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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.
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