Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 November 1897 — Page 7
WEEKLY COURIER.
JASPEI
I Ml' N A
PIN
MY LOVE TO
AUTUMN.
the slick-
ts aim: about the season la
rat ort i rmmwrn, on tM I 11 of fancy ring myriad o
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i.irln thouKrin
nerv l"' Urft
rM he trot. . i , t .lo It In that a-way, I Jest take
up me
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to snnd ln-
1'cgusus a alonn the
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in teats oi k i r-ii t . nr ciiunrance, ami n nlHcer among his associates vv:r Mtitf of a MN polished sddWSS. When in at i service In- wore a buckskin uuiforni, hi ; when stationed ui t)n' poal In- appeared in Ihe ordinary uniform of a captain in tin- regular army. He was a famous run.ni and WlOOtlOf the most expert horseman on tin- pis Im. and Wittel but M. As Madeline, from time to tiini', chose in-r escorts frum Jack's companions her lii-art would unite her for .lack, but it seemed quite out of tin question to ilo anything no public whom Jack wm concerned. The public however, did not dream that .lack was slighted because he was loved, nor dd .lack himself dream of such a
The I at An Uh rut An" An'
f.,.intaina o' my uruin. r . aa ri.urslnR o'er Hie sheet an give 'an easy riin.
1 in doin' thin calm
h Lv nil W 1 1 1 1 1 I
tf .iurht come aon.y .k... .. thin?; tie, po,,r fellow, thought it was
I the love he liore Madeline that kept her aloof. Bttt when had he mad' it known'.' Never! To whom had he
made it kuowu? To nobody! Not even to Madeline! Hut Madeline was continually dreaming of Jack; and the more she drenmed the more difficult it became to deiner the bridle of the led-horse to .lack, as
that'll Juat how
ptemher day. n the i.rlghtnt . o' the lumm'T haa te- .. t.. piss away, ..... tM laeeeeeM stool slwngW totti.I .. -t ort o' hrown, trig off tlc lr umm. r dresses fur the
autumn gown
the BOB Unite UN ita music in w.- . in :lsM.,i ,lw n (us I . r a v.ii ue, mou nted
.... ....... ......... .... rt.;..f
iK . . At last it seemed to her morally im
possible to offer .lack the bridle aita-
rtch-
. . r-falthful orchard all Its
. -t ! .urn v yields.
s.asona offer beauties worthy of a s thyme. Bat 1 I m my love to autumn an' her rlrn- . pa, . . ry time. Then the harveattn' Is over an the mows are stuffed with hay, Ajf amid the golden tasnels o the corn the t.reeaes play. An' the hurpry-throated thresh, r swalh rs down Its golden food, llummin' notes o' thankful mustc to tha diver of All (iood. Tis the season o festivity, when fun anan' mirth j, ,1,. m and takes possession o' the rural o-r of earth, A- the silvery 1 lis o pleasure rlrtc their .-Inddest. merriest chime an 1 ntn my beat affection to the autumn.
, ti ry time. fgaa the wimmln git together 'round the ihi ! -;v.lltin' frame Laugh i nil -eyed sn' merr' maiden, motherly tn' sober dame An' thy stitch an' atlch unceaaln', tongues With needles geejiln" time, Chattin' socially 9t slngln' meetln' hymns In rural rhyme; Then when the Rolden sunset marks the rlosln' o' the day. And the rhlny supper dishes are all washed i ut away. Then the mm folks come a-troopln". draaaeg n th. Ir Sunday clothes. Fur th- k!sin" party pleaaWH none but country peoplo knows. n. sy cheeks grow atill more rosy, brighter growl the lauRhtn' eyes. . taerry youths and maidens snatch at p! ;isure as she flies. An' the peala o' Joyoua laughter tremble on the atmosphere v. ax awkward boy is tatd to kiss maid he loves most dear:
Lunched tn troups the oiu ioiks sn an ply the busy tongue, iay firings recollections o' the days Whea they were young; If tlx merry player. In some qu:i t.
. zy spot, Cupid lurks within the shaddcrs. waitln' fur to git a shot. Poets sing about the seasons in the slickest sort o' rhymes, Aa ' the I. 1U o" fancy ring a myriad o chimes. An' call uion the Muses fur to send In-
rtn' thoughts
Mndeline h.id witnessed u !,. do
triiL'L'le, in which the life of .lack Sil
via InUaff by a thiead for more kocomla 1 1 1 it 1 1 she dared to count. That lie was able to maintain her seat during the tierce cntitcht between man and beaut was due to innate couince and R AMI ÜM of practice in the rouoh riding ol frontier 'ifc. Then .lack, ns -red of Madeline's s:ifet, askei. her if Klie felt equal to riding back to the Unna. ks. 1 1 would vouch, he wiid. for Ti'ct ( liief's good bchav ior; the BJMathMM had passed. Madeline gathered up the reins, and by the easy tespoii' of ItgCf Ch ef, knew that his docility had returned. "Yes." aha said, "I can ride in alone." lint as .lack's hand dropped from tho btidlc, .Madeline leaned forward, and, inipulsiM'l v, held out her hand to be
I. Ii d t hen rode aw a v. When Madeline next rode down Iii avenue on Tiger Chief she rode straight to .lack Sihis and proffered him the. p..-t of escort. With a graceful Maoni .lack mounted nod rode beaide her; and eery man watched tbeHI With glowing i . cs as they sallied out of the barrack mi the Laramie road. Swiftly they rode fotward until near the spot where Jack had cast himself on the bridle bits of the frantic hoi.-e.
HUMOROUS. Yeaat "I've just invekted in one of tbofe salt atid-peppcr suits." CrUaMOw beak 'Well, that Kound as if it would be rood for at least two heukollS." Vonkers Stutestnun. A Busy Hummer. l'hoebc- "Did yea have tnati.v niters during tlieMiniimrT' Lulu 'VMany! why, I liud to limit the engagements to :M hours!" Brown tsgi King & C5o.t Monthly. "Are you one of the ( ri kers?" Mskid the woman at the door. "Yea, Ilium. rM a pioneer in the movement. 1 struck M years ago, at.d I've nc r oive in et." llousehold Word. "Johnny," said the schoolboy 's mother, "do you like jrottf arithmetic '!" "No'iii. I think the iniluence of thut book is uti w holesoine und deretitig."
"Why '. llecaiise it is full of horrible e.au'ildes,"-Tit-I5itB. - I'.oardi r (warmly) -"Oh. I'm knowlagtO the trickaof your trade. Do you think I have lived in boarding-liouseH gl ears for BOiklngf Landlady (frigidly)! laoaldB't be at unsurprised."Detroit Journal. - The One Thing Needed "I am gltd," MM the ardent patriot, "that the RnaaiM flag n longer floats over Ala-ka." "So inn I," replied the man who wants to go, but is afraid. "Now, if the could onlv get nil of the cold-
wave thi'.', the country would be all j-ipht." Washington Star. -His Haptism. "Teildie." said the minister, while mani'iia was out superintending the preparation of linner, "have you cci been baptized?" Teddie was not quite sure whether he had or not, nnd, after Indulging in dop thotiglit for a baontent, replied: "Do you pit baptized on the arm?" Cleveland Leader.
WANTED TO CATCH A
They
SHARK.
the
SCHOOL AND CHURCH. fjnj Isaac Aery Wheeler, w he died in Atlanta. ia., a few da agw as for a aMg time i '.tor-in-chief of the Atlanta Constitution. Although u devout Methodist anil of n peaceful disosi-
tlOO, he had fought four duels with men who had cast aspersions on hi motives. Cork now poM-sses the remains of Illesscd Thadden McCarthy, recently beatified h 1'ope Leo. They were coneyed in a goldOB 1"' from Ivreu. in northern Italy, where the Mill Of dlod VW yenrs ago on his returu from a piljiriiiuioe I Koine, and hate been deposited in Cork cathedral. -The appointment of Lawrence Washington, of Alexandria, Va.. as assistant In the National library, in charge of the Georpe Washington department, is especially appropriate. Mr. Washington is a grcat-grandiiephew of the illustrious chief, the reeorda of whose life and times he has been appointed to care for. Sir Kverett Millais, win of the late president of the Koval academy, held the baronetcy only a year, having just died, at the age of 41 years, of pneumonia, brought on by Degleetlng to hange his wet clothes. He was an authority on dogs, and introduced the Hasset hound into England, He is suc
ceeded by his nine-year-old aon, John Kverett Millais. The court of Hope Leo XIII. comrrises 1 .ooo persons. There are "0 valets. 120 house prelates, 170 privy chomberlains, 6 chamberlains. 300 extra-honorary chamberlains. 130 supernumerary chamberlains. 30 officers of the noble guard and 00 guardsmen, 14 officers of the Swiss guard nnd palace guard. 7 honorary chaplains. 20 private so, retarii M stewards and masters of the horse, SO doorkeepers.
Tin: madi!:ni:i m Rtu: spkano i pon tup. PIOURE BKFORXHIH.
ible. She would sink.
Fttf Ar.'
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J .IllpoSs.lile. tie WOUiU s;iK, sue 'l-nicuui: unit '"0 mtmm M' 1 1 mm i K, '. u tMJ apot where bhe had si paratcd was And -Lick was toinkiog that he would reached. Here, suddenly drawing rein, sink if she didn't. W hat was the mat- she leaned toward .lack as she had do0 ter? How did she know that he pre- before; but now sle held up her lips. tUIOed to love her? He would go owny Then, turning, fhe rode rapidly aw ay, wh. re h. could be bv himself whilst he -hick following. Nothing was sai.l uuthOOght it OVet. According! bapaawd.j tü tncy hurriedly entered the uvenue
with long, soldierly strides, down the
Btrenue, followed the beaten road that led out beyond the barracks. Mailt line, whether distraught with slighting Jack or from mere freak of feminine fancy, not long after rode
down the long street. Mounted on lager The pancoat ' it
that led to the barracks.
"Madeline! Madeline: You will bo my wife Madeline?" "Yen, yes. Jack, of courBe." THE SOUL OF WIT.
the fleet l'eraaua aa along the Chief; and for once she rode alone over
. ';rse he trots.
But 1 1 n t never lack fur Inspiration wnen I sing About the time that follera up the aummer'a takln' wing: . f. pi. n autumn, when all Nain n In rhyme. Kin Mteh the bulky end of my affections. rary time. lack raw ford, the TOOt Scout, in L. A. W. Bulletin.
1 1 1 ii ti i 'i'i 't'HniMtMu t fit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1
MADELINE VANE.
It l.lMUl
1'lilnK In 'eriiniii
her a. customed route into the country. """"a " The barracks was in consternation; 1 cellent people w ho reside in he quaint but as this was possibly one of the cif , u..d AUfktfnl old town of exam Ir.a. , mstan. es counted on by Madeline. 1 V.. U a deacon, w ho. notw ithstanding she seemed unconscious of anything Li k-cat p.ety, is a man of practical , . u.nnl. and galloped rapidly on. pass- common sense and believes ... the exI I .lack a, a spanking pace, vouch- p-liency of th.nga. just as some of s sating him just the slightest inclination , illustrious predecessors ... Testament of her head. She was soon out ol times did. Among those things winch sight around a bend i" the road that 'he considers of especial commendation wontii! tbrongh the woods, skirting a - hrev ,ty .n ermons. and the u stcr ' , .. . a ......I .. i .ii...u..vli.i of the dmreh at which the deacon at-
i ree K 1 11 a i nnnoi a n i. w. -.... j
the Laramie
tended was always known as a slioit-
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tjMft ti.ough much perturbed, kept rrnon man. and his congregation a : 'moving mechanically forward. He had alway s eorrcspond.ng.y hmg. I intimate acqualnt.net frit tin- On Ol --ion it i arra cd t hat
the deacon, when thechurch last needed
CI ST KR 1 arracka was at the feet of sriUfnl, beuutiful Madeline Vane. Madeline chose to ride, she . . mounted Thistle Blow, a gray pot y, almost as gra iful and dainty M herself. No escort ever accompanied Madeline when mounted on Thibtle Bl w; but when she elected to mount I ger hief. a coal-black charger of a end id proportions and invincible . -be rode along the avenue that i : the buildings of the post at at; 1. If when the duties of the younger Officers, pi rmitted them to he at leisure, followed by a saddle horse for wi..ms, ver she might select to heher escort. Ji one. now another, was favored, and all watched with envy the happy f km as he rode off in fine, soldierly style, with hit mind on Madeline, but keeping a cautious eye withal on the antics of Tiger Chief, whose indomitah e mpt r was the joy of his rider and eerct fear of every lieutenant r
i"'tisible for the safety of Tiger Chiefs unstress. The aerioua responsibility lickolving upon the escort '.o Madeline, however, never deterred any member he barracks from accepting the I'art nnd w as not likely to. hie alone was never given the opportunity, although he was thus slightfor the most gracious of reasons t imely. because he w as in possession ' Madeline's heart. This, fc?wo r. would have been denied by Madeline, and utterly disbelieved by Jack Sii,hitnself. Jack Sih is w na captain of n company of Apaches, who were in the service of the government to act as emergency required ! frontier operations agninst the hnstiles. Jack's characteristics peculiarly fitted him for this command. Although weil educated, with good family connection in tin- ,nvt ) lit,, I
ebenen from love of adventure to bad the life of an Indian officer, half scout, half soldier. He handled his savage brave like children, and his reninrkble knowledge of Indian character made him of great value to the post. In the performance of dun. t apt Jack was the most tireless. In every danger the most fetrleaa, und In every eriala the most resourceful of them all. io Imlian of his trotip could excel him
meiits when thev cm
avoided and might
Jack obtained his knowledge of Tiger
i ..t T i t. ;..f m :o inira b.e
a 'mal h -dm yet with a per . ,-.., , ton theological setninary . i.i M,flMitnd. of the proper denomination to hear
prompt. .v. . . T . il fin- vomo-men ..reach, li so be
thev could at teasi ne "' . i : ... t. ... . . , ii i - . , ti i.iiM
do most harm, among tawni iwajn -
It "i fnvor in t he i eacotl s SI'MU. 11 ot
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Chief from a supervision of I.is con- '"K - - 1 ,1 and from n at,v a royal battle for there was preaching on ha unlay and . ' uJ.tk.. alino-t Sunday, and the deaeon bad an oppor-
s,prem.,cy ... " ' - ,uni,v, h,ar several sermons.
jwar ui u i - - - i harried fnrw anl. Tin
..f Ii, r Chiefs hoof, could
. , i- . i : - til tliev
-""" '' . j -l tn-cr-utn.-' hf dated the deacon, pneeed ,'m ttfh" f' . . . A Ul can't say that 1 am altogether MO I.. .)... sttonM follow inir Jack Daaaed l e.m i . ay mm
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I S I 1 . um .
Sun
day eVl Ding at tea the president 01 tue
M aetnfearj asked the deacon what tie
honeht of the sermons he had In aid.
the bend in the road. There was another a little farther on; Madeline was out of bijht. But a murmur struck his eir. and he soon distinguished the s., und of mad hoof beafs on the hard surface of the road ahead. Sight was not needed to interpret th.s sound, tiger hief had bolted, and was now plunging on his way back to the ltarrm ks. Had he thrown Madeline? This quest ion was barely formed before it u.,s answered; for. like a whirlwind, Tiger Chief came into view round the bend, with head protruding anfl every
muscle distended, rushing on to disaster. Madeline was still on nil back, clingLeg helplessly ; her white face shone MM the flanks of the black charger like a dove Hying athwart a thunder cloud. Nearer and nearer came the runaway, quite undaunted by the human midget he saw atunding in his path.
II. would run him down; M wouiu trample MM under foot. With tierce caps the mad. Iciicil horse sprang upon tin figure before bini; it was not worth w hilf to swerve. Hut what has he hanging to his bridle bits? What wrenches at themusc lea of his neck nnd strikes his knee joints? Is it possible that it ia the man he just struck down? He will shake the inenmberam e otT. Hut. no it still cbngs and wrestles, and hauls his nose almost to his feet. Now that the blood ia clearing from Ida eyes he will see. Whatl Here, close to his face is the king of men and horses Jack Silvis; here, on his bridle is the hand of the
man who reared hin: What docs it ull mean, anyhow? Tiger Chief dropped his head und touched Jack's hand with his nostrils, giving n sharp whinny as t Apt laO if of sin row and subinishion as it w as RMihb to luuka.
'li. bless my soul, deacon, what a writo,'?" cM-laimed the pnidcnt In astonishment. MWfll they don't seem to quite exactly strike me right." said the good deacon, hedging for charity's sake. "That is lieyond me." continued the president, half musingly, as if he were trying to work the problem otit in hia mind. "AU Ol them are picked man, . .icon l our rising young preachers." "Is that so?'' responded the deacon w ith a smile of hope showing In his honett face. "Indeed it is," said the president. "Then, doctor, smiled the deacon, "suppo-e you let me hear to-night one of your sitting down young preachers. I think that's what I'm looking for." The president understood nnd the young man who preached that night became pastor of the deacon's church, thOOgfa he leH its pulpit ttn years later (Of a wider Meld. Washington Star. A Laamtte'a l.eetnee. A very curious occurrence took place recently in Vienna, when a patient in a lunatic asylum delivered a lectureat Ida own request on the peculiarity of hi mental state. The patient, who is a man d first-class education nnd exceptional mental powers, is liable to what ia known M circular insanity. That is to My, he isonly affected periodically . and bet wee. his tits he is as sane a man as one could 0 iah to meet. His speech during the lecture was most brilliant, be;,,.r i ii-ii:n ii i ii'ii i exceptional elo
av - v quetice and considerable wit. The lecture lasted an hour, and during that time be contrived to hold hin andienen w ithotit a break His look nnd bearing, which were those of a scholar, made it web nigh impossible for his hearers to Mooeiata him with insanity In any IMM. Tit-lhU.
I 1st. Had iiukIiI u Sailor. A fellow never knows what is going to liup'ien to him w hen he goes a-lish-ing in the green waters of the sea. Adventures trust themselves upon the YYaltotiian, whether ho will or no. ami when hfl tells his friends of what he has reel, .r ex pcrienecd, thev smile coinmiaemtttgiy and actually doubt Lis waul. 1 renn mbt r, several Marl ngo, going on a Anhing trip down tin southern enlist, and 1 tell you, 1 had a good time during the outing, fish were biting nicely all the while, and the crowd, fur there were others in the party. weaned to approcinla the irif t set Info re us in the shape of lish. One day W0 ull sailed to n location where sharks were reported to be very numerous. We Wanted sotne big game, and sharks are mighty good sport. Well, w e finally managed to hung loa fellow big enough to natisfy nny follow in the boat, and in their anxtetj to see the lisli while it
was still vigorous tue nnys gatnereo at the side of the sloop, looking over into the water. All at once the captive pave a desjicrate pull. The taeklr lipped and the shark took about 30 feet of line, while one of the sailors w as jerked into the water. He couldn't suiin. tnd his hand? happened to come in eontac' with the shark line; he grappled it with ih.-pcrat ion and hung on lik? grim death. We begnu to haul in the shark, but the fish seemed
stronger than ever, and we could do nothing for the snilor, who was out of ftntlll Suddenly he gave an unearthly yell, crying out that the shark had bitten him. There w as coniuiot ion in the water and the tin of the fish, appeared nlKivo the water for a moment, and the sailor yelled again, nnd flecks of blood arose tn the surface. You may imagine how WO pulled in on the line, nnd in a little while we finally managed tr irnnp the pour fellow, who still dung to the line. As we pulled him and the line in at the MM time, it was seen that the, shark had the fellow's leg firmly between its Jnwn, art! it wm n wendet that the lish had not bitten the limb off. A shot from the rifle killed the fish and vie pried its jaw s and liberated ihc leg which was badly lacerated. The f:t that th hook had caught in the socket was the thing that saved the leg from absolute amputation. The idea of a man being bitten by n ib that bad pfMtlHOHy been eaiifht was n new one to me and lends me to the OlaHI tOtlOB I made at the beginning of this story. The sailor WM laid up for n month, but ii the expiration of that time WM as well as ever."- N. 0, Times Democrat.
PCST OFFICES OF
Man
I HE WORLD.
Receipts, j;C 7V.775.iO0 67,:cr..M Ij twt.ono 2-?4",'Jl
Kxp. I 0,000 v in. una ),4lO.OO0 Si.vm.nou .320.000 U.OvO.OOQ
i aanotn tiv i:fr..r.
A Minneapolis man once invited t friend to dine with him, and negleeled to telephone his wife to that effect. In order to make matters worse, both host and visitor stopped in nt the club on the way home, and consequently were late for dinner very late. The dilatory husband undertook to explain his tardiness while dinner was being served and put up a rather overplausible defense in the line o,f business complications coming Bp at the very last moment before he should have left the office. The hostess beird him with ominous politeness nnd t tun en Lilly said: "Perhaps, but you really can't look me in the eye and tell that story." "No no," sta. inu red the eiilpiit; anil then, as a brilliant idea struck him, "but I tell you what I will do: it John will kindly look you in the lye Whilt I repeat what I said, probaldy Are Ml make it go." Milwaukee Wisci.isin. A t'onnlilrmtp rnltier.
A w rait liy man w ent out im nt in.-, in
imis accotiisiniel by an In st farmer
ond his son. The hunter acenJei tally
nennered the unfortunate b.n. who
I - aya w - howled like a dog whoee toil has been i rushed under the wheel of n furniture van, whereupon his farther an id t tin JfOWthl "iNm't howl that way, or the gentle
man will not let. you iro nlotig i,ct
time." N. Y. World". From n H.i en len I St a i ,t pel n t . "Ilmv is y nur l'ncle Ileub's blond p soning getting nn?"
"In great shape. Of course both egs hnve hnd to he amputated, but the Onetor savs he will have him on his feet
In a few days."- Urooklvn Ufa.
et Itevemie I. l'very liovern-
tu.-nt Rseent var Owai, The bureau of the international postal union at Herne has published its report of the postal and telegraph bush nesa of the countries of the world for the last fiscal year. It is incomplete in that it does not furnish exact figures ir. every instance regarding the number of pieces of mail matter handled, but its statement of receipts and expenditures of the service is official, i'i r the principal countries these figures art as fol lows:
No of ottlcea. Germany 3".115 I'nlt.-d Btatet. .. .9.91J Q real Britain ... nt.ltl Krane 7. Ml' ltussla 7.4.12 Auatrla-Huns'ary
Amon,' the smaller countries the receipt of Italy were about ten millions, .lapan six. Switzerland live, Spain less than five, l'.elgium four, the Netherlands .hree. and Sweden and Norway a little less than three. Every country exeopt the United States de.ived a net revenue from its pontOl service, (Jreat Britain coming first with nearly $17,000,000 excess of receipts over expenditures, France second with over $10.000.000, and Lunula third with nearly r.t.ooo.ooo. The United States, on the other hand, lost over $10.000.000, according to the figures. Ilelgium has the service down to a finer point of busines than n other country, paying out only about half what she takes in. Switzerland, although a small country, makes no appreciable profit from her posts, on uceount of the expenses of mountain mail routes. Although the United States comes second in the table, they are really first, because t hey handle more pieces of mail matter t hnn ony other country, and the i. ocipts do not get expansion from the income from the telegraph, telephone and packet post services of the foreign countries, all included as posts. In cheapness of postage Germany is undoubtedly ahead of nil other nntions.
City letters are carried for threefourths of a cent, and in Munich a company licensed by the state performs the service for three eighth! of a cent. Throughout the empire a letter under half an ounce is l . cents, and any w eight up to half a pound five cents. In France the tarilT is three cents foreach and every half OUUOe, in the city or outside. In Great Ibitain the rate is two cents for the first ounce, one cent for the second OOnee, and one cent foreach additional two ounces after that. X. Y
Sun.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Iilprunlliinnl I.r ..II (or Niitrmbre 14, H07 I'aal'a Mlnlalry lit llnuiiArta Nil 7-31. (ArruiiKeti from l'eloubct's N -tee J QOLPEN TEXT. I urn not aahamed of tha Goiel of I'hrlat: fur It la the BOWW ol (rod unto aalvatlon to vvryoiio that nt lie V etil -K . m 1.1. TIIK HU I ION Ineluilea the lesson. tra list of Human Cnrutlana in Koniana lfi.3-li; the refi rcii. t a to his captivity In the fouf Kplatlea written tlurinu the flrt captivity, and the references to hla later Ufa In tha three Kplatlea ritten hWMJ bhl aUOMd captivity. T.LiWON COMMKNT. Pnul't laterviewi with the Jewe, n Vs. 1 7-2'J. 17. "After tin ce days:" I'robibly apent in intercourse with the Honian C hristians, in eeOOUting a lodging, and in refreshing himself after his long journey . "I'aul called the chief of the Jcwa together:" Tho noii t hristiati Jews, who were rume.ona in Koine at that time. Paul's object w as to gain the Jews. Hence he would explain how ha came to be a prisoner, so thut any prejudice against him might be removed and any false reports might be corrected. 20. "Have 1 called for you:" Hetteraa in IL V., "did 1 entreat you to see and rpeak with me." Thin is more in accordance with their respective eircum-
itances. "Hecause that for the iioj r Israel I am bound with this chain:'' It was not beeMM he was opposed to Isreal. aa the Jerusalem .lews thought, but beeauae he preached the realization of their hopes, the glory they had bOOU looking for, the kingdom they had been l peeling that be was a prisoner. 21. "Neither received letters," nor messengers. Not that they had never heard of Haul, but nothing concerning his accusation and trinl. 22. "Thiaaect. . .everywhere. . . spoken against:" These slanders arose (1) from Haul's seeming opposition to the Jewish ritual; (2) from the strict morality of the Christians which made bold and open sinners their enemies, (specially on account of the terrible I n unciat ions of disaster and ruin unless they repented. (See Matt. 24). (3) from their necessary opposition to some BomaU laws and customs; (I) from a misinterpretation of the Lord's supper, where they were said to "eat the llesh and drink the blood" of Jesus; (.'.) from a misuse of the fact that they defied one
who had been crneitiivl as a malefactor;
l.miRhter nn h llnnneroua Vonpliim
It i-s an ordinarily accepted idea thut augbter and mirth of all sorts nre
healthful indications. Insanity ex
perts, however, take n very different v iew of these manifestations. Surgeons and nurses apprehend serious trouble
when patients laugh after grave Op
erations. Highly organized persona or those who have experienced sudden and severe shocks sometimes show a dis
position to laugh heartily. In cases of
t.his sort no timet should be lost in distracting the attention by any nnd all
possible means. There nre several enses
where the mental faculties seemed about to give way. and probably would
hnve. done so but for the w ise precau
tions of frlenda, who took immediate
steps to present something entirely new to the patient and to keep the thoughts away from the cause of the shock. In delirium much benefit is
sometimes realized by entertaining th
sufferer with amusing stories or questions Tt keeps the mind from running in one direction and assists nature, in restoring the lost equilibrium. N. Y. lodgef, stnnlleat State I'npnlntlon. The smallest of nil states. Rhode
Island, has the largest population per square mile, or 31s. 4t persons. The figures of the last census show that if the whole union were as densely populated it would contain M.'..7nr,,S00 inhabitnntfl. N. Y. dup. Ther ee ajnnierona. Some people think that enterprise 1
forcing their wny into placet mark'd "No Admittance." Puck.
"Like Ood, like people, they would say. 23. "Fx pounded:" He reasoned out of the Scriptures. "And testified." Bora witness from hin own experience, in Iiis conversion, in the cvelations Cod had made to him. in the comfort and help be had received, in the Improvement of his own life -Out of the law of Moses, aud out of the prophets:" These were common ground. All believed them. 24. "And some believed:" The word "bcl.evcd" ia not the usual1 one imOll ing reul faith. It rat lor meaus "were
e.ti meed." "And sonic believed not:" (wo g partly to prejudice, and pertly to the cost to them if they became rii-istiana. J5, "They departed, after that Haul had spoken one word;" not denounctng, but seeking to persuade them from their own prophet. Isaiah; and to show them that their rejection of his message was no sign that it wna not true. "Well spake the Holy Ghost by I -a as:" Isuiah. These verses do not mean that God did n-it want the Jews to believe and be saved, but that He did want them to. while tin y thctnselvea hardened tin ir own hearts and blinded their own eyes, so that all the love of Bod could not make them fed, any more than a iktone. nnd all the light of God could not make then see. - 2". "Therefore:" For I must preach the Go pel. and if you will not hear it, I must proclaim it to those who will. "And thut they will hear it:" This has become the fact. This salvation has placed the Gentile nations w ho rereived It nt the head of the world, in religion, in power, in happiness, in hope.
1 be Jtws might have been in tins position, but they would nut. i'auLa Iist I lay a. There in no doubt that Haul was releneod nt the rlose of two yeart, "II ints in the Hpisllcs and traditions aupply nil that is known or conjectured respecting this last stage of the apostle's ministry. It s supposed that, on being liberated w riters do not agree as to the precise nrder), he visited again parts of Asia Minor und t.reece; went to rete and founded, or more probably strengthened, the churches there; made hia long-oontem plated journey c Bpnln; wrote his Ural Epistle to Timothy and Iiis Kpistle to Titus; after several yearn of effective labor was apprehended igain as a leader of the Christian sect; was brought u second time as a prisoner of Christ to Home; was tried there, anil condemned to suffer death. His Roman citizenship exempted him from the ignominy of crucifixion, tnd
hence, according to the universal tra
dition, he wns U beaded by the as of the lictor." Hackett. PgtACTICAL Fft "Of 1 RATIONS. Mark how Pnul practiced his own prefepts of charity (1 Cor. 13) in the kindly way in which he spoke of those who had brought so much trouble upon him. in a wicked world, the best things. If they interfere with wickedness will be spoken against. V are not to judge any cnuse to be evil aimply because men peak evil of it. God desires all men to be saved, and If nny nre nol saved, it is because they refuse to hear and obey.
God is perfectly trnnrp.il. He. is never subject to agitation in any case whatever. And unlikeness to Him in this rcnpecL except in what is instinctive and physically unavoidable, inIcates the existing sfnte of the mind to be in some respects wrong. Homiletic llevicw. nope not to tie the wind, though It blow in the direction of thy wtsnes; for the w ind itself once gave this Iniiiitudo to Solomon. naflz.
Despondency is lngratttodsi hope Is worship.