ft THE OONHT1TU '1'IOW-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor ud S. F. BOHWEIER, MIFFUNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 8. 1896. NO. 21. VOL. XLIX CIIAPTEK I L (Continued.) "It does not strike me that Miss IEs t range a mere ingenue. However, as her fortune is insignificant it does not matJ ter," and the fuir widow stifled a yawn "When do you propose going to Eve U-iKh then?" 'The day after to-Morrow and you T "I am invited for the 20th, and I prof pose to arrive that afternoon. The bar Ss fixed, I believe, for Wednesday." "la there any oiil any men, I mean- you would like Clifford to ask? I car send the invitations before I leave thi afternoon." . "You are really too kind. I should no' drc-uiu of exacting " "Oh! there is uo obligation," interrupt ej I-mly Dorrington. "We want a nun bcr of dancinn men, and you know some." "The only person I can think of ia Cap tain Shirley." "Very well; what la his address, an who Is he?" "Mr. Marsden knows him already. lis. was in my husband's regiment. He is a good dancer and a presontuble person, lit has left the army, I believe, and his ad iress is 'The Doric Club.' " "Very well. Now tell ine what you did and whom you saw at Cowes? IIow da j ou liko English lifo so far, and have any of our brilliant youths impressed jouf widowed heart?" Mrs. Iluthven laughed low and softly. "Life in England is very livable so fat as I have seen it. With a few ingredient it would be delightful, and these "Captain Shirley!" said a waiter, throve Inpr open the door. "There is an end of our gossip, my dear," said Iady Dorrington, "and cannot wait." Mrs. Iluthven did not leave her seat She held out a slim hand, which wai somewhat darker in tint than her face and throat, and received the newcomer' profoundly respectful greeting with quiet smile. "Lady Dorrington, let me present Cap .ain Shirley to you." "We have Just been speaking of you, Captain Shirley," said her ladyship, bland, ly. "My brother, Clifford Marsden, 1 gathering his forces for a ball on the 23d, and if you are disengaged and inclined to rpend a few days nt Evesleigh, we I peak as temporary mistress of the houst shall be delighted to see you. There li good shooting, some pleasant people, ant Mrs. Kuthven." "Such attractions are not to be resisted I gladly accept," returned Shirley, witT low bow. "You must take tho Oldbridge and An Chester line," added Lady Dorrington. "We will send carriages to meet the si o'clock train on the 21st. Now I mm run away, dear Mrs. Kuthven." The ladies kissed and parted, Shirley escorting Lady Dorrington to her car rlage. When he returned Mrs. Kuthven had re sumed her seat on the sofa, and did not speak for a moment. He stood lookinf it her In silence also. Captain Shirley was below mlddU height, well but slightly mad, with a dark, keen face, the features small and well cut, piercing black eyes, the expres sion of which was in general carefully guarded. He wore a small thick mus tache, the rest of his face was clean shav. n, tho blue-black of a naturally strong beard showing clearly through the skin. From head to heel he was perfectly, fresh ly dressed, and had an air of extrem neatness. "Weil," said Mrs. Kuthven at last, rais ing her eyes slowly to his, "you see I look after your interests! I have managed this very pleasant invitation for you, and I Imagine we shall meet a very good set a Mr. Marsden's." "You are extremely good to me In at minor matters," said Shirley, drawing s chair near her sofa. "With which you must be satisfied, she said calmly, adding after an instant'l Vausc, "and thankful." "I am thankful! I am very thankful tat the little note In which you warned me you would be In town for two or three days, and would talk over the suggestiop I made, instead of refusing it at once." "To appoint you my trustee in the plan of my father's old ally, the late Mr. Bur gos? No, my dear friend! Not at pre cnt, at least." "Hut you do not entirely reject me! You must feel sure no one could be so devoted to your interests as I am." "I am quite sure no interest wonld conn before mine, save one, and that is your own." Shirley showed all his white teeth In l pleasant smile. "You are very keen, but you do me injustice," he said, "and believe mo, your Interests need looking after; I hare been making quiet inquiries In va rious quarters and I find your present sole trustee, Clifford Marsden, has been In a very shaky condition for soma time, but has lately been evidently flush of cash ta:;h which I suspect is yours." "Oh! nonsense," carelessly; "Marsdei may be a spendthrift, which after all li only suspected, but he is a man of un blemished honor." "I don't believe in unblemished honor observed Shirley calmly. "I'robably not," she returned. "I am In no hurry, and I should like to consul! Mr. Marsden as to a second trustee. II suits ine to stand well and on confidential terms with my late husband's relatives." "No doubt; and," with a keen glance, "should this especial relative become his successor, a delay in naming the second trustee might save trouble in case a new settlement Is required." "Precisely, said Mrs. Kuthven, with much composure. "I should certainly ac cept Clifford Marsden, were he to ask me. The position as his wife would suit me exactly. But I do not think he will; un less, indeed, he want my money very much. lie is not a bit In love with me, nor I with him; but it might do. In deed, I am now old enough to feel that inarralge is too Important a matter to be confused with love! I waa accustomed tc this view of the subject in my school day but stupidly allowed a whim to blind mi when I married poor Captain Kuthven who was really very nice." 'Well, I wish all success to your pla tonic scheme! But at the same time, 1 should advise you to take every possible precaution as respects the trusteeship. nave generally observed that honor ll blemished or unblemished very much In proportion to the degree of temptation to which It is exposed. you must remembei that. av nu-sejt ypubTJ few olfr"- inal friends. If any, In England; ana in at sincerity I am devoted to you." "I am really Inclined to bcliove you, said Mrs. Kuthven with a soft smile, anc seductive upturning of her eyes, "so 1 will try and do you a good turn. At Evesleigh you will probably meet a very charming girl a cousin of the Marsdcna: she has a small property (I will Inquire Into Its value), and if worth the trouble ytm might win and marry her. I will give you all the help I can." "You are very good. As an abatraa Idea. I am not a believer in marriage, but I am open to conviction. Since I left the service to live on my private fortune, 1 have not done so badly; what with a lit tle luck on the Stock Exchange, and a little Judgment in making a book " "Take care, all gambling la risky; but as you do dabblo In such matters, I w-lsh you would give me an idea how I can get more than three and a half per cent. that is all I receive for forty or fifty thousand Touads?" "Fifteen hundred a year! Can youl highly honorable trustee do no better for you than that? You must have a weak spot in your heart for him, or you would never stand it. "There is no question of weakness," sh returned scornfully. "Our relations. If any ever exist between us, will be purely matter of calculation. Shirley looked down with a slight In- rcdulous smile, and Mrs. Kuthven watch ed him with a glance of fierce. Intense anger. Quickly recovering herself, she added, with Insolent indifference! "Believe or not, as you choose." "I much prefer bclloving," returned Shirley. "Now, what are you going to do during the rest of your exile here? Will you come down to Oxford with me to morrow? It Is one of the places you aught to bo able to talk about." "If you will come back and dine witl me at 7:30 today, I shall have made u my mind, and tell you." "To hear Is to obey. I shall be hen punctually; and In tho meantime I wll think over the Question of investments! Three and a half per cent! The God of Love himself must have blindfolded you before you submitted to such robbery." "As you like," returned Mrs. Kuthrei coldly and carelessly, "bo good morning, and an revoir." Shirley kissed her hand with an air ol gallantry and left the room. When the door had closed on him Mrs Kuthven sprang up with the quick feline grace of a tlgreas. Darting to her writ ing table she seized the photograph of Clifford Mars Ten, and stood for a moment Intensely still, gazing at It. Then she murmured i "Purely a matter of calculation," ant laughed aloud. "Only a matter of calcu lation," she repeated. "Oh! my prince! my king!" Kissing the picture passionately, sin threw it from her on the table, and crouching again on the sofa, sat with clasped hands gazing at some imaginary picture as if lost in a dream. - .. All Blankshire rejoiced that Evcslelgl Manor was once more opened to the coun ty, and to the severely clerical society of Oldbridge. Enlivened by the gossip to which thii unexpected event gave rise, time flew quickly, and the fingers of the local dress makers worked nimbly, while almost ev ery train which stopped at Oldbridge brought men or munitions of war destined for the manor house. Mrs. L'Estrange and her stcpdaughtei took a natural and lively Interest in the preparations. Marsden himself was fre quently at the cottage, always In the most charming spirits, and boyishly full of anticipated success. It was the day but one before the ball Nora waa sitting near one of the draw ing room windows which was open, whilo a bright wood lire crackled on the hearth. It was a soft, gray day, as If nature was tenderly mourning the departed summer, and the woods gave out a faint autumnal fragrance. Nora sung softly in snatches as she plict her needle diligently, braiding a winter frock for Beatrice, May I come in through the window? asked Wlnton, so suddenly from the ve randa that Nora started and blushed viv idly. "I ought to send you round by the from door as a punishment for frightening me!" she said laughing, as she rose and gave him her hand. "But you shall be ab solved, for I ee you bring me CornhIII. " "Llo there and wait, good dog," cried Wlnton, when he had whistled his attend ant pointer to heel, and the animal, of the beautiful red-brown Irish breed, obeyed at once. "What a dear dog! We sorely need a watch dog." said Nora. "You know this place Is rather solitary at night. The squire has promised me one of Queenle's puppies aa soon as it is old enough to leave Its mother." "If It Is worthy of Its race, yon wit. have a treasure. The Evesleigh mastiffs are famous." Winton had entered while they spot, and Instinctively walked to the fireplace, where he stood surveying the room and its occupant. "What a pleasant room this Is," he salt abruptly, after a few moments' alienee. "I never see anything like It elsewhere. It is pretty, yet not too fine for use, and supremely home-like. You cannot fancy what a charm there is about everything home-like to en outsider like myself. Brookdale and Its owners will be my most lasting memories of tho old conntrj hereafter." "I am Tory glad you appreciate It, ant glad, too. that yon have come back In uch In sueh a good humor. Had yon good port at Moatlands?" "I waa rather bored. And how Is Mrs. L'Estrange?" "Very well. 'She has gone down te the village with Bea. I stayed at home bo cause I rather expect my godmother, uady Dorrington." "Oh, she is your godmother. Is she?" laid Winton. settling himself in a corner of the sofa near his companion, who resumed her need! work. "When did she wive?" "On Saturday. She came earlier tham was expected, ao the squire was out rid ing with me. I do not think ahe wa pleased." "Indeed! Are yon fond of riding?" "Yes, but I should have enjoyed it mora but for the want or practice all the time we were in Germany. The squire saya I don't sit badly, and that he will make a good horsewoman of me before the au umn is over." "Ha! Is he going to stay here, then? "I suppose so. I hope so. He Is very nice and kind. I was auite surprised to find him fttUjp young, used to think of Mm as being as' old as -my father. T was accustomed to see them together when I was a child. He must have been quite a boy then." "No, not quite. He Is only a year youna er than I am." returned Wlnton, gazing ireamily with a softened expression at her left fingers and pretty pose. "Is it possible?" cried Nora In frank, incomplimentary surprise. "I suppose, then, yon consider me a sort of grandfather?" he said with a grim trailc. "No, Indeed r lifting her eyes with t, sweet look of apology to his, "only you are so much graver, and and more Uig lificd, that " she paused. "A gracious translation of the first terms which suggested themselves, I sus pect," said Winton, laughing good-humor-edly. "Then I have been broiling for years under on Indian sun, In an up country station, where my days have been occupied In dealing justice to a lot of ruffians, extracting taxes and hunting big game. Yon cannot wonder that I ain a little rusty and unfitted to amble In a ndy's chamber. "You amble very gently la ours." "That Is, I do not absolutely smash th. china toys every time I walk across the room! Do yon know, I was half afraid I should find you tyrannised over my old friend, Helen LnndelL but I do not be lieve you do, though I Imagine there la a iash of the tyrant In you." "But why?" asked Nora, turning hat earnest eyes full on him. "What have I done " her sentence was never finished, for the door was dashed suddenly open, Bea, followed by her mother, ran Into the room, and the pleasant tote-a-tcte was ver. "Oh, Nora, poor Waldman was nearlj killed!" cried Bea. "He could hardly get away fast enough from the wagonotto. it was driving so fast to meet the train." Mrs. L'Estrange was greeting Winton while she spoke. "Yes," she said, "the Evesleigh guesti ire gathering fast. Mrs. Kuthven arriv ed yesterday, and Lord Alfred Uarcourt, Captain Shirley and some other people, trrive to-day." "Shirley!" repeated Winton. "Is hi ?omlng?" "Do you know him?" asked Nora. "Not personally; but I have heard sonu curious reports about him. He was in Kuthven's regiment, and there was a story about his having done something queer about a check or a bill; but he paid up, I believe, and then retired. I never net him." "I suppose gossip Is a ill-natured It. India as elsewhere," said Mrs. L'Es '.range, "ltather more so," returned Wlnton. "Why, Norn, hore are Lady Dorring ton and Mr. Marsden, and another lady and gentleman," cried Beatrice; "they are roming from the bridge." "Yes," exclaimed Nora; "they nr bringing Mrs. Kuthven and Lord Dorring ton; I will go and meet them;" and she went into the hall. "Well, dear, I have brought Mrs. Kuth von to see you," cried Lady Dorrington, 'clssing Nora's brow. "And I am delighted to see Mrs. Kuth ven," said Nora, with gracious self-pos-wssion, feeling on her own ground. "You are very good," murmured th lady, who was most elaborately got up In a country costume, fit for a society play at the Comedie FrancaUe, and was feel ing dreadfully tired even after so short t walk in her "Louis Quiuze" shoes. "Ah, how are you, my pretty maid? asked Lord Dorrington a Jovial, red-fac ed country gentleman. "How do you like living in the wilds after your foreign training?" "Exceedingly well: pray come in and slv Jown;" and she ushered them Into the pleasant drawing room, which had called forth Wiuton's eulogy. (To be continued.) Ills Own Bouquet. In a prorinclal town In Franco In which country It Is an almost Invaria ble rule for managers to engage artistes on tho condition that they aro approved by thepubllc young actress, who had mot with several stormy receptions, the real reason for which was that, being attached to a young comedian of the troupe, sho would not accept any bou quets or blllota-doux from her admirers, was about to make her last appearance sn trial. When the evening arrived, and she appeared upon tho stage, she was re ceived with hissings and hooting, and the theater was "alive" with apples, beans, and the like. The climax was reached when there fell at her feet a bouquet of bay and thistles, the noise tacreaslng every moment. The poor girl nearly fainted, and tha young comedian above mentioned, who was playing In the piece, supported her, and having led her to a couch, coolly picked up the bouquet In an Instant one could bave heard a pin drop. The actor approached his companion, who was crying bitterly, and dropping bo fore her on one knee, said, in a dis tinct voice: "Allow me to beg yon acceptance of this present, madame. The donor must certainly have deprived himself of his breakfast this morning." Instantaneously the current of pub lic favor turned, and thunders of ap plause were heard. The young come dian's presence of mind had saved bis finance. A Good Showing. Of the 853 towns and cities In Massa chusetts 321 contain free libraries. It U a great deal easier for some people to pray for the preacher than M is to do their part towairf his support A toe of cottonseed meal, when fed to cattle, jnxtabout repiacesthe fertility which is sold in 5000 quarts of milk. It is said th'it snbentaneons injec tions of salt have been found useful in the treatment of some form of in sanity. The researches of two French physicians Vernenil and Rons in cline them to regard pork as a frequent cause of cancer. Sea water contains silver in con siderable quantities. It is deposited on the copper sheathing of ships in amounts snlHcirnt to make its reduc tion profitable. Southern Pacific ofilcials have in terested themselves in using oil for fuel. A locomotive hns been fitted np with an oil burning device, which will be thoronsbly tested. A "chaser" that is shot from a rocket, and shoots aronod the heavens for fully ten minutes, has been invented by a man in Victoria, Australia. Sir Samuel Flower discovered by investigation in India that the finest and most delicate shaped noses belong to Brahmins of the highest caste. The French engineer Issartier be- that a tnnnel could be built no to the top of Mt. Blano Switzerland, in tea years, at a Cost of lees than $2,- 1000,000. UKY. DJLI. TAILMAGli HAT S3KBMOJI. Eul.Jcct: "ARit the Hat tie." Text: "Am! '.x carat to pass oa the row, when tvie Philistines came to strip tht s'ain, that they fouud Haul and his three soul t'lllun In Mount Oilboa." I Samuel xxxl., a Borne of you wore at 8 iuth Miuntnln oi Philoh or Hall's BlufT or nettysivir? ot Northern or Southern side, and I ask v,mi thnro is any sadder sight than a battfenVic after the guns have stopped firing? I walked aorossthe Odd of Antlc-tam lu-t aftrt conQict. The scene was so sickening I shall not describe tt. Every valuaMe thing had teen taken from the bodies of tbo dead, tot there are alwnys vultures hoverin t over and aroun.t about an army, and th'y pick u th watches, and tha memorandum boot and the letters, and the daguerreotypes, and the hats, and the coats, applying them t their own usos. The dead niuke no resis tance. So there are always camD follower! going on and after aa army, aa'when Seotl went down Into Mexico, as when Nupoli-oi ninrehed up toward Moscow, as when Vot Moltke went to .Sedan. There Is a simi tar sc-ene in tny text. Saul aad his army hod been horrlblv cuttt Sleeea. Mount (llboa was ghastly with tin ead. On the morrow tha stragsilors ea rn on to the field, and they llfte-l th Utohet ol the helmet from under the chin of tho dead, they pieked up the swonls and bent them on their knee to test the temper of the metnl, and thoy opened the wallets and counted tin coin. Saul lay dead along the ground, olghl or nine feet in length, and I gupprao tht cowardly Philistines, to show their bravery, leaped upon the trunk of his earc:iris an-i leered at the fallen slain and whistled through the mouth of his helmet. Before nirht thos cormorants had taken everything valuable from the field. "And It came to pass oa th morrow, when tha PlilljKtlnng eame to stri the slnln, that they found Saul and his thret sons fallen in Mount Oilboa." Before I get throusrh to-day I will sho you that the same prooens is going on all tli world over, and every tlay, and tint wliei men have fallen sutun and the world, so fai from pitying them or helping then-., po t work remorselessly to tak what U:t' then Is left, thus stripping the slain. There are tons of thousands of yonn? met arery yearooming from the country to oni fereat eitles. They eome with t.ravn beam .d grand expectation. The country ludl It down in the village proeery, with theii ret on the Iron rod around the redho Stove. In the evening, talking over tin crospeots of the yount? man w 10 bus anni oft to the city. Two or three ol them thin't that perhaps he may jfet alonn v iry well nn noeeeJ, but the most of them prophesi failure, for it la very hard to thini thiJ those whom ws knnw in boyhood vill eve make any great success In th'i world. But our young man has a fine position in I dry goods stora. The month Is over, lfi pets his wagna. He Is not awu.Mtonvi! t haveso mu.'h money belon'in? to hlir.soit He Is a little exalted and dm-s not knos exactly what to do with it, an 1 ho spends t In some places where he oim-ht not. S oi there come up new companions and a-quaiut ances from the barro-jnas and tha saloons o the olty. Soon that youn maa begins t waver in the battln of temptation, and sik: his soul goes down. In a fewmoittnsorfen pars he has fallen. He is moratry dvad. Hi is a mew corpse of what ho on-e was. Thi barpl"9 of sin snuff up the taint an! wnn on the field. His rments Rrnlaally givf out He has pawned his wateh. His healtt Is failing him. His credit perishes. lie li too poor to stay in the city, and he Is to poor to pay his way home to the country hoirn, down! AVhy do tho low f-llows a the city now stick to him so closelv? U It ti help him back to a moral and spiritual lliul Oh, no. I will toll yoa why thev stay. The' are Phillftlnw stripping the slain. Do not look where I point, but yonde. stands a man who onue had a beautiful hom In this city. His house had elegant furni ture, his ehildren wera beautifully olad, hii name was synonymous with honor and use fulness, but evil habit knocked at his from door, knocked at his b.-v-k door, knocked ai his parlor door, knocked at his bedronir door. Where is the piano? S -ld to pay tb rent Where Is the batrak? S"ld to meet the batcher's bill. Whire are the carpet"! Sold to get brca t Where is the wardrobe Sold to net rum. Where are the da'i?htrw1 Working their fingers off ia tryini; to kei-t the family together. Worse nnd worse untl everything is gone. Who is that gobi up th front steps of that house? That Is a creditor, hoping to find some chair or lied that has not been levied upon. Who are those two gen. tlemen now going op the front steps? TU one is a nonstable; the other is the sheriff Why do they go there? Tho unfortunate ii morally dead, socially dea l, fliian!a!lydea l Why do they go there? I will tell you whj the creditors and the constablt-jj and thi sheriffs go there. Thoy are, some on theli own aooount and some on account of the law Stripping the slain. An ex-member of Congress, one of thi most eloquent men that ever stood in thi House of Bpresentativas, said in his lost moments: "This Is the end. I am dving dylng on a borrowed bed, oovored by a bor rowed sheet, in a housa built by public charity. Bury me underthat tree in the mid dle of the field, where I shall not beorowded, tor I have been crowded all my life.'' When were the Jolly politicians and the dissipntinis Comrades who had been with him. laughing at his Jokes, applauding his eloquence anc plunging him into sin? They bave loft Wbyl His money Is gone, bis reputation Is gone, his wit Is gone, his clothes are gone every thing Is gone. Why should they stay anj longer? They have completed their work, They have stripped the slain. There Is another way, however, of dolnq the same work. Here ia a man who, through bis sin, Is prostrate, ne acknowledges thai he has done wrong. Kow Is the time for you to go to that man and say, "Thousands ol people have been as far astray as you are and got bank." Kow Is the time for you tc go to that man and tell him of the omnipo tent grace of God, that is sufficient for any poor soul. Now is the time to go and tell how swearing John Bunyan, through the grace of God, afterward came to the Celestial City. Now is the time to go to that man and tell him bow profligate Newton came, through conversion, o be a world renowned preacher of righteousness. Now is the tlm to tall thnt man that multitudes vha hu ve been pounded with all the flails of sin and dragged through all the sewers of pollution at last have risen to positive dominion of mora' powers. You do not tell him that, do you? No. fou say to him, "Loan you money? No You are down. Xou will have to go to tin dogs. Lend you a dollar? I would not lend you five cents to keep yoa from tho gallows, xod are debauched! Get out of my sight, now! Down! You will have to stav downl" And thns those bruised and battered men are sometimes accosted by those who ought to lift them up. Thus the last vestiga ot hone Is taken from them. Thus those who ought to go and lift and save them ara guilty ol stripping the slain. The point I want to make Is this: Bin la hard, oruel and mercies. Instead of helj inga man op It helps him down, and wheu, like Saul and his comrades, you lie on the Held, it will come and steal your sword and helmet and shield, leaving you to the jackal and thn 6ru w. Bat the world ana satan do not do their work with the outcast and abondoned. A ri-speetable Impenitent man comes to die. Ha is Sat on his back. He could not get up if the house was on fire. Adroltest mfllcul skill and gentle nursing have been a faiiur. He bas eome to his last hour. What does satan do for such a man? Why, he fetches up all the inapt, disagreeable and harrowing things in his life. He says: "Do you remem ber those chances you had for heaven and missed? Do you remember all- those lapses In conduct? Do you remember all those op probrious words and thoughts and actions? Jon't remember them, eh? rn make you re nembcr them." And then he takes all the vast and empties It on that deathbed, a the nailbags are emptied ou the postoffloe flooa, rhe man is slok. He cannot got away trow Taen the man says to satan: You have Jeceivedme. You told me that all would be well. You said there would be no trouble at the last. Xou tola me n i aiu so would do so and so. Now you corner m Id do so and so. Now you corner m hedge me up and submerge me in every reviL'VHa, ha!" says satan. "I was onl BUga, IiliralrUiiarnitLtosaSTOu.-- sod hedi thing' tor. I have been tor thirty years plotting to get you just where you are. It Is hard for you now: it will be worse for you after awhile. It pleases me. Lie sttll, sir. Don't (linen or shudder. Come, now, I will tear off from yoa the last rag of expectation. I will rend away from your soul the last hopn. I will leave you bare for the beating of the torm. It Is my business to strij the slain." You are hastening on toward uie consum mation of all ;thai is sad. To-day yen stop and think, but It is only for a moment, and then you will tramp on, and at the elose of this ervice you will go out and the question will be, "How did you like the sermon?" and one man will sav, "I liked it very well," and another man will say, "I didn't like it at all," but neither cf the answers will touch the tremendous fact that if impenitent you are going at thirty knots an hour toward shipwreck. Yea, you are in a battle where you will fall, and while your surviving rel atives wili tukei your remaining estate and the cemetery will take your body the messen gers of darkness will take your soul and some and go about you. stripping tha slain. Alaiur are erring out. "I adinit I am slain: I admit it." Un what battlenM, my broth ers? By what weapon? "l'oluted imagina tion," says one imtn; ''Intoxicating liquor," lays anotner man; "ily own hard heart," ays another man. Do you realize this? Then I come to tell' you thtit tho omnipo tent Christ is ready to walk across this bat tlefield and revive and t Jsuseltate and resur rect your dead souL Lot Hlin take yoir hand and rub away the numbness, your head nd bathe off the aching, your heart and itop Its wild throb. He brought Lazarus to ife, Ha brought J alms's daughter to lifo. Ha )ronght the young man of Nain to life, and ftese are three proofs anyhow that He eon jring you to life. When the Philistines came down on the Held, they stepped between the corpses, and " "- ' ova the dead, and thoy too tway everything that was valuable, and so I was with the people that followed after the trmlcs at Chaneelloreville and at Pittsburg Landing and at Stone iUver and at Atlanta, tripping the slain, but the Northern and louthern women God bless thein! came on ha field with basins and pads and towels tod lint and cordials and Christian en touragement, and the poor fellows that lay ihere lifted up their arms and said, "On. sow good that does feel since you dressed !' And others looked op and said, '-Oh, low you make me think of my mother!' and others said, "Tell the folks at home I lied thinking about them." And anotner looked up and said, "Miss, won't you sing ne a verse of. 'Home, Sweet Home, before I die?" And then the tattoo was sounded, and the hats were off, and the service was read. "I am the resurre.-tion and the life." And In honor ot the departed the muskets were loaded and the command given, "Present Sre!" And there was a shingle set op at the Sead of the grave, with the epitaph ol "Lieutenant In the Fourteenth Massa- ihusetts regulars," or "Captain in the Fifteenth regiment of South Carolina volun teers." And so now, across this great field f moral and spiritual battle, the angels of Sod come walking among the slain, and here was voices of comfort and voices of )ope and voices ot resurrection and voices ot ieuven. One night I saw a tragedy on the cornet If Broadway and Houston street. A yonng nan, evidently doubting as to which direc tion ha had better take, his hat lifted high inough so that you could see he had an in telligent forehead, stout chest) he had a robust development. Splendid young man. Cultured young man. Honored young man. Wny did he stop there while so many wera joing up and down? The fa-rt is that every tnan has a good angel and a bad angel eon teuding for the mastery of his spirit, and there were a good angel and a bad angel Itruggllng with that young man's soul at tht corner of Broadway and Houston street, "Co -ne with ma," said the good angel; "I will take you home; I will spread my wings ver your pillow; I will lovingly escort you all through life under supernatural protec tion; I will bless every cup you drink out of, every couch you rest on, every doorway you inter; I will consecrate your te-ics when you weep, your sweat when you toil, anil at tha Inst I will hand over your grave into tha band of the bright angel of a Christian re direction. In answer to your father's peti tion and your mother's prayer I have been lent of the Lord out of heaven to be vour Ituardlan spirit. Come with me," said the good angel in a voice of unearthly symphony, (twos muslo like that which drops from a lute of heaven when a seraph breathes on it. "No, no," said the bad angel; "come with me; I have something better to offer. Th wines I pour aredrom challoes of bewitching ;arousal; tha dance I lead is over floor tes lellutsd with unrestrained Indulgences; there is no God to frown on the temples of sin where I worship. The skies are Italian The paths I tread aro through meadows, daisied and primrosed. Come with ma." , The young man hesitated at a time when liesltntion was ruin, and the bad angel imote the good angel until It departed, iprcading wings through tha starlight up ward and away until a door flashed open la tho sky and forever tha wings vanished. 1'liat was tho turning point in that young plan's hiitory, for, tha good augol flown, ha hesitated no longer, but started on a path way whica is beautiful at tha opening, but Wasted at last. Tho bad angel, lea ting tha ray, opened gato after gate, nnd at each Kate the road became rougher and tho sky core lurid, and, what was peculiar, as the into slummed shut it onme to with ajar that Indicated that it would never open. : Passed each portal there was a grinding sf locks nnd a shoving of bolts, add tha seen rry on eitiier side of the road changed from L-ardens to deserts, and the June air became !a cutting December blast, and the bright rings of tha b:ii angel turned to sackcloth, ad the eyes of light beca;ne hollow witij hopeless grief, nnd tho fountains, that at tha t:art had tossed with wine, poured forth bubbling tears and foaming blood, and on tha right side of tha road there was a seqent. and the man said totheba I angel, "What is that serpent?" and the nnswar was. "That Is the serpent of stinging rotiorsa. On the lo't side tha road thero was a lion, and the man aiiod tho bad angel, "What is that lion?" and tho answer was. "That is the Hon of all devouring despair." A vulture dew through the skv, and tho man asked tha bad angel, "What is that vulture?" ami tha ansiver was, "That Is tha vulture waiting for the carcasses of tho slain." And then the man began to try to pull oft him the folds of something that had wound him round and round, and ha said to tha bad angel, "What is it that twists me In this aw ful convulsion?" and tha answer was, "That Is the worm that never dies." And then tha man said to tho bad angel: "What does all this mean? I trusted in what you sal a at tha sorner of Broadway r.n 1 Houston street; I trusted it all, and why have you thus de seived mu?" Then the last deception fell oft tho charmer, nnd It said: "I was sent forth from the pit to destroy yoursouL I watched my chance for many a long year. When you hesitated that night on Broadway, I gained my triumph. Now you aro here. Ha, hal lou are here. Come, let us fill these two Jhalices of fire and drink together to dark ness and woe and death. Hail, hall!" Oh, roung man! will tha good angel sent forth iy Christ or the bad angel sent forth by sin ret the victorv over your soul? Their wings re interlocked this moment above you, con tending for your destiny, as abovo the Apeu lines eagle and condor fight mid-sky. This Hur may decide your dentin v. L'abies do not hear well becauso the bones of the bar are too soft to convey the sensation of sound. An electric furnace for heating iron strips used in making horseshoe nails has been recently installed In Mon treal, Canada. Five feet of strip are heated every minute. Cases of infection have been frequently traced tocats that have been I and then go to another home where they have been petted. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad pas senger train? are lightel solely with lectricity. In Great Britain the telegraph messages average 1.8 per head; ia the United States slightly nnderone a head, while in Kussia they average only .04 per heal of population. At Alessina, Sicily, the inhabitants now stay quietly in their bouses, preferring the uncertain danger of shocks of earthquake to the certain one of contracting some illness by expo sure. iKUFFLE-SHOON AND AMBER , LOCKS. fchuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks Bit together, building blocks ; Shufile-Shoon Is old and gray Amber-Locks a little child, But together at that play Age and youth are reconciled, And with sympathetic glee Build their castles fair to see I "When I grow to be a man" Bo the wea one's prattle ran "I shall build a castle so. With a gateway broad and grand, Here a pretty vine shall grow. There a soldier guard shall stand J And the tower shall be so high Folks will wonder by and by I" Shufflo-Shoon quoth "Yes I know, Thus I builded long ago ! Here a gato and there a wall. Hero a window, there a door , Cere a steeple, wondrous tall, Risoth ever more and more ; But the years have levolod low What I builded long ago "' Bo they gossip at their play Heedless of the fleeting day. One speaks of that Long Ago . Where his dead hopes buried Iiei One with chubby cheeks aglow, Frattloth of the By-and-By. Bide by side twin castles grow By-and-By and Long-Ago ' Long-Ago and Ey-and-By Ah, what years atween them lief Yet, oh grandsiro, gaunt and gray, By what grace art thou beguiled That thou sharcst in the play Of that littlo lisping child? Children both, they build their blocks Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks. Eugene Field in Ladies' Home Journal. The Heroine of Queen's Peak, JOTJB miles north west of the littlo city of Bowie, iti Xorthern Texas, there is a sharp point of land rising abruptly above the prairie, and known to all the surrounding country as Queen's Peak. Its history is closely associated with that of a woman who is declared by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat to have come pretty near to being queen in reality as well as in nnme. It was in 1866 that Ellen Qninn went from Western North Carolina to this part of Texas. As would be judged from her name, she bad Irish blood in her veins, but it was mixed with a copious strain of Indian, de rived from tho Cherokecs that still in habit a reserve among the Carolina Mountains. Just under what circum stances she left her native State no one seems to remember, but soon after sho announced her intention to open a school for the benefit of th surrounding country. It seemed :. i if the school would likely benefit th i "country," literally so called, as t'aci d were very few inhabitants to get the good of it. What few men there were, however, got together and put np a house for her. It was the first schoolhouse ever put up in Montague County, and wan made of rough logs cut from the timber surrounding the base of what is now known as Queen's Peak. It was situated about half way up on the southern side in order to protect it from the cold northern winds of winter. There were several reasons why this site was chosen. Wood was near at hand for building the houso and supplying tho fires in winter, which items were very important ones to the Tcxans of those days. Water could be obtained from a spring close at band, and this also was not to bo slighted. Moreover, the Peak, though only a hundred or so feet above the surrounding prairie, was tho highest point for miles around, and from its summit a watch could bo kept for the approach of Indians or other hostile characters. From it signals could be given in case of danger. School opened with four pupils, all of whom came from the only bouse within two miles of the place. Soon, however, it began to increase as the fact of its existence began to be noised abroad through tho country. Grown men who had corns to Texas when V..-..-a nnit wTnt TnnY livail am wwnfin. witaous euucauonai advantages wonia come to school to Miss Quinn in o.'der to redeem their lost time. They came from anywhere within 100 or 200 miles. Most of them could come for only a few months consecutively, at times when there was little to do on farm or ranch, but they put in good work when they did come. For some months the attendance would run as high aa thirty and then again it would drop j down to three or four. Tuition was j uniformly S3 per month. It must have been an interesting sight to see the little room crowded with big, bearded cowboys poring over their books. They probably had spurs jingling at their heels and big six-shooters dang ling from their belts, bnt the black haired little Indian-Irish woman was mistress for all that. On one occa sion a big six-footer refused to obey some command she had given him. Go ing to the flour sack in which she kept a collection of her miscellaneous be longings, she gathered np a handful of block pepper. She had probably pre pared this for just such emergencies, and before her recalcitrant pupil knew what was coming she threw the pepper square into his eyes. The bully sprang to his feet with a roar of pain, while the rest of the school shouted up roarious approval of the act of disci pline. Then a dozen of the devotees of learning grabbed and carried him bodily to the foot of the Peak. He was then informed that if he ever en tered the schoolroom again or in anv way molested the teacher there woulc be a feast for buzzards and coyotes. For a while Ellen Quinn was trouble t by occasional travelers who, in pass ing through the country, would use) her schoolhonses as a lodging place f oa the night. One night, just as such aj party were pushing in the door, a roar like that of a cannon started them, and on investigation it was found that a rusty old musket had discharged about a double handful of sings into the roof with foree enough to have killed a dozen men had they been in the way. From that time on no nocturnal in' tudT jrzor eatezed, thai .Qboolbgna lili' by the door, and as windows had not vet come into fashion in that part of Texas the house waa free from intru sion. The teacher always had a loaded rifle sitting in the corner of the schoolroom during school hours, and had it strung behind her saddle as she rode. She was a fearless rider and an unerring shot. . After the school at the Peak hal been going on for about two years a singular state of affairs began gradually to come into being. The fame of her school had gone out over all the sur rounding country. She had exactly those accomplishments and exactly that turn of mind calculated to win for her the respect and admiration of the men of the frontier. Tho result was that they respected, trusted and almost worshipped her. By degrees she acquired almost unlimited influ ence over the men for over 1G0 miles around. They would come to her to settle all disputes, and would always respect her decision. If any given man felt inclined to resist her decis ion such feeling was useless, as every other man felt honor bound to help enforce it. If a question arose as to the ownership of stock the parties would bring the cattle or horses in volved up to the Peak. Each claimant would state his sido of the case and call on anyone else he might choose to substantiate it. Then came the de cision from which there was no ap peal. If a nan was suspected of steal ing stock or of committing murder the process was tho samo. A case could be disposed of completely in thirty minutes. On one occasion a mere boj was brought up under ajensation oi murder. The case was clear aginst him, and the verdict ran as follows : 'Well, he ought to die, but he's nothing but a kid. Give him a pony and let him go, but hang him if you find him within forty miles of thii place by to-morrow morning." The boy left. Meantime a natural metamorphosis took place in the name of the place where 6he lived. From Quinn's Peak it was changed to Queen's Peake, the schoolma'am being by that time uni versally known a3 the qncea. Her death, however, was as it should have been, the climax and crowning point af her life. It was nil that was necessary to make her subjects worship her, not almost, but altogether. During the fall of 1839 the Co manches began once more to make raids through this portion of Texas. The Comanches have been called the Ishmaelities of the West, their hand being against every man's hand and every man's hand against them. The queen had formerly acquired almost as much influence over the Indians na she had over the whites, and in peri ods of open Indian hostility this in fluence stood her in good stead. The Indians seemed to consider that her Indian blood made her ono of them selves, and so allowed her to pass back ward and forward to and from their camps unmolested. Though a Chero kee, she had soon acquired the lan guage of the Comanches. For a long time her influence was successful in protecting tho settlers around the Peak from any disturbance, but on one occasion it failed. All the men for forty miles had gone some distance below to Clear Creek Canon, toward which locality it had been reported that a large band of hostiles were ad vancing. While tha country was thus unprotected, a fourteen-year-old boy came dashing up on his pony and called to the queen that a band oi about twenty Comanches were coming as fust as they could travel. He begged her go meet them end pacify thorn. "No, she answered sadly ; "it's no use this time. Their blood's up be cause our men have gone to Clear creek and they won't bo pacided. You ride like the wind and get all tho women and children hid in the creek bank. I'll hold the Indians long enough for Ithat." Even as she was speaking tho Indians came in sight over a rise in the prairie. They would willingly have passed her by without molestation, but she was determined they should not. Taking deliberate aim at long range she fired find one Indian tumbled from his horse. jThen she sprang upon tho topmost ptone of the Peak and, standing at full beight, sent out a ringing yell and de- tisively waved her gua. Tho boy raited to seo no more, but keeping the . i . i i t u t.i v v : keif and his pursuers, he dashed off, af be had been told. o one will ever know the details of what happened after this. There was ?' natural barricade of stones on top of he Peak, and keeping behind it she bad the advantage over her foes in the open prairie. The Indians seem finally to have taken positions insido the tim ber around the Peak, and then gra dually to have drawn their lines nearer the summit. Doubtless they were un able to tell whether it was defended by one person alone or by more. Doubtless, when they had drawn nearer and were preparing to make the last fatal rush, she dropped her rifle and used her heavy six-shooter with deadly effect. Certain it is that she was game to the last. Finally, tho last cruel rush was made, and the brave teacher queen had given her life for those of her subjects. All this took time, and time was valuable just then. There were not more than three or four families then living within several miles of the Peak, and the boy messenger had ample time to notify them and get them hidden in the timbered bank of the creek. It must have been after the nightfall when the summit of the Peak was fin ally stormed, and about 10 o'clock a foroe of men came galloping in from Clear Creek, having heard of the threatened attack. The Indians still remaining left under tha cover of night. Next morning the settlers vis ited the Peak. There, behind a big bowlder, on the very summit they found Ellen Quinn, the prairie queen, stiff and cold in death. Her body had been pierced by half a dozen bullets and her scalp bad been taken. Bifle and six-shooter were both missing. Around the barricade, down in the timber at its base, and out in the open prairie, they counted the bodies of eleven Comanches. That told the story. No death in the whole of this part of Texas could have moved the people as did hers. She could have escaped frr rnrfllr fl"ing nfttTg! nt nE da liberately chose to die that the lives ol some fifteen or twenty defenseless women and children might be saved. It was decided to bury bcr and raisa a monument to her on tho Penk'i mound, on which sho labored in the school room and on which she died. Everyone for miles around attendod the funeral There was no minister to preach, but it was a solemn affair not withstanding. The body wns buried on the very 6ummit and above it the men piled up a vast heap of rougb stones. These may be seen there to 4a.V. A new set of peoplo have filled u the surrounding country. About all they know about the matter is thai these stones mark the gravo of an In dian named Queen, who was killed oa ithe summit and alter whom tha Tea was named. Bismarck at Home. After coffee and cigars had beet passed, Bismarck's long pipe, with iti china bowl decorated with tho fnmilj icont of arms, was brought to him and lighted. A small table at his sido held a tray with long queer matches, small rod, and other pipe appur tenances, all of which were from timt to time used. Never had I seen th process of smoking requiro to b helped along so often ; for, during ani mated conversation, tho pipo was for gotten and allowed to go out. In thii need, as in every other, I was impressed with the alertness of tho attendants. Proud were they of their master, and tenderly watchful of his wishes and physical infirmities. And here another picture. Bis jiarek lying . back in the large chair, puffing at his long pipe that his toric pipe, in the cloud-smoko oi which the Germany of to-day first took shape his faco nnimated, strong nnd ever-changing, tho two dogs now stretched in front at full length, with their big heads crossed over their master's feet "This one was a gift to hie from tho young Emperor," said Bismarck, pointing to the larger oJ the two. Talk turned upon tho aCfectionate tjess and faithfulness of dogs, and eom one asked bow the unmerited ex pression, "gone to the dogs," had ever originated. Bismarck said : ?'The meaning of that saying has be come entirely perverted. In olden times, when a puck of hounds was t necessity, not a luxury, on everj country estate, horses and cuttle, when they had outlived their useful ness, wero slaughtered and given to tho dogs for food. This is what waj originally meant by 'gone to th dogs." Conversation next turned upot America, and Bismarck asked lnucb about his old frieud Carl Sjhurz. "In 185," he said, "I anticipated quite as littlo as did Schurz what the future hod in store for me. My highest ambition wns to become a good farmer, and to bo able, eventually, to purchase the lauds adjoining our estate. Occasionally I cast a hungry eye upon tho oSica of Justice of the Peace, but tao only chance I had to obtain it was cut off" with a smile at the Princess "by my not succeeding in marrying tho girl who could havo helped mo attain it." "So much tho better for mo," was tho Princess's laughing rejoinder. And the better lor us all, thought I ; for what a wholesome aad blessed ex ample of happy marriage his this historic home presentel to tho world during the last halt century I Century. An Imitation Marble. One of the most recent novelties in artificial stono is the manufacture ol marble from chalk, whereby effects are produced which are hardly distinguish able from those of tho natural material. The chalk, which is very porous, ia placed in a bath of some mineral oxide, which percolates through it and gives It color. It is tho samo process that nature employs, to which the various tolorations of mnrblea aro duo. The ilab of chalk is thoa placed in a bath af liquid silicate, which permeates it in all its parts and cements its parti jles together. Tho result is a stone having the hardness, temperature and the "ring" of real mnrblo. It is capa ble of receiving a most exquisite pol ish. Many artificial marbles aro now be ing manufactured, and find a ready lale, owing to the high cost of quar rying and working the natural ma terial. However, thero is no danger that they will -ever drive tho real rstuil jut of the market. They ore of no usa for statuary or for certain other pur poses. The chalk process will not field slabs more than six inches thick. Washington Star To See the Great Llama. Prince Galitzin, of Russia, is a fel- iow of the Geographioal Society of St. Petersburg and one of the most fa mous travelers of the world. Ha will start soon with an expedition to pene trate the plateau of Thibet with tho intention of entering the sacred city of Lassa and interviewing the grand Llama. It is said that no European has ever faced the grand Llama, and the success of Prince Galitzin in his undertaking would be open to grave doubt were it not for his record in the way of wonderful journeys. It is over a year since his appearance at thq head of a small Cossack caravan in tho passes of tho Pamir table land on the extreme northern frontier of India startled the English Government. Ho has demonstrated by a journey of over 1200 miles from the terminus of trans Caspian railway, at Samarcand, that the Indian frontier was accessible to Russian attack through the Pamir table bind, hitherto considered inac cessible. Retracing his steps with his caravan he passed through the Qnon lun Mounts ins, crossed Eastern Turki stan into Siberia, until he struck tha caravan route leading to Irkutsk, neai Lake Baikal, in Southern Sibera. He then pursued his way east to Vladivos tok; thence through Japan and to Vancouver and the United States. If Prince Galitzin succeeds in entering Lassa and getting out alive his next journey will be from tho eastern term inus of the trans-Siberian railway, along its proposed route to Bering Sea. Thon, crossing into Alaska, ho will try to pass through British Co lumbia to the northern boundary of the United States. PioaTuna. . f. ? i' i if a f 1 I in 3 ..
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