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BOHWEIEB,
THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 20. 1896
NO. 23
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CHAPTER V.
After the departure of her old school
fellow for the continent Constance was
not left long alone. She was provided
with another companion in the shape of
the Countess of Seafield, who looked twenty-five,
though she had been a wife for
fifteen years, and had contrived to break
several hearts before she hnd consented
to make one man happy. She was pat
excellence a woman of the world, and for
that very reason she had been chosen by
Mrs. Meason for Lady Constance's chap
eron, and under the countess' protecting
wing Lady Constance had made her firsf
entrance into London society.
She was sitting in Lady Constance's
boudoir, sipping tea out of egg-shell china,
ne afternoon. She was dressed in a loose
lobe of white cashmere, which became her
wonderfully, and her golden hair fell in
heavy masses to her waist; her pale blue
ey were dreamily regarding Iady Con
stance. By' the way," she was saying, "what
baa become of that handsome cousin of
yours? Do you know I was quite afraid
Jou were going to tall in love with him?"
"Were you?" said Constance with a
mile.
- "Indeed, I was. Do you remember the
Bight of Lady Codringtou's bull? I feign
ed a headache in order to get you away.
Poor fellow I"
"Why poor fellow?" said Constance.
"Because he is a soldier," replied the
countess sentimentally, "and will be sure
to get his throat cut one of these days.
That reminds me. Our troops are going
nt to fight the Zulus. Good gracious,
Constance, what is the matter?"
The girl's eheeks grew deathly pale,
and her hands trembled violently. She
fixed her dark eyes anxiously upon her;
companion's face, aud suid in an eager,
tremulous voice:
"Did you say, Indy Seafield, that war
la declared, and thnt our troops have
been ordered out to fight?"
"Assuredly, my dear, but that need not
end you into hysterics."
"Then l'rank is going," continued Con
stance. "1 am sure of it, though he has
not said so. He was to have paid me a
visit we expected hiiu to-day by the
train which brought you. Instead of
coming he sent a letter by the guard of
the train, saying that Important business
would detain him in town for two days
linger; at the end of that time he hoped
to join us in Avondale."
As soon as Constance found herself
lone she took out the letter which she
bad received from Frank that day, and
read It again. Was it possible, she asked
herself, that Lady Seafield was right?
Could it be that Frank, her lover, was
to be called out to fight, to be wounded,
nd perhaps left to meet a terrible death
mong the dead on the field of battle?
Two anxious days passed, and the
morning of Frank's expected arrival found
her at the station an hour ahead of the
train. She was fluttering with delight
as her lover stepped on the platform and
led her ont of the station to the car
nage which was to take them up to the
Castle. The moment he found himself
In the brougham Frank took her in hi
arms and kissed her tenderly.
"Well, Connie," said he, "it Is settled,
my "darling. I am to go awayl I have
got one day to spend with yon; to-night
I return to town again, and in week
we start r n
"Ton are going to Zululand?" said Con
Stance, fixing her eyes earnestly upon him.
"Yon are going into action, Frank?
"Yes, my darling," returned the young
fellow in as light a tone aa he could as
aume; "but that need not alarm you. Con.
tance. Only one thing distresses me.
"What is that, Frank?"
-The thought of leaving you! At the
beat. It is hard enough to part from those
we Jove; but for me it is terrible. Con
stance, I have thought of a plan, and I
.. nmnnse it to you. Before I go
I want you to become my wife!"
"Frank, do yon wish me to marry you
la secret, and let no one know but yon
"""No, Constance, I do not wish that
Hitherto we have been fair and open; let
aa remain so. Mrs. Meason consented to
or engagement, she will consent to our
marriage. I don't want to take yon from
her- I only wish to feel that no one on
earth can take my darling from me.
When the critical moment came Con
stance trembled and grew faint-hearted,
fcnt Frank was full of confidence, and
wUhThehghTof hope and love In hi. e.
he looked superbly handsome. Mrs. Mea
n bought this when he appeared in her
bondo; but as she looked at him her face
irew cold and hard. He told her ofhis
Sodden call to duty, and she expressed a
hooe that he would earn distinction.
. ., (Constance my wife
. t tn the war." said ne.
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oe"5 " ' .he was silent.
What
-he thought no one could tell; her face
was like . marble mask. Frank looked at
flwiSS a- -Perhaps
you misunderstood me." said
irrank "I do wIsh 10 Con8tace
return to wnen iuj .
-i understand perfectly, she
said.
while you
can-
suitable ono tovmjK famay
coarse, it - Young
Lu ,id It to come aoouw
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his cause eloquently. But neither hit I
pleading nor Constance's tears had tht I
least effect in altering a decision which
was intended to be final.
When the hour of parting came tha
lovers crept out to take a last kiss and
whisiier a last adieu; they stood togethei !
on the borders of Avondale Park, with J
the smoothly kept lawns all around them
nd the silent sky above. j
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what you suffer, I almost curse the day
that I ever crossed your path."
lon t say that, Frank!" returned the
girl. "You brought me the one great joy
of my life."
"And the greatest sorrow!"
The girl sighed wearily.
"When I was a child, my grandmother
nid to me cue day, 'Always remember,
Constance, that a great love means a
greut sorrow. At the time I did not un
derstand what she meant. I do not under
stand it now. Tell me, Frank, why
ihould it be? Why should we be tor
tured so cruelly? In this world it takes
to little to make one happy, yet there are
always lips that say 'that little shall uot
be yours!' It is a cruel world, and yel
all might be so different"
"All will be different, my Constance,
when I come back."
"Whe you come back!" she repeated
dreamily. "Oh, Frank, suppose you
sever come back to me, suppose we never
aieet againr
Suddenly their interview was brought
to an end; the sound of wheels reached
them, and Frank knew that the carriuge
was waiting to take him away.
"Constance," he said softly, "good by!"
But the girl clung wildly to him.
"You cannot go, Frank, you must not
go; I tell you it will kill me!"
"Constance, try to be brave, it is only
for a little while, and then we shall be
utan and wife."-
He stooped to kiss her; with a cry she
threw her arms about him and fell faint
lug upon his shoulder.
CHAPTER VL
Several months had elapsed since Frank
&ad departed for the seat of war, and
Constance was still at Avondale Castle.
On this day she had gone out sailing with
he duke.
The second dinner bell bad sounded,
ind most of Mrs. Meason's guests were
assembled in the drawing room before
Constance returned from her expedition
on the sea. Mrs. Meason, after one look
at the girl's face, clearly divined Vt was
no ordinary circumstance which had kept
ber absent so long.
"Constance," she said when they were
ill seated at table, "where is the duke?"
In a moment the girl felt that all eyes
were upon her. She looked up, flushing
lightly, and replied as lightly as possible:
"I suppose by this time he is at home,
grandma. When he said he would dine
here he had not anticipated that in order
to keep his word he would be compelled
to eat his dinner in clothes which were
saturated with salt water." "
After dinner Constance pleaded head
ache, and at once sought her room. There
the remained until she believed that every
loul in the house had retired to rest; then
he came forth, looking very pale and agi
tated, and hurriedly passed on to her
grandmother's room.
"Are you not in bed, my child!" she
aid, as the girl came hurriedly toward
ber and knelt trembling at her feet.
"No, grandma," returned the girl, earn
estly. "I could not sleep until I had
ipoken with you alone."
"You have something important to say,
Jonstance?"
"Yes, something very important grand
Do you remember the scene which took
place between us a few mouths ago? Yon
asked me to swear that I would never
peak to any one of my engagement to
Frank without your express permission.
I did as you wished, and I have never
broken my oath. To-day I was sorely
tempted to break It; therefore I want
ron to release me from it will you?"
"No; I cannot release you. There is no
reason why you should speak; there' is 1
very reason why you should remain Bi-lent"
"I tell you, grandma, there are urgent
jeasons why I should speak. This se
crecy placed me and others in a false posi
tion; they think I am free, whereas 1 am
is Much bound as if I were already a mar
ried woman."
The old lady looked at her steadily, ami
isked:
"Why do you wish to divulge this se
cret? Whom do you wish to tell?"
"I wish to tell the Duke d'Azzeglio, bo
;aUse "
"Yes, because?"
"He has asked me to become his wife."
"The Duke d'Azzeglio has asked you ti
tiarry him?" said Mrs. Meason.
"Yes, grandma. For some time 1 have
feared he would do so, aud I have tried
every means in my power to preveat it;
but this eveniug he did me the honor to
affer me his hand."
"You say well, child." returned the old
fady, whose pale cheek had flushed with
excitement: "it was an honor whiufc has
teen coveted by many great ladlea. "Well,
Constance, what did you aayT
"What did I say? Dear grandma, what
could I say? I told him I could never re
pond to his wishes."
"And be accepted his dismissal?"
"Far from it My refusal made him
urge his suit the more. And now you will
allow me to tell the duke that I am en
gaged to Frank, and then he wdl cease to
pursue me."
She paused; but no answer came, ine
eld lady's face waa as white aa that of a
corpse-her hands opened and shut con
vulsively, her breath came in short, quick
"Grandma" cried the girl, "what is the
matter? Is there more trouble mors
misery? ...
"Trouble? yes. If you make it; misery?
ff you wiU. Constance, you must marry
the Duke d'Axseglio
"Marry the duke? Am I not bound te
.No.7 On the ery day he left I told
him I woald net have van banjld,l tola
liitu his proposition was a cowardly one,
wonky only of his father's son."
. "His father's son! Do you hate Frank
because he bears his father's name?"
For a moment the old lady hesitated;
her pale cheek flushed; her features were
strangely contracted; with an effort she
controlled herself, and quietly took the
girl's hand.
"Constance, my child," she said, "you
hare often asked me to show you the room
where your poor mother died. I will show
it you to-night."
She took up a small oil lamp and walk
ed from room to room, followed by Con
stance. They passed along the corridors,
pausing at length before a door which
hnd not been oieued for years. Mrs.
Menson unlocked the door and stood in
the midi He of the floor; looking wearily
! uboiit her.
"Come in," she said; "come in, my
! child, and look at the room. Constance,
look at that bed; for weeks and weeks
! your mother lay there, neglected and
! alone, dying of a broken heart When she
j waa dead I took you in my arms, and,
; kneeling beside that bed and looking into
; her sweet face, all white and cold, I sworf
that yon should avenge her!"
I "Avenge her! How could I do that?
i You say my poor mother died of a broken
I heart? I know it: Frank has told me; it
was my father who killed her."
"Your father? He told you that? Then
I spoke wisely when I said he was his
father's son. As your mother was de-
ceived, he would deceive you. Your
mother, as he said, was cruelly murdered,
hut it was not your father who killed
her!"
"Not my father V
"Your father had a brother who hated
him luuoniut hA WHA tll ulilor flAH. flnd in
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herited the title which would otherwise
have descended to himself and his heirs.
Your father married, and from that mo
ment the family, headed by this man, de
termined to bunt your mother down."
"Oh! this is terrible."
"I hated them all, but most of all I
hated oue man, he who had persecuted
my child through life, and drove her to
htr grave. That man, Constance, now
bears your father's title be is the Earl
of I larrington Frank Howarth s father!
"Fruuk's father! he killed my mother!"
"He broke your mother's heart"
"Oh, grandma, it can't be trne; there
must be some fatal misconception V
"There is no mistake. His father hunt
ed your mother into her grave. With
her dying lips she, the gentlest creature
on earth, cursed his very name."
"But where was my father that he suf
fered this?"
"Your father, Constance, waa an old
man, an invalid, entirely under the influ
ence of his brother, who is now a misera
ble man with a barren coronet which ia
stained with your mother's blood."
"I cannot believe it Frank knows
nothing of this, and his father, who, you
miy, behaved so infamously, is quite will
ing that I should become Frauk's wife."
"Shall I tell you why? It is because
he knows Frank is penniless, and that you
will inherit my wealth. The man who
killed the mother now pursues the daugh
ter; but while I have strength to prevent
it, my money shall not go to enrich the
son of a man who killed my beloved
child!"
Half an hour later Mrs. Meason went
hi search of Lady Constance's maid. Hav
ing roused her, she led her to the deserted
room in the west wing, where they1 found
Constance lying iu a fainting fit upor
the floor.
(To be continued.)
SALISBURY'S JINGOISM.
it
Ie of the Same Stripe aa That of
Lord Palmeraton.
It Is doubtful if any considerable
Aody of men exist who have a slncerer
love of fair play, a more honest desire
to see Impartial Justice done, or a truer
respecc for self-restrained and unsel
fish action, than the mass of American
and British citizens, Tvhen they lay
aside personal prejudice and calmly
consider the right and wrong of a
course of public or private policy; but
it is not at all doubtful that to induce
them to do this would be regarded aa
bad politics and worse Journalism by
the great authorities In the political and
Journalistic world.
Oneof the commonplaces of their econ
omy, lnaeea, is inai power consists,
not bo much In the clear vision aud
firm grasp of truth, nor in a plain and
unadorned appeal to the best Judgment
of their fellow-citizens, as In a "pull"
upon their prejudice, and In an ability
to arouse them to blind and unques
tioning "enthusiasm." Hence the freo
coinage of watchwords In every cam
paign, which, as a New England cler
gyman once suggested to the writer. Is
likely to prove dangerous to the com
monweal. Doubtless It has been so since
politics began. The demagogue and
the poor are ever with us. I have cited
the case of Lord Falmerston, however,
because It Is so marked, and because
its influence has proved so lasting. The
Jingoism of the Marquis of Salisbury,
for Instance, Is undoubtedly a culture
from the original Palmerston microbe,
although the virus may have become
somewhat attenuated In the process.--
Century.
Dr. Jameson, the South African ad
venturer. Is well known In Montana. He
made Helena his headquarters during
several visits to the Northwest be
tween 1875 and 1880, and at different
times he spent several weeks hunting
and fishing on Mussel Sheila Creek and
In the Judith Basin.
The Cambridge (Kngluntl) Univer
sity lia chosen us subjects for llie
Members' 1'rizes ' 1 lie Monroe Poo
trine" lor tho Knglisli e-ay.
A l'arisiau Ix-ncfaclor of his race
has invented a new carving knife
which ets in its tine work on tough
joints with a little pair of shears.
It is reported from France that the
frenh juice of the "py plant applied
to recent l-ee stings gives immediate
relief and preveuts inlhimniHtion.
The mortality rate among medical
men of France is but twenty-six er
one Ihou'Dud, the actual number of
death ! )er annum being about 450.
Civili.Mt ion is hurrying Alaxk award
with long stride?. There is a great
rut-h this year to the practically un
known region about Cook's Inlet, id
the far North.
The frog d posits its fgtrs in shal
low water, where the warmth of the
sun promotes Kierdy hatching. The
common snake often rtslects a bed of
decomposing vegetable matter. The
crocodile ami the clumsy ee tortoise
go ashore to lay their eg js.
About 4000 women are graduates of
the principal colleges for fvomeu.
Probably another 4000 graduated from
co-educational institutions.
"JOCK.
fje Bhepherd Collie Which
Paved
Twenty-live lloreea.
When Mr. Leicht, of the Paepcke
f.eicht Lumber Company, paid $25 for
lock, a Scotch collie, he little thought
the dog would pay for Itself a hundred
times over and save property worth
(3.000. Such, however. Is the fact, and
bad It not been for the sagacity of Jock
twenty-five horses belonging to Mr.
Leicbt's firm would have lost their
lives In the fire which partially destroy
ed its lumber-yard on Tuesday night
The horses were in a stable In the rear
of the building In which the fire waa
discovered, and though the nl;ht
watchman cut their halters they would
not leave the building. Jock seemed
to understand the situation, and, rush-
Ing into the stalls, drove the animals, the east coast of England. It then dips
out one by one. He barked and bit at under the sea to Eniden, on the Ger
the heels of the frightened animals, man coast, where It passes right
and did better work than a score of through Germany to the Russian fron
men. One of the animals after be was tier. From this point the wire passes
outside ran back into the burning sta-j by way of Warsaw, Itowno, Odesse,
ble and was followed by Jock. But the : the Caucasus and Tlflls, to Persia, and
efforts of the dog were of no avail; the f by Taurls to Teheran, the capital of the
horse was "fire mad" and was burned . shah's dominions. There It Joins the
to death. J Indian government line, which runs'
Jock is four years old and Is the ' from the Persian capital to Bushlre on
nightly companion of Watchman ' the Persian gulf. Thence the wires rua
Arndt The dog discovered the fire ' tnrougn Beloochistan, and complete the
and by barking attracted the atten- route by connecting Kurrachee, north
tlon f the watchman. When his work India. The operation of this Immense
of rescue was complete he took up a
position by the yard gate, nnd neither
streams of water nor showers of sparks
would dislodge him from his place.
Jock Is of pure Scotch breed, and, ac
cording to his owner, Tuesday night's
occurrence was not the first cxhibitioi
9f Intelligence above the ordinary. Sev
"JOCK," THE SHEPHERD COLLIE.
eral times ho has driven suspicious
characters away from the yards, and
woe to the tramp who tries to turn a
lumber pile Into a lodging-house. Chi
cago Tribune.
SATAN IN HARNESS.
A Giant Georgia Negro Doe the Wort
- of a Mule.
"Satan at last In harness" should not
Deconstrued as meaning that the cloven
hoof Individual who figures most con
spicuously In Dante's Inferno has been
suddenly halted In hla travels to and
fro on this earth. The Satan here re
ferred to is Sam Satan, a giant negro,
of Dougherty County, Georgia, who al
lowed himself to be hitched to a plow
and did the work of his deceased mule.
"Sam had owned a mouse-colored mule
for a number of years, but hard work
bad hurried It to the bone factory, and
money was not plentiful with Sam, and
Just how be should do the plowing In
bis field worried him very much. He
saw nothing else to do but to take tho
mule's plnce In the harness, and let his
wife do the driving. For one whole
summer Sam assumed the role of a
SAM UTAH IX TBB PLOW.
mule, and did the work in a masterly
manner that created Jealousy among
the mules of the county.
Satan Is seven feet tall and as strong
aa an ox, and has the reputation of be
ing the Samson of Georgia. One of his
feats that attracted especial attention
was where be picked up four men, each
weighing about 150 pounds. Putting
one on each shoulder and taking one on
each arm, he walked off down the street
as easily as an ordinary man would
cany a B0-pound sack of flour. Stoog
ing down and catching a medium-sized
man by the back of the coat collar with
his teeth, be lifted him from the ground
and walked across the street with him
with aa much ease as th average man
would carry a meerschaum pipe in bis
mouth. He never wears a U&t except
when he comes to town, aa ha fears It
will Shorten hla (hair, and hla sboea an
1 wan nt a$ ftt taaa. Us IMIJtflW
too long for any ready-maSe pair. Bam't
employer has a standing wager of (100
that he (Sam) can pull more than any
' team of horses In the surrounding conn
try. ITia real name ia Sam Williams.
He was given the name of Sam Satan
when he was a boy on account of bis
uiany mischievous pranks, and be la
now known by that name and no other
Romance or the Teleffraph.
A great deal of romance hovers round
the- means by which the worm's news
is gathered. The speed and accuracy
with which messages are transmitted
between the uttermost parts of the
earth is marvelous when the conditions
under which they are sometimes trans
mitted are considered.- The Indo-European
line offers a good illustration.
It runs from London to Lowestoft on
stretch of line, passing through coun
tries of such varying climates and char
acteristlcs, is one of much difficulty.
On the snow-swept steppes of Ruaita
the wires are often snapped like thread
by the rapid flight of flocks of wild
seese. The poles. jirecut down and
luade Into firewood by the nomad tribes
of the Caucasian districts, and the cun
ning innkeepers of Georgia seek to
boom rtielr post-horse trade by delib
erately creating faults In the Wires. In
the mountainous regions of Asia the
maintenance of the solitary line la
VOlves much personal risk and IiardshlD
to the otafT hands. Communication la
often cut off by a snowfall of five or six
feet in a night These mountain sta
tions are provisioned with several
months' supplies before the winter sets
In, aa the staff will be In touch wlla
the rest of the world by the wire only
until the spring weather opens out the
passes. In these supplies is always In
cluded a liberal allowance of books and
games wherewith to relieve the monot'
t-ny of the tedious winter exile.
A Chance for Students.
The managing committee of the
American School of Classical Studies,
In Rome, will offer for the year 1896-97
three fellowships, as follows: A fel
lowship of $000, established by the
managing committee; a fellowship of
$000, given by the Archeological Insti
tute of America; a fellowship of $500
for the Study Of Christian archeology. I vulgarest sort of an infidel, ior, sitting in a pf which the world knew nothing, and opon
. ,7 . T. ait-ucuiugj, ishvieriRn fhur-h his admirers sav he Ing before her opportunities ot wealth wtileh
contribu ed by friends of the school . ttne P" w inTnt of Vm anworSout will give ninety-'nlne per cent more of amu-
The holders of these fellowships will
be enrolled as regular members of the
' school and will be reoulred to Dtirsim
scnooi ana win oe requirea io pursue
their studies, under the supervision of
the directors of the school, for the full
school year of ten months, beginning
Oct. 10, 189G. The fellowships are open
to bachelors of arts of American col
leges.
A Queer Deposit.
Julias Howe has a peculiar deposit
on his farm In East Brookfleld, Mass.
It covers about an acre and lies at the
bottom of a ravine In a bog. It is
about one and one-half feet thick and
Is twelve inches below the surface. It
baa been analysed and found to con-
slst of the petrified shells or bodies of
minute flies or beetles, upon being
burned It crumbles Into a white pow
der, valuable for scouring metaL
Knowledge and Observation.
A field naturalist la one who supple
ments the knowledge acquainted by
study, by actual observation. .The term
Implies acquaintance with the habits
of animals, as well aa with their anat
omy. "
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"""n
nhlRsicm la not alone among Cities
In having a name Of Unsavory or
lnnaviuK ua nrohablv
potty significance, tbougn proDaDiy
no city In the world bears a name or
more malodorous suggestion. It has
K-,r ....niocturorl that Rome Is from
been conjectured mat Kome is iroiu
Groma, meaning the cross roaas,
since tne cny gicw uj -
Junction of ways leading to the
forum. Lutetla, the ancient name ot
Paris, means In effect mud town, the
city when the Romans found It belag
composed chiefly of mud-built houses.
London is pure Celtic and means a
fiifloa hill. Aa to New York, itt
Vi luuv- . j
chief syllable Is curiously corrupted
from the name ot tne vemo ui
,,!., onr aVinilt. York, waea lilt
settled in ana a DO US
Romans ' conquered
.Britain.
York Sub-"
EE?. JL1IJK
Hie Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
SubJJfet:
"Before They Adloarn.
L-"Txxt: "And teach his senators wisdom. "-
Fsalms cv., 22.
Senators In this text stand for law-TiskBra.
Joseph was the lord trensurrof the Egyptian
government, and among other great thlnTi
whloh he did, according to my text, was to
teach his senators wisdom. Aud if any men
on earth ought to be endowed with wisdom
It Is senators, whether thy stand in eon
greases, parliaments or relchstara or aswm-
Diies or legislatures. Uy ttinlr denlstons
nations go op or down. Law-makr are
sometimes so tempted by prejudices, by sec
tional preference, by opportunity ot personal
advancement, and sometimes what Is best to
do Is so doubtfultbat the ought to be prayed
lor and encountered in every possible way
Instead of severely criticised and blamed nnd
excoriated, as is much of the time the ens.
Our public men are so often the target to be
Shot at, merely because they obtain eminence
which other men wanted but could not reach,
that more Injustices are hurled at our na
tional legislature than the people ot the Uni
ted States can possibly imiurine. The whole
sale belying of our public men isslmply dam
cable.
By residence In Washington I have comb
to find ont that many of our puhlio men are
persistently misrepresented, and some of the
best of them, the purest in their lives nnd
most faithful in the ttischirseof their duties,
are the worst defamed. S im" day I want to
preach a sermon from the text In II Peter:
"They nre not afraid to speak evil of digni
ties. Whereas angels, which are greater to
power and might, bring not ratling accusa
tion against them before the Lord. But
there, as natural brute beasts, made to be
taken nnd destroyed, speak evil of the things
thnt they understand not." So constant nnd
malignant is thin work of depreciation and
scnndalizntion in reirard to our public men
thnt all over the land there are those who
suppose thnt the city of Washington is the
center of nil corruption, while what with its
parks, and Its equestrian statuary, ana its
wide streets, and Its nrchitwnural symme
tries, and its lovely homes, It is not only the
most beantlfal city under the sun, but lias
the highest style ot citlzfnship. I have seen
but one intoxicated man in the more than
six months of my residence, ami 1 do not
think any man can give similar testimony of
any other city on the American continent.
The gavels ot our two houses or national
legislature will soon fall, nnd adjournment
of two bodies of men as talented, ns upright
and as patriotic as ever graced the capital
will take place. Tho two or three unfor
tunate outbreaks which you have noticed
only make more conspicuous the dtenttv,
the fraternity, the eloquence, the fidelity
which have characterized those two bodies
n
during all the long months of important and
anxious deliberation. We put
hnloArotinn
great men of the past because they were so
rare in their time. Oursenate and house of
representatives have flye such men where
once they hnd one. But it will not he until
after thev nre dea I thnt they will get appre
ciated. The world finds it safer to praise
ths dead than tho living, because the de
parted, having a heavy pile of marble abovf
them, may not rise to lecome rivals.
But, before the gnvels of adjournment
drop and the doors of Capitol Hill shut,
there nre one or two things that oueht to Is?
done, and let us pray God thnt they mny l
accomplished. More forcibly than ever bo.
fore, congress hns been implored to acknowl
edge God In our constitution. The Metho
dist Church, a church that la always doing
gloriois things, has in its recent Wilming
ton conference requested our congress to
amend the immortal document which hae
been the foundation nnd wnll and dome ol
our United Stntos government by inserting
the words, 'Trusting In A'mighty God." It
that amendment is made, it will not onlv
please all the good people of the country.
" "r"" 'rM
ovcrs ght or a mental accident that the lath-
ers who made the constitution did not Insert
. niv nn v wnnnimni inrnnn innv i. mj
far ns they amounted to anything, believed
in "God the Father Almighty, the Maker of
heaven and eartD. and In Jesus Christ. His
ua v ueioiLeu non. jl.io t-uuiiiimiuu w ut'i
have been a failure had it not been for the
div.ne interference. The members of the
convention could agree on nothing untl', in
response to Benjamin Franklin's request that
the meetings be opened by prayer, the Lord
Ood was called on to Interfere and help, and
then the way was cleared, and all tho slates
signed the document, a historical fact that
all the rat terriers of modern infidelity can
not hark out of existence. I know that there
was an exception to the fact that the promi
nent men in those times were good men.
Tom Paine, a libertine and a sot. did not
fieltevn in nnvtliincr cpond until he was dvin.
j and then he shrieked out tor God's mercy.
And Ethan Alien, from one of whose
descendants I have recetyed within a few innaenatemeni, wnen u is tw piain . me
flays a confirmation of the Incident 1 men- as my right hand. Yes, the northern peo
tloned In a recent sermon, as saying to bis P' prayed In one way, and the southern
dying dauehtor that she had better take her j people prayed In another way, and God
mother's Christian religion than his own in- answered in His own way. giving to the
fidelity. The article sent me says: "The , north the re-establishment of the gcv
litory has been denied by gome of the Allen ernment and giving to the south larger op
family, but the Bronson family, some of portunitles, larger than she had ever aul ic
v. ; V. wi.i, .h. i,i .fflPin that . lDnted the harnessing of her rivers In great
It Is substantially true. In such a matter
one confirmation is worth more than many
denials,
So says the article sent me.
There is no doubt that Ethan Allen was the
loud so as to disturb the meeting, and no
gentleman would do that. I do not wonder
i that some of his descendants are ashamed of
I ... , . . . , . . .
Bre J,ot tobame. But all the decent men of
the Revolution believed in God. and our
! American congress, now assembled, will only
',nt1.u.anlin,i,t.nrihaf.tharvhMthH.
echo the sentiments of the fathers when they
enthrone the name of God In the consti
tution. We have now more reason for
Inserting that acknowledgement of divinity
than our fathers had. Since then the con
tinent has been peopled nnd great cities from
the Atlantic to the i'acitlo built, and all in
peace, showing that there must have been
supernal supervisnl. Since then the war of
1812, and ours the victory! Since then great
llnaucinl prostrations, out of which we came
to greater prosperity than anything that pre
ceded. Since then sanguinary obi, it?,
ltt 'J?!186,5' "?d n5twit,'fanilil" ,ne .,,4Ut
that all the foreign despotisms were plnu-
, .... - )
j njng for our demolition, we are a united ,H-
nle. and to-morrow you will find in both
houses of eongress the men who fought for
the north and south, now sitting side by
side, armed with no weapon except the pen.
witn waicn tuey wn nome ,o ine.r cou-
stituents who want to be appoiuted post-
masters. The man who
j cannot see God In
our American history is as blind of sout as
be would be blind of body if he could not at
12 o'clock of an unclouded noon see the
sun in the heavens. "
As a matter of gratitude to Almighty God,
gentlemen m i. a
pleased to insert me lourworas suggesieu
by the Methodist conference. Not only be-
cause of the kindness of God to this nation
In the nnst should such reverential insertion
be made, but because of the fact that we nre
iroinir to want divine interposition still
This i"ol I
Mle l nn
Vnrilr Ti
further in our national history, this
and silver Question will never be settlei
til God settles lit. Thisquestionol tanffand
tree trade will never be settled until God
. ue9tion tn the east
tho westf WhiCh is getting hotter and
Cotter aud looks toward a republie of I he
Pacific, will not be settled until God settles
, Qoj in 12Q yt)ar3 n( oUi
nntiouni life, and we win need Him
Sldl' more in the next 120 years. Lift uf
your heads, ye everlasting gates oi oui
glorious constitution, and let the Kin;
of Glory come in! Make oue line d
that immortal document radiant witt
omnipotence! Spell at least oue wore
with thrones! At the beginning, or at
the close, or in the centre, recognize Hill
from whom as a nation we have received all
he blessings of ths past and upon whom we
m inOBlUI OIUIB IWl WUI UUUn HUWUl "
d&pr,n,iBt toT the future. Print that
word "od" or "jora or -Kiernai "ul,,r
r-nuieroi nations buiu-h-oi.
th fin wm-d and tbe last. The neat ex-
... ottha eoiMtMnHon alaem at liars h-
Bald.
Ilrt It'arilff 11 n san sou oam
ming near his pillow ot dost its prolonged
lullaby. But is there not some one now liv
ing who In the white marble palace of the
nation on yonder hill not tea minutes away
will become the irradiator ot the constitution
bv causing to be added the most tremendous
i word In our English vocabulary, the name
' ot that being before whom all nations must
bow or go Into defeat and annihilation
i "Ood?"
I Again, before the approaching adjourn
ment of our American eongress. It ought to
be decidedly and forever settled that no ap-
' propriattons be made to sectarian schools,
and thnt the courtship between church and
tate In this country be forever broken up.
That question already seems temporarily net
tled. I wish it might be completely and for
ever settled. All sohools and all institutions,
as well as all denominations, should stand
on the same level before American law. Em
peror Alexander of Bus9la, at hisPeterhof
palace, asked me how many denominations
of religion there were in America, and I re
cited their names ns well ns I could. Then
he asked me the difference between them,
and their I broke down. But when I told
him that no religious denomination ia
America had any privileges above the others,
he eould hardly understand it. The Greek
Church ft ret in Russia, the Lutheran Church
first in Germany, the Eolscopal Church first
la England, the Cthoto Church nrst in
Borne, Mohammedanism first in Con
stantinople the emperor wondered
bow it was possible that all the 'denomina
tions in America could stand on tne same
platform. But so it is. and so let it ever be.
Let there be no preference, no partiality, no
attempt to help one sect an inch higher than
another. Washington and Jefferson, and alt
the early presidents, and all the great states
men of tne past, have lifted their voices
against any such tendency. If a school or
an institution cannot stand without the
prop ot national appropriation, then let that
ichool or Institution go down. On the other
tide of the sea the world has had plenty ot
Illustration ot church and state united. Let
ns have none of the hypocrisy and demoral
ization born of that relation on this side of
the Atlantic. Let that denomination come
nut ahead that does the moit for the cause of
Sod and humanity, men. Institutions and
religions getting what they achieve by their
wd right arm of usefulness and not by the
favoritism ot government. As yon regard
die welfare and perpetuity of our institu
tions, keep politics out of religion.
But now that I am speaking of nntional af
aira from a religious standpoint;! bethink my
telf of the fact thnt two other gavels will
loon lift and fall, the one at St. Louis and
the other nt Chicngo, aud before these na
tional conventions adjourn I ask that they
icknowlo Ige God in the platforms. The
lien who construct those plntforms are hero
mis moruing or will read these words. Let
io political party think It can do its duty
unless it acknowledges that Go I who built
this continent and revealed it at the right
time to the discoverer, anil who has reared
Sere a prosperity which has been given to no
ither people. "Oh," cays some one. "then
Ire people in this country who do not be
leve in a God, and it would be an insult to
Jhem." Well, there are-people In this coun
1 try who do not believe in common down jy,
r common honesty, or nny kind of govern
nent. preferring anarchy. Your very plat
form is an insult to them. You ought not to
1 r. .un ,!...,, K.li.v. n ftrt I
" mnrB . h ,d rf who
V .
refuses to believe in oommon deeenoy. Your
' socketbook is not safe a t moment
n the presence of an atheist. God
is the only source of good govern
' ment. Why not, then, say so and let the
chairman of the committee on resolutions In
f our national conventions take a pen full ot
uk and with bold hand bead the document
with one significant "whereas," acknowledg
ing the goodness of God in th past and beg.
ging His kindness and protection for the
future. Why, my friends, this country be
longs to God, and we ought in every possi
ble way to acknowledge it. From the mo
: ment thnt, on an Octolwr morning In 1193,
Columbus looked over the side of the slilp
and saw the carved si aft which made him
think he was near an Inhabited country, and
aw also a thorn and a cluster of berries
(type of our history ever since, the pierclug
lorrows and cluster ot national Joys), until
; this hour our country has been bounded on
' the north, south, east and west by the good
ness of God. The Huguenots took posses
i lion of the Caroltnas in the name of God.
William Penn nettled Philadelphia in the
I name of God. The Hollanders tcok posses-
f Sgw Ygrk ia , he uamB of G(d' The
. tttthma gttiad New England in the
. ., ..
Dame of God, Preceding the first gun of
Bunker Hill, at the voice of prayer all head,
uncovered.
In the war of 1413 an officer camA to Gsn
ral Andrew Jackson ami said: "There is
an unusual noise In the camp. It outrht to
be stopped." General Jackson said: "Wuat
Is the noise?" The officer said: "It is the
voice of prayer anil praise." Then ths gen
eral said: "Ood forbid that prayer and
praise should be nn unusual noise in the en
campment. You had better go and join
them." Prayer at Valley Forge. Prayer at
Monmoutn. Prayer at Atlanta. Prayer at
South Mountain. Prayer at Gettysburg.
"Oh," says some infidel 'the northern peo
ple prayed on one side, the southern people
prayed on the other side, and a it did not
amount to anything!" And 1 have heard
good Christian people confounded with the
! manufacturing Interests, until the Mobile
and the Tallapoosa and the Chattahoochee
are southern Merrimacs, anj the unrolling
ot the great southern mines of ooal and iron,
ence thau she ever possessed, and, inst ud
of the black hands of American slaves, there
j re the more industrious oiacg hands ot
i ,he ,.OHi ., iron mines of the south, which
! are achieving for her fabulous and uuim.
agined wealth.
;
- lie. tj
are domes oft white blossom
where spread the wblie tents,
And there are plows in the track where the
war wagons went,
ind there are songs where they liftej up
Baohel's lament. .
nn, you are a stupid maa If you do not
Understand how God answered Abraham
Lincoln's prayer In the White House, and
Stonewall Jackson's prayer in the saddle,
an.! answered all the prayers of all ths
cathedrals on both sides of Mason and
past. Gods country new! Put His name in
i 7. " , .... ui.
i .mi. im'uuu.iniucuiu-i & u- uib uwuo
oq yojjr enalKns, Put Hig naine on yur
city and state and national enterprises! Put
His name in your hearts. We cannot sleep
well the last sleep until we are assured that
the God of our American institutions In the
, th o ourAmerican institu-
. . h am th. , omH (h
, ,, .v. ,,: ,K, ... ,, ,i,i '
when all the rivers that empty into Atlautic
ani Pacific schs shall pull on factory bands;
when all tne great mines oi goiu ani silver
ami Iron and coal shall be laid bare for the
nation; when the last swamp shall be re
claimed, and the last jungle cleared, nnd the
, . - Ani(.rioan de9ert Edenieed. and from sen
f h continent shall be occupied by
than . .otJO.OOO souls, mnf it be
found that moral and religious Influences
were multiplied In more rapid ratio than the
population. And then there shall be four
i doxolocries eomiog from north and sout
1 an,t eiUit Kml we!,tt toaT doxologies rollin
towar.l each other nnd meeting midcoi
irom nonn ana soutn
na
mideon-
tineut with such dash of holy oy that thej
shall mount to the throne
An 1 heaven's high aroh resound aetata
With pence on earth, good will to men.
I take a stcn farther and say that before
the gavels of our senate and bouse of repre
sentatives nnd our political convention
bound adjournment there ought to be passed
a Inw or adopted a plank of intelligent help
fulness for the great foreign populations
which are coming among us. It Is too late
now to discns whether we had better let
them come. They are here. They are coming
fhis moment through the Narrows. They are
phis moment taking the nrst full inhalation
Of the free air of America. And they will
Continue to come as long as this country Is the
best Dlace to live in.
Ton might as well pass a Inw prohibiting
summer bees from alighting on a Held of
blossoming buckwheat; you might as well
prohibit the stags ot the mountiins from
Somlng down to the deer lioc. as to prohibit
the hanger fclttea nations pi Europe from
coming to this land ot brent ns to promote
the people ot England, Ireland. Scotland,
Italy, Norway, Sweden and Oermany word
ing themselves to death on small wait on
the other side the sea from coming to this
land where there are the largest compensa
tions under the sun. Why did God spread
out the prairies of the Dakotas and roll ths
precious ore into Colorado? It was that all
the earth might come nnd plow, nnd eoim
and dig. Just as long ns the centrifugal
force of foreign despotisms throws them elf
Just so long will the centripetal force of
American Institutions draw them here. And
that is what Is going to make this the
mightiest nation on the earth. Intermar
riage of nationalities, not circle intermarry
ing circle and nation Intermarrying nation.
But It is going to be Italian nnd Norwegian,
Russian and Celt, Scotch and French, Eng
lish and American.
The American of 100 years from now Is to bl
different from the American of to day. Our.
roan brain. Irish wit, French oivility, Scotch
firmness. English loyallty, Italian reesthetiiM
pnoked into one man, and he an Americin!
It is this intermarriage of nationalities th-it
Is going to make the American nation the
groitest nation of the ages. But what are we
doing for the moral and intellectual culture
of the 500,000 foreigners who came in one
year, and the 60U,oiki who came in anotner
L J . I OjUl VV'l .. . . i ....... I.
fear, and the 800,000 who came in another
year, and the l.i 00.000 who are coming into
ur various American ports? What are we
doing for them? Well, we are doing a groat
deal for them. We steal their baggage as
toon ns they get here. We send them up to
a boarding house, where the least they lose
Is their money. We awindlethem within ton
minutes after they get ashore. We tre doing
a groat deal for them. But what are we do
ing to lntroduoe them into the duties of
good citizenship? Many of them never
aw a ballot box. Many of them never heard
of the constitution of the United States.
Many ot them have no acquaintance with
our laws. Now, I say, let the government of
the United States, so commando I by one
political party or both political parties, give
to every immigrant who lands here a volume,
in good type and well boun 1 for long usage
a volume containing the Declaration of
Independence, the constitution of the United
States and a chapter on tbe spirit of our
government. Let there be such a book on
the shelf of every free library in America.
While the American ltilile society puts into
the right hand of every immigraut a copy of
the Holy Scriptures, let tho government of
the United States, oommauded by some po
litical party, put Into the left hand of every
Immigrant a volume instructing him In
the duties of good citizenship. There nre
thousnuds ot foreigners In this laud who
ueot to learn that tho ballot box is not a
footstool, but a throne not something to
put your foot on, but something to bow
before.
But whether members of the national leg
islature, or delegates to oneof tho mtional
conventions, or private citizens, let us culti
vate Christian patriotism. Oh, how good
Go I has been to us as a nation! Just open
the map of the continent nnd see how It Is
shaped for immeasurable prosperities. Nav
igable rivers, more la uumlwr ami greater
than of any other land, rolling down on all
sides into the sea, prophesying large manu
factories and easy oommeree. Look nt the
great ranges of mountains, timliered with
wealth on tbe top and sides and metntled
with wealth underneath. One hundred aud
eighty thousand square miles of coal! One
hundred nnd eighty thousand square miles
of iron! The iron to pry out the coal. The
coal to forge nod smelt the iron. Tbe land
so coutonred that extreme weather hardly
ever la-da more than three days extreme
heat or extreme cold. Climate for the
most part brncing nnd favoraMo for
brawn and brain. All fruits. All min
erals. All harvests. Scenery displaying au
tumual pageantry that no laud on oarth pre
tends to rivul. No South American earth
quakes. No Scotch mists. No English fogs.
N Egyptian plagues. The people of the
United States are happier thau any people
on earth. It Is the teitlmony of every man
that has traveled abroad. For the poor more-
sympathy! For tbe Industrious more oppor
tunity! Oh, how good God was to our fathers
nnd how good God has been to ns and our
children! To Him blessed bo His glorious
name! To Him of cross and triumph be con
secrated the United States of America!
There are three great reasons why you nnd
I should do our bast for this country three
great reasons: Our fathers' graves.oureradle,
our children's birthright. When I say your
fathers' graves, your pulses run quickly.
Whether they sleep in city cemetery or coun
try graveyard their dust is very precious to
you. I think they lived well and that they
died light. Never submit to have any gov
ernment over their tombs other than that
government under which they lived and
died. Aud then this country is our cradle.
It may havo rocked us very roughly, but it
was a good cradle to be rocked in. Oh, how
much we owe to It! Our boyhoo i and girl
hood, It was spent In t Ills bless 1 country. I
never have any patience with a maa who
talks against this country. Glorious
placv to be born in and a glorious
place to live In. It has been our
cradle. Aye! It Is to be our children's
birthright. Yon and I will soon be through.
We will perhaps see a few more spring
blossoms, nnd we will perhaps boo a few
more summer harvests, and we will perhas
gather a few more autumnal fruits, but we
are to hand this government to our children
as It was handed to us a free land, a happy
land, a Christian land. They are not to be
trampled by despotism. They nre not to be
frightened by nnarchlst. We must hand
this government to them over the ballot box,
over the school dusk, over the church altar,
as we have received it and charge them
solemnly to put their life between It and any
keeu stroke that would destroy It.
And Thou. Iord Uod AlmiKhty. we put.
with a thousand armed prayer. Into Thy pro
tection this nation! Remember our fathers'
bleeding feet at Vulley Korge. Heinember
Marion and Kosciusko. Iteinemrier the cold,
and the hunger, aud the long marce, and the
fever hospital. Remember the fear'ul charge
,t lluuker Hill. Ilememner Lexington, ana
Yorktown, and King's Mountain, and Gettys
burg. Heinember Perry's battle nn the lake,
nnd Hampton Koads, where tbe Cumberland
went down. Kememoer wasnington s prayer
by the camp -tire. Remember Plymouth
Rock and the landing amid the savages. He
member Independence Hall and how much
it cost our fathers to sign their names. Re
member all the blood and tears of three wart
1776, 1S12. 1864. And more than all.
remember the groan that was might
ier than all other groans, and tbe
thirst that stung worse than all oth
er thirsts, and the death thnt was ghastlier
than all other deaths the mount on wtuca
Jesus died to make nil men h'ippy nnd free.
For the sake of all this human nnd divine
sacrifice, O God, protect this nation! And
whosoever would blot it on , anu wnosoever
would strike it down, ami whosoever would
turn his back, let him be accursed!
Uo nome to-day in nigu no pes oi tin
future. The eternal God is ou tbe side ot
this nation. Our brightest days nre yet to
come.
He hath sounded forth tbe trumpet tbnt wil' .
never call retreat.
He is sitting out the hearts of men before ttif
judgment sunt.
Ue swift, my soul, to auswer Him, be jubilant
my feet! Our God U marching on!
m
Tl.n. man is uot pi.or who has tin)
use of things n -ces-iary.
It in a good divine that follow his
own instructions.
When a man tries to avoid ol.l er
or he usually talis into Lew ones. '
ery cronu man bestows bas thorns
in it.
There are lint three clnsses of ra-n
tho retrograde, ibe :utioimrv and
tbe progressive.
By a iiviue iuttine.t men's tuiuils
distrust ensuing il;inger ; as by ro(
we see the waters swell before a Imw
erous fctrorm.
If piling up dollars is all Hint n rutin
lives fur, bis soul sbriuks with every
dollar he makes.
Pedantry era lis onr heals with
le-rctd lumber and lakes o;.l otic
brains to make room for it.
lo pood Io tlioni that bale jon an
you ill eoon hsve tbeia bating tiem
nelves.
The intincts of br'itos ami iiwcb
I oau 13 tbe olleot of nothing
1,. m.;-aoln and skill ol I
tta ,8aom ana hmii 01
'ever-hf ing agent.
e be that
powerful '
i