D BOHWEIEB,
THE OONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
K41tsr- ud
'Vol. 1 7
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MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1896.
NO. 8.
CHAPTER XXVIII. (CouHnusd.)
But Valentine Graem. would not hear
of any compromise. H. waa stags-manager,
and waa especially bant upon these
theatricala being a success. Nor had h.
now any fear for the result. Colon.l
Prinsep was one of the beat amateur
actors in India, and particularly good at
the love-making, which waa the principal
part of the small comedietta they had
chosen, while Jane, too, had considerable
talent, aa she had shown at Simla.
The first rehearsal ahe had with Col
onel Prinsep was a decided failure. She
had gone through the piece with Val
Graeme several timea and had been pro
nounced by him letter-perfect. Now aha
missed her cues, stumbled over the sim
plest sentences, and by her general awk
wardness and stupidity sent down the en
thusiasm of the stage-manager to zero.
Nor waa the next rehearsal more prom
ising. Jane spoke ber words correctly,
but infnsed no spirit into the part. And
this time Colonel Prinsep waa also im
practicable, repeating his lover-lika
speeches with parrot-like precision, bnt
avoiding carefully any sentimental In
flection. Barry Larron, who was generally pres
ent when they rehearsed, guessed the rea
son of the stiffness which waa mutually
assumed whenever any tenderness was
required. lie knew that they loved each
other still, and therefore dared not trust
themselves to pretend what they really
felt. Yet he did not give up hope.
And so the evening arrived. The tims
had been so short that they had no full-
dress rehearsal; and the station, being a
mall one, would scarcely furnish an aadi
cnce for two performances.
"It will be only for this once, so we
can make a supreme effort," aaid Colonel
Prinsep to her as they stood alone in on.
of the wings waiting for the rising of the
curtain.
She was trembling visibly; bat aa h.
spoke encouragingly she tried to smile.
"You must not be nervous," he went
on. "After all, it Is only acting, and no
one will misunderstand if you throw you
aelf into your part, as I know you could."
The hell rang; and a minute later ah.
Was called to go on the atage.
A sturm of applause broke from the
audience as she stood before them in her
old-fashioned, short-waist ed frock and
sandal shoes, her white arms almost hid
den by lier long mittens, and her brown
hair gathered on to the top of her head
With a huge comb. The enthusiasm In
creased when Colonel Prinsep came on,
boyishly impulsive, and 'betraying the
love he felt in every glance and gesture.
And Jane was so daintily coquettish, so
bewitching even in her declared heart
lassness, and again so pathetic in her
despair when he left her; and the curtain
fell aa she laid her head on the table and
sobbed aloud.
They were encored vociferously, Jan.
responding to the call, led on by Colonel
Prinsep, ber cheeks crimson from excite
ment, and her eyes still red from th.
tears that had really fallen.
Then the band played during th. twen
ty minutes' interval, which waa supposed
to be equivalent to thirty years.
Jane waa now a sweet old lady. Quak
crishly robed in plain gray satin, prema
turely silver-haired, and leaning for sap
port on a gold-headed stick. Her voice,
sfhJcb before had been so joyous, was
subdued into habitual pathos, and man
ner and appearance both spoke of th.
sadness which had pervaded her life.
The years bad dealt very differently
with ber lover. The romantic boy had
grown into a crotchety, matter-of-fact,
middle-aged man. Yet her loyalty never
faltered, though it waa keenest pain to
m how entirely he had forgotten th.
venta of the past which by her had been
so treasured.
Jane was acting almost beyond herself.
It waa all so like a dream that for th.
moment she believed it might be actually
true that she and Stephen Prinsep had
Bet in the after-time of their own life,
ah. loyal aa her nature waa, he oblivious
mt everything save the merest details of
time and place.
In his careless, boisterous way h. de
clared she had never loved him, and as
ahe sadly put aside the doubt, an accent
so pitiful and tender came Into her voic
' that Colonel Prinsep himself forgot that
it was acting, and involuntarily glanced
Into her face. There he saw the whole
truth written so plainly that he waa on
th point of answering very differently
from the book. I recollecting himself, he
tried to recall his part, but for a moment
failed.
The prompter came to their rescue, and
to most it had appeared only a momen
tary forgetfulness of their parts; but to
two of those who were looking on it
seemed clear enough. Major Larron bit
his lip with rage.
The other who bad noticed, and under
stood what passed, had no such com
mand of facial expression.
He stood up, his eyes glaring, his face
distorted with the violent passions that
moved him. Several of the men around
him looked at him curiously, but he never
heeded them, he saw and knew only what
hi. jealousy hnd shown him. The play
was ended, and when Jane had spoken
ber Inst word she allowed her glance to
.weep the audience, but It was arrested
by the first object on which it fell the
tall fim re and passion-distorted face of
Jacob Lynn.
She shuddered so violently that he
hand, being in Colonel Prinsep., he de
tected her agitation, and led her at once
off the stage more quickly than waa laid
down in the book.
-The strange thing about it all, con
fided Valentine Graeme that tame night
fo Mapor larron. rode beck with
him to thoir quarters, "waSjthat
their best just where I expected them t
jn tn bwe-mnkinav .
-Humph P ejaculated th Baa. BtRR
ad made no other remark.
CHAPTER XXIX.
A lovely morning in November not
Xfovember as it Is known to England, Wit
leaden skies and bleak, biting winds that
whistle mournfully among bare trees
v...nhr aa it ia in India, warm
-till, w.t gratefully cool after the exhaust
lag heat that baa gon. before: in sun i
lln,5 !r "'fiL CnnWiilhii"
was the 7th of Vnw., k v
never forgot the date, though the "thought
bad crossed her mind several time, dur
ing tn. morning how uneventful th. days
duHneaa?0 re"emb,ln' othe' ts
theatricals, and aha had seen nothing of
naa been fine, once or twice there had
oeen a shower of rain in the evening.
in. clock had just struck four on that
fecial afternoon of that date, when she
heard footstep. l the veranda. It waa
the hour Stephen Prinsep had generally
chosen for his visits, when they were en
gaged; and ahe thought It might be the
Colonel now. But when a few momenta
passed and no servant came to announce
him, ahe opened the sitting-room door
and went Into the hall. No one waa
tnere, but almost Immediately Mrs. Knox
cam. out of th. quartermaster writing
room looking flushed and put out,
A native Came rnnnintr .1 - J
... n ..vus iiiv m
joining compound belonging to a hone.
wuiiu, on account of th. reputation ft
had gained for unhcalthlness .
cupled, and now formed a convenient
short cut to the parade-ground.
moling up with casual interest. Mrs.
Knox s attention waa irmM k. t,:.
terrified expression, and ahe stopped
short in her complaints.
-What Is it" she asked, sharply.
The man, a respectable-looking servant
tt the Mussulman caste. waa rnr
time unintelligible by reason of his fright,
and could only fold hia hands and Im
plore pardon for the fault he declared he
had not committed. It was only after
an impatient cross-examination that Mrs.
Knox elicited the fact that a "S.kit,"
lying dead some few yards away.
aiore uaeiy tipsy," was her contemptu
ous observation.
It took them some minutes to reach the
spot indicated, and then when they came
within a few yards of It, Mrs. Knox
hurried on, to spare her daughter what
might be an unnecessary shock. But as
she came np and saw who it was, she
forgot every consideration in her own
horror. The first glance had assured her
that the servant', supposition was cor
rectthe man was indeed dead; and as
she had swiftly scrutinized his features
another truth was borne upon her, that
be had not died by his own hand. Sh
could not repress a scream.
"It ia Jacob Lynn murdered!" she
cried, and turning, waa just in time to
catch her daughter in ber arms or she
would have fallen to the ground.
"Mother, say he is not dead! It can't
be true! He is ill, hurt; but not that not
that!"
Against her firm conviction Mrs. Knox
knelt down, and laid her hand upon his
heart, hia pulse, and even upon hi. fore
head, from which th. blood was trickling
alowly down. He was warm still, and for
a moment ah. thought he waa alive. She
raised his head upon her knee, and sent
the native for water in th. almost forlorn
hope that it might be of use.
For the first time Jane acknowledged
the good looks which to every one else
had been always patent: and looked
him with pity that though in nowise akin
to love, was yet so tender that the tears
came welling into her eyes as she thought
of his lost opportunities and possibilities
of good.
Whose hand waa it that had struck him
down? The question fell upon her mind's
ear so clearly that involuntarily ahe
turned to see if any on. had spoken.
They were alone still, her mother and
she, with ail that remained of the man
to whom she had been engaged, and to
whom ahe had been so dear. He would
never vex her more! She wished she had
been less Impatient of that love which
ahe had never valued. Now that it had
vanished from her life, she felt it as a
loss. Yet only a week before ahe dread
ed his very presence, and begged Stephen
Prinsep's aid in delivering her from his
attentions.
I will get rid of him somehow, never
fear," he had assured her.
Was it possible that in that lay the
anawer to the question which was trou
bling her? Had he taken these terrible
means of removing Jacob Lynn from her
path forever? Oh, heaven forbid!
Mrs. Knox laid the head of the hand
some hussar gently on the ground again
and rose to her feet.
"It is no good, Jenny he is dead!"
And as she spoke some troopers from
the barracks came running up. Full of
conjecture as to the cause of his death,
they surrounded him at once, and as
they did so, a sudden remembrance
struck Jane that, before their feet had
obliterated it, there had been the mark
of a boot so distinctly printed on th.
oft, sandy soil that a triangular cut In
the sole had been clearly visible. There
were no such marks on the boots of Jacob
Lynn.
The only clew lay in Jane's keeping,
and it seemed to her as though the foot
print had been seen by her alone that
the, who had been the indirect canse of
his death, might be also its avenger. -
A court of inquiry was convened by
the Colonel, but nothing transpired at it
beyond the fact that the murdered man
had once been engaged to marry the
quartermaster's daughter. This lent to
the affair an adventitious interest, and
public curiosity waa proportionately dis
appointed when it -was decided that to
call Mrs. Knox and ber daughter to give
evidence would be needlessly distressing
them.
"Died br the hand of some person or
persons onknown," was the verdict.
At d so th. matter was allowed to rest
Che deceased had no relation, to insist
w enrthar investigation, and th. gen-
,ral opinion seemed to be that all Inquiry
would be of no avail. It had probably
Men a drunken brawl: and even if there
ind been any witnesses to it, a feeling of
oyalty would prevent them from saying
what they knew would ruin a fellow
wldier. They would indeed be apt to
look only too leniently on a crime that,
though so fatal tn its results, bad yet been
accidental, and not the fruit of malice.
Yet his death had been a great shock
to the whole regiment, and the sympathy
felt was shown by the number of those
who followed him to th. cemetery. Most
it the officers wot. present among them
the Colonel and the Adjutant and Just
h. aarvlca bu the wife and daugh
ter of the quartermaster cam. up quietly
..A ataad beald. th. crave. Mrs. Knox
- dressed, though not actually I
ki bhM. t s-rr4 to th. MUchel,
scislori; but Jane was In rigid mourn
ing, and her pale face looked the whiter
by contrast with, her sable gown.
Jh. quartermaster waa not with them;
tot? p Jhe """'"i .rit" 7.T end,
Stephen Prinsep moved toward them with
the Intention of seeing them home. But
Jaue. with a gesture of repugnance that
he could tot understand, still less at-
count for, shrunk back behind her mother
and drew her qnickly away.
For a moment their eyes had met, and
0fjSi0h t VZ? ,n.ert ""!!? k lnrP."b v
or speech or action, transfixed by the look
of fear etramrelv mineled with contemnt
mar she had cast upon him.
wuen ne recovered himself, ahe an(
her mother were out of sight, and the
troops moving noisily away reminded him
that there wanjio reason he should re
main behind.
(To be continued.)
THERE WAS A DISTINCTION.
and the Hitherto Moral Yonns; Mass
Got the Heaviest t'entence.
When Lawyer Charles W. Brooke
practiced at the bar ln Philadelphia
years ago he one day waa vailed upon
to defend a man In the Ln'ted States
district court before Justice Cadwalla
der for counterfeiting. Mr. Brooke's
client was a young man who bad never
before been charged with crime. Hia
companion was a well-known counter
feiter, who had served a term of im
prisonment. Both men were convicted.
When they were brought to the bar for
sentence the old offender was the first
to hear the Judgment of the court. Jus
tice Cadwallader, who was an old
school gentleman of punctilious polite
ness, said. In a mild tone: "Mr. Jones,
rou have been cxivicted, unfortunate
ly for yourself, of the crime of coun
terfeiting. Very Justly, Mr. Jones,
the law prescribes a severe penalty for
the offense for which you have so un
fortunately been found guilty. It be
comes my duty, Mr. Jones, under the
law, to pass sentence upon you, and I
therefore, under the circumstances and
In consideration of your having upon a
previous occasion been found guilty of
a similar offense, sentence you to the
term of twelve years' Imprisonment'
Jones stepped back, and Mr. Brooke's
client took his place at the bar. "Your
honor," said Mr. Brooke, "I would like
to call the attention of the court to th
fact that this young man has never ba
fore been convicted of a crime, and
has always, up to the present, bornr
a most excellent character." "Verj
good. Mr. Brooke, very good," said the
justice. Then to the prisoner: "Younp
man, you have doubtless beard the re
marks that I addressed to your partnei
In this offense. It Is unnecessary that I
should, therefore, repeat them to yon
It becomes my painful duty to sentence
you now, and I will likewise send you
to prison for the term of twelve years."
"But, your honor." protested Mr.
Brooke, "my client has never been con
victed before, and has had an excellent
reputation. There surely should be
some distinction between his punish
ment and that of the other man, who it
an old offender." "Ah, that Is quit
true. Mr. Brooke," said the Justice. "I
thank you for reminding me of It There
ought to be a difference surely, and
there shall be. Mr. Clerk, make the
sentence for Jones sixteen years In
stead of twelve. Thank you again, Mr.
Brooke, for reminding me of what I
overlooked." New York World.
The Deadly Railroad Mortgage.
It la eald that the late Samuel J.
Tilden waa the Inventor of the modern
railway mortgage, with all Its deadly
possibilities of foreclosure, receiver
ship, lawyers' quirreU and general
wreck and disaster. It was a diaboli
cal Invention. It has made the for
tunes of thousands of lawyers and has
proved the undoing of many thousands
of stockholders and bondholders. The
lawyera have a pudding when the rail
road gets into the hands of receivers.
The comptroller of one of the great
transcontinental lines, now run by a
United State District Court, told me
lately ln New York that it had cost the
past year $600,000 more to operate the
line under the receivership than it
would have cost had It been run in the
regular way by a board of directors.
The lawyers got most of this big lot
of money. A lawyer told me ln Mil
waukee the other day that there Is no
law whatever authorizing a court to
operate a railroad and that the practice
has grown up during recent years with
out any sort of statutory provisions
regulating it A judge now takes a
railroad, appoints receivers, requires
them to account to him. Issues orders to
buy rails and locomotives, to construct
new roadbeds and bridges, to make or
abandon leases, to pay interest or not
to pay Interest on bonds, and practical
ly absorbs ln bis own person all the'
functions of president, directors, audi- i
tor, treasurer and general manager.
He Is only a lawyer raised to the bench
and he knows nothing about railroad
ing, but he runs the road year after
year with the absolute authority of s
czar. Chicago Times-Herald.
Silk hats have a muslin body as a
basis. From two to six thicknesses of
muslin are employed for the brim and
on. or two for the top and sides.
A street cur in Glasgow Scotland,
with a new oil motor in pine of boron
was exhibited recently. While on the
trial trip the oil Unk tojk fire and
burned the whole exhibit,
A grandson nf Mr p. Si'ldo'p, the
tropin muse, fell dead in the IjodiIod
streets tbe other day. He was an artint,
and so poor that lie peddled bis oil
paintings on tbe sidewalk1).
Twenty millions of meteors are
said to fall npen tbe ear h everv day
their aggregate weight amounting to
sometning like two tons.
Conrt dress in Berlin is to be mod
elled on the Venetian costumes of the
renaissance. The Deputies will ap
pear as Venetian Senators.
Perfumes were exclusively usedio
ancient Eypt in the embulment of
dead bodies.
A man ia as ol.l as his arteries. 1
they are soft and compressible, the
deteriorating effects of old age have
not yet appease
Frofessor d'Arsouval of the College
of France has been making a aeries of
experiments with the torpedo fish.
Princess ManL ot Wales has
carved a meerschaum pipe for ber
b othed Princo Karl, of Denmark.
Ouedavi every 3 ear Lord and
Lady At
servant,
Lady Aberdeen always dine with their
HEARD THIRTY MILES AWAY.
the
Wonderful Mnaic of t'a. 7,001
Ball, of Bmch.
! "LI" the morning stars when they
. . .. 7" '
mnft t0etner the melodious thunder
,r MlX ln Kremlin Tower, and
weet as the harp of David are the bells
j f V'aldla," Is a Russian saying. In the
' cry heart of the vast, treeless plain
if Central Russia, Moscow Is huddled
aealnst the blasts. Above the
,.i.. - ... . . . .
u"dred of thouaanda who buy and
ell In the markets the Kremlin lifts Its
(olden dome. Under its semlspbericaJ
TIU GREAT BELT, OP MOSCOW.
roof the great, brazen bell, of sixty
:ons weight five times the size of Big
Rej, In London, swings lightly on bor-
lers of oak and steel. Twenty-fout
nen pull, not the bell, but the ponder
ous clapper, until it strikes the sides
ike a gigantic hammer. Out the tone
loats, full, deep, mellow, over the roofs
f the city, over the plains. Thirty
niles away the peasant crosses himself
ind the traveler kneels in the road to
ray.
There Is no sweeter music In all the
orld than the music of Moscow's belli
n Christmas day. The boom from the
Kremlin wins response from 2.000
treat bells and 6,000 small onea all
ver the city, and such is the quality
f tone of the largest beir In the world
that It simply rises above the chorus of
lesser bells like the lovely, higher-
keyed tenor in an oratorio. Bells of
ilver. bells of copper and tin, bells of
brass, bells of mellow bronze, bells of
itrange alloys and strange unearthly
tones like the voice of the pope's angel
n the pontifical choir ln Rome; chimes
nd peals and carillons swell the might
inthem of praise that rises and knocks
it the door of heaven on Christmas
nornlng. The devout Russians look
ibove for that light which never shone
in sea or land.
They they go to the bell chapel to
rorshlp. More than 200 years ago
:he great bell was cast Into the mold of
:lay. Wars passed over it, fire and
lood and pestilence. For nearly two
renturles it lay ln the earth. When It
as raised It stood twenty-one feet
ligh and was covered with Inscrip
Jons and carvings. A fire cracked it
ind a great piece fell out It was rais
ed on to a pedestal of stone, the broken
?lace serving as a door, an altar waa
placed inside and now every pilgrim
:o the city pauses for prayer at the
!k11 chapeL Its computed weight Is
220 tons.
AN AUTOMATIC VALVE.
f hi. One Partly Close, or Opens a. th.
Preaanre I. More nr I ir.s
A valve adapted to close proportion-
it el y on an Increase of pressure and
pen correspondingly with decreaslni
Treasure In the flow of gas or ofhei
luld Is shown In the accompanying Ulus
tratlon. The valve seat Is comparative
y deep and conical ln shape, and the
ralve la held on a stem sliding loosely
AUTOMATIC VALVE.
m a cap on cue lower ena or a cage,
which also slides loosely ln the cap of
me vaive ooay, the cage being adapted
be raised or lowered by a threaded
tern on which Is a band wheel.
On the upper end of the valve stem Is
t cap against which presses a colled
iprlng, and an Increase In the pressure
if the gas flowing through the ralve,
iauslhg an Increased pressure also
igalnst the top of the ralve, moves the
atter downward against the tension
f the spring, thus decreasing the open-
ng between the ralve seat and the
ralve, the spring lifting the valve and
inlarglng the opening aa the pressure
lecreases.
The RnasJjta Charge at Eylan.
It waa a caw and bitter dav: durlnir
iie morning there were occasional
isw flurries, and at midday a heavy
lownfall. Bennlgsen seised the lnl Ha
lve, and opened the battle by a cannon-
de. Napoleon, divining hia plan, sen!
messenger for Key to come and
trengthen Soult At nine the Rnsslao
ight advanced and drove the Frenct
eft, which waa weak, to the town,. Al
hat moment the order waa given foi
lugerean and SaJnt-HUalre to more. It
h. driving snow thai- lost connactlor
with each other, and the latter was re)
pulsed by Russian cavalry, while Auge
reau's corps was almost destroyed bj
be enemy's center. The dashing horse
men of Galitzln reached the foot of tbi
rery hlU on which Napoleon stood. an
1 panic aelsed all about him, not ex
opting Berthler and Bessleres, who ex
iitedly called up the Guard to savi
Jielr emperor. The emperor, however
remained calm, exclaiming, "Whai
boldness! What boldness r The, pur
men feU back exhausted, and Mural
ln turn dashed with his cavalry toward
the gap between the enemr'a centei
and right So worn out were both sides
however, that without a coUlalon thej
ceased to charge, and began to flreJ
Century.
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CLEVELAND'S -MOTHER. 7
Bhe Uaad to Cat Ororefa Hair WheJ
He Was loaag.
The accompanying cut Is taken from
a portrait of President Cleveland?
mother.
She came from Baltimore. Neal wai
ber maiden name. Her husband
Graver's father, was once her school
:eacher. He was much older than she
Ulent and severe; she sunny and cheer
uL The qualities are mixed in Grover
Ihe was not ambitious. She thought
irover would amount to less than thi
ther children, because he was alwayi
10 fat and dull. She died before hei
ion became great She always fed hei
ihlldren well, allowing them to eat
tweets. She never had alcohol ln anj
MBS. CLEVELAND.
'orm on ber table. She was never rich
ihe used to cut Groverls hair and maki
lis clothes herself when he was young
Ber home was a happy one.
THE WAY THEY DO IT.
Bow a
Portuguese Hotel Hia Pre
sent. III. Bill.
A Portuguese writer finds fault with
English hotel-keepers for using a print
U rorm or bill on which the plain re
lulrements of a simple traveler are lost
tmid a multitude of Items. In Portu
fal, when the traveler asks for hl bill
Jie l;i;rIlord pleasantly rubs bis bandi
together and answers: "Whatever you;
wcellency expects to give."
Of course this will not do, for thi
raveler is sure to offer too little or toe
nuch, and to be thought either a spend
0rift or a niggard; so he has to mak
1 speech, thank the landlord for hit
onfldence, and beg for a detailed state
sent Then the landlord, politely dep
.coating anything of the kind, la alow
y persuaded to check off the varioui
terns upon the fingers of his band, wltl
1 long argument before each success! v
lnger Is done with and doubled down
"What does It come tor' asks thi
raveler, taking out bis purse, when thi
land and account are closed. "Wbai
lid his excellency not add up?" Hli
ncellency, having been incapable 01
:h!s act of mental arithmetic, the addl
don Is gone over again, from the llttit
lnger backwards with a finger er two,
erbaps remembering forgotten Items
rought Into aconnt from the othej
land. The sum total Is gladly paid
ind host and guest part, mutually con
ent, the guest knowing that he has no)
een overcharged more than perhapi
1 thumb and one or two fingers. Pitts
rorg Dispatch.
Taey Were Unmanned. '
'Come, be brave, nowl Don't dh
rrace your bloomers."
It waa the tail, masculine woman
who spoke. Her younger companion
held her protector's arm nervously and
book visibly.
Oh, but," she said, "it Is so dreadful.
and It is coming this way."
just tnen tne monster came with a
rush and a swish and a hypnotic glittet
In his beadlike little eyes. It dodged
right between tbe feet of the new wo
man and vanished through a little hole
In the wall, while the cat which had
troused It sprang after, but brought
up with a thump against the wall un
able to follow further.
There were two shrieks, a wild dutch.
(tig of bloomers, a leap toward th.
table, and then a fall. The younger
woman had fainted. Nature had again
isserted herself. The new woman war
inmanned. Buffalo Express. .
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Sound Advice.
"Mickey," said Mr. Dolan to his son,
"Ol do be afraid ye're gettln' to be a
lude." , 1 ,
"I hope not" t
"Well, Oi've noticed yes wearln' yei
lunday clothes tbe week t'rongh, an'
xiat ye gave up yer job In theeblack
imlth shop. Ol want to say widout
larrum till anybody's feelln's, that It'll
lo res no hurt to, be rollln np yei
il ceres more and yer trousers leea."
Killed try av Spider's Bite.
Harry Moore, a well-known Mary
land farmer, living near Bedd'a Corner
Prince George County, Md was blttei
by a spider on Wednesday morning an
lied yesterday from the effects of th
bite. Wednesday morning Moore wai
at hia woodpile collecting wood. A
large spider ran across his hands an
ran Inside his clothes. Moore felt thi
harp sting, but nothing was thought 01
It at the time. Soon after the fleet
around the bite began to swell and Dr
Warren was called Ira. He could d
nothing, however, and the swelling ex
tended until early yesterday morning
when death resulted. Moore was over
60 years of age. Exchange.
. u.i Bag
'Mlsa Beacon Hill Dear met Strange
but I cannot remember. Where lr
Dresden? Xonng Lakeslde-0, that'f
easy. In China, Saw the asSdrese Ix
ahow-wUidowtoday Trath, "
ROYAL FIGHT AT SEA.
Btfsssti Iadala. Tfcetr Asiarry Paso
ion. oa Board aa Oceaa Btaaaaer.
William Newman, known as "Ele
phant Bill arrived yesterday on the
Bambnrg-Amerloan liner Persia, wltn
even of the smallest elephants) know
to be ln captivity.
"I went to London mat May," New
nan said, "with the two big elephants,
luno and Modoc, and left them with
Unify, for his show. After I saw thai
Ihey were well behaved I started out
to get small elephants and I got them
keantles, every one. I have seven that
LPi?L! 1 an,bur- The
A25'000-. Thv are from one nd
half to twelve years old and from
1 Shfee and a half to five and a half feet
I algh. The darling of tbe lot la Baby
ttutn. Bhe Is the youngest and tbe
imaUest and la as gentle and playful
ta a kitten. The only others that are
tamed are Pilot and Albert, the two
males of the herd. Tbey are bouncing
foung fellows, weigh about 8,500
pounds each and have no affection for
tach other.
"We had them all In a great box stall
tetween decks, each chained by th.
Toot to the floor. Everything went
peaceably and quietly with them until
the 21st, when all at once we beard
nost vicious trumpetlngs In the stall
tnd then I knew that something had
riven away. I called my helper and some
f the sailors, opened the stall door and
Tound my seven pets In an uproar, and
Pilot and Albert pummeling each other
n the most approved jungle style. They
were both loose and were slashing at
wch other with their trunks and bat
r!ng away with their heads. Before
we could separate them they had bang.
d their heads together two or three
times and made a noise that could be
beard all over the ship. We had to
take pitchforks and iron rods to sep
trate them, and, even though they were
I in all. It was no easy matter. When
s-e would think we had them In control
they would break away again and
I srash their heads together ln a way
j :lmt would make the stall tremble and
itart all the others trumpeting again.
IV e had a hard time of it before we got
:hem chained. Their fight and anger
uade them somewhat dyspeptic, I
think, for a time they did not care to
sat, but simply snapped their little eyes
it each other as much as to say: Ton
lust wait till next time.' "New York
rimes.
NOVELTY IN SKATES.
he
Pneumatic Road Fkat.
I. th.
Jate.t Invention.
The pneumatic road skate is the latest
Invention In England. The new appli
ance, which Is really an adaptation of
the principle of the bicycle to the old
(ashloned roller-skate, can be used on
practically any ordinary road or foot
path. It is furnished with ball bearings
tnd pneumatic tires, and It will proba
bly not be long before the Ingenious
Inventor will contrive to introduce the
principle of geared action, and thus still
further Increase Its resemblance to the
bicycle. The new skate will Indeed
prove a very formidable competitor to
ill other forms of wheeling, since by its
see one can combine all the pleasure of
jsmd traveling by means of one's own
rxertlons, with a very small amount
if preliminary trouble and a merely
IB FSCtTataTlO MAD SKATE.
nominal expense. It la claimed that tbe
kate may be safely used on both np
sad down grades aa well aa on the level
roads, and that with very little practice
a speed of ten or twelve miles an hour
ran be attained. It Is highly probable
that the new form of skating will be
some as fashionable as cycling itself;
tnd It seems clear that a prosperous
future awaits the conductor of an en
terprise possessing such obvious advan
tages from a commercial point of view.
The skates can be folded for traveling
tnd can be easily carried under the arm
ar like a small grip.
Vegetarian Boot..'
Vegetarian boots are now advertised
the uppers are made ot "pannus cort
am," the sole of closely waterproofed
flax belting. To show that tbe skins of
slaughtered animals are not necessary
the vegetarians say that "India rubber,
gutta perch a, steel and Iron and brass
nails, and brass caps, cashmere and
cotton, elastic and webbing, wool and
list cork and straw, ailk and Jute, and
aven brown paper and wax go to form
the modern mystery which still carries
the old name of boot or shoe." London
Telegraph. c
French Pools Impregnable.
French bookmakers were recently
violently attacked in the assembly by
Abbe Lemire, a Catholic socialist dep
uty, who spoke of the demoralizing ef
fect of the "Paris mutuels" on the
working classes, and asked to have
them put an end to, or at least that the
Government should not profit by them.
As the Government receives 1,800,000
a year from the tax on mutual pools,
tnd charitable Institutions draw 12,
900,000 from tbe same source, the as
sembly, while admiring the Abbe's rea
sons, voted him down. New York Sun
Only Two of Them Left.
With the exception of Morrill, ol
Vermont, and Sherman, of Ohio, th
rreat men with whom Mr. Thurmaa
was associated In the Senate have pass
ed away. His death recalls the giants
arlth whom he served. Sumner, Wade,
Wilson, Trumbull, Conkllng, Seward
tad the long line of American states
xten with whose name Mr. Thurmani
a written at the head of the proudest
rpoch ln the history of the Unite
ttates Senate.
If a man behaves himself, peonls ami
te is cunning, ana niaat his
M. DR. IflLlGL
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sermon
Subject: "The Power of Example.
Text: "An Abimelech took an ax In hli
"and and eat down a bouirh from the tmet
and took it and laid it on his shoulder and
mM unto thn peouln that were with hlmt
what ye have seen mo do make haste and
do as I have done.' And all th peoole like,
wise cut down every man his bough."
Judges Ix., 4S
Abimelech is-a name malodorous In Biblt
fdstory and yet full of profitable suggestion.
Buoys are black and uncomely, but they tell
where tbe rocks are. The snake's rattle Is
maeous. but It gives timely warning. From
ir-ariners to stand off from that dangerous
point. 80 all the Iron-bound coast or moral
ganger is marked with Saul and Herod and
Behoboam and Jezebel and Abimelech.
These bad people are mentioned In the Bible
not only a- warnings, bnt be ause there wers
sometimes flashes of good conduct in their
lives worthy of imitation. God sometimes
drives a very straight nail with a very pool
hammer.
The eity of Sfhechem had to be taken, and
Abimelech and his men were to do it. I see
the dust rollimr un from thir urituri n,.i.
I I hear the shouting of the captains and the
I yell of the besiegers. The swords clack
sharply on the parrying shields, and the vo-
""" iwu armies in ueatn grapple Is
horrible to hear. The battle goes on all dav
and vsthesua is setting Abimelech and his
army cry "Surrender!" to the beaten foe,
and. unable longer to resist, the city ol
Bbechem falls, and there are pools of blood
and dissevered limbs an I glazed eves look
ing ud beggingly for mercy that war never
show?, and dying soldiers with their head on
the lni of mother or wire or sister, who have
come out for the last offices of kindness and
nixerrion, ana a groan rolls across the city,
stopping not, because 1 here is no spot for 'it
to rest, so full is the place of other groans.
A city wouuded! A 4ty dyins! Acitv deadl
, Wail f.ir Snechem, all ye who know the hor-
i ors of a sacked town.
I As I look over the eitv I find only one
building standing, an J that is the temple ol
the god lieritb. Some soldiers outside ol
the city in a tower, finding that they can no
longer defend Hhuchem. now heirin to look
out for their own personal safety, and they
fly to this temDle of Berith. Thev on wikin
the door, shut it. and they say: "Now we
are safe. Abimelech has taken the whole
oity, but he cannot take this temple ot
Berith. Here we shall be under the protec
tion of the gods." O Berith, tbe god, ao
your best now for these refugees. If you
have eyes, pity them. If you have hands,
help them, if you have thunderbolts, strike
for them. lint how shall Abimelech and his
army tnke this temple of Berith and the men
who are there fortified? Will thevdo It with
tha sword? Nay. Will Ihey do it with the
spear? Nav. With the battering ram rolled
up by hundred armed strength crashing
against the wnl's? Nay. Abimelech marches
his men to a wood in Zalmon. With his ax
he hews off a limb of a tree and puts that
'imb apon his shoulder, and then he says to'
lis men. "You do the same."
They are obedient to their commander.
There is a struggle as to whosha'l have axes!
The who wood is full of Itendini; boughs,
ind the crackling and the hacking, and the
Jutting, until every one ot the host has a
Mmhof a tree cut down, and not only that,
but has put it on his enoulder just as Abi
melech shoire.l him how. Are these men all
irmed wifh the tree branch? The reply
lomes, "AH armed." And Ihey march on.
3h. what a strange array, with that strange
quipm.-nt! They come up to the foot ol
:he temple at Berith. and Abimelech takes
lis nmb or a nee and throws it down, and
:he first platoon of soldiers come up, and
:hey throw down their branches, and the
munii piatoon; ana tne tnird, until all
round about the temple of Berith there is a
pile of tree branches. Tlie Stiechemiles lout
jut from the window of the temple upon
what seems to them childish piny on tha
parts of their enemies. But soon the flints are
itruek, aid the spark begins to kindle the
brush, and the flame comes uo all through
the pile, and the red elements leap to the
sasement, and the woo i work betrinsto blaze,
tnd one arm of flame is tnrown up on the
right side of the temple, and another arm of
Same is thrown upon tbe left side of the
temple, nntil thev claso their lurid Dalms
under the wild night sky. and tbe cry of
'Fire!" within and "Fire" without announces
the terror, and Ihe strangulation, and the
doom of tbe becheniites, and the complete
overthrow ot the te-npleoftbe god Berith.
Then there went up a snout, long and loud,
from the stout lungs and swarthy chests ot
Abimelech and his men as they stood amid
the ashes and the dust crying, "Victory,
ictory!"
Oh. my friends, thn"gopel is not a syllo
rism; It is not casuistry; it Is not polemics, or
the sclenoeof squabbles. It is blood red fact;
it is warm hearted invitation; it is leaping,
bounding, flying good news; it is efflorescent
with all light; it is rubescent with a I sum
mery glow; it is arborescent with all sweet
shade. I have seen the sun rise on Mount
Washington, and from the Tiptop Hou-e, but
tnere was no beauty in that compared with
tbe daysprlng from on high when Christ
gives lignt to a souL I have beard Parepa
ing, but there was no musle ln that com
pared with the voice of Christ when He said,
'Thy sins are forgiven thee; go ln peace."
Good newsl Let every one out down a branch
ot this tree of life and wave it. Let him
throw it do wn and kindle it. Let ail the way
from Mount Zalmon to Snechem be fllle I
with thetossing joy. Good news! This bon
fire ot the gospel shall consume the last tem
ple of sin, and will illumine the sky with
apocalyptic joy, that Jesus Christ came into
the world to save sinners. Any new plan
that makes a man quit his sin. and that nros-
trates a wrong, I am as mu h in favor of as
tnougn an tne doctors, and the bishops, and
tbe archbishops, and tbe synods, and the
academical gownsmen of Christianity sanc
tioned it. The temple of Berith must come
down, and I do not care how it comes.
Still further I learn from this subje-t th
power of example. If Abimelech had sal
down on the grass and tod his men to go and
get the boughs and go out to tbe battle, thev
would never had gone at all, or If they had
It would have been without any spirit ot
effective result, but when Abimelech goes
with his own ax and bews down a branch
and with Abimelech's arm puts It on Abime
lech's shoulder and marches on, then, my
text says, all tbe people did the same. How
natural that was! What made Garibaldi and
Stonewall Jackson the most magnetic com
manders of this century? They always rode
ahead. Oh, the overwhelming power of ex
ample! Here is ihe father on the wrong road.
All bis boys go on tbe wrong road. Here ia
a father who enlists tor Christ. His children
enlist. I saw in sorre ot the picture nailer
ies of Europe that before many of the great
works of the great masters, the old masters,
there would be sometimes four and five ar
tists taklrg copies of pictures. These copies
Ihey were going to carry witn them, perj
haps to distant lands, and I have thought
that yonr life and character are a mas
terpiece, and it is being copied, and long af
ter you are gone will bloom or blast in the
homes of those who knew you and be a Gor
gon or a Madonna. Look out what you say.
Look out what you do; Eternity will hear
the echo. The best sermon ever preached is
a holy life. The best music ever chanted it
a consistent walk. If you want others to
serve God, serve Him yourself. If you want
others to shoulder their duty, shonldei
yours. Where Abimelech goes bis troopi
go. Oh, start out for heaven to-day, anc
your family will coma after you, and you:
buatnes. associates will oome after yon, ant
your social friends will join you. With oni
braneh of the tree of life for a baton, marsha
just as many as yon can gather. Ob. tbe hi
finite, the aemiomaipotent Dower of a goo
er baa .xamplel
I saw last xummer, near the beach, .
wrecker's machine. It was a cylinder with
some holes at the side, made for and thrust
ing in of some long poles with strong lever
age. and when there is any vessel In tlOUbll
or going to pieces in the offing, th. w reckon
shoot a rope out to the suffering men. The)
grasp it, and tbe wreckers turn the cylinder
and the rope winds around th. cylinder, anc
those who are ship wrecked are saved. So si
yonr tnut, to-day, ther. Is an influence witfc
a tMrqandons leverage Jthi xsp. attaohsj
10 it swings iar out into the biiiowy tuiuia.
Your children, your children's children and
all the generations that are to follow will
grip that influence and feel the long reach
ing pull long after the figure on your tomb,
stone are so near worn out that the vi(toi
cannot tell whether it was 1396 or 1798 o
1696 that you died.
Still further I learn from this sitbjeit th.
advantage of concerted action. It Anima
te h had merely gone out with a tree branch,
the work would not have been ascomDilshed,
or If ten, twenty or thirty men had gone,
but when all tbe axes are lifted and all thi
(harp edges fall, and all these men carry
each bis ire. branch down and threw il
bout the temple, the victory is gained the
1 empie rails. My friends, wbere there is ons
I man in the church of God at this day shoul
dering his whole duty there are a great
many who never lift an ax or swing a bough.
It seems to me as if tnere were ten drones in
I svery hive to one busy bee; as though there
- .- 7 ijm iiui.i wuu'l .".,r-rj iu ,11,
ihip's hammocks to four men on the stormy
leek. It seems as if there were 6.1.OO ) men
belonging to tne reserve corps, anj bi; 1000
active combatants. Oh, we
eant oui
lunsbale, while others are blistered in th.
heat and rnll until tha oarlocks groan and
Ihe blades bend till they snap. Oh, you re
ligious sleepyheads, wake up! you have
lain so long in one place that the ants and
saterplllars have begun to crawl over you!
(V'hat do you know, my brother, about a llv
ng gospel made to storm I he world? Now,
ny idea of a Christian is a man on lire with
s-al for God, and If your pulse ordinarily
Jeats sixty times a minute when you think
r other themes an 1 talk about other themes,
if your pulse does not go up to seventv-tlve
r eighty when you eome to talk about
Jbrlst and heaven. It is because you do not
mow the one, and have a poor chance of
ettiog to the other.
In a former charge one Sabbath I took
nto tbe pulpit the church records, and 1
aid them on thn pulpit an I oieued them
ind said: Brethreu here are the church
ecords I And a great many of you whose
lam-s are down here are off duty." Home
vere afraid I would read the names, for at
hat time some of them were deep in the
vorst kind of oil slocks and were idie as to
Christian work. But if ministers of Christ
o-day should bring the church records into
he pulpit and read, oh, what a flutter there
rould be! There would not lie fnus enough
n church to keep the cheeks ool. I do not
:now but It would be a good thing if tha
niuister once ln awhile should bring the
hur.-h records iu the pulpit and rail thn
oil, for that is what 1 consider every church
word to be merely a muster roll of the
lord's nrrny aud the reading of it should
eveal where every soldier is and whut he li
oin?.
Suppose in military circles on the mornini
f battle th" roll was called, and out ot KKW
)eu only J 00 men In ihe regiment answered.
That excitement there would be in t tie
amp! What would the colonel say? What
lgh talking there would be among tha
aptains and majors ant the adjutants.
U'iposn wont came to headquarters that
hese delinquents excused themselves on the
:round that they had overslept themselves,
r the morning was damp aud they were
Jraid of getting their feet wet. or that they
rere busy coo ting rations. My friends, this
3 the morning ol the day of God Almighty's
altle. you not see the troops? Hear
e not alt the trumpets of heaven and all
he drums of hell? Which side are you on?
f you are on the right Hide, to what
nvalry troop, to what artillery (service,
o what garrison duty do you belong?
u other words, in what Sabbath school
lo you teach? In what prayer nveilng
W you extort? To what penitentiary do you
ieclare eternal liberty? To what almshouse
to you announce Ihe riohes ot heaven?
Vhat broken bone ot sorrow have you ever
ei? Are you doing nothing? Is it possible
iiaf a man or woman sworn to be a follower
f Jus Christ is doing nothing? Then hide
he horrible secret from the angels. Keep it
iway from the book of judgment. If you
ire doing nothing, do not let the world find
t out, lest thev charge your religion with
leing a fa seface. Do not let your cowardice
.n l treason be heard r-iong the martyrs
.bout the throne, lest tbey forget the sane
ity of ihe place and denounce your betrayal
dihat cause for which they agonized and
'led.
The temple of Berith is very broad, and II
s very high. It has been going up by the
amis of men and devils, and no humau eu
nneering cau demolish it, but if the 70,000
ninisiers of Christ in this country should
tach take a branch of the tree of life, and all
heir congregations should do the same, sad
ve should march on and throw these
ranches around the great temples ot sin and
vorldliness aud folly, it would need no
natch or coal or torch of ours to touch off
he pile, for, as in the days of Elijah, Ore
vould fall from heaven and kindle tbe bon
lre of Christian victory over demolished sin.
Still further. I learn from this subject tha
ianger of false refuges. As soon as these
iohechemltes got into the temple they
bought they were safe. They said: "Biritn
rill take care of us. Abimelechmay batter
lown everything else. He cannot batter
town this temple where wo are now hid."
3ut very soon rhey heard the timbers c mak
ing, and they were smothered with smoke,
ind they miserably died. I suppose every
erson in this audience this moment is step
ling into some kind ot refuge. Hre you
tep in the tower of good works. You say,
'I shall be safe in this refuge." The battle
nents are adorned; the steps are varnished:
ra the wall are pictures of all tbe suffering
rou have alleviated, an 1 all the schools you
lave established, aud all the fine things you
lave ever done. Ud in that tower vou "feel
rou are safe. But hear you not the tramp ol
four unpardoned sins all iran I the tower?
They each have a match. You are kindling
:he combustible material. You feel the heat
ind the suffocation. Oh, may yoi leap ln
ime, the gospel declaring. "By the deeds o'
ne law snail no flesh living t 'n-iined.
"Well," you sav. '! have been driven out
f that tower. Where shall I go?" Ster
nto this tower of Indifference. You say. "II
bis tower is attaokej. it will be a great
while before it is taken." You feel Ht ease.
But there is an Abimelech with ruthless as
lault coming en. Death and his forces arr
fathering around, and they demand that you
turrender everything, and they clamor foi
four overthrow, and they throw their ske.
ton arms in tbe window, and with their iroi
aststbey neat against the door, and whl
vou are trying to keep them out you see thi
torches of judgment kindling, and every for
sst Is a torcn and every rnoun ain a torci
tnd every sea a torch, and while the Alpt
ind Pyrenees and Himalayas turn into a livi
3oal, blown redder and redder bv the whir'-
ind breath of a God omnipotent, what wl)
become of your refuge ot lies?
"But, says some one, "you are engige.
In a Very mean business, driving us fron
tower to tower." Ob, no. I want to- tel
you of a Gibraltar that never has been am
never will be taken, of a wall that no saiani
assault can sjale, of a bulwark that th'
judgment earthquakes cannot buigu
The Bible refers to it when it says, "in Go
Is thy refuge, and underneath thee are th
everlasting arms." Oh, fling yourself in
it. Tread downunceremnniouslyeverythini
that intercepts you. Wedge your way then
There are enough hounds of death and perl
after you to nmke you burry. Many a msi
has perished Just outside the tower with ht
foot on the step, with his hand on the lalca
Oh- get inside. Not one surplus seeou
have you to spare. Quick! Quick! Quicki
Th. total ordinary expenditure of th
Government ia 1895 were e358,193,2ii3.
A Rochester (N. Y.) barber is
being fcned for S5C0D fr ubav,uz off a
man's nins ache.
In 1894 it cost Ureat Britain no
less thaa $24,010 to combat the locust
plague of Cyprus.
Tbe highest inhabited b'uiUo in
Europe is tha Alpine clniihouse, on
ML Rosa twelve thousand ieut above
ea level.
Tbe conversation bracelet is fortue l
ot rare coins that form an incentive
for talk when all other topics are worn
threadbare.
Queen Victoria won the champion
plate gold medal and challenge cup for
the beat animal exhibited at the Smith
field Cattle Show.
All power, even the, most despotic
rest, ultimately on opinion. .
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