Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 December 1902 — Page 2

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4 5 CM;ri:riCtM0tWOMI()l0tOM i WEEK'S RECORD All the News of the Past Seven DaVS CondflWHl lAmutllH'U. HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS News of the Industrial Field. Personal and Political Items, IIapiMiings at Ilome ami Abroad. THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD DOMKST1C. At Ninth district United Mne Worker' headquarters it is stated that 14.000 nii u and bey ut of M.ouü former mine employes are I til idle. The post office at Clark's Hill. Ind.. was entered and the safe dy uamited. About $300 worth of mauin were taken. Job Williams, colored, was hanged at Bridgeton, N.J., for the murder on October 37 last of John S. Holme, an aged farmer, and the latter' house4eeper. Mise Catharine Shutt. In a livery table fire at Eut Huston, Mass.. five firemen were injured, 23 horses perished and a large number of carriages and sleighs were destroyed. Benjamin Watson and his wife. Elizabeth, an aged couple, lost their lives in a lire that entirely destroyed their small cottage at Newport. R. I. Clint E. Osborne, assistant postmaster and proprietor of the general store in the village of Warren. Mich., was shot dead by one of a gang i f robbers that had entered the Warren bank and blown open the safe. The annual report of Director of the Mint atobarta shows that the coinage capacity will be greatly increased with the completion of the new mint at Denver. Chicago national banks reported S15.OS3.i3i loss jn loans from September 15 to November -'5 and $l.;. l".sl loss in deposits. John Mitchell and the miners' at torneys accuse the anthracite operators with repudiating Wayne Mac- I eagh. their attorney, and violating their own agreement in refusing to accept strike settlement. The Vermont legislature probably will renounce state prohibition of the liquor traffic. Democratic support of license plan is credited with election victories sfi many towns. The temperance element will resist change. William Theobald, sjM-cial customs gent at New York, was discharged by Secretary Shaw following a charge that he advised Mrs. Ida H. Dulles, Philadelphia, not to declare a $26,00 necklace she brought from Europe. In Hancock county, iu the mounta.ns of upper East Tennessee, Richard Green probably fatally shot bis wife and daughter in an attempt to kill himself. He then shot and killed Mats self, using a shotgun. Thanksgiving day was generally observed in the usual mannt r throughout the country, and by Americans in many European capitals. Chairman Mcpherson has sold his seat on the New York stock exchange, and will retire. The sale price is said to have been $so.0on. Postmaster General Payne' annua! report recommends free mail delivery in all cities of 5. OOO population or $r, OOS gros receipts. The postal deficit lot the fiscal year is J.'.iCl . 1 70. Se retars- of Agriculture Wilson has ordered a quarantine against cattle sheep and swine in New Kngland and prohibited their exM.rtatin or shipment elsewhere. The foot and mouth disease is epidemic in four state-. The steamer Sy Ivantis J Mary, with 18 men. sunk in like Erie during SnaiSJf night's irale. The news ws brought to Detroit by the barge Mabel Wilson, which the Macy was towing. The steamer Batonockhurn is beltevad tobe lost in I.ake Superior with 30 men. President Roosevelt answer, d the objection of white citizens against negro as collector of Charleston (8. C port, and declare'! he) would sot discriminate between white und blacks show ing equal ability for office The St. CatSM flyer on the Dig Four road was wrecked n?ar Avon. Ind.. by a broken rail. It is believed that many per-ons were killed. "American oirwts rule this market." says I'nitetl States Consul Mihin. reporting to the state department fmm Nottingham. England, on popular American wares in England. ftSr eluding nrrest for several months, Charb-s F. Kell, the former apeaktr of the St I.otiia home of IrtifStSS, who is wnnte.l fa the vve-t ern ettf in connection with the hrihcrv cnaps uneattHrd there some time ago. waa arrested. He bfld itist Stumrd from Liverpool.

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Bt Is Held at Philadelphia to Await the Arrival of Extradition Papers IS NOT SUFFERING MUCH MEANWHILE. Hm m Tkrtc Thoaaand Dolls Kail Left and an Aent of l u. reaasnaa-Kleet Butler la Verla That Me la Well Supplied With Cremtara torn fort a. Philadelphia, Nov. 30. Charles F. Kelly, former speaker of the house ol delegate, of St. Louis, who was .p rested in this city Friday as an al ieged fugitive from justice, was ar raigned in the central police court Saturday. Upon the testimony of Detective Tate who effected the arreat. ! Kelly was held to uwait the arrival o rcr,isi,i" papers from Missouri. The H-OtN- was the only witness, hi. testimony being to th ctToct that Kelly was wanted in St. Louis. He ? " 1 trpsrai" fr,,, chiat of poI lice there, saying Kelly was charged with perjury and bribery Previous to the hearing the authorities offered Kelly the opportunity tc be r-prcsented by counsel, but h waived this right, -tying he would return to St. Louis without resistance and would secure counsel when he arrived in that city. Kelly was ulone in court. While in the dork be laughed and chatted witfc the detective. Raftf Una Friends. Kelly is not without friend. He Is lodged in a cell on the sixth floor of the city hall building, where he spent a comfortable night, well provided with newspapers, books aud the leading periodicals. To the relief of the imprisoned man came an emissary of Congressmanelect Butler, of St. Louis, early Friday night. He was Maurice Jacobs, part owner of the "Merry Maidens" and Topsy Turvcy" burlesque troupes, in j which Putler owns a third interest. It was Jacobs who stood with Butler upon the White Star line pier when the Celtic docked in New York; it was Jacobs who bought two tickets for Newark, N. J., and then jumped tha moving train in Jersey City, and now it is Jacobs who appears in Philadelphia with a helping hand outstretched to the prisoner. Within Knar Call. Jacobs is registered at the Hotel Bingham here. He called at the detective bureau Friday night. In the lobby of the captain's office he encountered a local attorney, McKenna, summoned by a city hall runner. They conferred, and both were permitted to converse with Kelly, after the latter had expressed a preference for Jacob's society. Prisoners in Philadelphia receive rather poor rations from a small res taurant on Filbert strett. opposite the city hall. They are charged 35 cents each meal when they have the price. Kelly had not eaten from the hour of his arrival in New York, yet the plain fare was not o his fancy. He's I.I vlnar Oa the Beat. "See if you can not make better arrangements," he asked of his new friend Jacobs. The theatricsl man's first effort for Kelly's comfort was turned in this direction. Visiting a swell Chestnut street eafe, he arranged for prime steaks snd vegetables out of season to be delivered at the police headquarters station all the while Kelly is a prisoner there. To Acting Capt. Bond, Jacobs said: "He shall have the best there is." Still Has a Good Roll. Kelly had upwards of $3,000 on his person when he was arrested. This was taken care of by the Philadelphia pol ice. After Kelly's attorney left Friday night, Dr. William F. Angney, the chief police surgeon, was sent for to prescribe for Kelly, who is suffering from a severe cold. LARGE SUNDAY OUTPOURING. Twenty Thousand People Attead tha Cltlrnso live Stock Eiaoaltlea During the Dar and KrealasT. Chicago, Dec. 1. If the number of people who visited the International Ijve Stock exposition Sunday may be taken as a criterion, the attendance at this year's exposition will exceed that of last year by fully 100.000 persons. Notwithstanding the day was Sunday, 20.000 people of Chicago and vicinity passed through the gates during the day and evening. Among those who viewed the exhibits were the students from the various agricultural colleges which will participate in the competitive events commencing Tuesday. The students visited every department, taking elaborate notes and genera review of the show in order to prepare for their work when it shall begin. A Dael with Pia tola Alexandria, La., Dec. 1. In a duel with pistols, Sundsy night, near Pollock, La., SO miles north of hero, Lovell Wainw right was shot and instantly killed and Joe Wada waa probably fatally injured. Tncre were no witiieKscs to the shooting. Seela the Klenbant. Mexico City, Dec. 1. Congressman elect William R. Hearst ami party, alio arrived here Saturday, are taking in the sights of this cHy. llr Hen rut is the recipient of many courtrsies.

NEWS FROM INDIANA Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State.

I mil. I'oiooa. Marion, lnd , Dot 1 "Hio me iu blaOh and place Will's photograph iu aSJ left bund traten you bury me," said Hattie La rain, the prsttj LS year-old daughter of Mr. and Mr. John I.arl.in after she Sad Liken 68, grain o. morphine. Miss lurkin and William (ml lap,., a young business man. were lovers, but quarreled because Miss Lurkin wont to a social fOSvetion with another young mat'. Miss Lurkin called at toillapo's plaiv of business anil told him she would like to talk to him, Ion be refused, she went borne ami took tin- poison. Use inn es lied a friend and told bei what she bad don, and nude alio gementa for lo r funeral. Doctors worked with her until she died. Hlll IUI tiff. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1. Some months ago tin- Indianapolis lias I company notified its patrons 'hut it would not supply natural ga.s after J October 1, Inn the city instituted suit and ho conqKiny srBS enjoined from I disconnect ing patrons pending a deI ision. l'.ill were rendered for lletober as usual, but many of the c.uuI puny's patrons refused to pay the Oo tolH-r bills, holding that they were i getting poor and inadequate service. I Wednesday the company 'a employes began cutting off the gas supply from the hull SSe of all delinquents, anil 4,000 petroao have been eut off from the service. Vllrr in a Death. El wood, Ind.. Dec. i Mrs. Charles Dubois, a bride of but a few months, was found dead in her room with u bit tie of oarboBe acid lying at her side ami a note, stating her intention to die. An BUtOps) held and no poison ua- found in her stomach. The side of her head was crushed, apparently by the blow of a blunt instrument. The coroner held an inquest, which led to the arn-M of ( h;irle Dubois, the husband of the dead woman, vvho is charged with her murder. I'robnhly nlcld. Laporte. D.d.. Dec. 1. The body of a well-dressed man was found lvinj heside the tracks of the Grand Trunk railroad near Wellsboro, Ind. The injuries which caused death are stated 10 have been thoc received from falling from a train, and in view of the fact that the pockets were emptied of their contents ami that other efforthad been made to conceal identity, while no signs of a struggle are ob-orvable. '-he police are inclined to fav r the theory of suicide. Bosm four Taper Plants. Muncie, Ind.. Dec. 1. Four big iu-n-tries in this county went under the control of the United Boxawsard and Pa;ser trust and mortgages aggregating $1.:.MUXM) were filed. The officials of the plant.s SSV they will be operated steadily. The merge,! plants are the West Mum ie Si rawboard works. Paragon Paper mills at Baton, Albany Straw-board works at Alb.inv and Consumers' Paper company at Muncie. Plan a Memorial. Richmond. Ind . Dec. L The Methodi. ts of the I'nited States, and especially those who were friends of the In t Bishop William Taylor, who recently died in California, will be asked to assist in the work of raising a $2,nnnooo memorial fund. The movement has bon started by the Isoard of trusteea of Taylor university, and their Idea is to have the memorial take the form of a building on the university c.i m pus. Carer nt Ilia Wish. Sooth Bead, Ind.. Dec. 1. The fnmily of the late Clem Studehnker has presented $.".o.oo0 to Epworth hospital, thirl city, in conformity with his pn mise before his death a tear ago. Brief and interesting exercises were h'-ld in the hospital, at which were present members of his family, trus tees and direct OS S. The hospital cost $""..000 and is one of the finest in the mii'dle west. flurnrd to Death. Flkhart. Ind.. Dec. l. Arthur nnd (harte T.vnet, brothers, tight and nin years of age. respectively, were so seriously burned that they died in a short time. The boys were trying to start a fire in a stove when their elo hint.' Ireoame ignited. Kallwar Kmplore Killed. Tort Wayne, Ind.. Dec. 1.- Norval Wright, aged -40. formerly of the depot fotce for the Pennsv Iv anin company in t hieago. fell under a freight train cast of Fort Wayne and his skull was en shed. Killed While Hantln. Fort Wayne. Ind.. Dee. 1. Nicholas Kit der. aged 10. while hunting ten mils west of this city, was killed. His shotgun was neoidentaliy discharged nnd tore a hole through his lungs. v (horch Dedicated. lir.-entleld. Ind.. Dec. 1. The new Methodist church here was dedicated bv Hishop Joyce. It cost $40,000 to build Kind K.llenre of Warder. Dublin. Ind., Dec. 1. Edward Bttlf king SMS found dead near floss, lnd. A post-mortem revealed n fracture a. the bnse of the skull ami a cut on lb,1 f t side of the ehm. In company with four youiig men from Imliuminoils itui-king wa out hunting. His gun lav empty three 'cet from hir btnty, Murder (s Mispcited flntl as iijve-lt.-:it ion is bring made.

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Secretary of the Treasury Trans mits to Congress the Annual Budget. ESTIMATES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR The laproarlalloaa .tahed foe Are SasaMaaMta Which la Sl,uasi..i Lena Thau the Kallninlea and S.W.OVi.oii l.raa lhaa Anstroprlatloa for Correal ear. Washington, f, Tie secretary of the trossurj h.i trau misted U the eongrosa the estimate! of the ap propriationa required for the govora meal service for the fiscal year ending June .0. K)4. as furnished by the i heads of (be aeveral eaecntlve depart- ; ments. The total appropriation! asked for are 1589,189,111, which is BtlrttSyBW less than the estimates for 1U0J and m,OS0,Stt less than the uppropi lathrns for tii.it year, Pollowiag is ret apitulstion of the estisaates by department, cents umittsd: UegislStive, 1110(1,483; executive. S31B,SO0; state department, 2,676,82S; treasury department. $l7-,:ti:;.'.-'i.: war akparrntent, 1 10,986,605; narj department, 184,785,798; interior deparuMnt, 1183,018,616; posl ofice department, $10963,488; department of agriculture. 85,640,150; departanaraf of labor, 1184,320; department of Jostlee, $7,631900. (irand total, ."'., 1 X'.l 12. Following are the principal items under the several departments which show increases or deoreOSCS as comparad "rth the appropriations for the year ISOSl Legislative: Salarii-s and expenses, increase. $;i93,913; public printing. Increase. $71S.(K)0. Executive prom-r: Salaries and expCttSeS, increase, $13,000, Salaries and expenses civil service commi-ioii, ini reave, 7:..i00. State department: Foreign intercourse, increase, $211.000. Treasury department: Public works increase. $7.00O,iHX; miseelleneous, increase, $:i.(HH),0H). District of Columbia. Increase, $:.7iX),000. Permanent annual appropriations, decrease. $3,600.(HM). War department: Military establishment, decrease, $h.mh),ouo. Public works, decrease. $4,6h.'J.(O0. Navy department: Naval establishment, increases, $o,(KH),000. Interior depart nient : Public w orks, decrease, $27:t.OX); miscellaneous, inert-use. $1,850,000, Permanent annual appropriations, increas-. $470,000. Post Office department: Salaries and expenses, increase, $11.",000. Department of ngrieulture: Salariea and fSvpeiises. increase. $4'.2.imk). Department of Justice: Miacelleueous. increase. $472.000. I'l Hl.If DIlItT STATKMKNT. What la Shown Hr the Monthly lel.i Simtenaent. Washington. Dec. 1. The monthly stutement of the public debt shows that, at the close of business November -"., HH)2. the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $'.i."s,,)'.7,281. which is a decrease for the month of $410,4411. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt. $'.14..'4I,240. Iebt on which interest has censed since mafwritv. 61,85,816. Debt j bearing no interest. $380y87SJI19, Total. $1,312,672,M"0. This amount, however, does not include $'!.236,5'!i in certificates and treasury notes outstanding vvhi-h are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand held for their redemption. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Oold reserve fund, $i:UKo.OOO. Trust fund-. $866,8 1 560. Oeaerai fund, i44488jBS0. Is nstional bank depositories, 81a$lU8t8, Total, $1.:13.606,717, against which there are den, and liabilities outstanding amounting to $959,031,129, which leaves ;i cash balance on hand of $:;."c4.".7.'..s. COM P R A T I V K ST ATKMKT. Statement Showlna the Heeeipts iad Kspendltorea for rmher. Washington. Dec. 1. The monthly comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows that for the month of November. 1908, the total receipt- were $43,.'.'iv. oul. and the disbursements $4V 940,257, leaving a surplus for the month of $688,T44, Law! year the stirplus for November was $'...H7.m'.0. The November receipta are given as follows: Customs, $:.'2.4,.i.2s(i. nn increase 'is conipured with November. 1901, of $3.000,000. Internal revenue. $1S.S47,- .'(); decrease. $4.202,1 4.V Miscellaneous. $2,2fi2,134; decrease. 8877,888, The st ateno lit show s an increase of I1.MKI.000 in the expenditures on account of the war department and an Increase of 8LV.,000 on account of the navy. Pensions also show s falling off of $326,000. For the five months of the present fiscnl year the receipts are $32.87, 93' in excess of the exwn lit ures. la the Tolla of I aele Haas. Springfield. 111., Dee. 2. Mrs. Hugh Hiichanan. n bride of six months, and member ef n prominent nnd wenltbv family of Mount Vernon. Ind., is locke! up in the county jail here on a charge of raising n postal money order from $2 b8 20. Trjln to l.oente Huer Oold. Berlin. Dec. 2. The Itritish govern menf had been tmtklng taqairtsa at all the tierman portr concerning Hoer gold lar worth ItvO.ooo which, it is supposed, have lately been received is th country tram South Africa.

THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.

a Report on the Practleal Optra tluua of the l'.:iUrupler Law l or the Paat tear. WbsMslgteftl ! L A report on th' praetioal operation f the bankruptcy law for the last year has been submitted to the attorney general by K. C. l!i andciibiirg. in che.i ge of such naattare for the governinent. The aggregate number of voluntury petitions Uad during the year was 10,:i74 against 17,000 in HMD, and -'O.OOO in l'.'OO. During the same period 2,100 involuntary petitions were tiled. The states showing the greatest number of voluntary proceedings were New York. 1,906 cases, and Illinois IJI14 Alabama. 1.4 : ;n ; Massachusetts, l.ios; Maine, SSO; Ohio, T70, an i Iowa, $8$, A year ago Illinois led the li-t with 2.200 petitions. The smallest numbers til. d were i anas in Alssfcav, $ each in Artsoaa. New- Mexico and Porto Rico, 7 in Nevada, n In Hawaii, $0 in Doha nra re sad 1 la Ida bo, f the cases called during the year 1 were in behalf of farmers, 6, S'.'.i vviigc earner-. merchants, :5 manufacturers. .".,11 professional men and 1.7."iS contractor-, hotel ami saloonkeepers, real estate men and ash OH "f a miscellaneous character not Included within the olSSSCS enumerated. VIRGINIA'S CONSTITUTION. The faUaMtr of lrlnln Bass natitatlon May to me to n I'eat In onitrrx. Washington, Dec. 1 . Re presen tstl se Taylor, chairman f Elections Cosa naittec So. l of the hoaso, offered a resolut ion Monday proposing that thd credentiiUs of Carter Qlass, elected to the Fifty-seventh congress from the Sivth Virgin il district, be referred to his committee and inquirj made ua to "whether they are ba.-ed on rcturm of a lawful election for members of congress held in Virginia November 4, 180$; and upon what character of registration lists, and under color of what constitution or ordinances such election was held, and whether, at said election, the right of franchise was accorded to all eitiens of Virginia alike without regard to race or color, anil whether any citizens of the I'nitetl State- win. were entitled to vote for members wen- deprived of any righta. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Elcclions No. 1. The object of such un inquiry as the resolution suggests would be to test the validity of the Virginia constitution. DECLARED TO BE A TRUST. ' lie Knaaaa City Rrewera' omnia I alawfal and llaa SO) staadIna la Coarl. Kan' as City, Mo., D-p. 1. 'The K;mCity court of apM-als has decided total the combination of brewers that exists in this city is a trust, and aa such it is expressly forbidden by the statutes of Mi-souri, ami is unlawful, and that any man who owes oue of these breweries in tly combine need not pay his bill, and the brewer can not collect the debt, even by going into t he courts. Tnis decision was made iu the suit nt t,v rVrd Uvuu BiwSrlBg Co. against S saloonkeeper who owed the brew ing company. In the lower court the bewaring company won the case and got judgment. This judgment was reversed by the court of appeals, the three judges concurring. UNDOING" OUR GOOD WORK. The Sanitär Condition of Havana Uradnall hut Sarely tiolas Bach w ard. Washington. Dec. 2. I'nsatisfactory reports have come to the state department in regard to the sanitary condition in Havana. ien. Wood's reports for 188$ and 1808 -how that the, Cuban city was exceedingly healthy nn the result of Assorioaa method- of sanitation enforced. The state department is advise 1 that a relaxation of this system is taking place mrojdaadfjp but barely. The aaaltarj Inspectors are said tt be more leni nt and there are nunirriiis violations of sanitary laws. HEALTH IN THE PHILIPPINES. Am Increase la the OBvSSS of Malaria and Itrai ntery and a Utereaae la t holera! Washington, Dec. 2. Su i gcon-t Jenral OTleilly has rocclvod a report from Cat, Adair, chief surgeon in the Philippines, to the effect that there has been an increase of caaSS of malaria and dysentery among the troops in the Philippines and a decided decrease in the number of cases of chosVra. There were only eight deaths from cholera in the army during the month of (let ober, and no case of the disease has Isen i.. knitted to the military cholera hospital in Minila since Septenilw-r 1. In Xornml f ondltlon Aaala. Pittsburg. Pa.. Dee. ). Hie Permaytsaaia odBrisla were busy from Saturtlay until Monday morning in cleaiing the yards of freight, and now. f.jr the first time in many weeks, trafflo on the lines east and west is about nrmnl. The I aloa Steel t o. Pittsburg. Pn.. Dec. 8. The taSMSf of the Sharon Steel Co, ami the t'ni n Steel Co, bus become aoratlvS today. The SCw company will start with a capital of $40,(KK),ooo. It will be known na the I nion Steel Co.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

la the latrrnalioaal for Urrrsibrr T, 1P0S MaUa and Naomi. Till: I.KH8UN TKXT. .Knill DhVCt) i ABaRttth ask Krire.it me tot to leave lh, i i Mm iron ftidoarlaa sftap ' tor wblil at Laos p sat, l vtU ao and wiieie t l.ou ,1'JKot, 1 wlW iodae; -hyjieij-Sia aiisii bt my psimla. ai J thy Uuu my Qsil 17. Wim - ill. ! Jlffct. vlii die. unttheis sill 1 bt hurled; tha I of 6 Cu no tu me, ai d more also, if ousht but asatb psrt the snd mt 1 t.i i si ,- .i that she was a( adfiiStly mlridt-J to so wltli her, t to r. site It ft tptak.i k ur.to her. ID. la thS two went until they c.ime to Bt il.:. ... bl And It oaane to pas.-, when tht jr r ..un,- -o lieil.iebem. that all the city wjv in, , veil about them, at.il they said, Is 11 .V. ni.: I An,: she said unto them, CU me not Naomi, call me Mara; fur the Almighty hath uaalt verj bitter I) oitl BM 6L 1 arsal out lull. SOS the Lori hath brought a,, i., in, .ik ill . n.p: . why then can . rsi n i . rt, ; aootai tha Lore hath ," si- n... ui.di-.ht .v.m.übtyhath affl : .. ii. ' P'J n . a i :- tun . . sal Ituth hs il as, be r daaghtoi Ii iw. with her, VbiOb rrtun ad out of the oui:try of Moab; ai.U thty rsane to ehitbJahtai in lbs Uginl.u ol t- ir.ev harvtt. t.oi.ui x n:r.iie kinn naTootitined one lo another. Horn. ISIilO. OCTLdNI OF CKXPT1 Mi aUECTIOM Kuih; c hoice rtuth 1. I ssi Jtuth 1 I. mli - j. ,!. iii,i:,,ri Ituth 4, T1MK It. i . jemand 12. PL.Vi E-M .,b ii ,i :. :! ; ,. m. Ni TICS AND Ci 'MAIENTS. Hie si on . i I. uti. j. a slw.-v of tha hoast. I; ih w.- tie beatHj und the reward! i I a life of aaaehlsh dev4Uosk lim Butfa BO I the oi. y nobis character in tin Uttle drama. In Naomi aud lioat, as well, we have illustrations of what the heart can do towar, - making one worthy of homage und imitatioii. Iu leading of the three one feeU moved to live so as to bless Other! .ma thai kind of living, as Jeu showed. i the kind that ia approved of Ood. In giving up uL for the sake of Naomi. Rttta gslosd all; in rosicg her life the found it. So sweet S story is well wort '- study. It is not know n w ho vv rote the book, or when ha lived. Such explanation of the .-t..ry as -.Now this was the custom in former time in Israel" (4:7 show that the author wrote many years, and perhaps ninny centuries, after it all happened, and after many of the old-time customs had been forgotten. The story should be read and reread, that it may teach its own simple lesson nf fidelity and love in its own way. "Following the Hook of Judges, which has been filled with bloodshed and violence and the heroism of the sterner virtues, it comes upon us like a benediction of aeaee. It contains, no trace of war or high politic; the disasters of its story are the troubles of family life exile. bereavement. poverty; while its grand incidents are no more than the yearly festivities of country life, and the formal transfers of propel y that must goon though kingdom rise and fall." Kichan! ii. Monitor.. "Entreat me not to leave thee, etc.: Both Ruth and Orpah loved, but love-1 in different ways. Orpah dreaded the par-ing. but she saw that Naomi was right; it would be better for her t. stay She did not forget herelf in her love. Ruth's love was of that higher snd rarer kind that knows no obstacles. To follow her mother-in-law meant Bovert in a strange land, but personal considerations were nothing to her She forgot herself in her love, and went. Ruth's words have Mdes,emt! to ns as the formulo of personal devotion for all time." "Thy peo;. shall be my people, and thy Ood my Qod:M The character of Xaoml is revealed here. too. It la bo srmall thing to inspire such a noble demotion. She had gone into an idolatrous land, hut had remained true to Jehovah, and won her daughter to Him also. "AH the city was moved about them:" Naomi must have been well known and. though the years of sorrow had changed her, was- remembered. "Jehovah hath testified against me " Naomi's idea here Is the common Hebrew one. expressed by Job' friends, thnt mffi ring was a sure sign of GosTs disapproval. Gbftst taught thnt this wa not the case. On reaching Hethlehem. Ruth found herself in a hard fight with poverty. She went out like others who were very poor, to pick np the scattering heads of grain that the reapera had mised. Hut the story of her unselfish fidelity was known, and every one waa kind to her. The owner of the field In which she gleaned turned out to he a kin-man of her husband's and took a great interest in her. finally marrying ner. so ending the struggle with povsrty, and showing asj that real nobility nf eharr.eter does not go unrewarded, even In the sight of men. PRACTICA I, 8t;r,ESTION8. Each one at some time chooses between the road that leads to Israel snd the road that leads to Mt ab. Orpah saved her life, but lost It; Ruth lost her life, but found H. It is not enough to go part way on the road to the Kingdom of Heaven. One must continue to the end. Tt Is better to go with one only on the road that leads to Heaven than to remain with the multitude. If one chooses to serve Ood the rJe elrdon should be irrevocable. There shonld be no half-mind about it. seav Palats. Ringing saints are seldom id ones. A good man will always find some food in men. The light of love is not created by the friction of religious controveray. Small vices may be fordnble one at s time, but Ihey soon unite Into au impassable river. You may try to do many a day's worry, but yon can nly do one days work at a time. 8otne men lay the loadstone of lust alongside the compass of conscience. SBd then talk about ltt baiSf a fsjtde. Ram s Hon.