Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 May 1895 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER,

C. DOAXK, PiibliHhor, JASPER, INDIANA. A PRINCE OF THE BLOOD. t II vo on a rocky hlllsldo farm, whore tho mouaI tnlru rlilKO tho west, And I wlti my Hvlntr. by dally toll, from tho earth" reluctant breast, High over my head In tho wide deep sky, so wondrous ami blue and freo, And at my foot my who it tlclds wave like, the wlnd-swcjt billowy soa. Juown In tho valley where leap tho broolc la a tajiKlctl foam of white, Ina sheltered noofc which tho rising sun tills uhblt. radiant light, The old house stands-ami tho applo trees shod n or It clouds of bloom. And cinnamon roci and lilacs flood tho atr with sweet perfumo My cattle feed on tho pasture lands, tho pet norM? comes nt my call, And whinnies and tosso his cmceful head. and over the low stono wall Tho JioU'Je du? vnults with wnsijlrii? tall, and barks with wildest joy. And clo'.c bohtMl him I Bee tho curls of Harry, my baby boy. Outside the door my dear wlfo stands, while I open tho garden Kate And she links her arm In tnlno and chides rao Rcntly for bein lato: Tho smell of wanies steals out to mo, and I know there's plenty of cream, And happy spectancy settles o"er me like the mKts of a beautiful dream. Only a farmer." you slightingly say, "only a son of the soil; Only a man with hands calloused and brown. wedded to arduous toll" "Only a lord of tho land, free and .bold, only a prince, " I reply "Only a farmer who holds in his right tho glories of earth and hky!" Cltnu to your temples of marble and brick, yo white-handed sons of the town; Seek Joy In the favor of fashion, or wither with grief at her frown. I am a farmer. I stand on the soli that the toll of my ancestors' hands .Reclaimed from the desert and I I am lord of myself and my lands. Clara Augusta, In Ohio Farmer. are many thrilling ing stories Jl tol of told and retold strange ad ventures mid exploits of the characters that used to frequent the islands and inlets that border the Georgia coast line stories of phantom bhips. of lost vessels, of hidden treasures. Some of these have been handed down from generation unto generation, until they are familiar to the children of every household. A story of this kind I picked up some days ago from an old islander near Darieu. lie had tilted his chair under the heavy umbrage of a spreading live oak and told the storj' apparently without any mental exertion, listlessly and dreamily, as if it awakened fond memories. "Lafitte. you know Lafitte, the great llaratarian pirate who turned the gulf into a pool of blood and strewed the seas with the heads of countless victims; the same man who seized the boat carrying the beautiful daughter of Aaron liurr to New York from New Orleans anl kept her a captive in Iiis tropical . retreat; who enlisted in the service of j the United States against Great Britain tn iff,. if ntiil 'n c nrATinunmi! I A.A ,, A W , u.a. . --J - by Gen. Andrew Jackson to be the most daring soa captain that ever flashed sword f-otn scabbard, well, that's Lafitte that's the man I mean, and he started his career right here on the Georgia coast. "It was a love scrape that's generally the matter with young fellows, you know. "Now. history makes an error. That man's right name was Wilson, Mortimer Wilson, and, instead of coating from France, as everybody supposes., he was an American, pure and simple, and hailed from New York, Westchester comity. There lived not very far from here at the plantation of a rich rice grower two girls who were said to be more beautiful than any of the maidens of the south. They had everything that their hearts could desire and were queens among their sex. i "It was way back yonder when the nineteenth century was just beginning to sprout, and tlüs part of the country was owned by one or two men. "Wilson, or rather Lufitte, came south. He was only nineteen years of nge, and came as a representative of his uncle's mercantile house, which was doing business then with the Savannah people. The young man arrived, attended to his business and was waiting with impatience for the sailing of the vessel which wasto convey him to his home again, when he was attacked by fever of the most severe kind. His Teason was gone entirely for the time. "It happened that the Savannah house where tho young man had traded was tho property of Col. Mornton, the tfather of one of tho beautiful girls of whom I have told you. Herfirst cousin lived with her. ' "Here the young man was removed, and for weeks he suffered in delirium. 'When he awoke from the stupor, and the first gleams of returning recollection and imagination began to shoot across his bewildered mind, there came a vision more lovely than he ever dreamed of Mary Mornton hovering about like an angel of mercy, and administering to all his WBnts with consideration and love; for the gradual emaciation of that splendid physique had called forth her pity, and very often that awakens love. His health returned slowly, but tho days were never more delightfully spent than those which glided away In tho magic company of the fair maiden. She had gnined an ascendency over his whole soul. "I believe that the other young lady

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from Charleston. Shewus also a beau tiful creature, this Miss llatitou. and she hud a brother, cold, haughty and (supercilious, who lived a life of luxury mid fuse. "I.e. too, was in love with the pretty Mar. . although his cousin. 'Vvore many weeks a bitter rivalry sprang up between Lafitte ami tho young man. lloth were together at the same house, antl very frequently met. To complicate things the other young lady, Miss Hanton, fell overwhelmingly in love with Lafitte, too. "It was an embarrassing condition of affairs for the future pirate, but with all the gallantry of his ardent nature he remained faithful to the young lady who had been his nurse. "Tho rivalry between the two men became more intense and finally ended in a duel. "I have often heard my father tell of the meeting between the two men. lie used to tell it in such a way that you could see them lighting, almost "It was late at night. Hanton called at the room of Lafitte and walked in. He was received politely, but his overbearing and insolent manner becamo intolerable. "After a cold salutation was passed Hanton turned to the door and locked it. " 'Now,' he said to Lafitte, 4I demand to know the reason of your attempt to ingratiate yourself into the affection of Miss Mornton. "Lafitte told the man that his language was insulting and unwarranted. " 'I do not want to be trifled with,' said Hanton. 'What I want is an apology, and I must have it or you will never leave this room alive.' " 'I am unarmed, said Lafitte. 'You have the privilege of murdering me. Here's my breast, shoot!' " M again say that you, or one of us, will not leave this room alive,' repeated the enraged man. 'Here's a brace of pistols. Take Jour choice.' "Lafitte tool: the pistol. He turned to walk to the other side of the room. He happened to cast Iiis eyes around aud saw Hanton in the act of firing. "It was too late. Before he could speak the young man had fired, but the ball missed its mark and lodged in the. side of the wall. That was not in the days of revolvers, and seeing what he had done Hanton, in a frenzy of rage, threw his pistol with all his might at his rival's head. .Still Lafitte had not fired, but his enemy's pistol struck him on the hand in which the cocked weapon was held. The shock caused the hammer to fall, and Hanton dropped to the iloor a dead man. "From that moment the fate of Lafitte was changed. He was to be no longer the quiet, love-sick swain. Tho report of the pistol had alarmed tho house. The girl and her father rushed into the room. She was in hysterics. The old man sympathized with Lafitte, but the matter could not be bettered. The public would accept no explanation. He was a stranger in the country and the friends of the dead man would call for his blood. "He must act quickly. The coast was not far. A vessel was to sail that afternoon for Cuba. A hasty farewell with tho girl ho loved and the j'oung fellow was olT. "He sailed not far from here and got away to the seas. "The story goes that the craft ho sailed on was captured by the pirates of the gulf and Lafitte taken prisoner to one of the keys that line the coast of Florida. In this retreat he was held captive f"r two years. He learned the

ways of these seaserpents. His prowess and bravery commanded their respect. "In the desperation of despair he consented to be their captain. He had JTt Jir.KAST; buootT possibly an idea of escape in view, as it is known that after a cruise of some months in the South seas he returned here to see Miss Mornton and possibly to change his life. Rut she was dead. died soon after his capture, they say, of a broken heart, as she had heard that Lafitte was killed by the privateers. "Then came the reckless career of the pirate that intervened between that time and the war of 1S12. "Ho was pardoned with his men by the government, and did such good service that Andrew Jackson pronounced him the besMaval officer that ever swept the seas. "I have heard that at a ball once in New Orleans he met the Miss Hanton whom ho knew in early da vs. She was not old then and some say they mar ried, but I cannot vouch for the verity. Certain it is that the great pirate be gan his career not ten miles from this place and that his real nume was not Lafitte. When I was a boy my father used to quote a piece of poetry which he said was written by Lafitte to the girl who died. It began: " 'When tho dark tomb its laws Insatiate close Ob thoso dear forms whoso souls were en twined with ours. No stoic's self could blamo the tear that flows,' And something else. I can't remember the Inst line. "At any rate, that's the story alout Lafitte and his love scrape. They say it's true." The old islander knocked his pipe on a chair round and hobbled off in the direction of the wharf, where a smal steamer had just anchored. Atlaata Constitution.

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THE RATIONALE OF PRICES. DaaaucraU Opposed to Artificially Creatoti

lucrrase. Some of our republican contempo raries have taken occasion to criticise democratic newspapers that have expressed gratification at recent advances in tho prices of many commodities. Thej say that democrats are great sticklers for cheapness, and that they lave no right to be gratified at an in crease of prices. 1 Iiis shows only how easy it is to misrepresent an opponent's position, nnd how naturally this becomes the resort of those who cannot meet a ques tion squarely without suffering discomfiture. The sort of high prices which democrats chlelly oppose are those artificially produced. Democrats believe in the free play of economic forces, so that each man may get what he earns without interference from the law except so far as may ha necessary to irovide revenue for the government. They contend that when the govern ment intervenes to advance the price of one set of commodities and to lower the price or the exchangeable value of another set it perpetrates an injustice. W ithout such interference by tho gov ernment or others, prices will rise or fall in proportion to supply and demand. It is altogether different in the case of artificially high prices. This is very well illustrated by the outcry about the recent advance in beef. If this, were due to a decrease in the supply of cattle, and the advance In beef corresponded witfi the better prices re ceived by the raisers of cattle for ani mals on the hoof, there would bo no just grounds for complaint. It is be cause tho people believe that a great combination, which plunders producers nnd consumers alike, is putting up prices, that they complain. If this is actually the cast, there is good ground for the excitement that exists on the Biibject. If, on the other hand, it is due to the unrestricted operation of supply and demand, prices will remain high until the supply is increased, or the demand falls off. The same mar be said of the price of petroleum. If the wells are really failing, as the trust magnates insist, then we have seen the last of cheap oil until new sources of supply are discovered or an acceptable substitute provided. Hie advocacv of prices that aro as low as supply and demand dictate involves no approval of pauic prices. There is no controversy about the fact that we have had a disastrous panic, however we may differ as to the cause of it- Panics involve a largo falling off of deir-and, because they diminish the purchasing power of the people. Large quantities of goods are forced upon the market and sold low to at tract buyers. It is not a healthy, but a Hioroiu condition, in a normal state of trade prices do not go below the cost of production. When they do there must be either an excessive sup ply or an inadequate demand. When we have a rally of commodities from panic prices, due to au increase of demand, which, in turn, is due to better business and the increased purchasing power of the masses, it is, of course, a subject of congratulation. Thus tho advance in cotton and wheat, which had been abnormally low, was welcomed both as affording better remuneration to producers and as a symptom of better times. That cheapness is desirable; in itself cannot be disputed by anj'one who observes the whole trend of our civiliza tion. The ultimate measure of value of all commodities Is the labor required to obtain them. The more of the necessaries of life a man can obtain for a day's labor the cheaper they are to him. Now, the whole tendency of this preeminently industrial and commercial age is to increase the product of a day's labor. Where the old handlooms of less than a century ago produced only a few yards of cloth to tho operative hundreds arc now produced. The effect of this, of course, is to make things cheaper. Hence the improvement of machinery and the various inventions and discoveries have cheapened enormously many articles of prime necessity. Tho reduction of price has in turn led to an immense increase in consumption, so that more laborers are employed than before. The laborers, earning more, have received higher money wages at the same timo that the purchasing power of money has increased enormously. Thus the standard Of comfort for all classes has been raised, and tho massea have been greatly benefited. The protectionists try to mnkc the supply of certain goods artificially small by shutting out foreign competition by the tariff, and domestic competition by combinations. Their object is to put up prices above the level of those that will afford a reasonable and just profit upon the capital embarked. As improved machinery, however, diminishes the cost of production of some goods faster than tho tariff can increase the prices, they impudently pretend that it is the tariff that has cheapened commodities, though all intelligent people know that they havo simply become cheaper in spite of the tariff. Louisville Courier-Journal. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. McKinley is undecided as yet whether ho will visit Ohio this year or not. Rochester Union and Advertiser. flov. McKinley Is still hlppodroming about tho country in searcn ofaa presidential nomination. Seneca Falls lleveille. Ex-President Harrison proposes to take no chances of "putting his foot in it." He refuses to make any political speeches. Chicago Post. Tom Heed has gono to wearing ready-made clothing. Is this a flank movement on McKinley to get nearer tha workingman? SL Paul Globe. "Republican economy?" It is chiefly the very economical uso of truth, and tho extraordinarily economical performance of pledges. Albany Argus. The pension payments for April thus far have been 80,757,000, nnd the disbursements on this account to the end of tho mouth will bring tho total up to nearly $12,000,000. No woader taare la a deficiency. N. Y. World.

PROTECTION AT HOME. Effects ef the McKlalay Remedy ma L call Applied. Several of the states are dealing with the Injunty question during this legislative season in a manner to serve as a useful object lesson, whatever may be the results to thoso directly interested. Nebraska and Wyoming have enacted laws imposing a tax upon all those subject to taxation, for tho benefit of those who raise beets to bo used in tho manufacture of sugar. The gov crnor of Nebraska did not npprove ol the measure aud interposed his veto; but tho legislature was strongly in favor of tho policy and passed the law despite executive declaration against It Utah is not yet in the union, but tho time of her admission is soon nt hand, and she has also provided that her people must contribute of their wealth to tho support of the sugarbeet raisers. In Minnesota there was an attempt

to favor the iron industries under this bame bounty policy. The method proposed was more indirect, the scheme being to so change the constitntion of the state as to legalize payments from tho treasury for the financial assistance of those engaged in the smelting and reducing of iron ores. Tho strongest point urged in favor of such a law was that by stimulating these industries the number of men employed in them would be largely increased and tho farmers of Minnesota would have an improved home market for their products. But the granger Is a wary statesman where his own interests are at stake, and did not tako kindly to tho plan. As a result, the representatives in the legislature from the agricultural districts defeated the measure, and the farmers propose to raise supplies for the market they havo without taking the risks iuvolved in trying to buy a better one. The states first named have prnctioall' applied the principles of protec tion within the limits of their own territory. The desire to encourage the "infant" industry of raising sugar beets causes a tax to be levied upon farmers who do not cultivate the beet, upon merchants, ministers, lawyers, doctors, carpenters, blacksmiths, shoemakers and all others who are taxed under tho laws of the state. They must pay tribute to the beet raisers just as the McKinley laws forced the masses to pay tribute to the coal barons, the oil monopolists, the beef trusts, the iron princes, the lumber kings r.ndthe others who were enabled to amass fabulous fortunes while the country and the vast majority of its people were being crowded toward pauperism. The people of Nebraska and Wyoming are only taxed to help tho beet farmer. The people of the country have been taxed to help enrich all its greatest plutocrats. Detroit Free lress. OUR REVIVING TRADE. Business la Booralnir Under the TariffReform T.w. It seems very odd that republican editors should accept the evidence of reviving trade with doleful countenances. They are indeed hard to please. In 1893, when tho importations were light, tho depression of our trade was treated by them as a misfortune, and attributed to tho election of n demo cratie president Jsow when importations aro increasing they revive the old cry of "a deluge of foreign goods," and lay tho blame to "free trade" the "free trade," by the way, being represented by an average tariff of 50.10 per cent, on dutiable imports last year! The value of dry goods received at this port since January 1 has been ,- 010,130, against .'4,303,043 last year. That our people should actually feel able to buy more clothing this year than last seems a positive misfortune to the organ of McKiniej'ism. Even the consideration, from its point of view, that "the foreigner" has paid an increase of 80 per ceut. in taxes for tho support of our government fails to console iU The "inundation" of warm or serviceable raiment is a calamity. The importations represent "a debt for cloth." The idea never enters tho dense McKinley head that it takes two to trade; that trado means mutual profit; that profits are tho life of trade; that both we and our customers are benefited when we exchange products which we do not need, or even money which we can spare, for products that we do need and can buy to advantage. To the Chinese-wall patriots all trade ia loss, all commerce is calamity all prosperity rests on monopoly and taxes. The Interesting feature of tho present situation Is that while foreign trade is reviving domestic Industry is increasing. If the complaining editors will read their own news columns they will find a refutation of their childish theories. Tho comical notion that woolen manufacturers have been injured by relieving their raw material of taxation is exploded by increased activity nnd advancing wages in tho mills. In iron, woolens and cottons tho improvement is noticeable. From Philadelphia and Chester there are dispatches announcing an increase in wages in woolen mills. In tho Lawrence cotton mills an advance was posted. In tho Globe iron works at Cleveland last year's 10 per cent cat in wages was revoked, and tho big shipbuilding company resumed work. Similar encouraging facts are reported 'every day. Political calamity howling ought really to tako a rest N. Y. World. While the republican papers are exultantly referring to the large expenditures of the government during the first half of April, they should remember that tho quarterly pension payment was the cause of the increase. liut notwithstanding this unusual, but not unwelcome, draft on tho resources of tho government, at tho end of the mouth the receipts and disbursements of tho government will about split even for the first time since tho spring of 1392. Kansas City Times. No republican ever gets defeated foV office, lie is always "counted out" Oh, those long suffering republicans who submit so tamely to this countlaf I out business! utlca Observer.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Tufts college receives 870,000 from the estate of Cornelia M. Jackson, of Providence, IL I., to erect a buildinjj for its students who ure women. A Congregational minister in En glaud, Hev. lt. M. Duvis, of Oldham, now eighty, has just resigned his charge, after a pastorate of fifty-two years. M. Adolphe Carnot, brother of the late president, who is an engineer and professor in the School of Mines, has been elected to theseat in the Academic des .Sciences made- vacant by the death of Ferdinand do Lcsseps. Prof. Culin, of the museum of archsuology of tho University of Pennsylvania, states that football originated with the Chinese. The game was popular in China and Japan as early us the seventh or eighth century. Irish is spreading in the tehools of Ireland;' 1,0.M candidates presented themselves for examination in their native tongue lust year ns compared b3l the year before. Tho number of schoolmasters who obtained certificates to teach Irish doubled. Irish was taught in eleven new board schools, and the sale of books of the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language was greatly increased. It is reported that there is another attempt to establish a Russian church in New York city. There was one organized in 1S73, but in 1893 tho pastor joined the Presbyterian church, and afterward the Lutherans. A little more than a year ago an organization of Russians was founded under the name of the Orthodox llrotherhood of St. Mury. This organization presented a request to the Russian synod for the establishment of such a church, und Piishop Nicholas, who lives in San Francisco and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the United States, has iudorsed the project Out of one hundred and forty three students at the Presbyterian McCormick Theological seminary in Chicago, it is said that eighty-three are the sons of farmers, thirty-one of ministers, twenty-three of merchants, three of lawyers and three of physicians. The Christian Observer, commenting on the fact that the great majority come from farmers' and ministers' families, which have, as a rule, very limited incomes, states that it gives an explanation why financial aid is needed in so many cases for students for the ministry, and bases upon this an earnest appeal for cordial support of the board of edueution. It will alterest ourreaderstoknow that the Russian Greek church intends to develop a forward movement in Japan, the only country outside the czar's dominations where it conduct mission operations. The holy synod has hud the idea long in consideration, but hitherto political questions kept iU realization from being accomplished. We now hear that the synod will shortly appeal to the various dioceses in Russia for a special fund to carry on and greatly enlarge their work in Japan. A number of able young monks have been selected to strengthen the mission stations, and these it is believed will leave Russia either this spring or in the autumn by the steamers of the Volunteer fleet, which leave Odessa for the far easl aud call at Japanese ports. STALLIONS' TEMPERS. More Often Made Vtrlout by Abas Than Horn That Way. During a chat with the successful veteran Maine horseman, E. H. Greely, of Ellsworth, Me., a few weeks since,, the conversation centered upon vicious stallions. Mr. Greely remarked that he had owned trotting stallions for a great many years, and none of them ever became vicious under his management He believes that most of the stallions which are vicious-are made so by rough treatment. He never tights or club his stallions or allows it to be done by others. It is very much better not tc notice their eccentricities when m a fretful mood than to engage in a fight with them, for even if the horse appears to be conquered he will ever afterward remember the event and watch for an opportunity to get re venge, and will be sure to get it. "When the stallion Grey Dan was young," said Mr. Greely, "he was very tractable and intelligent. His trainer could send him across the yard for a dish or nail, which the horse would take in his mouth and bring to him as dog with a stick. One day the trainer ordered firey Dan to do something, when tho horse was not feeling quite as pleasant as usual, and he declined to obey. The trainer gave the horse a blow which angered him, and a fierce battle ensuod. From that day the nature of Grey Dan seemed changed, aud he ever afterward bore the repu tation of being a vicious brute. American Horse llrecder. Wearing of Olm Ky. It is a fallacy to suppose that people Who wear cork legs and glass eyes are Indifferent to their personal appear ance. They are often vainer than or dinary individuals. A rich man, for instance, who is obliged to wear an artificial eye, will wear three different eyes every day an eye for morning, when the pupil is not very large; as eye fornoon, when the pupil is smaller; an eye for evening, when the pupil has extended to its full size. A London eye-maker, who gave this information said he made about an equal propor tion of glass eyes for men and women. Some peoplo keep quite a stock in their possession, in fact no less than twelve eyes havo been made by my informant within three years. His son had got one made from measurement, and that eye fitted so perfectly that the old gen tleman, in an outburst of gratitude wrote off for eleven other eyes. The eye-maker admitted that this was an exceptional instance. Pittsburgh Dls patch. Ii m i i in Tri wet "Miss Flop claims to have made a thousand refusals of mar riagc." Dice "That's easily explained When young Callow asked her to mar ry him, she replied, 'No, a thousaad tin, o.,H TU-Uitfc

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. latrraational Leases for Mar 19, 1

Jciu Uoforo the High l'rleet MaHl 14-63-U i ' ISpeclully arranged from Feloubefs notes. Golden Text. lie It despised aoil reeetaf, f en. Isa- 53:1 Tint,-Karly Friday tnornln?, April 7 A. I 0, between one and uve o'clock. Place. Tho palace of Cataphas, tho alffk priest, at Jerusalem. Tub auuest. About ono o'clock Friday morning Judas guided a multitude, wlta sword and staves, lanterns and torches, under tho direction of the chief priests and elders, aud accompanied by a eT& of soldiers, to th garden of Gotbsomano, and there betrayed a la Master with a Ulss, stealing "the Hvory of the court of Heaven to serve tho devil in." Peter, in his determination to etand by his Master M ho had promised, mado an attack with hie 6 word upon the oClceru and cut off tho car oC Malcbus. a servant of the high priost, taae Implicating Jesus la a seeming rcbelllea ocalnst Itotne and giving color to tho chart of tho 1'harUees that Ho was setting up a worldly kingdom against Ciesnr. Jesus undl the evil by honllng tho wound and btddlaf" Teter put up his sword. Tho disciples the all forsook Jesus nnd fled away Into the dara ness. LKSSOX NOTTS. ! j Uetween ono and two o'clock Friday f morning, -Jesus was led first to Anna f (John 1S:13), who, though deposed bjr ( Rome, was still tho high priest according to tho law of Moses. Caiaphas, tb son-in-luw of Annas, was now tho aoaing high priest appointed by the Romans. Apparently tho leaders wanted the authority and sanction of Annas nnd probably very littlo was done her beyond this. Annas very soon senda Jesus to Caiaphas. The council sought for witness against Jesus. Not to ascertain tha truth; they did not desire that. But, "having secured their prisoner, they must first ngreo upon tho charge," and this must bo sufficiently grave to maka the penalty death. It was no easy matter; for not only had Ills life beea atainlcss,but He had shown consummate skill in avoiding all the entanglements which had been sot for Ilim. What an array of witnesses they might have found, had they wished, to learn the truth! Here a company of those who had been lame, but now were running to tell tho story of their healing; there a band of those who had been blind, but now could see; lepers who had been cleansed; demon iacs clothed, and in their right mind; sick raised from their beds and dead brought to life again; sad hearts comforted; sinful souls redeemed; ignorant minds enlightened; wandering ones restored. Hut, the next verso goes on to say, many bare faiso witness against Him. This was easy to bring about. Anywhere in Asia, Broadus tells us, not to apeak of the other countries, there are hangers-on about tho courts ready to sell testimony. "But (significantly) their witnesses agreed not together." Falsehoods seldom agree. Only tha truth is harmonious. At last, however, they found two who seemed to agraa, and have a charge of some weight; but tho testimony was false false, becaoM the facts were not correctly reported, because they were entirely misapplied and perverted. Said they: "Wo heard him say, I will destroy tho temple that Is made with hands, and within threa uuj n a uuuu asjvia v. uauw uva hands." mi T f., 11 1 a, A. that His accusers wr obliged to nanif mroo vnnrs. tii mn vptt nnfniii rT ill; mmKTrT. rn nmi wnnr trnv m ur r 1 1 A. l! 1 A.At Mll - - r - was cither misunderstood, dimly tnembcred, or willfuly perverted. Tho high priest was baffled at every point, Thcro was no hope of formulat ing a charge unless Jesus Himself could be Induced to say something which rnnlfl be nerverted Into hlajmhem. 1 A ni-mt inn. tri Alorthnw It. varaa m haIamm ' oath that the high priest offered adjure theo by the living God liiiiu lcii xjm in li v. k a &n ujnsmv. a. ana you under oath, that you may cl ii ii . i . made this claim,' but meant aa aa opportunity for him to make the claim i n it i-i mi a l sii t - a. .&& Messiah), the Son of the Blessed?" " bo taken as a denial of His Mt ship. Jesus acknowledges Himself X IM 1111- .lll'XHIltll. illlW. II I III'V Hill II 1-1 ( - Y 1 1 I 1 1 7, Li Mill Lliril . A I !k-k 1M11. 1 t not bo better to walk cautiously t lf !- further? In the words: "xo shall' 1 v n n m i n ei t x n rv -ti t n iv aM V MM taklilai V K hand of power. He contrasts His cnt apparent weakness with nis oMnrr nnil nmninotinen. nw t rw have tho power, then He will have It r j 1 -' w - . now they are on the judgment set; ouu nt iuu uu. iiieu uu win ue vats Judge and they wiU be the cri bofnri. Him. trt answer i rw-th t n r-f Inw mnt this day. . . i a ! . : 1 a t ' L. . I A . 1 A A "blasphemy," and exclaims: . 1 A M a, A M IV. had called but one true witness; testimony inev reiccicu. auu vei on i -A A, A A--A, A, about to condemn Him. And they U WL. IUU .U 111 UA WVI an; AXUU1.V UA. UOSK O V xno iMQncunni was loroiuaen 10 ii i . I f -V A t - 1 t A A law, a sentence pronounced before dawn was not valid. The council now adjourned, to meet at daybreak, when they could legally pronounco the sentence. This regular session was ?. brief one. The evidence war, repeater and a formal vote taken, and Jcsu,y was taken to tho Roman court beforne Pilato for the necessary approval c the sentence. . PRACTICAL 8UOQE8TI0Jtfl. Unbelievers try to find, not tho truth about Christianity and tho Bible, but only evidence against them. There is a time to be client, undo false accusations, and refute them onh by our lives. "Speech is silvern, sllencu Is golden." We should openly confess our pur poses and hopes at tho proper time. when to keep silent would be treason A il A ... 1 A . mi rn t nn twit it orui t nn panon ' rnar cirvu'L.i a uvriL4t ami oituuvu a vav mi .-. i a ai j WllU CUDUl'UlU ULiiurs uo really pronotmcc condcmMtkx themselvcR.