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THE OONtflTJ'UTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. J.
MIFFUNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1896.
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cn.rTEK xxxn.
If Culouel Prinsep tad been perturbed
by their interview Jane waa no less so
Heaven forbid that she should condemi
him for her suspicions, she thought, and
ouly find out their mistake when his lift
and her own were both ruined. An oc
casional feeling of auger against him als
helped her to the decision to whieh bki
at lust arrived. She would herself prow
his innocem-e or guilt.
An opportunity occurred a few dayi
later. The regiment was to go out int
the country to practice maneuvers, au
as on an occasion like this all the officer!
would necessarily be absent from theii
quarters, Jane could visit the Colonel'i
bungalow without danger. For this wa
what she finally resolved to do.
Yet she felt her courage flag, as haT
successfully eluded her mother's observa
tion, she started away on her mission
The two bungalows were not far apart
and by good luck she encountered no on
on the way: jet at the gate she pause
Irresolute, feeling naturally unwUlim
to erosa tie threshold of her lover'a home
While she hesitated the aound or
wheels decided her, and she went it
quickly. It would not have done to bi
seen standing thus outside his gate. Onci
Inside she put away all scruples and walk
ed on toward the veranda. As she ha
surmised, none of the servants wen
about, and the bungalow door being pel
he might enter if she chose. A dee
blush suffused her face as she stepped in
It was the Colonel's dressing-room, th
room in which the proof, if proof then
were, would be.
Directly for there was no time to bt
lost, at any moment she might be dis
turbed she crossed to where his booti
stood side by side on a pair of shelves
Each in its turn was reversed, and aftel
hasty scrutiny again set down in iti
place. On none was found the triangului
mark she bad seen for an instant in tu
foot-print which the soldiers had on theii
arrival so thoughtlessly but effect uallj
effaced.
That clew having failed, another ye
remained. In her pocket was the bit ol
cloth she had picked up near the spot
where Jacob I.ynn was murdered. II
she could hud the gaiter from which i
had been torn, her doubts would becomi
certainties; and she would know thi
worst. She knelt down beside a portman
teau, and slowly caressingly, an on
looker might have thought turned ovei
its contents without finding what so un
willingly she sought. Another box and s
wardrobe were equally Ineffectually
searched; and as she rose to go, a sigh o'
relief escaped her parted lips.
But so much had not been required ol
her, and she felt very grateful, very glad
at her non-success.
Throwing back her veil, she passed
through an open door into the next room.
It was plainly yet comfortably furnish
ed, its owner having evidently hit the
happy medium of having sufficient, yet
Dot too many, things about him. Jaut
took in every detail at a glance, and
moving slowly forward, mechanically
picked up a closed velvet photograph
frame that stood on his writing table
It fell open as she raised it, and het
brow, which bad puckered into an anxioti
frown, cleared as she saw her own pic
tured face. It was a photograph thai
had been taken during their engagement
and underneath was inscribed, in a bold
handwriting that she recognized as hit
own, "Jenny, January 20th to April
14th," the dates of their first meeting
and the parting on their wedding day.
The girl's eyes grew moist as sh
gazed. But the next moment her ex
pression changed as She saw an envelop
lying on the same table addressed U
Miss Knollys.
- She put down the photograph train
and turned away. After all sh. could
not expect that he would remain true t
mere memory, yet it pained her thai
he could turn so soon to one she had al
ways looked upon as a possible rival.
That he loved her and her only, with a
lev. Incapable of change, waa the only
exense ahe had been able to urge for th
crime of which she suspected him, and
honld it become no longer possible to
plead that extenuation her one aolacc
mid so much misery would be removed.
He would marry Diana Knollys, sh
felt sure; everything seemed shaping to
ward that end, and the match waa a
more desirable one, of course, than that
be had contemplated before. Yet a wild,
passionate desire came surging into het
heart that she had not sent him away
from her that she had condoned th
crime instead of suffering it to part them,
' as her duty to the dead man had seemed
to dictate. It would have been so easy,
so perilously easy, to forgive, even though
she might never be able to forget.
She sighed so deeply aa ahe left tbs
room that an nnseen watcher, who had
stood for the last few seconds half con
cealed by a heavy curtain, which he held
back with one hand Intending to come in,
made a hasty movement to follow her,
then on second thoughts, refrained.
Jane had slipped out of the bungalow
challenged, but aa ahe passed through
the compound gates ahe cam face to
w with Valentine Graeme.
"Are yon going home. Miss Knox?
ilay I walk witn you ne aazeo, jump
ing from his horse and handing it over to
bis syce's care.
She looked up furtively Into the Ad
jutant's face. He was frowning, and she
thnt the meeting was as un:
pleasant to him as to herself. That ha
wonld not betray her she felt sure, yet
was equally certain that she had fallen
fretrievably in his estimation.
"You Hid not go with the rest to-day r
"I? Oh, yes! We were all out; but it
was over sooner than we expected.
Then yon are all back?" blankly.
- m nms so. I aid not near or any on
staying behind."
"And and Colonel Prinsep?" she fal
tered.
"Yon have not seen him V awkwardly.
He looked into her face. She was gat
ing at him wistfully, her eyes full f a
mute entreaty, as though imploring foi
an assurance, which yet she was ashamed
to beg.
"I shall not mention that I met you to
day," he said, hastily, looking away.
. il wish I could explain"
"Don t try I am" certafn" (he certain
ty only growing on him as he spoke"
am certain that yon had good reason fo
whatever yon have done."
She put her hand ln t.:. i,k -
sen grateful Impulse, then as suddenly
withdrew it.
"Thank you so much," she murmured,
hyly.
The silent vow she had registered by
Jacob Lynn's grave to bring his murder
er to Justice seemed to her as she re
fCcicd on her way back the height of
Quixotic roily. Had he been so good to
her that she should, for his sake, unse.v.
herself, and do such violence to her feel
ings by taking on herself such a hateful
task? Surely it was self-immolation ef
ficient that she should lose all chance of
happiness because it might be that the
man she loved was accountable for the
death cf the man who had so loved her.
For until he had cleared himself of that
suspicion she would never again speak to
otepnen nnsep, nor take his hand even
when courtesy would seem to make it
needful. Yet she herself would never
lift a finger to either shake the faith of
any one in his innocence, or to prove
it. If every proof of th murder lay link
by link in her hand, she wonld not move
in the matter. The onus of such a step
must be with some one stronger, some
one more fitted to bear the opprobrium
that would be felt and justly earned. It
was better to break so terrible a vow than
keep it. If heroines were made of such
stuff as this, she was no heroine. All
the enthusiasm of keen self-blame that
had urged her on at first seemed to fad.
away, and she saw the whole thing as it
was in its bare unloveliness. She knew
now that her heart would have broken
had she succeeded in her endeavor. How
for a moment could she have believed
herself capable of such cold-blooded
cruelty, even though she had Justified it
to herself in the name of duty? Her
own heartlessness shocked and appalled
her. She felt very humble and contrite
as she made her way to her house.
CHAPTEU XXXIIL
Meanwhile the deputy commissioner
had not been idle. That there had been
a motive for the crime he felt convinced,
and if this motive were at once discov
ered it would materially aid the efforts of
his subordinates. Now, if there were
anything at all in that letter in th. Ar
gus, which had finally decided him to
move actively in the matter, Jane Knox
could supply the missing clew. He re
solved to question her at once, before she
had time to hear from other sources that
inquiries were on foot, and he would
question her alone.
Circumstances favored him. Two or
three mornings later, as he was walking
to the Cutchery, be met Jane driving
herself, and she pulled up when she saw
him.
"My father went to call on you. Mi.
Knollys. Did you see him?" she asked,
quickly.
"If he went to my office, I must have
missed him, I am afraid, for I am very
late this morning, and my clerks did not
know when to expect me. But is it any
thing you and I can arrange? I need
not say that I shall be delighted to help
you in any way I can" with a polite
ness that did not seem so terrible to Jan
as generally it did.
"Thank you very much. It is about
the small house next to yours, in your
compound almost. Thay said it belonged
to yon, when I asked about it for Mrs.
Dene. Sh has been 111 again yon know
sh is n.vr strong and Is coming her
for chang of air. That house wonld Just
suit her, if yon would not mind letting it
for so short a time."
"Of cours it is at her service. 1 will
tend word to the babu directly, to see it
Is made comfortable for her. It is partly
furnished already, and whatever is want
ed shall be sent over from my bungalow
during th day. When does she ar
rive?" "The day after to-morrow."
"You will be glad to sea your friend."
"Oh, very glad. I am to stay with her
rst, until she gets a little stronger."
"Then w shall be very near neighbors,
Diana will be pleased when I tell her."
In spite of his wish to be ingratiating,
there was a touch of condescension in his
kindness that Jane Instantly detected
She cslored and did not reply.
"And now. Miss Knox, there are soma
luestions I wish to ask yourself," wenf
on the deputy commissioner, briskly.
"I will answer what I can."
"It is on the subject of th murder ot
Jacob Lynn," he observed, slowly, watch
ing: the expression on her fae. and no
ticing how gradually it grew whit and
hard with self-repression. "I was away
when th court of Inquiry waa held, and
am not satisfied that full endeavors wer
mad to bring th matter to a just conclu
sion. I hav. been Informed that at on
Mm. yon were engaged to Trooper Lynn
Forgive m for intruding on your private
affairs, but is it truer
"Yes."
"And wonld yon mind telling me when
this engagement came to an end?"
"I considered myself free about. th
first of April," sh answered, In a low
voice.
"Considered!" sharply. "Was there
any difference of opinion? Had Lynn
any reason to think that yon were bound
to him still?"
"Ther was som mistake. I cannot
explain. It was it was-"
"Don't distress yourself, Miss Knot.
Believe me, I do not wish to pain yon
mora than I can help; but it is my duty
0 find out certain facts. Do yon mlnft
slling m when the exact date, if pos-
dble Lynn admlttea yon to d rreer ,
Jane Knox stood for a few moments
In silence, her face flushing with the feel-
Ings of alternate shame and sorrow,
which these questions had provoked. I
"Did you complain to any one or or nis
innoyancer he asked, after ft short
pause, and had to lean forward to catch
the unwilling murmurea assent.
"To whom ? To your father?"
"No."
"Then who was it?" omewhat imrn
Hently. "Colonel Prinsep.":
"Colonel Prinsept'V
Nothing but that ejaculation, yet Jane
inew that the suspicion which had been
growing? on th deputy commissioner had
become a certainty' in his own mind.
Fact after fact had been forced from
her, not rendered by her own volition,
and with the worst results. By her own
Up ab bad hocrajrad th iOX.thaj .aba
oved yet onlyby direct Ilea could sh
have saved him.
"Is that all yon wish to know? May
I go?" she asked, wearily.
It dawned upon him slowly, for th
commissioner, though shrewd, was not
naturally quick of apprehension, that he
had caused her more suffering than he
bad known of at the time. Whatever
reason she had had for jilting Stephen
Prinsep, upon what should have been
their wedding day, on her side at least
it had not been lack of love.
Foreseeing many difficulties ahead, hi
brow was puckered into a decided frown
ss he continued his way to the Cutchery.
He was only too well aware as what
magistrate is not of the number of
crimes that remain unproven, and con
sequently go unpunished, and knew it
were certainly better that this should
add one more to the list than risk making
a false or untenable accusation against
one who held so high a positiou, socially
as well as in a military sense, as Stephen
Prtnsep.
When he went Into his private office
he found the quartermaster bad been
there, and gone nearly an hour ago. ' An
accumulation of letters and business
papers lay on his desk, and during the
morning a case came on at the Cutchery,
but he went through tH mechanically
and without his usual keenuess. It was
a relief to him when the thanedar came
in with his report on the subject of
which his brain was full.
The report itself dealt principally in
negatives. Trooper Lynn had no enemies
among his comrades was not of s quar
relsome disposition even when in drink;
no one in the barracks seemed to have
a suspicion as to who was answerable
for his death, yet a vague opinion pre
vailed that had it not been for his fatal
passion for the Quartermaster's daughter
he would be alive still.
When Mr. Knollys returned to his
bungalow in the afternoon, he met his
daughter on the veranda.
"I am jnst going to send off those invi
tations for the dinner party Monday's
dinner party," she said, standing on tip
toe to kiss him.
"Did you ask Col. Prinsep?"
Then, as she held up the addressed en
velop in reply, he took it rather roughly
from her hand and tore it in half.
"I won't have him enter my house
again. You understand, Diana. If you
meet him in society, you must be merely
civil to him, nothing more; if he calls, be
it not to be admitted." -
"But, papa "
"Not another word. You may be quit
sure I should not give snch an order
without good reason."
"Then whom shall I ask in his stead T
"Ask Valentine Graeme."
"II. was here the night before last."
"Never mind. He is one of the nicest
fellows In the regiment. I sometimes
think he has a penchant for you, Di."
"Nonsense, papa!" with a brilliant
blush.
(To be continued.)
IRON IN FOOD.
Bplnacta Cootalna More of It than Eats,
or Beef.
Prof. Bunge. In the course of a paper
on trun as a medicine, "rani wtviv the
German Congress of Internal Medicine,
has been ventilating some ideaa which
are ns much matter of general science
(and therefore extremely Important) as
they are details connected with the phy
sician's domain. He is strong on the
point that iron should reach our blood
through the medium of our food, rather
than through the druggist's specialties.
Iron, as everybody knows, is a food ele
ment absolutely essential for the proper
constitution of the body. It Is as rigid
ly demanded by the plant as by the ani
mal; and It is from plants that Prof.
Bunge shows we should chiefly receive
our iron supply. Spinach, he tells ns,
is richer In iron than yolk of eggs, while
the yolk contains more than beef. Then
succeed apples, lentils, strawberries,
white beans, peas, potatoes and wheat,
these substances being given In the
order In wblcb they stand as regards
the plentlfulness of their Iron constit
uents. Cow's milk Is poor ln Iron DUt as
balancing this delicacy ln the food of
the young mammal. It Is found that
the blood of the youthful quadruped
contains much more Iron than the
adult Thus, in a young rabbit or
guinea pig one hour old, four times as
much Iron was found as occurs In these
animals two and a half months old
London Public Opinion.
Had No Use for Another Fortune.
A laborer employed In one of the Iron
mills ln Allegheny, earning the munifi
cent salary of $1.10 a day for wheeling
ore In a wheelbarrow, received a tele
grain announcing that a relative in Ire
land, had died and left him $60,000. He
left bis Job, went to Ireland, secured
the cash and started upon a career of
luxury and high living. Two years later
he reappeared in Pittsburg, asked for
bis old position and went back to wheel
ing ore. On day another telegram
came annonncing that a relative lu En
gland had died, leaving him $20,000. He
threw up bis hands ln despair. "Hir
ing!" cried he. "Must Ol trow np mo
Job and go over ther and waste auother
year or two ln spending that? It's a
shame to handicap a declnt work! a'
man Ilk thot. Oi'll slnd word to thiin
Ol can't do it"
The highest point ever attained by
man was that reached by Cox and
Glalsher, in 1862, thirty-seven thou
sand feet abov the sea.
Miss Helen Culver, ol Chicago, has
presented the University of Chicago,
with $1,000,000.
Htlden, Holland, fcaa 4000 inbabi
tantsand 107 saloons.
Bed apples fafteen inches in circum
ference have been produced ln several
district i of Washington, and Pippins
and Greenings measuring from a foot
to fourteen inches around are almost
plentiful.
The raritted atmosphere of the city
ot Leadville, CoL, is fatal to cats,
rat, mice, etc
T r-morrow is always the be?t of the
vear.
Over 150 smbulaooes are provided
in London for the transport of per
sons injured or suddenly taken ill in
the streets. Four persons aro killed
weekly in the streets of the me
tropolis, and a score or two are in
ured. If a man ate in tbe spider's propor
tioa he wonld consume the equivalent
of four ban els, of fish, a dosen bogs,
three sheep and two oxen in a single
day.
A coo pie in Chestemlle. Ma..
celebrated their golden wedding re
cently in the house into which they j
moved wben married half a century
ago, and in which they have lived ever
einoa.
i WAR AFRICA'S' WOE.'
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GREEDY CONQUERORS HAVE
SLAIN HER SONa
Sava Boath Asaarlca frosa a Lik
" th flatted SUIm Stop In
Dar la Kalax.tloa of tn. Monro
Doatsiao xtplaJaad.
t K Sooai for Batcher Over Bin,
, All Africa pays tribute to European
powers, says the New York Journal.
Look at th map of it. Scarcely a part
Of It U ftee from the dominion of the
(reedy foreigners. Dependence and
tyranny reign In Africa. Ail South
America Is free. Look at Its map. Its
loaded portions, which mark the places
where European governments have
found a foothold, are Insignificant In
dependence and liberty reign la South
Lmerica,
The two map graphically 111ns
Tat th existing necessity for tbe en
forcement of the Monroe doctrine. The
United States does not propose to let
loath America become another Africa
-another scene of bloody conquest and
torrid outrage.
EL J. Glane, who studied African out
ings carefully, thus estimated: "The
mbjugatlon of Africa has left a mark
tf blood across the hstory of these
times. More than 1,500.000 persons
lave been slain directly or Indirectly
ky the explorers who have blazed the
way with gory marka, and the follow
Ktg conquerors might almost have
valked to victory over a corduroy road
if corpses."
Therefore, It Is not surprising that
fresldent Monroe declared his now cele
I rated doctrine. Certainly It Is enough
bat one continent should suffer so.
IPe can only pity Africa, but we can
protect South America, Of all that
last continent only two spots one tiny
Liberia, the other barbarous Morocco
D-day remain Independent of European
tontroi, and It Is mostly within tbe
ast ten years that the great European
powers have thus parcelled out Africa.
The nation and sovereign who rnbju
fated these lands did not consult th
Utlves, they merely killed them when
iver they resisted. They are still kill
Bg them. Great Britain, France, Ger
many, and Italy have all had a share
ta the spolatlon, and the troops of those
tatlons are still engaged ln hunting the
afrlcans like wild beasts in order to
tompel them to acknowledge their new
nasters. Of course, the chief among
the spoilers is England, which has an
lexed Egypt and Its dependencies un
ler the cover of temporary occupation,
ind Is now preparing to send an expe
lltlon against Ashantee on the pre
tence that the king of that independent
ifrlcan state has violated a treaty, but
really to prevent the country from b ;
ng seized -ty-the rrencfc
The English, Trench. Germans and
Italians are not ln actual possession of
ill the territories In Africa over which
ihey claim sovereignty, and in some In
stances tbe natives are conducting a
luccessful resistance to the Invaders.
England has given up for the present
ler attempts to subdue the Egyptian
Soudan, Italy has met repulse ln Abys
ianla. and ln the French Sondan a
rallant warfare is being carried on by
tatlveprlnces, resolute in the determina
tion not to accept tbe yoke of tbe
itranger. So far, however, as dlplo
natlc agreement between the powers
f Western Europe can accomplish the
result Intended, Africa Independence
las been extinguished, save for the
!eeble flicker of liberty's torch at Mon
fcvla, and the fact that the spoilers
lave not yet been able to agree upon
I division of Morocco.
The so-called Congo Free State Is
narked as "Belgian," because it is
Amply a Belgian military station and
trading post, under the Individual
uvereignlty of Leopold, King of tbe
Belgians, who has bequeathed to Bel
gium by will all his sovereign rights
n the State. The question at Issue re
tarding the Congo Free State Is not
rhat Belgium will do to develop It,
rat whether France or England will
weeeed ln annexing It The chances
ippear to favor the addition of the
Jongo Free State, with Its 800,000
quare miles of territory, to England's
Ireadv enormous nosseasions In Africa,
OFHIESSED AFRICA.
Only two Uar spots are free, Liberia and Moroooo.
.'ug'.and Is' also looked upon as the
robable purchaser of Portuguese Af
!ca, as soon as the needs of Portugal's
traltened treasury may drive that na
on to part wiiU its colonies.
While the South African renubllcs
ossess autonomy, they cannot bt
ailed independent In the full mean
ng of that term, Transvaal being acta
illy nnder British suzerainlty, as uj
foreign affairs, and the Orange Fret
Itate being surrounded by British ter
Itory, and holding much the same re
stlon to the British colonies that Sai
Sarino does to the kingdom of Italy
?here is no reason, therefore, for dis
Ingnlshlng these states from othei
ifrlcan territory under British control
?r not 1 i me sen,
, w . ... ,
wwiwk-u u uucria are roueney
tent.
The South American portion of out
ontinent presents a marked contrast ti
Lfrlca. From Panama to Cape Horn
t about 7,500,000 square miles, onlj
ibout 200,000 square miles are subjeo
foreign occupation, and even thh
tomparatively small area would bt
ireatly diminished should England fal
fc support her claim to disputed terrt
tory In Venezuela. It Is not because
European powers would not like to
seize upon and parcel out South Ameri
can If they could that this state of
affairs exists. It Is because the United
8tate. hM uecIared tnat there shall be
no parcelling, that Europe must keep
her bands off the American continent,
and because Europe knows that tbe
United States Is strong enough to back
np the declaration, Africa baa no na-
FEEE SOUTH AMERICA.
Only three small countries ara oppressed by foreign rule.
tfve state powerful enough to make a
similar stand, and the result Is seen ln
Cairo, In Antananarivo, ln Zanzibar
snd Tiuibuctoo, where the ancient
rulers have had to bow before alien
masters, who have no rightful claim
whatever upon their allegiance.
The American people will continue to
keep standing their notice to th pow
ers of the old world
that there Is no
A KMMa.at berv:
room tar alau.tatav u
! ibRt thls 8,de of Iob U reserTed
for governments of the people, and
that the camel's head of European ag
gression will not be permitted to enter
the tent of American liberty.
That some of tbe European dynasties,
not contented with their share ln the
partition of Africa, would turn longing
yes toward South America was to be
expected, snd It Is very likely that, if
British encroachment in Venezuela had
passed unchallenged, Germany might
have found an excuse for landgrabblng
at the expense of the Sooth American
republics. The Kaiser sees that bis
efforts at colonization in German Africa
ind German Papua are failures, and
is his subjects are bound to emigrate
to America, he would like to have
them his subjects still. It is understood
that Germany has for some time had
Designs on the Argentine republic, tbe
most desirable part of South America
for colonists from the temperate region
of Europe, and. If the Monroe doctrlnei
were out of the way. It Is more than
probabfe that the Argentines would
hava to flsht for their Independence.
As It is, Argentina Is safe. .u .uro
pean nation would dare to enter upon
a war of conquest in America with the
United States as the opposing cham
pion, and while the American people
have the strength to prevent It, no
European nation will gain, or at least
retain, a fresh foothold on the contin
ent Wulch gave birth to a Washington
and a Bolivar, Meantime any readen
of the Journal who are shaky on thi
Monroe doctrine would do well to stud
the evidence herewith presented of Jusl
what Europe has done, nnder onr eye
and within the past few years, with a
continent and a people who have b
Monroe doctrine to protect them.
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Dogwood's Many Ci
Dogwood wands make excelled
tvhlpstocka, and are nsed ln some at
the best whips. They are cut sometlmei
by coachmen ln the suburbs and aerr
to town to be dressed and made up inti
whips. The stocks made of this woo
are notable for their ornamental knobt
at regular intervals, being the front
rated and rounded branches. Thest
are Imitated In some other whlpstocka,
bat th tmttattoa la a cause of weak
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I tremelv tnuirh an1 a.1aaM Hat-.
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parable tn elasticity with whalebone
The wood Is nsed also for butchers
skewers, and some philologists conjeo
lure that the first syllable of the namt
la a corruption of "dag," meaning l
ipine or dagger. Dogwood, as being pa
;uliarly free from atlex, la used bj
watchmakers and optician in clean
Ing watches and lenses. The blttej
bark of the dogwood Is nsed also aa i
substitute for the Peruvian qulnlni
tree. Dogwood Is notably of sloa
growth, and ln all thickly populate
regions the tree Is recklessly deepollet
for the sake of Its blossoms, so that
the supply of the wood for commercla
purposes is not Urge. New York Sun.
A religion that does not stick to a ma
during business, is no good after bua
neas hours.
IxMlna; Sense of Colors "
The human eye. though trains t
distinguish colors, may by want of US
forget how to distinguish them. Th
i . '
unique experience or Vr. K. Harley,
F. K. S., related ln the Iondon Specta.
tor, establishes th fact that color caa
he fnnmtt-ji aa .-oil v.
human ala-fct-
) Dr. Harley, ln order to save the sight
- ". PhP a4 tmtat- eyea, -wben
One was injured, voluntarily Immured
,, , , . , r! ""ulura
himself In a room made totally dark foi
nine months.
The fortitude which enabled him to
BdoDt this cotiraA an1 h i-n.
saopc tnis I course, and the Ingenuity
by wblch he preserved his health and
faculties in this, the most mentally and
physically depressing of all forms of
lmnri.ni.Lnt iJ.!i " ?
imprisonment, are sufficiently remark,
able; but Dr. Harley also kept an ao
curate record of his Impressions whea
he at last looked again upon the light
, " 1
after the supreme moment at which
he satisfied himself that h waa not
blind, but could Bee
tt- tnnnA th- i. 4tl, , ...
lie found that ln the nine months'
darkness his eyes had lost all sense of
color. The worla was black, white and
gray. They bad also lost tha unu nf
tllstance. His brain Interpreted the
picture wrongly. His band did not
touch the object meant to bo grasped.
Practice soon remedied the last in
duced defect of sight. Experiment
with skeins of various-colored wool. In
the presence of on who bad normal
wlor-vlsion, restored the first.
Prond of His Ajre.
The oldest white man ln Sonoma
tnnntv Pallfnnli iriin.m Tl.i -
t?". . ' WU1,m Blackman,
lied In Healdsburg last week, at the
tge of 100 years and three months. He
was especially anxious that It should
9e known that be did not dl of old
ige. Pneumonia cut his life short, and
here Is little doubt he wonld hav lived
mme years longer ln the natural cours
if events. He was very active and
ealthy up to the time he took cold.
He smoked and drank Intoxicants ln
his early life, but abandoned both hab
its half a century before bis death.
Reserved for War Porpoaw.
The largest Derma nent ator. r enla ,
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(d money ln tbe world la In tbe 1m-
perial war treasury of Germany, a Dor- .
tion saved for emergencies from th '
$100,000,000 paid by France after th
Franco-Prussian war, and locked np
!n the Julius tower of the fortress ol
Spandau. It amounts to th value ot
$30,000,000.
A Marvelous Quilt.
Mrs. Joshua Biles, of Southlngton,
Conn., has been working on a bedqullt
at odd times since 1892. which Is a
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wonder ln Its way and deserves special
notice. The material Is twilled cotton,
and Is made ln forty-one squares, seven .
,,,,, M-n vnt -h, inner sonars
squares each way, out tne inner square j
takes up spac of run. of the ordinary ,
ones. On this Is Inscribed, ln blue ;
stitching, which Is readily deciphered,
the names of all the soldiers that went
to tbs civil war from Southlngton, to
gether with a picture of tbe soldiers'
monument. On the other squares ara
the pictures of places and persons ot
local note, such aa tba pastors of the
churches, the postmasters of the three
Villages, tha assessors, the contractors
and builders, merchants, etc, the
pamea of the various manufacturing
firms, with the list of officers, pictures
f various historic buildings and names
f secret societies represented In tbe
town ln 1802. Mrs. Biles has been un
rJrtog in bar efforts to finish this re
markable work, and It Is now stretched
Upon a.fram. .
Hoax Pagley claims to hare writtet
a play that will make everybody talk
Joax Heavens I What's he done thai
for? The box parties alone are bad
enough now. Philadelphia Record.
He Your father advises me to Invest
my fortune in Wall street. It would
be politic, I suppose? She No, don't
you do It! After he bad won all youi
money he'd never let as marry. Life
P. DIL TOW
The Eminent Divine's Sanaa
SenaoOa
Subject "Bringing in the Sheaves."
Taxr. -'Put ra in th sickle, for th. ha
est is rips "Joel ill. IS.
Tbs sword ha-i been poatim, an I tha
World has enlabratej the sword of Bolivar,
th sword of Cortaa and the swor 1 of War.
ette. The pen has been properly Miloe.zd,
and th. world has ee'ebrated tfe pen of A
rtison, tha pen ot Sonthey and tha pen ol
Irving. Tha paintnr'a pmail has been hon
ored, and the world bas oulebrtttad the pn
eil of Murillo. tha nan ill ot Kuwns and tha
pencil of Bierstadt. The sculptor's obis-l
has come in for b irh ancomium, and I ha
wtrld has celebrated Chantrev's chisel and
Crawford'suhixel and Greenou2b' chisel. But
lber is on. Instrument about which I sinir
th. first canto that waseversung tbe sickle,
th. sickle of the Bible, the sickle that baa
resped the harvest of many centuries. Sharp
and bent intoasemlcircleandlitterintr, thi
imping hook, no lonver than your arm. ha
I luruiauea in. oreaj lor t&luSMDcJs ol vear?.
I Its success baa produced tha wealth of N.
: Nona. It has had mora todo with tha world'
, progress than sword and pea and pem-il rd.I
eblael all put together. Clint putMhe sickl
' Into xqoi9it. aartnouic simile, and vou sed
; that instrument flash a'l up and down tha
i Apocalypse u st. John swinre it, while
. through Joel in my text God commands the
people, as throuirh His servants now Ha c-om-.
mands them, -Put y. in tha sicklo, for thi
i barvrst ts ripe."
Last Novem b-r there was (treat rejoiclm
all over th. land. With trumpet an I cornet
and organ and thousand voiced psalm w
, praise i the Lord for tha temporal harvests.
I W praised God for the wheat, the rye, the
J oats, the cotton, the rice, all tba fruits ol
, the orchard and all tha grains o the field.
and the Nation never does a better thins,
than wben in tbs autumn it gathers o fes
tivity and thanks God for tha greatness ol
the harvest. But I come to-dnv to soeak to
you of richer harvests, even the spiritual.
Tlnw V. .11 .1 ... .u.. t . i
' n.aiuuisiviuB vniiie m a manr
We say ha is wcrtii so many dollars, or ha
Ibas achieved such and such a p wition, but
we fcuow very well there are soma men at
the top of tha ladder who ought to be at the
bottom and some at the bottom whr ought
; to be at tba top, and the onlyw.iyto esti
i mate a man is by his soul. We all know that
wo shall live forever. Death cannot kill us.
Utner crafts may be drawn into the whirl
pool or shivered on the rocWs, but the life
Within us will weatlieraltstormsand drop no
anchor, and 10,090,000 years after death will
shake out signals on the high seas of eterni
ty. Yon put the mendicant off your door
step and say he Is only a beggar, but he is
worth all I ho gold of the mountains, worth
all the pear s of the sea, worth the solid
earth, worth sun and moon and stars, worth
the entire material universe. Take all the
paper that ever came from th. naoer mills
and put it side by side sd J sheet by sheet,
ni let men with fleetest pens make figures
onthat paper for 10,000 years, and they will
nnlv httTi-hAirnn tn .rnrMca tha valnanf th
aoi iIi a
va la nnd Ausrralia. of how much value
"ou'd they be to me one moment after I de-
parted this life? How much of Philadelphia
does Stephen Girard own to-lay? How
ranee own to-dav? Toe man who to-dav
' r'r " poeket bat ta mom world-
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year. How do you suppose I feel, standing
here surrounded by a multitude of souls
each one worth more than the material uni.
TTf? T , . . , v, , ' ,
I Ob, was I not right In saying this spiritual
Harvest U richer than the temporal harvests
1 must tighten th. girdle, I must sharpen the
Blckle. I must be careful how I swing the
lnsfment 'or gathering the grain, lest on
"talk tost- a ' the most powerful
sickles for reaping this spiritual harvest is
the preaching of the gospel. If the sickla
fiSTa rosewood bandit, and it be adorned
h-JTIousi "'"iiT' yBt l caimot ,bri?8
down the grain. It is not much of a tickle,
and preaching amounts to nothing unless it
harvests souls for God. Htaali we Dreach Dhil.
""Pby' The Ralph Waldo Emersons could
beat us at that. Shall we preach science!
TheAgassizes could beat us at that. Th
minister of Jesus Christ with weakest arm
8ing forth In earnest prayer, and wielding
kla .I.U n at- I .1 II Jl A. I 1
wiw,ibiu una in. nar-
vest alt around him waiting for the angel
sheaf binders. Oh, this harvest ot souls! I
notice In the fields that the farmer did not
stand upright when he gathered the grain.
I noticed he had to stoop to his work, and I
noticed in order to bind the sheaves the bet.
ter he had to put his knee upon them. And
as we go forth in this work for Uod we can
not stand upright in our rhetoric and out
metaphysics and our erudition. We hav. to
stoop to our work. Aye, we have to put out
knee to It or we will never gather sheaves foi
the Lord's garner, Peter swung that siukla
oa th. day of Pentecost, and 3000 sheave
earn. in. Richard Baxter swung that sickla
camo in. jticnara Baxter swung that sick a
J ,t Kidderminster, and MeCheyne at Dundee.
and vast multitudes came into tha kingdom
V. UUE UUU.
Ob, this is a mighty gosp.II It captured
not only John tbe lamb, but Paul tha lion.
Hen may gnash their teeth at it. and eilnob,
their fists, but it is th. power of God and th.
wisdom of God unto salvation. But, alas,
If It is only preached ln pulpits and on Sab
bath days! We most go forth Into onr stores,
our shops, our banking houses, our factories
snd th. streets, and avervwher. preach
Christ. W. stand ln onr pulpits for two
our oa th Sabbath and commend Christ to
th. people, but ther. are 168 hour tn the
weak, and what are the two hoars on the
Babbstb against th16? Oh, then coma
down th ordination of God this day upon
S.-1?" PP. m wno ton Witn head and
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nana ana root -tn ordination comes noon
all merchants, upon all mechanics, upon all
tolleri, and God says to yon as Ho says to
'.P0' .tftoh "H Nstlona. He that be-
lleveth and is baptized shall b. saved, and
he that beliereth not shall ba damned "
Mighty gospel, let th. whole earth hear ill
The story of Christ to to regenerate th.
Matlons, It is to aradieate all wrong, it is to
turn th. earth Into paradise. An old artist
painted th. "Lord's Supper," and ho wanted
th. chief attention directed to th. fao. of
Christ. When he invited his friends ln to
criticise th picture, they admired the
haiices more than thev did the face, and
j v.u anui iu, iuis picTureisaiaiiare,
and he dashed out the picture of the cups,
"i"1 "nr'L notJ?in to detra
tTom the ' o' th. Lord. Christ is tba all
k pictura."
Another powerful sickle for the reaping oi
harvest is Christian song. I know in
manv ehurches th. whol. work is delegated
to , few .tandini? Jtt th9 onmloft
But. my friends, as others cannot renent for
and others cannot die for us, we cannot
aaiagate to otners tbe work of singing for
a. While a few drilled artists shall take the
bants and execute tbe mora skillful music.
When tha hymn Is given out let there be hun
dreds and thousands of voices uniting in tbe
Soo isolation. On the way to grandeurs that
never cease and glories that never die let ns
ing. At th. battle of Lntzen a general cam
to tht king and said: "Those soldiers are
singing as they are going into battle. Shall
I Stop them?" "No," said the king, "men
that can sing lik. that can fight" Oh, the
power of Christian song! When I argue here,
you may argu. back. The argument vou
make against religion may be more skillful
than the argument I make in behalf of relig
ion. But who can stand before the pathos ot
om uplifted song like that which we some,
Umessing:
Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive!
Let a repenting rebel live!
Are not Thy mercies large and free?
' May not a sinner trust in Thee?
Another mighty sickle for the reaping of
th. gospel harvest is prayer. What does God
do with our prayers? Does He go on the bat
tlements of heaven and throw them off Ho.
What do you do with gifts given yon bv
thoa. who love you very much? Vou kee'u
fhwa with great sacred ness. And do yea
suppose God will taka onr prayers offered la
th. sincerity and lov of onr hearts, and
tnem totnewinasr un, no; tin win
them all la 'som. wav. On. what a
ty thing prayer Is! It Is not a long rig
la of "ohs" and "aha" and "forever and
It Is a breathing of th heart
thhut Qod- nn. what j gighty
talah
psarfl
aver.
tea
thing prays Is! Elijah with It reached up
to th. clouds and shook down th. showers.
With it John Knox shook Scotland. With (t
Martin Lnther shook tha aarth. And wben
Philipp Helanohthon lav sick unto death, as
many supposed, Martin Lnthnr eama in and
said, "Phllipp, w. can't spare you !" "Oh."
said he, "Martin, yon must let ma go. I am
tired of persecution and tired of life. I want
to go to be with my God." "No." said Martin
Luther, "yon shall not go; you must taka
this food, and then I will prav for you."
"No, Martin," said Melanohthon, "von must
let ma go." Martin Lot her satd. "You taka
Ibis food or I will exoommnnioate yon." Ha
took tha food, and Martin Luther knlt down
and prayed a. only he eould prav. and con
valeseano. earn., and Martin Luther went
baok and said to his friends, "God has saved
th. life of Phllipp Melancthon in direct an
swer to my prayer." Ob. tbs power of
prayer! Have von tooted It?
Dr. Prim., of New York, in his beautiful
book entitled "Around tha World," d-nril-ad
a manso'enm in India which it took
80,1100 men twenty-two yers to build that
and tba buildings surrounding and be
says: 'standing th tnat mausoleum and
ottering a word, it Is echoed back from a
height of 150 feet; not an ordinary echo,
but a prolonged music, as though ther
were angels hovering ln tbe air." And evnry
word of earnest praver wa alter has an echo.
not from the marble cupola of an eartblv
mausoleum, bnt from th. heart of God and
from tbe wings of angels as thev hovr nrv.
Ing, "Behold, h. prays!" Oh, test it?
Ulgbty sickle for reaping this gosoel harvest.
the sickle of prayer!
it aoes not make so much difference about
A. posture von take, whether von nit atnml
or kneel, or II. on your lai-e. or in vour
physical agonies lie on your back. It does
not make any difference abort the physical
posture, as was shown In a hosnital whin
th. chaplain said as he looked over tbe b-vls
Of tba suffering! "Let alt those wounded
men here who wonld Ilk. to be prayei for
lift the hand! Some lifted two hands, others
lifted one band: some with hands ampuluted
eould only lift the stumn of the arm. One
man, both his arms amputated, could giv-i
no signal except to say. "Me! Mel" Ob, It
does not make any difference about tha
rhetoric of your prayers; It does not make
my difference about the posture; it does not
nake any difference whether you can lift a
tend or have no band to lift. God is ready
hear you. Prayer la answered. Go 1 i
waiting to respond.
f-1 take this trumpet of the gospel and bio
the first blast, "Whosoever wilL" I blow
th. second blast. "Seek ye the Lord wbil
He may be found." I blow the third blast."
"Now is the accepted time." But the trum.
pet does not break; It was handed down by
jur ioreiainers to us, and we will hand It
lown to our children, that after we are deal
they mav blow thetrumpet. telling the world
ma we nave a parnonlng Uod. a lovingGod,
I sympntbetta God, and that more to Him
inn tbe throne on which He sits is the ioy of
leeing a prodigal put his finger on the lator
f His Father's house.
I invite any one the most Infidel, any on
the most atheistic, I Invite him into th
kingdom of God with Just as much hearti
ness as those who have for fifty years been
under the teaching of the gosnel and believed
k all. When I was living tn Philadelphia, a
rentieman told me of a scene in which h.
was a participant. In Callowhlll street, in
Philadelphia, there had been a powerful
meeting going on for some time, and manv
were convert,!, and among otners one of
the prominent members of the worst club
house in that city. The next night
the leader ot that elub house, tha r.ni,
! ent of resolved that he would endeavor
K0 ?et his comrade away. He came to th.
I floor- before he entered he heard a Christian
I Hing, ana unaer its power Dis soul wa
agitated, lie went in and asked for prayer,
before he came out h was a snbject ot con
verting awcttf. Tn. Mat biKtat auutttev
somrada went to reclaim the two who had
been lost to their sinful cirnle. He went,
and under the power of the Holy Ghost be
rame a changed man, and the work went on!
they were all saved and tbe infamous clul.
house disbanded. Oh. it is a mighty gospel!
Though yon cams here a child of sin, you
ean go away a child of grace, you cau go
tway singing:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I one was lost, but now va found
Was blind, but now I see.
Oh. give ud vour sins! Most of vour lir
Is already gone. Your children are going
oa the same wrong road. Why do vou not
ttop? "This day is salvation come to thy
house." Why not this moment look up Into
uto ui iuna sou sayi
Just as I am, without one plea
But that Tby blood was shed for me.
And that Thou bid'st me oom. to Theo
O Lamb of God, I oome, I come.
God is going to save you. You are going
to be among tbe shining ones. After tbs
lolls of life are over, yon are going up to th.
tverlasting rest, you are going up to join
your loved ones, departed parents and de
parted children. "Oh, my God," says som.
man, "how can I oom. to Thee? I am so far
off. Who will help ma, I am so weak? It
leems such a great undertaking." Oh, my
brother, it is a great undertaking! It is so
peat you oannot accomplish it, but Christ
Ian do tha work. H. will correct your heart
tnd H. will correct your life. "Ob," you say,
I will stop profanity." That will not sav.
ron. "OIl" Vou say, "I will stop Bnbhath
reaklng." That will not save you. There
b only on door Into tha kingdom of God,
ind that is faith; only one ship that sails for
keaven, and that is faith. Faith the first.
Rep, the second step, the hundredth step,
tha thousandth step, the last step. By faitb
ire enter th. kingdom. By faith we keep in.
tn faith w. die. Heaven a reward of faith,
the earthquake shook down the Phillpplan
Inngeon. Th. jailer said, "What shall I
to?" Some ot yon would say, "Better get
nt ot the place before th. walls crush you."
What did th. apostle sav? "Beliuvd on tb.
Lord Jesus Christ and thoa shslt be saved."
"Ah." you say, there's the ru V What fs
Faitb? Suppose you were thirsty, and I of
fered yon this glass of water, and you be
ttered I meant to giv it to vou, and yon
earn, up and took it. You exercise faith.
You believe 1 mean to keep my promise,
Christ offers you the water of everlasting Ufa
You take It. That is faith.
Enter Into th. kingdom of God. Entei
aow. Th. door of Ufa is set wide open, I
plead with yon by tb. bloody sweat of Geth
lemane and the death groan of Golgotha,
by oross and crown, by Pilate's courtroom
and Joseph's sepulcher, by harps and chains,
by kingdoms of light and realms, by king
doms of light and realms of darkness, by th.
trumpet of tha archangel that shall wakstha
dead, and by the throne of tha Lord God
Almighty and tbe Lamb, that you attend
now to the things of eternity. Oh, what a
Ead thing it will be if, having come so near
eaven, we miss tt! Oh, to havecome with
in sight of the shining pinnacles of the city
and not have entered! Oh, to bave been so
near w. have seen the mighty throng enter,
and we not joining them! Angels of God.
fly this way! Good news for you ; tell tbe
story among the redeemed on bighl If there
be one there especially longing for our sal
vation, let that on. know it now. We put
town our sorrows. Glory be to God f.jr
uob a hope, for sueh a pardon, for such
toy, for such a heaven, for such a Christ!
A Boswortn (Mo.1 man has scbievel
fame by Laving bis photograph taken
in connection with a tombstone he had
ordered for himself.
Victoria Morosini-Schilling, who
started the fashion of eloping with
coachmen, is now In St, Joseph's Con
vent, in Rutland, Vt.
The feminine element is in excess
in Germany, the women exceeding the
men by more than a million, according
to the latest statistics.
Tbe distance to the nearest of the
"fixed" stars, as computed by Astron
omer Ball is 20,000,000,000,000
miles.
One of the celebrated wine vaults
of the London Docks is nearly seven
een teres in extent
A splendid black eagle, measuring
six feet from tip to tip of its wiugs, was
shot near Mainstee, Mich., the other
week.
Secretary Morton siys that tuere
is a Eingle bug in the natural history
collection of tbe agricultural Depart,
meat which cost the government
20,000.
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