Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 November 1898 — Page 3
WEEKLY COURIER
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JAM'KR
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THE LITTLE FAIU HEAD.
round ,l
ather-broS "! cni p ,, 'wn i rough. '"' lnn,'-1 , , ... ,,,1 üu-iy O.r w.e.la
v , .1 .-, . ,jj-t brlgtitea his lot Tben 1 noticed a little fair head! wui like sunshine tlfrouiih ratal t e - wc . i - the "f1 lialr I , , hi 'l o'i t I ne Hjot. n k I -jti " crack. .1 punu . i I .1,1' u I"- so fi lr, g ...W .r.U frum- I fornot. A i aered, M ebsnetd . ,, trin I si 'l Bfewn, . X . .. v s 'PUaWn the lane. rh, i ! ow n rry danced The fair )i. a'!, up and down. gucj , . , . Uttl I" ad at the pan! Hi n . ,;' ratond. , . . m ii . that 'tis said H, iwU joyi are to poverty aent. ,KÄ and a.kJ a. he wen, ... -nh costliest " vt, . , .a.l wmdow. of plat.. , 1 , ,.,,,..,! ,.. k n.verprcat. !:,,.: v grandeur, alee place To the poor taad't estate Ti . '.k. I ,...i.c l.y a Utile h.aill.leat.
JoanJurdicViV liberies
i
Hy MARWOOO BWBRLV. i fright UM
fuv .11 BDIE. rff Of Clement
, , , ,.: nsinift)n, was at
V,.,-, of being witch. Shewssufter
i....ini to sav she would In1 even
..in Du Min and William am ,..,;' r bavins slendered her char
,.,', r Within H 'as DolÄB had an OS
1 , . ,-k. then a steer, thru il cow I,..,, ,i udie was made tn appear be
fr, Mayor Childers and other justices
fli 1 1 id answer luriurwumiwim
i,i of darkness, .loan denied every
eharae. and eventually she wns nl
lowed to escape the dire legal penalty
of w Itchcraft, although for a long time
the was given wide berth by the vi lagen of Bossington. It seems that William Dolfln
taunrhter. Marian, had no fear of tin
village witeh. Quite unknown to her
nnreiits she visited the ancient body
I - often, not with intention of deriving
nnv benefit from her craft or of d
nrivioir her of tlie same, but rather
from the good motive of befriending
hi i in vears who was surrounded b
, nemies. In tact. Marian Doltiu nursed
Joan daring two eossecutiee nights, irhi n. neither for love nor money, tin-
I eil WOVld have lifted a hand to
im 1, r from a dishonored irr.ive. On
this and tlu r occasion William Do
it.- l.i.iH nothincr different than 'hat
the a ii Baleen in her own pond bed
With the room door bolted inside to
ki , n "lit the very familiar form of th
mit, h.wbo. in fact bad become a aeoond
mot er to her. .loan, of course, wa
nnt prepossessing; f appearance, and
Harlan was not Bosoiuieij ecnam tkal .',. v;i- the doer of L'ood deed a,
hat ! the thief thing. Cornej hud nephew livinj; at D ; $ nriid yoang fellow taOUgb, h' was. 'ie did rot 1 now )i old uncle had tili hoard, tvharcas '. did. M.v demand and thn.r brought lUCCeat, and I MMOae 01
ney I'm noi repent r nieaoxineei i n
til the n phi .v. w ith tears la bia ry . came appi .i lag to him to bclp hin ,f a d iff) cull . lis that time I he old
man was well in my hands; bat out of reverse 1.. -:uead the tale that 1 w i -a witch, and after that all the bumati donkeya liereabonti aaapeeted me of
being the eaoaa of an the miarniei that came into the village. Yes, (b ar.
I confi Ka l have bad my band m oirty
nintteo. lint ( or ne. v .ias ha. h .! n
venp - i hat matters It ?"
I it too late to let Iiis nephew Know
ttüit Ii- klifiM ln if the oiom v for tin-
fetch!!:-""
"lit Ih ill never have it in tbil World, o you bearl Hut you, my df ar. ahal!
have it on that day yon promise 10
marry the man I have in my in, ml -
pyei for yon, Think, Marian, how very nice M would be toet up housekeep
ing aa an independent lady."
tfa that money .' Mother .lurilie.
I -hoii'ii be as liailiv ..tT a - :'ii) pan-
jier."
"Whist, child: i e vex me now. ")i,i;'t let Hie vex Voll, mother." "i am t xed enough already, for my tirposcs are crossed by one in whom
I have takes a great delight and watched geoW np from childhood as though -he had been mine own. In this
thins I swear I will have ye obedient;
und now niv mind is fixed, I can make
von inarrv this man. for my force of
will i- greater than thine."
Mat an trembled. Joati savvnowane
was affeettd, but, instead of bending.
she la came more rigidly determined
to carry out her own di igns.
Mv child," said she, "ril never let
o'i out of tlie House UtiTii you promise to marry this mar.. I am going to fetch Him presently.1
No wonder that Marian felt faint.
I', rhans .loan had a so:: or a r.cphew
ili hi vIip had never ta'ked about to
anybody, but kept in the background This thought eluog to the aealtlv
rlrl Mira :i niirV. t ma re. It bore her
- 1 . - pi---
, wn. anil a ciamim perapirauoa
, try panoply or moment lati r . in the wltea'a auction and up-
broke out all over her body. She distrusted .loan Jurdie tow. and was in a mind with all Roaafngtoii about her. lb eching .loan to have BM rcy proved to he of no avail, for she said over and over again: "Nay. nay, nay. not till I have brought thy bridegroom here." - a prisoner, Marian begat: to call out. and at last .loan looked foully antrry. Suddenly the girl fainted away, fell down on the door, and was partially restored by a dash of cold water, after which he was put to bed and left to right herself. Maria:, was not wideawake until eight o'eloeh In 'he morning. Bhe mmmm will) n fill', r e m e in br ii nee of
What had happened, and looked all over the boose for Joa a. But Joaahad gone, and the door was locked. The man came for his week's rent while I hi fair prisoner s::t pondering. He thumped at the door until he was tired, not thinking that the tenant had become deaf but obstinate. Marian heard Mm s:,.v: ",?.v ,nr l'or(1- i'11 evict her now! All the village hat been praying Me to evict her for the last ii i vtarv Out-!:, goes thU very .,:.,.r ntit ln-iii' 11!" Forth-
,, , .1.! I f . . . .
t never aiioweo auvion.i; , ,,. ...,,,, ia ,t,,. !,, ow masiieu
entered, and found Marian.
tl . lug
. . a .1 ... -
1r;ii.ioe over her senses Ol uiuv. Conach nee seemed to tell her that she tami be the neglected old soul's comforti r, and all would turn out right in
. rid. Marian dared not be seen goIhera bj day light, so she went
Healthily under eover Of night, ana, Contrary to what everybody else in tbi , läge could have believed, always found .loan sitting placidly at home, Without ev en the companion of O blaCM tat 'i 'white hare. "Mother Jurdie, arc you as bad a (hi v make you out to be ?" quest ioned IIa riac Dolfln, naively. Did her only comforter lack confi-
lei Ct in berV Mother Jurdie looked riidly jnit out by this thought. "Nay. Marian. " said she. a little plaintively, "jrou cannot think I am. surely?" 'Mut." pursued the girl, "there must some reason for their suspecting von of w itchcry." "You are right, my dear. It is heri -. I look like a w itch, and because i i ee I came here many things have happened t0 go wrong, and because I do not associate with other folk nor do as they do." "Your looks you cannot alter, tnolhtr, But diil von never do anything really wrong?" "i f course I did. and, to my know ltdge, one tiling only. I did it for thy lake, Marian; all for thy sake." "For my sake. How now ?" "Well. I threatened old Forney that
if be did not leave me all his money I woaM bewitch him. Hi said, la bia fears nnd trembles. I might have it when he had done with it. if I would only allow him to live out his time in peaee, As ve know, he is long ago dl ad nnd buried. I foresaw that tlie child Marian Dolfln would be my only friend and daughter in the years to tonae, so in this way I found the means to provide for her." ". Mother .lurdie," exclaimed the OB r prited girl, "if my father knew, he Would swear yon had practiced some Witchery in order to draw me to you." Would he? At any rate, Marian. I have Oiec afc enough now, and so strong is my lik.ing for thee
"hat thou shalt have old Forney hoard to-murrovv if thou wilt promise to marry 1 he j oung man l have ehoarn for that, bleat that, baJraJ I am not " skinny of purse a 1 am of flesh." "But, Mother .lurdie. don't mi know I! it i can marry only William Wa'mright's son. Willie? And then. bf lea, 1 cannot accept what you got from old Maat er Corner beeauae 1 louM think you go it honestly."
Hah! wh it do on kihiW about it? i honestly got. Indeed I " Well, was it honestiy got?'
M dear. OerhaDS It a not. bu
it n. entered, ami toumt Marian. ne
had tried to hide herself, but in vain. The at rival was William WainWrlght, and he owned the cottage. "W hat ! you here?" cried he. in a state of ineffable surprise. "Won't I teil your mother. Marian Dolfln! Where is this old she-devil, voiir entertainer?"
'(i. Mr. Wainwrlgbt. : am in su. n aorrj plight, and 1 am right glad you have come to set BM free." I've come for my ri l.t." he said, with BOBM asperity. "I'll see you get it. only let me out of this." "Iluwyl It's- all fine fun for von reckoning you hart got trapped. Don't think I shall go a-lying about you to
jnttr mother. I'll lay voll c-ame lu re of your own aceord. "She says she'll leave me her wot Idly all for being kind to her." lie pricked up his ears; then they fell again. "Hut saving a thing is not doing it. Inaa Beaidea, about all the worldly all she has are a few cabbages, old chairs, magic pictures, and black gowns." "I do know she is worth a good deal of money " "Ufs sie." interrupted the farmer, stroking h.ia chin, "how much Btoaej is there?" "I can't tell you. sir." said Marian, reddening. "You see. Master W ain w right. I am under .loan's rule. Sue
says she has the right man for me in u..'. .,,;.,.r. vi. niul she L'ives me r.o
II. I in..!,. ' .' - I -" - rchoice. If 1 don't marry him she will bewitch me. The monev 1 get conditionally only. 1 am of opinion that, got as it has been by her, it could do me no good i but harm." Wain w right naturallv lumped to the conclusion that the widow must have amassed a hoard by her crafty ex.or tions here and there, chiefly from v oung people engaged in sweethearting. "O. money is money," said he, enthUsinstically. "and if made in the mint ia bound to be payable. Get all you an. Marian; never mind out of WbOS pocket it comes. No matter how tai
nished. it will take a line po.isn. l on i. beneRt all 'he war Id by taking a Beeret hoard and putting" It Into circulation. These are bad timet and wt nana I tot throw the dispensation of Providenet
back In lor face. Ott the monej at any cost, take my ad V Ire, Marian and our Willie will marry thee any time. I'll answer for't." Marian was silent. "Now come along: let us go." MM vYalnwright, forcing the rrttj door open (for it had bet n ItX ki d OH the outer side). "I'll tiot I ha id on the . . m a l 111 u - . a
wlilow for a In of rent, nui i u iiieuu
We'll I kkpt aftet her Mt antSSi Marian." The. were ju-' going to OjtU when .loan appeared with a young man. Marian could scarcely believe her own eyesight, tor that young mat tflMI "u other than Wil ie. II r heart reLxiunded with hooeful Joy, ai d this aa Intensified when be smiled reea sbrinelv. Was the auuuoaed witch
; I. out in assume tl an earth bom tnge Wil lie a lid she w i I i ret iirbt, ith her
prov al. clasped In each other's arms. "What!" beamed the senior Wainwrlghti "baat thou, .loan Jurdie deeld id to reform thy character, and ineuted thi- a a beginning?" "i ome ll tO my house," said she, with the superior manner of an boat a, "I -. HI say w hat I have to kay , and then trual to vour wisdom to a0
i ii it mi of scandalous proceedings in
the past." The three followed her into the
hou-e. where she bade them be aeated.
"o." began she, "the wicked witch i f Beasington is a ehildleaa widow, and such she will to the end of her day a remain; yet she hath for long had a child "poo Whom she w ill always look with eyes full of motherly love. Yes, William Walnwrlght, 1 have watched her for years, and now she is a grown up young woman, and it is about time she came to terms with her future husband. At this opportune moment I have brought thine own son forward, and my dear miss all a-hdushlng there will not be so unkind as to refuse him. Bieaaed be 'hey whet they are wedded; and may theirs be an eternal hapI iness. Long life to them, prosperity, riebet, and a good-looking little family." William Wamwright Was, delighted.
Mis face looked like gala-day. 1 he witch, thought he, had rirtuct like other Boaah gton women, auch having only lain lati at until the present hour He was agreeably surprised to find that she did not mention past grievances, for he had helped largely to procure ber accusation for w itchcraft before Hugh Chllders at the town of I) - . He i ow felt sure that her repu
tation had beet wantonly damaged Bht seemed to htm to lie almost tor. forgiving to be human. Her memory of paat gritvaneoa could not possibly have falltd even in the coarse of this n marhalue rejoicing. The ugliest and most crabbed person Is arrived in lovelv amenities whet
ike stoops to Win our favor w it h gn at gifts. I "Ah. Marian." remarked .loan. "1 was painfully nnd indignantly sorry wh B 1 found 'hat you could not trusl me. Did you ever think that 1 shook ; ill repay you for visiting HM and be ing my nur-e and comforter when even" body else in the Village spurne. m m a . n.tm a an
me'. How could i aave BreKni a BMt any man w honi yon coulcnot love? Did I hot already know what man you were most agreeable to? Yes; nnd aow he is here. I will yet mak. m.ii two joint possessors of the t2.o. that I l ave been secretly Ii -erving fol mo;. Tl e nephew of o'd Forney ilrowned himself last night in the Don ' "Old Forney!" caught Bp 'he seniot Wainwright. es. old Forney. That waa the cos sip who first dubbed Btt witch.' But for him I might have been the respect
able 'Mrs. .loan .lurtiie to this nay. "That I can well believe." said fti delighted Walnwrlght, "He's s;,id some mucky things about thee in my ! , aring. but I said at the time they were too bad tO be true. There. Willie, lad. that'll do; you've hugged the girl enough, surely." When .loan invited the three tC breakfast with her. on fresh-laid eggs not one of them declined. In the mid,:,c of the meal Wainwright, senior. declared he would never come again to w idow Jurdie for Mother farthing of rent. She was as rood as h-r word, and her secretly adopted daughter became tbc BOOM ssor of riches. Thi- remark a hie act was diffused abroad, nnd tin attitude towards her was changed et inanentlv from the hour when it
w a s ere dited and realised as a truth Hence, in her old age. Mrs .loan .lurdie became a popular member of Kssingt OBa humble society.
THE G0 0 STANDARD. Hum II II Me ell I '.lien HUfOd "l I'uftti reil l Ilse Olli, ,-llnliler and l ii ii e l.i-ml
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
I'rlnelpte lileli Are tJSjaBMMSttl
isim bwlstalt ii Sanas nal Ion uf plit!.
HEZEKIAH'S GREAT PASSOVER
4. mill Rsittleawatke s.,r. Mr. Heaver, an old gentleman, inde pendent, stalwart, heroic, reared sev-e.-al sons, who by IkiU practice and inheritance were very wicked, made nc pretense to religion and had no regard for morality. ln one occasion JohUi one of the sons, was bitten by a rattle snake, but. being aeoomnaaied by sew eral of his brothtrs, was nrrfed horns to hia father immediately. The old geotlenana beoame alarmed and. think lag his son in all probability would BOOB be dead, sent hastily for the par son. who. being affected even snort with surprise than gratification, bent every energy to comply with the call. Doing met on his arrival by Mr. Bearer the father of the family, who. after explaining the misfortune of his s,,n exhorted him to pray for the aJMeted
one Immediately, iht parson lost bi time, and noon the entire family were
bent m prayer. After praying long fervently and earnestly for the speedy ,, very of .lohn, the parson concluded -, ini what in this wiae: "Now. Loid we thank Thee for rattlesnakes, nm fHpeclally for iht rattlesnakes that bit this nm I'imvci; and now. Lord, be bt pltSSed IO send another great old rati eanake to bite old man Beaver, fu ,,, thing but rattlesnakes will ever turn the Beavers." Flunk ston News and Courier. Haw ii ItasaeeUBi. Sympathetic lall r (tt prisoner) My good b an, whsl brosfht yew herel ');,, , t ;,,ns im , oi et- Borron in no ncy . "I'.u't they don't put Bfttttt It BtisOl for borrow ing mm y !" V, , i( itm w . but I bad to ki och t t-e
man down trice or tour uxors mm.
There was no agitation in favor of adopting a single Btauedard until about the begrioning of this cent ury . vv bt U a somber of writers sUatjsjsjttd .t. in IMg nitkws Barengor, wfco had bees deputieed by the I rei ch gOVCnuuest to make a report oi this sjueatioa, reported in favbr of a single silver stand uni. Not gold, auf stiver. ItoWHtftf waa one of the ablest li en that lia.e written upon this tjuest ion, at,d ii inoticeable that h - advanced in 1 -. tactically all of the arguments in favor of a fcilvcr standard thut have sine" been advanced in favorof a gold Standard, Like the alUglS standard men of to day, he took the ridiculous positiuu of Bsroely contending that the government eouid not increase or decrease the purthnslsg power of a metSll that the whole matter was regulated by commerce; ami yet, testend of leuving It to conameree, he lnbored for vcars. in season and out of BOason.
to get the government to adopt one metal and strike doWS the other by law. In IHK, Ixird Liveritool succerded in getting the English government to adoot the raid standard by law. and
r rhis principal argument iu favor of It was that other nation of the world were using silver almost exclusively, and If Bsgland adopted gold and coined it in denominations that were not in use in other countries lirr mon v would be le liable to be drawn from the h land, and th.at when it was drawn from the island it would have a constant tendency to return. The idea of getting an advantage over other countries by the use of gold was not 1 1: n thou -'ht of. This ad van t aire ro-e
later, out of the fact that England, having become the great .commercial ami ship-owning nation of the world, and London tlie great financial center, l.cr neonle L-ot tin- benefit of t he exohai ges
i r w m and in time got the lieiu tit of all those I advantages which are reaped by men I who handle large sums of money and are in a situation to compel other to come and d al with them. There were
a number of minor steps taken by some of the governments, which need not lie noticed in this brief survey, but the adv oeatesof a single standard Increased in number, end were finally divided into three tlSSSeSl One- class that w anted uniformity of coinnge, in order to escape confusion which resulted from a great variety of coins issued by different email principalities. This ?ass did not believe that there was enough of cither metal in tlie world to do the world's bus i m ss. and favored the theory of having some countries adopt gold and other countries adopt ailvi r. Another class was made up chiefly of
professors, who advanced various theories which they wanted to BSYflt put into practice. The third and mot e powerful branch consisted of the great creditor classes, who Wanted to make money dear, and of nearly all the official classes who hold oft ice for life and draw salaries from the government. The charter of the Pank of England being about to expire, wasrenewid by parliament in Itdi, nnd in the act renewing the charter parliament provided that the bank must buy up all gold of lawful standard that should thereafter be offered at i." 1 17s. id. p r ounce of standard gold. In other word-, it fixed the minimum price for gold bylaw and furnished the world a purchaser for it. Had it provided by law that the bank must buy every pound of wool thereafter offered at no cents per pound.
! it is evident that N cents per pound would have fornn d a minimum price for wool after that date, especially if it were limited in fSOBtity. and tbil ' would have been due not to business or commerce, but to the nrbitrary net of government. About the time of the great discoveries of gold in California and Australia, the creditor and ofliceholding class, fearing higher pricca. atarted an agitation in favor of the do ruunvetisstlos of gold; and Holland, as well o.s some of the smaller German states, net ually demonetized gold for a time. Soon nfter 1S50, when it became evident that the new gold flehls : were not going to deluge the world, the j agitation in fnvor of demonetizing gold censed, and then became active in favor of demonetizing silver. Interna1 tionnl monetary conferences were held nt different time, at which the idea of ; establishing a single gold standard was ' strongly pressed. slthWgh the folly i nnd danger of it Welt) pointed out by some of the ablest statesmen and finan- ; Ciers of the world; hut the influence of the office -holding and money-lending classes was sufficiently DOtCBt to fiuiet-
ly carry it out. and finally they induced the AmeriCOS congress to take the initiative John P. Altgeld.
k jaill) s, hoot l.raaoa In Ihr Inter Sial beSteSt sfrlr, for Vmrmbrr U, s',l s "Z lirnli-!r :. :-..
Ti e democratic party ia the party ot the "com mm people," aaAbraham Lincoln would put it. The tru-t. the aaonopolltS, the capital combinations, the money sy ndicates, the grent bankln institution and the protected In
dustrie du not belong to the demo
cratic party. Their exUtenee depend upon aM legislation and t'ove n.ment
favoritism. At they uimerviano tu philosophy of existence, the common people at- upon the earth tobe hewer of wood and drawer of wster for them, beats tluy could have no sympathy with any political system that demanded sn equitable dieialoB of the joint pr loot of capital and labor. Th prinei N Of the democracy are diametrieall' Opposed to the doctrine of etetS based upon wealth filched from the "none nnd sinew of the real producer of wealth the. common people, The democratic party doe not reco(rT , the ri-rht of the government to
make favnrltes of any clasa of citixena, and legislate opportunitiea for them to bui'd up individual fortunes at the expense of the common people, and very naturally the frusta and other forin of favored capital combinations would BOt take kindly to It. Hut r.ot all 'he common people appreciate the importance of ttar.ding together urder the banner of democracy. Some of them fail to aec how they are being drawn into the net of the favored few. Spasmodic "good timea" are not help to better eondi tions of ixistence. A system of divi Ion of the joint earnings of labor and capital, which gives labor the shell
nr.d can'tal the kernel, la wrong in
principle and injurious in practice to labor. Some of the common people fail to see that they are being transformed more and more intoniere machinesnot labor-saving, but moneysaving, machines for the trusts snd
monopolies. ot all trie common peo pie realize that the policy of the republican party is to gradually cirrum eribe their opportunity to employ their brawn and skill until they an firmly and securely bound to the eon tract labor ytem. Not nil the com men people see that they are pay:; from per cent, to 2oo per cent, mor for articles of consumption than ie just or fair, that our industries mar undersell competitors in markets of i. Not all the common
lU I "i' uv - people see that the political control of the country i destined to pass to the trusts and" money power If they do not array themselves in political hostility to the party that ia doing these things. It is surprising that there Shemlo Bt tt n od one of the common people who
does not see how surely and certainly the leaders of the republican party ar? circumventing the rights and privileges of wage-earner There Is an object lesson in the effort of the coal btront of Virden. 11!.. to force down the traget of white labor by importing degraded negroes, which the commor people might study srtth profit tc themselves, put they have had hundreds of such lessons in the past, and they should have profited by them before this. More and more is th- policy of the republican party transforming the common people into mere machine to grind out wealth for tlie caste set which that party la tStohfj :- i Is America. Bat If tht lOSBmOB people like that sort of thing: If they have lost, their manhrod and irdener rteree of thought r.nd character.
they belong to the rank and file of thei party that I Using them as tools In burtriintr up lirperlalism In America. Kana City Time.
THE VOICE OF DISCORD. Srhaa I I Hint nll I pon Mr. MrKlnle fr llnlre and Jaatlrr.
uy near, pernapa it was not, nut w.oow tor a un oi rem. mo i ' i - - ,, . .. wuuo- will honestly spend, and-, I be window ttf hi i thai I've broken. ne won..; lead it to Bst, tW BW 0
Tlie Money SWSSttOSU The money question remains the real issue, now and forever, or until it i rightly settled. It is not "sixteen to one or bust." but it i sixteen to one and victory! It U the battle of the plain people, the workers, the thinker, tlie men who fight the bat tie and pay the taxes, again organized gree 1 and consolidated privilege. The gold standard must go! The people have said it, tnd they mean it; and in thi land of democracy the voice of the people is the will otOod. W have set free the serfs of the Spanish eolonkfO now it u Btteh the fighting and free
our own people from the s -r m of goldbugi vm and Msrsrhssnsism. The ChfesgO platform is our shibbo'eth. It is the BOW declaration of lodtpend rnce, ami upon this solid rock of justice aid tight, the plain people of America pltttt their standard and will fight to the flni-h-nn1 mav the iod of truth be with us! Mississippi Val'ey Democrat, , Ti e president bn i Ittoftftd that "whit we want is tili markets." Then vthat's the matter with less protection and freer trader-Louisville Time
"Let no rlt'cordant volc Intrude to embarrass u tn the solution of the mlRhty preMaem Whteh involve such vast conaeasMSta to ourselves and posterity." Thus Mr. McKinley at St. Loui in one of the moat solemn and stern of his many solemn and stern rebukes ot the "buzzards." Whose la this "dicr.rdant voice?" This- paragraph from the London Saturday lb view may throw ionic light upon the matter: "There wen only ?7J Americans k111l and Mai wounded tn actual fluhtlns;. whtlo thue killed by disease, rrlmlnally .iKRravated by the want of proper treatment or food, were 2,'K and the esttmawd number of those stricken by Illness wa In round numb, rs about 4".0oe. With constitutions shatt, r. . I and health permanently broken thousands of men are now struggling; to their homes " It is not one voice. Mr. McKinley; It is legion of voices. There are voices from hundreds of graves the voices af thoe "killed by disease, aggravated, by the want of proper treatment or food." There are living voices the voices of fathers, brothers. me'hers. wives, sisters, friend-, of the thoussnds on thousand who never left the peaceful camps
your war department st aonsneu. w no have gone home or stili linger In hospitals, "with constitution shattered and health permanently broken." And all your talk about "Cod" and, "conscience" Btd "duty" and "nrghty problems" only nccentnates In the mind I the people the fact that you appointed and you retain and you hield the r idea's and the incompetents who ksve thtM rewarded the valor and Ihe self-sacrifice of our soldiers. N. Y. World. T republican paper are tryinghur l 10 trace th.- stagnatian In the woo'e- lustry to the Wilson tariff. Stra ll the Bulla should have done n prnsptlJB bimress while that nrlff was in force ai d thnt suspen
sion it ' BSalgnaaeBU should have bt" v. just as th- repnfblleaa oral ore were heyinr.ing to cn'l attention to tha spl-ndld frui's of Dirgley Um. -Manchester ( N. in Union.
(rtad upa Peloubr " Select NtiStk GOLDEN TEXT.-Y'.HJ SWOeseiSSS unU, tl.. I . ... ! a' ; ' r i. - uat t Chron. :. THK 8KOTION Iracluo. Chap gttbee Witt the pamlU; Jiassagss. 2 K;rgs . sr.d ISO., '"hap Tl II I- The early part of llSrklah a reign, which eatended from TU-Stf. or. according lo Kect. a-l. There ar aoms i.m, ultlee In the chronology. Tin: I4MS0M. We now return to the regular iinrrative in Chtonlelea, after our v.ew of the tames from Isaiah's point oi view. Israel at the time of this lesson was under King Hoses, and it was just before the final invasion of Assyria, which in three years cnAed in the destruction of the northern kingdom. Assyria was then the most powerful kingdom of the world, under Shalmaneer IV. The kingdom of .ludab had begun to deteriorate in the latter part of the reign of the great and prosperous OsStsh, great-grandfa'her of Hezekiah. but it grew rapidly worse- during the Ü years of his father Ahsz.
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liavut. anu was im morally and politically in a most debased and humiliating position, I. Cleansing the Temple. Heginnin(f New Year's day of tlie first year of hi reign (I Chron 29:3-9. IT). The closed loots were ag-nin thrown open. Repair were made. The aoeumv.'ated filth of years was carried out and cast into the Kidron valley . Thaaltars were renewed. the lamps trjm med and lighted, and the whole service et in motion. Solemn renewal of the original covenant which Cod made with their fathers In the wilderness ( Ex. 24: 3-M occur. 29:10. ami religious worship with its various offerings and the music of orchestra and choir waa reorganized, 29:11-3".. II. Invitations Pent Far and Wide. Vs. 1-12. 1. "And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and.lndah:" Possibly Hezekiah had hope of uni 'ing; the kingdoms into one strong and glorious king , in like that of David. Themovement was noble, earnest and hopeful. B, "For the king had taken counsel:" He was wise in making plans, and In getting so many to join with him ia the work. "Keep the passover in the second month:" This was allowable "in case of absence on a journey.or temporary defilement (Num. 9:lo-ll). . "So the post went with the letters from the king and hispr'nees throughout all Israel and .ludah. and according to the commandment of the king say:rg. Ye children of Israel, turn again onto the Lord Cod of Abraham. 1 ic at 1 Urael. and he will return to
the remnant of you. that are escaped nut of the hand of the king-, of Assyria."
Two Way - of Treating the Invita(1) V. 10. "Bui they laughed to scorn, and mocked them:" threw- awav their only hope.
Tin v had no annreciation of their own
danger, nor of the possible good that v.i- off.rtd to them. Within three y.-ars after the rejection of this Invitation Bhelsaseeaer had begun his great Skrgt of Samaria, which ended withla three Cears in the final captivity of the Israelites, and the d ruction of the northers kingdom. (2) 11. "Nevertheless, divers . . . humbled themselves, and came:" 1 was humi'iating to leave their own com. try. to find right eouness and Safety Is another. Th- y doubt less had to suffer indignities and oorn from their neighbors. IV. Creat Religious Meetings V. in. The cent month a great passover 'rot was held for 14 day, with aa immense number of sacrifices, and with great gladness, so that "since the time of Solomon there was not the like in Jerusa'em." V. Religious Instruction. "Ileifklah spake comfortably unto all the Lee! tea that taught the good knowledge of the Lord" (3f:22). F.xamples of what w as probably done are found (2 Chron. 4:30,31) under Josiah and in Neh. :1-12. VI. Religioua Activity Against Pin. -The Destrnetlon of idols (2 rron. Htl 2 Kii us 1:4). Immediately after the grea' Pasaover described above, the people, in their enthusiasm, went through the country destroying idola
and idolatry in every form. brcaKing; MM Image in pieces, rutting down the grov s and symbolical pillars, destroying the hiph places and their altars. VII Renewal of the Regular Blipport of Public Worship. 2 Chron, 31:3-r,. K r.g Hezekiah set the people the example in giving a BOTtiOS of hia wealth for the support of the priests and the temple sacrifces. ami then commanded the people to do the same, an! t! e brought in abundance of the first fruits. VIII. Results. (1) There was an improvement in morals as we', as religion; they kept the Commandment: they were enerou: they had great Joy in Ood'- eervice. "He did that wii ich was good, and right, ind truth, before the Lord his (Jod . . . with all his heart (S Chron. 31:2. ffl). (2) The enemies of .ludah were conquered ( Kir.tr I :. 71. th" Phi'ietines driven out of the country, and the yoke of A--yrin thrown off. (3) There was great ou' ward prosperity. "Hezekiah had exewi .'It much riches and honor."
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pn m-TK'AT. m'nr.r?Tns(t 1 is our duly to carry the invitation to everv person possible. We must expect that some will reject (he invitation wl-li -urn. but there will alwaye l,e samt U ho accept. Oi ( tt 'he surest mark of a truereviv.t! ia the desire to destroy all evil. Saal tut all idols, both from the heart and from society. Irstmetlor. in religion is necesssry t,, I ,., jfl grtoteat permanente and Mtfuffetsa to re' giou and moral im pulses.