geiitfciE
ft. F. SOHWEIER
VOL. L.
THE OON8TITOTION-THE DNION-AND THE RNFOROEHKNT OP THE IAWH.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 18
NO. 41
CIIAITEIt XYI-Contlnued.
Then the Seuor asked for sotne direc
tions u to the manner of reaching Oc
cleve Chase, uuJ Lord Penlyn told hiio
the way to travel there.
"And I will give you a letter to my
friend, Philip Smerdon, who is down
there just now," he said, "and he will
make your stay comfortable. He, of
course, has also a (Treat interest in the
affair we all have so much at heart, and
yon will be able to talk it over with him;
though, I must tell you, that he has very
little hopes of your ultimate success."
"Ah! he has no hopes. Well, we shall
see! I myself have the greatest of hopes.
And this Mr. Smerdon, this friend of
yours, I have never yet seen hiw. I shaJI
be glad to know him."
So when the letter of introduction was
rsjitten, the Senor departed, and on ths
next day he started for Oocleve Chase.
He traveled down from London com
fortably eusconsed in a first-class amok
lug compartment, from which he had not
moved until the train deposited him at
the nearest station to Oocleve Chase.
The few fellow-passengers who got la
and out on the way, looked curiously at
the dark, sunburnt man, who sat back
in the corner, twisting up strange-looking
little cigarettes, and gaziug up at the roof
or at the country they were passing
through; but of none of them did tie
Senor take any notice, beyond giving OAs
Stance at each as they entered.
It had become a habit of this man's
life now to give such a glance at every
one with whom he came In contact.
Perhaps he thought that if he mlsaad
one face, he might miss that of the man
for whom he was seeking.
At the station nearest to the "Chase"
he alighted, and taking his small bag it
his haud, walked over to the public bouse
opposite, and asked if a cab could be pro
vided to take him the remainder of his
journey, which he knew to be about four
miles.
"X beg your pardon, sir," a neat-looking
groom said, rising from a table at which
he had been sitting drinking some beer,
and touching his bat respectfully, "but
might I ask if you're going over there or
business?"
"Who are you?" Senor Guffanta asked,
looking at hi in.
"Beg pardon, sir, but I'm one of Lord
Penlyn's grooms, and I thought if you
were going over on any business you
might like tne to drive you over. I have
the dog-cart here."
"I aui u friend of Lord Penlyn's," the
Seuor answered, "ami I am going to stay
at Oeclevo Chase for a day or so. I have
brought a letter of introduction to Mr.
Smerdon."
"That's a pity, sir," the man said, "be
cause Mr. Smerdon has gone up to Lon
don by the fast train. I have just driven
him over from the Chase."
"He is cone to London?" the Senor said
quietly.' "And when will he be back, do
you think?"
. "He did not say, sir."
"Very well. .If you will drive me there
oow, 1 shall be obliged to you."
The groom put the horse to and fetched
the dug cart round from the stable, won
dering as be did so who the quiet, dark
gentleman was who was going to stay all
alone at the "Cluise" for a day or so; and
then having put the Senor's bag In, he
asked him to get up, and they started for
Occleve Chase.
CHAPTER XVII.
On the road Senor Guffanta made
scarcely any remark, speaking only once
of the prettiness of the country they were
passing through, and once of the action
of the horse, which seemed to excite bis
admiration; and then he was silent till
they reached the house, a fine old Queen
Anne mansion in excellent preservation.
He introduced himself to the house
keeper, who came forward in the hall,
and said:
"I have a letter of introduction to Mr.
Suierdou; I had hoped to find him here.
Perhaps it would be as well If I gave it to
you instead."
"As you please, sir, but it is not neces
sary. Lord Penlyn's friends often come
here, when they are in this part of ths
couutry, to see the house. ' It is considered
worth going over. If you please, sir, I
will send a servant up with yonr bag."
"I thank you." the Senor sakl with his
usual grave courtesy, "but I shall not
trouble you much. I dare say hy to-morrow
I siiii II have seen all I want to."
"As you please, sir."
He followed the ueat-looking housemaid
to the roriin he was to occupy, after hav
ing told the hoiisekeeiwr that the simplest
meal in the evening would be sufficient
for him. and then, when he had made
some slight toilette, he descended to the
lower rooms of the house.
The old servant again came forward
and volunteered her services to show him
the enriosities and antiquities of the place;
but Senor Guffanta politely told her that
be would uot trouble her.
"I am fond of looking at pictures," be
said, "I will inspect those if you please.
But I am acquainted with the styles of
different masters, so I do not require a
guide. If you will tell me where the pic
tures are iu this house, I shall be obliged
to you."
"They are everywhere, sir," she answer
ed. "In the picture gallery, the dining
room, hall and library."
"I will go through the library first, if
you please. Which Is that?"
The servant led the way to a large,
lofty room, with windows looking out
upon a well-kept lawn, and told him that
this was the room.
"These pictures will not take you long,
sir," she said, "it's mostly books that are
here. And Mr. Smerdon generally spends
most of his time here at his accounts;
sometimes he passes whole days at that
desk."
She seemed inclined to be garrulous,
and Senor Guffanta, who wished to be
alone, took, at random, a book from one
of the shelves, and throwing himself into
a chair, began to read it.
Then, saying that she wonld leave him
perbnp3 taking what he intended as a
hint she withdrew.
When he was left alone he look no no
tice of the pictures on the walis (they
wt-re all paintings of long-past days), but,
rising, went over to the desk where she
bad said that Mr. Smerdon spent hours.
There were a few papers lying about
n it which he turned over, and he polled
it the drawers to see if they would open,
tut they were all locked fast.
"This room is no good to me," he salt?
Is himself. "I must try others."
Gradually, as the day wore on, the
lenor went from apartment to apartment
b the house. Inspecting each one care
tolly. Ia the drawing room he spent a
peat deal of time, for here be bad found
What, both at Occleve Honae and at Mr.
fcundftlTt bQjise in Gxosrenor jjjac, had
Interested him more than anything eli
tome photograph albums.
These he turned over very carefully,
la he had done with the others In London,
nd then he closed them and went to an
other room.
"Did he ever know," be mattered once,
"that the day would come when I should
be looking eagerly for his portrait did
be know that, and did some instinct
prompt him never to have a record made
f his craven face? And yet, he shall
aot escape me! Yet, I will find him!"
Later in the evening, when be had eaten
paringly of the dinner that had been pre
pared for him, and bad drunk still more
paringly of the choice wine set before
him, confining himself almost entirely
to water, he sent for the housekeeper and
aid:
"I think I have seen everything of im
portance here in the way of art, and
Lord Penlyn Is to be congratulated on
his treasures. Some of the pictures are
very valuable."
"They are thought to be so, sir," the
woman answered. In her own mind, and
after a conversation with another of the
head servants, she had put Seuor Guf
fanta down aa some foreign picture deal
er, or connoisseur, who had received per
mission from ber master to inspect the
collection at the "Chase, and, conse
quently, she considered him entitled to
give an opinion, especially as that opinion
was a favorable one. "They are thought
to be so, sir."
"Yes; no doubt But I have seen then)
all now, and I will leave to-morrow."
"Very well, sir."
"So, if yon please, I will hsve that
young man to drive me to the station. I
will go by the train that he told me Mr.
Smerdon traveled by."
That night, as Senor Guffanta paced uf
and down the avenue leading to the house
and smoked cigarettes, or as he tossed
upon his bed, he confessed that he was
no nearer to his task.
"Everything fails me," he said, "and
yet a week ago I would have sworn by
San Pedro that I should have caught
bim now. There is only one chance one
hope left. If that fails me too, then I
must lose all courage. Will it fail me?
will it fail me?"
"It is strange, too," he said once to
himself in the night, when, having been
nnable to sleep, he had risen and thrown
his window open and was gazing from
it, "that I cannot meet this man Smerdon,
this man who believes that I shall fail
as, por Hue! I almost now myself be
lieve! Strange, also, that he should have
left on the very day I came here. I
should like to see bim. It may be that I
shall do so In London to-morrow."
He left Occleve Chase at the time fixed,
and by his liberality to the housekeeper
and the other servants who had waited
on him he entirely dispelled from their
minds the idea that he was a picture
ileulAF
) "I suppose he Is one of those foreign
swells, after all, the footman who had
served him said to the housekeeper, as he
pocketed the douceur the Seuor had given
bim; "there is plenty of 'em In Loudon
society now."
He reached the London terminus late
In the afternoon, and bade the cabman
he hired drive him to the Hotel Lepauto;
but, before half the journey to that house
was accomplished, the driver found him
self suddenly called on by his fare to stop,
and to turn round and follow another cab
going in the opposite direction.
A hansom cab which had passed swift
ly the one Senor Guffanta was in, a cab
In which was seated a young man with
a brown mustache, and on the roof of
which waa a portmanteau and a bundle
of rugs.
"Quick r the Senor said, speaking for
the first time almost incoherent English;
"follow that cab with the valise on the
top. Quick, I sayl I will pay you any
thing!" "How can I be quick!" the man said,
"when I can hardly turn my cab around?
Which is the one you mean?"
"The one with the valise, I say, that
passed just now. I will give you every
thing I have in my pocket if you catch it."
Bat it was no use. Before the cab
could be turned and put in pursuit, the
other one had disappeared round a corner
Into a short street, from which, ere Senor
Guffanta's cab had reached it, it had
again disappeared.
"Am I never to seize him?" said the
Senor to himself. Then he once more al
tered his directions to the cabman, and
made him drive to Occleve House.
He walked into the room lu which he
beard that Lord Penlyn and Mr. Stuart
were seated, and the excitement visible
upon his face told them that something
bad happened.
"I have seen him," be said, going
through no formality of greeting; he was
far too disturbed for that. "I have seen
him once again, and once again I have lost
him."
"Where bare you seen bim?" Stuan
asked.
"Not at Occleve House, surely!" Penlyn
exclaimed.
"No here, in London! Not half an
hour ago, in a cab. And I have missed
him! He went too swiftly, and I los
sight of bim."
"What will you do?" they both ex
claimed. "At present I do not know. I feel as
though I shall go mad!" Then a moment
after he said: "Give me the keys of th'
garden ; at once, give them to me."
Penlyn took them from a drawer and
gave them to Senor Guffanta, and he.
bidding the others remain wliere they
were, opened the door leading into the
garden from the back of the house, and
went out into It.
It was but a few mlnntes before he re
turned, but when he did so the bronze
bad left his face and he was deathly pale.
"Lor4 Penlyn," be said, biting his litis
ta He esote, and clenching bis bands untn
the nails penetrated tne palms, io wnom
have yon given those keys during my
absence?"
"To no one," Penlyn answered. "1
promised yon I would not let any one bay
them."
"You have given them to no one?" Got
fanta said, while bis eye shone fiercely
is be looked at the door. "Te no onel
To no one! Then will you tell me how the
murderer of Walter Cundail has been In
that garden within the last few hours?"
CHAPTER XVIII.
That night Guffanta stood in the library
f what bad once been Walter Condall'a
boose in Grosvenor place, in the room In
which the murdered man bad spent boors
of agony after be had learned that Ida
Raughton's love was given to another!
and to Mr. Stuart be told all that he
knew.
To Lord Penlyn's request, nay, to hi
command, that he should tell him alL be
paid no attention t indeed, be vouchsafed
no words to him beyond these eX
"I know so much," he said, speaking in
the calm, cold voice which bad only once
failed him the time when be had discov
ered that the assassin bad in some way
obtained entrance to the deserted garden
during his absence, "as to be able to say
that you are not your brother's murderer.
But. unless there is something very
strange that as yet 1 do uot know, that
murderer Is known to you, and you are
shielding him from me."
"It is false!" Lord I'enlyn said, advauo
iug to him and standing boldly and defi
antly before him. "As God hears me, I
swear that it is false. Aud you shall tell
me what you know, you shall justify
your vile suspicious of me."
"Yes." the Senor replied, "I shall ju
tify them, but not to you. Meanwhile,
have a care that I do not prove you to be
an accomplice lu the murder. Have a
care, I say!"
"I defy you and your accusations. And
(he law shall make you speak out plain
ly"
"I am about to speak out plainly, this
very night. But I am not going to apeak
plainly to the man whose bouse affords a
refuge to his brother's murderer."
Lord Penlyn sprang at him, as he beard
these words fall from his lips, as be bad
ouce sprang at his own brother in the
park when that brother told him he was
bearing a name not rightly his; and once
more he felt himself iu a grasp of iron
aud powerless.
"Be careful," Senor Guffanta said, as
he hurled him back, "be careful, or I
shall do you an lujury."
Stuart had endeavored to come between
them, but before he could do so the short
struggle was over, and then the Spaniard
turned to him and said, "I must speak to
you alone. Come with me," aud, turning,
left the room.
Before Stuart followed him he spoke to
Penlyn, and said:
"Do not take this too seriously to heart.
This man is evidently under some delu
sion, if uot as to the actual murderer, at
least as to your connection with the crime.
Perhaps, when he has told me what be
knows, we shall find out where the error
lies; and then he will ask your pardou for
his suspicions."
"It is too awful!" Penlyn said, "too
awful to be borne. And I can do nothing.
I wish I could have killed him as he stood
there falsely accusing me, but he is a
giant iu strength."
"Let me go to him now," Stuart said;
"and do not think of his words. Remem
ber, he, too, la excited at having seen the
man again and missed bim. And if he
does not absolutely bind me to silence I
will tell you all."
Then he, also, went away.
(x'o be continued.)
Ingenious Fisherman.
John Wilson, known, to fame as Chris
topher North, was a fisherman of in
genious ways and wondrous prowess.
One day, after arriving at a Que stream,
where he perceived at once that the
trout were nbuudnut aud rising freely,
be captured from the surface of the
water u specimen of the Insect upon
which they seemed to be feasting; but
on searching his nshiug hook, he found
nothing w!tb which he could make up
a east after that particular pattern
u odd kind of red spider aud for a
moment it seemed as If he were fated
to disappointment. Suddenly he dart
ed away at speed, aud entering a little
village near by, went boldly up to the
first native he met and Inquired if any
body lived there who had "a carrotty
pow." The uian wus naturally aston
ished, but after a brief reflection In
formed hiui that a certain Mysie, the
minister's hired lass, owued "the best
crop of red 4iair In the whole palish,"
Mysie was Immediately sought and
fouud, and, either for love or money,
she was Induced to purt with a tress.
Back, then, went the enterprising fish
erman to the burn, supplied his hook
with a wisp of fiery hair twisted Into
an excellent Imitation of a sprawling
spider, and with this unique bait suc
ceeded In filling bis basket to the brim.
.How Armour Treats His Clerks
Phil Armour Is very kind to his army
of clerks. Some time ago a police of
ficer came into Armour's office to serve
a paper garnisheeing one of the clerk'a
wages. Armour sent for the debtor1
and asked him how long he bad been In
debt. The man replied that for twenty
years be bad been behind and that be
could not catch up.
"But you get a good salary," aald
Mr. Armour, "don't you?"
"Yes," said the 'clerk, "but I can't
get out of debt. My life is such that
somehow or other 1 can't get out."
"But you must get out," said Mr.
Armour, "or you tuust leave here. How
much do you owe?"
The clerk then gave the amount. It
was less than $1,000. Mr. Armour took
his check-book and wrote out a check
for the amount. "There," said he, as
he banded the clerk the check. "There
la enough to pay all your debts. Now
I want you to keep out of debt, and If
I hear of your again getting Into debt
you will have to leave."
The fact that only two ships bearing
(he American flag were seen In Bar
celona lust year Is brought out by a
correspondent of a murine paper as ex
plaining the Impudence of the mob 111
that city towurd the United States
Consul during the recent anti-American
clots.
The Indian tiovernment has re
solved to establish a bactertologieal
laboratory at Agra and a chemical
laboratory at Calcutta. It is expected
that 1904) municipalities will appoint
trained men for sanitary work.
No fewer than 16,000 person die
in Italy every year from malarial fever,
and there are 4,000 communes where
quinine is not to be had.
Bath now boasts of three canary
li-la hatched out of ono egg. The
little fellows were about the fize ol
bumblebees, but are alne and grow
ing.
The domestic pets of the world
carry 39 per eent of the common
contagions diseases from house to
house.
Experiments made at Paris by Dr.
Berlil'nn have proved that kleptomania
ia easily cured by hypnotic sugges
tion. A prize of $20 is hereafter to be
offered lenii-aimnally to tbe surcicel
interne of the Boston City Hos
pital "who administers either in
the most tkillul and humane man
ner." Nearly every moderate sized
village in Switzerland ia now supplied
witu electric light, tho motive power
being anpplied by tbe mountain
streams.
fffiawis lf
Veaavtwa la Actlan.
A correspondent of the Companion
whi visited Mount Veeuvtua last year
nd again this summer found that con
siderable changes had occurred in tbe
flow of lava which broke through tbe
lde of tbe crater In 1895. He was In
formed by Prof. Palmier!, tbe director
f tbe observatory on tbe mountain,
that the same eruptive activity which
produced the great eruption of 1872
is sMli going on, and that another pow
erful outburst of tbe volcano may take
place at any time.
Another Karly Man.
Mention has been made in this column
of tbe opinion of Prof. Marsh and other
savants that tbe ancient1 human bones
discovered In Java by Doctor Dubois a
yea" or so ago must have belonged to a
bains of human characteristics, yet not
So fully developed as the man of to
day. The name "ape-man" baa been
bestowed upon the creature supposed
to be represented by tbe bones In ques
tion. Recently Prof.'Nehrtng has dis
covered, near Santos In Brazil, a hu
ms a skull of a low type, which, la de
scribed aa agreeing In some reepecta
with the skull of tbe "ape-man," bnt aa
Indicating, also, a much higher capac
ity. Some fragments of Implements of
srt'ficlal origin, the bones of Ashes and
parts of the lower law of a toothed
whale, were found near the slrulL
Wonderful Feather Work.
Among the strange tribe of men
about whom little U known are the
Chamacocos, living on the upper Para
guay river. .An Italian artist. SIgnor
Boggianl,' who visited these people not
Ion? ago, has given a vivid descrip
tion of their appearance and customs.
Like all wild tribes In warm countries,
tha wear very little clothing, bnt they
excel In the art of making personal
adornments from tbe feathers of birds.
Thsli country abounds with birds ot
the most beautiful plumage, including
pan ots, toucans and trogons, whose
feethera axe dazzling In color, rheas
wltt gray plumes, musk ducks of a glos
sy black color egrets with feathers ol
pure white, and spoonbills af a dellcatt
pink hue. The Chamacocoa com bin
all this wealth of colored and graceful
plumage In an artistic manner, and
some of these savages tall and of per
fect shape, walk their forest glades in
habiliments more brlllinnt, If less am
ple, than a Paris modiste could pro
4u.-e
Tremendooe Onn Power.
Recent discussion of the best means
of protecting our harbors In case of
war has called renew id attention to ea
pet'inents on the power of great guns.
The result of one of these experiments
has been used as an argument in favot
of placing guns of 16 inches calibre at
certain points on the coast. In the case
reft i red to a projectils weighing 1,800
pounds was fired from such a gun. The
taiget consisted of a compound plate'
of ft eel and iron 20 inches thick, and a
second plate of Iron 8 inches thick,
barked by a' mass of squared oak tim
ber 20 feet thick, backed by a granite
wall 5 feet thick, behind which was 11
feet of solid concrete, while tbe rear
of the target consisted of a 6-foot wall
of brick. The projectile, fired at close
range, passed through the 28 Inches of
iron and steel, through the 20 feet of
oak, throirgh the 5 feet of granite,
thiough the 11 feet of concrete, and
more than balf way through tbe 6 feet
nf riek behind them all! What, say
the advocates of heavy guns for' coast
de't nse, would be tbe chance of any
battle ship In existence against such
a projectile as tbat?
Tipping: Hadaoa Bar.
A curious result of tbe slow change
of level going on at various points of
the earth's surface has recently been
pointed out by Prof. Bell of the Geog
raphical Survey of Canada. This Is a
gradual tipping up of the shores of
Hudson Bay, as if some gigantic power
we.f engaged In an attempt to empty
that great basin of water Into tbe ad
joining sea. One of tbe earliest Indi
cations of what was going on Jtme to
th; attention of the officers of the Hud
son Bay Company when they fouud
'bat tbe water at the mouths of the riv
er, -where their posts are stationed was
gradually getting shallower and navi
gation consequently becoming more
difficult. Exainlnatiop shows that the
sboic Is lined with old beaches of sand
and gravel lying as high as fifty feel
or 'nore above the present, level of th
bar When Hendrik Hudson, In 1610
discovered the great body of water tbat
beats his name, he wintered with his
ships on the east coast of the bay In a
harbor which has now disappeared, or
at least has been so far drained off as
no longer to be recognizable from his
description.
Napoleon After the Battle of Oresden
Prof. Slonne's "Life of Napoleon," Ir,
the Century, takes up the "Collapse ol
the Western Empire." In describing
the end of tbe Grand Army after th
battle of Dresden, Prof. Sloane says
Tbe night of the 7th was spent In inde
cision as to any one or all of these Ideas
but in active preparation for the re
treat; any contingency might lie met oi
a resolve taken whan the necesslry
sro.se. During that night the Emperoi
frr. n-!' 1 'y'l.a Tltp li"' : '
drinking strong coffee to prevent drow
siness bad Induced attacks of nervous
ness, and these were not diminished
by his load of care. To allay these and
other ailments, he had had recourse fot
some time to frequent tepid bath
Mucb has been written about a myste
rtous malady which had been steadily
Increasing, but the burden of testlmonj
from the Emperor's closest associate!
at this time Indicates tbat In tbe mail
be bad enjoyed excellent beaJrt
throughout the second Saxon campaign
There were certainly intervals of self
Indulgence and of lassitude, of excess
Ive emotion and depressing self-exaiuin
atlon, which seemed to require the off
set of a physical stimulus; but on thi
whole, natural causes, complex but no
Inexplicable, sufficiently account foi
the subsequent disasters.
INDISCREET LETTERS
Mover" Bafa to Pea Matter Which
Toa Want to Keep Secret.
Harriet Martineau. who waa very
deaf, always shifted ber ear trumpet
when any one asked her a question ah
dlJ not wish to answer. The late Cy
rus W. Field apparently did not 'beat
a question tbat it would be Indiscreet
to answer.' He had another good habit
Letters that If seen would cause others
pa.ii or might be misunderstood be de
stroyed as soon as ho had read them.
The following true story proves ths
wisdom of Mr. Field's practice:
A distinguished educator had, wltk
considerable difficulty, persuaded a
millionaire to found a college. The ed
ucator was to have been Its president
bat unfortunately he neglected Aaron
Bu-fi advice: "Talk aa much as you
please, but don't write a word."
The founder, an uneducated man,
was full of crotchets which. If express
ed 'n the deed establishing tbe college,
would have greatly Interfered with Its
i educational work. The educator, irri
gated, by the labor it required to elimi
nate these whims from the founder's
I mind, one day wrote a couiplatuiag let
ter to a clerical friend In which be nar
rated his trials, and ended by saying ol
the rich man, " - is an ass."
The clergyman, a careless, absent
minded man, pat tbe letter Into his bat,
aui called at the office of a law nrui to
transact buaineaa with one of the part
ners. While In tbe private ofilee be left bli
bat outside, and one of tbe lawyers,
seeing tbe letter, and knowing the
handwriting of tbe address, read it. Ol
course he was not a geutleman, and
wsj without moral principle: and his
subsequent conduct showed him a mis
chief maker.
Ha retailed the contents of the lettei
to a nephew of the founder, who was
bitterly opposed to his uncle's proposed
disposition of his property. He report
ed it to the uncle.
The college was founded: but the ed
ucator was never Its president. He
died a broken-hearted mau, through tha
carelessness of bis clerical friend aud
the meanness of a legal Paul Pry.
The Public Service in China.
Ex-Secretary John W. Foster, whs
was tbe confidential adviser of the
Emperor of China in the peace negotia
tions with Japan, contributes a papei
on "The Viceroy LI Hung Chang" to the
Century. Mr. Foster says of tho
Viceroy:
He does not regard the competitive
educational system of admission to the
public service as a perfect method, and
more than once he has recommended to
his Emperor material modifications in
the existing system. But It must b
confessed that It has stood tbe test of
centuries with much benefit to China,
aud its practical operation bas demon
strated that It possesses two merits of
Inestimable value to any nation; first,
It brings all the offices of the empire
within the reach of tbe lowest subject,
and secondly. It diminishes the lucent
Ires to, and opportunities of, corruption
and favoritism in securing entrance
Into official life. But in China tbe com
petitive examination ends with tbe ad
mission; beyond that step promotion
must come through other methods. " LI
Hung Chang secured the right of ad.
mission to office through his assiduous
application to study, and every succeed
ing step in bis upward career baa beer
attained by his own genius and cap
city.
Cowboy Way of Shooting.
For some years past the cowboys ot
(he wild and woolly west have employ
ed a process called "fanning tbe ham
mer" in using their pistols. Te do this,
they either take the trigger off or tie it
back, and work tbe action by striking
the hammer with tbe thick part of the
palm of the hand. This method has the
advantage of discharging six shots In
tbe time required for tbe self-cocker to
discharge two by tbe ordinary method.
The requisites for nse of the pistol in
this way are a large hammer, a pliant
mainspring, extremely smooth action,
and a cylinder-stop operated from the
heel of tbe hammer instead of from the
trigger. This style of pistol bas become
so popular that one of the big Eastern
firearms companies Is going to put a
line of trtggerless pistols on the ma"
ket. Tbe tools for tbelr manufacture
have already been completed, and th!
new type of revolvers will soon be on
ale.
The Owl.
Tbe construction of the owl's foot ti
peculiar. Unlike tbe weil-known fool
of the parrot, which has two toes In
front and two behlni it, like tbat ol
tbe eagle, or a more familiar example
the common sparrow, has one toe be
hind and three In front; but the first
of these Is capable of much lateral mo
tion, while the fourth or outer tee
reversible, and, when tbe bird perches.
Is turned backwards so that the bird
sits on its perch with the two middle
toes In front and the two outer toes be
hind. Roads of fteel.
if a recent suggestion of New Jersey's
Commissioner of Public Roads should
be carried into effect, we might before
long find ourselves driving on steel
roads as well as inhabiting steel build
ings. The proposed plsn Is to lay broad
ete-1 rails with a slight, sloping rib on
each aide, to carry tbe wheels of all
so-ts of vehicles. Such a road. It Is
atd, could be constructed more cheap
ly than a macadamized road, which, ac
cording to one estimate costs $7,000 a
mil: It is said that a steel track road
can be constructed for $6,000 a mile.
Force t,raL
Prof eseor Give me uie names' of ti.
boues tbat form the human skull.
Medical Student I've sot tfcens all h:
my bead, but I csn't recall their aanes
Texas Sifter.
IN IMPERIAL ROME.
4. Jewish, Boy Who Batered Oma
I tka Faasoaa root Bscss,
Bom was a mighty city In those
day. - It bad many a mile ot streets
! and avenue, reaching out Into tbe sur
' rounding country, until nobody could
tell where th city ended, although ev
erybody knew that Its center waa on a
bill at tbe capltoL Far from the capl
tol. but still within the city, was the
amphitheater, or circus, where the most
wonderful show were given tbat tb
world baa ever known. There were
wild beasts and men were made to
light by thousands, for the shows were
murderous, and the vast eandy area of
the ampltbeater waa often stained with
blood.
Cyril was walking along a narrow,
crooked street, tbat led away from the
capitol in the direction of tbe circus.
At that moment be almost ran against
a wall, and be stood still. It waa one
lde of a' vast marble arch at the main
entrance to tbe circus, and, aa be looked
up, be saw a placard, with an Inscrip
tion in several languages. He could
read some of them. They were all
alike, and they told bim that tbe Empe
ror's prefect of the circus bad arranged
Ifor prize foot-races. Ohe of these was
free to all wbo could pass tbe trial race
for admission. There waa to be a prize
of ten aestertla, and Cyrln's brain whirl
ed a little at the thought of so much
uoney.
"More than alx hundred shekels!" b
exclaimed, after a calculation "and I
can yet runt It says tbat the sub-prefect
will see all who apply." He stood
gazing at the placard and reading It
loud. Suddenly a voice near bim aald:
"That he will, and be will scourge yoj
well if you fall at tbe. test. Can you
run? You look Uke It Comer
Black as jet waa the face of tbe
Swarfish figure that Cyril at once turn
ad to follow through the arch and a side
door and along a tile-floored passage.
In a few minutes more be stood lu tbe
presence of a richly dressed official wbo
for a moment eyed bim sternly. Tbe
dwarf had addressed this great man
very reverently, calling bim Crlspus,
but a strange thought flashed Into the
mind of Cyril, for be bad never seen
a Roman whose face waa like that of
the sub-prefect.
"O Jewish boy, wbo art thou?" asked
Crlspus, In Aramaic, with an accent
that made Cyril' heart beat
"I a si Cyril Ben Ezra, of the house ot
Klsu," replied Cyril, staring bard at
tbe grim. Iron-mouthed official, for
something in the man's face seemed
familiar.
"Amen!" said Crlspus. "Answer In
thine own tongue, for thou art a Gall
lean. I am Reuben Ben Nassur, of
Cana. I am tby kinsman. K no west
thou aught of my bouse?"
"Isaac the Rabbi is well," replied Cy
ril, and on be went, for Reuben, or
Crlspus. asked bim many questions,
and they talked In Hebrew, which none
wbo came near them could understand.
Perhaps one reason why Crispus was
sub-prefect was bis gift of tongues.
Perhaps another reason was plain when
e said of tbe circus:
"What Is It to me or thee If the heath
en slay one another? Thou shalt run. I
will give thee a week of training before
tbe trial, but know that I cannot save
thee from tbe scourge if thou fall be
fore the prefect Mark thou this, also
forget that thou art a Jew until thy feet
have told Tailienus that thou art a goo
runner. 'Thou hast nothing to do with
the Law whilst thou art a beast in the
Roman circus."
Bitter Indeed was the cup of poverty
that Cyril was drinking. He had put
away his pride, driven by starvation,
and now a brother of Ben Nassur him
self was bidding him put aside bis re
ligion. No opportunity for. answer, yes
or no, waa given, however, and be was
led away by tbe dwarf to one of tbe
outbuildings of the ampltbeater. ' It
was, as he at once discovered, a kind of
(all In which were kept the men who
were In training for the races. Many
of them were mere slaves put there by
tbelr owners. In hope tbat they might
win a prize for their masters. At all
vents Cyril waa to have shelter and
food, but the boarding bouse or jail
of the runner adjoined great dens of
wild animals, and he was kept awaka
by the roaring of many Hons; for a thun
derstorm swept over Rome and the im
prisoned kings of forest or plain re
sponded with thunderous roars of their
awn making. St Nicholas.
Wood Ena-ravlna;.
The invention of wood engraving, likt
that of gunpowder, has been claimed
for the Chinese, whose books have cer
tainly been printed for ages from en
graved blocks. It bas even been as
se tied that the art of cutting figure
In relief and printing impressions ol
them on paper was known and prac
ticed by that nation as early as tbt
reign of tbe renowned Emperor Wu
Wtng. 1120 B. C. There la no deubl
tbat wood stamps were used by tbi
ancient Egyptians and Romans foi
stamping bricks, and other article
made of clay; and that wood and metal
stamps of monograms, etc., were uses
In various European countries for at
testing deeds and other documents, al
a very early period, when writing wa
considered an extraordinary accom
plishment even for princes. It was not
however, until tbe beginning of th
fifteenth century that any evidences ol
wood engraving, as understood at thli
day, were found. Tbe earliest print ol
which any certain Information can b
obtained Is tbat discovered In one ol
the most ancient convents of Germany
which represents St. Christopher carry
Ing the Infant Savior across the sea
and la dated 1423. This art was em
ployed in illustrating many of the early
editions of the Bible, and with rapid
strides has at length reached a dcgre
or perfection which la truly wonderful
as may be seen by reference to nnmer
ous work to be found In libraries oi
book, the lights and shades and otbei
minutiae ot the engraving comparing
favorably with those done upon stee
or copper.
Wren's Chnroh Building.
Sir Christopher Wren built forrr-rw.
churches In London; his greatest work
I St Paul'a Cathedral
Don't loan anything; yon know your
self how careless yon are In paying
sack anything you borrow.
I
REV. OR, TALK
Tbe Eminent Divine' Sunday
D.scourse.
Subject. "Pull Granaries.
Tvxt: "And J a lah spake nnto him sayj
e, Tnx niia ittl solemnly protest onto us,
M-iug. Y shall not w n y faoe, exoept youi
brother be with you." Genesis xliil., S.
No'hiog to sat! Plotv of oorn in Evypt
I nt gh:utly famine in Cnnaan. Tha oattlf
moaning in thn sta I. M n, women and
children, awfully whit with hunger. Not
tho falling of one crop for one summer, but
Ih falling of all th urops for seven yntr
A Nntlou dying for lank of that which Is to
common on your table, and ao little appre
ciHte!; tbe proiluet of harvest field and
grist mill and oven: the prion of sweat anil
anxiety and stiiKgle Bread' Jacob, the
r.slhT, has tha m-t report from tbe flour bin,
an't he finds that ei-ervihiog Is out; and he
say to bis son: "B ys, hook up tnewairons
and Mart for Etypt. an J g ns something to
eat." The fact was, there was a groat norn
crib in Ei pt. The people of Egypt have
been lamely taxed in all aires, at the present
time paying between seventy aud eighty per
cent, of their products to the Government.
No wonder In that time they had a Inrtre
cornrib. and It was fniL To that crib they
came from the reious around about those
wbo were famished some paying for tha
vrn iu money; when the money was ex
hHiiste.1, paving for the porn in "sheep and
cult e aud boraex and camels; and when they
were exhausted, Ibea selliog their own
bo J lea and their families into slavery.
The morning for st jniuc out on the cru
sade for bread has arrived. Jacobgets his fam
ily up very easily. But before the elder sooa
start they my something tbat makes him
treml. le wll h emotion from head to foot, and
burst iuto tears. The fact was that these
elder sons had once before ben In Eypt to
get corn and they haa been treated some
what roughly, the lord of the corn-crib sup
plying them with 3om, but sayins; at tbe
close of the interview, "S)W, you need not
come back here for any more corn unless you
bring sonietbim; better than money even
your youuRer brothel' lieojamio." Ah! Ben
Jamiu that very name wa suaxestive of all
tenderness. The mother bad died at tha
birth of that son a spirit . coming and an
other spirit going and the very thought of
Eartiug witU Benjamin must have been a
eartbreak. The keeper of this corn-crib,
neverthelis, saystothPsa elder sons. "There
is no need of your coining up here any more
for corn unless vou can brim; B-mjaniin,
yonr father's darlintr." Now Jacob and bis
family very much needed bread; but what a
struggle it would be to give up tblt- son. The
Oitentals are very demonstrative In their
grief, and I near the ontwailiior of the father
as these elder sons keep reitoratiu't in his
ears the announcement of the Egyptian lord,
"Ye shall not see my lace unless your brother
be with yon." "Wliy did you t-)ll him you
bail a brother?" says tbe old man oomplain
iug and cblriiuK them. "Why, father," they
said, "liensked ns all about our family, and
we had no idea that he would make any such
demaud upon us as he has made." "No use ol
asking me," said the father, "I can not, I
will u it, fcive up Benjamin." The fact was
that the otil man had lost children, and when
there haa been btreavemeui in a household,
and a child taken. It makes the other chil
dren iu the household more precious. So
the day for the departure was adjourned and
adjourned. HUH tbe horrors ot the famine
Increased, and louder moaned the cattle, and
wider opeu eracke.i the earth, and more pal
lid hecame I ha cheeks, until Jacob, in de
spair, cried out to his sons. "Take Benjamin
and be off." The older sous tried to cheer
up their father. They said. "We have
strong arms an I a stout hearr, and no barm
will come to Benjamin. We'll see that ha
gels baek arain. Farewell!" said the younK
mer to the father, in a tone of asumed good
cheer. "P-s-r-e-w-e-l-1!" said tbe old man;
lor tbat word has more quavers in It when
pronounced by the aifcd than by the young.
Well, tbe bread party, the bready embassv,
drives up in front of the corn-crib of Egypt
Those corn-cribs are filled with wheat and
barley and oorn In ths busk, for modern
travelers in those lands, both lu Canaan and
In Eirypt, tell us there Is corn there corre
sponding with our Indian maize. Huzza!
The journey is ended. The lord of the corn
crib, who is also the Trims Minister, comes
down to tbne newly-arrived travelers, and
says. "Dine with me to-lay. How Is your
father? is this Benjamin, the younger brother
whose presence 1 demanded?" The travelers
are ml rod need into the palace. They are
worn and beiliwted of the way? and servants
come in with a basin of water in one band
and a rowel iu the other, and kneel down be
fore tuese newlv arrived travelers, washing
off I lie ju-t of the way. The- butchers and
poulterers and caterers of the Prime Minister
prepare the repair. The guests are seated in
small groups, two or three at a table, the
food on a tray; a'l the luxuries from im
perial gardens and orchards and aquariums
and avlHT.es are brought there, and are fill
ing chalice and platter. Now is ths time for
this Prima Minister, if be has a grudge
aira!nst Benjamin, to how it. Will he kill
bim. now that he bas bim In his hands? O,
no! This lord of the corn-crib Is seated at
bis own table, and he looks over tbe tables
of his KUests; and he sends a portion to each
ot them, but sends a larger portion to Ben
jamin, or, as the Bible quaintly puts It,
"Benjamin's mess ass five times as much aa
any of theirs." Be quick and send word back
with the swiftest oamel to Canaan to old
Jacob, that "Benjamin Is faring well; all Is
well; be Is faring sumptuously; the Egyptian
lord did not mean murder and death; but be
meant deliverance and life when be an
nounced to us on tbat day, 'Ye shall not see
my faoe unless your brother be with you.' "
Well, mv friends, this world Is famlne
slruck of sin. It does not yield a single
crop of solid satisfaction. It Is dying. It is
buuer-bUten. The fact that It does not, can
not feed a man's heart was well Illustrated
in the life of tha English comedian. All the
world honored him--did everything for bim
that the world could do. He was applauded
in England and applauded In tbe United
States. He roused up Nations Into laughter.
He had no equal. And yet, although many
people supposed him entirely happy, and
that this world was completely satisfying his
soul, be sits down and writes:
"I never hi my life put on a new hat that
it did not rain and ruin it I never went out
in a shabby coat broause it was raining and
thought all who bad the choice would keep
Indoors, that ths son did not come out In its
strength and bring out with It all the butter
flies of fashion whom I knew aad who knew
ma. I never consented to accept a part 1
hated ont of kindness to anc thar, that I did
not get hissed by the pnbllo and cut by the
writer. I could not take a drive for a few
minutes with Terry without being overturned
and having my elbow broken, though my
friend got off unharmed. I could not make
a covenant with Arnold, which I thought
waa to make my fortune, without making
bis instead, than In an incredibly short space
of time I think thirteen months I earned
for him j 20,000, and tor myself . I am
persuaded that If I were to set up as a baker,
every one in my neighborhood would leave
off eating bread."
That was the lament of the world's come
dian and Joker. All unhappy. The world
did everything for Lord Byron that It eould
do, and yet In bis last moment he asks a
friend to come aad sit down by him and
reaa, as most appropriate to his case, the
story of ''Tha Bleeding Heart." Torrigtano,
the sculptor, executed, after months of care
and carving, "Madonna and the Child."
ine royal family came In and admired it.
Every oony that looked at it was in ecstasy;
bat one day, after all that toil and all that
admiration, because he did not get as much
compensation for his work as be had ex
pected, he took a mallet and dashed the ex
quisite sculpture into atoms. The world Is
poor compensation, poor satisfaction, poor
solace. Famine, famine in all tbe earth;
not for seven years, bat for six thousand.
But, bie-sed be God, there is a great con
crib. The Lord built it It is in another
land. It ia a large place. An angel once
measured it. and as far aa I can caUmlate it
in one phrase, tbat corn crib ia lfCa miles
long and 1600 miles broad, aad 1500 high:
and It Is full. Food for all nations. "Oh!"
sav tbe people, "we will start right away
and get a supply for our soul." But stop a
moment; for from the Keeper ot that corn
crib there comes this word, saying, "You
shall aot see Mr face except . your brother
be with yon." In other words, there is no
suchthln'-ns gelling from heaven pardon
and comfort an I eternal life nnles we bring
wilh ut our Divine Brother, the Lord J' sua
Christ. Coming without Him we shall fall
before we ream the coru-crih. and our
bodies shall be a portion for the jaka's of
the wildernnss: bnt comin? with the Divine
Jesus, all the granaries of haaven will swing
open before our hhI ami abundance shall
le given us. We hnll be iav.ted to sit in
the palace of Ihe King, an rut the table; and
rrhile the Lord of heaven Is apportioning
from His own table to the other table Hi
will not forgot ns: and then and there it m ill
be found tbat oar Benjamin's moss is larger
than all the others, for so it ought to be.
"Worthy is tbe Lamb that was sl iin, to re
ceive blessing and riches and honor anl
giory aud power."
I want to make three points. Every frank
and common -sense man will acknowledge
himself to be a sinner. What are you going
to do with your sins? Havethem pardoned,
you sav. How? Through the mercv of (Jo.
What do yoa mean by tha raerny o' Ooi?
Is it the letting down of a bar for the ad
mission of all. without resuecc to character?
Be not deceived? I see a soul coming op to
tbe gate of mercy and knocking at the corn-
crib of heavenly supply; and a voice from
within savs: "Are you alone?" The sinner
rooties, "All alone." The voice from
within says, "You shall not son my pardon
lug faoe an'e? vour divine Brother, ths
Lord Jesus, be with vou." Oh, that is thi
point at which so mauv are dtscom tiled.
There Is no mercy from Ood except through
Jdsus Christ. Comint with Him. we are ai
epted. Coming wilhuut Rim. we are re
j'Cied. Teter put it right iu his great ser
mou before the hi"li priests, when be thun
dered forth: "NelferU th-re salvation In
auy other. There I no other nvne given
nnder hewn minim men wherebv we may
be saved." Oh, anxious sinner! Oh, dyin t
sluner! Oh, lost sinner! all vou bava got to
do is to have this divine. Benjnmin along
with you. Hide hy side, coming to the g.i'e,
all the store-honsos of he.ivu will swia
opeu before your anxious soul.
Am I right In calling Jjsu B'injamin? O,
yes. Kachel livel only long enongh to give
a nime to tbat child, an I with a dying ktot
she called bim Benonl. Afterward Jicob
cuangeJ bis nam i. and he called him Ben
jamin. The meaning of the nsme she gava
was, "Son ot my Pain." The meaning of
the name the father gava wa. "Son of my
Right Han I." An I ai not Christ the 8jii
of pain? All the sorrows of Rachel in that
hour when she gave her child over Into the
hands of strangers, was as uothiug compared
with the struggle ot God when He gave up
His onlv Sou. And was pot Christ appro
priately called "Son of the Right Hand?"
Pid not Mtephen Pwk into heaven nud see
HI n standing at the right haud of God And
does not Paul speak of Hon as st.iuding at
the right nan I of God making intercession
for us? O, Beiijamiu Jesus! Son of pang!
Bon of victory! The dee;e-s' emotion.' of our
souls ought to be stirred at the sound of Hint
nomenclature. In your pravers plead His
tears. His suffering. His sorrows, and His
death. If you refuse to do it, a l the coru
oribs and Ihe palaces of heaven will lie
bolted and barred against yonr soul, and a
voice from tbe throne shall sluu you with tha
announcement, "You shall tut seo Jly lac
except your brother be with you."
LEPERS AT LARGE IN PARIS.
Many Case of ths Ulseasc. Which Is Re
ported to He Increasing.
The startling announcement is ma le that
there are over 150 lepers in l'ar-s. One ol
thes was picked up in a fainting condition
a few days ago and taken to the St. I.ouis
Hospital, where there is a special leper ward.
The patients are attended to by an iullrirar
lan, who suffers periodically from a mild
form of leprosy.
Dr. Haliopeau, of the Dime hospital, does
not consider tbe leprosy now in France as
strongly contagious; but he affirms that It is
not decreasing, especially iu the delta of the
Rhone and in the Alpes Maritimes. He adda
that In some parts of Central and Northern
Italy the plague is concealed, and that as no
attempts are made to remedy it tbt i anger
will increase.
Dr. Haliopeau strongly condemns the
apathy of Frenoh sanitary laws, which allow
scores of lepers to be at large, some of them
being allowed to carry meat and other food,
and to sleep at night la corners of the Unites
Centrales or uuder bridges with other va
gruuta of both sexes.
VALUABLE SNUFF BOX'S.
At a Kecent Hale In London One Loult
XVI. Brought enono.
Although snuff taking Is now almost a lost
art, snuff boxes sometimes fetch long prices
and are still in strong request with collec
tors. A few weeks ago a collection abso
lutely unique In extent and variety rams
undertue hammer at Christie's. It consisted
ol 112 boxes and realized tbe enormous total
of over 1178,250. .
For one box alone, a Louis XVI., tbe bid
der paid tPOOO. anl next tothb an oval gold
box of the Louis XV. period fetched f 5S0J.
Others realized C3000 and t'iU'M, while a
number of more modern designs found ready
purchasers at sums varying from toOJ to
t2000.
At an auction last summer a silver snail
box, so old that the workmanship on tbe lid
was worn almost smooth, realized tbe seem
ingly ridiculous price of (2050. and at ths
samo sale a gold box inlaid with pearls
forming a mononraiu letcned. tJ.
DOGS IN ARMY MANEUVRES.
A German Expedient for Locating th
Wounded.
A special feature In this year's German
maneuvrea will be supplied by war i'ogs
which have been most admirably traiui .l for
seeking the wounded and carrying dis
patches. At tbe command "seek," i.ccom-
fianled by a gesture indicating the direction
n which the dogs are to search, they will
start off without allowing themselves to be
disturbed by any surrounding circumstances;
they will find the men wbo figure as wound-
ad with unfailing certainty, take a piece of
their clothing cap, helmet or piece of cloth
torn off and bring this back to tbe arubu-
lanoe men. wnom they then conduct to the
spot
Mot Sold as American Baef.
According to the United States Oonsu.
Johnson at Antwerp, there Is no truth in tha
story which so excited American meat pack
ers, to the effect that brokendown English
omnibns horses are killed and packed at
aniwerp as canned onei under American la
bels. The consul reports to the Hi ate De
partment tbat he has' made most careful in
quiry and finds that while tbe English omni-
dus naoas uo nome to Antwerp in large num
bers, they are slaughtered ana sol I for trejh -meat
and are not packed.
This Company Cleans Blcylces.
A house-to-house cycle-cleaning and in
surance company bas been floated in Lon
don with the for suoh a purpose large
capital of (1,500,000. For an annual pay
ment of f 6.50, it will send a man to tbe sub
scriber's house to teach bim to ride and to
elean bis wheel, will store tbe machine wheu
not In use, and will insure him for (500
against death and (250 against serious acci
dent while cyoling.
Ths Champion Belt.
The Louisiana Electric Light and Power
Company, New Orleans, has ordered a belt
even feet wide and weighing 8300 pounds.
There are 150 hides in it.
.... e
The B.iaton fir men claim tbat the
have been poisoned b tbe black uni
form shirts which Ihev hive beeu com -pelted
to wear by order of Commis
sioner Rns-ell.
Professor Forel bas calculated that
in G4,t (K) years the lake of Geneva, ia
Switzerland, will have been filled np
completely with sediment and changed
into a meadow.
Telephonic communication bet wee It
London aud Paris ia to be supplement
ed by fonr ne wires. Tne new wires
are lo be used botn for telephonio and
telegraphio purposes.
Don't bant for fame let farm hunt
or you.
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