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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
MIFF LINTO WN , JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 15. 1895.
F. BOHWEIER,
NO. 22. i
VOL. XLIX
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CIIAPTEB II. (Continual.)
"ITow rocs It, fair cousin?" .aid Mar
Son, who was the last to enter. "It H
Quite thirty-six hour since I saw you; I
suppose nothing strange has occurred hj
the interval? You shall have your puppj
to-morrow. I told Stubbs to bring hir
ver; do not feed him too well."
"Whnt a pretty place," said Mrs. Ituth
yen. looking out on the lawn. "But th
view is a littlo limited, is it not, Mr. Mart
Sen? You must feel rather triste, ml
dear Miss L'Estrange, shut up here aftej
the freedom of life abroad?"
"Life is much freer here, I assure yon
I can go in and out as I like; and I fin
10 much to do, the day is not long enough.'
"When you aro a little older, and am
bition begins to wake," said Mrs.-Kuth
ven, with a caressing smile, "you wll
ten for a wider sphere and, no doubt
Snd it."
"Ah!" exclaimed Nora, her heart over
Bowing with a vague, delicious, nnao
roiintablo sense of pleasure, "I believe 1
tin Incapable of ambition. Why should
trouble about anything beyond my prea
rut stnte? I have all I want, all I cat
possibly wish for; If I need a little changl
t ran travel awhile but always with tty
Jnlicious sense of having a home ready fo
mo. I look upon myself as a very luck
irl."
Mrs. Iluthven laughed lightly, with
linso of mockery. l hare at least sect
no contented individual," she said, throw
lug a languishing glance to Marsden, wht
came to her side.
"I am glad to have been able to Intro
Suco you to a happy valley, which tb
princess, its possessor, does not pine t
lenve," ho said.
A tempting tea tablo was spread wltl
loast and hot cakes, and the conversatloi
rrcw lively, and even noisy, as the pros
poets of the ball were discussed. At las.
Hie evening began to darken, and Lad;
Dorrington proposed their returning.
"You look pale and weary," said Mart
Sen, in a low voice to Mrs. Huthven
"stay here, and I will send the pon;
carriage over for you."
"Oh, thank youl I shall manage t
Talk back."
Adieus exchanged, the party set forth
Sur " Tlra accompanying them as fa
11 tho bridge. When half way across
Mnradcn exclaimed: "Excuse mo a mo
nicnt I quite forgot a message for Mrs.
L' Est range," and he turned quickly, over
Vikins Nora, who was alone.
"Ho sure you send for what flowers yo.
require, Nora," ho said. "I told the gal
Joner not to cut any till ho knew whs
oti wanted."
"You aro really too good, squire. Yon
rncsts will want them all. I have what '
need at home."
"Then I will select for you myself. 6e
that you wear mine, if you prefer Wi
Vll'8 "
"Why, Mr. Winton would never dreao
jf offering ony one flowers," said Nora.
laughing; "go and take care of Mrs. uuth
rcn," and she ran away into the house
fi-aching it in time to say good-by to in
ton, who was nbout to start on his horn.
vard walk to Oldbridge.
Mrs. Ituthven was very tired, she said
ml therefore silent, but in reality sh
was asking herself, over and over again
fi lint it was that Marsden went back for
''lie deeply distrusted Nora.
CHAPTER III.
Both Mrs. L'Estrange and ber ste.
laughter uttered exclamations of surprls,
ind admiration as they entered the hal
f Evesli-igh Manor House on the nigh
if the bull.
The ladies of Krookdale came early
they wished to see tho rooms before th
jrowd assembled.
"X.ady lorrington is in the white draw
Ing room," said the butler, opening th
Irst door on the left.
This was tho smaller of the two draw
lug rooms, and was as bright and beanti
fill as lights, flowers and groups of plant
v.iilrl make it.
I.ady llorrington, in velvet and din
oionds, stood in the center, with near':
ill the house party, re-enforced by severs
ri-ntlemeit Nora had not seen before, gat
red round her.
I)iroctly the butler announced "Mrt
and Miss L'Estrange," Marsden canv
forward, shook hands very cordially wltl
Mrs. IEstrangc, and let ber pass on t
I.ady Dorrington; then stopping Nora, t
r lioin bo showed a programme, said, ".
have put down my name for waltz num
ber eight," pointing out tho word "Clif
ford," written in ink against that num
er; "you cannot alter it, you see."
"I shall not want to alter it," returuei
Norn, looking np with a smile. "I fane:
Ton aro the best dancer here.
Sho was struck with the expression o
Ms eyes. Thr-y were fiercely bright, ant
had a certain linleseribable look of tutcDS.
resolution, while his face was white, ant
the veins In his forehead showed dl.
tiiK-tly; otherwise he was strikingly hand
tome and distinguished. Evening drea
tuited him well.
"Mrs. and Miss Saunders, Captain Leth
bridge, Mr. Winton," were aunounced ir
rapid succession. Lady Dorrlngton wen
forward to receive them.
"My severe duties are about to com
Oience," said Marsden. who still held thi
program, which he now put Into Nora'i
ham), managing to catch and press it a
he did so. "I look to you for my rewar
y and by."
"I wonder," thought Nora, looking after
blm as he went to greet his guests, "I
lie squire is ever in earnest?"
Her conjecture were interrupted bj
the appearance of Mrs. Ituthven, whr
tame in from the room beyond. She look
rd radiant and fnlry-IIke in soft satin am
delicate lace, and absolutely ablaze will
Vwels.
"I never saw anything like her jewels,'
aid Nora to Winton, who had taken hi
ttnnd beside her.
"I should like to know their real value
snd what they cost old Guthrie," he re
turned. "I fancy there are some curioni
itories nttnehed to these fine things."
Here Mrs. Iluthven came straight t
wnere tney stood, ronowea By anemx mm
curately dressed, keen-eyed man.
"Ahf good evening, Miss L'Estrmnga
Isn't this a pretty room? Really, th
decorations are in admirable taste. J
must compliment you on your dress, if yot
will forgive me," she said, looking keenly
at Nora from head to foot, with a com
nrohensive glance.
lara infinitely flattered, Mrs. Ruth
ven,"
r-iuuueu iura, wun a pleases
smile and a slight blush; "your approb
lion u a coinijjiacBt-as to Jflfc filfl
quite, too dazzling. I never saw any
thing like your rubies before. I contest
I should like to see all your Jewels out
lay."
"You shall. If you like. Meantime, hen
(s Captain Shirley, waiting for the intro
duction I promised him. Captain Shir
ley Mis L'Estrange,"
"May I have the honor of the firm
dance. Miss L'Estrange f be asked, with
a low bow and an air of repressed eager
Vss.
"With pleasure."
She handed him her card. Ilavlng In
scribed his name, he hesitated, and said,
with a smile of entreaty!
"Dare I ask for the second waltif
"Very well," returned Nora, with a lit
:le laugh at his imploring tone.
"I assure you. Captain Shirley to a cap
tal partner," put in Mrs. Ituthven.
Then addressing him, she added I
"The room are filling rapidly. Give
me your arm, and I will join Lady Dor
rlngton. He ahall return directly, Mis
L'Estrange,"
"Well." said Winton, who had ex
changed a nod of recognition with Shir
ley, "I think you might have given me
the first quadrille, any idiot can walk
irough a quadrille!"
"You know I could not ask you," said
Nora, glancing up into hi eye with a
bright, amused sparkle in her own, "And
as you said nothing about It, I never
thought you would deign to da,nce."
"I don't supiKtse you ever gave me t
thought, and you are right; I have stiffen
ed too much and too soon into elderly
ways to be a fit partner for a creature like
yon."
"Mr. Winton." with an air half mock
lng, half kindly, "will you do me the
honor of dancing the first quadrille V and
she handed him her program, from which
he perceived that the first dance was a
waltz, the second a quadrille.
Mark Winton flushed through his sun
tanned skin a he returned the correct re
ply: "Most hnppyl Whore shall I find you?
he added eagerly, a he saw Shirley re
turning.
"Here, I shall return to this room
and she was gone.
Mrs. Huthven' triumph began with
the dancing. Though some of the country
grandees were present, the host qpened
the ball with her, and he had never before
been so charming, or so devoted in his
attentions: he explained with an amusing
air of martyrdom the cruel necessity for
his taking the MsrchlonaM of Blankforrf,
an immensely stout, talkative woman,
with gray hair and mustache, to supper;
but there was no escape. Mrs. Huthven
had never felt so secure, so elated. What
wonderful luck hers was, to be ardently
in love with the right manl
Meantime, the guests poured In, and
dancing had begun with great spirit.
"I feel a if I ought to look for you ani
offer you my arm," said Nora, as Win
ton rose to five her his seat beside Mrs.
L'Estrange, when Shirley brought her
back. "Having asked you to dance, I
vhould act the role completely."
I will excuse you.
"Why do you not dance, Helen?" she
resumed. "Lord Dorrington tells me you
refused him peremptorily."
"It would not be becoming in the chap
eron of a great grown-up daughter to
dance," returned Mrs. L'Estraugo good
humoredly.
"You must give me a quadrille, Mra
L'Estrange," said Winton. "for the saLe
of 'Auld Lang Syne.' I don't think I
have danced since the old rectory day,
when you used to be my partner you re
member?" "I do. Indeed!" A quick algh caugh;
Nora' ear, and she noticed the soft, sad
look which stole over her stepmother's
countenance.
Mrs. L'Estrange was a small, elegant
but somewhat colorless woman, with
pale-blue eyes, and pale-brown hair, a
pretty figure, and very soft, quiet man
ners: she could talk well when roused,
but had alway the air of preferring to
be still and silent. "She has had a try
ing life!" thought Nora, while Winton
said, "Well I will come and look for you
presently." Then he gave Nora his arm,
ind they took their places.
"I think you must have danced more
than you admit," said she, when the quad
rille was over. "You made very few mis
takes."' "I watched my neighbors, and the evolu
tions are not difficult. No; don't go back
yet; you will be snapped up by your next
partner. Who 1 it, Letbbridge?"
"No, a friend of the squire', who intro
duced him. Lord Alfred Harcourt."
"I don't think he will amuse you! Have
you been In the conservatory yet? It il
really very pretty."
"Nor yielding to his movement In tha.
direction.
Winton led ber Into the hall, where num
erous group sat and stood about, down
the passage before mentioned to the buf
fet, and then across the breakfast room
as yet unoccupied, where card tables
vera set fortn, into toe conservatory.
This was dimly lighted by silvery lampt
among the foliage, and freshened by the
splash of a couple of fountains. The
fragrance of the flowers, the cool stiffness.
after the noise and heat of the ball room.
cere most welcome.
"This 1 lovely, indeed!" cried Nora,
"none of the ball I was at In London
rere half so beautiful."
"How many did yon go to?" askeo
Winton.
"Three," she replied; "yon like a ecu
racy."
"It is essential. What Is this place at
the end?"
"Let u explorer cried Nora.
A door which let out to the terrace hat
been replaced by a deep red velvet cur
tain, which, looped to one side, gave ad
mittance to a Turkish tent, druped with
rich, mellow-colored Oriental stuffs, in
termixed with gold. A dlvah with em
broidered cushions occupied one side, and
a stained glass lantern swung from the
center, while a long mirror opposite the
door reproduced tha charming effect of
the interior. "Thi la admirably done,'
aid Winton. looking round.
"No doubt Mr. Marsden bas bad It
done to please Mrs. Huthven, and remind
her of her Eastern lifer
"I don't suppose that wonld give bet
any particular pleasure," said Winton
dryly.
' "Are yon sometimes taken with Ill-na
tured flu?" asked Nora, looking np Into
m eyes.
"Never," hu replied, emphatically, "1
am elwaya generous. Just and reason
able! Will yon alt down, and allow me to
enlarge a little further on my own ad
mirable qualities? The cushions an soft
and comfortable." -
"I must Lot, howover Interesting tbt
subject! My partner will be looking for
me aad-smZ
Without a syllable of remonstrance,
Winton gave her his arm, and they began
to retrace their steps. "When the waltx
I over we must bring Helen to see this
beautiful tent," said Nora. "Tell me, Mr.
Winton," ehe went on after a short
pause, "was Helen ever young and mer
ry, and thoughtless, like me, for In
stance?" "Never like you," quickly i "I wish sht
had been, for her own sake. She never
had your buoyancy or vitality; but sh
was bright once, and full of feeling; she
had hard lines for some time after ber
father' death. I often used to wonder
hoi? she was getting on, poor dear little
soul, and was glad to find her as happy
is she la."
"Ah! Mis L'Estrange, where have yot
been hiding yourself?" cried Lord Alfred
Harcourt, meeting them in the doorway
of tha refreshment room. "I have been
looking everywhere for yon; this Is our
waltz."
Winton resigned ber to the new claim
ant and was almost immediately button
holed by an old officer who had known
him in India, It was some time before h
got back into safe anchorage beside Mrs.
L'Estrange; with Nora he did not get a
word till later, as she only returned at In
tervals to be immediately carried off
igaln by a fresh partner.
Mrs. Ituthven, bland, smiling, ettentlvi
to all with whom she came in contact,
was nevertheless keenly watchful of bet
host and his doings. lie had opened the
ball with ber, and then his duties kepi
Uieiu apart until the fifth or sixth dance.
"At lastr exclaimed Marsden, coming
np to the sofa where she sat talking to
Lord Dorrington, who speedily effaced
himself. "At last I bave a moment's
liberty, and I hope yon can give me tht
next. It is a waits. I have watched
you floating around the room with sundry
incapable unable to do Justice to tbt
rhythm of your fairy feet, till I cursed In
my heart, though obliged to give good
words with my tongue! Let me see yoni
card. 'Sir George Brocklehurst,' may 1
go and dispose of him? Yes, do let m
promise and vow three, or thirty-three,
things In your name. I must bave thli
waits with youT'
"I give you carte blanche," replied Mrt
Ituthven, with downcast eyes, almos
overpowered with an intoxicating sens
ef delight at his tone. "Here he comes.'
"My dear fellow," cried Marsden, ad
dressing him, "will you do me a very
great favor? I have only this one waltz
free till nearly the end of the evening;
will you resign your great privilege ol
dancing it with Mra Iluthven in exchangt
for how many? two dances after sup
per may I say two, Mrs. Ituthven?"
Mrs. Huthven bowed with a gractoat
smile, saying: "l'erhaps Sir George bat
not so many disengaged.
"With Mr. Ruthven's approval, I cat
refuse nothing to my good host, return
ed Sir George, a tall, thin, pompons man,
with a profound belief in his own impor
tance. "A thousand thanks! Now let me pro
vide yon with another partner."
"Thank you, not I do not mueh care rot
dancing In the abstract."
A low bow. "The first and seeoni
dance after supper, then." He wrote
them solemnly on bis card, and disap
peared. "Then, there goes the Marshal Nie
waltz! Don't let us lose time. Come, ma
belle Nourmahal! May J presume to call
you so?" said Marsden In a low tone at
be gave her his arm and they walked Into
the ball room. "Certainly In your shining
golden gown and flashing Jewels, yoo
suggest the Light of the Harem."
He put his arm around ber, and the
Thirled away Into the crush of dancers.
(To be continued.)
What Esau Hunted.
"About noon we saw a beast stand
ing on a mountain top looking down at
ta. When we saw it we thought that
It was & camel, but Callnns said that
the beast was a rhinoceros or unicorn.
It bath a horn set In the midst of Its
forehead, four feet long, and whatso
ever It butts at It runs hint through
and pounds him against the rocks. It
Is said by writers on natural history
that they place a, young vrjjln in bis
way. whereat he puts eay from him
all his fierceness, and lays down his
bead,' and is held thus entranced until
o be taken and slain."
Thus wrote that delightfully nnlvt
observer, rather Felix Tabrl, who vis
Itod Sinai 400 years ago. Modern pil
grims who have followed In bis foot
steps with their eyes open will at once
recognlzo that tho animal he saw was
the bedan, or Slnaltlc Ibex, which gazes
down on passing caravans from the
cliffs which tower above tbelr loute.
He Is seldom visible to them unless
his shapely figure happens to be sil
houetted on the sky line. This wild
goat Inhabits the mountains on cither
side of the Ited Sea and the steep gul
lies of Moab, and Is the only represen
tative of the deer or goat tribes In these
regions. Esau doubtless hunted It,
and those few sportsmen who have
followed his example will not be sur
prised that the uncertainties of tha
chase cost him bis birthright. The
Nineteenth Century.
Governor O. Vincent Coffin, of Con
necticut, Is said to be the best-dressed
executive that the State has bad for
many years. He must have other good
qualities, as he is very popular with
the clerks and employes at the cupltol
at Hartford,
The Christian should never go where
it would throw a dampr over things
to mention the namo of Christ
It is a donbtfnl felicity,
that of
reverencing."
I have fire proof rerennial enjoy
ments, called employments.
Somotimes even tht man who go
wrong pays as he goes
There is no severer tost of self-reliance
than a threadbare suit
Yon cannot step on a mans toes
without hurting his feelings.
Kindness is tbe golden chain by
which society is bound together.
.Benevolence is allied to few vfoes;
clnsbncss to fewer virtues.
Hiding a sin isn't a bit safer than
handling a rattlesnake.
A men never learns how to step on
tbe tack of adversity with comfort to
himself.
It is merely a matter of progress and
poverty with the fast yonng man.
Many a mania living an honest life
who wouldn't if the jail were farther
off.
The man who becomes a cucoessfn
hypocrite has to work at every day in
the week.
Individuals mav form communities.
but it Is institutions alone that can
create a nation.
Passion, in its first violeaoe. con
trols interest, as the eddy for awhile
f runs against the irtream.
ILEV. DB. TAEMME.
BBOOKXYH
DrVTNaV fcUX.
DAT
OK.
Subject: "Salvation."
Txxr: "Seek ye the Lord while He may V
found," Isaiah iv., 8.
Isaiah stands head and shoulders abovt
the other Old Testament authors in vivid d
suriptiveness of Christ. Other prophets giv
an outline of our Saviour's features. 8om
of them present, as it were, the side fe
Christ, others a bust of Christ, but Isaiat
gives as the full length portrait of Christ
Other Scripture writers ezoel In some tbingi
Ezekiel mora weird, David more pathetio,
Solomon mora epignunmatlo, Habaltkut
mora sublime but when you want to set
Christ eoralng out from the gates of prophe
cy in all His grandeur and glory you involun
tarily turn to Isaiah, so that if the propho
els in regard to Christ might be called tht
"Oratorio of the Messiah" the writing ql
Isaiah (3 the "Halleluiah Chorus," where all
the tutons wave and all the trumpets oomt
in. Isaiah was not a man pinked up out ol
insignlfloanoe by Inspiration, He was known
and honored. Josephus and Philo and
Slraoh extolled him in their writings. What
Paul was among the apostles Isaiah was
among the prophets.
Hy text finds him standing on a moun
tain of inspiration, looking out into the fu
ture, beholding Christ advancing and anx
ious that all men might know Him. His
voios rings down the ages, "Snek ye the
Lord while He may be found." "Oh says
some one, "that win for olden times.1 No,
ray hearer. It you bave traveled in other
lands, you have taken a circular letter ol
credit from some banking house in New
York and In St Petersburg or Venice or
Borne or Melbourne or Calcutta, you pre
sented that letter and got financial help im
mediately. And I want you to understand
that the text, instead of being appropriats
for one age or for one land, is a circular let
ter for all ages and for all lands, and where
ever it is presented for help the help comes.
"Seek ye the Lord while He may be found."
I eome to-day with no hair spun theories
of religion, with no nice distinctions, with
no elaborate disquisition, but with an urgent
call to personal religion. The go3pel ol
Christ Is a powerful medicine. It either
kills or cures. There are those who say: "I
would like to become a Christian. I have
been waiting a Rood while for the riifht
kind of lnfluen9 to eome," and still you
are waiting. You are wiser In worldly
things than you are ir ijligious things. II
you want to get to Albany, you go the Grand
Contra! Depot or to the steamboat wharf,
and having got your ticket you do not sit
down on the wharf or sit in the depot. Yon
get aboard tbe boat or train. And yet there
are men who say they are waiting to get to
heaven, waiting, waiting, but not with in
telligent waiting, or they would get on board
the line of Christian Influences that wouli
tear theai Into the kingdom of God.
Now, you know very well that to seek s
thing Is to search for it with earnest endeav
or. If you want to see a certain man in
this city, and there is a matter of 410,00(
connected with your seeing him, and yoo
eannot at first find him, you do not give up
the seatrh. You look in the directory, bul
cannot find the name. You go in circlet
where you think perhaps he may mingle, and
having found the part of the city where he
Uvea, out psrbaps not knowing the street,
too go thmagh street after street and fro a)
block to block, and you keep on searching
for weeks and for months.
You say, "it Is a matter of (10,000 whethei
I see him or not." Oh, that men were as
persistent in seeking for Christ! Had you
one-half that persistence you would long ago
have found Him who is the Joy of the for
given spirit. We may pay our debts, we may
attend church, we may relieve the poor, we
may be public benefactors, and yet all our
life disobey the text, never see God, never
gain heaven. Oh, that the Spirit of God
would help me, while I try to show you. Id
carrying out the ideaot my text, first how t
seek the Lord and in the next place when t
seek Him.
I remark. In the first place, you are to seek
the Lord through earnest and believing
prayer. God is not an autocrat or a despot
seated on a throne, with His arms resting on
brazen lions and a sentinel pacing up and
down at the foot of the throne. God Is a
father seated la a bower, waiting for His chil
dren to eome and climb on His knee and get
His kiss sad His benediction. Prayer is the
oip wlr& whioh we go the "fountain of living
watnr" and dip op refreshment for our
tbirxty souL Grace does not eome to the
aeart as we set a cask at the corner of the.
bouse to catch the rain in the shower. It is
s pulley fastened to the throne of God, which
we pull, bringing the blessing.
1 ao not eare so muon wnat posture von
take in prayer nor how large an amount ol
voloe you use. You might get down 'on
your face before God, if you did not pray
right inwardly there would be no response.
You mltcht ory at the ton of your voice, and
unless you had a believing spirit within your
ory would not go further up than the snout
of a plowboy to his oxen. Prayer must bt
believing, earnest, loving. You are iu your
house some summer day and a shower eomea
up, and a bird, affrighted, darts into tha
window and wheels about tbe room. Y'ou
seize it. Yon smooth its ruffled plumage.
You feel its fluttering heart. You say. "Poor
thing, poor thing!" Now, a prayer goes out
of the storm of this world Into the window
Of God's mercy, and He catches it, and He
eels its nuttenng puise, ana lie puts it in
His own bosom of affection and safety.
Prayer is a warm, ardent, pulsating exeroise.
II u u eieotno natter wnion. touonea.
thrill to the throne of God, It Is the diving
bell In which we ao down into the depths ol
God' mercy and bring up "pearls of great
pnoe." in ore was an instance wnere prayer
made the wave of the Gennesaret solid as
stone pavement. Oh, how many wonderful
things prayer has accomplished! Have you
ever tried It? In the days when the Scotch
Covenanters were persecuted and the enemies
were aiier tnem one oi tne ne.au men among
the Covenanters prayed: "Oh, Lord, we be
as dead men unless Thou shalt help not Oh,
Lord, throw the lap of Thy cloak over thesa
poor things!" And instantly a Scotch mist
developed and hid the persecuted from theii
perdeoiiton the promise literally fulfllled.
"While they are yet speaking I will hear."
Have you ever tried the power of prayer;
Sod says. "He Is loving and faithful and pa
tient." Do you believe that You are told
that Christ came to save sinners. Do yon
believe that? You are toll that all vou have
to do to get the pardon of the gospel is to
ask for It. Do yon believe that? Then eome
lo Him and say:. "O Lord, know Thou
eanst not ue. rnou nasi toia me to corns
for pirdon and I oould get It. I eome, Lord.
Keep Thy promise and liberate my captiv
oui.
Ob. that von mlcht have an altar in tht
parlor, in the kitchen, in the store. In the
barn, for Christ will be willing to come again
to the mantrer to hear prayer. He would
eome to your place of business as He eon-
, XT . . I. V. A I i Tl
a measure should eome before Congress that
you thought would ruin the Nation, how you
would send in petitions and remonstrances.
And yet there has been enough sin in your
bean to ruin it zorever, and you nave nevet
remonstrated or petitioned airainst It. II
your physical health failed and you had tht
means, you would go and spend the summet
In Germany and the winter in Italy, and yon
would thine it a very eneap outlay if yon
had to go all round the earth to get. back
yonr physical health. Have you made an;
effort, any expenditure, any exertion for
your immortal and spiritual health?
Oh. that Ton might now begin to seei
after God with earnest prayer! Some of yot
have been working for years and years for
the support of your families. Have you
given one-half day to the working out of
your salvation with fear and trembling!
You came here with an earnrst purpose, I
take it, a I have eome hither with an earnest
purpose, and we meet face to face, and I tel'
roi. first pf all, If you want to find the Lord
fou must pray and pray and pray.
I remark again, you must seek the Lord
mrough Bible study. The Bible Is the new
ts bodk in tbe world. "Oh," you say, "it
was made hundreds of years ago, and the
learned men of King James translated it
tundredj of years ago." I confute that idea
y telling yon it Is not Ave minutes old when
Sod by His blessed spirit retranslates it into
the heart. If yon will, in the seeking of the
ray of life through Scripture study, Implore
Sod's light to fall upon the page, yon will
Bud that thai promises are not one second
Sid, and that they drop straight from the
tbcone of God into vour heart. '
There are mSny peopltf to Whom the Bible
loes not amount to much. If they merely
look at the outside beauty, why. it will no
nore lead them to Christ than Washington's
tare well address, or the Koran of Mohammed,
r the Shaster of the Hindoos. It is the in-s-ard
light of God's word you must get. I
went np to the Church of the Madeleine In
Paris and looked at the doors, which are tha
most wonderfully constructed I ever saw,
tnd I could bave staid there for a whole
week, but I had only a little time. So, hav
ing glanced at the wonderful carving on the
Boors, I passed in and looked at the radiant
ftltars and the sculptured dome. Alas, that
lo many stop at the outside door of God's
holy word, looking at the rhetorical beauties
Instead of going in and looking at tbe altars
f sacrifice and the dome ot God's mercy and
lalvatlon that hovers over penitent and be
Keying souls!
When you eome Into the religious etrola.
me only with one notion and only for one
purpose to find the way to Christ. When I
ee people critical about sermons, and criti
tal about tones ot voice, and critical about
lermonlo delivery, they make me think of a
man in prison, He Is condemned to ' '
tat an officer of the govenV"
pardon and puts It tn.ximu tne wicket of
the prison and says: "Haw in your pardon.
Come and get It.'' "What! Do you expect
me to take that pardon offered with such a
voice as you have, with suoh an awkward
manner as you have? I would rather die
man so compromise my rhetorical notions."
th, the man does not say that. He takes it.
It Is his life. He doe not care how it Is
landed to him. And if to-day that pardon
trom the throne ot God is offered to our
touls should we not seize It regardless ot all
tonessentials?
But I eome now to the last part of my
.ext. It tells us when we are to seek the
Lord, "while He may be found." When 1
that? Old "age? Yon may not see old age.
ro-morrew? You may not see to-morrow,
ro-night? You may not see to-night. Nowl
0b, if I oould only write on every heart la
three capital letters that word N-O-W nowl
Sin is an awful disease. I hear people say
with a toss ot the head and with a trivial
manner, "Oh, yes, I'm a sinner." Sin is an
twful disease. It is leprosy. It is dropsy.
It is consumption. It is all moral disorders
in one. Now, you know there is a crisis in a
disease. Perhaps you have had some Illus
tration of it in your family. Sometimes the
physician has called, and he has looked at
Ihe patient and said: "That case was sim
ple enough, but the crisis has passed. If you
hid called me yesterday or this morning, 1
Suuld have cured the patient. It is too late
now. The crisis passed." Just so it is in the
Spiritual treatment of the soul there is a
srisis. .
There are some here who can remember In-
Itancea in life when, if they had bought a
certain property, they would have become
very rich. A tew acres that would bave cost
them almost nothing? were ottered them.
They refused them. Afterward a large vil
lage or oity sprung up on those acres of
ground, and they see what a mistake they
made in not buying the property. There
wus an opportunity of getting It. It never
came back again. And so it is in regard to
a man's spirtual and eternal fortune. There
Is a chance. If you let that go, perhaps it
never comes back. Certainly that one never
jomes back.
A gentleman told me that at the battle of
Gettysburg he stood upou a height looking
off upon the conflicting armies. He said It
was the most exciting moment of his life.
Now one army seeming to triumph and now
the other. After awhile the host wheeled ta
luch a way that he knew in five minutes the
whole question would be decided. He said
themotion was almost unbearable. There
Is Just snub time to-day with you the
lorcee ol light on one side, the forces of death
on the other side, and In a few moments the
matter will be settled for eternity.
There is a time which mercy has set for
leaving port. If you are on board before that
fou will get a passage for heaven. If you
tro not on board, you miss your passage for
loaven. A in law courts a case Is some
limes adjourned from term to term and from
rear to year till the bill of costs eats up the
satire estate, so there are men who are ad
kiumtng the matter it religion from
time to time and from year to year until
leavenly bliss is the bill ot costs the man
rill have to pay for It.
Why defer this matter, oh, my dear hearer?
Save you any Idea that sin will wear out;
:hat it will evaporate; that It will relax its
rrasn; that you may find religion as a man
icoidentally finds a lost pooketbook? Ah,
ao! No man ever became a Christian by ao
sident or by the relaxing of sin. The em
barrassments are all the time Increasing. The
iosts ot darkness are recruiting, and the
Anger yen postpone this matter the steeper
die path will become. I ask those men who
ire before me now whether in the ten or flf
en years they have passed in the poet pone
nent ot these matters they have come any
aearer God or heaven? I would not be
ifraid to challenge this whole audience, so
!ar as they may not have found the peace of
:he gospel, iu regard to the matter. Your
it-arts, you are willing frankly to tall me,
we becoming harder and harder, and that It
fou eome to Christ It will be more of an
undertaking now than it ever would have
Men before. The throne of Judgment will
loon be set. and if you bave anything to do
toward your eterr 'J salvation you had better
io it now, for the redemption ot your soul is
precious, and it .. Inset h forever.
Oh. if men could onlj3atah one glimpse
t Christ, I know they would love Html
four heart leaps at the sight of a glorious)
run rise or suusU. Can yon be without emo
ion as the Sun of Righteousness rises bo
ll nd Calvary a-vl sets bohind Joseph's sepuU
iher? He is a blessed Saviour. Every Na
tion has its type of beauty. There is Ger
nan beauty, and Swiss beauty, and Italian
3cauty, and English beauty, but I eare not
!n what hind a man first looks at Christ be
pronounces Him "Chief among 10,000, and
the one altogether lovely."
The diamond districts of Brazil are eare
nlly guarded, and a man does not get in
ihere except by a pass from the Government,
jut the love of Christ Is a diamond district
we may all enter and pick up treasures for
sternity. "To-day, If y will hear Hisvoioe,
harden not your hearts."
Take the hint of the text that I have bo
Ime to dwell upon the hint that there is a
dme when He cannot be found. There was
man in this oity eighty years ot age who
laid to a clergyman who came In. "Do you
mink that a man eighty years ot age can get
pardoned?" "Ch, yes." said the clergyman,
the old man said: "I can't. When I. was
twenty years of age I am now eighty years
the Spirit of God came to my soul, and I
teit t.'io importance ot attending to tnese
thines, but I put It off, I rejected God, and
tince then I have had no feeling." "Weil,
Mid tbe minister, "wouldn't you like to have
me pray with you?" Yes," replied the old
man, "but it will do no good. Yon eaa pray
with me If you lit to." The minister knelt
Sown and prayed and eomme'ded the man's
oul to God. It seemed to bave no effect
upon him. After a whi le the last hour ot tbe
man's life came, and through his delirium a
spark ot Intelligence seemed to flash, and
with his last breat". he said, "I shall nevet
be forgiven." "Ch, seek Ue Lt-rd while He
may be found!"
Beers I'rice Drove lllio W Salddsw
James Yatman, thlrt -ivo years old, shot
himself through the Vart while In his barn
at Butler, Morris County, N. J. Yatman was
a butcher. The high price of beef caused
his trade to fall cX T! -is made him despon
dent. A new sled will pnsti a boy np hill.
There is no "if in the marriage cere
mony. The opinions of men wno trunk are
always growing and changing, like liv
ing children.
Economy may be as unwise as ex
travagance. Mercy, to him that shows it is the
rule.
Good order is the foundation of all
good things.
Virions facts go to show that a
man's age may be as ripe as the man
himself is green.
If yon think too little von will ha
sur to talk too much.
Fine feathers make fine sofs-ensn-
lons.
One dyspeptic stomach can sonr a
whole family. ; v
too many cooks imoil tha tom
pol'wan. y
FORMS OF MONEY.
SOME OLD AXD ODD MEDIA
EXCHANGE.
OF
Possibility of Gold's Displacement by
Some Rarer Metal Many Primi
tive Methods of Barter Among
Uncivilized Races.
OKEY is a subject that bat
risen into such prominence
of late that the first extra
ordinary session of tht
7nited States Congress since the 70i
has been convened particularly on its
account. This event seems to be oqe
of the later stages of a sort of descend
ing replacement among the metalt
used in coinage, a process that has,
during the centuries and millennium!
of human history, slowly but plainly
substituted copper for iron, silver foi
copper and gold for silver, says the
Washington Star. Each of thest
metals seems to have made its appear
ance as coin in ascending order, and
some are even ready to speculate on
the possible appearance in the future
of some still more rare and costly
metal to press the coveted yellow
standard lower in the scale, as it hat
done to silver. Iridium, osmium and
palladium, metals scarcely known out
side the chemist's laboratory, are men
tioned, but hardly with seriousness.
Russia, in 1828, undertook the coin
age of platinum, but the scheme wai
abandoned in 1845 because of the great
cost of minting and because of the in
stability of its vs,lue. Aluminum seemt
to have larger prospects ef gaining s
place in the monetary system, par
ticularly on a level below silver, with
a probability of displacing copper, foi
the intrinsic value of the material is
the prices of lowest denomination it
now far less than the face value. Tht
recent discovery of means for the ex
tensive production of the new com
petitor is made in part to account foi
tho depreciation of silver.
The word denoting money to tha
people of one of the north European
races has an equivalent in the Lappish
language, which still retains its orig
inal significance as the name for a skin
in common with its later use. So
money to a citizen of the United Statet
means golden eagles, silver dollars,
copper pennies or their paper repre
sentatives. Familiarity with these
media gives to the innumerable othet
media, that are or have been in use
among the peoples of the earth, an ap
pearance of almost silly oddity.
But perfectly coined money is a com
paratively recent convenience, and the
itory of the development to that which
is at present in use is full of interest.
The natives of the Society Islands at
;bey lived not many years ago will
serve as the subject of tho first lesson.
A Parisian singer, making a profes
sional tour around the world, gave l
concert in the islands. She was to re
eeive a third part of the receipt .
When counted her share was found to
consist of three pigs, twenty-three tur
keys, forty-four chickens, 6000 cocoa
nuts, besides considerable quanties oi
bananas, lemons and oranges. At the
French capital all the material would
have added 800 francs to her resources,
but on the islands it was worth to her
only the value of that part which could
So consumed.
Other travelers among tribes where
primitive barter baa not yet devel -
oped something having semblance to
a common medium of exchange have
been given a still keener appreciation
of the advantages com inn from the
nse of money. Wallace, when in the
Malay Archipelago, could not secure
supplies for dinner without a special
bargain and much bickering upon each
occasion. Because the vendor of ed
ibles did not always happen to meet
with something desired among the ar
ticles which the party bad to offer in
exchange, Mr. Wallace and his com
panions were often compelled to do
without a weal. These experience!
led them to hold in readiness a supply
of such articles as the natives would
Invariably accept.
Such was doubtless the first form o.
money any commodity which was es
teemed by all persons, which wculd be
readily received at all time, and which
all desired to possess in unlimited
quantities the generalized value
which constitutes the lubricator of
oommerce.
Probably the most primitive money
fonsisted of the skins of wild "'mil
The foundation of this theory is the
assumption that the earliest creatures
which could be called men were hunt
ers. The meat which was procured
did not possess the requisite durability,
the bones lacked high value, but the
dried pelts possessed both qualities.
etymological researches, moreover, i
show that the earliest races used skins i
as the representative of value. Classi
cal writers have recorded traditions to
the effect that the earliest currency
uied at Borne, Lacedasmon and Carth
age was made of leather, and such
money is said to have circulated in
Russia as late as the reign of Peter the
9reat.
In time some particular skin seenu
to have become the standard. Thii
among the aborigines about Hudson's
Bay the early traders found to be that
f the beaver.
Some of the earliest forms in whiel
he crude metal waa shaped were small
bars or spikes, and wire, rolled into
bracelets or rings. Abundant speci
mens of this ring money have beer
found in various parts of Europe and
Asia, and probably constituted the
first approximation to coinage. It il
id to be still current in Nubia.
Impressions were first made on onlj
tome portion of the ingot, spike ot
ring. The early flat coins were stamped
an but one side, and rough edge pre
vailed until comparatively recent time.
While circular coins vastly predo ref
late, the forms into whioh others hart
trom time to time been east are pecu
liar. Many octagonal and hexagonal
pieces have been issued in Germany,
and money in the the form of squares
and lozenges has been used in England.
iPlatea of copper, seven and a half
enches square, bearing an imprint in
each eorner, circulated in Sweden is
the eighteenth century.
The Japanese coinage is eompoeea
jt oblong flat pieeea of silver covered
on both aides with designs and legends,
and oval pieeea of eopper with a square
bolflia tbe c" as TMrA""J'o'i
in the cental of the circular Chloest J
money permits the coins to be strung:
Uimeter-shaped pieces formerly circu
feted in Persia.
The first issue of continental currency
in 1776 figured a sum over a dial and
the coins bore the admonition ; "Win
Tour Business." This, however, wai
but an experimental issue, and unt
the mint was established in 1792 thi
several States maintained each its owi
currently. The designs are fantastii
and varied.
Household Accidents.
A slight out or abrasion of the hand,
or a slight burn, may become a serioui
matter if it is totally neglected. When
tne skin is torn or cut it Is dcsirabli
in the first place that the wound should
bleed freely. Cases of lockjaw are a'
rare occurrence where this is the case,
and a very slight wound of the hand
or foot has been known to product
this dangerous malady where bleed
Jig did not follow.
One of the greatest dangors lies it
a wound of a kitchen knife, which
may have held impure matter, and
even from the scratch of a pin, and
fatal cases of blood-poisoning have fre
quently resulted from so simple I
cause. Absolute cleanliness, therefore,
is necessary in the treatment of such s
wound. After the wound has bled t
little it should be washed with perfectly
clean water. That which has been
boiled is best for the purpose, and
there is no harm in using a little car
bolic acid in the proportion of a droj
jr two to a quart of water.
Do not attempt to stanch bleedfn
by tbe use of cobwebs, whioh art
naturally dirty and full of impure
-forms, but use a little lint and a clean
cotton or linen elotb. These should
be always kept in the houses for use in
eaaa of such accidents. A trustworthy
druggist will always supply some
preparation of carbolic acid, properly
weakened for household use. Ever
household ammonia, though it is pain
ful at first, is recommended as a mild
way of eanterizing a simple wound. A
thick paste of equal parts of common
baking-soda and flour, wet to a paste
with cold water, is the best remedy
for a burn. It is better than lime
water, because lime-water if liable to
become incrusted, while the paste oi
soda and flour is cooling to the surface
and can easily be removed. The ob
ject of treating a burn is to cover thi
extremities of the nerves which havt
been injured and give them opportun
ity to heal. While such a paste is be
ing prepared cover the wound for the
moment with common flour and wrap
it up In clean cotton.
A simple healing plaster which ma
be prepared in the household calls for
aalf a pound of rosin, an ounce each
of mutton tallow, camphor-gum and
beeswax, half an ounce each of British
oil, cedar oil gum myrrh and linseed
aiL Melt the rosin, mutton tallow,
samphor-gum, beeswax and gum
myrrh together and add the oils. Thit
plaster should be spread on cotton
when needed and applied to thr
wound. New York Tribune.
Bacon at $10,000 a Pound.
"No, sir ; I have no use for Mexico,
aid Miner B. N. Drazad to a Chicago
fribune reporter. It was ten yeare
ago when I purchased a strip of land
near Sonora, Mexico, forty miles from
the mouth of St Pedro River, and
thirty miles from Cananara. The land
1 ""as good mining property, and I knew
if it were worked right I could make a
good many thousand dollars. I had
$3000 when I started to work, and
with part of this I purchased mining
implements, powder, etc. For eighteen
months I worked alone at the mine,
drilled a tunnel 605 feet long through
hard rock, and finally struck what 1
was looking for an arsenica ledge ol
silver. I had worked Sundays, Christ
mas, Thanksgiving and figured ou'
140,000 in sight.
"All at once I felt a craving for t
oit of bacon. There is no suoh thing
m Mexican bacon, you know. Hogt
there have to lean against a tree tc
grunt. The duty in Mexico on pork
is seventy per cent., and, as I could
get bacon for twenty cents a pound
across the line at Orchoville, Arizona.
I determined to ride over there and
get some. I did it, and enjoyed my
bacon ; but ten days later the Mexi
cans seized me and confiscated my
mine. That bacon cost
pound."
me $10,000
Whistling Fireworks.
One of the features at the Cryst
falace (London) fireworks display re
eently were whistling pieces, whioh in
burning give a wild, screaming noise.
There is some mystery about how this
noise is produced. Messrs. Brock
themselves are unable to say, and do
not know anybody who can tell them.
The firework consists of a stout paper
tube 21 inches in length, and with a
bore of about inch. About two inches
of this little tube are stuffed with
picrate of potash, leaving i inch or so
empty. When lighted by means of a
fuse it does not explode, but burns
away with great violenoe, and with the
uncanny shriek whioh gives the thing
its interest, pyrotechnists bave tried
many other compositions and many
other kinds and forms of tubes, but
picrate of potash is the only thing that
will gi7e anything but the faintest
brace of a "whistle. Scientific- Amer
3an
Bengal Peasaat Proverbs.
xne wisdom ol tne .Bengal peasant
cultivators finds expression in proverbs,
of which a collection has been made
by a Babu in the Agricultural Depart
ment of that province. His apprecia
tion of the outwardly revered Brahmin
betrays itself incidentally in the
maxim. "Bain and inundation disap
pear when south winds blow, like the
Brahmin as soon as he has received his
fee."
Other Bengal rural aphorisms are
'Have the land which receives tbt
washings of the village, and the bullock
which walks fast, and marry the girl
whose mother is good." "He who
works in the field himself with the
laborers gets the full profit ; he who,
beg unable to work himself, super
vises the workings of the laborers, get
half the profit; he who orders the
laborers from his house does not get
enough to eat." London News.
Dahomey is the smallest State
Ainea ir h jimmi -nr-- -
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SLY REYNARD.
flTE FOX IS A MEKRV 1JKAST AN
A BOLD FREEBOOTER.
ftestless. Alert and Full of Resonrcev
Ills Career is Often Short-Lived,
but Ills Existence is a Hap-py-go-Lucky
One.
r TT "T OW few people know wha.
rl an interesting chap the foi
I I is," said the naturalist io
the New York Sun. "Thej
know him only by reputation and thai
ts a chicken-thief, which he is. Bul
he bas lots of points, I tell you. A
merry, sly dog is reynarJ. All sum
mer he lives in luxurious ease, roam
ing the woods and sauntering by the
pearly brooks, or baekiDg in the noon
lay sun.
"Ho loves fish ; and going down t
he stream he waits till he spies a plumy.
Tout. It's all over in a twinkle. A
ieap, a snap, and o(T ho trots with his
nicy morsel. A stupid crawfish
moozes by bis hole near the water't
Hlge. Reynard drops his tail in the
water and tickles him with it. The
ingered crustacean comes out of hit
biding place and i neizeil and criiKhcd,
trmor and all. When the ripening
5orn is ready to drop, and tbe luscious
fruits have reached their maturity, and
ill nature is plethoric with ripening
fullness, then Master x ox is in clover,
rimid rabbits prick np their ears and
run, unconscious of danger, along the
lillside; the quails skulk noiselessly
in the wheat stubble ; birds pour forth
their notes of praise and he catches
;hem all. He loves fruits, stealthily
itealing into.orchids, where apples and
plump pears tempt, and in the vine-
rard he fairly revels in grapes. 11 il
subs grow fat ami saucy, lie ehowt
iliem how to pilier honey, and when
;he busy bees have laid up a winter
itoro ho crawls to the hives near the
garden fence and jumping up to tht
miall opening licks the sweet dropt
icith pure delight. Out come the
itinging, humming honey-makers, and
iettle like a pall on his thick pelt ; bit
be doubles up in a twinkling and roll
ing over and over crushes them by th'
core and eats them as a rulirsh.
"Cunning? No animal beats him.
Look at his brainy head. His delicate
sars broad below to catch every
lound from tho highest note of the
thrill warbler to the low crooning o'.
:ho cricket, or the distant murmur o:
itorm, or tho fevered pants of the
prancing hounds, and tapering sc
lharply to a point that they can shape
themselves to every wave of air that
makes the tiniest rustle of noise. Note
;he crafty calculation and foresight ol
;he low, flat brow. What a nose !
Now full of resolute purpose pointing
straight forward, and anon turning
lp with concentrated malice and scorn,
rhe eye, deep set, a regular robber't
sye, lacking tne sott beauty ol tne
amid deer, or the fascinating glare of
ihe cat s, yet it trembles with modest
humility or glares with murderous
rage, flashing lire and vengeance. En
ergy and self-control speak in the thin,
ynical lips, and tho mouth opens
from ear to ear. He can leap, crawl,
run and swim with the velocity oi
lightning, and his wiry body is carried
io noiselessly along that source a trace
is left. His delicate footfalls echo no
response even among the deud leaven
of the forest. His walk is trem-heroiiH,
bis glance sinister. Seizing a buncb
of graiu in his mouth, ho will swim
into the midst of a Hock of dueks and
eize the plumpest for a dinner.
' lie will foign death like a possum
tnd even tho hound's teeth and tht
Sash of gunpowder have failed tc
irouse him. A farmer surprised ont
in a hen-roost. Believing that the
(ox was dead from over-eating tht
farmer kicked tha stiffened body on
the floor, picked it up by the tail and
Bung it out in tho barnyard. In t
jiffy the fox gathered up his legs an
escaped.
"He is voracious, is reynard. Whei
iunger-pressed, and gaunt and lean
from starvation, he'll not refuse ser
pents and toads and moles and rats.
He has been known to attack and kill
young calves and lambs, and if the sea
shore is near will revel in oysters and
shellfish. A group of rabbits are feed
ing in a clover patch. He'll crawl
along, nibbling tho juicy flowers until
near enough to make a grab. He'lJ
stalk a bird with his hind legs dragging
behind him, until near enough to
make a spring. How farmers dread
his inroads in the poultry yard. Fas
ten the yard up tight and he will bur
row a winding passage into the ground
beneath and suddenly appear among
the drowsy chickens and stupid geese,
whose shrill and alarmed cries arouse
the farmer from his bed to sally forth
finding all safe. Then the fox wil
sneak back and pack away the plump
yet pullet or the fattest goose.
"February is the month when rey
nard goes a-wooing, and a wide range
he takes, flirting and toying with an;
vixen that chances in his way. It it
fully sixty days before mamma olcori
the brush all out of her burrow and
brings forth her young, from three ta
six at a litter. It will be fully a month
before the sharp-nosed cubs begin tc
play and gambol about the doorway '.
their home. Perhaps it will be at tht
root of an old tree, beneath a ledge ol
rocks or in the hollow of a dead tret -trunk
or a burrow with several en
trances in the sand or loam. Tell-talt
chicken bones and feathers and fur
strewn about the entrance speak ol
many a hen-roost robbed or of foolish
rabbits and overconfident grouse that
have furnished food for the ever-hungry
cubs. The mother fox faithfullj
feeds her young and boldly steals U
support them. She knows, as all sports
men know, that the hounds will nof
follow her while she has a family do
pending upon ber.
"A merry, never-say-die life doe.
the fox lead, indeed I It may be a
short one, for traps and snarei are
many, hunters are many and the scent
of the hound is keen. But reynard
rollicks and roysters and plays tilt
bold freebooter amid it alL"
Jot Kid oT Him.
De Smile Why don't you go to set
the Do Pinkie girls any more? Di
Bore They are too careless. Thej
leave tbe front door unlocked, and 1
lose a new overcoat everv time 1 m
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