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THE OONBTITUTION-THB UNIONAND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. L.
MIFFLINTOWJS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 17. 1896
NO. 27
OIIAPTElt XV.
I'pon inquiry, Krank found that the
Bows which Lady Seufield hnd given hint
was correct. He was Indeed believed to
be (load. I Ii8 presence In London was
looked uion as a strange resurrection.
J i was a poor position at iM-st to be In a
large and splendid home with nothing but
the memory of his dead father for com
pany. It would bare been better, be some
times thought, if be had diod upon the
h.a.i r.t i i
lHlllt
jt ihmc, imwcrer, an invitation cam.
to him from ihe Countess of Seatielil. ant
In a fit of desperation, tired to death of
His monotonous existence, he accented.
When the countess sent that invitation
he know perfectly well what she was
doing. She had arranged this party as
means or allowing tno cousins to meet.
"They will be euro to do so sooner or
later," she said to herself, "and it is bet
ter that they should meet at my house
xnan umt or- a stranger. I can take care
the duke while dear Constance put
things right with her cousin."
Meanwhile the Duke d'Azzcglio was by
svo means as contented as this strange
change of circumstances should have
made him. lie was angry when he believ
ed his rival to bo dead; he was still more
angry when he found that he waa living.
"Tho duchess threw off her mourning, dried
her tears, and seemed willing to accom
pany her husband anywhere and every
where, "but the duko noticed that even,
while she stood In the moot crowded of
rooms, with an admiring group about her,
her eyes were wandering restlessly around
a if searching for a face she could not
find. He knew for whom she sought, and
his soul grew batter with Jealousy aud an
ter, and be watched her keenly.
At length came the invitation from
Lady Seafield. A few days after it had
been accepted the countess called upon
her friend. She found Constance taking
tea" In her boudoir.
8a glad you are coming to my little
gathering, dca r. she said. "Do too know
Jre very Drcr.d that I have induced n
YOling hero to eniorirA fritm hla
nan snow rumseit to bis Mends!"
"Whom do you mean?" asked Con
stance, already feeling a vaguo fear gath
ering nbout her heart. i
"Whom should I mean?" returned the
couittcae gnyly, "but our hero of heroes,
your handsome cousin? We ruoat not
allow him to lead thi life of a hermit, for
the young Earl of Harrington is a very
Important member of society; be doesn't
know how many young ladies are waiting
for the clmnce of becoming his countess,
The little ludy spoke ncordlng to her
ewn light, wisely. It would be quite
necessary, she thought, for Constance to
accustom herself to the thought of her
cousin's marriage, ami Constance listened
in a. vviid dreitui, feeling her heart lacerat
ed by every cruel word. When Lady Sea
Geld w.is gone niul sho found herself alone,
she clasped her hands and, falling upon
b r knitu, cried out in pain:
HJh, kind henven, lend me not Into
temptation!"
I'rolwbly she had never In her life look
ed so lovely as upon the evening of the
reception; when aha entered the counters'
drawing room, looking like a beautiful
statue, there wan a genuine murmur of
admiration. The duke heard H and smil
ed. I li v was proud of his duchess. Itut
Constance was as cold as ice; and her
heart ncvniod to have ceased its beating. !
Suddenly she started, and every drop of
blood seemed to flow back upon her heart,
as her ey-s, which had been wandering
restlessly alioiit the room, beenmo fixed
upon her cousin's face. Yen. thero stood
Frank, looking like a young Adonis In hi
elegant evening dress. His fuco was very
pal.', a broad black rihlion still supported
his nnn. At the first sight of him she
started, and eagerly gripped her hus
band's arm, and then hut was sho dream
ing, or was it real? Was this indeed
Frank, her lover, in whose arms she had
lain ho contentedly whilo his kisses had
ruined npon her lips? whose intake filled
her heart, whoso wlioio being was dearer
to her than ber very life; was this indeed
lie this pale young man who bent over
her hand anil enllwl her "duchess," as the
Veriest stranger would bare done?
What happened after that she did not
know her sense must have become
clouded for a moment, for when her bruin
cleared again she was away from all the
confusion of the crowd, sitting In the con
servatory by the open window, her hue
tiund by her side. The duke's face was
.Very grim.
"Are you better? he asked coldly. She
could not answer him; at length, nnable
to conquer her emotion, she burst into
fcysterhvil tears.
The duke fetched hex some wiaat, she
drank it, and gradually grew more cora
ssed; to return to the crowded room,
however, was impossible, her face bors)
ton evident traces of tears, so the duke)
proposed -that she should return home.
During the drive not a word was spok
en, but when they reached the house Con-i
Stance gained her room, locked the door,
nd threw herself upon a conch, sobbing
like a heart-broken child. She was an
impulsive woman now, not a statue, her
very bbod was on fire.
. "I will not endure It," she cried pas
sionately. "They both deceived me my.
grandmother first, then he whom tie
world calls my husband. I have been
clouted, betrayed, trapped Into a life of?
misery, and he, my darling, thinks, as all
the world thinks, that I did it of my own.
free will. When he looked at me to-night
1 thought I should have died at bis feet)
I must see him again I must tell him the!
truth, then perhaps my nJerabie life will
l a !i'ln less hard vr.
tme went to her witting taMe ana wrote!
1 must see you at once; I intended to
peak to yon to-night, but could not. I
cannot ask yon here; I dare not, neitheB
an I with safety come to your house. I
-front to see you alone quite alone. Will
on therefore meet me to-morrow night
Lt the south gate of the park at 10 o'clock?
"CONSTANOK."
She then addressed an euvelope to the
Earl of Harrington, an,, """ "'"
srith a clean sheet of blotting putter.
ueu
he has! finished and sealed nor letter,
Feveral came with his message from the
duke.
"Madam," he said, "I was told to In
tulre during the evening for your grace'
lealth."
"Thanks; say that I am better.
And she said no more. Feveral had
seen gazing Intently at her table.
"Which means," muttered Feveral to
timsetf as he bowed and took bis leave,
"that you have written a letter. Good I
ut another tkne be carefnl of your blot
dug paper; do not leave H so near mir
or, or your secrets may be read by oth
rs." He passed out of the hall door and con
cealed himself in the shadow of the house.
In a Tory short time tne door opened
tnd Constance, cloaked aad hooded, came
forth.
Feveral followed her. Presently sfhe
nmo to a pillar box, slipped in her letter,
&en hastened back to the house.
"Bravo, Feveral, he ruminated, "the
game Is in your hands; yon can crush this
proud duke, humiliate him, and yet you
buuse. Why? because his wife is beauti
ful, forsooth and because yon know your
plan of vengeance will victimize her.
Pshaw, Feveral,' you are a fooL Was she
lot warned, and yet she married the duke?
Well, he shall know now that his wife, the
duchess, is no more immaculate than oth
er women ; he shall learn what a man feels
wben his honor is betrayed."
CIIAPTEIt XVI.
The next day was a weary one for Con
tances it seemed to her that night would
ever come. At 9 o'clock Constance
asked her maid if the duke was at home
The girl answered In the negative.
"You can leave me." said Constant,
'and do not disturb me again to-night."
She looked at the great bronze clock
Which stood upon her chimney piece. It
was near the hour she had named, yet she
was still in her room, trembling liko a
criminal waiting to hear her doom. Well,
there was no further time to bp lost; she
must either go or stay, and she resolved.
to go. She hurriedly fastened on her
bonnet and cloak, and descended the
stairs.
Once ontaMe, she sped along with the
fwiftness of a hunted hare. At length
he reached tho trysting place. Suddenly
her heart gave a great leap, for her eyes
fell on her cousin. A .sumont after their
ryes met. He came forward with but lit
tle eagerness, but Constance seized his
band and burst into tears.
At last they had met, and the hours
seemed minutes. It grew lute, the crowds
In the streets were getting smaller and
mailer, but Constance and Frank still
at side by side on a seat in the nark
They were silent, all had been said that
could be said, all doubt anil suspicion had
been uprotted from bis heart; and now
tor one little hour they put the present
from their minds and had over again
those happy hours of their early love.
"It Is very late," she said. "O Fruuk, I
Biust go home.'
"Constance," he cried, "for heaven's
ake, don't tell me you are going back to
that man!"
"You forget, Frank, that man is mv
Ausliand."
Y'our husband!" he cried scornfully, "a
man who has tricked and deceived you;
Hvho cares for yon no more than lie dots
for the hound which follows him you will
go back to him, Constance?"
"Why not, frank? 1 have married
aim."
"An oath extracted by a lie is not bind
ing," said Frank. "Come, listen to me;
you will leave this man's house. Go back
(o Avondule Castle; then nt least we can
be cousins, if nothing more."
As he sioke a form stood between him
and his cousin. It was the Duke d'Azzcg
lio. "Pardon me for Interrupting you," said
the duke with mock politeness, wxiilo
Frank and his cousin stihsi dumb, 'lut
as l tntnK it is rainer laie ior my aucness
to be abroad I will have the pleasure of
conducting her home."
The whom affair had taken place so
suddenly that the figures of husband and
wrfe had faded into the darkness before
Frank had fully recovered from the sur
prise caused by the sudden appeasance of
the duke.
But early the next morning he received
a letter from his cousin.
"My Iear Frank," ske wrote;"! am
ending this to implore you to leave Eng
land for my sake, if not for your own.
Your presence In London Is fraught with
much danger to as both. Try to forget
me, and if you cannot, remember always
that my husland stands between ns. He
was warned of my meeting with you last
night, and followed me.
"CONSTANCE."
Meanwhile, what had taken place be
tween tho duke and uis wife?
iSo one knew. At midnight Feveral had
seen them enter the duchess' txiudoir.
About half an hour later the duke came
forth looking cruelly angry, but no one
saw the duchess that night. The next
day, however. Feveral. met her. He bow
ed "low; she did not respond, hut drew
herself up and passed him by, as if tiiere
was contamination in his very tonch.
A few days later Alice Oreybrook, la
answer to the piteous appeal of her friend,
came to pay a long visit to Constance.
For several weeks after this the duke
nd duchess were seldom seen together.
The duke was a busy man, and had little
time to devote to society, but on every
festive occasion of any note he sent his
duchess to represent him. She went, ac
companied always by Alice Greybmok,
ud often the two were escorted by Fev
eral. Constance did not refuse the secre
tary's escort since it had been commanded
by the duke, but she never addressed him.
Suddenly, urgent business called the duke
to Madrid. He went alone, leaving Con
stance in London.
CHAPTER XVH.
At the end of a fortnight the dnke waa
gain in London. The first thing he did.
iBfter ct.ldly greeting his wife, was to ire
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to his room and send far Feverai.
"Im. Journal are full this muruing, I
see. of Uie state hull which was given
l.mt night. Vou were present, I believe?"
be uskeil.
"Yes. It was truly magnificent."
"Indeed! replied the duke, grimly, "but
1 neara ol some scandalous scene.
"Oh, a mere trifle. Some roughs pick
ed a quarrel with the soldiers; then some
drew knives.
"Nothing more?" said the duke, sig-
nttjcautly.
"Let me see. Ah, yes, your studious
nephew. Count Palinatos, was one of the
rut to arrive.
Never mind my ncpnewt" Interrupted
mat uuae, shortly; "speak of my duchess.
"I saw her fur a moment, afterward she
aisaineared.
"And you did not sett her again?" said
the duke eagerly, "you did not remain
near her? You do not know to what in
dividuals she wan presented""
-1 raukly," returned Feveral, in the
same indifferent tone, "I do not."
"Mr. FevoraJ, said tho duke sternly.
"let ns understand each other. You are
say secretary, my servant, employed by
ma at your own particular request to
serve nte In any way I wish; at the very
nmuent wben I most deiK-nd uim.ii you,
when I look for service more domes! i
In their nature and more affecting my hap
piness, your ardor cools, your devotion
vanishes. Hereafter you must keep a
closer watch upon the duchess, or leave
my employ. Decide!"
"My lord," answered Feveral, "I must
have on hour to reflect."
As the door closed upon blin, the duke
smiled.
"He is mine," he said; "when such a
rasitil demands thne for reflection be is as
good as bought.."
He paused; the room door opened and
admitted Count Iu!matos, the dnke's
nephew, lie was a youth of sixteen, with
black hair, a brown skin, and dreamy
yes.
"Wen," said the duke, with a smile,
"how are you enjoying your visit, my dear
boy? Did you go to the state ball last
night?"
I did, my lord.
"You saw the duchess, of course?"
"Saw her? O yea, of course. Just for a
moment. I assisted her to her carriage.
There were present two others, Mr. Fev
eral, your secretary, and "
"Yes," said the fluke, quickly, "the
other?"
"The other Is a gentleman whose name
t do not know a charming person, who
suved my life."
"Indeed!"
"Yes. There was a scuffle outside the
palace. Some rutlian ilrew a knife, which
was at my throat when my preserver in-
terposed and received the thrust in his
breast."
IIo was wounded, yon say?"
"A flesh wound, which will heal, with
care, in a few days."
'.May I ask did the gentleman accost
the duchess?"
"Not in my presence."
The youth looked at the duke in a nuz
zled sort of way. Then he left the room.
wondering what all this mystery could
mean.
Meanwhile Feveral was sitting in his
room thinking deeply over the interview
which he had had with the duke, and
wondering what course It would be best
for him to pursue. . " t -
"Feveral," lie said to himself. tSrtaat to
coming to yon? A few weeks ago yon
betrayed the duchess simply for the pleas
ure of humiliating the duke, and now be
cause you are asked to repeat the per
formance yon hesitate. Wl.y should you
hesitate? Your tusk in life is set; why
should you refuse to accomplish it? If
1 were om-e to leave this roof I should
never reap my revenge. I will not leave
it I will do as the duke wishes me. I
will become his spy,"
U'oUe continued.)
JAPAN'8 GREAT CATHEDRAL.
One ot the Finest Structures to lie
Found In the Clvl Ized World.
When foreign architects visit Juiwn
and ace tho cathedral of Buddhism for
the first time they are generally aston
ished at tho magnificent structure. It
Is executed In pure Oriental style, and
la richly ornamented with carvings. II.
Ito, a famous builder of Nngoya City,
designed it- Tho structure was com
menced lu 1878, and was completed
this year. The cost baa been estimated
nt $17,000,000. It would have greatly
exceeded this amount had not nuiiilM-ra
of Buddhists worked without any rec
ompense. As the structure ncarcd com
pletion the committee having the work
In charge was nuicti M-rplexeiI as. to
fire insurance. Tlu-y found that no
company would assume the risk on
such a valuable, wooden structure, tho
danger of destruction by fire being
very great, and thus the premiums
would amount to an enormous sum of
money. At Inst tho committee decided
on n rtesign aoviseu ny lt. Tanabo.
Numliers of powerful fountains were
constructed, Ntli exterior and Interior,
which can be mnde to play on all parts
Of tho structure at the same time.
ITsiiiilly only one great ornnmentnl
fountain Is playing, rising to the great
height of ir7 f-et. This Is probably
the lurKCHt artificial fountain In exist
ence, emitting 82,000 gallons per kour.
In case of fire all the water pressure
Is directed through fountains. Thus
every juirt of the structure, loth Inside
and out, could soon ho drenched, and
auy conflagration soon extinguished.
St. Louis Globo-Democrat.
Gormnny has 80,000 breweries. Great
Britain 1S.00O. The United States shows
uly 3,000 of these factories of delight.
Professor Lasccllea Scott of Ixunlon
who lias lieen examining the Keelcy
motor, in the interests of the stockhol
ders, si ys that ho is satisfied that it is
a wonderful thing.
Michigan's oldest practicing phy
sician is Dr. William Sprague, of Cold
water. He is ninety-nine years old
and has practiced in that town more
than half a century.
Certain marine animalsfptcropoda)
which live in the sea, hut which ex
cept in some slight external resem
blance, have nothing in common with
butterflies, are sometimes called "sea
butterllios."
Melbourne, Australia, has lrt
41.435 inhabitants in four years, the
census of 1805 giving a population of
447,461. The population of the seven
Australian colonies at the end of 1805
was 4.238.000.
Dr. Cocko, of Boston, has report
ed to the Massachusetts Homeopathic
Society a remarkable cure of paralysis,
which he has affected by means of
hypnotism.
There are patents for scrubbing
brushes and brooms to the number of
3184.
COUNTRY HOUSE SEWAGE.
flow
to Dispose of Liquid Wastes
from Isolated Dwellings.
In building a city house or a house
In a suburlmn town that la providi-d
with sewers, the question of plumbing
la comparatively simple. It mainly re
Mlvea Itself tnto.a question of tin
rEHSI'ECTlVB VI BW.
amount of money one Is wining to ex
pend for methods and syMatus that are
well tried and proved. Itut in the con
struction of a country house, a most
Important and vexing problem cou
fronts the bu tides. The disposal of
sewage hi the country ana caused wova
troub la than all of yie other features:
of house, building and management put
together; even the near neighborhood
of a running stream into which the
sewage may be discharged does not
afford relief. Those who dwell lower
down on the stream are likely to mnke
complaint of tho contaminations, and
they may ask relief from tho law At
trio present time tho main reliance la
tupn cesspools, but they are always
filthy contrivances, and serve as a con
stant menace to health. The sewage
matter accumulating for months In the
cesspools putrefies and becomes Inde
scribably loathsome. The liquid mat
ter percolates through the sides and
saturates tho soil. As this Is not acces
sible to the purifying agency of snnllght
and free oxygen. It loses all the dlsinr
feci ing qunlUies of tho soil.
Therefore, one has close to bis house
at nil times sown go matter In Its most
dangerous form. It may seem from
tuts that the whole question of sewage
uisposal in country bouses Is absolutely
bopelcas of solution, but this la far from
Ui0 caae. At a recent meeting In New
York, Colonel George E. Waring and
Alexander rotter, both eminent sani
tary engineers, delivered brief ad
dresses on "Country House Sewage,"
and the former gentleman baa written
an article describing and fully Illustrat
ing a system for the disposal of liquid
wastes for isolated houses In a recent
Issue of "Shoppell's Modern nouses,
published In New York. Both o these
gentlemen are thoroughly opposed to
tho cesspool system, and advocate the
dally delivery of sewage onto the sur
face of the ground. At the first glnncu
this seems nioat repugnant to the un-'
Initiated, who conceive of sewage us
tho contents of the cesspool after lt has
putrefied. But fresh sewage thnt Is de
livered upon the surface Is absolutc'y
Inodorous and inoffensive. According
to the Massachusetts standard It con
sists of KI8 parts of water, one part of
mineral matter, and only one part In
a. thousand or organic matter. It fur
nishes no menace to health when de
livered oa the surface, but merely en
riches the ground and makes It mora
productive. It Is not Intended that It
should be a constant flow over the same
section or gronnfl. for In that case tne
soil would soon become saturated and
offensive. Two sections of land are
made available, and the flow ! dally
diverted from one to the other, thui
giving the soil a chance to recuperate
It must not be thought that this system
U merely theoretical. It baa been In use
with the most satisfactory results. Not
pnjj la It An operation am aUlglfes;
tatetf, btu it has been tested by large
Institutions, by villous and even by
cities. One'of the mor.t notable exam
ples Is In the case of the town of
nyne, Pennsylvania, where It has
been found to work admirably.
There are certain modifications of the
system that make It more widely ap
plicable. It may be that fn a country
estate there is no available sectlot: of
land that can be used for sewage drain
age without becoming too conspicuous.
In that case tho drainage may be
through porous agricultural tile drains
laid a fow Inches below the surface of
Uie ground. In case It be ImposHllJo
or Inadvisable for any reason to dis
charge the sewage as soon as It Is pr.
diiced. a retaining tank may !o con
structed. But lu any case it should 1k
discharged within twenty-four hours
boare there is any chance of putrefac
tion. tVo Illustrate tills article with a de
sign of a house, attractive In appear
ance and suitable for erection In a ter
ritory where Uie sewers have not been
laid, and where a system ot "surface
disposal" could bo adopted to better
advantage than the use of a cesspool.
General dimensions: Width, includ
ing dining-room, hay and tower projec
tion. 44 feet Inches; depth, Including
veranda, 3u feet 3 Inches.
Height of storlea: Cellar, Q feet 0
inches; first story, 0 feet; second story,
S feet 0 Inches; attic, 8 feet.
Exterior Materials: Foundation,
none; first and second story walls, ga
bles and roots, shingles.
Interior Finish: Three coat planter,
hard wliTfe Jfoalsh. Planter centers In
ltn.ll and principal rooms of first story.
Poft wood flooring and trim through
out. Ash staircase. Tane! backs under
FIRST FLOOIU
windows In hall and principal rooms,
first story. Kitchen and bathroom,
wainscoted. Chiilr-rail In d'ning-room.
AH Interior woodwork grain filled,
stained to suit owner and finished with
hard oil varnish.
Colors: Shlngllpg on walls, gnblea
ind roofs, dipped fn and brush-conteil
with moss-groen stain. Trim, includ
ing cornices, veranda posts, .rail, out
side casings for doors and windows,
conductors, etc., dark green. Sashes,
blinds and outside doors, dark red
Veranda floor and ceiling, oiled.
Accommodations: The principal
rooms and theljr slr.es, closets, etc., nre
shown tvr the floor plans. Cellar under
the whole house, " with Inside floor
Laundry with two set-tubs In cellnt
One servant's room finished In attic, tin
remainder of attic floored for storage
Bathroom, with complete plumbing, ii
second story. Stationary wash bowl "U
tower bedroom. Brick-set range. Firs
places In halL dining-room and library
Wide double folding doors connect hal
and parlor and hall and library.
Cost: $3,500, not Including manteli
range and heater. The estimate Is basei
on Netf Tork prices for matetials an4
labor. In many sections of the countrj
the cost should be less.
Feasible Modifications: General dl
menslons, materials and colors may In
changed. Cellar may be reduced in slzt
Cf wholly omitted. Laundry tube couIS
y -HaiEr- s
I trso yKV tsVfy s
itfS tflK S
I B4lft. O Bed R- I etf R I
I ttiOii Igj 5' I "" I
secosn ri.ooa
lw tinasf.'rrcd from cellar to kltchci
' Two additional rooms, may be flolshe
In the attic, or tho attic may be left ei
tlrely unfinished. Fireplace may I
planned In parlor. Veranda may I
Increased In size. Dining-room bn
could be carried up two stories, thu
enlarging the bedroom over the dinlni
room.
Ow right, isna,
A Long Time Ago,
A traveling salesman had bee:
obliged to stay over night At a m
town In the Southwest, and was talk
lug with tho hotel-keeper.
"You've got a grand town here
havuu't your" ho said.
-Wo think so," replied the host, dip
lomatically.
"ItuslneKs seems to be lively."
"Yes, we're enjoying a boom."
"It appears to be Improving rapidly.'
"That's wliiit."
"You don't have any lynchings hen
do your
"Not like we used to."
"I've heard thnt It was once very !.n
In that line,"
"Well, yes; we used to have a hnu
Ing now and then, but It's b"t-n ;
mighty long time now since we h n
one."
"When was the Inst one?"
The landlord studied a moment, am
counted on his fingers.
I ain't sure," lie said, nt Inst, "bu
I think It will be two weeks day aftcj
to-morrow."
Tl TurltlNh Neeillw.
A curious needle with a polished trl
angular eye large enough to enrrj
strips of beaten pnld and for use iixi
embroidery of linen was once showi
to nn American wom.m In Constant!
nnplo. The particular interest attach
Ing to the needle was the assertion ol
l.s owner thnt lt had been In the poi
session of his family u.ore than io'
years.
"They say the Jewelers nje down o
bicycles." "Yes, It lies got so flint
fellow who rides a wheel doesn't can
whetlier lie owns a diamond pin c
not." Chicago Record.
Knropean Police Officers.
London police sergeants or rounds
men are paid from $8.50 to $13 a wcel
and constables or patrolmen from $0 t
$8. In Dublin the wages are hnlf a dol
lar less. In Glasgow the highest pnj
for a constable Is $0.73. for a sergenni
f-S; nn Inspector gets $700 a year, and t
superintendent from $1,200 to $1,500
The St. Petersburg chief of polic
draws $2,500 a year, a sergeant fron
$300 to $400, and a patrolman from $;ft
to $220 a year. Parts pays $5.25 to $0.51
to patrolmen (agents) and $7 to rounib
men. Tatrolmen get from $225 to $2i
a year at Vienna, from $2."0 to $",00 ai
Amsterdam, from $200 to 320 at Brus
sels, where detectives may rise to $J80
The Turkish policemen get $3 a wenl
and the native policemen of Calcutta
from $4 to $4.50 a month.
-J - .
Not fo Sfntb ' fiha Was,
Agatha Charley is tickled with his
new mustache, Isn't he?
Marie Yes. but (with a blush) not
half as mnch as I am. Clalrmount pJ.
YJ National Eagle.
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The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sennoto.
Subject: "An 111 Kust Wind."
Tmt! "And th T.oi-1 ronuht an en
wind npon th land all that day and all that
nUibt." Exo los x.. 13.
The reference here.t --t to a evolnne, but,
to the long ennttnnni Motrins or the wlnl
from an snhenlthml qnarter. The north
wind Is bracing, thn emith wind is relnx'np.
but the wt wind is Irritntine and full of
thrmt. Eighteen timne does the Bible speak
aoalnat the east wind. Moses describes the
thin mrn hlaetml hy the wt wind. Thn
psalmfst doecribfls the brenkf ng of thn ships
r1 Tarshlsh hv thn east wind. The locus' s
that pls.cn d Eirrot worn horn in on the east
wind. The gonrd thnt sheltered Jonah wns
shattered by Ihn east wind, anil in all the
SIKlO summers, autumn?, winters, sprtner" of
th world's existence the worst wind thar
ever blew Is the east wind. Now. If Ood
would only give ns a ellmatn of perpetnal
nor'wnster, how (rnnlal and kind and p'acld
and fndiitrionn Christians n wonld all be!
But It takes almighty (trace to be what wo
onirht to be under the sat wind.
Onder the ddlling and wet wine of thfl
not wind the most of the world's vilinlnles,
frauds, outrages, suicides and murders hnve
hnm hatched out I think If you should
keep a roeorolojrlcal history ol the days ol
n yrir so'i ii nam rexuirt ii tn criminal
record of the country yon would find that
those were the beet days for puhlio morals
which were under the "north or west wind,
and that fhom were the worst days for pur
lin morals which wore nnder the east wind.
The points of the compass have morn to do
with the world's morals and the chmrh's
piety than you have yet suspected. Bov. Dr.
Archibald Alexander, eminent for learning
and for consecration, when R-kod by ons of
his stnnents at Princeton whether ho always
had full assurance of fnlth. replied. Y.
except when the wind blows from the east."
Dr. Fmncia, dictator of Paracuay, when the
wind was from the east, main oppressive en
actments for the people, "hut when thn
weather chanced repented him of tho cruel
ties, repealed the nnactments and wns in
good humor with all thn world.
Before I overtake the main thought of my
subject I want to tell Chrlstirn people they
ought to be observant of cllmntfcnl chances.
Be on your gnard when tho wind blows from
the east There are certain styles of tempts
tfoos thnt you cannot endure un tor certain
styles of weather. When tho wind blows
from the east, if you are of a nervous tem
perament, go nntamongexasperating people,
try not to settln bad debts, do not try to
settle old disputes, do not talk with a bigot
on religion, do not go among thoe people
who delight In saying Irritating things, do
not try to collect funds for a charitable
Institution, do not try to answer an Insulting
letter. If these tbfngsSnust be done, do them
whon the wind Is from the north, or the
south, or th west, but not wben the wind If
from the esdt
You say that men and women ought not to
fe so sensitive and nervous. I admit lt, but
I am not talking abont what thn world ought
to bn. I am talking about what the world is.
While there are persons whose disposition
does not seem to bn affected by changes in
the atmosphere, nine out of ten are mightily
played upon by Such Inflnoocea. O Christian
man t under suoh circumstances do not write
hard things against yourself, do not get wor
ried about Tour fluctuating experience. Yoo
re to remmber thnt the barometer In yonr
sool to only answering the barometer of the
weather. Instead of sitting down and being
discouraged and saying. "I am not a Chris.
nan Docraan oobt leal eMlarant,"got no
and look out of the window and see the
weatonr vaa pointing fa the wrong quarter,
and then say "Get thee behind me, solan,
thou prlnee of the power of Uta air; get out
Of my bouse) get Out of tny heart, thou do-
uuu ot uoranesB oonwa on toe east wind.
Awsy f However good and great you may
be la the Christian life yonr soul will nevet
tm inaepenoent or pnvsioal condition.
feet I am ottering most practical, useful
truth here, one that may give relief to a great
many Christians wno are worried and d
sponaent at times,
Dc Bash, a monarch In medicine, aftei
en ring hundmils of eases of mental 'depres
sion, himself fell sick and lost his religion
hope, and he would not believe his pastoi
wnentne pastor told him that his spiritual
depression waa only a consencenoe of physi
cal depression. Andrew Puller. Thomas
rVjott William Cowpor, Thomas Boston.
Tl i I tuOi ,r
jfin ixoiunni, f-miipp jieiononinon were
mighty men for God, but all of them illus-
ranous or tne iai tnal a man's soul Is not
Independent of.hls pliyslcnl health. An emi
nent phvslclnn gave as his opinion that no
man ever aiea a great triumphant dentn
whose disease was below the diaphragm.
Rtaekhonse. the learned Christian com men
tor, says hn dons not think Saul was insane
when David played the harp before him. but
It was a hypochondria coming from inflam
mation of the liver. Oh, bow many good
people hove been mistaken in regard to thnii
rellglom hope, not taking these things into
consideration!
The dean ot Carlisle, one of thn host men
that ever 11 ved, and onn of thn most useful,
satdowa and wrote: "Though I have en
deavored to discharge my duty as well as I
could, yet sadness and melancholy of heart
stick close by and Increase upon me. I toll
nobody, but I am very much sunk indeed,
and I wish I ennld have the relief of weeninc
as I used to. My days are exceedingly dark
and distressing. In a word, Almlghl v Ood
seems to hldn His face, and 1 intrust the se
em hardly to any earthly being. I kno
not what will become of m. 1 hero In doubt
less a good deal of bodily sffltction mingled
With this, but It Is not all so. I bless Ood,
however, that I never lose sight of the cross,
and though I should din without seeing anj
personal Interest in the Bndenmnr's merits, 1
hope that I shall hn found at His feet. 1 will
thank yon for a word at your leisure, Mj
door is bolted at thn time I am writing this,
for I am full of tears."
What wns thn mutter with the dean of Can
flslo? Hnd hn got to bn a worse mat) No.
Thn phvslclnn wild that Ihn state of his puis
wonld not warrant his living o minute. Oh,
If thn east wind n fleets the spleen, and afTncU
the lungs, and aflivts the liver, it will affect
your immortal soul. Appealing to Ood fot
help, brace yourself against these wltherinc
blasts and destroying Influences, lest tlial
which thn psalmist Mild broke the ships ol
Tnrshish shipwreck yon.
- But notice in my text that the Lord onn
(rols tho east wind: '-The Lord brought the
east wind." Ho brings It for especial pur
pose; it mnsfsometlmes blow from thai
quarter. The east wind Is Just,as important
as the north wind, or tho south wind, or tho
wyt wind, but not so pleasant. Trial mast
come. Tho text does not say you will
escape the nutting blnst. Whoever did escape
It? Especially who that accomplished any
thing (or ohuroh or stntn ever escaped it? 1
wns In tho pulpit of John Wesley, in Lon
don, a pnlpit where hn stood onn day and
said, "I have been charged with all the
erimns in the catalogue exenpt one that ol
drunkenness," and n woman arose in the
audience and said. "John, you were drunk
Inst night." So John Wesley passed under
the flail.
I saw In a foreign Journal a report of one
of Gnorgo Whitefiolit's sermon.- a sermon
prcachisd a hundred und twenty or thirty
years ago. It seemed that thn reporter St ood
to take the sermon, nnd Ids chief idea was tn
sitricature it. and these are some of thn re-
poitorinl Interliniugs of the sermon ol
Oeorge Whitnflnld. After failing him by a
nickname indicative of a physical defect in
me eye. It goes on tosay: "Hern the preachei
slosps his chin on the pulpit cushion. Her
he elevates his voice, llern he lowers bit
roii-e. Holds ha nrms extended. Jiawli
klond. Stands trembling. Makes a Iright
lul fnce. Turns up tho whites of his eyes,
DIrsiis bis hands behind him. Clasps bit
irms around him and hugs htniselr. Ko.m
llou'U Hal loos, jump?, cries. Changes Iron
eryln?. Halloos and Jumps again.' Welt,
mv brother. If that good man went thronerh
all that preoess. In your occupation, in yonr
profession, in yonr store, in yonr shop, nt
th bur, in the sick room, in thn editorial
eh Air. somewhere, yon will have to eo
through a similar process. You cannot
escape lt
Keats wrote his, famous poem, and the
ba:d erit'eism of the poem killed him llt-
nra'ly kll!1 hiie. Tnso wrote his noerr,
entitled, "Jnrii'nlem Delivered." and U had
such a cold rooep-Ion It turned him Into a
raving mnninc. KMIllneflect w8 plain bv
his literary nnnrefea. Thn frown o' Henrv .
VI It slew Cn-1nnt Wolsey. Tho Duke of
Wellington refused to have ihn fence around
his house, which had leen destroyed bv thn
excited mob. rebuilt, because hn wanted the
fence to remain as it was, a reminder of thn
mutability and uncertainty of the popular
favor.
And yon will have trial of some sort. Yon
have had It already. Why nee 1 1 prophesv?
I might better mention an historical fnct in
vour historv. You aro a merchant. Wbat a
time you hnd With that old tmsiiieoe partner!
iow nnr.i u was to get rid ol him! IWore
on bought him out, or t.n ruined both ol
on, wnat magnitude of annoyance! Then
fter you had paid him down a certain sum
lof money to have him go oat and to promts
hn would not open ft store nf tbnsamn kind
of business In vour street, did he not
open the very samn kind of bnst.
nnss as near to yon ns possible and take
all your customers ns far ns he eonld tnke
thnmf And thnn, knowing all your fral'tieji
and weaknesses, after being in your business
firm for so many years. Is ho not now spend
ing his timn in making a commentary on
what you furnished as a text? You are
physician, and in your sickness, or in yonr
Hbsenoe, yon get a neighboring doctor tn
jtakn your place in thn sick room, nnd hn In
tratiates himself Into thn favor of that fam
ily, so'thnt you forever lose their patronage.
Pr, you tnkn a patient throngh the seriotu.
ftages of a fever, and some day thelmpaticnt
father or husband of the sick one rushi'j
put and gets another medical practi
tioner, who comes in Just in timn to get the
credit ot thn euro. Or, you are a lawyer,
and you comn In contact with a trickster fn
your profession, and in your absence, and
contrary to agreement, hn moves a nonsuit
pr the dismissal of thn ease. Or the judge
on tho bench, rem em b-rln g nn old political
irrudge, rules against vou everv timn hp gets
ii chance, nnd savs with a snnrl, "If von
Jlon't likn mv decision, take nn nxceptlo'n."
Pr, yon afoa farmer and thn curcnllo sllnu-s
tho fruit, or thn weevil gets Into the wheat
jtr thn drought stunts the corn, or tho long
eontlnuej rains glrnyou no opportunity for
gathering the harvest. Yonr b"st cow get9
the hollow horn: your best horse gets foun
dered. A French' proverb said that trouble
comes on horseback an I poos away on foot,
potroublo dashed In on you suddenly; but,
ph. how long it wns In getting away! Camn
bn horseback, goes away on foot. Itapld in
coming, slow in going. Tint is tho historv
of nearly all your troubles. Again nnd
Again and agnln yon have experienced the
powor of the e st wind. lVmny bo blowing
from that direction now.
My friends, Ood Intenlnd these troubles
and trials for somn particular purpose. They
do not come nt random. Hern Is tho promise:
"Ho stnyeth His rough wind In tbo day of
the east wind." In the tower ot London the
swor-ls an I the gnns of other ages are burn
ished nnd arranged Into hugo pnssfon flow
ers and sunflowers and bridnl cakes, and you
wonder how anything so hard as sleel co-ild
bo put into such floral shapes. I have to icll
you that the hardest, sharpest, most cutting
most piercing sorrows of this "life may bn
madoto bloom and b'ossom and put on
bridal fesrlvity. Tho Iliblo says they shall
bn mitigated, they shall be assuaged, they
snail be gradunted. Ood Is not going to al
low you to be overthrown. A Christian wo
man, very much despondent, was holding
her child in her arms, an 1 thn pastor, trying
to console the woman in her spiritual depn-s-sion,
said. "There, you will let your child
drop. "Oh, no," she said, "I couldn't let
the ohild drop." H snld, "You will let thn
child drop," "Why," sho said, "If I should
drop thn child here, it would dash his Mfo
out!" "Well, now," said the Christian min
ister, don't yon think Ood is a good as
you ore? Won't Ood, your Father, tako as
good earn of you. His child, as you take euro
of your child? God won't let you drop."
I suppose Ood lets the east wind blow just
hard onough to drive ns Into the harbor of
Ood's protection, We nil feel we can man
age oar own nffaira, - Y? hive helm nnd
compass and chart and quadrant. Olve Wh "
plenty of sea room and wo sail on and Fail
on; but afters while there comes a Caribbean
whirlwind up the coast, and we are helplee
la the gale, nnd we cry out for harbor. All
our calculations upw-t, wo say with tho poot;
Shange and decay on all around I poo.
a, Thou who chnngest not, abide with me!
Bless Ood for your trials. Oh, my Chris
Han friend, keep your spirits up by tho
power of Christ's gospel. Do not surrend
er. Do you not know thnt when yon givo
up, others will givo up ? You havo courage,
and others will havo eournge. Tho Romans
wont into the battle, and by some accident
there was an inclination of tho stamlanL
The standnrd upright meant forward march;
Ihe Inclination of thn stun. Inrd meant sur
render. Through thn negligence of thn man
who earned the standard, and the Inclina
tion of lt, the at my surrendered. Oh, let ns
keep the standard up, whether it be blowu
down by the east wind or the north wind or
the south wind. No Inclination to sur
render. Forward into tho conflict.
There is near Bombay a troo that they call
the "sorrowing tree,"" the peenlturity of
whioh is it never puts forth any bloom in thn
daytime, but in the night puts out all its
bloom and all Its redolence. And f hnve m
tell you that through Christian charm-tor
puts forth tts sweetest blossoms In the rinrk
ness Of sickness, the darkness of financial
distress, the dnrkmws of bereavement, the
darkness of denth. "weening ninv endure for
night, bnt joy comeih in the morning."
Across the harsh discords of this world rolls
the music of tho skies nntsin that breaks
from the Hps, music that breaks from thn
nnrjis and rustles from the palms, music like
falling water ovor rocks, musln like wander
ing winds among leaves, mnsio like caroling
birds among forests, music like n.-enn bil
lows storming tho Atlantic bea.-h Th
shall hunger no more, ne tln-r tli rst any
more, neither shall the sun liirht on
them nor any heat, for tli" I :ub which
Is In the midst of tile tlin.no shall lend them .
to living fountnins of wutei, and Ood shall
wipe away nil tears from ih.iir eyes." 1 s-n
a great Christian llel approaching that har
bor. Home of the ships come in with sails
rent and bulwarks knocke.1 awav. hut still
afloat Nearer and ii'-arerthn shliiinirshore
Nearer and nearer tho eternal anchoni.-e
Haul away, my lads; haul away! Borne of
the sbis had mlghly tonnage, and others
were shallop easily listed of the wiud nnd
Wave, Homo were mon-fif-war and nrn.e.1
of tho thunders of Christ li n battle, nud
others were unprotendlng tuns taking others
through the Narrows, and some were cojistcrs
that aever ventured out into tho ibn-psea..
of Christian experience) but they 'are nil
coming nearer the wharf brigitntine, gal
leon, line of buttle ship, longboat, pinnace,
war frigate ami as thev comn Into the h?ir.
bor I find that they are driven by the long,
loud, terriflo blast of the east wind, lt is
through much tribulation that you an-to
Itnr into tho kingdom of Ood.
You hnvo blesi d Ood for the nnrth wind
and blessed Him for tho south wind, Kiel
blessed Him for the west wind; can you net
in thn light of this subject bli-ss Him fur the
enst wind t
K' nrer, my Ood, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee,
E'en though it be a cross
That rais'-lh me,
Htill all my song shall ho.
Hearer, my fin I, t Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Over .100,0(10 specimens of fossil
insects have leen collected from
various parts of Ihe world. Of thefc,
luitterllies nre ami.ng the rarest, ss less
thnn two sjieciiiiens all told have been
found.
Said Ihe late T". T. Hnmum tn
Mat how Arnold: "Von are a celebrity;
I am a notoriety. Wo ought to lie
belter acquainted.
The most nlunlile Ilible in the
world lielonps to a Chicago man. lie
bouctit it st the Ilraylon Ives snlc of
are Ux.ks fur f 1 l.SiKl.
George W. Trek, tiie writer of hu
morous sketches of Irfe in a country
town, pubfislieil his articles over the
name of "Cantell A. l'igley." The
name is raid to have been nn invention
of his own.
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