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B. F. HOHWEIER,
THE OONST1TUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
Bditacr amd
VOL. XLIX
MEFFLINTOWN , JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12. 1896.
NO. 26.
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CIIAI'TICU V Continued.)
"I don't think much of your OL-lebrntet
detective," snid Mrs. Kuthven. "lie il
by no moans the monosyllabic inscruto-
liscruti
I bnvi
i much. 1
uly exisj
He mini one reads of in novels.
no faith in detectives who talk so
"I funcy the inscrutable men on
in fiction," returned Mnrsdon, smiling
"This person has, however, done boiiu
remarkable things. I believe he is con
sidered a very valuable otlieer."
The day after Mrs. Iluthven and he!
host went up to town the party broke up
the great house was closed, and iinpen
trable darkness still vr;:ptd the grea
jewel robbery.
Meanwhile, the extraordinary story wai
spread abroad. The newspapers, thank
ful for such subject matter in the dea
hcuson, had paragraphs each day on tliii
exciting topic, and when they had ex
liausted conjecture, short nrtich'S. moral
religious, jocose, philosophic, philological
antiquarian, filled up convenient iiortioui
if their space.
"The Thunderer" remarked shortly
(hut the crimes of a period bore the tam
of its intellectual characteristics. Kx
treme ingenuity and logical preeisiot
were essential to project arnl execute m
daring, so original a robbery as thai
uhit li had lately Rtartled society at Kve
li-igh Manor; that probably when statis
tics, mathematics and registration had
been perfected and properly applied, wi
should find that only in the first decadi
of the last quarter of the nineteenth cell
tury only at this precise epoch couU
this special outrage have been committed
"The Itminer" traced this remarkabU
nd heinous act to one fruitful source ol
nil, iiMirnl. social anil religious, neglect
f.f duo instruction in the church cate
chism and of committing the Ten Com
niHinlrr.cn ts to memory and apropos,
drew a pathetic picture of a gray-hairei
rector standing beneath tho east window
of the villn-J church, through which thi
light eircnmed in many-tinted rays ot
the rosy, chubby reverent urchins, whe
repeated in awe-struck tones after theii
beloved pastor, "Thou shalt not steal!"
"The Iai!y Instructor" proved incon
trovertibly from certain racial indica
tiers, that so base and infernal a plo
t'otild only bo conceived by an American
Irishman, with a dash of Kussian blood
from, say a (treat-uncle, or perhaps f
strain of Malay on the mother's side
while "The Delirium Tremens" grew
hysterical over an appalling list of rob
heries, with nnd without bloodshed, bat
tery, torture and murder, from the earlies
date to the present crime, which, fron
certain characteristics, might be consid
ered the most audaciously wicked of all.
"The 1'niverse." in its usual lively style
hinted that nmong the better informct
of those present at the Kvesleigh festivi
ties, whispers were circulated that the
over-strained enthusiasm of a ritualistit
tind self-subduing curate, whose tast
for ecclesiastical magnificence was in the
inverse ratio to his regard for persona,
cleanliness, had been carried away bj
visions the result of orerfasting nnd
meditation that he had annexed the lost
rubles for the decoration of a favorite
Image of the Virgin in the new and splen
did church of St. Withold the Wool-gath
erer Within, and that Mrs. Kuthven, witt
the generous sympathy and delicate tne
which distinguished her, was arranging
for the substitution of an admirable imi
tatiott, modeled at her own expense, oi
the lost rubies and diamonds, so as tr
save the pious young man's taste anc
feelings; nnd to this project the delay i
the progress of justice was due.
To this dastardly attack the "Church
man's Friend" replied with vigorous in
dignntion, and much fine writing ensued
till a fresh trail presented itself, and foi
awhile public interest was diverted frop
the Evesleigh robbery.
CHATTER VI.
The sudden burst of life ami gayetj
.n the long-deserted manor house, mud
Its quickly succeeding silence and gloonr
more marked nnd depressing. I.adj
Dorrington tried to persuade Nora to ao
company her to Scotland, where Lore
Dorrington had shootings, but the young
lady said she could not think of leavinf
Mrs. L'Kstrange, and Mrs. L'Estrangi
nonld not leave her little girl; so every
thing returned to the same condition oi
tillness and tranquility which Marsden'r
unexpected appearance and outburst o.
hospitality had broken up.
Hut this stillness was no longer rest
ful.
The curious circumstances of the rol
ery had left behind on Impression of in
security, and Mrs. 'Estrange, whosi
natural timidity had been confirmed by
long attendance upon an invalid and ir
ritable husband, immediately made cr
raitcements with the gardener to sleet
In the house instead of in the lodge, anc
Waldman, the pet Dachshund, was al
lowed to lie at the foot of the stairs, while
Nora herself inspected the bolting anc
barring of doors nnd windows every
ight
"I assure you. you are alarming your
elves nnnecessnrily." said Winton, whe
had ridden over, as he often did, to share
the evening meal at Brookdnle, and wa
now leaning against the chimney-piece
while Xora wns playing some of Bea'i
favorite airs before the little one went
off to bed with her Cerman "Kinder
rartnerin." who was patiently waiting fot
her. It was a chill, wild night, the wind
lighing In sudden gusts through the tree
urrounding the cottage, the occasional
dash of the rain against the window
making the bright fire of wood and coal
peculiarly acceptable Winton looked
round him with a delightful sense o'
torn fort of being at home.
The refined simplicity of the prettj
Irawing-room, the soft light of well
trimmed lamps Mrs. L'Estrange In hei
deml-totlet of black silk and lace, hei
work-basket filled with bright-colored
nools beside her, her small fingers deftly
fevering a square of dull green clotb i
with flowers and foliage Xora at tin
piano, her graceful shoulders draped it
dainty muslin gathered to her pliam
r.aist by a band of black velvet ail hai
rrown familiar to him He had hnd
nard life all through his boyhood; an or
jhan with barely enough means to suppl;
kita education, brought up by an unci
wno was cold though Just, and bitterly
disliked by his uncle's wife, because his
trotijf will nnd steady application al
ways kept him ahead of her own hand
some, clever, agreeable "ne'er-do-weel" of
a sun, with whom he wns educated and
who bore the same name, of home life
he knew nothing; and when his resolute
efforts to rise were crowned with success,
success banished him to comparative sol
itude, while the few opportunities af
forded him of social experience only show
ed him how infinitely hia accomplished
cousin was preferred before him, especlal-
arrowy.
ly by women, of whom indeed he had not
the highest opinion. He had found them
insincere, shallow, selfish, and though of
late rather Halteringly utteutive to him
silf, his itrim appreciation of his unat
tractiveness led him to place it to the
credit of his position rather than of him
self. Nevertheless, the familiarity to whicl
bygone comradeship' with Mrs.
l.'Estrange entitled him, was very deli
cious. He had never been on such terms
of intimacy with women before, and he
was quick to perciove that his comings
n nd goings caused no disturbance, that
he had fallen Into the march of their
quiet lives, and felt that to part with
them would be the keenest grief he had
ever known. Them or one? Vor awhile
he scarcely knew.
"l'ou are alarming yourself nnneces
sarily," he had been saying, when this
digression began. "There is small chance
of any professional thief visiting this
part of the world for some time to come,
but I suppose it is not easy to throw off
tho impression such a scene as you wit
nessed must have created."
"Ciood-night," cried Hea, holding up a
rosy mouth to be kissed. "Will yon
bring me a new spade to-morrow?'
"Not to-morrow the day after. Good
night, Miss Beatrix sleep well. Good
night, frnulein."
Nora rose from the piano, and drew a
'ow chair by the fire.
"There is no nse in arguing the mat
ter," she aid. "Helen cannot resist her
nervousness. I myself, though I feel
quite brave in the daylight, begin to be a
little uncomfortable as night draws In,
and I see Helen look rp with a startled,
i est loss look at any nudden sound, and
really, after seeing what a daring thief
an do, one's faith In chains, bars and
bolts dies away"
"Our chief safeguard Is the absence ot
valuables," said Mrs. L'Estrange.
Do you think," resumed Nora, "that
It would be well to go up to town tor mlfyTimar DA t
couple of months. Just in the dead of the I den to orrow ?he wortH Ma?
agreenble impressions and be our noble
selves again.
"I do believe it would be the best thinj
you couiu uo. sum winton. "It is a cap
ital idea. Uf course, 1 am speaking sui
fiwhly. I must be in London a great part
of November, and your nervousness may
transfer itself to me If I find myself lone
'y and friendless In that vast wilderness."
Nora laughed.
"I don't fancy your nerves trouble toi
much. But it would be rather nice to
go to the theater and concerts, some
times." "And you would be a capital escort,
said Mrs. L'Estrange, "though, perhaps,
you do not care for such things?"
"When I find acting that can make mt
forget it is acting, I am deeply interest
ed, but a concert bores me, though I am
very fond of certnin kinds of music."
"If," began Mrs. L'Estrange, goint
back to the subject uppermost in her
mind, "if I had not seen that dreadful
knife, I should feel less creepy."
"Don't think about It, dear Helen,'
cried Nora. "Go, play a game of chess
with Mr. Winton; that will effectually
iivert your thoughts."
"I will, if you would like It, Mark 1
mean," smiling and coloring, "Mr. Win
ton." "Yes, let ns have a trial of strength,
by all me.ans."
"My strength is of the broken-reed
order," snid Mrs. L'Estrange. smiling.
"I will go nnd see Bea tucked up, and
'.hen do my best."
"I wonder," began Nora, as Mrs. L'Es
trange left the room, "I wonder what
they are doing in London. If they have
discovered anything!" She clasped her
hands on her knee, and sat looking
dreamily into the fire. "Mrs. Ruthven
promised to write to me, but sh. has
lot."
"Ther. has scarcely been time," said
Winton, as he brought over the chess
table, and began to set forth the pieces.
"A nd I fear there is small chance of dis
covery. It is unlucky for Maraden, too,
for I suppose the best thing he can do
is to marry the charming widow; they
would suit each other admirably. Now,
I should not be surprised if the notion
that he is unlucky to her should take pos
session of her mind." Winton watched
S'ora's face as he spoke.
"Poor Squire, I hope not; it would be
n shame. He la so nice, and so Is she.
If he is fond of her I do hope she will
marry him." j
"If? Then yon do not agree with even
one that he is devoted to her?" And
while he spoke, Winton thought, "Is this
acting or real idifference?"
"I am not sure. I have scarcely seen
them together. But I like her; she li
very nice to me. Why don't you like her,
Mr. Winton?"
"Why do yon think I do not?"
"I know it, because oh! I can hardly
tell. By the tone of your voice, by the
expression of your eyes."
"Hum! so my eyes can express dislike
at any rate?"
"Oh! they can express liking, too. 1
mean," blushing quickly at the glance he
gave her, "I mean they can look kindly;
but am I right, you do not like Mrs. Ruth
ven?" "The reason why I cannot tell. Bnt 1 j
ao nor nte tne wiaow, ma Deilel said
Winton.
"Oh! bravo!" cried Nora, laughing. "1
did not snspect you were capable of im
provising." "I dare say I am capable of more that
you imagine. I suppose I ought to as
sure you that I have no reason for dislik
ing Mrs. Ruthven it is an instinct."
"I thought these instincts of liking and
disliking were characteristic of women;
that men built up their preferences on a
solid foundation of reason."
" We ought, and at least, I try to be
Just."
"I am afraid you are a little hard."
"I dare say I am, or have been; at
present. I may. for all I know, be learning
to be too soft." He looked down as ho
spoke these words thoughtfully.
"Rut
In tho battle of life we can rarely afford .
to lay aside our armor.
'What a dreadful idea of life." said
Nora with a sigh. Winton did not reply;
he paused, his hand on a rook, and looked
intently at his companion, whose eyes
were fixed on th fire.
"Now, Mr. Winton, I shall do my best
to conquer," said Mrs. L'Estrange, re
turning. inton brought her a chair.
"Do you never care to learn?" he said
o Nora as he took his place.
with my father, but I never could learn,., As60c,at men of good quality,
I never could be interested; there Is lome"?0? e8tfem Jonr own reputation; it
deficiency, I suppose in me, for I never 18 o be alone than in bad com-
care if I win or lose at any game." pany.
"Which shows an unmathematlcal. un- I Eat to please thj self, bnt dress to
practical turn of mind," said Winton, please others.
smiling. "I wait your attack," to Mra , A proud man is seldom a gratef n
L, Estrange. man for ne never gejg M ranch as he
r or awnlle Nora read the newspaper; thinks he deserves,
then she rose, and, leaning on the back
of her steD-mother'a ch.tr. lonkH nn t It is not enough to have croat anali.,
the game, as If watching an opportunity
"Chick to your king." said Mra. IEa-I
ranee at lust. "Vnn aM n !
trange at last "Yon are not playing
your best, Mr. Winton; is It negligence
or politeness? No, you cannot more
there, you are still in check, nor there
eitner. -
It la checkmate!" replied Winton
wen and quickly done, tool"
Then I may sneak I" cried Nora.
There la a paragraph in the paper about
the robbery. I will read it. The mys
tery which enshrouds the great Jewel
robbery la still unsolved; but, although
wo must on no account betray the secrets
of the police. It is perhaps admissible to
state that a faint clew has at length been
found, which in the experienced hands of
a certain ramous officer may, Indeed will,
probably, lead to the detection of the vil
lains whose dastardly attack almost cost
Its object a serions illness. We are hap
py to stata that Mrs. Ruthven haa very
neany recoverea tne effect ot the shock
to her nervous system, and Is about to
proceed to Italy for change of air and
scene.
"Which means." said Winton. rUtnir
"that the penny-a-liner know nothing)
ana nas no cnance ot knowing anything.
When these fellows are most profoundly
ignorant, xney assume tne greatest know
ingness. Hut It is latel If you will
allow me, I will say good night, and
man. my way to tne stables. I can b
my own groom.
"Oh! Roberts is In, I am sure, having
a tain in ins Kitcnen. He is our liody-
gnard now; be will bring your horse
round." Mra. IEstrange rang as shs
spoke, and ordered Mr. Wlnton'a horse. -"What
a dreadfully dark night!" said
.ora, going to the open door a few min
utes after, while Winton said good-bye
ir T T7. nr. i . 7 .
w j ai. niiT-. is raining, too.
I am afraid yon will get Terr wet!"
There waa genuine kindly interest in
tne eyes raised to bis.
"If Ton care whether T am nf .
alive or dead, I ahall be obliged to lay
aside my armor," said Winton smiling, as
his hand closed on hers with a lingering
pressure, so close, so warm, that It sent
an electric thrill of surprise through her
near. x snail come to-morrow to report
myself, and bring you the 'History of
Blankshire' w. were spenking of. Good
night!" And the sound of his horse
i reaa soon died away.
1 have aueh a headache, Helen,
think I shall go to bod do you mind?"
: by no means. I wonM ratli
sicep wan listen to that moan nv wln,i
j I hope we may have news of some kind
stranded here.
They bid each other good-night and scp-
tnaeo.
But Nora sat long pondering, her elbows
an her dressing-table, her head on her
hands, thinking with a startled, sudden
ly awaaenea. sense of alarm of the rn.
rlous influence Mark Winton, without the
smallest apparent effort on his part, had
gained over her.
From the first hour they met, he had
iiraciea ner unaccountably. He was
not good-looking, or particularly aarcea-
ble or flattering. He was, on the con
trary, silent, slightly abrupt, and decld-
edly uncompromising; yet to Nora there
was veiled pathos in his eyes, and an utter
unconsciousness of himself, that gave
dignified simplicity to his manner. Bh.
was always wondering what he thought
and how this or that would strike him.
Then, when he gradually came to talk
to her of books, and topics off the dusty
track of conventional clatter, the sincerity
of his opinions, the tone of calm, clear
common sense wntcn pervaded hia conver
sation, delighted and refreshed her.
Strange to say, despite her recognition
of his strength and self-sufficiency, Mra
L'Estrange's story of his lonely yon th
ills resolute struggle for fortune had
touched a chord of tender pity in her
heart; and In short before she was aware
that he was more than an Interesting
acquaintance, .-sora was in lovo with him.
(To bo continued.)
ALL KINDS OF QUEER PETS.
Cross, Owls and Cockroaches Trained
by Maryland Scientist.
Harry 0. Hopkins, ono of the yonng--
m members of the Maryland Academy
of Science, haa a special fondness for
animals, says the Baltimore Sun.
Among his earliest peta were three
frogs, which he raised from tadpoles.
They became so tame that they would
recognize his yolce and hop eag rlj to
him whenever they heard him speak.
His next pets were five screech owls,
which be kept in the garret of his
home. Ono of the owls, which he called
Bob, became so accustomed to his voice
that It would screech back a reply
when called, and would haste to Join
Mr. Hopkins in the lower rooms of the
house. Mr. Hopkins bad at other times
raccoons, opossums, foxes, white mice
and white rats for pets. The latest net
j In his collection was the most unique
of them all, and was, perhaps, the only
pet of the kind ever heard of. It waa
a roach an ordinary brown roach
that ran out of his desk one day and
took a sip from a drop of ink that had
fallen on the desk. Mr. Hopkins let
the little creature Indulge Itself undla
tnrbed, and one day Induced it to take
a sip from the point of his pen. After
that to tame the roach was an easy
matter, and he soon had It so tame
that it would come from its hiding
place when called, and would follow
the pen over the paper while Mr. Hop
kins wrote. Mr. Hopkins did not enjoy
the society of this little pet long. A
new servant with a majila for "clean
ing up" and antipathy to roaches saw
the Det on the desk one day and killed
It
Overtasking the mind is an unwise
act; when nature is unwilling; the labor
is in vain.
Know what thou canst bent work at,
and work at it like a Hercules. That
will be thy better plan.
If we keep onr conscience all right,
we are a n.atch for anything on 'earth,
and equal to anything in neaven
PeoDle seldom criticise a man's bad
handwriting when it comes to them at
the bottom of agood-sizea cnecK.
Great mischiefs happen more often
from f Jlly, meauness and vanity than
from the greater sins of avarice and
ambition.
Help somebody worse off than your
self, and yon will find that yon are
better off than you fancied,
Some charitable people are a!:
objects of charity themselves.
most
ties; we must also have the management "
THt DIRGE "DF'COPI OT
!OIJ Time- upon a certain day, when In tha
Green Park strolling,
Met Cupid walking listlessly along the
gravel track
Adown his apple blossom cheeks the heed
less tears were rolling.
And his saintly little axure wings hung
drooping on his back.
"Now, what doth ail thee, merry son, that
thus thine heart is laden?
Haa any feathered shaft of thine failed to
transfix a maiden?"
"Alas!"" cried -Cupid, sadly, while his
pearly tears flowed faster,
"The days of simple love making and
maiaennooa are gone;
r every otner lemaie Is a Tireen or
Yellow Aster,'
'A Superfluous Woman' (truly), or
Modern Amazon':
Whill the girls no more content them
selves with lovers' adoration.
For they're all so Tery busy "working out
their own salvation.'
"Through the deep sloughs of the Zola
esque. and up the scale chromatic.
Of all moral and immoral problems
Maenad-like they co:
There's no time to hear love's whlspei
mid their arguments emphatic.
(And a woman rolce no longer is like
music, sweet and low):
While young maids who once for soft en-
deannenU had a predilection.
Now plead madly for the suffrage, or dis
course on vivisection.
Ah! The dear old days when n'l the earth
was wise and worshiped Cunld
Ah! The dear old days when love could
make men brave, and sweethearts
fairl
Now the new 'eternal feminine decla:
my methods stupid.
As she flies about the earth with Ibsen's
vine-leaves in her hair.' "
Then,' with one more sigh, the vanquished
god went on his way lamenting.
Would the sun had died in heaven er.
she gan experimenting!"
St James' Gazetts.
A MAN OUT OF WORK.
O one saw him
step off the pas
BcnMr train. He
must have 6tolen
a ride on the
II Western freight
I He walked up the
main street one
morning and
made for that
mecca of tramps,
the saloon.
It was August.
The fury of the
hot winds wns
Masting the corn, and with it human
hopes. That pitiless wind! For three
weeks It had surged northward, an un
wearied, scorching, palpitant tide, that
one fancied exhaled from hell itself.
Even at night it did not rest but buf
feted with soft fierceness the hot eyes
Df desperate men. The 6tranger was
tall, thin, muscular. His face was
clean-cut clean-shaven. His hair, a
ruddy brown, was trimmed close. His
elothes did not fit him. The trousers
were too short The coat had evident
ly been made for a stouter man.
The day was Saturday, so, although
early, there were a good many in the
saloon; the drayman, agent lumber
man, grain man, half a dozen farmers,
and a couple of chronic loafers. These
looked askance at the newcomer who
entered. He took off his hat a sun
burned slouch and addressed thr
crowd.
I'm trying to get back East gentle
men, and my voice is my ticket"
He stared at the nickel fixtures of tho
bar and began to sing. The men ceased
their rueful talk about the drought
their profanity, hushed. It seemed,
their Tory breath. For the voice that
rang through the vulgar little room
was rich, pure, vibrant powerful, mel
lowly sweet The song ended, he looked
around, but did not extend the bat he
held, waiting to learn If his song had
pleased his hearers.
"Do It again," a man urged, nnllm-
berlng himself from a keg as be spoke.
and have a drink. What can you
lngr
Anything."
"We don't go much on opery here, but
we'd like to git some of them things we
read about like 'Where did you git
that hatr an' Two little girls In blue.'
Kin ye sing them ?"
The stranger laughed. He sang the
ditties requested. Then some one asked
for "Marguerite." Another man tro-
BB SAKO A Xt01XICKX3r) COLLIOI 80X0.
posed a drink. Various requests were
proffered. The singer sang on. In the
appreciation of his listeners be found
Inspiration. A queer ecstasy, not be
gotten of the liquor drank, came on the
ordinarily stolid crowd. Tho singing
ttlmula ted (hem. It lent a smile to sul
len Hps, a light to surly eyes. For the
time being they forgot the drought the
aiaddening winds, the certain failure
of the corn crop. These were moments
of reprieve. Realization, crushing aa
conscience, would come later. The man
who had been In Chicago when Lottie
Collins whirled around the stage
smiled delightedly to hear Ta-ra-ra.
Boom-de-ay," and broke Into eulogistic
reminiscences of the English dancer.
The old Frenchman on the corner who
mended shoes for a living and had
hobbled dawn to lean against the door
and listen beamed when he heard the
tender strains of the Tower song In
"II Trovatore." And tho boy who had
been sent two thousand miles west In
search ot health kept hia bright hol
low eyes fastened on the glaring poster
Jannounclng the 8tate Fair, when the
tramp sang "Home, B-eet Home."
The singer ceased, held ont his bat
A willing little shower feU Into It The
richest man present a farmer and
stockman, gave a nickel; the man who
could least afford to give anything
Iroppcxl In a quarter.
"Now a last song!" a voice suggested.
& rollicking college asajf followed tho
cSqneat: A man walking; down the
other side of the street heard It crossed
over. He was large, florid, gold-beaid-id.
of imperious manner.
"Ehr he cried. "I thought I knew
that Jingle. Is It you. Jack V
The singer looked at the stranger, or
whom prosperity had set her seal.
"I don't know yon," he answered.
"Not know me!" The other UngheA
nervously. "Why, we were at Tale to
gether. Yoi are
"A man ont of work."
"But your name Is "
"Brown."
"Brown be dashed! Don't yon re
member when I went home and spent
my vacation with you and " He
broke off abruptly as their eyes met
"Well, what will you taker he ende
'amely.
"Nothing."
The rrosperons Man left the saloon.
He Went home. It was a perturbed face
that which his wife, a frail, pretty,
faded woman, looked upon when h
entered.
"What Is It dearr
"0, an odd meeting. That fellow yon
were engaged to, whom I cut out Is
singing for pennies down In the sa
loon." "Rlchardl"
"He Is. I offered him a drink. He
.-e fused to recognise me. He holds s
grudge against me yet I suppose; bw
all's fair, I say, in love and war."
"How how did he "
"I don't know. Got burned out In
(Vestern Nebraska, I suppose, like hun
dreds of poor devils. Finds this his
nly way to get home. Lots like him."
"Richard, you must go back at once,
if you are sure It is Jack, make him
take money, twenty fifty a hundred
dollars. It Is dreadful!"
The Prosperous Man wentdown-towa.
igaln. He found the man he sought
eating in a cheap restaurant
"Here," ho said, "Is a tenner. Yon
ny you're not Jack Barrow. This
won't hurt you, anyhow."
The tramp pushed away his plat
itood up. He thrust his hand In his
pockot He drew It out full of dimes,
ilckels, pennies.
"I have all I need here," he said
"Enough to get drunk on."
Secret of Napoleon's Sncceat
Europe has grown accustomed to
Jillitary surprises in the few preceding
years. The armies of the French re
public, fired by devotion- to their prin
ciples nnd their nation, had accom
plished marvels. But nothing In the
least foreshadowing this had been
wrought even by them. Then, as now,
curiosity was inflamed, and the most
careful study was expended in analyz
ing the process by which such miracles
had been performed. The investiga
tors and their readers were so over
powered by the spectacle and its re
sults that they were prevented by a
sort of awe-siricken credulity from rec
ognizing the truth; and even yet the
notion of a supernatural Influence
fightiug on Bonaparte's side has not
entirely disappeared. But the facts
as we know them reveal cleverness
dealing with Incapacity, energy auch
as had not yet been seen fighting with
languor, an embodied principle of great
vitality warring with a lifeless, van
ishing system. The consequences were
startling but logical; the details sound
like a romance from the land of Eblis
Century.
The British Speaker.
The position of Speaker of the House
t Commons Is one of great dignity. Ho
draws a salary of 3,000 a year, enjoys
the use of a palace, gets a liberal al
lowance for entertaining, and a peer
age on the resignation from office. It
Is ono of the unwritten privileges of
members of the House of Commons
to dine with the Speaker. The ."soak
er's dinners are held on Wednesdays,
and genemlly compose a total of about
thirty members, so that taking the en
tire parliamentary session, all the
members get their turn, starting with
the cabinet, then the leaders of the op
position, and then the rank and file.
Until 1689 It was the custom to wear
court dress at these dinners; that Is,
knee breeches, velvet cutaway coats
and cocked hats, but In 1889 thai rul
was swept away Washington Post
Thickest Salt V-ln in the World.
Interesting mineral discoveries are
jften made during the process of ar
tesian well boring on the plateaus of
the IlocLy Mountalu slopes. Goal,
gypsum and soda beds, and traces of
the economic and the precious metals
are revealed In the chlpplngs of the
drill, usually at a depth so great be
low the surface as to render them 1m
practtble to mine. A remarkable dis
covery of this nature was recently
made In sinking an artesian well at
place called Big Springs, hi south
ern New Mexico, Where at a denth of
- 1
1,400 feet the drill struck a bed o!
- in v i Atn j .v. .
solid rock salt 420 feet in depth. It Is
probably the thickest salt vein In tho
woria, anu, u situated near the sur
face would represent a vast fortun'
o the owner who could utilize IL
False Teeth for a Cat,
A cat that fell from a Baltimore tele
graph pole broke Its Jawbone. Its own
er. Henry Ziekler. who thinks the
. . . a . , . , . .
WONd Of It, IS having a Set Of fahM
teeth made, which will patch pussy ur-
tu ngnt
Canadian Gnm Shoes Worked Over.
A great proportion of the reclaimed !
rubber Imported Into this tooatrr
comes from Canada, for the people
there wear and discard a great many
overshoes. Hardware.
A Goddess ol Ltwerly Been he.
In Austin. Texas, there is a iiaure
of tbo (In.l.lnaU .f T il.art. ,--.,,, i
lU0 UOUdOSS Ol JrtlertV BirmoUllt-
r i. a n i.i : . t :i i ,
ing tho Capitol 300 feot alovo tha
ground. The lady is es-veateea feet
high, with hollow cranium. Jn.' ,n" no J?""5" Ior O09J w P tun-grays orcy me stopplrur H tne wno.e
. , ... j. , , ' Joshua gives the command, "forward, 1 planetary svstem I do not know and do not
spection baa recently- divulged the march!" In the distance there is a long eare. I leave It to tha Christian scientists
fact that a swarm of bees have depus- grove of trees, and at the end of the grove H and the infidel s-denUsts to settle that qnes
ited their honey to the extent ot aev ' city' 11 to cltT ot rbors ei7 with j Hon, while I tell you I have seen the same
eral buckets! nl in her head an.l rpl w.'i1Be?r,,,n A P0 A ho to I thlug. " What," av you, "aot the sun stand.
. . .. . . 17 T
hex nostrils as the front door. Courier
Journal
i
Homely Tr v'hi.
Many a man baa worn himself on
Tying to avoid work. .
The new woman la right after tb
tomlng man. Exchange.
Lotia; Life or Wide Life?
Doctor How long do 70a expect tr
lve the way you stuff yourself?
Fatty Goo rm and You mean hpw
wldav Philadelphia Inquires
RFUUflWE.
Che Brooklyn Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
Subject:
'The Greatest
All Time."
Soldier ol
la the Embury Memorial Church, Brook
lyn, a larire audleno listened to the annual
armon of Chaplain T. De Witt Talmasfe. of
the Thirteenth Betfment, N. O. a N. T. The
members of the regiment occupied the body
of the oliurch. Dr. Talmairw nhnaa for ht
object "The Greatest Soldier of All
Time," the text beinir: "There shall not any
man be able to stand before thee all the days
of thy life." Joshua I., 6.
The "gallant Thirteenth,' as this reg
iment is generally and appropriately called,
has gathered to-niirl.t foi- th .nnhin n
God and to hear the annual sermon. And
nrst 1 loot wltu hearty salutation lntotha
faces of the veterans, who thmioh mnw n
In aeti ve service, have the same patriotic and
military enthusiasm wtiieh characterised
them when, in 1K63, they bade farewell to
home and loved onns and started for th
Held and risked all they held doar on eartt
for the re-establishment of the falling TTnifwi
States Government. "All that a man hath
will he give for his life." and von showed
yourselves willing to give your lives. W
hail you! We thauk you! We bless you, th
veterans of the Thirteenth. Nothing can
ever rob you of the honor of having been
soldiers in one of the most tremendous ware
of all history, a war with Grant and Sherman
na nanoocK ana Sheridan and Farragut on
unotuue, anaLiee ana stonewall Jackson ano
Liongsseet ana Johnston on the other.
Asia Greek assemolages, when speaken
would arouse the andienon. thnv
"Marathon!" so if I wanted to tir' von in tA.
uismauou x wouki only nea to sneak the
Words. "Lookout Mount-lin." "Channfllloro.
villo," "Gettysburg." Aud though through
tne passage of years you are forever free
from duty of enlistment, if Euronean nationi
enouia too easily ana too quickly forgot th
Monroe doctrine and set aggressive foot upon
this continent I think your ankles would b
supple again, and your arms would grow
strong again, and your eyes would be keen
enough to follow the stars of the old flag
wherever they might lead.
And next I greet the colonel and his staff
and all the officers and men of this regiment.
It has been an ev.-Mitfnl vear in vnnr hutnrr:
If never before. Brooklyn appreciates some-
inragoiiae vaiue or its armories, and the
importance of the 'men who there drill foi
the defense and safety of theeity. Th
blessing of God be upon all of you, my com
rades of the Thirteenth Regiment! And
looking about for a subject that might be
most helpful and inspiring for you, and our
veterans here assembled, and the citizens
gathered to-night with their good wishes, I
have concluded t hold up before vou tht
greatest Soulier of all time Joshua the hero
of my text.
He was a magnificent fighter, but he al
ways fought on the right side, and he nevs
fought unless God told him to fight In mj
text he gets his military equipment and ona
would think It must hve been plumed hei
met for the brow, greaves of bras for tha
feet, habergeon for the brat. "There shall
not any man be able to stand before thee all
the days of thy life." "Oh." you say, "any
body could have courage with such a back
ing up as that." Why, my friends, I have to
tell yon that the God of the universe and the
Chieftain of eternity promises to do Just as
much for us as for him. All the resources of
eternity are pledged In our behalf, If we go
out in the service of God, and no more than
that was offered to Joshua. God fulfilled thli
promise of my text, although Joshua's first
battle was with the spring freshet, and tha
next with a stone wall, and the next leading
on a regiment of whipped cowards, and the
next battle against darknes. wheelfnr thr
sun and the moon into his battalion, and the
mi nimi iuj ung oi terrors, ueata td
great victories.
For the most part, when the general of aL
army starts out in a conflict he would like
to nave a small battle in order that he may get
nia counure uo ann ne mar rallv bis troona
and get them drilled for greater oonfllots,
but this first undertaking of Joshua wa
greater than the leveling of Port Futaskl, or
tne nnnaermg aown of Gllbraltar, or tha
overthrow ol the Bastile. It was the crossing
of the Jordan at the time of the spring
freshet. The snows ot Mount Lebanon had
lust been melting, and they poured down
Into the valley, and the whole valley was a
raging torrent So the Canaanltes stand on
one bank, and thev look across and m
Joshua and the Israelites, and they laugh
and say; "Aha! aha! They cannot disturb
us until the freshets fall. It Is lmposslbla
for them to reach us." But after awhile they
look acrops the water, and they see a move
ment in the army ot Joshua. They say:
1 "What's the matter now? Why, there must
be a panic, among these troops, and they are
going to By, or perhaps they are going to
irj 10 mtrcii across tne nver Jordan. Joshua
is a lunatic" But Joshua, the chieftain ol
the text, looks at his army and cries, "For
ward, march'." and they start for the bank
if the Jordan.
One mile ahead go two priests, oarrying 4
glittering box four feet long and two feet
wide. It is the ark of the covenant And
they eome down, and no sooner do thej
lust touah the rim of the water with thei
feet than by an almighty flat Jordan parts.
The army of Joshua marches right on with
out getting their feet wet over tha bottom ol
the river, a path of chalk and broken shells
and pebbles, until they get to the other bank.
Then they lay hold of the oleanders and
tamarisks and willows and pull themselvei
up a bank thirty or forty feet high, and hav
ing gained the other bank they elap theii
shields and their cymbals and sing 4h
praises ot the God ef Joshua.
But no sooner have they reached the banl
than the waters begin to dash and roar, ana
with a terrific rush they break loose from
their strange anchorage. Out yonder they
have stopped; thirty miles up yonder they
halted. On this side the waters roll off
toward the salt sea. But as the hand of the
Lord God is taken away from the thus up
.Ufted waters waters perhaps uplifted half a
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those waters rush down, and some of the un-
believing Israelites sayi "Alas, alas, what a
misfortune! Why could not those waters
have stayed parted? Because, nerhaus. wa
may want to go back. Oh, Lord, we are en
gaged in a risky business. Those Canaanites
may eat us up. How If we want to go back!
Would It not have been a more eomplete
miracle if the Lord bad Darted the waters to
h let us eome through and kept them parted
' to let us go back if we are defeated?1' My
inenas, uoa manes no provision lor a
. vionn tnv pain
'allthawavtn Canaan Tn h.-V 1.
The same gatekeepers that swing back tha
ametnysune and crystalline gate of the
Jordan to let Israel pass through now swing
hut the omethvstine and erratallln rate nf
0TF? keep the Israelites from going
l'. SStZt&
I rear. Triumph ahead, Canaan aheadi be,
"n.(1 J,on datb. and darkness and woe and
hell. But rou sav. "Why didn't thosi
Canaanltes, when they had such a splendid
nanf xtr-ttn oa the too ol the. bauk
thirty or forty leet nwfb. completely aa-
"?"sh those poor Israeltiesdown in tha
river r
"verr i ww ten you wny. uoa naa made
. nromia. and Ha waa o-ntno- tn k-aar. it I
"There shall not anv man be able to stand '
before thee all the days ot thy life."
uuitrwiB ms very aay. xi is (ne great metro-
very sky. It is tha great metro
polis that commands the mountain pass, ft
Is Jericho. That city was afterward oaptured
Dy i-oropey, ana it was anerwara captured
bv Herod the Great, and it was afterward
S'lp
swords, bo shields, no battering ram. Thera
han be only one weapon of war, and that a
ram's horn. The bom of the slain ram was
sometimes taken and holes wore punotmed
In it, and then the musician would put tha
Instrument to hi lips, and he would run hia
fingers overthts rude musical Instrument, and
make a great deal of sweet harmony for tha
people. That was the only kind of weapon.
Svn priests ware to take these rod rtutla
mufaoaT Instruments, and thev were to na
around the city every day for six days once
ny njr 911 uays, ana men on tne seventn
day they were to go around blowing these
rude musical instruments seven times, and
then at the close of the seventh blowing oi
the rams' horns on the seventh day tha
peroration of the whole scene was to be
hout, at which those great walls should
tumble from capstone to base.
The seven priests with the rude musical In
rtruments pass all around the city walls on
the first duy, and a failure. Not so much as
a piece ot piaster broke loose from the wall,
not so much a loosened rook, not so much aa
a piece of mortar lost from its place.
"There." snv the unbelieving Israelites.
"Didn't I tell you so? Why, those ministers
are roois. xne idea or going around the city
witn tnose musical instruments and expect
ing in that way to destroy it! Joshua has
been spoiled. He thinks because he has
Overthrown aud d'wtroyed the spring fr&het
he can overthrow tho stone wall. Why, it is
not philosophic. Don't you see there is no
relation between the blowing of these must
Ml Instruments and the knocking down ot
the wall? It isn't philosoohv."
And I suppose there were many wiseaeret
who stood with their brows knitted, mi
With the forefinger of the right hand to the
forefinger ot the left hand, arguing it all out
and showing it was not possible that such a
cause should produoe such an effect And I
suppose that night in the encampment there
was plenty of philosophy and caricature, and
If Joshua had been nominated for any high
military position he would not have got
many votes. Joshua's stock was down. The
Teoondday, the priests, blowing the musical
instruments, go around the city, and a fall
are. Third day. and a failure; fourth day,
and a failnre; fifth day, and a failure; sixth
day, and a failure. The seventh day comes,
the olimacterio day. Joshua Is up early in
the morning anil examines the troops, walks
all around about, looks at the city wall. The
Driest start to make the circuit of the oity.
They go ail around once, an around twice,
three times, four times, five times, six times,
jeven times, and a failure.
There is only one mora thing to do, and
mat is to utter a great shout. I see tha
Israelltish army straightening themseleesup,
filling their lungs for a vociferation such aa
was never hoard before and never hear.l af.
ter. Joshua feels that the hour has oome,'
and he orles out to his host, "Shout! for tha
Lord hath given you the city!" All the peo-
Jle begin to cryi "Down, Jericho! Down,
erioho!" And the long line of solid ma
onry begins to quiver and to move and to
rock. Stand from under! She falls! Crash
go the walls, the temples, the towers, the
pniacooj xueair is Diai-uened witn tne dust.
The huzza of the victorious Israelites and
the groan of the conquered Canaanites com
mingle, and Joshua, standing there in the
debris of the wall, hears a voice saying,
"There shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy life."
But Joshua's troops mav not halt here.
The command is, "Forward, march!" There
Is the city of Ai. It must be taken. How
shall It be taken? A scouting partv comes
back and says: "Joshua, we can "do that
without you. It is going to beaVerveasy
Job. You just stay here while we go and cap
ture it." They march with a small regiment
In front of that city. The men of Ai look at
them and give one yell, and the Israelites
run like reindeers. The northern troops at
Bull Kun did not make such rapid time as
these Israelites with the Canaanites after
mem. They never cut such a sorry figure
is when they were on the retreat.
Joshua falls on his face in ohagrin. Itik
the only time you ever see the baok of his
aead. He falls on his face and begins to
whine, and he says: "0 Lord God, wherefore
last Thou at all brought this people over
lordan to deliver us into the hand of tha
Amorites to destroy us? Would to God wa
lad been content and dwelt on the other side
5f Jordan! For the Canaanltes and all the
Inhabitants of the land shall hear of it and
mall environ us round and cut off our name
Irom the earth."
I am very glad Joshua said that Befora
.t seemed as if he were a sunematural hainir
and therefore could net be an example to us,
but I find he is a man, he is only a man. Just
as sometimes you find a man under severe
opposition, or in a bad state of phvsieal
health, or worn out with overwork, "lying
down and sighing about everything being
unicainu, a am encouragaa wnen I hear thlf
)ry of Joshua as he lies in the dust.
God comes and rouses him. How doe
fle rouse him? By complimentary apos
trophe? No. He says: "Get thee up. Where
Tore Uest thou upon thy face?" Joshua
rises, and. I warrant you. with a mortified
look. But his old courage comes tack. The
fact was that was not his battle. If he had
been in it, he would have gone on to victory.
He gathers his troops around him and saysi
'Now let us go up and capture the city of
if. Let us go up rinht away."
They march on. Hi puts the majority ol
ihe troops behind a ledge of rooks in the
night, and then he sends a comparatively
man battalion up in front of ttra city. Tha
men of Ai come out with a shout This bat.
talion in stratagem fall back and fall ba-;k,
and when all the men of Al have left the city
and are in pursuit of this scattered or seem
ingly scattered battalion Joshua stands on
rock I see his looks flying in the wind ai
he points his spear toward the doomed oltv.
and that Is tha signal. The men rush out
from behind the rocks and take the city, and
It is put to the torch, and then these Israel
ites In the oity march down, and the flying
battalion of Israelites return, and between
these two waves of Israelitish prowess tha
men of Al are destroyed, and the Israelites
gain the viotory, and while I see the curling
jmoke of that destroyed oity on the sky, and
while I hearths huzza of the Israelites and
the groan of the Canaanltes. Joshua hears
lomething louder than it all. ringing and
choing through his soul, "There shall not
my man be able to stand before thee all the
lays of thy life."
But this is no place for the host of Joshui
:o stop. "Forward, march!" cries Joshua to
the troops. There is the city of Gibeon. It
has put itself under the protection of Joshua.
They sent word: "There are five kings aftei
us. They are going to destroy us. Bend
troops quick. Send us help "right away."
Joshua has a three days' march more than
double quick. On the morning of the third
day he is before the enemy. There are two
long lines of battle. The battle opens with
zreat el-neMeis, hut the Canaanites soon
ilscover something. Thoy say: That is
Joshua. That is tbe man who conquered
;he spring freshet and knocked down tha
stone wall and destroyed the city of Al.
There is no use fighting." And they sound
a retreat, and as they begin to retreat
Joshua and his host spring upon them like a
panther, pursuing thetu over the rooks, and
as these Canaanites, with sprained ankles
and gashed foreheads, retreat tha catapults
ot the sky pour a vofiey of hailstones into
the valley, and all the artillery of tha
heavens with bullets of iron pounds tha
Canaanites against the ledges of Beth-horon,
"Oh," says Joshua, "this is surely a
fiotory!" "But do you see the sun is goina
down? Those Amorites are going to get away
after ail, and they will come up some othei
time and bother us, and perhaps destroy us."
See, the sun is going down. Oh, for a longei
day than has ever been seen in this climate!
What is the matter with Joshua? Has ha
fallen in an apopletio fit? Ho. He is in
prayer. Look out when a good man makes
the Lord his ally. Joshua raises bis face,
radiant with prayer, and looks at the de
scending sun over Gibson and at tha faint
orescent of the moon, for you know tha
quean of the night sometimes with linger
around the palaces of the day. Pointing ona
hand at the descending sun and the othet
hand at the faint crescent of the moon, in the
name of that God who shaned the won. Is and
moves the worlds, he cries, "Sun, stand thou
Mill nnna -ftll,..n n.l hn ' m
the vaJlev of Aialon." Ann' Hwr !n.rf
stilL Whether it waa b tefcaotlon. of tin-j
mg at
Ing still?" Yes. The same miracle Is per
formed nowa la The wicked do not lira
ut half their iv. and tna sun sets at noon:
But let a man start out and battle for God,
ind the truth, and against sin, and the day
f his usefuln ess is prolonged and prolonged
ind prolong I.
But it is ti-ne for Joshna to go home. Ha
110 years old. Washington went do wn the
Potomac, rad at Mounr Vernon closed his
lays. Wellington died peacefully at Apsley
Bouse. Now, where shall Joshua rest?
Why. h Is to bare his greatest battle now.
After 110 year he has to meet a king who
has more snbjects than all the present popu
lation of the earth, his throne a pyramid of
kulls. his Darterra the s-raveyaras and the
lometerles" of the world, nrs chariot the
world's hearse the king of terrors. But if
thlsis Joshua's greatest battle it Is going to
be Joshua's greatest victory. He gathers
is friends around htm and gives his vale
dictory, and tt is fall of reminiscence,
i oung men tell what thoy are going to da.
ld men tell what they have done.
And as you have heard a grandfather or a
treat-grand father, seated by the evening
Ire, tell of Monmouth or Yorktown and then
1ft the crutch or staff as though it were a
nusket to fight and show how the old battles
were won, so Joshua gathers his friends
round hia dying eoneh, and he teHs them
Ihe story of what he has been through, and
is he lies there, his white locks snowing
lown on his Wrinkled forehead T snnHm it
Bod has keot Hia nromisn all the wa
through the promise of the text. As he lies
there ha tells the story one. two or three
limes you have heard old people tell a story
two or three times over and he answers? "t
ro the way of all the earth , and not one word of
:ne promise has failed, not one word thereof
has failed. All has eome to paw; not one
word thereof has fHiled." And then he
mrnsto his family, a? a dying parent will,
nd savsi "Choose now whom ve will serve
the God of Israel or the God of the Amor
tes. As for me and mv houe wa will aim.
the Lord." A dying parent cannot be reek-k-ss
or thoughtless in regard to his children.
Consent to Dart with thm ar ha A
ihe tomb we cannot. TW th nm 11a in urliltli
their Infancy was rocked, by the bo9ora on
Whloh thev fl r lav h. th. Kin,-..! u.
Covenant, by the God of Joshua, It shall n..t
he. We will not part. We cannot part,
rehovah Jireh, we take Thee at Thy promise,
"I will be a God to thee and thy seed after
.nee.
Dea1. theold nhloftatn ir,a v. i.m ..
Handle hi
isover 110 years of age. Lav him out Stretch
nut those feet that wallr.l .t,i.
Jordan. Closethose lips which helped blow
the blast at which the walls of Jericho fell.
Fold the arm that Ufte.i h murtn,.!
doomed city of Ai. Fold it ricbt ovr tha
lit that exulted whan the five kings fell,
t where shall we get the burnished granite
lor the headstone and tha fnntef-nnv T i...
think myself now. I imagine that for the
bead irshall be the sun that of, in. I still .rn
Gibeon, and for the foot the moon that stool
till in the valley of Ajalon.
A NEW OCEAN BU3.
'ai f-ln Nlejahr Iliicnvm It In lu South
Atlantis and Punles Scientists.
The Naval Hydrographlo Office has beet
otifled of the dUoovery of a new form of
animal life In the open ocean which haa
hitherto not been olaoslfln 1 by naturalists.
Who are unable from the description re
ceived to say Just what is the now bug, or
fish, or whatever it is. The report comes
from Captain H. A. Niejahr of the German
teamer Halloa. He was cruising in the a
Bouth AtlantiOjbetween Cape Horn and the
Cape of Good Hope, a lttHe to tha west ot
Inaccessible and Tristan da Cunaha Islands,
When the phenomenon appeared. The en
try on his log is as follows:
"This afternoon my mate called mv atten
tion to the look of the water. I went'on deek
and saw several spots of yellow and muddy
looking water. We steered for one of tbesa
pots and passing through it observed that
the water had a reddish color, caused by mill
ions and millions of rad ephemeron worms.
I caught soma in a bucket and found that
their bodies were bladdery, with long legs on
one end. On the other end seemed to be tha
head. Set on a dry spot they Jumped verj
far."
Biologists in Washington presume the Ger
man captains refera to tha order of "ephf
merina ' in speaking of "ephemeron worms,"
but this order, which Includes the common
day fly does not lit thu curtain's description
if his discovery.
VIILLIONS OF ANIMALS INSPECTED.
Condemnation Does 'ot Prevent the Sail
of lUeaed Meats.
During the fiscal year 1894 the Bureau o.
animal Industry instecte l mora than thir
teen million head of animals at forty-six
abattoirs in seventeen cities. Of this num
ber a total of 16.703 were condemned and sent
to the tank for destruction, divided as fol
lows: Cattle, 4127; sheep, 466, and bogs,
12,110. In addition to these whole carcasses
there were a great many portions of enrcassea
that were condemned. The total number ol
beef cattle Inspected last year amounted to
l,tMz,uuu. or about one-half the cattle placed
npon the market. The numler condemned
in the figures quoted are those condemned
fter slaughter, and do not include thoja
that failed to pass when the oattla were on
Ihe hoof and subject to the rigid investiga
tion of the Inspector. Secretary Morton says
lhat this condemnation, however, does not
prevent the sale of diseased meat in home
; markets.
WITNESS OF A TERRIBLE CRIME.
daughter Sees Her Mother Kill Her Fath.
r and Herself.
Aire. Ernest Annable. thirty years of ags,
Tho lived in a fashionable part of JIv.li
Park, Chicago, shot and instantly killed
her husband and then committed suicide,
just after supper.
Jealousy was tha cause of the terribla
Tagedy. A fourteen-year-old daughter wit
nessed tha spectacle of her parents' death.
At the supper table there hal been consid
erable quarreling.
Mrs. Annable rushed to her room, whore
ihe secured her husband's revolver ami fired
Mie shot at herself. The daughter Myrtle
took the weapon from her mother, who re
gained it after a desperate struggle, and
then killed her husband. Shooting herself
through the heart, she fell across hit lifelesf
body.
IRON PRODUCTION OF 1894.
Both tha Output and the Trice Decreased
Materially.
Iron ore statistics prepared for the L'nitoc
itates Geological Survey by JohnBirkinbiue.
ot Philadelphia, show that the product of
Iron ore in tha United States for lS'H in
creased only about 2f per cent, over tha
product of 18'J3, and most of tnls increase
came from the Lake Superior region, Minne
sota showing the greatest Increase, ranking
second among tbe iron ore producing Statet,,
while in 1893 sha was third. Michigan con
tinued to be the larger producor. Alabama
has fallen from second place in 1833 to third
In 18i4; Virginia has improved her standing,
rising from Ufth In la3 to fourth In IH'ji
while Pennsylvania has fallen from fourth in
1893 to fifth In 1894. The prices realized
avesaged only tl.li a ton in 18H4, against
tl.eS a ton in 1893.
To Replace Cocoa Celltiloae.
Secretary Herbert appointed a Board con
listing of Xavai Constructor Linuard, Tay
lor aud Dashiel, to meet In i'hlladelphia to
examine a new material made from the pith
of the Indian cornstalk, whloh is expected
to displace cocoa cellulose in the construc
tion of war vessels.
Humor is ono ot tbo most deceitful
things in the worll.
A woman never loses
she loses her heart.
bor head till
Genius hears one individual
then comprehends ten.
and
It generally takes a blockhead a
good wbilo to find out what ails him.
Sorrow is a kind of rust of soul
which every new idea contribute!) in
its passage to scour away.
A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by others.
Economy may he as unwise as
extravagance.
If a boy earns ten cents he wants,
it right off he isn't willing to trnst the
richest man alive.
Our greatest glory is not in never
falling bat in rising ev:rytime we
fall.
The most unsafe place is trying to
hide behind a lie.
Doubtin? minds will ever bring
swarm of demoDP.
The ignorant are nerer defeated in
any argument.
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