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O, F. BOHWEIER,
THE OONHTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Kditer amd
VOL. XLIX.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1895.
NO. 35.
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CHAPTER. XI. Continued.) (
Tt la curious," said Mr. L'Estrange
a If to herself. "I never thought CliffoH
Marsden would tic himself to any woman,
unless for a large money bribe. He knowj
exactly how you are situated, and I thins
the better of him! He must love yon vcr
much!"
"He says he does. I believe he doesr
.aid Nora, sitting down on her footstool
again and clasping her hunds round he
knee in a thoughtful pose. "In fact. I nrtj
half frightened at the idea of his raring si
mncb nl out me, though this is weak and,
illy. I never thought the squire could bj
ao Intensely in earnest alont nnything. 1
feel tomehow to blame, for, Helen. I au
not one bit In love with him. I told hiifl
ao, and he said he knew it."
"Sly dear child, you do not know whetlit
r you are or notl Clifford Ma rsd en i
a man who might teach any woman to lv
him: and why should he not win you? lie
hows that he is sincerely, disinterestedly
attached to you. I must say I am entirely
on his side."
"Are you?" said Nora, dreamily. "I
suppose so." She sighed.
"It is a marriage that would have given
j-our father the keenest pleasure." Norn
wa silent. "Did you, then, reject hiiu?"
naked Mrs. L'Estrange.
"He would not accept rejection," said
Nora, with a grave smile. "He said I
must hear him; that I must marry him; hi
eeiued rather angry and excited, but wl
parted good friends. I promised to thins
of all he had said, and to speak to you,
who would be his friend he was sure. I
am astonished he should care for me si
touch! Ho has seen such quantities of
charming, beautiful people but he does!
Oh! Helen. He Is wonderfully fond of.
me! I could hear it in his voice. 1 am
very ungrateful, I wish he was not. I am
afraid even if I were to marry him ha
would be disappointed to find I could not
love him enough. It is I mean it muni
be so wretched, not to receive as mud
as one gives."
"My dear, you cannot fail to love hint
heartily! You are perfectly heart whole,
and yours is a kindly nature, not likely to
harden itself against the tenderness of I
true lover."
"No; perhaps not I wish I did lova
him. How happy and light-hearted I
should be! Now I am uncertain and mis
erable. I am so impatient. Helen! I can
not rest if I am unhuppy. I must get light
knd freedom, or I should boat myself to
pieces against my prison bars! You ar
ever so much braver and nobler."
"You have never come in contact with
real necessity, Nora. You can nut con
ceive how inexorably submission is forced
npon one sometimes."
There was a short pause.
"I should be glad, I confess," resumed
Mrs. L'Estrange, "to bc you well and
happily married. Y'ou would, I am sure,
be always a kind sister to my poor little
Bea; as to myself, it is not impossiblf
that I may " she stopped.
"Certainly not; why should you not?"
put in Nora, eagerly. "You are young anc"
fair enough to marry some good, delight
ful person!"
"My dear Nora!" interrupting in het
turn. "What can have suggested so ab
surd an idea? I was about to touch on a
very different topic, but I will Dot now.
Tell me. did Mr. Marsden say ho would
come again?"
"Yesno. I am not sure what he laid.
But I think he will most probably."
"Well; we can say no more nt present
I will go and change my dress. I trust
yon will be wise, and not reject such ar
offer for a whim."
"I only want to do what Is right, cried
Nora, standing up, and letting her clasped
hands fall to the length of her arms. "I
do wish I loved Clifford, as he deserves
m. to love him; but it is very odd I
don't think I like him ns well as I did
yr-aterday. I used to be quite glad to see
him and now I rather dread his coming."
"That ia natural enough, Nora. There
will be a little awkwardness In meeting
him at first. I do not quite understand
your indifference to so very attractive a
man as Clifford Marsden! Tell me jou
know I would not intrude on your con
dence; I only ask because you are deal
to mo as my own sister have you any
preference for some one else to steel your
heart?" " , .
"Why! who has ever made love to me?
cried Nora, Indignantly, coloring crimson
as she spoke; "and am I the ort of girl
to bestow my heart or fancy when neither
are Bought ?"
"Pardon me," said Mrs. IEstrange,
smiling, "the heart, even in the strongest
minded young ladies, is strangely illogi
cal and unaccountable."
"Well. I really am not very silly. Now
I have kept you too long, perhaps your
dress Is damp, and you know you niusl
not ho Imprudent."
"1 know it, but I have been under covet ,
all day." 1
She took up her cloak and was leavini
the room, when Nora exclaimed:
"How aelfixh I am! I quite forgot t.
tell you I had a few line, from Lady
Dorrington. She says Mrs. Ruthven if
seriously 111, with fever, nervous fever
and they are quite uneasy about her."
"Indeed! I am sorry, very sorry. I
never liked Mrs. Ruthven aa well aa you
do, but I think she looked dreadfully wot
ried of late."
"Did you, do yon think ahe was very
much taken with the squire?"
"Oh, I don't imagine she carea seriously
for any one, she like, the most distin
guished man present," returned Mrs
L'Estrange.
"I should be so acrry to Interfere with
her. It must be dreadful to be cut out If
you are really fond of any one."
"Do not distress yourself on that .core;
I fancy Mr. Marsden's flirtation with Mrs.
Kuthven was of the very lightest order.
Did you answer Lady Dorrington's let
ter?" "Yea. at once, and begged her to let til
know how th. patient was going on.
Mrs. L'Estrange we fa.rfn.ted by the
Idea of Nora's marriage with Marsden.
Hhr had alwaya likod him, and living out
ur ne worra, had never heard the vanoos
re porta respecting hia wild extravagance,
his generally reckless life. Even If .he
lad, ahe would, like a simple, good woman,
have fully believed In the nower of a pure
attachment to elevate and reform the
most determined rake. Besides, though
truly and warmly attached to her step
ianghter, she was keenly alive to the fact
that her own precious child wa. utterly
dependent on her hnlf-sister. She never
doubted that Nora, If left to heraelf.
would be both just and generous, bat if
Nora, married before attaining ber jna-
ioiity, Beatrice would be really dependent
on some mere stranger, and men are so
strange and hard abont money matters
then a husband a power and influence
so great; the poor lonely widow, thougn
she blushed for herself, earnestly hoped
Nora would not marry until she wa. 21.
If Nora married Marsden, ahe felt sure
tie would be kind and generous. He was
peculiarly sympathetic. It wa. this that
gave him more than half hia attraction.
He always conveyed the Idea that he was
really glad to help any one. His detesta
tion of everything nnpleasant or painful
gave him an air of kindness that imposed
"ven on himself.
Yes, If Nora would consent, Bea'. fn
tnre was secure, and why should she not?
A better, or indeed a happier, marriage
rould not be found. Why Nora wa. not
already in love with her suitor, Mn. L'Es
trange could not understand, and set it
down to one of the inscrutable mysteries
i a young undeveloped nature.
Nora, too, was thoughtful, and the even
Ins pnssed almost in silence: occasionally
eacn spoKe a few words, and then fell
Into a fit of musing. The spell, however,
was broken by the entrance of the ser
vant with a note for Mrs. L' Estrange.
"The messenger waits, "m."
I will ring in a minute or two," sak
Mrs. L Estrange, opening the envelope.
"It is from Mr. Marsden, Nora," .he
exclaimed. "He want, to see me alone
to-morrow morning.'
"Indeed!"
"I suppose" smiling "he want, to se
cure your vote and Interest."
"They are his already." A pause. "Wha'
hall i say, ."Sora V '
"Whatever yoa choose.'
"Then I shall see him.'
She rose, went to the writing table, and
penned a few lines, and Bent them to
Marsden a messenger.
"I imagine that Mr. Marsden will not be
easily tnrned from his purpose. And
hope, Nora, you will not too thoughtlessly
refuse so sincere and disinterested a
lover."
"Oh! I know all that can be urged in his
favor, said Nora, rather Impatiently
"and he Is very nice only I think
should like to be Nora L'Estrange for
some time longer. I have seen so little.
How could I manage a great establish
ment like Evesleigh House? I am half
afraid of that awful housekeeper. And
the squire himself likes everything to b.
so perfect so elegant he might regret his
own hnste in wanting to marry such a
half-Hedged creature aa I am.
"Nora, dear Nora! this humility la r
new development!
"I know what I am fit for, and I am not
humble, but I do not want to attempt
what i. likely to be too much for me.
There, don't let us talk about Clifford anj
more at least till you have seen him to
uorrow."
"Promise me not to refuse him withou
due reflection,
"No. I am too undecided to do that
Bnt It rather awful to think that, having
once said Tea, one cannot unsay it
Mrs. L'Estrange need scarcely have rec
ommended Nora to reflect on Marsden's
offer. She wa. haunted by the recollec
tion of his words, his voice, hi. eyes. It
is true that he kept himself well in hand,
and kept back many a passionate expres
sion that rushed to hi. lips. Neverthe
less, he had impressed Nora very deeply
with the conviction that .he wa. very es
sential to him. It rather weighed her
down with a vague sense of alarm. What
was she to do with this tremendous gift of
love 7 so strong that hi. voice trembled
in spite of his efforts to be steadv. when
he described it, and hi. heart throbbed
fast and hard when he pressed her hand
for a moment against it Ought she con
demn one who was so tenderly attached
to her to suffer the pang, of disappoint
ment and rejection, because she bad a
morbid fancy for another who did not care
for her? And with the thought came a
suggestion that sent thrills of pain quiv
ering through ber veins. Had the same
words and tones and looks been Winton's
how differently she would have responded!
Perhaps, by cultivating gratitude to Mars
den. and giving herself up to his efforts to
please and win her, she would succeed in
loving him; and then she would make him
happy and be happy herself. What a so
lution of all difficulties that would be!
Perhaps it would be the right thing to do.
now hard it was to know what was right
Finally, the tears welled op, as she
thought with regretful compassion of the
strong emotion Marsden had displayed
surely such affection constituted a claim
upon any kindly heart Yet she ardently
wished he had not taken such a fancy to
her. So, after struggling with contra
dictory thoughts for half the night, sht
fell asleep toward morning, with a half
nttered prayer to be directed aright upor
her lips.
Mrs. L'Estrange received Marsden cor
dially and cheerfully. She did not doubt
for a moment that Nora, having recovered
her first startled surprise at his unexpect
ed proposal, would marry him willingly,
a. it was natural she should; and she waa
anxious he should see how very heartily
she was on his side.
"I feel sure I have a friend in yon.
were almost hi. first words, after he had
shaken hands with her warmly, "we wen
always allies since your first appearand
at Brookdale."
"Yes. Mr. Marsden. yon were alwayf
welcome to my husband and to me."
"Nora has told yoa of the start I gavs
her," interrupted Marsden, who was ab
sorbed In hi. own projects. "I feel I bars
been too abrupt In short, having been
jretty far gone about her nearly ever sine
we met last spring, 1 fancied she must
tee it, and to be candid, her blindness
suggests that she may be preoccupied by
some luckier fellow than myself. Am J
right r
"Yoa ought to ask her, Mr. Marsden."
"And seem a conceited jackanapes by
Implying that only a previous attachment
would have prevented her falling in love
rith me?"
Mrs. L'Estrange smiled.
"I do not think Nora i. di.po.ed to fall
In love very readily. Then there wa. no
ne for her to fall in love with."
"Some women might fancy WInton."
"I do not think Nora did. Indeed, they
never seemed to take much to each other,
especially of late."
"Well, Mrs. L'Estrange, yon will back
me up? I may depend on yon
"You may. How did yoa and Nort
artr
"Oh. she was anxions to get rid of me; I
could see that, but I told her I would not
take her first 'No,' nor her second either!
Mrs. L Estrange, I am determined tha'
Nora shall be my wife."
"Not against her will?"
"No; that would be too ungaHant," re
turning to his usual light tone; "bat with
her will."
Tek my. advice; wait a few. days be-
1 ror repeating your one. Let me ten her
yoa will give her time to think, and, mean
while, that she must let you come as a
friend and kinsman."
"Very well. I shall be guided by yon,
bnt I can't stand this uncertainty long.
Why doe. she not like me? for sht
loean't"
"It is Impossible to say; she la not
commonplace girl."
"Thank you for the implied compll
nent"
"Yoa hare caught me np too soon. Will
yoa write what I have suggested, or shall
I speak to Nora?"
"I will write," he said, and speedily
traced a few lines. "There," he contin
ued, handing the note to Mrs. L'Estrange,
"I am very grateful for your help, and
believe me. If I become yonr step-son-in-law,
I will care for yonr interests and
those of my little friend, Bea, as if they
were my own."
"Yon are very good," said Mrs. L'Es
trange, softly.
"Now," continued Marsden, "what shall
we do? It is aa awful time in London: I
almost wish I had not come up. There
la shooting, or hunting, or something to be
done in the country. Have yon been to
Windsor? It Is a tolerably fine day. Lei
us go down and lunch there, and walk
ibont after. Just settle It with Nora."
"Very well," said Mrs. L'Estrange, anc"
left the room.
She was some little time absent, during
which Marsden walked to and fro, picked
np and put down books and papers which
lay about and occasionally looked at the
clock. He was impatient, but not un
easy; he did not doubt hi. ultimate suc
cess, and waa not altogether displeased
with Nora'a hesitation. It wa. the senae
of difficulty which was her crowninf
;harin.
He had seen many lovelier and more
faaclnattng women; but none had evet
charmed and vanquished him as this un
worldly, natural young cousin.
What fair round arm. .he had! What
a sweet mouth, half Mid, half haughty I
Would she ever pres. It fondly to his?
What would he not dare, what villainy
would he not commit to secure her for
himself away from every one? And wonld
the day ever come when she would be to
him as other women, graceful and pleas
ant enough, but nothing remarkable?
Well, not for a long time. There would
be a spell of heaven first Here he threw
himself Into an armchair and took np a
book of photographs; it opened at the por
trait of Mrs. Kuthvan. Was that an evil
amen? He bated her; yet when they had
met early that year In Paris, before he
had seen Norn, he was rather taken with
her. Her veiled admiration for himself
flattered and amused him. He even
thought of appropriating ber wealth in
exchange for his name. Now? Pah, how
he wished she would die and take herself
ant of his world, where she was not want
ed! The telegram that morning was
about as bad as it could be; perhaps luck
would still be on his side, for be had 8
vague, uncomfortable impression that
Mrs. Ruthven would work him evil.
Here Mrs. L'Estrange returned and
handed a little twisted note, which he
eagerly opened and read: "You are very
kind and considerate; I accept your sug
gestion." This was simply signed "Nora."
"I think yon ought to be content." said
Mrs. L'Estrange, smiling.
"I am and our expedition to-day?"
"We will be ready to accompany you Id
in hour. Nora made no objection."
The meeting, nnder such trying circum
stances, was less awkward than Nora ex
pected. She could not help admiring
Marsden'. tact and cool self-possession.
If anything, he was more attentive to Mrs.
L'Estrange than to herself. The weather
was fine, the conversation light and ani
mated. Marsden spoke of Mrs. Kuthven
with much good feeling, and the day wa.
far more agreeable than Nora anticipated,
nor did Marsden leave them without mak
ing some plans for the morrow which
would bring them together.
(To be continued.) .
A. to Hypnotism.
No loss a personage than Dr. Park
burst has taken the trouble to point
out anew that nobody ever heard of
anybody's being hypnotized to make
him do something good. Hypnotism,
the doctor thinks from the evidence, is
always exerted to promote evil and for
that reason he is Inclined to condemn
The fact commented on by the doctoi
has often been spoken of, bnt it really
constitutes no fault of hypnotism. It
is simply the fault of human nature.
Man gravitates toward the bad. When
hypnotism Is exerted In the same direc
tion with this natural gravitation It is
effective. When It Is exerted In the op
posite direction It Is simply trying to
pull the load uphill and It falls. There
are no doubt plenty of persons, espe
cially ladles, who go about wearing
subtle hypnotic charms around men
for the noble purpose of leading them
aright. Just as the bad people whom
we hear of through the police reports
go abont hypnotizing for 111. But tha
good hypnotists work at a tremendous
disadvantage. It is upgrade for them
and downgrade for the bad hypnotists.
As between a Svengalic friend trying
to hypnotize a man to stay out and play
poker and a wife trying to hypnotize
him to come home the odds are wlti
the friend.
Perhaps hypnotism will develop lo a
point where it can overcome this na
tural disadvantage. Or perhaps man
kind will get over the brow of the hill
so that the way to good will be a down
grade. Chicago News.
The remedial efiects ot laughter
are really wonderful. Cases have been
known wbere hearty laugh bas ban
ished disease ami preserved life by a
sudden effort of nature.
The production of aluminum has
increased from 150 pounds in 1884 to
339,629 pounds last year. Dniing this
time the price hes dropped from $9 a
pound to abont seventy cents.
Carpets were introduced into Eng
land during the reiyn of Alary, in
1553. They were then considered
effemiiiate.
It is reported that at some of the
markets in Minnesota wheat fivo and
six years old has been brought in by
the farmers, tho owners saying they
wonld hold all intermediate crops.
It is said that in Lima, Fern it is
the custom to keep animals on the
roofs of the houses. A calf makes its
first appearance on the roof, and never
descends until it comes down as beef.
8evpn-year-old Sadie Campbell, of
Fort J eras N. Y., took her pole and
went fishing the other day. She got
lost and walked some fifteen miles, bat
she brought horre nine bis trout.
The British Museum possesses a
collection of old Greek advertisements
printed on leaden plates which show
hat the practice is very ancie
When the Gulf Stream passes on
Iof the Gulf of Mexico its temperature
is about 70 degrees,
LET US ALL LAUGH
JOKES FROM THE PENS Of
VARIOUS HUMORISTS.
Pleasant Incident. Oeesurrlasr Ifc
world Over Savins, that An
Oieerfal tm tbe Old or Toausa Tuae
ny Selections that Yoa Will Bnjox,
Nowla P. tinted.
Terselelgh There goes a woman wit)
past
Terselelgh (Interested) Ia that so
what is she doing now?
Terselelgh Looking for a fntn
Tew Xork World.
A Beltsdoaa Broker.
Jinks Bmlthson strikes me as be Ins
. sort of religions broker, bat I'm blam
ed If I can tell whether he's a ball or I
Var. t
Filktns Why notT
Jinks Because he's long on count
aance and short on works. Ilnrleiy
Ufa,
Xt Kcunaiaed.
Her head had dropped upon his shou)
ler.
"If only," he whispered, "thy cheek
wild remain there forever."
Little thought he what was to be.
Little thought he until he got borm.
and tried to remove her cheek from his
Iress coat with ammonia and alcohol.
Detroit Tribune.
Chliix.
"I suppose yoa are awfully cool whev
n action. Major?"
"Cool, my dear lady shivering."
Tie Sketch.
Points of View.
"No one bnt a wife knows how man;
lours women spend waiting on men."
"True, and no one but a husband ot
t lover or a father or a brother or a
ton knows how many hours men waste
raiting for women." New Xork Re
order.
Ho Wan.
Jones Are yon serious In yonr atten
Ions to Miss Hulks?
Bones Well, I guess sol Her fathei
lid me out of $40,000 on one Wall street
leal last month, and I'll get that back
f I have to marry the whole family
r it New Tork World.
Emancipated,
Mrs. RIcketts What do yoa think ot
ilrs. Dickey?
Mrs. Snooper She Is one of the man
est little women I know. Judge.
Don by- n Blind Painter,
"A most wonderful bit of work. Those
blngs were painted by a blind painter
"What were?"
"Those blinds." Rochester Union
ind Advertiser.
Taken Down.
Society Actress In what direction do
"ou think my art lies?
Critic It lies in every direction.
Actress Indeed !
Critic Yes, particularly when It telli
'ou that you can act New Yorr
Vorld.
Mot In It.
"Talk abont daylight robbery being
lie height of Imposition," said the man
is be shook his fist at the gas meter,
It Is not In It with gaslight robbery
V." Indianapolis Journal.
Grtpman Gave tno
Tommy Intown (showing Broadway
o his ancle) These are cable cars
rhey don't go by electricity.
Uncle Hayseed Don't they? Yot
ain't fool me. I was on one of them
bis morning 'nd I felt the shock every
lme the car stopped or started. New
tork World
Bow Ho I. Believed.
Bllzney How did you get that nme?
rye?
Nlznog I ran against a door.
Bllzney Too bad, old man; bnt I hop
rou gave the other fellow as good mi
Se sent Roxbnry Gazette.
Consrratn latlona.
Friend from the Next Street (to hap
py father) Halloa, Jills; let me con
gratulate yon. I hear that yon nave '
lew boy at yonr bouse.
Happy Father By George! can yot
hear him all that distance? Tit Bits.
Up-to-Data Birds.
First Farmer Why do so many swal
lows sit on the telegraph wire now?
Second Farmer Oh. In this damn
weather they all suffer from rheama
asm, ana tney try toe electricity cure.
gumorlstlsche Blaetter.
Beaaon Enough.
Irate Paasengar Conductor, why Is
t that the aocomrnodatlons on this tralv
ire so Inferior?
Cool Conductor Because this la aa
accommodation train. New Toiw
Vorld.
vv arnot ktsars. by tbe qualities we
iisplay; we retain tfcesa stteqaalities
NOTES OF THE DAY.
A cable road under the Clyde at Glaa
fow has Just been finished and will
!e opened to traffic shortly. It Is 16
teet indlameter and 700 feet long. It
as been five years building.
It appears from an article by one
who has made a close Investigation of
the matter, that there are now only 200
svlld buffaloes alive in the United
States ISO In the Yellowstone Park,
"wenty in Colorado and thirty hi Texas.
A phaeton, driven by electricity, with
a seat for two passengers. Is now to
be seen in the streets of Paris. The
steering axle Is hi front and beneath
the driver's foot is a pedal that con
trols a "circuit breaker" and a brake.
A merchant In Birmingham, Ala,, a
few days ago hired a trolley car, cov
ered It with bunting and big advertise
ments of his business, put a fife and
drum corps inside and sent it bowling
9ver all the trolley routes in the city.
A Maryland man who brought suit
for $5,000 for breach of promise has
been Informed by the Judge that a
woman who has promised to marry
may change her mind and marry some'
body else without being liable to legal
lamages.
Wishbone parties are the latest thing
In England. A card with a wishbone
painted In the center and a quotation
written beneath Is torn in halves and
a piece given to a lady and gentleman.
respectively. Partners are secured by
natchlng the pieces.
In many of the lakes of Manitoba
there la a creature that seems to be
half fish and half lizard. The reptile
Is spotted and much resembles a small
trout In general appearance. It does
not move on the bottom, bnt when not
advancing remains suspended in the
water like a fish.
Tbe bottom of the Atlantic forms a
sort of terrace along the continent
sloping gradually for several miles,
then suddenly descending to a far great
er depth. In general about 100 miles
from the shore there is a depth of 100
fathoms, but in ten miles the depth ex-
weds 1,000 fathoms.
Pueblo is now tbe headquarters of
til the Western divisions of the Santa
Fa Railway system, as well as of the
1.100 miles of the Denver and Rio
Srande Railroad. From Pueblo go out
the train orders and traffic directions
wer five of the largest railroad sys
tems In the United States.
A greyhound, frightened by the whis
tle of a locomotive, Jumped off the
platform of Newton St Cyres, on the
North Devon line. In England, and ran
to the next station, Credlton, keeping
the whole distance right In front of the
train. The distance two and one-half
nlles was covered in five minutes.
Hurt and stop included.
At the Bordeaux exhibition the spe
cial feature will be a bottle 115 feet high.
divided Into stories, in the lowest of
which there will be a restaurant A
winding staircase will lead up the neck
to a klosque, taking the place of the
cork, where there will be a room for
thirty-five persons at a time to sit and
look over the exhibition grounds and
be city.
Twenty towns In Minnesota hav
idopted ordinances providing for the
Did European custom of curfew. Peo
ple nnder 10 years of age found on the
street after the ringing of the curfew
ire liable to arrest The first offense
Is punishable with a fine, the second
with Imprisonment and the third with
Kth fine and Imprisonment
Lieut Col. Kosterlltzky, chief of th.
Bavlspe section of Mexican grenadiers,
believes the Apache Kid Is In the Sier
ra Madre, together with other rene
gades, including Ellas and some
iquaws. They are not bothering any
)ne In Sonora at present as the Kid
loes not want to be hunted out of
Mexico, as he fears to return to the
United States, where a large reward
s offered for him dead or alive.
A universal cipher code for use It
mble messages has Just been com
pleted by experts at Berne, Switzer
land, who have labored nearly five
rears on i compilation. The work
was authorized by the Paris conven
tion of telegraphers In 1S90. The new
;ode comprises 250,000 words distinct
ly different from each other and none
rontalnlng more than ten letters. It
will be adopted by all European coun
tries as soon as arrangements are com
pleted for Its use and In a few year
will probably become the cable lan
guage of the entire world.
Preparations are making at Long
3ove, Me., for one of the biggest quar
ry blasts ever made In this country,
rhe object of attack Is a miniature
mountain of granite, seventy-five feet
In perpendicular height In the face
of this ledge, at the foot a tunnel Is
being driven, which, when completed,
will be T shaped, the main stem lifty
flve feet long, with two cross arms
tome thirty feet In length each. Eight
tons or more of powder is to be put in
these side tunnels, the main tunnel
cemented up and the big charge touch
id off. It is expected the explosion wQl
nake a rock pile of the mountain.
Don't Lasso Dogs There.
Down In Oklahoma they have many
ineer ways and queer things. The
way they dispose of outlawed dogs,
lays the Kansas City Star, would cause
a citizen who is used to me compara
tively peaceful ways of the dog catch
er and his wire noose and profanity a
shock. They have neither wagon nor
noose In Oklahoma cities, but they
have few stray curs which have for
feited their right to live because they
lave no master.
Not long ago a Kansas City man
itood on one of the principal streets
f a bustling town, looking np and
down, and figuring on the tablet of
his mind a future great city, when np
the street he heard the report of a gun
and saw a crowd of people run In every
lirectlon.
Ahr he thought "a tragedy. What
nek." For yonr ordinary peaceful
citizen likes nothing better than a
rttanlus of a shock of that kind when
U a country with a reputation for des
perate deeds and men. Standing In
the street was a small man holding a
imoktng shotenn, and writhing upon
the ground was a big yellow dog. An
ithar shot and the dog was dead. Then
the crowd swarmed In and the man
with the gun wormed his way oat, 'el
lowed by a esowd of adorlstj small
bora, Xtvastlia city d catcher. Jte
noose and long tortnro for dogs In that
-town. The city executioner Just loadi
up bis gun and goes out and cancels a
Sog or two, and then collects a salary
from the town.
HOBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND
Ben ted from Chilean Government
1,000 a Year, Partly Paid in Plan.
It is not generally known that Juai
f erpandea the Island on which Alex
ander Selkirk, the Robinson Crusoe of
romance, lived for so many years ia
at the present time Inhabited. Twe
valleys, winding down from different
directions. Join a short distance back
from the shore, says the Melbourne
Argus, and there now stands a little
village of small huts scattered rountf
long, one-storied building with a
rerenda running Its whole length. In
this house lives the man who rents
the Island from the Chilean govern
ment and the village is made up of s
few German and Chilean families.
The tiny town Is called San Juat
Bautlsta, and the crater-like arm ol
the sea on which It Is situated, and
where Alexander Selkirk first landed,
Is now called Cumberland Bay.- The
Island Is rented for about S1.000 a year.
The rent hi paid partly In dried fish.
Catching and drying the many varie
ties of fish and raising cattle and vege
tables wholly occupy the contented
settlers, and much of their little in
come Is obtained from the cattle and
vegetables sold to passing vessels. The
:attle need no care and the vegetables
almost grow wild. Turnips and rad
ishes, first sown here by Selkirk him
telf, now grow rank and wild In tha
valleys, like weeds. There is also a
race of wild dogs which completely
verrnn the Island, depending for ex
istence mainly upon seals. They art
descendants of a breed of dogs left by
the Spaniards.
At the back of the little town. In tho
first high cliff, is a row of caves of re
markable appearance hewn Into the
sandstone. An unused path leads to
them, and a short climb brings one to
their dark months. About forty years
ago the Chilean government thought
that a good way to get rid of Its worst
criminals would be to transport them
to the island of Jnan Fernandez. Here,
under the direction of Chilean sol
diers, these poor wretches were made
to dig caves to live In. In 1854 they
were taken back again, however, and
the caves have since been slowly
crumbling away.
The narrow ridge where Selkirk
watched Is now called "The Saddle,"
because at either end of it a rocky
hummock rises like a pommel. On one
of these la now a large tablet with in
scriptions commemorating Alexander
Selkirk's long and lonely stay on the
island. It was placed there in 1868 by
the officers of the British ship Topaz.
A small excursion steamer now runs
from Valparaiso to Juan Fernandez
Island. The round trip Is made In six
days, and three of these may be spent
sn the island in fishing and visiting
those lonely but beautiful spots which
nearly two hundred years ago wen
'he haunts of Robinson Crusoe.
Didn't Understand Banking.
Not many days ago a stout motherly
ld woman presented herself at one of
the teller's windows In the First Na
tional Bank, and, making a confidant of
the dapper young man behind the wire
screen, said:
"Me bye, Jamesey, Is In throuble an
Jl want to slnd him some money."
The sympathetic teller expressed
deep Interest In the afflicted parent's
woes and kindly asked what sort of
rouble "Jamesey" had got himself Into.
"Wid dhe coppers, ov coorse," the
mother answered, unhesitatingly.
"They have him In the calaboose, sr
they do."
"And where In what city Is het
asked the teller.
"In Ny Yorlck."
"Wellthen, I think the best thing to
lo Is to get a New York draft" said thr
teller.
Instantly the good old woman's man
ler changed. She stepped backward a
pace, placed her hands on her hips and
looked defiance at the teller as eh
blurted out:
'Young man, don't git gay wid me.
im not here fur foolln' and I've got at
time to go to Ny Yorlck l"
She was pacified by dint of mucL
persuasion, and Induced to purchase a
New York draft In Chicago, and It Is
bo be presumed that "Jamesey" has g&
out of "throuble."
Martyrs to Proaresa.
The east end of Glasgow has beei
jreatly agitated about a question of
fashion In female attire. Hitherto it
has been Invariably regarded as the
correct thing for the young ladles em
ployed at the mills to wear shawls over
their heads, but lately tbe population
has been startled by the appearance of
a few of the workers In hats. The dar
ing Innovation excited the utmost In
dignation, and one night last week the
wearers of tbe hats bad to be rescued
by the police from the polite attentions
at a crowd of abont 2,000 of their com
panlons. London Truth.
A Doable Life.
He Did you know that Jlmklns bad
seen living a double life for tbe past six
months?
She Not The horrid wretch 1"
He Yes; be gave np single life when
oe got married. Detroit Free Press.
Arithmetic aad Drees.
Teacher If yonr mother had twenty-
aye yards of stuff, and made a dresi
containing eighteen yards, how muc)
would she have left?
Little GTri Mamma can't make hei
wn dress. She has tried often, an
they are always either too
Teacher S uppose she sent It to s
dressmaker, how much would the dress
maker send back?
Little Girl Depends on which dress
maker she sent It to. Some wouldn't
send back any.
Teacher (Impatiently) Suppose sht
ent It to an honest one?
Little Girl Some of the honestest
nes out things to waste, so that there
is never anything left, no matter Vow
much you send 'em.
A word onoe sent forth from the bps
cannot be brought back with a chariot
mmd six horses.
HEY. Rwmi
rhe Brooklyn Divine's Suodaj
Sermon.
Subject: "Man Overboard."
Text; -'So the shipmaster came to him and
said unto him: 'What meanest thou, O
Sleeper Arise, call upon tby Uod, It so be
mar toi will think upon us. that we perish
not" Jonah J., 6.
God told Jonah to eo to Nineveh on an nn
pleasant errand. He wonld not go. Hb
thought to sret away from his duty by putting
to sea. With pack under his arm I And him
on his way to Joppa, a seaport. Be goca
down among the shipping and savs to tha
men lying around on the docks. ''Which ol
these vessels sails to-day?" The sailors an
swer, "Yonder is a vessel going to Tarshish.
I think if vou hurry you may get on board
her." Jonah steps on board the rough craft.
now mui'ii me iare is. ana pays It.
Anchor is weighed, sails are hoisted, and the
rinring beirins to rattle in the strong breeze
ot the Mediterranean. - Joppa is an exposed
harbor, and it doe not take long for the ves
sel io get on tne Droad sea. The sailors like
what they call a "spanking breeze," and the
plunge of the vessel from the erest of a tall
wave is exhllaratine to those at hnm nn tha
deep. But the strong breeze becomes a gale,
the gale a hurricane. The affrighted passn
gers ask tbe captain if he ever saw anything
iikh (iii uflmn.
"Oh. ves." he savs. "This la nnthlnir
Mariners are slow to admit danger to lands
men. But after awhile crash goes the mait.
and the vessel pitches so far "abeam's en-l"
there is a fear she will not be righted. The
eaptnin answers few questions, and orders
the throwing out of boxes and bundles and
of so much of the cargo as they can get at.
The captain at last confesses there is but lit
tle hope and tells the passengers that tliev
bad better go to praying. It is seldom that
a sea captain is an atheist. He knows that
there is a God. for he has seen Him at ever
point of latitude between Sandy Hook ami
Quennstown. Captain Moody, commanding
the Cuba ot the Cunar.l line, at Sunday ser
vice led the mnsle and mnir like a Methodist.
The captain of this Mediterranean croft-
having set the passengers to praying, goes
rouna examining tne vessel at every point.
He descends Into the cabin to see whether in
the strong wrestling of the waves the vessel
had sprung aleak, and he finds Jonah asleep.
Jonah had had a wearisome tramn and had
spent many sleepless nights about questions
oi amy, ana no is so sound asleep that all
the thunder of the storm and the screaming
of tbe passengers does not disturb him. The
captain lays hold of him and begins to shake
him out of his unconsciousness with the
cry: "Don't you see that we are all going
to the bottom? Wake up and go to praying
if vou have any God to go to. What mean
est thnn. O sleeper? Arise, call upon thj
God, if so be that God will think upon us
that we perish not." The rest of the storv I
will not rehearse, for you know It well. Tc
appease the sea, they threw Jonah over
board. Leam that the devil takes a man's monej
and then sets him down In a poor landing
place. The Bible savs he paid his fare tc
Tarshish. But see him get out. The sailors
bring him to the side of the ship, lift him
over the guards and let him drop with a loud
ppiasn into tne waves, tie paid bis fare all
the way to Tarshish, but did not get th
worth of his money. Neither does any one
who turns his back on his duty and does that
Which is not right.
There is a young man who daring the past
year has spent a large part of his salary in
carousal. What has he gained by it? A
soiled reputation, a half starved purse, a
dissipated look, a petulant temper, a dis
turbed conscience. The manacles of one oi
two bad habits that are pressing tighter and
tighter will keep on until they wear to th
bone. Yon paid your fare to Tarshish. but
you have been set down in the midst of a sea
if disquietude and perplexity.
One hundred dollars forSunday horse hire
One hundred dollars for wine suppers. .
One hundred dollars for cigars.
One hundred dollars for frolics that shaT,
be nameless.
Making four hundred dollars for his dam
nation! Instead of being in Tarshish now he is in
the middle of the Mediterranean.
Here is aliterarv man tired of the faith of
his father who resolves to launch out into
what is called freethinking. He buys Theo
dore Tarker's works for 12, Kenan's "Life
of Christ" for 1.50, Andrew Jackson Davis's
works for 2'. Goes to hear infidels talk at
the clubs and to see spiritualism at the table
rapping. Talks glibly of David, the psalm
ist, as an old libertine, of Paul as a wild en
thusiast and of Christ as a decent kind of s
man, a little weak in some respects, but al
most as good as himself. Talks smilingly ol
Sunday as a good day to put a little extra
blacking on one's boots and of Christians as,
for the most part, hypocrites of eternity
as "the great to be." "the everlasting now''
or "the infinite what is it." Some day he
gets his feet very wet and finds himself that
night chilly; the next morning has a hot
mouth and is headachy; sends word over tc
the store that be will not be there to-day:
bathes his feet: has mustard plasters; calli
the doctor. The medical man says aside,
"This is going to be a bad case of congestion
of the lungs." Voice fails. Children must
be kept down stairs or sent to the
neighbors to keep the house quiet.
You say, "Send for the minister." But
no. He does not believe in ministers.
Ton say, "Head the Bible to him." No;
he does not believe in the Bible. A law
yer comes in, and sitting by his bedside
writes a document that begins: "In the
name of God. amen. I, being of sound mind,
do make thi. my last will and testament.'
It is certain where the sink man's body will
be in less than a week. It Is quite certain
who will get his property. But what will
become of his soul? It will go into "the
great to be," or "the everlasting now," or
"the infinite what is it." His soul is in deep
w iters, and the wind is "blowing great guns, .
Death cries, "Overboard with the un
believer:" A splash. He goes to the bot
tom. He paid ii for bis ticket to Tarshish
when he bought the infidel books. He
landed in perdition.
Every farthing yoa spend in sin satan will
swindle you out of. He promises you shall
have thirty per cent, or a great dividend.
He lies. He will sink all the capital. You
may pay full fare to some sinful success, but
you will never get to Tarshish.
Learn how soundly men will sleep in the
mids: of danger. The worst sinner on ship
board, considering the light he had, was
Jonah. He was a member of the church,
while they were heathen. The sailors were
engaged in their lawful calling, following
the sea. The merchants on board, I sup
pose were going down to Tarshish to barter,
but Jonah, notwithstanding his Christian
profession, was flying from duty. He was
sound asleep In the cabin. He has been
motionless for hours his arms and feet in
the same posture as when be lay down hit
breast heaving with deep respiration. Oh,
how could he sleep? What if the ship struck
a rock? What if it sprang aleak? What 11
the clumsy oriental craft should capsize!
What would become of Jonah?
So men sleep soundly now amid peril!
infinite. In almost every place, I suppose,
the Mediterranean might be sounded, but no
line is long enough to fathom tbe profound
beneath every impenitent man. Plunging a
thousand fathoms down, you cannot touch
bottom. Eternity beneath him, before him,
around him! Rocks close by and whirlpool!
and hot breathed Levanters. Yet sound
asleep! We try to wake him op, but fail.
The great surges of warning break over the
hurricane deck, the gong of warning sound;
through the cabin, the bell rings. "Awake!"
cry a hundred voices. Yet sound asleep it
the cabin.
In the year 1775 the captain of a Green
land whaling vessel found himself at night
surrounded by icebergs and "lay to" until
morning, expecting every moment to be
ground to pieces. In the morning he looked
about and saw a shio near bv. He hailed
ft. No answer. Getting into a boat with
some of the crew, he pushed out for the
mysterious craft. Getting near by, he saw
through the porthole a man at a stand, as
though keeping a logbook. He haile I him.
No answer. be went nn board the vessel
and found the man sitting at the logbook,
rroaen to death. The logbook was dated
I7SQ, ahowing that the vessel had been wan
dering for thirteen years among the lee.
The sailors wenL iound txocea aaong
hammocks and others Tn the cabin. Fot
thirteen years this ship had been carrying its
burden of corpses.
, So from this gospel craft to-dav I deSSVV
Voyagers for eternity. I crv: "Ship ahov!
Ship ahoy!" No answer. They float about,
tossed and ground by the icebergs of sin,
hoisting no sail for heaven. I go on board.
I find all asleep. It is a frozen sleep. Ob,
that my Lord Jesus would come aboard and
lay bold of the wheel and steer the craft
down into the warm gulf stream of HI
mercy! Awake, thou that sleenest! Arise
from the dead, and Christ shall give thee
life.
Again, notice that men are aronsed by tha
most unexpected means. If Jonah had been
told one year before that a heathen sea
captain would ever awaken him to a sense
of danger, he would have scoffed at the idea,
but here it is done. So now men in strangest
ways are aroused from spiritual stupor. A
profane man is brought to conviction by ths
shocking blasphemy of a comrade. A man
attending church and hearing a sermon from
the text, "The ox knoweth his owner," etc.,
goes home impressed, but. crossing his barn
yard, an ox come up and licks his hand, and
he says: "There it Is now. 'The ox knoweth
his owner anil the ass his master's crib,' but
I do not know Go 1." The careless remark
of a teamster has led a man to thoughtful
ness and heaven. The child's remark:
"Father, they have prayers at uncle's house.
Why don't we have them?" has brought salva
tion to the dwelling.
By strangest ways and in the most unex-
Sooted manner men are a wakened. The gar
ener of the Countess of Huntingdon was
convicted of sin bv hearing the countess on
the opposite side of the wall talk about Jesus.
John Hardoak was aroused by a dream, in
which he saw the last day, and the jmli-e sit
ting, and heard his own name called with
terrible emphasis, "John Hardoak, come to
Jndgment! The Lord has a thousand wavs
of waking up Jonah. Would that the mes
sengers of mercy might now find their way
iown into the sides of the ship, and that manv
who are unconsciously rocking in the awFul
tempest of their sin might hear the warning;
"What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise aud
sail upon thy Go i!"
Again:. Learn that a man mav wake no
too late. If, instead of steeping, Jonah ha 1
been on his knees confessing his sins from
the time he went on board the craft. I think
that God would have saved him from being
tnrown overboard, ltitt he woke un too late.
The tempest is in full blast, and the sea, in
convulsion, is lashing itself, and nothing will
stop it now but the overthrow of Jonah.
Now. lest anv of vou should make this
mistake, I address you in the words of the
Mediterranean sea captain: "What mean
est thou, O, sleeper? Arise, call upon thy
God, if so be that God will think upon us,
that we perish not." If you have a do I,
you had better call upon Him. Do you sav,
"I have no God?" Thn yon ha l better call
upon your father's God. When your father
was in trouble, whom did he fly to? You
heard him in his old davs tell about some
terrible exposure in a snowstorm, or at sea,
or in battle, or among midnight garroters,
ana now ne escaped. Perhaps twenty
years before you were born yout
father made sweet acquaintance with
God. There is somothlng in the
worn pages of the Bible he used to na t whii-h
makes you think your father had a O id. In
the old religious books lying around the
house, here are passages marked with a
lead pencil passages that make you think
your father was not a godless man. but that.
on that dark day when he lay in the back
room dying he was ready all ready. But
perhaps your father was a bad man prayer
less and a blasphemer and you never think
of him now without a shudder. He wor
shiped the world or his own appetites. Do
not then, I beg of you. call upon your fath
er s God, but call on your mother's God. I
ininK sne was gooil. you remember when
your father came home drunk late on a cold
night, how patient your mother was.
You often heard her orav. She used to sit
by the hour meditating as though she were
thinking of some good, warm place, whre
it never gets cold, and where the bread does
not fail, aud stairering steps never come.
You remember her now as she sat in cap and
spectacles reading her Bible Sunday after
noon. What good a 1 vice she used to give
you! now black and terrible the hole in ths
ground looked to you when with two roiws
they let her down to rest in the graveyard!
Ah. I think from your look that I am ou the
right track. Awake, 0 sleeper, and call
upon my motner s uon.
nut perhaps both your father and mothei
were depraved. Perhaps your era He was
rocked by sin and shame, and it is a wondni
that from such a starting vou have come to
respectability. Then don't call upon the
God of either of your parents I beg of yon.
But you have children. You know God
kindled those bright eyes and rounded those
healthy limbs and sot beating within tholr
breast an immortality. Perhaps in the be
lief that somehow it would be for the best
you have taught them to say an eveninir
prayer, and when they kneel beside vou an 1
fold their little hands and look up, their
faces all innocence and love, yon know that
there is a God somewhere about in the
room.
I think I am on the rieht track nt last.
Awake, O sleeper, and call upon the God ol
thy children! May He set these little ones to
pulling at thy heart until they charm thee to
tne same uou to whom to-night they will saj
Shelr little prayers.
Jut, alas, alas, some of these men and wo
men are unmoved bv the fact that theii
fither had a God. that their mother ha 1 a
God, and their children have a God, but they
have no God. All the divine goodness for
nothing. All warning for nothing. They are
ouna asieep in tne sine of the ship, though
.11 sea ana sKy are in mad wrestle.
Many years ago a man, leaving his family
n Massachusetts, sailed from Boston to
China to trade there. On the coast of China
In the midst of a night of storm ha made
shipwreck. The adventurer was washed up
on the beach senseless all his moniy gone.
He had to beg in the streets of Canton to
Keep from starving. For two yn irs there
was no communication between himsulf and
family. They supposed him dead. He knew
not but that his family were dead. He had
gone out as a captain. He was too prou i to
come back as a private sailor. But after a
while he choked down his pride and
sailed for Boston. Arriving there
he took an evening train for
the center of the Statu, where he ha l left his
family. Taking tbe staire from the dm,n
and riding a score of miles, he got home.
He says that, going up in front of the cot
tage in the bright moonlight, the place
looked to him like heaven. He rapped on
the window, and the affrighted servant let
nim in. tie went to the room where his
wife and child were sleenimr. He did not
dare to wake them for fear ot the shock.
Bending over to kiss his child's cheek, a tear
fell upon the wife's face, and she wakened,
and he said: "Mary!" and she knew his
voice, and there was an indescribable scene
of welcome and joy and thanksgiving t
rou.
To-day 1 know that manv of vou are se
tossed and driven bv sin in a worse storm
than that which came down on the coast ol
China, and yet I pray God that you may, like
the sailor, live to get home. In the house ol
many mansions vour friemls are waiting to
meet you. They are wondering why vou do
not Coma. Escaped from the shipwrecks ol
earth, may you at last go in! It will be
a bright night a very bright night a
yon pot your thumb on the latch of that
door. Once In you will find the old fa nily
faces sweeter than when you lat saw tliem,
and there it if ill be found that He who was
your father's God, and your mother's God,
and your children's God, is your own most
blessed Redeemer, to whom be glory and
dominion throughout all agus. worl I with
out end. Amen.
As a living picture, the cervons
man is a sort of fiashlignt.
Every time yon complain someone
thinks less of yoa.
1'he slothful msn roasteth not that
which he took by hunting.
The birds with the brightest feather i
do net sing the sweetest.
Life will dapsnd largely npon what
we do with leisure moments.
Tha man who throws mud at a good
man slaps himself in the face.
It takes an extra good prayer meet
ing to stand poor ventilation.
Too many people in the world ace
singing for an encore.
The modern martyr reeks to break:
himself on the "wheel."
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