Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 June 1898 — Page 3
IV BEKLY COURIER.
. IMI.INE. IMI.ILIi.r.
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IN IH ANA.
MY FIRST SWEETHEART. gl f the fairest, bonniest Itu Tlmt mortui wer knew; TN- rOSe'l blush a on tier cheeks. Her eye had caught ti e lilue Of June-time skit-, around her head UriKht, golden ringlets itatn Jkixl lieii my e tin-art niilcj on me I ft It my heart entranced. 1 r . .Ii r , tl Iff fitting 'neath the trees OM Klorlous day In May, Th, hpeMM with her dancing curia . iv merrily at play: I looked at her with steadfast gaae. Sin- tBflil her eye on me. They Urimmeil with love, our warmliiii nu-t In UaUM one, two, three. That day was year and years ago. Hut I can ne'er forget nrt sweethearts hew -itching ., And, oh, I love her yet A fervently as in those day When AIM on me she smiled; At.d she loves me, I kiiuw It. lor 1 am her only child. Thoma.4 II. Holme. In Ladies' Hume
The Man and the Editor. j ' '. ,L
"And I a thuiib we bad ucv n .nei 1U l l i ol need," she I piled, ih III u rely It vtuk a but riftcruooii, :ind tboj had wiu;ilinü iiitu tin wooded path that skirt llic bill and overlooks tbe bay. in tide was in, so Um mud. that is u distinguishing feu; lire of Katon, MTU not in evidence, and tlie braaaincei ul the band on the pier was tempered by distance. They bad dropped a little v uy dow n the bill; bin- sat on a large stone and he at her feet. In spite of Iiis rrnnti, hi im little of her beyond the fact that i,c w is chamriig (which lu had found out for himself), and ti..,t her im me was I i race (waich ln had told biin). She bad chosen to surround hci self with mild mystery; the rctMM of In r residence in Huston inknovMi to him. In return s!,c a-ked nothing, and he vouchsafed little save that he had Im en knocked up from over.o k. and beeil sent to Past on for complete rest. "You are so erv pood. you take me
on trust," be said.
"A you have to lake me. 1 believe you want me to ask you ipiestions. and I won't." "Vuu are a very mysterious person. I incline to the belief that you are a princess, and that some day you will
ri-e up and cNish in- for my prcsump-
rhaps I serve in a shop." she sng-
Til 11 Y at at opposite ends of a bench on tbe Marin- parade ami observed , ich other furtively. His eyes, weary v Ii the contemplation of a succession i t sartorial failures, rested approvinglv on her white drill skirt, her immaculate collar and the sailor hat of the right shape et in the right place on her brOwa hair. She told herself that he was wry presentable-, and decidedly unr peeled in Kas!on-uier-.Maie, where
in UgUat the voice of the excursionisl is loud in the land, and the accompaniment is of coucertinas. Both were bored and In want of companionship; the was young and be barely in'Jdle aired, and it was quite inexcusable, M hen. her book h.i in"; slipped from her !.i cc and bttU restored by him. she not Only thanked him, but obst-md: I here's a wretched library here." Yoa don't go to the best," he reilied. with a plaiice at tbe label on the volume. "There quite a decent one up the street. They pet a book or two from Mudie occasionally. I don't fancy there is much demand for literature here, thoiiph." "lb- has a nice voice." she lold hcrrlf, trying not to be friphtened at her own temerity, "and nice ey es, and he's a peiitlenian, and he isn't young, and it doesn't matter." Dili ber remark had been the rcilt f impulse, not of resolve, and the reii caused her to say, rath- r st irtly : "Thank you. I must try the other place." BhC almost decided that she would go i ovv, but reflected that she had started the conversation, anil lhat such a course w ould be an unmerited snub for him. so the remained and presently made an observation on the heat of the weather and the plare from the sea. "Oh. it's an awful place," he answered; "I shouldn't stay here a moment if I hadn't pot to." Nor I." "Four hours by rail from Ignition." he groaned; "the only place worth livinp iu." "Yc." she assented. "lira bands and Christ ies, am! nasty li':'r steamers with y-dlow funnels dis-.'orpii.p-at the pier all day. Ugh I" "Hut it's healthy." she said. "Oh. yes. When I'm not Mittag I ei. MM I'm getting fat. I ought not to prumble, but I do." "I oup-ht not to have spoken to you. but 1 did," she observed, with sudden audacity, and 'then blushed so hotly it lie -aw it through her thick veil.
"I im very grateful to you for hav ing
done so." he said. "I have seen you
bout several time durinp tbe la
week, and have felt that ire were both
nliens in the bind, and Might And that
touch, at least, in common. Hut there
v.i no one to riurmur a few useless
w i.rds of introduction over us."
Poor Mrs. lirundv." she said, with a
I mile, as she looked at a tiny watch that
-he had talu-n out of her vvait belt.
I must go." she added; "it's ouitc late.' "We hall meet apain. I hope," h h'i: ire -ted.
"Possiblv: I'm often about." Ami
with a nod she left him.
I.aslon ik sHcially dreary on a vvet
'ay. They met in the library that he
bad recommended and told each other
so, She wore a thinner veil to-day. Ii showed him that her eyes wen pretty and her mouth sw. et tempered lookinp. The pray hairs in his short, pointed beard inspired her with conti1 1 cc. She ignored the fact that bis were young. "It was too depressing indoors, ami I had nothinp to read." she said, as she pulled the tirst volume of "The Ama i is Marriage" out of its place " Ah, Meredith? Allow me; rainyday literature is a thinp apart. and. I inning as Meredith is. he is not foi ii to-day. May I recommend " li.in't. 1 am not the sort of pi rson It iiirc a funny book to keep up MJ . i on a dreary day. I dislike farce. n -hall keep your Meredith." he reiiiriM-d; "I vill confess that I have b n reveling in 'We hard Pavotor all t he uiorniiip myself." After ten minutes" possip on Itonks it - fined unite nnturnl that when sin
moved toward the dour be should fob a. The discussion on the merits of Kailyard school was at fur too in--ting a stape to lie abandoned, and. in the s t Ii et. they discovered that vvere both gotaf the same way. 'I hat way waa along the deserted and wbul.v I'nrade; but somehow when they ruled Easton did not seem quite sc 'biiiry to either of them I felt us thoiigti I had known you twiever instead of week." be auid.
"Oh, well, I am a hairdresser. The
next time you go into that Hond stn'et emporium to have your hair sinped or waved what do you have done to it? I shall probably come forward and say : This way. please, madam.' " "Bond street! What extravagant notions yon have! I go to a little place in Tottenham court road." "Do give me the address. Someday, when I am out of employ inent. I will go there, and you wi!l walk in. and cut me. 1 suppose."
"T don't usually discus P.rowtiing
with mv hairdresser."
"Nor I with the girl who sells me
gloves." he replied, and they both
laughed.
P.ut how nice it is to discuss any
thing at all." she said. 'Most of the
people I know in v,r read anything worth mentioning."
lb vv vi ry terrible! PoorPritc !" And I appreciate so much." sin
sighed.
"So much that I wonder you do not
a tun- to cn-ate.
lie spoke carelessly, hut there was a
flush on her cheeks as her cvi . very-
wide and soft, met his. "lo you think that possible?" she
abked.
"Why not? You have the dramatic inttinOt, imagination and observation. You see, I have studied you well in this week. Hut these alone do not mean success in literature; they must be bound together with something strongr, and cemented with form nud Style. Have you t ried ?" She plucked nervously at the grass beside her before she answered. "Yes." He loo'sed at her hands, which laybare in her lap. They vvere white, firm hands, e.nd the middle finger of the rigHt hand was very slightly stained
with ink. "That's bad." he said, smiliigat the stain. "Hut sti'.l there's hope. It is possible that you will one day show m some of your endeavors. She shook her head. "Yes." he urged. "Perhaps I could help. PVase listen to me. I suppose you hav In an! of ed.;or,-.'" "I Iccis on.i.ly." "Hut y ou have never met one.'" "Never." "Your tone talis me that yon consider thrm formidable. Hut they are not so. realiy." He lo d.ed into her cy es. smiling. "You s. e one now ." he said. "You!" she Mied, blushing. "Kmii 1; why BOtl Now. you see. there would be -otne reason in showing MS our vv rit ing , ' "And what i y our paper ."' "It is;, magazine called Modern. i." "Oh!" And after a pause she added: "Will you gi.e me pencil ami paper?" He tore a leaf from his pocket hook and gM e it to In r. She scribbled two words and pave ii back to him. "W hat is it V" he asked, an he read. "Vhal does it mean? Oh! oh! oh! the deuce!" He crumpled the paper, threw it from h.m. and jumped up and stood star. up at her. His face vva. red; her was white, and her ejTCa met his defiantly . "You hav seen that before," si e said. "Once or twice," he admitted. "Six time.-." firmly, "1 ja-st red you.
Friends who dida't know anything a. Mint it advised me to po on - not to be t is.-ouragcd. and I went on on to the v, ry cud, till y on " "Oh, I was a !rute!" he groaned. "You advis. il tue to stop. W hy didn't you tell ine before.'" she demanded, with nun asonaule anger. "Vim didn't" "Oh. of course. I didn't let you. I beg
vour isirdon. I; was very stupid of dh-.
bjt their was something fascinating in biing mysterious. I had never clone an v tiling unconventional in my life, and 1 wanted to make the most of it." She Jooi ed at him and flushed afhMMM "VI,, why did you reject them?" she
;,ikc'. Hi iHik' d i lulu! rass, ,(. "i . you sec. Modetn.-i , an important magtssiaa, und the Cd ItUC has a lot of work, and I ah. ill short, they wer. not suitable." "You gJa not read them," sterti'v. "Inleed I did. the first one one." "i i.uite understand." She rose wilh
some dignity, and scrMBUMI up tin Mush to the want, "Ikin't go!" he cried, following her. "Princess. ; iiav, so much to tell you." They stmrf, facing c.ndi other at the edge of the if ist y road, and below on the pier the band bniyedout the "W ashington Post." Weli?" "Oou'; avc nu ," he pleaded, "I can't endure it if you do. 1 can't let you go. because 1 want you so much." lie
caught auf bands and held th- iu tight Ig. "iK-.ir. 1 love you," be said. "Hut -" she said, "but " "Oh, I know. Hut an editor is als ii. in. As the former, 1 returned your MSv; as t..i iirter.I adore you." "Hut you . au't," she protested, "you
1 anliy know me." "'ive me a chance, dear; 1 don't ai ou to say any thinjf now , out later, wln-0 I know your ;eople. when you art mysterious no longer " "Oh. .Is tha., sue s.i ,d, de spon rje ut !y, "tin ie isn't much to know about my people, W live in Bedford square, in i very large and ugly Louse. Father made quite a lot of money iu pickles. 1 suppose y ou have si , posters of a vi ry large and healthy looking man eating cold licef, aecomp.i n.ed by Kiver' ( ebraicd PickUs 1 particularly dislike thai poster." "I have often sdtnired it," said he, valiantly. "How dear cjf you to say so," she cried, and as there was no one in sight ha kissed her. "Ob, yes, I forgive you," she said, S few minutes later, "and later on you will lie able to tell me what is suitable for 'Mcxlerna' the style of thing you want. You will never (fUliHltg) be able to 'decline with thanks' now? Will y ou?" she added, after a pause. 1 think that was one of the most terrible moments in the editor's life. The standard of "Miuli rna" was a high one, and the critic in him told him that his love's literary product ions would uever rise above mediocrity. Hut his heart cried out that she was in his arms, that she was his. and nothing else mattered, not even the profession that had been more to him for -0 years than any woman bad ever been. "Hut you will not have time to write when we are married." he urged. 'There will be ail tbe new books to read, and things to talk about, and the theaters, and parties we are going to
pive such jolly parties, you know, quite -mal!, but jolly you won't have a moment, because in addition to that you will have me to look after, madam." She drew away antl regarded him attentively. "You continue," she said, very gently "to decline?" "Dearest " "Answer me." she persisted. And the editorial instinct, which was older in him than the emotion which she bad inspired, won the day. "I I must." he stammered. "Then 1 also," she said, still in her unnaturally gentle tone, "must decline." To his passionate protestatioi s slit turned a deaf ear. Sh wa firm in her determination t.'iat if she married an editor she would enjoy the full benefit of tbe jsosition. And the editor of "Moderna" bad always been dfctiuguished by a OjUUlitj which his enemies called obstinacy. So they parted. At the last he held her hands ai d said, earnestly : "Some day perhaps you will send a line a word, even to 'Moderna. U ever you can you know what it will mean to me. Oood-by." "(iood-by." she whispered, and down
on the pier the last notes of the "Wash
ington Post" were prolonged in a barsr wail.
PRICES FALLING. laUastrlal Depression Follows iBtrooWctioa of (he l.old Standard.
Iks
Mr.
A BAD FEATURE. niaaley's Aversion to t'osasaera Appears la tae Mmr Hetenar Hill.
If the falling prices since 173 hss I neen due to some cause other than the j
demonetisation of silver we should have expected the fall to be universal the world over. Yet, strange to tbe goldbug, while in every gold standard country prices have disastrously fallen, prices in tbe silver standard countries have remained substantially stable. I'nited States Consul Whet more, of Shatigr.ni, has prepared an index number table of Chinese prices show ing this fact beyond dispute; and the same has been true of Mexico and the other ilvi-r countries. Hut the most striking nnd conclusive example is Japan. t'p to 107 that country had enjoyed the most marvelous prosperity. Her export trude increased from fa.OOO.OOO in l&'JO to $71,O0O.0D0 in lOS. with the annual balance of trade of $5,000,0(X) In her favor. In t97, how ever. Japan decided to become
"the Kngland of the orient," and adopted the single gold standard. W hat has been the result? Prices have begun to fall and industrial di pression has set in. The Tiji Shimpo, the leading paper of Japan, in reviewing the first y ear of the gold standard, sayst "We can speak only in gloomy teims of the year jus, past. Commercial affairs and political affairs reached their lowest depth;, of depression and mismanagement. The introduction of the gold standard proved a complete failure." And that parser states that the balance of trade Is against Japan. Says t i renter Japan, a magazine published in Japan in Knglish: "The adoption of the gold standard is the worst mistake e.-er committed by the government in the long history of .to years that have been passed since the present Meijji era began." And it adds: "Many of the factories in the western part of Japan are closing cr only running or. half time." NOTES OR BONDS. Demnerata Otialrnet MM nepobllean Tns-Creatln Mranun-i for Syndicates.
One - ..e bill to provida ranaUS for war purposes Is of such an obnoxious character that it is likely to be strinken out by the enate. In general the bill distributes tbe burden of rUM rgeaa taxation hi a pretty fairsort ofway Hut t ho unconquerable aversion to commerce possessed by Mr. Dingley crept into the bill in the shajw of a tonnage tax on fore gn shipping. It would naturally be supjosed that our foreign commerce was sufficiently laden with
the Dtaghrj tariff duties, without adding the weight of heavy tonnage duty, which is in effect an addition to the tariff rates. A representative of one of tbe leading steamship lines has been in Washington explaining tha affect of such a tax to the senators. To Senator All MM In- gave a specific illustration as follows:
One of our lame frclKht stesmers, tne
.-u.sy'.vsr.la or the Pretoria, of 8.13a tons
net, would be charged 11,627.10 every time
she enters the port of New York, or, as she makes eight trips yearly, this tins
steamer would have to pay a tax of 113.-
e ... pi r a:. t urn This :s s.mjdy enor
mous, ar.d win serve to prove me cor
rectness of tha contention as to the tn-fluinct-of the tsx towards a deviation of
tralflc. aid ulve an Idea of the magnitude of tbe Intended taxation In the aggregate."
This tax would simply divert com
merce from the North Atlantic ports to
Montreal, and l lief freight for tbe United
States would come down by rail from
Montreal instead of being distributed from .New York. This would be putting work and wages in the way of the
Canadian freight handlers and rail
roads, bringing stagnation on the ports
f New York. Uostou and Philadelphia,
and make Montreal the leading port on
the continent. It is to be hoped that the senate will be wise enough to wipe
out this provisiou, which would not
only an ski n us by robbing us of the
profits of commerce, but would inten
sify the disaffection that the Dingley
law stirred up iu many foreign nationa
L'tica Observer.
JESUS CONDEMNED. Saaelay School Lesson la the lata national Serlea for June 0, IKliHMatlbe CTill-iMs,
IU e evening late in the following February the editor of "Moderna" turned into the Strand from the side street wherein his office lay nnd hailed a hansom, lie looked very cheerful, his mustache nas twisted up nt the corners and he lore a bunch of violets in his buttonhole. Half an hour ago he received a note which ran: "Come a: d see me; 1 have seimethir.g to tell you. (irace."
In the big. shadowy drawing-room io Bedford afuara a very pretty woman was waiting. She had lighted tbe yeliow -shaded candles, and the light fell on Ihc bunches of JuUUuUi that were everywhere and on her primrose-hued gUUrU, When t he door ojiened and be was announced she did not move to greet him. but stood still ai d looked at him. He came close und took her band and held it.
Democrats in congress who are opposing the issue of SSOO.OOO.iXM) worth of bonds are acting in tbe interests of the people. Of course, the republicans raise a great hew 1 that the democrats are "obstructionists," but tbe democrats are simply obstructing an attempt to place a great and unnecessary burden of taxation upon the country. There are more ways of raising money with w hich to pay the expenses of the war than the one way, so dear to republicans that of issuing bonds with
which to make the syndicates rich and
to hi rp the masses poor.
Treasury notes are just as good as onds. being pay ableincoin.and they do
not carry anv interest. Again, there is
a great quantity of silver lying idle in
the government vaults which ought to be utilized. The people know that the
democrats are fighting for their benefit
and the democrats are quite willing to
go before the poplo on the issue raised
by tbe republicans. Treasurv notes will have to be re
deemed in the long run just as the
bonds would have to be redeemed, but
there would be no interest to pay on the notes, and that is why the money-
sharks are opposed to them.
Every three months the bondholder would be able to thrust his band into
the treasury and loot it of interest.
lie could not do that if treasury notes
were issued.
"Anything to get interest out of the government" is the cry of the republican. And that ii the extent of the bond buyer's patriotism. Chicago Dis
patch. A TRICK OF BANNA'S.
The rrrmldenl Unker Work n I'olnt
1 nder Over of tbe War Escltemrnt.
v
want to tell me
he
-W hat
asked. She held up iter right hand. "Look!" she whispered, "there is no ink on it now." She laid her lingers against Iiis iips. "You will have to love rue very lUCh tU make up." "Harling!" said the editor, who m- med to eoiisjiier that quite a sensible reu ai k. Helow in the misty square a hurd;gurdj man BUgaa to grind out the sahsUgtOU Post." -Kathleen Murray, in Keigravia.
To I'rrorvf K.KS. Tha months of April ami May arc the best for preserving eggs. Prepare the wuWr with the U-st Knglish shell lime until it has strength enough to keep an gg afloat. Allow it to stand until cold. Hi. e the egg carefully packed in jars Of MadM or artUslavcr is intended to preMTta them ir. Place a tine sieve over it to remove all small pieces of lime aad sard then our on the bine w iter, (ireut care is iucesary that no egg are packed wilh the least crack in them. The HUM WUtUt cannot be hM strong W Ml no other mixture than this it has been known to keep eggs fresh for over 12 MM tha. iotI er way is tocoai them with va-iliic and then put them in lime water. Brim hn been found to lie in-li'ss in preserving them, anil packing in bran, pap-1 or wot d aln-s will not prevent them from going Imd; tint the vaseline and lime water hnvc been found most safe, and will laM p tlier.i
! manv montti.' Hetrmt r ! rress.
PLAGUES THE INVENTORS.
Tbe Currency Problem Halse n Spee
ter lo Haunt (lit. Itepn 1,1 leu n.
The republican party hns steadily boasted it.s invention of til flUtnbacks, the blood-stained greenback ns Dick Oglesby called it. Tbe greenback is a noninterest-bearlng obligation, and more than M years after the civil wxir, during which the country' soldiers und sailors were id iu greenbacks, hundred! of millions of them are still in circulation. It was suggested by Secretary Gage, not, however, with thefuli assent of the president, Uiat steps be taken by the issuance of interest-bearing bomb to redeem, ret ire and destroy greenbacks. This the party has refused to do. The b'.ood-wtaincd republican created greenback is stille feature of the national currency. Now that more currency is needed for the prosecution of another war the republican bouse say r, i?sue interest-bearing bombs. The senate, however, hears a report from its finance committee to the t fleet that in prov iding more money refort may again be had to that form of government obligation which ooats nothing but printing. There is no gain :ii t Iiis, plan for the money loaner. If there be Ott it must fall on every body. Thus the currency problem returns to plagUM the inventor of the greenback, the republican party, which Is now seeking to discredit the money it once took credit for supply ing. This is the absolute proof t.iat the repUOUoua party of to-day is no longer the par. of Lincoln, who was n real tollower of Jcf lers-on.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
BuatOatteOfB Iron Hole. .lohn." faltered the lit woman, v a ban forgotten something." lie started guiltily. tili, .lohn!" she exclaimed, reprouch fulK. her lips quivering. For it MM tha third time within a month that he had neglected to call at the bureau of rublic health on his wsy home to get a permit to Idas her. De LraM Jonruai.
Uanna has turned a little trick under rover of the war excitement. That the
gaone he baa played is discroditalf. goes without saying. That it wouli have worked in ordinary t inies is doubt
ful. Worthington C. Ford, who has
held the oflVe of the chief of bureau of statistics for tbe last rive years and d?nont rated rare capacity, has been rcmoveel. Oiving the record of Statis
tician Fori! the Pittsburgh Post says
"In 1Vj3, w hen he took hla office, it w as in a condition of chaos and its reports
of little account, is tbe bureau tha
collects, compliis ar.d prepares for publication those exceedingly important returns of the country's commerce, industry nnd finance on which the future plans of merchants and financiers are based. Their value is known inull newspaper oflk-es, and wilh all who concern themselves with economic subject." llnnna has removed this capable officer and haa put in his place one Austin, an obscure Washington correspondent, v hokuows nolhing whatever about the science of statistics. In the campaign of 1 -HO Austin was hired by Hanna to compile campaign dodgers filled witli misinformation. As a tool he provi-! MM 'ul to Hanna, and for his reward be is given a place which he is in nowiae competent to fill. Th!s is the kind of work llnnna e-ails statesmanship. This is one of the rcults of the disgraceful bargaining which rmuie llanna a senator. Those politicians and newspapers In the I'nited Sta c who ure attribut
ing tbe improved conditions here to the advent of ChiaOM wall protection might turn their attention to Canada and exp'ain why thai country is proportionately more prosperous tban we are. while having low tariff. The present conditions in Canada, compered si'h wbst exiited when protection was in force there, is to those capsbla cf reaaoning one of the best pesslble object lessons on the fallacy of Dingleylsm. Siovt City Tribune.
The i'. n DC rati la the senate have demanded an laheritaacc tax as a part of tbe Diagiev war n vi a OS bill. What are the rent) GUI I gall g to do abo3) that? St. Louis ResOtbUa. I5;it for t be overwhelming sentiment of the peopk of the I'nited States, as poured forth from day to day In the democratic press for the past year, Spain would never have been called to account for atrocities in Cuba by th present administration. - Columbus (0.) Itcss. Let the republicans keep the currency question, the protection of trusts and the making of political appoint men's to the army in the background and they will find democrats voting with th'-m in all measures looking toward the defeat of the common foe. Chicago Dispatch. Spain stands where she does today because for centuries she has been governed for the profit and glory of the politicians in power, regardless of the general good. That is the principle of spoHs, a hetbef the politicians be called hnir;s aiid noble or bocs and heelers. It exists in ev cry country and among every people. HufTalo Ilspress. if we are to have outlying provinces nil over the world we shall have to create proconsuls (or something r,f t hat sort I la fortra them and to supervise the collection of the provincial rev
enues, ur course, the great political haaottil V- w York. Pennsylvania, etc., will expect to have the naming of these fai - aai es. What a particularly fat addition to tbe present political nnd financial nssets of bossdom such a prerogative as that would be. Hartford (Conn.) Coitrnnt. The Otio er.ate's report of hrib ry nr i t -1 Mat'; Haiti a is i .vv in 1 he hands of Yice President Ilobart. Tht scheme is sa'd to be to watch for a time when none but Hanita's frteada are present and then call for the report in the seriate, with the expectation that it will he Tabled and thus permanently disposed rf. The senate cannot afford to treat the matter so lightly. And, pray, what kind of a "friend" is It that would want to treat so frivolously so serious a chorgt?--6U Louis Republic,
(T!aed upon Peloufoet'a IstsM Not es. J OOI.DKN TKXT.-e'lirist Jesus cams lato the world to save sinners. 1 Tun. 1:1s. Tili: N The Story of the Trial He fore tbe laabedrim. FrOM a little ufter one o'clock Friday morning till sunrise, about half past live, Jesus vvaseiiduriug an BO just trial, in various forms, before the .lew, si. authorities. To the house of Caiapba.s ( bnt was brought first for a pn iiminary cvuniiuition before the high priests Annus and Caiapbas (John IS: 111-24; Matt. 2:57, It), Ti t s. l.tciicc was pronounced, not from anything the witni sen brought forward i but from Jesus' own confession that He was the .Messiah, the Son of fjkajL This they construed as blasphemy, a capital offense among tbe J i aa. Story of the Trial Hcfore Pilate. Probably in tha Soman tower of Antonia, adjoining the temple on the northwest. Possibly Herod's palace. Tim", six to eight o'clock, Friday morning. The Sanhedrim hud ail judged Je.sus worthy of death, but they bad no power to put it into i BeOUtiOaV Hence, they bound Jesus and took Liira to Pilate'l hall Of justice, that he might pronounce .sentence against Jesus. The religious accusation of blasphemy would be of no account in Pilate's courts, and hence it vv as carefully mijpressed. Instead f this, the Jewi charged Jesus with treason, under the triple accusation! (1) Sedition, exciting tumults and revolt against Home (Luke 83:2) ; (8) Rebellion, refusing M pay tribute; and (II) OgOts treason io claiming to be king. Pilate holds an interview with the Jivv.- outside the judgment ball. Pilate later holds a private conference
with Jesus. 11. "The governor," Inning listened to the uccusations of tbe .lews, went within t be ball to ipn st ion Jesus. "Asked Him, saying. Art Thov the King of the Jews?" as these Jews SCCttM you of claiming to be. "Jesus suid unto Him, Thou say itt" This va a strong assertion that He was the king of the Jews "What you say ia true." Pilate goes OUt again to tbe Jewish ie.nlers and reports the result of bis conference with Jesus, Tbcre are no grouada for aoadeasaing Bin to b nth. and y at be fears to offend tbe Jew by releasing Him, Pilate sends Jesus to Herod ill order to escape a decision against Jesus ( Luke 13:5-12). Probably La another pari of tin same palace. Hell- Jesu i mocked by üflrod and bis soldiers, and sent haak to Pilate la tha mockery of gorgeous robe. Herod seemed to look iipmi the claims of Jesus as a huge
joke or the visions of a fanatic. Pilate Seeks to Save Je.sus by One Custom of Helcase. Vs. 1 j- Is. 10. "At that feast:" The Passover. "Wont to reieaas unto tha people a prisoner:" As u lilting accompaniment to a feast tliTit celebrated the redemption of the nation from slavery. "Whom they would:" the choice lay with t belli. It, "A notable prisoner, called liarabbas:" Ha rub bus was plainly a ring leader in one of those tierce and fanatio outbreak ag.'wmt the llomnn domination which fast succeeded one another in the latter days of the Jewish 00 mi i wealth. it. "Barabbaa or Jesus:" Iff imped to get tha inline lice of t he people on His side against the rulers, for ( l)"he knew that for envy they bad delivered Him: Bar because of t he popularity of .Ict us drawing such gnat crowds after Him. Hut the rulers st im d up the people, not the otic who bad shouted "Hosanna," but tin- baaer Of more fanatical crowd, ami tin y shouted: "Not tins man, but Haralibas." 19. "Win n he was set:" While he was sitt ing; during the trial. "II is v ife sent unto him:" etc. Tradition has given her the name Pmcula. "1 have suffered many things this day in a dream:" Which va. to her I rfadoU, sent to her because she would receive it, in order to deter Pilate from this great crime. liL'. "What, shall I do then with Jesus?" Pilate uhi d this ipiestion where ha had aa right to. B should have asked it of bis conscience, of juslic , of right, of trirth, of honor, not af an excitid BKtb. Pilate trie to throw the responsibility on the people. Ys. L'4, ".". Pilate, to avoid a tumuli, "took water and washed his hand before the multitude:" By this symbol disowning ail reapoasibilit (Deal, 21:6, '.). a if bis words could cleanse bis soul from guilt, as the water w ashed t he dirt f P bis hands. 1 2C. "When he had scourged Jesu:" During the interval while the Jewi vi re making their choice. PfUrta had Jesus oBourged with the tcrribh- Homaa
flagellum, whose lashes were loaded with pieces of lead, spike, bones. Perli:i this was done to touch the hearts of the people so thot this cruel pnnihment niiL'bt suffice instead of crucifixion. Then the soldiers ngnln mocked Jesus, dressing Him up in n scarlet soldier's c'onk. nnd putting n crown of thornson Hi head. Pilate led Jesus out before the rniera, With the crown af thorns nnd BUfpte fob.- (John 1ü: S-C). and said: "I'.-i homo." Heboid, the man! ot l.lUr Knrlhlv ,'rlenU. TTl-rn a man is rich and pfUapSHNM, nnt willin? and able to do much to I elp his friends, they crowd around him, praise and honor him: htti tttotooaat t-il , n bj adversity , how mnnv of them soon rbeaah and forget him? Our Jod never fofgftl or fOfUUkee us. "I nm poor aad needy, yet the Lord 'hinketh upon me. United Prrdiyterim. MoMlna" limn"" Vatnra, The noblest hsbOT that can, be, preformed is for n nan to take the rough materlali af human nature and moid, (hem tnta t saintlv soul. -Hev. Joh 8 1 evens.