Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 July 1901 — Page 3

Weekly Courier.

. IHISM.. I'ulilUhrr. JA8PKB, INDIANA, . . ....... .t. I Friends Ever. $ z BY II. H. hi i.int t ' '.I. .1.1.1... . . . .J TUET hud been friends from boyIII. Oil, Ulld pOSKCSKcd till' S.illie tastes mill inclinations concerning bath ptajr "n,l study. When 1 1 1 colton days dawaed upon tiu b oris on il.. MUM "''1 spirit of friendliness n,. untested Itaelfi they choss Um Bann' profession, iiH'diciii', and wi re neater friends tlian ever in the clohe j i ;i Ii y of ambition, In college thay were known on "The 1 urns," though they were wholly dish.indar appearance, stature or complexion. Henry Morse VII hhort, atoutly built, with blue eyes, crisply curling, light hair, ami a mouth j,), iWMI ;,iul tender aa a woman's. John Kindlay win tall and elender, with dark hair and BJ tha lutter deep set ami searching and a month ul.out whose corners, the lines of a lixrdnesn Of purpose t'Wii thus early v ere drawn. Iii.' college days are over, tad WO find them both attached to St. Uark'a hospital, working side hy Hide; ready for the smbulnaoe call, tu rattle away over the pavements of the city to administer aid to the unfortunate bfuiaed and broken; or we find them ether by tha side of the dying, jinel; to smooth the pillow or receive the fluttering preBMire of the enfeebled finge re of the "passer on." "Til is fair Canadian DUrse who recently CaOM to St. Mark's seems a Sjelf-poFse.'sed sort of a person," said Henry Morse, locking arms with his friend as the pair passed down the gravel walk leading to t lie hospital step-. But .lohn Find lay was not in a i ommnnieative mood, uml he did BOt immediately respond. He had S habit of pushing one end of Iiis thin, inky in i stäche into the corner of his IBOUth with his finger. He is doing it BOW J and it always gare the Other a el, ill to see him lo it. for Henry disliked habits of the sort. All hospital grounds, flowers, walks on. I embellishments in the way of land .ape gardening look stiff. They mean to be alleviating to the ill ones, charming to the eye; but they never are. for they bear too closely the narks of precision, soldierly care-, and instead of appearing natural, they seem surrounded with too iiiimIi red tape. Every flower, tree or shrub growing Upon hospital grounds has the -li'ti of the red tape drawn about them. Even the fountain that tinkles in the mellow, bashed air of the place plays, the rhythm of rotation upon the eardrums of the afflicted behind those Stone walls. I have been told by many who have been so placed thai the sound of thunder, the rumbling of a train of ears or the roar of cannons was more soothing than the tinkling of the placidly plashing fountain. ft the pair reached the tliorMire leading t their qnsrters, situated but n short distance away, lindlay finally found his tongue, and asked: "Whoso name did you mention? "Weil, you must ie pretty deeply in it. old man. I did not mention anyone's name," said Morse, withdrawing his arm. "Bill yon were speaking of some one ;.s we passed through the grounds. "Then it Tins jut struck you? T wns simply saying that the fair Canadian ntjrsp seemed to bo a self-possessed sort i f person. That's all." "By the way. she is not how is -he different from fair the and rest, well. She Henry? i mean by fair she is oh ehnv;;;'ng. pleasing and pretty seem t.. know how to do things wit hont I iking, She is ready without urging. Hie has good nerve, too. Why, sie did up the smashed leg of that poor fellow who wnsi brought in day before yesterday, before 1 came, in a manner to equal anything of the sort i ever saw." "Humph! that's what she is at St Muk's for tO learn how to do 'hings. As for beauty ami nil that CT1 of thing, I H "Well. what, .lohn?" nskrd the Other, BR the tall, slender fellow lift- ' 1 Ms hand to tpply the latch key. 'I he other hand was busy with the ins stäche, pushing one end of it out Ol ight, Henry Morse gave a little hlver of dislike, and Fimlkiy said, as be pushed open the door: "She msy not be charming at all Without her hospital garb. Conic, let Us gn in: dfop nurses and such trash." He led ti, way up Ihi- wide stairs, 'he two were soon Settled for the night in their suite of rooms. When they nppeared at the hospital 'be Bex1 morning they were asked to P into the office where "Old Ice " the pi t name bestowed by the young fellows upon Regt Thorn, M. 1. the best surgeon in the city, was avvnlt- "" them. Ah, many a poor fellow's death warrant bad been drawn up in thai square, compact little niche of St. Mark's! And many a bold and lull eate ense had nlso been solved ' ein by the thick-llinhed and ninl diendrd man who is Atting in fie bii. leather-cushioned chair iliutnRllag upon the window .sill w ith tBOSt 'ng, blunted Anger. "Old be" is '""l ut all times or at least his ngefs. ore and those same lingers have guided the keen knife within a tissue's breadth of many a jugular in, or hrue s, an hed for many a hiduui ill among boue mud uiut t le.

flood morning, gentlemen; ait down, I wan; to tell you mmiu i hing," Ottered the estebrsted surgeon, in bis peeul.ar. J, i k word-. After the two were seated, he tumad around Mjuarely sand ; -1., d :

"J.it'ier ot you want die? ITa, j ha! 1 1 1 joke, t bat stop' Don't say a Mrord until get through. I'm not much of u talker; I like to finish wha; Pre go( to say before the other eliup begina, though BoHM nun are born soldiers, and do not kn w what fear ssean Others aeqttlra braeery sfter much practice, Was a timid young thing myself once, tint all faff that with a few exceptions here and there Um eaoa I'll mention is oiii- of the exceptions. Candidly. I am timid about it. Wish people would have BOOM other sort of ills if they must he sick. This case I do not like. It, makes me timid, as 1 said. I'm as cowardly as a child before a bulldog now." If "Old Ice" fi lt ns he said he did, he failed to show any .signs of it in the slightest. He looked as ready to perform a great piece of work as he ever did. John Findliiy, who could Contain himself no longer, ventured to say : "Will you please enlighten us coneerning the ease, do. lor'.'" "in u moment, first, you are both sure you do nol wsn t ' die?" "You are joking, my dear sir," said Henry Morse, "I joking? You must be mad, sir! 1 n cr joke. I may plav jokes with nerves, bones, muscles und such: but what is commonly called .joking I never indulge in the foolish practice. To come right down to ths facts of the ease, I will simply say that I am about to take a great, a very great risk. I am oMljed to call upon tnv young men to take the same risk " "Doctor, we aie at your service," broke in Fitidlny. And Morse nodded approvingly. "Ah! that's the sort of spirit I like to see in my young men," said "Old lee," (rood nnturedlv. Then fixing his i deep, hael eyes upon the face of i .lohn I'indlcv, raised his hand nnd I punctuated the air wth his long forelinger as he spoke: "It is an easy matj ter, young men. to remove a limb or j sew and plaster n wound; nothing j easier in our line in the world. Hut I when a surgeon takes his life In bis I own hands and attempts to heal n poor mortal of a fatal Infliction, and is I liable, ten chances against the rest, to 'incur himself n fatal infliction, how about it, eli V" The sandy fringe of hair seemed to be bristling about that grand old head that had benf low over many a serious case in its time. Henry Morse begtta to feel as though he was wholly Ignored, for the surgeon kept his char eyes fixed upon Eindleys face. And then Henry grew i nervous as his friend began to push that inky slip of mustache out of sigh ; with his fingers. "Well, doctor, what is the ease?" j asked Findlav. without glancing at his bosom friend, who was bending I eagerly forward, w ith a rosy Hush I spread over his fair face. "Putrescent abscess of the liver. John Findlsy quit gnawing his mustache; he straightened up in his ( hair and looked for n brief instance into those clear, hael eyes fixed upon him. Then he rose and said, hesitatingly "Dr. Thorn. T am very sorry to say that we do not care to assist you in the ease" "You mean yourself- not I," broke in I sweet toned voice. "Kb? You why bless my stars!" broke from the surgeon, as he gaed at the fair speaker. "My friend is only joking. Come, Henry, let us go " Kind lay went tu the dOOT Sad laid his hand UpOO the brass knob. Tie opened the door and stood for a brief instant upon the threshold, as though waiting for his friend to depart with hi in. He onlysat there, smiling back nt the hnzel c,-s of th mndy-aeaded man who was looking at him in astonishment . The door opened and closed, und the surgeon of St. Marks und the student were alone. T thought he had the most nerve," said the turgeOSk -So did I. " "I had picked I'm out from among the entire lot of young fellows to help me in this ffair. Well, I was mistaken. "So was I," "And you will join me in this case, young man ?" "With the greatest pleasure in nil the World, doctor" A pair of hands clasped there in the little sipiare room where man :i life or death terdlcl had been pronounced. The young man received his instructions as to the hour of operation and then he left the room, went out where the tlowers nodded, and where a pretty girl dnssed in the uniform of the it Mark's nurses stood by the side of the tinkling fountain under the elms. What passed between the prcttv Canadian nurse ninl the young incdiI Cal student Is of small import tO us; but a look of surprise, followed by I one of anxiety, euine upon her face I when Henry Slorse responded to the I question ihe asked. She turned her face away from Ins. nnd looked down at the gold fish darting hither and thither in the shaded pool at her feet. He asked her a question, but she did not ausw?r; she Continued to lOOM down, drOW in slightly her under bp, and gave I dainty shrug of her shoulders. When she lifted her face again, he wan at the gate. Thai she murmured: "He is grand, but I thought the Other wag the strong, brave one of the pair." 'I he day passed, nnd the subject of IhS operation tO be performed upon the following morning was never mentioned between the two friends. Otter, only once, Morse turned his eyes toward the dark face bending orr a book. The black eyes were i fixed uuon the pugo, and the fingers

of one hand wer crowding the inky RMMtac ut Of siL'l.f. iBd when they lurted to retire, fjeary Morxe held out . iS hand befors liag to his chamber, say mg : "Ülmke, old boy. l.'ecolleet, we are frteada, c.r." "Friends, ever," echoed Findlav, s he to.,;, ihe warm palm between bis chiil lingers. "Good-night, John, my friend.1 "Cood night." The door between the long, wide, waiting-room and the operating room Opened, und "Old Ice," leaning heavily Upon the mm of the fair-faced young Student, emerged from it. Tim hael eyes were not an bright as USUal, ami the generally ruddy face of the great surgeon was aslu n He was helped into hi.-, office, where he took a class of wine, sfter vhich ho seemed to recover some of his old-tiaes spirits. He left the hospital after-wa-ds and inside of ten days was a dead man. The eaue of the old surgeuo's death was pronounced to be bloodpoii oiling, l pan the evening of the day of the surgeon's funeral. Henrv Morse was taken to St. Mark's ill, weak, nerveless. "There Seems to be something wrong with the boy," said Findlav.

nfier his friend had been placed upon one of the snowy cots, in a cool, ipilet room. A w bite hand was laid upon the brow. Findlav I 111 BCd to dm gaze of the Canadian sick man's meet the ' nurse. "Vis it is now a struggle between life ami death. I pray God 1 will win," she said, softly. "You'.'" "Yes, I ihafl be Ms nurse" "There are others who can nurse him." "There i no one but myself who can do Kn much for him," said the sweet, low voice of the fair elrl. "Why )'OU, more than any other nurse ?M That, no one but he tins a right to ask." replied she. as she pointed toward the face upon the piljow. And then commenced t'e great bat tl" for the mastery, Medical science said the brave young fellow should die. ( lose, careful and skilled nursing, backed up b youth and manhood that bad never known any ill. said lie should not die Kvery Change, no matter how alight, was Watched by bis friend, .lohn Kindlay, who seemed to be always by the sick man's bedside. The fair nurse never left the bed" sid until Findlav went out for hi meals or to snatch a few momenta of sleep. It is midnight, and the crisis is at hand, The face upon the pillow is Ihid. The bine hps are drawn back, and the white teeth gleam in the shaded light. By the side of the bed sits the young Student, Kindlay, holding the feverish band of his friend. The tinkling of the fountain falls upon hi ears. The rattling of wheels over the pavement comes from the distance. The sleeve of the sick man's robe is pushed back, nnd the arm With the turgid veins is disclosed. The Blintll figure in hospital garb stands with back turned to Kindlay. A long lean finger produces from the vest pocket something that glitters in the light. A careful hand guides the obec1 to the thick part of the forearm, and then like a phantom, as quick nnd as noiseless rt small figure leans over the bed and pushes one Blender white hand between the Instrument's keen point and the bared arm. . pair of black eyes are raised to the ii"W livid face of Find lay. and a pair of tight!ydrewa lips huskily whisper: "Do it. coward' Von dare not!" The instrument is withdrawn, and John Kindlay leans hack and begina to push his inky mustache out of sight. Again, the figure of the nUTSe standing upright, and with firms folded acorss the breast, and n pair of searching eyes penetrate to the innermost heart of the false friend. The sick man stirs uneasily, the lips part, and upon the quiet air of the room there falls softly, slowly: "Filenda s-ever.1 The nurse laid her cool hand upon the forehead, and gavs a sigh as of sat afaction. The brow was no longer hot and feverish. It was cool to the touch. "Go, please; I cm attend to him now without your help." she said. Findlsy rose, gae one glance at the sick man's face, and then left the room, fussing with his mustache in the old. tiresome manner. lTp in the Canadian woods, where Henry Morse went with the fair girl he married, he found health rapidly. Once only once - he asked 1 or why his friend Findlav had left him so suddenly. His wife shrugged her shoulders, and said nothing. "I had an idea, dear, that he fancied you." "I did not fancy him." "John ia queer hut he and I are to be friends ever." But the two were destined neter to meet a train Literature. upon this world. Good ll.-eUleillr I p ti Hale. "Ia she an up-to-date girlf" he repented. "Is the? Well, rather. Why, do you know what she did'.''' "What 7" "Well, sir, when the JTOUBg man tr. whom fdie was engaged began to how Ind loath ns of desire t reeon alder, she wen into court and applied for an injutictin to restrain him from breaking the engagement. t hicago Tost. Tin- 1 r ii ii U II it Iii t . Mrs. Von Blumer Well, well, you've been traveling lot yearsi hsven'i yon t When are you and your danghtera going 1 set I lc dow n .' Mrs. tfuntman 1 don't know. Why, the rdrj thought ot it makes the girki hoUitbick. - .N. V. ill-laid.

ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTS. Vraot Ihm friers Arm Halve mr ( unblsra l.liri Hr o bllea ua lie I. Ir.

The typical way in which trusts ars rganizrd is given in announcing the formation of the BsJsBOB ( aaBiBgOOBSbinOi Tha total stock issued, says thu

Uii. ago Chronicle, is $1ü,oüO,üöO, to be evident when they do not allow them divided ts follow.-: hp vote on measures iu which tue is per cent, debenture f5.00n.0O3 i are interested. rrVdP:cktn':..muUnv'.:: mm i has meo? Common tock b.&ue.uuu , been indulged in With reference to It i understood that the underw i it 'the referendum which the constlttting syndicate will furnish $3,000,000 j tion of South Dakota allows, nays rash, receiving therefor $3,000,000 in Louis Post in the fttbtte. It is oic di benturrs, with a bonus of $1.500.000 Jected that the referendum is nol preferred stock and $1, 500,000 common what it has been cracked up to be, stock. I or it would have been resorted to in This company, therefore, starts out that state. Hut it has been resorted

bv presenting the underw riting yndisate with $3.000,000 of preferred and ,' .. . ." fumiiioii stock for the.r share of the plunder; the balance of the common stock ia doubtless pure water, as is probably the ease with the remaialng $.1,000,000 of preferred stock, as only 1.1,000.000 in cash la UStd in the trat,lotion. The information is also given that the annual capacity of the combined ronrerns is '.',000,000 cases, so if the salmon canned by the original companies produced a profit of BO per cent, it will require the combine to increase Hie price about 100 per cent, to pay a like profit. This watered stock will eventually find Its way lata hank alt as security for loans and w hen a tight time cnines in the money market some hank will fail wit h large a s sets t hat are "not Immediate!) available." The sufferers will not be the tru.-ts, but the unfortunate depositors. The increase of railroad fares and freight rates has been systematically going on ever since the combinations were effected. The freight rates have generally been increased in the round shout way of raising the slasaldoatioa. The Buffalo Timei -aw "The fan American ia DOW complete, but the railroad rates k p the crowds away." This is corroborated by the managers of the Han-American exposition, who give out the following information: "We can cite many intances where the railroads have put up their rates far in excess of what the fare was before the exposition." This Is pretty giBd proof that trusts snd combinations 00 raise prices, notwithstanding the efforts of Hen. Hrosvener and other republican leaders to prove that they are an udvantage to the people. MEETING OF CONSPIRATORS. Plotting of Trust Maarnatea That Bodea Sio i.ooil for the C mon People. There was a meeting in New York a few days, ago that bodes ill for most of the balance of us. There were present Senator Hanns, J. 1". Morgan, President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania railroad, and C. A. Grisconi. of the American line of steamships. What they met for is not disclosed, bat as they are all bent on the ship subsidy steal, no d,., M . 1 oubt that was one of the matters; , , , , . . . then they are a.so interested in the ... . , . . . bituminous coal trust, now fornnnir. which is intended to divide the con . . trol of the mines among t he railroads, just as the anthracite field has been apportioned, and then raise the rate "all the traffic will bear." and the price Of coal accordingly. This they will find to be a big job. for the bituminous coal fields are much more extensive than the hard coal ones, and the "soft coal trust" will have to quite equal in capitalization the steel trust, if not BXceed it. One thing is certain. These le.i 1. rs of the republican party did not n.eet with any philanthropic idea in view, and it if quite possible that they were scheming to squeeze the dear people a trifle more on sonic new trust combination or monopoly. When you order your winter's stock of coal you may know more about it. PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK. The Inilnstrlnl i.mmlaalnn Hunrinu Itepulillcnn neeeBs. Siot That industrious bunch of professional oflice seekers known as the industrial commission are playing hide-and-seek with a fact that is in plain rieW of those who want to see it. The Feel that some of the members of the commission wish to find and the others do not, ia "are American goods sold abroad cheaper than at home'.'" Mr. Schwab, the million dollar president of the steel trust, testified before the commission thai this was the case. The secretary of the Home Market club ndmrts the same, but t liese author it ies insist there is no harm in it. The great majority of the commission i" ing republicans, they may not find I he fact, but t he minority have it right before ihem. if it has not been suppressed like some other mat ters have been. This industrial commission has not been a roaring r publicsn Mir.'i ss. Unit nn ami Korsker, "ll.'itina pretends to be f, r l'oraker. Oh. mm." said the Mansfield Shield some time before the repub lican state convention, "but he cannot talk without letting it he known that lie would prefer to ye the former fire alarm retired to private life." Po BSibly Senator llntina saw thia paragraph and took Warning, for the way he "pitched in" for l oraker was sonietbing almost spect aeiilar. Well, we hatte 00 doubt Mr. Hanna iH for the reelection of his colleague There arc tunes in polities when par sonnl Snimosities moat take back seats. Anyhow. Mr Hanna carries out His bargain . He belongs to that ehtss of politiciana who mui.t. daolaaatl nquirer

ACTING UNDER COVER.

Rfpulili.niii lii Are A l.lnir Iii mm Manner. 1. Onrn Jeff, r-on said: ,-I nm not smonss those who fear the people),1 hut Jff. frrson was u democrat. That republican politicians do fear the people it ! to, and with gratifving effectiveness, Last winter the republican rise tried Z .l i ,i. i iu jam lorongn a piunuering mens tire iu redemption of campaign promises. In the senate the measure passed triumphantly, and the house was ready to rush it through as smoothly as Quay ran the corrupt franchise bills through the legislature of Psnnsylvsnia, where no referendum right is reserved to the people. Hut at that point the ring met with a sudden and decisive check. It ran up against the referendum clause of the South Dakota constitution. Opponents of the corrupt nieas. tire warned the republican leaders that if the bill was passed a referen. dum vote would be called for. This would have sent the measure to ths people for approval or rejection, Su4 the republicans dared not face such an ordeal. Orders were consequently given, nnd the lower house obediently defeated the inea-urc One beauty of the referendum was hi re exempli fled. It is not always ne. . iry to resort to it in order to get the bene fits of its protection. Like a good watch dog, it may as often drive away thieves with a growl as with a bite. THE TARIFF WALL USED. Contra! Iletween 'I rum Prlcea ol Iron n ml Steel nt Home ninl A liroml. The Industrial commission need not look far to find the evidence that nt least one of the trusts the steel trust is selling its products cheaper abroad than in this country, for the Baltimore Sun says: "That the monster steel consolidation with headquarters at Pittsburgh is using the tariff well for all it la worth is shown by the following paragraph in the Engineering News, which knows what it is talking about: 'The conirnct 1 ... t i ti Irnftf nri.-i'ti f..e iron j . , . . . . ,,. j nnd steel to the home consumer ana to the foreign consumer has often . , ,, . ' , , a ..' " , med that some actual figures may be of interest. A recent cable (lis pa iteh from England states that American wire roda are offered delivered in Manchester at $2'J.30 per ton. Market quotations in the t'nited States are $.19 per ton. Adding cost of . . - . . freights, etc.. it is clear that the wire . . , . rod n)nker ia netting at least IIS per ruu amaass 1 ,. nrni i from hi American . i - customer! sales. It than from his foreign is not strange that the iron and steel magnates deprecate i ... . -j.. .i ..: Tl.. any interference wun in. trust no doubt effects 'economies of production; but the trust ano tna foreigner, not the American consumera, get the benefit of cheaper prodnetioa. The trusts naturally think the present tariff satisfactory, but the taxpayers object to it so long as i foreigners are favored at their es pense." OPINIONS AND POINTERS. There won't be any further bickerings of republicans coneern-.ng the tariff when once the trusts hava seid their aj. St. Louis P.epublic. After oil the screeching of the republican organs, the Tom Johnson mat form for the equal taxation of raih ! roads with other property was aoopieu by the Ohio democratic convention. The Standard Oil tmtl and the ingar trust ooatrol thi foreign comtuga r ii hu v ... I. ... - la policy of thiaeonntry. having meei eded in closing the Kasa tn peraa to most of our productions. Sit ce the sultan of Boln ha- been p:aced on our pay roll by the republio- ; rh;iIll,( of administratiosl. The trttsta :n;s. he believes there im: t be no : nnd combines, who a. so draw pjy i . . ... . i- , through the protective tsnu. oeioie the same way. . lathboae and Steely have not yet I been brought to trial for stesling the j Cahaa post oflice funds, and Perry Heath is still on the lookout for a chanee to become a millionaire, and "the pillars of the temple" are yet er. et and standing. , Great Scott, he of the national republican committee. who admits having written K.noo let ters to old soldiers during the campaign, cannot for the life of him remember bSI ing promised C.en. Sickles, that Kvans. the Tension commissioner. sh' ild be removed. The facts are. he did nitike the promise to all the old eetera as who desnat led it, and tJiere is n doubt that Hanna and McKinley intended to carry it oat ', h-forc eleetiOB, but sfter election It anot her matt er. Tin re wo eld teem to be si thet factional tii;ht in progress among the republicans about the future of t uba and the tariff on her productions. Or.e side, represented by the ptew i . rat Pres. would repel and Impoverish Cuba; the other llde, of which the Inter Oeeaa is tht ip hesmaat, wonld para the way for "ma:iifestdcstini."whioh, in t Ii i - case, means annexation. Ths beet ingar and tobaeee combine msy i p: the repnblteaa party, and if they do they will be blessings in tie tdiaguise of coruior.iuts.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Lesa fur Jul) s. iimii 4.u4 (alia Ibrahaui. Prepared by IL C. Lent nt oa. Tin: UDMi n tkxt. tO ate hi 121-1 I. Now the lord had ssld ur.to Abrns. Ort thee sal of thy uuntry. ai.il from thy father huukr, ui.to a .ai d lbl 1 wUi Shew ihee: I Ai... I w , atakl ot llMM a arast ua- ' lion, si.d I will Mass thee, at.d soske thf name r. at; and Iheu halt Uv a blatslnf. I- And I will !.;.- il.. m that b'.ssi ll.ee, Bd cur.- anil that iureth thee; ar.d la thee sball all lamtlU of the earth ba blrd I 4. Bo Abram departed, at the bsTd had BeSUM ItalO tum. sod l.i.t . i t with him. and Abram w is ervrnty and Ave ear old I wass he depsrtad out af Hares. 6. And Abram took Harat. hl wife, and 1 Lot his brother's son. ar.d all thrlr subitsaci that thai . fsthen d the ""."if (! ' n . rar . cd UMV Wsal forth to ti ut iht Ur.d of Canaan; and into tht land of Cssaaa they came. C Aad Abram pae through the lard Unto the Jiiio ,.! S:. h tr.. ur.to the pla.n of Mon h. Atal the SsaaaattS was then in tha land. 7. Ar.d the I.or.1 appe'irfd unto Abram SM ald. I'nto thy ee! will I SjtVe this land; ar.d there bull.l.d he an altar liatO the Ixrd, ho appi-and unto him S. And he removid from thence unto mountain on the run of Bethel, and pitched his tent, havlr.a Bethel on tha Wut, and Hal on the aSSt ai.d there ha builded an altar unto the Lord, ar.d called upon the name of the Lord. 9. Ar.d Abram Juun.,J. going on still toward the south. 4 . o I 1 1 1 : N n:Tl will Maw Ihee, nil make tli name trraf ; and thow halt be a uleaalnn .eu. 12:2. NOT KS AM' i'uMM KNTM Two stories come up for consideration in connection with shis lesson, and they are embraced in the eleventh and twelfth chapters of Genesis. Uead the whole of buth chapters. The t ,n stories are: The 'or.fuflnn of Tor.gues .. The CU of Abraham ...; aeata :i . G- r.esis Ü. The Confusion Ol Tongues. The flood, according to I'ssher's bib';cal chronology oeearred la the year 2341J U. . The population a this time again began to increase through the families of Noah's three suns, and as the population increased a new civil;zation was gradually taking the place of the old. Before the flood there was anarchy, after the flood began the reign of law. Not law aa we understand it to-day. Patriarchal government came into being, that is the head of each family or group of families bejran to exercise control over and command the obedience of all progeny anf servants in all ihe affairs that per tained to social life, lie became the judge in case of disputes, and exercised generally the functions of ruler and of judge. For 100 years these people spoke one language. But they became too numerous to live longer in one community, so they separated, i some (Toine to the east, some to the , , . ' WPS1, outers to ine norm, ana many to tTie south. Ihe immediate cause 1 of 'his great migration lav in a great . . "" . z . I ojrei "no ii was on foot near the present site of Babylon. The people had begun to fear another flood. A tower that would reach to Heaven leetned a plausible way of preventing ai.v h. ,es:i e de s t met o n of life. ..,.... t AItVJlilli'TK'a'l,'lwlSkTll','l-1 . ' " . . ' , af bod. So iKa Himself took a part , lnt. Work. and about that same time . . .. , it hannened that the discover- was made that they eottld no longer underttand what one said to another. Ol nllPkii i Wl ,1 . X . v ! 1 J A f., " , . I ' e" with fh(. un(,,rtllkin,y when genillt,roonimil.,icatin wa, kni, them, so gradually the w..rk h dropped and the people separated. It is said that to-day there are over 3.000 tangling! I spoken, and that all are traceable back to !e-s than :tvi leading languages. The confusion of tongue lias alw ays been going on and w il 1 continue to go on as long aa people will continue to work at cross-purposes wi'h the plans of Ood. Contrast the day of Pentecost with the day ot nnfusion of tongue?,. On the day of Pentecost the disciples of Jens became brother' witr. all the world, and were understood by each hearer in h.i Own tongue. The Call of Abraham. Genesis 15:1-1 details the account of the call of Abraham. Tli may be said to le the first great all receded in the Itible. It ..n.:n.l. n ti. rviH ..f f ;i 1 1 1. ; . q( the m, uf Samiu.,. of the ' tie la t . of David, of Jeremiah and of Ifstl hi w srd Baal fPatil). Kvery man receives a Pifine call, but these referred to hav . bffn pjaiiv notable in that thee were of national or international import. The e a ". of Mirahatti meant th beginning of a nation, and. through 1h;g na1in in llu. person of Jesus rhrist. the salvation of the World. Abraham was a religious man. a man of Ood, His heart was so nearly r ight that God could say: "I will bless the SI that bless fhee. and curse 1 im that curseth thee." Be was a man 0 pure la heart that the Lord appeared nn'o him (Gen. 15:T). I'r was the holy city of the Chsldenns. It was sn idolatrous city, worshiping many gods. If the truth were to he perpetuated among men. the men who saw the truth would have to cive it a bettr environment into which to grow. Abraham wa Worshiper of the true God. he heard the call to leave the city of idolatry. Because of his ready compliance it was made possible that in him should aP families of the earth be blessed. a OH nml Imff. I'l.iigde'es the commandChrist Bents. The picture of Christ is developed in the dark room af prayer. V oir feeling in the niec,;ng miy be injurious if they do not become fac- in the market. They who do not liring the King J, tn to earth will not be brought lata ih kingdom in Heaven. When we ssk for deliverance from auffering God . ' - .vers best h,T giving deliverance through cufferlag. Kau.' i Horn.