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THE OONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW8.
VOL. L.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1896.
NO. 10.
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"GRATITUDE.
' To-dav I mnrmnred radly
) t-be iled attainst dit fate:
XI v liMn of earthly oy seemed siaill.
And Ibntof other great.
With bare cold feet there wandered
A -hiveriug beggar ebl.d:
Vi lib timtd glance sbe greeted m.
Wblle cbilllng winds blew wild.
Into her hands an offering
1 I laced, tben quickly turned
lioin thanks wbicu shamed, and In my
heart
Sincere repentance burned.
A DOMESTIC REVOLUTION.
Luke Marpeil was neither better nor
Worse than the general run of mortals,
and Mrs. Sarah Marpod, his wife, was,
as the worlil goes, a very fair sample of
a woman. Luke Marpod was a farmer,
hence S'arali Marpod was a farmer's wife;
hotn bard-working. unsophisticated
peoji'e, conscientiously pursuing tiie
straight patb or life, while, on tbe other
band, a little keener insight into human
nature and its motives might have
shielded them Irani uitny a blow, and
materially aided their right economy.
Id (pile of hard work tbey advanced
lowly in the acquisition of home com
fort?. Disappointments and misfortunes
accumulate 1 wit'i pitiful rapidity and
froze the fountains of domestic happi
ness. Befoie marriage tbe happiest of
couple, they loosed with sanguine hope
to the futuie, not i-xpectiug great re
wards, but tru-iting iu Providence and
loving each otner fervently.
Thej never had a lower's quarrel and
the idea of post-nuptial disarej.-neuts
dawned Dot upon their youthful imi fi
liation. A. comfortable ho ue, conceat
ment and love was all they bargained
for; all trey -ought, and surely fate
might yield tins to an; one who mean?
"ell anl tiling honorab'y.
Thus they thought, and thus they ex
pected it would be, but the path of life
runs continually into the dark. What
jagged rocks may pierce the leet of the
traveler on this highway no one can fore
tell. We can only judge by the light ol
tbe past, and tj people of limited ex
perience this light is a line sj narrow a
not to reveal the rocks and thorns oo
either aide.
Luke Marpod was simple, honest and
narrow-minded. Mrs. Marpod wai
was simple, honest and narrow-mindel
also, and perhaps the trouble lay in this
very uniformity of tastes and tempera
vent. Luke's little farm was mortgaged a
the outset, and the few hunJred dollars
that Sarah received from her father
disappeared in a twinkling and left no
trace or footprint. Their first season
was a bad one; crops were a general tail
ure and weeds aud creditors arose on
?very side.
The neighbors, who always liktd
Luke's conscientious good nature, began
to look askance at him, for they saw the
tables turned, and, paradoxical as it may
appear, found it much more conveuieut
to be Luke's creditor than hit debtor.
As time passed without bettering their
condition and creditors became impor
tunate, Luke and Sarah took to brooding
over their troubles and occasionally find
ing fuuit with the ways and means of the
other, which might never have led to
anything serious bad the second year's
crop proved a good one and helped to
make up for the deficiencies of the first.
This, however, was not tbe case, for,
whereas, the year before the drought had
baked the soil and scorched the growing
blade of wheat and rye, tbe second year
it began to nin in April a very good
prognostication, everybody thought, ol
a bountilul harvest, but Pluvus, baring
other aims in view, refused to recognize
limits and give tbe farmers time, to plow
and sow. Through April, May and June
tbe rain poured down incessantly, day
after day, until at last all hopes were
abandoned and the Marpods entered
upon their second year of infelicity.
Luke, who began to think that the
cause of all bis troubles lay in bis mar
riage, was rash enough one day to bint
the same, and recei fed a retort from his
spouse that roused his latent dignity of
marital lordship. Words were ex
changed, and the result of their first pro
nounced disagreement ended by Luke'a
lamming the door behind him, and go
ing hastily across the lot after the cows.
That night he whipped the dog for let
ting the brindle heifer escape through
the bars into the cornfield, had trouble
with the same member af the bovine
genius at milking time, and rose wrath
lully to his feet after extricating the
cow's hoof from the milk pail, to swear
an unmistakable oath for the first time
in bis life. Then he beat the animal and
made such a hubbub that Sarah came in
tot haste to remonstrate on his brutality.
'Shut up; mind you" business, will
youl" shouted Luke, as he hurled the
milking stool after the cow and chased
Ver around the yard.
The same evening Mrs. Marpod, con
doling over the loss of milk, gave Tent
to her indignation at her other half
carelessness, and the quarrel was re
viewed with rigor.
These first storm clouds in the do
mestic atmosphere soon cleared away,
but each had discovered the other's lack
of infallibility, and accordingly, while
Luke lost a little of manly pride, Sarah
loft tlso in gentleness of disposition.
For more than a month all went well,
but aggravating things will happen, es
pecially during harvest time when
reapers and mowers are constantly get
ting out of repair. Luke one day went
to cut wheat in a field from which every
stone and stump had been carefully
eradicated. The sky was lowering and
He wished to finish before a storm.
Around and around the field went the
horse, laster and larter fell the grain be
fore the sickle. Luke's blood was
warming with hope, when suddenly,
smash chunk chunk went tue ma
chine and the horses were jerked vio
lently tack upon theirhauuenes. The
big cast iron feat hurled Luke clear
across tne sickle-bar into t ie grain.
Scrambling to bis feet he found thai
a sad accident had happened. A large
stone had been lifted to the surface of
the ground and left for removal. He
bad forgotten all about it, and heace a
serious loss of time right in the busy
cason.
It took several days to obtain repairs,
tod in the meantime the rain came on
.pace, levelling the wheat to the ground
and causing great damage. Luke be
ssune gloomy, and Sarah could not help
Making regretfully of the loss her hus
SsBdtorgetfulness had incurred.
Everything was propitious tor a
quarrel and the quarrel cams. Mum (l
recriminations became Irejuenc anl
seldom aid a day pass without unlovaole
tcenes between tbe two Marpods. The
neighbors began to make omments.
Sossips took occasion to condolo wii
Mrs. Marpoi respecting the unreason
ibleness of her spouse, and, see.ug ber
take their sympathy kindly, gre bjlJ
snough to betray all the rash things
Luke had been gu'lty of prior to his
nai-riage, acts whicu ought to have bien
juried long before in tue graveyard ol
blivion, so extremely remote was their
connection with the present.
Poor Mrs. Mtrpodl She took them
o heart and at the next opportunity
lulled them at the head of tbe as ton
shed Luke, lie owned up to every,
hiog, not even trying to soften hit
site's too serious interpretation of his
Bcapades, as he might easily have done,
'or the sinfulness was more against con
rentionalism than morals. Ue was in
10 mood to extenuate, an declared
soldly that he didn't "care a cent about
t" and that he "would do the same
thing over agaia for all of meddling
leighbors anJ ill-natured wife.' L fe
rrsdually lost it charms for the Marpod.
Through perpetual clouds ' anl storms
Jiey pursued their glojjiy pathway to
she grave.
Sarah bad begun to think seriously of
preferring charges against Luke foi
:ruelty and praying for a divorce, w'.iea
in event bappeued that tempoianly dis
nissed the idea fro u her mind and made
Luke more solicitous and tender. A lit
:le girl was born to them, an 1 because
it was in the spring time of tne year t ey
aamei ber Flora. She came like a ray
if sunshine to brighten the hearts of the
parents and show them their decadence
du each other for happiuess, but by the
time Flora was able to toddie around by
herself and lisp the names of papa and
11 am na the parents had resumed their
aid fault fin ling habits, and having once
resumed them they were not long in re
gaining their former facility in the use o'
arc ism and taunts.
Luxe in the first place found fault
with the mother's method of nursing and
declared it a miracle if Fiora did not
prove a weak, sickly child. Ue was sure
that so much fussing would engender a
frail constitution, yet as ahe grew older
the seemed as strong and robust as a
child ever is that breathes pure, couutrv
air.
On tbe other band, Mrs. Marpod de.
jlared that Luke's example was enough
to contaminate the family, snd that seed;
town in so young a miud would sum'
lay bring sorrow upon their beads.
Mercy on me, man I she would
ihout, "don't touch that child with
those dirty hands of yours. If you don't
mow how to be c'.vilizd, you bal bet
ter not try to bring up children."
One day, atfer a quarrel bad been
jrewing between the parents for so no
iime.they came to an understanding that
tomethinjr must be don once. -Trior
teemed tacitly to agree that the time had
some for them to separate forever. Dis
passionately they sat down to discuss
rms, and to an outside party all evi
lence of ill temper bad passed away.
There was no question as to .the di
risiou of property. Luke was willing tc
lo more than Sarah wished, but regard
rig little Fiora both were keenly sensi
ave. After discussing tbe matter foi
lome time they agreed to bitch up the
learn and drive to town to see Lawyer
Hobbes.
Not wishing to go before a court, they
lecided that Mr. Hoboes should draw
jp all necessary papers and arbitrate as
!o tbe possession of the child. By this
lecision they were willing to abide. So,
with Flora on the seat between them,
'hey drove to town.
In sad and faltering accents they told
tlr. Hobbes how matters stood. Mr.
Bobbes, a benignant gentleman, with
iong, white locks that had never been
put to shame by a single mean act in, all
lis life, and wh s heart was as tender as
l child's, tried to remonstrate, but both
Luke and Sarah were sure that the old
Sfe would be revived and that it would
ye better to separate kindly; aud in this
they stood firm; so Mr. Hjbbes, much
troubled, entered upon the business.
Tittle Flora listenei with open -eyed
wonder throughout the discussion.
At last she seemed to comprehend, and
the tears coming to ber eyes, she toddled
to ber father, and grasping his coat in
her tiny hands, lisped plaintively: I
want to stay wiv oo, papa," and then
turning, she ran, and bury in 7 her face
In her mother's lap she sobbed out '
'uv 00 and want to stay wiv oo."
Mrs. Marpods eyes s am with tears,
Luke's lips worked convulsively, and
Lawyer Hobbes brushed something fronr
iis eyes.
Raising her head, she laid her face
against her mother's cheek and mur
mured : "I luv oof bof, I want to liv wi
K) bof."
The long silence that followed was
broken suddenly by Lawyer Uobbes,
The little girl is right t" he cried, em
phatically. "She ought to live with
both. Luke, confound your pate, you've
got a good wife to be proud of ; and you,
Mrs. Marpod, have a husband to be
proud of; and by gosh," cried Mo,
Hoboes, becoming red in tbe face an
striking the desk a heavy blow with his
fist, "I'll have nothing more to do with
it. I tied the knot when I was magis
trate, and it looks as though you had
lost confidence in me."
Flora ran to him, and smiling eagerly
through her tears, cried out: Yes, jes;
I want 'em bof."
That settled it, for Luke rose to his
feet, and taking Sarah's hand in his mur
mured: I'll 'low that it's been all my
fault, and if you'll forgive me I'll never
get mad again."
Mrs. Marpod, on her part, protested
that it was she who had been to blame,
but Lawyer Hobbes scolded both and
sent them home as lovingly as possibla.
Flora, who is now a handsome young
lady, has a alight remembrance of the
rvent mentioned, but just the tenor of it
the does not recollect. She would not
believe us were we to tell ber how serious
that trouble was, so great has been the
revolution. Chicago News.-
Want and sorrow are the wages that
folly earns for itself.
A man who sits around and boasts bf
hi au sectors makes a mighty poor
ancestor himself.
Of all onr inflrmit es, vanity is the
dearest to us; a man will starve his
tber vices to keep tbe alive.
HEY. DjUpDGL
The Eminent Divine's 'Sunday
Sermon
Subject; "The Place to Begin.
Tan: 1
xiv., 47.
'Beginning at Jerusalem. "Luke
"There it Is," said the driver, and we al
Instantly and exoitedly rose in the carriage
to eaten the first glimpse ot Jerusalem. M
long th. toy of tb. whole earth. Tbat city,
eoroneted with temples and palaces and
radiant, whether looked up at from th. val
ley of Jehoshaphat or gazed at from adjotr'
ing hills, was the capital of a great Nation
Clouds of Incense had hovered over it. Char
lots of kings had rolled through it. Batter
ing rams of enemies had thundered against
It. There Isaiah prophesied, and Jeremial
lamented, and David reigned, and Paul
preached, and Christ was martyred. Mo
interesting eity ever built sine, masonrj
rung its first trowel or plumb Una measured
Its first wall or royalty swung iu first
scepter. What Jerusalem was to the Jewish
kingdom Washington is to our own oountrj
the capital, the place to which all tut
tribes come up the great National heart
whose throb sends life or death through the
body politic, elear out to th. geographical
extremities.
What the resurrected Christ said in mj
text to His disciples when He ordered them to
start on the work of gospiixation, "begin
ning at Jerusalem," it seems to me God says
now in His providence to tens ot thousands
of Christiana in this city. Start for tbe
evangelization of America, "beginning at
Washington." Amertoa is going to be taken
for God. If you do not believe it, take your
bat now and leave and give room to some
man or woman who does believe it. As
surety as God lives and He is able to do as He
says He will this country will be evangelized
trom the mouth of the Potomac to th.
mouth of tbe Oregen, from the Highland of
Kavesink to the Golden Horn, from Baffin's
Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, aud Christ will
walk every lake, whether bestormed ot
plaoid, and be transfigured on every moun
tain, and the night skies, whether they hover
over groves of magnolia or over Alaskan
glacier, shall be filled with the angelic over
ture of "glory to God and good will to
men.
Again and agaic does tbe old book- an
nounce that all tbe earth shall see the salva
tion of God, and as the greater includes the
lesser that takes America gloriously in. Can
you not see tbat it America is not taken for
God by His consecrated people it will be
taken for Apollyou? The forces engaged on
both sides are so tremendous that it cannot
be a drawn battle. It is coming, the Arma
geddon. Either the American Sabbath will
perish and this Nation be banded over to
Herods and HiMnbrands and Diocletians
and Neros of baleful power, and Alcoholism
will reign, seated upon plied up throne of
beer barrels, his mouth foaming with do
mestic sad national curse, and crime will
lift its unhindered knife of assassination
and rattle keys of worst burglary and wave
torch ot widest conflagration, and our
elties be turned into riodoms, waiting for
mighty tempest of fire and brimstone
and one tidal wave of abomination
win sunre across tbe continent, or our
Sabbaths will take on more sancti
ty, end the anewsnaners will become nnocnl.
yptlo wings of benediction, and penitentiaries
will be abandoned for lack of occupants, and
bolinem and happiness, twin son and riauirh-
(terof heaven, snail walk through the land
and Christ reign over this Nation either in
person or by agency so glorious that the
wnoie country will be one clear, resounding
echo ot heaven. It will be one or tbe other.
By the throne of Him who liveth forever and
ever I declare it will be the latter. If the
Lord will help me, as He always does
blessed be; His glorious name I will show
you bow a mightv work of grace begun at
Washington would have a tendency to bring
the whole continent to God, and before this
entury closes.
William tbe Conqueror ordered the curfew,
the custom of ringing tho bell at midnight,
it which all the fires on tbe hearths were to
be banked, and all the lights extinguished,
and all the people retire to their pillows. I
Eray God that tbe enrfew of this century
ay not be sounded, and the fires be banked,
and the lights extinguished as tbe clock
strikes the midnight hour that divides the
nineteenth century from tbe twentieth cen
tury until this beloved land, which was to
most of us a cradle and which will be to most
of us a grave, shall come into the full pos
tession of Him who Is so glorious that Will
lam tbeConqueroreould not be compared to
Him. even the One who ridetb forth "con
juering and to conquer."
Why should it be especially advantageous
If a mighty work ot grace started here, "be
ginning at Washington?" First, because this
tity is on the border between the North and
the South. It is neither Northern nor South
ern. It commingles the two climates. It
brings together the two styles ot population.
It is not only right, but beautiful that peo
ple should have especial love for the latitnde
where tbey were born and brought up. With
what loving accentuation the Alabamian
(peaks of bis orange groves! And the man
from Mastachuetts is sure to let you know
that be oomes from the land of the Adamses
Samuel and John and John Quincy. Did
von ever know a Virginian "r Ohloan whose
race did not brighten when be announced
himself from the Southern or Northern
State of Presidents? If a man does not like
bis native clime, It is because while he lived
there he did not behave well. This capital
stands where, by its locality and its political
Influence, it stretches forth one hand toward
the North and the other toward the Sontb,
snd a mighty work of grace starting her.
would probably be a National awakening.
Georgia would clasp the hand of New Hamp
shire, and Maine tbe hand of Louisiana, and
California tbe hand ot New York, and say.
"Come, let us go up and worship the God
of Nations, the Christ of Golgotha, the Holy
Ghost of the Pentecostal thousands." It has
often been said tbat th. only way the
North and th. South will be brought into
somplete accord is to have a war with
tome foreign Nation in which both sections,
marching sld. by side, would forget every
thing but tbe foe to be overcome. Well, if
you wait for such a foreign conflict, you
will wait nntil all this generation is dead
and perhaps wait forever. Tbe war that
will make the sections forget past contro
versies is a war against unrighteousness,
such as a universal religious awakening
would declare. What we want is a battle
for souls In which about 40,000,000 Northern
ers and Southerners shall be on the same
tide and shoulder to shoulder. In no other
eity on the continent can such a war be de
clared so appropriately, for all tbe other
great cities are either Northern or Southern,
This Is neither, or rather it is both.
Again, it would be especially advantageous
if a mighty work of grace started here, be
cause more representative men are in Wash
ington than in any other city between the
oceans. Of course there are accidents in
politics, and occasionally there are men who
get into the Senate and House of Represen
tatives and other Important places who are
fitted for the positions in neither head nor
heart, but this is exceptional and more ex
ceptional now than in other days. There is
not a drunkard In the National Legislature,
although there were times when Kentucky,
Virginia. Delaware, Illinois, New York and
Massachusetts had men in the Senate or
House of Representatives who were maudlin
and staggering drunk aoross those high
laces. Never nobler group of ruec sat in
onate or House ot Representatives than sat
there yesterday and will sit thereto-morrow,
while tbe highest judiciary, without ex
ception, has now upon Its bench men be
yond criticism tor good morals and mutal
endowment. 81 In all departments of ofii
rial position, with here and there an excep
tion, are to-day tbe brainiest men and most
honorable men of America. Now, suppose
the Holy Ghost power should fall upon thic
city, and these men from all parts ot Amer
ica should suddenly become pronounced fot
Christ. Do you say the effect would be elee
trleal? More than that. It would be om
nipotent. Do you sav that auoh learned and
potent men are not wrought upon by religt
Ions influence? That tbowt yon hav. not
tbserved what has been gong on.
Commodore Foots, representing the navy
General Grant and Robert E. Lee, represent
ing tbe Northern and Southern armies; Chlel
Justice Chase, representing the Supreme
1 vouit; in. x reungnnysens, xneoaore ana
' Frederick, representing the United States
Stat? ascsssian'tlAUailjtaUBaatt
stives, have surrendered to tbat gospel,
which before this winter is out will in thil
capital of the American Nation, if we art
faithful in onr prayers and exertions, turn
Into th. kingdom of God men of National
aud International power, their tongues ol
eloquence becoming the tongues of fire la
another Pentecost. There are on yondei
bill those who by tbe grace ot God will b
some John Knoxes and Cnrysostcmi
snd Fenelons and Bourdeleaus. when
once regenerated. There is as
illusion I have heardin prayer
meetings and beard in pulpits, that a
toul is a soul one soul worth as muoh at
another. I deny it. The soul of a man who
can bring 1000 or 10,003 other souls Into the
kingdom of God is worth 1000 times 01
10,0-JO times more than tb. soul of a man
who can bring no one into the kingdom. A
great outpouring ot the Holy Spirit in this
Mpitnl, reaching the ehlet men of America,
would be of more value to earth and heaven
than in any other part ot th. Nation because
It would reach all tbe States, cities, town,
and neighborhoods of the continent. Oh,
tor the outstretched right arm of God Al-
mignty in tne salvation of this capital:
Some of us remember 1857, when at tb.
ilose of the worst monetary distress this
tountry has ever felt, compared with which
the hard times of th. last three years were
a boom of prosperity, right on the heels of
that complete prostration eame an awaken
ing in which 500,01)0 people were eon verted
In different States of the Union. Do yon
know where one of its chief powers was
demonstrated? In Washington. Do yon
know on what street? This street. Do you
know in what church? This church. I
picked up an old book a few days ago and
was startled and thrilled and enchanted to
read some words, written at that tlm. by the
Washington correspondent ot a New York
paper. He wrote: "The Flirt Presbyterian
Church can scarce contain the people. Re
quests are daily preferred for an Interest in
the prayers offered, and the reading ot these
forms one of tbe tenderest and most effective
features of the meetings. Particular pains
are taken to disclaim and exclude every
thing like sectarian feeling. General aston
ishment is felt at the unexpected rapidity
with whloh the work has thus far proceeded,
and w. are beginning to anticipate the na
eesstty of opening another churoh." Why,
my bearers, not have that again, and more
than that? There are many thousands more
ot inhabitants now than tben. Besides that,
since then are the telephone, with its semi
omnipresence, and the swift cable car for as
sembling tbe people. I believe that the
mightiest revival of religion that this city
bus ever seen is yet to come, and the earth
- will tremble from Capitoline Hill to the
I soundnries on all sides with the footsteps of
Sod as He comes to awaken and pardon and
I lave theae great populations.
I People of Washington, meet ns next Thu re
lay night, at half past 7 o'clock, to pray fot
:his coming of the Hol Ghost not for a
jenteeostnl 30 JO tbat I have referred to. but
10,000. Such a fire as that would kindle a
light that would be seen from the sledges
crunching through the snows of Labrador to
ine uu-iDDean Bea, where tbe whirlwinds are
born. Let our cry be tbat of Habakkuk, the
blank verse poet of the Bible "O Lord, re
rive Thy work in the midst of th. years, in
ibe midst of the years make known; In wrath
remember mercy." Let the battleory be
Washington for God, the United States for
3od, America for God, the world for God!
iVe are all tired of skirmishing. Let us
nng on a general engagement. We are
ired of fishing with book and line.
With one sweep of th. gospel net let us
ake in many thousands. This vast work
mist begin somewhere. Why not here?
lome one must give the rallying cry, why
nay not I, one of tbe Lord's servants' By
providential arrangement, I am every week
n sermonle communication with every city,
own and neighborhood ot this country, and
now give the watchword to north and
ionth and east and west. Hear and see it,
111 people this call to a fofwsnl moraaiaai. .
-hla tail to repentence and faith, this eall to
1 continental awakenlngl
This generation will soon be out of sight,
(There are tbe mighty men of the past wbo
rod your Pennsylvania avenue and spake
n yonder National Legislature and decided
be stupendousqaestions of the supreme ju
licalory Ask the sleepers in the Congres
tonal cemetery. Ask tbe mausoleums all
ver the lund. Their tongues are speech
ess, their eyes closed, their arms folded,
heir opportunities gone, their destiny fixed,
low soon time prorogues parliaments and
idjourns senates and disbands cabinets and
mpties pulpits and dismisses generations!
That we would do we must do quickly
r not do at all. I call upon people who
lannot come forth from their sickbeds to im
?tore the heavens in our behalf from their
nidnight pillows, and I call upon the aged
vho cannor, even by tbe help of their staff,
inter the oburchee to spend their last days
n earth In supplicating the salvation of this
Siition, and 1 call upon all men and women
vbo have boon in furnaces of trouble, as
vas Shadraoh, and among lions, as was
Daniel, and in dungeons of trouble, as was
reremiah. to join In the prayer, and let
tie church of God everywhere lay bold
f th. Almighty arm that moves Na
tons. Then Senators of the United
Itates will announce to the State legislatures
bat sent them here, and members of the
louse ot Representatives will report to the
3cngressional districts that elected them,
ind tbe many thousands ot men and women
low and here engaged in tbe many depart
nents of National service will write home,
selling all sections of the country that the
Lord is here and that He is on the marcbfor
:he redemption of America. Halleluiah, the
Lord is coming. I hear the rumbling of His
shariot wheels. I feel on my cheeks the
reath of tbe white horses that draw the
Fietor! I see the flash of His lanterns
hrough the long night of the world's sin
nd sorrow.
We want in this country, only on a larsro.
icale, that which other oenturies have seen
if God's workings, as in tne reformation of
he sixteenth century, when Martin Luther
ind Philip Melancnthon led on: as in the
iwnkening ot the seventeenth century, when
Bunyun and Flavel and Baxter led on; as in
:he awakening of the eighteenth century,
a-hen Tennant and Edwards and the Wesleys
eu on; as in tne awakening ol 1057. led on
)y Matthew Simpson, the seraphic Methodist,
ind Bishop Maollvaine, the apostollo Epis
copalian, and Albert Barnes, the consecrated
Presbyterian, ana others lust as good in all
lenominntions. Oh. will not some of
hose glorious souls of the past coma
lown and help us? Come down off your
rhrones. Nettleton and Finney and Daniel
liaker and Edward Pavson and Truman Os
aorne ami Earle and Krtnpp and Inskip and
arcbibald Alexander that Alexander the
3reat ot the Christian churches. Come
down! How can you rest up there when the
world Is dying for lack of the goepei? Come
nown ami agonize witn ns in prayer. Come
down anil help us preach in our pulpits.
Uome down ana inspire our courage and
faith. Heaven can get along without yon
better than we can. But more than all, and
overwhelmed with reverent emotion, we ask
It. come. Thou of tbe deeply dyed garments
ot Bozrph; traveling in the greatness of Thy
strength, mighty to save! Lord God of
Joshua, let the sun of this oentury stand
still above Glheon and the moon above the
valley of Ajalon until we can whip out the
five kings of hell, tumbling them down the
precipices as the other five kings went over
the rocks to Betbhoron. Ha! Hal It will
so surely be done that I cannot restrain the
laugh or triumph.
From where tbe seaweed is tossed on the
peach by the stormy Atlantic to tbe sands
laved tby the quiet Paciflethis country will
be Emannel's land, the work beginning at
asnington, 11 we nave tne ialth and holy
pnsh and the consecration requisite. Finn
of all, we ministers must get right. That
was a Rtartllne utterance of Mr. Swinnoct
when be said. "It is a doleful thing to fall
Into hell from under the pulpit; but, oh. how
dreadful a thing to drop thither out of the
pulpit." That was an all sugrostiv thlnt
that Panl wrote to the Corinthians, "Lest
that by any means, when I have preached t
others. I myselfshonldbea castaway." Thai
was an inspiring motto with which White,
field sealed all his letters, 44 We seek the stars."
Lord God, wake on all our pulpits, and thea
It will be as when Venn preached, and it was
saia mat men leu before the word like slacked
time. Let ns all, laymen and clergyman, to
the work. What Washington wants most ol
all it an old fashioned revival of religion,
but on a vaster seals, so that the world will
never be compelled to say as of old, Wl
never saw it on this fashion." But remem
ber there Is a human side as well as a divine
tide to a revival. Those of us brought u
In the country know what is called "a rais
ing" the neighbors gathered together t
lift tbe heavy frame for a new house aftei
the timbers are ready to be put into thett
ClftSM IU dangerous work. en4.thfreLart
many accidents. The neighbors bad gath
ered for soeh a raising, and th. beams had
all been fitted to their places except on., and
I hat very heavy. That one, on the long
pikes of the men. had almost reached Its
plaee, when something went wrong, and the
men eonld hoist it no higher But if It did
Dot go in its plaee It would fall back upon
lb. men wbo were lifting It. It had already
egun to settle back. The boas carpenter
ihouted: "Lift, men, or die! All together)
To, heave!"
With mightier push they tried to send tht
team to its place, but failed. Still they held
n, all the time their strength lessening,
tbe wives and mothers and daughters stood
In horror looking on. Then the boss carpenter
houted to the women, "Come and help!"
They came, and womanly arms became the
arms of giants, for they were lifting to save
the lives of husbands and fathers and sons,
as well as their own. Then the boss car
penter mounted one of th. beams and
houted, "Now! Altogether! Lift or
die! To, heave!" And with a united effort
that almost bust th. blood vermis,
Ibe great beam went to its plaee
sad a wild huzza was heard. That is
tb. way it sometimes seems in the
churches. Temples ot righteousness are to
be reared, but there is a halt, a stop, a catch
C-mewnere. a lew are iimng an tney can,
( ut we want more hands at this raising, and
fuvi v nan is. mure v u 1 isLiau mail id uvip
iye, more Christian women to re-enforce. If
he work fall, it means th. death of many
souls. All together, men and women ot
God! Lift or die! The top stone must come
to its place "with shoutings of grace, grace
unto it." God is ready to do His part; are
we ready to do our part? There is work not
only for the knee of prayer, but for tbe
shoulder of upheaval.
And now I would like to see this hour thai
whloh I have never seen, but bop. to see
a whole audlenoe saved under one flash of
th. Eternal Spirit. Before yon go out of any
of these doors - enter the door of
mercy. Father and mother, come in and
orlng yonr obildren with you. Newly mar
ried folks, consecrate your lifetime to God,
and be married for eternity as well as time.
Young man, you will want God before you
get through this world, and yon want Him
now. Young woman, without God this is a
hard world for women. One and all, wher
sver you sit or stand. 1 lift my voice so that
you can hear it, out in the corridors and on
the street, and say, in the words of the Med
iterranean ship captain, "Call upon tby God,
If so be that God will think upon us, that we
perish not." Ob, what news to tell, what
news to relate to your old father and moth
r, what news to telegraph your friends on
ibe other side of the mountains, what news
with which to thrill your loved ones In
Heaven! It was of such news that a man
read In a noonday meeting in Philadelphia
He arese, and unrolling a manuscript read
ffhere er we meet, you always say:
"What's the news? What's the news?
Pray what's the order of the day?
What's the news? What's the news?"
5h, I have got good news to tell
Hy Saviour hath done all things well,
ind triumphed over death and bell
That's tbe newsl That's the news!
rbe Lamb was slain on Calvary
That's the news! That's the news!
foset a world of sinners free
That's the news! That's the news!
fhe Lord has pardoned all my sin
That's the news! That's the news!
t feel the witness now within
That's the newsl That's th. news!
tnd sinos He took my sins away.
Ind taught me how to watch and pray.
I'm happy now from day to day
That s the news! That's the news!
tnd Christ the Lord can save you, too
That's the news! That's the news!
four sinful heart He can renew
That's the news! That a the news!
rki-MM-wrt. tt for Mna yow
Fbls moment, if you do believe.
A rail acquittal you'll receive
That's the news! That's the newsl
Ind now, if any one should say,
"What's the news? What's the news?"
Oh, tell Him you you've begun to oray
1 hat's the news! That's the news!
That you have joined the conquering band;
Ind now with joy at God's command
lou're marching to the better land
That's tb. newsl That's th. newsl
MEN GET EVEN.
.'hey Give a Weird Fanetloa at Wlilch No
LadlM Are Allowed.
Society men ot Shellyrille, Ind., attended
t novel reception at the house of Mr. John
0. De Prey, a wealthy business man. It was
tailed a "Llroburgerette," and was Intended
as a rebuke to the society iadiee who insist
on Ignoring the men at afternoon teas.
Two hundred men most prominent in busi
ness and social circles attended. They went
a full dress, but used as conveyances carta,
Irays, trucks, push carts and all manner of
utlandisb vehicles, nntil the assemblage
locked traffl 0 around Mr. De Prey's real
lence. The reception was a take off on the
isual afternoon tea. Limburger sandwiches
ind stogies were served by winsome dudes,
who presided at their respective tables, and
conversation turned chiefly on "horrid girls
tnd neckties. Coffee was served out of ooal
ail cans, and the guests at. off tin plates. All
manner Of pranks were indulged, in. Thf
iflair was an immense suocesa.
WILL DO QUICK WORK.
Jennaa Army to rte SopplladjWrth a Test
rlble Klfle.
According to the latest news in militar,
flircles most of the guns and rifles now in use
in the German army will soon find their way
Into old junk shops. Military authorities
without exception are enthusiastie over the
result of the recent trials of the Brand rifle.
A week or two ago a few facts were cabled
regarding the efficacy of this death dealing
weapon. It excels anything thus far con
trived in portable arms. It will do all that
the inventor claims for it. Volleys of fifty
shots each can be fired in rapid succession,
and one charge suffices for 2500 Shots.
Herr Bronsard von Schellendorf, the Min
ister ot War, speaks in high terms of pralt
of the new invention. He will ask for its im
mediate adoption after the trial shooting,
which will take place in the near future and
at which the Kaiser himself has promised to
be present.
Snowstorm at Constantinople.
Constantinople has just had a snowstorm
aeavy enough to prevent trains from leaving
the city and to suspend navigation in thr
sort.
Where Bicyoles Are Popular.
It Is said tbat 10,000 bicycles were sold la
Washington City during 1895. and that there
are altogether 80,000 in the city.
Tb? saddest failures in life are those
thut come from not putting forth the
power and will lo succeed.
Tbe great men of theenrth aro bnt
marking stones on the road of bumat.
lty ; tbey are the priests of Its relig
ion. Before we passionately desire any
thing which another enjoys, ws should
examine as to the happiness of its pos
sessor. Don't be inquisitive? about the afiaira
of even your most intimate friend.
A crank is a man wbo has a different
bobby than yonr own.
There is no r on rage bnt in innocence;
no constancy - but in an honest
canoe.
This is the course of every evil deed,
that, propagating, s ill it brings tortb
eviL
Envy always implies conscious
inferiority -herever it resides.
. A beggar's rage may cover as much
pride as an Alderman's gown.
There are such things as adorable
faults and insupportable virtue.
A man may keep his month open so
wide he cannot tee an argument.
That extremes beget extremes is an
apothegm built on the most profound
observation of the human mind.
1
CHAPTER XXXI. V:
"What a shame!" cried Diana Knollys,
indignantly.
She was standing in the station library.
Idly turning over the leaves of the In
dian daily paper, while her father stood
chatting with Colonel Prinsep in the door
way. "What is it?" asked the commissioner,
with an indulgent smile.
For reply, the paper was thrust into
his hand, and a daintily gloved finger
pointed to tbe column which had roused
her anger.
The article was headed "Another
Helen." and dealt in a half-jesting, whol
ly disparaging vein with tbe quarter
master's "pretty daughter," who had
made such havoc in the regiment; turn
ing ber attention first to a sergeant, then
s ber position altered, to the Colonel
himself, and in both cases with the dead
liest effect. The writer went on to ob
serve that it was surprising -such a prob
able source of information should have
been overlooked at the inquest. Who so
likely to be able to throw a light upon tbe
darkness which enshrouded the fate of
her lover? From the days of the heroine
of Troy until now a woman had been at
the bottom of every mystery, the motive
for every crime; and this Helen was, he
bad beard, as fair as she who had been
tbe cause of tbat memorable ten years'
war and perhaps no less to blame.
Much more there was in the same
strain; but Colonel Prinsep, who waa
reading over Mr. Knollys' shoulder, mut
tered such a wrathful ejaculation that
the commissioner was startled.
"Eh?" he queried, testily, looking over
his gold-rimmed glasses.
"I beg your pardon." said the Colonel,
"but I must agree with Miss Knollys that
such libels or rather Innuendoes, which
are worse, for libel can be contradicted
ought not to be allowed to be inserted in
any paper."
"I never did like the Indian Argus, nor
approve its views; but I must say I
think What do you say, Di?"
"I am .going to see Jane and take her
for a drive if- she will come."
"But, my dear, I am not sure that I
care about your being- with a young lady
who has made herself so notorious."
"Or rather has been made so by cir
cumstances. No. papa, I won't listen to
a word. Yon have always let me have
my own way, and you are not going to
thwart me now."
"And I don't think any one could do
anything but admire so kind an act," put
in the Colonel, more moved than be cared
to show. "How good you are! 1 should
like to thank you as Miss Knox's friend,
only I have not the words nor tbe right
to do so," be said, in a low, shamed voice,
as he led ber to the carriage.
"Tben don't bother about thanking me
at all," she answered, brightly. "I as
sure you it is not goodness st all, only
viciousness disguised."
"How so?" he questioned, smiling.
"I know who wrote tbat letter to the
Argus, and with what motive it was
penned. The writer hoped by that means
to make people look shyly upon Jane, as
tbey would do, of courw, if all tbat be
said was true. But I mean to circumvent
him by showing that I for one disbelieve
every word, and I fancy with a proud
toss of her head, wbieh Colonel Prinsep,
being In utter unison with the sentiments
it expressed, thought infinitely becoming
"I fancy some good will follow."
"I wish you would tell me who you
think it was who wrote it!" said the Col
onel, fiercely.
"Think! There Is not a doubt about it
I am certain. Don't you remember what
I told you one nlgbt, at your own dance,
that if Jane Knox refused Mr. Blount
he would be avenged?"
"la It her
"Of course it is;' and Miss Knollys
Whipped her ponies into a sharp trot.
Poor little Jane! Surely no one had
ever paid so dearly for the royal gift of
beauty no one bad suffered so keenly
on account of ber lovers!
When be went back into the reading
room, he found Mr. Knollys seated by
tbe table with the paper spread in front
of him, perusing it intently.
"Tbe whole thing is in execrable taste,"
be said, as the Colonel entered; "but I
should have given my opinion at tbe
time bad I been here I cannot help
thinking that tbe inquiry was hurried
ever, and that a little more trouble might
have elicited more information."
Stephen Prinsep was ill-pleased at tbe
turn the conversation had taken. He
thought it had been settled once for all,
and well-nigh forgotten; but that letter
in the Argus, and Mr. Knollys' evident
extermination to follow np the clew it
appeared to give, would endue the mat
ter with a new interest and give it a
fresh lease on life.
Leaving the library, he walked back
toward the mess, pondering what could
be done to avert such an annoyance from
Jane. He gnessed what a blow it bad
already been to ber, and how she prob
ably reproached herself though unnec
essarilyfor having spoken, as she would
consider, harshly of him so shortly be
fore bis death. What other reason could
there have been for ber avoidance of him
self on the day of tbe funeral, and th.
look almost of repugnance which she hsd
esst upon him, except that she associated
him with what, in her gentleness of die
position, she regretted?
On bis way be met Diana Knollys driv
Big back alone.
"Jane would not come," abe informed
him in a mock-offended voice, then added
seriously "Do you know, I believe she is
(retting about something, about this very
letter, no doubt, for she looked so white
and worn I was quite shocked."
"I dare say" gravely; "it is enough to
trouble any one, and she is so sensitive.
But I am sure she felt your kindness,
Miss Knollys, and I hope" with one of
bis winning smiles "that yon won't be
ersrrjn raged by a first failure, and that
you will go and see her again."
"Oh, yes, I will do tbat certainly! She
can't always be so Impracticable, always
refuse," answered Miss Knollys, hastily.
Well, she bad pledged herself to stand
hj Jane at this juncture, and would not
go from her word. Besides, she did net
Believe that, even if Jane proved obdu
rate, Colonel Prinsep wonld ever turn to
her. And she liked the girl for her own
sake and wished her welL
"Some, women have such luckriacflt-
a .
Jane had once been a sergeant-major's
daughter, and now might be a peeress
if she chose; or, which might be an even
Dngnter rate for Miss Knollys did not
like Major Larmu now tbe wife of
Stephen Prinsep.
Mesnwhile Colonel Prinsep walked
away slowly, his gaze bent downward;
therefore it might have been uncon-
seioualy be passed the mess-gates, and
went on toward the quartermaster's
house.
Diana s last words were ringing in his
ears, and had driven every other thought
away. "She can't always be impractica
ble: ahe can't always refuser'
There seemed something of prophecy
in the unconsidered remark, which ha
was fain to apply to his own use. She
had been so long deaf te his spoken en -
treaties and even mors persuasive nn -
uttered prayers that at any moment sh.
might have discerned his love In his
eyes; surely sbe would listen now, the
cause of ber forced coldness being re
moved. Just at first she might hav. felt
vexed with him as with herself, for the
fear and resentment she had expressed
about Jacob Lynn; but her natural good
tense must show her tbat neither had
lieen to blame, and she would, if sbe
loved him as she had loved him without
doubt during that short, bright period of
their engagement turn gladly to the pro
tection of bia love. His name could
shield her from so much tbat was dis
agreeable, tbe attendant gossin and m-
1 mors that would follow upon the troop
er s death, more especially since that
article had appeared in the Argus. And
for his part, if every one turned against
and reviled her, be would none the less
joyfully take to bis arms the one love of
bis life.
As he turned Into the compound he
met airs. Knox.
I was just going out," she told him
when the nsual greetings had been ex
changed. "But I will turn back with
you. It was nothing of importance, and
I am suie it was very kind of you to
call: we have been dreary enough lately."
"It was your daughter I came especial
ly to see. Will you let me go and speak
to her alone
She looked up inquiringly into his face,
anu ne smiled somewhat sadly In reply.
"Yes, I have come to ask her again to
be my wife, but whether I have a chanct
or not 1 cannot say.
bhe loves you, 1 am sure," asserted
Mrs. Knox; but sbe did not speak so hope
fully as titie might have done on such atr
occasion six months ago.
"cnea at ine prospects which re
opened out before her daughter, though
at the same time sorrowfully convinced
tbat their brilliancy would be displayed
iu wain, .Mia. auui uurrieu on, ana tne
Colonel waa free to pursue bis course un
hindered.
The front windows of tbe bungalow
were open, and at one of them Jane stood
looking out; but directly she saw him
sbe shrunk back, and when be entered
tbe room be found her at the furtherest
end of It with tbe handle of tbe door it
her hand, as though about to flee.
"Jenny, Jenny, what is it that has
come between us tbat you wonld avoid
me sot" he cried, staying some distance
off lest sbe should escape him altogether.
febe leaned against the door, and her
face waa bidden from his gaze. Onlv a
convulsive movement of ber shoulders
showed him she had heard what he had
said.
Are you afraid of me?" he asked, gen
tly. "Surely not. You know that my
feelings have never altered that I love
you now even more dearly than the first
day I asked you to be my wife. Yon are
bound by no promise now; you are free
at last!"
"Oh, hnsh, hush!" she moaned.
"What la there to prevent me pleading
my cause again?"
She turned to him so white and horror
struck an expression tbat involuntarily
he quailed before her glance.
"You can ask tbat?"
"Why not? You loved me once," he be
gan. "Do yon think I do not remember that
if you and I never met, Jacob Lynn
would be still alive?"
"I think you exaggerate," he remon
strated In his quiet voice, which insen
sibly soothed her excitement: "his death
was an accident, and thongh we may
both regret It, I for one cannot be so un
selfish as to ignore the fact that it maket
possible what you declared Impossible be
fore our marriage, Jenny."
"Over his grave?"
"I do not understand," he said, hope
tessly. "You must "
"I know alll" ahe interrupted him
meaningly.
For a moment or two neither of them
spoke. Jane, frightened at her own bold'
ness, stood before him with downcast
eyes and trembling lips, and Colonel
Prinsep, more than ever bewildered
grew angry as well. Nothing, he thought
could justify her conduct. She hsd al
ways been inclined to trine with his lova
bringing forward first one, and then an
other excuse to prevent their marriage
now, wnen at last he migbt reasonabl1
suppose his probation to be at an end
a fresh obstacle intervened, mysterious
shadowy, and apparently not to be rv
plained. 11 is first impulse was to lean
and nefer seek her again; but, as wba'
was meant for a farewell glance fell ud
on ber lovely, troubled face and swaying
wulowly form, be relented, and was onci
more under the potent spell of ber beauty
ready to serve twice seven years If onlj
be might win ber so.
"Listen to me, Jenny" he pleaded
tarnestly. "I have loved yon so well, and
with so little thought of self, tbat surely
t deserve a bearing; and if there is any
let of mine you have misinterpreted, it
s only fair you should let me justify my
elf if 1 eau."
She looked into his face with such evl
lent drrad of what it was that he would
lay that for an instant he was discon
aosed.
Then, as she averted her gaze, he went
tn gravely:
"At the same moment I first realizes
tiy love for you 1 almost simultaneously
liscovered that you were already en.
-aged, and I accepted my fate sorrow,
fully, it is true, bnt with no hope of altes
Ing it. If I implored you to think seri
susly before definitely fulfilling the prom,
tse you bad made, it was, heaven knows,
with no ulterior motive, but from a wist
to secure your happiness, which I valued
more than my own. Afterward, becanae
I heard so much against Sergeant Lynn,
4d (. myself proved 30 me at least of the
1 reports were "true," I went to you onet
more, because I loved you so dearly, ant
dared to think tbat you loved me. Be
lieve me, it was not because of the man 1
position, nor with the idea of temptini
you from him with tbe advantages 1
could offer; if he bad been worthy of yot
I would have been content to see you hit
wife, if he had been even lower in the
social scale. It wss the knowledge of out
mutual love, and tbe wretched existence
you would lead if you married him, thai
made me seek you then. You wrote te
Sergeant Lynn at my instigation, throw
Ing yourself upon bis generosity."
"Do not let us speak of tbat," Inter
pointed Jane, coldly; and it chilled hin
even more to discover that she still wore
the big silver ring upon her finger, thougl
the presumable giver of it was dead.
Dispassionately as be bad spoken, sh
bad not been able to hear unmoved thi
.1,... il,. ...1 .1 K t. : . t. . .1
1 . j w. .uk. , iiuc iviu, aw, u T u.u. , Dill
' " hia vrords recalled tbe deceit whict
j ad been practiced on her, all the scon
ne nad ''t before revived; and man
tama eTer 11 appeared possioie ne migu
. suilty. too, of the death of Jacob Lynn
Ber coldness communicated Itself t
Ma.
I have no wish to say anything thai
I Pin you. I will not deny that I wai
blame then, though perhaps not at
deeply as yon think. Should you ever fee
1 curious to know how it happened, youf
,-nother will tell you the true story."
I am not curious," sighed Jane.
She would have given much to havi
tnown nothing that could make Stephes
Prinsep the less a hero in her eyes thai
be was at first. Some sins might hav;
keen condoned, but these of his were si
1 despicable and mean tbat she hated her
e'f because in spile of them sbe love4
him still. It was that which made hei
'ear him so, lest ber infatuation so sht
termed it should prove stronger than her
sense of what was right,
"And I will not speak of the day." hi
-"ontinued, "which should have been thi
j brightest In my life, and was the dreari
est. I went sway shortly afterward, am
tried my hardest to forget what was ai
once a pain and shame; yet the first sight
of your sweet face, the sound of youl
dear voice dissipated all my resolutions
I knew you were as dear to me as ever
Then gradually the impression grew up
on me tbat you were no longer bound bj
the old promise, and that evening we act
ed together with me if was no acting
Jenny I resolved to woo you again; am
again, just as I began to dream of a suu
cess, the more to be prized because si
hardly won, you met me with the unex
pected blow tbat you had pledged your
elf anew, almost as fatally as before!"
"When I did so," said Jane and thi
words seemed wrenched from her b;
some Inner force sbe could not combat
"I believed that I should never marry!'
"Was it so?" he asked, gently. Al
times he could have sworn she loved bin
still, then again tbat look of dislike to bii
presence, tinged, too, with fear, swept
over ber face, and be was fain to doubt
"Tell me, Jenny, when you gave tlia
promise."
"The day you called for the first tiim
after your return from England," she au
8wered, In a low voice.
"Because you thought tbat I no lon-ei
loved you. Oh, Jenny, it was you who ra
mained no cold and unconcerned, and b
your indifference drove uie to the bcli.-i
that you had forgotten all tbat passi-4
between us so short a time before! ',
hnd not forgotten I shall never forget
that I have held yon in my arms, am
kissed you as a man only kisses the wo
man be loves, and bopes to make bii
wife. The aching sense of loss which wai
in my heart tbe day on which our mar
riage should have been is there now, an,
will be till I die, or until, Jenny, you re
lent! Do you owe me nothing for the suf
fering you have caused ? I respected thi
feeling of honor which made you refusi
to listen to me while you were engaged
and even tbe generous kindness of yoni
second promise; but now, surely there u
nothing now to part ns!"
Stephen, Stephen! sbe murmured
wistfully, momentarily led away by thi
fervor in bia tones; bnt as, in answer ti
ber pleading cry, be stepped eagerly to
ward her, she shrunk back, rememberini
what was between them. Yet bis wordi
had not been without effect. Believini
him guilty still, sbe could make some al
lowance for thj crime now, gauging tin
greatness of the temptation by the great
ness of bis love. And it had been an aa
cident he bad not meant to alay him, ahi
was sure, or ne couia not nave appeared
to unconscious of wrong-doing! She, toe
had been so much to blame, first in mak
Ing such a promise, and afterward ii
ending the one lover to meet tbe othei
with anger in bis heart. Sbe hsd take.
no thought of the jealoua passion eacl
would feel against the other.
'Jenny, what am I to think?" cried thi
Colonel, as she moved away.
Think," ahe answered, hysterically
that I would give all I have to brim
Jacob Lynn to life. How can I ever b
happy again, knowing what I do?"
The door opened, and as ber tn other en
tered Jane slipped away, only too thank
'ul to escape.
(To be concluded.)
Henri Rochefort's Erratlo Career
No one has known more tips an
downs than Henri Rocheforte. thi
French communist who is now an exlli
in England. Reared In the grandest
bouses of the noble faubourg of Paris
be has been condemned to death as at
anarchist and as a leader of the com
mune. At one moment the Idol of thi
people, the next day he would be al
most lynched in the streets. Repeated
ly exiled, imprisoned times wltbow
number, sentenced to penal servltudi
for life, escaping through a country In
rested by cannibals and subsequent.;
In an open boat across the Phi-IO froii
New Caledonia to Australia, there t
practically no limit to his experience
The
hurry,
grace.
awkward mau it never in a
He always wants a day of
Loigi Arditi, the "11 Baoio" Arditi,
who has conducted Italian opera lor
years, has written his reminiscences,
which will be edited by Baiouess von
Zedlilz anu published soon.
Wo paid a little over seven mil
lions for Alaska. In the last fiscal
year the expoits of gold from Alaska
were valued at over three million.
In Germany 434 towns are now
cornected by long distance telephones,
whicb have 110, 000 subscribers
The Mayor of Chicago has deter
mined to stop railroad companies' lay
ing tracks in the streets on Hundaya.
The roads choose that day, because
tbe citizens cannot get an injunction
then.
The number of unmarried women
in England and Wales exceed, the
number of unmarried men by a majort
jy of nearly 2D0.0 00.
The word "hairbreadth," now nsed
for an inflnitsimal space, was once a
regular measure. It was the width of
16 naira laid aide by side."
The new shade of bine, which is a
deep, intense shade called Uuidid, be
longs, to the peacock blue family.