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THB OONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP- THE LAWH.
VOL. L.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6. 1896.
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CHAPTER X.
X. Sir Joan Priestly, Knight and M. D.,
f Berkeley street, Mayfair, have been
sked by one of the most charming of oiy
patients to extract from my diary por
tions which refer to a mysterious drama
which took place in 1872, and in which It
played a email but imiiortaot part. 1
nave no hesitation in granting my fair
patient's request, paraphrasing rather
than merely transcribing the contents of
my note book.
"Beg pardon, sir; where to?"
"Where to? Oh, anywhere the fintt
station yon come to! No, to St. Fan
cras," I replied, and was about to step
into the hansom, upon which ray travel
ing bag had been deposited, when a de
taining hand was luid heavily upon my
shoulder.
I turned, and faced a man, tall, swar
thy, slightly built, aud elegantly dressed.
Ilia eyes were fixed with a curious expres
sion npon my face.
"Dr. Priestly, I believe," he said, speak
ing with a slight foreign accent.
I nodded.
"And you are about to start upon a
Journey?" he continued. "May I auk i
It la of Tery great importance?"
Of no importance whatever," I replied;
"I was merely going away somewhere foi
few days' rest and change."
"That is fortunate, since you will bav
leas scruple in staying. I require youl
Immediate attention for a case of urgent
danger." 1
I looked at him more carefully, and no
ticed that he seemed much agitated, yet
he was a man of stern cast of counte
nance. My hesitation seemed to troubk
him, for he again put his trembling baud
npon my arm.
"There is no time to lose," he said,
"while we are standing here the patient
may die. Pray cornel"
Then, taking the management of affairs
into his own hands, he ordered my man
servant to remove my luggage from the
cab, hurried me into another, took his
eat beside me and we rattled away. The
whole affair had taken place so rapidly
that the cab had covered at least a mile
before I began to wouder what it all
meant.
The cab stopped at the top of Park
lane; we alighted, aud walked on. Pres
ently we entered a side street, and stop
ped before a door, which my guide opened
with a latch key.
We were now in comparative darkness.
I could make no note whatever of the
urroundiugs, but I followed quickly upon
the footsteps of my guide, aud was finally
Ushered Into a large room furnished as
a boudoir in the extreme of modern fash
ion. Upon a couch lay what apiieared
to be the lifeless body of a gentleman
dressed In evening attire. By his side
was a lady, also in evening dress, kneel
ing upon the floor, her face buried in ber
hands.
"Madam," said my guide, "I have
brought a surgeon; will you have the great
goodness to retire?"
Sobbing bitterly, the lady rose, whilt
the gentleman led ber to a door concealed
by curtains of pale blue satin, and when
ah. disappeared he returned to me.
' "That is your patient, doctor," said he;
"save hia life, and you will be made a
comparatively rich man."
I proceeded to make a careful examina
tion. The patient was a powerfully built
man of four or five and twenty, with a
strikingly handsome cast of countenance.
His shirt front was suffused with blood,
issuing from a wound in the breast an
old flesh wound, which, after partially
bealiug, bad suddenly reopened.
"The man is in mortal danger," I said.
"But he may recover?"
"There is one way of treating th. case.
which would mean either life or death.
"Are you willing to try that method?
"Well, I will undertake It."
"Good I Now, to begin with, be must he
removed. If he remains In thia booaa
not all the akill in Christendom will sav
bis life."
The first thing to be don. was to drsss
the wound. In the course of the opera
tion the gentleman recovered conscious
ness. As his eyes rolled slowly around th.
room he muttered feebly s
"Constance, where are yon?"
Before he could say more my compan
ion stepped quickly to hia aide and whis
pered something in his ear. At thia th.
aick man groaned, turned his bead wear
ily upon the pillow, and closed his eyes.
"My dear doctor," said my guide, "while
von have been working I have been think
ing. I have aketched in my mind our
plan of action, and it must be followed
or nothing can be done. For the present,
then, your work Is finished. Go home and
wait for your patient, who will be r
moved to your house."
"To my house?"
"Th. whole arrangement," he contin
sed, not heeding my interruption, "must
be carried out with the utmost secrecy.
Not a soul must see the patient carried
from here not a soul must see him enter
your doors. I will arrange for the se
crecy here you must arrange for it on
your side. Oblige me by making the re
quisite preparations, and, for the present
good by."
Seeing that I was dismissed, I prepareo
to leave the room. I was reconducted
down a flight of stairs, along a Jark pas
sage, and finally was shown again into
th. street.
My first more was to bail a hansom and
drive at once to my bouse, my next to in
form my servants that owing to sudden
and unexpected work I should not be abl
s oar mr visit to th. country.
At 11 o'clock that night everything was
C readiness Tor the patienra reuspooai
y servants were all In bed and eleepln.
soundly all except my man Bchmlts, o
whom I could rely, when I was startles!
by th. faint ringing of my door belL J
answered it, and a figure hurriedly en
tered. A lady, clothed from head to foot
m black and heavily veiled. She was
trembling violently, and her dress war
saturated with the heavily falling rain.
"Sir," ahe said, hurriedly, "I Wish t
apeak to you, if you are, Pr, JMsstJyl
Without a word I led the way into my
study. She quietly raised her veil. Then
I saw that my visitor was a young girl,
about 20 years of age. Her akin waa as
white as alabaster, her hair as black as
Jet, while her eyes, large and lustrous,
were fixed npon my face with a look wale
went to my very soul.
"Sir," she said sweetly, "I came to look
at your face. I am glad that I came. Ths
sigl.t of you gives me courage,'
"Indeed!" I replied; "I do not under
stand." "I will explain, sir. Too are about t
receive into your care a patient, a roans
man who ia Buffering from a dangerous
wound. I have come to tell yon, air, thai
that young man's life is more precious te
me than my own; that if he dies, hia In
nocent blood will be the stain npon ma
which will drag me to my grave, and
and," she added in trepidation, "I wish
yon to receive this, and also my solemn
assurance thut the day the gentleman la
pronounced out of danger, I will makr
vou a rich mnn!"
She held a pocketbook toward me.
saw that it was filled with notes. I mo
joned it back.
"If you will permit me to kiss yout
baud," I said, "and hear your name, tha
:s all I ask."
At this peculiar request ahe drew her
self up, and a strange look passed over,
her face, but after a moment's hesitation
she extended her left hand. I raised th
fingers and touched them with my lips.
"Your name is "
"The Duchess d'Axzeglio."
"Married?"
"Yes, married.' ahe repeated; and aa eh
Mke the words I felt unaccountably trou-bli-d
and disappointed. What did it all
mean? Was I mad, or dreaming? II
seemed that I was both, for on. look into
that face had changed my whole nature.
Aud who was this man whom I was about
to receive under my care? waa be her
huHltand or but no, not even in thought
could I couple evil with suck a face as
'hat.
I rubbed my eyes to mak. aura of my
wakefulness; I turned again to speak to
the lady she was gone. I ran to the door,
and oiiened it; there waa no sign of a
soul.
More mystified than ever, I returned te
my room, aud the first thing I saw was
the pocketbook lying upon my table. I
put it safely away under lock and key,
aud then, strangely agitated, I sat down
(o await the arrival of my mysterious
jntient.
Here for the present must end the
transcript from Dr. Prieatly'a note book.
It is now necessary to chronicle the events
which culminated in the mysterious epi
sode of the wounded man.
CHAPTER IL
Three years before the occurrence oi
the event chronicled In the preceding
chapter, a lady was seated ia a richly
furnished dressing room in a house ia
Portland Place. It waa 1 o'clock in the
morning.
The lady, who was about 70 years of
age, held a letter in ber left band, which
hung at hex side, and her whole attitude
betokened expectancy.
At last there waa a light tap upon the
door and a young girl looked cautiously
lata the room, and crossing it, sunk upoa
tha floor at the lady's feet
"Dear grandmamma," ahe said, "it ia
se lata for you to be up. When Osborne
told me you wished to see me I could
scarcely believe it Is anything the mat
tarT"
"Nothing is the matter that need alarm
you Constance. Why are you home at
earlT
"The countess was indisposed, and wish
ed to leave, so, of course, she brought
me home. Grandma, that letter Is front
Frank, Is it not?"
"Yes, dear."
"And it waa to speak about that that
you determined to ait up until I returned
from the ball?"
"Yea."
"Well," continued the girl, growing more
nervous as she proceeded, "I had better
tell you at once that Frank was at the
ball to-night and and be proposed to me
again I"
This time the old lady did not speak,
but her face grew hard aa iron. Tha girl
trembled, noticing the change.
"Ah, do not be angry, dear," ahe said,
showering warm kisses on the withered
hands. "Do not blame Frank. He lores
me, and I oh, I love him so much; if yoo
persist in keeping us apart, I shall not
:are to liver
"This is folly, Constance,' returned tbi
old lady, gravely.
"That waa what you said last year,
grandma, and then I thought yea might
be right; I did not know. And since yoa
wished it so very much, I promised yoa
that I would try to cease te care fof
Frank. Well, I have tried; for one wholt
year I have neither seen him nor heart
from him, bat when he came Into tht
room to-night I felt that never, until my
dying day, could I love another man.
Grandma, tell me why it is you are as
obdurate. Do you think Frank la un
worthy? Do you not sea that you at
breaking bis heart and miner
"Yours? Why should your heart break 1
What hare you In the world to wish fori
You have a title which most girls would
give their souls for and you have all my
wealth I"
"Wealth a title what are they with
out happiness! I tell you, grandma, I
would rather be the poorest beggar thar
lose my Frank."
Then thia la your final decision; you
are determined to marry Frank Ho
warth?"
"Yes."
"Despite all my car. and devotion, la
spite of all th. money I have endowed
you with; despite the fact that all my lifa
I have been working to secure your hap
piness, you refuse to grant the only re
quest I hare ever made."
"Oh, do not say sol I would do any
thing In the world but that"
-Anytfrljig put that! What other re
quest nave I ever made or am likely to
make? Welt the matter must rettt so, I
suppose. Good-night."
Klowly and deliberately site rose, het
left baud grasping th. letter with a cruel,
venomous grip. For a moment the girl
watched her with streaming eyes and
wildly beating heart; then th. old Indy
stooped to kiss her, but ber kiss was at
cold aa Ice
At 10 o'clock the next morning Mrs.
Meason took her place in tha breakfast
room at 0 Portland place with as calm
an air as if Bathing whatever bad occur
red to disturb ber serenity on the uigh'
before.
When st length Lady Constance enter
ed her face waa pale and her eyes showed
signs of recent tears. It waa the dreariesl
of breakfaata; scarcely a word waa spok
en by either of the ladies present. When
the meal waa over, and the servants had
left the room. Lady Constance walked
over to where the old lady sat and kuel'
beside her chair.
"My child," aha said, "you have doDt
of your owa free will the deed I would
have shielded you from. You bsve laid
beneath your own feet a mine which ma;
one day destroy you."
"Grandma,' cried the girl in terror
"what do you mean?"
"I mean that the day you marry Frank
Ilowarth all happiness for you will end.
He has his own family tralta. Had yoa
been a different girl, bad yoa bean cold,
hard-hearted and callous, X abeuld bavt
given a very different answer that day
when this young man asked tar youi
hand. I should have man lad jn te him,
and through your agency your mothei
tuight have been avenged. Bat X aaw
that, despite my stern training: 70 bad
;rowo into a tender, timid girl, capable
f loviug very deeply, and, as sing this, 1
mow that your cousin Frank waa tht
nut mau on whom you should est youi
n-nrt."
"You disliked him so much even then,
laid the girl, reproachfully. '
"Do you expect to find a fig upon a
pear tree or a rose upon a thistle? He if
a Ilowarth; that ia enough."
There was a knock at the door; the
footman entered, bearing a card, upon
which the old lady read:
"Captain Frank Ilowarth."
"I will come to the drawing room," eh'
mid, aud the footman retired.
Constance leaped to ber feet her fact
turning from red to deathly white; hei
Initials, which trembled violently, eager!;
clutched her companion's dress.
"Grandma," she cried, "what will yoo
say?"
"If I send him away your heart will
break; if he remains" the old lady sighed
heavily "Welt perhapa it ia better to
enjoy a few hours of happiness," she
continued, "since the issue must be th
same." With these words she left thi
room.
Fully an hour passed, when the dool
again opened, and thia time the figure ol
a young man appeared. He stretched
forth his arms.
"Constance," he said, softly. With s
glad cry Constance fluttered across th
room and fell upon hia breast.
"One hour, Connie," said he; "but you
were waiting for me, my love, so it seem
ed to you like three."
"Now you are laughing. If you do not
become serious and tell me what I wish
to know I shall go to grandma. She ia
so strange; I cannot understand her,
Frank. Sometimes I think she hates me."
"Yea, she is very singular," returned
the young man, gravely, "but ahe doer
not hate you, darling."
"Then why ia ahe afraid to see me
happy, Frank do you know?"
"Yes; but the story is a very sad on.
Why ahould our happiness be clouded
at the outset?"
(To be continued.!
Convinced.
It Is said that although the celebrated
Advocate; Lord Ersklne, was sometimes
Jocular and occasionally a little unfair
in bin treatment of witnesses, no man
was batter able than he to make them
realise the foolishness or otter Irrelev
ance of their replies without giving
offense.
At one time a witness obstinately re
fused to be sworn in the usual manner,
but stated that although he would not
"kiss tha book," he would "hold np bis
hand" and awear.
Ersklne asked bim what reason be
bad for preferring such an eccentric
way to the ordinary method.
"It ia written in the book of Revela
tions," replied the obstinate man, "that
the angel standing on tbe sea "held up
his hand.' "
"That Is very true," said Ersklne,
with a smile, "but I can hardly see how
that applies to your rase. In tha first
place, you certainly are not an angeL
And hi tbe second place you cannot
tell, you have no means of knowing,
how the angel would have sworn if be
had stood on dry ground aa you do."
There waa no flippancy or Irrever
ence In Ersklne'a tone, and after a mo
ment's reflection the stubborn witness
yielded the point Impressed by the ad
vocate's common-sense view of the mat
ter, and took the oath In the usu-
manner.
Oak Btavla.
Equal parte of potash and pearl ash
two ounces each to about one quart ol
irat.r irtve a good oak stain. TJae rim
fully, aa It will blister tbe hands, Ad
water if the color be too deep.
U According to La Nature, sng'e
worms can lie ol tained anywhere lv
wetting tbe ground with a solution of
bine vitriol or with soapsuds whiah
win uriug ineui oat in surprising i
rjumbera. j
M. Itioul 1'ictet, who has done
much original chemical work at low I
temperature, suggests that by makiue
nfe of low temperatures syntheses may i
lie obtained wbieh would be otherwise
impossilile.
Miss Alice C. Fletcher was elected
one ot the sectional Vice-President of
Ibe American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, tbe first honor
of tbe sort extende J to a woman by the
association.
A Frenchman has fitted his bicycle
for bill elimbing purposes with a pair
of direct -acting cranks on tne froot
wheel and a second saddle nearer the
handle bars.
slexiojn frnit ha become very
papular in Ktnsaa City, and qaile a
trade has grown np ever the Mexican
railroad Chicago and Baltimore
have received smaller quantities,
11ms EUa Knowlea, of Montana,
settled a lawsuit between two mining
companies by submitting an agreement
s.) obviously just that both parties ac
cepted it and paid her S 10,000.
A paper published in Germany,
called the Fahrrad Export, ic a eyoie
trade paper with every article and ad
vertisement printed in German, Eug .
liab, French, Spanish and Russian.
MRS. CLEVELAND'S WALKS.
first Lady of the Land Takee a Dally
Five-Mile Traasp.
Mrs. Cleveland alweys did walk more
r less, but since ber return to the
White House last fall she has let very
few samples of severe weather deter
her from ber dally constitutional. That
Is what it really is, a constitutional.
Although nobody says anything about
It Mrs. Cleveland baa been gaining
flesh, and she has also been working
energetically to keep It down.
Mrs. Cleveland doesn't ride a bicycle.
She doesn't skate or play golf. She
doesn't ride or hunt In fact, she baa
none of the fun of the outdoor llfj that
Is open to women who live In an exec
utive mansion and have to keep up offi
cial dignity. That is why she has taken
to walking. Bain or shine, no mattur
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MRS. CLCVELABD OUT I TUX BAIN.
what Is on for the evening, Mrs. Cleve
land Is ready for her constltuUoual
about 10:30.
Under ordinary circumstances any
woman In Washington would be de
lighted to be. honored with an invita
tion to keep Mrs. Cleveland compauy
for a couple of hours during the fore
Boon. Most of them did try it i or a
while. After a couple of experiences
all but the strongest have been content
to make a plea of sickness.
Mrs. Cleveland's preference Is always
' for a black skirt This winter ahe has
usually worn one of tho wide-gored
black skirts of heavy cheviot Over
this she has a short Jacket single
breasted, with tbe buttons concealed
under the flap of the coat Tbe sleeves
of tbe coat are not abnormally Im
mense. A superb chinchilla cape of the
new winter fashion, very full and rip
ply, covers her shoulders. Its high col
lar Is turned up only in the most bit
ing weather. It Is an immense cape,
and must have been made to order to
lult Mrs. Cleveland's shoulders. On
ber head is a little black toque of vel
vet and astrakhan, with a couple of
Wings at the aide and front There Is
nothing striking or especially fashiona
ble about the outfit It Is quiet and
i tomf ortable, and designed for ease also.
The dally stretch is not less than five
aiUes. If there la time and a compan
ion who Is equal to It it is six or seven
nllea. This is one of the reasons every
body has ben saying bow well the
President's wife looked, says tbe New
Fork World. When she comes up the
walk to tbe White nouse her eyes are
clear and bright Her cheeks are
Bushed with the exercise, and It Is to be
hoped that the real purpose of the train
ing la being accomplished. Two of the
: women who have held out beet and
; have been her most frequent compan
ions are Mrs. Mlnot, the daughter of
Secretary of State Olney, and MIbh Har
mon, daughter of the new Attorney
. General of the Cabinet
SOUTH AFRICAN RULER.
fudge Steyn, the New President of the
Orange Kree state.
I Judge Steyn, who has recently been
elected president of the Orange Free
State, was chief justice of that conn
try before his elevation to the office
f the presidency. The position had
been filled by the late F. W. Kelts.
jtnox stxtw.
Judge Steyn's election is considered
a Boer victory, as his candidacy waa
Indorsed and promoted by President
Kroger, of the Transvaal. Dr. Jame
son and his raid into the South Af
rican republic had the sympathy of
the nltlanders, or nondtlzens, of the
Orange Free State. Steyn stood for
the conservative or Boer Interests, and
his election shows the tide Is flowing
against British domination In this part
f Africa. He is an able Jurist a good
statesrrmn and a strong man. Tha
country over which ha will rule Is aa
Independent Dutch republic la South
Africa. On the sooth of tt Is Caps
Colony, on the west Oriqualand, tha
Transvaal on the north and Natal oa
the east Its area Is 48,830 square
miles. Tbe total population numbers
207,608, of whom nearly 80,000 art
whites. Tha aovarnmant
a president and a council appotnteA hf
the Tolkaraad. The country la divided
into nineteen dlatztcta, with a "land
rost" to each appointed by tfae preeV
dent and confirmed by tha vuiksraadt
The Tolkaraad ia a legislative bod
elected by tbe adult white irarghera,
half of the body vacating aeata every
two yean.
IN HER COUNTRY'S BEHALF.
fVlfeof tke Spanish Miaieter Wwrhv
law Hard for Bpala'a Caaee.
One of the best diplomats that Spain
has in this country la lime. Dupuy del
Lome, wife of the Spanish minister in
Washington. She is a tall and beauti
ful woman and speaks English as flu
ently as she does ber native tongue.
It is said she has tried to get the wives
of the statesmen to promise to use tha
influence of their husbands In the In
terest of Spain, and that ahe has even
herself furnished documents to those
who wished them. There Is no doubt .
but that she takes the deepest Interest
in the plans of her husband, feeling
that the success of his diplomatic mis .
aton depends on his efforts to stem tha
tide of Cuba's popularity. She Is do
lng all that her womanly attractive,
nees can to make more easy her bus-1
band's difficult pathway. Nor does
she confine her efforts to her own sex.
She has approached Senators In a dull
cate, womanly way, and it is said has :
made of some of them champions of
Spain's cause. a
The family of Minister de Lome is '
very happy one, there being two pretty
boys of about 8 and 10, who are taughf
dally by their mother.
BAR ROOMS HIGH AND LOW.
The Highest I. oa m Mosat eatd the
Lowest la a Mine.
Wherever civilization goes the sale ot
alcoholic liquor goes with it Thia great
and remarkable fact receives fresh il
lustration from the pictures of the high-
AT TBC TOP OF MOHT BI-AWO.
est and lowest bar rooms in the world.
One of these bar noma, that at the bot
tom of the mine. Is a new thing. Tha
other Is a necessary attachment of a
highly respectable institution, an obser
vatory on Mont Blanc.
One bar room Is TOO below the surface
of tbe earth, in the Chantler mine, St
Louis County, Minnesota. The Chant
ler Is one of the numerous mines in tha
Vermillion range, a bard Iron ore belt
and Is about ninety miles from Duluth.
Tbe miners who work there are Fin
landers and Hungarians, and extremely
fond of alcohol. They all carry knives,'
with blades four Inches long, which
they draw frequently.
' Frome time to time miners were ar
rested for committing murderous as
saults In the mines, and sent to Duluth
for trial. They were in an advanced
state of Intoxication. The managers;
of the mines noticed that men who wenlj
AT BOTTOM OB A COAL MIXK.
down perfectly sober came np blind
drunk. This could not be due to the
Influence of coal dust, but tt wss some
time before the true cause was disco v
ered.
The other bar Is a very different af
fair. It is in connection with the
French observatory, at the fop of Mont
Blanc, which is 15,777 feet high. There
you can get the best of French cognac
and champagne. Everything Is in strik
ing contrast to the raw alcohol of tbe
mine.
The Vastness of tho Oceana.
The surface of the sea is estimated
at 100,000,000 square miles; taking the
whole surface of the globe at 187,000,
000, and its greatest depth supposed
to be equal to that of the highest moun
tain, or four miles. The Pacific ocean
covers 78,000,000 square miles, the At
lantic 25,000,000, the Mediterranean
1,000,00a
"To my mind,' remarked SqukklisV
Nansen's greatest difficulty to not
finding the north pole." "What Is Nan
sen's greatest difficulty T" asked klc-t
SwlUlgen. "Finding has way back)
home." Prthvburg Chronicle Tele
graph, j
If yon thing anyone Is wise, it ia be
cause yoa don't know him very .wall.
nW
life
ft GL MJBL
om. di a rii s o m
Tbe Eminem Urine SOKUIV
Subject: "The Church Garden."
TsxTt "Thou shall be like a watered gar
aen." balan, MIL. IL
The BIM. to a great poem. We have tt ta
faultless rhythm and bold imagery and start
ling antithesis and rapturous lyric and sweet
pastoral and lnstrnetivo narrative and de
votional paaua, thoughts expremmd In style
mora solemn than that of Montgomery
more bold than that ot Milton, more terrU
bi. than th&t of Dante, more natural than
that of Wordsworth, mora impassioned thaa
I hat of Pollock, mora tender thaa that ol
Oor per, mora weird than that of Spenser.
This great poem brings all the gems of the
earth Into Its coronet and it weaves tbe
flames of Judgment Into its garlands, and
pours eternal harmonies in Its rhythm.
Everything this book touches It makes beau
tiful, from tha plain stone of the summer
thrashing floor to th. daughters of Nahot
Ailing the trough for lbs esmels. from ths
fish pools of Heshbon up to the rirs'inmt
praising Ood with the diapason of storm and
whirlwind, and Job's Imagery of Orion Are
turns and tha Pleiads.
My text leads as Into a seen, of summei
redolence. The world has had a great man
beautiful gardena, Charlemagne added to
the glory ot his reign by decreeing that they
be established all through the realm, decid
ing even the names of th. flowers to bs
planted there. Henry IT. at MontpelHar es
tablished gardens of bewitching beauty and
luxurUnoe, gathering into them Alpine,
Pyrenees and French plants. On. of tha
sweetet spots on earth was the garden of
Shenstone.. tha poet His writings have
mad. bat little Impression on the world, but
his garden, "The Leasowers," will be Im
mortal. To th. natural advantag of that
place was brought the perfection of art. Ar
bor and terrace and slope and rostio temple
and reservoir and urn and fountain here had
their crowning. Oak and yew and hazel put
forth their riobeat foliage. There was no
life more diligent, no soul more Ingenious,
than that ot Shenstone, and all tnat diu
genae and genius he brought to th. adorn
ment of that one treasured spot He gave
X900 for it He ;sold It for .17,000.
And yet I am ;to tell you to-day
of a rloher garden than any I have
mentioned. It Is the garden spoken of la
my text the garden of the church, whloh
belongs to Christ He bought It, He planted
It. He owns it, and He shall have It. Walter
Boott. in hia outlay at Abbotsford, ruined
his fortune, and now, in the crimson flowers
of those gardens, you can almost think or
Imagine that you oan see the blood of that
old man's broken heart The payment ot
the last 100,000 nacrlfloed him. But I have
to tell you that Christ's life and Christ's
death were the outlay of this beautiful gar
den of the church of which my text speaks.
Oh. how many sighs and tears and pangs
and agonies! Tell me, ye women who saw
Him hang! Tell me, ye executioners who
lifted Him and let Him down! Tell me. thou
sua that didst hldel Te rooks thai felll
Christ loved the ohuroh and gave Himself
for IL If the garden of the oh arch belongs
to Christ, eertsinly He has a right to walk
in tt. Come, than, O blessed Jesus, to-day,
walk up and down these aisles and pluok
What Thou wilt of sweetness for Thyself.
The church in my text is appropriately
compared to a garden because It Is the place
of choice flowers, of select fruits and of
thorough Irrigation. That would beastrange
garden in whloh there were no flowers. If
nowhere else, they would be along the
borders or at th. gateway. The homeliest
taste will dictate something. If it be onlv ths
old fashioned hollyhock or dahlia or daffo
dil, but it there be larger means then you
will find th. Mexican cactus, and biasing
azalea, and clustering oleander. Well, now,
Christ oomes to His garden, and He plants
there some of the brightest spirits that ever
flowed upon the world. Some of them are
violets, Inoonspi i"us, but sweet as heaven.
Ion have to search and And them. You do
not see them very often perhaps, but you
And where they have been by the brightened
face of the invalid, and tha sprig of garanium
on the stand, and ths new window curtains
keeping out tbe glare of the sunlight They
are perhapa more like tbe eanunoulus, creep
ing sweet fy along amid the thorns and briars
of life, giving kiss for sting, and many a man
who has had in his way some great black
rook of trouble has found that they have
eovered It all over wttn flowery Jasmine,
running la and out amid the devious, x'hess
flowers ia Christ's garden are not, Uke the
sunflower, gaudy in the light but wherever
darkness hovers over a soul that needs to be
comforted there they stand, night blooming
But In Christ's garden there are plants that
may be better oompared to the Mexican cac
tus thorns without, loveliness within, man
with sharp points of character. They wound
almost every one that touohea them. They
are hard to handle. Men pronounce them
nothing but thorns, but Christ loves them
notwithstanding all their aharpnesHea, Many
a man has had a very hard ground to culti
vate, and It has only been through severe
trial he has raised even the smallest crop of
grace. A very harsh minister waa talking
to a very placid elder, and the placid elder
said to the harsh minister, "Doctor, I do
wish you would control your temper."
"Ah," said the minister to the elder, "I con
trol more temper in Ave minutes than you
do in Ave years."
It si harder for some men to do right than
for other men to do right. The grace that
would elevate you to the seventh heaven
might not keep your brother from fci.wiirig
a man down. I had a friend who came to
me and said, 'I dare not Join the ehnreh.!
I said. -Why?" "Oh," he said, "I have suobj
a violent temper. Yesterday morning I was
crossing very early el the Jersey City ferry,
and I saw a milkman pour a large quantity
of water into the milk can, and I said to
him, 'I think that will do,' and he insulted
me, and I knocked him down. Do you think
1 ought to Join die ohuroh?" Nevertheless,
that very same man. who was so harsh in his
behavior, loved Christ and eoald not speak
ot sacred things without tears of emotion
and affection. Thorns without, sweetness
within the best speeimea of the Mexican
eaetus I ever saw.
There are others planted In Christ's garden
who are always radiants, always impressive,
more Uke the roses of deep hue than we oc
casionally And. eallel "Oiants of Battle,"
the Martin Lathers, 8c Pauls, Ohrysostoms,
Wyclifa, Larimers and Samuel Butberfords.
What in other men la a spark in them is a
conflagration. Whan they sweat, they sweat
great drops of blood. When they pray, their
nMMMtalrA Sm Wh tk.. nnu. I, I- .
fentecoet. When they fight, it is a Tnermo-
?vlaa. When they die, It Is a martyrdom,
ou And a great many roses In the gardena,
but only a few "Olanta of Battle." Men say,
"Why don't you have more of them In tha
church?" I aay, "Why dont you have In
the world more Humboldts and Wellingtons?
Ood gives to some ten talents; to another,
one.
In this garden of the ohuroh which Christ
has planted I also And ths snowdrops, beau
tiful, but eold-looklng, seemingly another
phase of winter. I mean those Christiana
who are precise in their tastes, unim-
Keuonel, pure as snowdrops and as cold,
ey never shed any tears; they never get
excited; they never say anything rashly;
they never do anything precipitately. Their
pulses never flutter: their nerves never
twitoh; their Indignation never boils over.
They live longer than most people, nut tneir
life Is in a minor key. They never run up
to 0 above the staff. In their music of Ufa
they have no staccato pa magna Christ
E lasted them in the church, sad they must
s ot some service or they would not be
there snowdrops, always snowdrops.
But I have not told yoa of the most beau
tiful floweret all thia garden spoken of la
he text It yoa see a century plant, your
amotions are startled. Yoa say, "Why, this
Sower has been 100 yeare gal baring up tor
aae bloom, and tt will be 100 years more be
tars other petals win some out" But 1
kav. to tall you of a plant that was gather
lag up from all eternity, and that 1900 yean
ago fat forth its bloom never to wither. B
la tha nassloa slant of the eroasl Pronhen
teratoid tt, Bsthleoem shepherds looked up
se tt ia the bud, the roeksshook at Its burst-
ana tne dead got up in its wiaoins
to see its roil bloom, it is a enmsos
at the roots, blood oa th
se0AdJev.aU
ID lea
Itojer
Bower blood
hues Is to flU all tha Nations. ' Its breath If
heavea. Oome O winds from the north, an!
Winds from tbe south, sad winds from tin
east, and winds tram the wast, and bear U
all the earth the sweet-smelling savor a
Christ my Lord!
His worth It all the Nations knew.
Sore the whole earth would love Him too.
I Again, tne enuran may appropriately tx
. torn pared to a garden because it Is a placa oi
' fruits. That would bs a strange gardes
whloh bad la it no harries, no mams a
peaches or apricots. Th. aoarssc traits an
planted in tne orchard, or they are set out
oa the sunny hillside, bat the eholaast fruits
are kept in the garden. So la the world out
side the church Christ has planted a great
many beautiful things patianee, eharity,
generosity, Integrity but He intends tb
choicest fruits to be ta the garden, and if
they are not there, then shame on tha
ehuroht
BeUgion Is not a mere sentimentality. It
1 a a pranoal, life giving, healthful fruit
sot posies, but apples. "Oh," says some,
body, "I don't see what your garden of the
church has yielded." I reply I ask where
did your asylums oome from, and your hos
pitals, and your Institutions of mercy?
Christ planted every one of them. He plant
ed them In His garden. When Christ gavs
stgnt to Barttmeua, He laid tbe cornerstone
lo erery blind asylum that has ever been
built When Christ soothed the demoniac
of Oallles, He laid the cornerstone of every
lunatic asylum that has ever been estab
lished. When Christ said to the sick mani
Take ap thy bed and walk," He laid the
sornecstone of evarv hosoital the world has
rrer seen. When Christ said: "I wsa in
HisoB and ye visited Me," He laid the oor-
jerstone of every prison reform assoolatioa
t jiw umm iwwm WKMiaH. 1H ouiaron
f Christ Is a gtourlous garden, and it to full
! f fruit V
I I know there la some poor frutt in tt 1
now there are some weeds that ought to bs
I thrown over the fence. 1 know there are
some crab apple trees tiiat ought to be cut
town. I know there are some wild grapes
that ought to be uprooted, but are you going
to destroy the whole garden because ot a
little gnarled fruit 7 Yoa will And worm
Mien leaves In Tontalaebleaa ana tnenets
that sting in the fairy groves of the Champs
Blysees. You do not tear down and destroy
ths whole garden because there are a few
ipeoimens of gnarled fruit I admit there
we men and women in the church who
lught not to be there, but let us be Just as
(rank and admit the fact that there are hun
ireds snd thousands and tens ot thousands
f glorious Christian men and women holy
lessed, usefut eonseomted and triumphaut.
There i no grander, nobler collection in all
lie earth than the collection of Christians.
There are Christian men In this soius
vhoee religion to not a matter of psalm sing-
UK mm i iiuicu Kuiug. luiuunuv uiurniug
hat religion will keep them just as oonsla
nt and oonseorated la their worldly occu
pation as It ever kept them at the oom
nunlon table. There, are women here to
lay of a higher type of char oter than Mary
f Bethany. They not only sit at tbe feet of
Christ, but they go out Into the kitchen to
tielD Martha In her work that she may sit
there too. There to a woman who has a I
lrunkard husband who uns exhibited more '
faith and patience and courage that Bidley
ta the fire. He was consumed in twenty
nlnutes. Hers has been a twenty years
nartyrdom. Yonder is a man who has been
ifteen years on his back, unable to feed him
Blf. yet calm and peaceful as though he lay I
in one of the green banks of heaven, watch-
ng tho oarsmen dip their paddle in the crys-
ai river! Why, tt seems to me this moment
is If St. Paul threw to us a pomologlst's
latalogue of the fruits growing la this great
rarden of Christ love, joy, peace, patience,
lharity, brotherly kindness, gentleness,
nercy, glorious fruit, enough to fill all th
)askets of earth and heaven.
Again, the church ia my text to ap
a-oprialely called a garden because It Is
dioroughly irrigated. No garden could
prosper long without plenty ot water. 1
lave seen a garden in the midst of a desert,
ret blooming and luxuriant All around us
were dearth and barrenness, but there
were pipes, aqueducts, reaching from this
rarden up to the mountains, and through
those aqueducts the water came streaming
town and tossing up into beautiful foun-
tains, until every root anil leaf and flower J sounty officers, The contest will be princl
gss saturated. That te like the church.' pally between the Populists and the bemo-
iue cnurun is m garaen in ine miast oi a i
rreat dosert of sta and suffering, but It to
gen irrigated, tor our eyes are unto tbe
ill la from whence eometh our help." From
the mountains of Ood's strength there flow
lown rivers of gladness. "There is a river
the stream whereof shall make glad
the city of our Ood." Preaching the
rospel to one of the aqueducts. The
Bible Is another. Baptism and tbe Lord's
upper are aqueducts. Water to a lake the
Ihlrsr. water to wash the unolean, water
tossed high up In the light of the Hon of
Righteous, showing us tbe rainbow around
the throne. Oh. was there ever a garden so
' thoroughly irrigated! You know that tbe
beauty of Versailles andUhatswotth depends
very much upon the great supply of water.
I came to tbe latter place, Ohatswortb, one
lay when strangers are not to be admitted,
tiut by an Inducement which always seemed
is potent with an Englishman as an Ameri
taa I got In, and then the gardener went fat
sp above the stairs ot stone and turned on
the water. I aaw it gleaming oa the dry
evement eomlngdown from step to step un
it same so near I could hear tha musical
rush and all over the high, broad stairs It
sam. foaming, flashing, roaring down, un
til sunlight and wave in gleesome wrestle
tumbled at my feet. 'So it Is with the church
at Ood. Everything comes from above
pardon from above, joy from above, adoptios
From above, santtfleation from above.
Hark? I hear the Utah of the garden gate,
tad I look to see who Is eomiag. 1 hear ths
roloe of Christ. "I am oome Into My gar
Sen." I say: '-Come in, O Jesus! We have
been waiting tor Thee. Walk all through tha
paths. Look at the flowers, look at the
fruit: pluck that whloh Thou wilt for Thy
lelL" Jesus oomes into the g irdea and uu
to that old man and touches him, and says:
"Almost home, father; not many more aches
lor thee. I will never leave thee. Taka
sourage a little longer, and I will steady thy
tottering steps, and I will soothe thy trou
bles aad give thee rest Courage, old man."
Then Christ goes up another garden path,
tnd He comes to a soul In trouble and saysi
"Peace! All to welt I have seen thy tears.
I have heard thy prayer. The sun shall not
unite thee by day nor the moon by night.
The Lord snail preserv. the. bom all evil
He will preserve thy soul. Courage, O trou
bled spirit!"
Then I see Jesus going up another gardei
path, and I see great esottement among th
leaves, and I ham an ap that garden path to
lee what Jesus Is doing there, and lol He it
breaking off flowers a hart aad clean from
the stem, and I say, -Htop, Jesus; don't kill
those beautiful flowers." He turns to me
tnd says: "I have oome into My garden to
rather lilies, and I mean to take these up to
t higher terrace, tor the garde around My
aalaoe, and there I will plant them, and in
setter soil and in better air they shall nut
forth brighter leaves and sweater redotance.
tnd no frost shall touoa them forever." And
I looked up into His face and said: Well. It
s His garden, aad He has a right to do what
He will with it Thy will be done!" tin
hardest prayer ever man made,
r- It has seemed as it Jesus Christ took ths
best; from many of your households tbe
best one Is gone. Yon know that she wai
too good for Into world; she was the goal-
tleat ia her ways, the deepest In her effee
lions, and when at last the sickness cam
you had no faith in medioines. You knew
bat the hour of parting had come, and whet
through the rich grace of tbe Lord Jesiu
Christ, you surrendered that treasure yot
Mid. "Lord Jesus, take tt. It Is the bes
p. have; take it. xnou art wony.
others In the household may have been of
it.... i.t Thou art worthy! ' 'ins
grosser mold. She was or tne una.
, n. hmmn of vonr little ones will not b.
fairly begun until you gee imbto. ju i
kindness shown them by immortals will not
.khm form von. There they are, the
. . . . . i . 1 1
radiant throngs that went out from your
homes. I throw a kiss to the sweet darlings.
They are all well now la the palaos. Th.
crippled child naa a sonna iooi now. a m
tleUme child says, "Ma. wlU I be lame la
, heaven?" "No, my darling, yott won't be
lam. In heaven." A little si ok child says,
"Ma, will I be sick In heaven?" "No, my
'buWId0s.ysrWl
.heaven?" "No, my dear, yon won't be blind
In heaven. They are an wen inera.
I notice that the Una gardens sometimes
have high fences around them and you can-
not get In. It to so with a king's garden.
The onlv glimpse yoa ever get of such a
t. ?-0.!?.
solas41duaLrrjaBT. It is. not x.wltk this
gardea, this King's iraraen. I throw wide
open the gate and tell yoa all to oome in.
No monopoly in religion. Whosoever wilt
may. Choose now between a desert and a
garden. Many of you have tried the garden
of this world's delight. You have found it
has been a chagrin. Bolt was with Theodore
Hook. He made all the world laugh. He
makes us laugh now when we read hia
poems, but he could not make his own heart
laugh. While ia the midst of hi festivities
he confronted a looking glass, and he aaw
himself and said: "There, that to true. I
look just ss I am done up In body, mind
tad purse." Bo it waa of Bheastone, of
a hose garden I told you at the beginning ot
ny sermon. He sat down amid those bowers
tad said: "I hare lost my road to happlne-s.
( am angry and envious and frantic, and
leaptoe everything around me, Just as it ho
mines a madman to do."
O ye weary souls, oome Into Christ's gar
ten to-day and pluck a little hearts ease.
Christ to the only rest and tha only pardon
for a perturbed spirit. D you not think
four onanoe has almost come? You men and
women who have been walling year after
year for some good opportunity In which to
accept Christ, but have postponed it live, ten,
twenty, thirty years do you not feol as If
Bow your hour of deliverance and pardon
and salvation had come? O man. what
rrudge hast thou against thy poor soul that
thou wilt not tot It be saved? I feel as If sal
ration must oome to-day in some ot your
aearts.
Some years ago a vessel struck on the
rooks. They had only one lif'iboat. In that
lifeboat the passengers and orew were get
ting ashore. The vessel had fouadere.1 and
Was sinking deeper and deeper, and that one
boat could not take the passengers very
iwlftly. A little girt stood on the deck
WSitlnfl
waiting for her turn to get Into the boat.
The boat came and went, came and went,
trat her turn did not seem to come. After
while she could wait no longer, and she
leaped on the taffrall and then spraug Into
the sea. crying to the boatman: "Save me
text! Save me next!" Oh, how many hav.i
rone ashore into God's mercy, and yet you
are clinging to the wreck of sin) Others have
tooepted the pardon of Christ, but you are
a peril. Why not this moment make a rush
'or your immortal rescue, crying until Jeau
hall hear you and heaven and earth ring
with the ory: "Save me next! Hsvn mn
text!" Now Is the day of salvation! Now!
low!
This Sabbath U the hut for some of you.
It is about to sail away forever. Her bell
soils. The planks thunder back In tho
rangway. She shoves off. She floats out
oward the great ocean of eternity. Wave
a re well to your last chance for heaven.
"Oh. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often
vould I have gathered thee as a hen gth-
reth her brood under her wings, and ye
,ould not! Behold your house Is left uuto
rou desolate. Invited to revel In a (fal
len, you die in a desertl Mtiy Clod Almiifhiy,
ajfore it ia too late, break that infatuation.
EARLY ELECTIONS.
(even States Oast Their Vote Previous to
November.
Elections will be h-ld In seven States ot
lie Dnlon prior to the general election of
November. In Ave of the Btates tho elections
1 aill be for State, municipal and county offl
: rials only, but In the two other States will
Include also the election of members of the
' National House of Representatives,
Vermont will noid a general election nep-
somber I for the election of Qovornor, State
AfllclHls. Lefflalature and count v nfnclMU
' tnd the members ot the National House of
Representatives. Maine will hold an election
. Snptember 14, and will ohoose a Oovernor,
t Legislature and oounty officers, the Legis
lature selecting the higher State officers. At
. this election the members of the National
! Bouse ot Representatives will also beohosen.
Arkansas will hold an election September
f, at whloh will be ohosen all State, oounty
tnd municipal offloers, from constable to
Governor, with Chief Justice of the Supreme
Doart, Associate Justice and Legislature.
The contest ta mainly between the Demo
. srats and Republicans, but the Democrats
are confident of carrying the Statu.
In Alabama, August 8 baa been set 'aside
I tor the election of Oovernor. other State
sfflclala, the Legislature and some ot the
srats, unless ine ropuuais aim ine iiepuDii
should make a combination.
In Florida an election will be held October
I to ohoose a Oovernor, ether Utateomolals, a
majority of the oounty officials, all of the
Lower House of the Legislature and half of
the State Senate. The campaign has not
fairly opened, and tbe contest forthe notnl-
Rations naa not begun. It to said thereto
little doubt that the Demoorata will carry the
State, and tbe Democratic State Convention
aas been oaiiea tor une ie.
Oeorgia will hold an election October 7,
at whloh will be chosen everything exoept
the Federal officials. It to said that the
Oovernor aad the other State officers will
doubtless be renominated. The Demoorata
are confident of carrying the State, aad will
hold their State convention June 25.
Louisiana held an election April II for
Oovernor and Stat, officers, a Legislature
and district, parish and local officers. The
Legislature ohosen will elect a Senator to
luooeed Mr. Blanonard.
SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY.
Pedlcatleai at Btratfurd-on-A von ot m Wl.
now Breeted by American Visitors.
Ambassador and Mrs. Bayard visited Btrat-ford-on-Avon,
England, and took part In
the several ceremonies beld on the occasion
of Shakespeare's birthday.
At twelve o'clook tbe viear ot Trinity (the
Bev. George Arbuthnot), whose guest Mr.
Bayard was, dedicated a window, erected at
a eost of S4U0, with money received from
American visitors to Shakespeare's tomb and
from others, whom the vicar inter- sied In
the project during a recent visit to the United
Btates.
The most Interesting oeremony of th t day
took place la th. Shakespeare Memorial
Theatre at tour o'clock lu the afternoon,
when United States Consul Parker presented
to th. theatre and museum a portrait of
Edwin Booth as Hamlet on behalf of the
Players' Club of New York, founded aud ed
iowed by Mr. Booth.
MlseWavwise la China.
Minister Denby, at Pekin. has notified the
Oepartmaot of State, at Washington, that
kt. Oerard, th. French Minister to China,
has procured trom the Tsung Li Yameu, by
virtue of the French treaty of 1S58, an order
dlreotiug tbe local authorities throughout all
the provinces of ths Lraplre to expunge from
the various editions and compilations of the
flhlnwit code all restrictions upou the propa
gation of the Ohristinu religion, "it gives
me pleasure," writes Mr. Denby, "to add
that the Minister ol France Is ontttled to tbe
gratitude of the entire Christian world for
his action In this Important mot tor."
A custom of Puritan time ha been revived
ta Maohias, Me., In the opening of the tows
meeting wltn prayer.
The mind grows narrow in propor
tii n ai the soul grows corrupt,
Tbere are no blinder people than
those who think they have no faults.
Man should be content with his lot
and try lo lift Iho mortgage from it
Neverliaten lo two sides of a story
tbe second story spoils the first
This world is a bad world only for
thoe who have bad hearts.
If good eeed is put in good gronnd
, t u 1k, Btire to grow
I
Uood society is crow eu wuu reuie
whose manners are bail.
Eavy always implied conscious in
feriority wherever it resides.
Ah soon as some meu get their hands
oa gold, they become stone blind
to their own good.
Courage consists, not in blindly over
looking dabgcr, but lu teeiug it aud
jvinnuerinir it
Ooo,! Lreeding is leoevolence in
trifleF, r the pi elerence of others l.i
ourselves lu ine uaiiy uu-ureu
,
. , . . , ..
I The love that never speaks nn l it
loen it on a gravestone, keeps btill too
long.
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