Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 August 1895 — Page 3
WEEKLY COURIER.
O. DOiVSIC, PuljllHhor. JASPER. - ' INDIANA,
THE OLD STRAW HAT. Ikaoclctd It from hJchlirney beif. With strode of careless h.u.4The prototype of that lr;u- self. Ttnic-trled. tod-sotW oml tanned. It narrow brlsa BT,J unKen crown Aro touched with a:j the rac That glowed tcne.th It in the broa Of father' honest face. Ilarsh cd of tn autumn cor a Have sawed its .nzsed brlai, Until ta every ltn forlorn 1 read a netd-told' inn. It brought nie berries from the pitch. Picked by his plow-worn band: V.'hke stores of ecu's from rick and tfcatcb. Treasures from field and sand. Each year as called its service done. Hut when the bluebirds came He mM they would not llnd the sua And riower.vof .spring the same if never rooted aliotit. the yard The oia ftiintSUr hat: They'd rai. It from the orchard sward Holde him where he at: And as I bwr theirplaisttve nolo From out, the wjur-ooush tree. I catch from every warbler's throat A strata of sympathy.
V.'nat HUe these strands, latbd In the dew
And brenred by ssmmer hier U oenth I s-ee that face so true. Those patient, busiest eyes! Forrest Crispy, in Chicago Po?t-
"WJIO RANG THE BELL?
Ity Ll'KE SlIAltr.
A man who lias business in the city every day little realir.es the delights of his own .suburban home, lie leaves the place early in the morning and he comes home tired at night, ami thushe misses the pleasures -hat he would enjov if he spent the whole day at his
own house. Recently, 1 resolved to get a bit ahead with my work, and so 1 abandoned the city and all its ways, determined to stay at home until 1 hud written a number of those stories which are the delight of two continents, while in the intervals I could polish oHT a few novels that the world is eagerly waiting for; thus 1 became acquainted with my own plot of land, which I had seen hitherto only on Sundaw 1 found that my back yard was an'idyltic place in which to write, ami I furnished myself with one wicker chair to sit in and another on which to put my feet, while the low table at my wiiwivh.'hl tin m:inuM:ritL Land is
cn .vit.ndre in Eturlnml that we make
lined vards. An English
gardener will do more with a little plot of land than any other man I ever saw. lie will take a small bit of gnund. and, by judicious planting of shrubbery, the making of walks, and the utilizing of whatever trees there may le on the place, will make it look to the casual observer like a large estate. The soil is very productive, and the climate is generally so mild the whole year around that plants hardly ever stop growing. Of course if one has a large place a man has a gardener i.i. mvn hut we neonle with small
lots are content with a gardener who .
comes in once or twice a weeu, or
perhaps three times, if things are growing very rapidly. I never knew the particulars of this until I stayed At home. Not being an inquisitive man, my occasional glimpses of the back vard had never suggested to tue that all this neatness and order was the result of human intervention. I thought, it. was nart of my contract
with the landlord, aud one of the reasons why I was paying him rent: so as I sat at my work, I was astonished to find a man with a wheelbarrow full of too'ls trundle it from the front of the house into the back yard. 1 asked him what the mischief he was doing there, and why he came in without tfie formality of ringing, for he seemed to have n key to my private gate; he was equally astonished to lind me on the premises, and a mutual explanation resulted in his discovering that 1 was the proprietor, and my learning that he was my gardener. When I owned a back and a front yard in America, neither was of much use to me. The back yard was exceedingly small, and was the home of the Ui.li.liir nn .t the dtimninir irround of
various disabled utensils pertaining to fli lit(hn It was not a thing of
beauty. The front yard was all right
enough, but it belonged more to me public than to myself. There was no fence between the house and the street, and I would as soon have thought of sitting down on the sidevalk as lounging about on the bit of grass which was in front of my residence. An Englishman, however, keeps his yards for his own use. He believes, ir he pays rent and taxes for a plot of ground, that that plot of ground is his for the time being; consequently he puts a high wall around it, and is as secluded in his back yard as though he were in his own drawingroom. Mv lutnui i situated on n sort of still
backwater just out of the main current nftrntuv A cfbtbrated old coaching
road running in the direction of Ep- " t I ....
som passes near enotign to ue naum , Till ftii- atvn that we are out of the
noise of the truffle. Out of this main road there runs a street in the form of umWirelc. It leaves the main
road for no particular reason, and joins it again for no particular reason,
and in the center of this bow my lmuu: with the front and back
yards, is situated. It is a dclighi-
f.,11,. ..nt.it emit, for no ohicle comes
J V. -'I'-" ---- into this peaceful road unless it has
business at one of the six or seven liimu that are situated upon this
street, which can hardly be called a
thoroughfare. .My oacit yarn wan, therefore, is a segment of a circle. It is eight feet high, and is what is called an English park fence, which means that it is made of upright split oak slabs overlapping each other. This kin-t rf fence is said to cost as much
, last as long as a brick wall. It is
Si.irvo.:ilO Vnr nnc-one to climb it. Slid
i - - equally impossible for anyone to sec through iL Therefore, a man may walk alwut in his back yard dressed pretty much as he pleases. He can wear his oldest coat, and his most comfortable slippers. There is a conserva
tory at the end ot the lawn, aim new the high fence ends. There 5s also a
little sub-back yard filled with tall
trees which shut out the view from the
road. Around this minor back yard the fence is only four feet high. ThU minute description of my estate
for undt-rslandimr the ex-
MtitKf tinifs I hau durmir tneuas i
stayed at home and attempted to do
some writing in the quietness oi uj
own back yard.
1 found that the fence was a gre.iv temptation to every passer-by. The small bow if he had a stick in his
hand, lilted to run it along the boards or beat the stick against them as he
passed along. This was annoying, and
1 sometimes snouted to lum to stop ins racket, but I merely received in return a number of personal remarks which, it is not too much to say, were distinctly insulting, considering the fact that the speaker was eutirely unable to s-ec the person to whom he was speaking. Tli..r..fori. ns I am of the kind of
person to whom experience teaches . . 1. ! T - ... ...I 4 ..n.ict ttlf, tf. 1
sjincuiuig. i crawn ...".-'
verbally with the small hoy wun ins
stick. I .stole quietly around into the
sub-back vard and waited for him beside the low fence. He always cnnif along quite unconscious of danger, for I was well concealed by the brick wall of the conservatory, and I always succeded in snatching his cap. lie usually jumped to the middle of the road in his surprise before he realized that he had to negotiate for the re
turn of his cap. I made him give his name and address ami apologize in
the most abject fashion before I returned his headgear. He was usually the butcher's delivery boy or the lad from the grocery. 1 threatened to
turn the police upon him, or what was
worse, to go to Ins master anu com
plain; and I think that I do not
Hatter invJ-clf when I say mat
during the time I stayed at home, I
had a distinctly moral effect on me lads of t hat neighborhood. A boy dare not "sass' you when you have his cap in vnnp hnmls. for he is. if 1 may out
it that way, handicapped in the con-'J
1 r.oon found, however, that there v as a more objectionable, small boy ih:in thi one who ra nned at the fence.
This was the boy (generally there were
two of them), who rang the electric
bell at the back gate. He then ran around the corner and appeared to le amused at the blank look of the serv
ant as she gazed up anil down tne street trying to discover who had
called her unnecessarily trom ner work.
One afternoon 1 heard the prolonged ring of the bell and then the rapid footstens of two urchins as they
the walk outside of the
fence, and so 1 thought the time had mnn.1 t. t.'.mh these youngsters a
lesson. 1 slipped silently down the Imvn. linder the trees, into the shadow
of the greenhouse, and peered cautiously over the fence. o that they might not see me. There the two young villains stood close to me and craning tlipir necks to see who opened the
garden door. 1 heard the click of the lateh as the garden entrance
.nc iniMii'd. and then the
...... w tn-n ratfamunins. with many giggles.
backed closer to the fence so the servant ennld not see them. They were so
rr..neennied in watching danger from
one direction that they did not see the
r-..nl cnlnmitv that liovered near inem
m . . .
i!..fnr. tlmv were aware ot it my iwo
hands dropped down on them, as it
wer. from the skies, anil i nau a nrm
clutch of each by the back of his col-
lf,r Talk about the nleasuresof hook
inga salmon, it is nothing at all to the
excitement of catching an energetic ...mil hnr and trotting a good firm hold
of the collar of his coaL For the next Jniitps I ha.lall I could do. They
squirmed and wriggled, and kicked at . . i 1
the fence, threw tliemscives iown. anu did every mortal thing they could think f in trvinir to escane. but I held on.
and finally it dawned on them that they were nabbed. Then the cider said
.l..t1:intlv:
"Say. "mister, if you don't let me go
I'll veil for a policeman.
"Veil." 1 answered; "that's just what . . .
i ivfint von to do. aim when tne nonce
man comes I'll be very glad to hand
vou over to him.'
the lvovs. if they had only
known it. were perfectly within their
legal rights in calling a policeman.
and if a policeman had hcen called l
don't know how I couhl have justi
Hod my own action, i was com
ilttiiio- an assault on them for an
nffcu.se I had not seen them commit.
ml which, nerhans. was not nuntshauie
w tin. law if there nau ueeii witnesses.
I was taking the law ami uic young
rascals into my own hands, which is
not a thing to be permitted. However,
.. .
there was, as a mailer oi course, no
policeman in sight, and 1 thought
I would chance it. i nauieu tne ngiu-
... . , i. . r.. ......
..v rr the two oovs over me lum't;
while, the other wriggled and strug
I'led to escane. It was no easy task
.rottinif the youngster over, for he
clawed and fought liKe a cat. ouv at.
last I had him on my side and then Mino- him on the ground with my
.. " ,
foot on him to hold mm uown i turnen
mv attention and both hands to the
larger bov. and soon had him over.
"V..W-. mv lads." I said, "when any
one rings a door bell he expects to eome in. I am sorry to have to drag yon over the garden fence, but you .itniilri liav waited at the door; when
you could have entered with much less
wear and tear to your clothing
W. ilSibi't want to come in. an
swered the eldest boy. "Then you should not have rung the tu.i. NW. von sec. I have you In here
alone. I have not quite made tip my mind what I am going to do with you, but I am certain no one has seen you come in, and I am certain no one will bee you go out again. I may Imprison van for life in the 01 cellar, or I may
put you to death in some slow, tortu
ous way.
I hail now brought the boys, dragging their feet along the lawn, up before my wicker chair. I knew that as soon as I let go of them they would bolt, but I did not think they would succeed, because, lying on my chair was a cane with a hook on the end of it and I thought I might induce the boys to stay even after 1 had let go oi the coat. , M surmises proved to be correct, for when I let go of 911c boy to pick up my cane he bolted, but by the crook I caught him by the foot and he fell on the grass, ir- no ns- " I said to him. "iou
can't get away, and if you did I would slaughter you before you could get
nrr tho. back fence, so you nau oener
stand the racket peaceably and quietly. You rang the bell and evidently wanted to see me. Now, acre you are. What is it you want?' I sat down in the chair with the stick handy to prevent any attempt at escape, and the boys stood before me. "I didn't ring the bell," said one of the boys. "Yes he did," said the other, "twasn't me."
"You're a liar," said the other, anu Woro I knew it they had clinched fin
gers in each other's hair, and wero swearing horribly and tossing about the lawn in a free fight. The table went over before 1 could prevent iL "Here, you young rutlians," I eried, "are you going to light on my lawn?" I tried to separate them and succeeded after some strenuous efforts, and stood them on their feet again. The little fellow was game to the back
bone. I knew that by the way ne struggled and scratched and fought when I dragged him over the fence. He drew his hand defiantly across his Tint- mi il irhircd at the other, who stood
looking as if he had gotten the worst
of the tussle.
"Now. boys." I said, "you must behave yourselves and answer my questions: "Which one of you rang the. bell?" IJolh of them answered simultaneously: "He did, sir." And the little one Raid strenuously to the elder: "You're a liar," and then threw himself on top of the elder and began to pummel him. r ;,w..rt..rl thi crook of the stick be
hind the little one's collar and pulled him otf.
"You young villain, stand up, lsaiil. "NW don't be so ready to call each
other liars, but answer my questions.
11'1.1 . . . . . . . m n.it '
"His name." said the younger, nod
ding toward his companion, "is Chimmv Fadden."
"He'.s a liar." said the elder; "thats
his own name.'
"So, it isn't," said the younger. "Von'ro a liar." passed between them
simultaneously, and in a moment they
were at it again, anil rolling aooui on the grass, screaming and using the most horrible language. I tore them apart and stood them once more on their feeL and said to the smaller one: "You little rascal, if you call him a liar again, or if you pitch into him again. I'll thrash yon with my cane. Do von understand?''
"You daren't do it," said the small boy. "My father had a man fined for ' striking me with a stick."
nh .15. l he?" I said: "and who is
your father, and where does he live?
I'll crn w Uli vou and give him a chance
of tinUhinc me: but I'll have the value
of the fine out of you in th- first place,
and don't you forget it.
Ity this tune the neighbors, hearing tt,.."f..nrfiil laniruaire. and the noise of
conflict, came to their windows, and evidently thought I had hired two rag-
amnnins from the streets to set. mem at fighting each other. 1 ww that if I
did not speedily get ricl or the twe young villains I was going to lose the respect of the entire suburb.
"Now," I continued to the younger, "tell me your name and where you
live."
His namn is Smith." said the other.
"and he lives in the Lovelace road."
Il.'s a liar." said the elder, where
upon the youngster spatted him im-
stantly on the moutu, anu ine were at it again. There was no peed to tell
me he was a liar, for 1 knew uic
T.orolaeo. road was the most aristocrat
ic road in the neighborhood.
'PH.. u-roams of the combatants rem
til., n!r und when I once more separated
them the nose of each was bleeding (
In the silence that followed tne com-1 bat I was made aware, by the remark I I heard through the fence, that t
crowd had gathered and were nsieninc to the struggle, evidently thinking
from the sounds thai reacneu mem, that a family difference of some intensity was raging behind the wall. The" bigger boy was blnbWing anc rubbing the blood from his nose al
over his face, and making a most re pnlsivc object of himself. The youngci
was glaring scorniuny ai nun. anu ap narentlv ready to spring at his throa"
at the lightest provocation.
Mv watest desire in life now was t
get rid of these two most objectionabh
citizens. I Hung away my suck an
said:
You iusf wait till I get somethini
that will take the nonsense out of you.
Then I retreated a few steps towan
the house. Instantly their difference
won. forgotten. Casting a wild lool
over their shoulders, they made a bol
for the sub-back yard, and before an; one could say "Mack Robinson," the: had thrown themselves over the fenc
nnil tumbled out into the road. I rai
after them as far as the fence, but the;
were out of sight down the street be
fön I reached there. hlch one o
them has murdered the other I hav
not. boon aide to find OtlL but I SUSPCC
the .small boy, who "was all hot sani
and ginger," is the victor. Octrcl
Free Tress.
THE TREASURY IMPROVEMENT.
DeHiecratie
THE REPUBLICAN PLAN.
Surer KiMperstlng Krmibllon.
A great part of the stuff that is published from day to day as Washington dispatch's in newspapers that regard It us n solemn duty to discover "juggling" of figures and "distortion" of facts in the daily reports of the condition of the United States debt is very plainly intended to be taken without reference to the ascertainable proofs to the contrary. Some apparently juvenile writers take up the daily reports, and, evidently suffering uncontrollable exasperation because the receipts of the government persLst in keeping pace with, and even exceeding, expenditures, these zealous but unretlecting critics at
Washington straightway malte a nuna1 rtA n limit, tho wrongs that are being
infiicted upon all manner of persons
because, as it is al legen, payir.cn arc due fromtlu treasury are withheld n-i.ir. thn treasury to make a
report that will discredit partisan pre
dictions. i',..r of these rash and per
:.tii. n-r.wirr renarts will take the
trouble to examine the daily reports of .1... . !.. t-r.nnrv and compare
L 1 1 w v. . . the expenditures with the appropria
tions, it will become apparent at i,-t tlio nonsionors. for instance, arc
not being deprived of the money op- ... .1 Tli nnnrnnra-
propria ieu iur mv-tu. ..v. - . tion for pensions for the year begmS,, .1K- 1 was S14J.133.3Ga That
would be at the rate of SU.Tsl.TSO per month. According to the report made by the treasury, there had been paid out on July lä on account of pensions SI 1,237, tKK),"or at the rate of about S13,-
000,000 for the month.
Take the war department, which appears to have drawn S3.39I.OOO in Id
days. The. figures do not suggest mai
appropriations have been withheld from that branch of the service, for the amount appropriated for the army is about 523,250.000, or at the rate of less than $2,000,000 a month. The treasury has honored requisitions in a little more than half the month far in excess of the monthly average of tho yearly appropriation for war. The navy is entitled to an average expenditure of $2,S01,000. It has received Sl,6S1.000 in IS days of July, or at the rate of about 8100,000 daily. Should the
rate of payments on navy account ou maintained, the navy will have exceeded by July 31 the average to which it appears to be entitled. Has the secretary of the treasury withheld appropriations from the Indians? The allowance for Indian ex
penditures for the year was S3.000,ouo, or STll.GGO per month. During the 19 days of July there was drawn from the treasury on account of Indian expenses S470.OOo". If the treasury had cared to withhold money and to issue it only upon a schedule arranged to restrict the outgo it might have saved 32,000 in the 18 days. If the rate of payment for the first half of the month "is maintained until July 31
the averago to which tue mutans are apparently entitled will have been considerably exceeded. The criticisms which have provoked these illustrations of their falsity do not really deserve further explanation. It is absurd to imagine that they aro believed by anybody except possibly the men who talk so glibly and fooli ishlv and ignorantly about tho "misrepresiutatioa" thit-is practiced-to .furnish a good showing. No one who has a valid demand upon the treasury is likely to hold it beyond the time it can n.i.ntil with reasonable expeeta-
I tion that it will be honored. The disposition of rejected applicanLs for payment to make a fuss about delays would speedily advertise any general tendency to delay on the part of the treasury officers. If delays have occurred, if they have been common, in , large number and for large amounts of money due, who has prevailed upon the postponed creditors to keep so pro1 found a silence? Why do not the prat
ers abo.t the government postponements of pay give some particulars to make plausible the charge that payments arc not met with reasonable nnd customary promptness? N. Y. Times. PROTECTION WAGES.
Wbst Im f the niRh Trotectl
Ut I I.tkcljr to no. Tkwinirli ronorts from all along the
line it is made plain that republican
leaders intend to xorco me uimi ques
tion to the front as tneovcrsiiauow uiir
issue of the next national campaign, j There are signs unmistakable that somu kind of a truce has been patched
up between the silver millionaires anu the tariff barons tho latter to become tho direct beneficiaries of a high protective system should their party gain control in the country, and the former
tobe rewarded for the repression oi fifinnotnl niritation within their own
ranks by having the government re
sume tho purchase ot snvcr uuuiuu iur storage in tho treasury. Not only have McKinley. Harrison. Allison and even Morton indicated with greater or less emphasis that the republican war cry of '00 und '02 will be revived, but prominent spell-binders of the party in almost every section are giving utterance to the same scntimenL Among the latest echoes of the- republican campaign keynote was Senator Cullora, of Illinois. To tho assemblage of his partisans at Springfield ho said: "When tho republican party gets .mitrnl nrrnin. I1.S it will IlCXt year,
with some republican for president, wo will take up tho tariff act aud go over it item by item and make such amend
ments to it as will give reasonable protection to American labor and American industries asagainst foreign labor and foreign industries. The people of this country never knew they wanted that sort of protection; they were never certain of it until the democrats, by mistake, got possession of this country two years ago." In this brief statement the senator virtually tells the people of the United States that they are fools; for it was they who committed tho "mistake" which ho seeks to pervert into a widespread calamity. Not only wero they guilty of this "mistake" in 189J when thnlr rnmidiation of high protection
and of its representatives was the most emphatic on record, but two years later they gave an overwhelming confirmation of tho original judgment rendered. During tho interval they had amplo time and opportunity to tt tho nraetical workings of tho sys
tem against which they had pronounced within a month of tho timo when it became operative. They studied it with an acuteness and an earnestness begotten of self-interest, and, with full knowledge of its bearing upon the welfare of tho country, they again placed upon it the seal of their disapproval. They saw that tho McKinley law was framed in the interest of a special few, that it exacted extortionate, tribute from the masses to tho classes, that was responsible for tho worst political corruption the country has ever known and that it was rapidly building up a moneyed autocracy
that would in the end usurp irom mo neonle their right of self governmenL
Hut it is to be hoped that the republican leaders will continue to regard their most memorable defeats as a "mistake" on the part of the voters. Democracy accepts the challenge. It waives the charges of hypocrisy, inconsistency and broken faith to which those of the opposition throw themselves open, for when they wero only an obstructive minority they never ceased to condemn taiiff agitation as disastrous to the country, causing uncertainty, destroying confidence and namlvzlno- trade. The issue will be
fonrrht unon its tneriLs. It will bo
found that the fatal mistake was made when the unscrupulous managers of .... . .
Ii er o n. trieii to niace me ucraocrm-
ic administration in a false position. An oT-ii of rovi viiu? trade and prosperi
ty Is more eloquent than wor- . can be . . . .
in vindicating the wistiom 01 ueraocracy and convincing the people that they mnilo no mistake. Actual results con-
tif.it pvldonec so conclusive that
even republican trickery cannot evade
or republican cunning dissipate iu we
troit Free rrcss.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
aatcraatloaal lo fur Hpteler 1, II
The of Jiirlcho-Johu ill H-9. Specially Arraajred from Peloubct s Notea OOI.PRX Text Uy f alth the walls ot Jerlehe fell down, atler they wore compared about scvcr day. Heb. II: 99 Tu Cvr-mv Infludo rhntitei" 5 r.nd 6.
Tint-The allot Jericho wa lr. April,.
G. MM. within three weeks after tho lust lervn Thn ronnuuit of Canaan occupied the
next six yearn, 1. a 1401 to IUI.
1'i.acb. rue Israelites wero cmc."; GUiral about three mile from Jericho. CoMPAHd Corinthian1, l: 25-31: Hebrews It; 30-31. KXI'I.ANATOHY NOTK8. As soon us the Israelites hnd gained a foothold in tho Promised Laud, and wero settled in their first camp at Oilgal, two institutions of ndigion were renewed with great solemnity. First, the peculiar covenant with Uod was renewed by the sign of iroumcisiön. This covenant seems to have been suspended during most ot the forty yearn of wandering. It was the visible token that they wero God's children nnd inheritors of the promises. Tin .oniid rolicrloiis institution to be
I renewed was the Passover, which had . . .. !.....! .! 1..... lr.f Miimi It
i ocen omnieu umi-u m-) .onlliwl to mind the wonders God had
done for them in delivering them from
PRESS OPINIONS.
The Pharisees mentioned in tin Xcw Testament took their name fron the Hebrew word meaning separated They were so called because they con sidered themselves better than th other people of that time and separated thein&clves front tkctt.
rtfet the McKlhlry Ijw. Dlt for the yVerkliiRtnan. The Springfield Register stated some days ago that wages in the rolling mills at that place are ten per ccnL higher now than the average rate un-
der the Mclvinlcy tanu net. Springfield Journal, a republican protection paper, makes a curious comment on this statement, but docs not A n n - 51 truth.
.
The Journal says: "ino wagca oi ii mon nt thu rolling miiis are now
one hundred per cenL less than they
were ten years ago unticr protection nnd union 'rules." This is evidently u
slip of the pen. "Une tiunureu per
ccnL less' means notning. xne orgau probably meant fifty per cent, less, or
one-halt tho amount ten years ago. There is also obscurity in the reference to "union rules" ten years ago. It required not only ironclad protection for the mill owners, but union rules by the mill men to keep wages up. Probably protection had very little to do with It ami the compulsion of union
rules by which the mill owners were held caused the high rate of wages. But the republican organ dodges tho question. It spcaka about wages ton years ago. That was five years before the McKinley tariff law was enacted. Thö statement of tho democrats paper at Springfield is that wages are higher now than under tho McKinley tariff five years ago. That fact is notdctiicd. n.,f 'it U .nid that wages arc only half
as high as ten years ago. It must have been, then, that wages were reduced one- half under the McKinley tariff. This is apparently trivial, but it is really important. It amounts to a confession from an organ that McKinley wages were less than tho wages that prevailed undr the previous tariff. It shows that present wages are higher than the McKinley scalo. It is a complete argument against a revival of McKinley principles in revenue legislation. Chicago Chronicle.
Your uncle. Hcniarain Harrison,
im nxt nomination: "You can't
lose me. Charlie!" Detroit Free Press.
Hnnnlilionn candidates must ex
nn(.l. tf bo lnrirelv knifed this fall, es
pecially since the new tariff is showing
the quality and excellence oi us mane olk a revenue raiser. Albany Argus.
McKinley is doing more running trr- l"irlllln t than any of the other can
didates, and it remains tobe seen if his wind is equal to the long stretch that lies before him. SL Louis Globe-Dcmo-
rrat (Ren.)
Liverpool orders more American
pig-iron. From Ohio, too. Hcware, MMi-inW. bowarel Tho Cobdeu club,
with Its English gold, is in a new con
spiracy to ttudo you In your own uauiwick. K. Y. World.
Tin cinch McKinley has on tho
nrnclni'V hhlcros Oil thrCC COntltt
geucics the session of the Ohio legisiniurr. thn nomination and tho elec
tion. The davs of foregone political
conclusions are pasL Fostorla (O.)
Times.
There never was a timo in the
hUlnrr Of this country when a man
that toils was paid so many dollars for t fin.l tvbon thoso dollars bought so
nqnn ilm neeossarics of ltfc. This
is under a democratic tariff. -Illinois
State Register. The republican calamityitcs arc howling because the bond syndicate is keeping its contract and paying into the treasury for greenbacks ns much gold as is drawn out for foreign hlpment The bellyache syndicate appears to bo having a great deal more trouble than tho bond syndicateChicago Chronicle. Would-be Ross Magce is for McKinley because he thinks "thn people of Pennsylvania cccm to want him." The protected monopolists of Pennsylvania who used to "make large fortunes every year" out of McKinley duties would no doubt like to pco the Napoleon of calamity elected president Hut thev never will. He has become tho illogical candidate. General prosperity blighted his prospect N. Y. World.
1 Kgypt, the most powerful nation then existing. It thrilled them with assur- , unco of faith. At the close of the Passover the miraculous manna ceased, and I henceforth the people lived on tho j fruits which tho land itself supplied. Chapter 0 bhould begin with verse 13 of chanter 5. ' Verse 1 of chapter 0 is a
parenthetical lause. Read verse 2 immediately after 0; 5 to obtain the connection. " Joshua was apparently reconnoitcriiig the ity of Jericho to see what steps could be taken for its capture. Tho fortifications were strong; the Israelites were totally unprepared with meuus for breaking down such walls; the only way open to thetn seemed to be thu slow ono of a siege till the city was starved into surrender; but this would bo a dangerou ,dfii. for it would give tiino
for all the nations of Canaan to com
bine in one grand attack upon the de
fenseless Israelites, uouotiess josuua was praying to God for light upon this It of nuestions. when sud
denly there appeared to him one with
a drawn sword in his nanu, ne ucclared himself to be the captain of tho host of tho Lord not of tho earthly armies alono or chiefly, but of all tho hosts of Heaven, the angels; the organized force of nature, all spiritual powers and iniluences. 8. "When Joshua had spoken:" Giving the orders ho had received from the captain of tho Lord's hosts. "Trumpets of rams' horns:" The ono I have is ten or twelve inches long and makes an exceedingly harsh, loud, diacordant noise. "Passed on before the Lord:" as represented by the ark. 9. "The armed men went before: The soldiers took the lead as a matter of ili.fonso atruinst possible attack.
1 i n " V. shall not shout, nor malte any
noise . . . until the day I bid you shout:" The orientals take a peculiar ilnlmht in noise. "When our peoplo
aro In dead earnest, they are generally silent; but the more in earnest an. oriental is, the louder he shouts. Even Arab boatmen, wheu in great danger, and every man is doing his utmost in struggling with the waves, will wasto a lot of strength and breath in shouting." Hon. Seluh Merrill. No sign of triumph was to be raised, no words of rejoicing over the foe, nor of conscious-
' ncss of strength. Rut in bolcmn, rever
ent silence, as if Uod alone was speawing to them, in meditation nnd silent
prayer they were to move around tne city, us if engaged in a religious service.
14. "So they did six days:" Doubtless
these inhabitants of Jericho made
themselves merry with this sight.
Wiekcd men think God in jest when lie is preparing for their judgment. Bishop Hall. On the other hand, Kitto says: "W do not. with some, think the proceed-
ing was likely to awaucn me mirm o the Inhabitants of Jericho more likely was it to inuko a solemn impressioa
upon their minds." 15. "On tho seventh day:" Tho circuit was made seveu times; an all day'a
service.
17. "The city shall bo accursed:" that
is, under a ban." "devoted to destruc
tion." Nothing was to be used for
themselves, or tho curse would come
upon them. "Only Kahab, the harlot, shall live:" Upwever bad her previous
ibiot. she seems to have repented.
and trusted in the true God, and lived
a good life henceforth, or she wouiu
not have been married to a leading
Israelite, an ancestor of Jesus; nor her
mime to be one of the only turee wom
en named in his genealogy.
19. "The silver," etc., as being unuefiled and not easily destroyed, was to bo turned over to public use. It was forbidden also to rebuild the city, and a eursc was laid upon whosoever should
do it."
n "So the nconlc shouted:" at tho
close of the seventh circuit thnt day, or
thirteenth in all. Xhe people sioou en-
ciruling the city. "The wall fell down
flat:" Of course tho Biiouung anu um blare of tho trumpets had no power to overthrow the broad stone walls of the
city; but it connected the peoplo witli the miracle in outward form to show
that only as they wore really connected
with it by faith would tne worn do
done for them. The secondary means, some think to have been an earthquake, but even then It must have been miraculous in its timing, and in its limitation to the city, while tho surround, ing Israelites wore untouched.
A ChrUtUn'i I.lfc A Christian's light is his life; his fiptrit; his real self; the inner man wlu dwells in the house of clay. Ho should let tho world see the life thnt God lives in him. and when this is i done sinners will bo eure to repent. Tho lifo of tho true Christian is us much a proof that then' is a God in Heaven, as a trolley car in motion is that the engines are running at tho power house. Skeptics ii y try to tear the Bible to pieces, but n consistent Christian lifo is an i unanswerable evidence that it is true. Ram's Horm ... Tub road to homo happiness lies ort Maall stepping-stones. L. .Tew.
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