' B. F. SOHWEIEB. TUB CONSTITUTION THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. VOL. XLIX MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1895. NO. 49. CHAPTER XI. The construction which Captain Dem tad put upon his wife's conversutioj with her old admirer was a very natural one. Not for a moment did hU trust i her loyalty and truth falter, nor did hi suppose that Major Larron had endeav ored to shake the foundation of either but he thought thnt tht latter had beet vindicating his past conduct, and h Judged by Mrs. Dene'B agitated deuiennol that she had not listened to hint un moved. If so, the hope he had treasure of winning her love at last was furthet away than ever; indeed, he was not surl that he had not earned her actual hatl by coming between her and the lover whi had thus tardily rehabilitated himself il her esteem. He paced outside his tent until the Ugh) of day-break made the stars grow palej and gradually fade away. Then he luj down and slept. It seemed to him tha' he was sleeping still as he sat at earlj breakfast and heard the gay chatter of the rest. This was to be the day of the Tent Uul meeting, so they were all anxious foj good sport and to start betimes. The foul gentlemen for Colonel I'rinsep hu tireskfusted with them rode awuj abreast, while -Mrs Dene and Jane Htm at the entrance of the U-nt, watchim thorn as they went. . "I hoie I sincerely hope," said Mrsj r l. "that ni.tliiiiu will happen. "There is no danger, is tbeier ane Jane, with a scared face. Vft nn I finmiose not. "They have been ont several times bo fore, and nothing happened?" "True." sighed Mrs. lene. She was scarcely cons, inns of her ow words. She was wondering whether iiu deed it was too late whether there miglil not be a hoi yet. Following up bet thoughts, she went inside the tent, a look up a looking-glass that lay on the table underneath a vase of flowers; bid it was small, and a little dimmed Sin put it down impatiently, and turned tr .""I "wish I hnd what yon despised th other day. and cnlle.l vulgarity," she ex claimed. "What was it? I forget." "I'rettiness. 1 wish I were as pretty a TJane looked at ber thought fully, anc did not deliver the prompt protest whick perhaps Mrs. Pcne exie ted. Well, what do you think?" Mrs. Den asked, with a short laugh. "1 don't think you are pretty. Bu then." Jane added, hastily, "you know I never have thought prettincss a thing ti be desired. It is such a blank, nnmean Ing word, which eaii be used for almost anything without misapplication. No, I don't think yon are pretty; you ar sweet, and elegant." "And dress well. Why don't yon caU ne a fashion-plate at once?" laughed Mrs. Dene, genuinely amused. Jnne blushed and laughed, too. "I am a great bungler at description, Colonel Trinsep had a better word fo you last night; ho snid you were 'inter esting,' and that is just what I was try Ing to express." Mrs. Iene walked away, smiling. Shi Aad registered a great resolve, and wa only eager to put it into execution. 8h had determined to put away the reservr which was growing habitual with her, and strive to prove the truth of what they aid: she was going to try to interest beg husband. She put on her prettiest gown, not hel costliest one somehow the word "ele gant" hml rather nettled her. She did not wish to appear a merely Intelligent and graceful exponent of the fashions, but as a living, breathing woman, who loved her husband as much as she wish ed him to love her. As she gave a parting glance at hermir ror, she confessed to herself that the case was not Impossible. Animation had given her momentary beauty. She had forgotten all her fearsj but as she crossed the ground from he dressing tent to the one in which they usually sat. she saw something which re called them with added force. Colonel Trinsep was galloping toward her over the bare maidan, and some disj tance behind him came a procession of Ut hn could not guess, for such cloud of dust was raised that it was InV J possible to distinguish any object clearlyj but she feared even yet she scarcely knew what she feared. It was some thing too terrible to put Into words. She went to meet him, staggering be' rirftth the hot middny sun, and with bands half outstretched as though sha would wrest the truth from him if need be by force. "What is it?" she asked. In a hoars, whisper. "There has been an accident and we rant you to get everything rendy," h began, trying to lead her thoughts from wlint hml already happened to what might still le done. Hut he broke dowo under her sleadfnst, agonized gaze. "Who who?" she screamed rather than spoke. Then, as his hesitation told her nil, she added in a strangely quiet, mn tiled voice "You need not say. t know I have known all along. It is Gerald it is my husband." He stared at her helplessly, and wal relieved when the sound of a dress rusts, ling over the dried-np grass struck uponi his ear. It was Jane, who, seeing from, the tent that something unusual had oc enrred. hastened tc join her friend. "What is it?" she asked, in her turn, nd threw her arm round Mrs. Dene'., waist, as though to defend her from tha reply. To her he could give a more circum tn nt in I answer. "It is Captain Dene, who tinfortnnate fy has been wounded. They are bringing Vim now." "Seriously wounded? ssked Jane quickly, and felt from tha pressure of Mrs. Dene's hand that she bad put tha question which Mrs. Dene herself would bavo liked to ask, only that she was afraid. "I think not honestly, I think not They have sent for the doctor, and h will be here shortly." "Would you like to know how It hap pened?" asked Jane, gently, of Mr. Dene, and again was answered by ft faint pres. ur of the hand. J A) r7 I uue iu iaid her head noon the Ctrl' shoulder, and was gazing into Colonel I'riusep's face with earnest, tearless eyes, hungry for all the news that he could give. "It all happened so quickly; I cannot tell you exactly how It was. We were fol lowing a large boar, and he escaped from us, just as we were closing round him. Into a small patch of thick jungle. Of course the coolies ought to have gone in and driven him out; but he had turned upon them twice, and they were In a mortal fright of him. Indeed it would have been a dangerous attempt. Dene, who had been riding splendidly, had al ready speared bim; and as we were dis cussing what could be done he jumped oil his horse for no horse could have gone In and rushed into the grass himself. 'I'll drive him out for yon! he cried, and the next moment there was a quick, sharp scuttle and the pig rushed out Larron and some of the men who were farther off and had not seen what had happened, pursued and killed him, I believe; but Valentine and I went In and found poor Dene stretched on the ground senseless, his shirt torn and the blood flowing front his breast." Mrs. Dene shuddered and hid her face. "How soon will he be here?" the Col onel heard her murmur. "In another ten minutes. The men are walking very slowly, to spare him pain." They were Indeed coming with a meas ured treud that added solemnity to a scene already sad. To Jane It looked like a funeral, and she prepared herself for the worst. When they reached the wounded man, his wife was comparatively calm. She only glanced once at bis pale, uncon scious face, and after that did not Ten- ture to look again. Ilia band was hang- j ing over the side of the rough cbarpoy iney nan utilized as a stretcner, ana clasping it closely in ber own, she walkeV beside him. Colonel Prinsep met them to say he had procured a room in the hotel, and there they carried him. and almost at the same moment the doctor arrived. Then followed nearly an hour of expec tation, mingled with involuntary fear, during which time no sound issued through the closed doors,, and Mrs. Dene clung convulsively to Jane, moaning ev ery now and then in irrepressible pain, but with the tears still very far from her burning, aching eyes. Then the door ojiened very gently, and the doctor came out. Mrs. Dene looked at him agitatedly, bnt could frame no form of speech. It was Jane who asked hastily if there was "any hope." "Every hope. Indeed, after a Tery careful examination, I see no cause for fear," he answered, with a grave smile full of kindliness. "There Is a great weakness from loss of blood, and I dare ay ha will have a bad bout of the Inev itable fever, but from the actual wound he has received I apprehend no danger." "Thank heaven!" cried Jane, Impul sively; but his wife remained speechless still. "lie only requires plenty of nourish ment and very careful nursing, and that" gallantly "I am sure he will not lack." He took up his hat, and with a bow In cluding both ladles, and a promise to look In again that evening, he went out. Then only did Mrs. Dene make a sign that sha had heard and understood all. "Oh, Jane, Jane!" she gasped tremu lously; and her joy being more than she couid bear, she burst Into a flood of pas sionately happy tears. Jane, too, was very helpful, and tried to save her friend what she could. Colonel Trinsep admired her more than ever in this chastened mood, and told her once, as together they were busy over something Mrs. Dene had given them to do, that if be ever were in trouble he should go to her for comfort. The following morning Jana departed under Colonel Prinsep' care, and Mrs. Dene was left alone with her husband at Cawnpore. . Kb man could have had more devoted rare than had Captain Dene during the days that followed. He was not allowed to talk, nor would his strength have per mitted it had the doctor been less strict; but his eyes followed bis wife gratefully as she moved about the room, and some time, as she stood beside the bed he would lay his hand gently upon hers. After a week the improvement in hi condition was decided. Tha doctor now came only once a day, and after one of his visits made a sign to Mrs. Dene to aceoniDany him from the room. "Your husband is certainly better, Mrs. Dene," he said, turning to her with a con gratulatory smile. "I consider him out of danger now." She looked at him blankly. "Do you mean that he was In danger before?" "I don't know frankly I confess that I didn't know. I feared some internal in Jury, for the prostration was greater than, the acute wounds seemed to justify. But. I must have been mistaken. Doctors are anything but infallible, though it does not do for their patients to suppose so." She had been very pale as tbe knowl edge of the past danger was borne upon her. Then a sweet solemn joy grew into her face as she realized that it was sur mounted now that she need fear noth ing, and might hope much. Directly the doctor had left she ran hack into her husband's room, radiant with happiness which she could not con ceal from him, although she busied ber celf with a thousand things to distract bis attention. At length he said In the feeble Tote that had often brought tears into her eyea, but that now, fortified by this new consciousness of safety, had no power to sadden her: "If you had loved me, Nora," he added. "I do love you I do lore yon! Oh, Ger ald, don't yon know? Can't you gue what I have suffered all this time think ing I might lose youT Yon are weak, yt darling," she murmured, fondly. "Strong in your love," he managed to articulate, as she bent lovingly over him. No thought of Barry Larron disturbed bis reverie. Without staying to analyse bis reasoning, he knew be had no causa for jealousy; he knew she had loved bint all the time bim alone, although she had not known It Presently before she could remon strate with him be spoke, By an effort be had steadied bis voice. It sounded wonderfully strong and clear, Wife, wife! How nappy yon nave me! v t given mj UH lift with new hope. uiiua 1 most h-is loved you although then I did not call it love even before we married; and latter ly it the love, Nora has grown deeper and deeper every day. Now a paradise seems to have opened before ns a para dise in which you and I, Nora wife lovf Ms this death?" She thought he had only fainted from exhaustion, and threw her arms around him to support him, but as his head fell heavily against her shoulder she knew at once that it waa something more. The one pitiful gasp for breath, the marble pallor that crept across his face and then the dead weight upon her breast, all com bined to tell the terible truth. He had died died so, in her arras, at the very moment when life had become precious and full of beautiful possibili ties. Just as she had entered into real wifehood she waa bereaved. She was widow! '" CHAPTER XII. v The trust that Mrs. Dene had pnt In Colonel Trinsep was fully justified. His conduct to Jane during their journey was ts coldly courteous as she would have wished. Most of his time was spent In the adjoining compartment on the plea sf wishing to smoke; but he came to the door of her carriage at every stopping place to see if she required anything, and that she was provided with plenty of pa pers and some fruit "I am afraid I have not done my duty to my neighbor," bo observed, as he took a seat when neoring the end of their Journey. "That all depends," said Jane, "on where one's duty begins and ends. You have been very good in getting me papers. I have not read half of them yet and the mangoes were delicious." Both felt relieved when they reached (heir destination. Jane had jumped from the carriage before Colonel I'rinsep could assist her and had flown to her father's side. She took his big brown hand in her own, and clasped it as though she would never let it go. Mr. Knox was a little bewllderen, though flattered at his daughter's delight at seeing him again, in spite of tbe con trast he must afford to those with whom he had been. He looked down at her with critical fondness. Was it possible, in spite of the rapturous letters they had received from her every day, that she had not been happy with her fine friends? But when Colencl Prinsep came up he forgot these doubts in seeing his evident consideration for Jane and attention to ber wants. And the child accepted hi civilities with such easy grace. "Little minx! She has inherited this self-possession from her mother, whose proier pride, as she herself calls it is generally equal to the most embarrassing occasions." For bis part it was as much as he could do to keep his legs In an easy attitude, and he had even more ditSculty in refraining from giving a military sa lute to his colonel, although in plain clothes. To escape from what he felt to be an uncomfortable situation he moved away toward the luggage-van, swaggering in his walk the more noticeably that he was not entirely at his ease. . Jane looked after him, and Stephen I'rinsep looked at ber. A moment later their eyes had met, and Jane seemed to guess instinctively the reason of his former Imperturbability. It was not because he did not care, but because he cared too much. And Colonel Prinsep? He saw that she had surprised his secret in the same in itant as he bad realized that he had a ecret to be concealed. After answering at random her father's questions for about ten minutes, the knowledge that they were pearing home (uade her hasten to open the subject (To be continued.) Has No Credit System. Arizona has lots of things which the talance of the world can't boast of, imong which Gila monsters are pecu liar. Bat, perhaps, the most peculiar, ind In one sense the most creditable not only to Arizona, but to the world it large Is the conception of a Tempo grocer of that territory. He won't rive credit That Is the Inexorable law of his grocery store.'"Mle tells ev irybody to come and buy for cash, and when bis custoiirers tell him they have not got the cash, be tells them in his rood-natured way: "Call at my coun ter and get It and then buy what you want" Tbe funny part of the business la that he does just what he says he will do, and this Is bow he does It: A customer makes out a list of the things be wants. It Is submitted to the cash ier. The cashier affixes the price to each item, adds op the amount makes out a promissory note for the amount presents It to the customer, tbe cus tomer signs it then without discount the customer Is given the amount In cash and told to go forth into the store and buy the goods he has Inscribed on his list This Tempe grocer has solved a long-lost problem, one which the groc ers will. In all probability, be only too plad to Jump at It gives them a prom issory note and does away with that! Infernal nuisance of open debts which,' under the laws of this and other States,! It takes so long to recover on, with the chances of no recovery. Los Angeles! Times. Tbe lover, women complain, does not lirar, BiirvtrA In the hiishnnd. Run Is it not equally true that the sweet- ' heart dries not always survive In the wife? Ladies' Home Journal. Idolatry was thus termed from two1 Greek words signifying "the worship of Images." Idolatry Is not to be con rounded with Paganism. Weil dried lignnni vitae is siM to be omomr Ibe heaviest of wood-1, weig'iing 8.1,31 pouuds to tbe cubic foot. On Qnidnessit Neck, Ebnde Island, Nathaniel Allen has established an experimental orchard of 1000 peach treep. The prealest bell is that lorK , famous as the giant ol the Krenilin.Ju j Moscow, Uaaeia. its weigui wni pounds. M. Jansson, the French scientist, claims to have detecte 1 water in toe atmosphere of Mars by means of the spectroscope Lemnel H. Andrews, of Wst Usdsden, Flu , baa killed 1278 rattle- snakes during bis life. I 'Brash" wood is porous, of a re 1 dish color, very friable and regarded as a sign of age and decay. I Special closed trolley Tars, elalior ately illuminated, are now built for tbe nse of theatre parties. A French railroad company has ordered clocks to be placed on tbe outside of every locomotive. I A locomotiva consumes on an aver age forty-five jrallona of water for every mil that it runs. WHAT SUN SPOTS ARE DISCOVERY MADE BY PROF. COLES, OF KINGSTON, PA. Say They Are Planet Passing Before the 8 tin Succeeds in Photoarraphkna Them with HI. Loni Distance Photo scope and Solving; a Great Problem, Solution Stems Plain. One of the greatest discoveries Id modern science has just been made by Prof. O. Coles, of Kingston, Pa. The views of the Galileo and others of that day, were that the "spofe" were on the surface of the eun, and that they were Figure 1 showing the sun and the planet (sunspots) passing over it as they an seen in the photographs. parried round by the rotation of tht sun on its axis, and such are the viewl held by astronomers of the present day. But we have never been told just what ti J. ennta a p. All Vi .vnlanallnn. fered to-day are as vague and conjee I MRS. ttiral as were those of the ancient. am nvolvlng as much uncertainty and con tradiction. Prof. Young says we can look Into 'he dark center of these sun spots, as Sito a funnel, to the depth of probably S,(Miu miles. All of the great astrono mers In agreeing that In many Inn tun res where the sun spot Is forming there is a fcnulual unveiling of the dark un- Figure 2 Is ai enlarged photo of Nos. 4 and 5 as see in figure 1. derlylng body until the perfect Bitot Is disclosed. In other cones fiery whlsps ieem to leap from behind the dark cen ters, like flames breaking around and iver an opposing obstacle. Prof. C. Coles, whose wonderful dls :overies are surpriiiing all Christendom, ins discovered, by the aid of his long listance photoscope or electric eye, that what Is now known oe sun spots are in reality unknown planets passing be tween the earth and sun. Frof. Colo lays "those planets get In such close contiguity to each other that the ln- figure 3 shows No. 5 enlarged so as to show the rivers and mountain ranges. ireased voltage of the sun's rays envel rps them In an all embracing electrical necn of flame until they appear like l sun within a sun, as shown In largo rut marked No. 5." He says: "if you take a large ball and suspend It Into the air a few feet from the ground, then get some one to turn a water hose in It from tbe opposite side, yon will get a correct Idea how the sun' rays itrike these) planets and glance off In ill directions, as does the water on the ball, and makes a fiery appearance, Uke a great fiery monster continually changing Its positions." The professor says that when Oieae tenets reach the eun-Une of our eart rt Mir tea mhO Jsartlaa f . bot tte Sr w a they read' me center oi we sun, mucn iiae cne un veiling of the moon. Numerous plan eta are constantly passing around tin' sun, and as often as they pass betweei the earth and aun we feel their disturb lag Influences." , Presence of Mind. What U It to have presence of mlndl Why, to have your wits about yot When they are most needed. A boy was passing an examination In one of the public schools last week and, uiuiougii um veiy uu.-rau.ui, uic it remarked: "That boy has a good mind. I couldn't confuse htm." ' In boy parlance, he didn't get tied." He bad presence of bind. A few days ago. In attempting r swing off a moving cable train, a boy lost his hold and fell between tw tracks. Luckily he landed clear of th track of his own car. bnt both leg! stretched a crows the track opposite, oi which a car was rapidly approaching No time for him to rise, and to attempt it between two moving trains was ex tremely dangerous. What did the boj mnitary order Issued b, shifting his legs from off the track, -eneral Grant is in the possession of straightened bis body trot and Jay stiU Colonel Dawson, la e quartermaster of while the two trains whizzed by bim , " Twenty-first Illinois, each within a few foot of the other. There is only one wooden churck In one of the big department stores, building In England to-day a chapel, yot long ago, a small "cash" girl had guarded by a tower over 200 years old, her band Imprisoned by the heavy lid ( n Greens ted park, near Ongar. f a box closing unexpectedly. TJndei ( Hubert, the great Canadian author, the fright and ptti the young S'D ity on potatoes, says that 10.000.o00 lu fatntod. I liers cf that species can be raised f roio "Get some water, quick!" command single one m foup go tS'iS -,an Td all trains mn. Ana sue r ' . . Btop at every station until the police the electric lights! lv ,, , , That was the want or presence o mind, PEART, WItcTie. In Scotland. - -So lately as the middle of this cen tury a girl of Loulsburgh, near Wick, was accused of being In league with the "pooers o mischief," says the Scot- usn iteview ana a remedy akin to mat recently practiced with such tragic re- suits In Ireland was devised. She was placed in a basket lined with shavings of wood, which was then hung over a lire, ine Issue In this case was The Issue In this case was not fatal, but the folk averred that die was Drna not "half so witchlike" after she had been singed. A hag of the Northern Isles was at times thought to be meta morphosed Into a porpoise, and In fair weather she would dive under and over- turn a fishing boat against whose skip- jer she bore a grudge. On one occa slon she was made to place her hand on the bodies of several men who had met their death In such a way, and. In the words of the old chronicler, one "bled at the colllr bane," another 'ln the hands and fingers, gushing out bluld tbalrat to the great admirations f the beholders and revelation of the Judgment of the almychtle." A host of stories tell of Northern witches who have given diseases to horses, oxen and flocks of moorland iheep. Herdsmen to tills day distrust unknown persons who touch the food of their kye, lest It be poisoned. In Shet land the cat or vaneja Is regarded as an tniin.l which brings good luck; if she la teen to run toward the boat's mast, mere Is sure to be a good catch. In Caithness, on the contrary, witches fre quently appear In the form of cats. A carpenter of Scrabster In olden times was systematically robbed of his meal and cakes. He thought It "cu'na be cannle," and one night ae he watched he saw a number of cats devouring his property. In a trice be cut off the right leg of one of them, whereupon they made their escape with a rapidity which confirmed bis former suspicions. Short ly afterward an old woman, who had always been looked noon with disfavor, was found dead In her lone cottage, bereft of her right leg. A Caref ul PninTiy Howe. When Mrs. Sherman, of West Fifth street Dayton, O., drove In a buggy to ber mother's residence In the east end yesterday she Intended to stop for a moment and In ber hurry neglected to tie the family borse or remove her 8 y ear-old child from the rig. In ber temporary absenco the borse turned his head homeward and. Jogging aloug at an easy pace with the 8-year-old child as the only occupant of the rig, safely made tbe return trip journey along two miles of streots filled with electric cars) vehicles and pedestrians. In the time of Christ tb wn Brlglrt htars collectively knows as "the BIj Dipper" were In the form of a diamond, Tbe highest Inhabited building In En- rope In the Alpine Club house on Monnl 55rf499tf twt ftbtrtJb JfTji NOTES OF THE1 DAY. Odessa la said to be the prettiest end inoat European town In Russia. : Over a thousand people die of dell? turn tremens in England every year. At the present rate of Increase this country will have a population of l'JO, WO.000 In 1940. Sweden has a deaf and dumb corps of the Salvation Army. Four meetings xre held weekly. One hundred -thousand Odd Fellow iave dled g,nce tte onJer wag orgallUed United States. " , "T 1 In Middle bmithtield. Pa, there U l . suesuiut tree mui measures mnem-u feet In circumference four feet above . Gold beaters say that a speck of gola weighing less than one-millionth part of a grain can be seen with the naked eye. Half a dozen men who were rolling In wealth in the prosperous 1849 period ire now Inmates of the San Francisco poorhouse. r . ' """ ' - " " "i"" y in a tavern at Leer, Holland, a youik fool lately bet 30 cents that he could eat a thousand flies at one sitting. Thj flies were caught and put In a beer Class, and then he won, , - Japnneso houses In the largest cltlct ire of one general shape, two stories high and put together by a curious method of mortising, at which these people are adepts, not one nail being used throughout the construction of the building. The House of Parliament In Londoi is partly lighted by 40,000 electric lamps, which number Is li-ins con stantly Increased. Fifty -deuced electricians are employed to keep the system In order. But there Is still a gas bill of over $12,000 for the year. About f 200,000,000 is the esth-.ate bj jarefql authorities of the world's pro duction of gold during the ye&r SX. The figure last year was SISO.OOO.UH), an Increase of $2.1,000,000 over 1SIW. In three years the world's stock of gold has been increased by $537,000,000 and the stream of fresh gold from Xhi mines grows, larger and larger. Tho Philadelphia street car compan les calculate that they have received $70,000 from trolley parties exclusively during the past summer. The average amount received from each participant Is estimated at 10 cents, and this would show 700,000 persons who Indulged In this amusement which appears to have Its chief center In Philadelphia. England Is laughing at the case of i fory squire, a widower over 7 years old, who Is said to have settled all his property on his son, with the exception of a slight annuity, In order to evade the death duties. The old gentleman then fell In love and was accepted, but the nnttllal son declined to provide funds to set him up in matrimony acd the match Is off. Tossing in a blanket was formerly 1 iahment for Insubordinate volnn. j ',eers UurlnK the Napoleon panic period, Tho Westminster boys once seized a hw.piipp. curie, who had nlrated and .,i.iii, f kw ' .. ... oration without permission, ana alter tossing him In a blanket ducked bim tinder the pump and kicked him out of Dean's yard. A party of Bangor bicyclists rode tt ! Bucksport and on their return they stopped at a farmhouse to get a drink of water. The man told tlicin thai he could not accommodate t'lem with water, but they could have u'l tho mUk they wanted. He said that he had to drive his cows five miles to water them and on account of the dry weather he found It almost Impossible to get water enough for use In tha family. j A woman at Old Orchard. Me., h.n succeeded In making quite a pet of a humming-bird. The little creature I-as become perfectly domesticated, aud has been allowed to fly In and out of the house at pleasure by a window that has purposely been left open. It Is a house hold pet By night it perches nn a piece of clothes line strung Ir the kitch en, and on rainy days flutters abou' the plants and flowers In tho house. I Indiana Is taking steps to hold a nild contlnent exposition In the year 1000 as a centennial celebration of the or ganization of Indiana as a tori I to ry of the United States, embracing at that time all of the Northwest beyond Ohio. The territory was born July , 1800, and Geueral W. II. Harrison, the fu ture president, was its governor for th next eleven years. The State was ad mitted In 1S1G. At ages 15 and 19 fourteen womei marry within twelve months out of ev ery thousand husbandless women of these ages. At ages 20 to 24 107 women marry within twelve months ont of very thousand husbandless women ui these ages. At ages 25 to 8 1 M women marry within twelve monnhs ont of trery thousand husbandles women of these ages. At ages 85 and older 12 women marry within twelve months out or every tnousana nusoanaiesa womer of these ages. The New York Legislature, at Ks Ia session, enacted a law which has just gone Into effect the object of which II to prevent telephone operators from Injudicious talking. The act makes It I misdemeanor for any telegraph or tel ephone operator to divulge the content! of any message received or transmitted by bim or her In the regular course ol business, or for any person to Hcek ot obtain such Information. This statrtts is an amendment to a law enacted soms years ago, which applied only to tele- graph messages, the telephone being then an undiscovered boon lathe ens- ttfrtftto & P.DB.TDLjK Ine eminent Divine s Sunday acrmuu. Subject: "Handwriting on the Wail." Tfxt: "In that nisfht wai Bflishazz-u-Ae King of the Chaldeans, slain." Daniel a, 3J. v.. , , , . gSIL WRi rnt " ?on' "own on Ilahy- ton. The shadows of her S50 towers began to lengthen.' The Euphrates rolled on, touched by the flery splendors of the setting sun, and gates of brass, burnished and glit tering, opened and shut like doors of flame. The hamrinir cardens of Rnhvinn with the heavy dew, began to pour from starlit ol . P"v.eai foi SiEl r "S4, JP,017te and square! Thf X! fnCe ""i1 fro,1,10 "nd Dron" ffJlli tars sad galleries of art !3?h?l. 7 nd pomp and gran leuj e.Zfl rarf. entrtainments. Scene rV ."7 Z'T"?.???. , " u.i..u aw. ouirai-Honi excess and splendid wickedness came to th king's palace to do their mightiest deeds ol darkness. A royal feast'to-night at the king's palace Rushing up to the gates are chariots, uphol Mered with precious cloths from Dndan, anc drawn by Are eyed horses from Togarmah, that rear and neieh in the grasp' of the char ioteers, while a thousand lords dismount! and women, dressed In a 1 the splendors ol Syrlnn emerald, and the color blending ol agaro, and thechnteness of coral, and th somber glory of Tyrian purple and princeh embroideries, brought from afar bv cameli across the desort and by ships of Tarshisl across the sea. Open wide the gates and let the gnsti eomela. The chamberlains and cupbearer! are all ready. Hark to the rustle of the silks and to the carol of the music! See the blaze of tha Jewels! Lift thu banners. Fill the caps, tllap the ov nbals. Blow the trim pets. Let the night go by with song and dnnoe and ovation, and let that Bibvbmish tongue be palsied that will not say, "O King Be'sharaar, live forever!" Ah, my friends. It was not any eommoi banquet to whloh these great people came: All parts of the earth had sent their riches) viands to that table. Brackets ami nhande ners nasnea their light upon tankards ol burnished gold. Fruits, ripe and luseioitsj la baskets at sliver, entwined with leaves, plnelced rrom royal conservatories. Vases; Inlaid with emerald and ridged with ex quisite traceries, nued with nuts that werf threshed from forests of distant Innds. Wine brought from the royal vats, foam. Ing In the decanters and bubbling in the chalices. Tufts of eassla and frankincense wafting their sweetness from wall and table. Girgeous bannors unfolding in the breeze that oame through the open window, be witched with the perfumes of hangins; gar dens. Fountains rising np from inolosures of Ivory, In lets of crystal, to fa'l In clatter ing rain of diamonds and pearls. Statues of nighty men looking down from niche9 in the wall upon crowns and shields brought from subdued empires. Idols of wonderful work standing on pedestals of precious stones, Embrolderleti stooping about the win dows and wrapping pillars of cedar and drifting on floor inlaid with Ivory and a ate. Huslo, mingling with the thrum o: hnrps, and tho olash of ovmbals. and th( blast of trumpets In one wave of transport that went rippling along the wall ant broathlng among the garlands and pourint down the corridors, and thrilliug the souls Of a thousand banqueters. The slgual is given, and the lords and la dies, tho mighty men and women of the land, some around the table. Pour out the wiue. Let foam and bubble kiss the rim Hoist every one his cup and drink to tha sentiment, ''O King Beisobazzar, live for. ever!" Bestarred bead band and oarcanet of royal beauty gleam to the up lifted Dilations, as again, and again, and again they are emptied, Awaj with care from the ptlaoe! Tear royal dignity to tatters! Pour out more wiue! Give us more light, wilder musiq sweeter perfume! Lord shouts to lord, oap. tain ogles to captain. Goblets olash; de canters rattle. There come in the obsceni song, and the drunken hiccough, and th sluvering Up, aud the mi (Taw of idiot le laugh tor, bursting fromtheliof princes, flushed, reeling, bloodshot, while mingling with il all 1 hear, "Huzza, huzza, tor great Bel. ebnzziu!" What is that on the plastering of the wall", Is it a spirit? Is it a pha-tom? Is it God' TllBiuunio stops. The goblets fall trom thi nervelers grasp. There is a thrill. There! a start There Is a thousaud voiood shriel of hjrror. Let Daniel be brought in to reat that writing. Ha comes in. He roads it ' Weighed iu the balance and found want ing." Meanwhile the Medes, who for two yean bad been laying siege to that elty, took ad vantage of thac carousal and came in. I bear tbe feet of the conquerors on the palace stairs. Massacre rushes iu with a thousand gleaming k Divert. Death bursts upon the scene, end I shut the door of that banquet ing hall, for I do not want to look. There is nothing there but torn banners, and brokei wreaths, and the slush of upset tnnkards, and the blood of raurjered women, and the kiuked aai tumbled oarcass of a dead king. For "in that night was Belshozzar, the king of the tihaldeaus, slain." I go on to learn some lessons from all this. I learn that when God writes anything on tbe wall a man had better read it as it is! Daniel did not misinterpret or modify the handwriting on tbe wall. It is all foolish ness to expect a minister of the gospel tc preach always things that the people like oi the people choose. Young men o: Washington, what shall I preach t you to-nigh ? Shall I tell you o the dignity of human nature? a bill I tell you of the wonders that our race has accomplished? "Oh, no," you say. "Tel me the message that came from God." i will. If there is any handwriting ou tin wall, it is this lesson: "Rjpent! Accept ol Christ and be saved!" I might ask of t great many other things, but that is themes sage, and so I declare it. Jesus never tat tered those to whom He preached. He saic to those who did wrong and who were offen sive in His sight: "Ye generation of vipers. Ye whited sepulehers! How can ye es cape the damnation of bell!" Paul thi apostle preached before a man who was noi rertdy to hear bim preach. What subject did he take? Did he say: "Ob, you are a good man, a very tine man, a very noble man?" No. He preached of righteousness to a man who was uurighteous, of temper ance to a man who was a victim of bad ap petites, of the judgment to come to a man who was unilt for it. So we must always de clare the message that happens to come tc us. Daniel must read it as it is. A ministei preached before James L of England, wh was James VI. of Scotland. What subject did be take? The king was noted all ovet toe world for being unsettled and waveriua in his Ideas. What did the minister preact about to this man who was James I. of Eng land and Jiimes TI. of Scotland? He toot for his text James 8: "He that waverett is like a wave of the sea driven withtht wind and tossed." Hugh Latimer offended the king by a sermon be preached, and thi king said, "Hugh Latimer, come and apologize.' "I will," said Hugh Latt mer. So the day was appointed, and the king's chapel was full of fords and dukej and the mighty men and women of tht country, for Hugh Latimer was to apollglze. He began his sermon by saying: "Hugh Latimer, bet hi nit thee! Ihou art la tm presence of thine earthly king, who can de stroy thy body. Bat bethink thee, Hugh Latimer, that thou art in the presence of tn King of heaven and earth . who eaa destro both body and soul in hell fire." Then h preached with appall ing directness at thi ting's crimes. Another lesson that comes to us to-night-there is a great difference between the open ing of tbe banquet of sin and its elose. Young man, if you had looked in upon tht banquet in the first few hours, yon would lave wished you had been invited there and liuld sit at the feast. "Oh, the grandeur f Belshazzar's feast!" you wonld hava Kid, but you look In at the close of the janquet and your blood curdles with hor xr. The king of terrors has there a ghast ler banquet. Human blood is the wine and lying groans are the musio. Sin has made H gtvauv ia s, uv uiunv, um unef uiwtw taelf a king in the earth It has crowned vvssbw www -l,3rv1 4sXJ fZ ill the world to oome to it" It has hung la Its banqueting hall the spoils of all king ioms and tha banners of all Nationi. It has l raihereii from all music. It has strewn , trom its wealth the tables sad floors and Irenes. And yet how often ts that hunnnrf I Woken up and bow horrible is Its end! Ever md ,H,on ther haud writing on tn wu. , V king fnils. A great culprit is arrested, ine knees of wieltoilnoas knock toeetber. iod's judgment, like an armed host, breaks n upon the banquet, and that night is Bul ihazzar. the king of the Chaldeans, slain, Herarfs a young man who says: "I cannot lee why they make such a fuss about the in oxieating cup. Why, It is exhilarating! It nakes me feel well. I can talk better, think Jetter, feel better. I cannot see why peonls lave such a prejudice aeainst it." A few ' rears pass on, and be wakes up limself In the clutches of an evil I and finis an evil habit which -3 in) iw ureK. uui cannor. anri ne cries jut, "O Lord God, help me!" Ir snems as :hough God would not hear his prayer, an I In an agony of body and soul ha cries nut, It biteth like a serpent, and stingnth like 1 in adder." How bright it was at the start' - Eiow black It was at the last! Here is a man who begins to read loose 'novels. "They are so charming." he says. I "1 will go out aud see for myself whether all these things are so." He opens the gate of .sinful life. He goes in. A sinful sprite neets him with her wand. S.ie wave her nJ. ".'! . ". enchantment. Why. it ' SAAma a If lia nnmila nf I I, I . 1 . vials of perfume in the atmosphere. As he walks on he finds the hills becoming more radiant with foliage and thi ravines more resonant with the falling a-ater. Oh. what a char-ning landscape h lees! But that sinful sprite, with her wand, meets him again, but now she reverses tha rand, ami all the enchantment Is gone. The Jup is full of poison. The fruit turns to l-hos. All the leaves of the baw-?r are forked tongues of hlssiag serpents. The flowing fountains fall back in a dead pool stenchful itb corruption. The lu.ing sonss become mrses and screams of demoniac laughter. Lout spirits gather about him an I feel for his lenrt and beckon him on with "dail broih-r! 3nil, blasted spirit, hail!" lie tries t- it-t ut. He comes to the front door where h mtered and tries to pnsb. it back, but tho ioor turns against him, aud in the jar ot hnt shutting door he hears thesi words, 'This night is Bulshtz-sar, the king of tho 3haldeans, slain." Sin may open bright a? :ho morning. It en Is dark as the night! I leain further from this subject that death lometimes breaks in upon a banquet. Why lid he not go down to the prisons in Baby lon? There were people there that would .ike to have died. I supposethero were men ind women in torture in that city who would have welcomed death, but he comes :o the palace, and just at the time wlin tho nirth is dashing to the tiptop pit-h death Dreaks in at the banquet. We have jften seen the sa ne thing illustrated. Here is a young man just come from college. He is kind. He is loving. He is enthusiastic. He is eloquent. By one spring lie may l.ound to heights toward which many men have peen struggling for years. A profes ion opens before him. He is established in the law. His friends cheer him. Eminent men encourage him. After awhile you may see him standing in the American Senate or moving a popular assemblage by his elo quence, as trees are moved in awhirlwiud. Home night he retires early. A fever is ou him. Delirium, like a reckless charioteer. f elites therein of his intellect. F.ither and j mother stand by and see the tides of his life going out to the great ocean. The bnnuii -t Is coming to an end. The lights of thought and mirth anil eloquence are being extin guished. Tho garlands are snatched from ihe brow. 'l'Us vision is gone. Death at the. latiquet! I have also to learn from the subject that the destruction of the vicious and ol those who despise God will be very sudden. The wave of mirth had dashed to the highest point when the invading army brolce through. It was unexecuted. Suddenly, almost always, oomes the doom of those who despise God and dfy the laws of men. How was it at tbe deluge Do you suppose It came through a long northeast storm, so that people for days before were sure it was coming? No, I suppose the morning was bright; that calmness brooded on the waters; that beauty sat enthroned on the hills, when 3Uil.le-ily the heavens burst and the moun tains sank like anchors into the s-a that dashed olearover the Andes aud the Himala yas. The Red Sen was divided. The Egyptians' tried to cross it. There could be no danger. The Israelites had just gonethrough. Where they had gone, why not the Egyptians? Oh, it was such a beautiful walking pla-! A pavement of tinged shells an 1 pearls, and on either side two great walls of water solid. There can be ;no danger. Forward, great host of the "Egyptians! Clap th cymbals and blow the trumpets ot victory! After them! We will catch them yet, and they shall be destroyed. But the walls begin to tremble! They rock' Ttiy fall! Tho rushing waters! The shriek of drowning, men! The swimming of the war horses in vain for the shore! The strewing of the great host on the bottom of the si-a, or pitched by the angry wave on the beai-b t battered, bruised an 1 loathsome wre.-k! Suddenly destruction ca-ne. Ou-) half b-mi before they oould not have believdj it. Do, grayed, ami without reme ly. I am just setting forth a fact, which you have noticed as well as I. Ananias comes to the apostle. The apostle says. "Did you sell the land for so much?' H-j says, "Yes." It was a lie. Dead, as quick as that! Sapphira, his wife, coinw in. "Did von sell the land for so much?" "Yes." It wis a lie, and quick as that she was dea l! (1 id's judgments are upon those wh despise Him ind defy Him. They come se I lenly. Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot I Mrdstanding on a sprig near-lit-. If they era skilled, they pride themselves ,u taking'itoa :he wing, and they wait till it s.arts. Death san old sportsman and he loves to take mii flying under Ihe very sun. He loves to take :hem on tho wing. Oh, flee to Ool this) aight! If there be one in this presence who has wandered far away from Christ, thougli he may not have heard the call of the gostd for many a year, I iuvite him now to comu ind be saved. Flee from thy sin! Flee t i lhe stronghold of tbe gosfiel! Now is Ihe ac lepted time. Now is the dav of salvation. Good night, my young friends; may you liave rosy sleep, guarded by Hi-n who never iiilmhers! May you awake in the morning Itrongand well! But. oil, art th iu a de piser of God? Is this thy last night ou sarth? Shouldst thou he awa'ieni 1 in the light by something. tUou knowest not what, ind there be s.iadows floating In the room, ind a handwriting on the wall, and you feel ;hat your last hour is come, and there be a fainting at the heart, an 1 a tremor in th limb, and a catching of the breath then thy dooiu would be but an ectio of the words of the text: "In that night was Belshazzar, tha king of the Chaldeans, slain." Oh, that my Lord Jesus would now maV:e Himself so attractive to your souls that yea cannot resist Him, nu 1 if you have never prayed before or have not prayed sinae those days when you knelt down at your mother's knee, then that to-night you might pray, saying. Just as I am, without oni plea But that Thy bloo l was shed for mo, And that Thou bblst me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come! But if you cannot thiuk of S3 long a prayei as that, I will give you a shorter prayer tnat you can say. "(lod be merciful to m-, a sin ner!" Or, if you ea-iuot tbin of so loug a prayer as that. I will give you a stills iorter one that you may utter, "Lord save me or I perish!" Or, if that be too long a prayer, you need not make it. Use th-a word "beiol" Or. if that be too long a word, you uyed iiot Use uy won at all. Ja l-jji aal liva: The road to poverty is easy to find bat hard to travel. By desiriug what is perfectly good, even when we do not know quite what il is, and cannot lo what we wonld, we are part of the divine power agaist evil, widening tha skins of light and making the btragglo with darkness i narrower. Many a silly woman h-is been able to lead a Wiseman around by the nose. Some Americans ridicnle foreign dukes and then claim to be related to them. Only the most superior woman will admit that sue is lacking ectirely in beauty. tu h,a (avav heroes she sees.
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