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JSTo. 41. J MIDDLEBURY REGISTER, OCTOBER 8, 1886. 3 JESUS BEFOHE 1'ILATli. DR. JOHN HALL'S NOTES ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UES30N. LcsAnii II nf tlie Intcriiutlonnl Serles fnr .Siinriny, Oct. 1(1 Oolilrn Text: "I rlml In IIIiii nii Fnultt" Jnlin xvlll, 38. I.es ixiii Text, .lolui xvlll, '4H-IO. Tlio )Miiils inny le romlnded tlint our Saviour went through threo fonns of trlnl: lieforo tho cliief priest lu a sort of secrct ses sinn (v. 13 nml v, SJ I) ; in ojien court, for form's snke, Ix'fovo l'ilnto; nml bofore llerod (Luko xxiii, 7-1U). They mny linvo it oxplnlned to tbem tlint tlio cliief priojts oonduoted tho Jew hi trial, nml on roll?Ioiisnndohurchgrounds; the Honinti governor nnd llerod linil ohnrges of n civil klml tirouglit beforo them ngnlnst Jesus, ni tho only grounds on which Chrlst's eneniies could hoio for his donth. Tlio Jews hml not, of course, tlio power of lifo nnil denth in tlielr linnds. It Is of tho trlnl lieforo l'ilnto e nro now to study tlio detalls. Joseph Calap'.ias, iir Josephus cnlls him, is nnmod ns lii'h priost liy Mntthow, Luko nml John, nml njnin in Acts iv, 0. He hold oilW durine tlio wholo timo of I'ontius l'ilnto, Imt wns nftorwnrds deposod. Ilo inarried tlio dnuKhter of Annns. Tlio proso"titors of Jo us lost no timo. "Knriy"' In tlio morning they led him into the judgmcnt hnll, for tlio ltnninn proeurntor must give sontonco. Tlio illustrn tion they give licro of bcini; scrupulnus nliont rites w!.ilr bent on viornl wrong lins hocii often noticod. fio lnnny nion koep np tlio form of rclfginn whilo cnrrying on iitijntt. dUlioncst or violent proceediiigs. Fanntiolsm nnd horriblc mjustire nnd cruolfy otton went toeether in tlio middlo ngos. Tlio oonrt or pnlnce, or pretorinni, wns oonntoil liy tlieni n dfllill4 plnoe, lioiim n Gontllo dwplling; sn thoy lemnlned nt tlio door, nnd tlio Honinn judtfo lmd to go to tlio door to lionr tlioir ihnrges. It wns, likely, n pnrt of tlio ciistlo of Antonin. So common wero poptilar ills turunncesnt thopassovertiniethntthn Knmnn ruler wns wont to como to koop order It wns contrnry to Uoninn usnpo for n JiuIko to pro nounco sentencc in oonrt lieforo 0 o'clook in the lnnrnin?, nt which timo l'ilnto (.Tolm xix, 13) "snt in the judgmeiit seut." All tlio inoi dents of onr losj,on occurrcd letwo"n the cork-erowing nnd tlio sixth liour. Their fonr ing defilemont bofore eating tho pnssover hns lieen oounteil n dilllcnlty. If wo nsMime tlint they hnd beon Interrupted nml ltopt from their service by Tudns nnd tho pro-eedings of tho nisht, nnd wkhed to got tlirough with it liefore tho next dny, nll dilllenlty is roniovod. They hoped to got Chrkt condeinneil tho true Passover nnd theii to ent thetypioal: nnd cven this lattor they com to hnve lecn kept from, for l'ilnto took timo with the nc cused prisoner. V. l'ilate "nsnt out unto them." It wns his duty to koop tienee nnd donl proniptly with c:iv.s. I.ike ninfiUtnitc"; in n timo of popnlfir riot, ho hml prohahly lwn nt his pot nll nit;ht. (Sw v. HU qnestion, " Whnt uc-nsation hrinij yo nnin'-t IhU lnnn !" tbr v linrdlv expoetod. They IiojkhI tlint their so-'itnnrv onId lio nitiflcil ns n mntter of conrs.e henco A ioi tlioir reply, "If Ho woro not n ninle fnotor," oto Thoy did not niean oriWroto po in ovideiifo in tlio eno, Imt if ihksHiIo to '.et fci'iit lii-o on their vordiot. Thoy stnnd on thtir dijnltv. "Is it not enoii'jh tlint wo, ehiof pritf, etc, toll yon Ho in malofnc-torf-' II" took it for Rrnntod itwnsn lneri' di-puto nliont somo Jowii lvllKiouf mntter. Ile licld thoni ni.il tlrir rolij;iii in soorn; wns nrbitrnry nnd Mmiotluios omel. Lil:e Gnllio, he "onroil for nono of tho"o tliinK"," and lu s;iid ncronlinly, (V. !1 i "Tnk" him," eto. Jfow they hnvo to khif t their prounil. Thoy onmiot p;et n -on-tonco of doith on ''bln'-pliemy" or Chrifs nii-sMnnic I'lniins. Thoy nm-t brin n politi cal ohni o, nml thoy lmvo to ivoall tlioir hn iniHntion iu n nr.tion. Thoy cnnnot Inwfnlly put nny ono to di nth; thoy lot tlii pnwer in thoir subji otion to liome. Hnd thoy pos hOkod this Kiwer, i-toninp: wonld hnvo boon ChrWs il'iom. Iiut Ilo hnd spoken (John iii, 14, nnd r.ii, S2) of l.cins "liltod up." Tlioir innbillty to put toileatlunndopood Tlis words (v. 2). V S3. In his condensing the nnrrntivo John omiti whnt Luko tells uo (Luko xxiii, '.'), tho chni'RO forbiddiiiK trilmto to Cii'snr nnd elaiminE to be hlmeelf king whioh thoy now ln-iiiK. Honco I'ilnto's questiou, in tho fonn of which (in tho Ovook) soinoflml n tono of scorn. "You, n prisoner, in ixivcrty nro you n klng' Aro you tho king of tho Jewsi" It is every wny likely tlint Josus boro tho mnrks of blows nml violenco. The dignity and self-control of the Snviour npjienr in His reply. V. 34. "You are n judso, 't for tho vindi cntion of th'3 innooont nnd tho pimislnnent of tho piilty, nnd bound to go upon evidence. Is this clinrge, imiiliod in your iuestiun, on evidence, or from your own niiml!" It wns proper tlint tho gnilt of brinfjiiis nucli unjust chai'Ees should bo brouRht liomo to his er secutors. V. 33. l'ilnto rcsents tho (inestioii, fpeaks contemptuou-sly of tho Jews, in tho question "Am I a Jewf Whnt intcre'.t, he snys in effoct, hnvo I in this matterl Whnt should I know nbout it Imt from "thine owii nntion and chief jinests, eto. ( Whnt is thy eriniof What hast thou dono to inako them condemn theoi" V. 30. Hero it is that Jeu witnessod his Kood confession. Ho elaims to be in n truo sense ii kiiiK, but not in the M-nsct in which thoy nllogeil. Ho wius not n rivnl of Ca?sar. If ho ha.l lieen n king "of this world" of the aeeepted kind ho would hnve trnined his sorvants to llsht for him. (Ko Mohnmmod did, nnd nmny unotherl. Hut his kingdom was not of uu oarthly origin "from henco." If it hnd b"e-i, lli' ro woi'1 1 hevo liocn resKt nneo to tho oflircrs. Ilo stopjied nll roi-t-nnco ivs. 10, lli l'ilnto could ca.sily liarn that. "Xow" ilrn s not imply that it would yot lieoomo "of this world." Ho mi'nns "now" for strong hluteinont of iu. placo nnd natuio. V. ii A third imestion is put, nnil iu tho saino splrit: "Art thou n kiiifr, thoni'' It is in eontomptuou' surpriw, in firook! "A king, thon that is what thou nrt!" Tho roply is n little oboure. I-ilato did not my Jesus was a king. Our Lorl's words mean; "Thou uppli est tho word kiiig to mo, nnd it is true, but not in tho senso of this world. I wns liorn (so he owils his humanlty) nnd I cnmo into this world (this rofors to pro-oxistcnce and power) to witnuss to tho truth. Thu is my royalty " IIow far-renehing is this wordl Tho truth ns to tho divino naturo, nttributos, ns to mercy iind hopo for inon, ns to justico and rijjhteousuets, ns to lovo nnd grnco all this he camo to witnoss to. Truth inakoa frw, elovnteii, strengthens.' Tlii is n king's grnndest work. Ho who witnoss to truth, os Christ did, mnkes froo, elevntos, ktrength ens, nnd is to Iw ncwiowledged as u king by his suvel ones. Soo II Cor. iv, 0, for a pict ure of ChrNt's witnossing. Our Ixiril ailds and this is for l'ilate, for (just os he dealt witu his bctrayer, Underly nnd falthfully), ho i dealing with him: "Kvcryono that is of tho truth heareth my voice." H wo be so far in lluenced by the Bpirit of God as to livo tho truth, wa shnll recognize Christ's voice as sponking it llen living In rin, lent on wong doing, with no love for goodness, but flxed lovo for evil, will not feel kindly to Christ's ine&sage. Their hearts are closed ugainst it. So it was with IVate. Ho thought of self, prido, pas- i teroste.lhiMn3tliovboi:ooiit!iov.- (V 3-i, Kohosiys, not iu soriousntM, nor ini. r . n ir ( t in mo kcry, for h w.is c v.i-.- . -.iiout this f.u but in s i'i' . V. atUt uth:" Thcio nro t.o lu.uiy .iews, ono with ono thlug, nnother its uiiositc, of whnt use Is it to tnlk oftruthl" He mennt that nhstrnctiftn. nnd discussions of that sort wero not in his line. He hns many a succes sor in this wny of thiuklng. Ho ho goos out to tho Jews and givos his ncquittnl of Jestis, Ho found no crimo In llini. Josus is vindi cnted by n Gentilo, when "His own" reject nnd iioi-socuto Him. Ho Is hnrinloss in l'ilnte's eyos, when n criniinnl In His own brethren'sl John probnbly is lod to brlng out this truth hero. V. 3(1. Thon conus l'ilnte's proposnl to coniply with tho pnsover custom, nnd, with out too nloely sottllng liow this "criminnl," ns they snld, stood, to rolonso Josus. His Inn gungo ngnin shims his contompt "tlie King of tlio Jews." Whother it is for Josus or for them tho contompt is most folt, wo cnnnot say. Ilut (V. 4'0 tho prosocutor.s roject the proposnl. They had "criod out'' lieforo nnd shown tlioir splrit, though ho iloes not lnontiou it for mally. Now thov sav "Not this mnn, but linrnbbns." With coudonsed nvnnlng. Imt no ii'-olevs InnguiiKo, tho ovangellst shows, In nnother point of vlew, how doop their dogrn (lation. Harnbbas, whom they iroferred to Jpsus, "wns n mbbor." On his stnndliig nnd chnrnctor sec Jlnrk xv, 7; Luko xxlll, 11'. Ho was probnbly n foo of tho Hcimaiis. Sundny Hchool World. PHCEBUS OR CUPID. A rain of hot lirfit was beating down on tho baked meadou- and the sure un- j """b . " "' dled besulo the oorn, as if to get tho ' benclit of a narrow strip of ragged I shaddow, was a crucumber patchl The I glory of that patch o ,ts much maligned frui but the fnsky insccts , whioh woreeatingitsstrengthawny. Outof sorrow cometh joy for some one, noarly a wnys. Tlie sorrow of tho fnrmor wna tlta in nf fVin onmf iof fn tlie little poacher on the vine was the potato-bug, the far-famed Colorado beotle, Doryphora decem-lineata. Be sides Doryphora, in the pitiles3 glare of the sun, knelt Professor Timotheus N. Jones, assistant stato entomologist, spectacles on nosa, microscope in hand, glowing with enthusiasm, pimpled with heat. Professor Timotheus N. Jones was a great genius, but even the immaturo young potatoes in the adjoining tield must have winked their blind eyes at tlio man who would kneel in that tempost of sunshine without a cabbageleaf in his liat. Ignorance and immntnrity generally laugh at scionce, but this timo the scien tist's symptoms ondorsed them. A pain, about the size of a man's hand, slnpped the top of tho assistant state entoniolo gist's liead. Tlio mato to it gavo his di gestive organs n shake. Then a thrill went down his spino; then he wns very warm; then he was chilly; then he felt taint; after which he did not fool at all. When Timotheus recovered conscious ness he was in a cool room. Ho took cognizanceof its having windows drnped with muslin curtains. The swaying motion of these ndornmonts made him dizzy, so he closed his eyes again. "Don't spoak," said a voice. "Lie per-fectlj- cjuiet till tlie doctor comes." Ho had no intention of speaklng, but this movod him to immire, "Where am I?" "At my house," said the voice, which emanated from a comfortable, middle aged farmeress, who was applying mus tard plasters to the soles of his feet. "My son found you over in the cornfield, and brought you in. He's gone for tho doctor now. S s hl don't talk. You ain't dead. "Therel Miss Rose," continued tho voice, after an interval, "I wouldn't put Timotheus N. Jones.nssistantstatoento on any moro ice if I was you. Ain't ita I mologist, was a great scientist, a great ge- mercy the ice-man came yestorday! Ho so often forgets us country folks. Why don't Andy como with tho doctor! S h! don't talk to him. Thero's nothing so bad for sick peoplo ns to talk to 'em" Again the aching eyelids unclosed, and Profossor Timotheus N. Jones saw, bend ing ovor him, the most beautiful bloude lady ho ovor beheld. She lookod as cool and well-starched as the white dress sho woro, but what a world of sympathy was in her heavenly-blue orbs, as sho bent thoir gozo on the limp nnd prostrate naturalist. "Ilo is reviving, Mrs. Loo. I think I can be of no furthsr sorvice; besides, there is Mr. Andrew and the doctor. Poor mamma will be sofrightoned when sho eees Dootor Oray como in, if I am not with hor to explain the cause of his visit," said tho blue-eyed maid. Sho glided away, and, without any ap parent reason, Professor Timotheus N, Jones felt ill-used. Alas for Timotheus N. I Beforo that momeiit of fate all womankind had eeeined to him to be divided into two clas-jos fat women who kept boarders, nnd thin women who taught school. Dull as his brain was, he made an in stantmeous rosolvo to rovise this cata logue. This new and perfect sriecimen of a hithorto unknown species of the genus mulier, lie learned during his convnles- cence. was named Rosa Allen. Sho, with hor invnlid mother, had taken board for the summer at the farmhouse of "Widder Lee," parent of tho ood good I Samaritan, Andrew. Professor Timotheus engagod board ! at this agricultural Eden, pro- j sided over by the "widder." His j physiciau warned him not to expose iiimseu unuuiy ro tne uirect rays of the solar luminary; therefore, as be hoved an industrious naturalist, he de cided to sit him down in Mrs. Lee's parlor and write up a fow hundred pages from notos already taken on Doryphora decem-lineata. "A chauge was lisped about the acacias" that lifted their blossoms to the farm-house windows. Farmer Androw Loo was tho man that lisped it. "Profossor," said that candid yeoman, one evening, after Miss Rose had gone up to her mother, "you aro not a marrying man, aro you?" The embarrabsed professor stammered an incoherent reply. "Just so; I thought so," said the other. takin tlie answer for granted. "Now I am, nncl whnt 1 want to ask of you is, I that, you boing as you are, nml I bcing ns I tuo, you tnke a back sc.it, nnd givo me a better chnnce." "To nh I fear, my frieiul that I (lo not quito comprohend the true signifi cance of your last remnrk," "I thought I'd mnde it plain enough," said the fmnior, sturdily, white a llne crimson wnvo swept from his massivo neok to his nnrrow temples. "Wlmt I mean is juet this: I think Jliss Rosy is a numbor 1 flguro for n wife, nnd I know 'most tlint slie likes me; but you keep up such a bus-r.icket that I don't get a fair chance to show lier that I mean business. If you meant busincss, I'd say u fair field nnd no fa vors, nnd let the girl toke lier pick, but as you say you don't (I) I ask of you to take a back soat. Is it a bargain? All right! give us your hand on it." Tlie poor gcntlemnn who had not said j anything that mlght bo considored speecn, ieit ins nanu grippea in a ciasp that brought to his mind the Nuremburg virgin, and was thon left "a prey to con flicting eicotions." Whnt should he do? Wlmt could he do? His brow grow cold, his apectncles moist. It soemed such a pity for Jlisa Rose to nbandon the study of natural history, just as lier mind was opening to ita benutios. It would bo an incalcula blo loss to her. Atid himself he ac knowledged humbly his obligations. Sho i,i ,"r.t ; ' i. ' .1 The proft.3sor ,leav'od a 8iRU t shook all his bones and tissues, and thrillod his cartiiagea with rheuma. tjgIn Almost he resolvod to ignore Andy Lee-S re then came thebhideous mind(jrAndy wa3 his benefactor, had Baved hinli and thoreb the iou3 hlsto of Doryphora decem.lineata, to the world. ..Troublo on troubl ain on .... ae may nave nopca tnat "gazing on tho pilot stars" would teach him Bome thing. Bo that as it may, he sat nt his window looking out on tho night, till blazing constellation and glittering binary slipped out of sight, and a hag gard dawn caine toiling over tho hills. Truly, this was much wakefulness for tho iossible loss of one pupil iu ento mology, a slimpsy girl who was afraid of gross-hoppers, and had been heard to wonder, whether Pterophora, with jow eled eyos, would look well on an opera bonnetl If JI iss AUen folt any surprise when her (juondam teucher passed her by with an awkward bow and melancholy smile, as he stolo forth to the cucum ber patch, sho gave no sign. Sho made incurbions into shady lines with the farmer, she accepted his bou quet of sweet peas and boneset. She sang "Auld Robin Gray," and "Kitty Wells" to him, he, meanwhile, wildly huntin for tho air on an antiquated lid dlo. She listened with exouiplary inter cst to his semlitions of "Money Musk" and "Napjleon Crossing the Alps" on the aforesoid instrumont. She petted the colts, sle praised tho calves, sho took an interest in chicken-farming. The farmer was radiant, the professor was the oppofito, Nothing is eternalsava eternal chango. In the hnll, ono morning, this fair Rose, blushing liko her dewy name3ake out side the door, said to tho sad and silent Timotheus, with beseeching accant and eyelids meekl dropped: "Professor Jcnos, I know I am dread fully stupid, and think you wero quite right iu stopping our lessons, but won't you, as it is too warm to continue your observations to-day, won't you p-l-e-a-s-o read me another chaptor of your de- Iightful liookr" nius; but, bo it known to all men, by these 1 presents, tho superstructure of genius is generally reared on the same sort of a I clay foundation that is employed in the composition of ordinarymen. The scion , tiilc mind, tlxireforo, was permeated by an agreeable warrath, diffused from the , igniferous flattery of this fomale plottor. The ownor of the sciontific mind tried to say somothing gallant, and failed; he made an elfort to answor profoundly, and failed again. Finally he contented ! himself with the aasortion that he would ' bo "very ploased" to read any number of j chnpters from "my poor book." That af tornoon he mado a discovery of more importance than any accredited to j Lubbock or Darwin. Miss Rose was in love, not with the farmer, but with him i self. He read it in her iunocent eyes, ! ho henrd it in her softly modulated I voice. Ho was lustonished, embarrassed. ' enraptured; his usually steady scientific brain reeled. When he arose and went , to his room, he felt that it required an eHort to koop from btaggoring. Again, ho wntched the night out. 1 From 10 p. m. till m. ho sat and smiled ' so innnely that it is a wonder that the ' dog-star forbore to bark nt liiin. From 12 to 2 n. m. he formulated proposals i of marriage. From 2 till 3:15, he pictured himself bringing out his book, with u prel'ace acknowledging tlie volu i abl assistunco rendurod by "my wifo." Tllun llu thought of Andy Lee and he wns rentorsefut. "When tho grotjt, , By. "nlit earth lay chill in tho still of i the lawn. ho wondored if it wero truo, M 80mo 8ni'1' that the cnro3 of a family were so uiscraciing as to prevent an ln vestigator from uttaining the maximum of success. Then, as the sun cnmo up like a cohort of radiant seraphim, his hoad fell ovor on tho window-eill and he slept. Thnt day Mrs. Allen had what was known to n large and sympathetio cir cle of acquaintancos as "one of her bad spelU." Miss Rose, as a dutiful daugh ter should, staid upstairs and minis tered unto her. Tho assistant Btate entoniologist had not a spirit thrico dyed in cruelty, but, on the wliole, he was not sorry for the allliction of Allen mero. It gave him more ti'ne fcr consideration. To wed or not to wed a serious ques tion? He lldgeted around the house for a season, and, after noon, taking his microscope and note book, wandered down tho lane. The. very black black- lierry vines nnd nlggef-heads (OScar Wildo simfiowerf), which bordered tho lines of worm-feti -e teeined to wavo their long bran.Mieo and shake their saucy heads lu ilorislon of this too-suc-cessful lover, w:.u was afraid to take tlio good tlie jrods pvov.ded. On, on, he went, past tlie oorn- field, past tho lodge of cucumbers where dwelt his chosen bug, into a dnsty road that led to lown, and a narrow path that ambled hero nnd there among lush green grassos, and finally lost itself on tho bank of a willow-framed brook. Ho followed the brook to where it twisted around a little knol crowned with cot tonwood trees. There he sat down. Soulil he marry this lovely, loving girl. or was he honor bound to leave hor to Lee? Over and over, tho quo3tion asked itself. she was bo fair, so deli cate, surely, lifu on a form would be for her a burden too heavy to bo borne; and, evidently, it was not Lee sho loved. His temples throbbed as ho remombered the look that revealed her girlish soul. Would it not bo a crimo to allow her to llins; away her hand wherohcr heartwna not? He remombered reading of a case in point, where a gentle, yielding maid, nd from tho conviction of love unro ciprocated, had married ono who loved lier, and died of atropia. The die was east he must save horl Djar Rose! dear Mrs. Timotheus N. Jones in prospectul How she loved him! how she loved science! Ho should havo to take a houso and furnish it. And that would take timo, and, whnt ho had still less to spare, money. Tiie book would be interrupted, trip3 about the country to study the habits of Dory phora decem-lineata would bo discon tinued. A cnimpled roseleaf, a yes a very decided thornl He began at the beginning and thought it all over again. The shadows grew long, tho crickets came out, the night fell. He started farmhouseward. At the hickory trees ho came to a decision. He would leave all in the lady's hands. He would put a sup posititious case, and let her commeuts guido him. He felt almost positivo what she would say. Woman, tho most reliable authorities have stated, is acroature governed by tho impuLses of the affections; she particularizes, she cannot generr.lize on questions of ex- pediency, and merge the cravings of tho mdiviUual in the pohty of race-aspira-tions. He went softly by the window; ho heard Rose s voice: Dear Walter, you cannot know how lonely I have been without you. Only unty to poor mamma hns made mo en dure it. I have had no solace but your letters, no companionship but your photograph." Involuntauly, ho looked in. Wns that, could that bo Rose? and who was that handsome stranger with his arm around her wnist? Tho spheres soem to be breaking up tlie stars tunibling ftom tho sky. He groped nmid chaus for tho front door, Suddenly n shapo confronted him. "Say, professor," it said huskily, "I'm gomg over mto imother county in tho morning, to look at some hogs, and I guess I'd better explnin my little joke oetore l go. 1 nm't after Miss Rose. She's too finicky fora fanner'swife. I'vo got my eyo on ono of Pettigrow's girls. was only challing the othcr night. got to tlnnking, ye3terdav, I'd as well explain tho joke or you mightn't see it. You know you'vo boon sun-struck, and that makes a fellow kind o' dull and queer for a white, but you'll right up in time. Tho Bhape disappeared, leaving tlie untiappy lover in a whirl that made the laws of gravitation visible to the naked oyo. Was wns ho "kind o' dull and queer?" Was this rudely shattered dream of connubial bliss the delirium of coup ao soleilr Ho could not answer in fact he was afraid to hazard any guesses. That night he packed his eiTecta witli treuv bling hands, and hied away. From time to timo his symptoms re- turned in a mild form, but as Andy Loo had prophesied, he "righted up." After the night ho looked in tho window, ho was never dangerously affected, savo when ho received Mrs. Walter Stacey'3 weddmg canis. Even that paroxysm passed harinlessly, nnd ho took apensive satisfaction in sending her a valuable collection of grosshoppers, originally in tended for tlio biuithsoman lnstitute. Julia Scott in Overlund Monthly. The Jnws (Jlliirtor lu ltoilic. The Jews' quarter iu Romo will in week or two's timo bj n thing of tho past. rrora tho t.anitary point of view tho demolition of tho Ghetto is no doubt highly desirabluj but tho traveler soldoni troubles hiinsolf about the heulth of tho peoplo whoso streets ho visits, nnd ho will regrt't that ho willbeono more thoso picturesquo ruins creeping up besido tho uiioient monuuients, leaning ngainst tho gato of Octavius, swarmiug with an nc tivo and industrious folk who lived, so to speak, on their doorsteps. Tho Jows had mado themsolves thero a sort of second fatherland; their habits, their traditions. had followed them theio, and they wero a little town to themsolves. Tho prosont government dispossesses them, and givos them wide streets, and Israel is again dispersed. Pall Mall Uazette. Nnllle Grnnt HArturU' L.ife Tho country will bo glad to learn that the extravagant stories of the alleged domestio unhappmess of Mrs. Sartoris, the daughter of Oon. Grant, and her cruel treatmeut by her husbaud and his family, nro altogethor without founda tion. It is stated on tho authority of tho Grant family, that her lifo abroad is cheerful one, and thnt sho is happy in it, nnd that instead of being ixor ns haa been alleged, tho senior Sartoris i wenlthy, nnd is besides thoroughly fon of his American daughter. Frank Leslio's. The I))lliK Jnok-Knbblt. An examiuation of tho cnrcasses of tho jack-rnbbits which aro dying by thou sauds in the eastern part of Nevada shoivs that tho animals nro lllled with tape-worms. Western Letter. THE ARTICULATE HkArtT. You touch the strings an l then the soul Of sndii"s, wlicre sha lio asloep, Will wake n .d brni the tears to eyes Thnt do not often cloud or weop. I Tonder when I hoar you play vt;j At twlllght on your vloltn, Trta If all the thrilllng tones you flnd f ; Aro liid tlie lnstrument withln; Or does the muslc of your Ufe i tnu voice along tho sparkiine strlngs. And tell Its sccret in tho dusk To speed away on zephyr wings; Your henrt is speaklng, for I lioar A uunl cliord of bliss nnd pain, A symphony of llfe and death; It Is lovo's swcetly sad relralo. Julln Clnrk Cha3e ln Inter Ocenn. CHIROGRAPHY OF SOME WRITERS. i:lRir A. Too T. S. Arthur O. 1. It. Jnnics Kllliu Ilurrltt Wlltlnm Gll- moro Sluims Coopur Ulckens. Tho lato Edgar A. Poo was indeed a strange genius. He has had no Amer ican imitators. No ono has cndeavorcd to mutilato tho thoughts ho left hehind him. His writings read like tho wild imaginings of a mind diseased. Ho was bom to misforttmo, nnd the knowledgo of it east around him the gloom of melancholy. His chirography is do cidedly picturesque, and evinces a mind wild and visionary. It gives evideuco of indefatigability a quality wliich ho possesscu in an emment decree. Ho wrote a largo, sprawling hand, light and mtelligible. T. S. Arthur won a bnlhant reputa- tion as a novelist. Ho possessed talcnt, superior talent, nnd employed it to tho best ndvantage. He wroto to lnstruct tho heart and hcad. No one, howover dull, butarises from a porusal of his tem- peranco tales a better man. His writing was carefully studiod, but at times was hardly legiblo. G. P. R. James was a voluminouB writor. For a long poriod his produc- tions wero cagerlv sought for. His mnn uscript wns plain, hurriod, of course, but verj uniform and what tho printors term good copy. Elihu Iiurritt, tho learned blacksmith, seemed to havo possessed a mind as well tempered as 1ns own anvil. Wo aro m- debted to him for some sparks from its creativo power that havo burst mto never dying fame. His manuscript was uncouth and irregular, but wonderfully plam and distinct. llliam Giliuoro Simms once upon timo wusstj-led the "Bulwor of America." He was superior to Lord Htilwer in his perception of tho graceful, but in beauty ho was deiicient to a cortain extent. As a poet ho did well. His greatest thoughts linger in tho mind liko the recollection of some gorgeous sunset. His hand- writing had much shapo and suggested gracefuhicss and perfect freedom. Tne autograph of Charles Dickens was more picturesque than that of any other author of his timo. It possessed all tho unique uniforniity of tho old German text; and as distinctlv legible as it was graceful. There was a peculiarity in his stylo that is beyond miitation. Ilo wrote in a sphere wholly his own. He spread a i'ew thoughts over a great sur face of paper, and extonded them to an unusual length. The hnndwriting of J. Fennimoro Coopcr wiis decidedly bad. Of the two speciinens lying beforo me, ono seems to have beon written with a steel pen, and tho other with a quill. I3oth are fright ful in tho extreino. Yet he possessed a talent of tho highest order, nnd left n name imperishable. There is a Btrange inconsistency between his chirography nnd his writing. Detroit Free Press. llablts tif tlie Kmu. Tho curious case of the emu is de scribed in a letter from Mr. Alfred Hen nett, who had an opiortunity of watch ing the habits of this bird, which was, during several seasons, successfully bred by his father in Surrey. Tho hen bird, says Mr. Dennett, begins to lay about tho end of October or lieginning of Novem ber, and as each brood consists of twenty eggs or more, laid at intorvals of two days, the process tnkes about six weeks. Beforo it is completed tho cock bird bo gins to set. The eggs laid subsequently aro doposited by tho hon by tho sido of her niate, who puts out his fixit and draws them under him. As soon as tho eggs begin to hatch it is necessary to isolate the hen, as sho fights furiously with her mato, and would, to all appear ance, kill the chicks if sho wero allowed to get at them, Tho whole of tho tond ing of the young is perfonned by the raail bird. Nature. A Flimlly Meiliclliu Chest. There is a fortuno awaiting some en terprising druggist who will get up a systomof family medioiue chests. They can bo niudo of all sizes nnd prices. Tlioy should contain all tho standard reiuedies for the miuor ills that llesh isheirto, tho bottles boing lnboled with the English namo of the drug, and giving explieit insti tictions as to the sizo and udminis teriug of tho dozo. Tho nvorago family nccumulates a largo uuiuber of bottles during the year, tho rosults of gettiug a now prescription every timo any ono is sick. A few doses ure taken, tho pa tient gets well und tho remainder is a clear loss, becauso no ono would risk using tho Biuiio medicine again, boing ignorant of the fact that tho medicino in the liottlo is some simplo nnd standard remedy that no liousehold should be without. Dr. Conery in Globo-Domo-crat. The Godn f Aiiclent ltfiliio. Tho early Christians and fathors of tho church did not look upon tho heathcn deities as mero fables und shadows; they believed that they really existed, but wero dovils, nnd thoy tnught that tho gods of Romo and all other nations must bo utterly ronouncod. Thus Christianity in ancient Romo camo to be looked on as dangerous to the oxisting order of things and to the empire. Boston Budget. X l'luce fur It. A man has invented n machine wliich will make 10,000 revolutions por second. He ought to flnd a ready sale for it in Mexico. PhiladelDhia CalL W Troyal tswiij ji POWDER Absolutely Pure. mhi and Imiiw COMPANY OF ORWELL, VT., OIVoi s for silo Its ili'lii nliiros, HTtirod by Ilenl Kstnto First Moitpi)os iloposited witli Tnis toos. Ilobontiii'cs aro lsiu(l lu uuioiints of ovon liumlreils lor the torm ol llvo yinrs, witli In. torost ooiiions altiiclioil i!H iililo somi nnnu nlly, ut First Nutioniil llsmk, Orwell, Vt or roinmoii lo tno iiolilor ny iirnlt, witnoiit clmiKo. Caiiltnl, pald tii 150,000 Adilitiinml rcspoiislbllltv of ntock- holilors, l.V),(XK) Totnl (iuimuitoo Kiiml :im,000 lieforo lnvusttiiK oNowhere, writo forCoin pany's clrcular oxplalulii!; M'ouiltlos nnd liictliods ot business. C. K. JH'SII, Tri asmcr. THE- i iiavi: m:ai:d tiii m.mskkt, in tiik SMITH & SHELDON BLOCK, AM) -UAI.I. Ki:i:l' OS HANI1 Frefiii and Salt Heats itV .Vl.I, HiMIS. Fresh and Salt Fish -AM)- Vegetables in their Season. I slmll lmy tlio brt thnt -:m bo had and oll ut 1'1'ii-oiinlSle prloo. (ilvo iuo n cnll. All or. dors proniptly llllocl nnil ilolhoioil. W. M. C'l'xIIMAX. Middlebury, VI.. Auc. II), lx!. :::l;tt The Standard Institution. HOUSE FOR SALE ! Tho two.-tory, Krcneh-root houso on North 1'loiif nnt strcet beloiiKliiK to tho ostnto ot Mrs. Mary K. Illrclmnl. It is noarly new, well bullt nml 1 it n very ilesinililo looatlou, cood-sizod lot. Kor turtlior piirtlculiirs oiKiuiro ot 20;tt I). ItlDKU, Ailmr. Mlilillobiuv, Vt., May 13, InmS. Popular Perfect Furnaces. n.i... . ............. ii...... Ii.nl tlin most t IH'.ll 1 11 ,111.1.-. ..... ...... - - -- olon.vi' kiIo loryears pai-t ot un noti' "K riii'iuu'os ovor known Tlio ioiimiiis h Thov aro otremolv poworlul. t'ns iuul ilust tiuh't i-iihllv limiiuitod, thormiKlily oillelonl ooi oiiiicallu luol, with 1'oiUiiros for su iug tuol nnd lalior not tound ln otliors. A llit-chif.s poworl'iil tuniaoo 111011116 tiood houltli nnd 11 wiinn houso. RICHARDSON & BOYNTON GO.. Mlrs. ili .V i'tl Wator t-t., N. Y. yon s.VI.K 11Y 3' A.CALHOUN,M!ddlobury,Vt. CEfflAL IARKET Ricnrdson