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O. F. BOHWEIER,
THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OK THE IA WK.
VOL. J..
MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22. 1896.
NO. 1
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EDWARD HARDY, an artist of
much promise, and his friend,
Alfred Moore, the art critic of
the Planet, were smoking In the stu
llo of the former. It was a delight
ful morning, with the sun streaming
toto the room, and through the open
windows came the hum of the streets
iifermlngied with the chirping of
Hrda, j
"By George. Hardy," suddenly Moore
burst out. as he dropped upon a chair,
with his eyes fixed In wonder on a j
painting In front of him "surely this
Is a product of a master hand! I've
never seen you working at It?" j
"No," answered the artist. Tre don I
It In the strictest privacy; It's been a
labor of lore to me for the last three i
years; since, in fact, I began an art!-)
tie career. It's finished now, and I j
feel as If I had lost something out of
my life."
"Anyhow, It shows that you're a
painter of genius, old man." said the
critic, with genuine appreciation. "I
haven't seen such a work of talent for
many a long day. You must send it
to the academy; there are still three
days left for submitting pictures to
the hanging committee. I make bold
to prophesy that it will be the painting
f the year."
joe picture in question was a ramer i
large one banging in the center of the
wall. Immediately behind the artist's
easel. When at work he had but to
raise his eyes to catch sight of the
"rara avis," which he had christened
"The Dawn of Love." It represented
a beautiful girl of tall and stately fig
are, seated, lost in thought. In front
of the fire In her room, whither she
had come from the ballroom. Indicated
by her flushed cheeks and the uniform
of the dance in which she was dressed.
Her sparkling eyes betokened the kin
dling of a flame within her heart to
which It had hitherto been a stranger,
and one did not need to look twice at
her face to understand that Cupid had
hot one of his arrows with unerring ,
aim that night. In her Imagination
she was still tripping through the dance
With her partner the man who. had
the dawn of love" to hei 1
brought
son I.
After much persuasion the painter
greed to submit "The Dawn of Love"
to Burlington bouse, and they proceed
ed to pack the precious work of art
few hours later they personally de
livered It at the Mecca of the knights
ef the palette and the brush.
.
May bad again dawned on a waiting
and thankful world, and all who were
conspicuous In the worlds of beauty.
brains and business crowded the gal
lerfee of the Royal Acadamy at the
"private view." Progress amid such
a throng became nigh impossible, and
ver and anon one came across a block.
round some particular exhibit so that
for several minutes all movement wai
completely stopped.
"Halloa, Hardy P' exclaimed Alfreo.
Moore, who just then ran against the
artkit meandering through the show
rooms, "you're the luckiest dog alive!
Too and your picture are the one theme
mt art talk. I got the merest peep at
your gem awhile back, bat It was so
hotly besieged that I was forced to
retreat"
"I never dreamed there existed such
sataoaiasm for art" murmured the
painter, bow evidently much excited.
"Sorely It la phenomenal."
"Not more so than the phenomena.
a taro of the work demands, re
sponded the other. "Ifs most for
tanate that your personality Is nn-
kaowa; otherwise you would almost
be mobbed and killed by kindness
no of the penalties of success."
"Jingo! it's hot In hen," exclaimed
Hardy, wiping his forehead. "We'U
laah at the Cafe Royal on the strength
mt what tie coda hare sent me fame,
and per ha pa fortune."
Aad they left the Temple ef Art for
the more prosale surroundings ef the
restaurant
IL
"Tnrsiinrfl I beg to hand yon check
Asr S00, at the request of the purchas
er, la payment for your painting, "The
JQawn of Love.'" So ran the formal
letter from the secretary of the acad
emy, and as be read It the young ar
tier heart beat wildly with legitimate
pride.
"At last" he cried. "I have got over
flte barrier that ever has to be climbed
ere genius receives Its due acknowl
edgment But who's my patron T" and
be took up the cheque; It was signed
"Henry Greet" "Don't know the gen
tleman," continued lis. .'dy, pouring out
bis second cup of coffee.
Then he read bis other correspond
encean offer of 1,000 for his next
picture, and three letters from "deal
ers" anxious to be his middlemen. The
latter epletles be, cast on one side, re
serving the others for replies. Break
fast over. Hardy thought he would
look Moore up, so, lighting a cigar and
'potting the two letters In his pocket,
bo set out for bis friend's chamber
In the Ternnle.
The JouiTjlist was writing an article
en TicUies and Painters of the Pe
riod" for the Week, a high-class pa
per, whose opinions were much prized
by people of light and leading. Moore
looked up smiling as the painter en
tered the sanctum.
"Just the man J wantea io see,
said be, putting down his pen; "what
do you think of tbir and forthwlrt
read:
- The present exhibition of the Roy
al academy will ever stand out promi
nently In the annals of British art at
the one that Introduced to the world the
greatest painter of genius since Sir
Joshua Reynolds finally laid down bli
brush. This Is no mere -oig-wuu..,
but la almslr placing on record
the
consensus of opinion of the most com
petent judges In artistic circles the
academicians themselves. We refer
to Edward Hardy, whose "Dawn of
Lore" has made such a sensation, and
is attracting such vast crowds to Bur
'Jngton house.'?
'I am astonished with the success
the picture has met with, though
felt it was the best bit of work I've
ever done," rejoined the artist "While
It was In progress It enchanted me so
much that It grew as though painted
oy divine bands. And when In Its
presence the genius of painting al
ways appeared to guide my brush In
whatever work I was engaged,
begin a new picture to-morrow."
"I shouldn't, old fellow; why not
take a good restr suggested the other.
men you will nave redoubled zest
tor your work."
-xes, i think you're right," said
Hardy, after a pause; "I'm feeling a bil
seedy, and I can now run to It, espe
cially after this," and he threw the
letter containing the check across the
table to his friend.
"It's all right so far as It goes, but
you might get four times that sum
for the picture before the academy
cioses. was nls comment "Tour pa
tron, however. U worth cultivating-
a gouto Arrican millionaire baronet"
"iL.lejd. but I must acccept his bld-
inoney and I have long been anything
but intimate acquaintances, and now
It's inclined to be chummy I mustn't
say It nay," laughed the artist "What
should I say to this, chappie?" he went
on, passing the other letter.
mat you will accept the commis
sion. If he can wait as yon are going
away ror a month those are your
orders," said the critic, returning the
letters. "I'm going to rest myself, and
shall take you off with me to Tarls for
i month."
Having agreed to go by the express
from Charing Cross the following
night they parted till then? the Jour
nalist to Hn lab bis article and the paint
er to answer his two correspondents.
IIL
, 11 wou,d urpasa the wit of man to
imagine a more miserable morning.
All night long the wind had blown
as though it meant to break Its record,
and with the daylight the rain came
down in that determined manner it
assumes when It Intends to continue
.11 day.
As the miserable hours of daylight
waned the gale was still undiminished,
and as our travelers turned Strand
ward they thought the cab must be
blown into nothingness; however, It
remained Intact and they were soon
racing toward the sea In the express.
As they approached Dover the rain
ceased and the wind dropped consider
ably, but there was still enough left
Indicate a rough passage.
They were soon moving toward the
gangway to board the steamer. The
Journalist was descending and the ar
tist about to follow, when a sudden
blow In the back sent him almost off
his legs. Hastily looking around, he
was surprised to see a young lady
sitting In the middle of the gangway,
xnd he at oace assisted ber up.
"May I offer you my arm?" be asked.
"Thank you; I must accept else J
hall never reach the boat"
They were soon on board, and the
lady sought the saloon. The artist
and his friend paced the deck during
the passage, and as the wind dropped
the moon rose and the stars came out
So enjoyable became the scene that
they were sorry when they arrived at
Calais. i
It vas not till Parle was reached
that Hardy again spoke to his fair
assailant As they were exchanging
cards she suddenly exclaimed: "Oh,
there's my father I must Intro
duce yon." At that Instant a tall, el
derly. Jovial-looking man came up and
was introduced as Sir Henry Greet
and the daughter told how Hardy had
laved ber from what might have been
nasty accident
"It Is an unexpected pleasure to meet
inch a famous artist" said the baron
et "Too and your friend must dine
with us to-night we are at the Hotel
le l'Athenee, Rue Scribe."
The dinner was a Jolly affair, and
at Its conclusion they separated with
buoyant spirits. Especially was this
the case with Hardy, upon whom Miss
Greet had made a deep Impression.
During the next few days they met
repeatedly, and ere long their friend
ship ripened Into something which the
.rtlst concluded must be love.
They visited the salon together, and
did ail the Bights In each other's society
bad eyes and ears for nothing else
but their individual selves. When the
artist and the Journalist left the gay
city the latter took it as a matter of
course when be was told that the for
mer was engaged to Miss Greet The
baronet and his family were to stay an
other month In Paris.
IV.
Hardy had Just finished hie morning
pipe and was selecting a subject suit
able for the commission be bad to exe
cute. His mind was brimful of Ideas
for paintings, so that It was no easy
task to make a choice. At length he
decided that the work should be called
Beside Still Waters" a lady strolling
in the twilight by a qu'.et stream, read
ing a letter from ber lover.
"Now, Miss Nash, If yon please, we
will begin," be said to his model, and
placed ber In the desired position.
Then the artist took np his palette and
brush and seated himself In front of
the blank canvas.
Then It was that his eyes missed a
well-known sight and they glared
around the studio In bewilderment
With an effort and a sigh he pulled
himself to aether aad erttlsd down to
work. Dipping the Druth In the color
hf lifted It tn th panrna and itmla
uothlng but a ameareapon the sheet
Again and again be easayisl to bring
back his departed talent but in vain.
With Intense and unutterable horror.
It dawned upon him that his artistic
genius had been but an Intellectual
will-o'-the-wisp. No sound estaied
from him; be was as one transfixed,
staring with wide-open eyes at the
canvas bespattered with daubs, with
out form and void, and anon to th
blank wall beyond bis easeL
All the time the model had been an
astonished witness of this remarkable
scene, but as the brush fell from
Hardy's grasp, and, sinking upon a
chair, he covered his face with his
hands. In abject misery, she rushed
np to him. "Are you ill, Mr. Hardy?
he asked breathlessly.
"Oh, It's nothing only only I can't
paint all conception of how to do It
has completely gone like a frightful
dream when one awakes. It's awfuir
And an eternal darkness seemed M
gather over bis very being.
Just then there was a knock at th
door and the baronet and bis daughter
were ushered In. They were deeply
concerned at the phenomenon that had
occurred to the artist
Now, you and Mary must marry.
and then possibly." the baronet said,
laughing, "your Intellectual blight will
disappear. You'll be all right financial
ly; I've arranged that part of the busi
ness, so It won't matter If you never
paint again."
A fortnight later the wedding took
place: Hardy was too occupied to dwell
on his lost genius. Three days only
remained of their honeymoon in Scot
land when a telegram arrived, an
nouncing that Sir Henry Greet bad
died euddenly from paralysis. So,
with heavy hearts, the young couple
at once returned to London.
V.
Six months had gone since the wed
ding, and the painter and his wife
were living in the late baronet's bouse
In Grosvenor square, which, along
with all the other property of the
dead man, had been left to them. But
Hardy still hankered after his lost
art and continued to rent his old stu
dio. One morning he and Moore wen
smoking In the familiar room; every
thing had been kept exactly as on tlie
day when the artist's genius left him,
Alfred," said Hardy, "I've a strange
fancy; If The Dawn of Love' were
placed again on the wall beyond the
easeL I think I could paint a little.
Let's act upon the Idea."
A couple of hours afterward the fa
moua picture was In Its old position.
Hardy sat before a clean canvas. The
model posed for "Beside the Waters,"
and after a steadfast look at "The
Dawn of Love," the artist began opera
tions. To his great surprise the old
skill came back to him as quickly as
thought and with such a power as he
had never known before, and once
more the glow of Inspiration shone In
his eyes.
At the next exhibition of the Royal
Academy "Beside Still Waters" was
even more popular than the celebral
ed "Dawn of Love."
Ever afterward Edward Hardy's ge
nius for painting was marvelous when
"The Dawn of Love" was before him,
but unless In the presence of this talis
man he bad not the remotest notion of
his art Cases are on record where by
sheer force of will painters have given
to their brain creations the figures
their pictures the power of hyp
notizing their authors, the artists them
elves. Hence It has now and again
arisen that a painter baa only been
able to work at all while In view of
one of his masterpieces. And thus It
was with Hardy and his "Dawn of
Love."
The magic Influence of a product e
tbe Intellect as our story shows, is
but an Indication that there Is a genius
and an Inspiration Imparted to some
by ways that we cannot fathom, but
which are the inscrutable designs of
the being beauteous. London Tit-Bltf
This TTs a Good One.
"Did I teU you the latest bright thing
faj little boy got off?" asked McBrlde,
as be joined a group of friends at the
club.
"Tea, you did." replied all. In eon-
fort, with discouraging unanimity.
"That's where I caught you," retort-
Mi McBrlde, "for It only happened last
evening, and I haven't seen a soul of
you fellows since. Besides, this was
really a good one."
"They yon baven't told It to us, re
plied Kjlduff, speaking for the crowd
"Go on."
Tea, teU us quickly," added Skid
Bore, "and let a hare the agony over."
Thus encouraged, McBrlde began:
"Ton know, boys, little people ban
Jharp earn, and they are not at all back
ward about telling any little scraps of
Information they pick np. This pecu
liarity has led a good many parents to
resort to spelling words when their
young children are present Of course
that sort of thing la of no avail after
the youngsters learn to spelL Well.
Mrs. McBrlde and I are In the spelling
stage now, and little Freddy Is often
very much mystified by our remarks to
each other. Last night we had our new
minister to dinner, and 'Freddy watch
ed the good man helping himself very
liberally to biscuit He thought It a
good opportunity to put Into us the
family verbal cipher, feeling perfectly
certain that the minister would find it
unintelligible. So he called out 'Mam
mar "'What Is It Freddy T asked my
Wife.
r 'Mamma, Isn't the m-l-n-l-e-t-e-r a
p-l-g?" spelled out Freddy, triumphant
ly."
The fellows had to admit that this
story about McBrlde's boy was a good
o.
"Say. WlUdna, that $5 bill yon loaned
me last night was counterfeit" "Well,
yon said you wanted It bad." New
York Herald.
The great grief at forty Is the die
fovery that eye-glasses are not becom
ing.
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CX-PREMIER FRANCESCO CRISPI. ITALY'S GRAND OLD MAN.
Francesco Crispl, whose resignation as
Premier of Italy has been accented by
King Humbert and whose Ministry baa
Fallen with him, has had a remarkable
rareer. More than once has he saved bia
country from ruin by his masterly states
manship. He is distinctively a statesman
f crises, and smaller men naturally hesi
tate to accept the premiership when this
political giant has failed. Signor Criapi
is now 77 years old. He began bis life
is a lawyer at the bar of Naples. Early
did he ally his powers with the Liberals
ind Revolutionists and took a prominent
part in the conspiracies which ended in
the overthrow of the kingdom of the Two
Sicilies in 1848. Had it not been for
Crispl the campaign of Garibaldi iu Sicily
would have ln a failure. For the thirty
fears following Crispi was a conspicuous
member of the Liberal party in Parlia
ment He was one of the few men to
ahose counsel Garibaldi would listen. He
became the most skillful debater in the
Chamber of Deputies and the most astute
political manager. In 18S7 Crisp! was
made Prime Minister and he learned to
rapidly become a Conservative. It waa
AN EXPENSIVE BUG.
Imported from Australia far Call
fornia Orange Growers.
The orange farmers of California,
at an expense of $20,000, have Imported
a "herd" of bugs of a new species, by
means of which they expect to exterm
inate other bugs, which have been feed
ing on the orange trees and impairing
BDO THAT FATTENS ON OTBKB BUGS.
the crop more each year. The new bugs
ire cannibals of the most voracious
type. They eat other bugs when they
can find any, and when they can not
they eat each other. On account of this
characteristic It was found very dif
ficult to import them. Box after box
was sent on succeeding stilus from
Australia, only to be discovered that
when the vessels arrived here the lit
tle creatures had exterminated tffem
elves. Finally, however, a few hardy
Mies, under tbe principle of the survival
f the fittest reached America without
being devoured, and were turned loose
In the orange groves. The scheme is
now meeting with great success. Tbe
'lady" bug of this species, it Is said, so
prolific are they In bearing young, in
six months becomes the proud grand
mother of 375,000.000 buglets.
PROF. ROENTGEN.
Joaaethlna of the Personality of th
Famous Scientist.
The name of Prof. Roentgen has he
Mine world-famous within the past few
weeks. Everybody Is talking of his
wonderful discovery of the X ray.
Scientists and would-be scientists ev
erywhere are experimenting with
vacuum tubes and X rays. Yet with
It all little is known In this country of
their discoverer's personality. William
Conrad Roentgen is of Dutch birth.
He studied at Zurich with the famous
dentist Kundt, whose assistant he
oecame. in tbe relation of professor
and assistant Kundt and Roentgen
went from Zurich to Wurzburg, and
thence to Strasburg. Roentgen became
professor of mathematics at the Agri
cultural College of Hobenhelm In 1875.
In 1879 he became a professor In the
University Institute of Physics in G les
sen. He returned to Wurzburg in 1888
nd baa been teaching there ever since.
HehaspunHsJied sereim! valuable
PROP. ROENTGEN.
believed that the radical element would
dictate hla policy, but never was mistake
so erring. He maintained order with an
otter indifference to the triple alliance.
He dominated the chamber with a will
so imperious as to find no parallel except
In that of the old German Chancellor. In
1S01 his Ministry was defeated and lie
resigned. After that he announced his
Intention of retiring from polities, ltu
dlni succeeded him and distinguished him
self by almost precipitating a war be
tween the United States and Italy on Re
count of the work of a mob at New Or
leans that lynched a number of the Matin.
Uiolitti succeeded Kndini and he resigned
in l&Ki Id the midst of a Sicilian revolu
tion and when the nation wos on the verge
of bankruptcy. This was in November
and one month Inter Crispi, the man of
crises, was again called to take charge
of the Government Kesigning again in
18IW, he appeared on the scene a few days
later vested with almost dictatorial power
by the King. Since that time the Cham
ber has had very little to do with the Gov
ernment. Sicnnr Crispi has ruled the coun
try to suit his own fancy and the King's
desire.
tlfic works. Including a treatise on the
use of the ice calorimeter to determine
twr Intensity of sunlight and another
Du a method to fix the Isothermal sur
face of crystals. He has long been en
gaged In electrical research, and mariu
a special study of the figures produced
In dust by electrical discharges, and
the phenomena shown by electricity
In passing through various gases. Ha
has delved into nearly every branch of
physics. He invented an aneroid bar
ometer to tell the weight of the atmos
phere; he has also published a treat I so
on the theory and working of the tel
phone. New York Evening Sun.
HANDPRINT ON THE WALL.
A Strange Story A ttached to One of the
Cells) in a Pennajrlvia Jail.
In one of the cells of the Carbon Coun
ty (Pa.) jail there Is an Imprint of a
haad to which a strange story attaches.
THE HANDPRINT ON TUB WALL.
In 1877 Alexander Campbell, one of the
Mollle Magulres, was confined In this
cell. He strongly protested his Inno
cence of a murder, of which he was con
victed, and the night before his execu
tion, placing his left band upon the
wall, he said that If he were Innocent
the Impression of his band would per
manently remain upon tbe walL Al
though nineteen years have since elaps
ed the Imprint remains. Several times
the wall has been whitewashed, but be
fore tbe lime Is dry the Impression re
appears with startling distinctiveness.
A Calculations
"I wonder if sleeves will be as big
next year as they are this?" said the
fashionable girt
"I hope not," replied the economical
girl.
"Why, If they're not you'll have to
make all your wardrobe over."
"Of course. And then I can take one
dress and make two of it Washington
Star.
Tea and Coffee Grown In Hawaii.
It Is not generally known that tbe cul
tivation of tea and coffee In Hawaii Is
rapidly becoming a matter of import
ance to our American markets. Fine
qualities of tea and coffee are being
grown saccessfully, and It may be ex
pected in the near future that these Isl
ands will become an Important sourc
of supply.
StadentV Ghastly Prank.
Some pranking students stole the hu
man skeleton belonging to the high,
school at Freeport, Me., tbe other night!
and ran It np by the halyards to thai
top of the flagpole on the public com.
men.
Worth Klghtiag For.
Tbe property of the Salvation Army
At this country le valued at comethlng
more taan $4,000,000.
IE?. B3. Mf
The Eminent Divine's SUrda
Sermon.
Suiuect:
"Practical lesions From the
Life of Joseph."
Texts: "They drew and lifted np Joseph
irai the pit ami oll Josepti tothe Ishmael
ites for twenty pieces of 9ilver." Genesif
x.Txvil..28. "Bf Is governor over alLth
lam of Airypt. " Henesis xlv., 26.
ion eannot Keep a good man down, txod
Das decreed lor him a nertain nolnt of elera
tion. Me will bring him to that though II
cost Him a thousand worlds. Yoo sometimes
llud men fearful they will not be properly
appreciated. Every man comes to be valued
at just what be is worth. Yon cannot writs
him up, and you cannot write him down.
Thfse facts are powerfully 11 lust rated In my
fubject. It would be an insult to tuppoaa
that you were not all familiar with the life of
Joseph how his jealous brothers threw him
into a pit, but seeing a caravan of Arabian
merchants trudging along on their camels,
with spices and gums that loaded the air
with aroma, sold their brother to these mer
chants, who carried him down into F.rrvnt
Joxeph there sold to Potiphar, a man of In
fluence and oftine; how by Joseph's Integ
rity ne raisei himself to high position in the
realm nntil, under the false charge of a vile
wretch, he was hurleit into the penitentiary:
how in prison he commanded respect and
confidence: how bv the interpretation of
Pharaoh's dream he was freed and became
the chief man in the realm, the Bismarcic of
bisceutury; how In the time of famine Jos
eph baa the control of a maifninuent store
house, which be had filled during seven
years of plenty; how when his brothers, who
had thrown him into the nit and sold him
into captivity, applied for corn he sent them
home with the beasts of burden borne down
under the heft of the corn sacks; how the
sin airalnst their brother, which had so lone
been hidden, came out at last and was re
turned by that brother s forgiveness and
kindness, the only revenire he took
iou see, in tne nrst place, that the world
is compeiiea to honor Christian character.
I'otiphar was only a man of the world, vet
Joseph rose in his estimation until all
the afTnirs of tbnt great house were com
mitted to his charge. From his servant no
honor or confidence was withheld. When
Joseph was in prison, he soon won the heart
oi the keeper, ami though placed there for
oeing a scoundrel, he soon convinced the
jailer tnut he was an innocent and trust
worthy man. and released from close com
flnement he became general superintendent
of prison affairs. Wherever Joseph waa
placed, whether a servant lu the house of
I'otiphar, or a prisoner la the penitentiary.
ne oecame the nrst man everywhere, an 1 Is
an illustration ot the truth I lay down, that
the world is compelled to honor Christian
character. There are those who affect to
despise a religious life. They speak ot it
as a system of phlebotomy by which the man
is bled of all his courage and nobility. They
say ne has Demeaned himself. J hey preten
to have no more confidence in him since his
conversion than before his conversion. But
all this Is hypocrlxy. There is a great deal
of hypocrisy in the church, and there is a
great deal of iiypocrisy outside the church.
It is impossible tor any man not to admire
and confide lu a man who shows that he lias
really become a child ot God and is what he
professes to be. You cannot despise a son
I of the Lord Go ! Almighty. Of course wo
I have no admiration forthe shame of religion.
1 was at a place a few hours after the ruf
fians had gone into the rail train and de
manded that the passengers throw up their
arms, and then these ruffians took the pocket
books, and sutan comes and suggests to a
man that he throw up his arms in hypocrit
ical prayer and pretension, and theii steals
bis soul. For the mere pretension of relig
ion we have abhorrence. Iledwald, the
king, after baptism, bad an altar of Chris
tian sacrlllce and an altar for sacrifice to
devils, and there are many men now at
tempting tbe same thing half a heart for
God and half a heart for the world and it
is a dead failure, and it is a caricature of re
ligion, and the only successful assault ever
made on Christianity is the inconsistency of
its professors. You may have a contempt for
pretension to religion, but when you behold
the excellency of Jesus Christ come out In
the life of one of His diseiplus. all that then)
is good and noble iu your soul rises up Into
admiration, and you cannot help it. Though
that man be as far beneath you in estate an
the Egyptian slave of whom we are dis
coursing was beneath his rulers, by an irre
vocable law of your nature, I'otiphar and
Pharaoh will always esteem Joseph.
When kudoxia, the empress, threatened
Chrvsostom with death, he made tbe reply,
"Tell the empress I fear nothing but sin.
Such a scene as that compels the admiration
of tne world. There was something Iu
Attrlppa and Felix which demanded their re
spect lor mm, tne repel against government.
. 1 doubt not they would willingly have yield
ed their office and dignity for a thousandth
part of that true heroism which beamed In
the eye and beat in the heart of that uncon
querable apostle. Paul did not cower before
Felix; Felix cowered before Paul. The Infi
del and worldling are oompelle 1 to honor In
their hearts, although they may not eulogize
with thoir lips, a Christian firm In persecu
tion, cheerful in poverty, trustful In losses,
triumphant in death. I find Christian men
in all professions and occupations, and I find
them respected and honored and successful.
John Frederick Oberiln alleviating Ignoranos
and distress; Howard passing front dungeon
to lazaretto with healing for the body
and soul; Elizabeth Fry going to the profli
gacy of Newgute prison to shake its obdur
acy as the angel came to the prison at
Phiiippl, driving open the doors and snap
ping loose the chain, as well as the lives ot
thousands ot followers of Jesus who have
devoted themselves to the temporal and
spiritual welfare of the race are monuments
of the Christian religion that shall not
crumble while the world lasts. A man said
to me in the cars: "What is religion? Judg
ing from the character of many professors ol
religion I do not admire religion." I satdt
"Now, suppose we went to an artist in the
city of Home, and while in his gallery asked
him, 'What is the art of painting?' Would
he take us out In a low alley and show us a
mere daub of a pretender at paintings, or
would ha take us down Into the corridors
and show us the Rubens, and the Raphaels,
and the Michael Angeloe? When we asked
him, 'What is the art ot painting?' he would
Doint to the works of these great masters
and say, 'That is painting.' Now, you pro
pose to find the mere caricature of religion,
to seek after that which is the mere preten
sion of a holy life, and you call that religion.
I point you to the splendid men and women
Whom this gospel bus blessed and lifted and
crowned. Look at the masterpieces of divine
grace if you want to know what religion is."
We learn also from this story of Joseph
that the result of persecution is elevation.
Had it not been for his beiDgsold into Egypt
Ian bondage by his malicious brothers and
his false imprisonment Joseph never would
have become a governor. Everybody accepts
the promise, "Blessed are they that are per
secuted for righteousness sake, for theirs Is
the kingdom of heaven," but they do not
realizetbe fact that this principle applies to
worldly as well as spiritual success. It is
true in all departments. Men rise to high
omcial positions through misrepresentation.
Public abuse is all that some of our publio
men bnve had to rely upon for their eleva
tion. It has brought to them what talent
aud executive force could not have achieved.
Many of those who are making great effort
for place and power will never succeed just
because they are not of enouifo importance ,
to be abused. It is tbe nature of men that j
isot all generous and reasonable men to
gather about those who are persecuted and i
defend them, and they are apt to forget the
fault of those who are the subjects of attack I
while attempting to drive back the slander
ers. Persecution Is elevation. Helen Stirfc,
the Scotch martyr, standing with her hus
band at the.place ot execution, said: "Hus
band, let us rejoice to-day. We have lived
togethir many happy years. Thlsisthn iat
piest time of all our life. Yon S"e we are to
he happy together forever. Be brave row,
ne brave. I will not say 'flood night' to voti,
for we shall soon be In the kingdom oT our
atner 'e"'rr t into another de- I
beTSihm7 ? & l
portment. and I th"t t de-
mJhlv:.,hemoVm:dir"
No good man was ever morn violently
maltreated than John Wesley balls'! ami
caricatured and slandered until on dav he
stood in pulpit tn London, and a mau
arose in the audience and Mid, "You were
drunk but night," and John Wesley said:
"Thank God, th. whole catalogue to now
complete. I have been nbargnd with every
thing but that!" His follower were hooted
at and maligned and called by every de
testable name that Infernal Ingenuity could
invent, but the hotter the persecution the
more rapidly they spread until you know
what a great host they have become and
what a tremendous force for God aad the
truth they am wielding the world over. It
was persecution that gave Boot land to
Presbyterianlsm. It was persecution that
rave our land first to civil liberty aad after
rard to religious freedom. Tea, I might go
farther boot and say it was neaaeeatloa that
gava the world tba great sal ratio ot the
gospel. The ribald mockery, the hmainrii
and thirsting, the nnjast eharge, the
ignominious death, when all the tores of
bell's fury was hurled against the eroea, was
the Introduction of that religion wfaloh Is
yet to he the earth's deliverance and oar
eternal salvation. The mate sometimes said
to the church, "Come, take my band, and I
will help you." What was the result? The
church went tack, and H lost Its estate of
holiness, and It became ineffective. At other
times the State said to the church, "I will
crush you." What has been the result?
After the storms have spent their fury the
church, so far from having lost any of Its
foroe, has inoreased and is worth infinitely
mora after the assault than before. Rea i
all history and you will and that true. The
church Is far more Indebted tothe opposition
of civil government than to its approval.
The fires of the stake have onlv lwn the
torches which Christ held in His hand, by
the light of which the church has marched
to her present glorious position. In the
sound of racks and Implements or torture I
hear the rumbling of the imsrml chariot.
The scaffolds of martyrdom have been the
talis by which the ohuroh mounted.
larn also trom our sublect that sin will
oome to exposure. Long, long ago hnd those
brothers sold Joseph Into Egypt. They ha I
made the old father believe that his favorite
child was dead. They had suppressed the
srlme, and It was a profound secret well kept
by the brothers. But suddenly the secret is
out. The old father hears that his son l In
Egypt, having been sold there by the malice
of bis own brothers. How their cheeks mint
have burned and their hearts sunk at the
flaming out of this long suppressed crinie.
The smallest iniquity has a thousand
tonaues, and they will blab out exposure.
Saul was sent to destroy the Canaanlt-w,
their sheep and their oxen, hut when he got
down there among the pastures he saw some
fine sheep and oxen too fat to kill, so hn
thought he would steal them. Nobolv
would know It. He drove these stolen
sheep and oxen toward home, but stopped
to' report to the prophet how he had -cuted
his mission, when in the distance the
sheep began to bleat and the oxen to bellow.
The secret was out, and Samuel sal 1 to the
blushing and confused Saul: "What nvsn-
eth the bleating of the sheep that I hear and
the bellowing of tbe cattle?" Ah, my hearer.
you cannot keep an iniquity still. At lust
the wrong tlmethe sheep will bleat and the
oxen will bellow. Achan onnnot steil the
Babylonish garment without being stoned
to death, nor Arnold betray his country
without having his nook stretched. Look
over the polios arrests. These thieves,
these burglars, these counterfeiters, these
highwaymen, these assassins, they all
thought they could bury their Iniquity
bo de-p down it would never come to res
urrection, lut there was someshoe that an
swered to the print In the otl, some faLse
keysioiiud In their -possession, some bloody
knife that whispered of the death, and the
purine indtgnaiton and the anathema of
outraged law hurled them Into the dungeon
or hoisted tura on tne gallows.
firnucts ., king of France, stood counsel
ing with his officers how be oould take his
army into Italy, when Ameril, the fool of
the court, leaped out from a corue;'of the
room and said: "You had better be consult
ing how you will get your army back." And
it was found that Francis L. and not Ameril.
was the fool. Instead of consulting as to
the best way of getting Into sin, you had
better consult as to whether you will be able
to get out of it. If the world does not ex
pose you, you will tell it yourself. There is
an awful power iu an aroused conscience.
A hlghwavman plunged out upon White-
nem as ne rode along on norseiuiok, a sack
of money on the horse money that he had
raised lor orphan asylums and the high
wayman put his band on the gold, and
Whitetteld turned to him aud said: "Touch
that if you dure; that belongs to the Lord
us Christ. And the rufnan slunk into
the forest. Conscience! Conscience! The
mlttan had a pistol, but Whltetleld shook at
him the finger of doom. Do not think you
can hide any great and protracted sin In yout
heart, my brother. In an unguarded mo
ment it will slip off the Up. or some slight
action may forthe moment set ajar this door
that you wanted to keep closed. But sup
pose UK in tnis ute yoa niae it. ana you get
along with this transgression burning in
your heart, as a ship on Are within for days
hlndeis the flames from banting out by
keeping down the batches, vet at last In the
Judgment that iniquity will blaze out before
uoa ana tne nnivere.
Learn also from this subject that there In
an inseparable connection tetweeu all
events, however remote. The universe is
ouly one thought of God. Those things
which seemed fragmentary and Isolated nra
only different parts of that great thought.
How far apart seemed these two events Jo
seph sold to the Arabian merchants and his
rulership ot Egypt yet you see iu what a
mysterious way God conuec ed the two iulo
one plan. Mo the events are linked together.
You who are aged men look bauk and group
together a thousand things In your life that
once seemed Isolated. One undivided o 'a'.u
of events reaches from the garden of Elm
to the cross of Calvary, and thus'up to the
kingdom of heaven. There Is a relation be
tween the smallest Insect that hums in the
summer air and the archangel on bis throne.
God can trace a direct ancestral line
from tbe blue jay that this spring will
build its nest in the tree behind the
house to some one of the flock of bird
whlob, when Noah hoisted tbe ark's window,
with a whir and a dash of bright wings.
Went out to sing over Mount Ararat. The
tulips that bloom In tne garden this spring
were nursed by the snowflakes. The farthest
star on one side of the universe could not
look toward tbe farthest star on the other
side of tbe universe and say, "You are no
relation to me," for from that bright orb a
voice of light would ring across the heavens
responding, "Yes, yes, we are sisters." Noth
ing in (11 s universe awinus at loose ends.
Accidents are only God's way of turning a
leaf in the book of His eternal decrees. From
our cradle to our grave there is a path all
marked out. Each event in our life is con
nected with every other event in our lifa
Our losses may be the most dire.st road to
Dur gain. Our defeat and our victory are
twin brothers.
The whole direction of your life wa
changed by something which at the time
seemed to you trifling, while so:ne occur
rence which seemed treuieudou iaftecte.1 you
but little. Ood's plans ar- magnillcent ha
yond all comprehension. He molds us anil
turns and directs us, and we know it not.
Thousands of years are to Him as the flight
of a shuttle. The most terriflo occurrenc
does not make God tremble. The most trium
phant achievement uoee uot lift Him into
rapture. That one great thought of God goe
out through tbe centuries, aud Nations rise
and fall, and eras pass, aud the world
changes, hut God stilt keeps tbe undlvidel
mastery, linking event to event and century
to century. To God they are all one event.
one history, one plan, one development. on
rncT. rtreat and marvelous are Thy werte,
r,.,rl Cod Almighty! I was years ago In
New Orh ais at the exposition rooms, when
teipL-rti'n was sent to the President of lh
United States, at Washington, and we waited
some fifteen or twenty minutes, and then the
Preident'sanswer came back. Sd thepre
ai,lincr officer waved his handkerchief, and
llmsignal was sent to Washington that we
were ready to have the machinery of the ex
position started, and the President put his
ft nget on t he electric button, and Instantly the
greet Corliss wheel began to move, rumbling,
rumbling, rolllnc, rolling. It was overwhelm"
ing, and 15.000 people clapped and shouted.
Just one finger at Washington started that
vast machinery, hundreds and hundreds ol
n1""9 away, and I thought then, as I think
now. that men sometime, touch influence
ihlltmwni ,n the (ar distance, forty yean
toa aow. Wwat. teg. f. MQPjSfH
from now, 1. 000.000 years from now one
touch sounding through the sr-5.
We also learn from this story the oroprletj
of laying np for the future. Du.-fng the
even yeegs of plenty Joseph prepared for
me famine, an-1 when it came he had a
erowded storehouse. The life of most men
In a worldly respect is divided Into years of
plenty and famine. It is seldom that anv
man passes through life without at least
even years of plenty. During thow seven
years your business bears a rich harvest.
Yoa scarcely know where all the money
enmes from, It comes so fast. Every hanrai n
you make seams to tarn Into gild. Yoa
eontraot few bad debts. You are astonished
with large dividends. You Invest more and
more eapitaL You wonder how men can be
tontent with a small business, gathering In
only a few hundred dollars while you reap
your thousands. Those are the seven years
of plenty. Now Joseph has tlms to prepare
for the threatened famfn', for to almost every
man there do come seven years of famine.
Ton will be sick, you will be unfortunate,
yoa will be defrauded, there will he hard
times, yoa will be disappointed, and if you
have no storehouse upon which to fall
back yoa may be famine struck. We have
no admiration for this denying oneself all
personal comfort and luxury for tho mere
pleasure of hoarding up, this grasping,
grasping for the mere pleasure of seeing how
large a pile you can get, this always being
poor because as soon as a dollar comes In It
is sent out to see if It can And another dol
lar, so that it can carry it home on its back.
We have a contempt for ail those things, but
there is an Intelligent and noble m!nded fore
east which we love to see In men who have
families and kindred depending upon them
forthe blessings of education and home.
God sends us to the Insects for n lesson,
which, while they do not stint themselves in
the present, do not forget their duty to fore
oast the future. "Go to the ant, thou slug
gard. Consider her ways, and be wise,
which, having no guide, overseer or ruler,
provldeth her meat In the summer and gath
ereth her food In the harvest."
Now, there are two ways of laying un
money. One ot these Is to put It In stock
and deposit it In hank and Invest it on bond
and mortgage. The other way to lay up
money Is giving it away. Hn is the safest
who makes both of these Investments. There
are la this house men who If they lose every
dollar they have In the world would he mill
ionaires for eternity. They made the spirit
ual Investment. But the man who devotes
none of his gains to the cause of Christ and
looks only for his own comfort and luxury Is
not safe. I care not how the money is invest
ed. He acts as the rose If It should sav: "I
will hold my breath and none shall have a
snatch of fragrauce from me until next week.
Then I will set all the garden afloat with
my aroma." Of course the rose, refusing
to breathe, died. But above all, lay up
treasures In heaven. They never dnpreoiato
In value. They never are nt a discount,
l'hny are always available. You may feel
a'e now with your 1000 or 2000 ortlO,
e00 or 20.(100 Income, but what will such an
income be worth after you are dead? Others
will got It Perhaps some of them will
quarrel about It before you are hurled. Tliey
will be so impatient to get hold of the will
they will think you should be buried one
day sooner than you are burled. They will
be right glad when you are dead. They are
only waiting foryou to die. What then will
all yourearthly accumulations be worth? If
you gathered it all in your bosom and
walked up with it to heaven's gate, it would
not purchase your admission. Or, if al
lowed to enter, It could not buy you a crown
3r a robe, and the poorest saint in heaven
would look down at you and say, 'Where
lid that pauper come from M.iy we all
lave treasures In heaven. Amenl
COMPRESSED FOOD FOR SOLDIERS.
A Hoard Is Trying to Solve Hutr to Mnin-
taln Them on the Smallest Amount.
A board Is now meellngat the War Depart-
jnenr WnMhlniSitn frvlnt, c. 1 1 . I.
benefit of the army, the problem of how to
maintain a soldier strong and healthy upon
the smallest possible amount of food.
The way the matter will finally be Fettled
will, of course, be by means of compressed
food There are so many different varieties
of this material that it will be a difficult
matter to select the best, especially In view
Of the great number of recommendations
Whloh have been madeby the Major-Gcnernl
commanding the army, the Comnikisarv Gen
eral of Subsistence and the Hoards which
were assembled some months ago In the sev
eral departments to make suggestions as to
the character of an emergency ration for the
army.
'I he reports of these Boards were accom
panied bv samples of the food tliev recom
mend, and the room In whloh the Board re
cently appointed is sitting Is littered with
any quantity of food products, all ot the
eompreseed type.
PLENTY OF HAY IN THE COUNTRY
Reports From Points Throughout
the
Leading BtatM.
Reports from points throughout the lenA
Ing hay States and Canada, received during
tbe present week by the Hay Trade Journal,
of Canajobarie, N. Y., Indicate that about
twenty-nve per cent, of the marketable hay
Is still to oome forward. In the face of the
short orop of last year, the paper says this Is
considered a large percentage, but as grains
of all kinds have brought low prices, farm
ers have used grain and ooarse fodder, of
which there was an abundance, and fed
sparingly of hay. This, together with large
Shipments into tbe seaboard markets from
Canada, accounts for the present surplus.
Advanced prices of t2 to t3 a ton over last
season have drawn to the niarkom an ample
supply, and, as Canada has about thirty per
cent, of her orop still on ban I and warm
weather Is approaching, the scale of prices Is
being barely maintained.
TO TRAIN PICEONS FOR WAR.
Homing Birds to Be Ucllited by the Navy
DopartmenC
Secretary Herbert, of the United Htntm.
Navy, added a novel ohapter to our dhvhI
trategio tactics when he signed the order
adopting a messenger pigeon service for coast
defenses. Many hundreds of homing pigeons
shortly to be distributed in groups amonir
about twenty different points along the At
lantic Coast. Here they will be kept iu
coops nntil educated to regard their new
quarters as permanent homes, to which they
will return when liberated from vessels ply
ing the seaboard. Having been thus domes
ticated they will be placed aboard coasting
vessels and oirefnlly trained to tlnd their
homes without losing time. Tbe coops will
all be placed In telegraphic connection wltli
waaningion.
Two Dead la m Burning Konin.
James F. Flynn and Miss Josephine' Man
ning were found dead lu the hitter's room
in Salem, Mass. Both had been shot, and n
bed In the room was on fire. It Is believed
that Flynn killed the woman and himself.
Miss Manning s family lived in Topslleld
Jrlynn waa a widower.
Prince Ferdinand's refusal to Agree,
to a military alliance between iiulgariii
and Turkey has excited tho wratli of
the Sultan.
The Japanese Government, li is re
ported, has expressed a desire to act
in accord with Russia touching Korean
matters.
Chinese and Russian official both
deny that Port Arthur has been ceded
to Russia.
Advic s received at Roma indicate
that General Raratien is showing
signs of a mental break-ilnwn.
A majority of the Volksraad have
decided to oppose President KrugerN
proposed visit to England.
A French fishing boat foundered in
the English Channel during a fierce
gale, and six men were drowned.
An imperial irs.de has called home
all Turkish students to prevent them
joining the young Turk movements,