Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 December 1898 — Page 3
ItfechlU onvicv I I u t l . I'iiliutir. MASK I '
SUMMER LOVE.
t at Vi,11Ilir ul.,, ,. .-Wy I
V1l" l"" , , ,:.rror.. und lh world Ury. VÜmmr-lor, obit will ou do. . . - , luv It.i- s i kc
I it fair with the bloom of
'.uty's guise, tin re's u h.art to x ',k. (..art full of love ana iruth. :... r. the wlnt. i alt , Ih'' war.- yrnw o!l, , ;.,vc tbsl WW .hall"''' fn". , tmg love that Will nrVr ItroW iold.7 , v. tli' love that will I"' fe-
uil weuth.r trouble. ,, . , - r H-.mmer Joy or strir-. ; lov that U worth the name thai Iovpii for a summ ! AM T ol tin love that will lo for me , ve that :..v.s when th- k- ' ,n '.vv that will In for eternity. ... In St. Paul's. I-ondun. ; U NI BIM'S QUILT I
for a summer In y,
I OVi A
13y Mn. O W. Scott.
A h. r tl U
S r.lNA EMBB80N had pteeed ,. quilt frOM bits of calico civ.-ii , women and girl in h4u tl. It was IM I""' wotnu, -fpiilt," With her sbadai ol af- ... rat. iy outlined iu tiny
won't have uny pieces in it that .iv that's stingy, or Muck '."' d esome, or cruel, ' she v'l! just as near like fresh air , as it cm to, s-o when I'm , .in like a alee, bright story "
"Hut ou needn t have count' i t'eh," protested ht r sister. -Mi. j in whose home she had in 1 .0... roam i j bod) rottld think juu wer? au r- : nomer, euuuUofj start, buses bow psrüenlar you've i en." added peettj Hetty l'.arton. for whose ben tit, the juiit was now exhibited; Süd she looked at the paper, covered witn cubelittle figuring, which was Aui.1 llina's actual record of Kt itches set. "Well, Mars or btitches, we like to see how BUM! we've got, ami count lag la oi.ly pastime. The minister say t we iaii't think of tw j things at the same time, but suim-how 1 can court nay . s and hae most profitable thought right eloag. 1 like the h;ij r disposed of my lights ami darks, nil'.' ' Aunt Mm shook out the
, xpiare complacently . in beautiful!" Rett) exclaimed. . . ou've got a pi' ee of my ight i .. the middle: and here is iny . :h r. is inv dark blue!" ' hat's beca use I " Aunt Bina I . ,-t said "loe y.u." but sli' was Ml i i ' be liabil of OXpit ssing liM self iu tl at w a The )'OUUg girl looked at lier qtiestiotliuglj, then - .iiidenly stooped and jtn i p. ri a kiss Mpou her fon lu ad. "Dou't be foolish, child." said Aunt Vi. ii th Inst minute triangle wan : . rt in its corner Mrs. BtlliUfS t idi . i "ijuiliiug. to which every womit, came who bjtm invited, for it am I rstm.d by t his t i BSC that gootl- - Si v. 1 1 as gowns accord i Dg lo AttOl Bisu'l inea-uremeiit was rt pr - nt d. She ought to know who amongst us is sngeUe, after toirg in our sickroom and kitchens o many yesrs,"
In 1hoe 6ny qtiilting wfre SUpb ed to to ssllrcaed bj BUehgOMlp, but 'be women who gathered that afternoon, in the luring Of Is'.,'. woreanMous fact s ar.ii had but one tin me of convcr...t on, ili.- sa. rilices that the ovcibur.1 ration seemed to be pre pari ug ' k from tin in. i - v bare opaaai rooruitlug of lee," -aid nie to another. 1 spt I'illsbury'n in harge. His furlough is almost up. but he no ant lo gtft a company enlisted befor he bu k." was the next bit of news.
"I should think we were far enough ut i.r th,- orld to be let nlone." said Mrs. ll-.st it:';-, as she snapped tlieconl. In In stan h water. across lbs trinf'le. "I liat's Tooked!" interrupted her ' 1 r, referring to the work; then kb a.liled. OfMUteg back to the t.ipii'. t I tfeal wonder yu feel mo, with ;hr. trnwii boy s to worry atout." "We've no hoys to spare, fiere in Rdetl," added Mrs. Thornton; "but MaMobusettS hasn't failed to do her part i !.tt, anil I've expected our time would
cine. "Her Jaball to one of the firit to inltKt, now you see!" whimpered two lti. worker! on the opposite side of the quilt. Ami so it jiroved: for when, at tvi tight, the husbands an 1 brothers came la to partake of Mrs. Hillings' bountiful Mpper, brhsgiag the Bsstoa papaia had the news of the day, they guv- the nines of those who hid enlisted that Uterinum, and the first one was John Thurston's. "And probably Harry Thurston will tl0 thai "o-upany 'more it's ii.' led ; hut
Ina mother iimiti t Know mmmi .loh rt tiow they safcl. So .t xv.is whispered in the roniii where she snt; but she UaderstiNid the message that pased from vfv to eye. Bett 1 tart on underHond, too. ulthoiih she did not lalOS Cr ejet from the line where she was etting small, even stitches The air vavei. were full of echoes in '1.2 ntul Hetty did not ne,d even .lohn 'a words, v hieh "lime Inter in the evening, toeonfirm th It dire propheeies. 1 bin bau Iba vvar fever spread AuroLgh Kdenl Around the recruit inn
nrti. e when- a la rue Hult proudly lloat
ed. on the stole it) p., at th t olVn e.
out on the foil lit i y rOHUS, ami iciuc Hi, feiieea. while hoists stood still : the furrows, men gatborod t talk abaul Iba bajra rbo arora gotag la ti"l"ba rilluge p.. per printed loag bat one wrrk. and. M it was read with tear diuuned ry lbs paapbt Kai,l: ., "ll if I ho i h all Kduu isL-oiug."
I i, ,-n. mm briirhl June niornlog, tl
sun shone upon a, compiu y of sagor young suldiers, lo new blue salts with .kl, .. . hraaa huttMUL Ii fell upon the
i..il.. i- and mothers, and Iriciid I, w bo
itood grouped near UM haag wagons
whieh wer..-ready to take com.o. .
i il arest railroad station I b
w bits bail I pai tor offered lbs lai I
pi-av. r, ond, with until nug , . drums, hiuuuM und wuviag ups. ii..
kol.lit-r Ioh were l.orii- away.
A strange bush fell nH.n the small ll had always been a staid and
obei place, but now it alasoof sooirasd
ii though life baa goau ow " " work b, came a blc.wd necessity to old
mill Vftll 11 CP.
The girts learned to drive bOTSeStbSl
were not steady, to rule mowing
...n.i.io.-s. to hell ldan the farm work,
to do "orrerything but sing bass." which . . . , . .. .1.. , I,..
thev COUid not learn iu oo ..... real Ufa Of the place depended iiM-.i m . . ii .11...
now from the hoys, aller an; ami ....
- Ina ,.f the old elloW BtUgC, twie,
each day . quickened heart-throbs as did nothing else. Two years passed, and the suspense -w ...it vet over. Some of the BdOB
k. I.:. .f mine U oild the lOUOd of
IJV 1 -" f m bugle-cull, a few were in hospitals, but most of them were in actio,, that dread fi.l M.iimr of 14, when news of battle
...... i. ...it.. il.-.sli. il over the land
Eden was at its height of anxletj as
. 1. 1 I. ..- IIMl'Jllll 111 III'
the peopw gain, oo .o. -
white onUtCO one BUUUUJ Ml"""' w" mm ,.r Uav. iu ums. Scripture rend
,....t oi-av. i w. ie over, And the old
put or urose, but. instead of beginning
hi m riuon, tie sua: "I.i.te but Blffht wor.l catne that
I....... la ,n. at UM ! 0 f C V l.V t hi Ug for llsC
" f- T . .. . .1 .. i ... . i ti.iii.Ms imil in hosintals. 1 he
Oil i lie u . ... - -n. ammiaaioB bees us to send
cotton und flannel garments, socks.
.I....U ouills. old c.Moii ami linen
. .. rtrthln we can anther, at once. It
would to cruel to keep yOU women, who
o.-edl.s. here Willi lianus loin
ed over your btbtes, when the peed is
ko great. You are inviie.i v p.un ..I.. ite'v. ;.t the home of Mis. (.low
: for work, and may Uod's blossig go ! with villi." Tbera ware children in that congrc '.ration who still ramember how. with OJM Unpulse. all th. women aroe ami rerereatle brft the church. The law of Sabbath observance iu j Eden was Puritanic, but those who ! would not sew on a missing button dar l der ordinajrjr rtumstneos wfta ou Mated, ii-. die in hand, wearing the e .,,.,,1 u,ok which me. Is a great einerm 1 1 ! V
, c-ow wa- president of the Sol- - m . -,! - I I,.
di. rs' Aid. and her nusi.an.i nr,.. tUagC store. This was OUOUnd, and necessary materials were taken from it. The only two s.-w i ug-ma.hines iu the village were already there, and w.re eOOU clicking SB a. . oinpanimcpt to the subdued voices of the busv workers. A delegation, one of whom was Aunt
liii... was sent out to gat tier wnmw could Im- found. r-ady for use. "I'm glad to get out in the open air,' said she. "It Stifles me to ait there like a funeral in Mis. (.row's parlor. Seems ;.s if it would kill ase to see the look in Mis' Hastings' eyes since Harry waa shot ." - I lu v knew you could tell just where
to ga for supplies," remarked Mrs, neat. We inns! ct sheets and guilts and old Hum. Have u any quilts to spare at your house. Aunt I'.inaV"
Tm sure State bat some, and-ye. I've got an eXtia blanket Off two. tome
bile Mrs. Hillings was collecting her contribution Aunt BUM was in her tOOm upon her knees. When she enured the parlor again a few Bsiautei later, sh. bora in her arms a pair of toft, white blankeis and her loveipi'lt. "I'.inn rmersoti!" exclalsned her aitcr. "You don't mean that you're going to send that quilt?" Vm I am!" cried Aunt litaa, her
face quivering. "Nothings tx good for our 1 won't send 'ein old things I don't want; they shall bBJfl this." i nvlesi to arctic, nor in that
hour of supreme devotion did anyone tare hl dB so; bat when it was known that Aunt l'.ina had saei iliced her treasure it iirouse.l a splendid rivalry which biuugbl together just such stores as were needed. ll .Inv the -rood work went on. and
at night, the men. w.ary of their en
forced idleness. paCKOa oarreis l,ocs ready to ship in the early morning Aunt Hina reached her room again nt twilight, taking with her Hetty Itarton "You know l ve sent my quilt to the soldier." she said, hesitatingly. "Yes. they told BM so. I think it was so generous of von," Hetty re-..li.-.l in an absent minded way. lis she
twisted the plain gold ring on her
linger. "1 had planned to give it to you. Betty, There's nolvody I like so well us you and John; but now " Hetty's ev.s w.re full of dumb ngony BMMinlv liitiiiii' from the chair to
her knees, she buried her face in Aunt llina's lap "Oh: oh!" she sable d. 'von needn't think about that. It has beea two long weeks since I heard front him. John wouldn't neglect me so. i.nt BlBa, Balers and then the girl could say no more.
Aunt llina's teat s fell ujh.u the I. row n braids. "There, there! don't give way. i meet John is all right." "Oh. but he alwav - w rote! He wasn't cateless. like some of t he boya. Do y ou know his fall., i ai d moth. are shuost
sick. Ibev think he
"Then .there'" comforted Aunt Hina. "I bath ve .lohn will me to com.- home; t hut'.- my fuith. Why, we've x" to belasva It, HettJ ! If w. didn't how could we live throug h il!"
THE WORDS OF SHERMAN. I THE REAL ISSUE CONCEALED. I IU BOOK OF THE LAW FOUND.
DruiuurilMllun at silver BJ oul Iii-1 ok lltrr lluln Iu 1 1". loof eMomo,
liven while th.,, w.pt und tiilhed
John Mis lili; in OOS Of UM WSSBIBf ion hospitals. He h id be. n terribly
wound..!, ami aftrr many delays WSS
brought there; with ! g iimpu'!'.' and his right arm deal. led. Ills nurse, a blight little woman from Maine, tried in en ry wav toarou-e him
! i.. lb re lo- smnti to die," she said
to the surgeon. "I can hardly persuade
hi 111 t . I al ."
Probahlf he does," replied the
wear;, eyed BMia. "He had a Ruujnia . . n1 physique. ;.ni such a fellow feels that he cannot face life rnalnuwl la this
fashion. Pre often had sueb easea. If
you can only get him past thin first
hock
The bus man hurried way w it bout
finishing his sentence, hut the nurse understood.
A few nichts Inter u lo of boxes nt
r rived in response to the urgent call for hospital supplies, and John's nurse eagerly claimed some of their precious. contents "I seed blankets in my
ward," she said, "ami oh. here is a
'.K'iiiitiful quilt! This will cheer my pom- bo)' I like a bouquet of flowers."
The nurse from Maine was one of the
best il. the ho-oital. and no one ob
ject.. when he carried away the quilt
ml placed it gently over HOT lav onto
patient.
rwhana it will keen his eves off tM
blank wall," she said to herself, with a
sieh. I
Wh. n the first morning licdit ibone in
through the long, narrow windows, 1 the young soldier Op' iied his ey.-s. ab ; mo-t resenting the knowledge that he 1
had slept better than usual. As he
looked languidly to s.-e if Ins nurse MM
riven him nn extra i.ini; kt. n- saw
the m w quilt, and nt the same moment mmi conscious of a faint perfume of
rose leaven, perceptible even in that
sickening at niosphcro.
Be cloned bis eyes ana saw tne pwantw
nnd.-r the parlor window nt Home.
laden with great red roses, as th.-y had It,-.-ii the iiiorniliL' he left Eden. Hi
bad started out that morning w ith a
hud In bis buttonhole, and another be
tween his lips "deck.-d for the sacnflce," he thought, with a spasm of bib"
t.'i-oevs.
W ith his left hand he pulled the qotlt nearer. It was made of ninny . many small triangles! "Mother's dress!' he murmured, placing his finger upon a brown hit. with a tiny white spray in it. "Hetty!" and a wave of color rose to hi pa!.- face, as he . arched a triangle of pink.
l or the first time since ne was piacva enon that cot. great tears rolled down his cheeks. The spell of despair was tiroken. Life was sweet after nil. ' .Mother and Hetty won't mind if I ,., ti .,o..r on.- lec-L'cd fellow." ho
..... .. I - c. c - at .Id ed. All the bitt.-.ness and betÜOS melted out of his henrt aa he lay there quietly crying; nnd when Iiis nur--ean'ie in he greeted her with mihi
il.nt tranfli.'ured his face.
Tins is Aunt Hina's quilt!" said he. .... , ... . l..., ;,
"I dOU t know now n gm u.-i.-. Now. nurse, bring on your broth, for . I'm going to get well." "It's l"tter thnn medicine." the delighted woman declared to the doctor. "He's given me his address, and I've already written to his mother "And l'v shown that iUt Isi ai! my Invys. and told them sbout the d'-arobl maid who eoanted all the stitches and thought so much of lo r 'love-quilt.' ami how hard it must have be. u to give it up. They're nil brighter and bertterfoi ! it. 'Why, they sav. 'do the folks at home think so much of us as that'.'"'
tTenf have oassed since that day.
and John and Hetty arc elderly eople
now. with b.ys ami girls growing up round them. John found that his brains could do better service for hiiu than Been physicul energy, and 1ms Income a successful and cotiscieiit ioua lawver. En th. ir busy, happy llvestbery have never forgotten the woman whose sacrifice meant so much to them, ai-.d when Memorial day comes round, and the veterans gather to d. crate their comrades' gran s, John and Hetty re
serve the choicest flowers of their garden for Aunt llina's humble resting dace. And the quilt? Through the thoughtfulness of the nurse from Maine, it wai returned to the generous donor, who I,, stowed it. ns the had intended, upon her young friends. If yea hnd tlie privilege of examining the contents of a certain chest in the Thurston homestead, yo,i would find a soldier s cap and suit of faded blue, and very near it. carefully wrapped in ti-siie pap.-r, Aunt llina's quilt.- Youth's t'otnpnu-
Aueiopift gtasMasa la sawed '- bile Miscall OS t'-tu Damnini( Paean,
In the following quotation from a epwcu of Hon. John Mn-rmun iu the annate, April 10, ltT0, two kind of prepbeci ;.re mingled; one as tu the
u,isx-U-r thut would follow the instttu- , tioa of the g-old utanilard. which haa j beet. v. rifled; and the other u to the Impossibility of the world's pursuing Willi open eves o luicidnl a policy.
rhieb, aahapolly, is daily falsified. Speaking of the dcmonetimtlOa of silver, lie s.aid: "It r.t once topot a struggle for the posw-KKion of gold batweemall the great iMations of the world, baSIS0 ev. rvbodj could see that If you demonetize $ :i.2üO.O(Hi,0OO of silver coin and make
gfl,MjrjOO,Q0O of gold coin the sole Btandnrd of the transactions of the world, it would enormously add to the nine of gold. Therefore what we hav observed recently is not so much a fidl f Kilver na a rise of gold, the inevitable effect of it fear of demonetizing the who!" ' nam of this aOvar. Taadopt the gold standard nlone and demonetize silver would to to deprive the poor people of the. world of the money which alone ' measures the value of their production 1 nnd their labor. Gold nlone Is mt I mutable for it eurrenev 1 cause it w ill BOl measure the daily wants of the mat mafs of mankind. The utter ruin ' ... !
Hint would come to mankind, cspeci.niv to the poorer nation, by the entire demonetization of silver esinnot to esti
mated by us. Take one-halt or tue solid money of the world out of existence, lake the lole standard of more tli;iii two-thirds of the human race, reduce it to a bnsc metal, and the effect upon the commerce of the world would Im- incalculaide. It cannot be done; it will not be done. There Is no danger of
It. These two metals, gold ana silver, have traveled side by side Trom the beginning of time; the records of human history do not po back beyond it. They have varied, sometimes one and sometimes the other higher, but they have gene on. gold the money of the rich. Kilver the money of the poor, the one to mensure. the daily necessities of life; the other to measure acquired wealth, and, no act of parliament, although it My disturb for a moment the relation f thse two metnls to each other, nothing l,t nn net. of God can destroy the
tjse of both th. se metals among the r.atlonn of mankind." The following was
linn. John ii. (arlisles opinion io
imilar effect, as uttered by him in a
npoi, in the house of representatives
on February 21. lT": "According V
mr d. ir of the subieet. the oonstrf racy
wi ich seems to have been formed her
I'.urone to deitrov. by legislation
nd otherwise, from three-sevenths to .n-tialf the metallic money of the
vnrU is the most nizantic crime of this
or any other nge. The cnr..vummn1ion of Riich a scheme would ultimately en
tail more misery upon the human racf ... .1 s a
ilukn a the wars, nestiienceanu mmine
that ever oceurre-l In the history of the world. The absolute and instantaneous destruction of half the movable property of the w orld, including horses, ships, railroads andall othernppHnncc tor carrying on commerce, while It would he felt more sensibly at t to moment, would not produce anything like the prolonged distress and disorganization of socdety that must Inert tnbly re lult from the ferinnnent annihilation uf one-half of the metallic money of the world."
.dar asa-aed fcaaoaa o laaaana tl. 1 bOOaaW Scries l,.r llo--ml.fr 4, ivj, i Mn., Maaa
There is no defense of the gold standard that can to bawd upon "good coinmou sen" unless weupproa. 1 it (mal ti,. stanilpoint of the man whose ir.terMta in money preponderate ov . r all of his other Intal Oat Of course. tbS Id men dare not do that. They are m.v. d 10 conceal the real issue, ami then fore the plainest priuciplea of common sense are frequently violated by tl
The moment a man aümiis me titntive theory." the philosophical flaf. BOS Of the gold standard is gone. If price depend upon the quantity of monev theu the shutting off of the supply of new money in lo " ' aoenl yean by the demonetization of
siivi-r I rtuinly haiJ atenuency io,... prices and is the responsible cause of a part at 1. SOt, of the greut fall of pncei. which "Sound Money." the org-an of the mousy lenders, concedes to have lecn U per cent, since IffS. In this view of 1ho case the gold standard 1 indefonsihle. "Sound Money" attempts to
obscure the issue and divert attention from it bv stating that "stattotici showthat while "here, to unquestionably been a decline of 45 per cent, in the geneta! level of prices since 173. there has been In the same period an Increase of M per cent, in the amount of money in circulation, so lhat the facts completely explode the theory " v" lo nct deny that some such "itstistics" may be found. Stntistics can to manufac.,0.1 tn Tricot the exigencies of any
case. A great many have ben fabricated in the interest of the gold stand, aid. Any statistics showing such an increase are of very recent origin. nn4 put the amount of money in circula, tion in 173 very much lower than it r. rimed at bv anv nuthority fct that
, . mz
time, or for 15 yearn thereotter. r or
many years after lb73 the amount or 4ii: r,,r.. , v Hta existinir was
placed at ?..500.WO.oriO in gold and XX-
200.000,000 in silver so.7vw-ove.wo iu
ull. At the present time, l.y the most
extravagant estimates, which make no
allow .nice for unknown losss. tne Toiai
is about -1.400.000.000. an increase or tt.TW) .000.000 only 2.'. percent.. instead
of 00 per cent, as claimed. Hut of this
something like 5i.20u.uuu.uiru in r-oiu .1
lying idle, in the trOOSUneS of Jiussin.
Austria. Italy and the UBlien Dtewa. where It has r.o more effect upon prices
and business than if it had never toen
dug from the bosom of mother eortu. But, all this aside the statement ol "Sound Mo- - " proves nothing ngrdnst the "quan. ! tat Iva theory" because It leaves out 01 consideration the increased demand for money. It merely tatea that the money has Increased 60 per cent, leaving the reacVr to suppose that population and business have stood still. The -simple fact thot prices have confessedly fallen 45 per cent, means that money has risen 83 per cent.. .h,w!r-r cone lusivelr thnt the ir-' ney
supply has not kept pnee with the sup
ply of other things, consequently . m demand for money is relatively stronger tlna th demand for commodities and property in general, which is only another way of saying that it is relativ e!v scarce.
Rased upon Telout.efr. Select Notesl GOLDEN TKXT. -Blesssd are they that k.n ii trst moslsa ar.d that i"k II a with the whole heart Paa. 119 A f UK SECTION rl f J stak g Kirf-' to S:3Q). HaU slo i ffcro; U TlME.-Jos!sh iInd frnm It. C. 39 to fts Ms fo.lowd .;o' sf.er Msraaieh (t-tems VIM ). The nadlr.aof thsbookof tl... .aw was la his sUktssata tar-U. c 1 ÜCS-Jerusalem ai d Judah. EXPLANATORT. I. j erdah th.- liood r.o K;r.g jos'.ah. "Jehovah will support," was bora at J erat idem. 1). C. C47. 8. Josiah began to reign ft C. IM, wn he was , .-': . ar. old. It aeems to hive beea b the choice or e'.ection of the people (2 Chron. H3:25). He reigned 31 years, and died B. ( "-.... before he a 4 years old Iiis conversion took place when bc " ss K yesrs old. when he began to seek after t Ii 0od of David, his father" (2 ( hron. Ull). H put hiniaelf under the influence of the religious men of Iii kingdom. II. The Reformation.- .To&iah en-
' tered upon hi great reformation in the twelfth year of hi ti Ign, when he
began to destroy the
MONARCHICAL TENDENCIES.
Th.
Iillrd Untrv Heins BSOS That Illreoll.11 l riato. oratio I...I .! i a
-tl Ii
Wl.nl llnr !liiillelt Stninl 1'or. Not long ago 1 read in a French newspaper that Kmp.-ror Williimi, while studyinir in detail the conduct of the Spanish-American war. bad i. mi iMirtlcalariy Impressed iv the i a-
oelletnea f the citi.-n soldiery at the ! I'nited States nnd by the eflicietit aid 1 w hieb they rendered the regular troops. This, however, was no surprise to nie,
for 1 have long been of the Opinion that, even in the rt of war. thethouv.irt.l and one eompli. nt ions w ith which the old world is saddled lire in nowise indispensable, and that. sHhUUgb it may not he possible t. improvise nob du rs. Ibeie should be little dilheulty in mahlng good soldiers out of free citj,(.v In short, we sec that through Europe, through all phases of national existence, has remained complicated.
Aroericn hns retained Its original snnpli. ilv . which, indeed, is t he chief char Hcteri-tic of transatlantic civ iliiitim, und gl ves it just thut plasticity, that possibility of progress, that rapidity of realization, which make it a civilization superior 111 man points toonrs. Baton ftnfia da Umberiin, in Century.
The republican party has been committed to the single gold standard by the plutocrats that control it. and is now lieinp committed to the advocacy ln,;.i:.m I n. hol. 1, P.. d l.V til. ir
ll I . 1 J ' I II"-"". ' "-- W seeming ability to deceive or corrupt the voters and win success, the next move of the plutocratic bosses of iwhIern republicanism will to in the direction of establishing a monarchy nnd hereditary titles. Hut before this portion of their scheme ia announced s Inrge standing army must be provided, and that the congress just elected will be appealed to to furnish. The State Register is not an alarmist but anv citizen who will take the time to atady the trend of the niolders of the policies of the repub.i. a:i partv will find ample evidence that there is a deliberate scheme being engineered through that party ta "Sag lisbie" the I'nited States. A democratic eovcnmicnt-i. e.. a government ... t -u .
of tue people, for tne peopu umt the people is not in favor with the plutocrat, trusts and monopolies. Ibev not only want "a stable and .Sound currency" like that of (Jreat Britain; bat they want "a stable and .0,10.1 u-ovemment" like that of (.rent
Britain. And they are working things to accomplish that end. Illinois State Register. W nnamsker's nipla. The work which Mr. Wanamaker has accomplished during the campaign was ' highly important, valuable and useful.
despite the new lease 01 power gun. 10 Qua) ism by a too indifferent public. His startling exposure of repuMbjonofficial dellnqmnöias, though ineffective for the moment against the host of Qusyism. will continue fo reverberntc tkltregh tha old commonwealth and in öue s.ason will be certain to toar the
desirrd fruits of good government. What Mr. Wannmnker did was to 1 arouse, excito and stimulste the public j mind against the evils and dangers of
UM corrupt, venal few against tne usurpation of ptpulsr rights by sordid
and cynical political bosses. The reeult of the congressional tlons r-hown that the republican
howla about "national honor ami , "preserved fruiti" were largely lost on j the populir ear. tllnghsmton (K. Y.) 1 leader.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Hoston. in the name of her bat In bows her proud ar.d gifted hend to the gold standard. Atlanta Constitution. The gold money of ull nations would not sulbce to pay six months' interest of the world's iiulebtedn-. Illinois State Kegister. Senator Hani. a wants a duty on coffee snd tea. This will hit the average American going and coming. Chicago Tribune fjMf ).
The returns from the elections
Jeremiah
began hi ministry In B. C, "5T. la the thirteenth year of Josiah's ri :gn (Jer. 1:2), just about the time the reformation commenced, nnd continued ti'.l after the destruction of Jerusalem In 58. In the eighteenth year of his reign Josiah reestablished the religious services of the temple (2 Kings 22:3-7; 2 Thron. 34:c-l'l). His first efforts were to repair the temple, which, during the 250 year? since King Joash had made hW great repairs, had become dilapidates. III. Finding the Hook of the Law. Vs. 8-1". A little more fully In 2Chron. 84:14-18. The eighteenth year of Josiah' reigU. . "Hi'kiah. the priest." I. e., the high priest, "-aid ... I hsve found the book of the law:" The "law of the l ord given by Moses." It hsd been deposited In some secret p'ace. probably during the reigns of some of the idolatrous kings, to preserve it from destruction. The finding mentioned in tM- verse was nst a discovery of somcthir.tr ur.kr.own before, but the rescuing of the temple copy of the law from the biding place In which It had long lain. 0. "Shanhan the scribe:" The secretary of state. "Thy servant have gathered the money:" The k'rg's sec
retary reports the work done. si seems s collection was taken up for the temnle repairs not only in the temple itself, where the system of Joash O Kir.r 12:4-15) seem to have been reverted to. hut also throughout Judoh and Benjamin, nnd all the land of Israel (2 Chror. 34:9). IU. "Shewed the king . . . s fthe) book: "It was of the utmost importance to the king in the work he was doing. IV. The Results Of FindingtheHoob. Vs. 10-Cr First. A Desire for Instruction. "And Bhapban read M tofore the king:" Of course at the king's request. He was anxious to know what the truth was. and the rntnre of the law he had ben trying blindly tootoy. Fecund. An Awakened Conscience. IS, "When the king had heard . . he rer.t Bis clothes:" An expression of deepest sorrow and eor..- ionsnrsa of danger. The reading of Cod's Word brir :s conviction of sin. It shows us our departurei from the true tardard. it is a mirror in which we see our weakness and our sin ; it is a measuring line by which we learn "how far and wide w e stray." Third. Seeking More Light on the Path of Duty. 12. "The king commanded H'ikiah." etc. His leading officers, and mnt intelligent. U, "i.o ye. in-quire of the I.or.l for me:" He must know from the hiebest
source just what he ought to do, for it
that the Dconle have concluded
to save the country from McKinleyism on the installment plan. Kansas City
limes. 1 . , ' - t mi
The go. p. already begins to talk was o. me 1 1 . - . 11 .'VV a.,, ,,ntn ll.l'.l.lh the t
of cutting the tariff. 1 lint is the repunhcan party nil over. It ic ulwaya ready to forestall democratic reform to keep
in oflice. Hoston 1 raveier
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Protected interests at home sre just now besetting the president to know what he will recommend con- j tress as to tariff relations with our, new dependencies. N. Y. World. A gain of six democratic congressmen in Pennsylvania insjicatei that the voters of that state st least do not like Mr. Quay's style of "shak ing the plum tree." St. Paul Cloto. It does not look well and it Iwdes no good to the party or the country that the republicans of Massachusetts
make a poorer showing 111 tüiscongressionalycnr than they made in HWT.when no national issues at all were involved. Boston Advertiser The incompetence of the war department results in an appeal from the friends of enlisted men that they be permitted to return to civil life, where they can at least earn their bread, which a rich government has not prorb '.cd for its troops. What better proof of the fllaaitiusn effect of official neglect upon the patriotic sentiment of the country ?--N. Y. Herald. Democratic gains nil over the tountrv. made in spite of n natural dus-
.1. ,,..), ,,1,1 n war 11dm i nistr.1-
-.:.o..n , yj uj'ii.."', -- - j tion, constitute a remarkoh: popular disapproval of syndicate polities, of class legislation, of republicanism In ( .--.neral. A democratic house of repre
sentatives nt Washington seems to be assured ns a check on llanr.aism and Innglcylsm, St. Louis Republic. The best "figuring" the republie- ... . i,mil i..ln,i. ran do circs them
,111 . 1 1 n v - .-- 1,--the house of representatives by s narrow margin. EtwtM require uncommon vigilance to maintnin so small an as- 1 Oeadinrrj ready for emergensles. The MlndorBUUentM of the administration Is not the hesrty one Mr. Hanns was reeking. It is plain that had It not been for the glsmour of the war Ibers would have been a roost disastrous republican defeat Clnctnneti Faquir,
14. "Went unto Ilul.lah thepropnet-
ess:" through whom they would inquire of the Ford. We do nd know why thej went, to her instead of the Other weil-kiiowu prophets. The "keeper of the wardroiw" was a person of consideration in ancient times. Fourth. Cod's Threatenirgs Will Come to Pass. 1. 17. "I will bring evil upon this place. Mv wrath . . . shall not bequenehed:" The r.nt ion hnd gone so far In sin. was so thoroughly imbued with idolatry, that nothing could persuade them, as a whole, to repent nnd to snvrd. Nothing hut the actual infliction of the threatened punishment would cleanse tin in from hlolntrv. The reformation of Josiah was of great value. It aved a r.innont.n portion at the people as the hope of the future; but for the mass of the jko-j-le It was the wind ruffling the surface of the waters but not changing itn deeper flow. This threat was accomplished within 30 years, "necsuse they have forsnken me:" lieligion and righteousness sere the basis of the kingdom's prosperity. To destroy
these, to forsake Cod. was 10 Uke tne very foundation from under them. V. God's Tender Mercies Vs. Iff. 20. "lUcaiDte thine heart was tender . . . thou Shalt to gattored into thy grave In peace:" He was slain in battle, but the terrible experiences foretold of Jerusalem did BOl take place till four years after his death. The peace had not bean hi
Oraes from fansasna Don't parley with wronc Cblldllkeness is not childishness. Sin is never disposed of nt less than cost. God's prov idenca will never pta?e yon where Iks grace cannot kr cp ou. Up Ml lloa is vain without heart conircration. The reign of righteousness will right 11 wroi If Qod knows when yau are m trouble. He knows when to help. When Cod i carving on r ronh block Into an snre! ws wees over the chips.