Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 January 1899 — Page 3
oE?0HE THE GATES ' MC Bl oh mwr,j! ,0,d ! - ..... mimed Ith koU. and one I ,oi!i ercnt mmple hat arhw lrtl :;,; patnl Um pathway
est trd fold bcfor wjr rf. of all UM rabble-poor"
froo... tfc aaiy eemteatedl in aigM
Ike boy lUIDBnU cam- urw, always v it 1' :i glance ur.il smile in that direction, il a ia4lanl hinli 4v H Hunted baa Mm! Tfc . . , .: t . m aji ) .1 gthalreeenlbg. y,i . Trl iwi M it Seeled, Mad boa,
with aa Indescribable sensation, It bb curved in her 'hat "he, ' a-' ' :" ' petted society bounty, ana eiwiltj envying ibal plain, badly-draind. penal
lit UttU girl
Mrv 1 1 lau aey breathi d Iob '
ot M in t w In ii tin- iirinii; nam hwi .
Ii ut upau her, and -in waaou her way
Ik ii. i She had a long way Id d rivet
plenty of tine 10 fallow Ott! her pi i left!
"Oil
I
It-
irvctl
htiKhta of leetbfc
urn- cue
in meek and loly
a.iK.l did he lift Iiis eye.
mt H.ni Jone to a!rv lb MMTtl
he aaU: "All that I BUCU Ml I which was that h-ve which
anil love returned to me:
Lift ap than
uav
the ai)K-l
-hlnlna rates of Paradn-"' . Stanton. b Atlanta lor. tit.i
PI
My ice tad
i
Her Object lesson I
s
prettj ... bad
witty, aarcaatic a whaleaome dread tonuue. Sue had
liaiated a deilre for an lot and ,..i.t sat. ilia 1 "1 disap-
,.i . each eagi '' to be fore- i . bad a busy d ij and it utaa ml and cool there behind the ' .-.iv wished Lhat people n,,i whisper st int where neu If were awure boiu much far- ' per cotned than naordinan a . .:c iu meditated an apt" i hia abjeel vh- opeaed her tt ... - round in.patientlj for . a partieuiarix Ineligible .. Mr. Trelawi t , m uc retb . . e-fornertd. low-backed k, t jr'.are of the liyht. and L olofce to an ictroaiv and ,i ; ,1 ri Trtatti! a poor ooumu , . iteM, a tittle giri of 1". uiuli r- , . ... d paie-fnead, eooaaicaoaa ,. . for a m and abiaiag tildinj,' had ien aJaaa awal f the n . and now it sue tad . hoy hu-lMt d ho- wh.-l'. r:u i i.roed Mm, Trelaei aej "Uarliaf, are you enjininj; yottracUT v - . rd the boy huhanti mueb. dear! answered the little iriri aaaahnaiaatleally. "Wu all o frrtty and o amusing to watch; I've eeret seen anything to pretty in my
I've been helplag Ladjr I.uey; she lafced me to take some ladies down to , i)r." the lo husband -nt on. w it h a eaaaalea latpaeinnre, 'Yearta sure m ii re not dull here all alone?" Dull? . dear, no!" cried the litMe opt-r.it. e w ide t t s of a m a .i no lit. thirt's. Lady l.uey lookinc at n.-. . I -.-e! she wat ts ouabain." hOJ h .irrtt .l tT apain. proml and u . and hi little wife sat smiling lft r hitu from th- corner. Mr. Trei. . i looked aharpl from one lo the Uber. "I wonder how long that state ! thing will last?" she meditated ally. knew a certain amount about thr il of the fini sh uofia ladj Icrv had confided xariou- detail! in the
train of tiuni- '.t and 'o be M i" I
as st c tilt a -eil
SI;, told herself that abe was
p nable little wnth. mere aaa butterfly, and ii was no wonder lip
..- i in d at hi r. If ov. It Hoi ace
in i p or, ao that he and he cnnld have worked ;mi atntfed tofetber! If only I heir one child had i!'! beyond boyb I! Bal that she could not beat io thiiik of etrea bow, if i aly all the lat lea yeara eoald lived oer igain( tu w diffi renth abe arouid uae them!
Now ii was too late. ami tl, er. -hi ujilenlt sat up straight, with fa t I :t;!. baart. It arai not ton late, it eoold not I e loo late, she won Id begin t hia night and in to restore somethii of the old loving relations of ten yean ago. She would eall for bat hnabnnd aoa at the elubt she reatembered having done -o once ot twice i:i those bygone daya when s inuthing laaaeratlve had pro vented him from coining with her, to their mutual diaappointmeot. She g"ve the aeeeaaary order to her I
ei aehamn and men sat lerne ani uirigbt, ht r tyei bright, ber cheefca . floahed. Ah. they were not far from theclnb i.t,w Iva min ii t more, and h r new life would have begun. Sbt hat! i:o idea what the time w:i, but it eOOld net he so late, for the paveinent uaithn aged with people--all goir.g the same way, odtlly noiigh, II it ocenrred to her after a moment, Then
w re so many ot Iben thai presently t he carriage wrae Mocked tod obliged to gO llowlj ; si e beat her little hands on the se it in her Impatience mid looked ut again, "It's the ehih that is on tire, ma'am. a policeman said. Then; as fche turned white, be added kindly: "Don't be frightened, ma'am, they've got the lire well in haaoVbj this t'me. and everyone is on?." .Ml aafeT htea, Tralawney gasped. "Well, I few broken boms and such like." said th policeman, cheirfully. "Nothing ta IfN .ik of. n.a'am- only one gentlemaa hilled, A sad business that." Who?" "The gentleman who did auch great thinge oat in Bormah fen yearaaga Maj. Tri law ncy ."' My baahand!7.
Had they brought himit homaT she woiu'.ind. with a h rg shmiiler. She was in the hall now . and someone Waa hurrying to meet her the doctor. She was i ot surprised tos. - him there; in ht r dr. .unlike state nothing seemed
strange any mora
HUMOROUS. Vcut repl. aii v ,,i :, " i aii! thi yotng hoibaatf. Ibon behaattl) suMi-d: "lie' they ute nol M tatt ai UiOkc that I Hlfff hff u.iule.' I h it and i'lain Ji a i : . Sj.t tktag of getting tooth iiiie'd." aaic i be aarnfed philoaopber, "that is; one Inal se arbere a n an la hoandhi ' itay and st the thing oat.-' Indian 1 apolla Journal. lira. u. it hum- -How did tha Baugbty hoy of yOUri Imrt himself?" 'Ii . H i apprr "inat goo! little boj of o,r hit him on the hi u! with a brick." - Itoxburj Oaaatta, M.iiiiina." said Dot. 'do all the rivcre empty into tin aal' "Most of them, mj dear." "lion wby doennt the sea ran over; la it because there are lots of spong s in it','" Ooldea Da s. "A baby." s.v. Israel .angw ill. "is a joy to Ht mother, an heir to its fatlur aehargi toltanaraa a soul to the elei - gyiuaii who baj.tics. a new biological kpeeimea to ih- phyalcian, a new aaa tomcr to the ahoplceeper and a tad..int e to ihi neigbbora," 111 give you a few jx. in tt rs." yelled the i nthoaiaaffc politician, rwltedly.te Grime, who was arguing with hun. "i ir . ie it. " sai. i Qrimea, with a frigntfiied look. "Don't say that again, for heaveni sake, If anybody heard yon raj thai H would ruin wa' "How i would It? a-ked Ute politician. "Hecausc," said inmes. "T'ni a Bnafcagc mahl r. '- llarleia Life, v 1'ond Uothcr'i Mi.-'..il..'. "I
' ibouidn't wonder" Mrs. t'orn'.oscl, "if our boy wouldo'l of been a great btp-einhf, ablp-ralaar anal ha I turer if bed hae hud the cbane." "Why. he basn'i any n h tah nts." rpiled her baabnad. Idanno. He'ij I l the tempt ran., ii' fur it You jes' ortcr hav, leea the n e'.rd he made when I hey wa i layln' Itfaala' ga&nei at the am baskinY" Waehlngton Star, I Scene: Tiie brcajtfasi table of a j West and boarding house Mr. Smith I rrv---Fai the s tit . phsaae." No notice
is taken. Mr. Kmithers rnuing ms voice) 'T'ass 1 lie hall, please." litnel hbon are abtoi bad in Um Iraon vernation, and hi., riiptest ft mains unheeded. Mr. Smithers "Have yu henrd the latest scamial''" Everybody faagvrly) Xoj vhat i- It?" M" Bmlthera Pail the salt, pltnse."ijoidt ii l't nni .
Äg9M-aiMas-3Jo CHRIST AT JACOB'S WELL. i SJ a -in, il l.roon lu In- Iirtst
I The Monetary Problem. at . c cc weftcw:tMt
HELPS ONLY THL BANKS a Paniolainl BoahabaaiMa Mira uu Mlnllsam alaat nui iut - ii.ib i p foe ajiecaaialin
A LAKE PILOT'S LEG. !o II olt.l ll.e M)l-r) of 111" u ro k of IM ataam iT..;.e.it r SUkUB I", feci.
"1 have
law it. I .' "I know
bad ni w - or oil.
Mis Tre-
I know
petulantly. In hfl erv she wai .mrifiyii
ff?I- V "La Q
a poog OOtTitll of tiie iiohti:?s M i f heraptdogy for their presence
: a: a. I. I he liny was a journalist. w .it icroeopic income and limited Is, and the little wife was ptunileaa; aid tbey had a tiny flat somebin' la the east some uncivilized loaatlty, 'he- hare thought tif which sent ashtnideff through Lady Lucy. "In ten i.ini'," she said to hern If. "wha I avr iM coine of them?" And at that I' ' die paused aghast. It was c xaetly ten year tince she her- " i B""l of 17, had made a runaway low match with handsome ('apt. Trelavt,ry. Mit eurioualy wbue nnd still, whit, that !t ad and half forgotten past lashed vividly liefore her. She would Leitr bare thoucht it possible then for ht r baabnad to be at his flub while nbe au.uM-il herself naoeeaal ully elsewbere -and aaajl this sit the normal stat of ti-.i g m t wren them. 1 1 , ii had Ix eu no quarre!, no dia i tly had simply drifted away from ach other in thone Uu y.ars of nan. ii ;if,. until now they were cumI ' ' strangers. Neither could have 'old how or when thr diversion began. She looked at the uncomfortable co.ntr again, and with new eves. Thn
Phi uttle face mat the bapoiest in
' she answered, unreasoning mi" I by his hashed
tone. Hi row n voice was unnaturally shrili and strained, and the doctor r..i d bis hand in protest. what hearth si ereatnn these pretty woaaea aret" he was thinking an unconscious echo of the at rvanta opinion. "I must beg ol you to control yourself." he said, iteraly. "EeerythiagdO" p. nds on qui. I. Hll life is hanging "n
a thread." "His life? Ü (iod! Thi n he is not j l ahjaa dead . She had brwahed past the doctor, d, af to hhl rciuonstranc-. With tn.ise1 riving feet she was up the staircase, and a moment later was kneeling by her huslKind's '. '-Lie. The doctor, following rapidly, stood arnstetl at the door, looking in at the darkened room, the kneeling' white ig ure. with elaafM d handi iad large, ixed eves, the swathed wrick of a Ball ly
ing stui an tiie aea. On.- hand lay eatalda the com riet. Her own stole out slowly, hungrily, toward it. as if her own daring s. ared h,r Mm bowed her head overt bandaged hand at last nnd knelt motioni The doctor, watching, and quite
forgetting hla scatning ronuruwi of a moment beton, thought with a uift contempt of certain reports concerning the TrearneyadcBeatk bap- ., which had reached his cars. Bomcthing rame befoei his hrewd, kl , a eye which blurred the picture fore him He turned aside for a HO . , , , ad then was recalled by a swift.
,n Horaci I Horac
HP ,.,
The doctor snrang forward am: in.n drva hack. The injured man's ey. a , , Ded ni .1 were lived on th shuninering white figure with nn expression
of mingled awe. nnbellef. Oliae. ( ral" said the faintest whisper in the world. The doctor Id scarcely hear It. He did not knOW that the old pet name had never been used for years. Sketch.
oefaaMavj ttir . A newcomer related at a village hat o I. rful storv of an accident from
which his son I, .id ni ovcred. In I ho far corner su. a Yorkshir-uinn who, amidst a ehnru- of u-tonish vnt. spake BCVef word. "Perhaps you doubt my st.T?" rntured the nanatoi "Nut Ah: Ah'vc neea call t i doof ow t 'at J i've tilled B8, foor yanee van o mah ladl awaller'd i pin. 1 111 mah wo'd for 't. but V less an a month eftther it cam out o't' hack of hi x ..r' ...i. That'll match your
tiial onny day ." Vorkhlrr Wit. Telnl h ,lne . Ulirrlii. Trial by jury was eatabltahed in 81b. na oa January 1 b) a ukase of the
We are never ama d when vessels ca BgrOUttd and Ma wrecked on like Krie during the gales lhat are commoil ou that treacherous water, for am expect rab things then, said lab sk.pi r. "but when ana la grounded ot a clear da j and wrecked, on a course a clear aa t in-.lay and in the hands of a i Hot lhat know the ground Libe a hoyk. we naturally wonder I little and want to know the whys and wh.relur.r. Kuril was the case of the propeller Btt aaa B, Pach, that neat ngroond m-ir Bar i'oint and was loat with a 0.l.,) eargn. "The captain of the 5USUB b, I w aatted laoceaafally bundredi of timet batwcea Point Pi lee and Bar Polnl and iu all kinds of weather, and thil lima he had a wheelman who was known (roan one end of the lake to the other as one of the moat expert navigatora in the lake business. He had been lying up a loug time for the very good reason that owing to an ao ldeiit to cue of his legs that leg had to be amputated to sa:e Iiis life. The lost member was rt plac.l by an artificial leg . and then the pilot was ready U) take ' hi post at the wheel again. Bis lir-t ' M-nice after hi misfortune was thi I trip of the Susan B. l'et k. and he rau ' her aground. ! "The puaxli to everybody how ' it was poss.ble for the propeller. lit. tiled bv a aaan of each ahill aad en
ptritn.e. on a straight course only 40 miles long and w ith . v. ry sailing condition favorable, to leave her course. The pilot wan the mosi puvlul and i astounded person of Bll. He SOOfl g't ant. tl.. r ver-sil. and this one he tan in such hi erratic manner, but fortunately with uu disastrous result, that he , was compelled to give her up, and his aefulaeea Ma pilol aas gone, lie and others went to lavcatlgattai lo ace if tint could disc, iv it what was wrong with his stamanship. AftCI awliiie ' they discovered What they believed was the treable In the pilat'a art iiit iai lag a gnat thai of stet I hud bttii used iu tht joints and other place. Utting rinse t.i the binnacle, as he did while s ter'.ng. this steel deranged the compass SO that it ihren the wheelaaaa I in off his reckoning and led to the
wrong piloting that had wrecked the Susan K. Pech and end.ingeied the i. tin r vpssel that the wheelman nnvignttd subsequently. This was what the argued, nnd to demonstrate the correctness of the theory the pilot took charge of a vessel without wearing hi 'IM htg. l.v.iy thing worked to a char. The my stery of the Susan I Pech was lOlved and the pilot was restored to hi old place in the confidence of tak lirie -kippers and vcssH own-er."- '. f. Sun.
Wl att v, r I (My be able to toy in favor Jf the real cause of bimetallism, either In m v t era country or your pi-ressivt finahlir. will be said with ph a- ure. In ii relntlon to the welfare of the - pie of all nations I consider Ihi tiie en at est and most vital auhject thatu
now up far diaeaaalon. The ndvoentea Of the gold standard cairn that BBMBg i's oilier virt ues it i luppiiee us with a atahle and unifurm currency, a matter of the utmost importance iu international transactions. 1 admit the import. n re, bat 1 deny the claim cf stability. Oa tht ooalrnryr4 fjiets r.rovt- that of all t he currencies
tl at men hate tried gold is the must un1 stable, for the simple n :im n that wt-
look to its supposed "it trinsic" value, v ! ich constantly fluctuates under U.e influ. nee af the natural law of mpp.v and demand, and this is the secret of
I unsettled market and constantly earring panics. EVI r since the ueneral demonetization of slim in lo we lind that its pur
ennsing power with reference to prod ! vets has been much more table than 1 that of pold. lor instance, the silver rupee and the silver dollar havt reI mained la close aompaa Ion ship in their "intrinsic" or bullion ralttf with the measure or weight of prod uce that they
1 would buy. as anyone can see by coinpi ling thl market reports for the cr.es of years that have elacdl since the demonetization. We will go back to IS'j.t, the yeai of final demooetiaat'Ofl in your country I end India, and observe the steady dei cline of prices in almost exact pr; per ' tion to that of the bullion value of silver. We use the Sauerbeck tob'ea, because they nr- admittedly ataadaN all , the wor Id OVCT.
The movement in the prices of COBB moittlC! during last month. Ind teased
iu Mr. SjhtIiick ." index nuiuner toOetober, was very s ight. The numb. r worked out from the prio - 45 representative articles embraced in hi"svstem was tika, against 13.1 lor September. The trifling decl'ne ! I r. shown Vit c!ue entirely to n somewhat downward tendency in the prices of pork. t:con. butter, textile raw materials and hbfea. BUM the chat gel WC quite t niniportar.t. The following table giv the average index number farencl eomp'etr.l year since is;u. nnd that foreach nf the last six months: i Year. rtaUJ.
IFM f- May ; " June W." imj.... J, y S 3 It: Auirust 11 ' lid".. f ; ,temlr The increase for U and the firM part rf , everyone will understand, WM ! cue to famine conditions in certain ' countries of the old world. eUUnpClUug ! the people in Ihne countries to call Upon their hoarded savings for the I mians of sustaining life, thus pro- '. lurinir n temporary exp.tr.sian of the ! currency and an upward tendency of p-ices. Put. th.-se conditions bavfttjr pused. you will observe the renewal ' tf the decline in June of the pre- i t
yar and its steady eOUtiBUannc DOWB
4,181.:t3l. and an increase for the yenr l Bf.410,116. 1 be circulation baaed
on I'll itrd States bond amount, d 'u
I.04&.4&B, an increase for the mot lb
of lUtftJtll and an iucrease for the .ar of att,tlt,77a. The cireulatiou -turtd by lawful money agjr ngate-d yy.fHrff.Wgfrj a decrcail for the month of
s m. i i and an increase fir .lie year
t f 13.30,140, The amount of UBtteo. States rtgistered band! on deposit to secure circulation was $,3I61M.4?U. and ii, umirr i, oli'.ii- t'eot.sits 5TH,"7 j,P)0. Ot
these amounts $5H.544.22l is iu the new
three per cer.t. loan of taW, 1 lie reark fact about this statement set-rns to be that the volume of hank currency HI the United States based on debt merely In this case the war debt -is increasing rapidly, far more rapidIv than the increase based on what
is known as "lawful money" that is. greenbacks and gold and silrer dollars notwri betaadlag the large imports cf gold into the United States. It is difficult to understand how this can be described as progress in the direction f -sound money." The only progresa aa unprejudiced thinker is able to discover is toward tiie benefit of your national banks DoaaM Ornhaaa, in Mia-
limlppl Vajtey Democrat.
sun. ii." sei,, mi i.t-..n in tfa hNaaai
II, ,nnl Srries for Jnnuiir) -t, ivtcs Jol.n iBMUk ap.rlai: Arrar ! f- tn 1 lout-.fs NotM. OOUDBM TBXT- Wbeaaaeai Cnnketb of the water that I shall ftV! him shatt a v r thtt s -John II TIIK iBCTION lueluJes the BtMIb ehapItr tocether with a rwdlng of chap. " 17-BTc TIM -December. A. D. 27 Atoui elM mot. His after U.e last less.ui. THE LESSON. We are drawing near to the close ol the first year of our Lord's ministry. Iba year of beginnings, and it i well to review rap dly the events of the year and mark the steps of Jesus' pr. greso in the founding of His kingdom. 1 VVe tind Bla HeaveBly origin. 2. Bagalan His tirst disciples. 3. He works lb
tirst miracle. 4. He begins lbs lirst reli run He makt s lbs iirt rccordetl discourse. 0. He goes forth on His tirst tciur. 7. He wins His lirst converts in auiaria. After His discourse with Nicodemus, Jesus spent toe summer largely in Jodea, w.nning followers, whom His disciples haptied. -Now He goe toward t.ai.lee. With this lesson ends His Judcan ministry and His lirst year. I The Wearv Teacht r s. 5, 0.
SILVER IN THE SENATE.
Not Bel rtall for An l.riustt of Tim b iiftal CboBcai n Hull Utitl.
Cfctnn! PnMetata rt ticciine. pining the last hundred ycara there has been a gnat decline in the art of porcelain manu-acture in China, There arc few choice apeclaaani la the markets, and all lhat gets there is boupht t.t high prict - b; Ntnerit an and Kng'ish ecllectot The ao-ealh ti imperial aaa tifa. tory. howevtr. MMttettM Pvdoce choice spchnens. '. Y. Sun. BIB Trrr. The la-ge-t tree I 'he tasten hafanv BBbere. if not la the world, laneheitratrd standing at the fool of Mount et-t. ; he etrenmferei ce i f the mala trunk at 60 feet from tht ground I 212 feet. -Chicago Iutcr CNaii
rtarly to ihe lo"M lev.-! previoit-.v reacbed. That are hall return to th t level and go still lower (ur.iess the cause abatl he removed) no one doubts ' who has ever giren a moment's nnprejndked thought io the subject. The rupee is rot merely a token coin, like our shilling, with hgal limitations on its legal tender power, but it is the , Btaadatd monev nnd common currency
I of India and Ceylon, t'nner conditions
1 f fH ItfBM rty between fold and silver ffr the monetary purpose there would Indeed be fixity of value between the rupee and the SOVCrelgm I fivity. however, not like thai proposed by the lnd nn government, hut a ÄxIt.V reselling from the ahaenne af neat rictloas M ihe coinage and circulation. A -y sietn. artlflcia' fron flrt to last, such is that put forward in the prop. viS of the Indian government, is opposed in thr strongest way to ihe naturalness of the work.ng of a true gold nnd silver r onet.iry s item, This question is of practical imporj tanoe. laving regard to the fact that gr it! has already appreciated to such an eMcnt that in the wholesa'e markets j LOA ha now the same general purclms- ; !ag powt ras ICO had in the years 1C7- ( 77. and nlao to the fact that, although ' just new there Is a lull in the appreciation of gold, there Is every reason to , expeel that, in the abenee of opt n : mints and unrestrietc tl legal tender for ht-th gold and silver elike. this upward I tendency will continue. It p.. without saving that if India is placed per-
I r.nnertly on the gniii liancara, oearinir in mind her vast population and ' loan'irg proM-nsities. an enormous quantity of gold will he absorbed. Its i vflue will thus he Increased in n graatet I eltent than would ot,henise be the
rase, and Its IppredntlOB arouid also he intensified. Seeing that India is o largely Indebted to tale conatry. and that tit's Indebtedness, together with the in ana I payaaeata for Infareat and other home charges, must be paid in r-r-lit ir in commodities measured hv
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Th rennhlican nresa and politicians
are fanatically claiming that, by reason
of the number of seats in me i nnco States senate gained by tht n pub'icani in the late election, no legislation favor..i. m ilvercan be enacted durirg the
next ten year; asserting that a gold standard majority in the M f.ate i- assured for that eriod. Such situff and ,.oi.si-:,m- m:iv i.e takt n upan-d r. eated by the small bore politicians and weak- I niiuded lartisans. but all self-respecting men of average inte'.'.igetce will hesitate before exposing tkemsclve tc the contempt thai such uttcrancet would merit. The eoenpoaftlon of the senate at pres- . j ent and until March 4 next stand ai fn.inw.: Stralffbl renublieaBi 4a;
straight democrats. 33; populist. 5; silver repahlicnaa, 4; silver party. 2; h . !.. i d. i t. 1 (K le of South Dakota)
! Of the c! a: gt that re made I y the
leetiOB! of this year, fixoi tne ..eu.ocrats who are displaced by tbt rt publicans have always voted with the) republican on the silver question, name1: borman. of Maryland; Faulkner ,,f w s, Virginia; Gray, of Delaware; Mitchell, of Wisconsin; Mwrphj, ol
N.-w York, and Smith, of New J. rsey The only seat in the senate tha hav been lost that could be depended upon to vote for a silver bill are three, namely: Allen, of Nebraska: Turpie. of Indiana, and White, of California. Thui it will be seen that the silver lo- have been greatly exaggerated. The tern "f sei a i r- will expire March . 1101, and the term of 30 ttior will expire March 3. IfBl, Thus t will lw srn that two-thirds .f those who
will constitute the membership of the senate on and after March 4. 1'.hj3. must lie chosen in the elections of 10' 0 and IBM. This fact, of cotire. brands the
I ., :i ) of the republican press as silly
to deceive tee uu-
m Id, n WOnld appear to he a mistaken J pr liev on the part of India to do anjthing that would lead to the nppreciiI t'on of guld. The best way to prevent
Its ippn ciation I rot tous- it. In enncliisinn. it appears to me thst the animus of ihe pold tar.hird propajpltlaa iti your country can be found in Mat fi 1 1 ii ports A n ci ti' state-
! n.en' af t-e I'tiite.) Stites comptroller
nf ill anrreaey st ow tti.n tre ton tmoutit of national bank not ii, ctrcn Irtion on October II, Ifng, wat,3l1ie.26L an incrrite for the month of
twaddle intended
thinking. Among the states that elect I nited täte senators in 1900. in which the silver forces are sure to pain sea s from the opposition, are Kat sas. Louisiana. West irpinia. Kentucky. Oregon. Nebraska and Wyoming. It must f i-ther-more be borne in mind that there are several repnldican senator from the west that Brill respect the sentiment! of the s:atts they represent, and in the event of a silver president in 1Mb, will BO! cast their vote to defeat silver legiltatioa. A number of other senators are known to possess strong convictions on the side of silver whose opposition i tot to be feart d after the popular verd'et of the people has beet registered in favor of the reopening of the mints. Again, our friends :i.ust t i t for- .'! that the avcrace n.litician i very
much of a weather-cock. at i! can change his fleam With the utmo-t facility when he thinks the occasion requires it. So no friend of bimetallism t.eed disturbed in the least by the seniles warblings of goldbug poppinjays. All of them that have any braimare doing their shunting under orders, and generally under pay. and those who merely echo their drivel are ant echoes at best. Silver Knight -Watch man. Ilrelderi foe Ml er. That eelebrated Michigan silvcrcast has at last been decided it favor of silver. It irose about a year ago from a difference of opinion betwnn a gold .. , .. . i
it an and a s vir mar., i.a ..n biker. ItaldwlB tendered Daher in pay ment 30I silver dollars to discharge a mortgage for that Baaeeat aa his farm.
Which Ihiker refused to accept. OBBVV took Btepaal once to fereeloai the mortgage and Baldwin filed a bill in chancery asking that the mortgage be discharged, since he hn.l tendered thepaynent to Baker. The defense was that the tender was not good, because our siandard of value is gold, ind a silver dollar ami worth only H eeata. The court held the tender pood, in accordance with tbe liw. IndianapoMc, Sen-
5 "A citv called Sychar:" ; The aanteai haeehem between Mouuta Ebal and (.eriiiu. "That Jacob gave lu hi sou Joseph: Sec bm. Xl:ls-iW; 0. "Jaeob's well was there:" Tha Well b) 79 feet deep, seven feet six inchc ' diameter and is lined throughout with j tough masonry, as it is dug iu alluvial
soil. "Jesus sat tuus. or u 11 was. "on." or by. "the wall:" On the low curbing around the well. IL The One Unlikely Scholar. V. T. "Then eonaeth a woman of (out of) Samarlai Not the city of Samaria, seven miles away, but from the country of Samaria, one of Samaritan race and religion. "To draw water:" This was the well of the cornfields. dug there for the express purpose of providing water for those employed in the sowing and the reaping of those fields. This schol,r w:is one of the most unlikely; a dis
reputable wo.uan. rather bold and free in her manners, voluble of tongue, very unlike most of the women who ininia-u-rcd to Jesus. And yet Jesus gave her His time. His best thoughts, Hu. care. III. The Wise Approach. V. 7. "Jesus saith unto btr. bive me to drink:" He made an appeal to common human kindness that goes deejr d vn than religion or moral antagon.snis. . "For Hi- d - j es were g' i.t away to buy:" They womd bring with them means with which to draw water, or tbey expected that at this time of day some one was sure to come ere long who could draw the water. IV. Great Obstacles Overcome. V. 9. "How is it that tbou. being a Jew :" I The difference in dress, or speech, or manner, or all. made plain his nationality. "For the Jews have no dealing! with the Samaritans:" A remark thrown in by the writer to give the reason for her surprise. They have no ' dealings of friendly intercourse. V. i l.e Less- :; Concerning the Water of Life. Vs. KM3. 10. "If thou knew est the gift of bod:" His Son. the Messiah, and the salvation He was bringing to man. 'Thou would. st l.avt- aked of Ulmt" F.mphasize tbe "thou." Spiritually, our positions are revt-r-t d. It is thoii who art weary, and footsore, and parched, close to the well, yet unable to drink: it is 1 who can give thee the water from tbe well and quench thy thirst forever. "And He would have given thee living water:" That It. ntnaslil. snrincinc from an unfailing
source (Gen, It), " flowing, fresh (Lev. 14:5). 12. "Art thou greater than our father Jacob'." Can you dig a better well thau he did. or find a Utter source of water! Or can you get water without drawing it. while even Jacob had io unuttgo the latmr of drawing? 13. "Prinking of this water:" The natural water of the well, and ell earthIv satisfaction which it typified. "Shall thirst again:" Tbe supply may rive out. The soul is never aatisred with tarthly things, and the time comes when they leave the soul, in its greatest need, dying of thirst. 14. "Shn'.l never thirst:" Literally, will certainly not thirst louver, fur the craving is satisfied as soon as ever it recurs, "blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness." but it declares that there is an unfailing supply always at hand for the thirst. "Sp ringing up into everlasting life:' Nol merely in the future, hut in the present. Whosoever has this living wat, r in the soul has already eternal life.
the kind of life lhat never fails to sat:fy. never cloys and never ends. VI. The Lesson Studied. Vs. I Ml
, li. "Sir. give me MM water: .-ne until r&tands Christ's word sufiieicntly to ; he earnestly attracted by the blessing I in li s offer; but of course cannot real- ! i.e the fullness of His meaning. This I it true of ail seekers after (Jod. Jesus, seeing that this woman w at a possible
disciple, proceeds with nis n.si ruction. He tirst delicately recalls to her mind the fact that she is a great sinner, and deeply in need of this cleansing and refreshing water of life, lie then gives her a lesson in the true worship of dod. showing still moic clearly her need.
t.nel. lirrr Ihe fiiil : .". I ntil American tniHic? aire arn
better that la give their daaghtera led tbelr millions to Impecunious british j itiidr of eccentric manner, who ore
Ittel to he of noble birth nrd heirs o !tles. It will require s tnrpe balarcc of trade in favor of the United Mitel etch year to offset their follv and prevent the country from being drained I ItacBib. Silver Knigbl-Wnchmau.
I'lt.V T1CAL Rfi;Oi:STIONS. Jesus was always ready for good worn in seaon and out .u season. Many of OUT best opportunit ics COUBC to us at unusual and irregular times, a mere incidents in our ref t.lar tint ies. Thii world can neversatisfy the BOaJ. Its ambitions. it thirsts after wealth and 'lory and pleasure, ire never sati i tied bv what this wot I ! can give. Much less can the world sitisfy tha spiritual thirsts af the soul, bod hat never made a soul so small that ihn whole rW -ou'd satisfv U thirsts.