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D. F. BOHWEIEB,
THE GONSnTUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. L.
MIFFLINTOWN, JtJNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15. 1896.
NO. 5.
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CHAPTER XXIIL
The Quartermaster bad been shocked
it the confession which he had forced
from hi wife' lips. Indignation lent
him eloquence, and as in forcible termi
he expressed his scorn for her dereliction
from straightforward dealing, she liter
lly cowered before his wrath.
The following morning dawned bright
ly; but Jane thought it the drearies)
day-break on which her eyes had evel
rested. All night long she had bees
awake, grieving, but toward morning had
sank into an uneasy sleep of short dura
tion. Her night's rest had restored to Mra
. Knox her usual self-assertion and hei
tongue. She was scolding the servant!
vigorously as Jane emerged from hei
room; but her volubility came to a sudde
end as she saw her daughter. The shab
by black frock, of which she Intuitively
felt the full significance, touched hei
strangely, and a lump rose in her throat
Her face became crimson, and yearning
for love and sympathy, held out hei
. hands.
Mrs. Knox caught her in her arms and
cried over her. reproaching herself bit
terly for the share she had in her mis
fortune. What might hare been a bar
rier between them Jane's sweet, forgiv
ing disposition had broken down, and
mother and child understood each othel
better than they had ever done before.
The Quartermaster came in and wa
pleased to see the reconciliation, though
he thought it best to take no notice oi
It in words, only smoothing his daugh
ter' 3 bright hair tenderly as he passed
her.
A week later, when the Sergeant cam
and asked to see Jane, he found hlmsell
confronted with the Quartermaster in
stend. "I wish to see Jane," he stammerer
ut with an awkward salute.
"If it is anything important for her t
know. I cnu take the message."
"Why should I not be allowed to speak
for myself? Jane has promised to be my
wife, and I have a right to see her vrher
I choose. From the first I never line
fair piny. Mrs. Knox forbade me th
house tirst, then she tampered with mj
letters."
The Quartermaster had been standing
all this time, nor bad he offered his vis
itor a seat, wishing the interview to lx
a brief one. With this object still befor
him, he went straight to the subject h
wished to impress upon the Sergeant
once and for all.
"One other thing It would be bettei
you should credit that your claim upor.
my daughter is at an end. I forbid tni
engagement."
"You mean to say that you withdraw
your consent?" leaning forward with ar
angry light in his eyes.
. The Quartermaster nodded.
The Sergeant sunk into a chair ar.
passed his hand across his brow. Al
though the evil habit he had lately con
tracted had made him oftentimes de
spondent, he was naturally of a hopefu
disposition, and had In hia heart 01
hearts cherished the idea that Jam
would become his wife. His love for hei
was the one strong impulse of his life
and like all weak natures, he supposed
that could be win bis desire he woulo
be a better man.
With a quiet hand-shake the two mer
parted shortly after, and the Quarter
master immediately repaired to the draw-lug-room
to tell his daughter what b
had done.
"Jenny, darling," said her father, gen
Uy, 'I have been doing something foryof
without your permission."
"Have you?" she answered, listlessly
I dare say I shall not be very angry.'
"But I want you to be pleased."
"I don't know that I can promts
that" with a smile.
"I have spoken to Jacob Lynn, forbid
fling your engagement, and he has sub
mltted to my authority. So, Jenny, 1
hall expect equal obedience from yon."
"Then I am free!" she cried, excitedly
disregarding his attempt to jest.
After that she grew a little brighter
' Perhaps for she was very young ant
unused to sorrow hope had unconscious
ly revived ; but if so, it was destined moot
' to fade again.
One morning her mother came in wit I
something to say, which she evidently
feared might give her pain. She fid
geted about the room rearranging severs.'
ornaments and books, then finally too
up her position behind Jane's chair.
"I don't know, Jenny," she began, ner
vously, "what passed between you anl
Colonel Prinsep the that day. I have
always felt that I bad no- right to ask
But. child, will you tell your motbet
whether you expected he would come t
" you again?"
' "I I had no reason to expect so. wa
the stammered reply. Then, as the si
lence grew. oppressive and full of name
less fears. Jane added in a constrained
Toice: "Why do you ask?"
"Because he started yeaterday for En
gland, and I thought "
Jenny never heard the conclusion ol
her words, for she swooned away.
CHAPTEK XXIV.
That summer was a very hot one al
Alipore. Even Mrs. Knox, who had beef
through so many hot seasons, felt weas
and languid: and Jane, who had neyel
been through one since she was a child,
new really ill. Often she dreamed ol
tt, summer days in England, and p!o
tared Stephen Prinsep wandering throngs
leafy glades, or by a mountain stream.
He had described to her his home M
srften that she seemed to know every
look and corner of it And DOW he ha
tone there alone. Brooding over het
Sorrow became a laxury to her at las,
and ahe grew inpatient when her nw
tfwMrtuYiate that at this Juncture;
Mm Dene, who had witn ner paxenw
taken a house at Simla, wrote and asked
Jul to stay with them for the next three
months. -The
meeting wag at first fraught with
Eifml memories to both: Jane thought
all that happened since their last
; together at Alipore; and Mrs. Dene
called the pleasant plana that ahe and
her husband had made for than ail,
; that not weatner a v"-"t
he; husband's dealt, she had had a low
fever for several weeks, which had robbed
her of her strength and made her very
slim and pale. Yet she looked younger
than she had done during the earlier por
tion of her married life, when the shame
of having been jilted by one man and
having been married by another for pity's
sake had weighed so heavily upon her.
Now all that past time troubled her no
more, and mourning for a husband, who
ahe knew loved her, was a healthier if
more pungent grief.
It was July when Jane arrived, one of
the quietest months at Simla, so she had
a little leisure to recover her good looks,
about which Mrs. Dene could not have
been more anxious had she been the
most scheming of Belgravian dames.
A fancy-dress ball was to be given on
the 1st of August by the Viceroy, and
at this it waa decided that Jane should
make her debut in Simla society. At
first she had demurred, partly on ac
count of the expense; but every objec
tion waa overruled, and when the big
card of invitation was put into her hand
she felt glad that she had been per
suaded. She had told the outline of her story to
Mrs. Dene, only sutmresslnz the facta of
her mother's deceit and Colonel Prinsep's
complicity. But Mrs. Dene, knowing
only part, and consequently not seeing
sufficient motive for the breaking off of
the marriage, jumped to the conclusion
that, though she might have been deeply
hurt and distressed at the notoriety in
volved. Jane had never really loved the
Colonel. Mrs. Dene felt a momentary
regret that she herself was not accom
panying Jane, when she saw how lovely
the girl looked.
"The prettiest maid that ever went
a-milking." smiled Mrs. Molnet, as she
noted Jane's appearance before she left
for the ball.
"I foretell that you will be the belle of
the ball," added her daughter. "Hither
to Diana Knollys has reigned supreme;
but her day is over now."
That Jane enjoyed herself was a mat
ter of course. She looked the very incar
nation of youth and pleasure as she
moved about, the color coming and going
fitfully in her face, her hazel eyes aglow
with soft delight.
Government House to her seemed a
palace of splendor; but that she was the
Cinderella of the scene, who had been
almost unanimously declared its fairest
queen, she did not guess. In her own
mind she set down Miss Knollys as the
most beautiful wonnn tLeie. .
Major Larron had gone to Cashmere
for his six months' leave, and spent most
of his time shikarring; but when he heard
where the Quartermaster's daughter had
gone he lost no time in following her
there, bringing as propitiatory gifts some
red bearskins for Mrs. Dene, and for
Jane a magnificent snow leopard skin, to
use as a rug for her jampan, the osuaj
node of conveyance in the hills.
Valentine Graeme came up also for the
last two months, and having made known
the opinion he had always held as to her
histrionic powvrs, prepared the way for
her to another triumph.
Sometimes the girl could scarcely be
lieve that she had ever been the Sergeant
Major's daughter, and engaged to Jacob
Lynn; yet in one thing she was un
changed. Never for an instant did her
love fot Stephen Prinsep falter.
The season drew to an end. and with
many regrets Jane left Mrs. Dene's hos
pitable roof to return to Alipore. She
traveled down with Miss Knollys, with
whom latterly ahe had become better ac
quainted. The Commissioner's daughter
had begun by affecting a friendship for
diplomacy s sake; but afterward wliai
Colonel Prinsep had foretold her came to
pass, ah grew to really like her for her
own sake, and Jane returned the liking.
It was not to be supposed that any one
to handsome as Diana Knollys should re
main without an admirer. She had sev
eral, but only one of them bad actually
declared himself, and that was Colonel
Grey, who commanded the th Hussars.
Mrs. Knox was delighted to have her
daughter back, and had rejoiced in the
several accounts of her successes which
she had received from the good-natured
Adjutant and Mrs. Dene.
CHAPTER XXV.
Colonel Prinsep bad by no means en
joyed his continental tour. He had met
friends, been bored by them, and gone on
to meet other acquaintances and be bored
anew.
Toward the end of the six months, how
ver, he became his usual insouciant self.
Say what oni will of constancy, absence
la more likely to engender forgetfulncss
than deepen love.
All the while he was away from Alipore
le had never beard any news of the
Quartermaster's daughter, his correspon
dents thinking it an unpleasant topic to
Introduce; consequently he had no idea
when he returned to Alipore whether sh
had married the Sergeant or not.
As he neared the station his thoughts,
which had wandered and had been half
disloyal to the love which so lately lie
had professed and felt, reconcentrated
themselves; the last few miloa he saw
and heard nothing that did not remind
him of Jane.
In the distance he saw the winding
road he had traversoo. with her the day
that she had broken her arm. and sup
ported by him she had lain half fainting
with the pain, yet scarcely uttering a
cry. Ah, and there was the Quarter
master's bungalow he wondered if sh
lived there still, and l-er. the church!
All hla bitterness revived at right of
tho acred edifice where be had waited
In Tain for his bride. He thought that
were he to remain in Alipore a hundred
years he would new J enter its doors
again! On the platform of .the station
was Valentine Graeme, peering into each
carriage as It passed him, and he uttered
a delighted exclamation when he re cog
nixed the Colonel.
He had brought the Colonel's own
horse aBd dog-cart, of which be had been
left In charge, and as they drove back to
hiS bungalow together, he gave him sev
eral items of news. About Colonel Groy
1 nr.rvr1 A'n1 h,n nfaud bv
nSTUIS yivyvv -
Diana Knollys, Colonel Prinsep had al
ready heard.
MI cannot Imagine Lennox Grey going
courting," ha said. "I only wish I had
been here to see."
"Yon will find Miss Knox much
Changed, X fancy," said the Adjutant
presently. . i.i..
tlx, vraeme swutua, w uowui
Show to explain.
V 1. aa mnnsa a
at length. andTeeling that he had made a
ridiculous remark, waa the first to laugh.
The Colonel laughed, too.
"Scarcely that, I should think," he said,
carelessly, "seeing that she was eighteen
when I left Alipore."
On the following morning, at the time
appointed, the Colonel called for Valen
tine Graeme, and together they repaired
to the Quartermaster's house.
How strange it seemed, the Colonel
thought, that he should be going up the
well-known drive again! Formerly It had
been as Jane's lover he bad gone, and
Jane, herself radiant with delight, had
come half-way to meet him. Now he was
going as an ordinary visitor to make a
morning call.
Coming in from out of the sunlight, the
room seemed a little dark, but clearly
enough across the intervening space Jane
and Stephen Prinsep recognised each
other.
He had thought she might blush ehe
had blushed so easily when he knew her
last perhaps even look confused, render
ing it the more Imperative for him to re
tain hla self-possession. But as far as he
could see In the dimly lighted room, sbr
did neither.
She waa standing by the window in an
attitude of easy grace he thought he had
never seen her adopt before. He could
Interpret now Val Graeme's clumsy at
tempt at explanation of the change that
six months ' had worked in her. The
change was the great one from girl te
woman.
Beside her was Blount of the Rifles,
talking to her with his most dandified air
-"the A. D. O. swagger," Valentine
iraeme contemptuously named it in his
own mind.
Mrs. Knox waa also in the room, talking
to Barry Larron, and ahe rose instantly,
murmuring some unintelligible wards of
greeting. She knew he had returned, and
that he might show his displeasure by
avoidance of them, or that be might. In
spite of what occurred, still love and
wish to win her daughter, but for this
friendly visit she was not prepared.
"It Is the Colonel, Jane," ahe said, after
a snort, uncomfortable pause. Jane
moved forward with outstretched hand.
"We heard you had come," she observ
ed, smiling, "but bad not expected to
have seen you so soon."
He looked down at her gravely, re
proachfully almost. Had she indeed be
come so heartless that ahe could utterly
Ignore what had been between them, and
meet and speak to him thus without em
barrassment? On the third finger of her
left hand was a massive silver ring she
had never worn before. It was the sort
of a ring a man in Sergeant Lynn's rank
of life might give as a token of betrothal.
Could it be that ahe was bound to him
still?
"It was natural," he answered, coldly,
at last, "that my first visits should be
paid to those in the regiment."
"Then we are not to suppose that it was
a wUh to see us. personally, that brought
you?" ahe asked impertinently, her
mother thought.
"However badly I expressed myself, I
hope you will believe it was a pleasure as
well aa a duty," he returned, bowing,
with what Val Graeme, who had a name
for everything, called his grand seigneur
manner.
(To be continued.)
A Frandnler t Banker.
The other evening a stylish aud gen
tlemanly looking Individual stepped In
to one of the leading restaurants of Par
la, took his seat at a table and ordered
a very fine dinner. When It was serv
ed up, he tackled the dishes with the
placid delight of a genuine epicure.
When he was half through the dessert,
a closed cab drew up at the door of
the establishment, and n grave looking
gentleman requested permission to look
through the premises, as he expected to
find there a fraudulent banker, whom
be as a detective was Instructed to take
Into custody. Of course his demand
was complied with, and no sooner had
he entered the dining-room than he
pointed to the luxurious reveller and
whispered in the landlord's ear:
"You see, our Information was cor
rect There he la But for your own
sake we prefer to avoid a row. Please
tell the gentleman that his friend. Bar
on L., Is outside and wishes to speak te
him for a minute."
On receiving the message our gastro
nomist Immediately rose from the table
and went out on the boulevard, where
be was taken possession of by the detec
tive, who put him in the cab and drove
Off with him. Next day the restaurant
keeper went to the nearest police office
to recover payment for the fraudulent
banker's dinner, amounting to about
sixty francs. But neither the commis
sary nor bis subordinates knew any
thing of the supposed capture. In the
end It turned out to be nothing more
nor less than a clever bit of comedy got
up for the purpose of enabling one of
the actors to have a "good blowout"
Contortionists.
The dexterity of a skilled performer
(s due solely to practice. Contortlou
Ists are generally taught at an early
age, beginning with some simple no
Hons, like bending backward until the
head touches the floor, and rising asalu
without the aid of the harids. From
this more difficult feats are lparned.
until the muscles and joints become so
supple that the whole frame can !?
twisted to any angle without discomfort
and with apparent ease.
Troth may languish but It w aevcr
perish.
Chance gCL.'; tally favors the prudent.
Justice to one is mercy to thousands.
Never bor-ow if you can possibly
avoid it
Loss of sincerity is loos or vital
power.
A coot head and a warm Leart should
20 together.
. The light we do not walk in will
soon leave us.
Th?re are no tailgates on
way of holiness.
the high
Fo'low light and . do the right for
man cun half control his doom.
The mail who chaser bubbles never
has any time to rest.
A cry is what fie heart says when
the lips csnnct epeak.
Tiie moat respeotable sinners are the
most dangerous cnes.
The man who is ruled by his feelings
canuot walk straight.
He is the greatest man who does
most for his fellowmen.
The milluniam would be here now if
all lived up to what we demand from
others. 1
1 It is not necessary to pump some
people in order to get out of them all
they know.
It costs more to be prond than It
doe to be generous;
A WATERLOO GUIDE.
Sla TbrllllnsT Kecttal f toe Great
Battle to the Toariata,
The cool breeze comes pleasantly and
I little Impudently up here at the top of
ie Belgic Mound; men face It bare
leaded, and ladles control their dla
ipnded skirts. The guide fans his brown
lace with hla crape-bound bowler bat,
nop his neck with hla red handker
rhlef. The guide la not one of the unt
!ormed men who wait down at the ho
le I; he prefers to give a free lecture
a regard to the affair of 15 and to
xust to luck.
"En attendant," says the guide, "I
fit you my cards. No sharge." The
English leaves something to be desired
"His father was employed lmmedl
itely after the battle to assist the
wounded. Waa thirty-two years has
rulde to the strangers."
"They arrive," cries the guide.
A breathless, joyous crowd. They
(warm up the narrow steps; they walk
Sriskly round the four corners of the
pedestal on which the lion stands. On
y at the guide's earnest, almost tear
ful, request do they consent to seat
themselves on tiers of the pedestal and
Is ten.
"One moment, mister.?
"At your service, sir," replies the
rulde.
"Is this Waterloo?"
"I go to tell you, sir. You must glf
mention, If you please. Will you
oblige me, sir?" The guide addresses
the humorist with much politeness. "I
3nd you leedl seat tiere joost here.
Close to this sharming young Amerl
?aine. Sol"
The humorous youth Is placed near a
la nisei with amazingly small brown
ihoes, and consents to control his spir
its. The guide raises b'.s thick stick,
points with sudden excitement south,
ind raises his voice:
"I com-mence to tell yon the trut'. I
'ell you the gr-r-eat Battle of Waterloo;
) tell you all about it I tell yon the
posseetlon of the armies; I tell you
rrerythlng." The guide taps hla nose
with an acute air. "I tell you things
lose oser guides la-bas do not tell you,
be-cause be-cause they do not know.
Ver' well."
"About this fight?" suggests some
ne.
) "Now you listen, please. I give you
important facts. - I tell you the truf.
I tell you what I know. I give you the
whole truf."
j "Let her go, Gallagher." The re
mark comes from an impatient Amerl
:an. "We cain't stay here many years."
I "Here" (pointing with his big stick),
''here we get the twenty-two armee,
ivhere you see the white coo what stand
ill alone by himself there. Good I That
. the centalr of the Angllsa armee.
D-blise me also by seeing that building
' :here where my stick I point. Hup there
icy coom; hup come also the French
trmee. General Blucher he come up
there." . .
"Who was Blukalr T asks a peda
lled young lariy. She Is taking notes.
"The German general."
"Oh" (returning to her note book),
you mean Bloosher. Go on."
"Here, vhere I point, you see laty
ind shentleman on blcyclette, la It not?
rhat Is vhere splendid magneeflcent
ihargeof what you call 'Schotch Greys'
ivas made. It happen Jooet where he
aty and shentleman Is deacencing
'rom the blcyclette. And they atharge
-as they sharge they cry (the guide
waves his bat and shouts with exdte
nent) they cry, 'Schotchland foreverl"
rhat's what they cry, Scbotchlaad for
ever!" "Good old Scotland."
"I tell you the truf . The Scotch they
Cake two French golours. Also here
where I point you have the splendid
iharge of the French Cuirassiers. That
:s so. There, vhere the voman la beat
ing a garpet, there vas the depot of
listen, all of you of the Angllsa Life
Guards." The man falls back a few
tepa to watch his Interested audience.
"The Angllsb Life Guard. Sho" the
Life Guardsman kills two, three, four
men. Bio' did, all by himself. My
fasser he tell me 'bcrut It; my fasaer be
live In little village over there, call
Planchenolt."
"Say, now," the American girl's fath
er Interrupts; "how Is It you French
men blow like this 'bout our soldiers,
eh? Dont seem Quit th right thing.
does It V
Half the audience says, shyly, "Hear!
hear!"
"Pardon!" The guide draws himself
ap and taps his stick on his waistcoat
majestically. "Pardon, I am Beige."
The 'guide goes on with hi lecture:
"There where the two sheep la, Napo
leon he looked through bis glass and h
see Blucher. and be say to itself. That's
Grouchy.' he say. But" (acutely) "that's
no Grouchy, tny friends; that's Blucher
all the times. Over there" (with sudden
change of attitude), "oyer there la
where Marshal Ney fight. He fight
well. Marshal Ney. He call blmself the
brahvest of the brahv'. Oh. 4t wa
splendid fight, lades and ahentleman.
It all happen on a Sunday the eighteen
of Shune, eighteen hoondred fifteen.
I tell you the truf. The Angllsh they
call It Vaterioo; the French they call It
Mont St. Jean; and the Prooslans they
call it Belle Alliance. Thaf the truf,
sir.
"At eigtrt o'clock on the Soonday It
wa all over. All finish. All settle.
Napoleon he say, 'AH la lose; save who
can,' and be go away, and Blueher he
follows."
"No files on old Blucher."
"I tell you the truf. If you ask of
him, the mens down there in their tarn
uniform" the guide allows his indig
nation to get slightly the advantage of
him "they tell yon not so mooch, and
they sharge you two franc I sharge
you nosing; but If"
The fates are kind to the guide. The
American girl with the small shoes
takes her brother's soft hat and goes
around.
"Ill trouble yon tor a trifle for the
guide," says she.
The guide gasp with Joy aa he
(Patches the American girl When she
empties the francs Into his red pocket
handkerchief, he distributes his pre-
slcrua card recklessly, as though they
were only ordinary pasteboard.
"Well, now we'll have to hustle," says
me American girl's father. "We'll jest
ret down as fast aa we can and get
back sharp to Brussels. We're due In
Parma, yon see, to-night" fit James's
Budget "
SUPPOSE "WE SMILE
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
. THE COM IO PAPERS.
y aji.s
Ola ar Toui
That An Clis.1 fml to th
That
Bissjbs Will Kajoy
A Substitute.
"I tell you," said the pert younfT as
sistant, "the editor isn't In and rnfroot
going to leu you again. 11 you mno
anything for him you can leave it wltb
me."
Very well." said the caller, taking off
his coat "I came in to give him a good,
sound thrashing, but I'll give It to yoo
instead."- Harper's Bazar.
Good New. at Hoaasw
Spanish Citizen Ah, back. I see!
Spanish Military Officer Tea, Just
tan back to look op a few thousand
re-enforcements.
'So? How are things In Cuba?"
'Oh. we've got the rascals. They
can't escape from the Island!" Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Charming Result.
A. Ton bad luck with your play.
dear boy; now you will be able to pay
your debts.
B. Oh, if 8 not recessary now. My
creditors keep all my notes for the sake
of my autograph. Fllegende Blaetter.
Jealousy.
Old Jealousboy (furiously) Now,
madam, I demand of you who Is that
young man? I saw him just slinking
out of the back door!
Wife Ha! ha! ha! Why, that's the
new cook, in her bicycling costume!
Very Likely.
Wife The baby has a troubled look
t wonder what he's thinking about?
Husband He's probably wishing we
lived in Greenland, my dear, where the
nights are six months long. Life.
The Shopping; Mystery.
Mrs. Bargain Why don't you chars
f 1 for these goods instead of 09 cents?
Salesman Why, ma'am, you're al
ways sure to think of something else
you want while waiting for your
change! Truth.
Charitable.
Maud Primrose, tbe poet Is an odd
chap; don't you think he's Insane?
Amy Goodness, no; he Isn't a great
enough poet for that New York
World.
Poor Papa.
"Papa, where are the most diamonds
found?' asked Willie. "In somebody
else's hand when they are trump,'
growled papa, who'd been having hard
luck at whist Harper's Bazar.
A Man of Fashion.
Henry I'd like to get yer ter cut three
er four Inches off this coat fur me.
Sarah. Short coats are goln ter be
fashionable this winter.
Sarah I'll do It when I'm not busy.
Henry.
Henry And say, Sarah, yer better
save the cloth yer cut off, because next
year long coats may be the fashion
again, and I'll want ter sew It on, so's
I'll be able ter keep In the style. Box-
bury Gazette.
r
Too Bad.
Toto (In tears) Boo-oo-ooi
Papa What's the matter wKh that
boy now?
Toto Oh, pa! I've swallowed one of
the cartridges of your revolver!
Papa Yon little wretch! And 1
can't even give yon a thrashing for
fear of exploding the cartridge. Lon
don Globe.
Th Value of a Profession.
-Life.
The fact Is recalled that tbe teachef
and all those who eat under her Instruc
tion in a little schoolhouse.ln the town
of Mlnot, Mass.. fifty-three years agff
are alive and well to-day.
A new Engllsli swindle is to advertise
for ladies to "dress high-priced dolls,"
and then, on the promise of good pay.
to extract i deposit as a guarantee thai
the high-priced dolls will be returned
It has been worked through the wail
with gnat success. .
gj
Some flowers, like those of the yeast
ilant or of the common mold, produce
eeds In a few bours after blooming. I
A cannon boll fired from on of th ,
treat Krupp or Armstrong guns travelf
it th speed of 2,887 feet per second.
In one year an average of 44,002 Tea- j
bus passea in ana out 01 jtvcrpuv ,
lrWie toe dafly average la 120 vessel.
The following bill Is posted tn Urge
etters at the door of a Brussels theateri
Moral pieces every Sunday and Thnr
lay."
In East Thompson, Conn., 1 a curious
louse, which differs from the ordinary 1
being covered on the outside with
uhlte paper Instead of clapboards or
tiilngles.
mm - a f
Teeth extracted, French, Spanish, .
Italian, German and English spoken," j
s the announcement in the show cass
a ocnuK on upper Bttia
lew York. I
. . . - . ,,-,, !
The thinnest sheet of Iron ever rolled .
las a surf ace of fifty-five square inches
ind weighs but twenty grain. It would :
nke 1,800 such sheets to make a layer
in Inch thick.
Sir John Bennett Lawes has revised
Us estimates, recently issued, of tbe
ft-beat crop of the United Kingdom. He
tow places the quantity of wheat that
will be available for consumpiion at
1,271,360 quarters, necessitating the
import of 24,250,000 quarter.
Charges are current in Barre. Vt.,
Jiat certain officials connected with the
slty government have been receiving
hush money" from a number of local
lealers and giving them protection
igalnst raids. Prominent citizen ar
lemandlng that the matter be Investi
gated.
A New Vork newspaper. In telling tbe
rtory of a man who after an absence of
n years returned to Jersey City only
find his wife married to an.wner
nan, says that the Incident duplicates
"Enoch Arden's experience so graph
ically described by Henry W. Long.
fellow.'
Rusias etui refuses to accept the Gre
rorian calendar, and has the satisfac
tion of being a dozen days ahead of th
whole world, and is constantly Increas
ing the lead. If the empire and Its con.
nrvatlsm endure long enougn, II nasi a
Christmas and our Fourta of July will
accur on the same day.
The latest oddity In queerly colored
rame brought out of the Maine woods
Is a deer with a polka-dot Lido. The
(round color of the hair U almost snow
white, and the whole tody Is dotted
with spots or blotches -f red hair. The
appearance of the animal Is said to
have been, notably pretty aa wen as
Mid.
The United States leals all nation In
ts educational facilities, a fact which
is proved by the manner In which the
people avail themselves of these privil
eges. The report of thte federal commla
loner of education shows that In 1894
the enrollment of pupils In publlo
schools was 14,012.498, and In private
chools 1,817,770.
The skeleton of an Indian warrior al
least 6 feet 6 Inches tall was found in
Uuscongns, Me., a few days aso by two
nen who were digging a collar. The
ody bad been buried In a sitting pus-
mr- iacSM east, ana aooui 11 were
- 1 mnit anaav and
"uuu r-
irrow neaae, wmie srwua iu nu
Done were copper band covered with
curious carvings. -jk
The French Government has patf th
Persian Shah $10,000 for the rjght to
dig up antiquities anywhere within th
ancient empire, and tho bargain Is re
garded aa an excellent one for th
Western nation. Several of the area!
cities of the Bible He burlei there, and
archaeologists think that they contain
better treasure trove than the world
has ever gained from the Orient,
In Germany 6,626 case of diphtheria
have been treated by serum Inocula
tion, 2,400 of them In hospitals, accord
irg to a report of the government's
medical department Of these 86.5 pet
cent recovered, 12.9 per cent died, and
the rest were still under treatment Th
remarks atached to the reports of the
case were highly favorable to tb
treatment in 4,871 and unfavorable 1
sixty.
A traveler In Japcn eays that the Jap
anese tramp takes his hot bath dally
if be has a fraction of a cent to pay fot
it or his cold bath if he hasn't a cent
He carries a comb, tothplck, a rasoi
and a tooth brush In a little bundle.
A. few Japanese tramps might well ba
Introduced aa missionaries In the Amer
ican brotherhood, whose members d
not seem to appreciate what cleanliness
Is "next to."
The propositi 011 to merge the home
stead of tbe poet Whittler, at Ames
bury, Mass., Into a memorial, open te
the public, mention of which has her
tofore been made, la being received
with general favor In Eastern literary
circles. It Is desired to have the home
stead remain intact just as Mr. Whlb
tier left It The poet went to Ameaburj
In 1836, and there he wrote all hii
greatest poem.
Of the 4,914 sealskins brought mt4
fort Townsend, Wash., during the see,
son Jnat dosed, 8,650 were of femali
seals, an Indication of the rate at wild
th seal herds are being destroyed. It
Is said by those who have been with Chi
sealing fleets that more than half of Cm
females killed were either nursing jrapt
or were graved. The skins brought lntt
Port Townsend only represent about
one-eighth of the total catch of sealinj
fleets.
Near Mead's, a lumber station, twelvt
miles from Ashland, Ky, Robert Jen
kins accidentally shot and fataHj
wounded Charley Gudgell, while bunt
Ing wild turkeys. The meft had separ
ated after locating the feeding ground
of a flock of the fowls, and each for 1
time began sounding decoy calls. An
ewers which each took for the cries ol
the flock reached both, and, working to
ward the supposed flock, each kept ai
clo.elyeath the underlAa. p
1UUHL iiaw dauiw hh 1
he supposed was a turkey and fired
Gudgell. with a cry, feU to the ground
. ... . . . . . i
struck wkh six buckshot two of WMCS
penetrated hla lungs, the other lodglnj
LWl.wl V V
p. DjnpfiL
The Eminent
Divine's SlindSV
-
Sermon.
Ssibjeet:
"itetora of
Son."
the Prodigal
Ttrr: Tut a ring on his hand." Luke
xv ii.
I will not rehearse the familiar story ol
the fast young manor the parable. You
know what a splendid home he left. You
know what a hard time he bad. And you
remember bow, after that season of vaga
bondage and prodigality, he resolved to go
and weep out his sorrows on the bosom of
parental forgiveness Well, them ts great ex-
ouemeni one aay in front 01 tne door or tbe
old farmhouse. Tfaa servants com. rushing
up and sav: "What's the matter? What is
the matter?" But before they quite arrive the
atlrl mass ariaa nn " hla fc. .4
viu uiaaaa viivo wi. a us s 1 1 ac j x gags nni"i-
what a semnine absurditv! What can auuh
wretched mendicant as this fellow that Is
tramping on toward the house want with a
ring? Ob, be is the prodigal son. No more
tendina- of the awine tronvhl No more lnn?-
log for the pods of th. rarob tree! No mora
blistered feet! Off with the raw! On with
th ,,., n, lth th. ,, F.
God receive every one of us when we coma
back. There ara gold rings, and pearl rings,
and emerald rings, and diamond rings, but
, ine ncnest ring that ever nashea on the vts
I ion is that which our Father puts upon a
' forgiven soul.
( I know that the impression is abroad
among hum people that religion bemea ia
. and belittles a man; that it takes ail the
I sparkle out of hia soul; that he has to ex
change a roistering independence for an ec
clesiastical straitjacket. Not so. When a
man becomes a Christian, he does not go
down. He starts upward. Religion multi
plies one by ten thousand. Nay, the multi
plier Is in infinity. It is not a blotting out.
it is a polishing; It Is an arborescence; it la
an efflorescence: it is an irradiation. When
a man comes into tbe kingdom of God, he Is
rot sent Into a menial service, but the Lord
God Almighty from the pal'sof heaven
calls upon the messenger angels that wait
upon the throne to fly and "put a ring on his
hand." In Christ are the largest liberty, and
brightest joy, and highest honor, and richest
adornment. "Put a ring on his hand."
1 remark, in the nrt olae-, that when
Christ receives a soul into His love He puts
upon him the ring of adoption. While in my
church in Philadelphia there came tbe repre-
I sentative of the Howard Mission of New
York. He brought with him eight or ten
children of the street that be had picked up,
and be was tryingto find for them Christian
homes, and as the little ones stood on the
pulpit and sang our hearts melted within us.
At the close of the services a great hearted
wealthy mun came up and said, -Til takethis
little bright eyed girl ana I'll adopt her as
one of my own children." And be took her
by the band, lifted her into his carriage and
wt away.
The next day, while we were in the church
gathering up garments for the poor of New
York, this little child came back with a
bundle under her arm, sndshesaid: "There's
my old dress. Perhaps some of the poor
children would like to have it." while sho
herself was in bright and beautiful array,
and these who more immediately examined
her said she had a ring on her hand, it was
a ring of adoption.
There are a great many persons wno pride
themselves on their ancestry, and they glory
over tb. rova' blood that pours through
their arteries. In their line there was a lord,
or a duke, or a prime minister, or a king.
But when tbe Lord, our Father, puts upon
us the ring of His adoption we become the
children of the Ruler of all Nit ions. "Be
hold what manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us. that we should be called
the sons of God." It matters not how poor
our garments may be in this world, or now
scant our bread, or how mean the hut we
live in, if we have that ring ot Christ's adop
tion upon our hand, we are assured of eter
nal defenses. x
Adopted! Why, then, we are brotheiand
sisters to all the good ot earth and heaven.
We have the family nam , the family dress,
the family keys, the family wardrobe. The
Father looks after us, robes us. defends us.
blesses us. we cave royal blood in our
veins, and there are crowns in our line. If
we are His children, then princes and pnn-
cesses. It is only a question of time when 1
we get our coronet. Adopted! Then we
Annnren- men wa
have the family secrets, "the secret otthe
1 Lord is with them that
fear Him." Adopted'
men we nave tne lamuy inneritance, and in
the day when our Father shall divide the
riches of heaven we shall take our share ol
th. mansions and palaces and temples.
Henceforth let us boast no more ot an eart hi
ancestry. The insignia ot eternal glory is
our coal oi arms. xms nog or aaoprion
Suts upon us all honor and all privilege
oww can take the words of Charles Wes
ley, that prince of hymnmakers, and sing:
Come, let us Join our friends above
Who have obtained the prize.
And on th. eagle wings of love
To joy celestial rise.
Let all the saints terrestrial sing
With those to glory gone.
For all the servants ot our King
In heaven and earth are one.
I have been told that when any of the
members of any of the great secret societies
of this country are in a distant city and ara
in any kind of trouble, and are set upon by
enemies, they have only to give a certain
lignal and the members of that organization
will flock around for defense. And when
brotherhood, it be gets in trouble, in trial.
In persecution, in temptation, he has only to
show this ring of Christ's adoption, and ali
the armed cohorts ot heaven will come to
his rescue.
Still further, when Christ takes a soul into
His love Ha puts upon it a marriage ring.
Now, that is not a whim of mine (Hosea ii.,
19), "I will betroth thee unto Me forever;
yea, I will betroth thee onto Me in right
eousness, and in judgment, and in loving
kindness, and in mercies.' At the wedding
iltar tbe br.degroom puts a ring upon the
nand ot the bride, signifying love and fait ti
diness. Trouble may come upon the house
bold, and the carpets may go. the pictures
nay go, the piano may go, everything else
may go the last thing that goes Is that
marriage ring, for it is considered sacred,
tn the burial hour it is withdrawn from the
band and kept in a casket, and sometimes
be box is opened on an anniversary aay.
ind as yon look at that ring you see under
its arch a long procession of precious mem
ories. Within tbe golden eire.e ot that ring
there is room for a thousand sweet recollec
tions to revolve, and you think of the great
:ontrast between the hour when, at the close
if the wedding march, under the flashing
lights and amid the aroma of orange blos
Kms, you set that ring on tbe round finger
f the plump hand, and that hour when at
the close of the exhaustive watching, wben
rou knew that the soul had fled, you took
from the hand, which gave back no respon
ilve clasp, from that emaciated finger, the
ring that an had worn so long and worn so
sell.
On soma anniversary flav von take nD that
ring, ana you poiisn it until an tne 01a luster
comes back, and you can see in it the flash
of eyes that long ago eeased to weep. Oh, it
Is not an unmeaning thing when I tell you
that when Christ receives a soul Into His
keeping He puts on It a marriage ring! He
endows you from that moment with all His
wealth. Ton are one Christ and th. soul
one in sympathy, one in affection, one is
hope.
There is no power on earth or hell to effect
A divnn-amant mttmr Phriit Mid thA nnl are
united. Other kings have turned out their
oomcanions when thev got weary of them
Aeru?b
sook Josephine, but Christ is the husband
that is true forever. Having loved you once,
He loves you tot he end. Did they not trj
to divorce Margaret, the Scotch girl, from
Jesus? They said t "Ton must give up your
religion." She said: -I can't give no my
S 'Zd'S!
1 stake at low water mark, and thev tagta-ierl
I her to tt, expecting that as the tide came no
her faith would fall. The Ud. began to rise.
and cam. up higher an d higher, and to th.
Brt JL th
meat. Just as tbe wave was washing her
soui into glory, sua shouted the praises ot
Jesus.
Ob. no, you cannot separate a soul from
Christ ! It is an everlasting marriage. Bat
tle and storms and darkness cannot do it Is
It too much exultation for a man. who is but
dust and ahea Hka mvA-lf. to rrv out this
moment, "I am persuaded that neither height
nor denth nor nrint-inaltttM nor nownrs. nor
things present, nor things to come, nor any
other creature, shall seuarate me from th.
love ot God. which Is in Christ Jesus, my
Lord?" Glory be to Oad that wh"n Christ
and the soul are married they ara bound by
a chain a golden chain if I might say so
a chain with one link, and that one link the
irolden ring of God's everlasting love.
I sro a step farther, and tell you that who.
Christ receives a soul into His lore. He puts
on him the ring of festivity. You know that
it has been the custom in all ages to bestow
rings on very happy occasions. There is
nothing more appropriate for a birthday gift
than a ring. You delight to bestow such
gift upon your children at such a time. It
means joy, hilarity, festivity. Well, when
this old man of the text wanted to tell how
glad he was that his boy had got baek, h.
expressed it in this way. Actually, before
he ordered saodals to be put on "his bar.
feet; before he ordered the fattei calf to b
killed to appease the boy's hunger, he com
manded, "Put a ring on his hand."
Oh. it is a merry time when Christ and th.
soul are united
Joy of forcivnese! What
a splendid thing it is to feel that all is right
between my God and myself. What a glori
ous thing it is to have God just take up all
the sins of my life and put them in one bun
dle, and then fling them into the depths of
the sea, never to rise again, never to be
talked of again. Pollution ail gone. Dark-
less all illumined. God reconciled. Th.
prodigal home. "Put a ring on bis hand.'
Every day I find happy Christian people,
t find some ot them with no second coat,
iome of them in huts and tenement bouses,
not one earthly comfort afforded them, and
yet they are as happy as happy can be. They
ing "Rock of Ai?ea" as no other people in
tbe world sing it. They never wore any
jewelry in their life but one gold riug. and
that was the ring of God's undying affec
tion. Ob, how happy religion makes us!
Did It make you gloomy and sad? Sid you
go with your head cast down? I do not
think yon got religion, my brother. That is
not tbe effect of religion. True religion is a
oy "Her ways are ways ot pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace."
Why, religion lightens all our burdens
ft Bmootbs all our way. It Interprets all '
our sorrows. It changes the jar of earthly
discord for the peal of festal bells. In front
ot tbe flaming furnace of trial it sets the
forge on which scepters are hammered out.
Would you not like this hour to come up
from the swine fee tins and try this relirfon?
All the joys of heaven would come out and
meet you, and God would cry from the
hrone, "Put a ring on his hand."
You are not happy. I see it. There is no
peacs, and sometimes you laugh when you
feel a great deal more like crying. The
world is a cheat. It first wears you down
with its follies, then it kicks you out into
darkness. It comes back from the massacre
of a million souls to attempt the destruction
of your soul to-day. No peace out of God,
but hern is the fountain that can slake th.
thirst. Here is the harbor where you cao
, 'irop safe anchorage.
I Would you not like, I ask you not per
'unctorily, but as on. brother might talk to
mother would you not like to nave a pil
low of rest to put your head on? And would
you not like, when you retire at nicbt, to
feel that all is well, whether you wake up to
morrow morning at e o clock or sleep tbe
leep that knows no waking? Would you
not like to exchange this awful uncertainty
about the future for a glorious assurance of
heaven? Accept of the Lord Jesus to-day
and all is well. If on your way home soma
peril should cross the street and dash your
life out. It would not hurt you. You would
rise up immediately. You would stand in
the celestial streets. You would be amid the
great thront; that forever worship and are
forever happy. If this night some sudden
iisnase should come upon you, it would not
fritfhten you. If you knew you were going
you could give a calm farewell to your beau
tiful home on earth and know that you are
going right into the compauionship of tliotn
who have already got beyond the toiling and
'he weeping.
You feel on Saturday night different from
.lie way you feel any other night of the
week. You come home from the b:iuk. or
the store, or the office, and you say, "Well,
now niy week's work'is done, nnd to-morrow
is Sunday." It is a pleasant thought.
There are refreshment and reconstruction in
the very idea. Oh, how pleasant it will be
If, when we get through the day of our life,
and we go and lie down In our bed of dust,
we can realize, 'Well, now the work Is all
.iinnp nnnrn-n
done, and to-morrow
is Sunday aa ever-
lasting bunaay.
Oh. when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where congregations ne'er break ap
And Sabbaths have no end?
There are people In this house to-day who
are very nenr the eternal world. If you are
Christians, I bid you be ot good cheer. Bear
i with you our congratulations to the bright
city. Aged men, who will soon be gone,
take with you our love for our kindred In
the better lan1, and when you nee them, tell
them that we are soon coming. Only a few
more sermons to preach and hear. Only
few more heartaches. Only a few more tolls.
Only a few more tears. And then what an
entrancing spectacle will cpen before us!
Beautiful heaven, where all is light;
Beautiful angels, clothed in white;
Beautiful strains that never tire.
Beautiful harps through all the choir;
There shall I join the chorus sweet,
Worshiping at the Saviour'- feet.
I know there are eojae pen .le who say
they are Christians who see-n to get along
witnout anv heip from others, ana who cul
ure solitary pietv. They do not want any
)rdinances. I do not belong to that class. I
;annot get along without them. There are
k many things in this world that take my at
:ention from God and Christ and heaven that
want all the helus of all the symbols and
of all the Christian associations, and I want
around about nw a so id phalanx of men
who love God and keep His commandments.
Are there any here who would like to enter
into that association? Then by a simple,
childlike faith apply for admission into the
visible church, and you will be received. No
questions asked about your past history or
present snrroundings Only one test dc
yon love Jesus?
Baptism does not amount to anvthing, say
1 great many people, but the Lord Jesus de
clared, "He that beliereth and is baptized
shall be saved." putting baDtism and faith
side by side. And an apostle declares, '"Re
pent and be baptized every one of you." I
! do not stickle for any particular mode ol
baptism, but I put greAt emphasis on tbe
1 fact that you ousht to be baptised, yet no
more emphasis than the Lord Jesus Christ,
'be Great Head of the church, puts upon It.
I Some of you have been thinking on
:his subject year after year. You have
found out that this world Is a poor por
tion. You want to be Christians. You
have come almost into the kingdom ol
God, but there you stop, forgetful of the
fact tbat to be almost saved is not to be
'saved at all. Oh. my brother, ntter having
come so near to the door of mercy, if you
turn back you will never come at all. Aftei
all you have heard of the goodness of God,
I 'i you turn away nnd die, it will not be be
' muse you did not have a good offer
May Ond Almisrhtv th-a .lour move upon
your soul an I brim; you back from thxhuski
of the wilil?rn-s to the F.it'ir's house, and
set you at ths 'uanu-t. an! at a riug on
your baud."
I reckon tbe matter of age among
external things; tha main point is to
live and die with honor.
Do not marry until you are able
suDDort a wife.
to
Adversity borrows its sharpest sting
; form our impatience.
Without poesy and art the ppint
j wooden ia tuiB etu.
J
, '7 c"me
I Midnight is the noon of thono-ht.
when wisdom mounts its zenith with
mo rwi.
To be without sympathy is to be
alone in the world, without friends or
country, home or kindred.
When clou's are heavy b'e snogs
come.
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