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THE OONQTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
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VOL. 1
MIFFUNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1896.
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CHAPTER XXVII. (Continued.)
They were not in the veranda when ha
went out, and he strolled further away t
where he knew some aeata had beea
placed. Even then he did not aee them
It was Jane'9 voice which betrayed theii
presence at the other side of a tent, neat
which he waa standing.
IIow can you say such cruel things,
and so untrue!" she waa saying, in e
cited indignation.
"I fancy the cruelty lies in the truth,
f the accusation," answered Jack Blount,
cuttingly; and the listener could no
.longer doubt that Diana Knollys had
been correct in her estimate of the man
and his power of being disagreeable.
"They said you were a flirt. Only a few
months ago you jilted Colonel Prinsep
the fellows told me that at mess to-nigh
and now "
He stopped suddenly as Colonel Prinsep
himself stood before them.
"Perhaps I am the best person to refute
. that calumny." he said, quietly, but with
a repressed passion in his tones, that
Jane, knowing him so well, easily de
tected. "That Miss Knox gave me up
was my own fault; I hare never had the
lightest reason to reproach her."
"Of course if you say so," began Mr
Blount, ungraciously.
"I do say so, and must beg that her
at least you will not refer again to the
abject on which you have received suck
inaccurate information."
With a malicious scowl darkening
Blount's face he turned upon his heel and
left.
The witchery. of the tide and place had
east its powerful spell over Stephen Prin
sep. Gradually as she spoke he forgot
everything except that she had been hit
love. The mooubeams fell upon her un
covered head and upon her lovely up
turned face as she pleaded her extenua
tion. "Is it your fault you are so fair? Even
that dolt could not be blind to your sweet
beauty!" he exclaimed, passionately, and
would have said more only that she
shrunk from him trembling.
As she turned away, bashful, yet so
glad, so rapturously glad to know ha
loved her still, she encountered the stony
gaze of Jacob Lynn. He was hidden be
hind some trees close by, and must have
heard what they had said. A sudden
fear assailed her lest, in his jealously, ha
should come forward and do some dea-
e irate deed that would ruin him forever,
ven if the Colonel knew of his presence
there it might be serious for him.
Colonel Prinsep then led her back to
the ball-room in grave silence, angry with
himself that he had kept true to what
With her had evidently been only an
evanescent feeling, yet unable to steel
his heart against her.
Barry Larron sauntered up to them as
they stood together in the ball-room.
"They are waiting for you. Colonel, to
bad the way In to supper. Miss Knox, I
think yon promised to go with me."
Startled at Ms voice Jane withdrew her
face from the grateful coolness of the
flowers and wondered why, a she did so,
ha looked at ber so strangely.
Colonel Prinsep bowed and left her.
Then Major Larron spoke his thoughts.
"Ton cannot think how it has pleased
Be that you have deigned to wear my
flowers," he said.
"Your flowers! Was it you who sent
themr
"Who else? I hope you did not choose
them nnder a false impression."
"I oh, no! I never thought "
Disregarding her confusion, as ha had
disregarded the quick movement which
he had made to cast the flowers from
her when he claimed to be the sender,
Barry Larron had remained silent. Whan
ha spoke again it was as though impelled
by a feeling stronger than his judgment.
"Miss Knox. I wish I were your brother,
or some one that you could trust to ad
vise yon well."
"Do yon think that I am in need of ad
vice r
"I do. Will yon promise not to be of
fended If I speak r
"Yes, I will promise, though I cannot
guess what it can be that you are going
to say."
The ball-room waa deserted now, and
they stood alone in the center of It, Jan
with her hand lifted proudly, at though
flefying him to say anything that could
affect her, and holding her bouquet far
away from her as possible. The flowers
that had delighted her had become hate
ful In her eyes now that ehe knew the
giver, and had actually caressed them in
his sight.
Major Larron looked down at her sadly.
"I wonder whether It is worth while to
fish the loss of your friendship for the
sake of the problematical good that I
might do if I spoke; I wonder if it is even
worth while to do a disinterested act of
kindness?"
Tell me, and let me decide."
-I wiO, since yon wish It. Do yon
fB0W what has been the general talk
wince yon entered the room? Yon do not
o coarse not. Yon are too young and
t.n.ri.nned to believe In malice or
mi. tonnes, and I dare say yon fancy
It la a profound secret only known to
your heart that yon iov u u
wl.fc tn win him back."
She turned deathly pale, and was to
k.n br sunrise to attempt a contraoic-
Hon. Looking up she saw hia face avert
ed, and was touched by his delicacy,
knowing nothing of the swift glance by
which ha had assured himself that hi
v.t iiari vnnft home.
"Do not be angry with me that I re-
Mat what every one ease nas saiu.
SI.t it rtirht that yon should know.
sad so be able to put an end to the goa
sip, which In your. purity of mind yo
could not foresee. You are so proud. I
know how it would gall yon were it to be
that Colonel i-nnsep marncu jw
nlrv."
orv. mn thlnlc I wonld marry any one
mm sucn termsr she cried, indignantly
"No, I do not; bnt then every on has
not studied your character so carefully
as I. I know that yon are too noble to
allow any mercenary or Interesteo mo
tives to influence your actions, and I
i that rnn ronld with a word
win back Colonel Prinsep to the allegi
ance ha flattered himself that he had
thrown off. Don't be offended, that I
i, rdn the circumstances
frspan outsider's point ojtTitwV pwl
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will see that it la natural he should be
glad to hare escaped what the world
would call a mesalliance, notwithstand
ing your grace and beauty. Before he
loved yon so entirely o unthinkingly,
that had yon married him then, neither
he nor yon might have had reason to re
pent; but now he hss had reason to
weigh the pros and cons, even for he is
very proud to congratulate himself that
something occurred to part you. When
he came back to Alipore, it waa in the
confidence that to meet yon was no longer
a danger that be had, in fact, conquered
hia unwise love. In these circumstances,
you would not care to draw him back to
you, as yon so easily could, against his
better judgment.'-
She was very pale, but the pride which
he had rightly surmised that she pos
sessed prevented her from betraying what
she suffered.
"Do yon think it could be a pleasure
to me to see you pained?" he continued.
"It is only that I wanted to spare you
a keener pang hereafter. I am a man of
the world. Miss Knox; but what ia the
use of my worldly wisdom if I may only
use it for my own good, and never for
another'a? I have overstepped the bound
ary of conventionalism, I know; but it
was for your sake your sake only." -
"Yet 1 wish you had not spoken."
"I might." he went on, as if the words
were being forced from him "I might
have told you of another love less calcu
lating, perhaps because so utterly with
out hope a love that only desired to see
you happy. But I would not speak of
myself; all my thoughts are of yon. Only
let me watch over you, ahield you from
the dangers you are too Inexperienced to
suspect, and I shall be content."
"I am very glad of your friendship,
very proud of it," she said, gently.
"Then I am more than repaid," he an
swered, gravely.
As they went toward the snDDer-room.
they met several persons returning thence.
among tnem Diana Ivnollys, who waa
leaning on Colonel Priusep's arm. She
smiled kindly at Jane, who returned the
glance, carefully avoiding to look at the
same time into her companion's face. II
scandal were so easily set afloat, it waa
scarcely sufficient to show indifference
only, she must prove to him -that his
presence waa positively distasteful to her.
."I wonder where Jack Blonnt is; I
have not seen him for some tune," said
Barry Larron, abruptly, as they passe
on.
"I think he has left," faltered Jans.
Crying to look vocations, DUt failing be
neath the keen gaze that was directed on
her.
"Ah, Is that It?" waa the softly spoken
remark. "Child, how many lovers you
have, yet not one worthy to be success
ful! Or is it that I am too jealoua for
you? At any rate I am glad that he bar
failed."
"You are drawing your own conclu
sions," said Jane, hastily. "I never said
anything to make you think that he has
gone because of me."
" Do you think that we are all blind?
Hia devotion was too apparent for any
mistake Graeme haa lost hia money: he
thought you would accept him, and betted
on it, though he should have known yon
Defter now tnan to auppose that you
would be tempted by the advantagea of
wealth or position."
"Did Mr. Graeme bet about me?" asked
Jane, angrily.
"Well, yea; bnt I onght not to have
mentioned it. The fact ia, that I have
been speaking so freely that I forgot
were must oe a limit to my frankness.
Besides, it haa raxed yon I can aee it
has, and he will never forgive me for my
Indiscretion if yon reseat it."
"What wonld be. the rood? It imi
that 'people say very much what they
like, regardless of any one's feelings; yet
I snoald not nave tnougnt tnat he who
always seemed to be my friend wonld
have made me the subject of a bet."
"He ia young, and I dare say did not
think. Yon must not take it so, or I shall
blame myself more than I already do for
my own thoughtlessness - in having re
peated it. And now ait down here while
I get you some supper, xou are looking
quite tired and faint."
Having accomplished what he desired.
Major Larron reverted no mure to dis
agreeable subjects; when he chose no
one could be more brilliant and enter
taining and he exerted himself so suc
cessfully now that he won back the color
to Jane's pale face and a smile to her
lips. She was surprised to find the time
had passed so quickly when her father
came in search of her, to say that it was
late and they were going home.
Major Larron aaw her to the carriage.
and took the onus upon himself, when
Mrs. Knox remonstrated with her daugh
ter on her long absence from her side.
Valentine Graeme had also gone to see
them off, but Jane was very stiff with
him, and pointedly turned to Barry Lar
ron to wrap her shawls about her and
help her to her seat in the high dog-cart.
The adjutant looked decidedly crest
fallen aa they drove away.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
"Love thirty; love forty; game and
set. It is most discouraging," declared
Diana Knollys, giving a vicious hit at the
ball remaining in her hand, and sending
it high Into the air.
"Miss Knox improves every time she
plays," said Barry Larron.
"And I grow worse. Jane, you are one
of those provoking creatures that do ev
erything better than any one else."
Jane smiled and shook her head.
"That Is a misstatement which I shall
not be vain enough to contradict: though
I might ask, what about painting, draw
ing, music "
"Oh, those are mere matters of educa
tion!" replied Diana, carelessly.
She had meant no invidious compari
son, bnt Jane, who was unduly sensitive,
flushed crimson.
"Let us have another match," said
Major Larron, gayly, to cover her em
barrassment. "Education and all the ac
complishmentswhich is yon, Miss Knol
lys, and Grey against skill and natural
talent, which modesty forbids me to more
than hint la represented by my partner
and myself."
Laughing at his sally, Jane forgot that
ha had been. hurt by Miss Knollys'
thoughtless remark. It was now nearly
a week since the th Hussars' dance,
and each day Major Larron had made
himself more necessary to her, making
good hia claim to her friendship. Though
Terr gentle with her. he never seemed ta
coQajdejr. haw fubjecjL WtJ which.
would have galled her more but always
when she needed help, however trivial,
she found him ready at her side.
They had played two seta. Jane ami
. Major Larron against Miss Knollys and
Colonel Urey.
"Quite a regimental game. I feel aa
outaider." Miss Knollys had observed.
"Yon need not be so longer than yon
like," answered Colonel Grey, impres
sively. "Yon are very persevering," smiled
Diana.
"What I want Is worth trying hard
for," he returned, atolidly, missing -a
casual ball, which struck him smartly In
the face.
They changed courts now, and began
the thud set. .
Jane was only a beginner at the game,
but she picked it up very quickly, and
like all graceful women, looked well with
a tennis bat la her hand.
She was playing better than nsual that
afternoon, until turning, with hand up
raised to catch a ball that waa thrown
to her, aha espied Colonel Prinsep on a
seat behind her, watching the progress
of the game. After that ahe scarcely put
one over the net, and when Colonel Grey
and Miss Knollys scored an easy victory,
professed herself tired and would play no
more.
Jnat as they stopped playing, Valentine
Graeme drove up In his high cart and
called out to Major Larron. The Major
obeyed the summons, and Jane waa left
standing alone until Colonel Prinsep
joined her.
"Won't yon sit down?" he asked.
"Thank you. I am not tired."
Sometimes Colonel Prinsep lost his tem
per, aa was the case now.
"Yon mean that you will not admit to
me that yon are tired."
"I mean that I do not wish to sit down,"
she returned, composedly, ignoring his
Innuendo.
Major Larron came back, looking rather
glum.
"There's Graeme hurt hia foot at
cricket ball hit hia ankle. Thla will stop
our theatricals, I am afraid."
"Poor Mr. Graeme I'm so sorry!" said
Jane.
"He wanta to talk to you about those
same theatricals," went on Barry Larron.
"WIU you come?"
She went at once, both gentlemen fol
lowing. "Does it hurt you very much?" she
asked of Valentine Graeme, aa he leaned
down from the cart to hold the proffered
hand.
"Not much, only when I move It; but
the doctor says I shall feel It for the next
three weeks. What bothers me is our
play. I did so want to act with you, and
I can't possibly limp about the stage."
."Can yon not get some one to take your
part?" asked Larron.
"Why won't your said Jane, quickly,
fearful lest another substitute should
offer himself.
"Because it is not at all my style. I
should only make yon ridiculous and my
self. It wss Just suited to Mr. Graeme,
and to him only In the regiment, 1 should
suppose."
"The Colonel was Al when he re
hearsed It with Mrs. Dene last year. Coir
oneL I wish you "
The Adjutant stopped short, remember
ing the reason why his chief could scarce
ly share the title" role of "Sweethearts"
with the quartermaster's daughter. For
a moment there was an awkward paus.
"I shall ha very happy to take the part
If Miss Knox haa no objection," the Col
onel said, maliciously. ,
"It's a matter of perfect indifference to
me with whom I act." replied Jane,
coldly.
The Colonel's attempt at retaliation re
colled upon himself. Thinking she would
certainly refuse him aa a coadjutor, he
had proposed to help them out of their
difficulty merely to annoy her in return
for the many annoyances she had heaped
upon him. He waa not prepared for her
assent, and foreseeing the many awk
wardnesses that might ensue, and the
trial It would be to himself to plsy at
making love to the woman who was to
have been his wife, he tried to retract his
words.
(To be continued.)
A Remarkable WIU.
The leading newspaper In Vienna
prints the mating last will and testa
ment of a wealthy old eccentric who
died lately at Haderadorf-am-Kamp.
"I bequeath the whole of my property,
movable and Immovable," says he, "to
my atx nephews and six neicea, bnt
nnder the sole condition that every one
of my nephews marries a woman nam
ed An tools, and that every one of my
nieces marries a man named Anton."
The twelve are further required to give
the Christian name Antonle or Anton
to each first born child, according aa
It tarns out to bo a girl or boy. The
marriage of each nephew and niece la
also to be celebrated on one of the St.
Anthony's days, either January 17, May
10 or June 13. Each la further required
to be married before the end of July,
1888. Any nephew or niece remaining
Unmarried to an Antonle or to an An
ton after that date forfeits half of his
or her share of the property.
Fir Companies of Women.
Waaao, Sweden, haa a feminine fire
department. Its duties consist of fill
ins four great tubs which constitute
the water supply in cases of fire. Tbey
stand In two continuous lines from the
tuba to the lake, about three blocks
away, one line passing the full buckets
and the other sending them back.
Whenever the Are alarm sounds they
are obliged to come out, no matter
what the Weather may be, the daughter
of the bouse as well as the serving
maid, and often their skirts freeze like
bark from the water and the cold. If
the men are away they not only carry
the water, but bring out the hose and
ladders and work the pumps.
A thirteen-year-old-boy abot a 200
pound bear near Calo, Penn.
Either living la remarkably cheap
in Simpson County, Mississippi, or
the paupers there gel very poor board.
It oosts the county less than a dollar a
week a head to house aid feed its de
pendent poor. '
The length of the day varies in
different places. In Lond n the longest
day has sixteen and a half hours; at
St. Petersburg nineteen and in Spits
bergen the longest day lasts three
months and a half
James B. Oioott, one of the fore
most ex pe its on grasses in this coun
try, is here on his way to Australia to
study grasses whioh endure the hot,
dry summers of the Antipodes. He is
connected with the Connecticut State
Agricultural Department.
The city! of Moscow wai first
lighte l by gas in 1866.
A blind man ia rarely a smoker. A
part of the pleasure derived from
smoking seems to be dependent on the
smoker's ability to see the smoke;
many smokers are agreed that thev
cannot taste the smoke unless they see
n
kIGONIER'S QUEER DISTINCTION
Haa the Btaaeat Booster In the State
and the Littlest aa Welt,
Llgonler, Ind., has claims to a nnlque
distinction by reason of the fact that
within her borders live the largest and
smallest men, from a physical stand
point. In all Hooslerdom. George
Washington Walker Is without a ques
JESSE ALLEN.
tion the heaviest man In Indiana, If not
In the United States. He weighs 000
pounds, Is now but 40 years of age,
and has been adding steadily In weight
for the last quarter of a century. He
Is 5 feet 10 Inches high, and still grow
lng. His waist measurement la 76
Inches, chest, under arms, 68 Inches,
and arm 25 Inches. He la In excellent
health, but finds locomotion rather dif
ficult, although he rides about the city
In a specially constructed conveyance.
He is the father of two bright and In
teresting children and lives a retired
life, attempting to avoid all notoriety.
In the heated season be lives altogether
In the cellar of his residence. Walker's
physical anti type la Jesse Allen, his
neighbor.' The latter Is 19 years old,
and possesses a body of fair sUe. His
legs, however, are only 12 Inches In
length. He Is 3 feet 3 Inches tall and
weighs 73 pounds. Jesse la a promising
student, mentally well equipped and
as averse to outside notoriety as Mc
Walker.
She Tricked the Burglar.
"Take him all around, the burglar
aas as much human nature In him aa
the average man. It cuts the profes
sional to the quick to be "called a sneak
thief. There are just three things be
will run from a hysterical woman, a
small dog and a revolver. If a burglar
gets Into your house remember that dis
cretion Is the better part of valor.
Sometimes diplomacy la better than
either.
"So far a woman carried the blue rib
don on diplomacy. The lady, hearing
some one In the dining-room, thought
It was her husband, and slipped down
to pour a glass for him. She confronted
a burglar, who was making a vigorous
search of the sideboard. She stepped to
a closet and brought out a heavy bas
ket saying: 'Here Is the sliver. Now,
do go away, my good man, because I
hear my husband at the front door and
he carries a pistol.'
"The burglar fled with the basket and
the lady fainted. When her husband
revived her she told the tale and ex
plained that the basket contained an
Immense maltese cat that slept In it.
She fainted again for the possible fate
of pussy. The. next morning the cat
scratched at the basement door. It
looked no worse for the adventure, and
It bore a note tied around Its neck
which conveyed the compliments and
admiration of her victim the burglar."
Chicago Times-Herald.
Punished Tor Cheating;.
People cheated In the fourteenth cen
tury as they cheat in the nineteenth;
but in those days punishment was swift
to folow the offense. A publican, con
victed of selling unsound and unwhole
some red wine, was sentenced to drink
l draught of the same stuff which he
old to the common people, Tiie remain
ler being poured on his head, and com
pelled to forswear the calling of a vint
ter in the city of London forever, unless
le could obtain the favor of the king.
This he ultimately did. About the same
dme we find a woman charged with
telling ale In a short measure quart
sot, the bottom of which ahe had thlck
tned with pitch and covered with
rosemary, to look like bush in the
light of her customers. It was a com
mon practice to put some sort of ever
green leaves In the bottom of tankards
hence the proverb, "Good wlue needs
do bush." Her sentence was to stand
In the "thow," or female pilory, with
half of the pot attached to It. As far as
possible, the cause of the offense was
always exhibited with the person pun.
Ished. Severe pnnlshmnt was meted
ut for endeavoring to raise the a tan
Sard market price of corn and other
articles. In 1347 a merchant was im
prisoned for forty days for enhancing
the price of his own property. He se-a-etly
employed a man to bring certain)
if his own (the merchant's) wheat to
'he market, whereupon he bought his
wn at two pence more per bushel than
be market price, of course taking care
lo make the same well known, forget.
Bng, however, to state what be knew
ibout the seller. t
When a man begins to raise the devQ
fte invariably lowers Mistlt
OEOliCK lYAfcHIXQTOX WALKER,
LOCKWOOD DIDN'T LEAD.
aa Invitation to Pray Frightened
the Ksainent London Attorney.
Many prominent lawyers In London,
ire of an evangelistic turn of mind and
jmploy their leisure by pulpit exer
;Ises In whatever denomination they
tavor. Reader Harris, a well-known
lueen's counsel, for Instance, is found
sr and head of the obscure body known
is the Pentecostal League, which Is
holding Its annual meetings In London
this week. But the best known preach
ing queen's counsel Is Samuel Waddy,
leading light among Methodists. Mr.
Waddy Is a good-humored old souL of
Whom his brethren "learned In the law"
tike occasionally to make fun. Once
when he was on a circuit with Mr. (now
Sir) Frank Lock wood, that witty law
yer determined to see how Waddy be
haved In the pulpit. Accordingly, ac
companied by a barrister friend. Mr.
Lockwood visited the Methodist chapel
where Waddy was to preach and took
a prominent front seat But Waddy
espied them when he entered the pulpit,
and, knowing their object, determined
to get rid of them; so, after some pre
liminary exercises, he rose and solemn
ly said:
"Brother Lockwood will lead the con
gregation In prayer."
"Brother" Lockwood's dismay may
be better imagined than described. He
vanished from bis seat quicker than
thought, and no "Methody" chapel haa
known his proud presence since.
It is not often that anyone scores off
Lockwood. Generally It Is the other
way. Once he was engaged on the op
posite side from Sir Charles Russell
(now Lord Russell of Klllowen), who
was trying to browbeat a witness Into
giving a direct answer, "Yes" or "No."
"You can answer any question 'Yes'
or No,' " declared Sir Charles.
"Oh, can you?" retorted Lockwood.
"May I ask If you have left off beating
your wife?"
Of course Lord Russell Is not a wlfe
beater, but he was fairly cornered. If
he said "Yes" ha admitted the practice;
If he said "No" the situation was still
worse. He did not press the point with
the witness. New York Mall and Ex.
press.
or English Origin.
Many so-called Americanisms are la
reality archaisms of which the English
origin Is forgotten. The phase "let
Blide" Is supposed to be an American
Ism, but students of English literature
will call to mind the following stanza
from Chaucer's "Clerkes Tale;"
"I blame him sot that he considered
nought
In time coming what might him belittle.
But on his lust present waa all hit
thought.
And for to hauke and hunt on every side:
Well nigh all other cures let he slide.
And eke he n old (and that waa worst of
all)
Wedden no wif for ought that might
Derail."
The term ."I guess" wss also used by
Chaucer:
"With him ther was his aone, a younger
squier,
A lover and a lusty bacheler.
With locks crnlle as they were laide I
presse,
Of twenty year of age he was I gesse."
Americans have been criticized for us
ing the word "homely" to express the
absence of beautiful as a "homely
girl" for a "plain girl." An example
of nuoh usage may be found in Shaks
peare: "Upon a homely object love can wink."
After all, life would be unbearable If
everybody talked like a book. It Is far
better to use "Isms" than. In the words
of an Illustrious Irishman, to "hide
one's nationality under a cloak of pew
Bonal affectation."
Span Glass.
A French chemist brought spun glass
futo practical use about fifty years ago,
although the art of spinning glass was
practiced long before that time. He
first succeeded in softening the hard,
shiny effect of the glass fabric, giving It
a silky effect that was much more pleas
ing. Next he endeavored to reduce Its
brittleness by making a spun glass,
whose threads were much finer than
those of silk, and whose texture was
much like that of wool. This glass
could readily be woven and all kinds
of articles were made of It It was
found especially suitable for surgical
use, owing to Its antiseptic properties
and Its cleanliness. The fact that glass
Is unattacked by most acids made the
fabric useful for laboratory filters, and
nearly all well equipped establishments
of the kind now use them. The cloth is,
beside, non-combustible and a poor con
ductor of heat. As the individual
fibers are perfectly non-absorbent,
grease spots and stains can be readily
removed. For this same reason the
cloth cannot be dyed, but It can be spun
of colored gloss and the color Is abso
lutely fast and unchanging.
Saloonkeepers' Harvest.
A great manufacturing company In
Massachusetts recently paid their work
men, on Saturday evening, 700 $10 bills,
each bill being marked. By the follow
ing Tuesday 410 of these marked bills
were deposited in the bank by the saloon-keepers
of the town. Four thou
sand and one hundred dollars had
passed from the bands of the workmen
on Saturday night and Sunday and left
them nothing to show for this great
sum of money but headaches and pov
erty In their homes.
Mrs. Bacon The mn upstairs Im all
the time missing money. His wife takes
It out of his pocket while he's asleep.
Mrs. Egbert Doesn't he suspect her?
"Oh, no; he's a professional mind read
er." The American.
Afraid of the 'Weapons. .
a atorv is told of an honest old
Whaler captain, who, having given un
intentional offense by his bluffness,
was challenged to a duel. At first he
stoutly refused to entertain the idea,
neither wishing to Injure his opponent
nor to be disabled himself by one who
waa already notorious as a duelist Be
ing pressed, however, be at length con
sented, but, availing himself of his
right to select the weapons, he stag
gered his Insolent opponent by choosing
harpoona at a distance of fifty yards.
It la almost needless to say that, nnder
a in. an tag orlad
P. BUD IJjK.
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sermon
Text: "Lt th r 'eemad of the Lord say
so." Pdalms evil., 2.
Aa overture, an antiphon. a doxo:o?y it
his chapter, and in my text Divid calls' foi
an outspoken religion and requests all wht
have benn rescue,' ami b esqed no loafirer t
hide the splendid farts, but to recite them
publish them and as far as poosib e let all thi
world know about it. "Let thn redeemed o
the Lord Rayso." There Is a sinful reticenet
which has bweu altnopt fauonliMM. rht
people are quite as outspokea as they ouith'
to be on ad subjects of polities and are flam
and voluole on the Venezuelan questioi
and bimetallism and tariff high and lo
and remodeled and female suffrage, and yot
have to skilfully watch your chance if yoi
want to put into tne active oonversatioc
a modest suggestion of your own, bui
on the subject of divine goodness, reli
gious experience and eternal blessednesi
tbey are not onlv silent, but boastful of theii
reticence. Now, If you have been rej-erned
of the Lord, why do you not say so? If yon
have in your heart the pearl of great price,
worth mora tbau the Kohinoor among Vic
torian jewels, why not let others see tt't II
you got off the wreck in the breakers, why
not tell of the crew and the stout lifeboat
that safely landed you? It from the fourth
story you are rescued in time of conflagra
tion, why not teii of the fireman and the lad
der down which he carried you! If you
have a mansion in heaven awaiting you,
why not show the deed to those who may bj
the same process get an emerald castle on
the same boulevard? By the last two word!
of my text Dnvld calls upon all of us who
have received any mercy at the hands ol
Ood to stop impersonating the asylums foi
the dumb and Inthepersenceof men, women,
sngels, devils and all worlds "say so."
In these January dLys. thousands of mil
Isters.and privnte Christians are wondering
about the best ways of starting a revival ol
religion. I can tell yon a way of starting a
revival, continental, hemispheric and world
wide, l'ou say a revival starts in heaven.
Well, it starts in heaven just as a prosperotii
harvest starts in heaven. Tne sun must shin
and the rains must descend, but unless you
plow and sow and cultivate the earth yon
will not raise a bushel of wheat or a peck ol
corn between now and the end of the world.
Bow, then, shall a universal revival start
By all Christian peop.e telling the story ol
their own conversion. Let ten men and wo
men get up next week in your prayer meet
ing and, not in a conventional or canting oi
doleful way, but in the sans tone they em
ploy in the family or place of business,
tell bow they crossed the line, and
the revival will begin then and there, II
ths prayer meeting has not been so dull
aa to drive out all except those concern
ing whom it was foreordained from al
eternity that they should be there. Then
are so many different ways of being con
verted that we want to hear all kinds, so thai
our own case may be helped. It always putt
me back to hear only one kind of experience,
such as a man gives when he tells of hit
Pauline conversion how he was knockeO
senseless, aud then had a vision and heard
voters, and after a certain number of dayi
of horror got up and shouted for joy. All
that discourages me.for I was never knocked
senseless, and 1 never had such a sudden
burst of religious rupture that I lost my
equilibrium. But after awhile a Christian
man got up in some meeting and told us how
ha was brouxht up bv a devout Darantase.
and had always been thoughtful about re
ligious things, and gradually the peace ol
the gospel came into his soul like the dawn
at th moraine no perceptible difference
Between moment ana moment but after
awhile all perturbation settled down Into a
hope that had consoled and strengthened
him during all tne vicissitudes of a lifetime.
I said, "That is exhilarating; that was my
experience." And so I was strengthened.
In another prayer meeting a man got up
and told us how he once hated Ood and
went through all the round of iniquity until
we were ail on nettles lest he should go too
much into the particulars, but one day h
was by some religious power hurled flat and
then got up a Christian and had ever sine
been going around with a Bax er Bible with
large flaps under his arm. a floating evange
list. Well, under this story many are not
helped at all, for tbey know they never bated
God, and they were never dissolute. But af
ter awhile some Christian woman arises and
ays, "I have nothing extraordinary tc
teU, yet I think the cares of life, the anxietiet
about my children and two gravel
opened In our family plot made me feel th
need of Ood, and weak aud helpless and
heartbroken I flung myself upon His mercy,
and I feel what the Bible calls ths 'oeaoe of
Ood which passeth all understanding,' and
I ask your prayers that I may live nearer tc
the Christ who hss done so much for me."
I declare that before that woman got through
we were all crying, not bitter tears, but
tears of joyful emotion, and in three days ia
that neighborhood all the ice had gone out
of the river in a springtime freshet of salva
tion. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so."
I have but little interest in what peopl
My about religion as an abstratlon, but 1
have Illimitable Interest in what people saj
about what they have personally felt of re
ligion. It was an expression of his owi
gratitude for personal salvation which le
Charles Wesley, after a season of great de
spondenoy about his soul and Christ had
spoken pardon, to write that Immort
hymn:
, Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise!
It was after Abraham Lincoln had bean
somforted in the loss of Tad, the bright boy
et the White House, that be said, "I now see
as never before the preciousness of Ood't
love In Jesus Christ and how we are brougb,'
near to Ood as our Father by Him."
What a thrill went through the meeting Is
Portland, Or., when an ex-Attorney-Oeneral
of the United States rose and said: "Last
night I got up and asked the prayers of God't
people. I feel now perfecly satisfied. The
burden is rolled off and all gone, and I feel
that I could run or fly into the arms of Jesw
Christ."
What a record for all time and eternity
Was made by Gellacius, the play actor, in
the theatre at Heliopolis. A burlesque ol
Christianity waa put upon the stage. In de
rision of the ordinance of baptism a bath
tub Oiled with water was pnt upon the stage,
and another actor, in awful blasphemy,
dipped Gellacius, pronouncing over him tht
words, "I baptize thee in the name of tht
Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost,'
But coming forth from the burlesque bap
tism he looked changed and was changed,
and he cried out, "I am a Christian. I will
die as a Christian." Though he was dragged
out and stoned to death, they could not
drown the testimony made under such awful
circumstances: 'I am a Christian. I wil!
die as a Chirstinn." "Let the redeemed ol
the Lord say so."
What confirmation would come if all wb
had answers to prayers would sneak out; II
all merchants In tight places because of hard
times would tell how in response to suppli
cation they got the money to pay the note:
if all farmers in time of drought would tell
how in answer to prayer the rain came just
In time to save the crop; if all parents whe
prayed for a wandering son to coma horns
would tell how not long after tbey beard
the boy's hand on the latch of the front
door.
Samuel Hick, an English Methodist
preacher, solicited aid for West India mis
sions from a rich miser and failed. Then
the minister dropped on bis knees, and ths
miser said, "I will give thee a guinea 11
thou wilt give over." But the minist x con
tinued to pray, until the miser said, "I will
give thee two guineas it thou wilt
give over." Then the money wai
taken to the missionary meeting. Oh,
the power of prayer! Melanchthon,
utterly discouraged, was passing along
a place where children wrrs heard praying
ind be came br.ck, Hinc, "Brethren, takt
sounure: the children lire praying for ns."
Sothingcan stani before prayer. An infidel
snmeinto a Bible class to ask puzzling que
dons. Many of the neighbors came in tt
Hear the discussion. The infidel aros
ind said to the leader of the Bibls
slass, "1 hear you allow questions
asked." "Oh, yes," said the leader,
"but at the start let us kneel down
and ask God to guide us." "Ob, no," said
the infidel. 'I did not come to pray; I cams
to discuss." "Biy." said; xtrt iaaler, "j;ojj
-,i , ...-.t... i sit....,,. - , ..... . 1 -rr-y-Jgrr; : fc--.T-.;- -.- .
will, of course, iiaom"t to our ru'e,and that
is always to bein with prayer." The leader
tneit tu prayer, and then s and said to
:hein1dl, '-No yon pray." The tnrtdei re
lied, I cannot oray. I have no Ood to
way to. Let me go! Let me go!" The
spectators, who expected fun, found noth
ing but overpowering solemnity, and a re
rival startel. and among the first who were
irought in was the infidel. That prayer did
it. In all our lives there have been times
when we fe t that prayer was answered. Thei
et us say so.
There lingers on this side of ths river that
livldes earth and heaven, ready at any time
cross over, the apostle of prayer for this
wotury, Jeremiah Calvin Lanphier, the
founder of the Fulton street prayer meeting,
and If be should put on his spectacles and
read this I salute him as more qualified than
toy man since Bible times in demonstrating
what prayer can do. Dear Brother Lan
jhier! The hlga heavens are full of bit
'ame. Having announced a meeting for 11
'clock, September 23, 1857, he sat in the
ipper room on Fulton street. New Tone,
salting for people to come. He waited for
t half hour, and then a footfall waa heard
n the steps, and after awhile In all six Mr-
ions arrived, but the next day twenty, and
he next day forty and from that time to this,
'or over thirty-eight years, every day, Sab
Mth excepted, that Fulton street prayer
neeting has been a place where people hav
uked prayer and answers to prayer hav
fteen announced, and the throb of that great
Heart of supplication has thrilled not only
nio tne neavens, dui clear around tne world,
nore than any spot on earth. That has been
.he place where the redeemed of ths Lord
aid so!
Let the same outspoken nesa be employed
oward those by whom we have been person
al) advantaged. We watt until they are
lead before we say so. Your parents have
lanned for your best interests all these
rears. Tbey may sometimes, their nervous
ystem used up by the cares, tho losses, the
lisappolntments, the worriments of lite, be
nore Irritable than they ought to be, and
iiey probably have faults whioh have he
roine oppressive as the years go by. But
Jiose eyes, long before they took on spec
acles, were watching for your welfare, and
heir hands, not as smooth and much more
leeply lined than once, have done for
fou many a good day's work. Life has been
:o them more of a struggle than you will
ver know about, and muoh of the struggle
las been for you, and how muoh they are
wrapped upln your welfare you will neve
tppreclate.
Have you by word or gift or behavior ex-
-essed your thanks? Or if you cannot quits
fet up to say it face to face, have you written
t in some holiday salutation? The time will
loon pass, aud tbey will be gone out of your
light, and their ears will not hear, and their
lyes will not see. If you owe tuem any
liminess of deed or any words of appreciat
ion, why do you not say sor How much
ve might all of us save ourselves in the
natter of regrets If we did not delay nnti!
oo late an expression of obligation that
vould have made the last years of earthly
Ife more attractive. The grave Is deaf, and
ipitaphs on cold marble cannot make r
jaraiion.
In conjugal life the honeymoon to soon
past, and the twain take It for granted that
aeh is thoroughly understood. How depen
lent on each other they become, and ths
fears go by, and perhaps nothing la said to
nake the other fully understand that sense
)f dependence. Impatient words sometimes
some forth, and motives are misinterpreted,
ind It is taken as a matter cf course that the
:wo will walk the path of life side by side
intil about the same time their journey shall
je ended, but some sudden and appalling ill
less unloosens the right bands that were
slasped years at before the altar of orange
lossoms, tho parting takes plaoe, and among
the worst of ail the sorrows Is that you did
aot oftener. If you ever did at all, tell her or
.ell him how indispensable she was or how
indispensable he was to your happiness, and
that lu some plain, square talk long ago you
lid not ask for forgiveness for innrmltles
ind neglects, and by some unlimited mtnr
Mice make It understood that you fully ap
preciated the fidelity and re-enforcement of
many years. Alas, how many su-h have to
lament the rest of their lives, "Oh, if I had
Miivsaia sov
My subject takes a wider range. The Lord
las bunareds of thousands of people amonsr
Ihose who have never joined Hip 'army be
:ause of some high ideal of what a Christian
ihould be or because of a fear that they may
lot hold out or because of a spirit of pro
srastinatlon. Thev have never publicly
professed C'nr'ist. They have as muoh right
:o thesacramenta and as much right to all
die privileges of the church as thousands
who have for years been enrolled in church
membership, and yet tbey have made no
positive utterance by whioh ;tbe world may
know they love God and are on the road to
leaven. Tbey are redeemed of the Lord and
fet do not say so. Ob. what an augmenta
tion it would be if by some divine Impulse
all those outsiders should become insiders. I
ell you what would bring them to their
right places, and perhaps nothing else will
lays of persecution. If they were compelled
to take sides as betweenChrist and His ene
mies, they would take the side of Christ, and
the fagots and the instruments of torture
and the anathemas of all earth and hell
would aot make them blanch. Martyrs are
mad out of such stuff as they are. But let
them not wait for snch days as I pray to God
may never come, vrawn ny tna sense ol
fairness and justice and obligation, let them
how their colore. Let the redeemed of thf
Lord say so.
This chapter from which 1 take my text
mentions several classes of persons who
ought to be outspoken, among them all those
who go on a journey. What an opportunity
you have, you who spend so much of yout
time on rail trains or on shipboard, whether
on lake or river or sea! Spread the glory of
God s goodness and your own redemption
wherever you go. You will have many a
long ride beside some one whom you will
never see again, some one who is waiting for
one word of rescue or consolation. Make
every rail train'and steamer a moving palace
of saved souls. Casual conversations bay
harvested a great host for Ood.
There are many Christian workers In put
"its, in mission stations. Sabbath schools, in
anheard of places who are doing their best
for Ood and without any recognition. They
go and come, and no one cheers them. Per
haps all the reward tbey get is harsh critic-
Ism, or repulse, or their own fatigue. If you
nave ever heard of any good they nave done,
let them know about it. If you find some
one benefited by their alms, or their prayers,
or their obeeriug word, go and tell them.
They may be almost ready to give cp their
mission. They may be almost in despair be
cause ol tne seeming lack ot results. Une
word from you may be an ordination that
will start them on the chief work of their
lifetime. A Christian woman said to her
pastor. "My usefulness is done. I do not
mow why my life Is spared any longer, be
sause I can do no good." Then the pastor
replied. '-You do me great good every Sab-
atn. She asked: "How do l do you auy
rood?" and he replied: "in the first place,
you are always in your seat In the church,
and that helps me, and In the secont p'.a -e
fou are always wide awake and alert, look
ng right up into my face, and that helps me,
ind iu the third place I often see tears mil
ling down your cheeks, and that helps m-."
What a good thing he did not wait until silt
was dead before he said so!
There are hundreds of ministers who bave
lard work to make sermons because no one
ixpresses any appreciation. They are afruiil
)t making him vain. The moment the
tonediction is pronounced they turn on then
boels and go out. Perhaps it was a subiec,
in which ha had put especial pains. ' B
aught for ths right tex, and then did his
est to put the old thought into some new
hape. He had prayed that it might go to
he hearts of the people. He had added to
he argnment the most vivid Illustrations he
tould think of. He had delivered all with
i power that left him nervously exhausted.
?ive hundred peop'e may have been blessed
ry It and resolved upon a higher life and
lobler purposes. Yet all he bears Is ths
ilank of the pew door, or the shuffling ot
eet in the aisle, or some remark about the
veather, the last resort of inanity. Why
lid not that man come up and say frankly,
'Yon bave done me good?" Why did not
ome woman come up and say, "I shall go
tome to take up the burden of life more
iheerf ully?" Why did not some professional
nan come up andsav: "Thank you, dominie,
'or that good advice? I will take It. Ood
lless you." Why did they not tell him so?
have known ministers, in the nervous reac
loa that comes to some after the delivery of
I sermon with no seeming result, to go home
nd roll on the floor in agony.
Jut to jaate up lor this Jack oXBispojkjsi
eligion there needs to be and will be a
treat day when, amid the solemnities and
rrandeurs of a listening unfvers. God will
'sav so." No statistics can state how many
nothers have rocked cradles and hovered
iver lilfantile sicknesses and brought un
I heir families to manhood and womanhood
ind launched them upon useful and success
Ul lives, and yet never received one "Thank
rou" that amounted to anything. Ths
laughters became queens in souial life et
vereafllanoed in highest realms of pros
erity; the sons took the first honors of
he university and became ra llant In mone
ary or professional spheres. Now the secret
fall that uplifted maternal influence must
cms out. Society did not sav so, the
ihuroh did not say so. the world did not say
n.bnt on that day of all other days, the last
lav. Ood wUl say so.
There are men to whom life is a grind
Ad a conflict, hereditary tendeni-les to be
ivereome. accidental environments to be
mdured, appalling opposition to be met and
onquered, and they never so much as had
i rose pinned to their coat lapel in admit,
ion. They never had -a song dedicated to
heir name. They never bad a book pre.
ented to tbetn with a complimentary word
n the fly-leaf. All they have to show foi
heir lifetime battle is scars. But in the last
iav the story will come out, aud that lira
rill be put in holy and transcendent
toythra, and their oourage and persistence
ind faith and victory will not onlv be an.
lounced but rewarded. "These are they
jik came out oi great triDuiatlon and huif
heir robes washed and made white in th
Wood of the Lamb." God will say so!
We miss one of the chief ideas of a la:4
Odgment. We nut into the r.l.it lire the flrM
ind the smoke, and the earthquake, and the
lescending angels, and the uprising dead,
)Ut we Omit tO Dot into the l.intlirn th(
rhich makes the fast judgment a maguiilcunt
ipportunlty. We omit the fact that it is to
e a day of glorious explanation and com.
nendation. The first justice that millions
f unrewarded and unrecognlzel and uuap
reciated men and women get will be on
at day, when services that never called
orth so muoh as a newspaper line of finest
earl or diamond type, as the printers term
t, shall be called up for coronation. That
ill be the day of enthronement for those
whom the world called "nol-odles." Joshua,
who commanded the aun and moon to stand
gill, reeds no last judgment to get justice
lone him, but those men do need a last
udgment who at times lu all armies, under
:he most violent assault, in obedience to com
nand themselves stood still. Ileiiorab, who
mcouraged Barak to bravery in batt le agHinst
me oppressors of Israel, needs no last judg
nent to get justice done her, for tbou
andsof years hnve clapped her applause.
3ut the wives who in all as hive encour
tged their husbands in the battles of life,
women whose names were hardly knon u be
fond the next street or the next farmhouse,
nust have God say to them: "You did well,
fou did gloriously. I siw you down Id that
iairy. I watched you in tbe old farmhouse
nendtng tbose children's clothes. I heard
what you said tn tbe way of cheer when the
readwinner ot the household was in des
air. I remember all the slot cradles you
lave sung to. I remember the backaches,
he headaches, the heartaches. I know tbe
aory of your knitting needle as well as I
tnow the story of a queen's scepter. Your
lastle on the heavenly hill is all ready for
'ou. Go up and take it." And turning to
he surprised multitudes of heaven He will
lay. "She did what she could." God will
ay so.
And now I dose with giving my own per
lonal testimony, for I must not enjoin upon
ithers that which I decline myiel' to do.
Jorn at Bound Brook, N. J., of a parentage
is pious as the world ever s&vr, I attest be
ore earth and beaven that I have always
elt tbe elevating and restraining influence
if having had a good father and a good
nother, and If I am able to do half as well
or my children as the old folks did for me I
rill be thankful forever. The years of my
ife passed on until, at about eighteen y.-nri
if age, I fe t the pressure ot eternal rea" itiea
ind after prayer and rellerious coiin-ul I
tassed Into what I took to be a
aved state and joined the cburob,
ind I attest before earth and heaven
hat I have found It a most helpful and
nsplring association. I like the com.
wnionshtn so well that I cannot bs sat
sfled if I hare a day less of it than nil eter
lity. After graduating at collegiate and
heoloiTioal Institutions I had ths hands of
en or twelve good men put upon my head
n solemn ordination, at Belleville, N. J.,
ind I attest before earth and heaven that the
vork ot the gospel ministry has been de
lghtful, and I expect to preach until my
ast hour. Many times I havo parsed
trough deep water of b-reavement aud but
'or the divine promise of heavenly reunion I
could have gone under, but I attest before
larth and heaven that the comfort of the
fospel Is high, deep, glorious, eternal. Many
Imes have I been maligned and my work
nlsrepresented, but all such falsehood and
wrsecutton have turned out for my advan
age and enlarged my work, and I attest be
ore earth and heaven that God has fulfilled
o me the promises. "Lo! I am with vou al-
vays," and "The gates of hell shall not pre.
Mil DfDlTI., v,
- 5uuuhw men in all de-
lartments let me say you will come out all
ight if you mind your own business and are
Mttient. The assault of the world is on ly oe
rt rubbed down by a rough Turkish towel,
ind it Improves the circulation and makes
tne more vigorous. While the future holds
or me many mysteries which I do not pro
end to solve, I am living In expectation that
vhen my poor work Is done, I shall go
hrougb the gates and meet my Lord and all
ny kindred who have preceded me.
CRAZY HORSE'S MEDICINE.
feld It Was Ballet Proof, ami Faith Cost
His Brother's Lite.
Pawnee Bill, who has retnrmid to Perry,
Iklahoma, from tbe four bands of the Paw
ee tribe, brings word that the Indians bave
Jl left their farms and move 1 into tepees
m Black Bear Creek and have gone to ghost
lancing and making medicine.
Oraay Horse claimed to hare made a mccit
tne that was bullet proof, but. when tried as
m experiment on his brother in frcnt of the
ounoil ot chiefs, the bullet penetrated his
leart and caused instant death. All of Crazy
torse's oattle and ponies were taken from
dm as a penalty by the chiefs, an I tiiere is
alk among tbe Federal officers of Indicting
dm on tbe charge ot murder.
New Helmet for Herman Snldlers.
Emperor William, assisted by the Miutster
War, General von Schellendorf, ami aided
y a body of military experts, Is considering
he introduction of a new helmet fur the
human army, In view of the fact that tlio
letallie ornaments of the present helmet are
Islbie at a great dietan'.-e.
Whipping-Post for Tl'ilc-ISratcrs.
The Grand Jury of Baltimore, M l., has rec
mmendod that the hippliiK-iost for mfe
eators In toe city jail be onco moru put iu
l'oIly ia simply pleasure which
hurts.
Laughter's wrinkles mock ttiosj of
t'me.
You oan't be happy if you exjiect too
much.
Poverty shared is nsnttllv poverty
doubled.
A.hertisements never quit work on
holidays.
Seeing Is some times disbelieving.
Keep your wound ooveraJ, and it
mar heal without a scar.
Charity is something every bo Jy else
should have.
Egotism is harder to en'lure tlita
tyranny or falsehood.
We are born crying, liva cjuiplain
ng, and die disappointing.
What is love? It is a fueling that
you don't want another fellow following
around ber.
No razor li sharper than tlio to&gu
of an offended "society woman."
Ambition thinks no face so beautiful
as that which looks lrom under a
crown. -
Life, like thf waters of tho seas,
fr.sbens only when it ascends toward
heTa,