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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
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MIFFLINTOWIN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1895.
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CHAPTER XVIII (Continued.)
The afternoon After the ball Jane went
eut driving with her mother, and at th
hitter's suggestion went, ronnd by the
pardons where every one usually gathered
about that time. The band of the th
Hussars was playing, and they pulled up
f..r a few minutes to listen to it. Though
they were themselves almost out of sight,
they could easily distinguish the different
people walking about or playing tennis.
The first person Jane recognized wn
Colonel Prinsep, standing talking to soma
one who could be no other than Mis
Knollys. about whom just now every on.
was talking.
Jane, .Inne! You will break ray heart,'
cried Mrs. Knox at last.
"What is it, mother?" asked Jane, with
quiet patience. She had had so many ol
these scenes of late, and all had pointed
to the same object.
"How can you ask? Ton thfofc I have
no feeling.. Do you lmu,rine it lb pleas
ant sight for a mother to see another
woman In the place her daughter might
have occupied?"
"What place do you mean?" was the
next question, almost in a whisper.
"You must know that if you had liked
you might have married the Colonel," was
the indignant reply.
"Hush, mother! No one has the right
to sny such things not even you; and
Colonel Prinsep has never said a word
of love to me."
"How could he when you were engaged
to a sergeant in his own regiment?"
"No one regrets that I engaged myself
so rashly more than I; but It is too late
to go back now. Mother darling, won't
you help me to do what is right?"
But Mrs. Knox thrust her away and
rose angrily to her feet.
"I believe you are In love with the
innn!" she exclaimed, crossly.
"Heaven help me! I wish I were!"
sighed Jane, sadly.
Almost Immediately after Jane hafl
passed. Colonel Prinsep on some trival
excuse left Miss Knollys side.
Since the ball he had seen her several
times had culled at the house dined
there, and meeting her in different places,
had nlmost persuaded himself that he at
any rate liked and admired her. But al
the sisht of Jane the fallacious hopes he
had built up fell to the ground like a
house of cards. Her voice for she spoke
and asked if that were the quartermas
ter's little daughter sounded harsh and
uuwomnnly, her face lost all its beauty
In his eyes: and even her movements,
which had been the charm on which he
especially insisted, appeared conscious
and lacking in natural grace. He bad
been playing at being in love, and the
better to personate the character he had
assumed, had bandaged his eyes; but the
blindness was only simulated, and see
ing clearly, he knew that there at least
he was heart-free.
On the following morning he was up be
times, and went for a gallop over the
niaidan. The animal he rode had not
been mounted for some days, and he and
horse alike enjoyed the stirring ride. The
fresh air seemed to clear his brain, and
left him brighter than he had felt for a
lone time.
Coming back he passed the parade
ground, where the men were being drilled
by the adjutant, and he drew rein to
watch them for awhile.
The first man that he particularly no
ticed was Sergeant Lynn, on account of
the restiveness of his charger, a high
spirited country-bred animal, which was
fretting considerably under restraint, and
already bore on his steaming flanks the
marks of his rider's disapproval. The ser
geant sat him steadily with a set, deter
mined face; but directly the adjutant dis
missed the parade he set spurs into hi.
ides with such unnecessary vigor that
the horse first reared and then set off
round the ground at a tearing gallop.
Valentine Graeme cantered up to the
colonel.
"We shall be obliged to have parade
an hour earlier soon, sir. The sun is get
ting very strong already."
"Too hot for such violent exercise as
that" pointing to the sergeant, who was
still struggling to keep the unmanage
able beast in a straight course.
"Too hot for my taste, at any rate,"
laughed Val. "But Lynn rather prides
himself npon being able to ride any horse,
and this one has rather put him upon his
mettle."
"By the by, I heard in rather a round
about way that Sergeant Lynn bad taken
to drink. lias anything come nnder your
notice?"
Th good-natured adjutant, who was
always the last person to get anybody
lnt: trouble, hesitated for awhile.
"Well, he has not been very steady,
air. just lately, and I have had com
plaints of his irritability as well just
look how he la punishing that horse! The
report is among the men that be is in
love."
"I suppose you don't know with
whom ?"
"No, I don't, sir, but I can find out if
you wish It."
"On no account. I have no curiosity
on the subject," returned the colonel,
hastily.
"It would be a thousand pities If Ser
geant Lynn went to the bad." remarked
Mr. Graeme, meditatively. "We haven't
another man so good at tent-pegging and
lemon-slicing, and he s a first-rate crick
eter. Our sports would certainly suffer
If we lost him."
"Perhaps he will settle down when he
marries." said the colonel, with a pained
frown, which deepened as the sergeant
passed with his horse, now entirely sub
dued. "I pity his wife, if he is going to break
her spirit the same way he tames his
horse. Besides, 1 don't believe In any
woman woikiug any permanent reforma
tion with such a man as that. Those
weak, obstinate natures require a deal
of keeping in the path that they should
go."
"I will meet you In the orderly room.",
said the colonel, abruptly, and galloped
off. He could no longer bear the thought
that the man they hnd been discussing
was the chosen husband of the girl he
loved. What a fute for any delicate wo
mun! And Jane, with her aensltlTe re
finement, would feel It more than most,
nnless indeed she became hardened from
contact with so lafexio slay. ,
CHAPTER XIX.
Tne next day was Sunday. Jane went
to church with her father and mother,
and sat throughout the service with her
eyes fixed npon her book. A faint, fugi
tive color flitted across her face as she
heard a gay jingling of spurs and the
clanking of swords on the stone floor,
and by a sudden silence, after a short
confusion, knew that the regiment had
come in and fallen into their places close
behind where she was sitting, lint aha
never "looked op. though once she felt
that some one was gazing at her by the
strange consciousness that came over her.
She heard some of the voices raised for
the responses, and in the hymns; but the
voice that she listened for so hungrily
she could not distinguish.
The Knoxes sat near the door, and con
iequently were among the first to leave
church after the service was ended. Only
one lady was before them, and as ahe
turned aside, to wait for some one who
was still inside, Jane saw that it was the
commissioner's daughter.
A sharp pang smote her as she saw all
the reports she had heard of her rival
confirmed.
Diana Knollys on her side felt rens
l ared. The girl whose influence she had
I instinctively feared was fair beyond all
tioubt, but so pUe and expressionless,
und apparent quite Incapable of mak
ing the most of the charms that she pos
sessed. But the glimpses that Colonel
Prinsep had caught of the small, sweet
face which used to be so bright with
glowing health, and was now so pitiably
white, had confirmed him in his already
half-formed purpose. He would see Jane
and plead with her again, not from the
cold standing of disinterested friendship,
but as a lover who would fain win her
favor for himself.
He waited till the afternoon, and having
seen from his veranda Mr. and Mrs. Knox
drive past to the second service, he took
up his hat and walked quickly in the
direction of their bungalow.
It was very hot that day, and all the
windows and the doors were open, while
hrongh the fluttering curtains he could
tee Jane asleep on a sofa at the further
md of the room. After a momentary
hesitation, be entered and stood beside
her.
The intensity of his gaze seemed to dis
turb her nneasy slumbers. She opened
her eyes, and sreing him so suddenly, for
got the barrier between them, starting up
with a little cry, a sweet smile lighting up
her face. He might have taken her in a
close embrace and kissed her into further
forget fulness, only that he wonld not take
advantage of the momentary confusion
of thought. He would n.t surprise her
Into a surrender; she should come to him
deliberately, after due consideration, or
not at alL
"My poor little love!" broke from him
softly.
As he spoke, remembrance came upon
her like a blow. She could only cover her
face with her hands and cry silently, and
he stood still waiting patiently till she
Ehould recover, not daring to attempt any
consolation lest be should say too much.
Presently she looked np and tried brave
ly to smile.
"I did not know that I could have been
so stupid, but yon startled me. I had
fallen asleep with the heat and "
"I ought not to have come as I did,"
finished Colonel Prinsep, gravely. "I
came through the window like a thief."
Then he, too, stopped short, recollecting
what it was he would like to steal, not the
quartermaster's "ducats," but his "daugh
ter." "You want to see my father?" asked
Jane, rising.
"I want to see yourself only."
At the meaning tone, she gave one
startled glance into his face; then sunk
back again on to the sofa,
"Me?" she echoed, faintly.
"Jenny, every man has one try for his'
life, and there is more than mere life at
stake with me now. If I lose yon, there
is nothing in existence that can console
me. Can yon wonder that I come to plead
my cause?
He knelt down beside her, bnt carefully
refrained from touching even the hem of
her white gown. He only looked earnest
ly into her face, and repeated what be had
told her.
"I love you, Jenny! Is there no hope?"
With tremulous voice she replied: "I
am promised to another."
"If yon loved me. you wonld not hesi
tate in your choice."
She looked at him passionately, as
though about to speak, then checked her
self, and after a moment, during which
he was waiting for her to reply, she went
and stood beside the open window.
"You have done enough to vindicate
your woman's honor show a little wo
manly weakness now," be whispered,
after awhile. "I think yon love me,
Jenny. For my sake make a sacrifice of
pride."
"I will write and tell him all," she ex
claimed. Impulsively. "I will write now."
Moving hurriedly across the room, she
fcnelt down beside the writing-desk and
took out some materials. Colonel Prin
sep, remaining where be was, listened in
tently to her pen as it passed rapidly
over the paper, knowing that every word
she wrote was bringing her nearer to him.
Already he felt the certainty of triumph,
yet would not forestall the sweets of his
success. Even when she closed the let
ter and placed it In his hand, be only
thanked her with his eyes.
"Shall 1 give it to him myself?" he
asked her, touching the letter.
"I don't think that will be necessary.
Give it to my father to send. That is he
coming back now" as a sound of wheel
was heard outside. "I would give it to
him myself, but bnt I would rather not
speak of this to any one until It is set
tied."
Finding the hall empty he went out m
the veranda, and there encountered Mrs.
Knox, slowly pulling off her gloves as
she came in. At sight of him ahe started
and seemed surprised.
"How do you do. Colonel Prinsep? You
wish to see my husband?" ahe Interro
gated, coming unconsciously to the same
conclusion that Jane had come to half an
hour before. And thla time the Colone
aid not dissent.
"Can you tell me where he laT he
counter-questioned.
"I dare sny he has gone to the mesa;
but he did not tell me so. We always
dine later than usual on Sunday even
ings aa be is so uncertain. Sometimes
he takes long walks, and la not back be?
fore nine o'clock."
tot aomJtfttoglsslMttltl Je
follow the quartermaster would be a
fruitless errand, not knowing in what
direction he had gone; and it would be a
needless trial to himself, as well as em
barrassing to Jane, were he to wait here
for his return. The sooner the note was
sent the better, and Mrs. Knox could for
ward it as well as her husband. He gave
it into her hand.
"It was to give him this note. But If
you see that it reaches, it will do aa well."
She glanced at the superscription, but
as she saw that it was addressed to Ser
geant Lynn, her careless expression was
changed for one of vivid interest.
"From Jane? Oh. Colonel Prinsep,
have you persuaded her to break off that
terrible engagement?" she cried, eagerly.
"Not exactly that, but I hope it will
come to the same thing. She has written
to beg him to release her. If he does
and 1 scarcely think be could refuse you
must be prepared to reconsider the sub
ject of a son-in-law, Mrs. Knox."
She ttared at him. scarcely understand
ing. That some bappy change of pro
gram was impending she realized, bnt
not what the extent of that change would
be.
"You won't object to me?" he asked
her, smiling.
Her whole face became radiant, as shs
saw her life's ambition at last likely to
be fulfilled. In her gratitude she could
almost have knelt before him and kissed
his feet, only that she recollected shs
must keep up her dignity for Jane's sake.
Recollecting, too, the fate which had been
so nearly hers she could scarcely restrain
her delight.
"You have made me the proudest moth
er in India," she cried.
"You ought to be so," he returned,
gravely. "Yon have the noblest daugh
ter." Knowing all that she had done In the
vain endeavor to shake Jane's determina
tion to be true, Mrs. Knox had the grace
to feel and look ashamed.
The Colonel brought the conversation
to a close. He had already said more
than be intended, but he felt the need of
a confidante all the more that he had put
such a restraint upon himself in his inter
view with Jane. He put out bis hand to
say "good-by."
"Then I will leave the note with you,
and you will send it on at once. 1 ex
pect I shall see you again shortly. Di
rectly Jane writes for me, I will come."
It was eight o'clock when the messen
ger returned, and Mrs. Knox was the
only one who saw him arrive. She took
the letter quickly from his hand, and
turned it over as though she might guess
what was in it from the outside. Then
she saw that, if she pleased, she might
master the contents before her daughter
saw it; the envelope had been either In
sufficiently gummed, or in the sender's
haste he had not fastened it at all.
In her uncontrollable curiosity, she
scarcely combatted the temptation which
assailed her. but taking it into the sitting-room,
drew out the letter and spread
it open. To her surprise It was in Jane's
own writing, and, as she immediately
guessed, the very note she had written
two hours before.
She read it through to solve the mys
tery of its return. The letter, which had
no beginning, ran aa follows:
"It is with deepest shame I write to you
now, to tell you what I ought to have told
you long ago. You must have guessed
that , even when I first promised to marry
you, there was no love for you In my
heart; but you could not know that sines
then I have learned to care for some one
else, who also cares for me, or I think
yon would of your own accord have dona
as I am going to ask you to do. I want
you to give me up. No reproaches you
might heap on me could shame me more
than the sight of what I hare jnst writ
ten after all my promises to be true to
you through all. My only excuse Is per
haps that It Is truer truth to tell you all
now than to deceive you longer. And If
you still wish to hold me to my promise,
I will do my best to make you a good
wife, though I can never be a loving one.
Be generous, Jacob, and release me If yon
can if not, I am, as always, your sincere
friend, JANE."
Not until she had read to the end, did
Mrs. Knox discover the reply. It was
in one short sentence:
"Heaven help me, I cannot give yon
np! J- L."
(To be continued.)
Cuban Fight with Dynamite,
The Cubans have adopted dynamite
as a means of combating the Spaniards
In the protracted revolution, the echoes
of which are now beginning to be
heard throughout Europe. In the last
battle between the combatants, fought
In the mountains near Ramon de laa
Yagnas, the Cubans had filled boles In
the earth with dynamite, and -these
mines they exploded while Spanish
regiments were passing by. At the first
explosion a Spanish lieutenant and
thirteen soldiers were blown Into pieces,
and thla so terrified the Spaniards that
an entire company Is said to have de
serted to the insurgents. Several oth
er explosions followed, which, though
less fatal than the first, spread dismay
among the Spaniards and greatly de
moralized them.
Welding Lead.
An Ingenious method of welding lead
has been recently devised In France by
M. BlondeL The surfaces to be Joined
are carefully cleaned, and between
them Is placed a thin layer of lead
amalgam. On passing an ordinary
soldering Iron along the' line of Junc
tion the mercury of the amalgam Is
vaporized, and the lead, set free In an
exceedingly finely J.'rided state, fuses
and unites the two surfaces together.
A complete skeleton of a moa, or
dioruis, tbe gigantic- ostrich like ex
tinct lit. I of Mew Zealand, and of the
New England t-andrirono, has just been
due vered in a New Zealand cave.
it is said that a bat finds it way
without the assistance of its eyes. A
blinded bat will avoid wires anil ob
structions as dexterously us if it could
see perfectly.
A new alloy, known as"goll steel"
is said to lie meeting with favor among
Sheffield manufacturers on account of
its beauty and durability. It is a
composition of bronze and aluminum,
and is peculiarly adopted for cultery.
An overhead single rail electric
railway is being put np between Iip
sio and Halle, Germany, trains on
which will rover the twenty miles be
tween the two towns in fifteen mm
ntes.
French peas tested in Glasgow,
Scotland, have been found to contain
fifteen grains of sulphate of copper to
the pound. The French Government
forbids the use of these peas at home.
An Italtan captain claims to have
invented a gun which will fire 1,000
rounds.
The feathery pampas plnmes that
cither of their natural hue or gaudily
colored with dyes, are used in so many
ways for decorations, coma largely
from Southern California.
FOUR CHICAGO
thT Are GlvIaaT Concerts amd Wtaxtlna- Flattarin Cesas
.leal Circles.
fulfil
KISS HTIA LAWTOS.
MS KOHA WILLIAM
THOMAS AND SARAH LINCOLN.
Last Beating Place of the Great Pre.l
ident'a Father and Stepmother.
At the Shlloh Church, half way be
tween the quiet country towns of Farm
jigton and Janeavllle, in the southern
part of Coles Coun
ty, 111., is a beauti
fully situated coun
try burying ground
known aa tbe Gor
d o n Cemetery.
Here, among the
modest headstones
that mark the
graves of other
pioneers, towers
tbe marble shaft of
BABAU LlNCOI.lt.
oue who, lrhile living, was reckoned ne
better or greater than his neighbors.
yet, now that time Is stifi adding lustel
to the fame of his great son, the nam
of Thomas Lincoln and ail that pee
tains to nls life, his death and plaet
of burial Is coming into historic prom
Inence. The graveyard ia a pleasant
drive from Mattoon, Charleston 01
Greenup, and many visit it during th
summer months, but as the grave ia
overgrown with weeds and no flowers
are near. It would seem that the visit
ors are attracted more through curi
osity than to do honor to tbe dead. I
Tbe grave of Thomas Lincoln wai
left unmarked from the time of hi
death in 1831 until 18S0. After Abra
ham Lincoln was elected President h
visited bis father's grave and left wort
to bave estimates sent him of the cos:
of a tombstone, bnt the war coming 01
It was never attended to. Thus reate
the ashes of the
pioneer, almost
forgotten In the
excitement of
the times when
his only son was
acquiring the
height of his
fame, until Geo.
B. Balch, a local
poet of no mean
talent, wrote a
poem on "The
Grave of the
Father of Abra
ham Lincoln."
The verses
were rmhliahed
In Lipplncott's
Magazine and
other publica- tj
uons ana a copy TUomas liscomt
sent to Robert moxcmidi.
Lincoln, who promptly responded by:tUe narrator of the incident), closec
offering to pay the expense of a monu-Vvery cyic, would admit light
meni ror ni s granaiatners grave
jieauume tne poem nau arouseu uiv
patriotism of Coles County citizens and
some funds had been raised, so thai
when the draft was made on the young
er Lincoln it was for only $116. Th
monument Is a plain Grecian obelisk of
Italian marble, U feet 8 Inches 1b
height, by no means the finest in this
rural graveyard, and bears the follow
ing simple inscription: - J
THOMAS LINCOLN.
father of
The Martyred President,
Born
Jan. 6, 1778;
Died
Jan. 15, 183L
On the base is the word "Lincoln" In
large letters, and a small footatons
bears tbe letters "T. L." The monu
ment was placed where it now standi
cn the 7th day of May, 18S0, twenty'
nine years after Mr. Lincoln's death.
Thomas Lincoln's second wife sleeps
by his side, and she, too, deserves men
than passing notice In the pages of his
tory. Abraham Lincoln loved her as
a mother, and It Is said that he owed
much of his straight character and no
bleness of soul to her training. Whei
he was elected President, and befon
going to Washington, he visited hit
father's grave and the lowly home thai
had sheltered him for ao many years
fhe, with a mother's Intuition, was fear
Tul of the great fask he was undertnk
ing of leading the nation in its hou:
'of greatest neril and told him ah Vno.
be would be killed. Abe only laughed
and said in his characteristic way thai
be "guessed not," tflt her fears were
realized. She died in 1809, and such
was her fame that the whole surround
mg country Jpln& in the funeral pro
cession. Tio stone mams cer last resa
big Plc. "
j.
GIRLS "ABROADTv
leadatta
I la Kw
vise aBi nwBTLsoAi.a.
HUM BUUU BBBWSTKB.
TwomHe southeast of the graveyard
k the old Lincoln farm on Goose Nesl
prairie eo named in early days be
cause the woods surround It in the form
of a goose nest to which Thomas Lin
coin moved from Macon County, th
only move he ever made after coming t
Illinois. Abraham Lincoln helped buiU
the old log cabin here, but jieverjlyed
home or LiJtcoui'a fabests.
with his parents In it, having started
in life for himself Just at this time, but
it was on this memorable ground that
his father and stepmother spent tbeli
last days. John Hall, a landmark in
the county's history and a good type ol
the now almost extinct Illinois pioneer,
owns this farm and makes hU boms
here. His mother was a step-sister of
Abraham Lincoln, and they rode In the
wagon that brought the Lincoln family
from Spencer County, Ind., to Illinois,
in 1830, when he was but a year old,
the future President driving the oa
team that hauled them. After the
death of Thomas Lincoln, Mr. Hall
bought the place of John D. Johnston,
Lincoln's step-brother, and has held it
since. Grandmother Lincoln maklns
her home with him until her death.
In 1891 John Hall sold the old log
house to the Abraham Lincoln Log
Cabin Association to be removed to th
World's Fair. He also transferred to
them, hoping they would be better pre
served In their keeping, all the relict
he had in his possession.
Clearly a Stand-Off.
Some years ago two officers In tht
British army in India had a difficulty
which resulted In a duel. The colonel,
tbe challenged party, was an old cam
paigner who had won his laurels In tbe
Crimea, and was a gallant soldier. Tht
choice of weapons being his, he namec
pistols, and elected that the affair
should occur in a dark room. We se
jMirmi a room twentv-fee-t snuaro (savi
piacei 0ur men In corners dlagonallj
opposite and withdrew. Each man wai
provided with three charges, and whet
these were exhausted we rushed In t
gather up the mutilated remains. Eacl
man stood erect and soldier like in hit
corner, untouched; but directly behtnc
the officer who had given tbe challengt
were three bullet-holes made by th
colonel's pistol. "How is this?" said
the grizzled major; "bad you been
standing here when those shots wen
fired, yon wonld have been killed." Th
culprit was forced to admit that be hac
dropped to one knee. "Ton are a cow
ard, air, and unfit for the company ol
soldiers and gentlemen V cried th
major. "Bold on, major!" said the col
onel; "it Is a stand-off. While he was
on his knoTis in one corner I was ori.my
atomach In the other."
CsrnioeledT the Decree.
One of the Portuguese kings who tuuj
Semitic blood in his veins married a
bigoted wife, who once persuaded him
to order tho banishment of all Jews,
and to issue a decree commanding thai
all those who were in any way "taint
ed" with Hebrew blood should weai
white hats. In order that they might be
recognized and subjected to ostracism.
The prime minister, finding remon
strances ineffective, pretended compli
ance with the edict, and, presenting
himself before his majesty, drew forth
from under his cloak two white hats,
which he solemnly placed upon the
table. The astonished king inquired
the meaning of the extraordinary action
of the premier. Said the latter: "I
have come prepared to obey your
majesty's commands, with one hat foi
you and the other for myself." The
king had the good sense to laugh and
to cancel, tho decree .concerning, the
hats. v
1
!May Save Tomr life,
More accidents are attributable ttf
cne ignorance or peopie in not Enow
fug bow to get on and off a street cat
than to any other cause. A motor-;
man says that to do this with perfect
safety and ease is not difficult to
learn if only a little attention is be
stowed upon it. The ladies are pap
ticularly careless In getting on and
of street cars, and it is to them more
than tbe gentlemen that he com
mands the following suggestions.
J. tie perfect ease ana g.nce wan wmcn Text: "I have determined there to win.
some people board electric and cabl tor." Titus lit, 12.
cars while in motion can be seen , paui was not jndopendent of the seasons
every day. They Simply carry OUl Be sent for his overcoat to Troas on a mem
the rules appended. orble ocoasiou. Ami now in the text he it
When vnii vkh tft rit a rar ctani ! mk"g arrangements tor the approaching
vvnen ynu wisn u rage a car stani 1 Wftatner n(1 males an apoultmeut
on the right-hand side of the Street, with Titus to meet him at Necopolis, saving!
On the far crossing, in the direction t "I have determined there to winter.1' Well,
the car you Wish to take is going. ! this to the 8th day of December and the see
I t.orrf t h n,n.nrn,.n ,il ' ond Sabbath of winter. We bave had a fen
man of the approaching car; raise
your band with a slight inclination;
tbe signal will be understood and tha
car stopped. Before attempting to
get on, transfer anything you may bt
carrying to the left band or arm:
staud close to tbe car; grasp tbe hand
rail with the right baud, step on tbe
lower step with the left foot, give a
light spring with the right foot and
you will find yourself safely and
speedily on board. As yon approach
the corner where you wish to alight,
signal the conductor, move toward
the rear of the car, holding tight to
the platform or side of tbe door so
that you will not feel the sudden jerk
made In stopping: step on the lower !
step: face the way the car Is going;
bold on to the rail With the lefl your lives, and in anticipation I cungmtu
band; stepping off, alight with the , hue you. But to others it may not tmva
right foot, bending the knee slightly, fuch eff?st ?nd 1 charge you, my twiovod,
bring the left foot in front of the
right, and you will find that you have
icqulred an accomplishment that will
be useful to you. Never get off back
ward or straight out from tho car.'
it. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Benveanto Cellini's Dog.
Facts like the following, taken
Tom the memoirs of Benvenuto Cel
lini, attest the marvelous instinct ol
tho canine race, and are not very
rare:
A robber one night made bis way
nto Cellini's studio, and the artist's
log at first tried to attack tbe thief,
vho was armed with a sword; then,
running to tbe room occupied by tbe
workmen, he wakened them, pulling
the covers from their beds and shak
ing them by the arms. Not under
it inding the cause of these importun
ities, tbe workmen drove tbe animal
from the room and locked tbe door.
The dog then started in pursuit of
the robber, who had gained the
6treet, and seized him by tbe mantle;
but tho thief bad the presence o!
mind to call "mad dog!" which
brought a number of people to bit
assistance, aud for the time he es
uped punishment.
A long time after, aa Cellini was
walking one day in a public square
at Home, Lis dog suddenly sprang
upon a oung man and fiercely clung
to him, notwitnstanding the sworda
and clubs of the bystanders. He was
tin ally made to release the young
man, who retired so hastily that be
let several small objects fall from un
der his cloak, and among tbem Cel
lini recognized a ring belonging to
limself.
"Ob," cried he, "it Is the miscreant
mho entered my studio at night, and
tuy dog has recotrnized him!" and as
be spoke be set the animal free,
when the robber hastened to ask par
don and confess bis crime.
An Ecventrto Duchess.
Auction sales develop queer things.
The sale In London some years ago ol
the effects of the Duchess of Somer
set, then recently deceased, say!
Harper's Bazar, showed that dis
tinguished lady to bave been a person
of much eccentricity in tr-e mattet
ot her wardrobe. Among sixteen
hundred lots offered for sale were, it
reports published at tbe time were
accurate, five hundred lace and otbei
handkerchiefs, two thousand pairs ol
gloves, five hundred Indian and other
Khawls, six hundred pairs of silk
Ltockings, and dresses of all sorts
and descriptions of lorty years' fash-
Vns.
It was rather a pitiful spectacle,
mo, says the newspaper Boswell, who
writes of this extraordinary sale: "for
the owner of these things had for
thirty years before her death led the
life of a recluse, shutting herself up
tn her house, and yet ordering regu
larly from her milliner ateach cbangs
Df season tbe dresses she would bave
worn if she bad been mixing in soci
ety. Every three months she would
be dressed in court costume, as il
toing to a reception, and would walk
in it up and down her own rooms,
much as the widow of Maximilian ol
Mexico would celebrate the anniver
naries of her murdered husband'!
irawing-room days by arraying berseil
in ber best, and preparing for the
courtiers who would nevermore corns
lanajr him reverence.
News in Brief.
Now comes a new bdegrph ma
chine system which it is ciaimed will
transmit from 720 to 948 wor-ls a mia
ate.
The brain of a woman is smaller
than that of a man. bnt it is somewhat
larger in proportion to the weight of
the body.
At present England, Holland and
Belgium all nre Greenwich time. The
legal time Ihrougnont Germany has
recently been defined to be exactly
one hour last on ureenwicn time.
A dispatch from JBalawayo, in
Motabeleland, South Africa, annonnces
the disoovery (here of a lot of antique
jewelry and gold.
A technical congress at Zanch is
trying 10 secure uniform methods of
tseting tbe strength of building ma
terials for this country and Europe,
Ninety per cent of the 4929 fights
of steps in Edinburgh, Scotland, are
now lighted nine months in the year
at a cost ol lamp.
Electricity r likely to be adopted
to rnn Brooklyn Bridge cars.
The world's supply of copper in
1894 waa 319,391 long tons, of which
North America supplied 175,290 tons
The United States continues to be the
heaviest oontribnter to the English
market.
P. A TBLPBE.
fbe
Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
Subject: The Openiog Winter.
sham blasts alreadv. forerun nn ni
wiioie regiments 01 worms and tempests.
No one here needs to be told that we are in
the opening gates of the winter. This season
Is not only a test of one's physical endur
ance, but in our great cities is a test ol
moral character. A vast number of people
bave by one winter of dissipation been do
stroyed, and forever. Seated in our homes
on some stormy night, the winds howling
outside, we imagine the shipping helplesslj
driven on the coast, but any winter night.
If our ears were good enough, we coulu
hear the crush of a thousand moral
shipwrecks. There are many people
who come to the cities on the 1st ol
Beptember who will be blasted by the 1st ol
March. At this season of the year tempta
tions are especially rampant, N aw that the
long winter evenings have come, there are
many wno win employ mem In high pur
suits. In Intelligent socialities, in Christian
work, in the stren-thening an.l ennobling ol
,.ou wiu the 'brihtMt the V "t'V
look
uichis.
In the flrst place, I have to remark at this
season of the year evil allurements are es
pecially busy. There ia not very much
temptation tor a mun to plunk'" in "on a hot
Iiiiut amid blazing (faslinhts. au-l to breathe
the fetid air of an H-ssenihlase. but in the
eolJ nlshts satan gather a irrent harvest.
At such times the easinos are iu full binsr.
At such time, the grogshops in one night
make more than in four or live nights Ic
Summer. At Buch times the plavbiils ot Ion
places of entertainment 8-m esneoially at
tractive, and the acting is especially impres
sive, and the applause e.sp-i.-inlly bewitching.
Many a man wno nos kept rilit nil the rest o:
the year will be capsized now aud though lasi
autumn he eame iroui th country aud there
was luster In tne eve au 1 there were roses in
the cheek and eliifticiiy iu tun step, by tha
time tbe spring hour hits come you will pai
mm in tne street aim sav to your Iriemit
What's the matter with tbit man How
ilTerently he looks from what he looked
last September." Hia'n of ono winter's dis
sipation. At this tinio or the year there are
m:ny entertainments, tl we riarhtlv em
ploy them, and they are of the right kind.
uey enlarge our socialities, allow u to
make important acquaintance, build us up
iu our morals, and help us in a thousand
ways. I can scarceiv think ot anything bet
ter than good iioL-hbnrliou.!. i!iit there ar
those entertainments :r im wliieli others will
come besoiled tn eharaler. There are. tiio.s
Who by the springtime will bn broken down
in health, and though lit the opening ot th
season their pre ,ee!s weri) bright, nt th
clo3 of th sui.-'.).! tliey will l. in
the hands or the doctors or sleeping in tin
cemetery. The certificate ot death will tw
made out, and the physn-ian, to savo tha
feelings of the family, will call the disease
by a Latin name. lint the doet-ir knows,
and everybody e'se knows, they died of ton
many levees. Away with all theso wine
drinking convivialities. How dare you, tin)
father of a family, tempt the appetites of tha
young people? Perhaps at the entertain
ment, to save tne leenugs 01 the minister or
some other weak temperance man, you leav
the decanter in a side room, and oulva few
people are invited there to partake, but it il
easy enough to know when you come out. hi
the glare of your eye aud the stench of youi
breath, that you have been serving th'
devil.
Men sometimes excuse themselves and sav
after late suppers it is necessary to takesomu
sort or stimulant to aid digestion. Jly plain
op-nion is that if you have no more seir con
trol than to stuff yourself until your diges
tive organs refuse their office you had better
not call yourselt a man, imt clasa yourself
among tbebeats that perish. At this season
ottbe year the Young .Men's Christian Asso
ciations of tne laud send out circulars asking
the pastors to speafc a word on this subject,
and so I sound in your ear the wor-ls of the
Lord God Almighty, "Woe unto him that
putteth the bottle to his neighbor's lips."
Ilejoice chat you have come to the glad win
ter months that remind you of the times when
In your childhood you were shone on by
the faoa of rather, mother, brothers, sisters.
some of them, alas! no more to meet you
ith a Happy new lear' or a '-Jterrv
Christina." ltut again and again bave we
seen on New 1 ear s Day tee sons of some of
tbe best families uiunk.nnd young men have
excused themselves by the fact that the wine
cup has been offered by the ladies, and again
and again it baa been found out that a lady's
nana nas Kinaiea ins young man s tnirst lor
strong drink, and long after all the
attractions or the holiday have passed
that same woman crouches in her
nws. and her desolation, and her
woe nnder the uplifted hand of the drunken
monster to whom 4ne had passed the fascin
ating eup on New Year's Day. If we want
to go to rain, let us go alone and not take
others with us. Can we not sacrifice our
feelings it need be? When the good ship
London went down, the captain was toid
that he minht escape In one ot the lifeboals.
"No, he replied, "I'll go down with the
passengers. All tne world applauded his
heroism. And can we not sacrifice our tastes
and our appetites for the rescue of others
Ourely it is not a very great sacrid.-e. Oh.
mix not wit a tne lnnooent beverage of the
holiday the poison or adders! Mix not with
the white sugar of the cup the snow of this
awful leprosy! Mar not the clatter of tbe
cut lei y or me restal occasion wita the clunlr
)i a madman's chain.
Pass down the street and look into the
pawnbroker's window. Elegant watoh. ele
gant furs, elegant flute, elegant shoes, ele
gant scan, elegant oooks, elegant mementos,
You sometimes see people with pleased
-ounieuanoes looking intosuon a window.
Wuen I look into a pawnbroker's window it
st.ems to me as if I had looked into the win
dow of belli To whom did that watch be
long? To a drunkard. To whom did those
furs belong? To a drunkard's wife. To
whom did those shoes belong To a drunk
ard's child. 1 take the three brazen balls at
the doorway of a pawnbroker's shop and I
clank them together, Bounding the knell ol
the drunkard's soul. A pawnbroker's shop
is only one of the eddies in the great torrent
of municipal drunkenness. "Ob," tny3
some one, "I don't patronize t-ucb
things. I have destroyed no young man
by such influences. I only take n'e. and
it will take a great amount of ale to ititoxl
cate." Xes, but I tell you there is not a
drunkard in America that did not begin with
ale. Three X's I do not know what they
m-an. Three X's on the brewer's dray.
three X s on the door of the ginsbop. three
X's on the side of the bottle. Thiee X's.
asked a man. He could not tell. 1 asked
another what was the meaning of the three
X's. He eould not tell me. Then I made
up my mind that the three X's was an alle
gorv,"and that they meant S'l heartbreaks, 3C
ngou-es. 3D broken up households, 30 pros-
pee;s ot a drunkard a grave, 3 J ways 10 per
(ii.iou. Three X's. If I were goiug to write
a story, the first chapter I would call
"Tliren X's" and the last chapter I would
call "The Pawnbroker a snop. Oil, uen arf
of vonr influence.
'ihe winter season is especially full o1
temptation, tiecause of the long evenings al-
lowing such fulj swing for evil induig- ncus.
V- u can scarcely expect a youugman to go
fnto his room ana sit there from 7 to It
p'clook In the evening, reading Motley's
"Duteh Kepublio" or John Foster's essays.
It would be a beautiful thing for him to do,
but he will not do It. The most ot our
young men are busy in offices, in factories.
In banking houses, in stores, in shops, an j
wnen evening comes iney want tne rreen air.
B9d Uvr want jigbi-seeiug, and they must
nave It, they will have it, and they ouirht to
have it. Most of the men here ass nbled will
have three or four evenings of leisure on the
winter nlghu. After tea the man puts on
his hat and coat aud he goes out. One form
of allurement says, "Come in here." Bataffl
says: "It Is best fcr you to go in. Yon
ought not to be so greeu. By this time you
ought to have seen everything." And the
temptations shall be mighty in dull times
such as we have bad. but which, I believe,
are gone, for I hear all over the land tha
prophecy of great prosperity, and the rail
road men and the mercaants, they all tell me
of the days of proserity they think are oom.
Ing, and in many departments they have ab
ready come, and they are going to cotnn
in all departments, but those dull
times through which we have
passed have destroyed a great many men.
The question of a livelihood is with a vast
multitude the great question. There am
young men who expected before this to set
up their household, but they have been dis
appointed in the gains they bave made.
Thoy cannot support themselves, how eaf
they support others? And, to the ourse ol
modern society, the theory is abroad that a
man must not marry until he has achieved a
fortune, when the twain ouirht to stari
nt the foot ot the hill an I together climb tn
the toD.
That is the old fashioned way, and that
will be the new fashioned way if society is
ever redeemed. But during the hard times,
the dull times, so many men were discourged,
so many men had nothing to do they could
get nothing to do a pirate bore down on
the ship when the sails were down and the
vessel was making no headway. People say
they want more time to think". The trouble
is, too many people have had too much time
to think, and if our merchants had not hid
their minds diverted many of them wonld
long before this have been within the font
walls of an insane asylum. These long win
ter evenincs, be careful where you spend
them. This winter will decide th" temporal
an 1 eternal destiny of hundreds of men is
'.his nudienoe.
Then the winter has espe-ial ii-mptation;,
intne fact that many homes are pe-ulinrly
uualtruoilve at this season, lo th- sumuT
months tbe young man can sit out on tha
steps, or he can have a bouquet in the vase
on the mantel, or, the evenings being so
short, soon after caslight he wants to r-tiru
anyhow. Hut there are many parents wild
do not undersland how to make the long
winter evenings attractive to taeir children.
It is amazing to me that so many old peopla
do not understand young people. To h--at
some of these parents talk you would think
they had never themselves been young and
had been born with i-peciiieles on. Oh, it it
dolorous foryoung people to sit In the house
from 7 to 11 o'clock at night and to hear par
ents gronn about their ailments and the
nothingness of this world. The iiothinguesfl
of this world! How dare you talk such
blasplmmyZ It took God six days to make
this worid.and lie has allowed it fiflOJ yenrs
to hang upon His holy heart, and this world
has shone on you and blesse I you and ca
ressed you for these fifty or seventy years,
and yet you dare talk about the nothingness
of this world! Why, it is a magnilleeut
world. I do not believe in tho whole uni
verse there is a world equal to it, except it
t heaven. You cannot expect your chil
dren to stay in the house these long wintei
evenings to hear you denounce this star
lighted, sun warmed, shower baptised,
(lower strewn, angel watched, God inhabit
ed planet.
Oh, make your home bright! Bring in the
riolin or the picture. It does not require a
ijreat snlary, or a big lions-, or cliased sil
ver, or gorgeous upholstery to make a happy
home. All that is wanted is a fath.-r's henr;,
a mother's heart, in sympathy Willi young
folk--'. I have known a man with 47H) sal
arv, and he hal no other income, but he had
a home so happy and bright that, though
the sons had gone out and won hirj.'e for
tunes and the daughters have gone out Into
sii-n-lid spheres ami become prin-'e-ses of so-ci--ty,
thev can never think ot that early
home without tears of emotion. It wustothera
tbe vestibule of heaven, end nil llieir man
sions now ami all their palaces now cannot
make them forget that early pln-e. Make
your homes happy. You go around youi
house growling ubout your rheumatism and
acting the lugubrious, an 1 your sons will g j
Into the world an 1 plunge into di-slpiti-ni.
They will have their own rheumatisms aftei
awhile. Do not forestall their misfortunes.
Oh. what a beautiful thing it Is to see a
young mau standing up amid th -se temp
tations of city life incorrupt while hundreds
are falliug! I will tell your history. You
will move in respectable circles all youx
davs, and some day a lrlend of your father
will meet you and say: "Good morning!
Glad to see you. You seem to be prosper"
Ing. You look like your father Tor all tha
world. I thought you woul I turn out
well when I used to hold you ou my
knee. If you ever want any help or any
advi.e, come to me. As long as I remeuibei
your father I'll remember you. Good
inorninir." That will be the history ol
hundreds of these young men. How do I
know it? I know it by the way you
Mart. But here's a young man who takei
the opposite route. Voioes of sin charm him
away. tt reads oai oooks, raingies in nan
lociety. The glow has gone from his cheek,
and the sparkle from his eye, and the purity
from his soul. D.iwn ho goes little by little.
rne people who saw him when he came to
:own while yet hovered over his head thl
jlesslng of a pure mother's prayer and there
was on bis lips the dew or a pure stster'l
Ilss, now as thev see mm pass cry, "vuat
n awful wreck!" Cheek bruised in groir
hop fight. Eye bleared with dissipation.
Lip swollen with indulgences. B. careful
chat you say to him; for a trifle he would
ake your lite.
Lower down. lower down until, outcast ot
God and man, he lies tn thensylum, a blotch
of loathsomeness aa I pin. One moment he
calls for God and then he cans ror rum. ti
prays, he curses, he lauir'i- as a fiend laughs,
then bites his nails into th - quick, then puts
his hands through the ha r hanging around
his head like the mane oi a wild beast, then
hivers until the cot shakes, with unuttera
ble terror, then with his rists tights back tne
devils, or clutches for serpents that seem to
wind around bim their awful folds, tli -n asks
for water, which Is instantly consumed on
his cracked Hps. Some morning the sur
geon going his rounds will find him
lead. Do not try to comb out or brush back
the matted looks. Straighten out tiie limbs.
wran him in a sheet, put him in a box. and
let two men carry him down to the wairon at
the door. With a piece of chalk write on
top of the box the name of tha destroyer and
lestroyed. Who is it.' Jt is you, on. man,
,f, yieldingto the temptations of a dissipate I
iite, you go out and perish. There is a way
that seeraeth bright and fair and beautiful
:o a man, but the end thereof is death. Em
Dloy these long nights of December, January
nd February in high pursuits, in intelligent
focialities, in innocent amusem-'nts, iu
Christian work. Do not waste this win
ter, for soon you will have seen your last
mow shower and have gone up into the com
panionship or Him whose raiment is white
as snow, whiter than any fuller on earth
jould whiten it. For all Christian hearts
he winter nights of earth will end iu the
June morning of heaven. The river of life
from under the throne never fre.-z--s over.
The foliage of life s fair tree Is never frost
bitten. The festivities, the hilarities, the
family greetings of earthly Christmas times
will give way to larger reunion and brighter
lights and sweeter gar' amis and mightier joy
In the great holiday c-f heaven.
The Demand lor I'ennies.
riiough the mints have for two monlh"
past been coining pennies at the rate of 15'J,
1)00 a day they are riot able to meet the de
maud. The amount of i-t-uts now outstand
ing is reported at iS-i.OJO.OO.ijbut m.iuy more
are needed.
Hope is a bubblo that, ia lmrsting,
leaves behind a tear.
To be a good listener is to possess as
great an art 83 to lie a good titler.
Hypocrisy is couatorfait rAgi-iu.
Great mountains; raika tlio duopest
bbadowR.
Tuoso who know little aud can dole is
are the severest critics.
IdUle men with ono Hci nro oftnn
worse than those wiiii imj.
Donbt and distrust are to gravo
diggers that hive helped to bury lov
since tbe world began.
I flool thonahts are no bettor than
good dreams unless they are executed.