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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
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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
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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.