B. F. BOHWEIEB,
THE OONBTITDTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. 1..
MIFFUNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18. 1896.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. (Continued.)
After a short stay with her mother sbi
determined to return to Mm. Deuo, till
discovery she had mnde having made h
mother's house unbearable.
Aa sbe walked swiftly on her way bad
ahe panned several people on the road,
and a little way from Mrs. Dene's bunga
low ahe overtook Mr. Knollys, also hurry
ing home. An impulse she did not wair
to define prompted her to quicken he
ateps and lay her hand upon his arm U
attract his attention.
Evidently deep in thought, he did- uo
notice her at once; then, when she spokt
his name, he put up his glasses ant
looked down at her in some surprise.
"Why, Miss Knox, is that you? Sure
ly thta is very late for you to be out. Th
Tellings are very cold and damp."
"I have just been to see my mother,'
ah. explained.
"Ah, you are staying still with Mr
Dene, I supK8e?"
"For the present, yes."
"She is au exceedingly pleaaing worn
an," observed the Deputy Commissioncij
with more than his ordinary pomposity t
manner, "and a most kind friend."
"I think I ought to know that,' ats
Jane, th. tears coming to her eyes as sh
remembered the unvarying goodness sh
had received ever since she bad knowi
her first, and wondering if it would U
extended to her now if all were disco
ered. But Mr. Knollys, who disliked any
thing approaching to enthusiasm, onlj
coughed.
I am glad I overtook you, Mr. Knol
lys," continued Jane, excitedly, aa he di4
not respond. "I wanted to say something
about about what we were talking of th
ether day."
Again the gold-rimmed glasses werfj
brought to bear upon the girl's whittt
pained face.
"I shull be glml to hear anything thai
will throw any further light upon thai
mysterious murder," he answered, look
Ing at her keenly.
"I hare nothing to tell you about that,'
was tho reply gireu in a low voice; "I
only wanted to assure you that the sti
plcion, which I believe yon shared wit!
me when I spoke to you last, is entirely
Withont foundation. I don't know how
We could have thought it."
"Huuiph!" ejaculated Mr. Knollys.
"Tou don't believe me?"
"My dear lady, I have no reason t
doubt your word, only you must allow
me to have my own opinions without
reference to yours. That we at any timi
suspected the same person of th. crimt
la a surmise on yonr part, and no cert
tainty. Of this much I may positively in
form you thought doubtless it Is lndi
erect to hit at a denouement to a lady-f
th. murderer of Trooper Lynn will no
remain much longer at large, unless-"
which is not likely I have made a great
mistake."
"Have I any reason to be afraid?" shf
ventured, tremulously.
"That, my dear Miss Knox, Is a que
tion yon must ask yourself. Ah, this 14
Mrs. Dene's, and our conversation is it
an end."
"Will you forgive me for coming back)
Mrs. Dene? Will you let me stay witt
yon a little longer?" she begged, her lovet
ly hazel eyes, by the Intensity of theii
axe, betraying that there waa mor
than at first sight appeared in th. ainaplt
entreaty.
And Nora Dene, who was nothing If nol
sympathetic, and never marred a gracefu
act by awkward questions or conditions
folded her tenderly in her arms.
"Yon may stay with me always. If yoi"
like," she replied.
CHAPTER XXXVIIL
It waa two days after the receipt ol
Jane's letter that Barry Larron presented
himself at the bungalow where she wai
staying and asked if she were In. Th. re
ply was In the affirmative.
A few momenta later Jane stood befor
Aim, and he forgot all things mnndant
la the presence of th. one pure influence
f his life.
Now as she stood before him, her face
turned away, her small fingers nervously
Interlaced, he determined to strain evert
nerve to win her. Th. mere dread ol
losing her seemed more than he could
bear. What would the reality be? H
controlled his agitation by an effort, and
his voice was quite calm, though full of
feeling when at last he spoke.
"Will yon forgive me that I wished to
hear my fate from yonr own Up.?" h
asked.
"I still think," she answered, "It M
needless pain to both."
"Is there nothing nothing I can say te
move you?"
She shook her head; and something Id
the gesture, which waa full of determine
tion, sent back bis thoughts to the timt
when be bad known her first, a little, shy.
unformed girl.-who surely then could no
have had the auojclty to refuse a man
In his position. Why had h. temporised
and delayed so long?
"Jane," he said, suddenly, "are yor
nappy?"
"Do I look so?" she counts-questioned,
bitterly, turning a piteous, tear-atainW
face to him.
"Miss Knox, for some time I have
thought it waa my duty to make publit
the suspicions you expressed to me ones
aa to Colonel Prinsep'a complicity. If nol
actual guilt, in the murder of Troopef
Lynn," he observed, slowly, watching
with almost diabolical delight each
change in her expression. "It waa regard
for you alone that induced me to keep"
your secret hitherto: but you cannot ex'
meet that to influence me now."
"I did not expect it."
He had waited so pointedly for her W
speak that ah. was obliged to answer,
though scarcely conscious of what sh
aaid. She knew Stephen Prinsep to bf
guiltless; but others had not the knowl
edge that she possessed. Circumstantial
ewteiKit' nvoi:TJ"Tio strong against him.
Could ho prove his innocence? CoulJ
he prove it for him, without betraying
her father? Must the horrible choice be
thrust upon her of parent or lover? An
Inquiry must inevitably bring so much
to light tbnt waa hidden now.
"For your snke, I would keep it secret
tiH." whispered Barry Larron, in her
ear.
"Tou would? Oh "
Again her speech waa stayed as (he
net his glance. It waa aaXNaaiae.Jt
connect either sympathy or "pity with the
hard, steadfast gate that rested on her.
"I ought to have said 'my wife's sake,'
to make my meaning clear. The fate of
mere than one dependa on yonr reply.
Come to me even now, with hatred in
y.ur heart aa I hav. read it in your eyes
te-day. and I will be grateful for the half
loaf which la better than no bread. My
wife, 1 promise you, shall have no cause
for sorrow!"
But Jan. only shivered and turned
away. She could not even consider the
advisability of what he had urged, so
peat was the repulsion engendered by
his words and manner. To tow to love
and honor a man toward whom ahe felt
like that would be a positive wrong which
nothing could make right.
"If that is the condition, you must de
your worst. I have no fear bat that Col
onel Prinsep can fight his owa battle,
even against such determined malice,"
she replied, bravely, and turned to leave
tlie room.
"You defy me?" he asked. Intercepting
her, and looking down meaningly late her
face.
Bhe returned his gase without flinching.
Whatever fear ahe felt must not be be
trayed to him.
"I do. Allow me to pass. Major La
ron."
A moment he hesitated. He felt that
this would be the last Interview with herj
that he had played, and lost not only
his stake, but even the poor friendliness
that had been his before. And he loved
her sol The temptation assailed him to
at least taste all the wild sweetness that
farewell might be. He had never kissed
her scarcely even clasped her band with
more than ordinary fervor, and ahe waa
going from him now forever! Perhaps it
was her pure, pale face, which with all
Its winning prettinesa waa proud too, that
restrained him; or, perhaps, he loved her
better than he himself knew; at any rate,
he drew back politely almost reverently
to let her pass, and ahe did not even
guess what madness had been In his
thoughts.
She sped back to her own room, and
found Mrs. Dene waiting for bar there,
seated on the edge of the bed reading
the newspaper.
"Well, dear'" ahe aaid, looking up,
miling. "Is the 'bad quarter of an hour1
over?"
"Thank heaven yea. Oh. Nora, he Is
a very wicked man I"
Perhaps you have not quite under'
stood him, Jenny?"
"Only too well, I am afraid."
But the elder woman, who. withont
knowing it, felt a tender pity still fur her
former lover, whom yet she neither lovd
nor regretted, shook her head.
"H. waa never so black aa painted
aot even so black as I fancy ha believes
himself to be. If you could have cared
for him sufficiently to marry him, I be
lieve he would have proved the beat of
husbands."
Oh, Nora, I never, never could I Please
say no more about It. Is that to-day's
paper? Is there any news?"
Not much. Except yes, this mar In-
Inouiry into the murder of Troon., T,vn. .
I thought it would com. to that WclL
anything la better than all those hints ,
and lnnuendos that they have been writing I
lately. Now the whole truth will come
out, the murderer will be discovered, and
wny, wnat la it, jenny r
r or jane naa ieuen rorwara noon the
bed in a paroxysm of grief.
For the first time since the fresh in-
herself to believe that there might be'
somathlng in the rumors which had gone
about. She could net but suspect that
there was a little truth in the statement
that the Quartermaster's daughter knew
something of the circumstances of the
man'a death; if not. why should ahe have
been so agitated on hearing there was ta
be a new inquiry?
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The announcement in the Indian Argus
which had so startled Jane had also
proved very disconcerting to th. IHputy
Commissioner himself. He had thought
that ha waa working so quietly, and yet
already It had leaked out that he was
working, which to a great extent must
restrict, or might even render futile his
efforts. Yet who could have so made
public the Intentions which he had pur
posely kept secret, only speaking of them
to his thanedar and Jane Knox? That
the latter would not have spoken of it
he felt convinced. She was too deeply
concerned In the matter to talk of It at
random or lightly.
One other person, beside him to whom
that paragraph must hav. held such ter
rible import, was seriously disturbed by
it; and that was Stephen Prinsep. He
knew that Jane possessed some knowl
edge on the subject, and that It was this
knowledge which had altered her so, and
destroyed his hopes of winning har, for
awhil. at least.
Curiously enough he resolved to call on
Mrs. Dene, and get her to persuade Jane
to see him.
But after all this proved an unneces
sary precaution, for when he followed hie
card, it was Jane herself who came in a
moment afterward, her face flushed with
the haste ahe hadymade to Job) him.
"Mrs. Dene is out, but ahe will be back
again almost directly, I think." she ex
claimed, hurriedly. "And, oh. Colonel
Prinsep, I have so wished to see yout"
"Then I am very glad I came. Some
bow I fancied you were wanting me,"
he answered, holding her hand In a firm
yet gentle clasp.
"But you will never guess why."
"Are you quite sure I do net know?"
"Oh, I hope not I hops not!" she esV
claimed, earnestly. "I think I most have
bean quite mad when I I believed
"What, child what?"
"That you had killed Jacob Lynn."
The words were out; but, now that sbe
heard her own voice express aloud what
for so long she had only whispered fear
fully to her heart, its whole enormity rose
before her, and she wondered how for
a moment she could have thought It pos
sible. She fell upon her knees, her hand
till held la his, the tears streaming from
her eyes,
"Oh, can yen ever forgive me, Sto
phenr
"What Is there I eould not forgive yen,
Jenny?" he said, softly, in the low, ca
ressing tones which, though strange to
her so long, held still their powerful
charm.
"Tell ma why yen snsneoted me?" he
naked, gently, drawing two chairs to the
Ore, and s sating Mm If so naturally la
one that she could net wall refuse to take
fha athask 1
IAjJ then ah told him as much of ihm I
mm ml-. ..1.4 L..k 1. .... '
tshe bad once believed condemnatory
i seemed miserably weak, told thus to his
face.
"I did not always believe it," ahe fin-
,ieneo. apoiOKeticaJly "often the suspi-
uua awuau aa nuicuioua ana uurouuu-
ed as I know them to be now, and then-
then
He waited quietly for her to continue,
looking straight into the fire, not at her
downcast face.
"1 could not bear the uncertainty any
longer. I wanted to prove It on. way or
the other, and to do so I went to your
bungalow, when you were away, and
"I know it, Jenny; I was there. I saw
four
An ejaculation of dismay escaped her
lips, and ahe covered her face with her
handa to hide Its burning crimson. She
felt so ashamed, as though she could
never meet his eyes again. What, oh,
what must he hare thought?"
"Don't be sorry about it, darling. You
would not be if yon knew the comfort it
has been all this time to be sure that you
loved aa. stilL Impossible as It must oth
erwise have seemed in the face of your
determined coldness."
KYou saw me at the writing-table?"
he faltered.
"I saw you kiss what I had written un
derneath yonr photograph, and since then
It has been a hundred times more dear,"
he concluded, warmly. "There was so
much I could not understand in your be
havior at that tune; but that one all
Important fact at least waa clear yon
loved me. That was all I cared to know.
Yon wouldn't wish to rob me of that
knowledge, Jenny? Lift up your face,
darling: don't look so ashamed."
He was standing beside her chair now.
his hand resting on her shoulder; aud
she looked up into his face.
"I ought not to be ashamed of that, Ste
phen not of loving you, 1 mean, but "
"All the rest is blotted out, forgotten!"
he declared.
"But she repeated, nervously.
"Don't say anything to spoil it, dear.
Let ns talk of something else. You never
spoke to any one else of your suspicions,
did yon?"
"Yes; Mr. Knollys asked me a great
many questions some time ago, and 1 uui
afraid he gathered something from my
answers which made him think what I
thought then. But directly I knew that
you were Innocent, I told him so, only I
am not sure that he believed me not
quite sure, at least."
"Never mind. Let him believe what he
likes. Perhaps it may keep him off the
right track." Then, meeting Jane's sur
prised, confused glance, he added quick
ly: "Tell me how you discovered it was
not I."
"Don't ask me," said Jane, in a low,
pained voice. "It is all too terrible toe
ad!
(To be continued.)
Hoop-Hunting.
Mr. James I'ayn lived aa a boy among
the Berkshire downs of England. "A
marvellous expanse of springy turf,"
be calls them, "blown over by the most
delicious airs and, though treeless, not
without a certain wild beauty." Here
one of the best of his juvenile sports
was "hoop-hunting." a sport of which
few readers are likely to have had any
considerable experience.
All that was requisite to enjoy this
pastime was a high wind. We took our
hoops, half a doxen of them sometimes,
to the -top of the first bill, and started
them; then, after one minute's "law"
more correctly grace we followed
them. But we never caught them save
by misadventure.
Their speed was incredible, and far
surpassed that of any bicycle. Down
one bill and up another they went, ap
parently at the same rate; and when
" wa ,
Dcle 8Ucn M roaa W,U1 n,8n
unerveutju, ukj auruiuuuicu it
with deer-like leaps and bounds,
A more graceful sight could hardly be
Imagined. I hare known a hoop to ran
flT. miles, and to stop only because It
arrived at a "bottom" the limit of the
downs In that direction. It wonld have
needed a race-horse to overtake them.
w" hooP J brewery
owned by an uncle of mine, and when
ever the smell of brewing comes to my
nostrils, I am, for half a minute, a boy
again, caplesa, careless, with my foot
on the tart and the mild west wind hi
my hair.
Flgnres In the Calendar.
The figure 9 which came Into the cal
endar on Jan. 1. 1888, will amy with us
111 years from that date, or until Dec.
81, 1909L No other figure has ever had
such a long consecutive run, and the 9
Itself has only once before been In a
race which lasted over a century that
In which It continuously figured from
Jan 1, 889, until Dec. 31, 089, a period
of 111 years. Th figures 8 and 7 oc
casionally fall Into odd combinations,
but neither of them baa aver yet served
for a longer period than 100 consecu
tive years in our calendar since the
present mode of calculating time was
established. It Is also clear that from
their relative positions among the
numerals It la an impossibility for
either of them to appear In data reck
onings continuously for a longer period
than a century.
"Wearing of the Green" exists in sev
eral forma and versions. The one best
known In this country waa written by
Dion Boudcault. It Is sung by "Shaun
the Post" In the play "Amah na Pogne."
Bermuda has a rifle corps of ladies.
Cyclists should see that their shoe
laeua a-e fastened before mounting a
machine; for, at iu skating, a loose
Co may cance a bad fall.
The recent order ot the P esident
consolidaliL-g po I' flices will add to the
facilities of smaller cfiiee" and wi'.l
apply to 30,000 postmasters.
It is computet that there ia $1
000.OCO.00 J worth in gold and jewels a
the bottom of the sea on the route be
tween England and India.
The influence of temper upon the
'one of the voice deserves much eon
ideration. Habits of quernlouanes
or ill nature will communicate a cat
like qnality to the singing as infallibly
as they give a quality to tho speaking
voice.
When an African bnflalo is
wounded bv a hunter is is surrounded
by several others, who immediately
group themselves ronnd him and help
him along in their midst, by shoving
against bt side untd they have reached ;
a place of safety. I
-Before the coming ot the whites
.e-i w PPl r,Te 7"
known by a different name every few
mile, in its course. Each tribe that
dwelt along its banks gave It a name. '
and mora than SO of these local desig- i
nations are preserved in tha narratives
of the early travelers.
JAMES K M'VIOKCR.
. eteai Theatrical Hum' Becntt
I ratatd by a Paralytic Stroke,
I The recant paralytic atroke which
prostrated James H. McVicker. the vet-
9rmM iit)ow manager and proprietor ot
i uvkVu'i psl
Z2l
- co Theater,
calls attention to
this grand aid
man of the stage.
The atroke oc
curred about 8
o'clock In the
morning. Mr.
McYlcker had
been about and
In hla usual
. m. xTiCKan. health, attend
ng ta business In the city the preceding
day.
Jims H. Mc Vicker la the oldest the
atrical manager In Chicago and the
Went. He was never profligate, but
had a kindly heart and was generous
to a fault. There Is perhaps not an
other gantlemaa In the dramatic pro
fession so popular aa Mr. McVicker, and
thousands were deeply pained to learn
af his affliction.
Borne good stories are told of the hard
Work necessary some times In the old
U'riCKKB'S
CHICAGO InlATIR.
days to make the "ghost walk" at reg
ular periods; how the stock company's
salaries were paid one week with a
couple of thousand borrowed from a
good friend, to be returned the next
week, and so around the circle. How
ever, all difficulties were finally over-
, rome. and, in 1S71, Mr. McVicker re
built bis theater. He opened In August
. of that year, himself assuming the lead
ing role In the comedy, "Extremes."
1 1'he new house was then admitted to be
me nanusomeet in the city, and for two
months there was "standing room
only" as a regular sign at Its doors.
Then a drama never thought of made
the theater Itself an accessory to one of
the most terrible spectacles of the cen
turythe Chicago tire of October, 1871.
Tlile loss was a serious one for Mr. Mc-
Vicker, but steadfast and determined
to operate a model play-house, he went
to work and rebuilt this house, and on
Aug. 15, 1872. announced the opening
of the third McVlcker's Theater.
In 1885 the theater was remodeled,
and was again burned to the ground
Aug. 2fi. 1890. Mr. McVicker was sum
mering In the East, and, upon receipt
of a dispatch announcing his loss, de
termined upon its immediate restora
tion; and for the fifth time McVlcker's
was soon opened to the public.
FIRE PLACE, U t
The Smallest Town on Earth Contains
Two Hou.es.
Fire Place, at the extreme eastern
end of Long Island, N. Y., Is a village
of two bouses and eight Inhabitants.
It is the smallest village In the world
and the one with the oddest history.
Opposite the village and across three
and a half miles of water Is Gardiner's
Island, the first place to be settled hy
an Englishman within the limits of
New York State. The island was the
first manorial estate In this country,
and was purchased by Lion Gardiner
In 1C39. LiDeal descendants of Lion
Gardiner heve continued to own the
island and to maintain a home there
even to the present time. How soon
after getting the Island the Gardiner
began to realize the convenience of get
ting to New York (where the Dutch
were settled) by means of crossing to
SMALLEST TOWlt OJt KARTH.
Long Island and going overland is not
known, but It was long ago. Return
ing, they would build a fire on the
beach, as a signal, and the boat would
be brought back across the channel for
them. The place where the boats land
ed and the fires bnilt, which soon began
to be called the Fire Place, was where
the channel Is narrowest.
When, a century after the first Gardi
ser came, a house was built at tha
ixtng Island landing. It was described
as being at Fire Flnce. A second house
was put up, and It, too, waa known
t .
R? Mng .at lre Flace- P. BBJn.i
l,"n" lo lne two nouses, wu or wnicn
.hewn, on the maps. Nor are the orfc
S'u ot tho name the infinitesimal
r, - .. , ., . .
B'z,e ,of, tUe village the only curious
polnts In resard to the P1' 14 wa8
luan camed Miller, who built the first
house at Fire Place, and a man named
Parsons who built the second. It Is
inut! P, MiHgr, a ypeaj descjjnqn
If TCt!s4Sy
1 jfpt
of the first' "Miller, who now lives la
the MiUer home, and It is William IL
Parsons, a lineal descendant of the
first Parsons, who lives In the Parson
home.
More than this, the ancient custom
of fire building assigned to Gardiner's
Island is still kept up. Ashes and
charred wood from a recent fire may
nearly always be found on the beaclu
The Island contains over 3.000 acres,
much of It billy and wooded. A stock
farm is maintained there, and wild
4eer are preserved.
PALACE OF FINANCE.
Monetary Mart Which Waa Recently
Dedicated In New York City.
The new clearing-bouse recently dedi
cated to New York city Is a veritable
palace of marble and gold. The tradi
tional notion of the grim, stern house
of business is utterly exploded in this
superb pile, which more resembles
some Byzantine marvel of decoration
and architecture than a place for tha
exchange of mere money. The build
ing Is situated unfortunately for the
display of Its great external beauty.
It was put up on a site on the north
side of Cedar street, between Wall and
Nassau streets. Cedar street, while
convenient In location for the purpose
to which the building is to be devoted,
is a dark, narrow thoroughfare, and
hence the approaches to the splendid
structure are ill lighted and much of
its gorgeousness is lost In this way.
But once within Its walls there Is no
lack of material for admiration from
the most squeamish of critics. Two of
the big apartments within are of espe
cial Interest and beauty. These are
the library and board-room. The bank
presidents will meet In a room of gen
nine splendor. There Is a golden ceil
ing, laid In panels, with large cornices
surported by marble pilasters. The
doorways and windows are framed
with Sienna marble, which is the most
expensive of that material to be found.
The mottled markings are softly blend
ed and the surfaces polished like mir
rors. A throne of oriental magnificence has
been built for the Presideut. High
above his bead will arl9e a massive
panel of marble. The bankers will oc
cupy great leather chairs of size sutll
clent for two men. Nearby the board
room is the library. Its walls are of
mahogany, its ceiling superbly fres
coed, and at one side Is a huge mahog
any mantel, exquisitely carved and
beautifully decorated In gold. These
KEW YORK Cl.KARIKO HOUSS.
rooms are on the second floor surround
ing a central room In which the clerks
and cashiers will work. The building,
except the ground floor, will be oc
cupied exclusively by the clearing
house. LEANING TOWER IN RUINS.
For One Day This 223-Foot Steel Shaft
ile.embled Fiaa's Pride.
The last vestige of the great midwin
ter fair at San Francisco was removed
recently when the tall tower on which
the great searchlight was placed waa
pulled down after several days of hard
lalior. Dynamite was tried on the
foundations at first without success.
Enormous cables wound on windlasses
were attached to the framework and
pulled, while twelve Masts were fired
In the four ten-foot cubes of cement
that formed the foundation stones.
With all that energy the tower only
leaned a little to one side, and for
thirty-six hours S.an Francisco had a
leaning tower of Pisa. Tho number of
blasts was doubled, more cables wei j
attached, and at Inst In one long, grand
pull, aided by twenty-four tliunderiu
explosions, the T25 foot ubaft of steel
toppled Flowly over, bent and twisted
into fantastic shapes. The iron wa?
then broken up for junk.
The electric tower was a white ele
phant to the men who invested money
In it. It did not come anywhere near
paying for Its construction. The com
pany became Involved lu financial di fa
culties, it is said, and when th mana
gers learned that it would cost more
to take the thing down than it would
bring chopped into pieces they decided
THK TOWER THAT WOULDN'T TOIBLE
to allow the Park Commissioners to
get rid of It. The tower stood in tho
way of a grand concourse that Is be
ing laid out This driveway runs
through the park in which tLe mid
winter fair was located.
Some men never look for
.where they axe not to find it.
work
BE. Di TDP6L
The
Eminent Divine'.
Sermon.
Sunday
Rubject: "America for God.
Tstt: "And I beheld mother bf -at aatalna
ep out of the earth, and he bad tv onu
11 lamb, and he spake aa 4 cWioa."
-Bevelation xriu., 1U
b America mentioned in the Blbl-7 Learnm
end eonsecrated men who hav. studied tht
Inspired books of Daniel and Bavelatioi
more than I hav. and understand them bnttm
agree la saying that th. leopard mentioned
la th. Bible meant G recta, and the beet
meant Uedo-Persia, and the lion meant
Babylon, and tha beast of the tt coming np
ou of the earth, with two horns like a lamb
and the voice of a dragon, means out
country, because among other reasons It
seemed to come np out of the earth when
fk-iumbua dlsuovered it. and it has been for
the most part at peace like a lamb unless as
saulted by foreign foe, la which ease It has
two horns strontr and sharp and th. volea
of a dragon loud to make all Nations hear
the roar of its Indignation. Is it reasonable
to suppose that God would leave out from
tho prophecies of His book this whole west
srn hemisphere? No.no! "I beheld anoth
er beast eomlng np out of the earth, and he
had two horns like a lamb, and he snake as
a dragon.
G-vmany for scholarship, England fot
manufactories, Franoe for manners. Egypt
to ttloulties, Italy for plot area, bat Amer-
I start with the cheering thought that tha
mm popular book on earth to-day Is tb.
Bible, the most popular institution oa earta
la-day Is th. church, and th. most popular
sarin to-day ia Jesus. Bight from
this sfidieBa. hunareds of men and women
Wauia, it seed be, march out and die for
Him,
. Am I eonfldent In saying, "America
toftody' It the Lord will help me, I will
hew the strength and extent of the long
HM l fortresses to be taken and give yon
rorrvosons tor saying it can be done and
Wilt be done. Let us decide. In this battle
far God, whether we are at Bull Ban or at
Gettysburg. Tnere Is a Fourth of JulyUh
Way of bragging about this country, and the
most tired and plucked bird that ever flew
through the heavens is th. American eagle,
so much so that Mr. Gladstone said to mo
facetiously at Hawarden, "I hear that th.
fish In your American lakes are so large that
when oneot them is taken out th. entire
lake is perceptibly lowered," and at a dinner
given In Paris an American offered for a
sentiment, "Here is to the United States
bounded on the north by the aurora borealls,
on the south by the procession of tha enul.
noxes, on the east by primeval enaosandon
the west by the day of judgment." The ef
fect of such grandiloquence la to discredit
the real facta, which are so tremendous they
need no garnishing. The worst thing to do
In any campaign, military or religious. Is to
underestimate an enemy, nod I will have no
part in such attempt at belittlement.
This land to betaken for God, according
to Hassel, the statistician, has 14.319,907
square miles, a width and a length vhat none
but the Omniscient can appreciate,' Four
Ell ropes put together and capable of holding
and feeling, as it will hold and feed, accord
ing to Atkinson, the statistician, it the world
continues in existence and does not run afoul
of some other world or get consumed by tha
fires already burning In the cellars of the
planet capable, I sav. of holding and feed
ing more than 1,000,000.000 inhabitants. For
you must remember it must bs held for God
aa well sataken for God, anil the aat &00,
000,000 inhabitants must not be allowed to
swamp the religion of the first 600.000,000.
Not much u-e In taking the fortress if we
annot hold it. It must be held until tha
archangel's trumpet bids living and dead
arise from this foundering planet.
Tou must remember it ia nnlv ihnnt
o'aloslc In tbe morning of our Nation's life.
Great olties are to flash and roar among
what arsoailed the "Bad Lands" of the Da
kota and tbe great "Columbian plains" ot
Washington gtate, and that on which we put
Our schoolboy Angers on the map and spelled
at as the "Great American' desert" Is,
through systematic and consummating irri
gation, to bloom like Chatsworth Park and
be mads mora productive than those regions
dependent npon uncertain and spasmodio
raiuiau. aii inose regions, as well as all
those regions already eultlvated, to be in
habited I That was a sublime thing said by
llanry Clay while crossing the Alleghany
Mountains, and he was waiting for the stage
horses to be rested, as he stood on a rook,
arms folded, looking off into the valley, and
torn, one said to him, '-Mr. Clay, what are
you thinking about?" He replied, "I am
listening to the oncoming tramp of the fu
ture generation of America."
Have you laid our home missionary scheme
on such an infinitude of scaler If the work
of bilnidnit one soul to God Is so great, can
l.OOO.OUO.000 be rat ured? In thi mnnin
already planted and to be overcome, pagan
Ism has built ita altar to Brahma, and the
Chinese are already burning incense in their
temples, and Mohammedanism, drunk in
other days with t he red wine of human blood
at Lucknow and Cawopur and now frejh
from the diabolism In Armenia, is trying to
get a foothold here, and from the minarets of
her mosques will yet mumble her blasphe
mies, saying. "God is neat, and Mohammed
la His prophet." Then there are the vaster
multitudes with no religion atalL Thny
worship no God, they live with no consola
tion, and they die with no hope. No star of
peace points down to the manger in which
they are born, and no prayer ia uttered over
the grave into which they sink. Then there
Is alcoholism, Its piled up demijohns and
beer barrels aud hogsheads of fiery death, a
barricade high and long as the Alleghenies
snd B -ckies and Sierra Nevada., pouring
forth day and night their ammunition of
wretchedness and woe. When a German
wants to take a drink, he takes beer. When
an Englishman wants to take a drink, b.
takes ale. When a Scotchman wants to take
a drink, he takes whisky. But when an
American wants to take a drink hetakes any
thing he can lay his hands on.
Plenty of statistics to tell how much money
Is spent in this country for rum, and how
many drunkards die. But who will give us
the statistics of how many hearts are crushed
under the heel of this worst demon of tbe
eenturies? How many hopes blasted? How
many children turned out on the world ao
eursed with the stigma of a debauched an
cestry? Until tbe worm of the distillery bo
eomes th. worm that never dies and the
moke of tbs heated wine vats becomes the
smoks of ths torment that aseendeth up for
ever and ever! Alcoholism, swearing not
with hand uplifted toward heaven, for from
that dlrootlon it can get no help, bat with
rivht hand stretahed down toward the per
dition from which it came up swearing that
It Will not cease as long as there are any
homesteads to despoil, any magnificent men
and women to destroy, any Immortal souls
to damm, any more Nations to balk, any
Bore civilisations to extinguish.
Then there Is what in America wa call
socialism, in Franc, communism and in
Bussia nihilism, the three names for one and
the same thing, and having but two doc
trines in Its creed. First, there is no God
second, there shall be no rights of property.
One of their chief journals printed this senti
ment: "Dynamite can be made out ot tbe
dead bodies of capitalists as well as out ot
bogs." One of the leaders of communism
left inscribed on his prison wall, where ha
had been justly incarcerated, these wordsi
"When once you are dead; there is an end ol
everything. Therefore, ye scoundrels, grab
whatever you can only don't let yourselves
be grabbed. Amen." There are in this
country hundreds of thousands of these lazy
scoundrels. Honest men deplore It when
they cannot get work, but those bt whom 1
speak will not do work when they can get it
I tried to employ one who asked mo fot
money. I said. "Down in my seller I hav
some wood to saw, and I will pay yon foi
It." For a little while I heard the saw go
ing, and then I heard it no more. I went
down stairs and found TUe" wood, but thi
workman had disappeared, taking lor eons
psny both buck and saw.
Hocialism, communism snd nihilism meal
"Too wicked to acknowledge God and to
lazy to earn a living," and among th. might
lest obstacles to be overcome are those ot
ganlzed elements ot domestic, social au
political rain.
i-Itareerttbe fastnesses of UflqUtTaal
atheism and fraud and political eorrnptiol
and multiform, hyjria beaded, million armei
abominations all over the land. While tht
mightiest agencies for righteousness on eart
are good and healthful newspapers, ant1
good and healthful books, and our chief d
pendenca for Intelligence and Ohrlstala
achievement is upon them, whst word
among the more than 100,000 words ia out
vocabulary can describe th. work of thai
archangel of mischief, a corrupt literature)
What man, attempting anything for Go
and humanity, has escaped a stroke of itt
filthy wing? What srood una. ha. m.
Its hinderment? What other obstacle in all
the land so appalling? But I cannot nam
more than one-half the battlements, the bas
tions, the Intrenohmeuta, th. redoubts, tht
fortifications to be stormed and overcome n
Ihis country Is ever taken for God. The sta,
H sties are so awful that if we had aothlns
but the multiplication table and the arith
metic tbe attempt to evangelise America
would be an absurdity higher than the towel
ot Babel before It dropped oa th. plain ol
Shinar. Where are the drilled troops to
march against those fortiflaattons as long as
the continent? Where are th. batteriesthal
tan be nnlimbered against these walls?
Where are the guns of large enough eallbst
to storm ineso gates? well, let us look
around and see, the first ot all, who Is out
leader and will be our leader until th. work
Is done. Garibaldi, with 1000 Italians.
with 10,000 Italians. General Bharaan, os
ne side, and Stonewall Jaekaon. an tha
ftther, each with 10.000 troops, eould do
nore than some other generals with 10,0011
troops. xnsrougB boat in which washing,
ton crossed the Icy Delaware with a few
salt fozen troops was mightier than the ship
f war that during the American Bevolo-
noa earn, through the Narrows, a goa at
soh porthole, snd sank in Hell Gaia.
Our leader, like most great leaders, was
iu aa ttiacare place, ana It was
num Die home, about flv. miles from
Jerusalem. Those who were out of doom
that night said that there was stellar oom
motton, and music that came out ot ths
llouds, as though th. front door of heaven
lad been set open, and that the camels heard
9 Is'first infantile cry. Then He came to th.
Burest Doynooo mat mother was ever proud
it. and from twelve to thirtv vean of
was off in India, If traditions there are aeon
mto, ana men returned to His native land,
uad for three yean had His pathway sur
rounded by blind eyes that He Illumined,
and epileptic patients to whom He gave
rubicund health, and tongues that H.
loosed from silence into song, and those
a-hose funerals He stopped that He might
siYH uaca to oereave.i motners their only
soys, and those whose fevered pulses He had
restored into rhythmic throb, and whose
paralytic limbs He had warmed into health
mi circulation pastor at Capernaum, but
laming evangelist everywhere, hushing
Iiyinii tempests and turuiuir rolling km
Into solid sapphire, and for the rescue of a
race suomtttej to courtroom filled with
nowung miscreants, and to a martyrdom
it the sight of which the sun fainted and felt
back in the heavens, and then trending tha
slouds homeward, like snowy mountain
pen, tin neaveu iook mm back again,
more a favorite than He had ever been: bnt.1
coming again. He is on earth now, and tha
Nations are gathering to His standard. Fol
lowing Htm were the Scotch covenanters.
the ihublan legion, the victims ot the
London Haymarket, the Piedmontese
runerers, tne riigrlm fathers, the Hu
guenots, and uncounted multitudes ol
the pat, joined by about 400,000,000 of tht
present, ana wun tne cert.iluty that all Na
tions shall huzza at His chariot wheel Ht
roes iiirtn, the moon unaer His feet and tht
Mars of heiven for His tiara the might;
lea ler. He of Drumcloir and Rnthnr-.ll
Bridge and Bannockbnrn and the one who
whelmed Spanish Armada, "Coming up from
E'lom, with dye 1 garments from Bozrah,
traveling In the greatnes of His strength.
nighty tosave," and behind wnom we fall
Into line to-day and march in the nampaign
!hat is to taJre Amexio fr;Ootl. lloauualj
Hosannalil Wave ail the palm branches! At
His teet put down your silver and your gold,
,u uom ou juu win case ueiore mm youi
With such a leader, do you not think we
sanooitr av, do you think we can? Why,
mail, inuifaris iiiive aireauy oeea taken.
Where ia American slavery? Gone, and the
South, a heartily a-t the North, prays,
uPeace to lis ashes." Where g bestial
polygamy? Gone by the flat of the United
States Government, urged on by Christian
lentiment, and Mormonlsm, having retreated
In 1830 from Fayette, N. Y., to Kirkland, O.,
nd In 1838 retreated to Missouri, and :in
1816 retreated to Salt Lake City, now
iivorced from its superfluity of wives, will
oon retreat into the Pacific, and no basin
Imaller than an ocean could wash out Its
pollutions. Illiteracy going down under the
work of Slater and I'eabody funds and Sab
bath schools of all the churches of all deno
minations! Pugilism, now mnde unlawful by
Congressional enartment, the brutal custom
knocked out in the first round! Corruption
it the ballot box, by law of registration and
Mher Fafeguards, made almost impossible!
Churches twice as large as the old on a. tha
enlarged supply to meet the enlarged de
mand! Nihilism, getting a stunning stroke
by the summary execution of Its exponents
after they bad murdered the policemen In
Chicago, received its deathblow from tha re
sent treaty which sends back to Simla th
blatant criminals who had been regurgitated
pa oar American shore. Tje very things
that have been quoted as perils to this Nation
are going to help Us salvation. Great cities,
to oft an mentioned as great obstacles the
Ktar ot crime and th. reservoirs of all
laities are to lead In the work of
kospellzatloa. Who give most to home
nlssiona, to asylums, to religious edu
tioa, to all styles of humanitarian
tndChrlntlan Institutions? The cities. From
ahat places did the most relief go at the
time of Johnstown flood, and Michigan fires,
and Charleston earthquake, and Ohio
Ireeliets7 From the cities. From what place
lid Christ send out His twelve apostles to
rospslize the world? From a city. What
place will do more than any other place, by
Its contribution of Christian men and women
tnd means, in this work of taking America
tor God? New York City. The way Paris
roes, goes Franoe. The way Berlin goes,
toes Germany. The way Edinburgh goes,
toes Scotland. The way London goes, goes
England. The way New York and a couple
Mher cities go, goes America, Hay th.
Eternal God wake us up to the stupendous
sue!
Another thing quoted pessimistically Is tha
vast and overtopping fortune in this country,
and they say it means concentrating wealth
and luxuriousness and display and moral
ruin. It Is my observation that it Is pwplel
who have but limited resources who make
the most splurges, and I ask you. Who are
wdowing colleges and theological seml
aarieft? Did you ever hear ot Pater Cooper
and James Lenox, and sainted William E.
Dodge, and ths Lawrences, Amos and Ab
ott, while I refrain from mentioning living
benefactors who, quits as generous and
Christian, are In this assembly at this mo
ment planning what they ean do in these
days, and In tbeir last will and testament in
this campaign that proposes taking America
for God? The widow s mite, honored of
the Lord, Is to have its part in this con
tinental capture, but we must have more
than that, and more right away. Many ol
the men that expect to get the blessing for
bestowing the widow's mite will not get the
blessing. In the first place, they are not
widows, and In the next place they have no
"mite."'
The time is coming hasten It, Lordand
i think you and I will see it, when, as Jo.
seph, the wealthy Arimathsean, gave for tht
dead Cbrist a costly mausoleum, the affluent
men and women of this country will rise is
their strength and build for our King,
one Jesus', tne throne or this A.uericaa conti
nent. Another thin? quoted for discouragement,
but which I quote for encouragement. Is for
eign Immigration. Kow th-it from Cattle
Garden we turn back by the first poor ship
the foreign vagabondism, wo are gfttin
people, the vast majority of whom come to
make au honest living, among tlietn some ot
the bravest and the best, ir yon sliould tarn
back from this land to Europe the foreign
ministers of tbe gospel, and tha foreign at
torneys, and tbe foreign merchants, nu 1 the
foreign philanthropists, what a robbery of
ear pulpits, our courtroom?, our store
houses and our beneflcent institution, and
What a putting back of every monetary,
merciful, moral and religious interest of the
land! This commingling here of all Na
tionalities under the blessing of God will
J reduce in seventy-five or 100 years
be most magnificent style of man
and woman tbe world ever saw.
They will have the wit ot one race,
tlVUiojUianes of to other nee, the kindness
of another, the generosity ot another, the
assthatte taste of another, tb. high moral
character of another, and when that m m
and woman step forth, their brain an 1 nerve
and muscle an intertwining of the (Tiers of
all Nationalities, nothing but the now eloj
trio photographic apparatus, that can see
clear through body, mind and soul can take
ot them an adequate picture. . But the
foreign population ot America is less than
one-eleventh of all our population, a:id why
all thta fuss about foreign Immigration?
Eighty-nine bora Americans to eleven for
eigners! If eighty-Dins of us New Jersey
men or eighty-nine of us New Yorkers or
eighty-nine of ns Ohloans or eighty-nine ot
as Georgians or eighty-nine ot us Yankees
sr. not equal to eleven foreigners, then we
are a starveling, lllltputiaa group ot huniuu
Nil that ought to be wiped out of existence.
Bat now what are the weapons by which,
nder our omnipotent leaaer. tbe real
Obstacles In th. way of our country's
rrangelbDation, the 10,000 mile Sevastopol,
sr. to b. leveled? Th. first eolumbiad, with
range aaongh to sweep from eternity to
atsrnity, as the Bibla, millions otlts copies
going out, millions oa millions this, the
monarch of books, that has made all the
aifforanos between China and the Unite i
States, bstwten Africa and America; a book
declaring In every styl. of phraseology that
all Nations are to be eon verted, and does
aot that Include our Nation? If tha
Apocalyptic angel Is to fly across the con
tinents, will he not fly across this con
tinent? The worst Insult I eould offer you
would be to doubt your veracity, and shall
w. doubt God's promise? Then there are all
the gospel batteries, manned by 70,000
pastors and horn, missionaries, over th.
eead of each one of whom is the shield of
llvine protection, and in the right hand
ef aeon th. gleaming, two-edged sword
f the Infinite Spirit! Hundreds of
thousands of private soldiers for Christ,
narohing under to. on. starred, blool
griped flag of Emanuel! They are marching
an! Eptaoopaoy, with the sublime roll of Its
liturgies; Methodism, with Its battle ory
f "Tb. swurd of the Lord aud John
ITesley;" the Baptist church. w.th
Its glorious navy sailing up our
Dragons aad Saaramentos and Mississippi,
and Pi asbrtsriaalsm, moving on with tbe
tattle ary ef "Th. sword of tha Lord and
fobs gees And then, after awhile will
torn, the gases tides of revival sweeping over
the laa ta. OS.OOO conversions in 1857
eelipaed bf (ft salvation of millions in a day.
and ta. leer A atari can armies of the Lord's
eost an rabies te ward eaoh other, the eastern
army SjarisMag west, the western army
mareblag east, in northern army marching
louth, tis aeetharn army marching north.
Shoulder te saoeidert Tramp, tramp, tramp!
Until they meet mld-oontineut, having taken
America tor God)
The thunder of the bombardment Is al
ready In the airf and when the last bridge of
apposition is taken, and the last portcullis of
atan is lifted, and tbe last gun spiked, and
the last tower dismantled, and tbe last
sharger of Iniquity shall have been burled
back upon its hvinches, what a time ot re
loicingl We will see it, not with these eyes,
which before that will be closed in blessed
Bleep, but with strong and better vision,
when tbe Lord once in awhile gives us a va
aation among the doxologies to come down
and see the dear old land which I pray may
always be the lamb of tbe text, mild and
peaceful, inoffensive, but, in case foreigs
Nations assail It, having two horns of arunr
and navy strong enough to hook them back
and hook them down and a voice louoer
than a dragon, yea, louder than ten iii'.iu
Mind thunders, saying to the billows ot jL6
atio superstition and European arrogauee,
"Thus far Shalt thou go. and no fart tier, ar
aere shall thy proud waves be staid:"
PENSIONERS ON THE ROUU
lecretarjr Smith Gives th. Senate t'wm
Intarrstlns Facta.
I MapoM. to m voaolutloa, ,H, Occtetisiyr
f the Interior informed the Senate tuut
there were, January 1, 1898, pensioners un
ha rolls as follows: General law, 451,876, ui
whom 100,711 are widows, mothers, children.
Ito.t under aot of June 27, 18W, 481. '231, v
ghlch 102,822 are widows, mothers, children,
Kc. war of 1812, 85S3, of which 807 are
Ri'tows and 16 survivors; war with Mexico,
1.1,165. of which 12,241 are survivors and
1921 widows; Indian wars of 1832-1812, 6979,
ft which 2867 are survivors and 4112 widows.
3rand total, 966,834. July 1, 189j, this grand
otal was 970,524.
Tbe total loss to tbe roll from July 1, lS9.r,
p January 1, 1896, is 21,112. During the six
nonths covered by tbe inquiry pension certl
loates were issued as follows: Under the
reneral law, 3550) act of 1890, 13.314; under
lundry acts, 618; total originals, 17.412.
Reissues amounted to 26,443; total of nil
Masses, 43,9-25.
During tbe six months period, 8417 cases
were dropped for destructive oauses. as fol
lows: For disability ceased, 2320; on account
f desertion and deficient military service,
(69; on account of fraudulent testimony, 83;
tor vicious habits, 18; lor Immorality, 102
all of whom were widows); on account of
alsloyalty of soldiers. 637: for non-depend-
anee, 46; for being pensioned under other
laws. 39; disability or death not due to the
(erviee, 93; on account ot re-enlistment, 2;
loldlers on whose account elaim waa mad.
found to be stlU living, 4; declarations being
invalid, A
COST OF THE CUBAN WAR.
fbe Spaniards Say They Hav. Spent
00,000,000 In a Year.
Madrid papers'oontaln some curious official
Satisfies regarding ths war In Cuba. Ao-
toordlng to these there were sent to the Island
sp to March, 1896, 118.000 men. Thirteen
thousand of these were sent at the time ot
the outbreak of the rebellion. The eost et
the war thus far is placed at 50,000,000.
for the second year the cost Is estimated at
175,000,000, Each soldier in Cuo t coats the
government saoo annually. Dur: ug the first
rear 406 soldiers were killed aui 3472 died
from yellow fever.
xne Havana correspondent oi tne London
Pall Mall Oaaette says that Captain-General
V eyler will no more suppress the rebellion
than did General Marti nes Campos. The
United States, he adds, should, on the score
Of humanity and her general political and
Bnanoisi Interests, insist on autonomy for
ti
AsMtratloa for a Salt,
ta Ike Hbet salt bronaht bv the Governor
sf Vermont against the Rutland Herald to
reoovat aiM.OOO because ot an article oharg
ig th. Uovarnor with tbs responsibility for
liquor soiling In ths Tan Ness House at Bur
lington, owned and kept by Governor Wooy
bury, a stipulation has been signed by buTa
parties submitting the matter for arbitration
to th. Jastiaes ot the Supreme Court.
Horealass Carriages Blakins Headway.
Horseless carriages are gaining headway
in Paris. Four hundred and twentv-slx of
jibes, vehicles have been registered at the
irans rroieciure ok iroiiue.
They who have lifiht in luembclves
ill not revolve as patellites.
A lit" of pleasure makes even the
strongest nnml frivolous at lat.
if you would know the vnlne of
money; go at,d try to borrow sonic
Tribunals fall to tb.3 ground with
the peeoo they are no longer able to
uphold.
Some neat and attractive Gifts for
Euchre Prize, Weddings and Birthday
Presents at Queen's,
Borne to the fasciontion of a nume
surrender judgment hoodwiukad.
Trust reposed in noblo nature 1
obliges luem the more.
Want and sorrow are tbe wages that
folly earns for itself.
When a man hits an axe to grin., 1 e
generally wants to u e bis neighbor's
grindstone.
Bad lial'ita are ai infectious by
example .as the plague itself u by
contact.
It is easy to earn something about
everything, bnt difficult to learn every
thing about anything.
Sharing a trouble doubles t,
i