Evening journal., 1898-11-05


them. It,was a nickel. Then it dawned /
upon them, in the depth of their pow
erty, that they were paying 10 cents
for beer and an additional 10 cents for
their magnificent surroundings, and
that their cash capital was reduced to
8 cents in consequence. AS they walk
ed out one said to the other:
IT'S a handsome place.
yes" replied his friend, "but it's
the poorest beer / ever tasted in my
life"
During the balance of their stay they
cherished their remaining cents and
went dry.
HIS FOUNT OF CONSOLATION.
In the prothonotary's office on
Thursday Martin B. Burris, a member
of the New Castle county bar, and the
Acknowledged leader Of the troubled
Regular Republican forces in st.
Georges hundred, remarked to Pro-
thonotary WoOlley that whenever he
felt distressed he took up his Bible,
turned to the Book of job and obtained
comfort and consolation therefrom
For the purpose Of ascertaining what
special balm the Book of Job could
supply to such a distressed spirit as
that possessed by Mr.. Burris the Way
farer read it carefully and has come to
the determination that these must be
the passages most affected by the St.
Georges hundred leader:
Wherefore is light given to him
that is in misery and life unto the bit
ter in soul.
For my signing cometh before 1 eat,
and my roarings are poured out like
the waters
For the thing which l greatly feared
is come upon me, and that which l was
afraid Of is come unto me.
Even as / have seen, they that plow
iniquity, and SOW wickedness, reap the
same
yet man is born unto trouble, as the
sparks fly upward.
He disappointeth the devices OF the
crafty, so that their hands cannot per-
form their enterprise.
"Oh that my grief were thoroughly
weighed, and my calamity laid the
balances togetherl
Doth the wild ass bray when he
hath grase? or loweth the OK over his
fodder?
Can that which is unsavory be eaten
without salt? or is there any taste in
the white of an egg?
THE things that my soul refused to
touch are as my sOrrowful meat.
Oh that l might have my request
and that God would grant me the thing
that l long for?
ITO him that is afflicted pity should
b be showed from his friend.
MY brethren have dealt deceitfully
as a brook.
"The paths Of their way are turnej
aside; they go to nothing and perish.
Deliver me from the enemys hand
Teach me, and l will hold my
= tongue.
my days are swifter than the
weavers shuttle, and are spent with
o out hope.
20 remember that my life is wind.
Therefore l will not refrain m!
4 mouth: / will speak in the anguish o
q my spirit; ] will complain in the bit
r. terness Of my soul.
o. Let me alone, for my days are van
ity.
II have sinned.
9 IF 1 justify myself, mine own mOut
a shall condemn me.
o Il am as one Knocked of his neigh
h Dor.
4 He leadeth cOunsellons away spoil
ed, and maketh the judges fools.
Hear now my reasoning and liste
9 to the pleadings of my lips.
n ''Hold your peace, let me alone, ths
n I may speak.
al For now if hold my tongue 1 sha
give up the ghost.
For thou writest bitter thing
Ie against me, and lookest narrowly unit
le all my paths thou settest a print upo
IT the heels of my feet.
Man that is born of woman is
~. few days and full of trouble.
. And thou hast filled me with wrii
va kles. which is a witness against me
< and my leanness rising up in me bea
g. eth witness to my face.
D. They have gaped upon tme viii
n their mouth; they have smitten n
upon the cheek reproachfully; the
'u have gathered themselves togeth
o. against me.
to "God hath delivered me to the III
Of godly; and turned me over into Il
ar hands of the wicked.
:. Il was at ease, but he hath broke
me asunder; he hath taken me by n
oI neck, and shaken me to pieces.
Nv He poureth out my gall upon Il
ground.
n 'My face is foul with weeping.
My friends scorn me.
when a few years are come, then
III shall go the way whence / shall n
ee return.
er MY breath is corrupt, my days a
he extinct, the graves are ready for me.
He hath made me also a byword
the people; and aforetime l was as
tabret.
ry Mine eye also is dim by reason
he eorroy and all nv members are as