Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 March 1898 — Page 3

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TWO MOTHERS. Tn a cradle a baby lay, Kate and sweet aa a summer day; Costly pillows of silk and lace Tou. hod gently by the sleeping baby' face. Just by Its side stood tho mollur fair, In r.i t Runii, arid gems In her hair, The richest lMly in all the lard. Kindly and courteous, noble and Krnnd; Kim lovingly smoothed th pillows of lacti And tenderly kissed her baby's face; Thra turned to the nurse, who was old and Kray, Wltfc a gladly smile and went sofily away, Jown to her carriage, swift to the ball, In the vast crowd the fattest of all. JTP:h In a alTti mid and bare, On n h;ip f straw, lay a biiby tlnre; Its tiny f.ice was wan ar.l old. Sadly It sobbed, 'twas hungry and cold; N tender mother or nurse was nigh, No one to heed Its piteous cry; T' i rS by Its vide th moth-' lay. ( ' 11 In death since the dawn of day; F r br ad U- had Mrufcftlcd, hard was the strife, She worked and starved gave up her life A"d in dylnn had said: "It Is Thy will, Hut I pray let my little one be with mo still." And the prayer was answered, the sobs now cease, T) babe, With its mother, la now at peace. Buffai Fvenlng News.

Life at a Frontier Post.

By Marie Grace Ktmball.

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I.N the New Mexican highland. 7,000 fed above the era lies Fort WlngatOi the bonier post of which we write. Seventeen miles enst of us the ereft of the Itoekj mountains divides the Atltn tic ami the racilic slopes of Um eon threat. Up the eastern incline we have 1racrsed the sand wastes, the lava-otds fcnd the jtinun proves of New Mexico; ilown the western, we look out upon the wide and desolate sweep of Arizona. Tlie t r r t isiio: a ftrcnp place of defense, with moat und rampart and bastion; it consists essentially of low adobe buildings which inclose a quadrangular pat ldr-irround. On three sides of the quart are houses for officers nml their families, and on the fourth nre barracks for eipht trooi of cavalry. Out aid the central quadrangle are the storehouses, the hospital, the magazine, tin laundresses' quarters or "Soap-suds ROW." and the stables. The ejtgalar architei ture of tlie fort seems lr:ivn up at "Attention" apainst tbedaaaltag blue sky of Neri- Mexico. Nature, how ever, relieves the squareness and pray-ri-s of the earth-colored houses by a drapery of wild clematis and woodbine In summer, ami of softening mow in winter. 'I'he parade-ground is brown and dtm'y except for a few sparse blades of prnss and n fringe of strugp i t LT coltonwood-trees which border the irrigating ditch. Near one corner

of the square is the puard-house. and always pacinp in front of it a sentinel. V me his most welcome duty is his sonorous call of the Louth at night. "Twelve o'clock and ail is woll," is a ehrerinp word in our mountain solilade. At the center of the parade we look up to the Stars and Stripes, which Haas; high above us from the flao'afT tl:. re. The flag is our r ason for beinp. Rad as often as we see its bold swirl on a breezy day or its mute folds on a stiil one. we re;oiee that to OS is in1i I ted this symbol of our country. DHrfdcf of daybreak yon. ruttlnc the air. touched hy the sun. measuring tht ky. ß,i vd ) yon Laino r hading the day wiih stars brought from the night! The soldier's day begins at sunrise. As the light breaks through the pines on Ihc eastern horizon, tlie deep vibratioi s ,,f tu. moral ag fMm i,rv followed by the lively nVftTTri ol reveille. That liaif-heard, ghostly mu.sic always s.irs me with awe at thought of another day 1" ffaa( tad with pleasure in the liagtri t: tr dream that keep ba-k the ectnalttie! of day. In the barracks, hi ; ever, th soldier is astir at once, though not without a strupple on the part of tht

trumpeter, if we may believe the prosaic words he has set to the strains of reveille: I can't git Vm tip, I can't g!t 'em up, I can't git 'em up In I fee morning. 1 can't Kit 'tin up to-day! Vet. when the rclentiess march end?, .'he men have "turned out" and "fallen In." I ad are ready to answer to roll call. Throughout the day food, medicine Ii in i w ork are ad minist et cd at the anlief

the trumpets. Three times sounds the -j

hum -drum, sec-saw music of mess-call. As interpreted in the soldier's rhymes: Porky, porky, pork, pork; pork without any lean. I Upy, soupy, soup, soup; soup with nary bean. C Stet coffee, eofT, coff; weakest ever seen. s or. after breakfast the quick, inI ra sick-call summons the ill and the 1 Bff to the hospital. There complaint! are sifted by the surgeon, the i k are put to bed. the half-sick exCQsrd from duty, and the would-be sick ' ; 1 Work, Work in the frontier poflt includes all the trades, from sawing of nU's io mending of shoes; for the soldier is no specialist, but on all-round character, who must dig nnd plant, took and scrub, as well as ride, shoot bad saber. most picturesque moments of the ' Wl day at F.rt Wine-ate are pi.ird-niounling and retreat. Gunrdii H Bntlag taJtea place at nine o'cloek in tlie morning. Then, "with helm and "lade, and plumes in the gay wind dancing" the cavalry wheels on to the parade-ground. The men assigned to ffttard dn'v for the next 24 hours are ripornnsly Impeded, the column BtarefcM in review, while the baml plays Bterriljr, The corves of ntovlngf hornet, 11,1 swaying of burnished brasses, and ' stirring mtisie, are all In accord the fluttering leaves of the aspens bd the nimble air of morning "Sooiety" looks on from veranda and

board walkt; greetii.ps are exchanged, horseback parties, pleniM or sewing bees are planned. As in the old playfc, "A tucket sounds," aud with a "PTuuj lak ! " our dOf has begun. "lletreut," ominous won) in war, slgnirtes in peace the repose of evening. The music of the call for retreat is deliciously pensive and languorous .'is the la-lit war t s. The last cadence ol the trwnptti is followed by the snns i gun; then, to the stately measures of the "Star-Spangled 11a niter," the flag slowly descend till it drops to the ground with the closing strain. The landscape, too, f;.dcs in music. The embattled cliffs charge into billowy masses of reds and prays. The clumps of bristling pinon trees blenl into a darkling siope of green. The clouds float in a sen of moving color. All nature in that breathless afterglow echoes the meaning of retreat- peace and rest. From reveille to retreat the day is occupied with saber practice, pvni' Ilea, and horse ex-n ise g winter; with

drills, sham battles, ai d target practice in summer. The leisure hours of the enlisted men arc also well provided for. Outdoors he has football and baseball, hunting and fishing. Indoors he has a reading -room and library as well as concerts and balls. In the Officcra row the days arc not less busy than in tbe bamoka Opposite, Though the a VI rage military man is not deeply interested in general literature, upon his own subjects he is well read. He often stodiea, loo. topi"s related to

the comparatively unknown regions of our Country which he inhabits, nnd becomes nn expert in natural history, archaeology and Indian folk lore. The officer! wife also has tactics to master in this land of no shops, no markets, no dressmakers. The daily meals require cart ful foresight when butterand eggs must be bought in Kansas, vege tablis aid fruit in California. The Thanksgiving turkey and celery and ran berries are bespoken by letter b. -fore the president has issued his proclamation, and baby's dolls ar.d toys are ordered from catalogues two

months before Christmas. The Retting is done by the mother's skillful fing is. aided by patterns and fashion piates. With ail these industries she finds time to p'ay the piano, to read, to visit, and to teach the children their ear lietf lessons. In the club room, tales of stirring Indian oampaigns nre told and retold by the veterans; Bad surely tfcoec who have made the peace of the plains should be permitted lo flgbt their battles o'er again in the quiet of the garrison. These heroes of our Indian wars forma naive and unworldly type that of an American who is BttTuWtd by the cares of the voter, th? competitions of trade, or the rivalries of civil professions. A different type is the young lieutenant. Fresh from the problems and dreams of West I'oint. he gallantly accepts the drudgi ry and discipline of the western garrison as a preparation for his career. The ze..l with which he drills nnd rides enters into his dancing and dining; he is tireless either on a scout or at a picnic. At length, however, listlessness creeps over this eager JTOUth; for the monotony of duties and of pleasure is the chief trial of frontier

l!fe. When his horse palls upon him. when hops and dinners bore him, he tries in vain to believe that "only to stand nnd wait" is more hemic than to light and win. Fort VT1 agatt is on the border of the Navajo reservation, where 2ö,000 Indians have their home; it f also in the neighborhood of numerous Pueblo Indian settlements. Itetween Indians on the one side and prospectors on the other, the army is rnv called to protect the white nrn from the red man ai d then the re l man from the white man. One April day our garrison was Btartled bjr an or.ler directing two troops of Cavalry to proceed at once to northern New Mi xieo. Their mission was to guard the Navajo Indians from an invasion of Colorado miners, who were said to have found gold on the reservation. A march of 12D miles lay in fore onr men a'-rnss sand waste nnd mountain summits, through burning

hent hy dny and freezing cold by Right, with little grass or fuel, ind trater scire and alkaline. T?ofh officers ard

men knew wt these hardships of field service, but for week they had heard no new story, had seen no new face, at Fort Wirgate, and they welcomed Marching orders, even for the desert. Forewarned, forearmed? While the kitchens of Offiaan' row were steaming forth dainties for the ofli.'i rs' mess, the nld:rrr were laying in their goodies at the post exchange. These consisted of cheese, jam and tobacco all snuplv tied toprther in n red cotton handkerchief. Away they rode on tht i r srx days' march, canteens jinplinp. sabers flashing, while the bnnd played che rfolljN "The Girl I Left Behind Mo." Two months the troops watched and waited for intruding prospectors, but none t nme. Meanwhile the army of occupation hail bronpht a welcome market for prain and hay. cake ar.d pies, to the little struppling settlement of pioneers near thi ir camp. When, therefore, the squadron turned homeward, it wns with regretful farewells f rom their new-made friomls in the desert. For those who stayed a! Port tVingi I e the weeks nnd months dragged slowiy by, until the troops marched back into the garrison. On that day the more discreet waited within doors to receive their returned travelers, while others, field-gln.-ses in hard, hurried down the road to meet them. A moving column of dust resolved itself first into loaded

wagons, then into u rambling train of neck-muies, and last Into our band of troopers. Those battered gray hats, worn-out gauntlets and seamy boots trOttbed a welcome that the sVekcs broadcloth nnd freshest gold laco could neve 'nrpire. "See, the conquering hero copms!" wits spoken by all hearts as well as by trumpets and drums. The returning soldiers brought with them no trophies of war. r.n halo of bnttle, but they had performed the chief duty of the standing army to prevent war Our treat with the Navajo Indians had been kept inviolate, snd incideutaUj a

poverty stricken community had bee aads opaleala I'ublic opinion in America frown apeSJ UM professional soldier. The Bjeji f books regards hi in as a uiediewi! liegeman, born out of his time; the n.uii Of alTiiiih looks tiMn hint u an act -Mt of got riiiiu'iit, useful on occusion yet a costly und troublesome piece .! machinery. A strong military power ii popularly considered a menace M llMTtf ami free instit itious. A stand lag army, on the oooArary, fosAers that military spirit which leads not to dein, , but to uphold ami protect gov eminent. While the enlisted man withdrawn from civil pursuits, bis bodj is trained in strength and endurance his Spirit in courage, sei I' sacrifice and Obedience. The mental drill he has re esivod ill schools is bulanced by whole some gymnastics for b.xly ami soul Vast CUaaa ruled by schools and exam inatious, her military spirit in uttei deeajr, lost Iba dny to little Japan, win.

nail iircd ko titers and sailors, ünd coun. light as w e its w rite. In his technical schooling, too, tin soldier learns habits of order, puncto nlity und courtesy that ure invaluabb in I In- at Is of peace. An unbiiisci: American observer says of "armet Kurope:" The army is the great naUotial school of industry. It takes i mere solitary human clod from itisslow Bald task. Jt places him among bis fellows; it teaches him to listen, to find his Speech, to use his eyes. There it no better foreman in the world than th ex-iioiicomuiissionetl olliecr." 1 in- soldier is not the enemy of nrb' tration; indeed, it is his forceful prcs ciiec w hieb hinders war. " hat is war,' said UnslO Toby, "but the getting together of quiet ami harmless peoplt with their swords in their hands, It keep the ambitious and the turbulent within bounds?" Such is the servic perfornie.i hy the armlea of Europa, at well ns by our little front icr garrison! among hostile Indians. Highest of all ends promoted by oui army is tbe uctive patriotism which tin soldier learns: "That a cotintrv's th

thing men should die for at need." A president and a white house do not, perhaps, appeal lo the imagination at do a queen and a palace, yi t our American soldier is as ;rue to his land as h Tommy Atkins when he says, througl his spokesman. Ilntlyard Kipling: You 'aven't ot no families when servln of the queen; Vou 'av n't rot no brothers, fatiu-rs, sis t rs. wlvts or sons.

If you want to win your battles, take ane work your MoomtB' Kuna! A private soldier now in our rank: has written occasional verses thut ex press the same loyal sacrifice of self I'hough Private Stokes cannot riva Kipling in the lively daah of "Barraek Room Ballads," or Whitman in th solemn beat of "1 ru:n -Taps," yet it "Riley's Grave the soldier writes i touching epitaph for his fallen com ra.lc. The background of ' a long, ret Texan day" ami a distant brook sur rounded by tierce Apaches is tilled ir with the "careless scamp from far New York" who gave bis life in order it fetch water to tlie wounded: My Ootl! The air was winded with lead That shrieked and spat and tore. Until he stacser d. dripping red. Into our midst once more. Not infrequently in these circum stances the soldier's grac is madt hastily iy nipht close to the picketline; there the trampling of the basset obliterates all trat es of burial, and thus cheats scalping savages ami hungry wolves of their prey. 1'or such nn unmarked grave are the soldicr-pocti lines: Th" prairie flower will bloom in spring Around the soldier's btd. The lirook in lettertaff circles sing The fllrp s of the dead. The desert winds in freedom sweep Across the silent scene. And loyal luarts forivtr keep H;s mi mnry fr lb und Krt n. Whether the soldier sleeps nndoi

tho plcketUne or in the peaceful barinck room, his day ends with the slow, solemn music af "Taps:" The trumpets sound the notes both over his bad and OVW his grave. In the garrison the

.all means "lights out," and with the last note our fort sleeps w rapped in the SOÜtade tif the desert. The cry of coyote comes from the foot-hills, and the htKit of the owl from the mountain. N. V. Outlook.

KNAVERY OF REPUBLICANS.

Rsvetteti Catlaattou. The Sunday before Christmas ther was found It) lie a need of funds in the exchequer of BaJleluyer chapel in an Indiana city. The pastor had exhausted all ordinary means of raising money, ami must needs resort to some novel ami original pian. At length the time for the collection came ami the preacher arose and said: "The time am come fo' de annual ChristmUl collection. Wt bad intended to hah a ( hrinus treenii' treat, but we cain't do it unless tie usual collection is swi lled somewhat. HowI a Hiebt r. 1 want to sny one thing befo' tie hat is passed: Dah hah been a rumor il.tt sartin membahs obtliseongregashun bab been stealin' chickens" - general attention nnd unwonted wakefulness -"an" ef dah is anyone heah to-day tlat hah been stealin' chickens, I don't want him to put a cent lata dis hat w'ev it am passed "round." The collection of that dny wns the largest in the history of the Ilalleluyci chapel.

Lovely . And where did

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Jnnt Mrs. Mala prop-go?

Mr. Whitei In ker To Paris, my denr Mrs. Maiaprop. "How ehSnning! And didn't you font fall in love with the parishioners?'.V. Y. Tress.

Tha onl Mare May. Tolly wog Mow would you g about finding a needle in a haystack? Jollydog I shouldn't look for It; I'd impiy ' down the haystack. N. Y. Journal. Ilnloneltiu Accounts. A New Votk bride who btgM keep ing accounts soon after her marriags made the following entries in her ac

count book: "Jnn. 2-Keceivetl Uuu

UerUe, fa6. Jan. 7 Spent i tali."

Legislative Carruutlua for Orvastised Wealth, Conservative; men and conservative jewspapcrs hitherto ntliliated with the republican party ui .- beginning to recBgniat the corruption of that organilatioa. Uov, l'iiigrce has riven his

iews on the tsituutiou and h.is been sttacketl fiercely by the subsidized press as a republicun renegade. Now the Halted States Investor, one of the most Infi Una tial of the linanciul apera in this country, speaks serious nords of warning. In an article dismissing the political situation the Investor has tbe following to say concerning the republit-an party: "Here we have knavery pure and simple. In a word, legislative corruption in tho interests of organized wealth! Where is the peeaon who win venture to deny this? Was it many years ago that one of the leading business hu h tf lioston -the promoter of large schemes for the public benefit frankly admitted under investment that he had spent large sumo in obtaining necessary legislation from the legislatures of Massachusetts, excusing blmnctf with the plea that such acoursc Wns absolutely necessary?" Ucmember, this is not the ntternnee of a partisan newspaper. It is not even nn argument made by the editor of the Inventor. It is a statement of historical fact protad by the records of a court of law. J I lit this is not all the Investor says. It points the moral in the following strong nnd tivid words: "How much longer can the republic tolerate such a state of affairs with Impunity? The concentration of wealth in a few hands and its employment in inlluencinglcgislation arc phenomena which have been carefully fctudicd in the past. The history of the Iloman empire affords an interesting Study in this tlireetion. Or perhaps the career of Trance prior to the revolution WOUld be more pleasing." When a financial newspaper, naturally inclined to favor the party pledged to serve the money power, sees the langer which threatens this country, is it not time for the people to a rt their power .' Indeed, the time is ripe, anil the people are not closing their Oje. In 19H0 there will lc a revolt agninst corruption amd the republican party will be swept out of power.

ENGLAND AND BIMETALLISM. A ilrpuhlii-au Scheme tn Help the Liold Pesf ae Those who still ha c a lingering faith U the myth of international bimetallism will tlo well to read the dispatches received from London recently. That Lugland will never consent to an international agreement looking to an enlarged use of silver has long been apparent to the best friends of silver, and it has become perfectly upparcnt that the republican party has used this plea of international bimetallism to heap silver republicans in line und thus keep the gold cliipie in power. In the dispatches frOOI Loudon, the following statement is made: "Keplying to a question of Mr. Field in the bouac of tnm moil S as to whether the government intended to cooperate in promoting an international conference to consiucr t he

currency question, Mr. llalfour, lirst lortl of the treasury and government leader, said he was happy to say the government would bo very glad to see an International agreement regarding currency, but that he had nothing to 'add to the information already in the

posse 'ion of tht house.'" Thus it will ever be w ith Lngland. The true friend of bimetallism in that country can never overcome the influence of Lombard street, ami while government leaders may express nnd even feel a dcsircfornn international agreement, that tlesire will never find expression in action. Silver men in the United States should tlrop all consideration of international action. It is a delusion and a snare. Chicago Dispatch. Joint Micrniisii's Mlcnce. There is notable ab; efh'c of the name sf John Sherman in the current die patches, though the counsel and action of the head of the state department nre now of more moment than at any time hince the inauguration of the pt rident Who placed him at the head of the department. The work is shone by the first laalstasrt, Diplomat Day. nnd not well done. John Sherman is superannuated anil incapable. Bat that was know n when he w a appoint, -d only to make room for the money back. -r of the administration in the senate of the United States. That at this important juncture the state department is without a Capable bead in the result of McKinley 's effort to pay hi ; debt to Murk Hannn. Chicago Cbn intcle. Ratsmlao la ivind. Germany i . doing what rrnnee, C'anitla, Mexico a id half a dozen other nations hnVO done, but in a more direct way. AnyOttC with Mb OUttee Of common seme BhOOtd have realized when the Dingley blunder was in process of batching, decla t ing commercial war on the whole World on the pretense of protecting American citizens' interests, that we were taking Ho- first step to impair or destroy thci r interests. W ben we get blows in return, at I mat in selfrespect we should hold our peace and not whine.- Pittsburgh Post. Tbe Consumer la Lnibnrrnssrif . Tbe American consumer is likely to fall between two stools and be i evenly humped. If he taxes himself to 0M American products exclusively tlMN will be no Imports and, therefore, not enough revenue for the expenses of the government. If, on the other hand, he boyt foreign products nnd increases the government revenue, the American n'anufacturers get no bounty and threaten to go out of business. RL Louis Post-Dispatch. The Dingley deficit Is now pegping along in the fifty millions, with a respectable chance of making a cent nry before th yenr is out. Binghsmton (N. Y.) Leader.

WILD SCHEME OF BO'JTELL. Would l'uttrr lleprlv Silver f Its Moaer t slur. Congressman Houtell may be of that intellect uul tllwr which places him in tbe same class with former Pre.-,,. lent Harrison, J us ice J. Drewer and liishop ( '. Potter, but his speech at the Chicago Marquett club banquet on "C hicago a Political Storm Center," gives little proofs of that fact, if it Lea fact. How"Vcr, on ere -mi. all lit it tell udded to the hilarity of the occasion by proposing "new" system of coinage which he explained us follows: "I surest tbe establishment of a monetary system based ujion the unrestricted coinage of gold and silver by weight according to the metric system, and 1 would like to venture the prediction that within the livesof many of us who are here to-nifjht this will be the feaefally accepted money system of the world. It can le adopted at any time by any nation without waiting for the Reoperation of other countries, nnd foreign exchanges can be udjiu ted to Staflh n system more readily than our fathers adjusted their outstanding contracts under our pres. cut sy stem w hen

it was atlopted a century or more ngo. Cnder this system v e would have a universal coinage. Kaeh coin would express on one t-ide its national character and on the other its universal character. On the obverse side of the coin would appear the arms, insignia and legend of the nation that issued it.antl on tbe reverse side would appear the simple story of its weight, told in tho universal language of the metric system." This "new" scheme was old to the ancient Creeks, as it is proved by tho terms they used in characterizing their money. The talent, the mina antl the drachma nre all measures of weight, though drachma means literally a handful. It must have appeared to the banker secretary of the treasury that Congressman P.otitell had too large a grasp on the financial question, when he advocated the free unlimited coinage of gold ami silver at a gold mono metallist's love feast. Of course, the objection to such a method of Pollings is se lf-e itlcnt. No man could tell just how much his talent, his mina or his drachma was worth until he had considered the market report of gold and silver bullion. Dnt Congressman D-ou-tell's heart is in the right place. Hedenounccs the "4:i-cent biliar" with tlue republican scorn, antl he apeals to "national honor" with truo republican ff'Jh DINGLEY EXPLANATIONS. BtatmtwUeaa Statements Which Arc luii-mieii tm altstsatlThe faithful little band of Dingley defenders are rending the air with wild huzzas oer the treasury statement of our January exports. "Nine millions nnd a half larger than under the Wilson law last -.'ar!" they shout. "Who dares tay that Dingley is not huidling up our foreign trade?" It is a pity to interfere with these sights nnd sounds of glee w here gloom has relgUed ever since the New 1-ug-lund strikes were announced. Tlut An e xamination of the figures shows that there was nn increase in two items of food producta of more than $11,KJ0, 000. An l even the most devoted Dingleyite admits that Dingley is notchictly the buthaff of the thsartagc la the J-u-ropean and Asiatic food supply. If Dingley is to be credited with the general increase of nin and a half millions, and if he is not tbe author ed tho crop failures abroad, then on the showing of his friends he must be responsible for the decrease of about two millions in exports of prodnota Other than breadst tiffs and provisions. The January statement seems to call for more of those Dingley explanations that tlo not explain.- N. V. World. COM MEN TS OF THE PRESS.

THE WHEAT AND THE TARES.

In case war should break out Lieut. Mark Manna could be depended upon to guard the guests' room of tho white house. Kansas City Times. So doubt Senator Ilaunawill feel tickled to death when he hears that Gov. Buahnell has reappointed ( ol. a. L. Conger a member of his military staff. Col. Congtr is the talented Ohio repubttcan who adriaod kJa fellow repubilenaa to throw the harpoon into llanna. -Columbus (O.J Press. One result of the Hanna-roraker-Buahncll-Knrta veadetta aasnaed by tho recent fight on Hannn in Presitltnt McKinley's state w ill lie that of earning the country at large toentertain a profound distrust of Ohio republicanism as a factor in the production of the moredesirnbto ty pes of American public men. St. Louis Pepublic. During the present month the government has paid out about $1,0O0,000 a day more than it has tnkcri in. Tbe revenue from customs has not been equal to the disbursements for the single item of pensions. The deficit is piling Up every day. In short, the Dinplev t.iri ff so ms to work at all points for the confusion of its advocates and supporter-. Beaton Post. The administration's) dealing with ihr- Kansas Paei fie, having agreed to settle a $13.000,000 debt for half that sum. is regarded as a great victory for the Jobben and the corporation. At the last moment, after baring stood out lot full payinon.-, tasO attorney-general telegraphed hum Washington to teoept the half pay proposition. The effect of this is seen in the advance of Kansas Pacific bonds from below par in ten days to 115.- Pittsburgh Post. Senator ITannn, who h.T h n cnnflied to his apartments at the Arlington for several tlsys with a sever cold, was able t trarart l.inlnes yesterday and expect! to re.'irme hlsdutlesat the capltol to-morrow Washington Htspatcb. "His duties" consist of waylaying his fellow senators anil begging them to vol vur t he confl rmat ion of malotlorous hee'ers who have been nominated to public ofllce because they "swung" delegations to McKinley in the Rt. Louis "onvention. Chicago Chronicle,

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for March l.t, MM. Daasd L'poa Palouaet'a aabsel VetenJ -Tili; I. K880N. -Matthew UJ-B; Sb-O. Ri'nil the whole chap. er. OOLDBN THXT Ha that aoweth tlw OOO'I eeu Is the Hon of Mas Ma t ViXS. TIM K -Autumn. A. I PLA' 1 : -i in the ktmre of Ihc Sea of GalUoe, ntar Ceri.aura. BXl'I.ANATrOJ. Note first, in reading over this chapter nf pir;tl.:.s, why Jesus now h-gia this method of teaching, connecting it with chapter i- which we studied last week, th. chapter of opposition. Keep In mind always the life of Christ as a whole, and note the bearing of each lesson upon the developtneM of His work. Kern In mind the general subject of each chapter or division; for Matthew's history is different from the others, in t hat it dcHcri!es more the ii.trrnal progress ami development, and la less u chronological history. Kach chapter or section has its own special subject, collecting together a number of similar incidents bearing Upon that subject. The group of eight parables spoken nt this time ( seen in Matthew and one other in Mark) were concerning the Kingdom of Heaven in various aspects, nnd should be read and studled ns a group, in order to obtain s view of the drift and burden of .Irons' teaching at this time. Note that these parables are followed by n group of miracles, as was the Sermon on the Mount, Iri the record given by Matthew, as if on parpoas to seilllt ai the teacher's authority for the great truths II spoke. The Parable of the Tares JtStH first told to a multitude thai had gathered to hear Him. After the people had gone nway the disciples asked Jesus to ep!in it. We can do no better than relate the parable in Jesus' own words, nnd give His ownmatchless Interpretation of It: 24. Another parabls put He forth unto them. aylr.R: T! I K!r f lorn of Heaven la UkenH unto a man which sowed goud seed Jn his neld. 25. Hut wiiile men sleyit his enemy rams and sowrd tarts among- tho wheat and went his way. R But when the Made was sprung: up awl hrnujht forth fruit, then appeared tha tare also. 27. So the servants of the hotneholtJer came and sa'd unto htm: Sir, didst not thin sott r'el sed In thy fl.M? From

whence thfn hath tt tares? 2Ä. He said unto them: An enemy hath done thta. The servants said unto htm: v. ; thou then that we go ar.d gather them up? 29. Hut hea!d: ?'ar: lest wh!l ye rather up the tares ya root up also the wheat with them. 30. Let both rrow together until the harvest ; ind In the time of harvest I will siy to the reapers: Gather ye together first the tares ar.d hind them In bundles to burn them: hut gather the wheat Into my barn. 8t. Then Jesus aent tho multitude away and went into the house; and His disciples came ante Him, Bay tafti Declare unto ua the parable of the tares of the Held. 37. He answered and said unio them: He that aoweth the good seed la '.he Bon ot Man. St. The field la the world: the gocd seed are the children of the kingdom, hut tha tan's are the children of the wlAed one. 89. The enemy that sowed them Is tha devil, th harvest is the end of the world, avnd the reaptrs are the angels. 0. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned In the tire, so shall It be in tha end of I his wjrld. 4L Tho Son of Man shall send forth His atr.gels, and they BOSJI gather out of Ilia kingdom all thinps that ofTend and them Which do Ir.iqulty; 42. And shall cat them Into a furnace ot Art . there shall be walling ar.d gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shsll the rtgrhteous shine forth aa Hie sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Th s could probably be reviewed in no better way than under its separate heads thus: (1) The Held is the world. Vs. 24, as. (2) The sower (God and the pood seed. Vs. 114. 33. (3) Tlie enemy Stwtag tares (while men slept, i. e., at night in secret.) Vs. i.vcr. Mat, t) Wheat and tares growing together. Vs. 2S-.MI. (.' The two haivesta. Vs. 30, 1HM1. Tlie main smpbssis of tho le- Jon Is to be pat upon the fails, which are to le sharply dtOUngriehetl here from any speculations we ourselves or others may have reg. i riling these facts. One of the fat tl It that both wheat and tares have been sonn in the same field. Another is tint both will be allowed to grow together until the harvest. A third in that the tare will DC in the eaid sbaoliMalj dsstrojred. And a Inst la that the wheat shall be gathered together where n tares eancome: "Then Khali the righteous sbim- forth as the sun In the kUtgfdont of their Father. Bed men are found in the church, la every reform, in every jroud cau-e.and to the Ipnstrenl retard in-; of pro irre In the cause "f righteooaness and reform. Jesus gtvet the simple explanation: "I'st while y trat her up the tares, ye root up nlso the wheat with them. Christians themselves nre eil neat ed nnd diseipii-ied by contact with the tares. They would not bf nearly so jrood If shut off in a community by themselves. Tan I a ould still come in. If the w heat does not seek fo clianpe the tares into wheat, the wheat will degenerate into tares. QfFJrnova rort avstvfhs. L Delate the parable In your own worda. VThn it the ..W. r of the R-rio.l set d " 1? What and where. Is he field? Ä Wh ere rrpreaented as the good seed! 4. Who s tha tares? 6. Who satrs the tares? (t. When will come the Rreat harvest, and who will be the raape rs? 7. What will be the er.d ot the tares? I What will become of tho wheat? 9. Is there ny hope that the tares may hemme aaythtag else by contact with better things? 10. What Is Jesen' simple explanation of the reason for not rootlne out at t.nee and for all time the- tr- h f.-nm the midst of the- whrat? 11. What Is HIS final warning In V. 43? rrrsesl Hnl Oor Only nty. Our praatnl duty Is our only duty. Fr need never w nrry over to-morrow ' duties or tomorrow's trials. The duties and the trials of to niormw have no existence, except In fear or fancy. IVe MJ hiäl left this life before toPiorrnw becomes tv -day. It v.lultl tie bidctl a pity to fail of iotag our best to-day because of those things v hleh v think of to come, but which mny never IDBnlfstl thenssltts ns a reality. All thnt we hare to face at any time are to-day's privllrpes si d responsibilities. If we do present dutj wall, that is enough. & B. Times,