Nebraska Newspapers

    C. W. SHERMAN, Editor.
lu a recent sermon JJishop Totter
said:
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that greatest of all creative statesmen promontories over public- r a,U Vte
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ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY
THE AWAKENING OF
SILAS fiARSTOfl.
i.
Amonpr all who knew him, Silas
Stars ton bore the character of a stern,
hard man. But a stranger might have
read his nature In his face in the cold,
grey eyes, thin, closely-compressed
lips, and severe aspect.
Ilis neighbors in Bardsleyy said he
never smiled. Certainly, he sniped
very seldom and laughed evenly less
frequently. No frivolity of any kind
had he ever allowed to creep into his
life. Ilis nature did not reuire relaxa
tion. Music, dancing, play-going,
cricket, football, golf, skittles he
scorned them all. Life was too serious
for siK-h follies.
In one characteristic he took the
greatest pride. Never in his recollec
tion had he willingly broken his word.
Pefectly straightfroward in all his
dealings, scrupulously honest, he had
marked out for himself a line of con
duet from which he never diverged,
and he expected his family to walk
along the same rigid chalk-mark with
steps as unfaltering as his own.
The severe home discipline galled
his only son terribly. When a lad is
forbidden anj- amusement more excit
ing than an occasional lecture at the
assembly rooms, it would be strange
if he did not relel. Tom Marston re
volted, and the couseuences were seri
ous. lie visited the theater. Some busy
body saw him and told his father.
Silas Marston did not storm, desper
ately angry though he was. That was
not his way.
"Theaters are catchpits." he said.
"If you go again I will turn you out
of doors."
Tom knew none letter that his
father would most assurely do as he
said, and for nearlj- twelve months he
avoided the banned building on Bards
ley t;r-n. But one morning a comrade
Jeered at him and dared him to go.
That night ho broke Silas Marston's
law for the second time, and again
he was found out. On his return his
father met him at the door.
"You have leen to the theater," he
said, in the calm, cold, equable voice
which he habitually used, whether
angry or pleased. "What money have
you V"
In fear and trembling. Tom produced
his purse and counted its contents
with nervous lingers.
"Sev-seven-and-ninepence, father,"
he faltered. Silas Marston placed two
sovereigns in the boy's shaking hand.
"Take these and go," he said. "I
disown you."
lie opened the door. Next moment
the motherless boy was in the street
without a home.
If Silas Marston were in any way
disturled by his son's absence, he gave
no outward sign of it. He went to
his business just as regularly as be
fore, and was as constant in his at
tendance at church. To all inquiries
which were many, his answer was the
samoq:
"He disobeyed me, and I sent him
away."'
What had become of the lad he did
not know. He had kept his word, and
the satisfaction thus derived was
strong enough to silence his conscience
at least, so it appeared.
II.
Seven months had passed. It was
the Last day of the Leeds Winter as
sizes. Silas Marston had been sum
moned on the jury. The last case on
the calendar was one of forgery. The
clerk called out the name of "Joseph
Taylor," and the jailer brought up his
prisoner, a lad of seventeen, poorly
clad, and apparently half-starved. He
trembled as he stepped to the front
of the dock, and his face, as he glanced
furtively about, was deathly pale.
Suddenly, as his gaze rested on the
jury box, he staggered, clutched at
the dock railings and clung convul
sively, while his face alternately paled
aud crimsoned. So he remained, with
his eyes cast down.
Had a curious spectator been watch
ing Silas Marston closely he might
have seen that juryman's cold eyes
lilate, and his mouth part slightly,
while an ashen pallor overspread his
features. But those signs of agitation
were only momentary. Iiecovering
himself in an instant, Silas folded his
arms and, leaning back, stared at the
boy with stony eyes that revealed no
interest whatever. Doubtless it was
a great victory.
Counsel for the prosecution opened
the case against the wretched lad.
The accused, he said, had been in the
employment of Messrs. Clifford and
Rice as errand boy; it was also his
duty to sweep up the counting-house.
A forged check for 75. in favor of Mr.
Darley, with whom the tirm had deal
ings, had been presented at Clifford &
Bice's bankers and cashed. When it
was discovered that several forms
were missing from a check book, sus
picion fell upon the prisoner, who had
access to the drawer where the book
was kept, and had been seen in the
company of a notorious criminal not
in custody. He was accused and
searched, when three blank forms,
next in sequence to that which had
been cashed, were found upon him.
The body of the check had not been
tilled up by the accused, nor did he
present it, but he was charged with
forging Messrs. Clifford & Rice's sig
nature and the endorsement, both of
which were excellent imitations and
must have been copied from genuine
signatures.
The boy was asked to plead. He
stammered something unintelligible
and burst into tears. The gentleman
who had been requested by the court
to defend him rose hastily and pleaded
"not guilty" on his behalf.
Silas Marston frowned.
"It's waste of time," he muttered to
Ins neighbor on the left, the foreman
of the Jury.
1 think it is," rejoined the gentle
man; "but let the boy have a chance."
Counsel for the prosecution called
witness after witness, whose evidence
made it abundantly clear that the ac
cused was guilty, but that he had been
the dupe of an older criminal, who had
escaped with the plunder.
Counsel for the defense, finding him
self unable to contest the evidence, ap
Dcale7 to .e court.
"I understand," he said, "that the
prisoner was sent away from home
1v a few months ago to sin-k or
swim- He had disobeyed his ftber.
a man of considerable means, who
turned him out of dwors. 1 do not
envy that man's feelings when he
learns the consequences of his unnat
ural conduct, and I maintain, gentle
men of the jury, 'that it is he who
should be standing in the dock and not
his son."
Silas Marston cast down his eyes.
"The prisoner," continued the learn
ed gentleman, "when on the brink of
starvation fell in with a man. whose
name has been mentioned, and who
may yet have to answer for his share
in this crime. For motives of his own
this man i,ook lit.v on him and fed
him. It was he who induced him to
apply to the prosecutors for the situa
tion of errand loy under an alias, and
it was in obedience to his command
that the accused obtained the blank
checks and letters learing the neces
sary signatures. The prisoner could
not refuse: his gratitude forbade.
"That the boy's uature is honorable
and scrupulous I have proof. His
father turned him out of doors to
starve, vet I have failed to persuade
him to reveal that stony-hearted fath
er's name and address. He has re
fused to bring disgrace upon his un
natural parent by revealing his own
! name to his counsel. I have nothing
: more to add. gentlemen, except to ask
! vou to take into account all the circum
i stances of this case. If the accused s
i father the real criminal could be
! called as a witness it would relieve
niv feelings to examine him."
He sat down. The Judge summed
i up in a sentence, and turned to the
jury, as if expecting an immediate
! verdict of "guilty."
in.
It was not forthcoming.
mtil to and fro in the
Whispers
jury lx.
in the dis-
riiioc Afiifstrm took no part
cussion. He had written his verdict
on a slip of paper and handed it to
the foreman. It was "guilty." Hav
ing done his duty, he had apparently
no further interest in the matter.
"Well, gentlemen V" exclaimed the
judge in some surprise.
"We can't asree." said the foreman.
"Then you had better retire." was
the curt rejoinder.
The jtirv at once tiled out of the box
and followed an official to the room set
apart for them.
"Come. Mr. Maydue." said the for
mal', addressing an elderly gentleman
iw.iw.T-olont .n men ranee, "you are the
on!v dissentient. We can
add a rider
.iw.r.iiiiiwui.iiii!' the bov to mercy, but.
on the evidence, we must find him
guilty."
"Certainlv." added Silas Marston. in
his most severe tone. "The prisoner
has broken the law. and he must suf
fer the penalty. He ought to consider
himself fortunate that he is living at
the end of the nineteenth century. It
is not so long since the penalty for
forgery was death."
Mr. Maydue turned upon him in
great indignation.
"For shame, sir! I thank God that
those horrible days are past. And you.
sir. ought to thank your maker for
giving you a different father to the
brute who brought this poor boy into
the world. I say he ought not to le
made responsible, and I refuse to con
vict him. (lentlemen." he went on.
addressing the jury generally, for Silas
Marston avoided his gaze. "I ask you
to acquit the prisoner in mercy to the
miserable wretch who turned him
adrift, for if you do not, nothing will
save that man from condemnation
when he stands before the Great Judge
on the last day." Pausing, he laid his
hand on Silas Marston's shoulder, and.
again addressing him. said: "Are you
a father?"
"Yes," faltered the wretched man.
He was not prepared for Mr. Maydue's
sudden attack, and the armor of cold
self-righteousness and self-approval in
which he had so long encased himself
was anything but proof.
"I lind it hard to believe you." Mr.
Mavdue rejoined. - "But if you really
have a child, picture it in the prisoner's
and let your heart incline to mercy."
Silas Marston sat down and covered
his face with his hands. He was be
ginning to awake.
"Friends." Mr. Maydue resumed,
turning to his fellow-jurymen. "I ask
j-ou to find this boy not guilty. Let
hiui have another chance. Be more
merciful than his miserable father.
Let that wretch answer for his neglect
:iml cruelty himself. Do not let us do
anything that will constrain us to
stand beside him when he is called to
account. Temper justice with mercy,
and let the boy go."
"You plead well, sir," said the fore
man of the jury, "but I am of Mr.
Marston's opinion. The boy is guilty,
and it is our duty to lind him so. Mer
cy is the judge's prerogative, 'i'he
most we can do is to recommend: it.
Are you ill. sir?"
The question was addressed to S:jas
Marston. He lifted his head. Hi..
mouth and eyelids were twitching he
could not answer. At last he was
awake.
"Mr. Marston is ill," the foreman
went on. Come' Let us settle this
matter and co home. Now, Mr. May
due, eleven of us an in favor of a con
viction "
"No. no." interrupted Mr. Marston,
in great a citation.
What! Has he won you over?"
"Yes. God help and forgive me! I
am the boy's father. All Mr. Maydue
has said is true. I drove hint away
from home. I failed in my duty. Let
him go. I implore you!"
The tears were streaming down Silas
Marston's face now. His stubborn will
was broken. Mr. Maydue broke the
long silence which followed that
amazing appeal.
"Wliat is the verdict to be?" he
asked.
"Not guilty." answered the foreman,
in a husky voice.
Five minutes afterward Tom Mars
ton was free. The judge discharged
him without comment. He had long
ceased to be surprised at the vagaries
of jurymen. It is almost needless to
add that the newly-awakened father
took his sou home.
A tiood Thing:.
Lord Wolseley, the British commander-in-chief,
in a public address.
! recently, said that he could not help
thinking it was a good thing for the
school children of the United States
to be brought up in the conviction
that they belonged to the greatest na
tion in the world ,and must be ready
to light for it, and he added that he
would like to see every child in an
English school taught to admire and
love his country and tlte constitution
under which he lived .so that he could
be nrenared to maintain' that CQ?rt-
! tution against all comers.
TARIFF AND SILVER.
THE LATTER IS THE GREAT IS
SUE THIS YEAR.
I Tha Irnnnnniril lrnt-Ar tlonlS t Mnt
Admit It Some Straws Which Show
the Way the Wind Is lilowlns IMvld
Injf the I'artles.
Senator Carter has generally been
regarded as one of the most conserv
ative of the silver men from the mining
states. It was this fact very largely,
coupled with his astuteness as a poli
tician, that led to his selection as chair
man of the national republican com
mittee. Therefore his speech in the senate on
the 25th ult. was of the highest sig
nificance. In substance and effect he
charged the republican party with hav
ing abandoned republican principles in
supporting the recent tariff bill with its
"horizontal" rise, and also with having
been guilty of the grossest dishonesty
and fraud in its interpretation of the
silver plank In the Minneapolis plat
form. Conceding that the plank was not an
unqualified declaration for free coinage,
It certainly did pledge the republican
party to some affirmative legislation in
the interest of silver restoration. Upon
a platform quite similar Mr. Harrison
had been elected, and it was universally
regarded as a declaration that the re
publican party should take a step for
ward in the direction of silver restora
tion. The result was the "Sherman Law."
for which every republican in congress
voted, and which was signed by a re
publican president. It was not what
silver men wanted, but it was better
than nothing.
And yet in 1S93, only a little more
than two years after its enactment, we
find an overwhelming majority of the
republicans responding to the demand
of a democratic president, and voting
for Its repeal.
The last line of legislation recogniz
ing silver as a money metal was thus
wiped from the statute books of the
United States.
In brief, the democratic party pledged
to the free use of both gold and silver,
without discrimination against either
or charge for mintage, and the repub
lican party pledged to bimetallism and
the use of both metals as "standard
money," have united and practically
fastened the single gold standard upon
the country.
This was the main point of Mr. Car
ter's speech, and Messrs. Sherman,
Hoar and Gear struggled in vain to
break its force.
It is a highly significant fact that
not one of those republicans opposing
free coinage, while claiming to be bi
metalllsts, ever thinks of proposing any
legislation looking toward the restora
tion of silver. Their bimetallism con
sists of opposing everything which even
Bqulnts In that direction. Whenever
the extreme silver men are in the as
cendency and a free coinage measure
is in sight, these alleged bimetallists
always have some counter opposition
such as the Allison amendment in 1878.
and the Sherman law in 1S90. Both of
these were substitutes for free coinage.
But when there seems to be no prob
ability of a free coinage enactment, not
a step in the direction of bimetallism
are they willing to take.
In fact, they favor bimetallism that
Is absolutely unknown in monetary
science.
Senator Sherman sounds the key note
for them, and, whether they agree with
him or not, they are very careful never
to suggest any opposition. His idea of
bimetallism is expressed in the follow
ing words:
"I believe that the policy of the
United States adopted in 1853, of coin
ing fractional silver coins in limited
quantities from silver bullion pur
chased at market price, and making
them a legal tender for small sums, is
the only way to preserve the parity of
gold and silver coins at a fixed ratio.
This is properly called bimetallic
money."
His idea of bimetallism is gold as
full legal tender, with free coinage of
that metal alone, and small change in
silver, coined on government account
and made legal tender for "small
sums."
If that be the correct definition of
bimetallism, then we have "trimetal
lism" in this country, because we also
have nickels, coined on government ac
count and legal tender for small sums.
In fact, we have "quodrometallism,"
because we also have cents of a differ
ent metallic composition, being made
chiefly of copper. All of these minor
coins are struck on government account
in small amounts, and are limited legal
tender. So they embody all the con
ditions which he says are requisite for
"bimetallism."
Mr. Sherman's idea seems to be that
the all-important thing in a monetary
system is "parity." If the gold dollar
appreciates until it is actually worth
$50 in products, and the burden of debt
is increased fifty fold, nobody has any
right to complain if other forms of
money are only at a "parity," with the
gold dollar. He apparently thinks that
the sole use which people have for "dol
lars" is to exchange them for other
dollars at par.
Senator Teller, quoting from the re
port of the English Royal Commission,
gave the essentials of true bimetallism j
as follows: t
A bimetallic system of currency, to I
be completely effective, must, in the
view of those who advocate it, Include
two essential features: (a) An open
mint ready to coin any quantity of
either gold or silver which may be
brought to it; (b) the right on the part
of a debtor to discharge his liabilities,
at his option, in either of the two
metals at a ratio fixed by law.
Tola le the definition that In sub
stance is given by all bimetallists, and
they do not intend that any gold stand
ardist shall define bimetallism for them.
If Mr. Sherman is right, there is not a
gold standard country on the face of
the earth, for they all use silver in
small amounts and as limited legal
tender.
But genuine bimetallism means the
placing of the two metals upon a pre
cisely equal footing in the matter of
coinage and legal tender, the difference
in relative quantities being provided
for by the "ratio" that is, the quantity
of the one which shall be equal as
money to a given quantity of the other.
As, for example, sixteen ounces of sil
ver to equal one ounce of gold.
This is bimetallsm, and when Mr.
Sherman gives his definition, as Sen
ator Teller broadly intimated, he is
either grossly ignorant or grossly dis
honest. Senator Hoar very earnestly repu
diated the idea that he was a "gold
monometallism" Well, then, what does
he mean by persistently adhering to a
monetary system based absolutely upon
gold, and which is defended upon the
theory that the gold dollar is the only
true and honest dollar?
When did he ever propose anything
different from what now exists? He
denounces Cleveland as a gold mono
metallist. and yet every vote he has
cast upon the monetary question has
been directly in line with Mr. Cleve
land's wishes. Empty declamation in
favor of bimetallism of an imaginary
sort is never going to do any good, and
when accompanied by adverse votes, it
stamps the declaimer as a fraud.
Absolutely the only difference be
tween Sherman and Cleveland is that
the latter wants to destroy the green
backs directly, while the former would
do it indirectly by locking them up, and
making them issuable fdr gold alone.
While neither Senator Carter nor Sen
ator Teller made an actual threat of
bolting, their language admits of but
one interpretation. If the republican
party does not take a firm stand for
genuine bimetallism, there will be a
bolt that in all probability will place
it in a minority. It is impossible to
draw any other inference from their
utterances.
At the same time It is equally clear
that, constituted as the republican par
ty is, with so large a proportion of its
strength in states completely domin
ated by the money power, it cannot
possibly take such a stand. Hence a
substantial break in the republican
column seems inevitable.
Those who have carefully studied
this great question of money are firm
in the conviction that it completely
overshadows the tariff in importance.
That while selling our great staples in
the foreign market in competition with
silver-using nations, no tariff can ma
terially improve existing conditions.
It is therefore plain that the silver
question is to be the great issue in
189G, and those who conscientiously be
lieve that the constitutional money of
the country should be restored, must be
prepared for independent action.
Tut a Hollar's Worth of Silver Into the
Doll AT.
This contention is frequently heard,
but it shows an absolute ignorance of
the entire question.
The very essence of the trouble is
that by demonetizing silver the gold
dollar has been made too valuable. It,
in fact, has grown to be a 200-cent
dollar.
Now we are told that more silver
must be put into the silver dollar, so
that it, too, may become a 200-cent
dollar. If the gold dollar had stood
still and the silver dollar had fallen
one-half, the demand would be just.
But instead, the silver dollar has stood
still (or nearlj' so) while the gold dol
lar has doubled.
This doubling has come from increas
ing the demand for gold. The bimetal
list proposes to diminish this demand
by transferring a portion of it to silver,
thus, as stated elsewhere, lowering the
value of gold, raising the value of sil
ver, and bringing them to a common
level, somewhere between the present
values of gold and silver bullion.
To first lower the value of silver by
shutting it out of the mint, and then
propose to restore the value of the dol
lar by putting into it twice as much
silver, is not only illogical but dis
honest. Reopen the mint to silver just as it
was before 1873. Then if the silver
dollar fail to sustain itself by the side
of the gold dollar, the question of
changing ratio, that is, putting in more
silver, may fairly be considered.--National
Bimetallist.
The Marine; Failure.
For a time the beneficial effects of
the Sherman law were quite apparent.
The monetary stringency then existing
in Wall street was relieved by the
monthly issues of treasury notes, and
business improved. But in the latter
part of 1S90 the great banking house of
Baring Brothers in London failed,
threatening disaster to the entire com
mercial world. The Bank of England
was hard pressed, and borrowed $15,
000,000 in gold from the Bank of
France.
Large blocks of American securities
were returned to this country and
thrown upon the market, and during
1891 about $68,000,000 of gold were ex
ported in excess of imports. Still busi
ness moved along smoothly. As gold
was exported, the Sherman notes took
its place, and while financial storms
were raging in Europe, and even off in
far Australia, in America all was
serene. And so matters stood until Mr.
Cleveland was elected, in the fall of
1S92. National Bimetallist.
Don't let a fool annoy you; work him.
In case you can accumulate a little
sense yourself, a fool is a great blessing.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1
f
LESSON III, APRIL 19 THE LOST
IS FOUND.
I Golden Text: "Likewise I Say Untw Yon,
There Is Joy in the Pretence of the
Angels or God Over One Sinner That
Kepenteth," Luke xr, 10.
rZfX UK LESSON for toda
-V Includes verses 11 to
to
91 In th. fiflaenth rllS-D-
' ter of Luke. The par
able is on the return
of the wanderer, the
crown and the pearl of
parables. It is a world
of wisdom, and hope,
and love condensed ti
to a Jew words, aa a
whole landscape is
painted on the retina
of the eye. It is a vis
ion of the heart of God.
"The three parables"
of this chapter should be studied together,
as each one Is completed by the others. The
misunderstandings which might arise from
the presentation of one view are corrected by
the others. There is no one view of man's
sin and loss, nor of God's love to sinful man,
which can possibly present the truth on all
sides and in all lights.
Place in the Life of Christ. The last part
of the third year of his public ministry. Dur
ing the Perean ministry.
Time December, A. D. 29, or early January.
A. D. 30.
Place Somewhere In Perea.
The full text of today's lesson Is as follows:
11. And he said. A certain man had two
sons:
12. And the younger of them said to his
father. Father, give me the portion of goods
that falleth to me. And he divided unto them
his living.
13. And not many days after the younger
son gathered all toecther. and took his Jour
nevinto a far country, and there wasted his
substance with riotous living.
14. And when he had spent all. there arose
a mighty famine In that land; and he began
to he in want.
15. And he went and Joined himself to a citi
zen of that country: and he sent him into his
f elds to feed swine.
10. And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks that the swine did eat: and
no m.-,n cave unto him.
17. And when he came to himsU. he said.
TTnw many hired servants of mv father's have
brpTd enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunzer !
1". I will arise and go to my father, and
n-ill say unto him. Father. I have sinned
ae.ilnst heaven, and before thee,
13. And am no more worthy to be called
mv son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
20. Ard he arose, and came to his father.
Put when he was yet a great way off. his
father snw him. and had compassion, and ran,
rnd fell nn his neck and kissed him.
21. And the son said unto him. Father. I
have sinned against heaven, and In thy sight,
and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22. Put the father said to his servants.
PHre forth the best robe, and put It on
him: and put a ring on his hand, and shoes
on his feet:
23. And bring hither the fatted calf, and
kill it: and let us eat, and be merry:
24. For this my son was dead, and Is alive
ra'n: he was lost, and Is found. And they
b""nn to be merry.
me explanations to certain passages In
odiy's lesson are as follows.
11. Here we have a picture of what God
meant the world to be. "A certain man had
two sons." The householder Is our heavenly
Father, full of love for his children. This
beautiful world Is the home fitted up with
every comfort for them. The two sons rep
resent different characters and classes among
them.
12. "Father, give me the portion of goods
that falleth to me." The older son. ac--?ord-tni
to Jewish law. Inherited a double portion
fPeut. xxl. 17). The younger would thus nat
urally inherit at his father's death one-third
of his property. But he desired his father to
anticipate the future and give him his share
now in money or Jewels, "which is a common
form of Investing wealth to this day In the
East." Tristram. His father was rich, so
that he could do it without suffering from
poverty. "And he divided unto them his liv
ing." His property viewed as the means of
living.
13. "Not many days after." his thoughts
soon took form in action. "Took his Journey
into a far country." Perhaps Rome, or Cor
inth, where were gathered every luxury and
vice.
"Wasted his substance with riotous living."
The rtrtn-n pmilps of life are eenerally steep
and short, and so one sentence 13 enough to
describe this descensus Averni. down which
the youth plunges so Insanely." Burton.
14. "And when he had spent all." which
did not take long, "there arose a michty
famine in that land." It was a famine of the
soul, "as It pines for the father's presence
and for the father's smile, longing for the
lost Eden."
15. "And he went and Joined himself."
"Literally, glued himself to," fastened him
self upon: "to a citizen of that country." rep
resenting either men hopelessly corrupt and
worldlv. or. perhaps, the powers of evil. Cam
bride nible. "He sent him into the fields
to foed swine." the basest, most degrading
work a Jew could do.
1G. "He would fain." He ardently desired,
so hungry was he. "The husk3 that the swine
did eat." "These husks are tbe pods ana
seds of the locust or carob tree (Ceratonia
silio.ua). a common evergreen tree bearing
an abundant crop of fruit. "No man gave
unto him." The friends he had made by sin
had deserted him in his need.
17. "And when he came to himself," as
one awakening out of an evil dream. "How
many hired servants." those least connected
with the family; even these "have bread
enough, and to spare."
IS. "I will arise and go." I will put my
resolves into action immediately. "I have
sinned against heaven." Against the author
Itv and the principles of heaven, against good
ness, and Providence, and God. He showed
his understanding of the true nature of sin
by putting this first. "And before thee." He
had wronged his father, Ill-treated his over
flowing goodness.
19. "I am no more worthy." He makes no
excuses. He humbly confesses bis sins, and
asks not rights, but mercies.
20. "And he arose and came to his father."
Toward, not to. He did not come to his father;
his father came out to him.
21. "And the son said." He began to con
fess his sins, but the father cut him short
because he knew that his son was penitent. f
22. "But the father said." When the far
away wanderer came back to his early hme
he found six things: he found a father a
home, a welcome, a ring, a feast and as onR
"Bring forth the best robe." "Literally, the
first robe " "Put a ring on his hand." The
VSnl of' the ring restores him not only to
freedom, but to dignity and power. Shoes
on his feet." Shoes were worn only by
freemen, never by slaves.
THE KING'S DAUGHTERS.
An "emergency cupboard" is a fre
quent feature of the Circles of the
King's Daughters.
The Silver Cross Hospital at Jollet,
111., owes its inception and a large part
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The King's Daughters and Sons are
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