V THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. B. F. BOHWEIEB, MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1894. NO. 52. VOL. XLVIII. i i r 1 '3 ;4 CHAPTER II - Contltml. in vain; the stranger only laughed the more. Come, I n.eant no harm," he said pleasantly.. "May 1 not even touch this ro IV Such a clipper as it is, tool I'll do it no harm: 1 am used to rods." stretching out his hand as the coveted possession was jerked in another direc tion. "Oil, 1 see how it is," continued ho. "vou have 'no I-nglish.' and I. un fortunately, have 'no Gaelic.' sowhafs to be done? .She's furious, the pretty vixen." anide, "I must appease her or ire shall come to blows next. 1 Hey, yonng woman hey, 1 say. Oh. so you Jiave found vour tongue at last, have j oil." What is it? 1 can't for the life of ir.e hear a mutter like that, you must s eak louder, you know. Louder, miss, louder.-' nodding at her. "Oh, she is not addressing me at all; too deeply olTended I r-upiMise: and itisonlv to the o'lier wild man of. the woods that she will condescend to-" but the speaker's own voice died away, his lips loll apart, and the smile iadded from his cheek, as he caught at last one distinct, unmistakable sentence, and that delivered in accents which, in spite ol their childish trehle, had a rng of yiumand as well as the refine lient of modulation. 1 onald, te.l thi9 pentleman from .ne, that this is my burn, and that I give him no leave "to lish in it, and rnat I desire him to fro away at once." If ever tables were turned in the twinkling of an eye, they were now upoa that gallant young life-guardsman, Capt. l-roiericic Augustus liellenden. the great man of his family, and gn at match of bis. county, and the last per son in the world to have been made a fool of by his own blunder. There was no m staking the serious ness ot the situation. The raged imp, to whom tho ordei for I'cl'enden s summary ejection was entrusted, turn-d straight upon him self, and in his own fashion confirmed it lorthwiih. Tho leddy says it will not be here vou will I sli. nor thi.- burn you will lish to day. The leddy says It is you whe will go where o i con.e 'rom.and leave this p a'-e;'' an'i in further demonstra t oa of the validity of his authority. :he t-t'irdv shred o. a clansman pointed si-iih hi- "finger up the l ank, whence he dU'ined the intrusion had been tliaile. io'id heavens." ejaculated the ania eil BoUeiiiien. . ch?" shrieked I'onaM again, lraw'.ng closer to h m. and still tixidiy pointing up the bank, "i i'li? Is it the way you wo tld know There is no other' wav but that " 'Hut l" 1 want to fish here." "The leddy says'' Surelv the lady" and he glanced jtill doubtfully round "surely the ladv wiil i erinit me to tish " "l wil. do nothing of the kind"' said Jerry, with a s amp. The next instant she was sliding aljout on the face of the wet and slip pery lock, not altogether free from the danger of slippingover either, and "tiood heavens." again ejaculated Hel lon i n. for he was now alarmed on a new count. The next instant he had thrown aside his ewn rod, clasped the swaying .orm in his arms, seized a birchen bianch with one hand, and ai- swinging himself and his burden by it to a place of safety. At the mo ment otT came tho "son wester," and a glorious profusion of shining hair halt hid the crimson brow and cheek be neath it. "A lovely girl." thought the stranger it once: "and what a blessed fool I ha e made of mvself." Aloud He merely re marked: 1 'ray, young lady, as lonr as vou live, remember to beware of standing so near the edge of a Upiery rock, er-p'-c all.' if vou are engaged in an ak-rrbiisg o ciipation. (on my word, 1 thought you were down Ju-t now." taking o'l his cap and brushing his hand across his h rehead. "it wi.a horrid. I g h I 1 can't think of it.'' "I had Donald." said Miss Campbell, but in rather iin altered voice, for she, too, had been fr glitcned. and uiu not feel quite as she had done towar--" .his stranger a iiT minutes before. "Tha. hi!d." said Itelleiiden con temptuously, "lie can take care ot bi.sol;'. 1 doul-t no," .or Donald was. id the moment, stepping from ledge to K igeof the giddy n'Hits as dti ntily Mid safety as a mountain cat might, "but what could a iittle bit of a crea ture like T hat do to sa-e you. if vou h:.d another trip like this.- I'o, pray, be Wil lied. Vou you : re very young vourr-e'.r. To your parents know you ci iii to a phu e like this.-'' "1 have mo parent.." Her liosoin ho-.iv. d. oi gi .'e me." .-aid he. very res; ect fuilvi'liiit ni l mu.-t havo so ue one some gi i'.r ian " "1 have niv urandnio' her." '.-lid vol live with her?" 'She lives with ine." quoth the heir ess o: Inchn.arew. Oh - hi ' Every, instant brought n new revocation. He grew more and iiioi e grave and courteous. "And this lady Who takes care ot vou your grandmamma, does she "know this place? Ili eho ever beer with vou here " i; .t this w:.s to ran h for .ferry. It v.- s .no funny i- he really on d l ot i.-.-lp h'er.M-if she must laugh if shl ..id. or it. t r.-nnyat the high pool' Ur.utiv. w o had never been near the l.uriisiTio iu her life, who knew ut nrich of her i ools as she did of thf i a'ls of . lagai a. and of. her bircher 1 ;mk iiM-l the precipices of tho Anile?, She L'ave w.iy once lor all now, and 8 laiiL'h so Kv.-c'ci. mi ubilant. so Irani n:iX hild sh rang out ia the ears o ine o i- e i e.'ii'i i.sionmheil Itellenden I nal l.e :' ' s if he v.-It -lied by a crea t;-Ve o-i'y li:.:f u.i'i Ui. Vi hut was th' on 'o tiuv' 'Oh. j-ou are fo funny! Oh, if yo only knew how funny you aro," crioe the child, laughing her high, clear bell-like laugh again and again, "U ask if granny comes here' Granny Oh, dear! oh. dear: And if she knowi this placed h, dear! oh, deari" anc she shook her curly head with eyes that brimmed over, as if the mirth o vuch a suggestion could never have ai end. "Well. I I sn prose I mvst be funn since you say I am." responded tht stranger soberly, "though upon mj word I did aylukuow it. Voun,' ladiei of j'our age." mentally appraising "hei it i-, for her face wassingularly young, though fche was tail enough, "voting ladies of your age o not generally !( about alone, or with only mountain gil lies, and I should say that if your grandmamma knew what a dangerout place this is " The real danger was what you did yourself," re' orted Jerry, with a sud den pout. "When you s:artled me like .hat I might have fallen o!T very iasilyi" " i ou might, and I can on'y say 1 had not reali ed the slippery t-tute ol the roi ks but anyway 1 ought not tt have done it. 1 ut now." he added with a smile, "can,ou forgive and be friendly? See, 1 most humbly sue foi pardon. I am a total stranger here: 1 know nobody: and being stranded foi the night at tho inn down there, was told by tho good woman who keeps it. that I might b ing her in a dish o' trout from this burn, and she especially mentioned this pool within the grounds of Inchn.arew Castle." "She did?'' cried Jerry, her eyos glaring. "I expect she never thought of anj one else being out on such a day." "She had mi business to think about She-knows that this is my burn, j And that I keep it for myself, ami in; friends." ''Oh," said the young man, and the truth burst u on him. "Then you are Miss Campbell of lnchmarew," he said I'llAI'TEK HI. by jove! what a nice anui!' 'Bat I shall be past making lov. When sua beg n . to t-uliiiTebend it. After this admission it seemed all a. once as if the clouds rolled away, th( sun shone out, and all was right. A few sentences did the rest. 1 seemed but a minute ere he had offeree a respectful hand down the bank - verj different to the grasp which had con veyed her up it an 1 the two were chatting away as long a-t they could be beard, and nodding, directing, ami a proving, as the case might be. whoc too near the fall for Si.eech -i.nJ the sport began afresh. After a sue essful hour or so. ( o al dine next proposed a move further up. the presence of the new-comer t einu accepted by UonaUl with the stolid it) common to his kind, an I the threo ,.ow upon the best of terms. After the next hunting-ground h: been abandoned, "Where next?" criei liellenden gaily, "where next" "I am afra:d we have no other real!, rood place," replied his younjj Hostess, almost apologetically, for she was now as anxious to do the honors as she ha 1 erst been to avoid them. "I hardly think we shall get many more to day. but if you would like to come aain to morrow " she a ided, shyly, for it was a great event to her to give an in vitation of the kind, and she could go' no further. "To-morrow I am afraid 1 shall lx many miles away an i I shall be shoot ing instead of li "hing." . "Oh." said Jerry. "That s a pity,' she added simply. "1 am on my way to Kincraig.' con tinned the speaker, not i nwid'ng t volunteer a little information in t':t hope of getting some in return, for things he had heard before had beet rapidly coming back to hi-n during thf silent sport o the past hour or two. anc it was, on the who e. rather interesting to have had an adventure with till: odd little wit.-h of an heiress, who. re port said. pos-essi d. or wo il 1 po.-s.es one day.'the best . state an 1 grandest moor in the country. A part, of thi; very n cor was, he knew, at present rented by the very friend with whoir he was going to shoot on the following day, and a- cordingly, "I am on in way to Kincraig," he began: but Jerr interrupted eagerly, and with th't pleasurable excitement of one in who.- li e coincident! and events were rare. "Kincraig'.' she cried. "Are you go ing to stay wish Archie Kincraig?"' 'No. my friend's name is Campliell. He is Archie, however," said iielleu den. ' Oh. Campbell, of course: but we cab him Archie Kincraig, because we are all (jam. .bells here. I should have been called In ) marew if I had been i man a; it is. 1 a n 'Jerry lnchmarew, 1 e ause, you see, I am the heat of tho Louse" and again stii drew up her voung proud ligure, anc again, alas the ill-disposed ve low oil skin i oat hid the grace of tho uncon si ions movement. "Vour name is Campbell. I know,' said l-'e len-.len. amuse . "I was toh u great deal about Miss Canipbel! oi the boat, as we passed Inch naro w Cas tie, but 1 d d not hear Merry Inch marew.'" "That is only by my friends, yoi know, not by my people."' "If it had, I might have been a litth ulcker in guessing who Jerry Ineh marew' was." She laughed. Her wrath had com plctcly gone by 'And so you have let your shooting ' continued liellenden. "Only a part of it. Not the b;; part neither. That is kept for mi cous:n Cecil." -oh!" 'My ousin, C.-cil Raymond. Ti comes to us every lith of August, ant we expect him ibis evening. There I believe that is his boat coming ii now," eyeing a long, thin streak o blue smoke discernable over a head iand in the loch below. "We shall : e her directly if it is. Yes. there sli comes, rounding the point now,"'sai. Jerry excitedly; "look! do you see her She comes in to our own ierrv pi next." "i see her." ' "I wonder if Cecil Is in her," mm mured the iittle giri to herself, wit! what seemed to her co npauioii tome thing of a tender interest "1 know some l'a monds," ho o! served. "I wonder U th s ca'i be on of them Lord Kavmond's famil'" wcy, of course. And Cecil Is tae et!t son," cried Jerry; witu renewed -r sitement. "Why; bow very, veiy odd. Ana you know my Ai nt fe;har otte Idy Haymoud-and-and Kthel and Alicia, and all of them? Oh dear, aow strange it see t s" . s Kelienden Ia 'ghed. It was not quite o strange in his eyes, a "man ot-' the world, who went everywhere, ind made new acquaintances every iny but he was amused an 1 pleased with the impression the v. onderful discov ry made upon his little friend. "Oh. yes, I know the u all at least, t suppose I do." he said, ' 1 du not know them very intimately, mind, you must not nut u;e through niv tacinge too severely,' but 1 have ce;-tain'y mot both Lord and Li:dy Kaymond " "And Kthel. and Alicia.'" '-Vot that 1 remember. I do not :-o tiember any Miss laya.onds." "Oh, but tbey are hardly Miss Rav- t ouds yet. Kthel is only a year older man l am, anu .-wieiu is just my age "Jut Cecil is grown up he is nearly o." "Iwenty? les, the Kaymond 1 know must bo ahor.t .0. At Oxford.-' "Yes-yes. At Oxford." "I stayed with, him at a.huuso this ;enr. I remember a;m perfectly. Tal", ind fair end" "Yes, that is Cecil - why, it is Cocil, if course, th, you munt come down .nd see him. t ome along, quick, and iv o 11 meet the boat. J Two run down straight from here, we can easily head lier. and get to the n er ti.st. Ito come Jccil wi.l ii.ee i:s to meet him." i jko this?" suggested Hel'enden, ooking first at her and then at him elf, though, truth to tell, it was of Iter ippeara'ice only he had his doubts. . or himself, he was all right, roughly .ut suitably an 1 becomingly cla 1, nut lerry was - such a Jerry: xnd ho new well that young Oxonians were -nsitie on such points, and not likely 0 appreciate being bailed, even on u Highland pier, by Highland cousin! wrapjied in oilskins and topped by sou' 70ters. "To bo sure. I had forgotten," owned the little lady herself, i oloring slight ly under the imputation. "1 do look rather queer, don't 1? And Cecil is most frightfully, dreadfully particular 1 should catch it fropi granny ever s uu-h if he were too see me." "liut you don't mind my seeing yon?' "Oh. no -at lea.-t, I moan 1 nevei thought al out it. Cranny would have minded, 1 daresay: but then you wil. i ot see granny, unless"- and again the i-o in 1 yo.ing cheek was suffused by blush "uniess you will come iioini ft-itii me. and " .ow this was the very proposal Hoi lenden was longing to have made him. "i should like to see the Raymond; again." he said thoughtfully. i erhaps he really thought at tin moment that he should like it. Per haps it was only the remembrance of the close, stu ly. wliisky-reeking iittle iuu at the ferry, whi. h made a chance ol escaping from it so seductive; but at iny rate the unfortunate traveler felt that for life or fieath hisonly hope was u hang on to Cecil Raymond now, and that never in his life boforo ha 1 an ac juaintanccshipturned up such truuio. I mil within a few moments he had seen forced to contemplate pass'ng a .m kles night in a damp, rough lied, miiuthe coarsest surroundings, with hea y mists obliterating ail the lteau ;ies oi the landscape without. and with so companionship, sa e li's own .houghts, within. "He had been j Osi iively assured that, there was no possi bility of reaching his friend's shooting lo tie until the .ollowiiiL'iuorning: that ;ho iioat on which he had depended for proceeding up tho o -h did not go be yond tti-ferry on that especial even .ng o; the week: and that tho best, in ieed the ou y thi eg to be done was for mm to take up his quarters at l)am Maconochie's litllo public bou.e, anc nhabit her one spare room. It had bees a sorry look out; but it aad been mitigated by tho dame's i. ggestion that ho should take her ion s rod. and bring her in some trout lom the Iiichiuarew burn, not a mile ;. which burn she assure t him would in : ne trim after the rain, and was 1'ited for its trout. The worthy woman hud not ad 'cd ihat the l.shing in its best part was ea:ously guarded for thebenelit of the ,-ci ng mistress of the place, and that my one caught trespassing within tho inchinaiv W grounds in pursuit of sport votild be iu an awkward predicament. she had truted to the gentleman's not x-ing caught. The o lds were that ho vould not le so: tho day being so ex teedirgly bad, and the stream having n so great!)- augmented by the re :ent rains, she concluded that the little niss would hardly be allowed out, and diat,. at any rate, if the worst came to .he worst, the stranger would sav not li ng alKiut her. She did not think he Rould even know her name. TO UK CUN'TlXL'Ktl. A Xow-l-'anjle 1 Swim Watch. A curious application of the phon rr;i! ii to watcher has teen made re-u-niiy by a watchmaker at (Jcneva, iwlt.erlaml in whose repeating Aatche.f,lie Jell is replaced by a cir ru'ardise of vulcani ed rubber b'ss .ban two inches in diameter, upon hi Ii phonographic i i lies Correspond ng to a c- rlain ser es ol spoken words irespi ally engraved. The passage if a vibrating point over t;;e.e iioes ..tuses the watch literally to tell die iou-s. and even, when desired, to oun.l an a arm and awaken the lee per. it has been demonstrated hat the point may pass many hmtsatid times over the lines on the lisc without wearing them away ap us iahly. When the watch steaks .he hours its voice is c earand distinct .wenty feet away with a closed Acor etwee a. Krl lently a Star Himself. Professor P., a well known and 'ery talented man connected with uieof our best universities, has a lit ,le son who has an exalted opinion o' als father's ability. One even ng a friend was showing .tie little fellow the stars, and said tc :iiu "Johnnie, do you know who madr M;e stars?" 1 he little boy thought a moment, l.en saki earnestly, "No; J tni not sure, hut I think !o!in I) (.ite fathen did. That mar )irt enough to do anything." 2i"a man is competent to Dick out a fio i.an's dress a wo nan cannot do if fatisfiiCtorily herself. Lsi'iiUlrijT and the ''evil never sleep. News in Brief. The herring is the most prolific of fish. A scientific exploring expedition to Madagascar will soon leave Lou don. Xew Gninea Yitdiln tarce nnantitinn of sage from the palms which grow wild. Oman,' and Arabian State exports dates, guni arabic, Mocha coffee and pearls. The .Niger Valley region exports lice, lemony dates, heavy cotton and leather. .Bechnana Land, in South Africa, exports Indian corn, hide.", cattle ana wool. - - " A married couple in Canada, Japan, according to a native paper the .fajher . 132 years old and the mother 1:10 have a family of fourteen, including a son aged 105, and a daugh ter 108. r. The largest and most beautiful em erald in the world is in the possession of the Maharaj th Ki Koo, of India. It is six inches in length, one inch thick and two inches iu width Cabbage is an old cure for intoxi cation. The meteorologists tell us that the bigh cirrna clouds even on tto hottest summer days are wholly composed of fine crystal soft snow Every ordinary occupation in the life of ancient Egypt is found depicted on the tombs of her people. REV. DR. TAM1AGK XBB BROOKLYN BimTSrS BTO DAYKUUIQK. Subject "Siege of Luelcnou Text i "When thou shalt NMijr . fonit tim in making war agaiaw it totU It. thou Shalt not destroy the trees thno' bj forcing an ax against ttiem." Deutarono ty xx., 19. The aw.'ulpst thing In wir Is busier" tiont for to tho work of deadly weapon itaM Imocer and starvation and plague. sie?e mrnt is sometimes necessary, but ray tx commands mercy even In that. The fral trens must be spared because the afford food for man. "Thou shalt not dpstrnytlit tres thereof by foruing an ax ai;uin-4 tbem." But in my recent journey roua I th World I fouai at Lucknow. Indiu.the re:naioi of the mM merciless bmiegement of thi Rg'., and I proceed to tell you that story foi lour irrent reasons to show you waat a hor .'id thing war is and to make you all iidvo rates for peaoe, to show you what Reuuinf Christian character is noder bombar I nent, to put a coronation on ChriMian eourae nd to show you boT splendidly gooipjo;lt die. As onr train glide 1 Into the dinTr I itni station I asked the RUirl, "Is thN Lu -t-liowV" and he answtn-ed, "Lacknow," t tin pronunciation ot which proper name emmious rushed through LoJy. ui.ua uui.' Soul. The word Is a synoivn of anfrertn. o' cruelty, of heroism, o iiorrorsucti a is au . peste.1 by hardly any other wor 1. We hava lor thirty-live years been reading of the agonies there endure 1 an I tne darin? deuils there witnessed. It was my (jrat desir to have some one who had witnesoei the scenes transacted in Lucknow in 1857 con duct u over the p'ace. We found just the man. He was a youn? soldier at the time the greatest mutiny of the atfes brose out, and he was put with others inside the residency, wliioil was a cluster of building mukinea !ortreH iu which the repres-nta-fives ol the Kii'-lish Uovercmnnt lived and which was to lethe scene of an endurance' mid a I onb-irdnient thi story of which poetry nnd piniitini; an 1 history and scciijar ami sacred elmiuenje hav lieen tryinz to de pict Our escort not on'y bad a Ko I metnorv of what had happened, but nJ talent enough to reaearsetne trage ly. In the early pirt of 1H57 all over In lit the natives were rea iy to break out in rerjeldoa against all foreigners and esp-cially a.tinsi the civil an I military represiintalivas ol tit English (Government. A half dozn causes are mentrone I for the fcelin j of discontent and inturieejio tfia: was evince I throughout India. 'Uu-t most ot these causes were mere pretex'."" Grcisd cannlse9 with no opuNt an-e-c ispr.itioa. The tjrease ordere.1 by the KuHs-t tiovern nient to be usei on these cirtr. Ies -.v.;j taken from rows or pis, an 1 Krease to tb lluidoos is unclean, an I to bile tli) ctr tridires at the lo.lihn.' bt the guns would Irt f. n otr.-usi to the tfinioo religion. Ta leaders of the Hindoos s-ii i that t'lest crease I car: ri-lee was only part of anat tem(t ly the English G ivrn-nent to m Kf the natives cive up their r"ln:ion ; leuo, un bounded indignation was arouse 1. Another caus" o.' the 'uut ny was that an other large province o. iu t! iiil be-ri nexed to the British, enip.r., and tjou-titii? o. ofrl 'ia's in the emp.o.r o Hie Kin; of th it province were throwa out of po-dtiou, oa j they were all ready for Iro.i tie :n ikia A not her cause was s lid to le the ua t itoy ern:nnt exeris-jd by ioaiu Eu,-!isU o:fl;ia!. in India. The simple fnt wis that the mtiv hi of In dia were a conquered race. ,ia 1 t io Kti 'lisl were the conqueror. For 30 ye irs thi tntih eepter nad been wave 1 ovr In lii nnd the In lians wanted to break that 9 -i-e ler. Th'-re nevr had be u nuy lov.j or syrn- athy betw -en tho natives of India and tdi urop :in. There is none now. He:ore the time of the great mutiny th Englfeh fiovernment r.skel much power ii the hands of the native. Too many of ih-n manneit the forts. Too many of them wen in the (lovwn nental employ. And now tin time fia t come for a wide outbreak. Tin natives had p -n-inded themselves that thej could sen 1 Ine Knclish Government flying, nnd to acv-o nplis i it d iier and swor i an' flrearit s nnl mutilatiou and slaughter mui do the r woist. It w-.s evi.'.eni in Lnjfcnow that the na tives were a out to ris-; an 1 put to death ll the Europe u.s tliey could lay their hands on, i b I into the r. ol iency the Christian pop ulation of I.u -know hastened for delensi Irom the tit: rs in l.u ran lor-n waleh wr prowling for th-ir vieti s The ccitpauti of the residency, or fort, were military an' non-eoinbaiants, men. woaieu nn-1 cliildroi in uu nbera: out 16'J2. I frugcst iu on fci ntenc. some' Of th chief woes lo which they wero subjected when I say that thes'j pi-opie were in th v si'lemy live mouths without a sini change ot clothing , some of th-Mimn tat heat at 12 J anil 13D dugrees , tho place black witu flies and all n-Tquir n with vermin firing of the enemy upon them ceasins neither day nor night the hospital crowded with the iylng ; smallpox, scurvy, cholera, a Iding their work to tn.it of shot ami shell women brought up in all comfort and never having known want, crowded and steri Heed in a cellar where nine children were born ; less an.l Ies foo 1 ; no water ex cept that wnich was brought from a well iin ler the enemy's tire, so that the watsr o! tainel was at thenrice of bloo 1 , the stench of thedead hor.so add-d to the effluvia of i-orp-cs, and nil wniting for the moment wi. en the army of CO. 000 shrieking Hindoo devl s should break in upon the garrison of the residency, now reue t by wounds and s'ekuess and death to 97fi men, women anc" cbd iren. "Call me early," I.al f, "to-morrow mora ing, and let ns beat the residency beforethe sun becomes too hot." At 7 o'clock In th morning we left our hotel in Lucknow, and I siiil to our obliging, gentlemanly escort, ''Please take us along the road by whictj Havelock and Outram came to the relief ol the residency." That was the way we went. There was a solemn stillness as we a proaehed the gate of the residency. Eat tereil nnd torn is the masonry ot the en trance Signature of shot and punctuation l cannou jail all up and down and every- vhero. 'Here to tho le't," said our escort, "art theremains of a building the first floor ol which in other days had been used ns a ban quet ng hull, but then was used as a hos pital. At this part the amputations took place, nnd all such patients died. The heal was so great nnd the food f-o insufficient Hint I he poor fellows could not recovei fro-n the loss of blood. They all died. Ampu tations were performed without chloroform. All the anaesthetics were exhausted. A Irncturo that in other climates and un der o! her circumstances would have come tc easy convalescence here prove t tatal. Yon der w is Dr. Fayrer's liuu-e, who was sur geon of the place and Is now Queen Victor ia's loctor. This uppefe-.ieom ..was the offi cers' room, and there S.r Henry Lawrence, our dear commander, was wouade I. Wnile he sat there a shell struck the room, and some ono suggested that be ha-l betlet leave the room, but lie sailed nn l sui t, 'Ligi. tiling - never strik'es twice in 'tht Same piaee.r;. Hardly "ha I no said this waen anothershetl tore otT ufstnigo-, an I he was carried dying into. Dr. Fayrer's bou on the ofierside of the ro L Sir Hear) Lawrence bad' been in poor realtti tor ' long lime before, the mutiny. ' He had i-een in tne Indian service for years,- an I Ue had started lor England to recover his health, but getting as far as Ktunuay the English Government requested hira to rema.u at least awiiiie, lor he couid not ho epared in such dangerous times.. He came hereto Lucknow, and foreseeing the s.ege of this residency had tilled many ot the room with grain, w.thoat which the residency would have been obliged to surren ler. There were also taken byiiim into IU s resi ienev rue nmlsnir -r 1 Ciareoal nni foi ler for the uxen and ..-'or thi hors-. Itu: now, at the time w'"U -ill t'ie poo'e were looking to him for uto ji au 1 courage, Bir Henry Is dy.ng." Our escort r?ecri rs ths sen". untqns tent-r, l-eautiful nnl overpowering, nn while I (.toot en the very spot waere the sighs and groans of the besieged an I lacera ted and ore!: en heirted me: tho whiz of bul lets, and theiiemoniao hiss of bursting shell, and the roar of batteries, my escort gava me the particulars. As soon nn t3'r Henry in told that h bad not many hours no live ha asked the haplain to administer to him the holy com nunion. He felt particularly anxion? for hesa'etyof the womn in tho residency, .Tho, at any moment, might be subjected to he savages who howled around the resi' tency, their breaking in only a matter of Ime unless r enforcement should come. 3e would frequently say to those who sur onnled his death couch 'Save th a lies. Ooi help the poor women andchil IrenV He gave directions for the desperate tefense of the place. He asked forgiveness ) all those whom he might unintentionally lave n-glected or offended. He left a rces n ge for all his friends. He forgot not to .ve directions for the care of his favorite lorse. He charged bis offlcerssaying 'By lo means sarr-n ler. Make no treaty or rompro-nisa with the desperadoes. Di 1 hting." He took charge of the asylum ha ind estabdslied for the chil '.rcn of soldiers, tie gave directions for his burial, say. ns 'No nonsense, no fuss. Let m I buried with the men. He dictated t own epitaph, wtrtra I real above his tomb 'life lies Haacr Iwtaince. who .ried to i.o his duty. M iy the Lor I h-vs nercy on his sou'.' He stid I wo i d liku to have a p issage of Serloture a bin t to t is irur Is on mv gray, s i -h ns, "fo the Lor I ur Qo 1 belong mere es a:il forg veuesses. though Ti barn r'bilel a-riinst Htm." tsu'i it fro n 1) ml.T So as br v a man ns Englnn t or India ever saw exp.re t. The lo. .tiers liftel the cover fro n h.s f ice in i kissed him before they carriei him ut. The chaplain offered a priyer. Tien they removed the prtt hero amid the rat ding hail of the guns ant put him flown imong other soldiers buried at the same Ime." All ot which I state for the bene lit f those who would hive us believe that the Jbristian religion is fit only for women in tie eighties and cbil Jr,a undersevun. There r as giory enough In tlut departure to halo jnri-teniio-n. Tuere." sai l (NT escort. Bi" thi Sailer did the work." "Wiio wu B ' the Sailer?" "Oil. he was the A'riean who sat it that point, and wucn any one of our men rentared across tiie roa.l h) would drop lim by a rifle ball. Bo' was a sure marks nan. Tne only wav to get across the road tor water fro n tho wil was to wait until is guu 0 is tel and then instantly cross se'ore he na I limeto.load. The only way conl I g-t rid of hira was by digging a Tine un ler t'ie house w iere he was n idn. When t:e house was blown up. IS i t ie ? uier went with it. 1 sat 1 to him, id you ran le up your minis want you in I the other suiTerrs would do in eise the 11 -u Is ae.u illy nro :e in "O . yes ! said i.y escort. " iVe li 1 1 ii all p..iiiu-j I, for tne tror i .ility w is ev.-ry hour for nearly five nout is that taey would break in. You must vne noer it was ICO) ngainst 61.03). an I or the latfr part ot the time it wif 2) ngiinst 6),000, ant the residency anj t .in eai ruwocis nruuu I It were not put up for su -.i an attack. It was only from th mercy of Go I that w sw-rnot massacred so.m a. tor tne beAiege-neut. We were re-' o "c I not to ',U-it eursjlv-s lo get into the nnu Is of t.-os-, des:erado3s. lou mustT-- lii-.u-jer t'.at we and all th women had "!:eir,lof tie bu:c lery at Cawnpur, and we t:iyif what deleaf meant. II nimble to hold rue rby '-oil ?er -we wou'd have .blown our- ' ls'.v-s u?-atwl a'l gone out of life together." . "i.ipw 4oi','',l said, "the rooms w acre the s-oii-u and eail-lren staid during thos a u. months" Then we crossed over and w at do,n into-the cellar of the resi leniy W'lln a Rie bb-E of horror indescribable I eu lrc ! tue-e-tlars where 622 women and ehil- ur-u Mad be vi crow lei until the wnole floo wis ful. 1 kuo.v t'le exact uumier, for oud'.e I their names on the rod. . As ooo o lao la lies wrots- in her diary--speaking o; I lies', w:Tiea sue said, '"'fney lay upoa thf roor fining futo eic i other like bits in a r.uzie." Wives had obtained from tueli busjuils the promise that the '.bus bin is wan! I slioot tlwn rather than lei tae n iatl m o the ban Is of thae despsr it Iocs. T.ie women within ths residency w -re k:t on tne s:nallst allowance thai would malnta.u life. No opportunity o privacy. TU death a:i,'el aui tue birtt ingel louche 1 wings as they passe I. Flies noi-quitoes, v.t.d o in Iu 1 possession of th' jlace. an I these wjtneu in momentary ex ct itioii til-it the enraged savaros wotiei ra i up-n'tue n, in a vioienoe of which clu in I sword mil torch nnl throat cu.lin vout 1 ue the mitder forms. Our escort toi 1 us agin and a -jr. in of th. trivery of th ws wo.nen. Tttey did not de nair. They encouraged the soldiery. Thei iraitel on the wouu lei ant dying in the lopitaL Tuey gave u; their stockings for tto. :ers or ti LTipMhot. They solaced mc i other when their children dlej. When I has an I or father fell, such prayers o y uotitav w re o i ;re i as oaiv worn -a can JTer. Tuey eud'irel without complaint. I'.i-y pfpir I their o.yn c lildren for uurial. I' icy w T) inspire 1 for the men who stool t tuir posts tl;iit at till taey droppel uur escort toi l us mat agim au t again i-ws had come that Hiveloe!: nnl Onr.m s--reoa the why to fetc.i these b s eel tines out or taeir wretcjednes. They ha i received a letter from, Havelock rolle l ap in s qaoi an i e-irrie i in ine moutn or a uis ruised messenger, a letter telling them that lie was on the way, but tua next news was that Havelock bad been compellel to r Ireat. It was constant vacillation between Lope an 1 despair. But one day they heard the guns of relief sounding nenrar an 1 nearer. Yet all the houses of Lucknow were fortresses nlled with armed miscreants, and every step of Havelock ai bis array was ;ontesteut firing from housetops, llrlug xom wiiiows, tiring from doorways. .. I asked our irien i if he thou -'lit that th? fforM famous story of a Scotca lass'in her lehnu'ii hear.ng the Scotch bagpipes ait- raiicing wi;h tne Scotch regiment was a tru i lory, ila said he did Ljt know but that it iras true. Without tuis man's Miliar ine I knew from ray oja o'ervation that de- Wiriu n som"rlmes quickens some of the fac- uitiee, ana I rather thin; the Scotch lass m her c.eliriuin was the tirst to hear, tho bag pipes. 1 decline to believe that class of people who would like to kill all the poetry t the world and bauisa all the flue seu-tiT.-nt. They tell us that Whit- :iers poem nnout B-trlmra Freitchle was founded on a delusion, and that Longfellow's poems immortalize. 1 things that never oc curred. Tne Scotch lass did hear the slo kn. I almost hearl It myself as X stoo 1 iu lide the restdeney while my escort told ol Oie coming ol the Seventy-eighth Highland Hegiineut. " Vero you present when Havelock eatm n?" I asked, for I could suppress the ques Son no longer. H's answer came . I was not nt the moment present. Put irdh some other young fellows I saw sol Jiers dancing wuile two highlan I piprs played, and I sai l, 'Wil it is all this excite jintr" Then we came up and saw that Havelock wis in, and Outrun was in, anl un regiments werepour.ng in. 'Snow us where they came in," I ex iaimeil, for 1 knew In it tn-v del not enter through the gate ot the residency, that he ng banket ap inside to keep the murderer, ur. 'Hero it is," answered my escort. 'Herd it is the embrasure through which they came." We walked up to the spot. It is now a tiroken down pile of bricks a dozen yards Tom the gate. Long grass now. but then 41 Dlood spattered, bullet scattered opening in the wad. . As we stood there, although the scene wis thirty seven years ago, 1 saw them come in Unvetook pale and sick, bat triumphant, an.l Outram, when all the equestrian statues in Calcutta ana Europe cannot too uraudly present; ' . " "Wnat then nappneil7" t said to mr es iort. "Oh," he said, "that fs Impossible to ell. ffiie earth was remov-1 from"the (rate, Old sbon all the army ot relief entered, and ome o'f us laugh'e f. and some cried, and ome prayed an l liome danse.1. Highlan lers so dust co-ered and enough blood and ronnds on their faces to make them nn ecognizable snatched tne bahes out of hejr mothers" arms and kissed them an I iass-d the' babies' along for other sol liers to kiss, and the wounded men irawled out of the hospital to join In the meering, and It was wild jubilee until, the Irst excitement passd. the story of how nany of the advancing army had been lain oa thn way began to have tearful ifTict, nnd the story of suTering tha ha 1 wen endured inside the fort, and thi, an nouncement to children tht they were atherless, and to wives that they wre vi iowsj submerged the shouts of joy with railing of agony. "But were you not emarrassel by the nr ival of Havelock anl 1139 men who brought 10 food with thorny" He answered. "Of I lourse we were pat on smaller rations, ime ne'Iately In order that they might share Tith us, but we knew that the comwg of his -en forcemeat would help us to hold ths tlace until further relief should come. Hal tot this first relief arrive 1 as it did in a day r two at most and perhaps in any hour the tesiegers would have broken in, and our end rould have come. The Sepoys ha t dug sis nines under the residency anl would soon lave exploded all." After we had obtained a few bullets that ad been picket out of the wall, an 1 a piec , if the bombshell, we walked arouad the elo uent rains and put our hands into the scars f the shattered masonry and explored the lemetery inside the fort, where hundreds of ha dead soldiers await tie coming of the Jord of Hosts at the li.st day, and wc null endure no more. Jly nerves wer ill a-tremble, an 1 my emotions wore rrung out, an 1 I said. "Let us go." I tad seen the resid-ncy at Lucknow the lay before with a beloved missionary, ind he told me many interesting facts con tenting the besieg.iment of that place, but his morning I had seen it in company with ine who in that awful 1357 of the Indian nutiny with bis own fire had fought the be gers, and with his own ear bad heard tte fell of the miscreants as they tried to storm he walls, an l with his own eyes ba l wit. lessel a scene of pang and sacrifice anl en lurance and bereavement and prowess an I escue which has made all this Lucknow 'ortress anl its surroundings the Mount Cal rary of the nineteenth century. On the following day, about four miles Vom the residency, I visited the grave of Havelock. The scenes of hardship anl sell lacrifloe through which he had passed were too much for mortal en lurance, and a fe lays after Havelock left the residency which le had relieved he lay in a tent a-dying, while his son, whom I saw in London on mj iray here, was reading to the old hero th ;onsolatory Scriptures. The telegraph wires had told all. Nations that Have lock was sick unto death. He had receive ! the message of consratulatioa from Queen Victoria ovr bis triumphs and hai seen knrgute l, anl suon a reception as Eng land never gave to any man since Welling ton came back from Waterloo awaited hit return. ut he wi'l never again see his na tive land. Ho Has lei his last army an-J planned tha last bailie. Yet he is to giic nother victory. . -IJe declared it wiiea ic bis last hours he said to General Outra n "1 die happy and coh'oiite i. I hav for fort rears so ruled my life that when death cam' 1 mlgnt face it tr.thout fear. Todieii rain." Inicsl tu,s w.is no nev sentimen ality with hi a. ...He once stated that Ii boyhood with tb";ir" companions he was ae customed to s-'-fc'tlie "seclusloa of one o the dormitorip for-purposes of devotion though certain ip.tbos's days of being brand edas Methodists an 1 ''earning bypoorhes.' He had in early life'bsen imm-rs i in a Bap list hui'ch. Ha acknowledged Go lin ever victory an 1 says in one- of his disn itc le lhat he owes it "to the power of the Eufleli rifle in British han Is to lintis1-. plu tkau 1 ti 'die blessing of Almighty Go 1 on a mos righteous caus:"' He was accustomed t ipen 1 twr boars ev-ry jnornias in prayo: ind Bible rea hug, an I it the army w ist march at 8 o'clock ho aror for purposes o religious tiero-iou at 6 o'c'o;k, anl if th irmy was to march at Go" slock he arose at 4 -.A plain monunnt mirks Havioek'i .fr-aye, but the epitaph is as beautiful ant f jo.iiir.ieus o as nu) iiuu x ii-iv rverseju UdT epied it then HU l there, nn 1 it is a fotlonw '"Her rest the mortal remains o Henry Havelock, major gnr d in the Brit Ish army and Kni.'ht Com nan ler of thi Bath, wuo die 1 at Ildkoosia Lucknow o lysesry pro lu'el by the hardships of i iuiipjiga in w iie'i he achieve 1 im norta Ij1uia4.on.the 21th of November, 1S57 tl-was boraoa he 5th, of April. 1795. a Bishops. Wermonth County, atham, Eng laa'': ' Euterel the amy 1815. tlamo to In .iiu 1S2J and s-rvi 1 tnere with little inter tuytiou till bis death. H- bor an honorabb part in the wars of Burma, Afghanistan, thi Uahratta ca np dgn of ISid an I the Satiij o 1845. Betained by n Iverse circu nstanei in subordinate position, it was the aint )f his life to show that the profit saion l Christian is consistent Willi the fullesi iischarge of the tut.es of a sol lier. H jom-uande i a division in tho Persian exp iition or 18j7. Iti th" terri'ilc cotivu'sioa o lhat year his genius an I ch iracter wsra ai length fully d-yiopil anl known to th rorld.' Saved fro-n siipwrck on the Cey. ou coast by th l'roviieoca which designe I Sim for greit-r thinrs, he was no.niuati-d to the command of tho eolu na destine Itc relieve the briv garriso 1 of Luvtuisr. This object, a't'r alm ost super itnut rxrtion, he, by tho b'.essiu? of Gol. ae- ;omplished. B it ho w is not spared to n ceive oa earth t!io rewird ho so deari; earned. The Pivino Master whom ht lerved saw tit to remove him from the spheri of his labor in tho moment of his grentes triumphs. Ho departed to his rest in hum ble but confl i-'nt expectation of far grente rewar is and honors which a grateful coun try wasanxious to bestow. In him the skil of 11 L-O'iim in ler. th 1 coitr igo an 1 devotion of a soldier, t i ' leirniug of a scholar, thi grace of a lii;'ity lire 1 gent email an 1 all the social nnu domestic virtu -s of a hus band, father an I friend were blend ed together, an I strengthen ? t, harmonize 1 an I a lorned by the spirit of a tru s Chris tian, the result of the influence of the Holj Spirit on his heart, nil 1 of an humble roll buc ' ou the mer ts of a crucified S,iVjour, II Timothy, iy., 7. S '1 have fought a good fight. I have nnishal my course. I have kept the faith. Heneefortu there is laid up for me a erown of righteousness which the Lord, the rightinous Ju lgc, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.' This monu nent is erected by uis sorro wing wido aud lamily." Is not that magaiftcnt? But t said whilf standing at H iveloc i's grave, Way does not Eugiand talco his dint to tjersel', an 1 in Westminster abbey make hi-n a pillow? In all her history of wars there is no name so magnetic, yet.shu, has expressed nothing on this mau's totnb. H s widow reared th 1 tombstone. Do you say, "Ler him sle'p iu toe region where he-li i h:s grandest dee. IsV' The sa ne reason would have buried Wel lington in Belgium, nnd Yon Moltkeat Ver sailles, an I Grant at YicKs'jttrg, and Ston' ivall Jackson tar 'away from his beloved Lexington, Ya. Take him home, O Eng land! Tiie rescuer of the men, women and cail irenat Lucknow 1 His ear. now dulled eoui 1 not hear tne rod of the organ when it Boii'i is through the venerable abbey the national nnthem. But it would hear t he same trumpet that brings up from amona those saej-d wails the.torm of Outram, Id! lellow Hero in tne overthrow of the Indian niu'iny. Let Par iamcnt make appropria tion trra'the national treasury, and some great war ship under some favorite admira sail across Jfixiiteranuau aad Abrabian seas and waiflit Bombay harbor for the coming ol Uiis co-iiqueror of conquerors, anl then saluted Lytiie shipping ot all free nations, let nim pt.ss on and pass up and come undei the aroues of the nble-y and along the aislee where hnve i;en carried the mightiest dead of many centuries. If religion has done nothing for your temper, it has dono nothing for vonr soul. True dignttv is never trained bv place and never lost when honors are with e'rawn. Itisa loncr way np the hill if you think about the hill all the time. Xao much sensibility creates 'unhap piness; too iuucU iusenstbility leads to crime. If everybody was psrfect what would the. go.-sips" dy for interesting mater ials. None but the brave deserve the fair, and none but the brave can live with some of them'. Science will probably find a way to utilize in our homes the central heat of the earth. . The man who creels a large building on a very small lot does so because he is shortsighted. Impudence is sometimes mistaken for liberty. Money is a powerful conversitianal- ist. Unho'y tempera are unhappy tern pers. Tne bisia of good manners u so'f- relianco. I The sky is never all uluo at the same I time. CRADLE OF A CHURCH MRTHPLACE OF PRESBYTERIAN ISM IN AMERICA. file Two Hundred aud Fiftieth Anniver sary Recen 'y Celebrated in Hempstead, 1. I. Lons and Stirring History of as Interesting Congregation. Rritth Made It a, Barracks. The two hundred nnd fiftieth anni versary of the establishment of the I'resliyterian Church In America was feceutly celebrated iu the pretty vil ice of Hempstead. Long island. Ir.e I'stublishmcut of this church and its larly history are marked by a serit. of events which gle it a leading place la the history of the nation. The rec ords preserved In this little community rouch for the claim that there one of the first sparks of religious liberty in America was ignited, the light from which served as a beacon In the strug gles of the colonists to throw off tho iemauds of the mother country. Tha revolutionary spirit was deinonstrat iil on more than one occasion, and the records of the church are teeming with Jeeila of valor and of independence which finally resulted in separation from Great Britain. From 1G44 uulil the present day the ;ongregatlon has remained intact. At ao period was there ever wanting de rotion to the church, and the record is tone of the most remarkable in Ameri can history. The founder of the parish and its first pastor was Kichurd Denton. He fame to America accompanied by a band of faithful worshipers, and, like the Pilgrim fathers, settled in Massa chusetts. Uellgloiis liberty was de nied them in England, and they gave ap home, worldly prospects, and ev erything near and dear rather thnn sac ifice their devotion to Presbyte-ian principles. They were a portion of the i'uritans of Massachusetts, and the leader was idolized by his followers. The party landed in Massachusetts ibout 1G40, and settled in Watertown. Presbyteriauism did not receive much sncouragement from the Pilgrims. Denton moved to (Vmieeticut. follow ed by his adherents, and located where VUCII TO-DAY. Stamford now stands. After ninny vi cissitudes, he finally wended his way to Long Island. The island was a wild spot. Inhab ited almost exclusively by Indians, al though a few settlers had established ionies. They erected a humble house of worship on the site of the present structure. Adjoining the church was a stockade. Through the sides were portholes, aud during services -sentinels were constantly on guard. The men carried guns to church, and were jlways prepared for conflict. Minister Deiitun remained at the head jf his congregation for fifteen years, when he returned to England, where he died. lie left four sous to carry on his labors. Two of them were instru mental in the creation of a colony now known as .I.-i 111:1 i a. and the other two founded Elizabeth, X. J. Their de scendants are scattered throughout both of these daces. The congregation built a new church In 17G'J. and services were lreld in It until 177(5. The IJritish soldiers then invaded the town and held it ns a vantage point, defying siege or bom bardment. The ltritisu took posses sion of the church, and committed many depredations. The Presbyterians were revolutionists sf the most pronounced type, and the soldiers took especial delight in heap ing indignities upon them. They used the church for a barracks and installed their horses there. They eveu cut holes through the flooring so that the animals could stand ou the ground. The windows were broken aud other desecrations committed. Imriug the presence of the soldiers ou the Island, the little congregation became almost extinct. The members were obliged to worship in private, . and it is related tlmt the greatest secrecy had to be maintained oil account of the hostility of the militia. After the war a minis ter from Jamaica was secured. Kev. Samuel Sturges served from 1791 to 179ft, Itev. Mr. Haveuport from 1794 to PARSONAGE. LSKK ASA CHURCH FROM 1MJ3-I84li. 1790, and Rev Joshua Hart again took the pastorate iu 1797 nnd served un til 1S03. The church. was burned and a new building erected in 18U3, and this is the structure now used as the parson age. It was converted into a dwelling house in 18 1J, aud Is still in excellent condition. On the removal of the old structure In 1S43 to Its present site and Its conversion - Into a parsonage the church now standing was built. It has remained without alteration. It has witnessed many changes In its pastors, but the congregation has grown steadily. Adjacent to the shurch Is a graveyard In which are Interred many revolutionary colo nists. Perhaps no church in the coun try is richer In legends or surrounded with more historical associations. Evert one hates the man who al ways thinks he is being robbed. f . . e s AUb.l. V' '.r ' IIEMTSTEAD CUVUCII OF -Sri wimimmtT- "TOBACCO TAKING," Csers of the Weed Labored I'atier I01sad vantases 259 Tears Arn- People who make a specialty of un comfortable statistics Dave lately as serted that a warehouseful of to bacco is consumed by smoke in th ii city every day or the year. As a unit of measure the warhouse is a vague and variable quantity, but il curries the impression of unlimited tobacco and un infinitude of suiok ing. But this is nob all, for the statisticians no not seem to include in this statement the amount ol "the weed" consumed in other ways. Doubtless just such a prevalence ol habit aid the "General Courts" of Connecticut foresee when it drew up the fatuous ' liiue Laws," bearing date in the year of our Lord ln.'n. The good people of Windsor, Hart,, ford, and WetliersBeld established this court by provision ot the Civ.J Co upact of lb 38. The smoker ot to day may niedl tatively wonder at 1 . gis'ation that made a license from the court and a prescription from "some approvid for knowledge in skill an 1 phisick" necessary before one could beiin tl.e use of the fragrant weed, and t!i;.t proniblted the taking of any ";o hacko in the streets, highwayes 01 any barne yards." Fortunately, tha cigarette had not attained its later deadliness, else the violator of tha statute might not have escaped witr so light a Une. This was the law as enacted: Ton a. a For as mu-h as it is observed many abuses are crept, iu and that uiu- niitted, by tiequent tak us of to backo. It is or Icred by the authority ol this Courte, That no ersou under the age of HI years, nor any other that hath not already ac ustoincd himself to the use thereof, shall take any tobacko until hee hath brought a certitlc-ite under the hands of smne who are approved fur knowledge ;ind skill In phisick. That it is useful for hi 111, and also, that hce hath re ceived a lycense from the cou te for the some. And for the regulating of those, who either by theire forever taking it. have, to theire own ap prehensions, made it neees-ary to litem, or uppon due advice, are per suaded to the use thereof It is ordered, That no man with n this colonye, after the publi atio.i hereof, shall take any tobacko pub liquely in the streets, highwayes ir any barne yards, or u; on training days in any open places, undjr t!ie penalty of six-pence for each ollence against this order, in any the particulars thereof, to lice paid with out gainesaying. uppon conviction, by tiie testimony of one wit ness. that is without just exception, before any one magistrate. And the consta bles in the several towns are required to make presentment to each partic ular Court as such as they doc un derstand, and car. evict to be trans gressors of this order. It is certain that tobacco-users were, mctapl ically at least, not in the bestofodvr in those days. Here is a provision of the same cou t that came under the general head ol 'ld.eness." It is ordered by this Courte and authority thereof That no person, howseholder or other, shall spend his time idely or unprolltably, under paine of such punishment as tho Courte shall thinke meete to iu: ict, and tor th s end It is ordered than the constable of every place shall uu special care and diligence to taku knowledge ot offenders in this kinde: especially of common coasters, mi- I proli table fowlersand tobacko-laker ; and n-esent the same until any 111.11? j itrato, who shall have power 10 ; heare or determine the case, or trans j fer it to the next Courte. New Yo;k Tribune. A Blackmailer Bluffed. A good story is told of a prominent Federal oilicial who was in otlice dur ing the (Irst Cleveland Administra tion, and his reception of a woman who endeavored to levy blackmail upou him. The woman came into his o:i"ce one day and after tearfully recitin her tale of woe ami wrong t him and an amse. ! onlooker, who had tried, ineffectually, to le.ne tho room atsc! let the couple attend to uicir own a.iairs, sue aemauded im mediately a check for -SI no. But 1 cannot give you that amount. I haven't got it," said the otlic al. 'Well, then, I'll tell all about our dealings and .ou won't show up very we 1," said the woman threateningly. '(ill, I don't think yuu can make anybody believe such a tale as you wou d tell against me," came the iiu perturbed reply. ' Oh, I can't, can't lr" sneered tho woman. "Well, I just need that trloo, and you'e got to give it to mo or I'll let out the whole business. ow are jcu ready to pony up?" The oilicial pondered a moment. "The case wou d look pretty black against tue, wouldn't il''" he said re- llectiveiy. j "Yes, I'll see to that." was the wo man's still more threatening an I 6wer. j "Well." said th.: official, after a few moments' thought and with a ' suspicious twinkle iu his eye, '! ' guess I see a way outof the dilliculty. You know my wife holds the purse strings of the fa nily. JCow you jus'j ' go to her and tell her the whole story and cry about it, and she might give i.'ou tUe amount you want, (iood day," and he bowed the obnoxious I (aller outof the ollice, while she was .too utterly dumbfounded to protest. I She never bothered him again, ap parently admiring bis nerve. Kate Field's l'at.er. J A Strange Tree. j A thread-and-needle tree is a step beyond the wax-tree in the way of con . eniene. It souuds like a fable, f but the Wexiccan maguey-tree fur. ( nishes not only a needle and thread all ready for use, but many "'her conveniences. Just outside the door ot a Mexican home the beautiful tree stands, loaded with "clustering pyramids of flowers towering abovo ; dark coronals of leaves." and at tho ' tip of each dark green leaf is a slen der thorn needle that must be drawn carefully from its sheath, at thesatno time slowly unwinding the thread, is J a strong, smooth fibre attache 1 to the nee lie, and capable of beiuj . drawn out to a great length. I 1.-' it. r ' '':'.v.Vsj-; -v. ? - -f r
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