-T . MX, F. BOHWEIE1V THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. VOL. XLVIJI MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1894. NO. 42. ,rv- --.;'.-; ?ulD nwctN. V AV REV. DR. TALMAGE. tiie bhooklyn imvive's sun hay SKRMOX. Subject : "Holy Compulsion. Txt: "AnJ compel theai to coma In. Ink xvl.. 23. Tv. plainest people in our dav have Juia t " which the klnirs and queens of olden tim. newr imaginod. I walked up and iovn the t tiro of HoI)too1 p ilaoe i pa lnw that wh considered one of the wooders oMhf world and I said 'Can it bo po9si-II- that this is all there wna of this reputed won ler ill place? And th s is the case in many other instances. There are frnits in Westchester County and on Lone Island Inrms far Mter than the pomegranates and apricots of Bible tiroes. Through all the sges there have been scenes of festivities, ani the wealthy man of my text plans a jrrent entertainment and invites his friends. If one l.nilds a beautiful home, he wants his acquaintances to come and en joy it. If one lavs an exquisite picture, h wants bis friends to come and appreciate it. and it was laudaMethlnir when the wealthy man otmv text, happy himself, wanted to rnnke other people happy. And so the inv.tnt ions went out, but something went v.-rv much wrong, you can Imagine the embnrr.issnient of any one who has provided a grand feast when ha fin is out that the truest 3 Invited do not Intend to come. There is nothing that so provokes the master of the feast as that. Well, these people invited to this great tn uquot of the text made most frivolous ex cuses. The fact was, I suppose, th.it some of them were offended that this man had snceee led so much better in the world thaa they bad. There are people in ail oi-cupa- tlous and professions who consider It a wrong to them that anybody else is ad- vanee.l. I suppose these people invited to the feast said among themselves I "We are not going to administer to that man's ran- itv. He is prou 1 enough now. We won't go. Besides that we could all give parties 11 we made our money the way that man 1 makes his. 1 with So when the messengers went out the Invitations there was a unanimous re fusal. One man said, "O I have bought a farm, and I must go and loo'i at it." He was a land speculator and had no business to luy land until ho knew about it. A frivolous exeu-o. Another man said, "I have bought Ave yoke of oxen." The 1 robaMllty Is that ho w is a speculator in live stock. He onirut to have known about the oxen before he bought them. Besides that, II he had been very aoxous to get to the feast, he could have hooked them up and driven them on the road there An other frivolous excuse. Another man said, "Oh, I have married a wife, and I can't come," when If he had said to his wife, 'I have an invitation to a splendid dinner. II is highly complimentary to me. I should v Ty much like to go. Will you go alonf with mer" she would have said, "Tobesure, I will go." Another frivolous excuse. Tua Jaet was that they did not want to go. "Now," said the great mnn of the feast, "I will not be defeated in this matter. I havd with an honest purpose provi led a banquet, and thore are scores of people who would like to como if they were only in vited. Here, my man, here ; you go out, an 1 when you find a blind mnn give him your arm and fetch him in. and when you And s lame mnn give him a crutch and fetch him in, and when you And a poor man toll him that there is a plate for him in my man sion, and when you find some one who is so rugged and wretched that he has never been invite 1 anywhere then by the kindest ten derness and the most loving invitation any one ever had compel him to co ne in." Oh, my friends, it requires no acuteness on my part or on your part to see in all this affair that religion is a banquet. The table was set in Palestine a goo 1 many years ago, anl the disciples gathered around it, and they thought they would, have a good time all ! themselves, but while they sat by ttvs tall the leaves began to grow and spread, an l one leaf went to the east and another leaf went to the west until tiie who'.e earth w is covered up with them, and the clusters from the heavenly vineyard were piled up on the ho ird, and the trumpets and harps of eternity made up the orchestra, and as this wine o( God is pressed to the lips of a sin ning, bleeding, suffering, dying, groaning world a vo ce breaks from the heavens, say ing: "Drink. O friends. Yea, drink, O be loved" O blessed Lord Jesas, the best friend I ever had, the best Irien 1 anv man ever ha I, was there ever such a table Was there ever such a banquet? From the em uplifted hizh, w here ta Saviour delifn to die, Wharm-lo'l u s .un: I hear Ptiptina on th - ravished nr H avcii'js relemlDfr work Is 'ioae, i'-tin an l welcome, slnuer. come. Religion is a j iyous thing. I do not want to hear anybody talk about religion as though it were a funeral. I do nor want any body to whine in the prayer meeting about the kingdom of God. I do not want any man to roll up his eyes, giving in that way evidence of his sanc'ity. Xhe men anl women of God whom I happen to know tor the most part find religion a great joy. It is exhilaration to the bo ly. It is invigoration to the mind. It is rapture to the soul. It Is balm for all wounds. It is light for all darkness. It is harbor from all storms, and though God knows that some of them have trouble enough now, they rejoice because they are on their way to the congratulations eternal. Oh, the Lord Gol has many fair and beau tiful daughters, but the fairest of them all is she whose ways are pleasantness and whoa paths are peace. Now, my brothers and slaters 'or I have a right to call you all so I know some people look back on their an cestral line, and they see they are descended from the Puritans or Huguenots, and they rejoice in that, but I look back on my an cestral line, and I see therein suh a ming ling and mixture of the blood of all nationali ties that I feel akin to all tae world, and by the blood of the Son of Gol, who died for all people, I address you in the bonds of uni-v--.il brotherhoo. . eome out as only a servant bringing an Invitation to a party, and I put It into your bund, saying. '"Come, for all things are now ready," and I urge it upon you ami continue to urge It. and betore I get through I hope, by the blessing of God, to compel you to eome in. We must take care how we give the Invita tion. My Christian frien , I think some times we have just gone oppos'te to Christ's command, and we have compelled people to Stay out. Sometimes our elaoorated instrU'V tlons have been the hindrance. We gradu ate from our theological seminaries on stilts, and it takes five or six years before we can come down and stand right beside the great masses of the people, learning their joys, sorrows, victories, defeat s. We get our heads so brimful o theological wisdom that we have to stand very straight lest thoy spill over. Sow. What do the great masses of the people care about the tech nicalities of religion? What do they care about the hypostatio nnlon or the difference between sublansarlan and supralapsarian? What do they care for your profound ex planations, clear as a london fog? When a man is drowning, he does not want yon to stand by the dock and describe the nature of the water into which he has fallen and tell him there are two parts hydrogen gas and one of oxygen gas, with a common density of 39 F., tuning to steam nnder a common atmospheric pressure of 812. He does not want a chemical lecture on water. He wants a rope. Oh, my frlendf, the curse of God on the church, It seems to me, in this day. Is meta physics. We speak in an unknown tongus In our Sabbath-schools, and in our religious assemblages, and in our pulpits, and how can people be saved unless they can under stand us? We put on our official gowns, and we think the two silk balloons flapping al the elbows of a preacher give hiiu great sanatlty. The river of God's truth flows dowa Fetore us pore and clear as rrysfa'. l.nt we take our theological stick and stir it up and tir if up until you cannot see the bottom. Oh. for the simplicity of Christ In all our in H ructions the simplicity He practiced whea standing among the people He took a lily nnd said, "There Is a lesson of the manner I will clothe you," and pointing to a raven, said t Ther is a lesson of the way I will feed tou Consider the lilies heboid the fowls.'" I think often in our religions Instructions we compel the people to stay out by our ehnreii architecture. People come fn, an they find things angular and cold and stiff, and they go away, never again to come, when the chnrch ouirht to be a PTeat home circle, everybody bavin? a hymnbook, giving one 1 Hand til ehnroh arohflecfnre anl ths "hnroh sorronailin4 saying to the people. "Come In and be at borne.' Instead of that. Ithink all these surroundings often compel the people to stay out. Now, let us all re pent of ourslns and begin on the other track and by oar heartiness of affection and warmth of manner and lmn'otuioii of the snirit of Go 1 compel the people to eorae In. How shall we lead sinners to aeeept ttaa Lori's invitation? I tU.nk we must cartain !t begin by a ho'y M'e. We must V? tetter men. hetter women, berore we pin compel the people to come Into the kingdom of esus Christ. There are flue essays being written In this day aSout science and r llrion. I tell you the best argument in be half of our holy Christianity. It Is a gool man. a Root woman, a Ufa all eonsecrat-1 to Ctuart. No Infidel can answer it. Oh. let ns by a ho'y exvaple compel the people to come In ! I read o a minister of the gospel who was very fond of climbing among the Swiss mountains. One day he was elimbingamong very dangerous places and thought himself all alone when he heard a voice beneath him say "Father, look out for the safe path ; I am following." And he looked back, and ho saw that he was climbing not only for him self. 1. nt climbing for his boy. Oh, let ns be sum and take the sate path Onr children are lonowing, our partners in business are following : oar neighbors are following ; a great multitude stepping right on in one steps. Oi. be sure and take the right pith ! Exhibit a Christian example, and so by your KO lly walk compel the people to come In. I think there Is work also In the way of kindly admonition. I do not believe there is a person in this house who. If appro rtohed fn a kfn ITy and brotherly manner, would r-fuss to listen. If you are rebuff), it is heciiuse you lack In tact and common sensi. Hur, oh, how mu'th effective work therj is In the way o' kin lly admonition ' There are lous.in Is of men all around about you wht I have never had one personal invitation to 'the cross. Givithnt one Invitation, and you would be surprise! at the alacrity with which they would accept It. - I haven fr end, a Christian physician, wlio oneday became very anxious about ths I ' -it ton of a brother physician, and so he I ft his ofn;, went down to his mnn's office in 1 said, '"Is the doctor in? "So, 'repliel tiie young man waiting. "The doet tot In." "WeP," said this physician, i doctor is when he comes In, toll him I called and give him my Christian lov. Tais worldly doctor 5 ami home after awhile, and ths message was given to him, and he said within hira lelf, "What does ha mean by leaving his Christian love for me?" And he became rcry much awakened an 1 stirred in spirit, ind he said after awhile. "Why, that man 1111st mean my soul," an 1 he went into his Jack office, knlt down and began to pray. I'nen he took tiis hat an i w-nt out to the Dffb-e of this Christian physician and sai l, 'vV'nat can I do 10 lie save I?" and the two doctors knelt in the office anl commended their sou's to God. All the moans usel In tuat cas.i was only the voice of one good man, saying, "Give ray Christian love to the l octor." The voire of kindly admonition. Have you uttered it to-day? Will you utter it to-.-norrow? Will you mtur it now? Com pel them to come In. I think there is a great work also to be done In the way ofpriyr. It wa had faith enough to-lay. we could go before Go 1 and hs-c for the salvation of all the people in our churches, nu I they would ad be save i there au l then without a single ex.fepliou. Taere might be professional men there, political men tlier, worldly men there, men w.10 had not heard the gospel tor tweuty years, men who are prejudiced against tne preachers, men who are prejudiced against the music, men who are prejudiced against the church men who are preju ticed against Go 1 I do not care they might be brought In by fer vent prayer you would compel them to eome in. Oh, for such an earnest prayer' People of God, lay hold of the horns of the altar now and supplicate the salvation of all those who sit in the same pew with you yea. the redemption ot all who sit in your churches. I tell you to-day, my friends of a great sal vation. Do you understand what it is to have a Saviour? He took your place. He bore your sins. He wept your sorrows. He is here now to save your souU A soldier, worn out in his country'sservice. took tothe violin as a mode Of earning his Iiv.ng. He was found In the street 01 Vienna playing his violin, but alter awhile his hand became feeble an 1 tremulous and be could no more make music Oa day, while be sat thfsre weeping, a man passed along nu t said "My InenJ, you are too old au 1 feeble. G.ve me your Violin.' And he took the man's violin anl began to dis:;our: mot exquisite music, and the people gathered aroualin larger and larger multitudes, an I tneaged man held bis hat, and the com poured in un til the hat was full. "Now," said the man who was playing the Tiolin, "put that coin in your pockets." The coin was put in the old man's pockets. Then he held bis hat again, an 1 the violin 1st played more sweetly than ever and played until some of the people wept and some shout ed. And again the hat was filled with coin. Then the violinist droppa 1 the instrument and passed oT, an I the waisper went, "Who is it, who is It?" and some one just entering the crowd said : "Why, that is Buoher, the great violinist, known all through the realm. Yes, that is the great violinist." The fact was, he had just taken that man's place, and assumed bis poverty, an I borne his bur den, and played his mu-ie. an 1 earned his livelihood, and ma le sacritice lor the poor old man. 80 the Lord Jesus Christ comes down, and He finds us in our spiritual pen ury, and across the broken strings of His own broken heart Ho strikes a strain of in finite music, which wins the aitteution of earth and heav.-n. H takes our poverty. He plavs our music. He weeps our sorrow. Hediea our death. A sacrifice for you. a sacrifice lor me. 0:1, will you accept this saerilie now? I do not single ou. this and that man an 1 this and that woman. But I say all may come. The sacrifice is so great all may be s avet'. Hoes it not seem to you as if heaven was very near? I can feel Its breath on my cheek. Go l is near. Christ Is near. Tue Holy Spirit is near. Ministering angels are near, your glorified kin ired in heaven near, your Christian lather near, your glor.llel mother near, your departed children uear. Xour redemption is near. News in Brief. American gluss o's! C 1 n Saxony has the deepest mia . England La-30,fi00 l-hysicians. Tlio lungs hold five quarts of air. India's c.Vton mills number over 150. Tberenrc 1 7:1, 7 6epecusof plants known. C'.ic go's assessed valuation is $219,- 1- rstsiioes of cow We are used in m t -li. Oldest ep c'mecs of Jg.las.i 1 re Egyptian. V California pruu 1 orch rd c T0rs 3300 acres. Salt water lias but iiltle effect on alumiuriru. The preu'e tsilt mine is Wbliezki, ne. r Cracow. Xew York has more popnlition than Cuuuda. Tbe trolley is usedforstreetsprink. ling "t LonUvillj. --Tin! rye may ba afflicted with 48 diffirext ditt Fishes c n b f ozen hard without Ireinj ttaii.r viUiHy, Spid.-r :lk thre .d is rus 1 to so.no extent in Mating, c Sew York's JJcp trtmeuts cjst over S2.t0",!9J per ye-r. There is st-ll an army of chimney swee ps in Eugland. Fl .rida ships awajs 45,UuC,000 lox.es of oranges annually. Itdians comprise about one-half of Mexico's population. The ncw.-s science i" sj mology, th sindy of earthquakes. A9 IT HAPPENED, As I anon my feei on 3 day Was rkUnfl IK-. la from out the tOWU, t felt so verr nljA and (my 1 lost all lufcglniis fur renown; a was ci, moot to tide along- Aud note the splenlld .cenery. 4ud uow and then I d aura a .oif A song all full of cheer to ma. nt a. I kept my eyas on high. It se n. there came a maid due aoatuj TJpon bar borM a-rldiu by. , A uiaidan, with a pretty mouth, A llsaome form, a eraw-fal air. Like me, deep lost in reverie; And so we Just collided mere. 1 blushed, she lauff ed ah, woe was me I But soon of riding joys wo talked. We eallad It plaaenre fit fur kings We laughed at man or mala vho walked When they could ride and ot her t kings. We broached 'mid happv mrmimtt when Onr mutual bli.s e could vol bide. We ve met upon tbe drive nluce tneu. 1 Bui (-The nut now we travel bi la oy sue he Eider and Driver." THE SWORDSMAN'S HELP. My opinion is, if a suicide docs not kill himself outright, as soon as he realizes that his sclf-intlicted injuries are mortal, lie becomes possessed by a despairing wish that his ra-li deed were undone, and piteously longs to live. I feel that I understand what I an talking about, lor 1 was one; v. it iin an ace of taking in.v own life. Vhen the silver fever began I was unmarried and bent u: n pick irj u; a fortune somewlioio aruu.id vii globe. I had had iil-Iiu-k so far, and the speculations in w'ik-li I lrv.l 11 ;ed nit only my own money, hut s.niie thousands belonging to my widowed mother had turned out badly. Hav ing just enough cash left to pay tho expenses of the journey and buy a horse. I went out tj Nevada and joined a party of the boys bound for the ruii:cs. We started over the mountains, but I soon became mighty glum. After siinic days I was obliged to call a halt My o'd enemy, asthma, got a grip on me, and one night when we reachr-d a straggling town on the trail, I said: linys, you'll have to go on without me; I'm all broke up!" The next morning they reluctantly started ofT, charging me to catch up with thetn the following day at a point where they intended prospect ing for ore. 1 was too ill to do so, and it was a week before 1 set out aain, more low-spirited than ever. When I reached tho place Iber was no trace ofthein. They had evidently l.vii disappointed in their ex;ectat:o:is and gone on. no doubt concluding that their silent comrade had aban doned the enterprise. At dusk, however. I came upon .. camp. Around the tiro were a gron-i of men, who with rough cordiality welcomed me to their evening meal. The supper was washed down with plenty of strong drink, and under its influence the blue devils which had beset me departed. I crew genial, and when later a little game of poker wai proposed I readily assented, for 1 prided myself upon niv skill in that lilift. IVcIl. sir, 1 played as if the fienu was urging me on. The luck was tL-ad araiust me, but I became reck less. I staked every dollar I owned rind saw all raked in by the sharpers. 1 put up my horse and watch, and lost them. ( ouvin-cd that I had nothing nnrt. of value, tise g.ing stopped playing, au I left me to sleep oil the effects of ti.e wretched liijuor. When 1 awoke, the sun had been up several hours. My head ached tremendously, and seemed swollen to twice its normal size. I bad a confused notion that somethiog had gone wrong, but what was it? Gradually the events of ths night before came back to me. I started up. Where were my jolly om pan ions? Gone! The camp was desertedi My horse had vanished, likewise my money. The dreadful truth con fronted me. The villians had left me alone in the wilderness, penniless and without the means of ovcrtak- Ing my friends. ' I cast myself on the ground again, buried my face in my hand, and gave vent to my despair. Long after the first paroxysm of rage ana despon dency had spent itself, I lay there. Finally feeling the need of food, I got up and foraged about Amid the debris near the place where the fire had been, I found some crusts of bread and a canteen half full ot water. In my necessity, I was thank ful for even this beggarly fare. ! As it would be foolhardy to con tinue the journey afoot, I decided to return by the way I bad come. At nightfall I reached the town I had left the afternoon before. It was all astir. A traveling show was to give a performance that evening. By chance there remained in the depths of one of my pockets a Mexican cold piece which I had carried for years for a hansel. This paid for my sup per and lodging at the log-hou-c tavern. The landlord insisted upon payment in advance, although I had expended a round sum upon all tha extras at his command during my re cent sojourn there. He listened callously to the story of my mis fortunes and made me understand that he could not accommodate me after the nest morning. "Such is the way of the world! At least the next twelve hours are pro vided for!" I soliloquized bitterly. "And to-morrow? Well, to-morrow I will shoot myself!" I reached this determination quito calmly. I cursed myself for not hav ing done so amid the wilds, instead of struggling back to the semi-civilization of the miserable town. You say my troubles had begun to affect my brain. Very probably; no man can Jbo In bis right mind who seri ously meditates suicide. I could not stay in my cheerless room alone with my gloomy thoughts. I went out and found myself follow ing the motley throng that made in way to the show. It was moonlight and for some time I hung around tha tent watching the people as they came up to the entrance. , Suddenly I thought, "Why not go In?" 1 bad half a dollar's change from tho Mexican piece. It was all I possessed in t be world, but I reflected with a kind of savage triumph I should not need money to-morrow and why not seek distraction during tho intervening hours. 1 paid the admission fee of two bits and passed in. It' was early and I selected a place not far from the cur tain from behind which the perform ers were to enter the ring. Tresently the enrtab was pushed aside and a Mephistolean-looking per sonage appeared. The man next to me said it was Senor Espada, tbe king of swordsmen, adding: "It's down on the bill that he'll cut apples in two on the palm of a man's hand, and then on the fellow's head. It'll take a plucky devil to bold them for tor him." His majesty seemed in a bad humor. He cast his eyes over the group ol men Dearest to him and said, with a Spanish accent: "Friends, my assistant has, as you say, struck. 1 cannot perform the most interesting of the sword feats unless some one will volunteer to l.oid the apples. I will give $20 to who ever will do it" TLe was a commotion around me but so thrilling had been the de scriptions of the danger attending the feat and such the reports of the I'iabollcal temper of the swordsman that no one responded. 1 1 is glance fastened on me. I suppose it would be said nowadays that he hypnotized lie. Why shouldn't I do it, I thought ! I was on the point of taking my own life, and if Senor Espada should save me the trouble, o much the better. What matter to me if the sworl should go an eighth of an incii too 'ar! "I'm your man, pardl" I cried starting up. "Ah, very good!" he exclaimed with a bow of thanks and an insinuating smile. "I will call you up when I conit nit" The show began. It was a sort ot country circus, dime museum and buffalo Dill performance on a small vale. I waited the advent of the swords man with the utmost imperturbability. At last he appeared and summoned ue. I advanced and nonchalantly faced the spectators. He glanced at mc approvingly and a little curiously as he told me to extend my right arm and open my hand. I did so. He set the apple upon it His sword was a beautiful weapon, with jeweled hilt and a glittering blade inscribed with Arabic-characters, lie made a few rapid passes with it 'Twas as if forked lightning played ahout me. Involuntarily I shivered, but I persuaded myself that the shudder was caused by the chilli ness of the air, since I did not care what the result of the adventure night be. Then the lightning seemed to smite mc. My arm fell to my side, a dark-1 ncss cat jc before my eyes, but, by the applause, I knew the apple had beeu cut in twain. The senor beamed upon me. i "Ilravo!" he whispered. J "Now kneel." ' I did fo, and bent my head. lie put another apple on the nape of my neck. My situation was terrioly perilous ' for if his hand should slip or tremble in the least degree, or if I should shrink or stir I could hardly escape decapitation. j At that moment my insane despaii left nic. I saw how precious life is. I liecame possessed with a tierce de- ' sire to live; to live even if abandoned by all the world, if bereft of every thing but the blessed sunshine and the sweet air of Heaven. A fearful conviction forced itself upon me that ' the swordsman's daring experiment would prove my death. Only the dread of being branded a coward pre vented me from crying out, from springing up and declaring lie should not proceed. The effort to remain motionless was a frightful strain upon my nerves. Xever shall I for get the ordeal. A few seconds passed. They see:;)et an eternity to me. Then, I foil a thin, cold line touch my neck tiurj was a tumult of cheers. The swordsman put his hand upoi my shoulder and bade nic rise. 1 did so mechanically. I could hardly see, but I was dimly conscious that a crowd of excited people were calling and stamping and waving bandar. 1 handkerchiefs. Half-dazed I followed the senor behind the curtain. .M neck was wet I put up my hand ex pecting to find blood. I was sure it must be cut, so plainly ha 1 1 felt the keen blade. No, the moisture was but tht clammy sweat caused by the mental anguish through which I ha 1 passed A cracked mirror in the dressing room assured me there was not even a scratch. An attendant poured something from a flask and handed it ') me in a small glass. I drank it down It was a strange liquor, but it revived the palsied pulses of my heart The senor put a $20 gold piece into my hand. My im pulse wa s to toss it back to him. I had not thought of the paltry bribe when I agreed to help him, and I would not go through the experience again for a thousand such. On 6ccond thought, however, I pocketed the coin. I got back to the tavern, naving reached my room, I fell on my knees, as I had been wont to do in child, hood and early youth. "My God," I cried, "how wicked I have been to think of lightly casting away the priceless boon of existence which Thou dost-grant me!" I prayed as I had not prayed in years. Then I flut& r.yscif upon the bed ind sank into a deep sleep. Tha draught which the senor had ordered for me must have contained a sedative, fjr 1 did not awake till late in the tuorning. I sprang up with a new energy. Had I not youth and strength and the world before me? All day I strove to devise a plan for going on to the mines. The landlord was ob sequious again. 1 had the where with to pay for my entertainment, and the fame of my exploit had made a hero of me. It seemed the swordsman seldom actually performed that last feat since only at rare intervals could be found a dare-oevil like myself willing to run the risk of being beheaded. The'story of the insubordinate assist ant was a fiction. The morning following that which I had rashly determined should be my last, an express rider got in. To my surprise he brought a package for me. It contained a letterand $300 in bank notes. One of my investments had churned oat well alter alL and my a tofneys forwarded my share of tha dividend. It was fortunate, there fore, that I had returned to town. Otherwise the package might have laid there waiting for me for months. Well, I went on, bad a lucky find, and have prospered ever since. And to think 1 had nearly don& away with myself just when relief was at band! How often it happens so. A man blows his brains out just at the hour which brings the turn of fortune's tide. Free Press. Licorice. On the banks of the Tier's and the Euphrates the licorice plant is chiefly ?rown. These great rivers Mow through flat treeless prairies of un :ultivjted and nearly uninhabited land. For three months of the year bot winds blow, and the tempera ture reaches 101 decrees. For six months of tiie year the cli mate is moderate and sa'unrions, and for three months bleak and wintery, the thermometer going down t3 .'!0 iegrees at night The licorice plant is a small shrub, with light foliage, growing to about three feet high, where its roots can reach the water. It grows without any cultivation. No lands are lea-ed Tor the purpose and no objection is made to its being cultivated. It grows jn red earth soil, and almost on Pght almost sandy soil, where tho wood is best, provided it has plenty of water, and the ground is not more than fifty yards from the actual river or stream. The wood, after being once dug up grows bett-r afterward. The time ol collecting Is generally during the win ter, but it is possible all the ycai round. The root when du;j is full of water, and must be allowed to flrv, a process which takes the best part of a year. It is then sawed of cut into small pieces fioui six inches to a foot long. The good and sound pieces art kept, and the rotten ones arc used for firewood. It 's then taken in na tive river boats to Kussorah, whence it jshiped in pressed bales to Lon don, and again from there to Amer ica, where it is used largely in tha manufacture of tobacco. The black licorice stick sold ir. drug stores comes mostly from Spain, and is made of pure juice mixed with a little starch, which prevents it from melting in hot weather. The word "licorice' is of Greek origin, and means "sweet root." Killing Power or the Kifln. a German army oflicer struggling with a prisoner catches up a military ritle and shoots his opponent through the head. After passing through two thicknesses of skull the bullet rienetrates the partition of a railway carriage and imbeds itself in the flesh of a passenger. Iiut this is nothing. A laborer, near the English practice camp of Aldershot, was re cently struck at a distance of 2,i rtiO yards, or one and one-half miles. The bullet, after passing completely through the upper part of the thigh, buried itself in tho ground. The -retically it was evident that the penetrative energy of these bullets ought to be capable of passing through several men in succession, and experiments with the cadaver as a target shows this conclusion sound. , Now, argues the New York Sun, as the trajectory of these projectiles is a very low one, the space within which men will be subjected to such dangers in the field has been greatly extended. It is thought that Are may be opened from a distance cf 2,200 yards. It is found on trial that good maricsmen can inane ou per, cent of hits against targets of suit able dimensions at 1,8."0 yards. With smokeless powder and tbe consequent facility of distinguishing clearly at leng distances the aim may become more accurate than has heretofore been known. These considerations have led to a call of an international conference of military medical men. with a view to adapting hospital service to the new exigencies of tho field. Killtor llana'i Kiay on l-lrtit I-ov. i'robably the majority of men ou not marry their first loves. The Hist love of a man frequently, if not usu ally captures his heart In-fore he has reached full maturity. Oftentimes she is older than he a woman, while he is barely beyond boyhood; and ?.is youthful passion may be the most purely ideal that ever masters him, and the most enthralling. . It may be love simply, with no thought of marriage and possession, the wor- h'P as of a goadess. It passes away, and there succeeds in due time the natural and healthy and masculine sentiment which leads a man to woo a woman as a bride. The first served as an educator for the second; the fanciful made way for the real.- ; Ifcw York Sun. ! 8lte Saw Through II I m. ! It is hard for a certain class of per pie to understand that the successes of art are not the result of clever dex terity alone. The idea of anything like unusual and original power is quite beyond their comprehension, and they imagine that works of genius are produced by rule, as a cook makes a cake or a pudding. A person of this kind recently railed upon one of the best known of living portrait painters, and insisted upon seeing him on important busi ness, although at the time he was engaged with a sitter. When be ap beared the woman said: "I want you to give mc lessons." "I am sorry," he said, looking at her in some surprise, "but I have not he time." "Oh, 1 won't take up any time to speak of," the caller said. "I can learn very quickly, and you'll only have to tell me how to do It" "But I never take pupils," the artist said, with unmistakable decision. "I could not think of taking you." The stranger regarded him with a look which was hardly less than with ering. "Oh," she said, jecringly. "I see now it is! You don't dare to give away your secret for fear it would spoil your business." i . Germany now rivals France in glass coloring. I AKnnt Inranttt artoliA. .ff .tl 1 I.T ..T make thoir winter home in Chicago. r: . ':. mane tnair winter nome m ivhicago. WW WATCHES RUM. Tber -ecntiir'ty Depends I-argrely tipoai the Uvner'i atMgneUaiu. "Every man is bis own magnet." is tbe proposition recently evolved by a Washington jeweler of many year's experience, P. F. Schmllt has a shop in Eleventh street near tho avenue, and there, in a little old fashioned bri k house, one of tbe ar chitectural lelics of the city, be ruus a hospital for disabled timepieces of all sorts, with tbe wards of his insti tution full most of the time. Here, through the experience of many years, he has d scoverei a mystic boud betwixt the watch and its owner that few have suspected, sas the Washington Fo.it "It is all dependent on the animal magnetism of the owner, wuether i f not his watch will run fast or slow," sa d the jeweler when explaining h s theory to tbe Fost man. Tbe same watch will run at different speeds when carried by different persons, and do person 13 likely to put a watch on and have it keep satisfactory time without returning once or twice to the Jeweler to have the regulator touched to get the system of it keyed up to the same pitch as that of its owner. "Now, I used to have a friend who had an excellent Swiss watch, while 1 had one of another make, iiy mutual consent at one tim we ex changed watches, and, though they bad g ne all right before, they then changed their tait entirely, mine running Ave niicutes ahead in a couple of days ana his running Qve miuutcs behind. Tbere was ten minutes' difference in our tempera ments. Iiut that is nothing roni pared to tbe difference between some people. Sometimes a watch thafwill run well on one man will not go with another, and there are some peoDle who can not get a watch that will run on them at alL "I remember a good many years r;o I had a man come to my place with an old-fashioned English lever silver watch to be repaired, I bad some very nice gold watches in stock at the tin e. and as he looked well off 1 tried to sell him one, but be laughed and said it any ot the gold watches I bad in the st re would run twenty four hours in his pocket he would give me twice what I asked for it He said he had tried all sorts of gold watches and bad never been able to get one that would run wh le be had iu He experimented with his broth er's watch only a little while before, he said, and it cost him $3.50 to have it demagnetized after he had carried it in bis pocket two daya Most sil ver watches acted the same way with bim, but the old English watch he was carrying had a doub'e inside case to it aud worked fairly well. "I've never been able to ell whethei the average watch will run faster when it is in its owner's possess on or not Tbere seems to be no r. le on the sub.ect but 1 can never regelate a watch on my swi gboarl there ai I then give it to a cust.tmer and haie it keep good time. Then there is a variation with a change in vital t . A watch will ordinarily run slower the longer it is carried after clean ing, because the oil dries and tb bearings are harder, but I have had customers come to me and say that their watches had started up and gone to gaining several months after they had been clea ed. I just tell thetn that I can't account for t ex cept on tbe theory of a change in their own vita it or temperament It's one of those th tigs that cannot be explained, but it is true neverthe less." Levity Out or Place. One of the national vices of tht ..merican peo; ie Is levity tie un healthy quality which, in contradis tinction to honest and wholesone gaiety or humor, turns all serious things to ridicule, ana undermines the i.ualities of earnestness and of respect for real distinction. A person reading the debates in Congress or in the Mate Legislatures must sometimes wonder whether the most influential debater Is not be who can make his fellow-memberj laugh the oftenest with humorous trivialities. In a recent debate, a member, wbc was arguing against tbe appoint ment of certain federal officers from ot er States than those In which they were to serve, said that he op posed such appointments because he was fond of watermelons, and he was afraid that if "any more men were tent West from Georgia there would not he enough able-bodied persons left there to harvest the watermelon c op." At this the house laughed. It may nave served well enough as a Joke, but it was hardly to be accepted as an argument in favor of the point which he was urging. Many debates consist largely ol such jokes, bandied back and forth between memliers. There is a gen eral i avor of cynicism and Insincerity about such contests, not of real wit but of idle levity as if the members did not choose to take the public business as a serious matter at alL Sue i a tone on the part of out legislative debates is a most unfor t nate matter. Tbe good citizen is not cynical abut tbe public business. He knows that seriousness, sincerity and earnestness are the prime virtues of the public servant Thera A:-e tit hers. It is a pleasant world and tbere are no end of good people in it Put the seamy side is there, too, and tbe stories that come lrom that side now and then are such as to make one as a tued to be happy, almost "I went to see my washe. woman when I heard she was ill," says a Boston lady in the Transcript, "and found she bad been In bed for nearly a week. Her husband is in the habit of coming home very drunk and throws things at her aud beats her. 'ibis time it was worse than usual ,'ihe hr.d been very badly pounded. J lound that it bad happened many times. Yet she supported him and her two children by washing. I in dignantly told her that she ought to leave him and lire in peace with her children. 'At, ma'am,' she answered Lhey's worse tha i himi'" Good Understanding. A Georgia shoemaker has made for the use of a customer a pair of shoes with soles fourteen inches long and i with soles fourteen inches long and qv(J and oncnalf inChes wide. ! Still av Baby at Eighteen. ' Mary Frances, the daughter otMr. and Mrs. Henry, of 3612 Aspen street Philadelphia, was born May 15, 187fi. Tbe child at birth was an unusually healthy and well developed baby, says tne Inquirer, and for tbe first eight months she showed signs of tbe usual development in children. Tbere was no lack of growth, no lack of appetite or anything else that could for a mo ment make either the parents or any medical attendant doubt that the child was not natural and normal in all respe.ts. Indeed, in health and appetite the little one ha nevei given anv tvoubia At the age of months development both mental and physical, stopped altogether, an l the only difference to-aay in the young woman, now over IH . ears old. and the baby or 8 months is that the head may be a little larger and lips a little more prominent She still sub sists upon baby food. No stronger sound proceeds from the lips of the 18-year-old child to-day than when she was $ months old. She has never made any attempt to get on her feet, and her arms and legs are just as small and d.mpled as when, in baby hood, she prattled on her mother's knee. The first intimation that tht family ever had of the child's lack ol development was when it was noticed that the little one made no attempt to talk or even to creep or walk. The mother on observing this at once consul te several doctors, all of whom made examinations but failed to dis ccrn anything pronounced In lack o! development Some of them stated that tbe little one would, in a few years, or probably a few months, re. gain what tbe mother thought was a lack of energy. Time we it on and yet nc improvement took place. Hospitals and doctors innumerable were visited and consulted, b it all tc no avail in giving the child renewed vigor. Everything possible has ticen dona to make tbe little one comfortable, and she seems as happy and brigb; to-day as tbe ordinary bal e, fche moves but little, even when placed outside the house. She is happy when she hears others singing or playing around her and will then hum to herself. t ne of her eyes has partially given way, and the chi d shows a des re to use the left eye iiore than the right one. Seeing 270 Miles. A discussion is going on in Oregon as to whether Mouat Shasta in Cali fornia can be seen from the summit, of Mount Hood in tbe former State. One of a party which recently (limbed Hood insists that be saw the otber.pcak, with whose outlines he is familiar. The a tual distance be tween them is 276 miles. His state meat was at first s 'outed, the com putation being made by one mathe matician that Shasta is seven miles leiow tbe hori.on line of Mount Hood. Lieut Taylor of the United States Engineer Corps, Leing ap ; ealed to consulted tables and official maps, with the following results: 'Horizon line from Hood (11,200 feet high) li.0 miles; horizon line from Shasta (14,440 feet high) 147 miles; total visible distance, miles; actual distance between tht peaks, 276 miles; distance to spare one mile." From this it would seem that tbe projection of the nor i. on line from tbe summit of Hood would strike tbe top of Shasta were that mountain one mile further away than it actually is. For any one who Is not enough of a mathem tic ac to dispute, or understand, Lieut Tayloi's computations, tbe fact may be added as bearing upon , tbe question whether one mountain is visible from the other, that siace an ascent of Mount iiood, which a scientific party made a fortnight ago. tbere is reason to believe from observation taken by them that tbe m untain is considerably higher than I the 11,200 feet of the last survey. - New lork Evening l ost Tbe Oriflamb. The Carlovingian standard wa eally no other than the oritlamb, which has played so conspicuous a part in French bistort, but was not formally adopted ULlil 1082, in tbe reign of Philip I. It consisted or i red or crimson flag mounted on t gilded staff, the flag being cut inU three Vandykes, to represent tongue: of -lire, with a silken tassel between each. The old romance writers pre tended that the infidel was blind d by merely looking at it in the "Koman de Garln" the Saracens are made to exclaim "if we only see it we shall be dead men." And Frois sart affirms that a? soon as It was un furled at Kosbecue tbe fog vanished from the French lice of battle, leav ing their enemies shrouded in dark ic-s. Thus red, the color which the church has consecrated to her mar tyrs, became in its turn the lolor of the Fren h kings. They wore it on their coats of arms through the whole period of the crusades, and as late :is the c osing decade of tbe fourteenth century were still faithful to thb 'glorious blazon." Tbe famous Du Guesclin, fighting against tbe English chivalry in Poi tou, wore tbe red cross, while his ad versaries wore the white. Hut after the great defeat at Agin ourt, in 01. the French kings abandoned the oriflamb because it had been as sumed by Henry V. and his success ors, and adopted white as a national color when old England had discarded it. This is a curious but little known histori al fact Yoa An O. K. Out of ten leading women who have writen on "The Ideal Man" for a New York paper no two agree as to hi points, and the matter is leit juM where it was before. What pleases one woman will displease another, whether applied to men, landscapes 01 cats and those who have had the strong est ideals generally wed some old bow backed aDtiauarian who sees more beauty in a squash than in any Buusjt. Paper Rallroada. German railway directors are ex perimenting with rails madeof paper, which are said to be as superior 1 1 steel rails as paper car wheels are to those made of iron. Cork in the lightest wood. LAUGH AND GROWFAT A HEALTHY TONIC FOR INVAL IDS OF ALL KINDS. Banaoroas Anecdotes Gleaned from Van. ana So ore el Something to Read Which Will Make Anybody Sleep WeU-BetUi Thaa Medicine When Taken Before Re. Urine. Perfect Safct. Watts Your wife visited us this afternoon and got me into a peck of trouble by claiming that you supplied her with a book ot checks In Hank. Now, my wife wants me to do tho same thing. 1'otts Oh, you can do it with perfect safety. The check! ire not signed. Detroit Free Press. ler!eetaetlcal Item. Teacher What are the names ot the seven days in the week? Boy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thus 'ay, Friday, Saturday. "That's only six days. You have missed one. When does your mother go to :hurch?" "When pa buys her a nev tut." Texas Sittings. Thoorht They Were Cheated. Kurse Sure, ma'am, the twins bavc been making a fuss all day, ma'am. Mrs. Olive liraucb What ibout? Kurse It's because they ;an't have a birthday apiece, like the Smith children next door. They think they have leen (heated. lu ilanapolis Journal. Ready for Anything. Mr. Friepan Dear Miss Grabber, may I dare to hope that so-i e day rou will be my wife? Miss Grabber You may, Henry, i rid the sooner the better. Get jour life in-ured ind the license to-morrow. We'll jet married tbe day after. Dclaj? ire dangerous. Ex bange. A Falpanle Hit. Mrs. Fawls Does your husband itill drink as much as ever? Mrs. Troo Oh, no, Indeed. Mrs. F. I'm so glad! How long has be been oing better? Mrs. T. tver since ae had a quarrel with your husband ind they ceased to associate. lie iroit t ree Fres. A Practical Consideration. "What are we to do w th the an irchlsts?" asks the man who studies political economy. "Why when they break the law we can put the in I'l the penitentiary." "Yes, we can do that But I hate like everything to iemorall. e the p. ni tentiary." Wash ngton Star. Mamma Lesrnu. Little Jennie What's become ot that pair of scissors, mamma? Her Mother D n't 6ay "pair of scissors," lear; simply scissors" is suilieient. Little Jennie How much did they :ot mamma? He Mother Twenty live cents a pair, dear. South Bos on New. Rather Primitive. Cora Fashion repeats itself. Here are jou men wealing the styles of lixt - years ago. Merritt As usual, ray dear, yo i wome:i get ahe d of i s. I have jt 6t been watching the b ithers and they fceui to ha e (.one away bark to tbe time of moiher Eve. 'Ldge. Wby lie llst.l to Walt. Clerk Does it take you an bout to go around the ctn;er? Boy A man dropped a quarter down a hole in the sidewalk. Cierk And it took you ail this time to t et it out? iioy Y'es, sir. I had to wait t II th man went away. Hur'.eui Lite. Keller fcr Mother. Little Foy What's the use of sr many i.ueer letters in words? Look at that "c" in indicted " Little Uirl 1 guess thoie ; re put In sc mothers can get an ex use to send their children to school and have r little peace. Good Sews. Left That Out. Brasher 1 had just come from a dash in the surf aud was fresh asadaUj when I meet Miss He Hank th s un.re.. ing. I id she speak about .1? !( !! Ings I er don't rememlir r heart iu her mention the dalsy.--lndianapUi Journal. BrlKht Hot. "Johnny," said a teacher in one ol the uptown public s hools, "have you seen the skeleton or ti.e n-iiuuioth in the museum of natural hislL.rv?'' "Y'es, mum." "To what kl .0 of an animal does it belong?" "A dead -ne." Texas Sifting. Learned Better. "Does your art!t friend paint por traits true to life?" ' lie did at first but he has Ioarced better." "In. de d?" "Yes, tbe first two or three commissions he executed were so trun to life that the sitters refused to tak' the pictures." Tit-Bits. Mo Delieaolee. Hummer I 6ee you are dev .ting yourself exclusively to Miss Chubb this summer. Hoppcrgrass That's where I'm foxy. Times are hard anr' 6he's reducing her weight Judge. Connecticut Pearl. Mr. Chappel is said to be the most, successful pearl hunter in Connecticut, lie searches for these gems in tho mountain streams and meadow brooks )f that State, and yearly makes a handsome profit on his industry, working only two months, April and May, if the winter has been a mild one. The pearls are found in fresh water clams, and are generally tlTTj ize of a pea or larger. Oldent Woman Preacher. Rev. Lydia Sexton, who has made Seattle her home for the past three years, received her license to preach in 1851, but she was an exhorter for ten years previous to that, so she has been in the service a full half century. She is now 93 and probably the oldest woman preacher in the country. Great Inducement. An Austrian provincial paper latolj contained the following advertise ment: "A widow, who still possesses the entire wardrobe of her deceased husband, is disposed to enter into correspondence with a suitable gentle man, if such can be found, with a view to matrimony.1 half of It to the one Who has a hanirVto
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers