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THE OONSTITUTION-THE ONION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE IAWH.
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VOL. L.
MIFFLINTOW1N. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. J ULY 2!. 18
NO. 33
CHAPTER II.
A few days after Ida Ranghton had
een indulging in those summer noontide
leditationa, Walter Cnndall arrived at
is house in Grosvenor place. -Things
were so well ordered in the es
sbllshment of which he was master, that
telegram from Liverpool, dispatched a
few hours earlier, had been sufficient to
nse everything to be in readiness for
lira.
He walked into his handsome library,
followed by a staid, grave man-servant,
ind, sitting down in one of his favorite
ihairs, said:
"Well, West, what's the news in Lon
on?" "Not much, sir; at least nothing that
would interest you. There are a good
many balls and parties going on, of
course, sir. Sir Paul Raughton's man
and me were a-talking together, sir, last
night at our little place of meeting, and
be told me as how Sir Paul was going to
lave quite a large party down at hi
place, you know, sir, to celebrate to cele
brate I mean for Ascot, sir."
"Well?"
"Well, of course, sir, you'll be wanted
there, too, sir. Indeed, Sir Paul's man
aid as how his master had been making
inquiries about the time you was a-commf
back, sir, and said he should like to hav
you there. And, of course, they want t.
cele I mean to keep it up, sir. Now, I'll
go and fetch you the letters that have
come since I sent you the last mall."
While the servant was gone Walter
Cundall lay back in his chair and medi
tated. He was a handsome man, with
a dark, shapely head, and fine, well-marked
features. .
As he sat in his chair he wondered
why Providence had been so unfailingly
good to him through his life; why it had
showered upon him while he was still
young enough to enjoy it the comforts
that other men spent their lives in toiling
to obtain, and then often failed at last to
get.
"And now," he said to himself, "let
Fortune give me but one more gift and I
am content. Let me have as partner of
all I possess the fairest woman in the
world; let my sweet, gentle Ida tell me
that she loves me as I know she does
and what more can I ask? Ah, Ida!" he
went on, apostrophizing the woman he
loved, "I wonder if you have guessed how,
iii'bt after night during these long six
months, I have sat on my veranda gazing
up at the stars that look like moons there,
wondering if your dear eyes were looking
at them In their feeble glory here? I
wonder if you have ever thought during
my long absence that not an hour went
by, at night or day, when I was not think
ing of you? Yes, you must have done so;
you must have done so! There was every
thing in your, look, in your v.lce to tell
me that you loved me, that you were only
waiting for me to speak. And now I will
speak. I will deprive myself no longer
tit the love that will sweeten my life."
The man-servant came back with an
enormous bundle of letters that made
Cundall laugh when he saw them.
"Why. West!" he exclaimed, "you don't
Imagine that I am going to wade through
these now, do yon?"
"I think they're mostly invitations,
sir," the servant answered, "from people
who did not know when you would be
back."
"Well, give them to me. I will open a
few of those the handwriting of which I
recognize, and Mr. Stuart can go through
the rest to-morrow."
Mr. Stuart was one of Cnndall's secre
taries, who, when his employer was in
town, had sometimes to work night and
Bay to keep pace with his enormous cor-
respondeuce, but who was now disporting
himsTlf at Brighton.
The valet came down at this moment
to take his master's orders, and to say
that bis bath was ready.
"I shall dine quietly at the club to
night," Mr. Cundall said, "and then, to
morrow I will make a few calls and let
my friends know 1 have returned. Is
there anything else. West?"
"No, sir. Oh, I beg pardon, sirl I had
almost forgot. Lady Chesterton called
the day before yesterday to ask whan
you would be back. When I told h.r
ladyship you were expected, she left a
note for you. It'a In that bundle 70a
have selected, I think, sir."
Cundnll looked through the letters nntil
he found the one In qnestion, and, on
opening it, discovered that It contained an
Invitation for a ball on that evening.
As Lady Chesterton was a hostess
whom lie liked particularly, he made np
his mind that be would look lu, if only
for an hour. It was as good a way as
any of letting people know that he was
back In town, and his appearance at her
boose and at the club would be quite
enough to do so.
It was eight o'clock when be entered the
Utter institution, and his arrival was
hailed with a chorus of greeting. Two or
three of them made up a table and sat
down to dinner, and Cundall told them
that he was going to Lady Chesterton's
later on.
: But neither here, nor over their coffee
afterwards, did any of his friends tell
him that he would meet there the girl he
was thought to admire, attended in all
probability by her future husband. Lard
Penlyn.
As, at eleven o'clock, he made his way
no the staircase to greet his hostess, he
again met many people whom he knew,
and, by the time he at last reached Lady
Chesterton, it was rapidly being told
bout the ball room that Walter Cundall
was back in town again.
"I declare you look better than ever,"
ber ladyship said, as she welcomed him.
"Your bronzed and sunburnt face makes
11 the other men seem terribly pale and
ghastly, now you must enjoy roaming
bent the world as you do!"
He answered with a smile and a re
mark that, after all, there was no place
like London, and that be was getting very
tired of rambling, when he turned round
and saw Ida Kaughton coming towurds
him on the arm of Lord Penlyn.
"How do you do. Miss Raughton?" he
aid, taking her hand and giving one
swift look into ber eyes. How beautiful
be was, he thought; and as lie looked he
wondered how he could have gone away
and left her without speaking of hU love.
WelL no matter, the parting was erei
now!
"How do 70a do, P.nJyaT" ho said,
hiking him cordially by the hand.
"When did you return?" Ida asked. TJr
til this moment she had no Idea that ha
was back in England.
"I landed at Liverpool late last night,
he answered, "and came np to town to
day. Lady Chesterton, bearing of mj
probable arrival, was kind enough t
leave an Invitation Xorma to-nAakt." ,
BeC-r any sore could be said the band
began to play, and Lord Penlyn turned
round to Cundall and said:
"I am engaged for this dance, thong t
It la only a square one. Will you look
after Miss Raughton nntil I return V
itb pleasure, or nntil some favored
partner comes to claim her. But," turn
ing to her, 1 presume you are also en
raged for this dance, 'though it is only
:i square one.
.-o, sne saia, "yon know I nevel
lance them."
"Shall we go ronnd the rooms, then?"
ne asiteu, ottering her his arm. "It is In
sufferably hot here! How cool and pleas-
aui me conservatory looks! ne said, as
ttoey passed the entrance to it. "Shall
we go In and sit down until you are claim
ed lor the next dance?"
She assented, and they went In and took
possession of two chairs that were stand
ing beneath some great palms and cacti.
1 should think that after the heat von
have been accustomed to you would feel
notnmg In England," she said.
"In Honduras we are suitably clad."
ue auawerea, laugning, "and evening
areas suits are not in much request But
1 am very glad to be wearing one again.
and once more talking to you. I can do
as I please now, I could not hitherto. I
will tell you what I mean. Until a month
ago the property I owned in Honduras re
quired my constant attention and necessi
tated my visiting the place once at least
in every two years. But of late this has
become irksome to me I will explain why
in a moment and my last visit was made
with a view to disposing of that property.
This I have made arrangements for do
ing, and I shall go no more to that part
of the world. Now," and his vo ce became
very low, but clear, as he spoke, "shall I
tell you why I have broken forever wit
Honduras?"
"Yes." she said. "You have told me so
often of your affairs that you know I am
always Interested in them. Tell me."
Then, as the strains of the waltx were
heard from the ball room, be said:
"It Is because I want to settle down In
England and make It my home. Because
I want a wife to make that home welcome
to me. because I have Ions loved one
woman and have only waited until my re
turn to tell her so. Ida, yon are that
woman! I love you better than anything
in this world! Tell me that yon will be
my wife!"
For answer she drew herself away from
him, pale and trembling visibly, and try
ing to speak.
"You cannot have heard," she said, "ne
one can have told you that "
"That what! What is there to tell?"
"That I am engaged."
"Engaged!" he said, rising to his feet,
"Engaged! while I have been away. Oh!
It cannot be. It la impossible! You must
have seen, yon must have known of my
love for you. It cannot be true!"
"It is true, Mr. Cundall."
"True!" Then be paused a moment
and endeavored to recover himself. When
he had done so he said very quietly, but
in a deep, hoarse voice: "I congratulate
you. Miss Raughton. May I ask who 1
the fortunate gentleman?"
"I am engaged to Lord Penlyn."
He took a step backward and ejaculat
ed: "Lord Penlyn! Lord "
Then once more be recovered himself,
and said: "Shall I take you back to the
ball room? Doubtless he is looking for
you now."
"I am very sorry for your disappoint
ment," she said, looking up at him with
a pale face; Us emotion had startled her,
"very sorry. I would not wound yon foi
the world. And there are so many other
women who will make 70a happy."
"I wanted no other woman but 700,
ha said.
CHAPTER IH.
Lord Penlyn and hie friend and com
panion, Philip Smerdon, had returned
from their yachting tour about fortnight
before Walter Cundall arrived in London
from Honduras.
The discovery be had made at Le Vocq
had had such rji effect upon his thoughts
and mind that he almost dreaded meeting
Ida Raughton.
He was an honorable, straightforward
man, and, with the exception of being
possessed of a somewhat violent and ob
stinate temper when thwarted in anything
he had set his heart upon, had no per
ceptible failings.
Above all, he hated secrecy, or secrecy'i
next-door neighbor, untruth; and it seem
ed to him that. If not Ida, at least Ida'i
father, should be told about the discovery
he had made.
"With the result," said Philip Smer
don. who was possessed of a cynical na
ture, "that Miss Raughton would be
shocked at hearing of your father's be
havior, and that Sir Paul would laugh
at you."
Philip Smerdon stood In the position te
him of old school fellow and playmate, of
a 'Varsity friend, and. later on, of com
panion and secretary.
Had they been brothers they could
scarcely have been would probably not
have been as close friends as they were.
When they were at Harrow, and after
wards at Christ Church, Oxford, they
bad been Inseparable, and, in point of
means, entirely on an equality, Philip's
father being a reputed, and, apparently,
enormously wealthy contractor in the
Xorth.
But, one day, without the least warn
ing, without a word from bis father or
the slightest stopping of his allowance,
be learned, by a telegram in a paper, that
his father had failed for a stupendous
lum, and was undoubtedly ruined for
ver.
The news turned out to be true, and
Philip knew that henceforth he would
iare to earn his own living instead ol
Having a large income to ssend.
Lord Penlya offered his friend the post
f hia secretary combined with steward,
which at that moment was vacant by the
death of the previous holder.
"But companion aa well," he said,
laughingly. "I am not going to have yoo
buried alive at Occleve Chaae when I
want your society In London, nor vice
versa, so 70a had better find a subordi
nate." Smerdon took the post, and no one
could say with any truth that his friend
ship for Lord Pealyn stood in the way of
hia doing hia duty to htm as hia secretary.
He made himself thoroughly master of
everything concerning hia friend's prop
ertyof hia tenants and hia servants; he
knew to head the cattle belonging to
him. and what timber might be marketed
annually, . ana regulated not only hia
country estate bnt also hia town house.
And, that kla Mead should not lose th
coninanjonnhfcs whisk fca tfntlr BJJsH
V- dear?7, he thosght nothing of traveling
half the night from Occleve Chase to
London and of appearing fresh and bright
at the breakfast table.
For, so deeply had Penlyn's goodness
to him in ail things sunk into his heart,
that he never thought he had dona
enough to show his gratitude.
They had been busy this morning the
morning after Lady Chesterton's ball
In going over their accounts, and in mak
ing arrangements for their visit, in the
forthcoming Ascot week, to Sir Paul'a
villa, near the Royal course.
Then, while they had paused for a few
momenta to indulge in a cigarette, the
conversation had again turned upon that
discovery at Le Vocq.
"I tell 70a what I do mean to do," Pen
tyn said; "I mean to go and see Belt Al
though he could have known nothing of
what was going on thirty Tears airo. he
may have heard his father say something
on the subject. They have been our so
licitors for years."
Mr. Bell listened to bis client's story,
smiling faintly once or twice, at what
seemed to his worldly mind, too much re
morse for his father's sin on the part of
Lord Penlyn, then he said:
"I never knew your father, but I
should think the whole affair a aimple
one, and an ordinary version of the old
tory."
"What old story r
"The atory of a person of position for
give me, Lord Penlyn, we are men of the
world" (he said "we," though he consid
ered his client as ti.e very reverse of "a
man of the world"), "and can speak plain
ly; the story of a persoa of position grow
ing tired of a responsibility, and then
dropping her."
"lo starve with her with his off
spring!"
"I should not Imagine It!" Mr. Bell said
with airy cynicism. "I never saw the late
Lord Penlyn, and scarcely ever heard my
father mention him. If you like I will
have all the papers relative to him gone
through; bnt it la thirty years ago! If
the lady la alive ahe would surely have
turned np by now. And I may say the
same of the son.
"He may not even know the claim he
nas."
"Claim! my lord, what claim? He has
no claim on you."
"Has he not? Has he not the claim
of brotherhood, the claim that my father
deserted his mother? I tell you, Mr. Bell,
that If I could find that man I would
make bis the greatest restitution in my
power.
The lawyer looked upon Lord Penlyn,
when he heard these words, as a Quixotie
young idiot, but of course be did not say
so.
But he did promise to go through all
the papers in his possession relating to
the late lord, and to see about this partic
ular case.
Two nights afterwards Penlyn received
a letter from him, saying that there waa
not the slightest trace in any of the Oc
cleve papers in hia possession of the per
sona about whom they bad spoken.
'And," he concluded, "I should advise
your lordsnlp to banian tne wnoie anair
forever from your mind. It is now too
late for you to obtain any information
about it."
(To be continued.)
What to Cultivate.
'If a girl Is anxious to marry
'be-
gan the maid.
'Yea?" said the woman of the world.
encouragingly.
"If she la anxloua to marry and marry
well, from the point of view of society,
I suppose she should prepare herself as
he would for a profession."
"Certainly."
"There are some things that she
should cultivate assiduously, and others
to which she need devote little atten
tion." "There are."
"Well, what would advise her to
cultivate particularly?"
"A wealthy relative who is likely to
die soon." Chicago Evening Post.
I)r. Nanaeu.
Dr. Frldtjof Nansen began making
his experiments in the far north when
be waa about 21 years of age. Apart
from bis reputation as an Intrepid ex
plorer be la a recognized authority In
many departments of zoology, and hia
published papers on various anatomi
cal subjects are of considerable Inter
est and Importance. Mrs. Nansen, Ilka
most Norwegian women, whether they
need It for a livelihood or not, works
hard. She gives lessons in music and
lngs In public. Before tbelr marriage
Dr. Nansen and bis fiancee agreed that
their mode of life should not be chang
ed that be should not abandon his ex
plorations aud that she should continue
ber teaching.
Squirrels Destroying Crop.
A prize of $250 for a method of In
oculating squirrels with some contagi
ous fatal disease is offered by the Com
mercial Association of Pendleton, Ore.,
and It la believed the county authorities
and various farmers' organizations will
add to the sum offered. The farmers of
that region are at their wits' end as to
bow to mitigate the plague of squir
rels. Tons of strychnine have been
used In the effort to exterminate the
squirrels by poisoning them, bnt little
relief Is had from this or any other
method heretofore used.
Ad vice to Modern Ssnuons.
To the boys who are raising heavy
crops of balr: The famous men with
long balr first made themselves famous
and then raised the hair. You are be
ginning at the wrong end. Atchison
Globe,
Food for Thought.
Selfishness is self-destruction.
Turn a thinker loose, and you shake
the world.
The smaller the soul the bigger a
dollar looks.
It is not the clock that strikes the
loudest which keeps the best time.
Fortune's wheel is always over
loaded on the under side.
Don't form lifelong friendships in
three days.
To the brave and strong rest seems
glorious and the night too long.
In proportion as we live for others,
will we find life worth living.
Happiness is not found in getting
the world, but in giving it up.
Evil is wrought by want of thought
as well as by want of heart
Truth may be veiled, but it endures.
What loneliness is more lonely than
distrust?
TJie value of the diamond is not in
what it does, but in what it is.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
omethlna- tbat Will Iatstreat the Ju
venile M euibera of Kvery Houaeliold
Qaaiut Actions aud Bright Baring
mi llsnv Cuts) and Cunning Children.
Nellie Apron,
Nellie bad an apron
Fine and clean and white,
When allowed to wear It -
Great waa her delight. '
But so much she wore It
That it grew quite thin
Alasl one day ahe tore it.
And ragbag took it in.
Then one day soon after.
The ragman with his baga
Along the street came calling,
"Old rags! Old rags! Old rsgsl"
"Yes," said Nellie's mamma,
"I have some rags to sell."
Then went Nellie's apron
His funny bags to swell.
"Good-bv, then." said Nellie,
"My little apron white,
I would like to keep yon.
But yon are worn out quite."
What then thought the apron
Will next be done with me?
Can 1 not be useful?
Is there no place for me?
Fear not, little apron.
You'll find a place to fill.
Perhaps you'll know about It
When you get "through the milt"
Through the mill the apron
Waa destined soon to go.
Washed and cut and beaten
And driven to and fro.
Big machines kept grinding
And beating it about.
Till you'd think the apron
Might be glad when it got out.
After little apron
Thus into pulp was made.
On the web of wire
It carefully waa laid.
Through the great big rollers.
The little apron passed
Oh! what pretty paper
It came out at laetl
Into kindergarten
The paper found Ita way.
Now I'll help the children
They paper fold to-day.
There upon the table.
The paper kept its place.
But who sat down beside it
With such a smiling face?
Nellie? Yes, 'twas Nellie,
And blushing rosy red.
"I'm your own white apron,
The little paper said.
Sarah C. L. Baker, in Kindergsrtei
News.
Verr Oncer.
Little Boy Isn't fathers queer?
Auntie In what way?
Little Boy When a little boy does
anything for his papa be doesn't get
anything, but if another man's boy does
It be gets a penny.
Family Untie.
Emily (playing "house") "Now, Pli
be mamma, and you'll be papa, and lit
tle Ben and Bessie will be our babies."
Willy (after a moment, anxiously)
"Ain't it about time to whip the chil
dren?" Home Journal.
Her Debat.
"Now, can any little boy tell me what
the word debut means?" asked the
teacher, pleawntly.
There was a dead silence.
-i;ome, come, sne continued in an
encouraging tone, "let me see If I can
not help you a little. You all remem
ber when I became your teacher f
"Yes, ma'am," In a chorus.
"Well, the first day I presented my
self before you, what was it I made?"
"Please, ma'am, I know," from Tom
my T ruddles.
"That's it. Tommy," said the teacher,
with a pleased smile. "Tell the rest of
the boys what It was I made"
"A bluff." said Tommy.
Jnfrlnired Upon Rnlen,
Marlon Is a little girl 3 years old. She
was going upstairs the other day when
a lady came to the door to pay her
mother a visit, who had In ber hands a
great bouquet of roses. The child was
delighted to be given these and told to
take them to mamma. She scampered
on upstairs with the flowers, while the
maid ushered the caller Into the draw
ing-room. This house has several small
children In It, and their mother Is
obliged to forbid their using some
rooms freely. When Marlon started
down the staircase again, she saw that
the doors were opened Into that sacred
apartment. She stood still and stared.
There sat the visitor in plain eight
Mamma," she shrieked to the hostess
lu her own room, "the lady has got into
the parlor!" New York Times.
Fomethlna About Inaecta,
The beautiful yellow and black tiger
butterfly, very common In Missouri, has
wife tlint Is as black as night.
The common house fly Is reported to
have 1G.000 eyes. This is not strictly
In accordance with truth. It has two
compound eyes, each provided with
8,000 facets, or "seeing lenses."
In this connection I will say that
mosquitoes and butterflies have been
found In the Arctic regions, In the very
highest latitudes ever penetrated by
man.
The dragon flies are the champions
an fust flying. Monsieur Marcy, the
French scientific photographer, found
that In order to photograph one of the
creatures on the wing he had to make
the exposure only l-5,200th part of a
second. St. Louis Republic.
Butterflies, like some of the fish that
L have recently been mentioned in
"Notes for the Curious." are great -s
layers, averaging 05,000 to 100,000 dur
Ing a single season, the season lasting
ut a few days.
All a Matter of Taato.
A certain African king who came to
this country was one day, soon after,
his arrival, says Chatter Box,' Invited
to a garden party. His host thought
that he would give him something to
eat uijlikg anything whlchfce had ver
tasted before, so be bought him straw
berry 'ice.
"Isn't that good?" he asked the black
man.
"Yea, It am berry nice," waa the re
ply; "but did white man ever eat ants?"
The favorite food in his country con
sisted of white ants pounded up into a
Jelly and baked, and the strawberry ice
was so very good that It reminded him
of this delicacy.
A Gentle Hint.
"Papa,1 said Georgie, "I'm so sorry
sometimes about all the trouble I give
mamma."
"She basnt complained."
"No; she's very patient. But ahe
often sends me. off to the shops for
things, and they are a good way off,
and I know she gets cross waiting when
she's In a hurry." -
"Not often, I fancy."
"Oh, she's nearly always In a hurry.
She gets everything already for bak
ing and finds at the hist minute hd
hasn't any baking powder, or she gets
a pudding all mixed and finds she
hasn't any nutmeg or something, and
then she's In an awful stew, 'cause the
oven is ell ready aud maybe company
coming, you know, and I feel awfully
sorry for poor mamma."
"HumphI Well, what can we do
about It?"
"I was thinking you might get me a
bicycle." Boston Traveler.
Courtship Among Birds.
Courtships exist among the birds as
(veil as among human beings, avd In
both cases form one of the moat seilous
and necessary businesses of life; but
there Is at least one very remarkable
difference, for while among human be
ings women sport the gayer and more
gorgeous costume In order to attract
the other sex, among birds that rule Is
reversed, and It la the males who are
arrayed In the brighter and gayer plum
age, and who take every opportunity of
showing off to the best advantage be
fore the birds they wish to mate with.
In the case of the bluebird, the male
lover will perch a few Inches away
from his enslave-, and attempt to be
witch her with the sweetness of his
eng. His low, soft warble Is a de
licious bit of love-pleading, which
ought to soften the most obdurate
heart, but the female Is coy, and flouts
blni.
Coming nearer, and slightly elevating
tnd quivering his wings, he bows in
front of her, all the while pleading In
in Impassioned manner, and, then rais
ing himself, puffs out his breast and
italks In front of her.
His song then takes a more virile
strain, and he boasts of his prowess in
the fields. Anon he turns his back and
:ulls her attention to his beautiful blue
Joat
Again he turns and points to the
beauty of his scarlet vest, and this last
irgument (how deadly is a red coat In
ill courtships!) proves effective, and
the fair one yields.
The courting of the peacock is not
10 pleasing In voice, but he proceeds
much in the same way in the plumage
rgnment.
He spreads out his beautiful tail to Us
reatest extent, and, holding his head
far back, strolls round In a circle so as
best to display Its beauties from aU
points of view.
Rudeness Rebuked.
It Is human nature to rejoice when a
hurl is taught a forcible lesson in po
liteness, and the more the rebuke Is
leserved the more will the lookers-on
rejoice at the guilty man's dlsoom-,
Iture. A case In point occurred at the
;ustom house at one of the porta of
entry on the great lakes.
The Inspectors were very courteous,
tnd bad been making only superficial
examinations of the trunks and bags
af the passengers, all but one of whom
tpprecinted this leniency enough to ren.
ier the inspectors all possible aid In
ielr work. The exception was a young
Englishman, dressed In the height of
fashion, who seemed to regard the in
ipectors as personal enemies.
When his turn came, the Inspector
laid: "Have you a trunk, sir?"
"That's my trunk." he answered,
ihortly.
"Will you kindly open it?'
"Open it yourself!" As he spoke he
threw hia keys down on the top of the
rrunk, and looked at the inspector with
t most Insulting expression.
The Inspector said never a word, bnt
n omlnons silence picked up the keys,
pened the trunk, and began the exam
nation of Its contents. Beginning with
3ie tray, he went straight through the
a-unk, taking out and opening every
thing he found. He unrolled and Sep
tra ted every pair of socks, unfolded
ivery piece of underwear, and shook
ut and explored the pockets of all the
lently folded coats and trousers. Whea
le had completely emptied the trunk,
le "checked" It and moved on to the
text, leaving the dude's entire ward
robe In a heap on the floor.
The dude stood looking doubtfully at
lim for a moment, and then exclaimed:
'Here, you, who's going to put these
Uiings back?"
"Put 'em back yourself!" answered
the inspector, without looking around,
rhis the foolish fellow had to do, while
Oie crowd laughed.
Mot Expected.
They rode together past a gallows,
fhey conversed.
"Where would you be, Jim, If that
tallows had Its due?" -
"Riding alone."
They parted. French exchange.
Anotber Matter.
Probably It la only In the old world,
where human life Is cheap, and chil
dren are often a burden, that such an
Incident could have taken place as one
which Is related In a French paper.
A woman was found weeping bitterly
In the street and a gendarme asked her
what waa the matter.
"Oh! 'h! I've lost the babyl" .
"Your baby, ma'am?"
"Mine? Nor answered the woroiii.
If 'twas my own baby, do yon think
I'd be boohoolng like this? Ifa my
woo-hool mistress' babyr
So far, the sweet girl graduates) have
tackled everything la sight except the
silver question..
CHURCH ON WHEELS.
fna "Gospel Car Accommodate
Lara. Audience
Folding beds, canoes, houses and
coops have long been known of and
many are In use, while the folding bicy
cle Is seeking recognition. Among the
latest inventions in this line is the fad
ing "gospel car." It looks like an ocdi
nary freight car when made up In the
train, but which grows and expands
rOLDIMO CBUKCn cab. '
Into a comfortable, commodious chapel.
with a steeple and bell tower, when the
Itinerant" evangelist sets up his wheeled
house of worship on a siding.
These cars are run on parallel track
side by side, the floor sections axel
swung down to fill the space between the
cars, and are clamped together so as to
make a solid floor. The roof sections
swing out to within a short distance of
each other, and extension pieces ard
clamped between, and the whole Is In
closed by walls which are bolted and
clamped In place. These walls ban
windows in them, and when the entire
affair is put together the railroad chapel
extends over two tracks and overhang!
on each side.'
The machinery for raising a steeple
over the queer church Is capable of lift
lng the framework to a good height,
and when this Is put on there Is nothlqg
but the railroad track and car wheels
to Indicate the character of the house.
Braces and rods strengthen the floor
and stiffen the walls and roofs, and
everything Is made so that the meeting
house can be set up or taken down in a
short time.
When railroad companies were reach
ing out over the prairies of the West,
running new railroads through the
treat plains, armies of men were fed
RAILWAY BOABPINO OAS.
in the huge boarding cars that were tm-
portant parts of the construction trains.
These "boarding shanties" towered high
over the box cars, some of them having
three tiers of windows.
A Strange Rabbit Freak.
Miss Bertrand, a young lady living b
Tocaioma, Cel., Is the owner of a rabbit
that differs from any other rabbit men
tioned In zoology. This particular bon
nle has but one ear, and that one Is lo
cated directly on top of Its head and Is
about twice as large as It ought to be.
Miss Bertrand's father is a hotel pro
prietor, and the odd-looking rabbit la a
great pet around the hostelry. Accord
ing to the San Francisco Call, the rabbit
must have known that he was different
from other rabbits and therefore enti
tled to some consideration, for he ap
proached the hotel as If desirous of be
ing captured.
When chased be did not run away,
but hid In a clump of bushes and re
mained there until his captor picked
him up. Since then he has become very
tame, but at no time did the little fellow
evince any great amount of fear.
The body of the rabbit is Just like
that of any other cotton-tail, and so le
his head. The fur Is the same, and the
animal seems to be about the size of
other members of the same species. Bnt
he has only one ear, and this gives him
in uncanny appearance. He has bean
dubbed the "Unicorn Rabbit," and the
solitary car gives him a ferocious aa
pect
While bunnle has but one outer e
fliere seem to be two orifices. The open
ings are at the sides of the ear and not
far from the usual places. From around
them the skin grows toward the center
of the head, where it unites and forms
the single large ear. The opening or
hollow parr of the ear Is turned back
ward instead of to the sides, as is usual
with rabbits' ears.
The rabbit does not seem to be annoy
ed by having but one ear. He hops
about the hotel as contented as any rab
bit could be, and when picked up and
petted seems to be delighted at receiv
ing the attention.
Napoleon. Denpondeacy.
Napoleon, threatened by the knife of
t would-be assassin, had sunk Into de
ipondency, which was the deeper bo
ra use he had been wounded at Rals
00 a, knocked senseless by a fall from
bis horse near Schonbrunn, checked at
Aspern, compelled to expose his life like
ny common soldier to save the day at
Wagram, and only half supported by
the Czar during his last supreme effort
tnd because Soult had been driven out
X Portugal. Century.
Hadn't Had His Breakfast.
An Englishman was once In a train
which was "held up" by Carlists in
Spain, and overheard a Spanish gentle
man, who was overcome with fright,
murmuring to himself: "To die ed
young, to leave my wife and babies;
oh, it Is sad! And I haven't even had
my breakfast!"
HIS SCBS THING.
"It's a sure thing this tine, old fel
low. Just imagine an automatic hand
organ, wound up to play 'After the
Ball.' and"
'But they'd smash it."
"Jus' so ; jus so made of chilled
steel three-quarters of an inch thick,
time lock and"
'Bnt who'd pay to "
"Jus' so ; jus' so and a sign on it :
Prop a Quarter and Hear it Stop.' "
Oil"
REV. OB, TALMAGE,
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
O.scourse.
Subject: "A Christian Mother."
Text: "Moreover Ills mother made him a
Attle coat and brought it to him from rear
to yesr when she came op with her huiband
to offer the y. arly faerillee." I Samuel II.,
Tho stories of Dehnrnh and Abigail nre
very apt to discount'- a woman's soul. She
says wiihin herself. "Ii U Impossible that I
everaolilrva any such xrnndeiir of charac
ter, and I don't m.-uu to try," as though a
ebild should refuse to piny the eiirbt notes
because he cannot exei-ute a "William Tell."
This Hannah of thJ text differs from the per
sons I just named. Mhe was an or.linnry
woman, with ordinary intellectual capacity,
placed in ordinary circumstances, an 1 yet.
1V extraordinary piety, sandini; out t'efnre
uU tho aires to come Hie Meal Christian
mother. Hannali was the wifeof Elkanau,
who was a person very much like herself
unromantic and plain, never havinir fouirht
a battle or been the subject of a tuirvelous
escape. Neith-r of thein would have ben
eal ed a geuius. Just what you and I might
be that Vas Elkanh aud Hannnh. The
brightest time in all the hls-tory of thiit fam
ily waa the birth or Samuel. Althouifli no
star ran alouir the hi nveus pjintin down t.
his birthplace. I tbluk the annuls of tlod
St. oped at thn cominir of so wnmWfui .
prophet. As Ssniil.-I hi, I 1 een eiven in an
swerio pniy.-r, Elksnah and all hisfnmil
save Hnnuah started up to Shiloh to offer
01 man sgivintr. Tin cradle whet
me onua SIODt was n Mai- rnnn -h In, u.n
nan's grateful heart, but when the boy was
old enough she took him to Shiloh and took
thn-e bullocks and an ep-ih of Hour an! a
uouie 01 wine and made offering of sacrifice
unto the Lord, and there, a.-cor.lin,- .
previous vow, she left him, for there he wits
to stay all tlieilaysof his life and minister
u tun sanctuarv.
Years rolled on, and every year Hannah
n.acie wun ner own band a garment for
Samuel and took it over to him. The lad
would have got alon? well without that gar-
"r i suppose ne was well clad by the
ministry or the temple, bnt Hannah could
not be contented nuless she was all the time
doingsomething for h-r idolized hoy. "More-
runnier ma.ie mm a little coat and
brought It to him from ve:ir to v- hi.
she came up with her husband to offer the
annual saennce. "
Hannah siands befoia vnn Vmn t-t.
1 .k. n,. i , . . . 7..J:
There was no need that she work. Eikanab
lunuiM uiai:r. mm re ii limnainnnB mil
ner nusliand, was far from poor. He be-
ongeu to a distinguished family, for th
Bisle tells ns that he
the sou of Ellhu, the son 01" Tohu, the son ot
Zuph. "Who were they?" you say. I do
noi unow, nut tuey were distinguished peo
ple, no doubt, or t heir names would not have
been mentioned. Hannah might haveseate.l
herself in her familv. and. with fnMad i-m.
and dishevel ved hair, read novels, from
year to year, if there had been any to reud;
uui, mini m. see ner malting tnat garment
and taking it over to SamueL I itnnv ul il
industrious from princiDle as well ns from
pleasure. God would not have a mother be
come a drudge or a slave; bewould have her
employ an me neips possible In this day 1
the rearing of her children. But Hannah
ought never to be ashamed to be foun t
making a coat for Samuel. Most mothers
need no counsel in this direction. Th-
wrinkles on their brow, the p:llor on their
vureit, ins (uimuin mnrlt on their linger, at
test that they are faithful In their moihrl
duties. The bloom and the brightness aud
1110 viracuy 01 girinood iiare given
place to the grander dignity and useful
ness ana industry of motherhood. Hut Hi
is a heathenish idea getting abro-id in
some of the families of Americans; there am
uiuiiicrs wuo uanisn innmseives irorn the
home circle. For three-fourths of their m.
lernai amies they prove themselves iooom
patent. Ihey are ignorant of what theii
t-nnuren w.r, and what their children eat
and what their children read. They intrust
10 irrespoDsioie persons these young im
mortals and allow them to be under influ
ences which may cripple their bodies, 01
taint their purity, or spoil (heir manners, 01
destroy their souls. From the awkward cm
of Samuel's coat you know his mother Han
nah did not make it.
Out from under flaming chandeliers and
"i trum iiuporieu carpels, anu aown th
granite stairs th-re is coming a great crowd
of children in this day, untrained, saucy,
incompetent for all the practical duties ol
of life, ready to be .-an-Lt in the first whir
of crime and seusuaiity. indoleut aud un
faithful mothers will make indolent and un
fnithful children. You cannot expect neat
ness ani order in any house where the
daughters see nothing but slatternliness
and upside downativeiio-s in their parents.
Let H-uinah be Idle, and most certainlv
Samuel will grow up idle. Who are the in
dustrious men io all our occupations aud
professions? Who are thev maiiairini
tha merchandise of the world, bud-ling
the walls, tinning the roofs.
weaving the carpts, mak'Qg tho laws,
governing tne nations, making tha nh m
quake and heave and roar and rattle with
the tread of gigantic enterprises? Who are
they? For the most part they descended
from industrious mothers who in the old
homestead used to spin their own yarn and
weave their own carpets and nlait their own
doormats and flag their own chairs ami do
their own work. The stalwart men and the
influential women of this dav. ninetv-nina
out of 100 of them, came from such an illus
trious ancestry of bard Knuckles and home
spun. And who are these people in society,
light as frotb, blown every whither of temp
tation and fashion the peddlers of filthy
stories, tha dancing jacks of political par
ties, the scum of society, the tavern loung
ing, store infesting, the men of low wink
and fllthy chuckle an t brass breastpin nnd
rotten associations? For the most part they
came from mothers idle and disgusting, the
scandal mongers of society, going from
house to house attending 10 everybody's
bnsiness but their own, believing in witches
and ghosts and horseshoes to keep the devil
out of the churn, and by a godless life set
ting tbelr children on thn very verge of hell.
The mothers of Samuel Johnson and of Al
fred the Great and of Isaac Newton and of
St. Augustine and of Richard Cecil and of
President Edwards for the most part were
'jidustrions, hard working mothers.
Mow, while I congratulate all Christian
mothers upon the wealth and the modern
science which may afford them all kinds of
help, let me say that every mother ought to
be observant of her children's walk, ber chilli-en's
behavior, ber children's food, her chil
dren's books, her children's companionship.
However much help Hannah mav have. I
think she ought every year, at least, to make
one garment for Samuel. The Lord have
mercy on the man who is so unfortunate a
o have had a lary mother!
Again, Hannah stands before yon to-day as
an Intelligent mother. From the way In
which she talked in this chapter, and irom
the way she managed this boy, you know aha
was Intelligent. There are no persons in a
community who need to be so wise and well
informed as mothers. Oh, this work of cult
turinnchildreu for this world and the nextl
This child is timid, and It must be roused np
and pushed out into activities This child i
forward, and he must be hold back and
lamed down into modesty and politeness.
Bewards for one, punishments for another.
That which will make George will ruin
John. The rod is necessary in one case,
while a frown of displeasure is more
than enough in another. Whipping and
a dark closet do not exhaust all tha
rounds of domestic discipline. There have
been children who have grown np and gone
to glory without ever having their ear
boxed. Ob, bow much care and intelligence
are necessary in the rearing of children! But
in this day, when there are so many books
on this subject, no parent is excusable In be
ing ignorant of the best mods of bringing ur.
1 cnua. xi parents anew more 01 aietetlca
there wculd not be so many dyspeptic
stomachs, and weak nerves, and inactive liv
ers among children. If parents knew more
of physiology, there would not be so many
curved spines and cramped chests, and In
flamed throats, and diseased lungs as then
are among children. If parents knew mon
ot art and were ia sympathy with all that It
beaatlfnl, there would not be so many chil
dren coming out in the world with boorish
proolivities. If parents knew more ot Christ
and practlood mora ot His religion, tbera
would not be so many iirtie lent aires ty
stariin.; on the wron-r road, and all around
us voices of riot and blasphemy would not
come np with such ecstasy of infernal
triumph.
Aguin. Hannali staur.s before you lo-day
Christian mother. From her prayers and
fro:n tho way she consecrated her boy to
God I know site was good. A mother may
hare the finest culture, the most briiliunt
iiirronn lings, bnt she is not lit for bet
duties unless she bn a Christian mother.
There may be well read libraries in tne
house, and exquisite music in the parlor,
ind the canvas of the best artist adorning
ibe walls, aud the wardrobe be crowded
with lostufnl apparel, and the children ba
wonderful for their attainments and make
the house ring with laughter and innocent
mirth, bnt there is something woefully
lacking in that bouse if it be not also
the r.-sidence of a Christian mother.
bless God that there are not
nanv- prayerluos mothers. The weight
of responsibility Is so grout Hint they feel the
eiil of a divine band to help mid a ilivicti
roice to comfort and a divine heart to
lyinpaMiiz--. Thousands of mothers have
3een led into tie kiugdom ot God by the
iinnds ot their little children. There are
hundreds of mothers lo-day who would uot
nave been Cnristiaiis had it not been for the
prattle of their lltt:e ones. Standing some
lay- in the nursey, they bethought them
lelres: "lliis child God has given me to
raise for eternity. What is my influence
upon it? Not lieiuga Christian myself, how
?an I everexpei-t lum to become a Christian.
Lor I. help me!"
Every child is a bundle of tremendous pos
iilities. An i whether that chil I shall coma
forth in tile, its heart ntluu:d to the eternal
lanuoiiies, and alter a lire of useluiuess on
Jarth, go to a life of joy -in heareu. or
whetner across it shall jar eternal discords,
lud after a life of wrongdoing on earth it
iliall 'o to a home of impenetra le ilarknrss
ind au abyss of iiiirucasuruhle plunge is be
ing deeided by nursery song aud .Sa'iuath
lesson and evening prayer and walk and ride
au 1 look and frown au-l smile. Oh, how
many children in glory, crowding all the
uattleruents an i lifting a million voiced ho
iiuna, brought to God through Christian
parentage! One huudredund twenty clergy
nen were together, aud they were telling
their experience and their ancestry, aud ot
:b one hundred and twenty clergymen,
how many of them, do you suppose, as
dguuj as the means of their conver
i.on the influence of a Christian mother?
One hundred out of the hundred aud
.wenly. rhilip Doddridge was brought
io God by the Scripture lesson on the
Dutch tile ol the chimney fireplace. The
nother thinks she is only rockiug a child,
nit at the samo time she may be rocking the
l"sliny of empires, rockiug the fate of
nations, rocking the glories of heaven. Tha
-aum maternal power that may lift a child
up may pn-ss a child down. A daughter
a ne to a worldly mother aud said she was
tuxious about her sins and she had lieen
pnfving all night. The mother said. "Oh,
too praying! 1 don t believe in Dravinu.
Qet over nil those religious notions, and I'll
live you a uress mat win cot live nundred
lollnrs, and you mnv wear it next week to
that party."
the daughter took thn dress, and she
movt-d in the guy c.rcle, the gayest of all
the gay that night, and, sure enough, all
religious impressions were gone, and she
itcpue 1 praying. A few mouths after, she
same to die and in her closing moments
aid, '"Mother. I wish vou would bring ma
that dress that cost 5K)." The mother
thought it was a very strunge reiiuest, but
he brought it to pl-asa tha ilyiug child.
'Mow," .said the daughter, "mother, bann
that dress on the foot of mv bed. ' And the
dress was bung there on the foot of the bed.
then the dyiug girl got unoti one elbow and
looked at her mother aud then pointed to
the dress and said. ;-Mother, that dress Is tho .
orire of iny soul." Oh. what a uiouieutoua
Ihiug it is to be n mother!
Again, an-l lust!y, Hannah stands before
you tcilny. the rewarded mother. For alt
thi coats she has made for Samuel, for all
the prayers she off-red for him, fortheilis-uil-liiie
she exerted over him. she got abun
dant compensation in the piety aud useful
ness au-l the popularity or her sou Samuel,
au I that in true in all ages. Every mother
g-ts full pav for all the iravers and tears in
behalf of uer children. That man useful lu
cominer'iul life, that man prominent in the
rofession. that master ms'-haiiic why.
every step he lakes iu life has an echo of
gladness in tue old heart that long a'M
aught him to be Christian aud heroio au 1
earnest. The story of what 3011 have done
or what you have written, of the lulluenco
you have exerted, has gouehai-k to the old
homestead for there is some one always
ready to carry good tidings and tfc-U story
nali-sthe needle iu the old mother's tremu
lous hand fly quicker and the ll iil In tho ''
father's hand come dotfu upon the barn
Boor with a more vigorous Ihunip. Parents
ove to hiar good news from their children.
Do you send tht-in good news, always? Look
iu: tor tne young man who sneaks of his
father as the "governor," the "squire" or
the "old chap." Look out for the young
woman who culls her mother her "maternal
ncesior or the "old wuinau." "Tha eve
that mocketh at his father aud refusetb to
bey his mother the ravens of the valiev
hall pick it out. and the voting eagies shall
eat it. Cod grant I hat all these parents
may have the great satisfaction of seeinir
their cliib'ieii grow up Chri-tinns.
Jiut. oh. the pang of that mother who
titer a lite of street gadding and gossip re-
iiinug, unngiiig on tier children the frip
peries an 1 follies of this world, sees those
hildreu tossel out on the sea ot lifelike
oam on the wave or nonentities In a world
here only brawuv aud stalwart character
:au stand the Bhock! But blessed be tha
noth r who look- upon her children as sons
ind daughters of the Lord Almighty! Oh,
h satisfaction of Hannah in see.n : Himuel
serving at the altar; of Mother Kunice iu
eiug her Timothy learned in the Scriptures.
rhut is the mother's recomp.fu..- .0 see
hildren coming up useful in Hie world, re-
ainnug the lost, healing the scL- oitving
he ignorant, eainir-t and useiul in every
phere. Tnat throws a uew light baok on
ho o'd family Bible whenever she reads it:
snd that will be ointment to soothe the ach
ing limbs of decrepitude ami light up tha
ilosing hours of life s day with the glories
of an autumnal sunset.
There she sits the old Christian mother
po for heaven. Her eyesight is almost
gone, but the splendors of the celestial city
kindle up her vision. The gray light of
-leaven's morn has struck through the gray
locks whiu-h are folded back over the wrin
kle 1 temples. She stoops very much now uu-
Ier tne burden of care she used to carrv for
her children. She sits at home to-dav. too
old to And her way to the house of God; but
bile she sits there all the past comes back.
nd the children that 40 years ago trooped
round her armchair witn their little griefs
u I joys and sorrows, those children are all
gone now some caught up into a better
realm, where they shall never die. and others
out in the broad world, attesting the excel-
eoce 01 a Christian mother s discipline. Her
last aays are 11111 01 peace, and calmer and
sweeter will her spirit become, until tha
gates of life shall lilt and let the wornout
pilgrim into eternal springtide and youth,
where the limbs never ache and tha eyes
never grow dim and the staff ot the exhaust
ed and decrepit pilgrims shall become the
oalin of the immortal athlete.
Don't have "heart talks" with every
man you know.
The road lo poverty is easy to find,
but hard to travel.
The man who quarrels with his lot
makes it. harder.
Conduct will never I'e tiglit while
convictions are wrong.
Things around us will look better, if
we first look overhead.
Who overcomes by force hath over
come at half his foes.
Life may change, 1 ut it will not fly
till the appointed hour.
Who looks above, climls upward;
who looks below, goes down.
I couid never draw the line between - .
meanness and dishonesty.
Gold is never so bright as when it is
used in doing good.
An enemy treated as a friend, wilt
oon become a friend.