Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 April 1897 — Page 3
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IASPEB
INDIANA
NOTHING TO
DO.
' -'"' niv arrows niui spun my top, x,, i l arntlt-l niy I"1 ball; . , , :. I m la. op HU I line) to at'p. lit l k III I got B fall . ,u ;. i m) book! II Ottl of the shelves. v i hunted i pictures throueh; I NJi Sung (MB where 1 1 1 in .t y ort themaaltea, . ejrf " ,w 1 hV nothing to do, uwof of Panel i iiuiit of Worin , j : , , . down w ith a crash tu the Hour; y ti liH of ear run 0VOV the rocks I ;i warrant they'll rim M more, j , .) wuli Uiip till l';n out ol br-uth. Uj state i breiten In two, g., in t draw tnonkev Ii I'm llfOd tu diatli I . lum 1 have nothing tu do. Hfl ,i baa com ti tin- wooea fur fluwrr, , ; l.u ami ItuM- :ir- away , i. trl I'm sure they've I en out :.,r hours, wandet What makes them stay? i wants tu saddle Brunette fur me, p.i.t i:iiriK 1 nothing new j win thinking gou'd relish a canter." taJd he, !;,,. luse you hud nolliing tu du.' 1 v. -I: I w'a poof Jim ioptcrm son. For be i ems so nappy and . V . :.! w i is i iiojij I and Ins work in ill done. It tn hU little half liunr to pla;-; I. in Ither has hooka, nor top not hall. V t lu's siiikIiik the whole day limn h
h ' then be Ii never tin d at all. i; , uuae he has some. hint; to do. - Ami re an Iluinua.
SUNDAY RACE. in ft: i i.it BTt im.i: . A fool gray and sweet neattieao within, niui N world Of ramp. nit glory wit hi ' : di ii. i Brown iiaii boon brought up b Shakcreax, and this was nor Ca Morphin Inline. '. its bod y was thunderit ruck wken duel Brown proposed to ami tout accepted in prim 8leter Cordelia," m sii was called by everyone, Fbongh sister Cordelia btd yearn and j ire ago forsaken the community life, rtill the early training waa much in eel i rice, even to the quaint and apotleaa kerchleCa ten the hrst f rot li of it had blown ctv. everyone agreed thai after nil it i- not an ill-mutch, Joel wka steady. Bister Cordelia was ihn ( uin teaaeuee of hteadinaan, Joel limwn was nattier Rftj than forty, and naauyedly Mater Cordelia made no pretense to youth. Again, their farms aiijoimt;. Therefore it was all lis it should lie. when i ordelbi tranaferred her pita over to .' i tlrown'a, hia roaidence being about twice the sie, laming her house into drying place. Joel nlmaelf had ever b n neat BJ wax, hut now the whole lurronndinga shone with a purity that una I mxnavu iato, Joel had u touch of romiiiiee in him; he stroked his silvery . ay chin ami suil 1 "What do yon waat most that 1 ran but youf something out of the rdi11 a ry . you understand." Coed el ia uiidcratood - it area to lie the wedding piaaaent, atnoa before they
m re nutrrfed she h.oi peraiatenuy rffaaed to accept any memento what.sotcr. After mueb deliberation she replied: "Mister Browtn, I gmaa that as M eel jr must be extravnganl for oaroe in your life, I'll take the titlest sjuirikler end fountain hose ye ean find." 80 Joel bongbf length of hoots and a gilded nosale that took her breath ic.i. She had sceretly aighed itiany ais for half sueh a length, mid as she teeted the stream on the pol len ' nit until exery orange shone like a rtiden bull In ita netting of deep green, he murmured: "Myl but I hope ataoh a . rth of noaada is not sinful." Howe ear, Cordelia was ( ordelia still, I . two thingi she would n. t counton- . viz.: the twtrlinir w hi. Imp fotinlain atta "bment to the wonderful hos ' the other JoaFeenit. Joel utagnanlnaoualy "Ii r ngntj the I ' 1 to a ateady triumphant nsatter-of-laei spray, whieh played nightly ea the tiny lawn that waa a part of the trim of the plnee; hut the eolt- ah. there ama tberui: it waaJoei'a arcak- -. ins one weak niss he doted on a let of pood horseflesh, and this eolt ' I eolt of pedigree. It had a famous 1 L' sue. Had it been brnmled on its - 11 coat with the word Sin it BOUld not liare been more an object of atlenl londemnatloa to Cordelia. To her it V - "lie earnal representntie of the I mi pa and vunities of this wicked world. Joel was not unmindful of it; 1 ' t he eolt -was the colt! rractahee andgentle a kitten. led 1 " le halter it would run In t ne aide of
' ei, aa he lroe to market. It run Knight with soft whinny to woo Cordelia ns ahe poaaed the paddock in her 1 gray tfrett nkd white cupj but Cordelia never turned her head. .Joel Hinled softl to himself, yet rcspeeted ( urdeliii'M notions nil the same. I he eolt prcw apace. The neiphliors. en and afeanea, also innniijUd Coida ; ' QOt Ulna insomuch that the very nn ti friends of .loel would wait un- ; had jLissci m to meeting before trolled over to .Ioel"8 to "lu v Oh at that eolt." ' was w hilst (ordelin waa awav that the roll was first "broke Into harness"
oraaKing was required, for by a met hod "Knld" (for such was 'ltH ti:iintk ......wwl l...o s
p aw 1 n 11 n 1 it 1 st m IM I Pfntitl promotion and behaved et ordinpjy. : ' ratting raaea 09, after the
s work w t, ,
H lis
Ikt w as a
,lo. the
over. I Vintalla lit
"re of nlaM reetltadn, sat on the '; r the spray apriakUng the graaa; " thea would Joel harness the little ' " Mway for an hoar, return-
neeoie. himself to c rdel
7'" rawing. Hy ),!
Ue .ind
Slllditesseil inl.i.
ir.ee ( .-.1-11- - J
" Knew the horse
L III I I' 11 1 ti ..... , I..
1111,
W is flot-
Jn.1v.1 " reaiitnp all
- o. ea,s a colt Withsuchapedi-
gokl coin fur. ain't no livelier than vom
eon, uii if it euiM s to a IraoV, yeurn might lie the better in the l, um run." sin- Kwaiied Cord line attawer aritl b r iimwiiI tniff, orilnll fl d net hands and bjM siow lv : "Miss Field, I don't hold tocolta.no how." "To be -nie to he sure to lie sure," aaill the Mi s l ii hl :is it oneif i Inir
1 ' "n wm " Btthjeet iiiuii wliieb I ordelia was rabid. Vet; all Ihr not, the aalt week Man Field too), oec.isiou to remark: "Mis' Mo rron aei naa tolook dow n on all others ;i, snail potatoes, now her huaband h ts her drive a blooded hoaa t" n tinjr not that you want to hear of hoaai liny how. Do you 'low as your eolt is aa tpeedy uh Deacon Mor rovttf1 . "It is Jotl'a colt, not mine." "do Ix- sine -to be sure. Well, you'll ic at the camp meeting nest Sunday 7" This w fu prlnae cruelty, and Cordelia knew it as such; for Cordelia Blttat either ask .loci to drive her there (Joel 1 vi r went to church or meeting), or eise she mii-t nah a ride behind Deacon
Morrow a blood borae. Cordelia
at ill Cordelia; bul more, Cordt
woman. "Yes. I'll ho t re Mr. Drown will ie for del Ing roe, 1 ;: 'icss." "To Ix sure to he sure. I hope it will he profitable to l later Brown. He
baa my pray era, Homo people do any is hOtt they don't see for the life of them how 1 11 en to marry an un-cenvert'-d man. ans how." "There are convendoni throngh the heart. Miss richl. and there btt only eonrerioiis tluouph the tonpue. Miss Field." Mis Field bnatened to Inform fcer frtendn that ( ordelia, to her mind, "was bnek-d'dinp foi one of Cordelia'f. pretenniona, Boeing how as aha even dreaaed different, to show differefota .t tight le." "Miter Mrowti doe!. 1 ahould like you to drive me to camp meeting nttst Sunday." Cordelia had eloaed the siit.iy: Joel had laid down bis hook lie ;i diet Bill g Mother earth wnn enol and nweet; the neent of orange bloaaom was in the air; an orange fell on t he ground with a happy little thud of content. A m binny irom Knid completed the calm peace of
1 be place. .loel was Kcnsdble that it was a .rave request. "Yes. I will drive yon t here, of course hut hut Cordelia, I think that old Detsy's lame; ntivhow. if you kin bring your mind to it, I will drove powerful aloe w it h Knld.' Enid beard her name ami took a high Btepplug little flourish round the paddock. Cordelia ahyhed gently ami waa tilenl for a few minutes. "Jim I. I am minding if it does not hurt J on to drive her, it w ill not hurt me to be driven." This was the neatest to a hwa apOCeh t bat ( ort lei in hid ever made to Jim I. The barometer of Joel'a humor rose eorreapondingly in fact. Cordelia bad to anj aloud to prooerre her own cool eauilibrinmi "Men are thai foolish, they ie no better than a hoy with bag of nuts and a new pockotknife, if anything happena to ph ase them.'' Having made up her in ind ( o it , on t he
i Sunday she dr?aaed with anon than '
usual precision, as it to make up in neatness ami spotless attire for whatever of the v;,.iities she Might thus be 1 Hinten 1 mine . Joel Brown waa true to his wortl. and as Deacon Morrow passed them with his hiph stepper. Cordelia felt quite comfortably aedate. M aa Fiehl was enjoy inL' the Imek seat of the deacon's rig, and gUVC a frietuily, pat- I rouiaiag little nod to Cordelia. Kniil behaved like the lady of high ' pedigree aha waa, and beyond a ahnlntof thai man' as the deacon went by, also 11 suspicion of impatience at the slow I patce, she went to the camp meettup mot is'c. eningly.
Joel r.rovvii also behaved most be eomingly when then-, and allowed bimaelf to he alluded to aa '"a brand from
the burning," a Ithoul the usual tw inkh
at the eoiiiers ol his mouth, ( ordelia
felt she had passed t hroiih : crisis sut
lafnetorily, ami no doubt would bnvt
been her own placid self had net Miaa
rietrd, with her little lisp and sniti. re
marked, a.s toruella was stepping into
the buggy, that of COUCM she WOUid want to Ih- getting otT. st as to pet in
1 e t ore aarit; iw-ucon .Morrow h.ui no
Cttll to hurry, 'ist he horse was t hat sw ift
no don bf the de: would paBM them on the road, so they need no! say good
niydii. etc. The nir w as sw et and rcfrcBhlttg; thi ,. A. t I . . . .
iii-si even 1 lit- nroeae waited over t.iiein
like a benediction; for the dar had Ween
a bot one and the e hortnt ions fervid
ÜVottMnllke, With the pratefnl bree
came a relaxation of her nerves, ,in,
Cordelia cave vuit to remark moal "t'chy" for her after a eaiup meeting.
'.Miss 1 hrJu car act as aggravating as
a I poiled cat." A" i t ti that she was relieved. At ! aa Joel tucked in her dress Irom thefltist and after awhile naked her if she didn't think she bad better have her ahan 1 on, Cordelia vvusat peace with hcrsidt and th beaut iful world again. A w Ide good road oM iied up Is-for' them fur a lone, itreteh. BnN en mid to scent the Pu aJfhB brenne, her delicate nostrils expanded, sin- seemed to Is- dancine; on air (or a minute nr t aro. "Kasv. Enid, eaayl She smells the sea and want.-, a little run to COee off a hit." Joel remarked In explanation to Cordelia, but without allowing land to br'ak a step. "Whoa. Fnid. sti nl. slow, now siuw now, that's it, that s it. She's ptnlag fora ru n. y on see." "Well then let her run bit." Cordelia added the latter u 1 Mving fflMM to her eni lettoe and no one w aa in sipbt. "Well, jest I breath t In n," said Joel, "We'll slow up again after All right,
then. Knid uh! so gee up. thin, ah!
I tad' b inen. cam aai so eee up, men, a:: j a ' l" ' nrown" ""14 Mim I y beauty, thafts it. (.,et:p s,,. th-re's neighbor with a Uapand a aniff, a paee- there n a steo therc'a irraoa."
' 01 Ii IIa, ft. 1 her Hrst fright was ver, u .is Bttparieaeing the moat en ahamtlng evhi.ai.ition. The ttewa appeared to flj pas;. D was deHghtfajl, eepaelallv as no one it 1 - ttaaaa "Nay. Enid, nay, nay, now, that's nniph." But Bnki nma pricking np Mar aern and dole tut ind round: "She's 11s sharp us tt needle ahe heard them th.it's behind tnnnm than I did. Bteady, UOW, HO, no, you've had v or little fO. on . I heap uiet now."
vv no s that behind?" "it's Beacon Morrow, Muu,diaedy, Enid I She hates to let any one ptiss her, eapaelnlly tlu.t hoss of the deueon'a. ay. Ettl I, you'll act pretty now. There that's a baautj alovvtr slower! She hates it like poison!" Joel drew to one side. W ith a mighty flourish, ami Mis, PkM calmly triumphant. Deacon Morrow Hashed pu-st them. Knid tretnlded and shook again, with repressed am hit ion, us the dem on'e eipiipape receded in tbedistunee. "She do want to po! " suid .loci apolol?et ieall v. "Well. I guess we're going slower (hau we've any need to," said Cordelia. "Bttl if I let her go she'll want to I ass them, und she will be WttM if ahe don't and they are pretty furolT." " Then let her jinas thetn, it cannot hurt, for onee anyhow." "All right, ( ordelia. bet 'cm have it, raya I. All riulit. Knid npl There, ah! my girl, BO it, sib! so- .so-uo then'.
Up-there." She Ben like the wind, nCUOr, nearer to the deacon's rip. Cordelia tried to preeerve her Wonted calm, but instead had to hold on to her shawl tightly. "Qoeh! you sprung on me, Joel!" j shouted t he hurly deacon as t hey passed. "Couldn't hold her in." yelled Joel hack. Now that they had dintOBOOdJ the other horse, Enid seined more content to take thinga easier. Cordelia wme excited, but did not know it. She felt the I thrill of t hat sw ift rush past the enemy. W in n afniu she heard the other behind to r. Cordelia this time turned to BOCi
"They'll puna us," she ejaculated, nervously. "We'll let them," said Joel, thinking to plea.se her. Nearer und nearer; the. deacou Wat putting bis horse to its paee. it paaaad. "Good nipiit," blandly called llbal F ield in triumph, itut Enid w as not to ! put on one side like 1hU, she could not understand such folly, and the Lord knows what would have happened if Cordelia had not exelahncd : "l.ct her go! " "Let her po, ( la I higher! " replied Joe ecstatic illy ; for it had taken all the repreeaiorj in him to hold Knid hack. Near'r, nearer! 'I'be deacon looked bnek and nrged his borne, and thus urged its speed on ajnmd. Knid needed no urping. She was mad with joy at
j the oh ante of .1 race quae or geuulnn. Qradttally they gained on the deacon. "We'll paee them yet,"aaid ( orddia under her breath, and Jo-l. s( upid ow I. be ! gtta to apologize for his inahihty to check Knid under the eireunistaiu ev. ". gO on!" said ( ordelia excitedly, and Joel a rat on. They came even with the deacon, it was onoeeaaloa now for aolutatiooa and cerenioli ies Miss field WBaCUgBgcd ill ! holding on. It w as neck and neck. Only those who have experienced it can un- I understand the tingle of it all. The deacon yelled, his home anawered with .1 grand sweep that left Enid yards behind. Then Knid showed all that was In her and sjs-d io-r the j ground like some sw ift fabled creature It was for the palm of vietorv. hotli horses knew it. as well us their masters. Knid v. us gaining again, oh. so slow Jj to ( ordelia, Who COUkd see Miss Field 1 while she was the aliffhteBl dCffTt e in
front of t hem. Ualttlnej, gaining! Cordelia felt her .heart thumping aa .1 had beverthttrnped before. Xoae I none! Enid was Aral The dan eon, by a shout, urged hiannimnl to its utmost. For one in intent Cordelia thought it would overtake am1 w in. "Joel Drown!" she cried, "d'ye can not win pive ma the renn and I will Win my self!" And Knill w.n. fter they bad run down their own little st ret di of lane, and hud draw n up in front of the Ir own nooae, Joel helped In r to alight, ayiiip. primly; "Cordelia Frown, it's unjcommeoly lihe borae racing you're pt Iti nnmaaj ,'or." "I'll aeswer for it," she n-sj-onded promptly. "I'm just going to give her the biggent apple there ia in my nin. Tnere, Enid!" As she stepped over the neatly coiled ose she said, dry ly : "Joel, ye may nnVU 10 fetch that tw I r lagig fountain hack, yet." And Joel grinned, Thus passed into the annuls Sister Lordeliafa Sunday race with seipiel ind Bcquele, Overland Monthly.
ABOUT LüCOMOTIVEa
Tho Evolution of tho Amorloan ötonni Eutfiiiu.
BAaeee nemaarä Cauda fttmtr Tnrtnna Olker 'l,ea im V.mrly 1 M lud Their IVeiallHrlllea-tlir Miolern l'l-r.
hud a d raw -liar pull of l'j,2M (maiikD. or enough power for even a good aiaed engine of to-day, but if the Isid bulanemg ot all early liM omot iv ea be uddi-d to the friction of the toothed wheel, und the lateral and longitudinal play of the aamneetlng rods, it may lie aafely in
ferred that the "mud digger" cl
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Although Peter I nop at never built n mecesful full-sied locomotive, be ia none the less entitled U the renown of being the father of the American locoBAotire, He nagaa nnllding hit model on the aite of th- (.resent Mount ( lure workshops in Daltimore, in gg, and made several trial trips with it before the (lose of that year. It waa in ery crude midline, judged by the jircsent stund-
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TJIK F1K8T AMTRICAN IX)COMOT1VE ard. bavin;,' nn upright boiler with a aingle cylinder of 34 bmben diameter and a stroke of 14 Va LncheU. Instead of nalng the arhanal steam from theeyl iiuler to produce u druugbt for the tire.
IIAYKS' DUTCH WAGON. waa never able to apply more than half it nominal draw-bar pull. The variety of locomotive stiil known a the "camel back" wua first built by Hos Wimms between 1830 and ls33. These were the lirst .tO-ton engines evef used in any part of the world. Nct to one modern class of engines, which shall here be nameless, they were perhaps the ugliest locomoti.es which buve ever been built. V-t the "camel backa" could pull trains no other angine built up to this time could, and kept their scheduled time, BUmmer and winter, over the mountain grades of the Alleghaniea, and so well built were thev that some of them put into service .it) years ago are still pegging away, much too gixnl to be relegated to the scrap heap. The "Dutch wagonfl" were introduced by Samuel J. Hayes in 1 157. They were wood-burning engines with inside
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A WIN ANS CAMEL HACK.
as in nil modern locomotives, Mr. Cooper plnoed a fan, revolved by a belt from one of the uxlea, in the funnel of his angine. The power w as applied to the other axle by means of u toothed w heel. The strength of the engine waa one borae power, and attained the then extraordinary rate of 11 miles an hour.
I cylinders. As inside cylinder demand ' forged cranks on the tit iv Ing axles, und ' ns these erank axles are liable to fractili" w it h i M i ssive strain or after hing Iis-. American builders have wisely ; avoided t hem. I Between the era of the "Dutch wag- ' ens" and the mammoth locomotives of
UH roe Knowing January A, 1S31, the to-day lie the classes of engines faieil
uoeciors 01 me ia:;nuore V HIUO KailriKid company issued their famous offer
of $4.000 for the liest locomotive which ahould be delivered at their line before
BJJ I
, - --,. V'Stii A DAVIS ORAjajUOPPCK. .he following June L The winner of this eon teat was i'hineas Davia. who called his engine the "York," from fork, I'a., where it was built. It WUB the lirst of the class known as "prasshoppera," antl had a vertical boiler and cylinder. The exhaust Bteam revolted 0 fan which in turn revolved I second
lan close to the a-b
iar to every one, lieeause examples of
them are still to be found working OS every branch road. Hut the latest example of engine building, as illustrated by the ten-wheeled consolidated passenper engines at present in use on the H. A- O. road, brinpa up such magniflcent concent rat ion of speed.st rengt h and endurance a.s were neer before Been In the history of (he world. These enginea have six coupled wheels, six
feet six inches in diameter, cylinders "li.'(l inches, and a steam pressure of 170 pounds to the aquare inch. They haul the Hoyal Biua line trains, and 011 many occasions have none a mile in 50 aeeondi, while one of them has been titiod covering a mile m ;J2 seconds. When it is borne in mind that a "horenower" renlly menna n hat a vei y strong bona can hft la minute, the force of OBe of these engines will he realized by conceiving l.iou horses all able to make one mighty pull Bl the same moment. As to 'peed, one of these engines will advanca at the almost in-
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.la.iini-uupiiiriHi.iii u.e nre. t inter v..,,,,,,. There. nav be inventiona 1 .voral.lecrcum-tanee.t.'ie "Vo,l . ",an which mav be considered more marvelat as high a rateof apeed as M milcsan ous than the n.odeii, high-power locoLour with three or four cars, and motive, but aurelv none diaplaya in Ott
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A MODtUN 1'I.YKIt. throughout the year Mal had an aver- 1 er- te result the power of man to (range run Of SO miles a day . It was a lit- priaoa so mighty .. force in so small a tie later than this that the horiaotttal rompam m 11 Mi-IIlN boiler was substituted fur the rerthml ' '
one, and the name of the engines Being
tin- norlaontal bollere were "ci ii" to distinguish them from thtttte of the "grass!; opper" class. hV ss inans invented the projecting Journals on the axles of c:ir wheels. thus producing at a stroke the fric
tion of battling thetn from twelve 1 pounds to a ton to three pounds. Mr. W inans' first two engine, mun '
ufnetured in the fail of ISM, though
COST tteMlaaeri
SEVEN
MILLIONS.
Inane
nhailanaa. When u tmin claims that he nndi ritttttda won, en you may lie tolerably -uri' that be has hail experience with ne woman vvbotn he found he didn't understand. Lxperietn e is not always a pood teacher. The man who has once
Iiiken a sham for a rcal'ty is apt evi r
afterward to take nil r :iiit for ahacna
n unhappy Woman turns for di-tta.-
' on to "th.ne- ; hut w ith a mau t ha
memory of love can be affected null hv
1 new love, Hence devotion, intense ai 1 sincere as far is it goes, to a fascinating
woman is often nnlv his surmised
ribute, though genuine ia its way. to I CT ability in helping h:tn to Infget anit her woman who, at all haaarda, must
it be remembered, Demand does not
dwaya regulate supply, a lorei mav
usk for letters at the post office for n ;e ,r Without getting any.-Ahe W. Uoliina, iu Qaattaffi
Ohli, it. . . 1, rr,
la I erne at Meaara, John K. ( owen ami o, ar (. Murray were appointed receivers for the H. & O. railroad on l ehruary ft, I WO, ind since they have had ch'arire very large sums of money have been expended In placing the road in liratehiss condition. The following ia a
statement prmnrrd by them Of expend,turea from Harch 1. ItM, tn February 1,
ls.i7: Within the past few days the reeetvera nave prepared u tatemeat of expenditure .'rora March I, MM, to Celimary 1. IM7, for additions to Uie plant, -4iilp-ment of the road and betternaatj mada tin reon l-'ruin this Mttrrnetit I' 19 learned that a total of almost T,OC,00n have been spent for lurnmoi, ves, passri:er ami ininht equlpni nt. extraordinary t.-.-sna to K llpmt in and xpentiturea made liy th eintlne. rtiiK depsrtnunt In the nay of Imi r.iv. im nta to the malm. nam of way, tructurea. terminals, and the eonstruetlon of new alltciitneiit an I misei llanp.ui
: Improveownta It Is shown that the et-
eignt tona each tn w eu.'hk nad a great- """'" to 101 im.i . , a m unt tolls,.
WINANS' MI D D'OOKit.
er drawbar poll than any of the IS-tOtt
000, the new frltht iiuiiimont 1,, 1, ...
; i lea new dltilr.g ears and ot h-r passenger
engines mnle lv Stephenson in Km- ,l-r" battarmenta, amounts to a. " ' R ihn nnie fe.i I n V, 1 . t...n. 1 l i
mi In h enIUu l . .1. :'. T "! " ' ""'o 1. yae lorni, ana
"v Iii- 1 11 nt in n iiit ii nuir
of the famous Mmtid-digfrera
tnnted out at the Mount ( !:vre works.
10 inose H ri'Hilv n ..r, , ,,
was auiounteii to IM7.. the total Leina some! ' I , . v ,.r t'i 'j . . h '1' V... - , MA ....
and the 75 locomotives which were added
1 ins type or "npine had dnv ing wheels o ne equipment last summer coat about
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niir it' i'i 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 I , . 1 1 1 yiimiera I,
Jin lies ntroke.
round numbers The rilrinr,M.
nary m i ni's to 1.,, ,,moit i i.uua..f,....r
inches in diameter, with a 24-ineb equipment and freight equipment aare-
siie ,j..i,s..e uie total 1 x;i-i dltur's in the motive department heing within a few
The enalnerr-
spent a area) dead
aiming that the steam previ
nur in the lioiler waa 100 pounds to the tho'nd of "ve million. ar,u ire Inch, auch an engine BUB, have I ofBone,r.t,nenl h" a"0 ";
lalfrna llmiul l.txxin fur April 11 1SP7-1 im rrilna u( uraellua-.ieto IOiUO-44. (Arranaed from I'eloubet'a Kotea. GÜI.DK-X THXT. Whoso, vrr tatll earth in lllni saall receive n n . 11 of Ins. A ta 10 r The s , Hon Includea the whole atory given In thla chapter, and the atory aa told ly 1'eter In Jerusalem (chap. 11.1-lS). T1MK.-A. l. 40. During the many days" while Peter was preaching at Jop; a. ad'ter the ratalng of Dorcua. THE LKSSON.
I. The ision of ( 01 tu Una at Cesaria. Va. ao-i3and 1-H. .10. "Four days ugo:" long enough 1 for hb niessengera to go to Joppa ami return. "I was fasting:" Expressing I his intense deevire for better thinga. "I ntil thi hour:" The same time of the day. four days before, M the meeting with Deter now. "At the ninth hour:" Oneof the regular Jevviak botira ! of prayer, the tune. Of the evening 1 moc- ! riflee ut the temple. "I prayadt" W hat for? The anwcr to (ha prayer shows what the heart of the prayer wa-s. (1) I He wanted more and clearer light. (2) ! He wanted assurance of forgiveness of 1 sins. CD He wanted th- fullness and freedom Of holy living, which noiilma, no good d"!-. alone eun work within jus. (1 !! want. si many doubt and 1 difficulties and tod. (5) He wanted to le closer to Cod, with a consciousness of His love and presence and care. (C) He wanted to know in 11 1 about the life to come. 31. "Thine alius are had in reiiiemI branee:" Oed had not fortrotten to answer bis pea yen nor h;s goad workttt which provfl his sincerity and earnestncss. They were only waiting for the best time for the answer to come. 32. "Send therefore to Joppa und call 0 a Peter:" This was a test of Corrclivs' faith and a proof to him, if 1'eter should conic, that the angel was from ! Cod. BL The Vision of Defer. Vs. 9-20. Just before the me., senders of Corneiiua arrived, a corresponding vision war,
s nt to 1'eter. alsout noon, as he wanea gaged in prayer upon the housetop, the uiost retired jilace be could find. Here he fell into a trance, and saw the
h catena aamned to reveal lb him .spiritual things; and from it came down 1 "an extended abeet, the four corners of which were held up. as it were, by cortbi let down from the four extremities o4 the o Kited sky." Tbia sln-et was tilled U ith all kinds of animal.-, domestic and , wild, clean und unclean, together, and : creeping things, which ue unclean to the Jewa. Peter was hungry, and he ntu, in1 vited to kill and eat. Hut be refusal to fatbifv his hunger by breaking the lav of Cod. But the voice replied: "What Cod hath cleansed call not thou comI mon." God, w ho hud made the former law for a w is- purpose, now declared that its work was done, its obligation was removed, as the rule- for a boy may , r.ot apply to a man, as the staging nec- ! eoaary in building n hou.e iuuki be taken away when the bouse, is done. The vision wa.s thrice repeated, Inith to emphasize the truth as of the utmost Importe nee, and to assure Deter beyond doubt that the message was from Cod. It wan confirmed by tue coming of the meaacngem, ami the rotceofthe Bpirlt bidding him "Go with them, rothittg loul;ing; for I liave .sent them." III. The Ifeetingni the House of Cor nelius. Peter's Address. Vs. ;; 1-4.1. When Deter and hia friends r- aelutl Ceearea, they found quite a companv awaiting them at Cornelius' home, assembled to h..ir God's Word throu di 1'eter. 34. "I peeve Ira 'iat God is no renpeotm Of neaamint1 All nmst be saved in the .- nie way, on the .same conditions, subject to the same penalties if they tef nee, end open to the same blessings if they repent and lelicve. "But in every nation," Jew- or Gentile. "He that tearolh Rim, and workefh rigbt4ou.snes:" These two I artieulars include the observation ol both table of the law. "Is accepted with him:" If the things, done were good in themselves. ;.bey were equally I ood, w neeeer did thetn. "Dn-aehiiig:" "Gr. evaugeliing, preaching the good tidings of peace." i. e.. salvation. "Hy Jesus Chria:" The Divine Saviour. "He U I.,Mlj uf a:" Jew and (ientile. Not a mere prophet but the Lord Bhnaelf. 42. "Judge of nttiok (living) and dead:" Christ is now the .luilec: Ilia
life and character ar. the standard by Which very man is to judge himself; Re abOWn what i.s the ideal of humanity, ainl no, how far we have fallen from it. He i.s also 'o be the Judge, by announcing the Divine fndgmenta Ott the BOBI of men nt. the last day . BCCOrdiunj to the dnedn done in the body: 43. "To Rim give all the prophets wit ness:" The prophet a as a body lsvrc w itness to Jenus. I'rom the very liee-in. ning propheU have foeeteld the llea ah, and eejemonJaln hare net forth li.s mhanlon. Both have pieinred iDm lefore the people. And Jesus is the one bletnajeal In eterj particular. "Kemmion of sins:" The aending away, rlease as fnom debt, or penalty . This Is nian'a flrt nerd. The debt is too great for him to pay, the burden too heavy to carry, the DCnaJty tK) great, fo bear. I'. The IJoni.in Soldi, r Ueeeived Into the N'utober Of Disciples. V. 44. Without weltfhg for any exhortation fnm Deter, the eornpany BCoepted the truth, and gave themselves to Jesus aj di.clplee. and the Holy Ghost fell on all:" PRACTICAL BTT.CKHTIONS. It. is w ise to observe the gradual unfOklingof Ike plapsof (osl.niidthewaj He led the ehurch up to t hctn. It wtvs) not. the truth that, was enlarged, but their own v lews. It Is helpful to nofe the intertwining isf Qod'a providence. Tlic ( hangei wrought by Jesus in Cor nelius, though he wius a grxsl. ilevmit matt betnte, was very great, ne had a t ew revelatitvn of Cod's w ill. he had aasitranee w here before be hail Iraigingo and hope. TTe had new life, new love, a new mrva-ter. n rew poer.