Bemoreaic, Watdjuan
Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 24,1893
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WEDDINGS.
Every wedding says the proverb,
Makes another, soon or late ;
Never yet was any marriage
Entered in the book of fate,
But the names were also written
Of the patient pair that wait.
Blessings then upon the morning
When my friend, with fondest look,
By the solemn rites’ permission
To himself a mistress took,
And the Destinies recorded
Other two within their book.
While the priest fulfilled his office,
Still the ground the lovers eyed,
And the parents and the kinsmen
Aimed their glances at the bride :
But the groomsman eyed the virgins
Who were waiting at her side.
Three there were that stood beside her ;
Ove was dark and one was fair ;
But not fair nor dark the other,
Save her Arab eyes and hair;
Neither dark nor fair I call her,
Yet she was the fairest there.
‘While her groomsman—shall I own it?
Yes to thee, and only thee—
Gazed upon this dark-eyed maiden
Who was fairest of the three, Shi
Thus he thought. “How blessed the bridal
Where the bride was such as she I”
Then I mused upon the adage
Till my wisdom was perplexed,
And I wondered, as the churchman
Dwelt upon his holy text,
Which of all who heard his lesson
Should require the service next.
Whose will be the next occasion
For the flowers, the feast, the wine ?
Thine. perchance, my dearest lady ;
Or, who knows ? it may be mine.
What if twere—forgive the fancy —
What if "twere both mine and thine ?
A NARROW ESCAPE.
MAX BY MEREDITH.
“Come home at one, Urgent busi-
ness.
So ran the telegram which I received
at the Crown Hotel, Manchester, from
my father, a Liverpool merchant. I
had just completed a long day’s busi-|
ness and had intended to proceed to,
Oldham and several other surrounding
towns before returning home. How-
ever, I made what haste I could, and
reached Liverpool about 8'p. m. I drove
rapidly home, and found my father in
the dining room, pacing from one end
to the other, as was his habit when
anything troubled or perplexed him.
“I am glad to see you, lad,” he ex
claimed, greeting me in his hearty, af-
fectionate manuver. . “Something has
happened in the office which has
caused me the greatest uneasiness.
Soon after you went away I drew from
the bank about £700 in notes. I
placed this in the sale in my private
office, and, locking it in, came home.
The next day, Thursday, I opened ihe
safe, and found, to my astonishment,
that not a penny of the money remain-
ed.” I informed the police of the affair,
and it has been placed in the hands of
a man named Bingley. He seems a
shrewd fellow enough, but so far has
reported nothing to me. I expect him
here this evening. Itis not so much
the loss of the money that I mind as
the fact that I must have about the
office an untrastworthy servant. Who
it is, I must confess, I have not the re-
motest idea.”
“But, surely, father, you took the
numbers of the notes,” I queried.
“That I did,” he replied; *‘but here
is one of the strangest parts of the
whole affair. On referring to my pock-
ethook the next day I found this slip
of blank paper,” and he held out to me!
a thin sheet of such paper as I had ob-
served him using on previous occasions
of the entry of the number of bank
notes.
“And who saw you deposit the
money in the safe ?”’
“There was no one in the room ex-
cept old Richardson and Tom Hall,”
he answered, *‘and to suspect either of
them seems impossible.”
“Where did you enter the numbers?”
was my next question.
“As I sat at my writing table.”
“On what did you place the paper 2”
“As well as I can remember, on my
pocketbook,” he answered. “Stay,
now I call it to mind, there were sever-
al other pieces of paper exactly like it
lying on my desk. ‘After entering the
numbers I doubled up the paper and
put the money into the safe.”
“Leaving your pocketbook on the
desk, I presume ?”
“Yes,” he replied.
“Then that is one step gained. The
thief took the numbers away and in-
gerted one of the blank sheets of
paper.”
A sudden pallor came over my fath-
er's face. To accept the truth of my
inference was to believe in what he had
declared impossible of credence.
“Who was nearest the table,” was
my next query, “while you placed that
money in the safe ?”’
“Tom Hall stood within about three
yards of the table, and Richardson was
close to me when I locked the safe!”
answered my father in a shaky voice.
“Tt looks black for Hall,” he went on
more glowly. “I almost wish I had
not called in the police. I would rath-
er lose the mouey altogether than
break his mother’s heart.”
Just at this moment a stranger to
me was announced, and entered the
room. It was Biogley the detective.
He was, indeed, a shrewd-looking fel-
low, and well known in his profession
as a skillful tracker of criminals.
“Any news ?"’ asked my father, when
the detective was seated.
“Yes,” he answered, “I must confess
it was rather a puzzling case, but it is |
clear enough now. As you placed the
matter in our hands, with instructions
to prosecute, I have arrested Tom Hall,
and he is now in Dale street safe
enough.”
“You must be mistaken, Bingley,”
said my father. “Hall cannot have
done such a thing. It will kill his
mother.”
“Unfortunately, sir,” the detective
replied, ‘the evidence is only too strong; |
and as to his mother—well, criminals
are not given to thinking of the feel
ings of their relatives till the crime has
| been discovered.”
I begged my tather to be seated, that
we might hear fully what the evidence
was upon which the detective had ar-
rested Hall.
“It added to the difficulty of my task
that the numbers of the notes were
missing,” the detective went on. “How-
ever, I shadowed Hall, and Richardson
was watched by another member of the
force. On Sunday evening I met Hall
with his sweetheart, and noticed that
she wore a splendid diamond brooch,
which had evidently been given her by
Hall, as they were talking about it,
and walking behind them, I overheard
every word. She was urging him to
be more careful of his money, and he
laughingly replied : “Oh! never mind
there's plenty more where that came
from I” Yesterday I obtained a search
warrant, avd fonnd tnis.”
He handed to my tather a bankbook
which showed that Hall had deposited
nearly £400 in one of the local banks
on the Friday preceding.
“But £400 is not the amount tak-
en,” ejaculated my father.
“But it is part of it," replied the de-
tective, “and the rest may be elsewhere
When charged with the theft, Hall
geemed dumbfounded, and, on receiv-
ing the usual caution simply replied,
“I am perfectly innocent.” He will be
brought up to-morrow, and probably
committed for trial to the assizes.”
The detective then tock his leave,
and my fatherand I remained silent,
thinking for some time. At last I
said, “Will you let me have your
your private office and safe ?’ I shall
not sit up for me.”
My father complied with the request
and 1a less than halt an hour 1 was in
the office. Certainly there did not
seem much hope of Hall being inno
cent, but I was determined to probe the
matter to the very bottom, I had
known him from a lad, and in fact, in
our boyhood we had been schoolfel-
lows in the Liverpool Institute. Open
ag the day, though somewhat reckless,
he seemed the last to turn ont a thief.
Isat down and carefully examined the
pocketbook my father had given me.
I thought the matter over on every
side, and suddenly aun inspiration flash-
ed across me. My father always wrote
with a good pencil, and if he placed
the thin paper upon his pocketbook I
might find traces of the numbers.
Hastily taking trom my own desk a
small microscope I carefully examined
the leaves of the bouk. Here was
what I sought The numbers stood
out plainly, and I carefully copied them
into my own pocketbook. So much of
the difficulty being solved, I next
turned my attention to the safe. The
question had etill to be answered,
“How had the thief opened the sate !”
I obtained as good a light as I poesi-
bly could and made a minute examina-
tion of the safe. There seemed to be
no marks of rough usage, and it was
evident that it had not been forced op-
en. A duplicate key, then, must:have
been used. But, as nothing turther
seemed capable of being found outdrom
the safe itself, I locked it and proceed-
ed to examine the desks of Richardson
and Hall, which were in an adjoining
room. Ib the latter I fouud a tew loose
ships of paper—‘Nightshade, 20 to 1,
Everett ; *“Eagle’s Wing, 30 to 13” etc;
etc. What did these mean ? Evidently
it was connected with betting. I fold-
ed them up and put them in my pock-
etbook beside tne number of the notes.
There seemed to be nothing else which
wouid throw any light on the affair in
either my tather’s room or that of the
two chiet clerks, so I tnroed out the
lights and went home.
The next day Hall was brought up
before the Magistrates, and, the evi-
see him,
down and troubled by the thought of
the pain his arrest must have caused
his mother and sweetheart. “But,
Mr. Meredith,” he said to me, “I am
utterly innocent of the theft. I hope
you, at any rate, will believe me. The
matter of the money standing to my
credit in the bank can be easily explain-
ed, though I felt that I could not urge
it in my defense today. In fact my sol-
icitor advised me not to bring it for-
ward, as at present there isj only my
own unsupported evidence for it. The
assizes come an in a week, and by then
I hope further corrobation will be
available. I received certain informa
tion about a fortnight ago that Night
shade, a rank outsider, as he was con-
sidered, stood a good chance for the St.
Leger, I known that I was foolish for
betting on the race, but events proved
that I was rightly informed. It was
my first bet, and shall be my last.
Everett, the great betting man in cne
of the local clubs, offered to lay 20 to 1
against Nightshade, and I backed the
horse for £20. On Thursday last he
paid me £400, the greater part of which
I banked on the rext day.”
I immediately called to mind the
slips of paper in my pocket, on one of
which was “Nightshade 20to 1. Ev-
erett.” It seemed clear to me that
Hall was speaking the truth, and I
promised to do all I eould to obtain the
evidence of Everett on the point, and
to supply him with a good counsel at
the trial.
The next day I was called away to
Leeds on busiaess of importance con-
nected with the firm, and on returning
in the evening found myselfin com-
pany with Mr. Nelson, a Manchester
merchant, well known to me. We
were alone in the compartment, and
could converse freely, He had seen
the report of the robbery in the
papers, and opened & conversation on
| the subject, I spoke freely to him,
and told him the main facts of the case
{ When I had finished, he said, “Is this
! Richardson’s name Heory 2 “It is,” [
replied.
i “Is be a native of Bury, in Lanca-
shire 2
“I believe so, as he has property |
pocketbook, father, and the key of]
probably be there for some time, so do |
dence of the detective having been giv-|
en, he was committed for trial to the;
assizes, bail being retused. He reserv-
ed his defense and was removed to jail. |
{ I asked for ard obtained permission to’
He seemed very much cast
there.”
“What firm did he come to you
from ?”’ was his next question.
When Igave him the name of the
firm he sat in silence for a second or
two and then began: “Well, it is
rather a serious thing to say, but
Richardson must be the same man
who, as a boy, was dismissed by my
father for dishonesty. He bad posted
numerous business letters and kept the
money he received for stamps. At
last complaints reached us of letters
arriving without stampsand the cul- ! ot
| possesion of the isiands, so as to have
prit confessed. This was not the only
case of his dishonesty, and he was
summarily discharged.”
Our conversation then branched off
to other topics, but from Manchester
to Liverpool I had much food for
thought. The fact that Richardson
was standing nearest my father when
he locked the safe might be merely a
blind, intended to throw suspicion on |
Hall.
He would have sufficient time
The Hawaiin Islands and Their Annex-
ation.
Some two thousand miies from San
Francisco in a southwesternly direction
lies tue group of the Hawaiian Islands,
which have been the scene of the late
revolution. The country is now in the
hands of & provisional government who
have deposed the queen, and the future
disposal of the government is the ques-
tion ot the hour. Some advocate an-
nexation to the United States. Great
Britain would be hardly true to her na-
ture did she pot contemplate taking
one more stepping stone for the sun,
which always shines on some part of her
dominions. Germany's interest in the
islands has not yet developed to any
great extent.
About the year 1527 one or two Span-
ish ships were wrecked upon the Islands
rand the few survivors intermarried with
to change the papers and go to my |
father’s side before the safe was lock-
ed. It evidettly needed investigation.
On the following morning I made my |
way to Bingley’s private office, and I |
asked to see the man who had watched
Richardson.
“Why what do you want with him?"
said Bingley.
was a put up job between Hall and
and him ?”
“I do wot,” I replied, “But IT am
rather inclined to think that Hall may
be entirely innocent and, Rizhardson
the sele culprit.” And then T told
him what had come to my knowledge,
both with regard to Hall's betting and
Richardson’s shady past.
He merely raised his eyebrows, and
then after pondering’ over the matter
for a few seconds, said, “Well, you
may be right, Mr. Meredith, and I will
do what I can to find out the
truth.”
By thistime Rawling, Bingley’s as-
sistant in the business, had putin his
appearance. The only fact of impor-
tance we gleaned from him was that
Richardson had been to Bury on the
Saturday. Discovering that the latter
had property in the town he had at-
tached. little importance to the visit,
especially as both he and Bingley had
all along regarded Hall as the probable
calprit. I fancied [ could detect a
shade of annoyance on Bingley’s face,
perhaps caused by the fact that he had
possibly arrested the wrong man, and
perhaps a little piqued that he had to
thank me for the information, though
I had gained most of it accidentally.
Two or three days passed, when one
evening as [ sat with my father in the
dining room Bingley was ushered in°
He had prosecuted his inquiries about
Richardson to some purpose. It seems
that he had visited Bury to pay off a
mortgage on his property which had
become pressing, and the mortgage bad
retained ‘the numbers of the notes he
had received. These exactly corre-
sponded with what I had discovered
from my father’s pocketbook and clear-
ly indicated the real thief.
Tom Hall wae discharged from cus
tody soon after, but I believe he kept
the promise he made me about betting,
aod is still in my father's office in his
old post. He was married soon after
his release, and has one of the prettiest
and happiest homes in Liverpool.
Richardson was convicted on over-
whelming evidence, and is now being
provided for out of the imperial taxa-
tion.
The money was recovered, but my
father’s forgiving nature would not al-
low him to see the family of even a dis-
honest servant in want, and he assisted
the Richardsons largely so long as
they needed it.
Ruesia’s Rifle Scandal.
Dishonest Officials Cause a Loss to the Govern-
ment of $5,080,000.
LonpoxN, February 11.—The Russian
rifle scandal bids fair to surpass the
Loewe rifle scandal in Germany, and to
occupy with it second piace just below
the Panama scandal of France and the
bank scandal of Italy. Two hundred
thousand small calibre rifles of the new
patterns have been found to be practi-
cally useless and the investigation is
still incomplete. Materials provided
at government expense have been sold
by military officials who substituted in-
ferior maierials and pocketed the dif
ference.
The machinery in the new small
arms factory vear Riga was rendered
inadequate to its work by similar dis-
honesty on the part of the officers who
superintended its equipment. The
total loss to the government will not
fall far short of £1,000,000.
Train Run by.a Mad Engineer.
Made a Flying Trip Over the Mountains
an Engine.
Shamokin, Pa., Feb. 14.—A com-
mission to-day adjudged Engineer Buck
Ulmer insane. Last summer he ran
the Pottsville express to Wilkesbarre
at a perilously rapid epeed, causing a
small panic on the train.
His peculiar actions alarmed the
other trainmen, and they finally kept a
guard over him. He rounded curves
and descended grades at {rightful velo-
city.
With
Plunged a Hundred Feet.
A Southern Train Jumps the Track and Rolls
Down a Mountain.
BristoL, Tenn., Feb 14 —A hun-
dred teet down the mountain side at
Norton’s Summit rolled a derailed
freight train on the S. A. and O. last
evening, Engineer William Allen being
killed and Fireman Pettijohn andSec-
tion Foreman Parker being fatally in-
tured.
A Terrific Explosion.
DesMoINgs, Iowa, February 15.—A
terrific explosion occurred at Cedar
Mines, near Albai, this morning tearing
"injuring many others,
a number of mivers into fragments and
Eighteen have
been taken out unconscious.
“Do you suppose that it |
1 a | sign to him the honor of discovery.
i covery of the islands
i land of Hawaii.
the natives. Their descendants are
identified to the present day by their
light skin, liability to freckle, and by
their facial contour, which is Caucasian.
They are termed Kekea. The true dis-
was effected in
1542 by Goetano, a Spanish navigator,
and in 1567 Mendana, another Span-
iard, determined the true position of
one of the islands, Kauai. In the be-
ginning of 1778 Captain Cook visited
the islands, whence his countrymen as-
He
left them and returned {foward the end
of the year. He excited the hostility
of the natives and o1 February
14th, 1778, was killed by them on the
shore vf Kealakeakua Bay, on the is-
He was endeavoring
to recover a stolen boat when killed.
The name Sand wich Islands is derived
from Lord Sandwich, of England, and
was given by Captain Cook. Fortun-
ately the beautiful native name, Ha-
wall, is row in the ascendancy and will,
it is to be hoped, remain so.
A very elaborate system of feudal
government originally obtained there,
five or six independent monarchs hold-
ing sway. Wars were frequent. In
one-of them. in 1790, King Kamebhame-
ha was attacked by another king, and
defeated the aggressor. He pursued his
conquest and thirty years later was
sole monarch of the islands. The dy-
nasty thus founded lasted until Decem-
ber 11, 1872. A chief, Lunalilo, was
elected to succeed this house. On Feb-
ruary 12, 1874, Kalakaua was elected
king. He died in 1891, while visiting
this country. His sister, the recent
queen, Lilioukalani, the widow of John
0. Dominis, the latter of American ori-
gin, succeeded him. She is the deposed
ruler. Undoubtedly no native dynasty
will again hold sway.
In the history of the country, which
history 18 ¢ne tale of revolutions, some
facts bearing on annexation may be not-
ed. In 1810 Kamehameha 1. wrote to
George 111. of England, desiring for-
mally to acknowledge the British king
as his sovereign and to pluce the islands
under his protection. The offer, it is
said, was accepted. Again, in 1843, a
provisional cession of the islands to
Great Britain is recorded, which was
abrogated a few months later. By
special treaty of 1888 the control of for-
eign relations was given to the United
States.
The islands are twelve in number,
with an area of 6,400 square miles, over
three times that of the State of Dela-
ware, or about four-fifths of that of the
State of Massachusetts. One island,
Hawaii, contains 4,000 square miles.
Most of the rock formation is volcanic.
On Hawaii are two active volcanoes—
Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Between the
effects of eruptions and accompanying
earthquakes a number of lives have
been lost. The highest pointin the is-
land is Mauna Kea, on Hawaii, which
rises to an elevation of 13,805 feet above
the sea.
‘With such an immense range of al-
titudes, a great variety of chmate can
be secured. It varies from cool, frosty
wether to very warm weather through-
out the year. Sea breezes and north-
east trade winds do much to temper ex-
cessive heat. In the winter heavy rain
storms occur, lasting sometimes for
weeks.
The natives are supposed to be of the
Malay race. At the time of Captain
Couk it is thought that the population
was about 300,000. War and disease,
the concomitants of civilization, have
redueed the population, until the cen-
sus of 1890 showed a total of 89,990, of
which but 85,486 were of the aborigin-
al race. Itis believed that they were
originally cannibais. Except for this
fenture, they seem to have had many
excellent features. Capt. Cook’s death
is believed to hawe been precipitated by
his own cruelty and hypocrisy. The
American whalers used to recruit their
crews with Kanakas, as the natives
were ealled, and tribute to their amiable
qualities is easily found.
On April 4th, 1820, sever. American
missionaries reached the island. Short-
ly befare this time the natives had de-
stroyed all their idole, and the mission-
aries found a nation without any reli-
gion. In 1825 the ten commandments
were adopted as law by the government.
The first missionaries reduced the lan-
guage to a written form, with an alpha-
bet of twelve letters «, ¢, i, 0, u, A, &, I,
m, n, p, w. Whether the alphabet has
anything to do with it may be matter of
surmise, but the population is said to be
on the average less illiterate than that
of New York City or Pennsylvania. It
is claimed that they have a well settled
American society, comparable to any-
thing in the United States. The gener-
al feeling on the island is said to be op-
posed to Great Britain.
Last autumn the San Francisco Ez.
aminer bad a poll taken of the Ha-
waiian parliament on the subject of an-
nexation. The sentiment then was
strongly in favor of independence. The
queen’s leaning toward absolutism is
largely responsible for the revolution
and presumable change of views of the
leading men on annexation. Probably
the sugar question is one of the factors
at the bottom of it. At one time the
sugar plantation paid a return of some
fifty per cent on the investment. This
state of things has been done away with
by free West India sugar, so that a far
smaller profit is made. The hopes of a
bounty per ton of sugar is one element
making the sugar planters anxious for
annexation.
Practically Hawaii draws upon San
Francisco for her supplies. In 1891 the
tonnage of Americanship entering the
harbor of Honolulu was over three
times thai of English ships, or 173,891, |
tons. American imports aggregated |
$5,924,277, as against $1,201,329 ot |
Briush imports. The sagar production |
is now 300,000,000 pounds per annum.
The leper colony vn the island of
Molokai, the scene of the heroic exer-
tions of Father Damien, casts a shadow
over & picture where there is so much
that is fair. But Canadas and Lowsi-
ana both have had lepers for. many |
years; so in leprosy we would buve no
| Lew acquaintance. Some thousands of |
miles to the south and east of Hawaii,
| Robert Louis Stevenson has established |
himself. But his lovely Samoa hardly |
| yields to the charms of the mere north- |
(erly group of Hawaii. The varied cli- |
'mate enables any form of vegetation to
| be raised that can be grown in a tem-
| perate or tropical climate. The estab-
| hshment of a botanical garden, abso- |
‘lutely unique in the world’s history,
‘would be an interesting possibility.
The islands are but six day from San
| Francisco, and by fast steamers could
| be brought much closer. Under proper |
| conditions, they might attract and |
i should attract many tourists. The fact
| that America is by far the nearest main-
! laud seems to bring the islands within
| the operation of the Monroe dectrine,
and goes to forbid the establishment
there of a European power. The pur-
| chase of Alaska, under the advice of
Seward, when United States Secretary
| of State, has proved an excellent opera-
tion for this government. The annexa-
tion of Hawaii, it may be believed,
would prove in its degree equally good
for us, and, it is to be hoped, would be
good for the inhabitants also. Asa
touching point for ships, its value can-
not be over estimated. In war the im-
portance it would acquire, as a strate-
getical point, and as a depot for coal and
supplies for war ships, 18 obvious. We
already possess by treaty, rights in a
species of harbor or coral lagoon.
Pearl Harbor by name, which requires
dredging before it will be available for
ships of war. The bay of Honolulu,
on the island of Oahu. is the principal
harbor. It has 22} feet of water.
Good harbors among the islands are
very few.
The 1slands now have a debt of $3,-
000,000. The necessary assumption of
this debt is one of the principal reasons
cited against annexation. It would
virtually represent a price paid for the
islands. — Scientific American.
The Location of Heaven.
The Rev. Mr. Read, of Hackensack, Interesfs
§ His Fellow Villagers:
The perple of Hackensack, N. J,
bave been talking a good deal for the
past two weeks about their new Baptist
minister, the Rev. D. D. Read. Mr.
Read is delivering a course of lectures
on “Heaven ; Its Locality, Inhabitants,
Occupations and Life.” He believes in
4 material heaven, built onthe plan cfan
«earthly city, and he locatesit 1n the star
Alcyone. When asked for a brief ex-
planation of his ideas on the subject of
heavens. Mr. Read said.
“The soul 1s an entity and must have
a dwelling place somewhere. Tuere is
no reason why it should not have a
material dwelling place, since we know
that there are material bodies in heaven,
as, for instance, Christ, Enoch, Elijah,
and Moses. The teaching of Christ is
explicit that heaven is a place, and in
the verse which I took for my text,
Hebrews xi., 16, itis written: ‘For
He hath prepared for them a city. It is
settled in my mind that heaven is a
place, but where is it ? Some say it is
in the sky and others that it will be the
earth puritied by fire ; but we know that
heaven is already in existence, since
Christ and the angels came from heaven.
“Both the Scriptures and astronomy
offer us light on the location of heaven*
There is no conflict here between science
and religion ; un the contrary, to my
mind they harmonize. We know that
the earth not only moves around the
sun, but that the whole solar system is
traveling through space at an incredible
rate of speed. Some astronomer bas
figured it out that we are moving in the
direetion of the star Pi,in the ‘constella-
tion Hercules, at a rate of 33,350,000
miles a year. There are other solar sys-
tems in space moving likewise. Maed-
ler has shown that the motion of all
stars is around Aleyone, and that this
fixed star is therefore the centre of the
material heavens. The earth moves
about it in an orbit of 20,000,000 of
years. Alcyone shines with a light
equal to 12,000 ot our own suns, and 8
the brightest star known to us. It takes
light 700 years to travel thence to the
earth. What if here, at the centre of
gravity, should be the place where the
King-eternal, immortal, and invisible,
the only wise God, reigns? Why should
it not beso?
“In Fourth Ephesians, xii., 10, is
written: ‘Christ ascended far above all
the heavens,” and Paul says he was
caught up ‘into the third heaven.’
The Hebrews believed in three heavens-
The first was that where the birds and
clouds fly through the air: the second
was the stellar heaven, and the third
the heaven beyond oursolarsysteny. It
seems to me that it is at this. point that
scientific and religious teachings con-
verge.
‘All these theories of astronomy may
be true, and if they are, Alcyone is a
most fitting place for the eternal city.
But remember, I am speaking dogmat-
ically. Yam feeling for the truth, I
believe in a material heaven, where we
shall enjoy eternal life and recognize
our friends whom we loved on earth.”
“Do you believe in a material hell ?”
“Well, T don’t know. I don’t say
that I do, but I have material enough
to warrant me in delivering a series of
sermons on the subject, and I may do
that wher I have finished with heaven.”
Mr. Read went on to say that having
demonstrated to his satisfaction that
heaven might be in the star Alcyone,
The World of Women.
Irish poplinjin delightful shadesis bid-
ding fora place in popular fancy.
Long skirts on the street are a thing
of the past, and are only seen upon
woman who are wearing last season’s
i clothes.
Debutantes this season are not dressed
in white. Their mothers or older sisters
wear white brocades and satins. But
pink is the young girl’s color, in tuile,
satin or brocade.
Velvet sleeves, which are the “mak-
ing’ of many a simple and inexpensive
costume, and sometimes puffed longi-
tudinally, like the lobes of a melon,
which give a rich effect.
Sleeves are puffy and baggy almost
beyond endurance for stout people. If
fashion keeps on we will have theold-
time angel sleeve, the point of which
nearly touched the ground.
A rustling petticoat is no longer the
luxury it was. The newest skirts are
| soft white wash goods with’ nunerous
ruffles around the bottom, each one
daintly embroidered ; such work as you
will find done 1n the convents,
Mrs. Gladstone prefers old fashions to
new ones, always dresses in black, wears
a cap over her handsome and abundant
gray hair, loves flowers and bare floors
and understands the art of retaining her
temper under the most vexatious cir-
cumstances. :
The pretty little Bolero, Figaro and
Eton juckets huve taken a new lease of
popularity, which is quite aatural,
since it takes but a small amount of
velvet to make them, and there is real-
ly nothing which so richly completes &
new gown or so modernizes an old one
Mrs A. M. Manley is rearing monu-
ments more lasting then bronze to her
mother and husband. She is to build
and maintain as a memorial to her moth-
er a home for destitute women in Wash-
ington, and she is to give the Children’s
Aid Society $30,000 to erect a home in
memory of her husband.
Oregon has a girl mail carrier, Miss
Minnie Weston, a brave spirited and
beautiful girl just out of her teens. Her
route is through a rough and lonely
country where wild beasts frequently
dispute passage with her, and tramps
sometimes appear, only to be warned
away by the flash of her revolver.
A pew skirt trimming is a three-inch
ruffle of velvet, a silk with a narrow
trimming of black satin forming {es-
toons on the ruffle. The satin is a bias
piece gathered on both edges in a flat
puff, and put on with scanty fuliness
directly on the rufile. This trimming
appears on many of the new skirts.
Nothing contributes more to the
beauty of the skin tban the chcice of
colors. Light complexioned people
should wear the purest white, and such
brilliant tints as rose, azure, verbena,
ete.
The great mistake made by dark com-
plexioned women is induiging in dark
tones. While avoiding the delicate
hues of pink, white and cream, she
should be equally careful to exclude
from her wardrobe very somber colors.
The popular idea that black is to be de-
pended upon for all gowning purposes is
fallacious ; and the feminine with a
muddy complexion who robes herself in
black renders her skin two shades dark-
er and duller.
Certain rich shades of green, violet,
purple and smoke blue, if selected for
a sallow ekin, will cause 1t to exhibit
such'charms’ as will rival the clearest
complexioned beauty of the day.
In a word, the fair cannot be too
careful to correct, by light colors, the
paleness of their complexion, and darker
women by stronger colors, the some-
what yellow tint of their carnation.
A most important observation, by-the-
by,is respecting the change of colors by
light. Thus, crimson is extremely
bandsome at night, when it may be
substitued for rose-eolor, which loses its
charms by candlelight; but this crim-
son seen by day spoils the most beauti-
fui complexion ; no color whatever so
completely strips it ot all its attractions.
Pale yellow, on the contrary, is often
very handsome by day, and is perfectly
suited to persons who have a fine carna-
tion, but at night it appearsdirty and
tarnishes the luster of the complexion,
to which itis desigued to give brillian-
cy.
The sarcastic girl is not agreeable.
She is too vinegary, if I may be allowed
to coin such a term, for the average per-
son. Everyone likes wit ; but sarcasm
is not wit, although wit can sometimes
be sarcastic, and people as a general
rule do not like to have their words
taken from their mouths pepper-
ed and then sent back on a hot
plate to them. It takes more than ever-
age patience, or an unusual amount of
admiration on the part of any one who
can pleasantly take such things.
The sarcastic girl may have intellect
and knowledge superior to the girlyfied
little creature who insists on crushing
your collars and mussing your hair that
she may kiss you every time sho sees
you, but you don’t like her as well. She
may be beautiful asa Psyche, and she
may be able to converse in ten different
languages, but you will bave a fear—
possibly undefined, but a fear neverthe-
less—of that sharp tongue and those
abrupt speeches, and you will avoid her.
Possibly you are a Woman's Rights
woman and you make big, bold speeches
on a platform, but when you wanta
friend you don’t go for a sharp-tongued
little virago, but cling instead to the
mild-mannered, feminine little creature
who readily acknowledges that she
would rather play checkers than read
Shakespears.
Now, wouldn’t you.
Girl's don’t be sarcastic. In all prob-
he would 1n his next sermon describe
the life and occupations of the heavenly |
inhabitants.
A Total Failure. |
WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Febraary 15
There are no new developments in the
Rockafellow bank failure to-day. The
assignee is still at work on the books.
No statement will be made until to-
morrow or Friday. The failureis now
regarded as being complete and the de-
positors have abandoned all hope of se-
curing more than 8 per cent.
ability your sarcasm is forced and being
pointless renders you only an object of
ridicule. If it is natural and the hate-
ful little speeches come into your mind
check them, for every time you give
them expression it makes it easier to
say the next stinging thing you may
think. Don’t be sarcastic. Sarcasm
is like some big weed that sends out its
roots and pushes out all little plants of
kindliness and considerateness, until the
whole mind is overrun with its rank
roots and stems and has caught their
disagreeable pungent odor. )
Don’t be sarcastic, girls !