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TUB CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
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VOL. XLIX
MIFFUNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1895.
NO. 50.
CHArTEB XII. (Continued.)
"Father, have you ever told the Colonel
about me and Sergeant Lynn?"
"You and Sergeant Lynn?" be repeated,
vaguely,
"Our engagement, father. Have yor
told the Colonel about It?"
"Why, no, Jonny. 1 can't say that 7
have." - '
"I think he ought to know," said Jane,
In her soft, low voice, which somehow
now gave the Quartermaster a greatei
Idea of firmness than Mrs. Knox's ahriU
and more dictatorial tones.
"You are thinking a lot of nonsense
rhihl," put in her father, good-hutnorodly.
"The Colonel is not an old woman, to b
to eager after every bit of regimental gos
sip. You must And another reason be
fore I go and bother him about a llttlf
thing like that."
"Then do it Just to please nt because
( wish It," pleaded Jane, too earnest ts
betray any trace of confusion in hei
manner. -
"Weill, If yon put it that way." said thi
Ouartermaster, '"I may as well haul down
my colors at onee. You've been spoiled
all your life, my girl, and It's too late to
tart a reformation now. Your mother
will be very angry, I'm afraid. You sea
lie reckons on that engagement coming
to nothing, and it will be a blow to her.
She Is hoping great things for you,
Jenny."
Hut more was to happen to agitate Jane
that day.
A Well-known voire strurk upon her ear
with a deadly chill, and turned all her
loving warmth to Ire.
It was Jacob I.ynn Btanding a few
acea away from tho verandn, railing and
beckoning her to join him. Mechanically
she obeyed, descending the low, broad,
steps with a lnggnrdncss that told too
plainly of the aversion she felt.
She went bravely up to her finnce, and
touching hi shoulder to attract his at
tentlon, she began:
"It seems you don't believe fn me,
Jacob?"
"How can I?" he answered gruQly, not
turning to meet her gaze.
"I gnv. you my promise," she remon
strated, gently.
"A promise only!" he retorted. "Do
foil think I can credit its fulfillment?"
"It shall be fulfilled. I swear itl"
lie turned now nnd looked down at her
nd!r. Incredulous still, ltut she did not
avoid hit scrutiny instead sho invited it.
"You don't want anything else, Jacob?"
she asked, gathering op hor gown from
contact with the wet grass, and making a
movement to go in.
"Want!" echoing hor words with bois
terous iaerrimcnt. "Why, I want you; I
rant my wife, Jenny. When is she com
ing home?"
"You ought to be satisfied," she said,
and ran away from him lightly up th
atcps.
But as she reached the Ternndah a
thought seemed to strike her, and she
turned back slowly to where he still
etood.
Thinking she had changed her mind,
And was shy in snying so, ho went for
ward eegerly to meet her, and bent his
head low to catch what she was going q
ay.
"No, no. It Is not that, Jacob. You mnsi
wait for that until we are properly on-
f;aged," she told him, with a cold, flicker
ng smile.
"Then what Is It, Jenny?"
"This application for lenve to mnrry-
a whom does It go first?"
"To the Colonel."
"O-oh! That Is all, Jacob."
'Good night, my love."
"Good-night."
CHATTER XIII.
Mrs. Knox, happily nnconscioua ol
what had passed between Jane and he
Vher, and equally so of the conversation
which occurred afterward between Jane
and Jacob Lynn, was living In a fool'a
paradise. The only minio Jane men
tioned while relating the story of her
week's visit to Cawnpore was that of Val
entine Graeme, and her mother had im
mediately concluded that he was to take
the place of the obnoxious sergeant. She
showed her conviction so unmistakably
that Jane, first amused, grew afterward1
almost angry.
"Graeme is a very good Scotch name,"
fleclared Mrs. Knox, complacently, three
mornings later, as she adjusted the work
on the plate of her sewing machine.
"Mr. Graeme's father was a brewer,"
pat In Jane, slyly.
"Many of the best families go into
trade. I suppose he Is very rich," said
Mrs. Knox.
"I dare say, lie Is not good-looking,"
returned Jane, nndergoing without winc
ing; tli. piercing scrutiny to which her
mother subjected her.
Waa the child laughing at her or ex
pressing her real opinion? And was she
mistaken in her conjecture? Mrs. Knox
wondered.
"He is a gentleman," she persisted,
feebly.
"They were all gentlemen that I met
at Cawnpore."
But though Mrs. Knox was silenced for
(he moment she was not quenched, and
after awhile returned to the attack.
"I don't want to lose my daughter. 1
should like you to marry in the regiment,
Jane," she began, rather nervously.
"I thought that was just what you did
pot wish," retorted Jane, now thoroughly
Incensed; for the open discussion, which
seemed so natural and desirable to Ikt
mother, to her seemed coarse and almost
Indelicate. The tears welled In her eye,
and she was scarlet from mortification.
Mrs. Knox drew herself up stiflly, but
Sid not respond. The reference to Ser
jeant I.ynn had alnrmed her. She knew
It was best to let sleeping dogs lie, and
was sorry she had said so much.
Mrs. Knox went on busily turning th
handle of her eewlnf machine, and brine
!ng out apparently endless yards of com
pleted work. Jane's head began to ache
with the monotonous noise, and putting
flown her embroider?! ahe went and stood
beside the open window. Presently she
started, and smllod a little consciously.
"Mother, here cornea Mr. Grucmol"
The whlziing of the wheel censod with
sudden jerk, and tartin from her
eat, Mrs. Knox want orer to her daugh
ter's side. .
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call. How you could say be waa not
good-looking passes my comprehension.
always thought him handsomer that)
any of the rest of. the officers."
Mother, what you think will never
" she warned her gravely.
"Don't be too sure," waa tha confident
reply. "Stranger things have happened."
Sho bustled out Of the room, smiling
back encouragingly to her daughter, and
culling upon her not to be long In coming
to the drawing-room.
.Jane stood and. .watched the .Adjutant
as he came nearer to tha bungalow. K6t
she had not stated tha truth when aha
hnd donlod his comeliness, for ha waa de
cidedly good-looking, In a happy, coma
mon-place way. - r
Lounging along In his cricketing flan
nels, bis hand thrust Into his pockets,
and whistling a tuna as ha came along,
unaware that any one waa watching him
from the window, Jane thought him more
likabla and attractive than aha had aver
fancied him Wore. . -
She found Mr. Graeme In the drawing
room, discoursing In his happiest vein
with Mrs. Knox, but he stopped abort,
and jumped np to greet her aa ahe en?
tored. ' i
"The other fellows were all at lunch
eon, so I thought I'd just run across and
BBk how you were after your Journey,"
he explalnod. -
"You must stay and lunch with us,"
said Mrs. Knox.
"Mln Knox must come and aee the re
sult of the cricket this afternoon," put
in the Adjutant.
So, late In the afternoon, Mrs. Knox
and Jane, having promised Mr. Graeme,
strolled over to tho cricket ground, which
was gay with flags and the colors of the
contesting sides.
The nrtiliory from a neighboring atation
had challenged the th Hussars, and a
number of people had assembled to see
how the contest would end. But the in
terest was withdrawn from the game as
Jane hesitatingly approached, in her pret
ty soft white cotton gown and large
white hat, glancing nervously at the
crowd of gayly dressed ladies, who as yet
had scarcely decided to receive her among
themselves. Most of them had heard of
Jane's short but brilliant triumph at
Cawnpore, and some of them had seen
her there. The General's wife, a kindly,
portly lady of middle age, to whom Mrs.
Dene had Introduced her, beckoned her
smilingly to ait down beside her, and
asked to be introduced to Mrs. Knox.
Then the Hon. Barry Larron came and
stood beside them, and the Quartermas
ter's wife felt as if fortune could hare no
further iavors to bestow. A furtive
glance around had assured Jane that Col
onel Friii. p was nowhere within sight,
and she felt more at ease.
"Which side la winning?" she asked
Major Larron.
"Our side, of course; we always do,"
he answered.
"Who Is playing now?" asked Mrs.
Knox.
"The Colonel Is In; he and Mr. Graeme
have made a tolerable score, but the high
est s-ore was made by Sergeant Lynn."
"Was that the man who was In just
now ?" asked the General's wife.
"Yes. They were lucky In getting him
out for fifty runs; he is generally a very
brilliant player; but he has not been very
steady lately, and that spoils a fellow'
game."
Mrs. Knox glanced at Jane, but the girl
made no sign of having heard Major Lar
ron's remark.
Just then a murmur of disappointment
broke from the crowd. Colonel Prinscp
had been bowled out, and they cheered
vociferously as he came toward the tent.
He was stopped, however, by Sergeant
Lynn, who divested him of his pads and
gloves, at the same time speaking to hinr
In an evidently confidential manner.
At last the conference between the two
anconsclous rivals came to an end. and
tha Colonel came on alone toward the
tent.
CnAPTEH XIV.
When Colonel Trinsep left Jacob Lynn
he meant to make his way straight to
ward Jane, whom he hnd seen as she ar
rived; but Mrs. Knox stood in his way,
nnd common courtesy compelled him to
stay and talk to her a moment indeed,
she seemed eager jo speak to him.
"Was not that Sergeant Lynn who wai
talking to you just now?" she asked, di
rectly she had shaken hands with him
and exchanged the usual greetings.
"Yes. He Is very anxious to run his
lead into a noose, and seemed to expect
my congratulations thereon," answercj
the Colonel, smiling.
"On on what?"
Not noticing her scared expression, he
returned quietly:
" n his engagement to be married. ITc
Is going to send the necessary papers in
before long, I suppose, and wished to be
speak my approval."
"Don't give it don't, I beg yon!" cried
Mrs. Knox, in uncontrollable excitement.
The Colonel looked at her fixedly. The
little woman always excitable, was now
fOtaking with agitation, and she returned
his gaze with one of breathless suspense.
"You think perhaps I ought not to havi
spoken?" she said, timidly.
The Colonel waa too polite to press tin
matter, nnd seeing she had no more t
say. he went on quickly to where Jan'
was walking np and down between Majo
T.arron and Valentine Graeme, who ha-
usf joined her.
As he overtook them Majrr Larron wr
ailed away by n lady of his ncn-'ni:
inc?. and he took his place beside her
At a sign from Mrs. Knox, who w
omiug up then with another
he regiment, they batit their steps away
rom tho cricket ground. The aun waa
own, and after tha manner of tha Indian
lluiate, tho air at once grew chilly. Jane
hlverod In her white frock, and Valen
ino Graeme, with what Stephen Prinsep
nwardly termed officious haste, wrapped
tround her the worm whita shawl ha had
oen carrying.
"Have you heard anything of Captain
!one yet?" asked Jane, quickly, to hide
Oie embarrassment ahe felt at his rather
narked care of herself.
"Oh. yes; he Is getting on capitally;
the Colonel heard from Mrs. Dene th
jther day."
"I.et the Colonel apeak for himself
I'nl," said that gentleman, laughing.
"I beg your pardon, air," aald Mr.
Graeme, rather taken aback.
"Did Mra. Dana Mad an maaaage to
suT' asked Jane. .
"She said aha would write to yon aoon."
"Then w'U have to coma to yon for
news," put In Graeme, who Mldom let an
gBBQX&Ultty lllfc 'r -
"Just as they were leaving tha cricket
ground Sergeant Lynn came auddenly in
their path. He had not aeen who waa
coming, and fell back immediately with
a salute.
"How do yon do?" aald Jane, bravely.
A quick gleam of pleasure flashed Into
the Sergeant's eyes, but he scarcely
knew how to acknowledge tha brief recog
nition. They ail passed on. The Colonel
and tha Adjutant both liked Jane the bet
ter that aba had not been ashamed to
peak to a former friend In their pres
ence, but both felt the awkwardness of
the situation, and were perhaps relieved
that no stranger had been present.
Jana walked on, pale but composed, and
looked neither to the right nor to the left.
By the bye, I suppose Captain Dene a
Illness will prevent our theatricals com
ing off Just yet, observed Val, presently!
"and the Colonel did his part so well."
"And so did Mra. Dene," aald Jane.
But Mr. Graeme shook his head.
"J ' thought ao. 6he. la Tory grace
ful, and looks tha part completely, but
she lacka experience and pathos. Now
you would be perfect in it."
But Jane, unwilling to be praised at
her friend's expense, made no reply.
They had reached the gate of their
compound, and aha stopped to say good
by. -i
"Ton are coming to aee the polo to
morrow?" asked tho Irrepressible Val.
"Perhapa," aha anawered, smiling.
"I shall go and interview Mra. Knox,
and make her promise to bring you," he
said, and went off with his long, swinging
stride.
Stephen Prinsep and Jane looked after
him for a moment, and then looked at
each other on his aide with a gaze so
tender aa to be almost a caress, on hers
with a aad, almost agonized expression.
There must be an explanation aoon, and
then ahe would lose all which might have
made her life ao fair.
"Jenny!" At the aound of her name
spoken by him thus, aa though with tha
right to call' her ao, ahe turned a little
paler. "Jenny, when can I speak to you
alone?"
"Alone?" she echoed. In confusion, a
warm blush mantling in her. cheeks.
"Alone!" he repeated firmly. "Can you
not guess what It la I have to say ?"
...
That night, nearly an hour after his
wife had gone to bed, the Quartermaster
was startled by a faint rapping nt his
office door. He had stayed np to finish
Borne of his accounts, and having com
pleted them, was leaning back In his
chair, having a quiet smoke.
"Come in," he called out in nindoo
tanee, thinking it was a servant asking
for admittance.
To his surprise, when the door opened,
it was Jane who slowly entered In a flow
ing wrapper of blue and white, her un
bound hair falling about her shoulders,
ber eyes dim with weeping.
"Why, childie, I thought you were in
Aed long ago! Are you in trouble? You
look as If you had been crying."
"I came to speak to you about some
thing else, about what I asked you the
Hher day," ahe said, timidly.
"About Sergeant Lynn."
She nodded affirmatively.
"I have done nothing yet about speak
ing to tha Colonel. You see, there is al
ways the Adjutant or some one In the
orderly room when I am there. It would
give the subject too much importance tr
ask a private Interview."
i "Why not go to his house?" suggested
Jane.
"I might do that," ha anawered thought
fully. "Do, father. Will you go to-morrow
taorning?" '.
"There ta no hurry. Is there 7"
"Yes; If Jacob spoke to him first he
would think I don't know what he would
think!" she broke off excitedly.
"Well, let it be aa you pleaae. It ia
fiot worth arguing about. You will have
o take my part against your mother; If
ahe blowa me up," he added, with a bois
terous, good-humored laugh. "There, run
off to bed, my girl; and don't spoil those
tiiretty eyes of yours by any more crying.
Vot a sweetheart in Christendom Is worth
t, as you will know when you reach my
ga."
Laughing still at hla own Joke, ha
stooped, and kissing her affectionately,
(pushed ber gently from the room.
(To be continued.)
A Dakota Verdict.
There la deep Indignation here over
fh scnnlttal of Alice M. Giles, who
was tried last week for the murder Of
her husband. The prosecution devel
oped wnat eeemea to do bdboiuib en
dence, much stronger -than was adduc
ed In the trial of William Davidson,
iaat week, for the same crime, for
which he received a life sentence. Tha
defense In the Giles case succeeded In
getting one man on the Jury whom It
could rely upon to hang it. The State
found this out shortly after the com
mencement of the case, and could only
hope for a disagreement. Imagine the
surprise of every one even the lawyers
for the defense when the Jury came In
with a verdict of "not guilty." After
the Jury had been discharged, one of
the Jurymen told the story of the ver
dict The Jury stood 10 to 2 for convic
tion, but after being out 36 hours the
ten went over to the two, because, as
some of them afterward said, they hnd
n "cot hnma to cut their hav." An
other said he voted for acquittal be
cause a new trial would De -sucn an
expense to the county." Belle Fourche
(S. D.) dispatch to Minneapolis Journal.
Revenge is but tho debasement of
yourself to a lower level than that of
your adversary.
There is not a single moment n life
that wo can afford to lose
The brain of a woman is smaller
than that of a man, bit it is stated to
be aomewhnt 1 irgnr in proportion to
the weight of the body.
It was a Boston boy who wrote
from the conntry that he was "having
a glorious time; been in awimminR
twice anil saw a man killed by the
cars."
A man of the name of Overstreet
has been employed in bnildiug an ele
vated railroad in Chicago,
The Southern Pacifio Railroad
Company will nse crude petroleum
from the Los Angeles oil fields as fuel
for a number of their locomotives.
Japan exports matches.
A slick of yellow pine fifty eight
feet lone and twenty-eight inches
square waa quartered np last week in a
Maine sawmill.
The remains of Mr. BndJ, a
Brooklyn artist, who was lost in the
Italian Tyrol five years ago have just
been discovered.
The Rev. Curr, of Tristam, Enz
land, has a collection of about 20,000
stulTed birds, which are to be placed in
a Liverpool museum.
Lead deposits of almost ill imitable
extent are found in Missouri and Kansas.
lLL BY ELECTEICITY,'
Rochester (n. y.) used
NO
PRINTED BALLOTS.
a.dopta a Machine Which Begiatere a
Ballot Every Time a Button la Pu.h-J
ed When the Voting- Ia Dona tha
Total Appears in Fig-urea.
Counting la Unnecessary.
For the first time in Its history, and, :
to fact, of the history of any large city
r the united States, Rochester, N. Y.
ised no printed ballots at the recent
election. The Flower City of the Gen
esee has led its American sisters In tht
natter of ballot reform and adopted
for use at oil municipal. State and no-
IKCTIOS OF STEEtSIDE WALL. HEMOVKEy
SUOWiaO THE ACT OF VOT1SO.
lonal elections the Myers American
allot machine. Invented by Jacob Hk
ram Myers.
The Myers machine Is a "push tha
)utton" affair, and thousands of tiny
iprings concealed In the back of the
uachine "do the rest," so that when tht
olls are closed the Inspectors simply
i.ive to unseal and unlock the back
loor of the booth, and the vote Is dis
mayed to view. Opposite each can.
lidate's name Is his total vote. Tht
nspectors have only to Jot down tht
Inures, make the proper subtractions
ind the result obtained Is the majorit
w plurality, as the case may be, of thi
eadiug candidate. Fifteen minutes
f 4jy 'mm
b - .aval J I rbraV1---
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Walk
ELECTION BOARD 11EAOT TO ADMIT VOTEU3.
If ter the noils closed the returns oTThl
entire ninety-three election districts ol
the city were In the offices of the new
papers, and the news or the election
was on the streets almost before tb
rlectlon Inspectors of other cities batf
begun to make their counts.
iier la a brief description or tni
Myers machine: It is seven feet hlsh.
five feet long and five feet wide. Th
voter on entering the cabinet or com
nartment Is alone In an obscure, con
cealed room, having white walls and
which la brlehtlv llshted. He find
against the steel partition a numbei
if vertical columns or "Kaiiot pusi
fnobs," projecting three Inches from
lh nnrtirlon and ttalnted the nam
olor is the ballot cards beside them.
To the left of each column of knobt
kre securely fastened the permanent
ballot of each political party (no loos
allots being used or deposited). Thest
aermanent ballots contain In large prlnl
DPK5 AT CLOSE OP POLLS, SHOWUS BE
SULT. the name of the candidate and the name
of tho office to which ha la Intended to
be elected. The ballots for the same
party adjoin each other, and commenc
ing from the top are arranged down
ward In the order of the importance of
the office to be filled. This arrange
ment brings all the candidates for the
same office on the same horizontal ot
cross line, making choice easy. Each
particular party has at Its bead the
party name, "Democratic Ticket," "Re
publican Ticket," "Labor Ticket," etc.
The voter pushes the knob Inward about
two Inches, when an nnseen retaining
katch locks It, prevents repeating, and
kt the same time locks all other "push
knobs" on the same cross line, which
prevents voting for any other candi
date for that particular office. Tht
aama result follows after voting for oni
candldata) on any cross line, no mattei
What column. A voter can rota rap
Idly a straight ticket by pushing thi
knobs of hla) choice from top to bottom
or he can split his ticket by going t
pother columns. Any ticket can be vo tec
In ten or fifteen seconds, and there 1:
yio reason why tha average electa'
Should stay Inside tha booth Ion gar.
Cm. rtTTrat ftfj f tbf Steal DM
tltion, which Is kept sealed until th
polla are closed, and opposite each can
dldate'a name. Is a mechanical countei
labeled with the same name, to identl
fy It after the polla close. No knob cai
be voted a second time, and it is onlj
returned or released, ready for the next
voter, by the elector who Is In tht
booth opening the exit door. This dooi
cau only be opened on the Inside, nnc
to open It the retiring voter must pasi
Into a vestibule, allowing the Inner self
locking door to close, which locks hla
out of the voting apartment. Whet
the exit door Is opened the knobs art
released, ready for another voter. Tht
Illiterate vote by color and the blind
by the sense of touch. A blind mas
at Lewlston, N. Y., recently, unas
sisted, voted a mixed ticket In elghteer
seconds.
When the polls close the full elecHoa
board. In the presence of watchers, un
seal, unlock and open the sliding stee
doors of the counter compartment, and
without touching any of the mechanism
(which It Is Impossible to do), thej
transcribe the totals to the tally sheet
from the plain figures on the dials ovei
each candidate's name. The machine!
were adopted this year by the Corr.mor
Council of Rochester principally t
avoid the trouble of learning the nei
Raines voting system. The cost to th
city for each machine was about f SOrt.
The use of ballot machines for voting
has been permitted also by the Legis
latures of Michigan and Connecticut
and other States have amended theli
constitutions to allow voting by thi
new method.
Jacob Hiram Myers, the inventory
was born in Bellefonte, Ta., In 184lj
lie studied but never practiced law,
lie served as a volunteer during tht
war, etfter which he superintended tht
manufacture of grain binders. Laiet
he cave his attention to preparing spo
ctfl cations for special bank vaults mil
aafes. This led to the Idea of Inventing
, ballot machine that would protect
the elector. He gave an exhibition lj
SS7 and since then the business Tin
established In Rochester has rapidly
een growing. Now Inventor Myer
?iys he cannot fill all of his orders. Tha
wealthiest capitalists of Uichester are
nterosted In the great ballot machine
factory that has been established a
Kast Rochester.
Wonderful Plant.
The "goose plant," one of nature'
ftrange- and mervelous impactions, 1:)
the most rare and unique'botanlcal odd
ity known to tha naturalists. Its home
Is In the superheated ooze of the A ma
ton river swamps, and but one speci
men of It, that exhibited at the World
Fair two years ago, has ever been seen
on the North American continent It U
bo scarce that even in Brazil it Is con
sidered a wonder of wonders, and
those who were fortunate enough to
pet a glimpse of the specimen In tht
Jackson I'ark collection may congratu
late themselves on having seen soma
thing that would have been a first-class
surprise to a native Amazonian. Th
"geese" which grow on this remarkable
plant are real geese, as far as appear
ances go. In the full-grown plant they
tre well-formed bodies of goosely
thape, size and color; breasts apparent
ly formed to stem buffeting waves, and
necks and heads which so exactly Imi
tate those of a real goose as to almo-t
make animated nature ashamed of heiv
self.
An Eye to Business.
A well-known missionary had occa
sion to give a description of his for
eign work to a large audience In a cer
tain town. While speaking, be took
particular notice of a boy who was lis
tening with rapt attention to every
word the lecturer aald. The Toledo
Blade explains the reason of tho boy's
Interest.
As Is usual in such addresses, the
missionary concluded with an earnest
tppeal for contributions, however
imall, and thinking of bis wide-mouthed
listener, he added that even children
night give their mite.
When the meeting was over, the boy
mounted the platform, and going fop
ward to the lecturer, said:
"Please, sir, I was very much Interest
ed In your lecture, and and " Here
he hesitated.
"Go on, my little man," said the mis
sionary. "Ton want to help In th
;ood work 7"
"No, not that," was the boy's reply.
What I want to know Is, have you any
foreign stamps to give away?"
fehrewd Tailor's Scheme.
In ona of tha leading Journals of Mont
(erideo the following advertisement
appeared recently: "A very rich young
woman would like to marry a young
m in of good family. If necessary, ana
will pay the debts of ber future hus
band. Send answer, with photograph,
to L P at the office of the Journal'
Tha Inserter of this announcement wai
ao other than one Isaac Melerstein, a
merchant tailor, who had Just set np
n establishment In Montevideo. By
this plan ha procured photographs ot
many undesirable customers.
Mr. Fosxleton fou make a mess ol
everything. Mrs. Fozsleton Ton arc
mistaken! there Is ona thing I have
never been able to make a mass of yet
Mr. Fozsleton What is that? Mrs. Foz
tleton The flab yos catch when you go
B'hlnaiT-Brooajya Ea4da,
Iff. BUBLPBL
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sermon,
Subject: "A Word With Women."
The text was t'.ie foVoirin; letter rrci-iTsS
by Dr. Talmnne:
Keverend Sir .on celiv?red a OiiWonT
In answer to a lette fro n s'x voun-r men ol
Fayette, O.. requestor.- you to nrparlt a sr- j
mon on 'Atlvice to inunff Men. Ar w
instined in asking vou to oraach a sermon or
'A'lviee to Yonnir Women.'
"Letteb Sioskd by Six Youso Womfj.
Christ, who toolc His text from a flock 01
birils flviuir overhead, paying. "Beho'd tht
fowls of the air.'" and fromthfl flo-vrs in thf
Vnllev. Fftvimr "fTnnoiiler the liliea or th
fl.il.l anil f--. . 1. ! . H I 1 !
lowl. sayine, "As a hen tratliereQ her ehi-lc-ens
under her wine-." nnd from a crystal ol
Fnlt picked no hv the roadside, swyinir. '-Salt
J cood." will rrant ns a Messinc if. instead
of takine a text from the Bilile. I take for m v
text this letter from Cincinnati, which is only j
one of manv letters which I hav receive 1
from yonnif womn in Ntw York. Nw i
Orleans. an Francisco. London, Edinburgh
and from the ends of the earth, all imnlvinc
that, havinir some nion'hs ago prea-hed tho !
sermon on ''Advice to Yonnff Men," I could
not, without nepleet of duty, refus to
preach a sermon on "Advice to Young Wo- i
men. " I
It Is the more Important that the nnlnit b I
heard on this subject at this time when wn
are having such an illimitable discussion
about what is called the new woman, aa
thoucrh some new creature of God had ar4
rived on earth or were about to arrive. On
theorv is that she will be an athlete, and t.oxi
inir (jlove and football and pugilistic. en-J ;
counter will characterize iter. Another !
theory is that sho will superintend ballot
boxes, sit in Concessional hall and. throucli
Improved polities, brim; the milleniu-n by
the evil she will extirpate and the stood sb
will install. Another theory isthat she will
adopt masculine attire and make sacred n
vuleanantsm positively horrific. Anothei
theorv is that she will be so lesthetie tbni '
broom handle and rolling: pin and coal scut
tle will be pictonalized with tints from sofl
skies or suggestions of Rembrandt anil
Itnohael.
Heaven deliver the church and tho world
from any one of these st vies of new woman!
She will never come. I have so much faith
in the evangelistic triumph and in the pro
srress of all thins? in the risrht direction that
I prophesy that style of new woman wil
never arrive. mie would hand over tni
world to diabolism, and from beinc as she i
now. the mightiest agency for the world'J
uplifting, she would be the mightiest forcq
for its downthrusr.
I will tell you who the new woman will
be. It will bo the good woman of all tho
ages past. Here and there a difTeren-eof
attire, as the temp-irary custom may com
mand, but the same good, honest, lovely,
Christian, all influential being that your
mother and mine was. Of that kind of wo
man was Christian Eddy, who. talking to a
man who was so much of an unbeliever h
had named his two children Voltaire and
Tom Paine, nevertheless saw him converted,
he breaking down with emotion as he said
to her. '"I cannot stand yon. you talk like
my mother." And telling the story of bis
conversion to twelve companions who had
been blatant opposers of religion, they aske-d
her to come and see them also an 1 tell them
of Christ, and four of them were converted,
and all the others greatly changed, and tha
leader of the band, departing for heavn,
shouted: Joyful! Joyful! Joyful!" If you
know any better style of woman than that,
where is she? The world cannot improve
on that kind. The new woman may have
more knowledge liecause she will havu
more books, but she will have no
more common sense than that which
tried to manage and discipline and edu
cate us. and did as well as she could
with such unpromising material. She mav
have more health than the woman of other
days, for the sewing machine and the sani
tary regulations and added intelligence on
the subjects of diet, ventilation nnd exercise
and rescue from many forms of tlrudgerv
may allow her more longevity, but sh will
have the same characteristics which GO'l
gave her In paradise, with the exception ol
the nervous shock and moral jolt of the fat
she got that day when, not noticing where
she stepped, she looked up Into the branches
of the fruit tree.
But I roust be specific. This letter befor
me wants advice to young women.
Advice the first: Get your soul right with
God and yon will be in the best attit ude for
everything that comes. New ways of voyag
ing by sea, new ways of traveling by lan I.
new wavs of thrashingthe harvest, now ways
of printing books and the patent office is
enough to enchant a man who has meehnni
eal lngenuitv and knows a good deal of
levers and wheels and we hardly do any
thing as it used to be done: invention after
Invention, Invention on top of invention.
But in the mntter of getting right with God
there has not been an invention for 6000
years. It is on the same line of repentance
that Dnvid exercised about his sins, and the
same old style of prayer that the publican
used when he emphnsized it by an inward
stroke of both hands, and the same faith in
Christ that Paul suggested to the jailer the
night the penitentiary broke down. Aye,
that is the reason I tiavo more oonfl donee in
it. It has been tried by more millions than
I da re to state lest I come far short of the
briliiant facts. All who through Christ earn
estly tried to get right with God are right
nnd always will be risht. That gives the
young woman who gets that position superi
ority over all rivalries, nil jealousies, all
misfortunes, all health failings, all social
disasters and all the combined troubles ol
eifjhty years, if she shall live to be an octo
genarian. If the world fails to appreciate
her. she says, "God loves me, the angels in
heaven are in sympathy with me, and I can
affordtobe patient until the day when the
Imperial chariot shall wheel to my door to
lake me up to my coronation.' If health
goes, she says, "I can endure the present
distress, for i am on the way to a climate
the tlrst breath of which will make me proof
against even the slightest discomfort. If
she be jostled with perturbations of social
life, she can say. "Well, when I begin my
life among the thrones of heaven and the
kings and queens unto God shall be my as
sociatas, it will not make much difference
who on earth forgot me when the invitations
to that reception were made out." All right
with God, you are all right with everything.
Martin Luther, writing a letter of con
dolence to one of his friends who had lost
his daughter, began by saying. "This is a
hard world for girls." It is for those who
are dependent upon their own wits, and the
Whims of the world, and the preferences ol
human favor, but those who take the
Eternal God for their portion not later than
fifteen years of age, and that is ten years
later than it ought to be, will And that
while Martin Luther's letter of condolence
was true In regard to many, if not most, with)
respect to those who have" the wisdom and
promptitude and the earnartness to get'
right with God, I declare that this is a good
world for girls.
Advice the second; Vake it a matter o.
religion to take care of your physical health
I do not wonder that the Greeks deiflec
health and hailed Hygeia as a goddess.
rejoice that there have been so many model
of maintaining and restoring young wo
maclv health invented into our time. The;
may have been known a long time back, br
they have been popularized in our day
lawn tennis, croquet and golf and thi
bicycle. It always seemed strange ant
inscrutable that our human rase should bt
so slow of locomotion, when creatures o
less importance have powers of velocity
wing of bird or foot of antelope, leavinf
us far behind, and while it seems 89 im
portant that we be in many places in a shor
while we were weighed down with tncapaci
ties, and most men if they run a mile ar
exhausted or dead from the exhaustion. I
.was left until the last decade of the nin
eentn enturr ta give the speed which w
e whirling through all our cities and alon I
fej country roads, anl with that speed
kjiucs health. The woman of the next d
de will be healthier than at any time sinc
tie world was created, while the Invalidism
rhioh has so often characterized wman
lood will ones over to manhood, which bi
1 ts posture on the wheel is coming to curved
Bint and grainsad chest soda deformity toi
vhieh another fifty years will not have pow
ir to make rescue. Young man, sit up
it might when you ride.
Iarw-n says the human raoe is descende 1
rom the monkey, but the bicycle will turn a!
liindre I thousand men of the present gener
Uion in phvsteal condition from man ti
nonkey. For good womanhood, I than
od that this mode of recreation has be-n
nvented. Use it wisely, modestly, Chris
ianly. No good woman needs to be toll
vhat attire is proper and wh it behavior i
ight. If anything be doubtful, reject it. A
loy.lenish. boisterous, masculine woman is
he detestation of all, and every revolution
if the wheel she rides is toward depreciation
tnd downfall. Take can of your health. O
roman: of your nerves in not reading thi I
rash which makes up ninety-nine out o' 101
levels, or by eating to many cornucopias ot
onfeetionery! Take cire of your eyes by
tot reading at hours when you ought to b 1
leeping. late care m your ears v si .p-
ring them against the tides of gossip that
urge t irough every neigaborhood I
Health! Only those know ts value who
lave lost it. The earth is girdled with pam, 1
ind a vast proportion of it is the price paid
lor early recklessness. I close this thought
vith the sa'utation in Macbeth:
Now good digestion wait on appetite
And health on both.
Advice the third: Appreciate your mother
ithile you have her. It is the almost uni
ersal testimony of young women who hays
ost mother that they did not realize what
ihe was to them until after her exit from
ihis life. Indeed mother is in the apprecia
ion of many a young lady a hindrance. The
naternal inspection' is often considered an
bstaole. Mother has so many notions about
hat which is proper and that which is im
roper. It is astounding how much more
nanv girls know at eighteen than theii
nothers at forty-flve. With what an elae
rate argument, perhaps spiced with some
lemper, the youngling tries to reverse the
opinion of the oldling. The sprinkle of gray
n the maternal forehead is rather an indi
iation to the recent graduate of the female
leminary that the circumstances of to- lay or
:o-night are not fully appreciated.
What a wise boarding school that would
e if the mothers were the pupils an l the
laughters the teachers! How well the teens
sould chaperon the fifties! Then mothers
10 not amount to much anyhow. They are
11 the way and are always asking questions
ibout postage marks of letters, and asking,
Who Is that Mary D.?" and "Where d'd you
'ormthat acquaintance. Flora?" and "Where
lid you get that ring. Myra?" For mothers
lave such nnnrece iented m-ans of knowing
iverything they say "it was a bird in the
lir" that tMd them. Alas, for that bird iu
he air! Will not Bonn one lift his gun and
ihoot it? It would take whole libraries to
lold the wisdom which the daughter knows
nore than her mother. "Why cannot I
lave this?" "Why cannot I do that?" And
he question in many a group has been, al
:hough not plainly stated: "What shail we
io with tho mothers, anyhow? They are
10 fur behind the times." permit
ne to suggest that if the mother
lad given more time to looking after herself
ind less time to lookingVfter you she would
lave been as fully up to date as you. in
nusic, in style of gait, ia ajstheti'- tat-s an 1
n all sorts of information. I expect that
vhlle you were studying botany and chem
stry and embroidery and the new opera she
vas studying household economies. I5ut one
lay from overwork, or sittting up of nights
vith a neighbor's sicfc child, or a hi st of the
vest wind, on which pneumonias are hor.-d,
notheris sicic. Yet the family think she
Fill soon be well, for she has been sick so
ften, and always has got well, and the phy
lioian comes three times a day, and there i?
1 consultation of the doctors, and the new
iS gradually broken that recovery is iinposi
le, given in the words "While: there is life
:here is hope." And the white pillow ovei
which are strewn the locks a little tinted wit i
now becomes the point around which all
;he family gather, some standing, soon
tneeliug. and the pulse beats the last tbroh,
ind the bosom trembles with the lat breath,
ind the question is asked in a whisper hj
ill the group, "Is she gone?" Aad all is
jver.
Now come the regrets. Now the daughtec
reviews har former criticis-n of materuat su
pervision. For the first time she realizes
what it is to have a mother and what it is to
lose a mother. Tell me, men and women,
foung and old. did any ot us appreciate how
ueh mother was to us until she was gone?
i'oung woirau, you will probably never hav
1 oiore disinterested friend than your moth
sr. When she says anything is unsafe or im
jru lent, you had b-tter believe it is uusife
)r irnpru lent. When she declares it is
mnethiug you ought to do, I think you ha 1
letter do it. She has seen more of the
vorld than you have. D you think sh?
tould have any mer.-enary or contemptible
notive in wnat she a iviscs vou
She would
nve her life for you if it were called for. D
ou know of auynne eUe who would iln
nore than that for you? Dj you know ol
myone who would do as mu--h? Ag.iir.
.nd again she has already endangered
hat life during six weeks o
liphtheria or scarlet fever, and sin nevei
incebrought up the question of whether she
lad better stay, breathing day an I night the
lontagion. The graveyards are full of moth-
trs who died taking oare ot tneir cniidren.
Better appreciate your mother before yout
Ippreoiation ot ber will be no ktndness tc
er, and the post mortem regrets will be
nore and more 01 an agony as the years pass
in. Big headstones of polished Aberdeen,
ind the best epitaphs which the family put
xigether and compose, and a garland ol
vhitest roses from the conservatory are often
he attempt to atone for the thanks w
night to have uttered In living ears, and the
tiif 1 words that would have done more goo J
han all the calla lilies ever piled up on the
tilent mounds of the cemeteries.
The world makes applauditory a lo ovei
he work of mothers who have raised boys
0 te great men, and I could turn to my
wokshelves ami find the names of fifty dis
inguished men who had great mothers
Juvier's mother, Walter Scott's mother, St.
Bernard's mother, Benjamin West's mother.
ut who praises mothers for what they dc
'ordaughters who make the homes of Amer
ca? I do not know of an instance of such
eeognition. I declare to you that I believe
f am uttering the first word that has evej
leen uttered in appreciation of the sell
lenial, of the fatigues aud goO't sense
ind prayers which those mothers
o through who navigate a family ol
nrls from the edge of the cradle to the
seboolhouse door, and from the schoolhouse
ioornptothe marriage altar. That is an
ichievement which the eternal God cele
arates high upin the heavens, though for it
auman bands so seldom c ap the faintest ap
plause. My! My! What a timn that mothei
had with those youngsters, and if she had
relaxed care and work and advice and solic
itation of heavenly help, that next genera
:ion would have landed in the poorliouse
Idiot asylum or penitentiary. It is whiU
me is living, hut never while she is deal.
;hat some girls call their mother "materna1
ancestor" or "the old woman."
An l if you have a grief already, and some
01 the keenest sorrows of a woman's life
tome early, roll it over on Christ and yo
will find Hi to more sympathetic than wai
Queen Victoria, who, when her children, thf
princes and princesses, came out ot thi
schoolroom after the morning lesson hat'
been given up by their governess and told
how her voice had trembled in the moruinf
prayer because it was the anniversary of hei
mother's death, and that she hail put hei
head down on the desk and sobbed
"Mother! Mother!" the queen went it
and said to the governess: "My pool
child! I am sorry the children disturbed
you this mornini-. I will hear their lessoni
to-day, and to show you that I have not for
Kottea tfee sad anniversary. I bring you thi
ift." And tbe queen clasped on the gin a
rrist a mourning bracelet with a lock of her
jother's hair. All you young women the
rorld around who mourn a like sorrow, and
ometimes in yourlonoliness nnd sorrow and
' nsn bnrst ftnt errinir "Wother! Mother!"
nit on your wrist this golden clasp of divine
'; ympnthy, "As one whom his mother com
orteth so will I comfort you."
I Advice the fourth: Allow no time to pass
rithout brightening some one's life. Within
lye minutes' walk of you there Is some one
n a tragedy ecmpared with which Shake
peare's "King Lear" or Victor Hugo's
, 'Jean Yaljeon" has no power. Go out and
irighten somebody's life with a cheering
rord or smile or a flower. Take a good
100k and read a chanter to that blind man.
o np that dark alley and make that in
ali 1 woman laugh with some good story.
lo to that house from whloh that child has
teen taken by death and tell the father and
nother what an escape the child has had
Lom the wjntej oleartJ JnlftttsJrlnjimaoJ
leaven. For God's sake make some one nappy
brten minutes if for no longer ati;ne. A
roung woman bound on su -h a mission
vhat might she not accomplish. Oh. there
ire thousands of these manufa'turers ol
unsliine. They nre "King's Daughters"
vhether insitie or outside that delightful
irganization. They do more goo t before
hey are twenty years of age than selfish
vomeu who live ninety, and they are so
lappy just because tliey make others happy.
Jompire such a young women who fcls she
las such a mission with one wh.i lives n
!ound of vanities, cardoase iu hand, calling
n people for whooi she does not care ex
tent for some social advantage, ami in
mfferably bored when the call is re
mrned, and trying to look young after
ihe is old. and living a life of insincerity
ind bollowness and dramatiz ition and sham,
foung woman, live to make others h-ippv,
ind you will be happv. Live for yourself.
ind you will be miserable. There never has
- exception to the rule; there never
Rn excption.
j nav8 notic(,d on mnnv of the rniiroart3
fc t rtr .,, Hr;)Un , n,j M fh9
a u i 1,. 1 j uwf 1 1 ,
It first surprised, but I afterward find that
re are about to enter a tunnel, and its dark
less is thus illuminate I. O l, kindle a light
or those who are plnnging into financial or
lomestic or spiritual midnight.
Advice the fifth: Plan.out your life on a
rig scale, whether you aro a farmer's dangh
er, or a shepherdess among the hilts, or the
Sattered pet of a drawing room filled with
itatuary and pictures and brie-n-brae. Stop
vhere you are and make a plan for your life
line. You cannot be patislled with a life of
rivolity and giggle and indirection. Trust
he world, and it will h-nt you If it does
lot destroy you. The It loubtaht was the
lame of an enemy's ship that Lord Nelson
ipared twice from demolition, but that same
ihip afterwards sent the ball that kill vl hlrn.
tnd the world on which ou smile mav aim
it you the dea lliest weapon. a il.il's
voman. This moment make as mighty a
thange as did a college student of England,
ie had neglected his studies, rioting nt
light with dissipated comna-iions and
ilceping in the clas-room when he ought
o have been listening. A f-llow stud-'iit
tame into his room one morning before the
foung m-in I a-n spakingof ha 1 arisen from
lis pillow and said to him: "P.iley, you are
1 fool! You are w.-istingyotir opportunities.
)o not throw away your life." Taley "aid:
'I was so struck with what hesiid that I lay
n bed until I ha I formed my plan for life. I
irdered my Hre to be always laid over night,
i arose at iiyc an I rend steadily all day. al
otel to eah portion of the day its proper
iran -It of study nn 1 b-'evne the seniur
rr-mgler." What an hour that was when a
esolution definitely placed chang'-d a young
nan from a re":;loi.-t an 1 time wasting sttid
int to a consecrate i man who stopped not
intil all timn and nil eternity shall be debtor
o his pen and Influence!
Young woman, draw out nnd de-i le what
rou will be and do, Gid helping. Write It
nit in a plain band, not like the letters
vhl"h Josephine received from Napoleon in
Italy, the writing so scrawling n l scattered
hat it was sometimes taken as a map of the
ieat of war. Put the plan on the wall of
our room, or write it in the opening of a
jlank hook, or put it where you will be
omoellel often to see it. A thousand
juestions of your coining life you cannot
lettle now, but there Is one qip-stiou you
'an settle independent of man, woman,
mgel nnd devil, nnd that is that you will bi
Tiod's wom-in now, henceforth and forever.
L'lap handswith the Almighty. Pythagora?
represented life by the letter V, because it
nriy divides into two ways. Look out foi
pportimities of cheering, iuspiring, rc-j-u.
!ng and saving all the people you can. Ma'c
league with the eternities. I seek yout
present und everlasting safety. David
Brewster said that a comet belonging to our
ivstetn called Lexcll's oomt is iost, as it
Might to have appeared thirteen times
ind has not appeared at nil. Alas, it is
lot only the hist comets, but the lo-t
itars, nnd what were considered fixed
itars. Some of the most brilliant mid
tteady souls have disappeared. The world
vonders at the charge of tho Light ii-igiide,
mmortalized by Tennyson. Only a tew ol
he 600 got back from the charge, under
Jord Cardigan, of the Muscovite guns, an I
illtne havoc was done In twenty-live niin
ites, the charge beginning at ten minutes
ast 11 o'clock, an 1 closing at thirty-live
ninutes past 11, and yet nothing left on tho
lold but dying and dea l men, dying an I
lead horses. But a smaller proportion of
he men and women who gj into the battle
if life eome out unwouuded. The slaughter
las been and will lie terrific, and we all need
iod and we need Him now and we need Him
ill the time. And let me say there is a new
voman, as there is a new man, and that is
he regenerated woman made such, by the
ansacklng, transforming, upbuilding, tn-
MJl-, in ,i, ,i... rr i;. l.
;alled for ages the Holy Spirit. Quicker
han wheel ever turned on its axis; quicker
linn flnnfiwl fonof ui-.l. Dl.iirtt .ha nurumanli
piioker than Zigzag lightning ever droppe l
lown the sky, the ransoming power I spoak
t will revolutionize your entire nature.
rheu you can start out on a voyage of life,
lefying both caltn and oyolone, saying with
Dean Alford:
One who has known in storms to sail
I have on board;
Above the roaring of the galo
I hear my Lord.
He holds me when tbo billows smilf
I shall not fall;
X! short 'tis sharp, if long 'tis light;
He tempers all.
A TOUCHING SCENE.
ubnn Insurgents Pay li-Zlmle to The'.t
I'rlsoners Valer.
Details have been receive! f; o n Cienfue-
?os, Cuba, regarding the release of the slit
eeu Spanish soldiers who v-i-o captured by
the insurgents iu the engagement fought at
lardio Ojo He Agtia. In that encounter
lixty-four Spanish soldiers had ma leagul-
ant stand against ri)0 insurgents. 1 he sol
liers were commanded by Colonel Valle,
ilajor Sanchez and Captains Navarro an I
iio, who were among those captured mi l
eleased by llego, the itisurgeul leader. The
atter was the llrst to greet the Spanish oiTl
ters, and, embracing Colonel Valle, be said:
'Return to your comrades, heroes. You an
iu honor to the Hpauish Nation, and I n-ti
jroud to be abio to boait of desccn ling
Tom such people."
Then followed a touching moment, dur
ng which the Spaniarls and the Cutie.tis
embraced each other and bade each oth-r
farewell, the Cubans shouting as the Simti-
lards weut away: "Alios, valientes Es-
pauoles."
Ine Mpanish soldiers, pearly ail of whom
were wounded, were well cared for while in
the hands of the insurgents, and ate at the
tame table ns K-go. The action of the Cu
bans has caused great gojd feeling toward
them.
Great lSrltaln Ccttlr.g t.'e-i-Iy.
Miners from Alaska say Canadian military
police lire building fortii!cutious on U
Alaskan boundary line.
Food for Thought.
GoO'l taste is tha modesty of the
mind.
Next to excellence islUe appreciation
of it.
Idleness is as fatiguing as repose is
sweet.
Our sonls much further than our eyes
can boe.
As yonr enemies and your friemls,
so are yon.
Shun equally a somber air and viva
cious sallies.
If yon Bee one cold and vehement at
tiie came time, set biin down for a
: fauatic.
Tutting nickles ia the t-Iot is like
pouring water into a rat hoie.
Every man hates his rival, but some
of them Buccussfully conceal it.
There is nothing more serious than
what some people consider a joke.
The eternal stars shine out as soon as
it is dark enough.
He that has never known adversity
is but hall acquainted with himself or
others.
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