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B. F. BOHWEIER,
THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Bsttter ejal Props
VO L. XLIX
MIFFLINTOWJS. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3, 1895.
NO. 16. !
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CnAl'TER XV rontinn.4.
"Well did she recollect the su ites
blaze of childish fury which had risen
within her breast when Cecil, (rail
tauntinjr, had whispered about kn RhU
who loved an i ro le away, ere his own
resentment had been awakened by th4
prediction having been vcrLed. Cecil
had been right, and she had been
wronr-onee. Who was to suy which!
won a be tho truer prophot now?
Of one thin;?, however. Gera'dinoi
was cle r she very earnestly desired!
that Co tl Kaymond should not bo
awaro of how far Bellenden had al
ready pone, how often the two had
met, and to what extent they had ad
vanccd in intimacy. She never men
tioned to her cousin Sir Frederick
name. She looked as un-'onacious a
she could if ho were casually referred
to by others. And if she knew ha
were to bj any place at any hour on
the wat?h for her and ready to join)
her. she would sooner have civen u
the mectine alto -ether than have hai
on her other side the playmate of her" .
.i- I
youth.
With a heavy heart she now pro
rnrcd for a two days' vin't at Aunt
Maria'. Shu knew'how it wou'd bii
when she uot there. She could already
ho.ir her two aunt-' whisperings, amj
r. urk. the conlklen es interchanged
nnd tho plnn of the campaign orawnj
-dp. For Mr. St. Geoge. having nil
children of her own, and being we 1
a o.ned towards her nieces and nephl
ews in i eneral
and Cecil Kavmond
particular, would
o. er oved at bein
I e only toe much
called in to assist
him at this all important juncture.
Cecil won id bo paired off with hii
(o;;oin at tho dinner-table, in the boat,
at the 1- nchcon party, throughout th
entire vvoceeding.-;. She could pro
rihotical'ly 1'oho'd him carrying her
t-liawl and fetching her arasol. wait
ing for her if sho were behindhand,
nnd waiting for no one else if sho werq
in front. Sho know for what purposo, 1
h, hK.i bo c-ht a white cotton cove I
for his umbrella, an 1 almost felt its'
shuie beforo she had ever seen it un
furl ed.
All proved correct only too correct.
It was Cecil here and Cecil there. jus
as bad been anticipated. Cecil wai
directed to look after the Mount street
juggiiire even at the railway station,
and" he took the r tickets and founcj
their compartment subsequently. H$
it was who sat on the box-seat of bit
aunt s ca riage. looking down back
wt;rds to point out tnis view and thai
as they whirled along the dusty lanes,
ami hU hand was outstretched to help
them to alight ere any assistance could
bo offered.
Then tho net was drawn still closer
Cecil was told off to show the cousin,
who was a stranger, the beauties of
the shady garden, with its cool retreats
and rustling water banks. Cecil had
to gather for her the evening button
holo from his aunt's flower beds. And,
Cecil was advised to take her out in
the little boat that only held two later
on in the evening.
That she declined, but escape from
tho rest had been impossible.
Tho next morning was a repetitioi
of the same She lound her cousin in
the Beat beside her at the breakfast
table, and he followed her out into
the veranda directly the meal over.
Hefore tho very beginning of the fray
she wus sick to death of it, of him, and
of everyone,
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no beauty in her ey es. The blue, gilt-
toring rivor, winding its
1 wa Deiween.
its willowy banks, with its usual re
poso broken by the tliousan is of rain-bow-tntu-d
holiday makers, all plying
car and sail for the same point-sho
S"arco cared to look upon it. The
warm hay-; elds, merry with haymak
ers, with" their 1 ucKground of solemn
loliage. all one milky, gray-green hue
in tho Ja.y sunshine she beheld the
fair s'-eno"as tho gh it were a b igbear.
Silent and sullen she sat, scarce lift
ing her gazo from the water at her
side her 1 rgo sunsha ie screening her
from the ob ervation of the rest, her
thoughts e sewhere.
Ce 'il was rowing, and looking hit
best in his nice new flannels. He was
not altogether happy, poor fellow; he
had a gnawing sense of being un-
I l aciousiy met and repelled at evory
Uu-n that day: and as until new he had
l.ever experienced any actual rebuffs,
and bad never been able to ascertain
positively t at bis cousin had even
v.-ii.ully avoide 1 him - since excuse and
explanation had always been so glib
upon ner tongue tho bed of roses he
had proposed for h'mso.f in Aunt
Maria s vine covered cottage, was like
to prove but a thorny couch.
Somehow he had reckoned on Geral
dine s leing all his own if he could
once detach her from Bellenden. It
had seemed to him that to Bellenden's
baneful influence only, was due his
cousin's variable moods and slippery
ways of la1 e. She had been forever
eluding him sometimes on one ac
co nt. sometimes on another he could
not catch her tripping, but it had I een
so. as a fact, to whatever ca. se duo.
He thought, nay he felt sure, thai
Isellenden was at the bottom of it.
Bellenden and he were now almost
opnlv ant gonistic: had been for the
past fortnight: and Geraldine, while
affecting to perceive nothing, .was, he
could not but think, covertly on Bel
'enden's side.
But if 1 nee he could undermine Bel
lenden's influence, and counteract the
Impression which he had apparently
made afresh, he tho ght ho co Id
soon reinstate himself with the cousin.
That Sir Frederick was not seriously
in earest, that he had no aim beyond
standing well with one of the reigning
beauties of the season and being seen
in her train by those who chronicle
such records, we must do yo me Hay
iond the justice to say was his honest
and deli b -rate conviction. His
own feeling for Ceraldine v.as
Df tho caln est and steadiest. Ho had
always been fond of her as a child he
had "seen her open to improvement,
nnd he saw her o en to improvement
now: b it he admired and was attracted,
and the fact that the match would be
one to pleaso his parents and sisters
did not in any wise detract from its
II erits in his eyes, as such facts have
been known to do,
But Bellenden had in all probability
no idea cl a match at all. Bellenden
tva not a marrying man. He had a
manner; it meant nothing. He had
employed it with Ethel, and it had
misled her and her mother. He wai
now making ffo with Geraldine, and
the, foolish chil l, was once again fall
ing into the snare. Was it for him to
stand by and see his dear, sweet, lore
able cousin thus trifled with? Assuredly
not.
CHAPTER XVI
YOU ARE A PATIENT MAX, SIB
FRED"
ERICK.
If Geraldine had only known what
raa passing in the young roan's breast!
She fancied, as people have done,
and w 11 do to the end of time, that
whatever misrht be her own doubts,
an 1 fears, emotions and agitations,
they were sa'ely hidden In the inner
most recesses of her heart, secure from
every one's Ice n but her own. It was
her one comfort that no one nit
even her poor dear dreamed of those
nightly musings and the dally strug
g e. and that Cecil, Ce -il of all people,
Cecil, to whom she had so long been
after her manner, sub'ect, of whoe
opinion she still had a cold dread, and
for whom she still entertained a cer
tain uneasy respect that Cecil should
hue made the tumultuous upheaval of
her soul the subject for his calm, dis
passionate dissection, would hare been
niaici.'iit to let us see what it did do
when the lrightful truth burst upon
her.
All that day Cecil was on the watch.
His hand was the one on which she
bad to depend for support, as she
stepped ashore upon the green bank,
so well known at Henlev, where the
l . i..
favored few are permitted to excite
the envy of the multitude, where they
can feast spaciously and luxuriously,
in tho long, cool grass beneath the
shade, unencumbered bv the vulgar,
and where they can at ease promenade
presently, un ostled by the clamorous.
Cecil was his cousin's escort towards
the snot where Aunt Maria's well-
trained servants had already almost
co r.pleted their tempting arrange-
iaf-ments. where the lamb,
and chicken,
and lobster, and salad, the salmon and
cucumber, the pie and the ) ate were
repeated up and down the snowy table
cloth, and where the champagne bot
tles were i d to their necks in the ice
pails behind the tree.
Geraldlne's p. ace was selected in the
shadiest corner, behind which there
was a niche: not yet to be tilled up.but
into wnica some one would by-and by
insert himself: some one who was so
Dpeniy and paipaoiy ner cavalier lor
the nonce, that none of the other
young men of the party durst so much
s ofter her a pieco of bread, although
there was more than one present who
would fain have done so.
Did she want to go on the river,
luncheon being over? Cecil's own lit
tle cushioned boat was lying reaiy,and
he would be too proud to take her.
No? Would she prefer the Guards
Inclosure? The "'Isthmian'' inclosure?
The Hungarians were playing in the
latter; but either inclosure was open to
her. as Cecil had passes for both.
What was she to say? Any inclosure
that inclosed her, and excluded him
Hardly.
Would she then see the next race
rowed? If so, he would show her the
right place, the point from which s
fine open view, unencumbered by
house-boats, might De obtained?
Oh, she was too tired to walk.
Would she take a seat? There were
Beats in abundance among the trees;
and to be sure there was a glare on the
river, it would be cooler and pleas
anter to get among the trees even as
be spoke, she had turned away from
him with an exclamation. She had
fancied she saw Bellenden.
freviously, no idea of the extent and
magnitude of the festival had entered
into her mind, and she had supposed
that, once there, she would have had
no difficult v in being found by one
minded to fi nd her. A regatta was not
a racecourse, she had argued; and sue
had been at regattas before having
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among a few hundred spectators to see
them come in (which they never did.)
but of the great regratta of the south,
ot the crowd, the din, the confusion
and strife, the Babel of tongues, the
difficulty of movement, and the almost
impossibility of meeting without pre
vious ap; ointment, she had had no
sort of conception, while B.llend:n
had been e jually ignorant. Had he
ever been at Henley Hegatta before he
would have known, indeed, to confine
his search within certain limits', but
he had not learned his lesson, and had
lomehow picked up a vague impres
sion that the ladies' quarter was near
the bridge, on a large and thronged
platrorm, an I finding none ot the Ray
monds there had somewhat discon
certed him. He had, however, pro
ceeded with his search, scoured the
water, assailed the inclosure. peered
over the decks of house-boats, and
been everywhere and looked every
wnere but in the one place where his
dove had hidden herself, and in conse
quence he had of course searched and
scoured in vain
I inall he had given it up, and gone
home in disgust, but meaning to have
compensation in Mount street pres
ently. Geraldine had evidently been kept
from him by the Hayraonds and St.
Georges in collusion; either she had
not been at the regatta at all, or she
had been kept out of sight on purpose;
in either of which cases there would
be no sort of use in his going down
again on the second day. The train
had been a purgatory, the rush at the
ticket office, and the scramble lor a
seat something to shudder at, the
w hole affair a noisy, vulgar, unremu-
nerative day. He had not seen a thing,
he had scarcely met a person he knew,
he had never endured four hours of
greater martyrdom.
And, after all. very little would have
been obtained, even if he had found
Seraldinn in her present company.
The Haymonds were obviously holding
ber fast for the son and heir, and she
was for the time unattainable. It
would have been but a word, or at most
a brief half hour by her side and that
probably with Cecil, or some deputy of
Cecil's on the other side. It would be
but that if he went on the second day;
and on the evening of the second day
the ladies were to return to town. He
decided to stop in town, and present
himself in Mount street during that
evening.
The moment the decision had beet
Arrived at, it assumed a form that made
up for all the past. Bah! the idea of
telling a love tale amidst the roar and
riot of that horrid place, beneath a
scorching sun. and surrounded by gap
ing crowds! True, She had meant to
wait, and had hoped for the best for
some opening, soma chance invitatioa
which might lead to a twilight spent
in r'aradice, supposing Mrs. St. George,
for instance, had proved to be a good
natured, hospitable woman, and he had
gone back with tho party to The I wn?
But this hope had faded away during
the long, hot, fruitless search, and at
the close of the day he had felt him
self a fool ever to have entertained
it. The little balcony in Mount street,
tmong the blue pots of field daisies,
would do a- well as, or better than the
banks of the Thames.
So it would, and so it might have
done, had the lover not been antlci
-yjtffd.
It was late for some people, early for
others n brief, it was past 0 o'clock
when the announcement of Sir Fred
erick Bellenaen's name made GepaJ
tline start from the chair into which
the had thrown herself to wear out the
remainder of a wretched day. She
had not dreamed of his, or of anyone's
coming in at that hour; and her hair
had been unloosed, her hat, gloves,
and parasol thrown down Anywhere,
and her handkerchief, wet through
and through, allowed to drop by her '
side, as she leaned ber flushed face I
. 1 1 .1. ii ,l .. '
upvu iicr imuu, mummy over uu bunk
bad taken place.
Granny bad retired for the night,
still more worn out and exhausted; for
the family gathering had not been a
success, and both she and Geraldine
had issued from it as it were, in dis
grace. Her two daughters had alike resent
fully held her at arm's length. Maria I
had 'subjected her to questions and
comments, Charlotte to innuendoes.
She had seen them Interchange
glances now and again on the recep
tion of her replies, and had by degrees
come to grasp the situation in all its
details, and to penetrate into the secret
of the displeasure which she had her
self lnourred. It had become plain that
she was now understood to be unfavor
able to the sisters' views. It had be
come equally obvious that those views
bad met with some great and unex
oected check.
When the hour for departure hadar
rived, she and her charge had been
suf.ered to leave without any of those
cheer.'ul prognostications and pleasant
words and wishes usual on such o
casions. There had been no little lov
ing attentions and flatteries, and
scarcely even a respectable show of
response to her cwn thanks and fare
wells: instead, there had been an oml
iiojs silence, lowering looks, and cold
kisses ard Cecil had been nowhere to
be found.
That had informed her of the whole,
truth, and Ceraldine, when tasked, had
not even sought to deny it. Yes, it
was as granny had surmised; Cecil,
foolish boy, had made himself ridicu
ous and her very angry; ho had been
very rnde, he
"Kude." Granny might well open
her eyes. She had never known Ce
cil Raymond rude in his life. What
should ho be ru le for now?
"Because I could not agree with
him, and because I told Mm be was a
spy and a slanderer," then had Durst
forth Geraldine, with cheeks aflame;
"that was why oh, that was why,"
she had rereated, her tosom heaving
t the recollection.
"But, my dear, my darling, I do nol
understand" no wonder the poor old
lady had been mystified "I under
stand that Cecil, oor fellow, forwhom
I am very sorry"' (''poor, dear boy, I
wish ho had held his tongue," in pa
renthesis "I understand that you
cannot care for him as he does for yo 1;
tut why should you have been so so
hasty with him? Why should you not
quietly and kindly have refused to
'isten "
'I did refuse to listen; but not until
he had spoken oh, not until I had
' card him say such things " and
up 1 this the poor child had wept and
so iied afresh, and no more tad been
o. thcoming.
TO BE CONTINUED.
SPOILED MACREADY'S ORATION
n Unusually Strong l'lnoh of Snail Mad.
the CorpM Sinn on the Staff..
When Macready was a young mat.
classical drama in blank verse held the
stage, says London Figaro. One of
these was umilius; or, the Fall of
Rome." iEmilius was played by an
actor named Pope, and the exigencies
of the play required him to be brought
on the stage on a bier, supposedly dead,
and Flavius, acted by Macready, spoke
an oration over the body. Pope was
an inveterate snuff -taker, and just be
fore going on one night he borrowed a
pinch from one of the stage attend
ants. He was accustomed to a mild
invigorant, but the borrowed tobacco
was the fiery Welsh stuff. Pope was
duly brought on the stage by the usual
army of "supers," and Macready be
zant "Thou last of the Romans, thy bleed
ing country calls thee in vain. Time
and fortune may do their worst. Since
thou "
Here, to Macready's astonishment,
Pope's face began to work, and then
came a sneeze from the dead lEoman
that shook the flies. Macready started
a if shot, and the audience began to
'i'ter, but he went on:
"Since thou hast left us we are en
compassed by enemies who "
Ho-e the corpse began to show ani
mation, and then came a succession of
sneezes. Boiling over with rage, and
in a voice beard all over the house
Macready muttered:
"Drat your blo.od, sir, why don't you
do your sneezing off the stage?"
The audience shouted and the scene
ended by the corpse stalking off to
find and kill the man nho gave him
the snuff
'Know Ihyfelf" it is a problem that
never has L-e'en solved, nr never will
be.
The man who wil' sit still and let yon
pityj.im, will fit still aud let yon abuse
uim.
Men are like potatoes fiey nerer
kno bow soon they will be in hot
water.
Fulsehools not. only disuaree with
truths, bit iminlly quarrel among
thf in selves.
Prdigree Dever made a gentleman,
but Ls made ma :y a loafer quite un-benrabl.-.
Contentment has been praised more,
and practiced les., than any other
condition of life.
The great art is no', lo tnow bow- to
make money, bat to know how to use it
after it i- mad".
All affectation is odious; even a
monkey, so long as he sticks to the
monkay, is buite respectable.
Tho sooner a man becomes convinced
of the things he can't do the quicker be
wi'l succeed in life.
Life is too short to was'e in critic'
reep or crnio bark, quarrel or repn-:
maud 'twill soon be dark.
HEV. DfL TAIjMAGIL
ffQBBBOOKLTll DlVflOPS UVM
DAT BfflftlHOiM.
Subject; "Wholesale Divorce.
Titt: "What, therefore. Oof hath Joined
jngether lot not man put asoutfac" Matthrv
tlx., 6.
That there are hundreds and thousands o
Infelicitous homes in Amerisa no on. wil
doubt. It there were only ose skeleton hi
the closet, that might be Ineked up and
abandoned, bat in many a home there is
t'tcleton in the hallway and a skeleton in all
Vue apartments.
"Unhappily married are two words de
Mriptive ot many a homestead. It nee'ls nt
orthodox minister to prove to a badly mated
pair that there is a hell. They are there now.
Sometimes a grand and gracious woman will
be thus incarcerated, and her life will b. a
crucifixion, as was the ease with Mrs. Sigoui
ney, the reat poetess and the f-rat souk
Sometimes a eonseorated man will be united
to a fury, aa wan John Wesley, or united to a
vixem, as was John Milton. Sometimes, and
generally, both parties are to blame, and
Thomas Carlyle was an Intolerable scold, and
his wife smoked and swore, and Froude, the
historian, pulled aite the curtain from tin
lifelong squabble at Cralunputtock and Five
Cheyne Row.
Some say that for the alleviation of all
these domestlo disorders of which we heat
easy divorce is a good prescription. Ood
sometimes authorizes divorce S3 certainly as
He authorizes marriage. I have just as much
regard for one lawfully divor-ieil as I have
for one lawfully married. But yon know
and I know that wholesale divert is one of
our National scourges. I am not surprised
at this when 1 think of the influences which
have been abroad u.il. lating against the mar
Tinge relation.
For many years the platforms of the eonn
try rang with talk about a free love millen
nium. There were meetings of thlskindheld
in the Cooper Institute, New York; Tremont
Temple, Boston, and all over the land.
Some of the women who were most promi
nent in that movement have since been dis
tinguished for great promiscuosity of affec
tion. Popular thems for such occasions were
the tyranny of man, the oppression ot the
marriage relation, women's rights and the
affinities. Prominent speakeis were women
with short curls nnd short dtess, and very
long tongue, everlastingly at war with God
because they were created women, while on
the platform sat meek men with soft accent
and cowed demeanor, apologetio for mascu
linity, and holding the parasols while the
termagant orators went on preaching the
doctrine of free love.
That campaign of about twenty years so.
more devils into the marria? relation than
will be exoivised In the next fifty. Men and
women went home from such meetings so
permanently confused as to who were their
wives and husbands that they n-wer got out
of their perplexity, and the criminal and tt9
civil courts tried to disentiinsle the "HinT
of woes, and this one got alimoryt and that
one got a limited divorce, and thji mother
kept the children on condition that thi
father could sometimes come and look at
them, and theee went into poorhou?es, and
those went Into an insane asylum, and thos
went into dissolute public lifs, and all went
to destruction. The mightiest war ever
made atiiust the marriage institution wa
that free love campaign, sometimes undei
?ne name and sometimes under another.
Another influence that has warred upon
the marriage relation has been polygamy in
Utah. That was a stereotyped caricature ol
the marriage relation and has poisoned th
whole land. You might as well think that
yon can have an arm in a state of iuortiflcaa
tion and yet the whole body not he sickened
as to have these Territories polygamlaed and
yet the body of the Nation not feel the putre
faction. Hear it, good men and. women of
America, that so long ago as 1.HC3 a law wai
pwed by Congress forbidding polygamy in
the Territories and in all the places where
they had jurisdiction. Tweuty-fonr years
passed along and live administrations before
the first brick was knocked from that for
tress of Ubertinis.n.
Every new President in his inaugura
tickled' that monster with the straw ot con
demnation, and every Congress stultified it
self in proposing some plan that would not
work. Polygany stood mora intrenched,
and more brazen, nnd more puissant, ana
more braggart, and mere internal. James
Buchannan, a much abused man of his dy,
did more for the extirpation of this villain;
than most of the subsequent administra
tions. Mr. Buchanan sent out an army, and
although it was halted in its work still he
accomplished more than some of the admin
istrations which did nothing but talk, talk,
talk: At last, but not until it had poisoned
generatitij, polygamy has received its death
blow. Polygamy in Utah warred against the mar
riage relation throughout the land. It waj
impossible to have such an awful sewer ol
iniquity sending np its miasma, which was
waited by the winds North, South, East aad
West, without the whole land being affected
by it.
Another influence that has warred agains
the marriage relation in this country has
been a pustulous literature, with its millions
of sheets every week choked with stories ol
domestic wrongs and infidelities and massa
cres and outrages, nntil it is a wonder to aie
that there are any decencies or any common
sense left on the subject of marriage. One
half of the newsstands of all our cities reek
ing with the filth.
"Now," say some, ''we admit all thest
arils, and the only way to clear them out or
correct them is by easy divorce." Well, be
fore ws yield to that cry let ui find out how
lasy it Is now.
I have looked over the laws of all the States
and I find that, while in soma States it is
easier than in others, in every State it is
easy. The State of Illinois, through its Leg
islature, recites a long list of proper causes
for divorce and then closes np by giving to
the courts the right to make the deeree of
divorce in any case where they deem it ex
pedient. After that you are not surprised
at the announcement that in one county of
the State of Illinois, in one year, there went
833 divorces. If you want to know bow easy
it is, you have only to look overthe records of
the States. In the city ot San Franc'sco 833
divorces in one year, and in twenty years
in New England 20,000. Is that not easy
enough?
If the same ratio continue the ratio ol
multiplied divorce and multiplied causes of
divorce we are not far from the time when
our courts will have to set apart whole days
for application, and all yon will have to
prove a-rainst a man will be that he left his
newspaper in the middle of the floor, and all
yon will have to prove against a woman will
be that her husband's overcoat is buttonless.
Causes of divorce double in a few years
doubled in France, doubled In England and
doubled in the United States, To show you
how very easy it is I have to tell you that in
Western Reserve, Ohio, the proportion ot
divorces to marriages celebrated is one to
eleven, In Khode Island is one to thirteen, in
Vermont one to fourteen. Is not that easy
4noughY
I waut yon to notice that frequency oi
divorce always goes along with the disso
luteness of society. Borne for 500 years had
not one case of divorce. Those were her
days of glory anil virtue. Then iho reign o,
vice began, and divorce became epidemic. If
you want to know how ri.pidly hu empire
wwit dow as1 filblioa.
What we' want In this con..try and in all
lands is that divorce be made more and
more and more difficult. Then nvopie be
fore they enter that relation will be per
auded that there will probably be no escape
from it except through the door of the sep
nlcher. Then they will pause on the verge
of that relation until they are fully satisfied
that it is best, and that it is right, and that
It is happiest. Then we shall have no more
marriage in fun. Then men and women will
not enter the relation with the idea it is only
a trial trip, and if they do not like it thej
can get out at the first landing. Then thil
whole question will be taken ont oi the friv
lous Into me tremendow, ana tnsre win ds
do more joking about the blot, oms in
bride's hair than about the cypress on a
aomn.
Wnat we want fs that the Congress of thfc
United States change the National Constitu
tion so that a law can he passed which shal
be uniform all over tho country, and what
shall be right in one State shall be ri?ht In
all the States, and what is wrong in one State
will be wrong in all the States.
How is it now? If a party in the marriagt
relation gets dissatisfied, it is only necessary
to move to another State to achieve libera
tion from the domsstio tie. and divorce
effected so easy that the tint one party knows
ot it is by seeing in the newspaper that Bwr.
Dr. Somebody on March IT, 1896, lntrodaead
In a new marriage relation a membar of ths
household who went off on a pleasure axon
si on to Newport or a business exooxsiaa t
Chicago. Married at the bride's boose. No
eirds. There are States ot the Union which
practically pot a premium upon th. disin
tegration of the marriage relation, while
there are other States, like oor own Nw York
State, that had for a long time the pre-eminent
idiocy of making marriage lawful ai
twelve and fourteen yean of age.
The Congress of the United States needs to
move for a change of the National Constlra
tion and to appoint a committee not made
np of single gentlemen, but of men of fami
lies, and their families in Washington who
shall prepare a good, honest, righteous, com
prehensive, uniform law that will control
everything from Sandy Hook to the Golden
Ham. That will put an end to broken ties
in marriages. That will send divoree law
yers Into a deeent business. That will set
Deoole aeitatwl for many ream on th. qace
on ot how shall they get away from ease
other to planning how they eat adjust them
selves to the more or leas unfavorable otrcum
vtanoes. lioic difficult divorce will pat an estoppe.
to a great extent upon marriage as a finan
cial speculation. There are men who go in
to the relation just as they go into Wall street
to purchase shares. The female to be Invited
Into the partnersh ip of wedlock Is utterly
unattractive and in disposition a suppressed
Vesuvius. Everybody knows it but this mas
culine candidate for matrimonial orders,
through the commercial agencv or through
the county records, finds out how much
estate la to be inherited, and hi calculates it
He thinks out how long it will be before th
old man will die, and whethei be can stand
the refractory temper until he does die. and
then he enteca the relation, far ha anZaj .''It
I cannot stand It, then through the divoroe
law I'll back out." That proses ts going or
all the time, and men enter the relation with
out any moral principle, without any affee
tion.and it is as much a matter of stock spec
ulation as anythlngthat transpired yesterday
In Union Pacific, Illinois Cent ral or Dela
ware and Lackawanna.
Now, suppose a man understood, as h
ought to understand, that if he jtoes Into that
relation there is no possibility of his getting
trot, or no probability, he would bemore3low
to put his ne-' in the yoke. He would saj
to himself, "Bather than a Caribbean whirl
wind with a whole fleet of shipping in its
arms give me a zephyr off fields of sunshint
and gardens of peace"."
Let me say to the hundreds of young peo
pie in this bouse this a ternoon, before you
pive your heart and htnl in holy alliance use
all cautions. Inquire outside as to habits,
explore the disposition, scrutinize the taste,
question the ancestry and find out the am
bitions. Do not take the heroes and the
heroines of cheap novels for a model. Da
hot put your lifetime happiness in the keep
Eng of a man who has a reputation for being
a little loose in morals or in the keeping of
woman who dresses fast, Eemember that,
while good looks are a kindly gift of God,
wrinkles or accident may despoil them. Re
member that Byron was no mors celebrated
for his beauty than for his depravity. Be
rnemberthat Absalom's hair was not more
splendid than his habits were despicable.
Hear it, hear lti The only foundation foi
happy marriage that has ever been or .vex
will be Is good character.
Ask God whom you shall marry if yot
Ciarry at all. A union formed In prayer wil
e a happy union, though sickness pale thf
cheek, and poverty empty th. bread tray,
and death open the small gravw, and all the
J ath of life Le strewn with thorns from thf
tuarria'e altar with its wedding march and
brunge blossoms clear on dowa to the last
farewell at that gate where Isaa-; and Betiecoa,
Abraham and Sarah, Adam and Eve parted.
And let me say to yon who are in this re
lation, if yon make one man or woman hap-
r.y, you have not lived In vain. Christ says
hat what lie is to the church you ought to
be to each other, nnd if sometimes through
difference of opinion or difference of dispo
sition you make np your mind that your
knarriage was a mistake patiently bear and
forbear, remembering that life at the longest
Is short, and that for those who have been
badly mated in this world death will give
quick and immediate bill of divorcement
written in letters of green grass on quiet
graves. And perhaps, my brother, my sis
ter, perhaps you may appreciate each other
better in heaven than you hava appreciated
each other on earth.
In the "Farm Ballads" onr American poet
puts into the hps of a repentant husband
after a life of married perturbation these sug.
gestive words:
And when she dies I wish that she would be
laid by me.
And lying together in silence perhaps we
will agree.
Vnd if ever we meet In heaven I would not
think it queer
If we love each other better because we quar
reled here.
And let me say to those of yoa who are It
happy married union avoid first quarrels;
have no unexplained correspondence with
former admirers; cultivate no suspicions; In
a morapnt of bad temper do not rush out and
tell tha neighbors; do not let any of those
ga l-alouts of society unload ia your house
their baggage of gab and tittle tattle; do not
stand on your rights; learn ho. 7 to apolo
gize; do not be so proud, or so stubborn, oi
lo devilish that you will not make up. Be
memljer that the worst domestic misfortunes
and most scandalous divorce cases started
from little Infelicities. The whole piled up
train of ten rail cars telescoped and smashed
at the tout of an embankment 100 feet down
came to thut catastrophe by getting two ot
three inches off the track. Some of the great
est! domestic misfortunes and the wide re
sounding divorce cases have started from
little misunderstandings that were allowed to
f;o on and go on until home and respeotabilt
ty and religion and immortal soul wen
down in the crash, crash!
And. fellow citizens as well as fellow Chris
dans, let us have a divine rage against any
thing that wars on the marriage state.
Blessed institution) Instead of two arms to
tight the battle of life, four; Instead of two
syes to scrutinize the path of life, four; in
stead of two shoulders to lift the "burden ot
life, four. Twice the energy, twice the
ouraii. twloe the holy ambition, twice tha
probaojflty or worldry success, twice the
prospects of heaven. Into the matrimonial
oower God fetches two souls. Outside that
bower room for all contentions, and all bick
rlng", and all controversies, but inside the
bower there is room for only one guest the
uigel ot love. Let that angel stand at the
Boral doorway of this Edenio bower with
irawn sword to hew down the worst foe of
ibat bower easy divorce. And for every
paradise lost may there be a paradise re
rained. And after we quit out home here
nay we have a brighter home la heaven, at
:he windows of which this moment are fa
xdllar faces watching for our arrival and
ronderiug why so long we tarry.
orwegiaa Settlement for Vortk Carolina,
The P.ev. Mr. Stiltwelt, a Nonraglan Luth.
Tan minister of North Dakota, arrived in
Durham, N. CL, a few days ago. He is visit,
ng that section with a view of selecting some
ocallty to which he can bring a colony of bis
el low countrymen. His report of th. con
lltions of the farmers in some parts of tha
)akotos is truly doleful. He says there is a
itrong Inclination on the part of many Nor
egians in the Northwest to remove South,
rhich they regard as a more inviting field
'or them.
News in Brief.
The new catalogue of the British
Mnseum will contain 1,400,000 distinct
itles.
Ot the 218,373 foreigners living in
Great Britain, nearly one half, or 95,
053. reside in Liondon.
Uruguay and Nebraska are of
nearly the same size, the former having
72,000, the latter 76,000.
The name of a steamship hailing
from Honolulu, Hawaii, is Likelike
pronounced "leaky leaky."
Keep your own miseries; don't offer
to swap rheumatism with any man.
(rood advice is scarce, and those who
have the most of it to spare are the last
ones on part with it.
ONLY WOMAN SAVED.
WisS5- J
Tho above is a portrait of Miss Anna
Boecker, the sole female survivor of
the ill-fated steamship Elbe's passen
gers. She ia a governess, and was on
her way from Bremen to take a posl-
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VOLCANOES OF THE NORTHWEST
Peopla Now LIvlnaT Claim io Have
Been. Mnmeroa Krnptiona.
Colonel Fred O. Plummer haa mad
extensive researches and collected data
which shows beyond question that the
big mountain peaks in the Northwest
have been volcanoes in the memory of
people yet living, says the Tacoma
News, and thia is why Colonel Plum
mer thinks that Mount Rainier is likely
to break ont again at any time. Bor
dering the sound country there are at
least twenty prominent peaks from
which eruptions may take place, or
which may be centers of earth tremors
or shocks, and several of these have
within recent years given ample proof
of life. Among the mass of data is tho
story of John Iliaton, an Indian now1
living, that he witnessed an eruption of
the mountain in 1S20. It was accompa
nied by fire, noise and earthquake. He
had heard from older members of his
tribe that this bad happened many
times. lie had also seen fires from
Mount Baker, and a tradition of hi i
race is to the effect that this mountain
was much higher, and that a tremen
dous explosion threw down the entire
south side. The present shape and
condition of the mountain confirm this
tory.
An old historian. Rev. Samuel Par
ker, tells that "the Indians say that
they bare often seen fires In the chasms
of Mount Hood. Tilkl, the first chief
of the Dalles Indians, who is a man of
more than ordinary talents, said that
be had often seen fire in the fissure of
the rocks in the mountains." A few
years ago Captain Symonds, in his re
port on the Columbia River, notes that
"persona who hare visited Mount Hood
say that near Its summit are places
where hot, sulphurous gases still es
cape, and there are many who claim
to have seen smoke in large quantities
Issuing from the mountain." In the
story of his explorations Mr. Parker re
lates that "there was in August, 1S31,
an commonly dark day, which was
thought to have been caused by an
eruption of a volcano. The whole day
was nearly as dark as night, except a
light red, lurid in appearance, which
was perceptible until near night Light
ed candles were necessary during the
day. The atmosphere was filled with
ashes of wood, all having the appear
ance of having been produced by great
fires, and yet none were known to hava
occurred In the whole region. The day
was perfectly calm, without any wind.
For a few days after the fires out of
doors were noticed to burn as though
mixed with sulphur. There were no
earthquakes. By observations which
were made after the atmosphere be
came clear. It was thought the pure
white, perpetual snow of Mount St.
Helens was discolored, presenting a
brown appearance, and therefore It
was concluded that there bad been a
slight eruption." In a footnote the
author says: "I have been credibly in
formed that lava was ejected at that
time from St Helena." There are many
other facts that go to prove that St. Hoi
ens was very active In 183L
Settlers of Whatcom County have
jften seen Mount Baker In a state of
eruption. In January, 1853, persons
living down tha sound could distinctly
see a long black streak on the south
west slope of Mount Baker, which was
variously estimated at from 1,000 to
2,000 feet In width. It was several
months before tha mass of lava, cooled
so as to receive the falling snow. In
18C1 people at Port Ludlow saw Mount
Olympus, in the Olympic range, in
ieruptlon. On Sunday, June 27, 1869, at
about 8:30 p. nx, quite a severe earth
quake shock was felt at Seattle. Very
little damage was done, although dishes
were thrown from pantry shelves and
many people were startled by tho sharp
ness of tha shock. On Sunday, Dec. 12,
1880, about 8 o'clock at night the en
tire region around Mount Rainier ex
perienced a series of sharp earthquakes
which were accompanied by deep rum
blings. Tha ground seemed to wiiggla
and twist. In the summer of 1883 Ta
coma received a severs shock, which
the motion of chandeliers hung on
hooka showed came from the direc
tion Of lffHint f?o!nti Cir Tnn. 1 A
J 1884, at about 7 o'clock, p. m, jets of
team were plainly seen shooting up
ward from Mount Rainier to a consid
erable height. This phenomenon was
continued at short Intervals until dark
ness shut off tha view. There was no
lira, and no aarth tremors wore raport
t& ltc4fsMt.o taWJQMsagej
J
' tion with a prominent family in Ports
mouth. The young woman has recent
ly scornfully refused an offer of $400
per week to exhibit herself in a London
museum.
hava frequently seen eruptions of
Mount Hozomeen, which is eastward
from Mount Baker, in recent years,
and, considering these reports, this vol
cano Is the "Old Faithful" of the Cas
cades. Should there be a very violent
eruption of Mount Rainier, there would
be no danger hi Tacoma. Tho moun
tain Is too far away forty-four miles.
The following table, which is among
the volcanic records in Colonel Plum
mer's office, shows the year and dura
tion of eruptions of the big peaks In thlr
vicinity from 1S20 to 1S01, inclusive:
Tear
Mount Rainier 1820
Mount Ranier 1S4-1
Mount Ranier 184(1
Mount Ranier, 2 hours' duration. . . .1SS4
Mount St. Helens, 12 hours 1831
Mount St. Helens 1842
Mount St. Helens 1S4J1
Mount St. Helens, S5 days 1S4.1-4
Mount St. Helens 1S41
Mount Baker 1S20
Mount Baker 1S4H
Mount Baker 1&"3
Mount Baker 1880
Mount Hood, 3 hours ISC!)
Mount Hozomeen 1801
Mount Olympus ISfil
Mount Olympus, 3 hours 18SC
Minute, of the Court.
"Have you got the time?" asked th
prisoner of the Judge.
"I have," replied the Judge. "81;
months!" Atlanta Constitution.
Something Like It,
Wipgs (quoting) "There's nothKis
like leather," you know, old boy.
YVagjTS Isn't there, though! Yob
never saw any of the pie crust that out
new hired girl turns out SomervllW
Journal.
The Bin of Cain.
Teacher What was the sin of Cain
Tommy Askin' "Am I my brother
xeeper?"
"How do you make thnt out?"
"Anyway, paw says that remark a
his has been the cause of more people
foolln' with other folks' business than
anything else ever said." Clnclmutt
Tribune.
Advice Ia Cheap.
It Is a great fool who buys good aa-
Vice when so much of It may be had for
nothing. Atchison Globe.
Ha Waa Justified.
Old Gent Young man, when I was
your age I thought a horse car plenty
food enough for me.
Youth (alighting from hansom) Bv
you were never the only son of a rich
father or you would not have taken
such risks. New York World.
At the Club.
Hlbbs Is De Frlsky's new rlsqo
book out yet?
Dibbs Yes; but he isn't He got su
months. New York World.
Simple.'
A conjurer Is naturally supposed t
be the cleverest man in the company.
sometimes, however, he Is only next tc
Xhe cleverest
One evening, a man was performing
the old trick of producing eggs from a
pocket-handkerchief, when he reinurta
ed to a little boy In fun:
"Say, my boy, your mother can't gel
tggs witnout hens, can she?"
"Of course she can V replied the bov
"Why, how is that?" asked tha con.
lurer.
"She keeps ducks!" replied the boy.
amid roars of laughter. Youth's Com
panion. Why Ha Hit Him.
Teacher Why did you hit Willie
Winkum with a stone?
Little Johnny He he got mad ana
looked as If he'd like to hit me with
something; so I jus' chucked the stone
over to him so he could throw it at ma
-Good News.
There Are O there.
Mrs. Doozledoff Mrs. Bumpus is s
woman of tremendous push.
Mrs. Criggleston I should say s&.
Where did you become aware of tha
fact?
Mrs. Dooaledoff At the bargain conn
ter Brooklyn Eagle.
Had Noticed It.
Mrs. DogooxJ You dont seem to real
ize that time is money.
Dusty Rhodes Yea, I do, mum: man
times have I had occasion to notice that
f 10 was tha equivalent of ten daraw
New York World,
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIO PAPERS.
PImaant - Incident. Occurring" tha World
Over Saying. That Ar. Cheerful to th.
Old or Tonns; -Funny Selection That
Kvarybody Will Enjoy Beading.
Taking; a Mean Advantage,
nail How did you get rid of that ral
road stock? I didn't think anyont
would touch it considering the condi
tion of the road.
Ball Well I found a party who wat
hot posted.
Hall Who was he?
Ball One of the directors. Brook
lyn Life.
No Use for Them.
"I never cu'd undustand dls storj
about Diogenes huntln' around wit' a
lantern fur an honest man," remarked
a New York City statesman.
"Are you surprised that he should
have found them so scarce?"
'Naw. W'at I don't see is w'at hi
Wanted wit' 'im." Washington Star.
Satisfactory,
-u5IJi.i
Mistress What are your qualifica
tions as a cook?
Applicant None; but I've got tin
jcandal of the whole block down pat
Mistress You'll do. I'll come dowi
and help you out with the cooking onc
a day.
Great Luxury.
"I suppose Newrlche's new house li
sumptuously fitted up?"
"Yes, Indeed. He has everything yot
enn think of that is most costly. Why,
bis fire extinguisher Is kept full of
champagne all tha time." Harper'
azar.
Llvinc Evidence.
Wife The cook says she never wat
with a family that lived any bettei
than we do.
Husband Yes. The policeman ot
the corner has gained twenty poundi
since she came. Life.
A li rector.
Lawyer Did I understand you to say
that your son was one of the director
"f the company?
Mrs. Muggs Why, yes; you man,
know him; he's that bill fellow who
stands in the hallway and directs thi
people to the elevators Now York
World.
An Awful Bore.
The man who always tells everybody
he meets all the dreams he has can't ex
pect to have a very large attendance of
sincere mourners at his funeral. Ex
change. A Grammatical Fine Point.
Teacher Tommy, would you say thai
man lies easy or lies easily?
Tommy It depends on the iuau. In.
dianapolis Journal.
,The Instinctive Question.
Prisoner Your honor, this policeman
ttruck me.
New York Magistrate For ho
much? Washington Star.
Mr. Dolan on 6trlkea.
"If anybody lver catches ma strolk
ln" said Mr. Dolan, "'twill be vhin
Ol'm out av enipl'ymlnt an hov nothln'
betther to do." Washington Star.
Green Beyond a Doubt.
"There Is no possible doubt that you
friend Is a green grocer."
"Of course not But why do yot
speak of It in that way?"
"He Just told me that he had sold a n
of goods to Bilker on credit" Buffalo
Courier.
Ilia Reason.
"I hear that you let an Eastern dud
call you a liar," remarked Itednosed
Johnson. "How about It?"
"Yas, It's so," replied RubbernecV
Bill. "Me and the undertaker is n II tt la
at outs Just now an' I ain't goln' t
throw no business his way, you bet"
Indlnnapolls Journal.
Why XI. Didn't Attend theChnrch Fait
She Why didn't you come to out
church bazar?
He Well, I'm strictly business, i
buy in the lowest market
She What you never carry rellgto.
Into your business?
He No. I always give chauge.-s
Life.
Pushed for Money.
New York News.
A Mu.oum lplsodc
Manager What's the row in the dining-room?
Waiter The Two-Headcd Wondei
has got tangled up eating maca rout
Truth. Bad Break.
Wool Hicks made a bad break at tb
table d'hote bast night The waite"
brought him a bottle of claret and als
a bottle of meat sauce.
Van Pelt Well?
Wool Before he discovered his ml
take he drank the meat sauce ani
poured the claret on his meat Nev
York World.
A butcher in .Belfast, Ale., t
training a hog to harness, driving hlaT
behind a sled.
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