XX F. BOHWEIEB,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE UWH.
WUUXmr
YOL. L.
MIFFLINTOWIN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16 18
NO. 40
anm r mrm wz m i i in a nil i i n ne. t
CHAPTEIt XT.
It wai true enough that Gallants did
paw considerable time in the Hotel
Lepanto, smoking cigarettes, and always
thinking deeply, whether aeated in thv
sorridor or in his own room upstairs.
Bat, although he had not allowed him-
elf to say one word to any of the other
tea on the subject, and still spoke with
certainty of ere long finding the murderer,
he was forced to acknowledge that, for
Mm time, he was baffled:
And then, 'as be did acknowledge this,
fee would rise from his chair and stretch
out his long arm's, and laugh grimly W
himself.'
"But only for a time, Miguel," he would
say, "only for a time. He will come to
yoa at last, he will come to yon as th
bird comes to the nest. Wait, wait,
wait! Yoa may meet him to-day, to
Ightt Ton wlU surely trap him at last!"
Meanwhile Lord Penlyn, when be was
left alone, and when be could distract bla
thoughts from the desire of his life, the
finding of the man who bad slain Walter
Cundall. was Tery unhappy.
Those thoughts would then turn to the
girl he had loved deeply, to the girl whom
he had cast off because she bad ventured
to let the idea come into her mind that
It was he who might have done the deed.
He had cast ber off in a moment when
ner had come into his heart a revulsion
f feeling toward ber, a feeling of horror
that she, of all others in the world, could
for one moment harbor such an idea
gainst him.
Yet, he admitted to himself, there were
grounds upon which even the most loving
f women might be excused for bating
had such thoughts.
He had misled ber at first, be bad kepi
sack the truth from her. be bad given
ber reasons for suspicion even against
him, her lover. .
And now tbey were parted, he had re
nounced her, and yet he knew that be
loved her as fondly as ever; she was the
one woman in the world to him. Would
they ever come together again?
Was it possible, that if he, who bar
told ber that never more In this world
would he speak to her of love, should go
back again and kneel at ber feet and
plead for pardon, it would be granted U
him?
If he could think that; if he could think
that when once bis brother was avenged
be " might so plead and be so forgiven,
then he could take courage and look for
ward hopefully to the future.
But at present they were strangers, they
were as much parted as though they bad
never met; and he was utterly unhappy.
When Guff ant a had declared himself,
it had been in bis mind to write and tell
her all that he bad newly learned; but he
could not bring himself to write an ordi
nary letter to ber.
It might be that, notwlrnstanding the
deep interest she took in his unhappy
brother's fate, she would refuse to open
any letter in his handwriting, and would
regard It almost as an insult.
Yet he wanted to let her know what
nad now transpired, and he at last de
cided what to do. '
He asked Stuart to direct an envelope
for him to her, and he put a alip of paper
Inside it, on which he wrote:
"Corot has disclosed himself, aud he.
undoubtedly Is not the murderer. He,
however, haa some strange knowledge of
the actual man in his possession which he
will not reveal, but says that he is cer
tain, at last, to bring him to justice.".
That was all, and he put no initials to
It, but be thought that the knowledge
might be welcome to her.
He had uot expected any answer to this
letter, or note, aud from Ida none came,
but a day or two after he had sent it, be
received a. visit from Sir Paul Kaugbton.
The baronet had come up to town es
pecially to see him, and having learned
from the footman that Lord Penlyn wae
at home, he bade the man show him to
his master, and followed him at once.
As Penlyn rose to greet him, he noticed
that Sir Paul's usually good-natured face
bore a very serious expression, and he
knew at once that the interview tliey
were about to have would be an impor
tant one.
"I have come up to London expressly
to see you. Lord I'eulyn," Sir Paul said,
shaking hands with him, coldly, "because
I wish to have a thorough explanation of
the manner in which you see fit to con
duct yourself .toward my daughter. No,"
he said, putting up his hand, as he saw
that Penlyn was about to interrupt hiin,
"hear me for one moment. I may as well
tell you at once that Ida, that my daugh
ter, has told me everything that yuu have
confided to her with regard to your re
lationship to Mr. Cundall which, I think.
It waa your duty also to have told me
and she has also told me the particular
ef your last interview with her."
I parted with r"r in anger," the other
answered, "because there seemed to have
come into ber mind some idea that I
that I might have slain my brother."
"And for that, for a momentary sus
picion on ber part, a suspicion that would
scarcely have entered her head had her
mind not been in the state it is, you have
seen fit to cast her off, and to cancel
your engagement!"
"It waa she. Sir Paul, who baJe me
speak no more of love to ber," I'eulyn
aid, "she who to!d me that, until I
had found the murderer of my brother, 1
was to be no more to ber."
"And she did well to tell yoa so." Sir
Paul said; "for to whom bnt to you. bit
brother and his heir, should the task fall
of avenging his cruel murder?"
That, I told her, I had sworn to do,
and yet she suspected me. And, Sir
Paul, heaven knows I did not mean the
words of anger that I spoke; I have bit
terly repented of them ever since. If Ida
will let me. recall them, if she will give
me again her love if you think there is
any hope of that I will go back aud sue
to ber for it on my knees."
The baronet looked thoughtfully at him
for a moment, and then he said: "Do you
know that she is very ill?"
"111! Why have I no been told of it?"
"Why should yoa have been told? It
was your words to her, and ber excite
ment over your brother's murder, thai
haa brought ber illness about."
"bet me go and see ber?"
"You cannot see her. She is in bed and
OVUrloui nam brain lever; ana on ner
ps are but two aasaea which ah repeats
ficesaantly, your own and your brother's."
The young man leaned forward on the
table and buried his bead in his hands,
as be said:
"Poes- Ida! poor Idal Why should this
trouble also come to yoa? And why need
1 have added to your nnhappiness by my
cruelty?" ,
Then be looked np and said to Sir Paul:
"Whe !riUJ-fc-EeU enough .fox m
to goto her 'and plead for pardon? WiU
it be soon, do yon think?"
"I d. not know," the other answered
aadly. "But if, when the delirium haa
left her, I can tell her that yon love ber
still and regret your words, it may go
far towards her recovery."
Tell her that." Penlyn said, "and that
my love I as deep and true as ever, and
that, at the first moment sbe is in a fit
eonditien to hear it, I will, myself, come
and tell ber ao with my own lips. And
also tell her that, never again, will I by
word or deed cause her one moment's
psin."
"I am glad to hear you sneak like this,"
Sir Paul said, "glad to find that I bad
not allowed my darling to give herself
to a man who would cast ber off be
cause she, for one moment, harbored an
unworthy auspicion of him."
"This unhappy misunderstanding haa
been the one blot upon our love," Penlyn
aald; "if I can help It, there shall never
be another."
Aa he spoke these words. Sir Paul put
bis hand kindly on his shoulder, and Pen
tn knew that, in him, he had one who
would faithfully carry bis message of
love to the woman who was the hope of
his life.
"And now," Sir Paul said, "I want you
to give me full particulars of everything
that has occurred since that miserable
night. I want to kuow everything fully,
and from your lips. What Ida has been
able to tell me has been sadly incoherent."
Then, once more aa he had had uow
so often to go over the sad history to
others, with but little information added
to each recital Lord Penlyn told Sir Paul
everything that he knew, and of the
atrange manner in which the Senor Ouf
fanta had come into the matter, as well as
his apparent certainty of finding the mur
derer. "You do not think it is a bold ruse to
throw off auspicion from himself?" Sir
Paul asked. "A daring man. such as he
seems to be, might adopt such a plan."
"No," the other answered, "I do not.
There la something about the man, strang
er as be is, that not only makes me feel
certain that he is perfectly trntbful in
what he says, and that he really does pos
sess some strange knowledge of the as
sassin that will enable him to find that
man at last, but also makes the others
feel equally certain."
"They all believe in him, you say?" Sir
Paul asked thoughtfully.
"All! That is, all but Philip Smerdou.
who is the only one who has not seen
him. And I am sure that, if be too saw
him and heard him, he would believe."
"Philip Smerdou is a thorough man of
the world," Sir I'aul said. "I should be
inclined to give weight to his judgment."
"I am aure that he is wrong iu this
case, and that wheu he sees Guffuntii he
will acknowledge himself to be so. No
one who haa seeu him can duubt his earn
estness." "What can be the mystery concerning
your garden? A mystery that is a double
one, Lecause It brings your house, of all
houses in London, into connection with
the murder of the very man who, at the
moment, was the actual owner of it?
That is inexplicable!" .
"It is," Penlyn said, "inexplicable to
every one. But the Senor tell us that
when we know what he knows, and when
he has brought the murderer to bay, wr
shall see that it is no mystery at ail."
CHAPTER XVI.
Although the Senor Guffanta had not,
as yet, in answer to many questions' put
to him, been able to say positively that
he was on the immediate track of the
murderer of Walter Cundall, he still con
tinued to inspire confidence in those by
whom he was surrounded; and it had now
come to be quite accepted amongst all
whom he met at Occleve House that, al
though he was working darkly and mys
teriously, he was in some way ueuriug
the object he bad in view.
It may have been his intense self-confidence,
the outward appearance of which
he never allowed to fail, that impressed
them thus, or the stern look with which
he uccompanied any words he ever ut
tered in connection with the assassin; or
it may have been the manner-he had of
making inquiries of all descriptions of
every one who had known anything of
the dead man. that led them to believe
in him; but that they did believe in biiu
there was no doubt.
In the time he had at his disposal, after
transacting any affairs he might have to
manage for the merchant who hnd ap
pointed him his agent in London, he was
continually passing from one spot to an
other, sometimes spending hours at Mr.
Cundall's bouse in Grosvenor place, and
sometimes a loug period of time each day
at Occleve House; but to no one did he
ever say one word indicative of either suc
cess or failure.
And, wheu he was alone in either of
these places, his proceedings were of a
nature that, had they been witnessed by
any one, would have caused them to won
der what It was that he was seeking for.
He would study attentively every pic
ture that was a portrait, whether paint
ing or engraving, and for photograph al
bums, of which there were a number in
both houses, he seemed to have an until
Vug curiosity.
He would look them over and over
again, pausing occasionally a long time
over some man's fav that struck him.
and then would turn the leaf sad go or.
to another; and then, when he had, for
the second or third time. exhausted one
album, be would take up another, and
again go through that.
To Dobson, who was by the outside
world regarded as the man who had the
whole charge of the case, the Senor's ac
tions, aud his absolute refusal to confide
in hiu;, were almost maddening.
To any question that he asked, be re
ceivod noth;ug but the regular answer: '
"Patience, my good Dobson, patience,
and with that he was obliged to be con
tent. For himself he bad done nothing; he
v. as no nearer having any idea now as to
who the murderer was than he had been
the morning after the deed had been com
mitted, and as day after day went by,
he began to doubt whether Guffanta was
any nearer finding the man who was
wanted than be was.
"But if he doesn't do something pretty
quick," be said to one of the men who
was supposed to be employed under mm
iu investigating the case, "I shall put a
spoke in his wheel."
'Why, what will you do, Mr. Dobson?
his underling asked.
"I shall just go up to the Home Office,
and when they ask me, a tbey do regu
larly, if I have got anything to report in
connection with the Cundal case, I shall
tell them that the Senor nrofessea to know
a good deal that fa won't irule,and-l
ask them to have him np before them,
and make him tell what he does know."
"Aud suppose he won't tell, Mr. Dob
son. Whst then?"
"Why, he'll be made to tell, that'a all
It isn't right, and it isn't fair that. If he
knows anything and can't find the man
himself, he should be allowed to keep it
a secret and prevent me from earning the
reward. Ill bet I'd soon find the man if
I had his information that is. if he's
really got any."
"Don't it strike you, Mr. Dobson," the
other asked, "that there is some mystery
in connection with Occleve House that
he knows of? What with his having the
garden locked up, and his always being
a')out there!"
"It did once, bnt I hare thought it over,
aud I cau't see how the house can be con
nected with it Yoa see, on that night it
so happened there was no one in the house
but the footmen and the women servants.
His lordship and the valet had gone off to
stay at the hotel,- and Mr. Smerdon had
gone down In the morning to the country
seat, ao what could Ae murderer have
had to do with that particular house? And
it ain't the bouse the Senor seems to
think so much about it's the garden."
"I can't make that garden businesa out
at all." the other said; "what on earth
haa the garden got to do with it?"
"That's just whnt be won't say. But
yoa mark my words, I ain't going to
stand it 'much louger, aud he'll have to
say. If be don't tell pretty soon what
he knows, I shall get the Home Office to
make him."
Meanwhile tl.e Senor, who had bewil
dercd Ixrd Penlyn and Mr. Stuart by the
connection which he seemed to feel cer
tain existed between the garden of Oc
cleve House and the murder in the Park,
excited their curiosity still more when be
suddenly announced one evening that he
was going down, with his lordship's per-,
mission, to pay a visit to Occleve Chase.
"Certainly," Penlyn replied; "you huvc
iuy full permission; I shall be glad If you
will always avail yourself of anything
that is mine. But, Senor Guffanta, you
connect my houses strangely with thin
search you are making first it was this
one, and now it is Occleve Chase do you
not think you should confide a little more
Jn me?"
"I cannot confide in you yet. Lord Pen
lyn. And, frankly, I do not kuow that I
have much to confide. Nor am I connect
ing Occleve Chase with the murder. But
I have a wish to see that house. I am
fond of old bouses, aud it was Walter's
proiH'rty once, though he never possessed
it I might draw inspiration from a visit
to It."
Hor the first time siuce he hnd known
the Senor, Lord Peulyn doubted if he was
speaking frankly to him.
It was useless for Guffanta to pretend
that he was not now connecting Occleve
Chase in his own mind with the murder,
as be bud certainly connected the old
disused garden previously but whom did
be suspect?
For one moment the idea flashed
through bis mind that perhaps, after all.
he still suspected him; but another in 1
staut's thought served to banish tlia'
idea. . -
Whatever this dark, mysterious man
might be- working out iu bhr own brain,
at least it could uot be that.
Had he not said that, by some strange
chance, he had once stood face to face
with the assassin V
Having done so, there could be no
thought iu his mind that he, lYiilyu, wa
that assassin.
But, if it was not him whom he sus
oected, who was it?
"Well," he said, "you must take your
own way, Senor Guffanta. and I can only
hope it may land you aright. Only, if you
would confide more in me, I should be
glad."
"I tell you that at present I cannot do
so. Later on, perhaps, you will under
stand iny reason for silence. Meanwhile,
be sure that before long this man will be
in my power."
(To be continued.!
Chance Tor the Sugar Trust.
The hist number of the Kew Bulletin
contains some particulars of a very In
teresting problem which some years-"
ago was submitted by the treasury to
the Kew authorities.
The question waa. Does natural sugar
occur iu tobacco? And in the investiga
tion of this point some startling facts
have been brought to light- The treas
ury authorities were, of course, chiefly
interested from a fiscal point of view,
the duty on tobacco (other than cigars)
being 4 shillings 0 pence, except in the
case of "sweetened" tobacco, which is
charged at 4 shillings 10 pence, but
cigarettes made of the sweetened arti
cle are not allowed to be Imported at
all. Before this investigation It was
generally admitted that tobacco did not
contain more than a trace of saecharlue
matter.
On the advice of Professor Church,
Dr. Hugo Miller was called iu, the lat
ter making a thorough examination of
the question. Commercial samples of
bright Vlrgiuia tobacco, undoubtedly
free from adulteration, were found to
contain as much as 15.2 per ceut. of
saccharine matter. Sun-dried leaves
of nlctoiana tobacuui, grown at Kew,
contained 6.2 percent, and those of the
same species grown at Ewell railway
station as much as 0 per cent Dr. Mil
ler finds tbe saccharine matter to be
optically inactive when' tested by the
polariscope. He Is of the opinion that
neither cane sugar nor glucose is pres
ent In the saccharine matter, but thai
it is composed of at least three sii;,'ar
like substances, probably hitherto un
ku'j'vu. Londou Chronicle.
Going two miles with the .man who
compels us to go with bim one, will
make bim very tired.
Life itself is of less concern I ban
duty, for life is a failure where duty
fails. .
. O, friend, as loug as I study and
practice humility, I .know whore I
am.
The only justification for debt is the
immediate prospect of profit.
Experience is the best schoolmaster
but the school fees are heavy.
He wh would do sorno great thing
in this sbcrt life nitiit apply himself
ti the work with such a concentration
of bis forces as, to idle spectators who
live only to amu e themselves, looks
like insanity.
Kecollect that trifles make perfec
tion, and that perfection is no trifle.
It is a part of good breeding, that
a man should be po'ite even lo him
self. Life is not so short but that there is
always time for courtesy.
It becomes one, while exempt from
wots, to look to the danger.
Bnnllwht and Health.
Fresh experiments on the power ot
sunlight to kill disease germs were de
scribed at a recent meeting of- the Bio
logical Society of Washington. In such
experiments a plate of gelatine Is sown
with bacteria, and then portions of the
plate are covered, while the remainder
s exposed to direct sunshine. In the
r x posed places the organisms are killed,
while they flourish In the shaded parts.
This fact la used to explain the bene
ficial effect of sunlight allowed to
Hood a sick room.
Sign Lang-nave.
Dr. Taylor, an English ethnologist,
baa discovered that deaf mutes are fr
ijuently able to understand the signs
used instead of words by many savage
tribes. Thus In Berlin he found that
deaf mute children understood, with
sat previous instruction, the Bigns em
ployed, according to Sir Richard Bur
on, by the Arapahoe Indiana for such
words aa mother, sister, yes, no, truth,
tie, food, thinking, seeing, trade, day.
This fact, and others of a similar na
ture, indicating a striking Identity la
the sign language used In widely sep
arated parts of the earth, have led te
the suggestion that mankind may orlg-
pally have bad a "natural language'
ef signs, common to all races.
Live, mt liven Length.
The French Journal d'Hyglene calls
mention to the alleged fact that tho
luratlen of the lives of the lower anl
Kials differs from that of men's live
being far more uniform. While hu
nan beings die at all ages between la
incy and senility, among tbe lower an
nals, en the contrary, all Individual
if the same species live to very nearly
the aame age, unless killed by violence,
lome examples of remarkable longer
Ey among animals are mentioned. Foi
( tstance, there la the story of the el
fhant named AJax, which Alexander
taptured at his victory over Porua. Tin
tonqueror aflxed an Inscription to th
inlmal and set It at liberty. Thre
tundred and fifty years later AJax It
atld to bare been fonnd still living,
tut little dependence can be placed on
liost stories of long life among ani.
hala.
The Tennea.ee Epoch.
Prof. W. J. MeOee, of Washington,
Oggeats the new name of "Tennesson
pooh" to designate the period In the
eologlcal history of the United States
fhen the broad plateaus and gre.lt
llalns Intersected by rivers, which are
Characteristic of the southeastern por
tion of the country, were developed.
This he describes as a period ef great
rheuiical activity, of decomposition of
the rocks and of general levelling of
the face of tbe hind. During this timf
the Tennessee river, which bas sine
sunk into comparative Insignificance,
was a great waterway, leading directly
Into the Mississippi, draining the Cum
berland, Appalachian and neighboring, 1
regions, and acting as a chief part If
tbe shaping of the country Into the form
which It haa largely retained to tin
present day.
A Meteor'. Adventure.
When a meteor falls upon the suri
face of the earth Its career Is endc 'J
but occasionally meteors appear to cm
or and leave the atmosphere wlthoul
touching the solid globe. A meteor seei
passing over England and the Nortl
Bea last spring may have been one W
these. When over the city of York lb
height was fifty-five miles, but at Bun
derland it was but fifty-three milei
above the surface. Then the. meteol
seems to have ascended once more wltl
reference te the earth's surface, fa
ever Heligoland Its height was calou
lated to be again fifty-five miles. It
velocity waa about twenty miles a sea
nd. Tbe utmost Telocity that tbe al
traction of the earth alone could pro
duce would be less than seven miles I
second. If this fast-flying little stran
ger really did escape again into out
pace it had a most interesting adven
ture. and must have carried with r
marks of the fiery beat produced dur
tng Its brief rush through the uppet
air.
Oltlvatlng- Batterfllee.
Recent experiments In the appllcn
Uon of both heat and cold to the egguj
larvae and pupae of butterflies hav
produced very Interesting' results. Ix
Oils manner, specimens of some varlo
ties of butterflies have been made t
Imitate, In color and form, other varle
ilea found In nature. - The appllcatlot
if heat causes a' hastening of growtl
in 4 development. Variations of mo!
aire and dryness also produce perccp
Ible effects on the growth and mark
tigs of the Insects. The general result
If the experiments goes to show that,
y the application of artificial condl
flons of temperature, some of the nat
iral forms peculiar to certain season!
ir to certain localities may be Imltat
id, and forms may also be produce
which occur only In exceptional easel
and from time to time In nature. More
aver,, through this method of cultrra
Uon, forms of butterflies can be pro
laced which Co net at present occur ut
aature but which, it Is thought, ma
save existed upon the earth at sorai
seat epoch tn its history, or may be des
Ined to appear through the gradual
mfoldlnx f natural processes In tbs)
fetors.
Am. tins les)t.
Clrdlns' the trunks of trees with some
tlcky sn balance te prevent hexleus lnj
eta front ascending to tbs leaves Is s
a miliar method of protsstten which
ins been applied on a largs seals In tha
be pine math waa a moat destructive
ind dreaded enemy of those valuable
'oreets, but now It la bo longer feared.
The caterpillars of the pine moth, being
lorn at the end of August, do very tit
le damage before the autumn frosts ael
n and compel them to go Into wlntet
luartera in the moss-carpeted ground
it the foot of the trees. - But in th
iprlng, nnlesa Interfered with, they a
send the trunks and fall upon tbe greel
leedles with ravenous appetite. It It
animated that a single caterplllas con
mines, on the average, a thousand pine
leedles. By scraping a smooth band
n the rough bark around each tree
rank, and then smearing tbe band wltl
. mixture of tar, grease and glue, an
t surmountable obstacle la presented
the caterpillars, and In this simple
tanner the great pine forests ef m id
le and northern Germany hare been
entirely fortified against their Insect
bemles.
Napoleon's Last Official Act.
Next day Napoleon performed his hurt
fflcial act, which waa one of great
onrage, both physical and moral. The
tatlonal guard In Paris bad been rear
mnized, but its officers had never been
horoughly loyal to the Empire, many
f them being royalists, and seme radi
ml Itepubllcans. Their disaffection bad
leen heightened by recent events, bnt
Siey were nevertheless sumened to the
ruileries; the risk waa doubled by the
fact that they came armed. Drawn np
in the great chamber known aa that of
the marshals, they stood expectant; the
treat doors were thrown open, and
there entered the Emperor, accom
panied ouly by his consort and their
child in the ins of his governess.
Mine, de Montesquieu. Napoleon an
nounced simply that he was hoping, by
the aid of God and the valor of his
troops, to drive the enemy beyond the
frontiers. There waa silence. Then tak
ing in one hand that of the Empress,
ud leading forward his child by tht
irher, he continued, "I Intrust the Em-
sreea and the King of Rome to the
wurags ef the national guard." Still
lilence. After a moment, with sup
pressed emotion, he concluded, "My
wife snd my son." No generous-hearb
rd Frenchman could withstand such as
appeal; breaking ranks by a spontane
ous Impulse, the officers started for
ward in a mass, atd shook the very
walla with their cry, "Long live the
Emperor!" Many shed tears aa they
withdrew in respectful silence, snd
that night, on the eve of his departure,
the Emperor received a numerouslj
signed address from the very me
whose loyalty he had hitherto had jus)
reason to suspect. Century.
LI Hanar Chanst'e Liberal View.
It la claimed that, notwithstanding
LI Hung Chang bas shown some liber
ality ot views toward modern improve
ments and education, he U at heart a
hater of foreigners, and has sn aoldV
Ing faith in Chlneae Institutions an
methods of government He Is, It ll
true, a great admirer of the Cenfuclaa
philosophy, and remembering the en
daring history of his people we cas
hardly wonder at his devotion to the in
itltutlons which have made that his
tory possible. When we call to mind
the experience China haa bad with cer
tain Western nations. It might not he
considered strange If his attachment
to foreigners waa not very ardent; but
In all his public life his conduct shows
that he feels the need of foreign aid,
and is disposed to give It proper wd
come, and ef all Chinese statesmen he
Is the most liberal minded and free
from prejudice. He Is far from claim
ing that the present system of govern
ment Is perfect. He has. In fact, urged
upon the authorltlets at Peking twe
Important changes which look to a re
form of the most srious defects in tht
system; to wit, the withdrawal from
the viceroys of provinces of powers
which should be exercised only by the)
Imperial government, and such a,
change In the method 'of admission td
the public service as will UberallM
the examinations,- and make fitness
rather than scholarship the test There
are other changes which he would glad
ly bring about if he had the power; but
as he confessed to Marquis I to, "Chlni
Is hampered by antiquated eastern!
which prevent desirable reforms."'
Century. " . . ,
' Hapoleon's Army. In 1818.
In order to arm. and equip the meS
raised by conscription. Napoleon had
recourse to his private treasure, drawj
Ing 66,000,000 francs from the. vault
of the TuUerlea f er that purpose. The
remaining ten were transferred at In
tervals to. Biota. But all his treasure
could not buy what did not exist The
boat military stores were In the heart
of Europe; tho French arsenals could
afford only antiquated and almost use
less supplies. . The recruits were arm
ed sometimes with old, muskets, tbs
use of which they did not know; they
wore for tbs most part bonnets, blooe
es, snd sabota. There were not hall
enough horses for the scanty, axtlllery
and cavalry. Worse than all, there
was no time for Instruction In the
manual and tactics.- On one occasion
a boy conscript waa found standing in
active nnder a fierce musketry lire;
with artless Intrepidity be remarked
tthat he believed he could aim as well
s anybody If he only knew how te
.jad his gun. Century.
Altabterranean City.
The "City of the Salt Mines" Is stru
tted several hundred feet below the
lurface at Wlellcska, Oallda. This
wonderful subterranean dry has a pop
ulation of over 1,000 men, women and
children, scores of whom have never
teen the light of day or the earth's sur
face. Thla remarkable city' has its
town ban. a theater and lta assembly
room, ss well as a beautiful church,
Becorated with statutes, all being fash
ioned from pure crystallised rock salt
(t has well graded streets and spacious
Knarea, all" well lighted with electric
ity. There are Isolated cases In this
underground eky, where not a single in
dividual In. three er four successive
generations has aver seen the sun or
has any Idea of iow people live on the
intsido of the earth. Their rack salt
houses are said to be perfect sanltari
atns, and the average longevity of the
Ionises of the "City of the Salt Mine
Is said to sxosed that of the
REMARKABLE DIVINO.
is
Anchor Brought Cp
from Tens
Fathom, of Sea.
Had It not been for the skill and en
lurance of a Kanaka shell-diver, tho
shances are that the barkentlns John
D. Spreckles, which piles between this
sort and the Hawaiian Islands, would
have had to sacrifice a costly anchor
tnd chain while at Mahukonu recently.
The vessel made her usual visit to that
Bttle harbor, and having discharged her
upplles and taken en considerable
lugar, tried to take her departure. The
teamen found, however, that the au
thor bad become fast to the rocks at tbe
bottom, and they could not dislodge It
)"hey waited for the turn of severs!
tides, snd still they could not free the
inchor. Captain Christiansen did not
Wk.t to lose the anchor, and yet that
teemed to be the only way out of the
medicament At last a happy thought
itruck him. He sent sshore for a
Kanaka who was reputed to be a skill
ful diver, an4 when the dark-skinned
Mlew arrived made a bargain with him
0 release tbe anchor, which was lying
n ten fathoms of water. This did not
leem to bother the Kanaka In the least,
however, and he plunged overboard for
1 reconnoltering tour. lie waa gone
about two minutes, and then returned
to the surface to report that tbe anchor
was clinging to a conical-shaped boul
ter, aisd would have to be dragged
i way lrom It One of the sailors warn
ed the diver to be on his guard, as sev
rral sharks had been seen In the vicin
ity. The fellow only grinned.
"Sharks no bite Kanaka," be said,
ind then started for tbe bottom again,
tfter giving instructions to have the
chain slackened. "
This time the diver was gone nearly
three minutes, says Captain Christian
sen. By the time be returned to the
surface the rapid drifting of the vessel
told those on board that the anchor had
been released. The Captain aaya tbe
anchor was by no means a light one,
and he Is still wondering how tbe Kana
ka could handle It and yet survive In
that depth of water. San Francisco
Examiner.
Huxley's Explanation.
"Can you tell nie tbe reason for the
resh, healthy appearance of the En
glish people?" inquired an American
tourist of an English friend, according
to Larks. "Your complexion is far
uperior to ours or our countrymen
ever the herring pond."
fWell, I kuow what Prof. Huxley
ays."
, "And what reason does he advance?"
"Well, Huxley says It Is all owing to
the old maids.'
"Owing to tbe old maids! You sur
prise me."
"Fact nuxley figures It out thla
way; Now. you know we English are
very fond of roa.t btot." -
"But what has that to do with old
ma Ids r
"Wait a bit This genuine English
beef Is the best and more nutritious
beef In the world and It imparts a
beautiful complexion."
"Well about the old maids?"
"Hold on. You see, the excellence of
this English beef la due exclusively to
red clover. You mark that?"
"All but the old maids. They are
still hovering In the shadows."
"Well, this red clover is enriched.
sweetened and fructified by bumble
bees."
"But where do the old maids come
in?" said the Inquisitive Yankee, wip
ing his brow wearily.
"Why, it is aa plain as the nose ot
your face. The only enemy of the
bumble bee Is the field mouse."
"But what have roast beef, red clo
ver, bumble bees and field mice got t
do with old maids?"
"Why, you must be very obtuse.
Don't yon perceive that the bumble
bees would soon be exterminated bj
the field mice if It were not for "
"Old maids?"
"No; If It were not for cats, and the
old maids of England keep the coun
try thoroughly stocked up with rati
and so we can directly trace the effect
of the rosy English complexion to the
benign cause of English old maids
at least, that's what Huxley says about
It Science makes clear many myt
terious things."
frlamph of the Actor's Make-Cp.
M. Febvre, of the Comedle Fran
caise, who is said to be the Prince of
Wales' favorite actor, has always been
considered- by his countrymen a past
master in the art 6f "making up." When
Alexandre Dumas tils' comedy,
"L'Etrangere," was first produced al
the Comedle Francaise, he was cast
for the part of the American citizen,
Clarkson. M. Febvre, while studying
the character, was so desirous of re
producing on the stage the aspect of a
cittzun of New York or Chicago that
he sent over to the new world for pho
tographs of typical Yankees. After
hi. Febvre himself was photographed
In the part the Yankee chosen was ons
lay placed next his own, and many of
his friends could hardly guess which
eras the actor,' so complete was the
Bake-up. New York Tribune.
What Is the matter with an arrange
ment of this kind for 6uETring horses
saahotdarl
Fish Do Not Sleep.
: The Scientific American insists that
Ems species of fish and Insects do not
eep. Among fish, the salmon, pike
nd gold fish axe not known to sleep at
1L while some other species Indulge In
lertods of rest for an hour or two at a
Imet. Certain flies are known not to
Bomber, and all the anlmalralae belong
at the last f those which sleep not,
REV. DR. T,
ftLMAGE
The Em'ner.t IKv ac's 5unJay
Q Kiurs.
Bnbject:."rte Soft Tongue.
Text : "A soft tonguA breakelh the bone."
-Proverbs nr., 15.
When Solomoa said this h drove a whole
volume into one phrase. Ton, of course, will
col be so silly as to take the words of the
text la a literal sense. Thy simply mean
lo set forth the fact there is a tremendous
power in a kind wor.l. A 'though it may
seem to be v ry insignificant, its force is In
describable and illimitable. Pungent and
all-eonqueriug utterance: 'A soft tongue
breaketh tha bone."
It I had time I would show yoa kindwee
as a means of defenxe. as a means of useful
ness, kindnefs ss a means of dotne-ti.i har
mony, knlnefc as best employed by govern
ments lorineiamiugand curiugorerimlnnls.
and kindness at best adapted for the settling
and adjusting of interiintional quarrel; but
I shall call your attention only to two ol
tbnte thoughts.
And flrst, I si ek lo you of kindness as a
raeane of defense. Almost every man. in the
course of his life, is set upon and assaulted.
Your motives are misinterpreted or your re
ligious or political principles are bombarded.
What to do under sueh circumstances is the
question. Th Hrwt impulse ot the natural
heart says: ''Strike back. Give as much a;
he sent. Trip him into the ditch which b
dug fur your feet. Gash him with as seven
a wound as that which he Inflicted on youi
soul, shot for shot Sarcasm for sarcasm.
An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth." Bui
the belter spirit in the msn's soul rises up
and says: 'tYou ought to consider the mat
ter." Yoa look up into the face of Cliri-rt
aud sa: "My Master, how ought I tc
act under these difficult circumstancesy"
and Christ instantly answers: "Blest
them that curse you, and pray for them
whioh despllefully use you." Then the old
nature rises up attain and says: "You had
better not forgive him nutil flrst yoa hav
chastised him. You will never get him In so
I i Kht a corner again. You w II never havf
such an opportunity of initiating the right
kind of punishment upon him again. Firs'
chastise him and then let bim go." "No,''
says the better nature, "hush, thou fou
heart. Try the soft tongue that breskett
the bone "
Have you ever in all your life known
acerbity and acrimonious dispute to settle a
quarrel? Did they not always make matters
worse and worse and worse? About flfty
flve years ago there was a great quarrel in
the Presbyterian family. Ministers of Christ
were thought orthodox in proportion as tbey
had measured ianoes with other clergyman
of the same denomination. Tha niot out
rageous personalities were abroail. As. In
the autumn, a hunter comes home with a
string of game, partridges and wild ducks.
Blunt; over his shoulder, sn there were many
ministers who came back from the ecclesias
tical courts with loug strings of doctors ol
divinity whom tbey had shot with their own
rifle. The division beratne wider, the ani
mosity greater, until after awhile some good
men resolved upon another tack. They be
gan to explain away the difficulties; they be
gan to forgive each other's faults; an I lol
the great Church quarrel was settled; ami
the new school Presbyterian Church aud the
old school Presbyterian Church became one.
The different putts of the Presby.eriaoor.ler,
welded by a hammer, a little hammer, a
Christian hammer that the Scripture call
a son tongue. -'But,"
you say, "what are we to do when
slaudera assault us, nu I there coma acrim
onious sayiuire mnb4 Alxxar iu, &J w
are abused and spit upour" My reply is:
Do not go an I attempt to chase down the
slanders. Lies are prolific, and while you
are killing one, fifty are born. All your
demonstrations of iniiignation ouly exhaust
yourself. You might as well on some sum
mer night when the swarms of inserts are
coming up from the meadows and disturb
ing you and disturbing your family, bring
up some great "swamp aogel." like that
Whiah thundered over Charleston, and try
to shoot tnem down. The game is too small
for the gun. But what, then, are you to do
with tbe abuses that come upon you in life?
You are to live them down!
I pass now to the other thought that I de
sire to present, ami that is, kindness as a
means of useiulaess. In all communities
you find skeptical men. Through early ed
ucation, or through tbe maltreatment of
professed fChrlsttau people, or through
prying curiosity about the future worid,
there are a great imiuy people who become
skeptical in religious thiutrs. How shall
you capture them for God Sharp argument
and sarcastic retort never won a single soul
from skepticism lo the Christian reliirio'u.
Whiie powerlul books on "Evidences of
Christianity have their mission iu confirm
ing Christian people in the faith they have
already adopted, I have notice ! Ibat when
skeptical people are brought into the king
dom of Christ, it is through the charm ol
some genial soul and not by argument at all.
Men are not saved through the head; they
are saved through the heart. A storm comes
out of its hiding place. It says: "Now we'll
just rouse up all this sea;" ami it makes a
great bluster, but it does not succee '. Part
of the sea is rotsed up pernups one-half of
it or one-fourth of it. After awhile the
calm moon, placid and beautifu1, looks
down, and the ocean begins to rise. It
oomes up to high-water mark, it em
braces the great headlamls. . It sub
merges the beach of ail the continents. It
is - the heart-throb of one world ag-iinst
the heart-tbroi of another world. Aud
I have to tell you that while all your
storms of ridicule and storms ot sar
casm may rouse up the passion of an im
mortal nature, nothing less thnn the attrac
tive power of Christian kindness ca a ever
raise the deathless spirit tg happiness and lo
God. I have more faith In the praver of a
child Ave years old, in the way of bringing
an infidel back to Christ and to h avou th.iu
1 have in all the hissing thunderbolts of
ecclesiastical controversy. You cannot over
come inui with religious argumentation. If
yju c m at a scipncal in iu with a t argu
ment cn behalf of the Christian religiou,
you put the man on his mettle. He suys: "I
see that man has a carbine. I'll use tny
-arbine. I'll answer bis argument with m v
arguuieut." But if you come tc that man,
persuading hiin that you desire his happi
ness on earth and his eternal welfare in the
world to come, he cannot answer it.
What I have said is just as tru- in the
reclamation of the opeuly vicious. Did you
ever know a diunknrd lo be saved through
the caricature of a drunkard? Your mim cry
of the stagguring step u l the thick ioni;iii-,
and the disgubtiag hiccoughs, only wor-e
maddens his brain. Bat If you come to him
with kindness and sympathy; if you show
him that yon appreciate the awTul grip or a
depraved appetite; If yon persuade bim of
ths fact that thousands who ha 1 the ura
pllug hooks of evil -inclination clutched in
their soul as firmly as they now are In his
baVK been rescueJ, then a ray of light will
Hash across his v.sion, and it will snejn as if
a supernatural baud were steadying his stag
gering gait. A good many years auo there
lay in the streets of fiichmond, Va., a man
dead drunk, his face exposed to the blister
ing noonday sun. A Christian woman passed
aloutr, looked at bim and sair: "Poor fel
low!" (the took her hautlkerchief and spread
it vr his face and passed on. The man
rouse 1 himself from hisdelauch and began
to look at the handkerchief, and, lul on it
was the name of a highly respectable Chris
tian woman of the city ol llicbmond. He
went to her, he thanked her for her kindness:
and that one little deed saved him for this
life, anil saved hiin for Ihe life that is to
come. He was afterward Aitomey-Gcnera:
of the United States; but, higher than all, ht
r-caine thi consecrated disci pi- of Jesti?
Lhrbf. Kind won'ssreso clw-an il is a won
der we (Id not use t hem oflener. There are
tens of thousands of people iu llf-se citle
who are dying for Ihe lack of una kind word.
xnere ts a business man who lias fouirh!
against trouble until he is perfectly exltaus!,
ei. Ha has be-n thinking about forgery
abut r.'hhery. abont suicide.
On to the hnsiness man. Tell htm that
better times are coming, and tell him tha'
yon vonrsslf were in a tlifht bnrnss pa,
and ths Lord delivered yon. Tell him to put
bis trat In Christ. Tell Mm that Jesus
Christ stands beside every bnsinssa man in
his perplexities. Tell him of the sweet
promises of God's eomfortlne trrafe. That
man is dying for tba lack of jat one kind
word. Go to-morrow and utter that on j
savuue. omniBotant. kind word. Hare is '
sonl that hits been swamped (a sla. Hs
wants to And the light of the Gospel. H
feels like a shipwrecked mariner looking
out over the beach, watchlii? for a sail
against the sky. O. b-ar down on htm.
Ted him that the f.ord waits to be gracious
tn him, that though he has beno a creat sin
ner, there is a great Haviour provi led. Tell
him that though his sins are as scarlet, they
shall he as snow; though they are red Ilka
crimson, they shall be as wool. That man
ts dying forever for tha lack ot ons kind
word.
O. that we miirht in our families anjl fn
our churches try the force of kindness. You
can never drive men, women or children Into
the kingdom of GoJ. A Mnrch northeaster
will bring out more honeysuckles than fret
fulness and scolding will bring out Christian
grace. I wish that In all our religious work
we miirut be saturated with the spirit ot
kindness. Missing that, we miss a great
deal of usefulness. There Is an need of
enmtntr out before men and thundering to
them the law unless at tbe snme time you
preach to them the Gospel. The world is
(tying for lack of kindness.
These young people want It just as much
as the old. The old people some'lmes seem
to think they have a monopoly of the rheii.
mat isms, and the neuralgias, and the head
aches, and the phvsical disorders of the
world; hut I tell you there are no worse
heartaches than are felt by some of these
voting people. Do you kniw thnt much of
the work Is done bv the young? Raphael
died at thirty-seven, Richelieu at thirtv-one;
Gustavus Adolphus died at thirty-eiht; In
nocent IIL came to his michtiest Influence
nt thirtv-seven: Cortes conqnere! Mxioo nt
thirty: Don John won Lepnnto at twenty
five; Grotins was Attorney-General at tweu-ly-four;
and I have noticed amid all classes
of men that some or the severest battles and
tbe toughest work como before thirtr.
Therefore we must have our sermons ami
our exhortations in prayer meeting all sym
pathetic with the younir. And so with these
people further on in life. What do theje
doctors and lawyers and nierchauts and me
chanics care ahntit tho abstractions of re
ligion? What they want is help to hear the
whimsicalities of patients, the browbeating
ot legal opponents, the unfairness nt cus
tomers, who have plenty ot fanltflnillng foi
every imperfection of han-llwork. but co
praise for twenty excellences. Wrhat does
that brain-racked, hand-hlistereil man care
for Swindle's "Doctrine of O-iginal Sin." or
Augustine's "Anthropology?" You mlu-lit as
well go to a man who has the pleurisy and
put on his side a plaster ma In out of Dr.
Parr's "Treatise on Modical Jurisprudence."
In all our sermons there must be nejp for
every one somewhere. You go into an apo
thecary store; you see others being waited
on; we do not complain because we do not
immediately get the medicine; we know our
turn will eomn after a whi a. And so, while
all parts of the sormon may not be appro
priate to onr ease, if wo went prayerfully,
before the sermon Is through we shall have
the divine prescription. I say to these youug
men who are going to prench the Gospel,
these t heolo'jioal st n.leiits I say fo them. We
want In our sernionsjuot more mots physics,
nor more imagination, nor more logic, not
more profundity. What we want iu our sr
mous and Christian exhortations ts more
sympathy. When Father Taylor preached In
titeHadors' Bethel at Boston, the lick tars
felt thnt they had help for their duties amot g
the ratlines' and the forecastles. Wheu
IticharJ Weaver preache I to tbe operatives
In Oldham, Engl'in I, all the working men
felt that they had more grace for the spin
dles. When Dr. South preacher! to Kings
and Princes and Princesses, all the miuhty
men aud women who heard him felt prepara
tion for their high station.
Do you not know that this simple story ot
a Saviour's kindness is to redeem all Na
tions? The hard heart of l&urld's ob
duracy is to be broken before that story.
There is in Antwerp, Belgium, one of tba
"The Descent of Christ from the Cross."
It is one of liubens's pictures. No man can
stand and look at that "Descent from tbe
Cross," as Iiubens pictured it, without hav
lug his eyes flooded with tears, if be have any
sensibility at all. It is an overmastering
picture one that stuns you aud staggers
you and haunts your dreams. Oneafternoon
a man stood iu that cathedral lookini; at Hu
beus's "Descent from the Cross." He was
all absorbed In that scene of a Saviour's suf
ferings, when the janitor came In aud said:
"It is time to close up the cathedral for tbs
night. I wish you wonld depart." The
pilgrim, looking at that "Descent from the
Cross," turned around to the janitor and
said: "No, no; not yet. Wait un they get
Him down." Oh, It is the story of a Saviour's
suffering kindness thnt is to capture the
world. When the bones of that great behe
moth of antiquity which has trampled all
Nations shall be broken and shattered, it
will be found out that tho work w.ts not
done by the hammer of tbe iccmjclast, or by
tbe sword of the conqueror, or by the torch
of persecution, but by the p!ain, simple,
overwhelming force of "the soft tuugue that
nreaicetn tne Done.
Kindness! We all noed more of it in our
hearts, our words and our behavior. The
chief characteristic of our Lord waa kind
ness. A gentleman In England died, leaving
his fortune by will to two sons. The son
that stayed at home destroyed the father's
will and pretended that tho brother who was
absent was dead and burie I. The absent
brother, after awhile, returned aud claims.!
his part of tbe property. Judges anil- jurors
were to be bribed to say that tbe returned
brother and son jras no son at alii but an
impostor. The trial came on. Sir Matthew
Hale, tbe pride of the English court room
and for twenty years the prile of jurispru
dence, heard th at that injustice was about '
to be practiced. He put oil his omoial robe.
He put on the ararb ot a miller. Ha went to
the village where that trial was to take
place. He entered the court room. He
somehow got impaneled as one of the jurors.
Tbe bribes came around, and the man gave
ten pieces of gold to tbe otber jurors, 1, i: as
this was only a poor miller, the briber K'ive
to him only five pieces of gold. A verdict
was brought in rejecting the right of tuis re
turned brother. He was to have no share in
the inheritance. "Hold! mv lord," said ths
miller. "Hold! we are not all agreed on this
verdict. These other men have received ten
pieces of gold In bribery and I have received
only live." "Who are you? Where do you come
from?" said the judge on the bench. The re
sponse was: "1 am from Westminster Hull;
my name is Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Jus
tice of the King's bench. Off of that place,. .
thou ;villian!" And so the injustice was
blkd, and so the young man got bis In
heritance. It was all for another that Sir Matthew
Hale took off his robe and put in the garb
of a miller. And so Christ took ofT His robe
of royalty and put on the attire of our hu
manity, and in that disguise He won our
eternal portion. Now we are the sons ot
God. Joint heirs. We went off from home
sure enough, but we got baok in time to re
ceive onr eternal inherilance. Ami if Christ
was so kind to us, surely we can afford to be
kind to each other.
Electrte LI Des In Europe.
Electric lines In Europe increased in num
ber from seventy to III during 1893, their
lenKtn from 700 to 902 kilometers (5GU
miles). The only countries still free from
eleotrio traction are Bulgaria, Greece and
Denmark.
A Great Recommendation.
In calling attention to its superior advau
lages as a place ot residence, Manhnttan,
Kansas, dwells with especial stress upon ths
fact that tbe assessor was uble to discover
only torty-two pianos in that city.
Manage all your actions and
thoughts in such a manner as if yot
were just going out of the world.
Energy and persistence couquer all
things.
A niau intinta'ely at-tpi tinted with
the nature of things has seldom occa
sion to be astonished.
No 'greater mistake can be made
than to make the accumulation of
r. cites the first business of life.
We understand why the vine is
pruned, but how wo are perplexed
whn wo are being pruned.
When one is low enough to insult
you, be too high for bim to reach.
. Tbe man who would reform tbe
world, needs to begin with himself.
v
, -.u-v.'aw "'r is
'