menial service that ought to have beea done by the disciples, but which they refused or neglected to do. No wonder the conscience-smitten disciples were amazed, and that Peter could not endure that Jesus should wash his feet. After this the Passover feast was celebrated in the usual Jewish manner. What is its significance? (I) It was the anniversary of the birth of the Jewish nation. (2) It marked tho Divino favor and protection in preserving their firstborn from destruction. The de-stroj-ing angel passed over tho houses on which the blood was sprinkled, or, as some take it, the Jehovah angel passed over and stood over the door, and shut out the destroying angel. (3) It commemorated their salvation from the bondage of Egypt, und their separation to a holy life. (4) Tho sacrifice acknowledged their sin and need of atonement, (5) which they must apply

to themselves by fnitn. (0) The absence of leaven denoted their putting away sin. I") The bitter herbs were a token of their repentance. (8) The whole foreshadowed the coming of their Redeemer. The Teachings of the Lord's Supper. The supper is a memorial of a departed Friend, a prophecy of a returning Friend, and a parable, and vision, and revelation of a perpetually present and ever-living and life-giving Friend. The eclcbration of this supper brings to remembrance the leading truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It holds up to our view the infinit love of God, Who gave His only begotten Son. It brings to remembranco tho life of Christ, all He was, and did and said.

It makes Him a living reality to us. it

is an irrefragable proof that lie lived and died for us.

As the Passover to the Jews, so this

supper helps us to realize the grievous bondage of sin from which Christ has redeemed us.

We must partake by faith, or it will

be of no avail.

The simplest and most common things

of daily life are employed to teach us of Christ, so that all may understand, so that everything shall remind ua of

Him, and the whole daily Hie may ne

sanctified and transfigured.

llveatinir together, we learn tho bless-

ing and power of the oneness of God's people. "Many as the waves, hut one

as the sea." Like the radii oi a circle, the nearer we arc to the center, Christ, the nearer we aro to one another.

It implies a new consecration of our

selves to God in the new covenant

It Is a prophecy of Christ s second

coming, of the perfect triumph of Ilia kingdom; for wo aro to celebrate it till

lie comes. It contains a hope ana

promise of victory and Ilcavcn.

It Is the holding up before the world

the cross of Christ; ot a selfish feathering of a few saints, but a proclamation of tho Saviour for all, and that lie

Is our Lord and Saviour.

Parting Words. John 14. At the

table, and 15, 10, after they had rises, from tho table, and were about to de

part. These words arc lull oi promises.

of comfort and of instruction; ana win ever be reai with more interest and

helpfulness when wo remember the

circumstances In which they were poken.

Catharlns ) Mdlcl and th W. In 1572 somebody sent Catherine de

Medici a box of powdered tobacco leaves. She acquired a taste for tha herb, both chewing and snuffing, or

rather smelling it, and for many years the plant was called In France herbede la Heine.

"It takes very littlo evidence to con-

Tincc a man in thelincof his prejudices.

It would take more cvldcnco than ho will listen to to convince him against

those prejudices. It Is a man's attitudo toward evidence, rather than tho evi

dence itself, that ordinarily measures the practical value of evidence. Trumbull. Oxn of the reigning beauties of English society is Lady 0 rev Ejrcrton. bho . 7. ,ful 1. . 1 . 1 4 1. fa

was a iMiumore gip ny um, descendant of Mad Anthony Wayne., Oddlv enough, her maiden name corresponded with tho heroine of one-of ltkhard Harding Davis' stories. Sea, was formerly Miss Eleanor Cuyler.