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B. F. 8GHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. XLIi
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 22. 1895.
NO. 23.
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CHAPTER IIL Continued.
"IIow pretty your cousin. Miss L'E
trange, looks to-ninht," said Mjw. Ruth
ven, as soon as she took breath, whel
they paused after the first two or thre
turns. "Why has she stieh a fancy for
that cold, hard, friltantic Mr. Winton?"
"A fancy for Winton!" said Marsdei
MrninR sharply to look at Nora, who wni
irundinK nearly opposite, her arm througl
her partner's, but her head half turned
and raised in a pretty attitude to speal
to Winton, who stood behind. There wai
an indescribable expression of pleasure
and likins in her pose, which somewhat
justified Mrs. Ruthven's remnrk. "Oh!
no," continued Marsden, "she has bettei
taste than to care for such a piece ol
petrifaction! Besides, he is an old flann
of the step-mother's, and is, I fancy, pay
ing court in that quarter. No matter
these refrigerated machines are not in oui
line; you and I are children of the sun.
though chance hns made us English. Ar
you rested ? Let ns have nnother turn."
When next they stopped Marsden ben
yer her and said, with an air of tendeJ
interest:
"I am afraid you are fatigued, yot
tremble! Come, there is a charming re
treat at the end of the conservatory
where, you can rest and be quiet; you loot
pale. The waltz will not be over Just yet
and I can bring you an ice there." Draw
lng her hand through his arm, Marsdef
ld her out into the cool conservatory.
Mrs. Kuthveu was unusually disturb
id. Her prominent thought was: "He hai
made this opportunity to propose for me
To-morrow 1 shall be the mistress ol
Kvosleigh Manor," so, leaning slightlj
toward hr host, as if needing his sup
port, she willingly accepted his guidance.
The dance finished. Nora, escorted bj
her partner, an officer of the regiment
quartvr. 1 at Oldbridge, mingled with th
s!r. am of guests thronging to the buffet,
and while talking together over their ice
and I. inon squash with Mrs. L'Estrang
and Winton, she noticed Marsden break
ing awny from a prosy master of foi
hounds, who had buttonholed him.
"I really ennuot stay," he said, loudlj
and impatiently. "I want to take an ic
to Mrs. Uuthven, who is feeling faint."
He went on to the buffet, and spoke ti
one of tho waiters.
"No, I will take it myself," he replied
to something the man said.
Nora thought he looked really anxiou
and disturbed.
"Is Mrs. Uuthven feeling unwell?" ah
asked, as Marsden passed.
He shook his head, with a smiling glanci
toward the bore from whom he had jusi
escaped, as if to intimate it was an ex
cuse for leaving his guest, and went or
juirkly Into the next room.
Winton looked after him.
"The rooms are not hot enough tar
fainting," he said. "You have not seei
the tent yet, Mrs. L'Estrnnge; coo tar
Inspect it."
He offered her his arm. Nora and Lore
Alfred Harcourt following. As soon ai
they entered the morning room they san
a group of men around the door leadini
Into the conservatory.
Next to it stood Marsden, a look of pu
lied surprise on his face.
"The lock must have shut of itself,'
Taptain Lethbridge was saying, as Mrs.
L'Estrange and Winton drew near. "I
Is unaccountable."
"What is the mntter?" asked the lot
ter.
"The door is mysteriously locked, though
I passed through it only now," said Mara
3en, slinking it violently.
"It looks as if the fnir widow did not
want you back," cried Lord Alfred with
a foolish laugh.
Marsden gave him an angry look.
"See if the key is in the door."
"ISreak it open."
"Cut out a pane," were some of the mug
gost ions rnp'dly offered.
"Is there cot some other way into th
conservatory?" asked Winton.
"Yes, of course; through the enst corrl
3or," cried Marsden. He rushed away.
In another moment they saw him pa si
the door and disappear, only to return
Ciore rapidly, and burst into th. room,
exclaiming: "Where is I.ndy Dorringtonl
Mrs. IEstrange, come, for God's sake)
The key is gone, and Mrs. Uuthven la ly
ing insensible! Call her maid! Look fof
Lady Dorrington," he cried to the ser
vants who were about. "Bring soma
water. Come, Mrs. IEstrange," and
In evident agitation he led the way,
through a part of the house not tbrowr
0!'cn to tho general company, through th
Conservatory to the tent.
Winton, Norn and one or two of th
others followed to see if they could be ol
ny use.
Mtb. Uuthven lay apparently lifeless,
tretched on the divan, one arm hanging
flown Inertly, her deadly pallor contrast
lug with her splendid dress and gay aur
rounding. "Is she dead? Oh, is she dead?" whla
pereil Nora, In awe and terror.
"No, no," returned Mrs. L'Estrenge,
taking the hand which hung so helplessly
"she is not cold she breathes give me
four fan she must have air do not
tome too close send for Dr. Wcldon; I
law him just now."
"I will go for him,"' said Winton, "but
look, Marsden, her jewels are gone."
"What can have happened ?" cried Mars
Jen. "Has she been robbed ? Good God'
ind perhaps injured? Call Weldon."
Turning toward tho door, he met Lad)
Dorrington coming in, and with her the
thief doctor of Oldbridge, one of the
firsts.
"Well, well, what's the matter? not
ooms; too much dancing?" exclaimed Dr.
(Veldon. a short, stout, authoritative man.
"Pooh, pooh! don't look frightened," to
Nora, as he took Mrs. L'Estrange. place.
"That's right; all she wants is air," he
laid his hand on her side. "Heart beats;
It's Just a swoon; keep fanning, please
can yon get her clothes loosened? all
fasten at the back? uni irrational! You
bad better get out. gentlemen. Are you
her maid?" to a smnrt little Frenchwom
an, u ho came in followed by the butler
carrying a caraflV if water and a goblet
"Oh, mon Dieu! I never saw madam
o bad before," cried the maid.
"Then is she subject to these attacks T
"Yes, sare a leetle not often."
"Try and loosen her dress. Here, giv
me the water! Stand back, Mr. Mars
den."
"I cannot leave till I see her revive,'
cried Marsden. "There is something my.
terioua in this seizure. She may be hurt
aa ner host. I feel responsible for her.
ttUI she la comma; to." said the do
to
tor, as a deep sigh parted the lip. thej
watched so anxiously "Get some brand)
don't let any one come in here, then
are too many already."
"Let us go, then," whispered Mrs. L'E.
trance to Nora, adding to Lady Dorriuff
ton: "I shall be in the conservatory shoull
you want me."
Another long shivering sigh broke from
Mrs. Ruth ven; ah. .lowly opened bet
i eye., which met those of Lady Oorring
xn, who was bending over her.
For a minute or two she did not seem u,
recognize any one, then an expression ol
piteous alarm came into her face, as sh
feebly stretched out her arms and exclaim
ed, in gasps:
"Save me! don't leave me!"
"Dear Mrs. Uuthven, you are perfectly
afe; no harm shall come to you," sail!
Marsden, coming forward.
"There there; don't agitate her. Yov
drink this, my dear madame," cried th
doctor, offering her some brandy an
water. "You are all right now."
"Oh! no, no," cried Mrs. Ruibvaw rals
lng herself with an effort and throwing
herself into Lady Dorrlngton's arms
"that dreadful man will kill me."
She burst Into a violent fit of crying.
"That's right." said the doctor, com
olacently; "that will do her good."
"I wish we could get her to h.r w
room," exclaimed Lady Dorrington. "Bui
what has become of her necklace het
jewels? Did Mrs. L'Estrange tak. It efl
to relieve her?"
"No, it was gone when we came In,'
returned Marsden. Hearing the wordi
Mrs. Ruthven felt her neck and arms.
"They are all taken," she said. "N
matter, he spared my lifer
"Who spared your life, dear?" asket
Lady Dorrington.
"Now, don't ask any questions. Ge
her to bed," nrged the doctor.
"Look here. Marsden." said Mark Win
ton, who had been examining the flooi
and aide, of the tent. "Here Is a lon
rent In the hangings, and the canvas,'
putting his head through, "is cut away a
the outside also."
"Some one must have got through here,
said Marsden, going over to examine th
opening.
"Yes," faltered Mrs. Ruthven, who wa,
aow fast recovering, though her voice wai
broken by hysterical sobs. "He cam
from that side. I was putting my hall
right when I thought I heard a rustle;
turned and found a dreadful figure in i
cloak, a large hat and a mask close t
me. Before I could draw a breath oi
scream, be seized me and smothered mj
face with soeiothlng. I tried to pusl
bjta awcy. fef I fait I was losing mj
seats, u If t should die; then, I knew
no more till I saw dear Lady Dorrington
Oh! I shall never feel safe again."
"Great heavens! while we wero hesl
tatlng about that locked door, the scoun
drel made his escape! Why, I could
scarcely have been ten minute, away. Can
you ever forgive me for leaving you?"
cried Marsden with emotion.
"Can you walk, or shall we carry yor
upstairs?" asked the doctor.
"I weald rather walk," replied Mrs.
Ruthven, who wa. still shivering ani
trembling.
"Get a shawl or something to wrav
round her, Clifford," said his sister. Mars
den went quickly to the cloak room and
returned wfth a wrap. Mrs. Ruthven
gave him a look of tender recognition, and
Iady Dorrington passing her arm round
her, the doctor assisting at the other aide,
she managed to reach her own room
murmuring entreaties that she should not
Se left alone as she went.
CHAPTER IV.
During this disturbance, of which few
were aware, Captajn Shirley was neithei
In the dancing or the refreshment room;
but soon after, strolling through the hall
be encountered Lord Dorrington.
"Well," said that genial peer, "I hopt
Mrs. Ruthven is all right again." Ha
took It for granted that Shirley, her par
ticular friend, knew of her Indisposi
tion, and had no Idea himself that it had
been anything more than an attack of
falntness, due to heat and, possibly, tight
"jiclng. "Ha. Mrs. Ruthven been ill?" exclaim
ed Shirley. "I was not aware. Where
s she?"
"Oh, very likely In the ball room b
this time. Lady Dorrington was sent for,
and I was told to say nothing about if."
"This Is most extraordinary," said Shir
ley, who was apparently much, even pain
fully, surprised. His small, black eyes
glittered eagerly, and he pressed his white
teeth on his lower lip. "I have been out
side at the door smoking a cigarette; the
room, are overpoweringly hot. I must
ascertain bow she is. I never saw her
'ook better than this evening."
"Here is Marsden," returned Lord Dor
rington. "He will tell us all about her.
How is Mrs. Ruthven? Here Is Captain
Shirley anxious for tidings."
"A little better, calmer, I hope," .aid,
Marsden, who looked pale and anxlon.
himself. "Lady Dorrington and the doc
tor are with her," then, lowering hi. voice,
he aJded, "It ha. been a fearful affair
altogether. Come Into the library- 7
ion't want a row made about It now."
As soon as they had closed the door ot
the library, where Winton awaited them.
Marsden rapidly related the extraordi
nary robbery which had taken place, tc
Jie surprise and dismay of his listeners.
"By George!" cried Lord Dorrington,
"I never beard of such daring villainy)
What's to be done?"
"Her jewels all gone!" cried Shirley
"Why, they must be worth sixty or sev
enty thousand, at least. This is deep
laid scheme; she ha. been dogged by some
of the swell mob."
"But how did they know of her Jewels?
sked Winton.
"She had them looked at or valued foi
some reason when she wa. in Pari, on her
way home," .aid Shirley; "very foolish
of her, but she told me so.
"Ha! I thought you might give aw
some hint from your more Intimate ac
quaintance with Mrs. Ruthven; any as
listance you can give"
"Is entirely at your service," re turn eO
Shirley, drawing a long breath..
Here Dr. Weldon entered, and without
peaking- .at down to the writing table,
and proceeded to write rapidly. Winton,
in a low tone, described the position of th
opening cut In the aide of the tent
"Will you dispatch one of four groomt
with this prescription to my assistant,
Mr. Marsden?" said the doctor, without
looking up. "Mrs. Ruthven will hardly
get any sleep without a compons
draught.
"Certainly, doctor. I have already or
iered a horse to be saddled, as I shall
send a report of this extraordinary occur
rence to the head of the police at Old
bridge. The local men must have the
fn..-nj oth jBAttot IsY the first 1
ttanceL I will write a brief message, and
then we will examine the terrace and
j rounds.
"Where, I fear, we'll find but little."
said Winton.
"Given a quarter of an hour, start,
and It will be almost impossible to catch
the ruffian," observed Shirley.
"The only chance is that some accom
plice may split, A thundering big reward
is the thing," said Lord Dorrington.
"On such a night, with numbers of peo
pie going about, any stranger would past
unnoticed," returned Shirley.
The entrance of the butler interrupted.
"The man and horse are ready, sir."
"Wait," said Marsden.
"There is my note." said Dr. Weldon.
"Tell your messenger to keep ringing th.
atght bell till some one eomes. He knows
my house?"
"Oh. yes. sir."
Then Marsden tom and cave full dl
factions as to giving hjs missive into th
lianas or the Inspector at Oldbridge.
"Who are yon sending 1"
"Torn Harris, air, on Brown Hob in."
"Good. Tell him to ride like the d.vU
then bring me a lantern in the conserva
tory. Quick. We will see If there ar.
any tracks."
"It is almost Incredible that in such
place, with crowds of people at hand, such
an outrage could have been committed,"
said Shirley, who seemed dazed by hi
astonishment and concern.
"It is done, however, and very effectu
ally. I am utterly confounded! It seem,
a sort of personal disgrace that such an
outrage should have been perpetrated on
a guest at Evesleigh."
"Come on," said Winton impatiently.
"Dorrington," said his host, pausing
"I wish you would take Lady Blankford
In to supper and keep the people going. If
Che truth la known there will be such an
Infernal row. Every one will be panic
struck, and I want them to get their
supper in peace. Tell the marchioness
what you like. Say I am looking aftet
Mrs. Ruthven. Tell Mr.. L'Estrange and
!Sora not to talk about the theft."
"Very well," said Lord Dorrington.
obediently, and hurried away to do hi.
brother-in-law bidding.
Winton's cool head and practiced intelll
gence made him the natural guide In auca
an investigation.
The gravel on the terrace without wai
hard and dry, and, save two faint, sesree
ly perceptible Impressions which might
be footprints, there was no sign that th
robber had lain in wait there.
Near the spot where Winton and hk
host stood was a short flight of steps
leading to the pleasure ground beneath,
which here ended in a thick growth of
evergreens, through which a walk led to a
gate opening on the high road to Old
bridge. Thia gate was usually locked,
but was a favorite means of egress to pe
destrians going to and from the town.
"Let us have a look along here," .aid
Winton. "Hold th. lantern lower."
Seeking carefully a. they went, the)
examined every inch of ground at eithei
side of the path, and had proceeded about
a hundred yards when Winton uttered an
exclamation, and snatched the lantera
from the bewildered butler.
"What's this?" he cried, stooping ti
drag a dark bundle from under the low
growing branches of some thick laurels.
Marsden eagerly assisted, and they
quickly unrolled a short, wide, foreign
looking bloc? cloak, from which fell a
mask and a long knife, something like a
bowie knife.
"The scoundrel cast hi. .kin here!" sail
Marsden, "making sure there would b
no pursuit till the conservatory door was
opened and his victim recovered. Good
God I that poor woman had a narrow
escape. If fright and chloroform togethei
had not made her insensible, h. would
have murdered her!"
"Professional thieve, in Europe ..ldon
shed blood, I believe," returned Winton.
"Let us break a couple of branches to
mark the spot where we made the find."
(To be continued.)
The) Great Terror."
During the long days of June and
uly there raged again a carnival of
blood, known to history aa the "Great
Terror." In less than seven weeks up
ward of 1,200 victims were Immolated.
The unbridled license of the guillotine
broadened as It ran. Flrat the arlato
crats had fallen, then royalty, then
their sympathizers, then the hated rich,
then the merely well-to-do, and lastly
anybody not cringing to exlatlng power.
The reaction against Robespierre was
one of universal fear; but dictator as
oe uau wisnea to oe, ae was lormea ot i
other stuff, for when the reckoning I
came bis brutal violence was cowed. On
July 27 (9 Tbermldor) the convention
turned on him In rebellion. Extreme
radicals and moderate conservatives
combined for the effort. Terrible
scenes were enacted. The sections of
Paris were divided, some for the con
vention, some for Robespierre. The
artillerymen who were ordered by the
latter to batter down the part of the
Tulleiies where his enemies were sit
ting, hesitated and disobeyed; at once
all resistance to the decrees of the con
vention died out. The dictator would
have been his own executioner, but his
faltering terrors stopped him midway
In his design. He and his brother, with
their friends, were seized, and behead
ed on the morrow. With the downfall
of Robespierre went the last vestige of
social or political authority; for the con
vention was no longer trusted by the
nation the only organized power with
popular support which was left was
the army. Century.
A lazy man loses heart every time
he looks at the clock.
A man cannot leave a better legacy
to the world than a well-edncated
family.
A man gets o that an alarm clock
has no more effect on htm than hi a
conscience.
Bo few women are great geniuses
because so many women are so nearly
that.
Have yon never despised a ran for
doing what yon have done yourself.
As men grow older, they care more
for others than others care for them.
No Eli ever wasted any time looking
for the left hind foot of a rabbit.
We feed upon what we read, bnl
digest only what we meditate upon.
It is rarely necessary ti say about
others anything you could not ray to
them.
A word to the wise is sufficient."
A word to the fool is more than he
want".
A great man may stand on the top
of the Udder and be in a hole at the
same time.
There are always some weak minded
people to applaud an man who knows
how to boast. '
A woman never gets along with
the driver ot a milk: wagon mora
than three month.
REV. DR. TDLPID6L
The Brooklyn Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
wVbJecti "Conscience."
" H. took water and washed hi
bands bo ore the mnltitu le, saying: I am in
nocent of the blood of this just person. Sty
veto It." Matthew kxviL. 24.
At about 7 o'clock in toe morning-, np th
marble stairs of a palace and across thi
floors of richest mosaic and under eeilinta
dyed with alt the splendors of color an t b
tweea snowbank, of white and glistenlni
seuloture, ptara a, poor, pnla. .Ink youni
man or tmrty-tnree, already condemned t
death, on His way to be condemned again
Jesus of Nazareth Is His name.
Coming out to meet Him on this tessellated
pavement Is an unscrupulous, oompromla
lng, timeserving, eowardly man. with a fea
traces of sympathy and fair dealing left ii
his composition Governor Pontius Pilate.
Did ever such opposite, meet? Luxury and
pain, selfishness and generosity. arroRanc
and humility, sin and holiness, midnight an
tnldnoon.
Th. bloated tipped governor takes tht
Cushioned seat, but the prisoner stands. Hit
wrists manacled. In a semicircle around
the prisoner are the saahedrists, with Hash
ing eye. and brandished fists, prosecuting
this ease In the name of religion, for the bit
terest persecutions have been religion, pros,
soutlon. and when satan takes holt of
rood man he make, up by intensity foi
brevity ef occupation. If you have never
seen aa eoolaslastlctl court tryin? a man,
then von have no Idea of the "foaming In
fernallsm of these old religious sanhedrists.
Governor Pilate cross questions the prisoner
and finds rleht away H. is innocent and
wants to let Him go. His caution is also in
Brassed by some one who eomes to the gov
ernor and whispers In his ears. The gover
nor puts his hand behind his ear so as to
catch the words almost Inaudible. It is a
message from Claudia Procula, his wife, who
has had a dream about the Innocence of this
prisoner and about the danger of executing
Him. and she awakens from this morning
dream In time to send the message to het
husband, then on the judicial bench. And
What with th. protest of his wife, and th.
entire failure of the saahedrists to make out
their case, Governor Pilate resolved to di
abarge the prisoner from eustody.
But the intimation of such a thing bring
"Upon the governor an equinoctial storm ol
Indignation. They will renort him to ths
emperor of Borne, they will have him re
called, they will send him up home, and he
will be hung for tre.tson, for the emperor at
Rome has already a snsplclon in regard to
Pilate, and that susntoloa does not cease un
til Pilate Is banished and commits sulci. In.
Bo Governor Pontius Pilate compromises thi!
matter and proposes that Christ be whipped
Instead of assassinated. So the prisoner is
fastened to a low pillar, and on His bent and
bared back eome the thong, ot leather, with
pieces of lead and bone Intertwisted, so that
every stroke shall be the more aw'ul. Christ
lifts Himself from the scourging with flushed
chock and torn and quivering and mangled
flesh, presenting a spectacle of suffering in
which Rubens, the painter, found the themf
lor his greatest masterpiece.
But the saahedrists are not yet satisfied.
They have had some of His nerves laoerated;
they want them all lacerated; they have had
some of His blood; they want all of it, down
to ine last corpuscle, so uovemor 1'ontius
Pilate, after all thi. merciful hesitation, sur
renders to the demoniacal cry of ''Crucify
Him!" But the governor sea ls for some
thing. He sends a slave out to get some
thing. Although the constables are in hast,
to take the prisoner to execution and th
mob outside are impatient to glare upon
their viotlm. a pause is necessitated, Yondst
It eomes a wash basin. Some pure, bright
water Is poured into It, and then Governoi
Pilate put his white, delicate hands into tht
water and rub. them together and then liftr
them dripping for the towel fastened at tht
Slave's girdle, while he practically says: "1
wash my hands of this whole homicidal trans
ection. I wash my hands of this entire re
sponsibility. You will have to bear it." That
is the meaning of my text when it says: "He
took water and washed his hands before the
multitude, saying: I am innocent of tht
blood of this just person. Bee ye to it"
Behold In this that enremony amounts to
nothing if there are not in It correspondencies
of heart and life. It Is a good thing to wash
the hands. God created three-quarters ol
the world water and in that commanded
eleanliness. and when the ancient, did not
take the hint He plunged the whole world
under water and kept it there for some time.
Handwashing was a religious ceremony
among the Jews. The Jewish Mishaa gave
particular direction how that the handt
must be thrust three times up to the wrists
In water, and the palm of the hand must b
rubbed with the closed fist of the other. All
that Is well enough for a symbol, but here in
the text is a man who proposes- to wash
away the guilt of a si a which he does not
quit and of which he does not make any re
pentance. Pilate's wash basin was a dead
'.allure.
Ceremonies, however beautiful and appro
priate, may be no more than this hypocriti
cal ablution. In Infancy we may besprinkled
from the baptismal font, snd In manhood w
may wade Into deep immersion, ant yet
never eome to moral purification. We may
kneel without prayer and bow without rever
ence and sing without any acceptance. All
your creeds and liturgies and sacraments
and genuflections and religious convocations
amount to nothing unless your heart life go
Into them. When that bronzed slave took
from the presenos of Pilate that wash basin,
be carried away none of Pilate's cruelty, or
fllate's wickedness, or Pilate's guilt.
Nothing against creeds; we all have them,
either written or implied. Nothing against
ceremonies; they are ot infinite importance
Nothing against sacraments; they are di vinel j
commanded. Nothing against a rosary, If
there be as many heartfelt prayers as be ids
counted. Nothing against Incense floating
np from censer amid Gothio arches, if the
Rrayersbe as genuine as the aroma is sweet,
othlng against Epiphany or Lent or Asn
Wednesday or Easter or Goo I Friday ot
Whitsuntide or Palm Sunday, If these sym
bols have behind them genuine repentanoe.
and holy remintseenoe. and Christian conse
cration. But ceremony is only the sheath tc
the sword, it is only the shell to the kernel,
It Is only the lamp to the flame, it is only
the body to the spirit. The outward must
be symbolical of the inward. Wash the
hands by all means; but, more than all, wast
the heart.
Bhold, also, as yon see Governor Pontius
Pilate thrust his hand Into this wash basin,
the power ot conscience. He had an idea
there was blood onhla hand the blood ot an
Innocent person, whom he might have ac
quitted If he only had the courage. Poor
Pilate His conscience wasfter him, and he
knew the Main would never be washed from
the right hand or the left hand, and until the
day ot his death, though he might wash la
all the laver. of the Itoman empire, there
would be still eight Angers and two thumb
ted at the tips.
Oh, the power ot conscience when it is
fully aroused! With whip of scorpions over
a bed of spikes In pitch of midnight it ohases
guilt. Arc there ghosts? Yes, not of tar
graveyard, but of one's mind not at rest,
And thua Brutus, amid hi. slumbering host
Startled wHb Cnsar's stalwart ghost.
Macbeth looked at his hand after the mlt
sight assassination, and he aays:
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash tht
blood
Clean from my hand? No; this my hani
will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
staking the green one red.
For every sin, great or small, conscience.
Which is the voice ot God, has a reproof,
more or less emphatic Charles IX, respon
sible for 8t. Bartholomew massacre, was
chased by the bitter memories, and in his
dying moment said to his doctor, Ambrose
Parry: "Doctor, I don't know what". th
matter with me. lam in a fever of body and
ttnd and have neen tor a long while. On. IT
iiad only spared the innocent and the lmbe
(-lie and the cripple!" Bousseau declared is
Old age that a sin he committed in his youth.
Still gave hlT sleepless nights. Charles IL
ff 8pain could not deep unless he had in th
room a confessor and two friars. Catilint
had snch bitter memories he was startled at
ine least sound. Cardinal Bean Tort, having
alaln the Duke'cf Gloucester, often in the
night would say: "Away, awarl Why do
rotiook at meT Biahad ILL, ha ving slain
his two nephews, would sometimes In the
night shout from hi. coach and clutch his
sword, fighting apparitions. Dr. Webster,
having slain Parkmaa ta Boston, and whiU
waiting for his doom, complained to th
jailer that the prisoners on the other aide ol
the wall all night long kept charging him
with his crime, when there were no prisoners
on the other side ot the wall. It was the
voice ot his own conscience
Thomas Oliver was one of John v7ealeyi
preachers. The early part of his lif. had
been full of recklessness, and he had made
debts wherever he could borrow. Ho wai
converted to God, and then he went forth to
preach and pay his debts. He had a small
smount of property left him, and immedi
ately set out to pay his debts, and everybody
mew he was in earnest, and to consummate
the last payment he had to sell his horse and
taddls and bridle. That was conscience.
That is converted conscience. That Is relig
ion. - Frank Tiebout, a converted rumaeller,
cad a large amount of liquor on hand at the
time of hi. conversion, and ha put all the
kegs am" barrels and demijohns In a wagon
and took them down in front of the old
shuroh where he had been eon verted and had
tverything emptied into the street. That is
fceilglon. Why thethoasands of dollars sent
.very year to the united Slates Treasury at
Washington as "conscience money?" Why.
It simply means there are postmasters and
there aro attorneys and there are officials
who sometimes retain thai which does not
belong to them, and these men are convert
ed, or under powerful pressure of conscience,
m l make restitution. It all the moneys out
f which the State and the United States
treasuries have been defrauded should come
Jack to their rightful exchequers, there wouli
entmi-h money to pay all the State debti
ind all the United States debt by day after
to-morrow.
Conversion amounts to nothing unless the
jeart Is converted, and the pockotbook la
eon verted, and the cash drawees converted,
an I the le lifer is converted, and the fireproof
' is converted, and the pigeonhole con
taining the correspondence Is converted, and
is improvement Is notioed even by the
innary bird that sings In the parlor, and the
at that licks the platter after the meal, and
the dosr that eomes bounding from the ken-
pel to greet him. A man half converted or
quarter converted, or a thousandth part con
rerteil Is not converted at all. What will be
llv great book in the day of judgment? Con
icience. C mseience recalling misimprovei
pport unities. Conscience recalling uofor
riven sins. Conscience bringing up all
Ihe pait. Alas, for this governor, Pontius
I'lUte! That night after the court had ad
journed, and the saahedrists had gone home,
snd notliing was heard outside the room but
the step ot the sentinel, I see Pontius Pilate
lri.se from his tapestried and sleepless couch
in.l go to the laver and begin to wash his
bands, cryintr: "Out, out, crimson spot!
tellest thou to me, and to God, and to the
light, my orime? Is there no alkali to re
rove these dreadful stains? Is there no
ihemlstry to dissolve this carnage? Must I
io trie day of my death carry the blood of
this lunocent man on my heart and hand?
Dut, thou criinsob spot!' The worst thing
i man can have is an evil conscience, and the
)est thing a man can have is what Paul calls
good conscience.
But is there no such thing as moral purlfl
satlon? If a man is a sinner once, must he
ilways be a sinner, and an unforgiven sin
ner? We have all had conscience after us.
Or do you tell me that all the words of your
life have been just right, and all the thought,
of your heart have been just right, and all
the actions of your life just right? Then you
do not know yourself, and I take the reepon
lihility of s tying you are a Pharisee, you are
a hypocrite, you area Pontius Pilate, and do
not know it. You ooinmlt the very same sla
that Pilate committed. You have crucified
the Lord of Glory. But If nine-tenths of this
audience are made up ot thoughtful and
arnec people, then nine-tenths of this an-
3ienoe are saying within themselves: Is
there no such thing as moral purification? Is
there no laver in which the soul mar wash
tnd be clean? Yes, yes, yes. Tell it in song,
tell it in sermon, tell it in prayer, tell it to
the hemispheres. That is what David oried
jut for when he said, "Wash me thoroughly
from mv sin, and oleanse me from mine in
iquities." And that Is what, In another place,
be cried out for when he said. "Wash me
rod 1 shall be whiter than snow." Behold,
the laver of the gospel, filled with living
fountains. Did you ever see the picture ol
ihe laver in the ancient tabernacle or in the
incient temple? The laver in the ancient
tabernacle was made out of the women's me
tallic looking glasses. It was a great basin,
Handing on a beautiful pedestal, but when
the temple was built, then the laver was an
immenseaffair, called the brazen sea, and,
oh, how deep were the floods there gathered!
And there were tea lavers besides five at
the right and five at the left and each laver
bad 300 gallons of water. And the outside
of these lavers was carved and chased with
palm trees so delicately cut you could al
most see the leaves tremble, and lions so true
to life that you could Imagine you saw the
nostril throb, and the cherubim with out
pread wings. That magnificent laverot the
ld dUpeosaticn is a feeble type ot the mors
glorious laver of our dispensation our sun
It dispensation.
Here is the laver holding rivers ef salva
Jon, having for its pedestal the Bock ot
Ages, carved with the figures of the lion ot
Judah's tribe, and having palm branches for
victory and wings suggestive of the soul's
flight toward God in prayer and the soul's
flight heavenward when we die. Come ye
suditory, and wash away all your sins, how
ever aggravated, and all your sorrows, how
ever agonizing. Come co this fountain, open
lor all sia and unoleanness, the furthest,
the worst. Yon need not carry your sins
aalf a second. Come and wash In this
llorlous gospel laver. Why, that is an
opportunity enoagh to swallow up all
nations. That Is an opportunity that will
yet stand on the Alps and beckon to Italy,
snd yet stand on the Pyrenees and beckon to
Spain, and it will yet stand on the Ural and
beckon to Kussia, and it will atan 1 at the
gate ot heaven and beckon to all nations.
Pardon for all sin, and pardon right away,
through the blood of the Son of God. A lit
tle child that had been blind, but through
skillful surgery brought to sight, said: "Why,
mother, why didn't you tell me the earth and
ky are so beautiful? Why didn't you tell
me?" 'Oh," replied the mother, "my child,
did tell you often. I often told you how
beautiful they are. but you were blind, and
rou couldn't see!''
Oh, if we could have our eyes opened to
m the eyries in Jesus Christ w. would foul
that the halt had not been told as, ana yoi
would go to some Christian man and say,
"Why didn't you tell me before of the glories
In the Lord Jesus Christ?" and that friend
would say, did teli you, but you were
blind and could not see, and you were deaf
ind could not bear."
History says that a great army came ti
capture ancient Jerusalem, and when this
f rmy got on the hills so that they saw the
arrets and the towers of Jerusalem they
gave a shout that made the earth tremble and
tradition, whether false or true, says that so
great was the shout eagles flying in the sir
dropped under the atmospheric percussion.
Oh, if we could only catch a glimpse of the
towers of thia gospel temple into which
you are all invited to eome and wash there
would oe a song jubilant, and wide resound
ing at New Jerusalem seen, at New Jerusa
lem taken, the hosannas of other worlds fly
lag midair would fold their wings and drop
Into our closing doxology. Against the dis
appointing and insufficient laver of Pilate's
rice and Pilate, cowardice and Pilate, sin
I place the brazen aea of a Saviour's pardon
ing mere
Take caro of your ideas and your
grammar is likely to take care of ltsel.
tirnmb'ing church members are like
lean pigs always eqaal'ing.
'Ihe more worthless a man is the
more readily a dog will take np with
him.
As we must rendei an aocoant of
every idle word, so mast we likewise
of our idle silence
- As small letters hurt the sight, so do
small matters him that is too much
intent upon them.
Life is an earnest business, and no
man was ever made great or gojd by a
diet of broad grins.
No man ever worked honest with
out giving some help to his race.
Ihe women don't like to vote as
much ss th ry hate to tell their ages.
The ntmost reach of reason is to
recognize what an infinity of things go
beyond it
A t referred creditor is usually one
that doesn't fight for prompt payment.
A aCArV MISJUDOETA v
The world goes by, and fancies he la eoIdV
Self-wr-Ftla eolia of egotistic thought
Fettered with links ot subtle cobweb,
wrought s3"
By selfish meditation. Men have told -Each
other laughingly that once he sold "
His heart for love of knowledge that h
bought
A calm content (so oft and vainly sought)
y breaking every dear affection's hold.
They read him lightly ; he baa never knowa
The loose emotions that can weep at will,
rhe void that makea each passing wind Iti
own;
Yet in his breast are caverns hard to fill-
Not to be fathomed by the careless stone
Of those that cast to show their pettj
aklU.
fle is or alien character to theirs r
Who brand him with their foolish, worth,
less scorn;
His careless seeming Is a vesture worn
To hide the troubled front of many cares ;
0eneoth the cloak of callousness he bears
A beating heart, with sorrow often torn ,
He has a burden heavy to be borne
Of love and sympathy; his thoughts ar.
pray'rs.
ffhen moat he seems unhoolfulhe ta sal
For that vast trouble which is life's below
Longing to teach the tearful to be glad.
The helpless hopeful wearying to knov
That food for famished spirits may be had,
What solace for the mass ot human woe.
Arthur C Salmon, in Temple Bar.
nCXOS OF THE DAT.
Alan's a fool and Cupid can prove ii
Galveston News.
Every dog has its time, especially
the watch-dog. Statesman.
Apropos of college colors, the favor
ite seems to be yeller. Philadelphia
Becord.
Football players might rightly b
alassed as chronio kiokers. Hartford
Journal.
"This is a still hunt," said the maa
who was looking for moonshiners.
Union County Standard.
It is a trying ordeal to be drawn ot
a jury and quartered in a fourth-rat
hotel. Boston Transcript.
Sewing schools aro not a bad idea.
Girls generally are not too much stock
on the needle. Philadelphia Times.
A man is very much like a razor, be-
saneA rTl itan't tail 1 niw artavn Vt a ja n
betmtilho is completely strapped.-
Sittings.
Jillson says that the man who is hab
itually non-committal has no bnsinesi
on a police conrt bench. Buffalo
Courier.
He ' "What do you think of crema
tion? Do yon believe in it?" She
"No ; I think it is a burning shame."
Rochester Democrat.
This question every man must face
Aa he looks hi. flannel, through t
"Jlust I purchase a new stock.
Or can I make these do?"
Dans vi lie (N. T.) Breeze.
There is a great deal of truth in the
.laying that politics makes strange bed'
fellows. Ballots of all parties lie to
gether in the ballot box. Horrisburg
Patriot.
No marriage engagement should lie:
moro than six months long; tho most
ardent lover gets tired of living up to
his girl s ideal any longer than that.
Atchison Globo.
Mrs. Wiokwire "Just think" M.
vfiokwire "Guess I'll have to. 1
never got a ohanoe to do anything elst
when yon have started la to talk."
Indianapolis Journal.
Fin de Sieclo Young Ladies : Foni
Mother "My daughters have received
a thoroughly practical education ; each
of them is capable of making work foi
ten servants." Fliegende Blatter. .
Ihc's doltoote, she s tender, often times o
trail physique,
Bhe Is dove-like, she is gentle, she is mild an.
she Is meek,
Sho Is modest and retiring, but somehow she
finds her way
Through the crowd to reach the counter oa
a bargaia day.
New York Press.
"Sokes alive," said grandma, "what
will they think ot next? Here's an
advertisement in the paper 'Watches
Beduoed.' I ain't got any watchei
that's too big, but if they would re
duce our big clock about one-half, I
think I'd like it better." Danaville
(N. T.) Breeze.
"What is the matter with DicMa
Van WibblesT I saw him in the gym
rtasium just now going through the
most horrible facial contortions."
"Oh, that's all right Dickie is de
veloping his facial muscles, so as to
get a good grip on his monocle. "
Washington Star.
"See here," exclaimed tho reV
neaded woman in wrath, "if you ain't
out of this yard in ten minntos I de
clare ril nm thia umbrella down your
throat and open it" "Thcro ain't a
bit o' use of that, mum," responded
Dismal Dawson ; "anybody that's as
iry inside aa I am ain't neodin' no
umbrella la him. "Indianapolis Jour
nal. Wolves In Main.
It has been long ainco any woIw
gere reported in Maine, but tho latest
kews ia that a few havo got across the
border. Word oomoe from Suenoar
Pond that one was shot new there the
other day. A woman at a amp about
twelve miles from Spencer having ven
tured some distance from the camp
was chased by a wolf clear up to her
own door, and believes ahe heard two
or three more ol the beasts tot far be
hind, On her arrival a man at the
camp aaatohed gun, rushed out and
mot tho beast before he had time to
retreat to the woods. Lewis ton Jour-
The Tree u Compass.
The points of the oomoaaw can b
told from trees by the following simple
observations: The side of the trees
on which the most oi tho moea is found
is the north. lithe treeia exposed
to the aun the heaviest and longest
I 1 ill a . .a Mm w
umos ww oe on ine sontn side.
Item for Mothers.
Little children seem to have a
aanla for patting beans, buttons,
travel, etc, np their noses, which
iastbe effect of frightening thelt
poor mothers half out of their senses
ind increasing the Income of the
family physician. If a mother will
itow this chip away in memory's
wood box. she will be saved all worry
ind expense. Get the little one to
jpen its mouth, place your own over
it, blow with all the force at you
vimmanil mtut mi mrtu .
A SONO OF" LOVE;
One day Love built his nest
High in a golden dome.
And here, said Love, I take my rest.
And here I make my home."
3-it Love, kissed by cold olouds of snow,
D. amed of the violets far below.
fhe broad sun with great light
Spangled Love's nest so grand.
But lovelier downward streamed the Night
On all the lowlier land.
"And O," cried Love, "rorrest so sweet.
In the blue violets at my feet 1'
Ind so it chanced that Love,
For all high splendor given.
Came homeless from the height, above
Where earth seemed far from heaven
And still on earth he doth remain,
nil Death shall kiss htm back again!
F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
HTH AND POINT.
Close quarters A miser's.
Morocco bound Spanish re-enforce
nents.
A two foot rule "Keep off th
Trass. Hallo.
We suppose the ship heaves out o
sympathy for the seasick passengers.
Sittings.
George Gould favors an income tax.
This proves that George is no Jay.
vhicago Dispatch.
Sometimes girls are kind to young
uen to make other young men jealous
Atchison Globe.
An embarrassment of riches Not
knowing whether the girl loves you
or your money. Puck.
Perspective does n't apply in poli
tics the higher up a man gets, thr
igger he gets. Puck.
The politician need not starve.
Though life's the worst of flirts ; .
He's in the soup, he gets a roast,
And, sometimes, his desserts.
Prosperity doesn't prove anything.
Ilie biggest fiddle in the orchestra
olays the fewest notes. Elmira Ga
;ette.
The man who is good to his own bad
habits may be styled as one who is
renerous to a fault. New Or lean
ricayune.
'By George ! I am in high feather,
ifter all 1" exclaimed the ostrich, as
f scanned the market teports
or
plumage. Truth.
"Bllood wilt tell," we find K writ
With insistence faith-compelling.
Hay he so ; but often it
Stutters awfully in the telling I
Puck.
The only objection to the self made
man is that in so many cases he has
failed to put himself together so as to
vork noiselessly. Truth.
Uptown little girl's comment on
hearing that a friend had two half
brothers : "Why don't she stitch thoir
ogether?" Philadelphia Record.
Higgs "Why don't yon buy one of
these fashionable long tailed coats?"
Briggs (after a painful pause) "Higgs,
Tarn, too short." Chicago Tribune.
Prisoner "I beg you, judge, not
to condemn me not on my account,
but so as not to injure the prospects
of my counsel." Fliegende Blatter
And now the city huntsman
Goes forth for deer and bear,
Andcoavs back home within a week
With two peewees and a hare.
Kansas City Journal.
Muggins "Why was Addlepate
dropped from the Amateur Dramatic
Society?" Bufrfiins "He couldn't
even make up his mind." Chicago
Ttecord.
"Girls is queer thins," wrote Tom
my on "composition" day. "Why?
Because a girl is not in it in society
till she comes out." Indianapolir
TournaL
Son "What ia a deceiver?" Father
(who is a little deaf) "A man, my
bov, who is appointed by the courts to
hold out promises to the creditors."
hardware.
"Is Bilkins a man who remembers
his obligations?" "Oh, yes ; he's al
ways speaking about them and prom
ising to see you next week." Detroit
Tribune.
Romantic mothers should bear in
mind that no man named Algernon
ever became famous, and no woman
named Mayette or Pearl ever became
freak Atchison Globe.
Mr. Gladstone is said to be very
fond of a chop. He splits a load of
wood before breakfast and besides that
takes another chop for .his luncheon
svery day. Philadelphia Record.
'I want more preserves," our Willie boy
cried.
"You've had quite enough," his mother re
Dlled.
1 don't want 'enough' (with a scowl on hir
brow).
T want too much, and I want it just now."
Judge.
She -"Oh, the irony of life I The
man who wrote 'Home Sweet Home'
never had a home." He "Yes. And
the fellow who wrote The Man in the
Moou' was not a lunatic!" Kate
Field's Washington.
Climbed an African Mountain.
The return of Dr. Gregory, of the
British Museum, from Equatorial
Africa is reported. The principal ob
ject of his visit, which was to make
an ascent of Mount Kenia, lying just
south of the equator, and 18,000 feet
high, was successfully accomplished,
through manifold difficulties. The
expedition was originally oigan
ized by Lieutenant Yilliers, of the
British Life Guards, and left the coast
early in the present year. The lieu
tenant afterward abandoned the ex
pedition to join another, and the doc
tor pressed on alone, with a native es
cort of forty men. He managed to
fet up the mountain to the height ol
7,000 feet, 8000 feet above where any
of his predecessors had attained. He
found himself in a region of perpetual
use, with the thermometer twenty
three degrees below zero. New Or
leans Picayune.
Some Consolation.
Applicant for Work But the oc
cupation seems to be adangerous one.
Manager Tea; bnt then in case you
ire killed the company would send
flowers to your funeral. Bos tor
Transcript.
Musical Ilea
Mrs. Jinks You uv mm i.
engaged as a musician at t h-
theater. What Instrument dcea he
play? Mia Jones Well er he
makea la Uinm1., oihi.
News in Brief
We have 413 species of trees.
Japan has a 300-year-old bank.
Kew York has 10,500 telephones.
Only one-half of children born
'each the age ot seventeen years.
The growing of corn may be hoard
lirect by means of the microphone.
A Stanish Me. man has nearly
finished a robe made wholly of eatV
'kins.
It is estimated that gold in ciroula
lion weai s out on an average in 210
'ears.
The average wheat yield in Eng
land is said to be thirty six bushels to
'he acre.
Coal tar is the latest Parisian
remedy for all the ills. It is taken ir
be rough.
On a trammer dav the averse?
healthy adult perspires about twenty-
?jgui ounces.
Germany reports 2S0 instances ot
snicide among school children during
he last six years.
W. C. Eagan has given a collection
f ln.OOO rare fossils to the Cbioago
Vcademy of Sciences.
Thomas A. Edison has again as
sured control of the phonograph anr
vill further improve it.
Pigs have a real affection for people
they know, and in several recent cases
lave acted as watchdogs.
The oldest National flag in the
world is that of Denmark, which ha
been in use since the yeai 1219.
Among the eighty six plans sent
in for the new Egyptian Museum, a
Uairo, are several from America.
Human Hair varies in thickness
from the two hundred and fiftieth to
the fix hundredth part of an inoh.
Friendly societies in England have
lgreed to pay indemuity t all mem
era who may be injured at football.
The valuation of the labor of out
hens in eggs and spring chickens is
very year estimated at 200,000,000.
Light and power are now trans
mitted from San Antonio to 5m.u Ber
nardino, Cal., a distanoe of thirty
niles.
Lenenbock and Humbolt both sny
that a feingle pound of toe finest spi
der webs would reach around the
vorld.
Twenty seven knots per hour is the
guaranteed speed of the new .British
xrpedo boat destroyer J onus, just
ul ched.
A number of physicians declared
ihat nuclein, the recently discovered
in id, will create a revolution in medi
al science.
The Siamese have great horror o'
)ld numbers, and were never known
:o pntb, 7, 9 or 11 windows in a house
r temple.
An English Inventor has devised an
automatic air bra'io, ie which the
weight of the train supplies the powei
o set the brakes.
Sea anemones have been known to
live" for three or four years without
my Tjourifbment save what they ex
rue t from the water.
In parts of Maine the inhabitants
iocnre the en.p of marsh grass by
ivuiting nutil the marshes freeze over
ml cutting it on the ice.
The grand international woojon
!eg raco at Nogent -sur-Marnc, in
t'runce, was won by Monsieur Koulin.
veteran of the Crimean War.
Illinois produces 827,000,000 farm
products; $145,000,00 gmn; $50,H00,
100 live stock; $27, 000, i '00 dairy, and
"20,i;00,OCO bay and potatoes.
The City Architf ct of Boston ad
vises that his cilice should be
iboliphed anil its work done by
public competition of architects.
A copy of theAitken Bible the first
Bible in the English language printed
n America, was sold in Boston by
action a few days ago for $300.
Vesuvins and Etnn are never active
it the same time. The period of
greatest violence with one is that of
greatest quiescene with the other.
Tho Hungarian of three centuries
igo was entitled to wear ne feather io
his cap for every Turk he killed, hence
be phrase in common use among us.
The diatoms, single celled plants ol
ihe seaweed family, arc so small that
3000 of them laid end to end scarcely
ui ffice to cover an inch rf space on
ule.
A nat. flpflrt Tift, a rerrnlav nir1itirn
wall projecting from its sides inward
1 COUflitlt-ralilA HlRtnne mi ArAAllAnft
provision against coDcusion of the
rain.
Kroffq and toadn era nt iiiAfitmllA
benefit to farmers and (rardAnAra- Mih
creature is estimated to devour every
season nuy-seven times its weight of
jieecta.
The cravat was nriirinnllv a tare
---o j
ibawl worn around the neck, not for
mow out for comfort, by a nation of
cistern nurope caned tLe Uravates,
r groats.
Tlin orAAtAftt Mvun in tla wa-1t
ire in Ihe Yellowstone park. The Ice
land geysers are trivial in comparison
ith them, either in number or in di
mensions. The smallestkno-vn pneeiea nf l,.
s the pigmy swine of Australia. They
ire exacuy use ine irt:er Drethren in
.very particular except size, being
ict larger than a good-sized house
Tarring and feathering was once a
etral nnnishment for thaft It ia ani1
M be fennd in the fttatnten nf liotl.
Enpland and France about the time of
ihe Crusades,
Boo. the exclamation nnpl ta fri-rhl.
'n children, is n mrmniinn nf Rnh
;be name of a 'rm m Gothio General!
it has been ni-e as a terror word for
nany centuries.
Gently Rebuked.
Bhe May I suggest an occasions
change In your style of dancing?
He Certainly; what change do yot
desire?
She You might 6tep on my right foo.
now and then. Sly left has about all 1"
ran stand. Truth.
The man who Dalnts his advertla.
menu on fences, spoils the looks of
ine iencea, ana obtains no other re
mlt
Be good to a man long enough, and!
til
s.i
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