Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 March 1896 — Page 7
WEEKLY COURIER.
JASPER
O. DOY3SriC, FubllHher.
. . - . INDIANA.
THE CAPTAIN FROM BATH.
Extract from tho Momoira of Qabriol Footo, Highwayman.
nv a. t. uuii.t.Ku-cout'ii.
Our plan of attack upon Nunscarne house wK a simple one.
Tlit! old baronet, Sir Henry Dinnis. took u just pride in his silverware, Some of it dated from F.li.nlcth; for Sir Harry's great-great-grandfather, c tho unbapjiy alternative of melting it down for King Charles, bad taken arms against his majesty and come out of tin t roubNts of those times with wealth and credit. The house, too, was FJizabethan. shaped like the letter L, and, like that letter, facing astward. The longer arm, which looked dow n the steep slope of the park, contained the entrance hull, chapel, (lining-hull, principal living rooms and kitchens. The ground Hour of the other (and to us more im'ortnnt) nrm was taken up liv the housekeeer's rooms, auditloom and various offices, the butler's bedroom and the strong-room, where
the plate lay. On the tipper lloor a
events seem likely to prove overwhelm
ing' I UMially und myself clutching at my original respectability "sir, although the force of circumstance has brought me thus low, I am by birth and education u gentleman. Having told you this, I trust that you will re-
memlior it, even la the heat of your natural resentment," "Yon speak almost as prettily as you write," he answered, scornfully, pulling u letter from his pocket. "This is beyond me," thought I; for, of course, I knew it could be no letter of mine. HcMdcs, a glance told me that I had never set eyes on the paper or handwriting before. 1 think my next remark showed self-possession:
"Would votl he kind enough to ex
plain?" 1 asked.
"I rather think that should be your
business," said he; and, faith, I al
lowed the justice of the contention,
awkwajil as it was. lint he went on: "it astonishes you, I dare say, to pee
this letter in my hand?"
It did. I acknowledged it with a
bow.
He began to read in an affected, mim
icking oiee: ".My ever-loved Kate,
since your worthy but wrong-headed
father"
"Father!" Tt sounded like an echo.
It came from the voting lady, who had
and was
holding out a hand for the letter. "The
servant.! Have you not deirraded me
enough?" She stamiM'd her .jot.
The old gentleman folded up the let
ter again and gave it into her hand with
a cold bow. She was handing it to uu.
long gallery iu i 01 ,...., . ...... , , unfathoinahIt. depth of wom. end to end, with a line of door on the sm,wh,.n int,rf,.re(1. southern side, all opening m o bed- lt.lL.ctat, if you rooms, except one which led to the. - rotectorlmust
back st.ai rs.
Now. prone rlv speaking, the strong-
ronm h um tin stromr-room atall. It had
nn ordinary deal door and an ordinurv
coiintry-mude lock. Hut in some v. ay. it was very strong, indeed. The only
approach to it on the ground lioor lay
through the butler's bulrootn, of which
vim mi'-ht call it but a clipboard, it
hud no w indow, and could not therefore
ttni'tu'd from outside, the very
unull nmoutit of light that entered v
filtered through a pane of glass in the
wnll nf the buck staircase, which ran
tin clo!-e. behind.
I have said enough, I hope, for any
relleethe man to draw the conclusion
that, .since wc desired no unpleasant-
ncss with the butler (a man between
:o and 00, and notoriously incorruptible), our only plan was to make an en
trance upstairs by the long window at
the end of the picture gallery, or corri
dor--whichever you choose to call it -
descend the back stairs, remove tti
pane of glass from the wall and gain tin stroiiL'-roont through the owning.
The house was dark from end to end, nnd the, stable clock had just chimed
the (iiiarter after midnight, when 1
went up the ladder. 1 never looked fur much enrefulnos in this honest conn trv household, but 1 did expect to .spend
20 minutes tn the heavy lead-work of the lower panes, and it seemed its good
as a miracle to find the lattice unintciieu
and opening to the first gentle pull. 1 pressed it back, hitched it under a
stem of ivy that the wind migiti no
.him it niter me. and. signalling down
to Jimmv at the foot of the ladder to
"William," said Sir Harry, shortly, to tie footman, "show Mr. IMlkingtou to the door. Wi1 you take your ladder aw ay u It h you, sir, or will you call or it to-morrow?" "To-morrow villi do, I said, airily, and stepping across to Mistress Kate,
I took her hand and raised it for a kiss. Her lingers gave mine nn appreciative
squeeze.
"Hut who in the world are you?" she
whispered.
"I think," wild I, bending over her
hand, "I have fairly earned the right to withhold that."
.Sir Harry bowed n stiff good-night to
me, und William, tue footman, toou a
ci ndle und led the way along the gnl-
leiy ami down the great staircase to
the front door. While he undid tho
haiu and bolts, I was thinking that ho
would be all the better for a kick; und.
he drew aside to let me paws, I took
him quickly by the collar, spun him round, and gave him one. A ilight of
a do.en steps led low n from the front
door, and he pitched clean to the bottorn. Running down after, I skipped
over his prostrate body and walked
briskly away in t he darkness, whistling and feeling butter, I went round the end of the gallery wing, just to satisfy myself that Jimmy
THS SILVERITE BOLT. Beginning- mt TreubU far tha St. LahU Convention. Five republican senators voted igainst taking up the tariff hill for the action of the senate. They were Cannon, of Utah, Curter and .Mantle, of Montana, Dubois, of Idaho, and Teller, of Colorado. Carter is the clioirinan of the republican national committer. Four iiopuliBt henators, elected as republicans or by republican vote in their respective statcw Hutler, of North Carolina, Jones and Stewart, of Nevada, and PetTer, of Kansas also voted against taking up the bill. When the vote was announced therepublican leaders declared that the bill was dead beyond hojie of revival und that it was the end of all attempts to legislate on the tariff at tills session. The silver republicans were denounced
as responsible for the failure, of tariff legislation and were read out of tho
partv. Senator Teller defiantly re
torted: "Wo con get along lietter without the party than the party can without us." The event is regarded as parallel in the main with the "bolt" of the shivery democrats in 1SC0. The succession of events, however, in the two cases, looking to tho future, nmipnrs tn lu riwprsed. The democratic
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nan got away w iiii wie imn.-i, .u.u bojt of 1SG0 began in the national conl struck across the plantation in the vention at Charleston, when the southdin etion of the village. The dune day , cm deicgate1 jcft their scats, walked was breaking before 1 turned out of the j but o Ulo timing and organized u w ood into the high-road, and already rivu, convention jn another place. The the mowers were out stud tramping to j movcment waa regarded with great their work. Hut in the porchway of tho j encral ttlarm. It did not require great
village inn, caned tne eii-i;iggers political sagacity to foresee that the
DEATH OF THE DINQLEY BILL.
Eiour f Republican Hhra atl KfrSenator Aldrich in the senate acknowledge! tlie inability of the republican party to pass the pretended emer
gency tarnt um mat waa irunieu aim
passed through the house, of representatives in 4S hours lust December. The
sciiaUs Is republican, because, it is or
gauized by a combinatloi
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. tetoraatleaal !moii for March 2, I-. rnltlifal anil Unfaithful HcrvaaU Vmk.9 1UI37-4H. (ArruiiKcd from Pelouhet' Notet-l Ooi.nuN Tr.XT. Bo not drunk with win. whcrtlu la txccMv, but bo tilled with th4 Kilrlt.-Ki. S is. Tutu. Novfinticr, A. D. Ö. 1'i.AtfB. In rerslii, Hoiucwhero between Galileo Rt.il Jerusalem.
an, lieeausu it is or- ..omtr wuj, the similar tenchlnKs about bination of republic- watcltfulmns on tho Tuesday beforo the
ans and populLsts, whereby tho spoll - 'ark ! n jsi IaxIZ b-Jl-36; aiii
of ollleo uro divided between the two the parables In Mutt. 25:1-IJ. parties. Tlie senat refuscji to ja.sa i This lesson uiuy be used us a t emtin. niii.'Iev tariff bill, almnlv lcauso , terancu lesson. Tho application 1 very
the populist.s imd republicans cannot clear. First, watdi the effect of strongngive uiion a division of the benellta Jrink on others. The wise, man ever
ask you not to give it back."
lie turinri towards me again. As he
did so 1 caught over his shoulder, or
fancied I caught, a glance from Miss
Kate that was at once a warning and an
appeal. The next moment her eye
were bent shaniefast upon the lloor. 1
Itcgaa to divin".
Said I: "If that's a r.ample of your
manner toward your daughter, even
A oil, in your cooler momenta, can hardly, wonder thut shechoos-.sauother jiro-t-eetor."
"Protector!" he rejK'ated, lifting his
eyclu-ovvs, and that infernal footman
eacklcd again.
"If vou can't behave witheomnion po
liteness to a "lady," 1 put in, smartly, "you might at least exhibit enough of
rude intelligence to lay hold of an ar
gument that's ua plarh as the nose on
v our face!"
"(iently. my good sir!" said he. "Do
jou know that, if I choose, I can march you oft' to jail for a common house
breaker?"
1 should think I did know it a
plaguey sight better than he!
' To in-gin with," he went on, "you
look like one, for all the world."
This was sailing too close for my liking. "Old gentleman," said I, "you are
Avcarisomclv dull. Poss'ihlv I had bet
ter explain at length. To be frank, then, 1 had counted, in case of failure, to avoid all scandal to your daughter's name. I had hoped you (you will excuse me) to have carried her oil" and I'Witled you until I could present myself as her husband. If bullied in this, 1 pro-
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Z:: t Av to make my escape as a common
.in" " burglar, surprised upon your premises
U f . iw.,1,- t,.mw.,1 miic-kK 11 twm 10 Ie" 1 wounA "P htcludh.g
1U ouiin l
from iM'hhid the heavy window curtain
reached out nnd shut the lattice smart
lv behind inc. and said:
"Show a light, Jenkins, and let ua
lum a look at the gentleman.
Though it concerned my neck, I waw
taken too oiiicklv aback to stir, but
Ktood like a .stuck pig, while the hutler
fumbled with his tinder-box. "Lieht all the candles."
"If it plca.se you, Kir Harry," Jenkins-
nnsnered, pulling at the tinner.. The first thing I saw by the blue
tight of the brimstone match wa the barrel of old Sir Harry's pistol glim
mering about six inehe& from my nose On iiiv left stood a long-legged foot
man. also with a pistol. Hut all this, iiinii.rh diseoinnosiuL'. was no more
than 1 had begun to cxicct. Wha really startled me, as old Jenkins lit the candles, was the sight of two women standing a few paces off, beneath a tall picture of a gentleman with a big lace collar. One of them, a short woman with a bunchy shajie, 1 recognized for the hoiif-ekeeper. The other I gueshcd a quickly to be Sir Harry'.daughter. Mistress Kate a tall ami slender young lady, uark-haired, and handsome u.s any man could wish. She was w rnpjH!d in a long traveling cloak, the hood of which fell a little off her Khouldcrs, allowing a glimpse of w hite atin. A train of white satin reached below the cloak and colled about her pretty feet, Xow, the change from darkness to cry bright light for Jenkins went down the gallery, lighting candle after candle, as if for a big reception made usall wink a bit. And excitement would account for the white of the young lady's cheeks I dare say 1 had turned urettv pale myself. Hut it did not seem
to me to account for her look of .sheer l.inult sujtniiishinentno. it was more
than this: a wild kind of wonder would
be nearer the mark that came to her ..vni. nnd staved there. And I didn't
ciuitc see why she should ptitahund sud
deniv against the wainscot, and from
Bickly white go red as fire, and then back to w bite again. 1 f they w ere sitting up for housebreakers, 1 was decidedly a tx'tter-Iooking one than they hail any right to cxju'et. The eyes of the others were fastened on me. I was
the only one to take note of the girl's
liehnvlor, and 1 declare I spared a sec
or.d from the consideration of my own
case to wonder what the deuce was the
matter with her.
"Well, upon my soul!" cried Sir Har
ry, with something between a laugh und a sniff of illsguat; and the footman en the other side of me echoed it with a silly cackle. "He certainly doesn't
ilook as if lie ranm from Hath!"
the three servants with an indignant
sweep of my arm, "that you might weli have emulated my delicaci"! As it is. 1 must trouble you to recognize iu" "Heaven send," I ad led to myself, ' that the real inamorato keeps his bungling foot out of this till I get clear! " A:tl 1 reflected w ith much conifi.rt that he was hardly likely to make nn attempt upon premises so brilliantly lit up.
"In jiwtice to my daughter's taste,"
replied Sir Harry,"! am willing tobellevo you looked something less like a alibi rd when she met you in the PumpRoom nt Hath. Vou lane fine clothe
in your portmanteau, no doubt, and i
si.icerely trust they make nil the dif
ference to your appearance. Hut a line
suit is no exeiisive outfit for the cap-
tur of an heiress, vou may be the
commonest of adventurers. How do I
know, even, what right you have to tla
name vou carry'.'"
If ho didn't, it was still more certain
that I didn't. Indeed, he bad a con
spicuous advantage over me iu knowing
what that name wo.. Inis very painful
(illiculty had hardly presented itself,
however, ltefoiv the girl s wit smoothed
it awav. She spoke uti looking ius in
noccnt as an pngel, too.
"Capt. l'itzrov Pilklngton could add
no lustre to his name, father, by giving
it to me. His family is as good as our
own, and his name is one to be proud
of."
"So it Is, my dear," thought I. "if I
can only remember it. So it's dipt.
1'itzroy Pilkington I am and from
Jlith. Decidedly I Bhould have taken
some time in guessing it
rVrms" whatever they may he I sur
prised a cockneyfied groom in' the net of kissing a maiden, who, having a milk-pail in either hand, could not be expected to resist. "li'in " said I to the man, "I am sorry to appeir inopportunely, but I have a message fr your ma&ter." 'I he maiden tied. "And who the do-jse may you be?" asked the groom, eying me up and down. "I think," 1 answered, "it will be enough for you that 1 come from Xansi . . ,i .ii. .. ...
earne. iou were late, ineie. uh,jw, I went on sharply, tor fellows of this class have a knack of 'rritating me, "and 1 have a message for your masi'r which I'll trouble you to deliver when he comes down to breakfast, Vou w ill tell him, If you please, that Sir llauy was expecting him last night, nnd the lights iie saw lit in the long gallery were there for his reception. Vou won't forget V" "Who acut you here?" the fellow
asked. "On second thoughts," I continm d, "you had better go in and wake Capt, Fitzroy Pilkington up nt once, lie will
pardon you when he ha.s my message, for Sir Harry's temper is nolorously im pat lent."
And with that I turned and lctt mm,
for it was high time to find out how
Jimmy had been faring. The past
night's experience must have given him ahöck, and I reckoned to give ldni another. 1 wasn't disappointed, either.
I walked leisurely down the village
street, nnd then crossed the hedge and
doubled b.tck on the high moors. At
length, drawing near the old gravel-pit, wlicr wc nad fixed to meet in case ol
eparation. 1 dropped on all-fours and
so came up to the edge nnd gave a w hist!'.
Jimmy was sitting with his back to
me, and about to cut a hunch of bread to eat. with nis cold bacon for break
fast. Instead, he cut his thumb, and
jumped up, singing out:
"S licit) me, but ! never looked v see
you again out.sideo' the dock!"
"No mor you did, said l; und.
ciiminng (.own nuu sinnig heap beside him, 1 told him all the
story.
"And now, Jimmy," I wound up, you must guess what I'm going to do." ' "1 don't need to." said he. "1 know." "I" w ager you don't."
"I wager I do. I "Well, then, I'm going back. Wai
that what you gmssed?" j
"I think you will not." I "Ah, but I will," said i. "I swore by
the blood of a Fitroy Pilkington I'd
be back in the morning, and I can't re-
treat front mo tremendous nn oath as
that. Hack I mean to go. As for the
real captain If captain he is I faccy
I've scared him out ol tneneignuornoon i
for some iime to come. And ns for the ,
credentials, I fancy, at my time of Hfe,
i should b- able to w rite my own com
mendation. I believe tho eld boy hns r. i sneaking good-will towards me. I can't i
answer for the girl; but 1 can answer
that she'll hold her tongue for awhile
at all event. This life dpesn t bect.m a man of niv edueatior and natural ,
ability. And the risk is worth running."
"I woiildn t, if I were you, says he
very dryiy.
"And why not?"
disruption of the democratic! partv
would bo followed by the election of a republican president, which would be
followed in turn by the withdrawal of the southern membera of congress as
their delegates hnd withdrawn from the national convention. The forecast became history.
The great republican Bilvcrite bolt of
1896, instead of beginning in the na
looks around iu life, and reads in his
tory U see the effect of any course be- ! fore he trie it himself. It makes mco( Billy. It injures aw nerves. It is j breeder of Ilea. Itdestroya the healths ! It destroys good buHinwüH judgment I The Chicago & Alton Hailroad company" I recently issued an order prohibiting it
to whether It would, accomplish this re- , employes from using any intoxicating
.,i i. -na furt mniithu lifter tha lull drinks wile tucv were Oil mil.). aw
7 1 4 i Km w w - i - .
passed the house that nn estimate ol Its , many serious accidents have rcsuitea effect was made, and the judgment ol from tho use of intoxicants. A few
the experts was thavUiexe would be no years ago a larpc steamer rati asiiurw,
increase of revenue supplied except in rortianu naroor in uruuu wuj - through the wool schedule, and the It was said tho captain, though not best iKsslble Improvement that could drunk, at the time was suffering from,
bo expected was an addition of $11,000,- i the incapacity resulting lrom nara 000 to tho revenue. So that Instead ol drinking tho night before. Second
watch what saloon keepers arc doing;
from Ulis bill, as they did ujwn the pat
roiiage of the senate. The failure of the bill is a confession of the hyproclsy of the republicans In presenting it. Hut there is another exposure. The bill was pteparcd as a measure to supply needed revenues. It
was framed without any calculation aa
It was two months after tho bill , drinks while they were on duty.
Mipplvlng the deficiency of 1895,rcnub
lican statesmanship was only able to propose a measure that would grant one quarter of tho relief needed, but republican statesmanship was unable to carry even Uds inadequate measure through, because republican teaching! have- inculcated selfishness to such an extent that the highest republican aims are for shares of the BpolLs. whether of patronage, or of legislation The republican tin Iff teachings havt been that the chief cud of a tariff wai to benefit soinclKxly. The silver senators In the west, who represent state admitted to the union solely to main.
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SAD DEATH IN THE REPUDLICAN FAMILY.-iV. K World.
tional convention, began in congress. It came the other end foremost. Hipublican senators representing the silver states, headed by the chairman of the republican national committee, dclibehately walked out of their party ranks, as Senators JefT Davis, Hunter, Mason, Benjamin nnd the other sc eessionistscnators.hcadedby Vice Pres
ident Breckinridge, walked out of the senate chamber in 1SG1. It is one of the extremely probable events of the future that history will repeat itself in reversed order in the disruption of the republican party in 1S96. The silver republican senators arc embittered and determined. They deliberately separated from their party. They were denounced and read out by tho leaders. They returned defiance and menace. There is more prospcet that the quarrel will be aggravated than that it will be reconciled. In hla speech in the senate defending tho holt of the republican nilverites Chairman and Senator Carter read the republican leaders a solemn wanting.
Declaring substantially that the re-
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v, . - bimetallism platform, he said: "If tho st night, and all tne place grew light - Bfll.annnlini,Ni
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n.H ".r.. ,rH.f " T b In conjunction with the action of
dear lilt , uiinrumn niv. " " " t
last
meant to go searching tor me tncy
wouldn't bigin by lighting the picture
"I suppose, sir, I may take it for Hcry from end to end. So I drew close
granted you have not brought yourl mider shadow of the wall and waited,
credentials here to-night said the ready to run at any moment. Hutafter
old boy, with a grim anule, awhile, finding that nothing happened, It was lucky he had not thought of i grew curious and crept up after you
searching my pocket for them. and looked in through the window,
"Scarcely, sir, I answered, smiling very cautious A nice nx you Seemen too and catching his mood; and then to tie in; but old Jenkins was Uiere. thought I would i-lay a bold card for And while Jenkins wiui there " freedom. "Come, come, sir," I said; "Well?"
"I have tried to deceit e you, anil you "Well, 1 should have thought yon br.vi. on loved a vcr.v adequate revenge. I ml tritt have guessed. The bolt of hla i
At I., a .t - A.. lt.. I . f 1
reports hearing on the two conven
tions, that the plank on bimetallism
adopted at Minneapolis was a delusion , a
fraud and a snare, it would be just as
well for the republican party not to
make a nomination at St, LouiH at all." This In timely warning. It indicates
the course that the republican silver
Ites will pursue at St- Ixmls and their determination to lolt the convention
and defeat the candidnte tlnlcss a six
teen to one platform shall be adopted.
Chicago Chronicle.
When the Wilson bill was before
Da not prolong this interview to the bedroom window w asn't hard to fo-cc, tho senate there was a good deal of
Hntof inflicting torture on two heart t,ur the loik of the small room. Hr.tng . scoffing on the back republican seats
ucuuusc uir. iii-iiui:i iiujr hi utiib mnij
would not act together In support o
the measure. Terhnps the republicans know now how it is themselves. De
troit Free Press.
ivhose only crime Is that of loving too single handeci, I had to pick and choose .... t - .t,...l.l... , . ..IT if ..mi'll
ardently, xou iuiu ju munw-i . yviini w :. j ,j " "
buffer mc to return to the Inn in the under the bracken jomler, you'll own village, and in the morning I will call j know my way among silverware." on vou with mv credentials and humbly t looked at hlin for a moment, nnd
nsk for her hand. If, on due examlna- then lay gently back on the turf nnd tion of my hifatory and circumstances, laughed till 1 waa tiled of laughing.
you see lit o refuse me way, tuen you From Wandering lientn.
.K1LAr " of ; vi,:;. -The Chinese nose is of h different
Pilkington- that I will respect that de- type from the Japanese. The Japaneso cision. Tardus junct.isquatinn. fenes- big nose showed I s ui"lority lo the S.w. or, rather, I will dtoconthiu. th Chinese snub during Uie JMf war i
.n.-,u.(i,,.r " I eaaicm nan
Now the republ'eanfl tire split n
badly ns the democrats were two years
igo. Hut the democrats arc beginning
to sec their folly nnd get together,
while the other ctowd's fight has just
begun. Look out for the dcmoeruthi
Juggernaut next November. Kansas
City Time.
as to laws and law abiding. Says John Willis IJaer: "God curse the safooa business nnd put It to confusion! God save the saloon keeper and give him m clean heart and a prosperous life!' I. Tin: Ni:i:n of nir. Horn. We caa best understand this warning of Jesus when we consider the circumstance of the disciples, which demanded con
tinual watching, ns we learn them lrom the Lord Himself. They would be exposed to the dangers of great temptations, of ling deceived, of growing careless and worldly. There were td be wars, persecution, great iniquities,
i false prophets, the love of saints even I growing coid, fearful tribulations
which eduld he typified only by the sun and moon dnrkened and the stars fall" ing from Heaven; great chnnges and ovcrturnings, which seemed like the end of all things, but were in reality thsj i'.prlngtimo of the new kingdom, thsj 1.1 (!. nt ii mi' 1TYiivp?is ntiil tin newt
enrth. ( II. The Dctv of the Ho u Watch. Vs. 37-39. Tho word watching, as here used, meant In the Greek to wako up, hence, to be awake, alert. The corlesponding word in Mark 13:33 is derived from two words meaning "to hunt sleep." The picture Is of one in pursuit of sleep and, therefore, wakeful, restless. Watchfulness is a state of readiness for any duty or opportunity. "Ulessed," wiys Jesus, "arc those servant, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you thnt He shall gird IlimHclf, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve
them." The figure used to express the high blessedness of those found watching, that the Lord will gird Himself nnd wait upon them Is a very surprising one, and must betoken an honor nnd blessedness beyond nil thought. Hut "the Son of Man cometh ntan hour when ye think not," Not only nis final coming, but nil of His comings lire sudden, at unexpected times, and In unexpected ways. J III. Tun Faithful Sihivant. Vs. 41-44. Peter recognized that tho apostles were referred to, and would of course reap the reward promised but how about other people? Waa there room for them? Tho Lord nnswers, implying by a parable what ne at another time directly said: "What I say unto you I say unto nil, Watch." Wc sec by this illustration of Christ what He means by watching; not gazing up into Heaven for signs, but faithful performance of duty, as if God Himself were ever present, with hope nnd joy in the thought of His coming. Tho reward of the faithful watcher is both outward and inward, more glories, and blessings, and joys, and larger capacities for usefulness and enjoyment. IV. Tub Unfaithful Skuvaxt. Vs. 45-IS. This servant says to himself that the time of reckoning is far away, tliu Lord will never know of the evil doings of his servant, and the servant will have time to put all In order again. ?o he begins "to bent the nun servants
and tho maidens, nnd to eat and drink, and to be drunken." The two forms ol sin most common to those in high places arc oppression and Relf-indul-gence. Ah! but the Lord knows all that is being done, nnd at the. right time will come sudtlcnlj", nnd reward meet for his courso will also come. His portion will be with the unbelievers, hypocrites according to Matthew,
For such nn unfaithful servant Is a hypocrite, for he would never have held hies position hod he not proposed to be faithful. "An eye servant" Is necessarily a hypocrite. Many an unfaithful man knows what hell is long before he dies. This Is a general principle ol life. Tho unfaithful clerk, or work, man, or capitalist, or business man is on the certain road to ruin, and he will get there fooner or later, unless he changes his life. Verses 47 and 48 statt a general principle which serves to explain the severity of the punishment
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a hole, j iiat excavation m mw occu. .cor(Unff to thc measure ol pled by the republican party.-reorla ' ,
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tain the republican supremacy in the electoral college, luve, learned the lesson of Ktilllshness from their party. They are protectionists, but they want a share in the benefits of protection. They want protection for tlie silver industry. Thc republicans and the jxiulists fell out over a division of tho Vnnellts. Tho result is nn exposure of sham and selfishness and Incompetency
of tho republican party. ISeverwaaa
party in such disgrace, tuid never did a
arty earn its disgrace more honestly.
-Utica Observer.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
McKinley for president nnd Quaj
for vice president would represent all
there is of republicanism. St. LouLi Kcpublic.
At the present rate the republic
an national convention will have favor
ite sons to burn. X. Y. Mail and llx-
resB (rep.). The defeat of the Itecd-Dlngley
tariff bill by thc votes of republican
senators has produced consternation in the ranks of the truly "loil." Illinois
State Register.
Why Bhould the republican Bil
ker men be criticised by their party associates? All they have done Is to carry "protection" to its logical end of look
ing out for number one. Albany Argus.
Tlie defeat of that tariff bill was
a measure of retributive justice. It was conceived under false pretenses
and brought forth in political iniquity. It was intended to put the president In
Herald.
McKinley now has the hurrah in the republican party with him, but an interview with the shade of James ü. Diltiuc would elicit thc Information that hurrah does not always nomlnntu in republican conventions. Thc wirepullers will have something to say. Des Moines Leader. Congressman U'ilson, of Ohio, has succeeded In getting McKinlcy'n ClUcngo speech Tend in the house of representatives, so that Itwould go into thc record. Thc distribution of this speech at public cxpenfce will follow. It Is a fair Illustration of McKlnleylsin, which tenches that Individual ndTancemcut at public extenso I yerfectiy
proper. Utica uawt-ver.
light against
mit ted. Grcatncas, genius, talent da
not excuse men for sinning, but add to the condemnation.
A young man's companions should be only those whom he could, without hesitation, take into his home nnd Introduce to his mother or sister. We wonder how many young men would be willing to submit to this tcstUnltcd Presbyterian. Hclicving In God when the times are favorable Is often a belief In the favornbleiicss of tho times a great deal more 1 thnn It Is n lclicf in God. Parkhurst.
-.No lalor of love Is in vain. Chi-. JfO Standard.
"Six I' I expostulated. for ,when