Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 March 1903 — Page 3

Weeklu Courier.

O. DOANK. Publisher. ft I INDIANA. STUPIDITY OF CANVASBACKS. I'hr Are rlaall It. -, ! J Killed lid ISl.tla I. nek of luumr la KrrdJna;. Hy northern sport-men t he ..mvasBBCa bttl come t . In i ' . 1 1 '.i (I as, a sort of fetich, i low af Immense ralue, much more deUelou iiiiin other fowl, Mk more worthy. This u due to Uta fnllv wlin live about tlOUpBlkl bay mid liae an i; t' In ihi- main cl ain-c, HM I Ii' New York Sun The.-e flk have i in la t ti the lirtion ihut the eaavaeback taetea of the wild elery und other delightful things upon whiich it fen! and is altogether no aristocrat of the nir. Yet in the opinioii of experVtnced wlldfowletu it is no letter than u redhead and not good in a young mallard, und A is much more easily decoyed am! killed, which, fron I J ort nin ii Ii l( i point of view, is i draw Uni. What lira in the canvas oack IMH I soggy nl"' rBfUBeatO work. A man on one of the sand island 'i uo ii i Ara nsns Puss will see lots of eanasbacks in a day. and if he hides will l ae opportunity to observe how they lack Intelligence. He will select a point w here t he water is clear and calm nd from ten to flftecfl feet deep, with elery at the hot torn. In a little while he will fee a Vthaped formation of birds near tlie lotion. and ten minutes laier 1hey a ill comp clacking In, throwing up the water with their brcasts. Then they will begin diving for celery. They will e at work for not more thou a quarter of tin hour when another V will show up. This will be made of redhead- They nutter in without a salute to the ram us hacks and settle among thorn determinedly. The latter manifest some discomposure, hut stay. Then the redheads begin feeding from the cauvaabacaa. A can shack, tlMtBf Iiis tail up, will dive at might down, grab a celery root in his bllL w ren-h it loose and start to the surface ii eat it. Half way up he will meet a redhead P"ing down, who take the root froin him, conn - up and wallows H. Tbl ennvatbach will swim around, aquewk a little and go down again, dIj to be met agAla and robbed again hy the first redhead or some other. This wi'i be kept up until the redheads are satisfied, after which th canvas bach M ill lie permitted to feed. The canvas becks me slightly larger and -tri i ger. They can cither tight or leave, but they have not courage aoougk f"i one or use eBOBgh fr t he i other. I i. man ly Ing bebind 1 t amp on the mi ml rises and take a crack at -them, kiUing one oe two. They all get upasd gn together. The radheada will stay away, but the ea n a s bud, vvill no. They vvill return in half an hour, partfcuiarly if the bm d baa waited for 1 1 e waves to bear the bodies, to the beach and then let them upon -.tick- in -I allow water as decoy a. Others will colli also despite the -hooting, if he wishes to git e.inva.v Imcks from the start and has otlr dead dacht with him. ha will set tin m ut. They will do just as well, fof li e ennva-li... k vv ill decoy to un th ii . tl it looks like a duck, from a spoonbill to a mallard. It i- a leg bin1 and a handson r one. good n the table but little trouble t-o kill add therefore n favorite with market -hunters, particularly . it i tratet and bringe la market tlx Hii what ii is. worth. Along the Guff bayt it is shot irene rally from pltadug In tbe -and as deep a I a man's ghontder. ; nd lose to the edge of the beach. (ierman Chiliiren H iirk. If I were askeil what is tin- lavor ite amus. im nt of (Jermau cbibircn, H ahould answer, taking long walki into Um couutry. 1 he love of nature si-emu to be born with most of them r.esides. they are sturdy young fnllia and are perfectly willing to put Ufl With ilicoiivi Iii nees. For then I'MOOBW they arc just ihe people to enjoy walking in the country, and the practice bag Ufl in childhood i- kept aa durinar life. When the children gi on these long walks, tliey often carry what we should call a botanical box (that i--. a tin box about a foot and B If l"ng. with rounded nitres, and i lid on hinges), slung over the shoulder by n strap Charles Waller lier ould, in st. Klekotaa. gmaAaoaa akrtaeorta. ( aatonaef Winn's the price oi aauaagewt Hntcher len cends a IniUBI . already. itatomer Indeed! W hy, yon asked II cents this morninp. "Yaw . Dot eoa n aa I had ie py m0 Vpt. Now wen I dOBd rii- got none 1 sell dem for den." "I fall to see the point.'; -V. dot make- for BM WW rubedalion for chaab brieei and i don't bf tue Boddinga, ain't it " ( lueago Dully Newa. atwaa ltwpaiae Ti l' ( mmerelal clob of Kanaai dtjr, am aaked the Jfltonur! lepilatore to apnrotriate W0OQ for a statue of Thomas H. Henton. to be erected in Kansas City, as near nt pniudble to the spot where llentor made hla (amoni prophecy, la ISdd that thla continent WOUld In- hound t rether bj baada of iron, and that out fee producta would be rarrtetl v I the Innumcrabh- million- of th . . . .. . ...... i .i orient, romt uir wn owwnHnru barrl tvard the netting sun. be said"There I t'1' eaati there I the road to India. Kansas itv Journal.

GOO AND THE CHILDREN. t:it nlntit throiiKh lito r tpum he i r.co Vint, hutlug ni hi aA Than turning, lull "t woMoaed Bebte A ml diiitiioli unio i nalO lie 'I ne'er BgalM MtBM bacB I'd lout hl luve lor uye. And, weening all an thraati n-d tab four bjiij ' I. in away, 'i i' BMrahai ;n niy araai la Baa, Uta fac uiiiii m iiii.i 1 1 Aiui laoktag up with honaai tie hay lie luve nie liest. The punl a an ant i k.i' mmi hIkIii Has lung a. nee aaeetd (" smart. The Bate he M4 BM lajuHl Blgbt, Awl Joy la In his h at I think tin- aeeii Btad Qod abaw Keeps children in Hl care Aiui glVCa i lie in of II I ih pest lova Tin- gran tar, tri r thai a II ran.-" Holt teals -mm lry nwav I-, fora the am la i thai wall To (low again because that they eh soon forget to Bate H. BJ, Klaer. tn ('h.e.it; i U rtl-Herald.

K-HW-H-m 1 1 JIM BURbEY'S I i ACQUlTTAli I i i t BY DUPONT VICBB.S ;:--x--X"X-II sometimes beppenn that the judge of a court nt justice linds it imperative to waive form- and cere moniea, and remember that he it a man. as well as an otl'u ial, and thut there are times when be ceases to be an irrespon.-ible BgCBl of B Mind goddena who often cuts the wrong party with her twoedped sword. Of course a court is always a court, but the Judge is not always the wool sack, notwithatanding the opinion of thut DatCfa justi-- of the peace who considered bittMOlf always an object of contempt, in such case, that is to Bay, when the juope is man, and not a machine, sittinp on hiph, with a bandage over his ayea, kia eara flllad with wax leal h lu ar the w a rid tips of the Irem troth, and a keen, two edged BWOrd in bis hand with which to strike ut random, his proceed. inga anil opb on are not point s of pract ice, or preced nts generally to be followed, but are said to "coram BOB judice," which is as much as sayinp: "ot before the judge, but before the man." They are not to be found in the sheep bound volumes lininp the walls of every lawyer's orlice; they are i ntend in that prent hook know n as "Humanity," the .. uthority of which is never questioned, in a little tow n situated in t be heart of the Kocky mountains, so hiph above the level of the sea that the ineteorplogical phenomena of its surroundings could not be regain ted by the government areathar bureau, since they ware alway s hanging upon the ragged e.lge of some inscrutable law, or rule of pln-ie-. sometime- mowing in the middle of Jniy, or compelling the inhabitants to wear atraw bata and liaea coals in January , there dwelt a 008 unit of individuals who delved for good and other valuable- in davtitne. and at night sat around in the various place- of resort, exchanging lies, or devising scheine- to get rid of their hard-earned gold without receiving a quid pro quo. In plain language. Kokonio was a mining town. Outwardly, its people were rough, uncouth men. gathered from nil parts of the erth, with straggling bearda, cowhide ixtots and clothing that would not pa-s muster in in i ili.ed, wcll-reg abated eonunanity. inwardly well, every one was a psychological phenomenon. A murder was committed one day, and the murderer was caught redLanded, or. rather. l,e caught himself. for he did not try to escape, actually aendiug a messape for the sheriff. While he guarded the corpus delicti himaelf, it was weil toward evening, and the t herinoineter had taken a sudden fancy to drop l'D degrees below tero. There was absolutely no way of escape for a criminal, and w hen t he -lu t Iff escorted Iiis prisoner to the jail, lie dkl not worry about the Insecurity of that itructure. "Jim," quoth lie to kla prisoner, "I hain't got no key. an' can'i lock you up. but it's my duty to put you in Jail, for if 1 don't somebody will ac cu -e in. of hi in' lirilied. In sides it's thuaderin' cold. Jim. Tell yoa what you do. Jim. if y ou git too cold, come over to Sample's, where I'll be. an' warm up." Baylag which he shut the door, und the prisoner n?ae an lanhorieally in the Clutches i , t he la w . "Jim" found it rather cold, apparently, for later on that evening he h ft the precincts of hi- prison, quite unconcernedly, and started out to find the sheriff and get warmed up. The sheriff at tiiat particular time was enjoying a game of billiards at Sample's saloon, with tin judge of the Court, the clerk mid about 20 prom! Iient iiticns standing or sitting around u red-hot. lug-liellieil atove, watching the game. Th, sin i iff had massed the balls in a cot ner of the table, und wus about to in'ike a shot when lie felt hi arm touched. Turn ing instantly, lie saw Ins prisoner with an anxious look on his fare "Well. Jim." aaid lie. putting down hla cue. "what is if.'" "Nothing mach," replied .Inn, "thought I'd come over ami warm up. But sin, Hill, if you'd made that slu t you'd a missed, tiive ma the cue! an" PU run the string mit " Tha others eonamntlmr. .lim took the cue and not only run the g, nOM out. but made a string of hundred over. Eve XVbodt bout a ut that quit the game ami gnthercel aitotit the hot stove to discuss the man who could handle a cue in that fashion. nil agreeing thai he ought to p some redeeming trait, although he had just Hired Hill Jackson. 'Ihe j u.ge, afler ordering hot whlekhta for the an w. sal the pace for Jim to tell all BBOUt it-

Thar uin't um. h o tell. Judge Blli Inn, "but I don't ullotv it wai my fault Hill Jackson has allu had it iu far me." "No, it wan t about a woman. " cob tinned Jim, Wepi ecal ingly , a a tin county clerk inmlc u aaajgea4aOB "Womeu are iu a good in. my things an' they try tu get into everything baft lhar'a aoaae thinga they alai iuto. BUI jest Batad me on genera principles. 1 alius eemed to be A-

tin' into hin way. mi' the iuore 1 tried to keep away from him, the more I run ugin bin. I never seemed to fit along nohow, l wna alius the andei dog. B&l knew it, an' as I allua turned up when I wasn't wanted, he would avvur I wus u-suoopilt' arter him to find things out, but I wasn't. What good would it have done me if 1 bad found out thing? I never could have done anything with 'ein. If I found a (fold mine, somebody wotdd pit it away from me an' accuse me of tryin to steal it. inn nin or c la rod i wai his hoodoo, Be aaid ! was a night mare i an1 it made him hivei only to lea me around. He rauat have felt like when he see a faller dorp, he wanted to throw -lone- at him. He swore he would kill BM if I didn't keep out of Ida way, an' every time he come across mo on the street, not thinkin' of him at all, be ju'-t Bp nnd fought mo an' I nlluv got t lie worst of It. "Well, this eveiiin", along lute in the afternoon, In- run into BM us 1 WBI turniu' a corner, an' lie swore I did it a-puipoM-, but how could 1? I couldn't see around a corner, could l? Thea Hill says: 'Dänin you, I've pot y ou now where thai ain't nobody looking) an' I'll jiiit kill you an' feci easier.' With thut be draws bis pun an' Bay Bi 'Say y our pray ers if you've pot any, afore you pit sent over the range What you'll never come back to bother BM.' 1 didn't keer much about whether I was dead or alive imt just at thai moment 1 felt a il 1 wunted to live, sl( atOODOd dowr without thinkin' an' picked up a rook that happened to be bin' thnr an' daahed it at him. Maybe he wai took bj surprise un' thoilgbt 1 was gittin' on my knees to pray. I didn't have no gun nor anything else about me, an' I had no thought to kill Hill. 1 just threw, the rock for luck, an' it happened to ibtm Mm hi the face That's all tliar iH to it, judge." "Sheriff, where's Hill.'" inquired a bystander. "Oil, he's dead, ali right enough.' replied the sheriff. "He's lyin' out there where he fell, most likely attitT as a pick bundle by this time.' "Jim, was Bill b ad when you left him?" asked the judge. "I don't know, judge." answered Jim. "lir fell down when the rock struck him: that's all I know about it. I ain't no doctor, but I opine he was anconacioaa or he'd eahot.M "I auggest that we visit the res gestae." said the clerk of the court. "Second the motion." said a town councilman. "Let's take inthin' hot fir-t ; it's on me. What you goin' to have. Jim?" In a few minutes the party returned to their position around tha hot stove, and after quiet wna re aiored, the judge spoke: "Mr. Sheriff, often court." This baring been done ;n the usual faahioB, with the preliminary command: "Hats off, gentlemen; court's in seB-ion," the clerk called the c?e of "tbe people agalnat James Barley, chared with the murder of William I J.Tckson." A jury of U was then impaneled, i and the tiefenden! interposing no ohJection. the prosecuting attorney uxnmined witnesses, who testified to the finding of the corpus delicti and the defendant'- admission, Where upon the jndsre. turninp to the prisoner, requested him to tell hi story, after CBBtlonlBg him thnt be could not be compelled to give any evidence tending to criminate him. "1 told you all 1 know awhile ago. judge ." said Jim. "I hain't got nothIn more to lell." "Well, tell it again," insisted tue judge. "I guess it won't hurt you any; besides, the court wauts the information." Jim repented bis story, and oli n-tecr-OB his behalf testified that a careful examination of the res g -tac disclosed the fact that a big rock lay beside the dead man. and that In his band was a pun, on the triggv of which was still pressed a frozen linger, one cartridge of s..,ii gun being empty that is to say. the me upon which the hammer had fall t when the trigger waa pulled, joe BoweurB, a policeman and a former COW puncher from AHaoBB, after qualifying aa an expert, teatb led that Hill Juckaofl muet have bean ready with Iiis gun before the rock was thrown, for the reason that j UM pun could haw hecn drawn quicker than stooping to ptCB up a rock from the ground. Thnt it waa impoeeible tO tell whether Mil Jackson was killed by the rook thrown by the prisonei of whether be bad frozen to death while lying unconscious after he fell. Further, that, in hin opinion, it was a special dispen-.it ion of Praeldencc that Mill Jackaoa was to die before Jim Ilurlev. and that it wn a mar i accident, If not a e'ur P"-0 of self-defense. The testimony having been ail ad dueed. the judge .-harped tbe jury, "who returned a verdict of "not I guilty" without having thtir BBBtl I "Ami so any you ail, fentlemea? added the i lerk. wtio was i.nnct ilioiis about forms and cer tnonies. ftcr slinking bands with tbe Bria on- r and eongratnlatlag him upon In aetpiittnl, nrrnngenient weru raadi to btury Bill Jaeloson, and the judge and aheiifl resumed their interrupted game of bilbards, with .lim Hurti v is referee. ( hieago Hecord-Herald

LESSON in AMERICAN

IM llll I IN Uli

I mil l,i n ViWiiikoi. The Sacs, gonea and Winnebago ladlBBa ceded their lands in illiiuiB to the I nil rd Btntoa la lso, but later refused '. leave them until forced to do so by the military, hater thief ltluck llawk returned from the new lands granted the Indii.t.s west of the Mississippi and attacked the troop at hock l-land. but Waa easily defeated In liM he returned again with 1.ÜC0 warrior from these three tribes, and there followed an Indian war of considerable magnitude, (ions. Scott and Atkinson were sent with troops from HufTalo to quell the trouble. Cholwra broke out an the boaa. and manv of the so Ulicrs died of it. Many others p-'rished in the wood, but (ten. Atkinson finally defeated the Indians, took Hlack Hawk and his wo s uis prisoners and ended the trouble, the Indiana retiring west of the M iaaieaipp! after again giving up all claim to their lands in Illinois.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH. No charge is made to school children BaiBg the street cars in Victoria, Australia It la eatimnted that the number of 1-oue issued last year from all the printing presses was over 1,30QJ)W copies. Ur. Kikuehi, the present mini-ter of education in Japan lias recomuietiiiiil th.- Bible aa one of the bet book a for students of Kuglish to read. Iks bop Partridge, of Kioto, uettavaa tliat there must be an oriental typ of ( hristianity, just as there is au occidental, and that the l'roteaisnt rtpbscopad church of Ain.-rica ean.ot be transplanted to Japan. The constant widening of the scope vt school courses is in-tanced by the recent iotroduction of classes in gardening, housework and basket making in the Byaania (Mas. normal Khool. and a course iu millinery in i the Boa ton public schools. The Christian Eadeavorera of America have built J churches in destitute p inion- of the United ' ate- rweaty-oae of these have been built by the Christian Kaden tot aliaaionar l eague .f the Reformed church iu America. The ( hristian Kndeavor gifts from tliis denomiuation during the past year have amounted to $10,477. To a Qeorgla elorgyanam belong the proudest record in the work of ' the church. Bet. D. B. Mc( urry, of Gainesville, who i?. now f years old, has been doing active work in the Baptist church In that section for: 40 year- with wonderful enerpv. In that time be has preached f.S- 0 sermons: to reach his appoint ments and deliver these -ermons he traveled 50,000 miles, equal to ivvi journeys aronnd the earth. Be im conducted 911 funerals, baptized 4, OKI persons. and married rei couples. Prof. Wet, of I reilieip university, declared In a recent speech tht I Americans have better university equipment than (iermnns. The foremost American iinivcraitteta, he point ed out. are now better equipped than the Oorman universities for comprehensive traininp, ns the mniunihVent cii'ts from private individuals for Hbraric. moaOUBM laboratories and Bfofesssorshipi supply the American profess On with facilities for instruction superior to those af their Herman Colleague Therefore. Germany is In dang r of being surpassed by the I'niteii State! in intellectual development . H IIt They l t llimnt A ator) which will go straipht to the hart- of shooting men is told of a clerical gentleman who was invited to join a -hoot ing party. In the course of the day the host felt himself prodded la the buck, .mri, turninp round, found the amiable cleric poking .it him with the muanle of hiagaa, and his look of interrogation was met with the remark: "Can yon tell me bow to li i down these beast lv things?" alluding to the hammer of the gun, which was at full cock and loaded. London Mail. Wonderful Woman. "11 ora t in -' " said the pro'.essor's ife. "I don't hellere paart heard g word that Pee snid, and here I've been talking for half nn hour:" "Well." said the pondering prof.ssoi . 'who i-iiuld believe it '.' You sem jiit aa Ireah aa when you started." -- 8tra StorieB. A Marvel. you think Ulan do you i link is the muri aKtraofdlaary inventioa of the aaef" " Hie phonograph." answeied Mrs. Meekton. promptly; "tin waj thai Bjaehlne stand afld talks back to Hen rietta poeitlvel tak-s my wav "-Waablngtoa Star. breu'h

HISTORY in PUZZLE

Ill K MVWK W AB. HUMOROUS. Taking a tumble and taking a drop BM not tynonymnu but one öfter leads to the other. Chicago Dsily Sen a. - irpe "So Harker'ti apartment house was a failure?" Wliealto "Yes; a flat failure." Philadelphia Press. First Hoarder "Don't you think out landlady keeps a good table?" Second Ditto "If she does, she keeps it to her self:" Harvard Lampoon A Ilopelesü, Creditor. Wigg "I feel that llorrowell owes me an apologl ;.'g "I wish that was all lie owed me." Philadelphia Record. Strictly Business. "Then you do not feel the same interest in me that youi daughter does?" "I do no'. There it B0 Ikvteteal attached to a bad investment." Cleveland Plain Dealer. H modern novel is bounded on th east by blood, on the wi st by thunder 0B the north by gossip, on the south bj inanities, and is surrounded by adver t is erneute, Baltimore News. Dr. Sinarty "Had a very delicatt surgical operation at my place yesterday. Removed an arm from a lady's waist." Dr Synnex "If it wna you: arm. tbe operation could not have been very painful to the lady." Boston 'Ira nscript. Piatt i!ass."Good morning." said the old gentleman. "Pd like to look over some of your spectacles." "Yes sir," replied the clerk, who had beer given notice to'eave, "that's what most of our customers do. It's just as good as looking through ther1" Philadel pliia Press. Wife (to her husband, who is a great criminal lawyer, and who has found ' fault with the dinner): "There you gd again, always finding fault w'.'h my cookiog, You never sec any redeeming qualities in me, and yet you have an ; excuse for every murderer that come ; alum." -Short Stories. TREE AS AN INQUISITOR. One That Is I ! In Madagaarar ta Learp It Prlnoaera Weft (allty or ot. One of tbe most deadly trees in the world is to he found in M.o.agasear, where it is known as the tangent re Its Bf hlBtlftsI name is tanguinia venenifera. the latter word signifying poisonous. Dy the natives it la regarded with aBort Öl horror, and for excellent reakons. For centuries it wa.. the custom to use the fruit of the tangen for the purpose of aacertaining whether criminals charged with grave offenses were guilty or not, say s t In I'oledo i'dade. In each case the prisoner was brought into court , and the judge there lipon aolentnlj banded him a f nail from a tangen tree and told hini that if he ate t and t did him no harm he would bt ' tnaidered Innoeent, bat that if it killed him he would be considered guilty. As there is a great deal of poison iu the fr.iit. it can readily be seen that very few, if indeed any. wer.' abb- to pass through this ordenl BB acathed. It is said that some criminals who had great (tolitieal influence or coLsid arable wealth managed to escape throiiph the rounivanee of the judgea: but. on the other hand, the criminal records tell of many eases in which prisoners died a horrible death very tooa after they liad eat en the noxious fruit. More eiviltjed methods of ndjudb-a-tion now prevail in Madagascar, hut. though this barbarous custom is obsolete, the langen tree in regarded with nlmnst b much nversion ns it - er was. A proof i f thi n ay be f' und in the fsvt that n French aatnrallst recentlv i tried to obtain some branches nnd j fruit of the 1 ree. but. though be !il;erl I e ral nnt ive to alt? him in the search. I he was unable to ihtn'n the slightest ibi laaanec from any of them.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. avai la IBs lairrassMatMl Berts

far March , iwo.n fa a I ast Kafceas. Tita. I.WSON TEXT (Acts l:l-30.: 11 Tfcrn certain of the vagabond J ears. i relate, luok upon them to Mil over thta which bad evil -pints th name at taa Lord feata salna. we adjura yao br Jut a bum l'uu. prtacbstb. 11 And tbsrc a ere ion of on 8va. a Jew, ander. . : iftfel prictti. wrhlch ld so. IS. AnO tha srt: sp.rlt answered snd isla) faaaa 1 know, and Paul I know; but whe rf aT :t And taa taan n whom tn evil p'rti wst Uapct on them, and overcame theral and prevailed aaatnst them, no that thsj Bed out ut that huusa naked and wounded 17. And ihn tap known to all tha Jawi and Greek also dwetlln a Kphesus. and fear tell on t i. m all. and the name of tfi Lord Jcmii sii macntfled. II And mat that believed came, and confasaed. and hewed tbslr deeds. II Many of them alao which usd curiom arts brought taatr books together, and burned them before all nun; and) ther counted the price of them, and found II KluAi p;e t .t f..vr X. Bo might..) gr w the word of God and prseaUad (IULOK. TKM-Uf aaiae of Sttt I. in d Je.ua via un. 4. u i lie I eai IBiaT. OUTUXI OF a-'ItllTI HE SK'TION Frtachlng:n the nance af Jenuv.Acn 1S:S-11 Adjuring In tbe name ol Jetua.Acti 19:11-H Maarnlf J mg the name of Jesus.Acu ls:i7-B) TIMK - A D fi7 VLACK .-Kpheaus. MOTtel ANli JVMJaENT8 As aaaal. i'aui u-gau bja work la K; 1.. us with the Jews and jtrohelytes in tbe synapopue. llemember that il waa here that tbe Jews had asked hiiu to stay longer when be stopped on his way to Jerusalem after the second journey. He evidently bjapeeaeed them favorably, and that Biaj iu iart aceount for tiie fact that be was able to work with them longei than usual before the rupture occurred, lie preached iu thetycagogue tune inoii'hs. In bjd.i - a on other mission fields, l'aul supported him self by working at hi trade. When I'.oo hi.... v iit the synagogue he took a number who had become Christianwith him. Kphesus, like Athena, had its scholars and philosopher who taught sometimes in a public hall devot-.! to that use. und sometimes in their own private lecture rooms. It is not easy to decide which was tha ease here, for some of the ajicient manuscripts read, the school of Tyrann us. as in the revined version, favoring the view that tbe building was a pub. it- one. and called the "School of Tyranuus." while others read with the common version, the school of one Tyrannos, meaning- of a certain man I named Tvrauinus. One of the manu scripts says that Paul used the building from 11 o'clock till four, that ia, after tbe regular lecturer was through for the day. The teaching day at that time begun very early and cloaed an hour bt-fure noon. Ramsay nather (Santa the second view, as probably representinp what Luke actually wrote Paul's work here continued for two years, and influenced the whole province f Asia, for Kphesus wbs a pre at commercial center, and no better place could Ix- found from which to spread the Gospel. It Is more thsn likely that the seven "Churches of Asia," addressed in Revelation, were a result of this period of Paul's work The work outside of the city was probably pushed by his missionary companions and by many native helpers. "Strolling Jews, exorcists:" The practice of "ntapic." socalled, w as very common among the Jew- spite of the prohibitiona in tbe Uid Testament. These exorcists went about from place to place, claiming the power ut work miraculous cures, and particularly to cast out t lie demons which in those days were apposed to dwell in those whom to-day r should call insane. Tbey used charms of various kinds and repeated magical aentenees. nnd evidently believed, from what they had seen of Paul's work, thfct the nanu-.Ich was a magic word of unusual BOWe. The exterience of two of the soii of Seeva, for only two of them s em to have been con UVc ted with this incident, waa a rebuke to . . . r - a . i uen suiiersi nnui inti iuou in oe- iurgotten. M Ml "f them that bad believed:" Showing how general such iji. rt it ,o:i had Iteen in Kphesus. 'Fifty thousand pieces of silver:" 'linse magic liooks. or i'oUa, made by baud, of course, have always Iteen very goal v. The in eea of silver w re prob ably denarii, and the denarius was the Iveruge price :f a day's vvork. Hy bun. ing iheir Inwiks the ( hristians put temptation Itehind them, and prevented the possibility of returniiip to Iheir deaaoraliing practices, showing their sincerity r.nd their wisdom. aUCTlCAL St'flGEBTIüXS The more boldly one testifies for t hrist the preater number of eonverta he will secure. People still need to Ih- reasoned with and persuaded as to the thing, coneernlng Um Kingdom of tiod. To invoke the name of Jesus insincerely is to arouse evil, not to drive it out. The tiosnel arouses the consciences 0f ,,. M that they confess their evil deeds and altandon them. I he I i i is i M-1 forces no one to give up anything but that which is false and hurt ful arldlaa haracter. 'iu reject correction is tt refute wiafloIU. Great trros expand the heart tc receive great joys. HanaiUtj teeret of the ateadp head on the- giddy heights. Qod Will always et the picture of hiiractei in a worthy chamber. The salvation oi this world waits for the surrender of oar wills toCVodY. Keep ihe Word in J our heart and you ?an keep t he world out of your life. It i bet "7 to semi a go. ! t ame he leave a Urce fortune XI Iii Ill's llulB,