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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW8.
VOL. XLIi
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1895.
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CHAPTER IV. (Continued.)
"Of course I might have Keen the ridic
ulousness of the whole affair at oncej
Fancy my being jealous of the Colouel!
Ha, ha. ha!"
At the sound of his rough merriment
Jane winced, and held up her hand.
"I cannot boar any more now," she ex
claimed, in a shrill voice that startW
herself as nuch as it did him.
"You ore in pain?"
"Yes. I am in pain," she answered,
truthfully, though just then she ha;
no thought of her broken arm.
He took ber hand in his to say "good
by." Some idea, had been in his mind
of a warmer farewell, but he had never
kissed her yet, and the pale, proud face
she turned toward him was no encour
agement to begin. Then somewhat sham
facedly he withdrew.
The Interview had not been a success
ful one, he felt. He had wounded her
and frightened her by the brusqueiieas
of his ways and speech, and bad won
from her no ratification of her former
promise. It struck him ruefully that he
must have lost the knack of wooing s
pretty girl that his tongue had forgotten
it h ancient cunning.
His conclusions were correct. Jan
had thought him more boorish than she
had known him to be before, and more
than ever regretted that she had not lis
tened to her mother's warning.
CHAPTER V.
Mrs. Dene had been very constant In
her visits to Jane during her convales
cence. Independently of her desire to
jiratify the Colonel by showing bis pro
tge any kindness in her power, she liked
the girl fur her own sake, and was zeal
ous for her social success.
"Yon are so pretty jou are sure to
ph ase," she told her candidly one day.
"lou't you think" hesitatingly "that
It is rather vulgar to be pretty V"
"If so, it Is a vulgarity that many
would be glnd to share" laughing.
"Very likely, but that does not alter the
fact. In England they Bay every milk
maid and fisher-girl you meet has a trim
figure and pretty face. Good looks art
only another name fur good health. Now,
to be wtll educated "
"You lire as well educated as many of
the women ho move in good society, and
you have very charming manners, which
you will find more useful still. What elsi
do you want ':"
"I wish I could dress as well as you,"
complained Jane, who, like a very Wom
an, was im-liuei to4et a high value upoc
that branch of feminine industry.
She sat now smoothing down the foldi
of her pale-blue gown, and pondering
what hnd been said; and as Mrs. Dene
watched her in some amusement, trying
to divine her thoughts, she saw her hands
meet suddenly in a tight clasp, and a
warm blush sufluse her face. Curious
as to who or what could have caused this
agitation, Mrs. Dene turned her head
sharply, and to her surprise saw Colonel
I'rinsep standing in the veranda behind
her.
The Colonel met her tineonscionsly
scornful glance with a defiant if some
what embnrnisseil gaze; hut, though lie
took her hand in greeting, he addressed
himself exclusively to Jane.
"I came to ask if you were better," h
said.
"You are always so thoughtful," mur
mured Mrs. iK-ue, with malicious sweet
ness. "I u in quite well now, thank you," an
swered unsuspecting Jaue.
She woiiM hiive been aehast had sh
known that the love of which she wai
herself scarcely anare hnd been so eas
ily discovered. As it was, she went on
talking so calmly that the Colonel felt
ashamed of his own want of self-possession,
and exerted himself to join In th.
conversation. I!ut in spite of every effort
he felt disconcerted still, and rose very
oon to go.
A lifffe to his dismny, Mrs. Dene ex
pressed her intention of accompanyinf
him.
"Would It be troubling yon too much
to drive me to my bungalow?" she asked.
"My own carriage was not ordered until
seven o'clock, and I remember there ii
something I must do."
"It will give me the greatest pleasure,"
he assured her, gravely.
Smiling her thanks, she kissed Jnne af
fectionately, and went out, while the Col
onel followed,, nervously twitching hit
mustache.
That his suspicion was not entirely un
jus'ified the lady's opening words seemed
to testify, for it is notorious that an ap
peal to "mild lang i-yno" is generally the
preamble to something disagreeable.
"We have always been friends, have we
not. Colonel, I'rinsep ?" she began, as, set
tied comfortably in his dog-cart, they
dn.re quickly toward her home.
"Always, Mra. Dene. I hope there is no
reason we should not remain so still."
"Of course not. But I want to take ad
vantage cf our friendship to ask you a
favor the first."
"You may bo sure I shall not refuse II
unless obliged," he said, politely.
"Then don't flirt with Jaue Knox. It Is
not fair. She is bo young and inexpe
rienced in society's ways, and you I
can't pay you compliments to your face,"
she finished, laughing.
"Indeed, I have no thought of flirting."
"Hut you may be drawn into it. Men
are so weak where a pretty girl is con-1
cerned. And you will not deny that she
is nlready evidently attracted by you."
"Yon would think me a dreadful cox
comb if I admitted the soft impeach
ment." he retorted, smiling. - .
"Whether yon admit It or not. It la a
fact. I think it was unmistakably writ
ten on her face to-day."
"And have you decided whether this
very patent affection is returned?" ha
asked, rallying, partly to carry off a
certain sheeplshness which all men feeel
on being told they have won a "woman's
love.
"Certainly not yet; and It Is extremely
v.nlikely that you ever will, return -it.
That is why 1 want jon to keep aaf.aad1
'et her get over this infatuation.". :
They were Hearing her bungalpyv BOW,
and she drew her white shawl
. "
picked up her umbrella which bad
OQWa.
are not angry with me?" aht
asked him presently.
"Angry with you? No."
"And you don't think I hare meddle
with matters that do not concern me?"
"I think it -is like yonr aweet womanli
ness to speak as yon have done. I re
spect you for it. and thank you."
They had stopped before her door, and
jumping to the ground, he assisted her
to alight.
"Good by; and. Mrs. Dene. I shall re
member what you have said, and I
wynt " . ...
He stopped. In half-amused embarrass
ment. "Won't what?" aha persisted, merci
lessly. "1 won't flirt with your little friend. I
promise."
Laughing at his comical confusion, aha
hook hauds with him, and wished him
good-by, and stood for a moment looking
after him as he drove away. Then, with
a smile still hovering upon her lips, aha
went Into the bungalow.
Smiling still, she sauntered into the
drawing-room, slowly taking oft her
gloves; but her face became expression
less in a moment when she saw her hus
band seated at the open window. How
was it that his presence seemed to drive
every feeling from her heart except
cept was it only fear?"
"Gerald, if I had known you were here
i would nave come borne earlier."
J hen I am glad you did not know,
for I never wish to deprive yon of any
pleasure."
He had noticed how quickly the smile
had faded from her face on seeing him,
and was hurt that it should be so. Was
He always to be a res. rain t upon herl
Could he not even share her simple ev-
ery-day thoughts, though he were for
ever shut out from participating in her
deeper Joys and sorrows?
"My pleasure is with you." she said.
gently, as though conscious of what was
In bis mind.
"Your duty, perhaps. I wish the words
were synonymous
Her lips quivered, and the tears came
Into her eyes, but before they could fall
be was at her side, holding her ungloved
nanu net ween nis own.
Wora, don t cry. I am a brute. I did
not mean anything I said. I was only
vexed for a moment that I had not suc
ceeded in making your life happier than
it is.
Mie looked up at him sweetly. If
gravely still, through a mist of unshed
tears.
"Indeed," she said, "I think I am hap
pier man i Know, and she left him pu
iling over the words.
CHAPTER VI.
nen captain and Mrs. Dene met
again at dinner neither made reference to
what had passed between them. It was
the first time that there had been even
an approach to a quarrel, yet it had
seemed to draw them nearer to each other
and bring some warmth into their rela
tions. Anything was better than that
cool politeness.
But, though in their hearts there was
no appreciable change, a difference was
felt in their manner to each other. He
talked a little faster than usual, but ahe
was quieter, for her head was full of a
new plan that she wanted her husband's
assistance to mature.
She opened the subject directly they re
paired to the drawing-room.
"Gerald, have yon answered that invi
tation yet from the Tent Club for the
pig-sticking at Cawnpore?"
"No, by Jove! I quite forgot. Just
remind me again to-morrow morning. I
feel too lazy to write now.
"And about that pig-sticking yon
would enjoy It, would you not?"
"I dare say I might if I went."
"And why should you not go?"
"Do vou wish me to do so?"
"Yes."
He drew himself up impatiently aa he
rose from his seat.
"Very well; I will go," he said, and
thought the discussion ended.
But she looked up blankly into his face.
"I want to take Jane Knox with us. If
you won't mind," she said.
His countenance fell; but he would not
how that be was disappointed that tha
tete-a-tete was to be broken.
"Let us make a party of it," he said,
cheerfully, after a few moments of si
lence. " 'Three la trumpery, four la com
pany.' and young ladiea always want
some one to flirt with."
"The very thing! Gerald, how clevar
you are! Let us ask Major Larron."
"Why him, of all others?" frowning.
"Why, because he la the richest, of
course." She stopped short, remember
ing how strange it must seem that aha
should recommend aa a husband for an
other the man who had refused herself.
How true it is that time heala all wounds!
That episode in her life aeemed very dis
tant now, and all the feelings it had
awakened had died a natural death.
"If you are intent upon match-making,
there are others nearly as rich aa he.
This is too expensive a regiment for a
poor man."
"Which Is lucky," replied his wife, dry
ly, "for girls seem to have a knack of
setting their affections on the wrong
man."
He looked at her keenly. Was aha
speaking from her own experience or an
other's? "I am afraid the task von have aet
yourself will prove an arduoua one. Now, I
mere is ai v.racui., wuo, union in.
wealth which you seem to consider In-1 " u i-.u....- "
dispensable, possesses good looks and a Mently farmers, who were considering
winning manner. Why not choose him?" . the propriety of giving the proposed
"I was thinking of tha title," replied legislative aid.
Mrs. Dene, tnougnttuliy. "Have yon tor-1 "I don't know much," said one, "about
gotten that Major Larron will be Lord the value of this museum aa a means
Larronmofcmeday, while Mr. Graeme1) 0f education, but of one thing I am cer
money was gained in trader' taln-that If we give Agassiz the mon-
"You seem to expect great things foi . . , ,,, , . ....
your friend I should have thought the he ta- will not make a dollar
latter match a more suitable one. bub- dt Tnat s In his favor.
posing that either cared to play to win.' " )
He spoke savagely, for tha doubt had
assailed him whether perhapa ahe re
gretted the title which one ahe might
have shared, and he invariably grew bit
ter when the circumstances of his mar
riage were recalled to him. I
But his wife, who had started at his;
tone, guessed what was passing through i
his mind, and with a gesture succeeded in
clearing the cloud from hia brow.
CHAPTER VIL
uuiwm ui mi kodn uut ina nn
Unaware of tha schemes that had been
nrni vi ' Mty. Mtvi v wuMWtt vr MS
for her to go to Cawnpore. Independent
ly of a natural love of change and gay
ety, ahe was full of nervous delight at
tha Idea of entering society the society
of which she had so often thought and
dreamed.
And her mother waa no less pleased.
She realized at once the advantage it
would be to ber daughter to make het
first appearance under other auspices than
her own, and where her former circum
stances were not known.
"It is giving the girl a fair chance," she
said, complacently, to her husband.
"And it is particu jly kind of Captain
and Mrs. Dene," he replied. For the
quartermaster waa more sensible of the
condescension than was Mrs. Knox, who,
flattered though she was at the attention,
did not share the soldier's natural rev
erence for his officer. Then he added,
doubtfully: "I wonder what Jacob Lynn
will say?"
"What has he to do with It? asked
Mrs. Knox, sharply.
"Everything, aeeing that be Is to be
the girTa husband."
She looked at him In ntter scorn.
"Do yon really think that that will ever
ber
"Why not? A promise la a promise;
and I don't want Jane to be such a fine
lady aa to forget her first friends," he
answered, doggedly.
"Is It true. John, that the sergeant has
taken to drinking lately?" Mrs. Knoi
asked, presently.
"I heard something about It, but on
does not believe everything one hears."
"He was always wild!" shaking her
head.
It so happened that Jacob Lynn heart
nothing of Jane's projected visit until
she had already left. Then he came to
Mrs. Knox and reproached her bitterly
for what he called her unfair reticence.
"You bare owed me a grudge ever
since Jane promised to be my wife. But
she promised of her own free will, so it is
unjust to use your Influence against me,"
he said, sulkily, at the end of the tirade.
"Everything is against me. Be on my
side!" he pleaded.
"I have given you my advice already,
tnd can do no more," ahe answered, coldly.
That same evening Mrs. Knox wrote to
her daughter, telling her all home news
and outside gossip, but Intentionally re
fraining from saying a word, good or 111,
of Jacob Lynn.
(To be continued.)
Subtract Foskett.
"Peter Gannett's boy Eben la real
smart at his books, I hear," said Grand
father Rollins, as be and his grandson
Rob were out at the barn milking the
cows one night. "Ain't that so, bub?"
"Why, yes, he's a good band at 'rithme
tlc and spellln', and so on," returned
Rob, without evincing much enthusi
asm. "But he's awful slow at games,"
he added, after a moment's pause.
"Rob," said Grandfather Rollins,
turning a sharp gaze on the boy, and
speaking with a good deal of severity,
"once or twice lately you've put me In
mind of a feller that used to lire over
In Rlckville when I was a boy. I don't
rightly recall what his Christian nnme
was, fer the boys at school all called
him 'Subtract' Foskett, an' that was the
name he went by.
"You'd ask him about anybody, an'
fust off he'd appear to be speakin' of
'em fair an' square; but before lie got
through there was alius sometliln' to
take the Juice out of whatever he'd told
ye that was pleasant.
"He'd say, 'Aleck Stevens Is a real
smart boy, smart as a steel trap; he's
such a boy for books, though, that I
don't b'lieve be does mucb round the
bouse; I guess they don't depend on him
to help much.'
" 'Yes, Molly Spears Is a pooty gal,
that's a fact. There ain't many pootier
round here. I wish she didn't set quite
so mucb by ber looks, though. Folks
can sea that she knows Jest about bow
pooty she Is.'
" 'Did I hev a good time down to my
Cousin Frank's house? Oh, yes. splen
did. Frank's a real Jolly boy; he knows
how to make folks laugh. If he hadn't
got such an awful quick ttmper, there
wouldn't be much better comp'ny any
where than Frank is.
"An' so It went It didn't make no
matter what you asked httn, you'd get
jest that kind of an answer every time.
n there wa'n't anybody In Rlckville
that bad a tongue folks was so sca't of
as they was of Subtract Foskett's.
"You're nothln' but a yearlln. Rob,
an I hev hopes of ye, fer I don't think
the habit's settled onter ye, yet," con
cluded Grandfather Rollins, as be rose
stiffly from the milking stool. "If I
thought It was, I sh'd be clean dls-
kerridged; fer I sh'd rut her any rela
tion o' mine would be sleepln' out In the
buryln'-ground than llvin t be llk
Subtract Foskett!"
Disinterested.
It Is said that the extraordinary Influ
ence which Agassiz exerted over men
who had only a slight perception of the
scope of his wonderful mental powers,
wars due as much to a universal belief
In his disinterestedness as to his "mag
netic personality. Mr. E. P. Whipple
once told an incident which Illustrat
ed this fuct
On one occasion, when his museum
was lu need of money for a purely sci
entific purpose, he invited the members
of the Legislature of the State of Mas
sachusetts to visit It with the desigD
of Inducing them to vote the sum he re
quired. After a short, persuasive ad
dress delivered In the ball of the mu
seum, be led them over the building,
pointing out the great things that had
been achieved, and the atlll greater
things that were to follow If his plan
was carried out
In ascending the stairs I happened to
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The appropriation was made a day
r two after, though It was generally
considered that no other man could
have wrung the sum from the reluct
ant hands of that economical legisla
ture. a Oang-erous fkposa.
Clara How did you come to
ac-
ccDt Mr. Sarihead?
j Dora I had to. He proposed to
me ju s ooaiy wnen out rowing and
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Sermon.
SnbJectt "All Heaven Looking On.
Tne suWect of Dr. Talmage's opening ser -
mon In Washington was- "All Heaven
Rr"-i-?JrJ
great a elmTd of witnelsel" '
In this mv onening sermon In tha National
r...ii t ! , T
Hon . itlUI"
standing in this historie ehnrch. so long pre -
sided over hv n nf th. , i.Lv..
slued over by one of the most remarkable
mwn of the eenturv. There are plenty ol
good ministers beside Dr. Sunderland, but I
nT"2y ma? 5W'pt himrf 'i
enonch brain tn hra tmA mMUMfnll
enonch brain to have stood successfully and
triumphantly fortv-three Tears in this con
spicuous pulpit. Lone distant be the year
wnen tnat gospel entertain shall pot down
the silver trumpet with which h
has marshaled the hosts of Israel oi
sheathe the sword with which he hat
strnek suffh mighty blows for God and
righteousness. I come to you with the same
gosnel that he has preached and to join ou
In all kin Is o' work for -making the world
better, and I hope to sen you all in your o wo
homes and have yon all come and see me,
out ion i an enmeatonce. And without any
prelim'nar.v discourses as to what I propose
to do I begin here and now to cheer you with
the thouirht that all heaven is sympatheti
cally looking on. ''Seeing we also are com
passed about with so great a cloud of wit
nesses."
Crossing the Alns by the Mont Cents pass,
or through the Mont Cenis tunnel, you are
In a few hours set down at Vjrona, Italy,
and in a few minutes begin examining one
of the grandest ruins in the world the
amphitheater. The whole building sweeps
around you In a circle. You stand in
the arena where th combat was onna
fonchtor the race run. and on all sides th
seats rise tier above tieruntil you count forty
elevations or galleries as I shall see fit
to call them in which sat the senators,
the kings and the 25.000 excited specta
tors. At the sides of the arena and under
th galleries are the cages in which the lions
and tigens arw kept without food until,
frenzied with hunger and thirst, they are let
out npon some poor victim, who. with his
sword and Rlone, is condemned to meet
them. I think that Paul himself once stood
in sneh a place, and that it was not only
flimratively. but literally, that ho had
"fought with beasts at Ephesus."
The gala day has come. From all the
world the people are pouring into
Verona. Men, women and children,
orators and senators, great men and
small, thonsands npon thousands come,
until the first gallery is full, and the
second, the third, the fourth, the fifth
all the wav up to the twentieth, all the
way up to the thirtieth, all the way up
to tne Tortletn. Kverv place Is tilled.
Immensity of audience sweeping the
great circle, gileuce! The time for the
contest has come. Roman official leads
forth the victin- into the arena. . Let him get
his swir l, with firm grip, into .his right
hand. The 2 i.OflO sit breathlessly watching.
I hear the itoor at the side of the arena
creak open. Out plnnges the half starved
lion, his tou rue athirst for blood, and with
a roar that brings all the galleries to their
feet he rushes agiinst the sword of the com
batant. ! you know how strong a stroke
a man will strike when his life depends
noon the first thrust of his blade? The
M il. I beast, lame and blee.ling. slinks back
towar.l the side or the arena. Then, rally
ing his wastinestrentrth. he comes up with
fiercer eve and mora terrible roar than ever,
oniv to ne nnven oaeg witn a ratal wound,
while the combatant comes in with stroke
after stroke, until the monster Is dead at his
feet, and the 23,000 people clap their hands
and ntter a shout that makes the city trem-
Sometimes the audience came to see
ra -e. sometimes to see gladiators fight each
other, until the people, compassionate for
the fallen, turned theirthumbs up as an ap
peal that the vanquished be spared, and
sometimes thecomnat was with wild beasts.
To an nmpbitheatrieal audience Paul
fers when he say. "We are compassed about
witn so great a clot a oi witnesses.
The faL-t is. that every Christian man has
a lion to tight, lours Is a bad temper.
The gates of the arena have been opened,
and this tiger has come out to destroy your
soul. It has lacerated you with many a
wound. You have been thrown bv it time
and again, but in the strength of God you
have arisen to drive it back. I verily be
lieve you will conquer. I think that the
temptatian is getting weaker and weaker.
You have given it so many wounds that the
prospe-t is that it will die, and you shall be
victor, through Christ. Courage, brother!
Do not let the sands of the arena drink the
blood of your soul!
Your lion is the passion for strong drink.
You may have contended against it twenty
years, but it is strong of body and thirsty of
tongue, log hare tried to flght it back
with broken bottle or empty wine flask.
Nay that is not the weaponl With one hor
rible ronr he will seize thee by the throat
and rend thee limb from limb. Take this
weapon, sharp and keen reach up and get
it from God's armory. The sword of the
Spirit. With that thou mayest drive him
back and conquer!
But why specify when every man and wo
man has a Hon to tight? If there be one
here who has no besetting sin, let him speak
out. for him have I offended. It you have
not fought the lion, it la because you have
et t ne uon eat yon up. This very moment
the contest goes on. Tha Trajan celebration,
where 10,000 gladiators fought and 11.000
wild beasts were slain, was not so territio a
struggle as that which at this moment goes
on in many a soul. That combat was forthe
life of the body; this is for the life of the
soul. That was with wild beasts from the
jungle; this is with the roaring lion of hell.
Men think, when they contend against
an evil habit, that they have to flght it all
alone. No! They stand in the center of an
immense circle of sympathy. Paul had been
reciting the names ot Abel, Enoch, Noah,
Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Joseph, Gideon and
Barak ami then say, "Being compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses."
Before I get through I will show you that
you fight in an arena around which circle, in
galleries above each other, all the kindling
eyes and all the sympathetic hearts of the
ages, and at every victory gained there
comes down the thundering applause of a
great multitude no man can number. "Be
ing compassed about with so great acloud of
witnesses."
On the first elevation of the ancient amphi
theater, on the any of a celebration, sat
Tiljerius, or Augustus, or the reigning king,
ho in the great arena of spectators that
watch our struvgles, and in the first divine
gallery, as 1 shall call it, sits our King, one
Jesus. On His hea l aro many crowns! Tne
Koman emperor got his place by cold blooded
conquests, but our Kin,' hath come to His
place by the broken hearts healed, and the
tears wiped away, and the souls redeemed.
The Koman emperor sat, with folded
arms, indifferent as to whether the swor, Is
mail or the lion beat, but our King'? sympa
thies arh all with us. Nay, unheard of con
descensions! I see Him come down from the
gallery into the arena to help us in the light,
shouting, uniil all up anil down His voice is
heard: -'fear not! I will help thee! I will
strengthen thee by the right hand of My
power!"
They gave to the men in the arena, in the
olden time, food to thicken their blood, so
that it would flow slowly, and that for a
longer time the people might gloat overthe
scene. But our King has no pleasure in our
wounds, for we aro bone of His bone, flesh
of His flesh, blood of His blood.
In all the anguish of our heart,
The Man of Sorrows bore a part.
Once, in the ancient amphitheater, a lion
With one paw caught the combatant's sword,
and with the other paw caught his shield
fhe man took his knife frcm his girdle and
lew the beast. The king, sitting in the gal
rv. said: "That was not fair. The lion
mist be slain by a sword." Other lions
were turned out, and the poor victim
!eil. Yon ' cry, "Shame, shame! at I
men meanness. But the King, in this I
sase, is. our brother, and He will see that ws j
save rair piay. lie win loruiu mo iusuiwc
of more lions than we can m;?- He
rill not suffer us t tempted stave that
ire are able.' - Thank God! The King Is la
tbe gaTtery! H' eyes are on ns. His heart
; Is -with us. His hand will deliver ns.
"Bldssed are all they who put their trust ia
1 (Tin
I look a rain anil I seethe an?elie frailer?.
rhera they are the angel thst swung- the
.word at the gate ot Eden, the same that
Ezektel saw noholdlnc the throns of Go1.
Mid from which I look away, for the splen
dor is Insufferable. Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched a patriarch; tli Is
one protected a nhild; that one has tj-en pull
ing a soul out of temptation! All those are
I messengers of light. Th(.e drove the Span
' !f.h ! ' ."J5" lt " '""l
"""rib's Hv1i)e hosts Into a heap or
?nmmtn. 'Taut "Zo
, Shepherd These, at creation stood In the
' hBTan n1d ere.n'!el t,h?vlew;
i horn world wranned in swaddling clothes of
And there', holier and mighter than
; j"'.1,0!9,
' earthly host gii
archangel. To eommand
ves dignity, bnt this one is
leader of the 20.000 chariots ot uoa ana or
the ten thousand times tea thousand angels.
ing and the archangel to the seraphim,
"y. - .. . .. . . , i i .
I think God gives eomrnani to tne arcn-
A the seranhltn to the cherubim, until all
the lower orders of heaven hear the com
mand and e-o forth on the high behest.
Now bring on vour lions! Who can fear?
All the spectators in the angelic gallery are
our friends. "He shall give His angels
charge over thea to keep thee in a'l thy
ways. They shall bear then up in their
hands, lest thou dash thy foot atrainst a
atone. Though Shalt tread upon the Hon
and adder; the young lion and the dragon
thalt thou trample underfoot."
Though the arena be crowded with tempta
tions, we sha'l. with the angelic help, strike
them down In the name of our God and lean
oa their fallen carcasses! Oh, bending
throng of bright, angells faces and swift
wings and lightning foot. I hail you to-lay
from the dust and struggle of the arena !
I look again, and 1 se the gallery of the
prophets and apostles. Whoarethosemighty
snes up yonder? Hosa and Jeremiah and
Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and Peter and
John and James. -There sits Noah, watting
Tor all the world to oome into the ark. nnd
Hoses, waiting till tie lat Bed Sea shall di
vide, and Jeremiah, waiting for the Jews to
return, and John of the Apocalypse, waiting
for the swearing of the angel that time shall
!e no .longer. Glorious spirits! .Ye were
bowled at; ye were stoned; ye; were spit
anon! They have been in the nirht thetn
jolves, and they are all with us.' 'Daniel
knows all about lions. Paul fought with
leasts at Ephesus.
In the ancient amphitheatre the people
?ot so excited that they wonld shout from
:he galleries to the mn In the arena: '"At
It again!" 'Forward!" "One more stroke!"
'j,ook out!" "Fall bank!" "Hutza! Huzra!"
io in that gallery, prophetic and ap stolio,
they cannot keen their peace. Daniel cries
out: "Thy God will deliver thee from the
month of the lions!" David exclaims. "He
will not suffer thy foot to be moved!" Isaiah
alls out: "Fear not! I am with thee! Be
not dismayed!" Paul exclaims: "Victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ!" That
throngof prophets and apostles cannot keep
iill. They make the welkin ring with
ihcuting and halleluiahs.
I look again and I see the gallery of the
martyrs. Who is that? Hugh Latimer, sure
enough! He wonld not apologizn for the
truth preached, and so he died, the night
before swinging from the bedpost in perfect
glee at the thought of emancipation. Who
are that army of 66fi5? They are the
Theban legion who died for the faith. Here
Is a larger host in magnificent array 884,
000 who perished for Christ in the perse
cution of Diocletian. Yonder is a family
group Felieitas, ot Rome, and her chil
dren. While they were dying forthe faith
she stood encouraging them. One son was
whipped to death by thorns, another was
flung from a roek, another Was. behe.-.ied.
At last thlnotheWoae-Bwisrryr: There''
they are, together a family group in heav
snl Yonder Is John Bradford, who said In
the Are, "We shall have a merry supper with
the Lord to-night." Yonder is Henry Voes.
who exclaimed as he died, "If I had
ten heals they should all fall off
for Christ." The great throng of the
martyrs! They had hot lead poured down
their throats, horses were fastened to their
hands and other horses to their feet, and
thus they were pulled apart. They had their
tongues pulled out by redhot pinchers; tbey
were sewed up in the skins of animals and
then thrown to the dogs; they were daubed
with combustibles and set on Hre! If all the
martyrs stakes that have been kindled
?ould be set at proper distances, they
would make the midnight all the world
aver bright 83 noonday ! And now they
lit yonder in the martyrs' gallery. For them
the fires of persecution have gone out. The
jwonls are sheathe 1 an 1 the mob hushed.
Now they wath us with an all observing
sympathy. They know all the pain, all the
hardship, all the anguish, all the injustice,
ill tha privation. They cannot keep still.
They cry: "Courage! The Are will not con
mme. The floods cannot drown. The lions
:annot devour! Courage, down there in the
irena!"
But here I pause, overwhelmed with the
Majesty and the joy of the scene! Gallery of
:be King! Gallery ot angels! Gallery of
Srophets and apostles! Gallery ot martyrs!
allerv of saints! Gallery ot 'friends and
kindred! Oh, majestic circles ot light and
love! Throngs! Throngs! Throngs! How
ihall we stand the gaze of the universe?
M yriads ot eyes beaming on us! Myriads ot
learts beating in sympathy for us! How
ihall we ever dare to sin again? How
ihall we ever become discouraged again?
Bow shall we ever feol lonely agaiur
With God for ns, and angels for us, and
prophets and apostles for us, and the great
touts of the ages for us, and our glorified
tindred for us, shall we give up the fight
md die? No, Son of God, who didst die to
ave us! No, ye angels, whose wings are
ipread forth to shelter us. No. ye prophets
tnd apostles, whose warnings start lo us.
No, ye loved ones, whose arms are out
rt retched to receive us. No, we will never
lurrenderl
Sure I must flght If I would reign
Be faithful to my Lord.
And bear the cross, endure the pain.
Supported by Thy word. .
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die.
They see the triumph from afur.
And seize it with their eye.
When that illustrious day shall rise,
And all Thine armies shine
In robes of victory through the skies.
The glory shall be Thine.
My hearers, shall we die in the arena or
Ise to join our friends in the gallery
rbrough Christ we may come off mora thau
tonquerors. A soldier, dying in the hos
pital, rose up in bed the last moment and
iried: "Here! Here!" His attendants put
lim back on his pillow and asked him why
lie shouted, "-Here!"
Oh! I heard the 11 of heaven, and
t was only answering io my name!" I won-
ler wnemer, alter this battle of life Is over,
Jur names will be called in the muster roll
if the pardoned and glorified, and with the
joy of heaven breaking upon our souls we
mail cry: "Here! Here!"
A Woman County Physician.
Dr. Mabel Spencer, a Kansas City
wo-
nan, has been appointed County Physician
of Riley County, Kansas, to succeed Dr.
Willard. who recently resigned. She is the
Brat woman in Kansas to received such an
appointment.
Lake Superior is in danger of losing
its distinction of being the largest
fresh-water lake in the world. African
explorers begin to think Lake Victoria
Nyanza is larger.
Ottawa, Canada with a population
nf but 40.000. has 50.000 elect ri.-
lights, and baa begun to employ elec- '
tricity in heating also. j
During tbe year a monument is to '
be unveiled at Osteel, in East Fries- !
land, in memory of the discoverers of
the sun's epats. David and Johann
Fabricius.
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AU ao doors mat lean inward to
tha secret place of the most high are
aoors OUVWsra ol Bell OUt OI Small-
neati out of wrong.
PROPOSED CLOCK DIAL.
tfn that Ia Arranged to Divide Tim
Into Daylight and Dark.
People have contrived to civilize
themselves in many respects, but they
have never yet adopted ft thoroughly
rational method of keeping time. For
years we have been accustomed to a
system which has led to endless confu
sion, and to not a few serious accidents.
The difficulty with this system Is its
ambiguity. It Is adopted on the theory
that the day is divided Into two half
days of twelve hours each; and then it
leaves us with no indication, as far as
the face of the clock is concerned,
whether It is daytime or nighttime.
In order to obviate the necessity of
educating the people anew, and at the
WAT TO TELL TIMR.
same time to provide a natural and sen
sible system of keeping time, a very in
genious device has recently been pat
ented. By a glance at the accompany
ing Illustration you will almost Imme
diately see what the inventor has ac
complished. He started out with the
Idea of making the hour hand traverse
the dial in the same time lhat the sun,
on the aveEage.traverses, or seems- to
traverse, the path saNtand the earth. It
will be Been that the dial represents
the rising of the sun. Its progress to the
zenith at noontide, and to Its final dis
appearance below the horizon at night
fall. But the disk Instead of being di
vided Into twelve spaces, Is'tftvided into
twenty-four, marked from 1 to 12, and
this series occurs twice.
The upper half of the dial represents
day and the lower half night. The two
are distinguished by the very natural
expedient of making one white and the
other black. But In case there might
still be some chance for error, the words
"day" and "night" are printed on the
disk In large type.
On the outer rim there Is a scale foi
the convenience of the minute hand.
The scale Is divided Into sixty parts,
every fifth part being marked with Its
appropriate figure. This again does
away with a source of ambiguity In the
present system. People are accustomed
to say "a. quarter or and "a quarter
after," or-'ftwenty-flve minutes of," and
so forth, allpfwhlch expressions have
a greater oi less tendency to cause mis
takes. By the new dial there can be
no mistake. Take, for instance, the po
sition of the hands as represented in
the diagram. They mean a certain time,
and no other. The small, or hour hand.
Is between 5 and 6, and as this hour
hand represents the sun, we see that It
Is sinking towards the horizon. In oth
er words It Is between 0 and 6 o'clock In
the evening. The precise time Is known
when we look at the long or minute
band. This Is pointing directly at 53.
The time Is, therefore, S hours and 55
minutes In the evening, or 5:55, as rail
road men say. According to the com
mon method of telling time you would
say that the diagram shows 5 minutes
of 6 o'clock p. m.
MODELED AFTER OLD-TIMERS.
Tha Bacera of To-day Are Closcl
Copied After Ancient Craft.
The recent contest for the America's
cup between the Valkyrie and Defend
er haa excited general Interest and en
thusiasm, and has been the means of
enlightening many people on numerous
IT IS 5,000 TEARS OLD.
points connected with yachting. It Is
not, however, generally known that the
models of the racers to-day closely copy
In overhanging prows and sterns those
of a period thousands of years before
Christ. Our illustration is taken from
a picture of an Egyptian boat, the origi
nal of which was exhumed In the land
of the Pharoahs, and Is now In Gizeh
In that country. The boat retains Its
original rigging, although dating back
o 30C0 years before Christianity.
Various Methods or Eating.
A man's nationality is betrayed to tbe
fhougbtful observer by the manner In
which he eats his breakfast eggs. The
Englishman uses a dainty little cup
into which the egg slides deeply. The
shell must be chipped with the spoon
and Its fragments removed with the
ame utensil. The Englishman next lifts
the top portion of the white, or cap.
Then the condiments are mixed on the
plate Into a neat little gray heap, and
the contents of the egg are scooped leis
urely out, due care being taken to get
about half and half of white and yolk
on tbe spoon at the same time, a fresh
little dab of tbe mixed pepper and salt
being given to each spoonful of egg.
In such a fashion, with his bread and
butter, marmalade, English breakfast
tea, and paper propped against the cas
ter, the Briton makes a meal which to
him Is the perfection of light morning
refreshment. The Frenchman also
hsea the small egg cup. The egg Is soft
polled, and when the shell Is opeued
the Frenchman puts In his salt and
bepper and butter and stirs them thor
Dughly with the contents until every,
part haa been -well mixed. Then hoi
breaks his bread Into small, narrow
pieces, dips each piece Into the egg,
and eats the result This he continues)
to do until the egg is nearly empty.
akVw H. J J W M0
drinks the remainder. Tbe German
breaks bis eza soft boiled into a'
large egg cufA CIiii spoons them up like
foup. The Italians cook eggs by placing
them In a vessel filled with cold water
which Is allowed to slowly come to a
boiL When the water boils the eggs
are cooked, and according to the Ital
ians theirs Is the only method by which
the true edible consistency of the white
and yolk can be secured. When brought
to table it la generally the Italian's
pleasure to break the eggs on a plate
and sop them up with good white bread.
When a man enters a restaurant and
orders hard boiled eggs, which he cuts
in two, then scoops the contents into a
glass, there to be chopped up with but
ter, pepper and salt, his nationality If
assured; he is an American.
BOTH HIS HANDS BLOWN OFF
Aa Ex-Engliah Soldier Who, Thougl
Hand leas. Wrote a Book.
F. Gustav Ernst, a resident of Lon
don, makes a business of Inventing ap
pliances for the use of persons whe
have lost one or more limbs. Anion?
the devices of which he Is most proud
Is one gotten up for J. Cooper-Chad-wlck.
This gentleman was one of a
regiment of mounted volunteers whe
served In South Africa against the
Transvaal Boers. In April, 1891, while
SMOKINO.
out shooting Mr. Cooper-Chad wick's
-hauds were accidentally blown off. Ou
his return to London he applied to Mr.
Ernst, who, after much pains, con
structed two devices, by' the use of
which the afflicted man Is ablo to get
along verj well. With their help he
has been able to write a book of his ex
periences In South Africa. In fact, he
rarely calls upon any oue'to assist him.
Among the usable apparatus Invent
ed by Me. Ernst are the following: A
little crook, fitted with a small steel
collar to prevent It from passing too far
through the buttonholes, for buttoning
the garments; an ordinary goose-neck
hook that opens and shuts, so that If,
when the person wearing It Is riding
he should unfortunately be thrown, It
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WRTTlN'O.
opens in the same way as a spring stir
rup would open In the case of a lady
being thrown from her horse; knife aud
fork; spoon, with improved lip to pre
vent fluids escaping; a new Instrument
for holding a glass; hairbrush; tooth
brush; shaving implements; plpeholdcr;
coinholder (this has an expanding slit
In It, which enables the wearer to pick
up a small or a large coin); lavatory ar
rangements; apparatus enabling the
wearer to open an ordinary door; writ
ing materials besides other hooks for
ordinary use.
What He Wanted.
A lady who was shopping noticed a
rery small boy who was employed as
"cash" In the store, and being interest
ed In him began to ask questions:
"Would you like to live with me and
have everything my little boy has 7 sh
Inquired.
"What does your little boy haver'
asked the cfllld, fixing his large, scrlour
eyes upon her.
'"Oh, he has books and tops and a
pony," and she enumerated a lot of
things.
"Has he any papa?" asked the chlM
"Oh, yes, he has a dear, kind papa
who gives him all these things."
"Then I would like to be your little
boy," said the child gravely, ''for my
papa is dead, and I would rather bavf
him than any of the other things." -
The lady who had been merely talk
ing with the child for amusement had
hard work to keep back her tears af
this nal ve con f ess Ion. Col umbus News
Outsiders.
Until the nomination of Frankllt,
Pierce for the Presidency the word
"outsider" was unknown. The Com
mittee on Credentials came to make Its
report, and could not get into the hall
because of the crowd of people who
were not members of the convention.
The chairman of the convention asked
If the committee was ready to report,
and the chairman of the committee an
swered, "Yes, Mr. Chairman, but tbe
committee Is unable to get Inside on
account of the crowd and pressure of
the outsiders." The newspaper report
ers took up the word and used It.
fle Did.
Jack In asking yon to be my wife
I am fully aware of tbedistance there
Is between us. Jess (archly Then
why doolt you leiwo 1W Vogue.
AN INGENIOUS MEASUREMENT.'
A Blsnple Way of Finding the Height
of Tree or a Chimney.
It Is often necessary, not for amuse
ment, but for practical purposes, to find
the height of a factory chimney, or
smoke-stack, and It may not be con
venient to get access to the architect's
plans. It may happen that the engineef
VIMDIKO A HEIGHT.
desires to make alterations for secur
ing greater or less draught, and the di
mensions of the chimney form a neces
sary factor in bis calculations.
A very simple, but perfectly satlsfao.
tory, way of determining the height is
the same as that nsed by the wood
cutters of New England In finding the
height of a tree. The engineer cuts a
stick that, when placed upright, will
reach exactly to the center of his eyes,
and going outdoors he lies down on
the ground at such a distance from the
base of the chimney that the top of the
stick, when the latter Is placed vertical
ly against the soles of his feet, will be
In line with his eyes and the top of the
chimney.
In other words, he forms a rlght-an,
gled triangle, of. which his extended
body, from his eyes to the soles of his
feet. Is the base, the upright stick the
altitude, and the distance from bis eyes
to the top of the stick the hypothenuse.
There must 'be-; therefore, a similar
right-angled triangle formed of the dis
tance from his eyes to the base of the
chimney, rrom his eyes to the top of the
chimney, and of the height of the chim
ney Itself. As the base and altitude of
this triangle are equal. It follows thai
the height of the chimney Is tbe sanm
as tbedistancefrom the eyes to Its base
Fish Shooting in the West Indira
I took the big rifle to try my hand. H
seemed ridiculously easy, but after
missing three or four shots I began to
recall my smattering of physics as to
the refraction of rays of light passing
through the water. I proved a hopoleas
tyro, and finally with much humility
asked my friend, who was chuckling
over my chagrin, bow to Are.
"A little away and to the right," ht
replied.
Acting upon this advice I bagged mj
aext mullet But he could not tell ma
any general laws, nnd I found by que ,
tlonlng him that he had finally learned
to recognize from the look of the water
how much aJlownnce was necessary,
and In which direction to take-it. - r sub
sequently became a trifle more expert,
and bad several fine days, but I alwnyi
had to try a few times first to get my
hand In. It was easy to see which e1d
the bullet had struck by the direction
In which the fish ran, and after a few
trial shots one bad a working formula.
Even this, however, was very uncer
tain, for the angle and distance varied
with the position of the sun, depth o(
water, ripple, and so forth, till It seem
ed quite hopeless. That It was possible,
however, Seymour proved conclusively,
for he rarely missed, and his fish gen.
erally had a hole behind the head. Still,
where the light was bad we could often
make a good bag, and not a fish would
have a mark, being merely stunned by
the concussion. To do this it Is neces.
sary that the ball should pass extremely
close to the head.
Glucose.
I A short article going the rounds oi
the press, and recently published In our
columns, states that glucose Is the great
est, of all adulterants, and Is used for
making cheap candy, sugar. Jellies and
syrups. According to "Confectioners'
Journal," this Is untrue. Glucose !
used In some candies, but It Is not "tha
greatest of all adulterants," nor an
adulterant at all. It Is simply an in
gredient and does not rlllTer In this re
spect from molasses, and is Just as
harmless. Although the assertions
made In article quoted from distinctly
apply to cheap candies, nnd have no
reference to the honestly made article,
we gladly correct a statement which,
't seems, has no foundation In fact.
Barbaric Finery.
"The bead work of the prairie Indiana
Is the finest in the world," writes a dis
tinguished favorite. "The costumes that
they display during their corn dance s
and like festivities are really remarka
ble for both beauty and elegance, for
many of the Indians are exceedingly
rich and possess great stores of bar
baric finery. I Just wish you could see
my collection of sashes, socks, garters,
necklaces, bracelets ant' headbands! I
have one very old calumet v.ith tha
three sacred feathers dangling from
the stem by a slender baud of porcu
pine quills and grass. I haven't a tom
ahawk, I'm sorry to say. The orna
mental drums and tomahawks belong
to the tribes and cannot be bought."
Bicycles.
A new "warner," which has been pat
ented consists of a whistle which may
be readily attached to a safety bicycle,
the whole device comprising an air
pump to be actuatPd by the rotary mo
tion of the front wheel, to afford a copi
ous supply of air, and, on the movement
of a lever, to blow a loud blast on a
whlstb connected to the pump.
Laura George, look at that dog! Will
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tie utiui uiri ii lies a (log
of any Judgment, Laura, he'll try to
cat you! Get out, you brute! Chicago
Tribune.
Every one dislikes a man who wear
a dirty vest.
Tbe summer girl has come back ur
town,
A symphony In tan;
She now can wear a low-cut gown.
And see a real live man.
Philadelphia Record.
I A neighborhood toss apreaaa fasts
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