Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 May 1895 — Page 3

1VKHKLY COURIER.!

C. DOAXK, Publisher. JASPER. - - INDIANA. MY QUEEN. TOiea aad fcow lull I earliest raeet her! Vkat are the wurdi she Ürt wiU&aj-f y wfcat same fcall I It-am to irreet terl I ksw not bow. It will come mod day! tnta tse seUwiM unluht Mnlt?tut3 her, SUata,; Iowa oa the rltttcu Jstcc 6a U Masai somewhere he I hall hoaor. Sfce taal I wall lot, my queen, tay queen! "Whether her aal r be irotdes or ravea. Waetaer her eye b-s fcarel er bloc. I know act bow, but "twill be ensnares Sane dar ht-nec a my lot elicit hoe. 3lay a Flrt I tuie loved for a minute. Vorhlrl many a la-ce I hare seen; Xrer aci aye there wa- -something la It. Something that could not be &erj,si;e.tteii! I will Kot Cream ol ker. tall aad .stately. "She that 1 lore mar be- fairy Ifciat; 3 ill not ay he most more sedately Whatever he doe it 111 thca te tight. -She may be humble or proud, my U-iy. Or that f et culm that 1 jut bei ecm and whenever be corner he wlU fisd me ready To do her homage, my juee, ay qcees.' "Bat she mutt be courteous, she tan be holy. Pure In her spirit, tfali maidea 1 lore. "Whether her blrthbe noble or lowly, I care no more than the spirit above. 3st I'll irtre my heart to my ladr't keeplar. And erer her stresfta on nice shall leaa; .Acl the stars may tall, astl the salats be weeptsir. Ere I cease to lore her. mj qaeen. my qnees! Lover's Year I loot. A BOY'S ADVENTURE. Kicht in an Ico Fort Surroundod by Wolvoa. 'The ITelateft Traveler froren In and- the Wole I'rmen Out. Hut Tliey Keep t'p the ACirk Tntll t'richt. eneil Away. '"X the early days of northern Ohio, when settlers were few and far between, Frank Corwin. ?Birf years, found his way thither and began his career as a laborer, receiving at first but two dollars a month, in addition to his board and home-made clothing, He possessed an intelligent, rnergetic mind in a sound and vigorous body, and had acquired in his native parish the element.-, of an education ih both Welsh and English. The story of his life, outlined in a ccrioos old diary containing- the records of sixty-two years, and an entry for more than twenty-two thousand days, would constitute a history of the region, and some of its passages would read like high-wrought romance. Iiis first term of service was with a border fanner on the banks of a stream called Grand river, in Ashtabula county. It was rather crude farming, however, consisting mostly of felling trees, -cutting: wood and sawlogs, burning brush and digging out stumps, the ax and pickax finding- more use than ordinary farm implements. Seven miles down the river, and on the opposite bank, lived the nearest neighbors, amonc them a blacksmith, who, in his trade, served the whole country for twenty miles around. One especial part of his business was the repairing of axes, called in that day "jumping or upsetting." In midwinter Frank's employer left a couple of axes with the blacksmith for repairs, the job to be done within a I week. At this time the weather is -what is termed "settled," with deep ! now and pood "slipping" along- the I .few wildwood roads. Hut three or four days later there came a "January thaw." Kain and a warmer temperature melted away much of the snow, the little river wws swelled to a great torrent, breaking up the ice and carrying it down stream, and the roads became almost impassable. When the week was up the farmer wanted the axes: it was not nosible for the horse to travel, and. after waiting vainlr a day or two -for a turn in the weather, Frank was posted off on foot to obtain the needed implements Delighting in the change and excitement of such a tap, the boy started before noon, expecting to reach horn, again ere dark, as it was not considered quite safe to Journey far by night on account of the wolves. Three miles lelow, at a narrow phice in the river, was the bridge, consisting: of three very long tree trunks reaching r SAVE IT SCCH A BLOW AS TO MIX IT. parallel from bank to bank and corered with hewn planks. When Frank arrived here he found that this bridge had been swept away, but, pushing- on down stream among the thickets, about half a mile below, he came upon an immense ice jam, stretching across the stream and piled many feet high. Upon this he at once resolved to make his way over to thrj road on the other tide, for he was already wearied threading the underbrush. Grand river, which Is a narrow I ml deep and violent stream, ran roarinjr and plunging tencath the masses of ice as If enraged at beitur so obstructed; butthe lad picked fcfc path ia aafcty, and soon stood oa

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the oppvdte Unit Away he hurried sow to the blacksmith's, so a. to complete his errand and return ly this precarious eJWing Iftffore dark Rut the hrnith had neglected hi duty, and Trank had-to wait as hoar or more for

tin ues. At lcneth they were dune, and. with one tied at each end of a string cord, and this hung about his neck, he was od on the homeward trip, To aid his walking- he procured from the thicket a stout cane. He had hardly gone two wiles whe-n the duskiness gathering ia the woods denoted the Hearsevs of night; yet. as the rnoon was riding high, he nadied on without fear. Hut as he was skirting a windfall of trees, he came suddenly upop two or three wolves, apparently emerging from their daytime hiding- place for a hunting expedition. Frank was considerably startle!; but as they ran oil in the wood, as if afraid of him. he took courage in the hope that they would not molest him. Ih a few minutes however, they set up that dismal howl by which they summon their mates and enlarge their narnWrs; and Frank discovered by the sounds that they were following him cautiously at no great distance. Frequenz responses were alo heard from more distant points in the woods, and from across the riv-r. By this time it was becoming qu'.te dark, the moonlight penetrating the forest only along; the madway and in occasional jatchts among the trees on either side. Finally, just as he reached the ice-bridge, the howling became still, a sign that their numlers emboldened them to enter in earnest on the pursuit. The species of wolves once so common in the central states, and making the early farmers so much trouble, were peculiar in this respect they were great cowards, singly, and would trail the heels of a traveler, howling for recruits, and not daring to legin the attack until they had collected a force that insured succtC then they became fierce and bohl, anil more to be dreaded than any otheranimal of the wilderness. In the emergency he thought of the axes, and, taking them from his neck, cut the cord, and thrust his walking stick into one as a helve, resolved to defend himself to the last- At this instant he espied among the thick, upheaved ice cakes two great fragments leaning against each other in such a way a to form a roof with something like a small room underneath. Here he saw his only chance. Springing within, he used the ax to chip off other fragTHE I-A.U I'lCKW HIS PATH IS SAFETT. meats with which to clo? up the entrance, and almost quicker thin it can be told bad thus con-tructed a sort of fort, which he believed would withstand the attack of the wolves. At nightfall the weather had become colder, and he knew that within a few min utes the damp pieces of ice would be firmly cemented together. Hardly had he lifted the last piece to its place, when the iack came rushing about him, snapping and snarling-, but at first not testing the strength of his entrenchment- When soon they began to spring acainst it and snap at the corners of the ice. the frost had done its work, and they could not loosen his hastily built wall. Through narrow crevices he could look out at them, and at one time counted sixteen grouped together in council. As the cold increased he had to keep In motion in order not to freeze, and any extra action on his part increased the fierceness of the wolves. A times they would gather in a circle around him. and. after sniding at him eagerly, set up a doleful how ling-, as if deploring the excellent supper they had lostEre long one of them found an opening large enough to admit its head; but Frank was on the alert and gare it such a blow with an ax as to kill iL Soon another tried the same thing, and met with the same reception, withdrawing and whirling round several limes and then dropping dead with a broken skulL One smaller than the rest attempted to enter, and. receiving the fatal blow, cravrled, in its dying agony, completely into the inclosure, and lay dead at Frank's feet. For this he teas not sorry, for his feet were bitterly cold, and even the warm carcass of the animal served to relieve them. Toward morning, as the change of weather continued and the waters of the river began to diminish, there was suddenly a prodigbus crack and crash of th tee-bridge, and the whole mass settled several inches. At this the wolves took alarm, and in an instant fled. Perhaps they might have returned had not the crackling of the ice repeated frequently. At length Frank became alarmed for his safety, lest the Ice should break up la the current, and, bringing1 his ax to bear, soon burst his way out and fled to shore. IJut, not seeing the ice crumble, be ventured back to obtain the other ax. and then hastened home to his employer. During the day he skinned the wolves, and within a fortnight pocketed the bounty money, amounting in all to about one hundred and fifty dollars. With the money he made the Srst payment on a large farm, which he long lived to cultivate and enjoy, and under the sod of which he found a a,ait grave X. Y. llecorder.

PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS.

MrKlBtey Lal Anion- Rcpahttcaaa, Ilat i)xicr th Mala lv.ae. American hUtory is fruitful in the record of the failures oftur-n who have sought the presidency of the nation Since the days of Andrew Jackson there has r.ot been an instance of a man who has striven for the oßice actively for any considerable 'period in auvance oi nomination who has bee:: EHccessful ia attaining it. The list of such aekcr a list of the most emi nent men of their respective eras, lie Kinninj; with Clay, Webster and Cab noun, it includes further Cass. Douc las, Soward and Chase, and it ends with niasne and Sherman. Considerations of expediency have ruled out &ome of these men; they defeated Clav and Sewcrd. Personal rivalries operated to brin about the failure of others, like Cass and ISlaine. There has been a fatality about electing candi dates when a nomination was secured, as öcen in the cases of Clav. Cass am! Itlainc. The position of an avowed candidate for the presidency Ls the most.Utmcult one in which a politician can be placed. Unless he uses the ut most circumspection he will be in dan ger of making a fatal mistake with a view to tho nomination. It requires remarkable wjsdora and sagacity to sustain himself from blunders In tac tics here, and when the prize of a nom ination is gained after long- effort, he he is at a disadvantage from his preThe defeat of Clav and Maine, when their respective parties had sufHcient strengin to elect a different candidate in each instance, is proof of this. There has been but one instance of a really spontaneous selection of a candidate for president with the full acquiescence of his partvin fifty years. It was that of Gen. Grant in IsftS. We mean by this a selection which had been indicated any length of time beforehand as one sure to be made, and of which there was no danger of its defeat by an alternative nominee. Gen. Taylor's in l!Ms came nearest to it. but he was opposed by a large section of the whig party and made a di vision tn its ranks. IJoth Tilden and Cleveland were taken more as a matter of policy than from their strict representative character. Neither came forward urging his claims or started a campaign for himself in advance. The two Harrisons, Lincoln and Hayes, were none of them recognized as seeking the presidency with the consptcuousaess of their rivals, and Polk, Pierce and Garfield were not known to be seeking it at all. Gov. McKinley has now the apparent lead amonc several rival candidates on the republican side occupying some thing the same position that Clav, Seward and Blaine occupied before him. lie has not so strong a followingas had those of his predecessors, but he has not so much to fear in an expediency candidate as had they. The republicans have better prospects of carrying the next presidential election than had their party at the time the other candidates were seeking it. Iheyuo not need to consult par thru larly the personal popularity of their cancidate with the voters, :ecau5c the partv itself Ls almost sure to carry al most any candidate, provided he does net make a very serious mistake. Yet it is easily in the power of Gor. Mc Kinley to make such a mistake, and present indications are to the effect that he is not free from the danger of doing so. We find this is his disposition to avoid meeting squarelv the live issue of the coming campaign. This will not be the tariff; tho tariff is much more in the nature of a dead is sue; certainly it is such in comparison with another the currency. It is idle to undertake to shirk or shift the issue of the currency. It is something to be settled. The business of the country demands its settlement, and the people engaged in that business will not allow that the currency of the country shall be ignored in order that a political triumph may be won in the interest of a party, much less of an individual politician. If, while Gor. McKinley is attempting to divert attention from the currency to the tariff, Mr. Thomas It. Keed shall come out as boldly in takinga stand for sound currency as has President Cleveland, he will score a distinct point against his rivaL In that event Gov. McKinley will be in groat danger of adding another to the list of men who have trained themselves too much, if we may adopt this figure, in the race for the presidency. Iiis only remedy for this mistake will be in following suit to Mr. Roed, and Mr. Reed will still have the advantage of precedence in this important point. Generalities will hardly do here. "One dollar to be as good as another," scans not enough in such a connection. The men who are to nominate the next republican candidate for the presidency will make the inquiry as to whether the präsent state of affairs in this respect is to be continued, and more of the depreciated metal is to be put upon the country. Gov. McKinley turns the conversation to the tariff when this question is put to him. His disposition to dodge has afforded a flno opportunity for a bolder man to gain upon him, and puts him in danger of adding another to the list of candi dates who have made fatal mistakes In socking the presidency. Boston Herald. The Boston Herald says "tho present advance in wages In the manufacturing establishments of tho country Is general. That is happily true, and it is equally certain that the cause of the advance Is the repeal of the odious McKinley law and the substitution of a tariff system that to an extent at least releases the industries of the country from slavery to the trusts and monopolies. Kansas City Times. The tariff questioa is settled for two years at least. Why not let it alone? Surely with an average duty of 50.0 per cent., the highest in the aistory of this or any other country, there is no call for again revising the tariff upward. And with trade increasing. Industry reviving and wages advancing there is bo mik in tariJt tiateriBg-.-X. Y. World.

THE COMING ISSUE.

Bepabllcaa Will I'm Forward th Tart Quentloii. The republican party will make tho tariff a campaign Issue next year, That is shown by the attacks now being made on the present tariff. In printingthe reports of our exports hist month, republican papers invariably point to the decrease as compared with our exports in March. ISO I. And not only do they try to frighten the timid in this way but they endeavor to show that there will be no restoration of business until a new taritl law is enacted. They nttribute tho decrease in March and every monthly decrease since August to the Wilson bill. Even Bradstreet'shas assisted in circulating this renort. Its issue of last week contains an article on the country's foreign trade in March, taken from the Philadelphia Press. The statement is here made that the report for tho fiscal year to April 1 is "very unfavorable" and that the nine months cover only a "little more than the period of the new tariff." Every person ns well informed on these matters as the managers of Urnd street's knows that its reported decrease in exports after the new tariff law- took effect was no more caused by that tariff than the previous decrease during the summer was. Every such person knows that the monthly decrease since September some of tho provisions of the new tariff law did not tako effectuntil the beginning of the presont year has been much smaller than that of the summer months, when tho McKinley bill was ia force. Our exports we're 03,000,000 lighter between May 1 and October 1 last year than during the corresponding period of 1S03. From October i to March 1 the loss was only 530,000,000. Wc find, therefore, from the government reports that while tho monthly decrease averaged SI 1,003,000 for the five months ending with September, the average for the next five was only So,O00.0ö0. This is certainly a favorable showing. It indicates a notable improvement in our foreign trade since the new tariff went into effect As already stated, some of the provisions of the McKinley bill were still in force in December. Now, if we begin our comparisons with the opening of the calendar year, the result will be still more favorable. Our exports of domestic merchandise coin and foreign merchandise alone excluded amounted in the first quarter to S1W.OSO.059, aa compared with 211,900,144 in the first three months of 1594. The loss wai less than 513,000,000 under tho new tariff, while in three months under the McKinley law last summer it was 530,000,000. Another fact should be remembered. Exports were heavier in the early part of last year than in the corresponding pcrtod of any preceding year, with but a single exception. While our exports this year have not quite come up to last year's figures, they are 58,000.000 ahead of the record we rriade in the first quarter of 1SÜ3 preceding tho panic and under the Mckinley law. There is nothing to be ashamed of in the government report on our foreign trade since the llson law took effect. Instead of being unfavorable, it is a very favorable report. The new tariff law Is working all right. It is increas ing the revenue and giving us a market every month for more of our surplus products than we sold abroad, on aq average, during the life of the McKin ley law. St. Louis Kepublfc. POINTS AND OPINIONS. Ilob Ingcrsoll predicts a repub lican return to national power. Bob evidently believes there is to be one after all. Albany Anrus. The raising of wages In the tex tile Industries reads mere rhythmical than the pre-election Wallings of the McKinlcyistic monopolists. Washing ton News. Wages are increasing as well as the prices of, grain, cotton and other farm products. A score of factories in the east raised the wages of their men during the last week. Detroit Free Press. Republicans are welcome to all the fun they can get out of the demo cratic shindy over silver. There's a pot boiling for them and it will bo bubbling long after our little affair has been amicably arranged. St. Louis Kepubic Had the McKinley law never been enacted, but the tariff of 1SS3 allowed to remain in force, the treasury would never have been compelled, un der either Foster or Carlisle, to sus pend payments on account of the public debt. Pittsburgh Post. In critically reviewing the work of the last session of congress it is notable that cx-Czar Reed makes no reference to the silver speech he Indulged In. This is, of course, attributable to the excessive modesty of the gentleman who Is in active training for the presidency. Detroit Free Press. Mr. McKinley says nothing about the steady outflow of gold from 1869 to 1903 and the bankrupt treasury be queathed to the present administra tion by its republican predecessor. Mr. McKinley has a very accommodating memory it never annoys him with things he wants to forget Albany Argus. There Is sojnething the matter evidently with the g. o. p. organs. From the moment tho McKinley tariff was repealed they began to bewail the prospective lowering of wages. They ought, therefore, be very glad to know that wages are being increased, but it they arc they carefully conceal their feelings. Ono scans their columns ia rain for any cheering reference to facta like these: The Globe iron works at Cleveland have increased the wnges of their men fifteen per cent.; II. C. Frick Si Co., the coke producers of western Pennsylvania, hare increased wages fifteen per cent, and their principal competitor sixteen per cent; Stevens k Sons, wooleM, New Hampshire, hare raised wages 15 per cent; Thomas Doian & Co., woolens, Philadelphia, fifteen per cent; the Cardington mills, Chester, Pa., fire percent. These art ealr starters. Detroit Free PreM.

HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Powdered borax scattered freely wherever waterbugs put in their un welcome appciu-unce, und blown into crevices and ull hiding phiues, will send these pests to your neighbors, for i tunc at least, und is the best remedy known. Date Bread: To a pint of whitebread sponge, well raised, add half a cupful of warm water, one tablespoo; ful of lard, one-quarter cupful of molasses, and one cupful of stoned dates. wtir in enough rye flour to make a soft dough. .Stir well, or knead lightly, put in the pan, and when light bake for an hour. Good Housekeeping. Soft Soap: For four pounds of fat. use one pound of concentrated lye and four gallons of soft water. Put into a large kettle and boil until all the fat has dissolved and the whole mass looks transparent. Add twelve gallons more of soft water and boil a few minutes, when the soap will be doue. When cold it will be a firm jelly. Country Uciitlenmn. Egg Gems: Mix equal quantities of cold bread crumbs chopped very fine. Season with pepper, salt and melted butter. Add enougli milk to moisten the crumbs, and one or two beaten eggs to bind the ingredients together. Butter small cake or gem tins, fill them half full with the mixture, break an egg and lay it on each one. and bake six or eight minutes. Serve hot, Housekeeper. Boiled Rabbit: Cut up one 'rabbit, wash and let stand five or six hours in alt water. Rinse twice in cold water, put in saucepan, add one teaspoonful of pepper, one of celery seed, one tablespoonful of powdered sage, three large onions. Cover with cold water and boil till tender. Remove the rabbit and place it on hot platter. Strain the liquor, setting it aside. Put a large tablespoon ful of butter in a skillet and brown; add one teaspoonful of curry powder, cover and boil three minutes. Pour over rabbit and serve hot. Farm, I'lcld and Fireside. "Duchess Soup: Fry two sliced onions and two heaping tablespoonfuls of butter together for eight minutes, then add two tablespoonfuls of flour and fry two minutes longer, bcint? careful not to scorch. Stir into this one quart of boiling milk ami cook ten minutes. Pour through a strainer and return to the lire. If liked two tablespoonfuls of grated cheese may now be added. Beat three eggs together with salt and pepper to season the soup. i'otir into tne soup, set back for two oi three minutes where it will not boil. Then serve. Orange Judd Farmer. Baked Shad-Roc: Wash a roe and. putting it into a stewpan with one tea spoonful of salt and a quart of boiling water, cook for ten minutes. Take the roe from the boiling water and, putting it in a bowl of cold water, cut it in slices about an inch thick. When cold, wipe dry and season with half a teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper. Put a heaping tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan and on the fire. When so hot that it begins to turn brown, aüü a level tablespoonful of flour and stir. Now draw the nan back to a cooler part of the stove and gradually add half a pint of white stock-veal or chicken. Season this with a little salt, a grain of cayenne pepper and a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Put the roe in a small escalop dish and pour. the sauce over it. bpnnklc a cupful of grated bread-crumbs over the top and strew these with bits of butter. Bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes and serve in the dish ia which it is baked. N. Y. Ledger. REVIVAL OF STARCH. Uwbi and Muitlna Will Iln Laundered la the Old Way. The recent fashions which brine back to use the old-fashioned lawns, dimities and organdy muslins in which our grandmothers delighted have final ly brought back the starched white petticoat of years ago. The flaring skirts of the present time demand starched petticoats. The laundresses of to-day have almost forgotten the art of the clear-stretcher, so little starch has been used. The chief use of starch has been in men's laundry work. The laundresses of to-day must learn again if they have forgotton the starch inc of muslins, lawns and other goods, so they will not "rattle," but will hold out in clear, crisp folds. The secret of making a starch that will hold with out a paper-like rattle at the least movement of the wearer depends to some extent on the cloth. Sheer muslins do not give much trouble in this way, starched with fine starch. Therefore it is better to make new white skirts of Victoria lawn, a suitable quality of which may be purchased for twel re and a half cents a yard. This lawn is heavy, yet sheer, and wears well. The glue starches are more suc cessful than anything else in giving the necessary stiffness to sheer dimities and organdies, without the unde sirable rattle. This starch is made of proper consistently by simply melting a tablespoonful of common white flue in uoiiing water, ana intnning it gradually by adding half a gallon of water. quart by quart, and testing it by starching a sample in it until proper consistency is reached. Qum-arabia stareh is used in the same way. N, f. tribune. HImtm still Urewinr Sleeves hare crown rather than rtt. ninished in size, but thev are so often pressed down ihr enaulets or shoulder frills of various kinds, or caught down on top with rosettes, or bands of 1t In butterfly fashion, thit the extra ful ness is not so noticeable. The muttonleg shape is still the farorit 1 and it is usually inlshcd at the wrist rrith a narrow turn -over cuff, which ls often supplemented by another of white batiste, edged with narrow Valenciennes lace; ortheslcoro Is sometimes trimmed with folds of silk or lace insertion put on in rows the entire eneth. from armhole to tvrUt. Timm Is a hint of aa old-time flowing sleeve in a model which flares a little at the mst, displaying a dalaty under-alMTt 9i lace ami whir. si. . Hue.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

International I-enon for May ltt, IHSS Jrum lUfore IMMIe Mark ISU-IA. Specially Arr.maed from Pcloubet's Notes. 1 G01.W..V TrxT. Hut Jotus yet answered nolhlnir. so that I'llate marveled. Mark 15:5. TitESKCTiO.vlncludct Mark 15 1-10; Matthew 27.1-30. Lukol3;l-üt: Jotin Ib:'.'-40; 10:1-10. Time. Karl Friday wornin, April 7, A. D. 30, the day uf the crucifixion. A IIaioio.nt U of Kreat advantage here, for we study tho whole story of tho trlul of Jet.ua ati fouml In tho combined account jrlvcn by all four CSospels. I.KSSON NOTES. 1. "The chief priests held a consultation," etc. This meeting of the Sanhedrim was for tho formal ratification of tho result reached in thu meeting of the council described in our last lesson, which could not give a legal sentence before sunrise. "And delivered him to Pilute." The accusation they brought was threefold, Involving the charge of treason, the greatest eriine known to Roman law. (1) Seditious agitation; (2) prohibition of the payment of the tribute money; and (3) the assumption of the suspicious title of "King of the Jews" (Luko 23: 2 Macleur. "Of the three points of accusation, (2) was utterly false; (1) and Ci), though in a seuso true, were not true in thu sense intended." A. Curr. First. Pilute holds an interview with tho Jews outside the judgment hall. About six o'clock a. m. (John 10: 14, which refers to tho beginning of Pilate's trial, and is according to the Roman notatiou, like the modern, and not the Jewish.) Jesus within tho judgment hall (Luke 23: 2; John lS: 2332). Secoud. Pilate holds a private conference with Jesus within the praitorium. 2. "And Pilate asked him," going within the courtroom. "Art thou tho king of thu Jews?" as these Jews accuse you of claiming. "Thou snyest it:" Jesus' answer of defense (John 18: 34 3S isthat He is a King, but tluit His "Kingdom is not of this world," therefore tit is inferred) the "perversion of the people" was not a rebellion that threatened the Roman government. Third. A second conference of Pilate with the Jewish leaders is held, outside the judgment hall. He publicly de clares the innocence of Jesus. And yet he fears to offend the Jews by releasing him. 3. "And thu chief priests ac cused him of many things:" They repeated their charges and put forth every possible argument. Jesus seems to have been brought out to tho Jews to hear their accusations. 5. "But Jesus vet answered nothing:" Reply would be useless to those who had de termined to kill Him, no matter what Ho said. (See Inst lesson.) "bo that Pilate marveled." Matthew says "mar veled greatly?" How could lie be culm und silent amid this storm of accusa tions? It was u yilence only possible to an exalted nature full of self-control. At this point Pilatu makes a second ef fort to release Jesus, his first, the declaration of His innocence, having failed with the Jews. Hearing Galileo mentioned as a part of the country where Jesus had stirred up the people, Pilute. next attempts to escape from his perplexity by delivering Jesus up to Herod, the tetrareh of Galilee, who was then visiting in Jerusalem. Herod questions Him at length, but Jesus refuses to sny a word. Then Ilerod and his men of war mock His claims to be king, ami array Him in royal robes, and send Him buck to Pilate. So this effort of Pilate ends in failure. 0. "Now at that feast he released (was accustomed to release) unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired." The choice lay with them. 7. "There was ono named Barabbas lay bound in prison, with them that had made insurrection." Matthew says he was a celebrated prisoner. 8. "And the multitude crying aloud, . Do as he had ever done." That is, release the prisoner they hud asked. Now was Pilate's opportunity for a third effort for a release of Jesus. 0. "Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?" This expres-. Kion "wus probably an attempt to enlist the patriotic feelings of the multitude." 10. The reason why Pilate appealed to the people directly is now given. Pilate "knew that the chief priests had delivered (Jesus) for envy," pn account of His influence with the people which threatened their own power. 11. "The chief priests moved the people." The leaders caused an upheaval of opinion, appealing to the fears, prejudices and passions of the people. Wo learn from Matthew 27: 21, John 18: 40, that thu peoplu made a distinct choice of Barabbas. 12. "And Pilate answered: What will ye then that I shall do unto Him whom ye call the King of the Jews:" Pilate asked thLs question where he had no right to. Ho should have asked it of his conscience, of justice, of right, of truth, of honor, not of nn excited mob. 13. "And they cried out again: Crucify Him:" A tumultuous shout: "To the cross! to the crossl" 14. "Why, what evil hath ho done?" What excuse Is there for crucifying Him? But it was all in vain. They only "cried out the more exceedingly: Crucify Himt" The Jews insisted on the crucifixion, because they said to Pilate that by their law He was guilty of death, having claimed to be the Son of God. This alarmed Pilate, and he made still greater efforts to release Jesus. But when tho Jews threatened him with tho charge of treason: "If thou releaso this Man thou art not Cicsar's friend," Pilate yielded, "willing to content the people (and) delivered Jesus to bo crucified." 1'IIACTICAX. SVOOEHTIOJffl. Jesus was the true King of tho Jews. By rejecting Him they rejected their true kingdom, and hope, and glory, to receive loss and destruction as a nation. Jesus Is our true King. To accept Him as our King Is to receive a kingdom and eternal glory; to reject Him Is loss and death. There was one simple way for PUato to esenpo a conflict, and that was to do his duty fearlessly. All his subtertWes wero of no avail. By doing wrong- tho rcry crils came upon him to escape which ho had done wronp,