A DEGOY LETTER.
A -
Mr. C. B. Barrett, formerly Chief
Inspector «f the United States Secret
Serv ice, had a queer experience some
time ng® in a tteuutifui little town
way dcavn in Muryland. Mr. Bar
rett's ’long experience with this Hort
of work has taught him just how to
dig w pit tor his game, ns the
trnin neared the village lie walked
through the smoker to the mail cur,
asked lor the mail clerk, showed his
commission and said he had some
thing which lie wanted done.
“What is it?” asked the clerk
nervously, eying the t'hief Inspec
tor.
“Where is the mail pouch you
throw off at the next stop?”
It was produced.
“Open it.”
It was opened, for an inspector
lias a I isolate1 authority, not only
over mail clerks, but over the post
masters of t he larger cities.
Here is a tetter,” said Mr. Barrett,
“addressed to -lames Lancaster,
a fictitious name. The letter con
tains a fill bill. I want you to ex
amine it, take the address, put it in
that pouch ami lock it with your
own hands.”
All this was done, and Mr. Barrett
went hack to Ilia scat in one of the
day coaches, confident that the next
move in Hue game would answer his
cxiiectutions
^ The Secret Service agent stood
upon the pin I form of the mail car
when the train stopped and the
pouch was thrown off, w hen he nt
once stepped }«« the platform. A boy,
whose business it w as to entry t he
mail, took t he pouch over his shotil
er anil started up the villnge street,,
never dreaming that a thief Inspec
tor of the Postal Service wit* follow
ing him -on t he other side of the
street, and was watching him like a
hawk, while seeming <to watch noth
ing. It was u beautiful Juno day,
the birds were singing, and although
it was high noon the leafy,iotty trees
lining the quiet strict c.usf such deep,
cool shadows that Mr. Barrett did
not find walking unpleasant. For
nbout ii quarter of a mile the boy
kept on, followed by the 1 lisped or,
and then turned into a small frame
building, with a white and black sign
over the door labelled “PostofHee.”
“Now,” said Mr, Barrett, inward
ly, “my letter has reached its desti
nation.”
There was a crowd of visitors in
side of t lie lit t le Post-office and out
side who swarmed towards the desk
“to get t.lieir mail,” and Mr. Barret t
waited some fifteen minutes until
they had a ll gone before he entered
the plane, and saw a handsome girl,
about seventeen years old, dressed
in an old-fashioned bodice and light
colored skirt, sitting behind the wire
grating in a rocking chnir sewing.
“Is there a letter here for .lames
Lancaster?” said the Inspector, and
every one who knows his face mid
figure will not wonder that the girl
.ii 4..
man.
“No,” sin* said, after sorting some
letters in a case marked “L.”
“Won’t you look again?” and she
did look, hut with no I letter result.
"1 urn sure the letter must have
come,” said Mr. Barrett, and I, who
know him well, ran imagine how
gently he said it.
“It's not here.”
“Are you the Postmaster?”
“No. I urn the assistant. My
father is the Postmaster.”
“Who opened the pouchtlmt came
bo the Inst train?”
•’I did.”
“No one to help you?’
“No, sir.”
The girl’s bright eyes looked us
innocently at Mr. Barrett as any
girl's bright eyes ever looked at any
man.
w May lie it stuck in the pouch. I’ve
lienrd of such things,” he said.
“Won't you look?”
Him took the pouch, +grned it u|“
able down, shook it and looked inside. |
No letter.
“Won’t you let me come in and
help you look for it?" said Mr. Bur
ret t.
“Vo. No one is allowed ill here “
The t'hiel inspector drew from his
pocket his commission from the I nit
rd Slutes tio\eminent, with its olfh
vial ■iguat tiics ami Mails, and ■Itowed
it to ilie girl, asking as she read it.
“Pitn I come III now?"
“Yes,” blushing, “I l**g your jmr
dou
“Ytui didpedcdh right. my child,”
salt I the venerable agent of t he Secret
Her vice,
Tliere was a b*s*rd |Mrtition m j
tel high lievott I I la* wirvd window,
ami a gate tu live eml ttf this |Mtrlt- I
taut, tttwarvl whah the Postmaster • !
daughter went, hut Mr Ihirrett
thought she moved very shiWriy At
Ja*l she turned the key lu the hs k.
opened the solid gate and admitted
the tus}ss lot lie walked lor want
g h*w lei and looked wroumi
there Wire nothing lit sight hut
Iwyte ik.il shelves and the lei ter l«a
es a ml he knew kw miwsnui was wot i
there
“| malted a teller UiYs'tt tu James i
I .MU* tester he sunt at kwt that |
Is a Me tu nuts same, Lmoaiu he 11
lug my mvither‘11 manWa name Thai 11
Wt*er liti |lill IH til**t h ill tttjf I I
presence. When that pouch was put
off at the station I followed it aad
kept it in sight until it whs taken in
to the I'ostofHce. Now you nay you
ojienfd it alone, that no one vise
touched it. Where is niy letter?”
“] never saw Jt, sir. II you doubt
tne you can senreh me.”
Mr. Barrett said tlmt be would not
do that, and tlmt he lmd never done
such a thing to n woman, and he biv
gun to pare the floor indeepthoiuflit.
The girl, more lienutiful than ever in
her excitement, snt down in the rock
ing chair, crossed her limbs and Isv
gan to rork.
“(’nil your mother, and she can
search you in my presence,” said lie
ut length.
“My mother is dead.”
Again the Secret Service agent
priced the floor. He looked into an
adjoining room, brightly and neatly
furnished, mid wondered whether the
girl could have secreted the letter
there while she pretended to Is1 going
to the gate to let him in, As lie paced
back mid forth In* noticed the swing
ing feet oftlie Host master’s daughter,
that one ot her stockings had sagged
down, mid that under that stocking
was tiie shape of an envelope.
“Your stocking has dropped,” he
said.
The girl turned scarlet and white,
mid stopped rocking. She caught
her breat h, as if to faint.
“Now, give me my letter,” said the
Inspector.
Sue took it from its biding place,
handed it to him and burst into a
hood of passionate tears.
The decoy letter, as is usual In
eases of this sort, had been fixed so
that it would fs* apparent to anyone
that money was enclosed, it lmd
done its work.
“Where is your father?” nsked Mr.
A A
J-MI I M l I .
"Iii the garden,” sobbed the girl.
Mr. Barrett went out into Iho
garden, tonod the old man hoeing
and brought him in, and when ho
was told all la* bowed bis while head
and sobbed with his child. The in
spector learned that the girl had ad
mirers, as was natural; that her
father was very miserly, not giving
1st even the money needed for u
bright hit of ribbon, n new hut or a
new dress; that she bad been templed
to take money from the mails for
bits of linery, and laid done so, Mr.
Barrett bit indy aecused I lie old man
of being tin* one to blame, und he ac
knowledged it.
“I suppose you will arrest/ her?”
said 1 lie girl’s father.
“Will you make restitution of the
sum (it was about #10), site lias
taken on aeeounl of your miserli
ness?”
“Yes; here it is,”and it was handed
over. "Will you arrest her?”
"if] did what would lie her future?
No. I a less von or she t ells tills it/
will never lie known in the village.”
Inspector Barrett left alter forcing
the old lima to promise Ids daughter
should never lie •comjielled or allowed
to handle 1 he mails again, and when
lie submitted Ids full report to the
head of tile depart meat at Washing
ton his course was fully approved.
l’nltl und the Burglar.
It is said that shortly l>eforc Mine.
Patti left Wales for her South Ameri
<-uu tour laid u thrilling experience
with a burglar. The songstress was
alone in her clmmiwr preparing to
retire for tiie night, when she heard a
sound in mi adjoining room, ns if
Boin<*oiu‘ were moving about. Patti
hastily donned u wrapper, and walked
isddly into the room from which the
sounds came, and stood face to face
il n'l. i'i l lit In I ill Mvlll M ll.i ll'l l|i,i a l
nmsk to conceal his leatures, and in
his hand he carried a heavy dull.
The plucky woman asked him what
he was doing there.
“Pon’t you see,” he replied ina
hroad Welsh dialect, “I am stealing
your diamonds?”
And he held up to her astonished
eyes the most beautiful bracelet which
she possessed. I'atti did not scream.
She simply walked across the room,
pressed an electric hut ton to summon
tile servant. Instead of the servant,
however. Signor Nicolini ap|s*ared
on the scene. The burglar attempted
to strike him with his dub. lait his
game was frustrated by I'atti. She
grasped tie* dub us it was raised in
the air Nicolini and the htirglnr
then clinched, and in the struggle
that ensiled the enterprising but al
together too cundid thief was pitched
mil of a stsmid story w indow. He
ilcsrcnded gracefully mid broke a leg.
He was found to lie a |m*iihuiiI whom
I'atti laid frequently UdriembHl.—
London for New York Press.
Tw»hrr.«l t in iiisitles.
A traveler muv with great ms><#
ness ivlaled to a large cotti|uiiti that
lie had traveled Ihroligli all iuvi
world, and liml srii at leant one
urioaity which had iwier yet l«s i»
tneiiliities! by ally author
This wonder, .molding to his as*
w-rtioti, was a* ablstge plant mi larg*'
that under one ningle te,d fitly arnusl
iitii'M'ineii in l>aliH> anai couhl »t a *
tu >u I In nisei i is aial is-• fur ni their
* mint Ion* No one wlio luard this
>laggi i at uni dn iied it worthy ut j
refut.ilion but one mhl, with iIs*
til most eiiin ism tire ami 10 Uism*.
that, tu* t*wi. hail ln*ii suliM-wInti til ! 1
i trm dvr. and had Ii i*it m tit n> i
itiUMU, where to hi* u*roDiihimni *
lie nail wen mote than I line hundred |
op|«*rwaiilhs at work u|sm mi iiu l
Metis* cauldron. ami that lie hun
I red nhu wer> to Is «nt|>hi,red to I
iiioMiih and polish it 'rot what i
yurisssr, then, wouht I Imp l wish to I
Mr I hi* luotMtroua i auMroa' ti»k**d I
the wrwl iraieh*r >insinwh lor
leikmg the eatdsrge 14ani• sir, in* k
is yoil Wafa )• thug Uw shout )Nil ,
sis, n.in lbs auswsr
Negate’* Ghastly Table.
Fifty years ago or thereabout*
Oiuseppe Segnto, a Florentine pUj*
sicinn, announced that he had dis
covered a way of petrifying tint hu
man body so as to preserve its form
without change of appearance. He
submitted specimens ot his work to
the grand duke ot Tuscany, who
thought well of t he discovery, and
offered to buy it from Neguto. The
physician refused tin* offer, and while
lie waited for u higher bid died, either
suddenly or uftora very short illness.
He never revealed his process, mid
liis secret was buried with him.
The following description of Jjrgu
to’s best known specimen, first pub
lished about a year age in a medical
journal, Ims since appeared Inalinost
every newspaper in the country:
In the I’itti palace, at Florence, is
a table which for originality in the
mutter of construction, it ml ghast
liness in conception, is probably
without a rival. It was made by
(luisep|M> Hegut.o, who passed several
years of his life in its manufacture.
To the casual observer it. gives the
impression ot a curious mosaic of
marbles ofdifferent shades and colors,
for It looks like polished stone. In
reality it is composed ol human
nius ifes and viscera. No less I linn a
hundred bodies were remits!tinned
for the material. The table Is round
and about, a yard in diameter, wit h
a pedestal and four claw feet, the
whole Iming formed of petrified
hiiniam remains. The ornaments ol
11re pedestal lire made form the in
testines, the claws with hearts, livers
.i i.. .i...i . ..i,..,...I.;,,i,
..■■'PH* ' •■' ■** ..
is preserved. The table top is con
structed of muscles artistically ar
ranged, and it is bordered with up
wards of a bundled eyes, the effect
ot which is said to be highly artistic,
since they retain all their luster, and
seem to follow the observer. Hcgntn
<Ji«l about 50 years ago. lie ob
tained Isxlies from I lie hospitals and
indurated them by impregnation
wit b mineral salts.
Curiosity led the present, writer,
when in Florence recently, to obtain
a view of this curious piece of furni
ture. Wliat he saw was so entirely
different from what he had been led
to expert, thut, he is moved to tell
t In- readers of t In- Sun about it.
In t he first, plnee, the ‘'table" is
not in the Pitt i palace, but in the
anatoinieal collection of the new St.
Mary’s Ilospitnl; there the present
writer laid an opportunity of ex
amining it. in eoiimnny with Dr.
Slanishio Jiinnchi, who is in charge
ot I he collection.
Tlw “table” is oval, of what looks
like mahogany; it isuhotiL 1 Nineties
long by 12 widc^pnd consists of a
top only, it lias no iip|«araiicc what
ever of ever ha ving had a pedestal.
The human put riluetions on it con
sist or t bin of small sections or si Ices
about l -d l of an inch think, which
aiv veneered njshi it; some lire dia
mond shaped, some oval, others
square, with surface like tine
grained wood, all arranged in asym
metrical rectangular oblong design;
there is a border nround it, present
ing lit first sight t he iippeurance of a
checker board. Some of these ve
neers, by the effects of dampness,
have Isicoine detached; one or two
have fallen off altogether. Prof.
Bianehi pointed out tlint these were
small hits oforganisms oft.lie human
body, Hiii-li as the loins, kidneys, liv
er, spleen, lungs, skin, nil of nutural
color, and thut probably, in order
to get thorn of small size they laid
been taken from boys' cadavers.
There were, liowever, no lannan eyes
in the border or anywhere else.
I>r. Mia add showed other speci
mens of Segato's process— a female
scalp of perfectly natural color, with
long flowing hair attached; a wom
an’s breast, fair ami white, perfectly
life-like, la these eases the part* pre
served were like medium pasteboard in
thickness and ttrmness. lie showed
also pet t itled reptiles, llsh, and sepa
rate* parts ot tlie human body, all
prepared by Segnto, ami doubtless
submitted by him when he offered to
sell las secret to tin* Tuscan govern
ment.
It was difficult to get an expression
of opinion from the doctoruhout the
value of Segato's process, ami tin*
olMMH|Uelit import nice to neiein** ol
its loss. “It lias not Iweli discovered
time; it is a pity that it still remains
unknown,” was all that the kind amt
rourlcotis professor would say on the
•abject, "Segnto asked rather a
large price, |H*rlm|tM, hut In* knew his
awn business, doubtless
rile ’ table • is aot S»s*t t'V IIUIIlV
rlaitorw to Florence, or evenby many
Florentines, tin* custodian* of Sega
lo's *)**» taieu*. even if they do aot
I nsmurage sight seem, lertainl.v ev Ituw
10 great eathastasta lor the objects
■»f their care.-*New \iitk Mutt
A Httwunta Vsstsr,
tk-tuihu Ft arts litis a lomiuaitd it
etitentiotis humor thut is rarely
tiateil at in am h ol his oblong p a
ats as are moat iiuiiluit to the out*
i*. A airrestsaelotl says that he
eutarhed of blush* Island that “ft
ins settled lit the ihlt h. the \itli
. * e* settled tW ln»t vh, ami of vet**
•«ltt t lirtsU-ovs who hirnhel in New i
■eg land They |umtsed tb*l ami -
i II U|HtW their kite* then they tell |
»l*m tS* alsaigi uss* TW * x ;
ns rvtary she silt Ivt Ifawieft this j
el let
|%*Mf (liklr ittH | >*Mfe ni l %fetfw4 Im j
'id ItM mI Mi |«y*M In* *4MtV MfcM' i
•4 m4 Mfe-fettol Mgi |m»» 4 t>i»i iik,i vMA j
lk*w| .* W W1 i
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The Judge and the Baby.
The Judge of the County Court was
in trouble.
He hud adjourned him court, the
jurora Imd gone home, mid lie wua
left alone with the Sheriff.
No— not entirely alone—n anllow
fiiced woiimn in a limp and faded
gingham aiinbonnet and a limja-r and
more faded hnmeeptin dreaa crouched
down by the door of the Court Houee
with a baly in tier lap.
The Judge atepped outaide for ft
moment and looked down the one
at niggling atreet whieli conat ituted
tie- main thoroughfare of Mine Koek.
A ill-ear,v, drizzling rain woe fulling,
and there wn« acarcoly u aign of life
in tlie little village.
“Jim!”
Ill reaponae to the cull the alieriff
followed the Judge—lie waa a big, tall
fellow, with a good Matured fine, mid
Ida almuihliiig walk impreaaed one
witli mi idea of Ida lazineaa and gen
eral incapacity.
“Jim,” aaid the Judge, "I'll lie
durned if I know what to do with
Sally Black.”
Tile alieriff hitched up Ilia buggy
jemia trouacrz and t lion ncmtched Ida
head.
“We're in n fix, .ledge," wna Ilia re
ply, and a broad grin apreudover Ida
race.
IJndoulit-dly the Judge wua in a
(lx—he knew that well enough with
out hem-ing from the alieriff. Sully
Black Imd been convicted ofvagrancy
in Ida court, mid lie Imd aentenced
liertoaix inontiia' inipriaonniciit -u
acntencc which wua to lie carried out
by knocking down (lie primmer to
I fit. Ititrlu.Ml. Itiilili.r
As ii rule, the prisoner* disposed of
ill this munnor were negroes, and the
farmers of the country were always
ready to Idd for them and put them
to work on their plantations, where
they were treated like theot her builds
until their term of service expired.
The funnel's around Blue Bock were
a si tuple-mind ed, old-fnsliioned set, of
people, and tlie county court in their
eyes was not n mill ofcriniiual justice
it whs merely nn agency through
which they were supplied with labor
ers, They wanted Sully Black put
through, us they expressed it, be
cause she wiih t lie only regular trump
and beggar in the country—a good
for-notiiing white woman, who hud
come from no one knew where, mid
was evidently going to the devil.
But when their wish was gratified
—when the forlorn woman inner rags
and desolation hud been tried, con
victed and sentenced, the honest
countrymen slipped out of the court,
room with downcast, luces and sturted
homeward. Sheriff Jim spent an
hour on a stump in front of the tem
ple o| just ire vainly endeavoring to
auction off his human merchandise,
but nobody would offer a bill.
Of course it wiih no feeling of com
passion tor Sully Black Unit they
held them back—It was the hit by!
•‘Billy Betts would take her,” said
the Judge, coming out of a brown
study, "I think, Jim, i’ll send you
down to the house.”
“All right, Jedge,” answered Jim.
His Honor looked inside the door.
Sally Black still sat, on the floor
leaning against flic wall with her
baby in her lap. She did not look
up at theJJudge’s stern face, but the
little girl did, and begun to laugh
ami crow in a spasm of delight.
The Judge hastily beat a retreat.
** I i m " In* iMiiil * * v f il l fwuulli't trit
after Hetts.
"All right. .ledge.”
"The fact in, Letts is not the right
sort to bn ve a convict; he’s n bard
man—too rough, you know.”
"Jcsso, J edge.”
"We'll lock her up in jail until to
morrow," said the other.
The Judge walked inside the court
house ami stoo|M'd down to tell the
woman of his determination.
A pair of blue eyes Hashed at him
in riotou merriment, and a pair of
pink fists struck at him and then
the child's long Huger* entwined
themselves in Ids long lieard.
"tto’s no?" chirruped the baby.
Ilis Honor pushed hiscaptor back,
very geutly, and then looked at the
Sheriff
"She's a peart gal," remarked
Jim,
The Judge bolted out of the door,
followed b.V the faithful otlteer.
"Jim, tin* is getting serious,"
"Looks like a tough old cnee,**
| volunteered the Sheriff
I can't lock that bubv up ill our
j dirty old jail, and I won t,'
' How Will iotllK it, .ledge?" asked
the other. "I'taler the law we cau’t
lad for t lie pnsotier,
' I know what I II do," said the
Judge—"I SUV. Heti, come here"' la*
shouted to a man on the other side
til I he street,
I’ol, ctosind over ierv reluctantly,
lb' was w tenant on a small tana l«s
longing to lliv judge, a ml he was Is
land with his rent
He p\|«t |wl to law dunned, bill tk<
w t« mistaken
In m word tie* sit uataat was »•i
|*l lined to him
Hut I can t lad," he oWffc' «l, "I
ain't sMw"
I* u it. hmh whommlthiJietge,
♦'oittnr a dollar
Hm leant pav that | ne 31m
lit V d.dlars mm
t onHaord pm ' iw.atltW Judge
I’ * in | letl 1.11 ami ion shall haic
»our own time iiUmt outing the
Wall Mht,
M \U |n)h««l lh«’ Mkm
1!> iMU IUi.it k oHHUtil j
hit f|k* t| | Vi&llHot |ti j
h*r/‘ j
I
“Hoc hero, Bob,” prowled the Judge,
with n determined look, "you Just
put this womnn end her baby In the
littlo cabin on the hill. They won't
starve. I’ll send them enough to
eat.”
Bob hnd no more to say. It
was a good bargain for him, and In
less than five minutes ho was march
ing down the street, followed by
Hnllv Black and the baby.
Tile next day the Judge sent in his
resignation to the (lovernor.
To his friends la* made a very satis
factory explanation.
“Under our speelul act,” he said,
“I receive no salary. 1 am paid in
fees, and I don't get any. Then I
have to lend the prisoners money to
pay their fines, and it is getting so
that I will have to support some of
the convicts. This court business
will ruii me in debt i[ I stick to it,
and that is why I resigned,”
Ho Hally Black and tile baby were
quartered in a comfortable log cab
in on the Judge's plantation, and
their rations were sent to them every
week from the big white house over
the river.
What Ins'iime of them after Hally's
term was out?
The Blue Itoek people would laugh
at sueli a iiui'ston. They knew the
Judge. Hally Black needs no written
lease—no contract with witnesses.
She will slay in llie little cabin as
long as she and the baby like it, and
the neighbors think slie is set lied
there tor life,—Atlanta Constitution.
• ——•
Cowboy unil Npook.
I'lie,venue I ..'icier
This is hardly the season for ghost
stories, but one which reached the
cm s of a reporter the other evening
may entertain those fond ofspooklore.
The Leader ean vouch for the relia
bility of all the persons mentioned,
except the ghost itself. The niirra
i mn n inr,
Joe Henley, n rollicking cowboy
who Will** the range for tin* Carl Into
Cal tie Coni)mny, wan engaged in
transferring a iameli of horses from
one rulicit on the Hwcetwnter to an
otlier and passed the liiMtorical In
dependence rock after nightfall.
Wlien near the noted bindinark Joe
wiih nearly neared out of bin wits mid
bin clmrgeH nlniont stampeded by the
ap|K)aritnce of a giniHtly nppimition
acroHH the tin il. The figure wiih that
of a mun and white in color. Tile
out lilies were dearly defined hut the
cowboy in unable to dcHcribe the cos
tume of the unearthly trump.
Healey, who In a quick-witted chap
of great nerve, hurried Ids horne t o a
corrul, about n mile dinfant, mid re
turned to vinit the uncanny tiling.
The goblin dniinied, like the village
maiden, wiih over modest and kept,
its distance. At tiinen it. floated rap
idly through the air uud again lo
coinotcd Hteady by jerkn, an the
toad walks. The adventurous punch
er proponed to drive the ghost Into
the home herd and then rope it. He
wiih umhiiccchhIiiI, however, hut. ex
ile tinted 11in mount and empt ied hin
nix nhooters in the attempt, and
what more could be required of an
holiest cowboy?
Ah in unimlly the case the ghoHt
dually melted away, leaving the pur
Huern completely mystified. Anoth
er cowboy met with a Himflar ad
venture in the name locality biHt
year, and every range-rider in that
region swears by the Chicago market
that the place iH“sure enough haunt
ed.”
Swagger In the GUI Guys.
From HownI’m "Fifty Yi*ar» Ago.”
There in nt ill swagger, even In these
diiyn; cavalry officers in garrison
towns ure still supposed to swagger.
Kton boys swagger in their own lit
tle village: undergraduates swagger.
The putting on ot "side” by the way,
ia a peculiarly modern form of swag
ger; it is t lie assumption of certuin
qualities and powers wliieh are con
sidered as deserving of reu|MH‘t.
Swagger, fifty years ago. was a
con. ser kind of t liing. < Htiecrn swag
gered; men ol rank swaggered, gen
tlemen in military frogs— there are
no longer any military frogs—swag
gered in taverns, eltihs, and in the
; street*. 'I'he adoption of quiet imui
uers; the wearing of rank with unob
(trusive dignity; the possession ot
I wealth without ostentation; of wit
| without t he desire to tie ul ways show
ing it—these are points hi which wv
are decidedly in advance of our fathers
There was a great deal of cuff and
collar, stis-k and laeastpiii about
the young fellows of the day. They
were oppressive in tlieir gallantry;
in pabtic pilot's they asserted thetll
I wives; they were haul in their talk
» • ' w—
\ t'lke t uusl) Mery.
The I'uiipie k Creek, In l*ike Coun
ty, iVi.U'v Iv auui, is tla* dwelling
place of a an mater more won tier ltd
• hall the Sea ser|s*llt, if olie call be
lieve the stories tohl by js'*<pi«« in the
vicinity. They >h**crih the beast as
having a le*ad like aa .t|*e atal square
•houhh-r* like a hunuiu being I'mih
Its* shoulders ol the creature there t>v
b ad kg* at nut which t« i lalaate In
great claws, The tsidy of the wum
*tef, whs l* i* hilly si« ket lu length,
a. of a reddish lirowu tint, very like
that ot a braid ami terminates in a
tail ilk** that of a (»h fhi creature's
l*ts'> t* bare ttf nay ctivertwg. but
uIhuiI ll« k* ad a a* l task •* s taw we
of retldbd* ban It i* iswIIhs to say
that the tt.UUtV fa fOlletl over lie
■I i hip *.ik> v..i. pa* i u *
•urrtmud the dwt null »tay tu h%*|**»
of taplariitg the l*a*t. but up Ut the
I at tarn I heir ea.ks.iVo re have
wot ••»*•« crowned With eticeeie.
I
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IV, APRIL 26—THE RICH
MAN AND LAZARUS.
Oolrtan Taxi) "Y* Cannot Hera* fJo«l wr.n
Mammon," l.uka x*l, 13 — Tha Hala
tion* of tha fraaeot Life to tha Ko
tor*.
TR LKHHON for today
Include* from the Kith
to the Slot veraaa of
Luke, chapter 1A.
We (till continue to
atudy the eerie, of par
alile* recorded only by
Luka, Illuminating a
number of truth* the
people needed to kn >w
and feel. There are
many aide* to truth,
and there I* danger of
rmpliaaltlng on* to tit*
riclualnn of other*.
In the 1**1 leaaon we
«*w a* In a heavenly vl«lnn the love of the
Father and hope for the loat through repenl
encn; and heard the Joyful eong* of the angel*
over the returning wanderer.
Todav we «ee In the ramble of the unlu.t
ateward how to make Ihl* word tha mean*
of reaching the cverla.tlng habitation*, and
In that of the rich men and Lar.aru* the dan
ger of eternal ln*a If we tnlauae thl* world
and It* good*.
Place In the Life of rhrlat.—Htlll In th*
Perean min'atry, about three month* tiefor#
the crucifixion.
.feet]* I* giving a aerie* of pemonal and
national Inatruetton* with vivid llluatratlona.
The full text of today'* le«*on I* a* follow*:
1A. There wa« a certain rich man. which
w*» 'lmlied jn purple and fine linen, and
fared *umotuoualy every dny:
20, And there wo* a certain beggar named
Tairaru*, which wa* laid at III* gat*, full of
*or*a,
vt A I"* d* alrlpe to be fed with the crumb*
which fell from the rich m»n’« table more
over the dog* earn* and licked hi* *ore*.
22 And It came to pa*«. that the beggar
died and wn* carried hv the angel* Into
Abmhom'* ho*om: the rich man *l*n died
and wa* hurled.
22. And In hell h* lifted tin hi* eve*, being
In torment*, and *e«th Abraham afar off. and
I -ft 7ft Piim In IaIaa IwiBinm
24. AnA be rrlaA out end aald Father
Abraham. have merer on me, and aenA l.aza
'i.a. that he mav Ain the * Ip of hla Anger
fn w,.ter and cool my tongue: for I am tor
mented In thl* Artme,
2ft, Hot Abraham aalA. Ann remember that
thou in thv lifetime received*! thy good thing*,
end llkcwlee Lu/urii* evil thing*' but now
he la comforted ami thou art tormented.
2d. AnA braid* all thl* between u* and
von there la a greet gulf Aaed: ao that they
which would naa* from hence tn you cannot:
neither can they pa** to ua, that would com*
from thenee.
27. Then he aald. I pray thee therefore,
father, (hat thou wouldat aend him to my
fnther’e houa*:
2*. For I heve Av* brethren that he may
teatlfv unto them, leaf they aleo com# 4nto
thla place of torment.
29. Abraham aalth unto him. They have
M'.«ea end the pronheta: let them bear them.
.70. And he aald. Nay, father Abraham:
hut If one went unto them from the dead,
they will repent.
71. And he aald unto him. If (hey hear not
Moaca and the prophet*, neither will they
be nerauaded I hough on* rn*e from the dead.
Fzplanntlon* to today’* l(aeon follow:
II. "A certain rich man.” Ill* name la
not given, nerhnpa to allow that In heaven’*
rati mat Ion It ha* no worth, ’’Waa clothed In
purple." Ilia outer robo wa* made of allk or
wool dyed purple, very eoatly, and worn by
king* and heroe*. "And An* linen." The un
der-garment, or lutilc, of Ane linen.-Oodet. It
waa made from the Kgyptlan byaaua * Aax that
grow on the bank* of the Nile. "And fared
• iiniptiioualy every day." Llterallv. "making
merry every day, aplendldly." It Indicate*
a life of banouet*.
2ft. "Laid at hi* gale.” Tho entrance from
"Laid at hla gate.” The entrance from the
the outalde to the Aral court. "#o thut the rich
man aaw the wretched object every time he
went In or out of hi* mandlon.” "Full of
aorea.” "Ulcerated all over," ao that he could
do nothing to gain hla living.
21. "AnA Acalrlng." In the Oreek the aamc
worA I* uaeA of the proAlgal who woulA fain
eat of the hiiak*. lie wa* eager; he aet hi*
arAent Aealre* upon "the crumb* which fell
from the rich man’* table." Lazaru* waa not
where he coulA have ptckeA them u* aa they
fell; he would ahare the leavlnga with the
doga when all the garbage and remnanta were
thrown out Into the atreet. after the common
practice.—Prof. I. Hall. "Moreover” (II. V.. ^
“yea even") "the doga came." In atrange con
trast with the other brute clothed In purple.
The dogs allowed klndneaa whore the rich man
wa* Indifferent.
to *'Th. 1.Lunar AIliI " Vl.lllllll I* UUlA
of hi* burial, becauie probably 111* body "wa»
without honor thrown Into a ditch,” but hi*
■oul, hla real »elf, waa “carried by the angola,"
bleared hearer*, glorlou* funeral train! “lolo
Abrahum'* hoaom,” the .type of l’araill»e.
where Abrnham wa* the ho»t of a great feuat
IMatt. xxll, 2; Rev. xlx, 7-9): and "to lie In
111* boeom, a* 81. John In that of our I*ord
(John Kill. 231. wa* to be there aa the moat
favored gueat.“ Ulllcotl.
Compare the martyr throng clothed In white
and Hinging with the angela. who had come
out of great tribulation, hut had "washed
their robe* and made them white in the blood
of the lamb" (Rev. vll). “The rleh man
ulao died, . . . wa* burled." There la n
aubllme Irony In thl* mention of hla burial,
eonnected aa It la with what I* Immediately
to follow.-Trench The laat gprvlce hla
wealth eould give him wa* a burial “crowned
with the vain and extravagant pomp of hi*
life." with rich men and not angel* for hi*
pall bearera.
». “And In hell” III. V.. Il*d**». The un
even world. Including both the l’*r»dl*e of the
good and tieItenon “the hell of fire" for the
wtekod. It waa the grave the Intermediate
condition of the dead between death and the
Anal (udgn»*«t,"“CaiMt>rtdge Bible “Being la
torment*." “tormented In thl* flame ” not
literal Are. for a *plrll cannot be touched by
flame but “an anguiab of *uul a* intolerable
a* the touch of earthly flame t* to the nerve*
of the mortal tody.” Blllvwtt. “And »**th
Abraham alar off ” A» r*treaealed 1*1*4*
both lit condition and > bararter they were
a* (nr apart a* poeelbt*. And laMaruv la
bt* boeom H** lining In tumor at the ban
guet of bltaa tl W t'lwvb
Id “And be cried and antd." ‘ W* hava
reama to belt*** that la the unaeea world
there la net the •ante *#aee of dMtance a*
there is in thin.”-Hadley. “Bather Abut
law.'' far It aa* one of bla dewendantn oho
called and felt that be had a right to. ‘
•nervy on me.” Abraham did have merer eg
bint, ot «owr«e 'Head Umiw a bom be
•a* near Abtnbam In* lb* tip of hi* Wage* "
Me ached lb* cwalleet yee*lbte fgver poawtbty
m an optm ag for more Put glut • fearful
euatiMl with b.» lor»«l Mat*. i'eel m»
league.' that Had be*a grwitfled u«b g» mag*
datntma- that bad refuawd m mag* r *«**»» la
be* help, wad *>a eu mway eeifleh ear da
blUM AND TMlUftb*.
Truth gg«g* ill ugh gg uh#u y«u Itwh
II ip i)m »me
The d**ll gutg all Dbg MfN »h*A
turn a men tug fur v*v*
Ihifl l M glib gut. It hi Mluf Ml
play tgtlh l fgtttegggbg,
Tbg puwple abw Mbth Dbg Mart, d* MA
• Iggyg war Ihg moat
Rtwy true prayef ba^la* uttb • fl|hl
reeling le»*fd Mb
I Papal hit tune hw MM gi«gf« fbda »•
b ggid gb*ut»bml mbfflggg.
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