Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 December 1898 — Page 3
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KtClPE FOR A HAPPY DAY. a heart full of thankfuliRi-s, a ihlmbli fui f : A of iJmpl f iili.en. aj , ; matnrtat: i Of A Bate to arCOt the monilnK with, A kwi'l WOrt .it the k y To le tn do'-r nJ gru t the day, . t. . r ti bnM lu ,ne,! A p.nunt trust In Providence. ,, v . etrn all the w ay; AH tlu.se. combined with th. ugtitfulncKS. v til make happy duy. -Anbur Uwia Tubbs. In Rm Horn.
, , :H,,.IMtllliSllllVll SIZE'S LOVE LETTER
By ELLIS MARSTON
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SWISH Otnt the well-directed rr.ln 1... i lite ateond-floor w indow s, of I Ten Hruggeukutc's Louse in Haarlem, " Suze, looking Bp reeeifcd an impromptu niowej bath " aer pretty face. Pretty wooM Boat be accounted anywhere, und just then she lied particularly so. as she laughed back at Betji, who was looking doom j. I from an open window. g rith thhl time the shower was direct) d UgnlBSt the lirt floor w iudows. I art eil set to work, Suze," said a x in hind her. "See how you i,a. : nebed nay hat." 1 should not go so near the w dowt," SaM replied, without turning her head. I had a iiote to deliver to jftj .... th cook, so 1 had 110 elioice. Yoai us is tress returns to-morrow ai br.L' Mynheer Cornelius with her for : Ti t only; ami Mi vrouw desin s y. 4 10 pnpare hia favorite chicken t. , . -1, without which the II er hardly thinks life worth living." ! m teumcd round ami confronted the speaker, a pood-look i ng ; ton ng fellow, In a blue serge jacket, wide knicker backers uf the same material, and a la ft" fray f til hat. "tih. it's vmi, Jan," fche said, innocently "Bag, Jan." "Bag, Suze. So you did not know me at first 8 IZc'l color heightened ever so lit t !e, hut she did not reply, and sent the water against the ground floor windows with a Wilt, "I brought you some-thing," said Jan. taking a tea-rosebud from the little basket he held; he added to it n spray of maidenhair fern, and then with a plfl which tu extracted out of h'.s jacket. ! Bed t he flower to the front of Btti s dresi. "Now you look like n flower yourself." he said, with an unwonted poetic outburst. 1 hree days afterward the pnstmm left a letter for Su.c It wa- cddrOB fl In a large round hand. ani. after minutely inspecting it, she put it away in a little locked box. where she kep a bng of lriil roseleaves, her best earrings and pocket handkerchiefs, her Bible and prayer book, and the other little odds and ends which made up tie sum total of her treasures. Suze and Betji occupied too ther n long low room at the top of the house, where two little wooden bedsteads I Bng with the w hitest of diniityawai't-d them after Mie day's work was over, li nine o'clock both the maidens were in bod nnd Betji's regular breathing speedily announced thai she was in the lam! of dreaniH. Then Suze cautiously lit a candle, and. stealing out nf tx opened her rosewood box, and took therefrom a letter, which she had not yet opened It was not long, belt Size took a Inn time in rending It. "Respected anil Dear Hute" It heenn "The tulips an now In full bloom nni the roses arc comln- on apace. Tin orchids nre hlnrlnir to mnk a show, and I 'h'nlf vr,. hall have th finest Towers of a.l this year. We exhibit at The llnau next month, and the Heer says that if he Is awarded first medal he will raise my wages. He has also clven me n house 1 ir Myn llreush. whlr-h, nn you know. Is Ms eountry estate. It In small but romrnodlous. the door and window frames are l ep red. and the front of the hooaO I etalac4 yellow. The window will look well with lace curtains, sueh an my mothr has at4 taf. There Is 11 small frarden In trout h' re flowers iray be cultivated and 1 larger on. at 1 11. tack, which will onions and eahhaire llw much doi th iu think It wnl take to furnish the house? And dost thou Hi, nk wall paper of I. liner red wlil look best? These QaaMtOl I 1 ahoul 1 like answered. I hope the hi norable Indy, thy mistress. Is Well -Thy friend and well wisher. JAN VRKKDK." vue took a week to think over. Fan's letNr, OBd duritij,' tlwit time she MTOJ rather iistrait, so that her mistress ' ad to call her to account. She brougb t la the teawatcr several times v rv much off the boil, and used the Mime duster three days running, a crime ut tarlj forbidden in Me roiiw Ten llrugI nkate's household. 1 hen one day when Mina. the -f)il, whs boa eis here, and Iletji had bean allowed out to tea with friend. Su.c at down, la the kitchen and wrote her letter. "Respected Mailt Jan: The honored rouv. my mistress. Is In Rood health 1 am Ktad to hear that the tulips rtr bloomln ta4 hat ,he roups aire forward If Is .o sood news thst tho orehlda will make O fine a show. Thy mother wlil r. Jolce that Um honor d Heer approvn of thee, ami Interus to show his approval us thoii nasi snid n is my opinion, afte 'Nnkjng Ion on the subject, that re.l paper Odks bt st with some rooms, and blue with Th' ln' c,"l" i-i 0 well with the windows, and thy mother I know wi.l t. a , : . r and thnHy hous. -Mf. 1 1.10k to the., to nsmire her of my dutlfu' o,S'i'l1 f ,,,e -Pensea of furnishing I know little-, but consult my mother aa thou canst thine "It rejoice, my h, ; t toknow that tulir, '"- " "it 1 vai. .1 .., the fr.-nt den. and that onion, and MbbafM will tt bZK KI.oPS " "ten auae had flniahed her epiatle,
be aaked leave of her mistress to g und ost it. "Vi-a, ehild, und lake these of mine at the same time." Mid Mi'wuum. put ting hall a dOOM info tin- giil'h Lauds. Hhe went tu the post, ni.d jut as le was dropping the letters in. an oOjoalatan.ua from :ne of the neighboring liollsi"- came thi'i'e mi the same i inn l
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Plumed poor Sue did not notice that her letter to Jan fell 011 tb pound, unil thai a mischievous little bfOOtst, out for a holiday, seized it und whirled it away round the corner of a street,
flnnllj dropping; it in a water butt Orbloh ti al in a bank ard. Weeh followed week and t hire eOJBO no -l'ii frun Jan. nor did be ever aeoj hin coming lo tin bouse with maa aagea and lettovo, At first ahe thought it v.as bconuse Jan vvaa busy pre paring I for the orchid show , bat when that wai
long past anil slill she neither saw nor heard any thing of him. Sue's heart began lo aobe at Ibis apporeat deaeptloa I on the pari of an old and tried friend. "You are looking pale am! ill. s-ue.''
Mia mcttoow ii'n iirutrircuKatp to ner i.e day. Vou bod bet lei pack up your t bings nnd iro home for a w k." In vain Suze protested that she v.ai
perfectly well. Her anfatreaa waa oooo lute, nnd in the end the girl had to give way and go. "Well, child." said her mother, a, short, stout woman, with generous t waist and hips ; "so tliuil bast been getting ill np.vonder. Ahl intownsit is no wonder that folk an never well.; My poor head aches alwayi with thnoise wheiaver I go to Kotterdam, if; only for u few davs, Bat out liere, where it is quiet always and the air is pure, thou wilt soon be well ngain." Suze looked mournfully out on t he landscape, and thought it had never ' looked so dreary. Tor away, a far aj tbe eye could rench, aprend gracing meadows; on the canal a barge was1 slowly wendinp its way, and the red cups of the men on board made the only bit of bright coloring in ti e landsi ape. A herd Of black cud white cows,, of which old Plot Ktopö, Susa'a fathar bad eharge. grosod In tbe foreground; I pollard willows grew everywhere, and
j against tin horizon tbe sails of Windmills whirled unceasingly. The girl
shrank and shivered a little. .
"Heaven send thou hast not the neue," eXC'timed Vrouvv Kiopv bust-, Iiiil' tO the cupboard and bringing out 00 infallible remedy for tbe malady,!
v nea ba n m bod 'h rtwtlllng of Mi 1 roiiw 1 e n I ii 'iig-'etikll t e, Jail W aa in us bad a temper 01 it was possible for a very gOOd natured iJutclunan to be. Opposite I he Louse he caught sight of the policeman Keppel strolling along Od occasionally looking up at tha bouse, and Jan felt vastly inclined to livc bint a taste of his strong lift, i -tit rrOsaai taring the dignity of his master, as also that 1 he poUocaaan waa a largei and more powerful man than bin slf, bi prudenttj restrained hi wrath unci went up the blcps. Betjl opt mil the door to him with a Minie and u blush. "Good luoriiing. Jan. it hi lung since jou have been Lere." "Vcs I have been very busy. How is your honorable naiatreao?M "Mv honorable mistress is well, but you do uot rndulrc after old friend. Jan." "Ah, y out-self. I ca 11 see that I'QU a ro wi ll and rosy. Bon is Mina. tbtOOottr1 "Mino, the cook, is also well." answered P.ctji, demurely, "but sonic one eise is not. Some tue else has gone away sick." 'indeed." fcaid Jun, "and who U that?" "Can you not guess, Jan! You used not to b so thickheaded. Why, Suze, of coin se. She has gOM home ill." Jan nearly dropped the basket in his eoneterna tlon. "Indeed, 1 bad heard nothing of it, I swear to on, Uetji." "No? Oh, I dare toy not. You have bo " too much occupied with the rich Widow Bteane to romotnbtr old friends." " 1 he Widow Steene," echoed Jan. contemptOOOOlyi then, with energy. "Bet IL
dear I'.etji. tell me what it all means." "Why, you see, Jan. you never came j here, and Suze got paler and thinner
BOO paler and thinner till we all thought she would go into a decline, and so Mevronw sent her off home, thinking the change would bem tit her." "Why." said the bewildered Jan. "I thought I heard that Suz had taken up with the policeman Keppel " "The policeman Keppel, cried iletji, shrilly. "No. Mynheer Jan the police man Keppel is courting me."
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The Currency Question.
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'Ah these cities'! They are indeed nurseries of all evils, both of mind and body Old l'let Klops was away in Amsterdatr. whither he had gone to buy some cows Mynheer COfnoMaO, his master, bad lartrc herds already, but he was one of tiiose men denounced in Scripture, who are ever ready to increase their stock of possessions. Piet had various errands in the city and did not return until Suze hud been at home three day a. "lireat news In Amsterdam" he said, regarding his duuehter narrowly as he sat over Iiis bread and cheese. "Jan Vreede Is. they say. bet rothed to Yrouw Mcene. the rich widow of the grocer. I bad not thought that Jan was on the lookout for money, but so it is. Th Heer took first prize for orchid at The Hague, nnd Jun has now a higher salary, but if he marries Vrouvv Steene. he will likely give up his gardening and take to the shop." "Where art thou going. Suze?" for she was vanishing through the open door.
"I forgot tO feed the hens " the girl answered in a faint voice. At this precise time Jan Vreede wa entering the shop of Yrouw Steene. with a long list of articles which the cook had desired him to order on bis way to the station. Jnn looked graver than when Suze had last seen him. and his brown eves had a puzzled expresI aion, as if he were trying to solve sonic 1 problem which was too hard for him.
Yrouw Steene. a buxom w idow, w it h lively black eyes and 11 comely rleagOi was sirving in her shop when he entered, and her lace lit op with u smile as she saw him, f r Jan was always a welcome ca ib r, not only for his own sake, but also because Mynheer Cornelius was a (jood customer and never grumbled at her pticca. "Oi'. .Ian." she said, and Jnn. toMog off his hat. reaponded: "lag. Vrouvv Steene, and how goaa the wt !d with you ?" "Well enough.1 answered the widow with a sigh, "but the business is too much for me. It needs a stronger hand nnd head than mine to keep it going as it should. Myabeer Vreede. "Ah! jn" said Jan, ulsen11y. "See Anna has given me this list to bring you. and will be glad if TOB will s ml the things as soot: a possible I am on my way to Haarlem. Any uieaaOfOt or commissions, Yrouw Steene? You have relatives there, I believe." "Thai.ks." said the Vrouvv, looking st him critically. "I will trouble yon w ith a small basket to leave with my mint Janssen; 1 am alwavs glad lo send her a few things. Are you going to call at Mcvrouw Ten DruggOBJoitoa house?" "Ja, lb llccr has sent her some BOt tings and 1 am to stay and see them properl set." "Ah! then you will have a long talk With uze A nice muiilt u is Sue "Ja," nid Jnn. Indifferently, "but 1 have not seen Suze for long." "No." with an air uf wonderment, "why. I thought that - - report did say-" "Heport lies," said .fan, angrily. "Hut. now ," continued the Widow, Mil says thnt the polieemon Keppel lOftOfl BlttCB about the house, and thai it is surmised Suze is not indilTinnt q him." The unwonted color Hushed Jan'face, but lie made tin answer, and with a bow lo Vrouw Steene left the shop, Jan hurt nd OH to tbe station, MOW perturbed in spirits than ever he bad been in his life before Suze false to him she whom he had ever believed lo be the ' earnatiou of truth and stead faatneta.
The sun was setting over ffollond and canal and men and broad OJOad ows were nli tinged with his dying glory? Old Piet Klops sat in Iiis arbor, puffing at a long clay pipe, and occasionally taking a pull at a jug of ale which stood on the bench beside him. while at the open door of the house hil wife sa' at her knitlinj.' Suze wa out at the back banging red nnd blue petticoats to dry ' y a line, when the parden (rate opened w ith a hasty click, and a strong decided step came up the little walk. "Good dav, Yrouw Klops; where is Suze?' "Hood day, Jan. it is long since thou hast been to see us. for an old friend and neighbor. Suze is out at the back; I will go nnd call her." "Nay, I will go myself." said th young man; and not waitinp for the good dame, he strode out of the door, and round to the back of the house. A pale girl was Standing pepping garments on to the line Could this be his blooming Suze? With two strides Jan reached her. and catching her waist from behind before she was aware of him. Imprinted I hearty kiss on both hercheeks. With n little scream Suze drew away from the bold intruder, but turning caught .-itrht of Jan's happy laughing face, and threw her arms round his neck. "What are you two doing so lontr "'it there?" imp.ired Vrouw Klops, as she emerged from the back door shortly aftei ward. "Mother." said Jan. leading tip the blushing Suze. "we hnve only been putting a tangled skein stmi-jM."
W aaM-Bss Quaker. A gontb?lBa who was traveling re cently near Chester, I'a., came u-tsh a farmer whom he took to be a Quaker, and determined to p ens, hia by lalkli.g to him in the Quaker dialect. Al b told the story afterward, this it how he succeeded: " 'How do thee do, sdr? Is that is ore thee meditating ." If he was df lighted, he controlled hit emotion admirably. All he did waste gapa and inquire: 'Hey?' 'The tie Ids, the birds, tbe flowwia,' I pleasantiy pursued, 'are enough to bring thou dreams 1 mean dreams to thou.' Ha w II looking at me now, and critically. I feit that my syntax hud leen very idiotic instead of idiomatic, so, Wiping ihc sweat from my brow und hat. I Oyad bin tralwly and observed: 'Tbow cow, an they thy's c i -thee 'a -thai is, thoii'.s dum it. I mean tbine's?' It was very unfortunate. He crnwled down from the f nee. nibbled at n plag of tobacco, and as he ambled away mutt-ted Indignantly: ;o to led Ian I I'm a farmer, but, thank heaven, I'm not a lOOnatte.' " K. 0, Picayune. lllvrra Don't. Don't kick an infuriuted dog whet, you have slippers on. Don't think that an apology nlwa.vs wipes out the offense. Don't forget that the darkest hour b only 00 minut. lion't attempt to junge a g:r!'s iove for you by what she says. Don't ad the fool. '1 here are too many people doing that naturally. Don't BfbfifkM the certainties of today for the uncertainties of to morrow. Don't be afraid to speak out loud. Mve world is too busy to listen to whispers. Don't think because beauty is but skin deep that all thick-skinned peoplo are handsome hicago Kvcning Ä cws. Deadly Weapon. In ati alliuuvit ta'o 11 before a Mississippi justice of the pi uce, on which a Conviction lor nssault and battery w;,s sustainul, UM allianl declared that the accused "did willfully assault and si rike him w.th 1 deadly weapon, to wit. 'a tobacco box,' in pursuance of chapbr H of Iba Anaototi d ( oda of ittt, again. t the peace and dignity of the stale uf I BitsasaJsni,Ma -Case and Comuieat-
It is a law of gravitation that smnK bodies of mutwr approach and mingle with luigc buslies, und it is a law of inlliienci lL.it draws people W ho have felt
for gen erst iom the heavy band of tyrannical government to seek to conic under the protecting flag of a free and poarerfol goraransent. It is this laduence, this longing to escape the hard lot of oppression which Ibej bora offered so loug under tue no-got ernnient of Spain, that attracts the Kwst and the viest India colonies of that effete old monarchy to the young republic of America. Cuba may try play ing at independent government for a while to eatiafy the ambition of leaders, but when the pecpleof that lalosd lind they can enjoy entire security and a larger degree of free government under the United States Bag 'ban by attempting to set up a nution of their own, the inBoaoOO of the leading men of business will atoadlfj struggle to become a colony of the Ullitod States, and 1 njoy all the freedom and business advantages of territorial or local self-government, with tbe pro footing power of the United States to insure them safety against petty insurrections within and danger from powerful nations without. The advantages which 1'orto Rico would enjoy as a colony of the United States over Cuba playing the role of nationality among powers of the world, would or will exert an irresistible influence to become a colonial, instead of a national power. The same intluence v.l. ich will shape the destinies of the West India islands w ill act similarily on the Philinninea. The vcrv decree of
1 a destiny will command this country to aid tbe Pacific arehipelairo to reuch a higher state of civilization and enjoy the blessing of liberty- under local selfgovernment. The first problem tbOM ten or twelve millions of people separated from the medieval rule of Spaiu will be the finsncial problem. They will look to the United States to furnish money with which to prosecute business. There is r.o other source front which to draw than the L nited States, nnd there is no money supply eipial that of silver, especially for the Pacific countries. The eastern peoplaaTC a silver-using people, and their greatest demand will be forn large supply of silver coin. The Philippines furnished with American silver would draw not only the trade of these islands to us, but that of the entire eastern continent This great demand would absorb all the silver our mines and those of Mexico could produce. In regard to money und the rnoney metalsthc United Statt holds a position entirely separate and distinct from all I uro pea n nations. Tbc latter have no silver mines worthy of notice. The silver and gold mines of the K.uropcan continent have practically been exhausted centuries ago. Tbe I nited States possesses the richest silver mines in the world. European nations have to purchase silver to keep up their supply of subsidiary coin, and it is an advantage to buy silver at half itscoinagc valueas long as America is blind enough to sell ;ts silver at such a ruinous rate. Inthetnattet of p.ipcrn. -t.cy the United State, vvkeu they issue paper money issue it direct, but European governments deposit bonds in their government banks and the banks issue the notes. This is the privilege our gold iKick trust is making such a desperate light to retain and ampilfy. Had Germany. France or England the rich silver mines that the United States possess, neither would sell its silver st half its money value to enrich otler nations. The mints would be opened and money of full legal tender value would How into the channels of trade increasing the power and wealth of the nation. We have a triple, we Balgst say a quadruple, incentive to turn the silver of our miues into money, in place of throwing it half away to benefil foreign nations. The United States have many times the territory of the combined territories Of the thru leading nations of Uuropc. We have three times the raiimad mileage of these nations and oor domestic trade la greater than that of those three nations combined, snd it is sorely cramped for mouey to enlarge, increase am! conduct it. Our süver unties with open mints would turn out at least $UM,UiM).0OO per I I ar which would enter into our circulating money without the purchase of a single dollar. The product of the mitier would not only serve him in providing himself and family with the necessaries and comforts of life, but would leave him like the mountain streams that washes his ore, and flow on helping to increase the volume and power of the great financial stream that gives life and activity to trade. Now that we are about adding, or virtually adding, some 10.000.no0 to 12.109400 people to our nation, whose greafst need for development is a sufSaUni v .ilu me of monev. and the kind
of money they haee been aeeustonu .1 to thr nigh all time silver money Iba i i-. acd on us to create our silver into money becomes doubly great. Our silver in the form of money would not as now flow in bullion to London to enrich a conclave of silver-broker Jews, bol WOutd flow ncro the Pacific, followed by every article of production known to this country of matchless enerpv. matchless skill and unequaled enterprise. The trade of the old east would An I bpek to seekmoreond more of our silver and the products of otir kill and Industry. VThat could Europe do In a contest
with such a nation able to supply, not
onlv everv article of merchandise and
produce know n to tbe temperate aoaav but the money to energize that trade, and supply that stock of money without depleting our own volume of metallic money ? Kilver money has not or.lv been the chosen money of the eastern world, but it has 11 'ways, and is to this day, the money of the masses of ull nations. Gold is not a general circulating medium, never has been and never can be. The largest part of it is sacked and
boxed Hp atld is transferred from treas- , Btlmth. a priestly city close by Jeruury to tna-nry and vault to vault, used , an am on t he north He was born prrds-
aatlaf Sehoel l.n fur Dcrinle 11, kis-Tr Ina lo Uedroy od's Word Jeremiah illliao-.'U. (DssnJ upon Pel.. lit fa Select Note! GOLDEN TKXT.-The tvur'l of our ö d hall Stand forever Isa. 40:8. U'HHON NOTl.S I. The Prophet Jereni .Ii and His Work. Our section to-dav ij brief, but is a part of an impi.rlantera. It gives Us an insight into the inner life of 'he k'ngs and prophets. We may Well study her something of the life nnd character of Jeremiah, the great prophet of these troublous times. (I) His name means "exalted of the Lord H 12) His father was Hilkiah (1:1). probably the high jvriest who found the the book of ti e law for Josi; ' (2 Kings 22:. etc.). (1) His birth was at An-
alinost entirely as a commercial countar, and b money speculators, who use it la connection with their bank credits to shrink and expand the currency and create panics and booms alternately in trade. Silver money cannot be 1 handled and controlled in that way. It goes out among ihe people and responds, to the demands of legitimate trade. What the United States stauds most in need of at this time, and especially at this particular juncture of affairs, is c system of finance conspicuously American. We have the money metals in large quantities in our own mountains to draw upon. We have the national power and wealth that will sustain any requisite . amount of paper money to trani-act all
of our home business and stand up at par with gold nt the start, and eventually demand a premium on gold, if kept entirely under control of the government and excluded from interference by bunco-steering bankers. With a government legal tender currency, and government banks for the accommodation of the people, where their deposits would always lie safe.
it would be but a short period till gold
and silver would almost cease to ite
used by the people in their business, except the latter as change for fractions of a dollar. There is a most potent and powerful reason for such result. The currency issued by the government is the people's money, because the government, our government is the people's government. The people have the same confidence in their government and their money issued by it as they have in themselves. This is not so to a great extent in monarchies. There the government belongs to 11 class separated from the people. There they ure the subjects and have little love for their governing masters. Here the people arc the government, and every issue of government currency has proven that the people treasured it ns highly as gold and silver money. The greenbacks which have stood the test for more than 3 years, with the combined money powers of Earope and at home battling for their destruction, show how highly the people treasure their government's money. With a national currency of full legal tender, with open mints sustaining the bullion value of the metals with their coin value, if foreign nations desired and valued coin above everything else we had to part with they could exchange products for it, but the metals could never l- worth more than the legal tender paper of the government for satisiwng the demands of !. bt, interest and taxes. If our silver and gold flowed to other nations tin y atonld increase the world's stock 01 money, raise prices, and with a rise in ihe products of labor, the laborer would rise in his manhood and place civilization on a higher plnne throughout the civilized world. TLiron throne of debt with its chains of slavery hanging about it would begin to topple nnd the man would ere long be lifted above the dollar by having the shackles of debt broken which now bird him down. With a purely American financial system all these blessings are not only possible but certain. The money power of the world would be shorn of half its strength, and the American nation and people would be exalted throughout the entire world, and what is of infinitely more importance, they srowld be exnlted in their own esteem, worth and manhood. K. K. Ewiug, in Silver Knight Wat eh man.
Inaplred Proshrir. W. B, Hearst, the editor of the New V tk Journal, said a month beforo election: "No democratic movement can be purely local in its results or in its character. Kach separate struggle is part of one grand effort to realize in America the true ideals of popular democratic government. For that reason each battle, while taking full cognizance of all local issues and opportunities, should le based primarily upon the highest, mood authoritative expression of th ilrmocraUc spirit. A tactical mistake to say nothing more was made by the democrats of New York la ignoring at Syracuse the Chicago platform of 1 19G. Il any man of ambition is doubtful. let him consider the fate of those who hnve feared to trust the national expression of democracy." Mr Heard may be said to have had the gift of inapired prophecy. Tlielr Money Wasted. "Silver Dick" Wend, of Missouri, was singled out by the gold combination fOr defeat in the late election, but their money was wnsted in this Instance and the silver champion wns reelected. His constituency appreciate an able and incorrupt. hit publio servant. Silver Knight -Watchman.
Solomon on Ike Money Question. "A feast is made for laughter, ard wine ma keth merry; but money answereth all things." F.ccles. gl 19. Xow wa are ready tor Toaperity.,,
ably about li. ('. tin same year as King Josiah; for he began to prophesy, a young man, in the thirteenth year of Josiah. C27 (1:0), and Josiah was 21 years old at that time. 14) His ottire was that, of both priest and prophet. (5) He never married. r.) His public life continued from the thirteenth year of Josiah ( H. C 687) till some t ime after tin- destruction of Jerusalem (It. C, t). or more than forty year. 17) Ills character. Jeremiah was naturally of a shv and timid dlopatii in. shrinking from public life, sensitive to a most painful degree, and desponding. The great work he had to do was contrary ' to his nntural disposition, but it wns done better on this very act-ount. At 1 the same time, as often occurs, he was the brave! of the brave. Timid in resolve, he was unflinching in execution; fearless when he had to face the whole world. lie stood almost alone. EL The Circumstances of the Early Part of Jehoiakims Itelgr.. (l) The Egyptian under Pharaoh Nevlio marched through Palestine up to the Euphrates to attack nnd conquer Assyria, H. C. GU9-S. (2) Josiah joined the Assy rians, and attacked the Egyptians. He was defeated and slain, and the Egyptians tried to make themselves masters of S rin and Palestine. (3) His third son Jehonhaz. was made king, but Pharaoh Necho took him prisoner, after a three months' reign, and carrhd htm away captteo ta chains (4) Jehoiakim, sn older brother, was made king. : (S) He neglectad the people, and built a magnificent palace (Jer. 22:13-15) to hold his mere "shadow of royalty" among a joor and oppressed people, ; (6) Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was conquered and destroyed in 006-5 by "the brave and brilliant Nebuchadnezzar of Habylon." (7) Then Egypt was defeated by the Babylonians and driven hon e. (S) "Then, in the fourth year of Jehoiak.m. (0054), tbt ye.ung Babylonian conqueror sw apt down upon f-Vyria and Palestine. Jehoiakim was thrown into fetters, to Ik carried to Babylon, but Nebuchadnezzar restored him to his throne as his vassal. He carried away with him some captives, among whom were Daniel. Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael. destined thereafter for such memorable fortunes : (Ban. !:). This waa the small beginning of the On at Captivity. Ill Jeremiah's Prophecies Read Before th People. -One December day In the court of the temple (Jer, $6:1-15). Jeremiah had been prophesying for 23 years, at various times, in many ways, parsoadlng the people ; to repent nud return toGodh WSt his efforts had failed of accomplishing their purpose. Now, as a last resort, ! he is commanded by lod t" writ.- out : the substance of all these ntfdresses in one roll or book, in order that the whole mass concentrated in one mighty blow upon the conscience of 1 king ard people nilgM move them to return and be forgiven. Jeremiah himself could rot read the- book. bC 1 cause he was "shut up." not itnprisoned (v. if), but "restrained;" probably forbidden by the king to preach ' in public to the people, so that he
would have been arrested hnd he made the attempt. Baruch therefore took the roll, and from a balcony over the gate read it to the vast assembled multitudes. IV. Jeremlnh's Book Besiroyed by the King.- Vs. 20-2. IL "So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll:' So that he might have possession of it. and might learn the contents from the roll itself, and not through secondhard reports. 23. "When Jehudi had read three or fottr hmcca:" Lather eommrs of the writing1 acroso the roll. "He:" the klftg. apparently in anger snatching the roll from Jehudi, "rut it with the penknife." used for sharpening t lit reeds itsed as pens, and which hunt: at the scrtbe's girdle, "and cast it into the fire." M, "The king commanded . . to take . . . Jeremiah the prophet; but the EtOrd hid them:" We o not know how. bit he It not hen ro of for several years. V. But ihe Word of flod Was Not Destroyed -Vs. 27-32. The Outward Form Restored. 2. "Take thee ogfaia another roll." etc.: In this wns written all His former words, and many more like words were added (v ' 31. "I will bring. . . all the evil that I have pronounced against them:" Destroying the book or murdering the prophet, w OOM not prevent the fui Aliment of Qo4l word. Pf4 LCttCAti nT'OflUHTH'NP Men try to destroy Hod's word In this day iy rejecting the Hible as the Word of (iod. hating it, ridiculing it, perverting it, denying it. Sometimes we cut ome of the leaves of the Bible by reading only portions, by false interpretations, anil by denying or softening its warnings nnd reproofs. All effort to destroy the Bible sr in vnin. The more the truth Is oppo"1, the mors rooldlv it Ii mread abroad.