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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1900)
THE NORTHWESTERN. BENIinlflTER 4k GIRHON, Eds and P«l» LOUP CITY, - - NEB. Tbe Austrian government has In* Iroduced the eight-hour day in all workshops conducted by the stats. There are between 250,000 and 800,001 pounds of garlic annually consumed by Italian. French and other foreign residents of the United Statese. In India the theaters are all free. The curtain rises at 9 in the evening and the plays usually last till 5 a. m. The people like dramas presenting the exploits of some mythological character, Frank Burke, aged thirteen years, who died recently in Anson la, Conn., had been delicate from birth. Shortly before his death the discovery was made that his heart was on his wrong side. Snakes of all sizes abound in the Sumatra jungles. Monster lizards are there, measuring six and seven feet. The house lizard is about twelve Inches long and makes a noise like the bark of a toy terrier. The detonations of heavy artillery are extremely Injurious to the ear. An expert physlsian examined the ears of ninety-six soldiers before and after a battle in South Africa, and found marked changes in forty-four, or near ly llfty per cent. In seven cases he found small hemorrhages In the ears, and the firing caused the edge of the enr drum to become red in thirty-seven cases. The night toilette of a French wo man is as carefully made as If she were going to a reception, Instead of to bed. Whether she be old or young, a well-bred daughter of France brush es and arranges her hair, cleans her teeth, rinses her mouth with some pleasant antiseptic wash, dons a dain ty night dress, and prepares herself for sleep with the care and deliberation of a girl attiring herself for her first ball. A love romance with a decidedly novel turn comes from Debreczln, Hungary. A young man was rejected by his sweetheart because he was bow legged. He went to a hospital and was Informed that to straighten his legs the operating surgeon would Just have to break and then reset them, and that the chances of success were slim. The young man insisted on the opera tion; it proved a success, and in two months he returned to his sweetheart, and now they are married. Carlyle speaks of the folly of the man who complains because he might begin his work In a small field. The recent patriotic celebration at Three Oaks, Michigan, is a fresh and strik ing reminder of the importance of the obscure village. In the modern rush to the great cities, we too often forget that hamlets and villages are still the reservoirs of a nation’s best life. In honoring Three Oaks a few weeks ago, the people of the United States grate fully honor every other place, how ever humble, where, with loyalty and public spirit, men arc living honest and patriotic lives. The cost of a railroad is usually reckoned by the mile, hut London has just completed an underground road, six miles long, which cost forty dollars an inch. It is worth notin" that the locomotives and passenger coaches are all of the American type and the loco motives are of American construction. The rolling stock Ls fitted with Ameri can air-brakes, and is driven by an American electric plant, the power for which is furnished by a steam-engine designed by one American firm and constructed by another. It is none the less worth noting that these con tracts were awarded to American* largely because British mechanics were then on a strike, and therefore the British manufacturer could not undertake to deliver the goods on time. Stil the earth continues to shrink In the theoretic if not in actual di mensions. The new steamship Deutsc hland has reduced the record for a maiden trip across the Atlantic to five days, fifteen hours, and forty six minutes. The first steamship which crossed the ocean without the aid of suits and wind was the Royal William, which occupied twenty-two days in making the short voyage from Nova Scotia to tendon It took Ma gellan three years to circumnavigate the globe, and Drake alsmt the samp time The story of Jules Verne's hero, who made the Journey in eighty days, was pronounced Unpo«*dble, yet hi* record has almost been surpass* l by a* tua! travelers, and when the great Siberian railroad Is complete, the time wll be reduced to thirty three days. Not smh a very Urge world, after aill An appalling surprise taunt to Mr. and Mrs. John 1C tklbry of Uu>b«rt< *,l!e N J 1 h* > were about to r«*t re, anil on turning d wn the b*dvloth>4 Mrs Thlbty was hor rifted on behold* lag IS the b** I a leu fsit pilot snake. The reptile was kill# I with a garden I the. and th* n t*. lady « ■# r*d a com plete vo*iap»< The men an*l a -men of i* Uni ara III every reape* t political equals I he petifp, whl h number* hb*><it tu ts 4 people, In governed by r»b*e Utttetlves me- ted by tana sad women isirib'l Prirate House and Oface Rent Paid in Groceries Taken FROM SOLDIERS HOME AT MILTORD Old Soldlera Crowded Out to Make Hoorn for Relatives au«l Friend* of Official* How Ntate Fund* Are Uselessly Squan dered by Populist Officials* Without a doubt the most open and flagrant corruption practiced In any of the state Institutions is practiced at the Soldiers' and Sailors’ Iiouie at, Milford. Officials of the Home have gone so far as to appropriate public property to their private use; as to pay private bills, Buch as house and office rent, with groceries and provisions bought with state funds; as to dispose of pub lic property and not properly account for the same; as to purchase clothing and fancy furnishing goods for rela tives and have them put on the books is groceries and pay for them out of moneys belonging to the state; and as to fill the building with relatives and friends and furnish them with bed, board and lodging at the expense of the state. In short, there Is scarcely an offense associated with the saving and obtaining of money fraudulently that has not been committed by some one or another connected with the Home. James Fowler succeeded Captain Cul ver as commandant, of the Home about four years ago. From the time he assumed control up to the present he has kept both hands on the public teat. After getting his own name on the pay roll at $900 per year, with bed and board, he set out to have his wife's name placed there also, and he finally succeeded In causing the re moval of Matron Ferguson and the appointment of his wife, who is now on the pay roll as matron at $480 per year, though at this time there is not a femalo ward In the building. Though drawing $40 per month for performing the duties of matron. Mrs. Fowler, wife of the commandant, has spent a goodly portion of her time visiting relatives and friends in other parts of the state. At one time she left the Home and was gone for several weeks, while the only female Inmate of the Home, Sarah Prime, the aged and helpless widow of an old soldier, lay on her sick hel and had to be at tended by the old soldier Inmates. Mrs. Fowler remained away, and, finally, feeble, sick and penniless, poor old Sarah Prime was hauled to the depot and left on the platform with only $3 in her possession and no place to go or lay her head. A FAMILY AFFAIR. Nor did Commandant Fowler con tent himself with placing his wife's name on the pay roll. He went fur ther and converted the Home Into a family boarding house. At various times he has had htm-self, his wife, his two sons and their wives, his two daughters, and a grand child, all sleep ing ami eating at the Home at the ex pense of the state. Half of the entire second story Is occupied by the com mandant and his relatives and friends. It Is charged, and, presumably on good authority, that fancy linen, laces and material for female nether ap parel have been purchased for the daughters and daughters-in-law of a certain official at the expense of the state. In making these purchases, ru mor says that the bills and vouchers were made out for groceries, provisions or other material, so as to cover up the transaction. The fact that the commandant has purchased oysters and other eatables of a luxurious char acter and had the bills and vouchers made out as butter and other staples in the grocery and provision line is a fact which he himslf can not truth fully deny. Nor is it likely that he will or dare deny that he has per mitted Dr. Tracy, the physician in charge at the Home, to take flour, sugar, cofTee aud canned goods from the store room of the Home—goods paid for by the state and ostensibly bought for the Home, and pay house and office rent with them. RENT PAID IN GROCERIES. The physician in charge at the Home Is Dr. S. P. Tracy. Shortly after Fow ler was appointed commandant he Is sued rations to Dr. Tracy, something which hail never before been done, and which is clearly in violation of law. This was kept up for some time un til finally, to avoid threatened expos ure, It was to all outward appear ances stopped by order of the Hoard of Public Lands and Buildings. It was a rad day for Tracy when this edict was promulgated. For Dr. Tracy had a very nice thing of it. He not only received rations, hut he had ac cess to the store room, with the op portunity of helping himself. It was while this condition of affairs pre vailed that he hit upon the plan of paying his house and office rent In groceries and provisions. He rented an office from an aged widow named Dlantha Brown When asked If It were true that Dr. Tracy paid his rent In groceries, Mrs. Htown said: ve*. i»r i racy, on aivera cx-eaaiona, brought me flour, sugar. canned goods tea and the like. He told me he got the article* from the Soldiers' Home. I a*ked him to give me aome coal, hut he aabl he could not do It, a* they ■lid not give hint mm h of that. I think the last groceries he gave me *m In l*M lie moved out of nty building owing me |5u ba< k rent and I have hi* note for |5n at thl* time for rent, whbh h« owe* only I to of whbh baa been paid I don't remember just how tnui h grtxerie# he gave me in all I remember at one time he brought me a whole aat k of floor “ Mil. Itr«wn l* a widow and t» hi years of age. She Is an old cttlaeu of I Milford and ha* a largo nono«*r of | relatives residing In that vhlglty all j of whom stand h’th in public »*teem l»r Tracy haa f>>) sit y- *ra *» * opted a hi*u»e owned by J I• I'nnnitign tm Mr ronuingham was a*k I «> t what her l« Trwcv **«r paid any p>*r • >11 of bis ten* .1* *. ‘ * I ■ . o! pi o vtaiona II* aald V*a | have received aunt* ««f tb« rant In that •»* Ha bn* given m< •our, gr». sites and vanned goods I cannot say just how much It all amounted to. He is owing me back rent now. but I have reduced his rent tnd have required him to pay part of the back rent each month, so that ha is catching up. As for groceries. I cannot say where he got them. A11 I know is that he brought them to my house and gave them to me in pay ment of rent." An old soldier who was formerly connected with the home, in such a position as to speak authoritatively, and whose name is not mentioned herein, through fear of his expulsion from the Home, stated that he had seen Dr. Tracy go to the store room, unlock the door and go in and help himself. He had a key and was priv ileged to take what lie wanted. On one occasion, this authority states, he took, among other things, a whole sack of sugar. Dr. Tracy has his horse pastured at the expense of the state, but whether he Is still receiving an allowance of rations, nobody outside the Home ap pears to know to a certainty. Dr. Tracy has considerable profes sional practice outside the Home, hut the druggists of the town say that he has very few private prescriptions filled by them. This may explain in part the depletion of the ‘drug and surgical instrument” fund of the Home, in faeo of the fact that there has been little sickness at the Home within the l ist eighteen months. MANIPULATING THE FUNDS. The manner in which the funds are being manipulated aproaches and re flects criminality. The last legislature appropriated for the Home 937,474. Of this, $500 was for furniture and bedding. This fund is practically ex hausted, and the vouchers that should be drawn against it and against no other fund, have been drawn against other funds. In one instance a vouch er for nearly $10 was drawn on the ‘clothing and maintenance” fund for carpets, fringe and window shades. Of the funds received from sale of state property, such as stock and prod ucts raised on the grounds of the Home, timber cut and sold, and the pasturing of stock, little is known of their disposition. None of this money has ever been paid into the treasury, and no report of it has ever been made to the auditor. It is kept by the com mandant for "emergency'’ purposes, though the receipts amount to mo-re than $300 per year. The commandant reports the amount of money received to the governor semi-annually. The re port for the first half of the present year should have been filed with the governor June 1st, but up to July 27 no report was on file. Inquiry at the governor's office elicited the Informa tion that "The report had been offered for filing, but It contained errors and was sent back for correction.” About $1,500 worth of timber was cut from the grounds several months ago. Much of it was sold, but thus far no complete report has been made of It. About a dozen head of cattle and horses have been pastured at the Home all spring and summer, but there is nothing In the reports on file which account for anv part of this money. In the last year fully 200 chickens were disposed of In one way and another, yet the reports account for less than half that number. Other property has passed through the hands of the offi cials, hut neither the records at the Horae nor the reports on file with the governor, disclose w hat has been done with the proceeds. In rutting the timber much damage was done the ground from a pictur esque point of view, and. while the commandant affected to make It appear that the foliage was not destroyed through ulterior motives, there is ev ery reason to believe that the primary object was to swell the "emergency” fund. The “labor" fund Is exhausted, the employes not having received any pay since June 1st. thus making a large i deficiency in this fund inevitable. June < 30 there remains in the Furniture and Redding Fund only $8.72; in thp Drug and Surgical Instrument Fund only $29.75; in the Fuel and Light Fund, $251.10: Maintenance and Clothing, for which $8,000 was appropriated, $2,068: Stock, Feed and Farm Imple ment Fund, $63.13; Visiting and Ex amining Board Fund, $81.80. It will he seen by the foregoing that there is scarcely a fund whose condition is not such at this time as to foreshadow a deficiency at the end of the year. In connection with this it may be well to cal! attention to the fact that, while the law requires Commandant Fowler, among other things, to make a report December 1st, of each year to the Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, setting forth the num ber of inmates admitted and dis charged, receipts, disbursements and expenditures of money or other funds (see section 4984 Revised Statutes, 1899). he has never in the four years of his Incumbency made such a re port. This statement is made on the authority of attaches of the department of Public Lunds and Buildings. OPENLY VIOLATING THE LAW. There is at the Home, a young man who has only recently crossed the threshold of his majority His name is J. II. Perkinson, and lie occupies the Important position of udjutant. The law distinctly and explicitly says that: "The commandant shall perform the duties of adjutant and quartermaster, or have therm duties performed without expense to the state" Lee See. 4968 Revised Statute*. 1899). yet J. H Perkinson is adjutant at the Home and draw* a salary of 1 $2' per mouth and board, wasntnr l and lodging In the official reports of | the Home and ill hit official duties he ! is known ontr as adjutant. To evade ' the lawr In making nut voucher* for hi* pay however, he Is made to appear as * Com mi osar jr Sergeant." Thu* In ' the records at the Home and In the I I official report* he Is one thing an t in I I the voucher record In the auditor" 1 * off!'» he I- another I n ter n**ithe i ■ title |* It lawful for him to dots uvolfv j from the *• a'c V. hen Captain Culver j | *h com ms iota at. under a republican ! I adiiilnt’tr vtlou he had bis >uA p-rt • nt | I the duties of adjutant, but h neve. : : t hr titled any pay (or him and none as j ever allowed IM11 \ I * \ THE I t MEN r tip tM.fr SOLIMEKM Report* of inhuman treatment of aid I soldier* at the It .me ar« hoM'd»n* I Only those who have been there and left the Home, however, dare wt'er a I protect Curnmaodivi.t r • ■ * , < . i ... ■ ( with • hand of lyrauar, and an* out who dares to complain of treatment re ceived at the Home, or say anything reflecting on the management. Is under pain at once of summary discharge for "disgraceful conduct" A few weeks ago an old soldier named Martin V’. BeVard was dishon orably discharged from the Home, and his only offense was that some time before that he protested to the gov ernor against an unlawful assessment that was being levied upon the in mates uy tne commannam. l^cst year, for six months, the com mandant levied an assessment of 60 cents per month on all the pensioned inmates to raise funds for “'help'’ in the dining room. All told, about $36 per month was collected, there being about sixty inmates. Out of this fund four inmate received $f> per month each as waiters in the dining room. Where the remaining $16 went to no body but Commandant Fowler appears to know. Prior to this it was custom ary to detail inmates for tills class of work, and, to all appearances, it had been satisfactory. BeVard was one of those who had th erourage to protest against tlie tax, but this protest count ed for nothing. Finally, the Inmates raised $1 to pay BeVard's expenses to Lincoln and he went there and laid the facts before Governor Poynter. Governor Poynter was not disposed to interfere, but when informed by Be Vard that the matter would he laid before the authorities at Washington, he said he would see that it was stopped immediately. From that day until a few weeks ago, when BeVard was dishonorably discharged, Fowler made It anything hut pleasant for him. Finally, a few weeks ago BeVard, without any other cause, was dishon orably discharged and, against his ap peals to permit him to remain another week until he got his pension, was turned out on the world among strang ers, a penniless and helpless obje< t of charity. Another old soldier named Gresham, who has scarcely a crumb of bread to spare, finding BeVard lying in the weeds and suffering from a run ning sore in the leg and moaning from rheumatic pains, took him in and gave him something to eat. From the 3rd to the 10th of July BeVard ate at Gresham's litle cabin, but, as there was only one bed and one room, be had to look elsewhere for lodging. Poverty-stricken, sick, helpless and alone the old veteran wandered about in the night until he found a shed, almost in the shadow of the Home where he crawled in and slept. For seven nights ho slept there on the hard plank floor, with no companion but the stars and nothing to shield him from the storms and the elements but the will of Providence. Exposure and dampness, both incentives to asth ma and rheumatic afflictions, had fur ther impaired his health, and, when he got hia pension and left Milford, his suffering was so intense that tears coursed down his cheeks. BeVard had a splendid war record, having served four years as a Union soldier, part of the time in the famous brigade commanded by General Mulli gan. He enlisted as a private in Bat tery L. First Regiment, Illinois Volun teer Light Artillery. For eighty days he was a prisoner of war in Libby Prison, having been captured while gallantly defending a vantage point known as Four Mile Ford on the Po tomac. He 1h well known among the railroad men of Nebraska, having worked on the various railroads off and on for about twenty-eight years. Speaking of the treatment accorded old soldiers at the home. William G. Gresham, a former inmate, said: “The fact is, Fowler despises the Grand Army of the Republic. I know whereof I speak, when I say he hates old soldiers. 1 myself, spent some time at the Home. I nave taken my discharge twice from the Home since ho has been there. I tried to put up with the abuses but could not.” CALLED THEM YANKEE BUM MERS. “T have beard Harry Fowler's wife.” continued Mr. CJresham, "call old sol diers ‘Yankee Bummers’ and ‘Yankee Rebels' right to their face. Now, it is harsh under any conditions to apply any such names to old soldiers, and when yon eonsider that she was the daughter of a notorious confederate, who was a lieutenant in Quantrell’s army you can readily realize the mag nitude of the insult. The old hoys knew who and what she was, but she was the daughter-in-law of the com mandant and we had to put up with her jeers, snubs and insults and say nothing. "Now, there is Porklnson. Think of putting a young man scarcely old enough to vote in as adjutant where he exercises authority over a lot of men three times his age. "I took my second discharge some time- ago and I hope to lie aide to make a living for myself and mother, doing such work as I can get around town for the rest of our days. Mother (meaning Ills wifc-i was discharged from the Home shortly after I left because Fowler did not like me. She is ('-» years old and I am ♦»♦». She was there two years, and in that time whs allowed only two calico dresses, worth about 50 c ents each, and two pairs of cheap shoes, amounting in all to lens than 110 The government allows $ ‘J 5 per year for clothing and shoes for euc h inmate, licit that is all mother could get. ‘‘There is do use talking, the Home Is shamefully mismanaged I, for one. have seen the commandant In a condi tion that convinced me (hat he was under the Influence of liquor. At one tint* I remember he had to lx- assisted up the stairs, mid I was that near to him that I delected the odor of whis key, ■ I'hen there Is that man Benton, the steward He draws l.'u per month and tionrcl and lodging, tcestdes money he | makes on the side He Is ri- h and ; owns lots of property, hut he ts the • tew.<rl (hough there ts no more need j of a steward than there ts for twu I governors a* t in- oin "I -to not wl«h to present myself in ! the l.ght of an outlaw, hut h-t nee i tell you that we wet* iceing ->> badly 11• a- -1 at the Itc-oc- at uni time that a to e * os pot« • With a v v to I dl li-i-iiicg -c l •< a og an • t-* of (Mo o, mere of the olh tain I have | the cop# is so fro owe at the prem-st j tin,* t| was an! -t-• I foe that pm I uue hot it i a ate very near being M| wish some of the aM< g --I veterans who arw sending out appeals for vat** Ifr fusion • wold corns here and «*e what fusc io haw ciuaw fur th* vetsrwaa. Mr. Gresham was a mcraner <n twan pany B, Ninetenth Iowa Infantry, and saw four years' of terrible service, having been wounded three times Theae are the type of men Command ant Fowler's daughter-in-law called Yankee Rebels. Could any affront b# more wanton and cruel? When Fowler came to Milford it if reported that he wore a Grand Army button In the lapel of his coat. Some time afterwards it disappeared. When asked by one of the veterans outside of the Home where it was. he said: “I really am not entitled to wear it Besides, 1 am not much of a G. A. R. man anyhow.* A rn'lNUlANU JUD. Within the last, year an addition has 1 ben built to the Home at a cost of $5,000. The contract for brick and stone work was let to a fusion con tractor at Lincoln, as was also the contract for plumbing. The brick and mason work Is far short of a first-class job. Very little cement was used In the foundation, and the outer layer In the walls reveals the fact that a very large number of broken brick and brick-bats was used In constructing the building. Much of the brick work was done by stone masons, presuma bly because the wages of stone masons are lower. The construction of the building was not supervised, and the contractors followed the plans and specifications in a way to suit them selves, The work was so poorly i>er formed that even a thick coat of red paint fails to thoroughly disguise it. A fusionist named Make from Lin coln had the ouilding contract and he left the town owing a hoard bill for his men at tho Grand hotel of $58, and labor bills aggregating $75. I/JOSH BUSINESS METHODS. Loose business methods prevail at tho Home. Not an article delivered from the stores at the Home Is weighed. Seldom are the goods checked over to see If the delivery Is In accordance with bills rendered. In connection with this it Is reported that tobacco is bought at the state's expense and again "old at the Home. No positive proof of this could be found, though there are people who say that it is true. It has been cus tomary for certain of the officials to keep tobacco on sale at the Home, and rumor has It that some of the tobacco purchased at the expanse of the state lias found its way int* such private sources. Considerable tobacco is used at the Home. The Inmates are al lowed to smoke in the assembly room and there only, but the commandant may be seen at almost any hour going all through the building puffing smoke like a six-wheled ' mogul" going up grade. He breaks ills own rules with impunity. If any of the inmates would dare to atempt to pxercise like priv ileges they would bo "dishonorably dis charged" instanter. VISITING COMMITTEE. Perhaps the most palpable fraud on the taxpayers is the so called “Visit ing and Examining Board.” This committee pays a visit to the Home once a month, ostensibly t» audit the books, but in reality to have a pleasure trip without cost to themselves. The members are allowed $1 per day each and their expenses. One woman from Lincoln, who is a member of the com mittee, Invariably leaves Lincoln after supper time and waits until site gets to the Home before dining. She reaches there about 8 o'clock In the evening, and a sumptuous spread is laid for her. Her train does not leave Lin coln until after 6 o'clock, giving tier ample time to have supper, or 6 o'clock dinner at home before she starts. Between fraud, loose management and needless expense, the cost per capita the last few years at the Home has been greater by 15 per cent than formerly. The state would actually save money by paying the board and lodging of the veterans at good hotels and in addition giving them a reason able allowance for clothing. SHOULD SUPPRESS FORAGING. Some steps should be taken to sup press foraging by fusion olficials and their friends. At the Home. S. A. Langford and wife are on the pay roll for doing the laundry work at $22 per month, board and lodging. This work was formerly done by inmates. The change was made to make room for the Langfords who are populists. Three inmates were shifted out of j their quarters to make room for the ] Langfords. Adjutant rermnson occupies quar ters formerly occupied by four In mates. It is charged that Superintendent Edwards has practiced false economy, In that she has gone so far as to solicit prices from firms or business houses as far away as Chicago, and at the same time has put the state to the loss of ten times the amount she would thus save by keeping relatives and friends at the Home at the state’s expense. The voucher record at Lin foln shows a slight jugglery of the funds of this Institution, newspaper subscription in one instance having been charged up to the "burial" fund. One Improvement might be made, and thut Is, In putlng a atop to the practice of permitting the ateward of the Soldiers’ Home to come to the In stltutlon and pose as a minister of the gospel and collect money from the in mates for performing that service. There are ministers of the gospel In Milford, schooled In Klhllcal lore, who would no doubt for the asking cheer fully perform the nervlce without tax ing the unfortunate Inmates, rpon the whole, however, the management of this Institution Is far better than the average. Only recently Mrs. Kenton wife of the hospital steward, paid a protract ed visit to the Home Hhe was ac companied bv a lady friend from Crete who also remained at the Hume for a considerable length of time Two of Cora mult taut Enwb r‘« dan wb t#r* aha ar# nt'cmlut* th * tttair I nf Y«*r*itv, nr# no* yp#ittiinir th#lr vara* Mott at Mi# Mott'#, *rh#f# th«*v hat# | alaaya It I *«» <»f hii utiii ar# fw|u#ailv th#?# A private <11 nlaa fooni 14 main la)tt#*l for ih» ** jt*tJ 4u in ar# for .ul of *hi< u th* I !»*■ of \>i»r*«ha wu»t *?* p up to th# 1 1 plain 4 d#tii an I aattUv IN Ml ;• IMt Al. Mr It out, fruit lilUl.M • kiMdia ri tho |a«iiM»rt«i m. h »i i fo Uirl« Thin |a*ii|iitlon th# if H | ant #altr#lr If## (tom Bp.iiiattoo 1* | partial** i*** uiai#4 itlli It than aav a«h«# la th# atat# M* fa *« ttl^ 1 p|*n# ta imii *»k*I It I# ti Mr 1 • 1 * THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON X. SEPT. 2 —LUKE lO* 1_HS 17-20. Golden Text—"The Harvest Is Truly Great, But the Laborer* Few"—I.nke lO: * - The Seventy Sent Forth on a Missionary Tour. 1. "After these things the Lord ap pointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his fare into every eltv und place, whither he himself would come.” Besides the twelve apostles who had been sent out once on a similar mis sion through Galilee (9:1-6). 'The king dom of Christ uggresslve, progressive, ex pansive. First, twelve apostles; 'hen seventy preachers; then five hundred brethren; then thousands!"—Van Boren. Seventy. 2. "And hr said unto them. The nar vest truly !» great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the laird of the harvest, that he would send forth la borers Into his harvest," Great multi tudes of people were to be won to Christ, and they were lit ft condition to be won; that Is the special significance of the word "harvest.” The seed hail been sown. There were numbers of peo ple In whom the good seed had been ripening, so that when the Lord come to cull them they would receive the word and become his disciples. 2. "Go your ways." To the places where you arc to work. "1 send you forth as lambs uinortg wolves." I 'Harm ed, defenseless, and Innocent as lamb* did these disciples go forth among their foes, cruel, crafty, and malicious as wolves the leaders of the Jews, the urm cd Romans, the rye k I ess populace. 4. “Carry neither purse." A small leather bag for carrying money. "Nor si rip,” Traveling bag. or haversack, the word signifying a leather bag or wallet, used for carrying provisions when travel lug. "Nor shoes." In addition to the sandals they were wearing. "The shoes were of softer material than sandals made for use in the house, always of bright colors, and frequently richly em broidered." "And salute no man by the way." “The Jewish salutations, like those common in the Orient to-day. were elaborately formal, and occupied so much tune as to la- a serious hindrance when there was reason for haste." 5. "And Into whatsoever house ye en ter." The law of hospitality allows a traveler to stay three days In a house to which he comes for entertainment, without disclosing even ids business. "First say, Reace he to this house.” The common formula of salutation among the Jews, with whom "peace" comprehended all blessing and welfare.—Bliss. They were to use the utmost sincere courtesy. 6. “And If the son of peace he there." That Is. one Inclined to peace, one wish ing you and your cause peace and pros perity. "Your peace shall rest upon It." Your coming will bring new peace and blessing to that home, like the ark tn the house of Obed Kdotn. "If not, It shall turn to you again.” If they are unwill ing to receive It, the peace you bring can do them good. 7. "In the same house." Where you have been welcomed. "Eating and drink ing such things as they give." "What the entertainers provide. They are to consider themselves as members of the family, not as Intruders; for their food and shelter are salary not alms."— Int. Crlt, Com. "For the laborer is wor thy of his hlr'’." And you bring to the house much more than you receive from It, for God will bless them through you. "Go not from house to house.” The rea son Is very obvious to one acquainted with Oriental customs. s. "And Into whatsoever city ye en ter." The same principles are to apply here as to a private house. H. "Arid heal the sick that are there in.” They were to do as Christ had done — give a visible proof of the beneficence of the gospel, and attract men to Its spir itual blessedness by means of Its tem poral effects. “And say unto them, The kingdom of God Is come nigh unto you.” "Conquerors take away kingdoms; the heralds of Christ offer a kingdom."—Van lioren. 10. "And they receive you not.” Refuse to listen, rob and persecute you. "Go your ways." Because you have not time or strength to contend with them. 11. "Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you." A symbolic act, expressing not anger or revenge, but a warning. (!» They clear themselves of all responsibil ity for the great loss accruing to those citizens. (2) They express their sense of the greatness of the ruin and loss by being unwilling to partake of It even in the smallest degree. “Notwithstanding tie ye sure of this." Even as they depart they repeat the Invitation. The last word is one of mercy and invitation. 17. "Anil the seventy returned." To the company'of Jesus and tils disciples. How long they wen? gone lx unknown, prob ably some weeks, while Jesus was fol lowing them up and taking advantage of the Interest they had awakened. "With joy," at the success of their work; the Joy of preaching t'hrist. the Joy of doing his will, of helping others, of the exercise of their new powers. "Even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.” It Is a great Joy to sec the powers of evil overthrown, and to know that the gospel id Jesus can complete their overthrow ID. "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” It was a vision of what Jesus was to accomplish through his gos pel. At the time HatHii seemed to reign supreme In the world; but the beginning of his end was at hand. 19, "Fsholil. I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions.” Tin* types of the most virulent and deadly forms of evil, sometimes physical harm, as In the ease i f I'anl and the viper, still more the power to make physical harm work out good. “Over all the power of the enemy." Every form of violence, cor ruption, appetite, temptation, worldliness, selfishness, nml every force which thu > nemy of man can bring against the gas pi I and Its disciples "Nothing shall by any means hurt you " Bo In Ilom C; S' It Is promised that all things shall work together for good to them that love Hod 31 “Notwithstanding in thU rejoice not. that the spirits are subject unto you ” Ther< wa» danger In letting their thoughts real upon outward victories amt gifts of power, even In u good eaus* "Hut rather rejoice la . sub.- your names to written In heaven It was the an* g.nl custom that eltlxens in any common* wraith should to- enrolled In a hook I row ding the Itreese. 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