Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 September 1901 — Page 7

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i . iioam:. l'ultlUkrr. INDIANA. JASPER, OUH LITTLE GENERAL. p, ,,,ir Hille general paring Up ,,,1.1 down the parlor Moor, i m Unucr proudly facing. In his panoply of wur; pinmc and banner waving o'er hin, i,l and buglo shining bright, j, ,,, to beat UM charge before him When h- mairhoi to the tight! , !h! our laddie's eyes are hluo And Iii" beert Is stout and true, i hin little flag H gallantly unfurled; , in ! search both east und west. But our darllBg Is the best, .v ,i tlM bravest lit t tu general In the world! When he stormed the three-1 egged table ,'lth In" nursery brigade. I i i c,lc foe was able withstand the fuaiUUMj for our genonl Rally shouted: -r,, the breach my men. ami win!" A i tlie enemy was routed , -., i hi conflict eould begin. Oh' "ur lad. lie's curls arc (rnhl, hit Laugh la btitlM and bold, leads, his little troops with flag unfurled ; y. ii may search both east and west, ii the bravest und the best the (barest little gtUfaJ, In the world! When our little lad Is listed IK roe and bitter strife, . t!:. wrongs to be resisted on the battlefield of life, I . Mi r w ho will guide him h the perils of the day, , j w .ii . v.-r stand beside hlni Tin he conquers In the fray. the battle may be lonp. . the fo HUM may be strong, r ! oldie's colors never will be furled; Y du arch both east nnd west, I our S'ddler-lad'a the best i th dear cat little general In the w..rld! M I arell, In Sunday Magazine. Cft,,;..:..;..;..;..X;HXX'C-X0 la: of His Trained Owl. 8 A Itird of isdom That Took to Cigarettes and Died. B '.v:'xmxooX"xhX' ii IF! I i let hia trained owl live gkatp- : i ii. tl industry auiongthehills and fli I T i'ike county," haid Deacon Todgers sadly, "Hint owl might i been with US to-day, the delight and a Imiration of nil nature lovers. 1 warned r'ben Hint lie was making a ni stake in letting his owl leave town. ' if ti rette smoking will ruin the tonslit ii t ion of nny owl,' I told him. a trained MM that lias become an raced pipe smoker. Here's nu who la doing his duty in li is le owlish way, and it's a sin und grace to eapoen bin to the temp una of life in a big city.' I'. it Then w is templed by the big offer made liim by the agent of a tt I o company wlio wanted to use the owl for ndver Using purpoeea And the result was that Iben gained experience and lost the aertieoa of the lu st ami most intelligent hunting owl known to the anna's o I 'i h.- county. "One evening last summer Kben ntlended a iaeturs at the old gahooie. The lecture was about the antit Creeks and Kornaus. Lbcn listened attciitiely until the lecturer happened lO remark that the people be was talking about lived 2,000 years Then Bben's interest ftaggad ' I ain't interested in live dagoes,' said Eben, sort of wearily, 'let alone who were barfed before CohtaaI was born. Why don't be talk on eapsr, ion, or bW hunting, or fishing. Of aonte live issues of the day?' "iu .,ui by the lecture happened to mention that the owl was the i bird of Minerva, the Goddess of isdom. This interested Kben, and ail through the lecture I could aee he w..s pondering over that statement. the owl is an honest, respectable bird said EbCgj while we were walking home, 'lie attends to his duty and never bothers any one. You never Bear of an owl leing arrested for nonupport of Mrs. Owl and the little thrlcta and no Tike county owl was aver mixed up in any scandal. But at thai I never knew of any owl doing anything particularly brilliant. Still, Greeks Here, pretty wise old codgera about a lot of things and they " let have had some reason for selecting that particular bird as the eml.lem of the (ioddess of Wisdom. The aubjecf is worth looking into.' "A bout I week later I dropped over to l i.eti s bouse. He was sitting on the porch, enjoying his pipe after the nay's laher, speaking of owls, said Elen in 1 ' le mn manner, if they are really ili wise birds as they atmenr to be. it e, ms to nie that they might be e a a 'fight to enjoy a pipe. It would be light to delight a kind man's heart o see an old owl, after a hard night's Work finding food for Mrs. Owl and J1"' little ones sitting in front of his Borne smoking a long clay pipe. It v " I I improve hie temper and make tkinga pleasnnter in the family.' I knew Kben's lencvolont idea intended entirely for the bene71 of the owls, but at that I couldn't ee where Kben was to g-.t anything lit of ft. And do you mean to set up a to- '" siorp fn tM. quills nnd ndver"Tolmcco and eigars sold to all ovls d respectable fan ilies No cignr. ' Heg s0, to owls under the nge of 1,1 I in.iiired, puzzled like. " I may do that m the future,' rer fd K'ien, cfllmly. 'Hut at present I " " t think the demand for tobacco "nong owls would justify It. Still, it em to me that I could take It ' OWl and tench him to look on a ' '""I siiioli,, n .!, r..M-iir,l if ra dn ' 1 "l n-ork, the proeeeib of his lnlior i lo ha turned over to his guido aud tftV '

r.liuctor. who In this ease would be

hom st old Eben Droa i had aover neard "f aa owl that anaoked, gad I was doubtfad of th oeeegg f rlben'g i laa. n- was mighty enthaataatle ou r it. go he caught I young owl and tied it to a pole in his yard. Kben used to feed the owl und i' wasn't but a little while before the ei came to know him and look on him as Ids guide aud friend. Then 1 ben judged things were right for the second step in the owl's training. After the owl hail eaten his dinner Kben would runic out und blow smoke in the owl's face. The owl didn't seem rutcful for this attention, urn) showed his appreciation by trying to scratch out blben'g ei s. Kben was hurt, but not diaoouraged. ""I he first time I smoked,' said Eben, 'i didn't feel any hilarious ;.v Over the immediate results. It warn t be long before this owl will be sin. iking a pipe in placid content. Tut m t cigarettes. No owl of Kbei Brown'g will erat be allowed to heron,,- n cigarette agaofcer.' "After a little while the nw got so that he eonld endure the smoke. Then he came to like it. Finally Kben brought out a little pipe, cut to lit the owl's beak, lit it, puffed n it two or three times to show how lbthing was done, nnd then offered it to owl. The owl m is a little perplexed at Brat and tried to eat the pipe. Bui after a few lessons that owl learned to draw- on the pipe and when he had eaten his dinner, would sit in Rben'a yard, puffing away, the picture of owl content. Eben thought the world of t hut ow 1. '"Owls that could look solemn, and owls that knew a few meager trick , have been common in I'ike counly," -:ü'i Ebon, complacent like, 'but this is the first owl who has learned to really enjoy an a f t erd i n tier smoke. Bone people think it is bad habit, but lis long us the owl lives in the open air and takes plenty of exercise 1 don't believe it will hurt him. " hen t he ow l got s,, i bat he wasn't content until he had had his afterdin-m-r smoke, Kben thought it was tiOM to take the next step in his training. lie would tie a String to the owl and then let a mouse or bird loose in the yard, The ow would fly after it. When the mouse was caught Eben WOUhl pull the string, draw- the owl back to him, take aw.iy the mouse and then let the owl enjoy little smoke. 1 hen Eben did the same thing with a few inipe and wookcock. It took quite a while to teach the owl, but in the eml Ehta had his pet trained so that the owl knew that Eben wanted game birds and that the only way to get a smoke was by turning in a good supply of them. Hut it wasn't any too easy work teaching him. " 'Hears and hawks and turtles have been trained by honest old Eben Brown Eben sometimes used to say in n discouraged way. 'And they were all apt pupils compared with tins owl. Re maj have been the bird of wisdom with the old Greeka nnd Bomana, but he is outclassed every time by nativebora American animals, whose forefathers never had the advantages of classical education 'When the owl had arrived at the state where lie felt he couldn't do without his smoke and at the same time realize that the way to get it was t" hunt bird. Eben thought his pei's education was complete. Owlg hunt liest at niL'lit and one evening Kben turned his trained one loose. "'It's tip to you, my feathered friend,' said Kben to hc owl, 'to hie yourself to the woods and hunt snipe and woodcock. For there will be no more free tobacco coining to you. Kben Brown is not running a freelunch cor. nter where smoking materials will be furnished to any OW applying. That would soon turn you into a pauper owl, and, beside, there wouldn't be any lienefU accruing to Kben.' "The owl appreciated pretty well what was wanted of him and flew off to the woods. Kben turned in and slept, happy in the thought that an extra-sized and unusually intelligent owl was scouring the woods in search of game for the Kben Brown larder. In the morning the owl had gathered a pile of woodcock that it would have taken weedkg to shoot. Kben fed his pet some of the choicest bits of meat and then, after the owl had eaten, gave bim tilg 0X11 pile tilled with tobacco. The owl puffed away in his solemn, sedate manner for a few minutes, then knocked the ashes out of llit pipe and handed it back to Kben. and waddled off to enjoy a well-earned sleep. Kben sorted out the game birds and carried them to the village, where he disposed of them for a good price. "l'or about a month things went on smoothly. The owl hunted regularly every night, ate three good meals, enjoyed hin smoke and was an owl of regular habits, an owl that a person respected and felt would make 1 ,s wsy in the world. Eben was makin; fcood money selling the birds the ow' caught nnd, what pleased Kben most, he was making it at the ex-jH-nse of mighty little labor. The owl wan the admiration of the whoh community. Kben used to pet It and thought the world of It. " 'The owl ia a wise bird after all.' said Kben. And while it tnkes a good while to drill an Idea Info his head, once there it at ays. It's my belief that with a little effort I could trnin Hint faithful bird so that be would sort out the game, take it to the market nnd sell it. Hut I'm too fairniluded a man to want to overwork tny pet by making him toil in the dnytiOte, Besides. I like nn excuse for going to the atom every nv ruing." "ne day a stranger from th- city eejsM pnst BbeC yard. The owl wna silting there smoking a pipe and inindin;r ai own business. 1 e.ple in the neiirhliorhood hed becoaao aoeoatottted to the owl and didn't think anything

of hlv smoking. Hut when a pprsm.

eonaldera it, it was rather aa unusual right to see an owl smoke a pipe, and the Btraagei was eoaaiderabl) n tea ished. lie hunted up üben gm wanted to buy the owL The,, ti. stranger wanted to rent the valued bird. "This is no btrdreating establish ment,' said Kben, surprised like. 'If you think 1 am running a trained Wrd livery stable there is another ggjesi due you. That owl of mine w nd. pine away and die if he OOUiua't IM honest old Kben Hrowa every daj And he's aOCUStomod to the STQOdl and mountains and wouldn't be of gai use in a city, where there is no gi.uie to be h uat4 4V "1 he stranger explained thai he gnu the agent fur a cigarette factor and wanted the owl as an advertisement for his line of goods. Kben w;,s shocked. "'Do I look like it man who would smoke eigaretten, or train an owl to Use them?' he asked. 'Mnce he left the egg not a drop of liquor or a cigarette has touched the beak of that virtuous owl. And ou want me t let him go to the city where he would learn all kinds of bad habits'.' How would i feel if that 0W callback to me at the end of the sea son wearing golf atocl nu.'-. pulling on u cigarette and with an appetite tor mixed drink-?' "The agent had set his ln-art on get ting the owl, which be s od would be a unique advertisement for his line of goods, lie offered IM a week rent for the use of the owl and promised to return him in good condition at the end of the season. While Eben wus in dottbt I called over at his house. The agent was trying to persuade Eben to part with the owl, I warned him ggnlnat it. M 'You're making good Income on) of the earnest, honest efforts ,;f that owl as it is.' I told Eben. 'By trying to grasp too much you will lose g I money and ruin the owl's health and morals. If that owl is used for an advertisement, lie w ill be pulling cigarettes from morning to nicht. A smoke once in awhile may not hurt hin), but whoever heard of a youni' owl who became addicted to the cigarette habit ind lived to a green old age?' " 'And how meHj owls did you evet know that was hurt by cigarette smoking?1 Inquired the agent, gercus tie like " T never had an extended acquaintance with owls who used the weed." I replied sternly. 'I'ike county owlare birds of good morals ami better habits. f I met an owl iHHasing through the woods with a cigarette in his mouth I would cut him dead.' "Hut the agent insisted that the Hue of goods he was sidling never injured anyone, man or owl. The rent the agent offered was considerable more than Kben was gettinir from tin sale cd game birds, and at last In agreed to let the agent have the valued bird for ten weeks. Hut be was filled with misgivings, "'Take good care of him.' he said to the agent, That bird is the pridi of my heart and my chief source of income. If anything should happen t him it would break my heart ai: make it necessary for me to do a eon aiderable amount of unwelcome toil.' The Brat Week after the owl left Eben waa lonely and downhearted. and didn't knot what to do with him self. He tried to do little hunting, but li.iv i ncr become accustomed to depending upon the owl he was out of practice and didn't meet with much success. .t the end Of the week he received a cheek for 150, one week rent for the owL This cheered hin up quite a bit. I told him no good would come of the money. " ' That's blood money.' I said, 'coin that's paid you In exchange for the physical and Spiritual good of your feathered pet, who is MOW exposed to clouds of cigarette suioke and the temptations Of life in a great city. No blessinir will come to you from that cheek.' "Eben sneered and said that he no ticed that the check cashed for as much as if it had had a whole bunch of blessings attached to it. Hut in the end he was punished for his greed and lack of moral principles. "For two weeks Kben received checks regularly and exulted in the easy money he was making. At the end of the third week a box came by express directed to b i in. The box had air holes in it and evidently contained some living creature. Rhen pried off the cover and there was his pet owl. Hut how changed from the strong, healthy animal that had left home a few weeks before. His feathers Were ruflled up. his eyes were dim. and every few minutes he would give pathetic owl COUgh that was painful to listen to. Too many dgarettet, and Ihe temptations of city life had proved too much for the trained owl and he had been sent home to die. "Eben lifted the poor bird out of the box, placed him on the sofa and brought out the old owl pipe that the owl had formerly enjoyed smoking in the morning after a hard night's work. The pat owl's eyes heightened when he saw the pipe. He tried to take it in his lx-ak. The effort was too much for him. He gave a little groan ami closed his eyes forexcr Kben was pretty well broken up Ott r the death of his pet "'It's my judgment,' he said.v solemnly. 'A judgment .w me for my overreaching greed. You were right, deacon, too many cigarettes will ruin the health of nny owl.'" N. Y. Sun. Two Views of I. Much depends upon whether the point if view is feminine or masculine. "Will she hnve him?" he Idly aaked ns tl.cy noticed the devoted couple on tht lieneh. "( nn ahe get him?" won her more pointed query. Chfoafo l'caV.

il'S HONORED II ;

Biographical Sketch of the Late William McKinley, Our Twenty-Fifth Precident. SOLDIER, STATESMAN AND CITIZEN. A Man Whoie Spotlraa Intesirltr and : Lovable I'rraonalllr KnilrarrU llliu tu Men of All la r t Irs II Is Ilomrstle Life I'urtleularlv Worthy of Kinulntlon. St. I.ouis, Sept. ii Following is a brief sketch of the life and services of William .McKinley, of whom may be truthfully repeated the words he uttered in paying a tribute to James A. Oarfleld, who, also fell victim to the bullet of an assassin while occupying the presidential ofhOO: "In him we lind the best representative of the possibilities of American life. Hoy and man, he typifies American youth and manhood, und i 1 1 n -trates tie- heitcflts and glory of our free institutions. He did not Seek forth as a meteor; he rose with measured and stately step ov.-r rough paths and through years of ragged Work. He earned his passage to cery preferment. He was tried and tested at every step in his pathway of progress. He produced his pi s port to every irateuuy to opportunity and glory. His state sustained him. ami at last the nation rewarded his courage and consistency with the highest honors it could bestow." IlloKrnplilral Sketch. William McKinley was boftl at NI Trunstiuii County, t)hio, January He attended the public schools in 1.1s neighborhood until tan, when the outbreak of the civil war Inflamed Ills ambition and aroused his patriotism o auelt a degree that, although only i" year- oM he enlisted as a private s"Mler His Iii si servli e was in the Twenty-third o volunteer Infantry, with Which he served until the close of the war, being mustered out as captain and brevgl major .it the aaa or 2i. He then studied law an 1 was admitted to the bar, became a Successful and popular lawyer, and from 1869 to 1S71 v. a - pt ecutliiK attorney for Stark county, C). About this time he began t turn his attention seriously to politics -id was elected on the republican ticket to the Fortyfifth. Forty-sixth. Forty-seventh, l'ort;eTshth Forty-ninth and Fiftieth (.". areases la the house of rsorse putatives he made himself more x.p ;l ir as a committee worker than as a .'eh iter on i!i fl aor. He made few speeches, but ti"-n the beKlnnlng he showed much Interest In the tariff uff ucst Ion. his first act aa a representative belnR the presentation of a petition from Ohio manufacture r. asklm; congress to take no action In the wa) of tariff revision until a thorough iRVeetlgatlon of the needs of American Ind IStrtBS had been made He actively supported the clvtl service reform bill and Mi li"lman's resolution deelartnj? the unearned laid grants to the subsidy railroad l"tfett to the government. Gradually he cume to be looked upon by the republicans In the house as a power In the party, and at the republican national nventlon In 188 his name was f-eell mentioned as a Dosslble candidate fir the presidency; but In this eonveniton Mr Klnley led the Ohio dstsgmtloa, which bad I been Instructed to vote for Senati r John j Hherman It Is an Interesting fact In American political history that there was a point In the deliberations of the convention when MnJ. McKinley could possibly have bad the nomination had he been willing to sacrifice the authorized candidal a of his state to his own Interest, hut he abso- j lutelv refused to let his name be used. i "1 am here." he said, "by a resolution 1 of the re ibllenn convention of Ohl", passed without one dissenting voice, com mandlnK me to cast my vote for John Sherman and use every worthy endeavor for his nomination. I accepted the trust Beeenee ay heart and jaHsmcnt wt re in accord with the letter and spirit and purpose of that resolution it has pleased , certa.'n delegates to cast their votes for BBS, 1 can not, with honorable fidelity to John Sherman, who has trushxl me in bis cause and with his confidence. 1 can not consistently with my own views of p rsonal Integrity consent, or seem to consent, to permit my name to be used as a candidate before this convention I do rennest. I demand, that tut delegate who would not cast reflection on me shall cast a ballot for me." MuJ. McKinley went out of that convention one of the" most popular men In the repubtt, an psVty. and as his view on protection were the most pronounce,! of all the protectionist leaders, it naturally followed that the Harrison administration placed the tariff quest Inn in ho hands. The result of this action was the drafting of a bill known as the "McKinley bill Which afterward Iteeame a law. 1 Without sttemplInK to analyse this bi'l. It Is sufficient to say thai It place,! tariff for protection only on the highest ground taken sli ce the tine' erben II mv Clay first 'aid a protection proposition be. fore the loiintrv Mil McKinley rtelre.1 from congress March i. IK1 u- cma his shlllty as a I Klsl tor an. I tariff maker to be judged b hl works, with an labllshed porty popularity md reputattm In leal he was nomli si 'i by tht rapuhll n for aa vernor ol i '' to, an I w is el i over Oov lames K Cssnpbell, the 1moratlc candidate, after a mcst e 'Ulug tmpalgn Many will recall the grett cp'iWlh n convrnHuu of ls., when William McKln-

ley wit fli-t nrtnilnstad for th prtsb dUC) Of tile l'llltco SllltcS St St. I.OUIS Thousands of dali gates and sp- tutors ereavtUd 1 1 tssaporary structure usad s a convention bull The Itrst day of th convention o June i, iv.si on th, third d: "t th n vent loa, June is, Is1, ths nane s of Mi Kiaia ad liobart wer put In 1 1 n 1 nit i 1 1 .,inl toth wer successful on Ihi in -' ballot Thea the tcmiu.Uon wus made unanimous and the wilJ Ht a thuataam prevailed smoag th K. lraona who thronged the big auditorium. When Chairman Thurston ysiied ina n unK to order on the day tht nomination the enunciation of the platform was read bv gsnstor K'oraker and the pa rasa peal issue of this platform was the ii) ine question Teller and Cannon oa that day hade the convention and party Koo1-ty. Tie session lasted for ea hours and resulted In the success of the gold standard I our eara later, June 21, 1'jiX). In Philadelphia. I'resl'lent William M Klais was renominated by the republican part t BM the nomination resulted In his re-election. Ha was reinstalled In the position of chief executive of the nation Manh t, tm Ills Hume Life. If I'm i ! r t McKinley s public activities and schleveeaents have been typical of the best Americanism, hi home sag been equally a typical American h m. His trfaut to Iiis sister, at Canton, jost after tho w;;.r, derided the vocation he should pursue Kor another reason it was a memorable and momentous visit. Dur ins; it ha not one of his sister's friends, a pretty si hoolglrl, named Ida Saxton, tha daughter of Janes Saxton. a W"-ll-to-do hunker of Canton, a mere acquaintanceship was formed, and when he w -nt to Albany to study law and she to a seminary ni Media. Pa., to complete her education, they temporarily lost slKht of each oth. i Bill a ! a years later, when he returned to Canton to open his little law office, and she came home from echool, they net again. Acquaintance ripened Into friendship, ami friendship into love. It was ambitious for a struggling lawyer to seek the baud "t one Of Ehe pret'lest and lichee! girl in the town, who was already besieged by an army of suitors. But McKinley was n,t dauntod by rivalry, and presently won hu suit -the best, as he has often said, he ever won in all his life. They wen married on January y, 1871,

and their domestle life has ever alnca pst n sinpularly liapy, despite the aflllc ttons that have come upon them. Two daughters were born to them, both o Wnom died In Infate y Since that tim Mrs. McKinley has been an Invalid, and her husband's devotion to her has been as eeejaly affectionate as It has been untiring GERMAN SYMPATHY. Telewrnma of mpatliy From th (ermnn Finperor and Hapreas. Dantgfc, Bept, Ii, Emperor William sent the following drspatch: "To Mrs. McKinley, liiiffalo: Het majesty the empress and iny.-elf beg you to accept the expression of our most sincere sorrow in the loss which you have suffered hy the death of your beloved husband, felled liy the rathlesg hand of a murderer May the Ird who granted you so many years of happiness at the side of the deceased, grant you strength to lieat the heavy Won with which he ha visited you. Signed. "VI I.I.I AM. I. U." fcmpefOr William also sent the following dispatch to Bee rotary ilav i "I am deeply alTicted by the to w of the untimely death of Prt-iIetit McKinley. 1 hasten to express the deepest and most hearfelt sympathy of the German people to the great American nation. Cermany mourns with America for her noble son. who lost his life whilst he was fulfilling his ilutv to his country ami people. ISigncd.l UIiXIAM, I. R." AFFLICTION itAKES US ONE. KnitHshmen Make America's Lobb Their twn and tirleve Uvea aa l)n We. IiOndon. iept. Pi. It would he almost impossible to record in detail the remarkable outburst of sympathy in Qreal Britain ami her colonies ovet the death of President McKinley proofs of Which are continually arriving here. Not only has King Kdward ivHiimamled the court to go intc mourning for one Week, hut win-revet a public meeting of any kind has beet held or wherever a public mau ha had occasion to .sx nk, expressions ol sympathy have been heard. In geer place Of public worship yesterday, from Bt. l'liul's cathedral n lid Caaterburj cathedral dow ii, tha preachera made special references ic the terrible event. Invoking Ood'i bieasing upon the I nited states and I he American people. Crathie ehuceh at Italmotnl, '.hose he's had novel before been uscil except on isrcntdonl of iiMtioual iliteiest, btol.e the 100 torn nml nnnouiiccd the tVOOi v ihi i.cighborhood.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I.eaana la International Series foe Srnleiuher ItU. I OO I Temperance Sanday. Tlir LRtBON TKXT I I'no , I b C!;'Jit-X i ft. Who hath wo? who hath sorrow! al ! ith coat tttioasT who hath bsbOllngl who halb woui.d without cause? who hath t dm sa of es i i I 30. Thy that tarry long at the wlna; tla that gu ;u i. k mixed wlna. II Look not thou upon the wine when It is rd. graag it glveth his color In Ihe cup. when It swvetli Itself arhjdaC It At the last It biteth like a aerpcitt. and -tlngi th like an adder. 33. Thtrc - -b b. hotg Mrai.ge wornrn. and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 24. Yea, thou shall be as he that Ueth feea In the midst of tha sea. or as he 't o lltth upon the top of a mast. B Th v have stricken me, halt thou a d I was nut sick; they have beaten ni'. ai.d I felt It not: when th.t'.'. 1 awake? 1 sill seek 11 yet again. BVfrftUM li:T.W lne U n mocker. Btresag drink la rasinai anil biiiuSVOff la leerived thereby la n t vtiae. I'no . BOtB Warning, Against Wine. The veraee narked especially for the leaeoa form ..f the lct known stul one of the m i ioqueni pas-ages in the hook of Proverbs. They sei forth the terapta on a ol wine aud the ruiu Wkiek v a iding ia sure to hring. Verse igta forth vividly the stiff erinan ol the intoxicated. The words "woe" and "sorrow" are exclamation in the Hebrew, We might translate! "Who kci ps IS) tig: 'Oh!' and 'Alas!' .'" The tpiarreli oneness, ihe discontent, the bdii jury from trivial oausei and the . lied vision are all familiar char c! eristics of the drunkard, especially when lie i - actually under the influence of liquor. Tup process of drunkenis dc-crilicd in verse ,0. Tliemanis far gone in viee who spends nuch tiuta in drinking and one of whose favorti porsttita il the invention or testing of new ways to make liOjUor palatable. 8 ich wine as was known to the writer of the Proverbs was so mild at the ittongesi that it required Bauch more effort to get drunk than is needed with 'he use of modern distilled liquors. Yet even the eomparat ively innocent wine of that age fuliy deserved the

let re words which follow. Wine is attractive to the eye and the taste (v. 31), but its beauty is like that of the poisonous serpent, whose .sting is fatal. The rest of the passage deleribei the wey in srhieh the atlag he aomej manifest. The writer mentions first the strange vsions which t h drunkard sees; then foolish and x.cions speech; recklessness; insenlibiltty and persistence in the evil Pnurse. He lies down in the midst of the sea or on ihe t. p of a swaying mat With equal disregard of danger. The last verse is exceedingly dramatic, aid represents the drunken man a -peaking in li s hall-awakened stupor. ' The passage says nothing of the result to other, but gives warning of the personal danger arising from indulgence. This danger i- common to all who use liquor at nil. though of Urse msnv seem to escape it. The Itlack Vallej EU iroad. -An Impressive illustration for the enforcing of this lesson may be hail from n tract written for sailors by Hev. Stedman W Hanks marly a quarter of a century ago. The inherent force of the riegory C'-t.t i ned : sufficient excuse for again bringing it to public notice. The mad is advertised stheMQBEAT CENTRAL PAST ROUTE from SITPINtlTOV to the BLACK yU ':Y" The nstiirance is given that Beeidet.! by collision are entirely avoided, t o UP TRAINS A R E RUN OYER THE ROAD, Tickets over the same are sold at all liquor shops. The route taken i. by no means an attractive one. Those who start oUl upon it have no idea of of taking a through passage. They tart at Sippington, pass through Medleineville, and expec 1 o get off at Tippleton, But this train seldom stops at Tippleton. It rushes madly on to Topersville, around Drunkard's curve, through Rowdyville. and makes a ! -top at (Juarrelton. After this the stai tlons are passed very rapidly: Riotj viiie. Beggartown, Woeland, Gambiersville, Fightingt on, Brothelton. Pitfall. Robbers Den and Prisoaten. Heresnother stop is made, but the journey is soon" resumed, nnd the train with ever increasing speed whizzes on to DellrI ttm ton, Pemonland. Hornets Neat Thicket. Screech Owl Foreat. Horrorland. Serpent Land, Maniacville. Idiot Flats and into Black Valley. Then a long run 1 made through the Great Desert. Cloud Land, Thunder Land. Storm Land. latefToratdo Gorge, and the train slows up at Flood Crossing. It is from here only a short run to the ' city of Destruction. Surely the prospect tts of the trip is enough to keep any sane man from emharking thereon. The trouble is that few see to what grest ends little things lead. The citv of Destruction is within full view If only the trouble is taken to look. Its wrecks may be plainly seen strewn about its streets. It is the little drops that make the mighty ocean, the little I wine glass that bringt men to their eternal ruin. The other road Is as easily taken aa the Rieeh Valley one, and all that is i worth while lies that way. One"no"aeeurea the paiaage. It is the start, and then the habit that is formed that accomplishes the work Am! remember that temperance is as much a habit as is drink, and as easily farmed. Ham's Horn Itlant. Tall trees need deep roots. A traitor is not he who fail, but he wie. lees. Rxeepl life be deepened its widening will be its weakening. o man will ever be wise who a unwilling to be esteemed a fool. It is the touch of gelilhl IM i" out ambitions that turns them to sin. The Bible makes ga m -take IB deriWng ,h' i talks about itf mi takea. Our iOffOWl may serin 10 wipe tthe s ir's, hol IhtJ '-m fH Rkfll .ho Bible, eur comnass

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