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THB OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP' THE l-A WK.
B. F. BOHWE1EH,
MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5. 1S
NO. 34.
VOL. L.
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CHAPTER IV.
Two people went away from Lady Ches
terton's ball with anything but happiness
t their hearts Ida Raughton and Wai
ter Cundall.
She waa able to tell herself, aa ahe sat
In her dressing room after her maid bad
left her, that she had, after all, become
enguged to the man whom she really
loved; but she had also to acknowledge
that, for that other one, her compassion
was very great.
She had never loved him, nor did ah
nntil this night believe the rumors of so
ciety that reached her ears, to the effect
that he loved her; but she had liked him
very much, and his society had always
been agreeable to her.
And, for ahe was always frank even to
herself, she acknowledged that be was
man whom ahe regarded with some kind
of awe; a man vfhose knowledge of the
world was as much above hers as his
wealth waa above her father's wealth.
Yes, she reflected, he waa so much,
above her that she did not think, in any
circumstances, love could have come into
her heart fur him.
As for him, he hardly knew what to do
on that night. He walked back to hia
house in Grosvenor place (he was too un
easy to sit in his carriage), and, letting I
himself in, went to his library, where he I
passed some hours pacing up and down it. j
Afterwards, When he was calmer, he
went to a large escritoire, and, unlocking
it, took out a bundle of papers and read
ttJa.
They were a collection of several old
letters, a tress of hair In an envelope,
which he kissed softly, and two alips of
paper which he seemed to read particu
larly carefully. Then he put them away
and said to himself:
"It must be done, there Is no help for
It My happiness is gone forever, and I
would not wreck the happiness of others:
but, in this case, my ain would be beyond
recall if I hesitated."
And, again, after a pause, he said to
himself: "It must be done."
He rose In the morning at hia usual
time, though it was nearly six before he
flung himself wearily on his bed to snatch
aome troubled rest, and when he went
down stairs to his breakfast he found his
secretary, Mr. Stuart waiting for h5i.
"West told me that I should find yon
looking better th-ji ever, Mr. Cundall,"
he said, "but I cvtinot honestly say that
I do. You look pale and worn."
"I am ierfeftly well, nevertheless. But
I went to a ball lust night, and, what
with that and traveling all day, I ant
rather knocked out, but It Is nothing.
Now, let us get to work on the corre
spondence, and then we must go into the
city."
They began on fhe different piles of
letters, Mr. Cundull throwing over to
Stuart all those the handwriting of which
he did not recognize, aud opening those
which he did know himself.
They went to the city together later on,
and then tbey sepnrnted; but before they
did so, Cundull asked Stuart if he knew
what club Lord Penlyn belonged to.
" 'Black's,' I fancy, and the 'Voyagers,
but we can see in the directory." And he
turned to the court department of that
nsefal work, and found that he was right
In the evening of two days later Cun
dall called at "Black's" and learned that
Lord Penlyn was in that institution.
All through those two days he had been
nerving himself for the interview that
was now about to take place, and had at
last strung himself up to it
He had prayed that there might be no
cruelty in what he was about to do; but
he waa afraid!
"How are you, Cundall?" Lord Penlya
said, coming down the stairs behind the
porter, and greeting him with cordiality.
"I have never had the pleasure of seeing
you here before."
'Then he looked at his visitor and saw
that he was ghastly pale, and he noticed
that bis band was cold and damp.
"Oh, I say!" he exclaimed, "aren't you
well? Come upstairs and have some
thing." "I am well, but I have something very
serious to say to you, and "
"Ida la not ill?" the other asked ap
prehensively, his first thoughts flying to
the woman be loved. And the familiar
name upon bis lips struck to the other'
heart
"She la well, as far as I know. But li
ia of her that I have come to speak. This
club seems full of members; will you
come for a stroll in the park? It is close
at hand."
"Yes, yes!" Penlyn said, calling to the
porter for his hat and stick. "But what
can yon have to say to me about her?"
Then, as they went down St James'
street, and past Marlborough House into
the park, there did come back suddenly
to hia memory some words he bad once
overheard about Cundall being in love
with the woman who was now his affi
anced wife.
"Now tell me. Mr. Cundall," he said,
"what you have to say to me about my
future wife."
"I have come to tell you first" Cundall
answered, "that three nights ago, I asked
Ida Raughton to be my wife."
"What!" the other exclaimed, "yon ask
ed my future "
"One moment," Cundall aaid quietly;
"I did not know then that ahe waa to be
your future wife. If you will remember,
I had only returned to London on that
lay."
"And you did not know of our engage
ment?" "I knew nothing. Let me proceed. In
proposing to ber and in gaining her love
for ahe told me that she had consented
to be your wife you deprived me of the
only thing in this world I prize, the only
thing I wanted. I came back to England
with one fixed idea, the idea that ah
loved me, and that when I asked her, ahe
would accept me for ber husband."
Ha pansed moment, and Lord Penlyo
said:
"While I cannot regret the cans el
fonr disappointment, seeing what happi
ness It brings me, I am (till very sorry
to see yon suffering so."
Cundall took no notice of this remark,
though hia soft dark eyea were fixed
pen the younger man aa he ottered It
Then he continued:
"Are you a strong man? Do you think
rest can bear a sudden shock V
-a an not anow west yon mean, 001
what you are driving at!" Lord Penlya
said, beginning to lose his temper at thest
atrange hints and questions. "I am sorry
tor yonr disappointment, in one way, but
It la not In your power, nor in toat 01 any
en else, to come between the love Miss
Ha ugh ton and I bear to each ether.
"Unfortunately it is in my power ana
f mutt do It temporarily, at least At
present you cannot marry Miss Baue
"What! Why not, sir? For what rea
ton, pray?"
"Do not excite yourself! Became shi
md her father imagine that ahe ia en
gaged to Lord Penlyn, and you are not
Lord Penlyn r
"It ia a lie!" the other aaid, springini
at him in the dusk that had now aet in,
"and I will kiU you for it" But Cun-
dall caught him in a grasp of iron and
pushed him back, as he aaid hoarsely
"It ia the truth. Your father had an
other wife, who died before he married
your mother, and he left a sou by her.
That man is Lord Penlyn."
Gervase Oceleve took a step back and
reeled on to a seat in the walk.
In a moment there came back to bit
mind' the inn at Le Vocq, in which he had
aeen that strange entry, and the laud'
lord's tale.
So that woman was his wife and thai
son a lawful one, instead of the outcaat
end nameless creature he had pictured
him in his mind! But was this atory
true?
He stood before Cundall and said:
"I do not know how you are capable Oi
substantiating this extraordinary state
ment; but you will have to do so, and be
fore witnesses."
"I am fully prepared," Cundall aaid.
"Then I would suggest, Mr. Cundall,
that you should call at my house to-mor-
row aud tell this remaraame taie in iuu.
There will be at least one witness, my
friend, Mr. Smerdon."
"I will be there at midday. If you will
receive me. And believe me. If It had not
been that I could not see Miss Raughton
married illegally, and assuming a title to
which she had no right, I would have held
my peace."
Lord Penlyn had turned away before
the Inst words were spoken, bnt on bear
Ing them. turned back again and said:
"la th rcet in your hands only, then,
and does it depend upon you alone for the
telling? Pray, may I ask who thla mys
terious Lord Penlyn Is whom you havt
so suddenly sprung upon me?"
"I am heP' the other answered.
"Your with an Incredulous stare
"Your
"Yes, I." m
CHAPTER V.
"I have heard it aaid that he la worth
from two to three millions," Philip Smer
don aaid to his friend the next morning,
when Penlyn had, for the sixth or sev
enth time, repeated the whole of the con
versation between him and Cundall. "A
man of that wealth would ecarcely try to
steal another man's title. Yet he must
either be mistaken or mad."
"He may be mistaken I must hope he
Is but he is certainly not mad. Hia calm
ness last night waa something extraordi
nary, aud I am convinced that, provided
thia atory U true, he has told it against
his will."
"You mean that he only told It to pre
vent Miss Raughton from being illegally
married, or rather, for the marriage would
be perfectly legal since no deception waa
meant to prevent her from assuming a
title to which she had no claim?"
"Yea."
"You do not think that he hopea b
divulging this secret always assuming it
to be true to cause your marriage to be
broken off, so that he might have a
chance of obtaining Miss Raughton him
self? If his story is true, he can still
make her Lady Penlyn."
His friend hesitated. "I do not know,"
he aaid. "He bears the character of be
ing one of the most honorable men in
London. Supposing his story true, I im
agine he waa right to tell it."
The young man expressed his opinio,,
and spoke as he thought but he also
spoke in a voice broken with sorrow. If
what Cundall bad told him waa the actual
case, not only waa he not Lord Penlyn,
but he was a beggar.
And then Ida Raughton could never b
hia wife. Even though ahe might be
willing to take him, atripped aa he would
be of his title and possessions, it waa
certain that Sir Paul would not allow her
to do so.
He began to feel a bitter hatred risln.
np In his heart It had been full of pity
for that unknown and unnamed brother,
whom he had imagined to be in existence
somewhere in the world; for thia man,
who waa now to come forward armed
with all lawful rights to deprive him of
what he had so long been allowed blindly
to enjoy, he experienced nothing but the
blackest hate.
At twelve o'clock be and Smerdon war.
ready to receive the new claimant to all
he bad imagined hia, and at twelve o'clock
he arrived.
"Before 1 make any statement" he
said, "look at these," and he produced two
letters worn with time and with the ink
faded. The other took them, and noted
they they were addressed to, "My own
dear wife," and signed, "Yonr loving hus
band, Oervase Oceleve." And one of
them was headed, "Le Vocq, Aoberge
Belle-Vue."
"Are they In your father's handwrit
ing?" be asked, and Gervase answered
"Yea."
"It was in 1852." Cundall said, "that
be met my mother. She was staying in
Paris with a distant relative of hers, and
they were in the habit of constantly meet
ing. I bear his memory in no respect he
waa a cold-hearted, selfish man. He won
her love, but told her that his uncle, whose
heir be wss. wished him to make a bril
liant match. For her sake be waa willing
to forego it, if ahe also was willing to
make the sacrifice of a private marriage,
of living entirely out of the world, of
never being presented to any of his
friends. They were married in that year
in London."
"At what church?" Gervase aaked.
"At 8t Jade's, Maryleboue.' Here Is
the certificate."
Oervase took it vlanced at fct and re
turned U to him.
"They lived a wandering kind of Ufa,
but In those days, a not altogether un
happy one. But at last he wearied or it
wearied' of living In continental towns
to which no one of their own country ever
came, where they passed nnder an as
sumed name, that which had been her
maiden name Cundall. At my birth he
became more genial for a year or so, and
again be relapsed into hia moody and mo
rose state. He began to see toat the se
cret could not be kept forever, now that
te bad a son: that some day, if I lived,
I mast be Lord Penlyn. And he did not
disguise his forebodings from ber, nor
attempt to throw off hia gloom. She bore
with him patiently for a long while-
bore hia repinings and taunts; bnt at last
she told him that, after all, there was no
such great necessity for secrecy, tnat sne
was a lady by birth, a wife of whom he
need not be ashamed. Then then he
cursed her; and on the next occasion ot
bettor live apart She took him at his
ivord. and when he woke the next morning
she was gone, taking me with her. He
aever saw her nor me again, and when
he heurd that ahe waa dead he believed
'hat I was dead also."
"Then he waa the deceived, and not
the deceiver?" Gervase exclaimed. "He
thought that I was really hia son and
heir."
"Yes. he thought so. My mother'a only
other relative in the world was her broth
er, a merchant in Honduras, who was
fast amnssiug a stupendous fortune
the one I now possess. She wrote to him
telling him that she had married, that her
husband had treated her badly, and that
she had left hini aud resumed her maiden
name. His name she never would reveal.
My uncle wrote to say that In such cir
cumstances, and being au unmarried man,
he would adopt me as his own child, and
that I should eventually be hia heir. Then
he sent money over for my schooling and
Vinging np."
He paused again, and again be went
on; and it seemed aa if he was mustering
himself for a final effort
"When I was little over four years old
she died. On her deathbed her heart re
lented, and she thought that ahe would
do for him what appeared to be the great
est service in her power. She wrote to
tell him she waa dying, and that he would,
in a few days, receive confirmation of her
death from a sure hand. And she told
him that I had died two months before.
Poor thing! she meant well, but she waa a
simple, unworldly woman, and sue uac
no idea of w-at she was doing."
"Is that all?"
"With the exception of this: When J
was twenty-one this letter of my mother's,
which no other eyes but mine have evei
seeu before, was put into my hand. I was
then lu Honduras, aud it had been left in
my uncle's care. I came to England
shortly afterwards, and there waa in my
mind some idea of butting In a claim to
my birthright But on my arrival, I
found that another you had taken pos
oi.i.m nf It: and. as I saw you young and
happy, and heard you well spoken of. I
put away from me, forever, all thoughts
of ever taking away from you what you
through no fault of your own nad wrong
rnllv luwvtme Dossessed of."
"Yet now you will do so, because I have
gained Ida a love.
"No. no. no!" he answered. Then h
said, with a aadnesa that should have gone
to their hearts: "1 have been r.sau ia
your Jacob all my life. It is natural you
should sumilant me now in a woman a
love."
"What then do you mean to do. Lord
Peulvn?" Gervase asked bitterly. The
mhr started, and said:
"Never call me by that name again. I
have sriven it to you."
"Perhaps," Smerdon said, with a bitter
sneer, "because you are not quite sure
yet of your own right to it lou would
have to prove that there was a male child
of this marriage, and then that you were
be. That would not be so easy, 1 imag
ine." "There is nothing would be more easy.
I have every proof of my birth and my
identity."
"And you intend to use them to break
off my marriage with Ida Kaugnton,
Gervase Oceleve said.
(To be contiuued.1
Well Met.
James Edward Oglethorpe founded
the colony of Georgia in 1733, and the
bouses erected by him formed the be-
giuulng of Savannah. After founding
the colony he returned to ttuglana ana
received promotion in the army, in
which, at the time of his death, he held
a commission aa general. When a young
man General Oglethorpe served In the
Austrian army under Prince Engene.
During this period be was one day
sitting at table with a Prince or Wur
temberg. The prince took up a glass
of wine, and by a fillip made some of it
Ty in Oglethorpe's face.
Here was a sore dilemma. To ha v.
challenged the Insolent prince on the
spot might have fixed a quarrelsome
character on the young soldier; to have
taken no notice of it might have been
considered as cowardice. Oglethorpe,
therefore, keeping his eye upon the
prince, and smiling all the time, as If
he took what his highness had done in
lest, said:
"Mon prince, that's a good joke, but
we do It much better In England," and
threw a whole glass of wine In the
orlnce's face.
The prince half rose from bis chair,
hot with anger; but an old general who
sat by checked him and said: "II a blen
fait mon prince, vous lavez com-
mencee." (He has done right, my prince;
rou began It)
The prince, thus admonished, recov
ered himself and smiled, and so what
might have ended In a tragedy termin
ated in good humor aud an added re
apect for young Oglethorpe.
Dennis Cannot Be Fonad.
A letter mailed at West Point, Ina.
is now In the Lafayette postoffice ad
dressed thus: "What though the anow
be high as any mountain; what though
the sleet and rain in torrents pour, so
much that earth would seem like one
vast fountain. No matter. With tbls
letter swiftly soar to Mr. Garabaldl D.
McGlnuls, whom Rumor whispers
dwells on Burwell place. As D.' Im
plies), his middle name Is Dennis; this
pointer use bis whereabouts to trace."
-Indianapolis Hun.
Pure lesd baa been found some
tbirtv feet under the ground near
Chester. 111.. . A company has been
organized to mine it
Iowa almost from the date 01 its
admission has been called the "Hawk
eye stale." Hawkeye was the name ot
a noted Indian chief.
An evidence of the striking uni
formity of size among the Japanese is
found in the fact that recnt measure
ments taken of an infantry regimen
show no variation exceeding two
inches in height or twenty pounds in
weight.
Experiments made by Chief Fer-
now of the United States Division of
Forestry, show that large beams of
wood cut symmetrically develop as
much strength in proportion as the
smaller pieces of selected wood usually
employed in teats.
The value of Maryland's farm
lands increased $5,500,000 between
1880 and 1890, making a total of $175,
058,550. Street railway rails in Memphis,
Tenn., are being welded together with
molten steel.
An examination of the eyes of
white and colored children in the
Washington schools show that the
Fatter are much less liable to shortsight
edness and astigmatism.
COUNT AND COUNTESS DE CASTELLANE.
One of the most notable weddings In
this eoantry of recent years waa that of
Oount de Castellans, the descendant of a
aoted French family, to Miss Anna
Ueald. youngest daughter of the late Jay
DESIGNS IN SWISS STYLE.
A4atea to Bural 6nrroaadiaa
n Monataiaowe LsadMapst
There ace some styles that are par
ticularly fitted to the American climate
octal conditions. There are
SWISS OOTTAOBW
others that can seldom be used with
good effect, but Inasmuch as there are
occasional calls for the construction of
houses In these styles. It Is fitting that
they should be considered.
The deaiga Illustrated herewith Is
that of a Swiss cottage. Swiss archi
tecture is the outgrowth of the needs
and conditions of the inhabitants of
Switzerland, and, like all national in
stitutions. Is moat appropriate to Its
natural surroundings. The life of the
Swiss peasant Is divided by his o-cu-pations
into two seasons, the summer,
when he is watching and tending his
cattle on the high Alps, and the winter.
when he la forced to find shelter from
the rigorous climate, with its fierce
storms. In the low-lying, secluded val
leys. Swiss architecture, as built In this
country, has been shall we say?
1
n.o y
fixrt
HI ill
Fl
Pi rst. floof
somewhat Americanised, and the ac
companying sketch shows a structure
that would be effective and pleasing if
erected In a suitable location. The lat
ter point Is one upon which all archi
tect, versed as well In the technical
points of landscape, should be consult
ed, aa many a man spending his money
freely but not discreetly In the erec
tion of a house has found too late that
he has made a serious mistake in trust
ing too confidently to hia own taste.
It may be found necessary for him
to sell a house that has cost him thou
sands of dollars, and because of Its ex
pressing too strongly his own Individu
ality, finds he will not be able to realize
a third of his investment It Is the
SCCOrxd
proper duty of the architect not only
to draw plans but to advise with his
client upon the general style, accom
modation and arrangement of the
house to be chosen, as well as. and per
ns pa above ail, to see that It harmon
ises with Its surroundings and suits
the artistic demands of the neighbor
hood. The design Illustrating this article
would be much ont of place by the sea
shore, but for a country residence or
the suburbs of a city, where the land is
rather mountainous or
not flat, but
killy. Its tsustafal and striking appear-
1
sT! a
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94 ft
pi 001-
Gould. The report that a serious dis
agreement over money matters haa al
ready taken place between the young
couple will surprise the countess' friends
in this country, who were led to believe
that it waa a pure love match.
a nee would be most appropriate. A
brief description Is given aa follows:
General dimensions: Width (over
all), 30 feet; depth. Including veranda,
8 feet 2 Inches.
Heights of stories: Cellar, 7 feet;
Erst story, 10 feet; second story, 9 feet.
Exterior materials: Foundation,
I brick; first story, clapboards; second
story, gables and roofa, shingles. Out
side, blinds.
Interior finish: Hard white plaster,
plaster cornices In hall, parlor, dining
room and three chambers; soft wood
flooring and trim; ash stairway; panels
nnder windows In parlor, hall and dining-room;
bath-room and kitchen waln
aeotted; interior woodwork finished In
hard oil.
The principal rooms and their sizes,
closets, etc., are shown by tbe floor
plans.
Cellar under kitchen and pantry.
Fireplaces with hardwood mantels in
hall, parlor, dining-room, and one bed
room and kltciien range Included In
estimate. The cost of this design aa
described Is $3,510, not including heat
er, the estimate being based on New
York prices for materials and labor, but
In ninny sections of tbe country tint
cost should be less.
Copyright 1890.
Onrloetty Gratified.
When an Innkeeper sets up a conun
drum as a sign-board he must expect
to have to answer a good many ques
tions; but even the most enigmatic sign
floes not excuse such rudeness as a cer
tain American traveler In Europe is
said to have once perpetrated. The
story, quoted in the Washington Post,
is thus told by a Minnesota politician:
I was traveling through England and
Ireland on foot with a knapsack on my
back, and In company with a facetious
friend of mine named Morrison, and in
our wanderings we came to an Inn. It
waa late at night but by the bright
moonlight we were able to see that the
sign bore a counterfeit presentment of
two asses' beads, with this not unfa,
miliar legend over the picture:
When shall we three meet again?
We stood for a moment gating at it
Then Morrison went to tbe inner door
and began thumping upon it with his
cane, while the echoes rang through
the house. I was just going to expos
tulate with him over hia unseemly
conduct when an upper window was
thrown open, and the Innkeeper thrust
out his bead, and In an Indignant tone
demanded what in tbe name of all the
demona we wanted.
"That's all right old man. Don't get
excited." railed up my friend In the
most affable voice. "There are only
two asses' heads on tbe sign, and I Just
wanted to see tbe other one."
And with that we started up the road
A Carious Little Plank.
A young man who works at a desk
fn a Broadway office came from his
home In Rahway, N. J., with a curi
ous looking plant Imbedded in some
moist moss and earth. When his as
sociates aaked him what It was he
said: "Just watch it"
They did. It was placed on his desk
aear a window. In less than two hours
every petal was filled with a dead fly.
Then be explained to the clerk that
this plant was a fly-eater. It killed
and absorbed tbe flies. "My sister be
longed to a botany class," he said, "and
be dug this from a swamp near Perth
Am boy. She loaned It to me to aston
ish you fellows. It Is very rare."
A fellow clerk from Savannah took
a look at It and asld: "When I come
back from luncheon I will show you
something. He brought in a small
bottle of spirits of camphor and put
one drop on each of the petals. In
stantly tbe flies were released and the
petals closed tight as a clam. "Now,"
he said, "that plant will have a fit of
Indigestion for about three days and
then It will survive for sbout ss many
weeks. They are common enough In
the South." New Tork World.
Her Temper.
That Mrs. Naglet has the worst all
round bad temper I ever knew."
"Yea, even her hair snarls 1" Cleve
land Plalndealer.
American Grit.
In writing to a friend about the re
cent tornado, Blshbp Turtle, of St
Louis, said: "The three American char
acteristics stand splendidly out
"First There is no whimpering,
even among the poor people who have
lost their all. They are pluckily turn
ing to d5 the next best thing, in a won
derful spirit of cheery self-reliance.
"Second. All are opening heart and
hand and purses and sympathy to af
ford relief.
"Third. All fall In with the police
and authorities to preserve perfect or
der and obedience to law. I am deep-
! ly preud of the American people."-
Philadelphia Ledges
10, OB, TALMAGE
The Eminent f)iv:ne's Sunday
Subject: "The Law of Heredity."
Tixt : "Whose son art thou, thou young
tnau?" I Samuel xvii., 53.
Never was there a more unequal fight tban
that between David and Goliath; David five
feet httrh. Goliath ten; David a shephord boy
brought up amid rural scenes, Goliath a
warrior by profession; Goliath a mountain ot
braegadocio, David a marvel ot humility:
Goliath armed with an iron spear, David
armed with a sling, with smooth stones from
the brook. But yon are not to despisn thesa
latter weapons. There waa a regiment ol
stingers in the Assvrian army and a regiment
of Blinders m the Etryptian army, ana tney
mad. t.rribleexecutiou, aud they coo Id cast
a stone with as much accuracy ant force as
no w can be sent shot or shell. Tbe Greeks
In their army had sllntrers who would throw
leaden plummets Inscribed with tbe irritat
ing words, "Take this!"
Bo it was a mighty weapon David em
ployed In that famous combat. A Jewish
rabbi says that the probahi lity is that Goliath
was In such contempt for David that in a
paroxysm of laughter he threw his bead
back and his helmet fell off. and David saw
tbe uncovered forehcail. and his opportunity
had come, and taking this sling and swing
ing it around his head two or three times,
and aimimr it at that uncovered forehead,
crashed it in like an eggshell. The battleover,
behold the tableau: King Saul sitting, liitle
David standing, his finders clutched into tbe
hair of decapitated Goliath. As Saul sees
David standing there holding In his hand the
Khastly, reeking, staring trophy, evidence of
the complete victory over God's enemies, the
king wonders what parentage was honored
hy suuh heroism, and In my text he asks
David his pedigree, "Whose son art thou,
thou young man?" Tne king saw what you
and I see, that this question of heredity is a
mighty one.
The longer I live the more I believe In
olood good blood, bad blood, proud blood.
bumble blood, honest blood, thieving
blood, heroio blood, cowardly blood. Tbe
tndenoy may skip a generation or two. but
It is sure to come out, as in a little child
you sometimes see a similarity to a great
grandfather whose picture bangs oa the
wall. That the physical and mental and
moral qualities are inheritable is patent to
any one who keeps his eyes open. The sim
ilarity is so striking sometimes as to be
amusing. Great families, regal or literary.
are apt to have the characteristics all down
through the generations, and what is more
perceptible in suob families may be seen on
a smaller scale in all families. A thousand
years have no power to obliterate tho dif
ference. Tbe large lip of the house of Austria is
seen in all the generations and is called the
Hapsburg lip. The house of Stuart al
ways means iu all generations cruelty and
bigotry and sensuniity. Witness Queen of
Scotts. Witness Charles I and Charles IL
Witness James I and James II and all tbe
other scoundrels of that line, Hcottish blood
means persistence, English blood means
reverence for the ancieet, Welsh blood
means religiosity, Danish blood means fond
ness for the sea. Indian blood means roam
ing disposition, Celtic blood means torvid
ity, Koiuan blood means conquest. The
Jewish facility for accumulation you may
trace clear back to Abraham, of whom the
Bible says, "he was rich in silver aud gold
and cattle," and to Isaac and Jacn'.i, who
had the same characteristics. Some families
are characterized by longevity, andtliey hare
ateuacitvof life pos'.tiveiv Methuselish. Oth
ers are characterized hy Goliathian stature,
and you can see it for ne generation, two
generations, five generations, in all the gen
erations. Vigorous theology runs down in
the line of the Alexanders. Tragedy runs
on ia the family of the Kembles. Literature
runs on in the line of the Trollopes, "hil-
authropy runs on in the lines of the Wilher
forces. Statesmanship runs on tn the line of
the Adamses. You see these peculiarities in
all generations. Henry and Catherine of
Navarre religious, all then-families religious.
The celebrated family of Caslnl, all mathe
maticians. The celebrated family of the
Medici, grandfather, son and Cntherine, all
remarkable for keen intellect. Tbe celebrat
ed family of Gustavus Adolphus, all war
riors. This law of heredity asserts itself without
reference to social or political condition, for
you sometimes Hud the ignoble in high place
and th. honorable in obscare place. A de-
sceniantot Edward I a toll gatherer. A
descendent of Edward III a doorkeeper. A
desceadant of the Duke of Northum'ierland
a trunk maker. Some of the mighlieat fam
ilies of England are extinct, while some of
those most honored in Ibe peerage go back
to an auce-try of hard knuckles and rough
exterior. This law of heredity is entirely
Independent of social or political conditions.
Then you find avarice and jealousy and sen
suality and fraud haviug (uil swing in some
families. The violent temper of Frederick -William
is the inheritance of Frederick the
Grwtt. It is uot 11 theory founded by world
ly philosophy, but by divine authority. Do
you not remember how the Bibte speaks of a
chosen generation, of the generation of the
righteous, of the generation of vipers, of an
untoward generation, of a stubborn genera
tion, of the iniquity ot the fathers visited
upon tbe children unto tbe third and fourth
generations? 80 that the text comes to-day
with tbe force of a projectile hurled from
mightiest catapul'. -'Whose son art thou,
Ihoti yoing mun?"
"Well," snvs some one, "that theory dis
charges me from nil responsibility. Born ot
sanctUIe I parents, we lire bound to be good,
and we cauuot help ourselves. Born ot un
righteous parentage, we are bound to be
evil, and we cannot help ourselves." Two
inaccuracies. As much as if you should say:
"Tbe centripetal force in nature, bas a ten
dency to bring everything to the center, and
therefore all come to the center. The cen
trifugal force tn nature has u tendency to
throw everything to tho periphery, and
therefore everything will go ont lo the peri
phery." You know a well aii I know that
you can make the t-eutripeiul force overcome
the eeutrirugal. and you can make the cen
trifugal overcome the centripi-ta', as when
there is a mighty tide of good in a family
that may be overcome by determination to
evil; as in the ense of Aaron Burr, the liber
tine, who had tor father President Burr, the
consecrated; as in tbe cae of I'ierruponl Ed
wards, the scourge of New York soaiety
eighty years ago. who had a Christian ances
try, while, on the other hand, soma of tbe
best men and women of this jlayure those
who have come of an ancestry of which it
would not be courteous to speak in their
presence. The practical and useful object
of this sermon is to show you that if you
have come of a Christian aucestrv then you
are solemnly bound to preserve and develop
the gloriom- inheritance, or if yon have come
of a depraved ancestry tnen it is your duty
to brace yourself against the evil tendency
by all prayer and Christian determination,
and vou are to find out tho family Irailtiep.
and in arming the castle put the strongest
guard at tbe weakest gate. With these
smooth t.tones from the brook I hope to
strike you, not where David struck Goliath,
in the head, but where Nathan struck David,
in the heart. "Whose son art thou, thou
voting manr
Thare is something in all winter holidays
to bring ud the old folks. I think uauy of
our thoughts at such times are set to the
tune of "Auld L.'iutr Svae. The old folks
were so busy at such times in making ns
hannv and perhaps on less resource made
I heir sons aud daughters happier than you
on larger resources are able 10 imke your
sons and daughters. 1 he snow lay two leer
above their graves, but they shoo off the
white blankets an i niinj-led in the holiday
festivities the same wrinkles, the same
stoop of shoulder nuclei the weight of age,
the same old stv.e of dress or coat, the same
mile, the same tones tf voice. I hope you
remember Ihem before they went awny. It
lot. I bone there are those who havo recited
o you what they were, and that there maj
be in your house some article of dress 01
furniture with which you associate theii
memories. I want to arouse the most sacred
memories ot vour heart while I make th
Impassioned interrogatory in regard to your
pedigree, nwno9e son an mon, tuou young
man.'
First I accost all those who are descended
ota Christian ancestry. I do not ask it yom
Barents were perfect There are no perfect
people now, ana 1 an not suppoM mo w j
MODI. HOW, .ntl & UU BW 0UffUV mw
any perteet neoole then, ftrhapf there WW
sometimes too muoh blood in their eye whei
they chastised yon. But, from what I knot
ot you, you got no more tban you deserved
and perhaps a little mora cbastisemen
would have been salutary. But you ar
willing to acknowledge, I think, that the;
wanted to do right From what you over
heard In conversations and from what yot
saw at the family altar and at neighborhood
obsequies you know that they bad invitee
God into their heart and their life. Then
was something that sustained those ole
people supernatural ly. You have no doutr
about theirdftsttny. You expect if you ever get
to heaven to meet them as you expect to mae
the Lord Jesus Chrt.
That early association haa been a cbara
for you. There was a time when yon got
right up irom a house of iniquity and walkec
out Into the fresh air because you thougnl
your mother was looking at you. Yom hiv
never been very happy in sin because of f
sweet old face that C,-uld present itself.
Tremulous voices Irom the past accosted yoi
until they were seemingly audible, and you !
looked around to see who spoke. There wa:
an est at a not mentioned iu the last will and
testament, a vast estate ot prayer and hot)
example and Christian eutreaiyand glorious
memory. Tbe survivors of the family gath
ered to hear tbe will read, and this w.'-s tc
be kept and that was to be sold, aud it was
"share and share alike." But there was at
unwritten wiil that read something like this
"in the name ot Uod. ameu, I being of sounc
mind, bequeath to my c dldren all my pray
ers for their aalvaiiou; I bequeath to their
all th. r -suits of a lifetime's toil; I bequratt
to Ihem the Christian religion, which has
bean so muoh comfort to me, aud I hope maj
be solace for them; I bequeath to tbe.ni t
hop. of leuniou when the paniugs of life art
over. 'Share and chare alike,' may they iu
bent eternal nuhes. 1 bequeath to them till
wish that they may avoid my errors no
copy anything that may have been worthy
In tbe name of God who made me, and tin
Christ who redeemed me, aud the Hoi
Ghost who sacrifices me, 1 make this my las
will and testament. Witness all you bos'i
of heaven. Witness lime, witutau eternity
Signed, sealed and delivered In this oui
dying hour. Father and Motner." You did
not get that wiil proved at tbe surrogate!
ft IBce, but I take it out to-day and I read it
to you. I take it out of the alcoves of youi
heart. I shake tbe dust off it. I ask if you
will accept that inheritance, or will yoi
break the will?
O ya of Christian ancestry, you have
responsibility vast beyond all measurement.
God will not let you off with just being a:
good as ordinary people when you had suet
extraordinary advantage. Ought not
flower planted in a hothouse be more thrift?
than a flower plauted outside in a storm'
Ought not a factory turned by the Housa
tonic do more work than a faolory tu ned b
a thin and shallow mountain stream? Ough
not you of great enrly opportunity bebette
tbnu those who had a cradle nnolessed? t
father sets his son up in business. Hi
keeps an account of all tbe expenditures, w
mni-h for store fixture, so much for rent, m
much for this, so much for that, and all tin
items aggregated, aud the father expects thi
son to give an account. Your Heavenli
Father charges against you all theadvan
tages of a pious ancestry so tnnny prayer
ao much Christian example, so many kiiu
entreaties all these gracious influences, on
tremendous aggregate, and he asks you to?
an account of It. Ought not you to be brtte;
than those who bad no such advantage? Bet
ter have been a foundling picked up off tin
city commons tban with suob magnincen
inheritance of cons oration to turn out in
differently. Ought not you, my brother. t
be better, hnviog had Christian nut 11 re. thai
the man who can truly say this muruiug
"The first word I rememlier my father speak
ing to me was au oath; the llrst time 1 re
memlier mv father taking hold of me was ii
wrath; I never B.iw a Bible till I was tei
years of age, and then I was told it was 1
pack of lies. Tbe first twenty years of in;
life I whs associated with the vicious. I seeme
to Is) walled lu by sin and death."
Now, my brother, oubt you not I leavt
it as a matter of fairness with you ought yot
not to bo better tbau those who bad uo-earl;
Christian Influence? Standing as you do be
tween the generation that is past and th
generation that is to come, are you going tc
pass the blessing on. or are you going U
have your life tho gulf in which that tide o'
blessing shall drop out of sight forever? You
are the trustee of piety in that ancestral lint.,
aud are you going to augment or squaudei
that solemn trust fund? Are you going tc
disinherit your sons and daughters of the
heirloom which your parents left you? Ah.
that cannot be possible it cannot be possible
that you are going to take such a position a;
that. You are very careful about life insur
ances, and careful about the deeds, and
careful about the mortgage, and careful
about tbe title of your property, beraus
when you step off the stage you want you 1
children to get it alL Are you making no
provision that they shall vet grandfather's
or grandmother's religion? Oh, what a last
will aud testament you are making, ni
brother! "In the name of God, a n -n. I,
being of sound mind, make this my l:it wiil
andtestameut I bequeath to my children
all the money I ever made and all the house;
I own, but I disinherit them, I rob them ot
tbe ancestral graoe and tbe Christian in
fluence that I inherited. I have squandered
that on mv own wor.dllnoes. Share and
share alike must tbsy in tbe misfortune and
the everlasting cutrage. Signed, sealed and
delivered In the presence ot uod ami men
and angels and devils and all tbe genera
tions of earth and heaven and bell, July,
18W."
O ve of highly favored ancestry, wake uc
thia morning to a sense of your opportunity
and responsibility. I think there must be au
old cradle or a fragment of a cradle some
where that could tell a story of midnigbl
supplication in your behalf. Where is the
01a rooKing cnair in wnicn you weresuug 1.
sleep with the holy nursery rhyme? When
is the old clock that ticked away tbe mo.
meats ot that sickness on that awful night
when there were hut three of you awake
you and Go ! aud mother? Is there not at
old staff in some closet; We beg youto turr
over a new leaf this very day.
Oh. th. power of ancestral met v. wen il
lustrated by a young man of New York who
attended a prayer meeting one night and
asked for prayers and then went home and
wrote down tnese words: "i weniy-nve yean
ago to-night my mother went to neaven, my
beautiful, bleated motbei, and I have been
aline, tossed up and down upon tbe billows
of life's tempestuous ocean. Shall lever go
to neaven? sue told me 1 must meet ner id
neaven. When she took my band in hers and
turned her gentle, loving eyes on me and
gazed earnestly and long Into my lace ana
then lifted tb.au to heaven in that lasi
Erayer, ahe prayed that I might meet her ia
eaven. I wonder if I ever shall? My moth.
sr's prayers ob. my sweet, blessed mother 1
prayers! Did ever a boy have such a mothei
as I had? for twenty-five years I have not
beard ber pray until to-night. I have heard
ber prayers all over again. Tbey have had,
in fact, a terrible resurrection. Oh, how sh
was wont to pray! She prayed as tbsy prayed
to-night, so earnest, so importunate, so be
lieving. Shall I ever be a Christian? 8h
was a Christian. Oh, how bright and pun
and happy was her life! She was a cheerfu
and happy Christian.
mere is my motner s sioie. 1 nave not
opened it for years. Did sne believe I come
ever neglect her precious Bible? She surel
thought I would read it much and often
How often haa she read It to me! now ate
she cause me to kneel by my little bed ant
put my little bands up In tbe attitude o
prayer! How has she kn.lt by me and ove;
me, and I have felt ber warm tears raininf
down upon my bands and face! Blesset
mother, aid you pray in vain ior your ooy
it shall not be in Tain. Ah, no, no, it snaii
. v . i 1 111 nvaiAlr Vhrs
not be tn vain, l will jprav ormjwmn. yiu
UU BIDllml BKWUN BU U1UUU ,md.ww..w - - .... j 1 .
have? Against so many pneious prayers found a hundred times a day, and that
put up to heaven for me by one of the most 1 0f doing good once a year,
lovely, tender, pious, confiding, trusting of R i,pon! can ne or ea
mothers in ber Heavenly Father's care and , S me very good eopie can ne er see
trace? She never eoubtsd; she believed- any harm in sin while it can wear good
he alwavs prayed as if she did. My Bible, I c0ihe8 and ride in a corcIi.
mv mother's Bible and my conscience teach .
what I am and what I nave made myself. The man who becomes a successful
Oh, the bitter pangs of an accusing eon-, hypocrite, will not be much of a suc
Kience! I need a Saviour mighty to save, j cegs ,t auything else.
'hen Lhimbus sighted Ian... he
I am afloat. No anchor, no rudder, no com-; gave men bet'er eyes and enlarged tno
pass, no book 01 instructions, tor 1 nave pui
them all away irom me. saviour 01 u 1
perishing, save, or I perish." Do you won
der that tbe next Jay be arose in prayer
meeting and said: "My brethren, I stand
before yon a monument of God's amazing
meroy and goodness, forever blessed be His
holy name. All I have and all I am I conse
crate to Jesus, my Saviour and my God?"
Oh, the power ot ancestral prayer! Hear iu
I . . . . .
I Bvtl tnJor moment tn UUeyb9M4
near hi
evil parentage, and 1 want to tell you that
the highest thrones in heaven and the might
iest triumphs and tbe brightest crowns will
be for thorn who had evil parentage, but
who by the graoe of God conquered mn
quered. As good, as useful, as splendid a
gentleman as I ever knew bud for a father a
man who died blnspheming God until the
neighbors had to put their lingers in their
ears to shut out the horror. One of the most
consecrated and useful Christian ministers
of to-Jay was the son of a drunken horse
jockey. Tide of evil tremendous in some
families! It is like Niagara rapids, and yet
men have otuut to a rock ani been resoued.
fnore is a family in New York, whose wealth
has rolled up into many millions, that was
founded by a man who, after he ha 1 vast
estates, sent back a paper of tacks beeausit
they were 2 cents niord than be exmctel.
Grin and irrinii and eonire in (he fourth
generation I suppose it will he grip nnd
grind and gouge iu the twentieth generation.
.The thirst of intoxicants has burned down
through tbe arteries of a huudred und lifty
years. Pugnacity or combativenuss charac
terises other families. Sometimes one form
ofev-1. sometimes another form of evil. But
it may be resisted; it has been resisted. It
the family fraiitybe avarice, cultivate un
selfishness and charity and teach your chil
dren never to eat an apple without offering
somebody else half of it. Is the family frail
tv combatlveuHss, keep out of the company
of quick tempered people and never answer
an imtiertiueut question until you have
counted a huudred both ways, and after you
have written an angry letter keep it a woufc
before vou send it. aud then bum it it 1 .
Is the family frailty timidity aud cow
ardice, cultivate ba-kbone; read tbe
biography of brave men like Joshua or Paul
aud see if you cannot get a little ircn in
your blood. Find out . what the family
frailty is aud set boJy, mind and soul lu
battle array. Conquer you will, I think
the genealogical table was put iu Ihe first
chapter of the New Testament not only to
show our Lord's edigree, but to sli-uv that
a man may rise up in an ancestral line and
beat back successfully all the Influences of
bad heredity. See in that genealogical table
that good King Asa was born of vile King
Ahio. Seo iu that genealogical table that
Joseph and Mary and the most illustrious
Being that ever touched our world or ever
will touch it had in their ancestral line
so-iu.lalous Kehoooam and K-ibab and
Thamar nnd Bathsheha. If this world is
ever to be Edeuized and it will le all the
Infected famlli'S of the earth are lobe re
generated, and there will some one ar.se iu
each family line and open a new genea
logical table. Thero will las some Joseph to
arise iu the line and reverse the evil in
fluence of Uehoboam. and there will be some
Mary to arise In the linn and re.ve.rse the
evil influence of Batlishuba. Perhaps
the star of hope may point down
to your manager. Perhaps you are
to be the hero or the ln-roiui that is
to put down tho brakes and stop that
long line of genealogical tendencies nnd
switch it off on another track from that ou
which it bos been running for a century.
You do that, and I wdl promise you as lino
a pulace as the architect of henveu can build,
the archway inscribed with the words, "More
than conqueror." But, whatever your her
edity, let inn say you maybe sous aud daugh
ters of the Lord God Almighty.
Estranged children from the homestead,
come b.-ick through the open gate of adop
tion. There is royal blood iu our veins;
there are crowus on our escutcheon; our
rather is king: our brother is king; we may
be kings and queens unto God forever. Come
aud sit down on the ivory lu nch of the
palace. Come and wash in tho fountains
that fall iulo the basins of crystal and ala-b.-Lster.
Come and look out of tiic uphols
tered window upon gardens of nzulca and
una rant h. Hear the full burst of the or
chestra while you banquet with potentates
md victors. Oh, when the text sweeps back
ward, let it not stop at the cradle that rocked
your infancy, but at the cradle that rocked
;he first world, and when the text sweeps
forward let It not slop at your grave, bnt at
he throne ou which you may reign for ever
ind ever. "Whose son iirtthoii, thou young
nan?'' Son of God! Hoir of immortality!
Vuke your inheritance!
HIS BIG UNDERTAKING.
Samuel Plimsoll Would Unite Ynnke
and Briton in Brotherly Love.
Samuel I'llmsoll, who wants to unite
the people of the United States ami
Great Britain In btvtherly love and
mutual admiration, la a womlerful
man. lie recently arrived iu New
York for tbe sole purpose of patching
up all differences between the Yankee
and tbe Briton, and is not at all ills
mayed by the size of the undertaking.
Mr. Plimsoll Is getting ou toward 7.",
and most of bis life li.is 1 100 11 spoilt In
smoothing the path of the British jail
or. His present mission Is, therefore,
new to him. He began life is a law
yer's clerk anil changed that occupa
tion for a high stool In a brewery.
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL.
Then he went down to Louilon and
opened a place of business for himself.
In IStiS be was elected to iiarliaiiicnr
and was instrumental iu sei iiriii,; il,o
passage of several acta auietinini llm
shipping laws. These measures were
of great comfort to the English sailor.
In 1980 he went back to the House of
Commons, but gave up his seat to Sir
William Vernou Harcourt, who ;ironi-
iaed to use bis Influence as cabiuen',
minister to further all parliamentary
matters affecting- the well being of
sailors. Mr. Plimsoll haa written an-1
published two books, "Our Heanien '
in 1S7T, and "Cattle Ships' In 1S!m.
Both works have done much to male
the lot of Jack Tar happier. Six years
ago he was made President of the
Amalgamated Sailors Union, but aft
erward retired.
It has been well observed that we
should treat futurity as an aged friend
from whom we expect a rich leg
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The Opportunity to do mischief is
; world.
The feet of truth are slow, but
they
never slip
Try not only to le good, but to
b3
good for something.
The man who will not improve hi3
chance is bound to lose it, uo matter
whether it has to do with seeking sal
vation or making a firti-ai.
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their dispute he told ber that they W
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