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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. .
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