v r ssa - ' . x 80HWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAW8. BaUter 11 ITJ prrtartav. VOL I. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8. 1896. NO. 17. 1 H. P. ft V. rwlTK x . EI CHAPTER XLII-(Contlnued-) Mrs. Dene said nothing to Jane o tvhat had pussed. She kissed her affeo tlonately on both cheeks, and repeated her invitation. "You may change your mind at th last moment. I shall hope you will." ah aid. Then the train steamed out of the sts tion, and Jane, as with tearful eyes sh wared her hand in farewell, felt as though the last link to that brighter Ufa were sundered. She turned away autf walked quickly home. As she went, she saw Valentine Graeme sauntering along with Mitts Knollys in the direction of the public gardens. His head was lowered, and ht was talking with evident earnestness; while she listened with as evident atten tion. Presently they discovered Jane, and looking round waved their tennbn bats in friendly invitation. But Jans hook her head in refusal. The realities of life were beginning, and she must shirk her responsibilities no longer. How he envied Diana, with love and no cars to spoil it. Her blushing face, so altered since first it had been seen at Aliporej had told its own tale, and the Adjutant for a rejected suitor, looked wonderfully) content. The girl hurried on. Now that; she was actually on her way home sha felt a strange longing to be there to help or comfort, at any rate to get over the dreadful meeting with her father. As she entered the house, she saw him fotne out of the sitting-room, and go to ward the dining-room. I "Father," she cried, in a low, strained , voice. How changed ho was so old and bow ed. and with a dazed expression on his faco that June could compare to nothing' but the look of a hunted animal whosq last chanro of out-ripe had been cut off! She did not know how nearly she had. guessed tho truth. Turning, she entered, the sitting-room. Mrs. Knox was sittiuj; there with a hnndkerchief to her eyes, nd a big blue envelope lying in her lap. "Oh, that is you, child, is it?" she said, presenting her cheek for a caress. "Well, I'm glad enough you've come. It was ? stting about as much as I could bear, our father's that queer and put out about tritlcs that I begin to think he' losing his wits altogether. He's 111, 1 know; but illness won't account for evJ erything." "What is it. mother7" "Well, my dear, it's about our going home. He sent in an application fot leave, as I told you, and this paper cams when he was out. I opened it perhaps It was that which made him angry aiul too have no Idea how he went on when X told him." "What was it, mother?" asked Jane, o) little impatiently; she knew of old howl difficult it was to compass a fact when her mother was excited. "They say they are compelled to refusa his application for the present. He'll gel It all right in the end, I've no doubt; but, if not, why, it can't be helped. It's aa Use making such a fuss. Though I must Bay," warming up, and getting indignant as she talked, "I think they might havd shown a little more consideration, es pecially in a case of sickness. I cnn'l gness what they menn by it, I'm sure." But Jane could. She remembered how the Deputy Commissioner had assure-1 her that he knew who the murderer el Jacob Lynn was; how he had told her too that every precaution would be taken that he should not leave the station Now he had proved his words. She sunk into a chair, looking as dazed and alarmed as the Quartermaster had looked a few moments before. The blow had fallen at last. Oh, heave help them all. CHAPTER XLIII. She was powerless. Mr. Knollys hafl never liked her, she knew, and was most unlikely to be turned from his purpose by any appeal that she might make. Th only weapon she possessed was useless) she might as well direct a sword-thrus against a rock as hope that her beauty or distress would" touch his world-hard-ened heart. She felt that only one could help her the Colonel. But would it bs aafe to trust bim with such a secret 1 Might it not be his duty to act contrary to their interests? She nrost do nothing without consulting her father, and to do this, she must confess the knowledge ah had gained. On her second meeting with her father, later on the day of her return, when ht had had time to recover a little from th hock of his refused leave, he had greet ed her affectionately. If somewhftt ab sently, and since then he had nevet seemed content when she was away. Hii manner, which to his wife was often qnerulous, even violent at times, to his daughter was always gentle. At an In vitation from Jane he would, nnwilling m he always appeared to leave the honx-j go out at once: his food, which otherwM would hare remained neglected until cold,1 or perhaps altogether, at her request would be partaken of with pitiful docil ity. He was as unlike the bluff, hand some sergeant major of a year ago aa It was possible to be, and in nothing more 'changed than in his demeanor to his wife. Then he had been as proud of her aa is only possible for a man to be of some pos session that might be supposed to be be yond his attaiLments or deserts. Now, he could not patiently endure her pres ence. So it happened that It was Jane who was generally alone with him, and therefore she hnd na difficulty in finding gn opportunity to spe.k to him, as she had determined. . "Tell me of your vlnlt, Jenny. Ton have gerer told me alwut it Did you have a pleasant time?" he enld to her. "Very pleasant, father. 'Tour mother told me that there was some talk of your marrying the Honi Barry Larrou. but, perhaps" 4t was oa the tip of his tongue to add, she lied t me; but consideration for his danghtet (not his wife) prompted him to substitutl S , . -tie waa misiaiteu. "There was some talk of It, father.? - fonfessed Jane, quietly; "but It will neve i . .. . r 1 M 1 "I am sorry ror inac a j hoped I should like to see yon settle knew, what jot WCuM.XLAiSS Jg--cfg I have known it ail for soms time, and f want to help to conceal It, If I can." He peered at her through the gloom with dilated eyes, afraid of mistaking hef meaning, through his guilty conscience always dwelling on the one dreadful sub ject, yet her awe-struck tones might have removed all doubt. "About Jacob Lynn," she went on. In a whisper, and would have continued, but his head dropped open his hands, and he groaned so deeply that ah knew he had understood. Yet he dare not raise his eyes toward the daughter whose life, by his mad, ln yulsire act, he had ruined. ffot until Jane stole over to her father's aide and drew his head on to her breast did he renture to look up Then little by little the whole story was drawn from his lips; bow he bad met Jacob Lynn that afternoon, intoxicated, and stayed to remonstrate with him. "Give me your daughter and I will nev er drink again," had been the reply, witf a drunken laugh. "I would sooner see her dead at my feet than married to such a one as you," the Quartermaster had retorted, warmly. Then In his fury, scarcely knowing, scarcely responsible for what he said, the trooper had poured out such a torrent of abuse that It was with difficulty the other refrained from a reply. He accused Jane of having schemed his removal front Alipore that she might in the end marry the Colonel; in his drunken rage he railed at her and called her names. At last as one foul epithet escaped his lips, the Quartermaster could restrain himself no longer. The fstal blow was glren only one, yet so terriblo In its results, and like' ly to be the undoing of them alL When her mother entered the room to keep her father company, Jane closed the door softly and stole away, and at once wrote a note to Colonel l'rinsep. "Dear Colonel l'rinsep" she began, though she thought with a faint smile of his suggestion, that aa a penance she should use his Christian name, she did not do so then "You said that when I wanted help I was to ask you for it. I need It now. Will yon come to-morrow morning aa early aa you can? Yours sin cerely, JANE KNOX." She dispatched it at once, and an hour later reccired the reply t "Dear Jenny: I shall be with yon to morrow morning at ten o'clock, without fail. Be very sure that I will do for you all that is in my power. Always your friend, STEPHEN PRINSEP." The following morning Jane was walk- after nine o'clock. After further consid- eration she thought It wiser not to wait for Colonel Prinsep inside. Walls have ears, and It would never do to risk the danger of any one overhearing their con versation. Tired and overwrought by tho excitement through which she had gone, it seemed an endless time before he came, though really he was a little before the appointed hour. "You have been waiting for me?" he exclaimed. "Child, how tired you look!" He had made a movemeut to lead her back to the house, but she drew back. "Not there. Some place where thero is no chance of our being overheard. It is something important I have to say, or 1 should not have asked you to come." He looked at her reproachfully, but said nothing. She was tired in trouble and he had come to help her. They turned into the compound of the next bungalow, which they remembered was empty, yet for the moment. In their abstraction, had forgotten how It was Jacob Lynn had been found dead there. Simultaneously they recollected, and Colonel Prinsep would have taken her away, but she resisted. "This place Is as well ss another; what does it matter?" she said, wearily. "At least, come Into the sun and sit down," he said, authoritatively! and hav ing found her a seat that looked away from the spot they had all such good reason to remember, he waited patiently for her to say more. "Did you know," she began, abruptly. "that my father had applied for leav I home?" "Yea. I knew It," he acknowledged. "And that it had been refused ?" "All such papers pass through my hands. Yes, I knew It bad been refused "And can't will you tell me why?'--anxiously. "I had private letter this morning (effing me that all leave In the regiment would be refused until the inquiry into Lynn's death was completed," he an swered, slowly. She gave a faint gasping cry. I'nti! sow she had dung to the hope that there might have been some trivial cause for that ominous refusal, and it cost her something to relinquish it. "Is that all you wanted to know?" he asked her presently, and for a few mo menta received no reply. "Let me tell you quickly, then, it will be less difficult to talk about. It is" he spoke as though the words were be ing forced one by one from her lips "it Is my father who is guilty of that murder; and I want you to tell me how best W screen him?" "I have guessed that it was so," he re marked gravely; then as she turned sud denly pale and started to her feet, ter rified by a new fear he added, quickly: "No, no; no one else suspects him that I know of. It was something you said, which I misunderstood at the tim that 6 rat awakened my suspicions." "Something that I said," she repeated. Mnnkly, wondering how she could have been weak enough to so betray herself and whether to him only. xTos One da at Mrs. Dene's, Tom fil something about an inquiry that thj pie to go away. I knew nothing then Of Believe oulr half that yon ho nour suspicions of myself. The only rea) . j ju 01J, i,ttr that you believe. ton I could imagine for your warning was that your father was guilty, and you feared that my evidence might tell against kim. To allay your fears, unfounded as ther were. I Was Dreoared to go, and ind made all the arrangements to do so. when you explained to me what you nafl . really thought. Then of course " was pnnecessary I should leave. Now tell n how I can help you best.' :. ; ; "I want you to tell me." , "Then let me hear the whole story ss ft occurred, or at least so much as you can Dear to speas, oi. i She told him all she knew, with dry ' Ops and a faltering voice. Why, It is not muraer at au scarcely fcanslaughter!" he exclaimed, at its conr sslon. i "Then you do not blame him not alte aiJaaetn--- : : J 1 ' "Blame him? Why, wnat else could ho cave done?. Any one would have struck the miscreant who dare to malign you tome would hare done more." "I don't see how they could do more than kill him," said Jane, with a little matter-of-fact air, becoming more like herself now that she saw how lightly the Colonel seemed to take the revelation Which to her had been terrible beyond Words. He even gave a half smile, which was reflected in her face. Light seemed to be coming at last, and a sense of safety . tow that he knew all, overcame her lor Mer dread. ' "You say," continued Colonel Prinsep, thoughtfully, after awhile, "that Mr. Knollys thinks that it was I who caused , Lynn's death?" I "He did think so once: but whether he doe so now I am not sure. This re fusing to grant my father's leave " "All leave In the regiment is stopped, you must remember." "Ah! true. But then even If he had aot suspected him before he mignt now. tt he looked uDon his application for leave Ca an attempt to escape," suggested Jane, hrewdly. Colonel Prinsep reflected for a moment before he replied. "I think our friend has too orerweea fig an idea of his own perspicacity to be easily turned from his first opinion. How ever, that remains to be seen. I am go ing now to find out how the land lies, and think what is best to be done. You shall hear from me again to-day. Good-by, Jenny keep up a good heart." He clasped her hand firmly and smiled encouragingly Into her eyes. Then, as she took the path leading to her own com pound, he went in the opposite directioni not toward the Cutchery as Jane, look ing over her shoulder, could not fail to see -but toward the officers' mess, j (To be continued.) 6TORY OF ANDREW JACKSON. An Incident Illustrating the Bympa tnetle Mature of tbe Man. I An Incident In the life of President Andrew Jackson Is recalled by the re cent death In Jackson, O., of his private secretary, Samuel Baker, at the rips age of 95. Mr. Baker was very enthu siastic In sounding the praises of Pres ident Jackson and continually Insisted that be had one of the most sympathetic natures that ever graced tbe White House chair. As a case in point he tells the following Incident during the first term of Mr. Jackson: i A young man in the army had been sentenced to be shot for desertion, and ' his wife had prayed for a bearing with ! the President before the execution and iiaa Deen granted it. naner useu i ( dwell upon the nervousness of Presi dent Jackson before the interview. He was disquiet; restless and bo seemed overcome with dread. At the appoint ed hour the woman was ushered Into ils presence. With her were her two email children. These three hnd scarce ly entered the room when the woman fell upon her knees at the feet of tho I President, and the children knelt at L eiiuer siae ana ine inree prayeu 10 mm. I "Such n ravers and nravlncr" Baker used to say, I never saw nor heard in ' my life." Jackson sat through It all with tears mustache or any man living, it nieas Streamlng down his face, and his entire ! res nine feet from tip to tip, four and body convulsed with sobs; It seemed as ; half feet each way from the center of If his very determination hnd forsaken ! the lip. This mustache Is Mr. Brown's him, and be seemed Incapable of mov ing or uttering a sound. Tbe woman had finished; and with the children clinging to him on either side the Presi dent arose. With a voice full of ten derness and pity he told the woman that what she asked could not be grant ed. He told her the safety of the army; demanded that there should be no in terference with justice In such ense and then, his courage forsaking htm, he fled Into an Inner olHce. "There It was." said Raker, "that I found him on a lounge, completely pros trated. He did not arouse for some time, and when he did It wos with tho feebleness of a man who had just re covered from a long Illness. Slowly he rose, and, with a look of despair that I can never forget, he turned to me and ottered these words: I would to Cof that I was not President.' " Joke on the Illnhop. Bishop Paret, of Baltimore, tells at good story at his own expense. He was recently on a tram, and near him sat two drunken men. Presently one of the men, with a forcible expletive, re- I mnrVeil to the other that some one had robbed him of a $20 bllL His friend re marked: "Oh, I guess not; you must have It about yon somewhere." But the other Insisted he hadn't, and that be bad the bill when he came aboard the train. Some one had robbed him, and he proposed to find It If he hnd to search tbe whole crowd. "As it hap pened," says Bishop Paret. "I bad a $20 bill, and that was all, and as I was the nearest man to them, and the first likely to be approached, I felt a little uncomfortable. Then It occurred to me to pretend to be asleep. Sure enough. In a minute more I was accost ed with, 1 say, neighbor! but I made no answer. Then the men grabbed my arm and shook me, but to no use, as I didn't wake op. He kept on shaking, however, and always a little more forci ble, until at last his friend Interposed with: 1 say. Bill, let him alone, will rou: he's draakea'n you are!" Every niarringo in a fniluro accord- ing t' hoiuibudy. Women will do much to plr.iso the men but more, from fear of what other women will say about them. SpenuinT f cents foolishly leads to spending $5 the same way. Some men reach a turning: point in life every time a pretty wouiau pannes. The lwttlo s'v-i iufiuitely mo Even the invention of the looking fl is' has not erradlcated human van- ity. deserves tbe sympathy. .n.. i., nmniiu Jn fB,, bj,n,lao, of irc the ecnm is BOietiine8 mistaken for tho cream, No man is nlnctly sober who has taken intoxicating liquors. Ir there were nowise mei there wonIJ LQ foolB- There m nn old saw to cover every species oi deviltry, A woman with a new dress tht is becoming isn't satisfied until tbe man she likes best and tbe woman sho lies least have seen it. THE FIRST LADY. I'tndiomt Mrs. Cleveland X US Popnlar ee tver. Mrs. Cleveland's frequent social ap ;earanceu lately have shown very clear ly that tbe strong fascination which her presence always exerted among worn n has not lessened tbe veriest Jot. She 'a the most Interesting women In the xmatry to-day, particularly In the fact :hat people never tire of looking at her. So one was ever yet beard to say that io bad lcen able to watch her quite aa ong as he would have liked. A great nany people now know her Intimately tnd are able to see her frequently; but, .'or the great majority to whom this In timacy is denied, the only opportuni ties come with the Important functions it the White House. At one of Mrs. Cleveland's teas re .cntly perhaps 1,000 women had the pleasure of shaking hands with her, ind at the same time enjoyed a little :hat. It would have been hard to find my woman In all this number who, af ter this enjoyment, did not find some point from which sho could stand and ?east her eyes again on her hostess. Every detail of her appearance, every irnament she wore, and every word be said was discussed and admired, tn evening dress Mrs. Cleveland la the handsomest woman In Washington to day. She has a beautiful neck and well rounded shoulders, and, with the spar kle of her jewels, making a picture of a White House mistress which is simply regal. Her smile Is contagious, for her manners are always agreeably gra ;lous. Ruth and Esther and baby Marian ire miniatures of their mother. The two elder girls love to get a glimpse of the grand daylight doings In their home, and to do It have to peep through the MHS. CLEVELAND. From a lata photograph. balusters of the big stairway, which is their tower of observation. They talk German with their fraalcln with the greatest ease A NINE-FOOT MUSTACHE, James H. Brown, of Idaho, Is the Poooeaaor and Hue No Rival. James IL Brown, issue clerk at the ' fVnf nail agency, Ross Fork, Bing ' ham County, lda.no, has tne longest greniesx joj ana pnae. ii w mon curu fully kept, and would attract marked attention anywhere. The Indians look upon this) enormously long mustache with awe and reverence, believing Mr. Brown to have been exceptionally bless ed by Ood. I Mr. Brown Is by birth a Virginian. He was born in Loudoun County, elev en miles west of Leeeburg, near what Is known now as Round Hill. His fath er moved from Loudoun County to Barbour County, then In Virginia, but now in West Virginia, in October, 1857. Mr. Brown's occupation has always Deen that of a fanner, with the excep tion of a period of eighteen years, which be doroted to the lumber business, and the time be has been giving to Uncle Sam. Fourteen months ago Mr. Brown was appointed Issue clerk at the Fort Hall Indian agency, which position he Si sail filling. The fame of Mr. Brown's elongated smntflche Is by no means confined to the wilds of Idaho. It Is known throughout the Virginias and the South generally. The newspapers of the places of the towns visited by Mr. j Brown have loudly extolled the won derful length of his muetadn, but this la the first time that a picture of the proud owner of the longest mostache In the world has ever been printed.- New York Journal. Youthful Curluaaty. A case has been brought to the atten tion of the Dover (Me.) Observer In which (the parents of a small boy were talking about hanging, and In the course of the con versa tie a che method was described minutely. A little later the child west out, got a rope, and tying It to beam, proceeded o expert- ; ment. He was so successful In bit ln- i vestlgmtton that when he w found he was Tnlaek h Jh fnra. aril wrttiVf Katb j soon. - - ManasTer How did the thunder I met ' I fleet the audience? i Critic It took the house ky storm. Syracuse Peal ' A New YorE electrician nas succeed ed In sending message over a tele- ftPh wire at the rate oC LT14 words a, vlnute. Mamma Willie, where re those ap- pies gone that were In the storeroom? Willie They are with the gingerbread eheA mi lajUke cugbrfejiL Cxobangsy raa oiroEST mi:bta.cbb ox Kaoz. A PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA, She Was) Kecently Threshed by Leisro Lord for Oolast If Prince Frederick Leopold wen Just a common man Instead of a prince. his wife, who Is a princess of .Prus sia and a sister to the German Em press, would have bad him arraigned In a police court for beating her. The fact Is that be was arraigned by Bnv PBINCBSS FBKDKBICK UtOPOUK peror William, who tried him, sen fenced him to Imprisonment In his room and placed guards at the door to see that his brother-dn-law served out the term. The Prince Is a cavalry col onel and not long ago told his wife to stay in her room all day. The wife didn't Hke that sort of thing, or, at all events, did like skating, and with a young woman of her household left the room for an hour's whirl on the ice. Tbe ice broke, the Princess got wet and was rubbed down and put to bed. When the Prince returned and heard the tale be sought out bis lady and gave her a thorough drubbing, like a plain, blunt man, with his riding whip. Then he went to his study, fell In a fit and ground his teeth and groaned. But his servants refused to five him smelling salts or to throw cold water on him until the doctor arrived. The Kaiser and his wife were furious when they heard the story, and the Emperor decided to teach his high-handed relative a les son. The severe punishment meted out to Prince Frederick mightily pleased all the ladles of the German court. TEN-YEAR-OLD KINQ. Maharajah Krlesaarajah la the Bulln ttorerelgn of Mysore Maharajah Krismaxajah Wagayai Badadur are the official titles of a Hindu boy not yet 10 yoars of age, who Is the King of Mysore. He Is one of th chief native princes of India, and hii late father, whom be has succeeded to the throne, was known aa the "model prince of India." The young Rajah Is being prepared for the lofty position hs will occupy with great solicitude. He ttas English acd nsUve tutors, who will turn out a prince and a pundit at the same time. During his minority the affairs of the province are conducted by bis mother and his late father's minister. Sir K. Sheshadrt Iyer, as co regents. The youthful maharajah waa recently visited by Lord Elgin, viceroy of India, and the occr.elon was cele brated with much eclat. The little fcl .low Is an adept scholar and specks Eu- gllsh as fluently as any boy of his age. In his studies he is as far advanced as boys four or five years his senior would be in this country. He Is modest, bnt j realises well that he Is a triflo mors , Important than anybody else In hlf neighborhood. s Ijleut. Sobofl eld's Case. One of the most Interesting ckscs ot "physical disability" of an officer of the army tho more Interesting because It has aroused so much comment among officers of tbe army Itself Is that of Second Lleutendant H. McA. Schofield, a son of Lieut. General Scbo fleld. He recently appeared before an examining board In San Francisco for promotion, and the medical board re fused to pass him upon the ground of defective hearing. Then came the question whether or not his deafness constituted "incapacity to perform duty" in' his present rank. The next step w air to examine the records of his first examination, upon his original entry Into the service, to learn whether or not deafness was then observed: bat they wereUTound to be clear on this point. On the other hand, some officers havo said that' Lieut. Schofield was slightly deaf before be entered the ser vice, and If this .fact Is proved a com plication may arise which will not only affect the military status of Lieut. Schofield but also tbe officers on his first board. If it is found that the disability originated in the line of duty tbeu he will be rnMtled to be retired with the rank of First Lieutenant. Looatton of Curdea of Eden. Noah's wife is said by Armenians to he buried on Uouat Ararat, and the Armenians trace their ancestry back to Japhet In one long genealogical tree. They have a tradition that the Garden of Eden waa located in Armenia. The old man likes to tell about the Mughness of kls youth, bnt If he was rsaUlotwh be keeps agn abeut It . TEN-YEAR-OLD KINO OF XTBOBE. P. DBJIPGl Hie Eminent Divine's Sunday Sermon. Subjects "Our Social Recreations. Tsxtb: They that use this world as na abasing it." I Corinthians vti.. 3U "And t eame to pass, when their hearts were merry that they said, rail for Samson, that ha ma make ns sport." Judged xri., 25. There were 9000 people assembled tn tb temple ot Dagon. They bad come to makf sport of eyeless Samson. Thoy were all raid for the entertainment. They began to ela and pound. Impatient for the amassment ti begin, and they cried, "Fetou him out, fetal him oat!" Yonder I see the blind old giao coming, led by the hand of a child Into th. very midst of the temple. At his flint appear anee there goes up a shout ot laughter am derision. The blind old giant pretends he t tired, and wants to rest hlmaelt against th pillars of the house. So he aiys to the ln Who leads him, "Show me where the mail pillars are!" The lad doss so. Then thi strong man puts his right hand on one pillar, and his left hand on another pillar, and wltl the mightiest push that mortal ever made, throws himself forward until the whole housi comes down in thunderous crash, grlndin the audience like grapes in a winepress "And so it eame to pass, when their heart were merry, that they satd, oall tor Samson that he may maks us sport. And they eallei for Samson out of the prison house, and hi made them sport." In other words, there are amusements the are destructive, and bring down disaster an death upon the heads of those who praotioi them. While they laugh and cheer, they dla The 8000 who perished that day In Gaza an as nothing compared to the tens of thoo sands who have been destroyed by sinfu amusement. But my first text Implies that there Is lawful use of the world, as well as an unlaw ful abuse of It, and the difference between the man Christian and the man un-Chrlstian Is that In the former ease the man mast en the world, while In the latter ease the world masters him. For whom did God maka thli grand and beautiful world? For whom this wonderful expenditure of color, this grace-1 fulness ot line, this mosaic of the ground, j this fresco of the sky, this glowing fruitagt of orchard and vineyard, this full orchestra ' i ine tempest, in which the trea branchei flute, and the winds trumpet, and the thun ders orum, and all the splendor of earth and sky come clashing their cymbals? For whom did God spring tho arched bridge ot colon resting upon buttresses of broken storm cloud? For whom did He gather the uphol stery of tire around the window of the set ting sun? For all men, but mora especially for His own dear children. If you build a large mansion and spread t great feast after it to celebrate the comple tion of the structure, do you allow strangers to come in snd occupy the place, while you thrust your own children in the kitchen, oi the barn, or the fields? Oh, no! Ton say, "I am very glad to sec strangers In my man. sion. but my own sons and daughters shall have the first right there." Now. God has vuiii luuvnuu mansion or a woria, ana am ,ini a gionous leasr. in :ir, ana wniis tboee who are strangers to His grace may come in. I think that God especially Intends to glvs the advantage to His own children-, those who are the sons and daughters of tha Lord Almighty, those who through grace can look up and say, "Abba Father." You cannot make me believe that God gives mors advantages to the world tban He gives to th church bought by His own blood. If. there fore, people or tho world hare looked with dolorous sympathy upon those who maks profession of religion and have said: 'Thosa new converts are going down into privation and into hardship. Why did they not tarry a little longer in the world and have some ol Its enjoyments and amusements and recrea tions?" I say to such men of the world, "You are greatly mistaken," and before I get through I will show that those people who stay out of the kingdom of God havs the hardsbiiis and self denials, while thoss who come in have the joys and satisfactions. In the name of the King of heaven and earth I serve a writ of ejectment upon all the sinful and polluted who have squatted on the domain of tarthly pleasure as though It belonged to them, while I claim in bebalt ot the good and the poor and the true, th eternal inheritance which God has given them. Hitherto, Christian philanthropists, clerical and Iny, have busied themselvel chiefly in denouncing s nful recreations, bul I feel we have no richt to stand before ciea and women In whose hearts there Is a desire for recreation amounting to positive neces sity, denouncing this and that and the othei thing, when we do not propose to give them something better. God helping me and with reference to my last account, I shall entei upon a sphere not usual in sermonizing, hut s subject which I think ought to be presented at this time. I propose now to lay before you some of the recreations which are not only Innocent, but positively helpful and ad vantageous. In the Bret place I commend, among in door recreations, music vocal and Instru mental. Among the first things created wal the bird, so that the earth might have mualt at the start. This world, which began witt so sweet a serenade, is finally to be demol ished amid the ringing blast ot the archan gel's trumpet, so that as there was mosio a! the start, there shall be music at the close, While this heavenly art has often bees dragged into tbe use -of superstition and dissipation, we all know it may be the meant Of high moral culture. Oh, It is a grand thing to have our children brought up amid the tfound of cultured voices and amid ths nelodyof musical instruments. There is In this art an indescribable fascination for the household. Let all thoM families who havo the means to afford It have flute or harp or piano or organ. At soon as the hand Is large enough to compass tbe keys teach it how to pick out the melody. Let all our young men try this heavenly art Upon their nature. Those who have gone Into it fully have found la it illimitable recreation and amusement. Dark days, stormy nights, seasons of sickness, bosiress disasters, will do little toward depressing the soul which can gallop off over musical keys or soar in jubilant lay. It will cure pain. It will rest fatigue. It will quell passion. It will revive health. It will re claim dissipation. It will strengthen ths immortal soul. In tho battle ot Waterloo, Wellington saw that the Highlanders were (ailing back. He said: "What is the matter there?" He was told that the band of music had ceased playing, and he called up the pipers and ordered them to strike up an in tpiritlng air, aad no sooner did they strike the sir than the Highlanders were rallied and helped to win the day. Oh, ye who , have been routed in the conflicts ot life, try by the force ot music to rally your scattered . battalions. I am glad to know that in our great cities ; lhere is hardly a night in which there ar , aot concerts, where, with the best musical ' Instruments and the sweetest voices, people , may find entertainment. Patronise such en tertainments when they are afforded you. Buy season tickets, if you can, for the Phil harmonic and the Hand-I and Haydn socie ties. Feel that the tl.50 or ti that you spend for the purpose ot hearing an artist play or sing Is a profitable Investment. Let your Academics of Muslo roar with the ao- . clamation of appreciative audiences assem- j bled at the concert or the oratorio. ' Still further, I commend, as worthy ol their support, the gymnasium. This Instltu- , Hon is gaining in favor every year, and I ' know ot nothing more free from dissipation or more calculated to recuperate the physi cal and mental energies. While there are a good many people who have employed this Institution there Is avast number who are Ignorant of its excellencies. There art men with cramped chests and weak sides and despondent spirits who through the gymnasium might be roused up to th exuberance and exhilaration of life. Then are many Christian people despondent from year to year who might through such an in- . atitution bo benefited in their spiritual tela own. lucre are unnsnan people who seem to think that It Is a good sign to be poorly, ana because Biohard Baxter and Bobert Hall Were invalids they think that by the samt sickliness they may eome to the samt grandeur of character. I want to tell tht Christian people ot my eongregatlon thai Ood will hold yoa responsible for your ln valldlsm if It Is your fault and when, throng! rln til s insist aad Brudanoa. yon might M- athletic and welt The efTebTof the bodj upon the soul yon acknowledge. Put a mat of mild disposition upon the animal diet ol which the Indian partakes, aad in a UttU while his blood will change its chemical pro portions. It will become like unto the blood ot the lion or the tiger or the bear, while hii disposition will change and be -ome flero and unrelenting. The body has a powerfu' effect upon the souL There are good people whose Ideas a keavea are all shut oat with clouds of to twooo smoke. There are people who dare ti hatter the phyatoal vase In which God hai put the jewel of eternity. There are men wl'l great hearts and Intellects in bodies wort out by their own neglects magnificent ma chinery, capable of propelling sfajeeUt across the Atlantic, yet fastened In a rioketj North Blver propeller. Martin Luther wal so mighty for God, first, because he had t noble soul, and. secondly, because he had a muscular development which would hart enabled him to thrash any Ave of his perse cutors if (t had been Christian so to do. Physical development which merely showi itself in fabulous lifting, or in perilous ropt walking, or In pugilistJe encounter, exert ei only our oontempt, but we eonfeas to great admiration for the man who has a gnat soul la an athletic body, every nerve, muscle aad bone of which Is ooosec rated to right uses. Oh, It seems to me outrageous that men, through neglect, should allow their physical health to go down beyond repair a ahli which ought, with all sail set and every mas at his post, to be carrying a fifth cargo foi eternity, employing all its men In stopping up leakages, when you may, through tht gymnasium, work off your spleen and youi querolousness and one-half ot your physical and mental ailments, do not turn your back opon such a grand medicament. Still further, I commend to rou a largt slass of parlor games and reoreatlona. There Is a way of making our homes a hundred fold more attractive than they are now. Those parents cannot expect to keep their children away from outside dissipations un less they maks the dotnestia oirrle brigbtnt Ihsa anything they can find outside of it Do not, then, att in your home surly aad un ytnpathetio and with a half eondemnaton look because of the sportfalneas ol four children. You were youns noe yourself; let your children be young. Because your eyes art Aim and your ankles are stiff do not de nounce sportfalneas In those upon whose ryes there is the first luster and In whoet foot there is tha bounding joy of robust health. I thank Ood that in our drawing rooms and in our parlors there are Innumer able games and sports which have not upon them the least taint of Iniquity. Light up all your homes with Innocent hiliiraies. Do not sit down with the rheuma tism, wondering how children can go on Boi Bather thank God that their hearts are so licht. and their laughter is so free, and their sheets are so ruddy, and that their expecta tions are so radiant. The night will eomt loon -nongb, and tha heartbreak and tht pang and the desolation It will come soon nougu for the dew children. But when the Itorm actually clouds the sky It will be timo nough for you to haul out your reef tackles. 3arry, then, into your homes not only the nnocent sports and Karnes which are the iu reutioos of our owj rtay, but tho games rhich come down with the sportfulu-w ol til tho past ages chess and charades aud !abl eaux and battledoorand calisthenics and nwn tennis and all those amusements which Jio ) ouug people of our homes know so well iow to contrive. Then there will bo thu parlor socialities groups of people ii-tern-)led in vour homes, with wit and mUnicry tnd joviality, filling the room with joy from ioor to mantel and from the c irpet to tho ilin. Ob, is there auy exhilaration like a icore of geuliil souls in one room, ea-li une iddinga contribution of his own individual nerriment to tho agKregatiou ol g.iucr.u dlarity? Suppose you want to go abroad in thacily, hen you will find thu panora na and tne art rallery and tbe exqaisito collections of pic urea. You will find the museum and the listorlAil society rooms full Of rare enriosi ies. and scores of places which ran stall 1 Mainly the test of what Is right and wron n amusements. You will find tho lecturing' all, which has been honored by the n m-l if Agassis in natural history, Don-min in iiemistry, Boyntoa in geology, Mitchell in etronomy, John B. Gough tn moral rerorm md scored and hundreds of men who havo loured their wit and genius and Ingenuity hrough that particular chanunl upon tin learts and consciences and imagination, ol nan, setting this country fifty yuars farthct n advance than It would have been without he lecture platform. I rejoice in the popularization of outdoor ports. I hall the croquet ground and tht Ishormans rod and the snortsman's gun. Io mr cities life is so unhealthy and unnatural hat when the census taker represents a city is having 400,000 inhabitants there are only 100,000, since it takes ac la two men to unount to one man, so depleting and un inrving and exhausting is this metropolitan Ife. We want more fresh air, more suulight, nore of the abandon of field sports. I cry mt for it In behalf of the churaii of Ood at rell as In behalf of secular interests. I wish bat our ponds and our rivers and our caol oilne ground might be all aquake with tht leal and the shout of the swift skater. 1 risk that whan the warm weather comes he graceful oar might dip the stream ind the evening tide be resonant with boat nan's song, the bright prow splitting tht crystalline billow. we shall have the smooth and grassy lawns md we will call out people of all occupations md professions and ask them to join In the tall player's sport. You will eome back from hose outdoor exercises aad recreations with trength in your arm and color In your iheek and a flash in your eye and oourage in roar heart. In this great battle that is open ng against the kingdom of darkness we rant not only a oonseorated soul, but a itrong arm and stout lungs aad mighty no de. I bless God that there are so many reo vatlons that have not on thf m the taint ot nlqulty, recreation In whioh we may engage or the strengthening of the body, for the -learing of the Intellect, for the illumination if the soul. There Is still another form of recreation rhich I commend to you, and that Is the leasure of doing good. I have seen young nen, weak and cross and sour and repelling n their disposition, who by one heavenly ouch have wakened up and become blessed ind buoyant, the ground under their feet tnd the sky over their heads breaking forth nto music. "Oh," says some young man la he house to-day, "I should like that regies Aon above all others, but I have not the neans." My dear brother, let us take an iccount of stock. You have a large estate if rou only realise It. Two hands, two feet, I ou will have perhaps during the next year tt least S10 for charitable contribution. You sill have 2500 obaerful looks if yon want to tmploy them. You will have 6O00teasant eords if yoa want to apeak them. Mow, rbat an amount that is to start with. You go out to-morrow morning, and you lee a case of real destitution by the wayside, you give him two cents. The blind man hears the pennies rattle in his hat, and he ays, "Thank yon, sir; Ood bless yoa!" You pass down the street, trying to look in different, but yoa feel from the very depth sf yonr soul a profound satisfaction that you made that man happy. You go on still farther and find a poor boy with a wheel barrow, trying to get it up on the curbstone. He fails in the attempt. You say, "Stand back, my lad; let me try." You push it up on the curbstone tor him and pass on. He wonders who that well dressed man was that helped him. Yoa did a kindness to the boy, but you dl-l a great joy to yonr nwn soul, ton will not get over it all the week. On the street to-morrow morning you will see a sick man passing along. "Ah.'' you say, "what can I do to make this man nappy? ns certainly does not want money, he is not poor, but he is sick." Olve him one of those 2500 cheerful looks that yoa have garnered up for the whole year. Look joy and hopefulness into his soul. It will thrill him through, and there will be a reaction noon your own soul! Going on a little farther, you will eome to the store of a friend who is embarrassed In business matters. You will go in and say: "What a fine store you hav! I think business will brighten up, and von will have more custom after awhile. I think there is coming aereat prosperity to all the country. Good morning." You pass out. You have helped that young man, and yon have helped yourself. Oolonel Gardiner, who sat with his elbow on a table, spread witn an exiravngaui viands, looking off at a dog on the rug, say- Ing, '-How I would like to ohange plaoes with him. I be the dog and he be Colonel Gardiner," or those two Moravian mission- aries who wanted to go Into the lasaretto for . .a w - - . - - - ..d:'iryou go la ti;?r, y.u will nvcr ro'ne out. We never allow any ou - to come out, for he would brim? the contusion." Then they ma le their will and went In, II rat ti help the sick and then to dl. Which was the happier Colonel Gardiner or t'i ; M ra vlan missionaries riylnir for other.'? Win it all sacrifice when tn missionaries wante I to bring the gospel to the nero'-s at tha Bar bados, and. being denied the privilege, sold themselves into slavery, standiutr side ly side and lying side by aide down in thu v -rv ditob of suffering, in order that they might bring those men up to life anil God and heaven? Oh, there is a thrill in the joy ot doing good! It is the most ma-rnidceiit re creation to which a man ever puis his hand or his bead or his heart. But before closing I want to impress upon you that mere secular entertalnmeaisarenot a lit foundation for your soul to build on. I was reading of a woman who had gone all the rounds ot Kintal amusement, and sho same to die. She said, "I will die to-night at 6 o'clock." "Oh," they said, "I gness not; you don't seem to be sick." "I shall die at 6 o'clock, and mv soul will be lost. I know it will be lost. I have sinned away my day ot grace." The noon came. They desired her to seek religious counsel. "Oh," she said, "It is of no use. Hy dav is gone. I have teen all the rounds ot worldly pleas ure, and It Is too late. I shall die to-nfght at 6 o'clock." The day wore away, and it eame to 4 o'clock and to 5 o'clock, and she cried out at 5 o'clock: "Destroying spirits, ye shall not have me yet: it is not 6. it is not 61" Tha moments went by, and the shadows began to gather, and the clock struck ti. and while it was striking her soul went What hour Ood will call for us I do not know whether o'clock to-night, or 3 o'clock this afternoon, or at 1 o'clock, or at thismo-nonL Hitting where you are, falling forward, or drooping down, where will you go to? The last hour of our life will soon be hero, tnd from that hour we will review this day's proceedings. It will be a solemn hour. If from our death pillow we have to look back and see a life spent in sinful amusement, there will be a dart that will strike through our soul sharper than tbe dagger with which Virginias slew his child. The memory ot the past will make us quake like Macbeth, rhe Iniquities and rioting through which we have passed will eome upon ns, weird nod ikeleton as Meg Herrilles. Death, the old ihylock, will demand and take the remain ing pound of flesh and the remaining drop of Jlood, and upon our last opportunity for re pentance ana our last chance for heaven ths lurtola will forever drop. MUTILATED COIN AND ITS VALUE, What It Has Coat the Treasury to Uave I llecoined. All the old and worn subsidiary silver min ot the United States will soon be if )laeed by the new design adopted In 1892. I'he progress being made in that direction the United htatus mints is most encour ijriiiit 0 the Treasury officials. For some years efforts have boon mado by he Treasury Department to keep the sul si linry silrer coin in good condition. With his view, appropriations have been oh aine'.l from time to llmet to reimburse the I'ruaHurer of the United States for the dif lerenco between the faco value of worn sub ildiury silver coin and what they would pro luce when transferred to the mints for solnase. 8ince 19U0 tho amount of each voru aad uucurreat subsidiary coin trans 'erred by tho Treasury to the mints for ro ) limine, has biea ia'J.dl'i.S'U. The value of h wimo in new suosidiary silver coin is fin. 53 "t,ll showing a loss by wear of il, lOG.iJJS. wiiicii was reitnljur.ed to tho Trous irer of the United flt a'es fro:n approptia ions ma lo by C-imrress for that purpow. The amount transferred from the Trea3 lry to tho mints from July 1. ISM, to Dn jember 31. 1S05, was larger than for any ither period, amounting m theasT49lS-to i,381.9o2. faco value, and producing in jew coin. 2i.il5,H20, sliowinj a loss ou ro toinage of 84S,!H3. KATAL SPANISH MI3TAKE. aln the Government Troops I'lre Cpon Their Ow n Men. Another accidental encnucter Mweon t-.ro ipanush forces, near Eperanzi, Santa t'Knt . jroviuco, Ouba, lias occurre. with disro rotis results similar to those nt El Tano ns jently. Colonel Holguiti had prepared an tmbush for tho enemy, when tho column of general Oodoy approaohod. Mtstaking it for a rebel force Ilolguln's ruerillos opened Are. an I a spirited com hat insued, during which the troops lost 109 tlllni and woundel. Seventeen ware killed utrlght. Aniong the dead Is Lieutenant Colon'd Puenmnyor. Five other officers w-re wounded. Two wotin led privates died the lext day. Tne encounter occurred on the Santa Hsa estate. The firing lasted only en minutes. Tho guerilla forces were Sacked by infantry. When the mistake was discovered parties egan to bary the dead. One of Holynln's nen so engaged found among the dead of 3odoy'e column the body of hisown brother irith two bullets through his bend. ORGAN WOULDN'T PLAY. go Wonder, Either, for m Cat and Four Kittens Were lu It. Mrs. Clarence Brewster, of Wo'oott, IX. Y., aad a number of guests at her home a few nights ago, and at their request started to play for them on her parlor organ, when she was nearly startled out ot her wits by the Queer antios of the instrument- It squeuked, groaned, wbeesed and piped, but absolutely refused to play a single note. As the organ had been t n perfect order the sight before, she was dumbfounded, and tailed her husband. With the awestruck roosts grouped about him he to--, a sorew lrlver and began taking the Instrument .part. When he raaahed the bellows the out rry was discovered to eome from them, so they wore out open, when out popped his lather's tabby eat, whose home was an eighth at a mile distant, on East Main street, and behind her were seen four tiny kittens. The eat had been last seen in tbe harness hop where the father and son work. She had crawled Into the bellows back of the pedals and had then been unable to get oat. bat and kittens were uninjured, but not so the organ. Brltalna Are Bicycle Mad. The bicycle boom i incroisinc; In volumn f'ally in England. The lending li.-itl-ni firms re completely blocked witn orders. TiVe mertcaa firms recently started doing busi ness in London with large stocks of wheels, tnd they are reaping a harvest. Retiring the Paper Currency. At Wlnterville, Toon., while Frank Snitwrt was feeding his cows, he dropp:l his pocket liook containing S17 in hi h. Upoa missing the wallet he returned to the stahlo to find one of tho cows just finUliinir its meal ot greenbacks. The tnun -y hnd disappeare i. Aim u like tiro .ami woman likj straw; tbe devil blows iu lietwoen. Whenever u man does anything especially mean he is prone to lay the blame on poor, wenk human nature. A good heart is ulw tys a soft mark foi a goud heuiL Why is it that we always bolievo we can save a lit tie money ucxt mouth?' Nobo;ly c.n help notcing the short comings of the mau wh j is always ben iiltul time. It sliculd never bo forgot'en that eaoli one of us is a part ol ttiu very society which we so Ircoly cruicise. A man in love ilcesu't iii-o 1 eye glasses lor lie is 1-litnl. Homo people Fpcn l on.m ?!i tima crying over spilio 1 nr. I it to buy a whole cow. Mont men lonk ou ileulii as x nappy relict. Arguing wi L a fool shows that there are two. j lie laughs 1 icft who latiq'as at the l rigni lime, 1 lt ,? easT to make a far tire of success. t 7, , L V
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