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THE OONUTI.T l'l'ION-THE UNIOW-AND THE ENFOHOEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. 1.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN A . WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 189B.
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CHAPTER IX Continued.)
He was dimly conscious of sitting down
And bearing a long explanation about,
trains and disinclination to Wave home.
nnd regrets, and cabs, bat nothing of it;
conveyed a clear idea to his mind. He,
gathered vagnely that this girl, who wnsi
one of the Graces of Uraeedieu m Wis-
consin, bad arrived that morning without:
ticket or money, and the dwarf hapienedj
providentially to be in the same train and:
paid the fare for her. '
What be beard left little or notasm-,'
pression upon him except when she spoke.
All his attention was fixed in wondering,
regard upon her face and form. It was.
not until Leigh and he were in the street,
once more that he recovered from the
hock and surprise. -
""That Is the most marvelous thing I
ever saw in all my life," said he, as the
two walked away.-
"Yes," said Leigh, "the most marvel
ons."
"I can scarcely believe It even yet,'!
aid Hanbury in a tone of reverie.
"When yeu fainted in Chetwynd street
and I went to offer help, 1 took off my bat
to yonr young lady and said, 'Miss Uraee.l
An I be of any use": or words to that'
effect."
"I do not wonder."
"Hah! Yeu could not tell one from the
titer. I could not when 1 first saw your
young lady. Now I could."
"Indeed?" said Hanbury, with frigid
politeness. At first this wretched crea
ture had been all silky fur and purring
sounds; now he seemed all claws and
hisses,
"Yes. Miss Ashton has more ao. more1
vitality, mure vigor, more nerve, more s Hanbury fixed bla eyes on the mechau
enterprisc, more enthusiasm, more divin- 1st with threatening deliberateness. Dora,
iiv." - j grew coid and paler and faint. She felt
Hanbury turned round and gazed nt , there was certain to be a scene, a most,
the hunchback with astonishment. There ' unpleasant scene. Mrs. Ashton aaw noth
was the hurry of eloquence in his words,-. ing, understood nothing.
and the flash of enthusiasm in his eyes. "Where did you meet this Pallas-Ath-
This man was not au ordinary man, phy
sically or intellectuality. Hanbury iu
stantly altered his mental attitude to
wards tbe dwarf. He no longer assumed
the pose of a superior, tbe method of i
master. He recognized an equal.
"I may rely on your keeping this wbols
affair qJiet'" be said.
"But you have not heard my request.
I told you 1 could show you something
more wonderful thun mystery gold. 1
told you I could show you a more won
derful thing than even miracle gold. 1
have shown that to you. Now 1 waut my
hush motiey.'
"Wh.it is it?" I
"An introduction to Miss Ashton."
"An introduction to Miss Ashton?"
"Yes." (
"When do you wish to meet Miss .Ash
ton?" "Now. Tnere never was any time past
or future as good as the present."
"Come with me."
Hanbury turned west and led the way.
For a time the two men walked along in
silence.
"This is Mrs. Ashton's house."
Leigh aroused out of the abstraction
and looked op. Miss Ashton was at tbe
open wiudow of tbe drawing room.
Tbe dwarf drew back a pace from the
house and swept the ground with his hat.
"Did I not tell you I would show yon
something more wonderful than mystery
gold?" be asked of Hanbury.
"Yes."
"Did I keep my word?"
"The likeuess is most astonishing. Com
In."
"If the likeness is not complete it may
go hard with the miracle gold."
CHAPTER X.
Mrs. Ashton's drawing room would, un
der ordinary circumstances, be open to
any friend or acquaintance brought there
by Hanbury. He was well-received
frequenter of the house,-and though tbe
relations between him and Miss Ashton
bad not been announced, they were un
derstood in the household.
Before knocking at the door Hanbo ry
turned to Leigh and said: "By the way,
'there are likely to be a good number of
people here at this honr on Thursday."
"I know. An At Home."
"Precisely. You will not, of course, say
' a word abont what occurred earlier. I
mean In that blind street."
When they got Into the drawing room,
Dora smiled and bent graciously to Leigh.
He bowed, but not nearly so low as when
Hanbury introduced him to her mother.
There was no exaggeration In bla bow
this time. He raised bis head mor
auickly, more firmly, and then threw It
up and held It back, looking around him
-- I I. .. U mtmmm Tn V7 . n h n . V
wtonisbment Leigh .geared quite at hi.;
ease. He wa. neither confused nor In-
- ease.
solent.
As Ho-nbury saw Dora approach and
meet Leigh, be was more struck than be
fore with the extraordinary likeness be
tween her and Edith Grace.
Was she still angry with him? She
snowed him no sign of resentment or for
giveness. Sbe gave her eyes and atten
tion to this man whom he had been forced
to bring with him.
"Yes,"- Leigh was saying to Mrs. Ash
ton, "I am a servant of time. 1 am now
engaged in making a clock which will, I
think, - be tbe most remarkable In the
world."
"Have you been to Strasburg?" asked
Hanburf.
"Rah! 'Str'qsburg, not Why should I
go to Strasburg? To see other clocks is
only to see how effects have been pro
duced. With a conjuror the great -difficulty
is not to discover how Jo. perform
any trick, but to discover a .trick that will
be worth performing. 1 nra not going in
for niy nousenso about perpetual motion
ITiere will v thousands of figures !n my
clock, thousands of automaton figures
f Time to move in one endless proces
sion. These figures will differ from all
stlTs to be found in horologes. They
will designed wholly to please and ed
aeate tbe eye by their artistic virtues and
graces. The mechanical movements will
be wholly subject to naturalness and
beauty. I have been iu great difficulty to
and a worthy model for my Pallas-Athena.
Until to-day I was in despair."
There appeared nothing - unpleasantly
marked or emphatic, ia Lehrh'tmanjiri
- hanbury knew he meant the model
for the donor of the olive had been fount!
in Dora. Good heavens! this creature
hini dared to select as his model for sv
figure in this raree-show of charlatan,
mechanism this girl to whom he, John
Hanbury, was engaged!
Mrs. Ashton understood the implication
In the speech by an almost Imperceptible
reverence of the poor blighted, deformed
body to her beautiful, shapely, well-bora
daughter. A look of amusement and ten
derness came into her thin, mobile, sym
pathetic face. "And yon have been so
fortunate as to find a model for your
goddess?"
"Yes, and no. I did not find so much a.
model for my goddess as a goddess wb
had strayed down from the heights of
Greek myth."
"This must be a lucky day with you.
Mr. Leigh," Mrs. Ashton said pleasantly.
"And when did you meet your divinity?"
"In the afternoon. 1 aaw her in the
afternoon." He looked angrily at Han
bury. The latter thought, "He is under
obligation not to say anything of the
Chetwynd street event; he, the traitorous
wretch, will content himself with refer
ring to It, so that Dora and I may know
what he means. The faUe sneak'." He
felt his face burn and blase.
Dora, turned pale. She knew nothing
of what had passed between the two mem
since she saw them last, and felt faint
when she tbonght of John Hanbury'
rage if the little man referred to their
earlier meeting.
"Mr. Hanbury was with me at the
time," said Leigh.
ena?" she asked.
"In Grimsby street," answered Leigh
with a bow to Miss Ashton, and a look of
malignant triumph at Hanbury. -
Tbe latter started and looked round him
with as much surprise as If be suddenly
found himself unexpectedly in a strange
place. This man was too subtle and lithe
for him. Who could bae expected thi
wriggle? Dora glanced up with an ex
pression of relief. The color came back:
quickly to her face, and the aspect of
alarmed expectancy vanished.
Mrs. Ashton turned from one to an
other, with quick, inquiring, puzzled eyes.
She saw now there was something un
usual beneath the surface of all this.
"What is the mystery? You will tell me,
Mr. Leigh?"
"No mystery at all," answered Leigh,
In a quick, light, off-band way. "I hap
pened to come across Mr. Hanbury acci
dentally, and we met the lady of whom
1 speak."
"Oh, then she is a lady. She is not a
professional model."
"Hah! No. She is not a professional
model.
"I wonder do I know her. May 1 bear
ber name?"
"Mr. Hanbury will, I have no doubt,
tell you," said Leigh, moving off with
smile. "He was Introduced to ber at the
meeting. I was not. He was as much
truck by the likenes as L"
"The likeness! The likeness to Pallas-
Athena?" said Mrs. Ashton in perplex
ity. "Yes," said the dwarf with another
mile, as be made room for two men who
were coming up the room to Mrs. Ashton,
CHAPTER XI.
The air of pleasant badinage which
pervaded tbe room bad no more effect on
Oscar Leigh than on tbe gaselier. No
one spoke to him, for no one knew him.
Except what passed between Leigh and
Hanbury all words were intended for any
ears who might bear. After strolling
through the rooms with Hanbury for
some time, Leigh approached the table
where Dora was dispensing tea.
When Leigh finished eating the bread
and butter and drinking tbe tiny cup of
tea, be said: "Yon wish. Miss Asbton, to
know In what way I have been Incky to
day?" She looked in perplexity at Hanbury,
and then at the dwarf. She had no doubt
he had alluded to ber when be spoke of
having found a model for tbe Pallas
Athena. She said pleasantly: "One' always like
to hear of good fortune coming to those
in whom one is Interested."
"I was speaking a moment ago about
the figure of time in my clock. I had
the honor of telling Mrs. Ashton that
there would be thouaand. of them and
that thw would be modeled, not ch efly
or a i mil ivi uurwj v lurcuanMUU,
but, in the first place, as works of art; to
these works of art mechanism would be
adapted later.'
"Which will make your clock the only
one of the kind In the world," said she,
much relieved to find no pointed refer
ence to herself.
"Precisely. But I did not do myself tbe
honor of telling Mrs. Ashton of what ma
terial the figures were to be composed."
"No- 1 do not think yen said what
they would be mitde of. vVax, is it not?"
"The models will, of course, be made
of wax, but tbe figures themselves, the
figures which I intend to bequeath to pos
terity, will be made of gold."
"Gold! All those figure made of gold!
Why, your clock will cost a fortune."
"It will not cost me a much a it
would cost any otber man living. 1 am
going to make the gold-, too." He drew
himself up and looked proudly round. "I
have invented a metal, a compound which
Is absolutely indistinguishable from gold,
which is, in fact, gold, and of which I
hall make my figures. Mystery gold
was a clumsy juggle that one found out in
the fire. My gold is bona fide a miracle,
and I have called it Miracle Gold. My
gold will resist the acid, and tbe blow
pipe, and the crucible."
"And doe the good fortune yon speak
of concern the manufacture of this mira
cle gold?" she asked with a faint flush,
and eye shining with anxiety.'
"It does."
"A disco very which perhaps wiQ make
ahf. aUBBfsctar law daagereosT".
"Which woal(f make the manufacture
an necessary."
She clasped her bands before her with
delight, and cried while ber eyes shone
Joyously Into his, "Ob, that wonld be
lucky indeed. . And bow will yon know
If your augury of good fortune will com
true?" .
"Yon are Interested? He bent hi head
still lower, and his voice was neither so
firm nor so harsh! "Would you care to
bear as soon a I know?"
"Oh. yes."
"I shall. I think, be certain by this day
week."
"Then come to as again next Thurs
day. We shall all be here as we are now."
He hacked a pace and bowed to ber.
and then turned round, and, with head
erect and scornful eyes flashing right nnd
left, but seeing nothing, strode out of
the room. - -
"Dora," whispered ber mother, "you
bare made another conquest. That little
genius ia in love with you."
The girl laughed, but did not look up
for a moment. When she did so ber eyes
were full of tears.
To contlriued.)
Tbe Contract Had Expired.
Ruf na Lock wood was a genius In bis
way and was probably -one of the best
lawyer In the State. Lockwood went
at one time to Horace Hawes, a very
distinguished lawyer, and tbe author
of the consolidation act which Is now
In force. Hawes had a reputation for
close figuring- and Lock wood knew It.
He aaid: "Mr. Hawes, l'U hire myself
to you for one year from date at a sal
ary of $25 a day, payable every night.'
"All right," said Hawes, delighted to
engage the services of tbe brightest
mind In the State at so low a figure
tor the salary was not a great one lu
those days and the bargain was seal
ed, i It was 11 o'clock in the morning.
But from that time on, it Is said, Hawes
never missed an opportunity of remind
ing Lockwood of bis bondage. He
would say In the presence of others:
"Lockwood, go and fetch that book;'
"Lockwood. go and fetch this or that,'
etc. Lockwood never said a word, but
did as he was bidden, and Hawes en
joyed his triumph.
Finally It came to the day when th
year's engagement terminated. There
was a most Important lawsuit on band.
which Lockwood bad made a careful
study of; no one In the State could pos
sibly have bandied it as he did. Well,
on tbe day In question Lockwood stood
in court, an array of court books In
front of feira, and expounded his views
In masterly fashion. Sudden); he look
ed up at the clock and saw that it was
the hour of 11. Closing the book from
which he was quoting, be turned to
Hawes, who was sitting beside him,
and said: "Mr. Hawes, a year ago to
day at this hour I contracted to work
for you one., year. My time's up, tbe
contract Is canceled and I am going
. Thus did he! repay his master for tbe
humiliation heaped upon him. Hawes
was in the greatest consternation; he
could not possibly take up the thread
of the case where Lockwood bad left
It and he begged and Implored him to
proceed. But Lockwood remembered.
and he turned a deaf ear to' ell per
suasions. He kept his word; the con
tract bad expired. San Francisco Bul
letin. Orartlng of Plants.
All gardeners know that curious
rlants can be. produced by grafting, and
to tbe country It Is no extraordinary
sight to see a tree bearing two kind
of plum or pear as tbe result of it. Mr.
A. W. Sutton of the great seed estab
lishment at Reading has lately describ
ed in the Journal of the Royal Horti
cultural Society a number of Interest
ing experiments made with tomato and
potato plants, these two being botanl
cally related to one another. A potato
tuber was planted, and when It had at
talned the height of a few Inches above
the soil, the stem was cut off and a to
mato graft was combined to It. ' As a
result, the composite phut produced a
crop of potatoes at the roots, while tb
foliage above ground bore a crop of
tomatoes, nourished by the potato
roots. The process was then reversed,
a potato graft being Introduced upon
tomato stalks. Tbe tomato roots did
not produce potatoes, but the potato
plant above ground first threw out po
tato flowers and berries, and afterward
produced tuber from the axils of the
leaves and stems. In this case tbe des
ignation of the potato as a pomme da
terra hi evidently a misnomer. Leisure
Hours.
Components of av Complication.
A woman carrying a Jug of gasoline
was run down by a man riding a bi
cycle last night at Forest and Orleans
streets. When the woman fell the gas
oline was upset. The man's cigarette
tell into the woman's gasoline. Igniting
the fluid and making a lively blaze for
a while. Neither the man nor the wom
an was much hurt, and they hastily
got away before their names could be
obtained by the patrolman who shortly
arrived on tbe scene. Baltimore Sun.
Educating your , children Is Investing
at a high rate of dividend. Lay up in
them, and they will lay up for them
selves. '
Coats Descended from the Toga.
As the tunic came to be worn tight
and clo-c llitiiig, an Important Change
txcirred lu iu general cur It is
hard tb get into a tiuht tunic, unless
It be very clastic, harder yet to stran
gle out of iu To facilitate these
processes it has always been uecessary,
when tbe tunic was high In the neck,
to cut it oi en for a little way down
the front and to fasten together the
opening thus made with buttons.
But when tunica came to be worn
vsry tight., about tbe time of the
Renal -sance, the opening was ex
tended to the very bottom ot the
tunic. After a while it became the
fashion to leave the tight outer tunic
altogether unbuttoned, except ia cold
weather. Thus the garment which
bad been worn from the very earliest
times, and called by a hundred dif
ferent names, such' as chiton, tunica,
cotte, without any change of general
character, suffered Its first essential
modification and became the modern
coat. The same garment when short
is lbs jacket, when short and sieve
lean tbe waistcoat Scribner'a
Just laws are not rea'ra nt a do a th?
freedom of tbe go-xl, for a goo 1 m i
desire nothing with wbic'l a jut lav
will interfere.
THfeT PRESIDENT'S "SCHOOL'
Email Iklnaa lie Most LeSra w'tl
Hi Oatb Of 4iffice.
The die baa been cast and the choir
made for tbe next President. Tbe I
i-orter. though a man ong promlno
In politics, begins Immediately nfi
his election to "go to school." He 1.
much to learn before lie can really
i-ouie President of the United States
Hi school books will bo the exami'1'
of bis predecessors, a lesson from sIk
Judge of the Supreme Court who nil,
ministers the oath of orHcei and th-,
Constitution of tbe United Stati
Certain things are prescribed for tu-.
Prldent to do. Others he doos froi:
long-established precedent. "' .
The -first thing a President has t
ler.rn Is self-denial. His oath of exile
Is administered la the open exposur
upon the enst Capitol front, and fioc
there be delivers his inaugural addrvs
A time-honored custom with - tt
Weatber Bureau is to provide a-drl?.-'
DELIVERING THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS nt A STORM.
leety rain at this time, 'and the 'new
President, with bared bead, promise!
to forget himself, his own welfare, his
opinions and his ambitions In the Inter
ests of the people. The rain baptize
bis head with this decision. Tbe people
look on from their comfortable plat
forms, sheletered by umbrellas, and ap
plaud. The President Is practicing
self-sacrifice, 'but he will have a cold
In. his head without doubt Cleveland
.had a mild attack of grip after his last
Inaugural. Whew, how It snowed at
she hour for the Inaugural address!
The proceedings before the inaugura
tion require study on the part of tbe
Incoming President His duty is to be
In Washington on March 4, ready to
go to work. His term of servitude Is
four years, dating from that hour. Cus
tom makes him do more. The day be
fore the inauguration the President
elect arrives In Washington. There la
always a crowd to meet him at the sta
tion, and from the minute he registers
at the hotel with his "suite" In otbei
words, his wife and relatives he must
hold an Informal reception. He must
take his primary lesson In affability.
No matter if they do press In while be
Is taking his noonday bite to urge a
postoffice appointment No matter If
Mrs.. Brown, from Cobunkus, does ar
rive with the coffee and after-luncheon
smoke to beg a button off the Presiden
tial coat Luncheon, coffee, cigars, all
must be given up, and the President
must smile and smile again.
In the afternoon the President-elect
goes to call at the White House upon
the President' His object Is to notify
him that he Is in Washington, and 1
ready to assume the duties of office.
He makes a call of ten minutes and
goes back to his hotel. Within an hour
the President calls at the hotel and no
tifies the Incoming President that h
Is ready to deliver up the keys of state.
In the evening ail dine together at the
White House. The next morning, the
4th of March, the new President goes
to the White House at 11 o'clock. In a
little while the Senate Reception Com
mittee calls there and all get Into car
riages to go to tbe Capitol for the in
auguration. There are tbe two Presi
dents, the two Cabinets, the bead of the
army, tbe commander of the navy and
a large citizens' escort A few prelim
inaries in the Senate and the President
finds himself upon the porch of the
Capitol addressing the crowd in the
storm. i
A duty which the President has to
learn early In bis career is the writing
of harmonious messages. Not only
must he write correctly, but he must
be able to word his messages and proc
lamations so that they go to the hearts
of the people.- This often require
study on his part The most trying
proclamation ever Issued was the
Thanksgiving message sent out by
President Arthur a few weeks aftei
Garfield's death. There waa some
curiosity to' see how he would word
such a message at such a time. But his
supreme tact rose to tbe occasion. Tbi
incoming President should always
learn tact To be without It baa madi
enemies for many a good Executive.
The President must learn to beat
physical disturbance. ' Grant was
wakened from his sleep at 2:80 thf
morning the Butler "salary-grab" bill
was passed. The President's approval
waa necessary. By 10 o'clock the Presi
dent had read the bUL approved it, and
TFord was carried to the Capitol to that
effect That meant work in the we
sma' hours. When the bill waa repeal
ed the Prerid t worked asm the lass
The President must lern to intro
duce. Not merely to pronounce names,
but tn conduct tbe art or presentation
In a ni'.nner that shall be acceptable
to !' peoples and all nations. And at
dining be must be the gracious host,
preseutlng. greeting, leading the way
to dinner, denominating places and be
ing ready for the -return trip to tbe
drawing-room at a mystic look trom
his wife. AU told, the President has
severe task before him.
Tbe Electric-Storago Battery.
. The electric storage battery, in whose
development lies tbe hope of emanci
pation from electric light wires, trolley
wires and other unsightly obstructions,
has reached a point of perfection, a
shown by an exhibit In Philadelphia,
which makes it a commercial possibil
ity, and promise a large extension of
the usefulness of electricity In every
day life, ' With a further development
in the direction of cheapness, It may be
possible to reproduce, in towns unpro.
vided wita cheap means of motive pjiw
er, the conditions existing In Great
Falls, Mont In that town electric pow
er produced economically at a water
privilege does all the mechanical work.
It propels, lights and heats the street
cars, runs the elevators, the printing
presses, the cranes, and all kinds of
I machinery, and Is used for pumping;
. for excavating, and for rock-crushing.
I It is even applied In the building trades,
( It not being unusual to see on the
- streets a mortar mixer attached to an
I electric wire leading down from a pole.
The restaurants cook by electricity; the
: butcher employs It to chop his sau
: sages, and the grocer to grind his coffee,
j The housewives run their sewing ma-
chines and heat their flat-irons by elec
tricity; they bake their cakes In wooden
electric cake ovens, that can be set
away on the shelf like pasteboard
boxes. ' They have electric broilers,
I boilers and teakettles. One almost
holds his breath as he wonders to
what use next this wonderful powei
will be put
"Accident" Swindler.
' The extension of electric traction baa
brought upon the scene a particularly
dangerous and offensive swarm of ras
cals who prey upon the street railroad
companies by bogus claims for person
al Injuries received in real or Imaginary
accidents. They are fostered by a tribe
of disreputable attorneys, who make a
practice of communicating with all per
sons whom they can Identify 'as con
cerned hi any street railway mishap,
and often without Instructions issue
process against the companies. Some
of these legal sharks have a regular
6taff of detectives, who prowl about the
depots and termini of tbe lines on the
lookout for case. False witnesses are
easily procured, and Juries are usually
liberal In the matter of damages, tbe
greater portion of which Is swallowed
up in the attorneys' "costs." The evil
has become so great that the street rail
way press Is suggesting the formation
of a mutual protection society of some
kind. It Is proposed to keep a regis
ter of tbe names of claimants, and In
terchange Information as to persons
who. It Is more than suspected, make a
trade of the business and travel from
city to city for tbe purpose. St Louis
Globe-Democrat
Hard to Please.
A man was taking his usual dose ot
pork and beans in a restaurant at Olyni
pla and found two silver dimes in the
beans.. Calling tbe waiter, he howled
out In an Impatient manner:
"Here, what kind of a lay-out is this?
I have found twenty cents tn my
beans!"
"Well, you are hard to please," re
plied the waiter. "Yesterday you growl
ed about not having any change In yom
diet!" Seattle Times,
Tin WroB Kind.
Tes," aaid the man In the stravy hat
"Sharpleigh tells me that be takes his
religion into Us business."
The man in the new tan ahoes shud
dered.
"That a why I'm always scared to do
business with Sharpleigh," be returned,
shaking his head. New Xork Ex
change.
History sd "clone.
Prof. Starr sar. Blinks, tell us what
you know abont tb Ptolemaic epicy
cles." Mr. Bnnka Tby were invented in
tSOO, but bar been succeeded by th'
Journal.
A KIND-HEARTED BEAR,
Is lAttm a Ltttl Child la It Paw
ad Fat Ber ia a Flae mt eafety.
Miss Isabel F. Hapgood translates
for the St Nicholas a true story from
th Russian of Vera P. Zhelikhovsky.
It ia an Incident that occurred In 1847,
in the Trans-Caucasian German colony
of Elisabethal. about thirty miles from
Tifll. X picnic party discovered a
Urge bear (called "Mikhail Ivan'ltch"
and "General Toptygin" In Russian) on
a narrow ledge of rock high up in t
gorge. This is what followed:
Ail at once a simultaneous cry of
pity, terror, horror, broke from all.
From behind the crag a little girl made
her appearance. Tbe t!ny colonist was
seven or eight years old; not more. She
was. strolling along with her arms
crossed carelessly on her pink apron. A
large hat of coarse straw, such as all
the colonists, whether young or old,
wear In hot weather, had fallen quit
over on the nape of her neck; and sur
rounded by this aureole, all flooded
with sunlight the poor little thing
stepped out on the path which skirted
the cliff on the brink of tbe abyss.
The poor child . waa going to her
death in plain sight of many men and
women and to what a dreadful'death!
And not one of them could help her!
No one could either save her or even
warn her of ber danger.
All wer condemened to gaze, Inac
tive, at the dreadful event which was
on the point of happening before their
eyes.
The women raised a cry, and fell to
weeping. The majority of them sobbed
themselves Into hysterics beforehand.
The men, even thoa who had been in
battle more than once, who had beheld
death and blood, said afterward that
they became cold and dizzy, and many
turned away their eyes in anguish. But
those who endured the ordeaL on thf
other hand, beheld a marvel.
Because of the turn In the path, the
child could not see the terrible fellow
traveler who was coming to meet ber.
She only caught sight of that dark
brown shaggy mass at tbe moment
when It almost came in contact with
ber. Tbe huge beast completely block
ed her road. His left paws stood on
the very edge of the path, while with
his right side he almost rubbed tbe cliff.
They caught sight of each other almost
at the same moment
Probably a cry or an exclamation on
the part of the child revealed her pres
ence to the beast, as he was walking
along with his muzzl and eyea droop
ed earthward. They stared fixedly at
each other. The little girl was petri
fied with fear; the bear halted. In in
decision, no doubt much astonished If
not frightened. For one moment, prob
ably, b reflected: "What am I to do
now?" It waa Impossible to pass with
out crushing the unexpected obstacle,
without striking It or burling it Into the
abyss. The path waa so narrow at this
point that he could not even turn round
on all fours. What was to be done? .
Down below the people waited, with
bated breath, expecting at any moment
to see the unhappy child pushed Into
the abyss. But evidently that was not
the way In which full-fed and good-natured
"Mikhail Ivan'ltch, General Top
tygin," had settled the problem. He
wished neither death nor harm to this
tiny creature, helpless before him,
with open mouth and staring eyes,
having lost through fear all power of
crying, and awaiting his will in trem
bling alienee. And "MIshenka" car
ried out his will.
With a faint growl, caused not by
anger but by tbe necessity of putting
himself to trouble, be reared up on his
hind legs, strode close up to tbe little
girl, and, bracing his back against th
cliff, clasped his forepaws around her,
lust beneath the shoulders.
Shrieks and groans of despair re
sounded from below. The ladies, who
still continued to gaze with dim eyes,
grew faint; but the men, especially the
huntsmen, who were acquainted with
the murderous habits of the bear fam
ily, leaped In spirit and with a hope
a mad hope for the child's safety.
They perceived that Mishka waa be
having In a very remarkable manner,
with all the caution and dexterity
which he could command.
They were not mistaken as to his un
precedented goodness. The klnd-beart
ed bear lifted the little girl up, careful
ly bore her over the precipice, and,
turning on tbe pivot of his hind paws,
set her down on the otber side of the
path.
Having performed this gymnastic
exercise, the bear, without waiting to
be thanked (evidently he was well ac
quainted -with tbe human race), whirl
ed about, dropped on all fours, and pro
ceeded quietly on bis way, swaying
from side to side, and grunting content
edly In anticipation of sweet repose in
im lair not far away.
No Need for It.
' The pronenesa of the press to retail
personal scandal has suggested a rem-'
Inlscence of the times of Louis the Fif
teenth, when a member of tbe noble
family of D'Argenson had charge of the
police of the kingdom. One day he
summoned before him tbe pamphleteer,
Desfontalnes, who had divulged to th
public an escapade of some one of the
name of D'Argenson. Tbe royal official
reprimanded Desfontalnes - severely
and menaced him with something a
good deal worse If he did not mend his
way or those of his scandal-mongerlng
pen, "But,- my lord," stammered the
poor devil of a writer, "I must lire."
"Really coldly retorted the lieutenant
of police, "I don't see the necessity of
that." - '
It must be nice to be bunt like the
fraud daddy long legs, and bare auch
long anna that one can reach any where
to scratch.'
Industrious mea are poor not because
fhey fail to make money, but because
they fail to take care of It.
Ceateaaptible Trfek.
1 notice your wife didn't go to thf
lakes this summer.'
"Mo; I couldn't afford It."
"That la what I told my wife, but 701
may remember that aha want Just tb
"1 dldnl tell my wife. I got a hotel
typewriter girl to address an envelops
to me la a me feminine hand and thaa
tt et esT my packet at borne.
REV, OR. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Divine'a Sunday
... . D.scourse.
Subjefel:
Wrest Una With the Sit--pernaturui."
Text: "An when he saw that h piwvai led
not BRnin.Ht him he touched lha hollow of bis
thigh, and the hollow of J.ioob's hth wat
out of joint as he wrestled with him. And
he said, JLflt me ro, for the day breaketh.
And ha -said. I will not let thee go except
thou tless me." Genesis xxxiL, 25, 26.
There is a cloud of dust from a traveling
berd ot cattle and sheep and (font an"
camels. They are th present that Jacok
Muds to gain the good wid of his offended
brother. That night Jacob halts Jy the
brook Jabbok. Bat there Is no rest for tb
weary man, no shining; ladder to lot th
angel down Into his dream, but a severe
straggle that lasts until morning with an on
known visitor. Thy each try to throw the
other. Tan unknown visitor, to reveal hit
superior power, by a touch wrenches Jacob's
tbigh boue from its socket, perbsps maiming
him for life. As on the morning sky the
clusters of purple cloud begin to ripen,
Jacob sees it is an angel with whom he has
been contending and net one of bis brother's
coadjutors. "Let mo go," cries the angel,
lifting himoelf up Into increasing light; "the
day breaketh."
You see, in tbe first place, that Go J allows
good people sometimes to get Into a terrible
itruggla. Jacob was a good man, but here
he is left alone In tbe midnight to wrestle
with a tremendous influence by tbe brook
Jabbok. For Joseph, a pit; for Daniel, a
wild beast's 'leu; for DiiYi J. dethronement and
exile; for John the Baptist, a wilderness diet
and tbe executioner's ax; for Peter, a prisont
for Paul, shipwreck; for Jobn. desolate Pat
en os: tor Christ, the erosa. P.ir hnm h.
racas, tne giooets, the prison?, the thumb-
. ! rt.-.i . . ...
screws? Tor tbe sons and daughters of tbe
Lord Almighty. Some one said to a Christian
reformer, "The world is against you."
"Then." he replied, "I am. against the
wono.
I will go further and say that every Chris-
an baa hl wrniwin w.h nn.n.i.i
tlsll has Tlia ttrsmfvrvln U.wU 1 I I I
fortune sotne of yoa have bid Ee m?dnht i
wrestle. B-dhot disasters have droooed 1 Into
your store from loft to cellar. What
Wtaat vou
Dougnt you could not sell.
W'bom van
trusted fled. The help you expected would
not come. Home giant panic, with long
arms and grip like death, took hold of you
in an awful wrestle, from whicn yon have not
yet escaped, and it is uncertain whether
It will throw you or you will
throw it. Here Is another soul
m struggle witn some bad appetite.
anew not now stealthily It was growing
upon him. One hour he woke up. He said,
"For the sake of my soul, of my family, of
my children and ot my God I must otop
this!" And behold he found himself alone
by the brook of Jabbok, and it Was mid
night. That evil appetite seized upon him,
and h; seized upon it, and, on, the horror of
tbe conflict! When once a bad habit hath
roused itself up to destroy a man, and the
man has sworn that by the help of the eter
nal God he will destroy it, all heaven draws
itself out in long line ot light to look from
above, and all hell stretches it-elf In
myrmidons ol spite to look up from beneath.
I have seen men rally themselves for a
struggle, and they have bitten their Hp, and
clinched their fist, and cried with a blood
red eurnebtness and a rain a scalding tears.
"God help me!"
From a wrestle with habit I bave seen men
fall back ilefeatl. Calling for no help, but
relying on their own resolutions, thev have
come into tbe struggle, and for a Ume it
seemed as if they were getting the upper
hand of their habit. But that habit rallied
again its infernal power and lifted the soul
from ita landing, and with a force borrowed
from the pit hurled it Into darkness.
Bnt, thank God, I have often seen a better
termination than this. I have seen men
frepare themselves for such a wrestling,
hey laid hold of God's help as they went
into combat. Tbe giant habit, regaled Dy
the cup- of many dissipations, came out
Strong and defiunt. They clincned. Thete
were tbe writblugs and distortions of a fear
ful struggle. But the old giant began to
waver, an I at last, in tbe midnight alone,
With none but God to witness, bv the brook
Jabbok, the gtaut fell, and the triumphant
T , I" . a?r"1"ss w,tl tn brook will cease. The hours of deaib's
"Thanks be unto God, who gtveth us the i ttjght will pass along 1 o'clock in the morn
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ." ;, 2 o'clock in tbe morning. 4 o'clock ln
?ie? t JIl n.eart tDat "1 was be mornlDg, 5 o'clock in tbe morning "the
aesolated by bereavement anil since by the jay breaketh "
anxieties and trials that came ia the support j 8o I wou'd'have it when I die. I am In no
of a family. It is a sad thing to see a man ... tn ha mn. t mnni.i I l- n ,,
contending for a livelihood under disadvan
lagea, but to see a delicate woman, wit a
helpless little ones at her back, fighting the
giants of poverty and sorrow Is more
affecting. It was humble home, and
passeraby knew not that within tbose four
walls were displays ot courage mare admir
able than that of H.nlbml crossing
the Alps, or In the pass of Tbermopyie, or
at Balaklava, where 1nt? the jaws of death
rode tbe six bundre.1." These heroes had
tbe whole world to cheer them on, but there
was do one to applaud the struggle in that out t0 draw me forward. Then, O Jesus,
humble home. She fought for bread, for help me on and help me up! Cnfe'iring. un
clothing, for fire, tor shelter, with aching Joubting, may I step right out into the light
head and weak side and I exnausted strength, ind be able to look back to n.y kindred and
throngb the long night by the brook Jabbok. friends. who would detain me here, erelalm-
Could it be that none would give her heln
Had God forgotten to be graoious? No, con
tending soul. The midnight air Is full of
wings coming to tbe rescue. She hears it
now, in the sough of tbe night wind, in the
ripple ot the brook Jabbok, the promise
made so long ago, ringing down the sky,
'Thy fatherless children, I will preserve
them alive, and let thy widows trust ln me!"
Some one said to a very poor woman, "How
is it that in such distress you keep cheerful?"
She said: "I do It by wbat I call cross pray,
ers. Wben I had my rent to pay and noth
ing to pay It with and bread to buy and noth
ing to buy It with, I aed to sit down and
cry. Bnt now I do not get discouraged. II
I go along the street, wben I come to a cor
ner of the street, I say 'The Lord help met'
I then go on until I come to another cross
ing of the street, and again I say, 'The Lord
help me!' And so I utter a prayer at every
crossing, and since I have got into the habit
of saying these oross prayers I have been
able to keep up tn, courage."
Learn again from this subject that people
sometimes are surprised to And out tbat
what they have-been struggling with in tbe
darkners is really an "angel of blessing."
Jacob found in tbe morning that this
strange personage-was not an enemy, but a
God dispatched messenger to promise pros
perity for him and for his children. And so
many a utsn at the close of his trial has
found out that he has been trying to throw
down his own blessing. It you are
Christian man,-1 will go back in your his
tory and find tbat the grandest tnlngsthat
have ever happened to tou have been youi
trials. Nothing short of scourging, im
prisonment and shipwreck could bave made
Paul wbat he was. When David wa fleeing
through the wilderness, pursued by bis own
son, be was being prepared to become the
ewe-1 singer of Israel. The pit and tbe
dungeon were tbe be t schools at which
Joseph ever graduated. The hurricane tbat
upset the tent and killed Job's children pre
pared tbe man of Czto bethesubjectol the
magnificent poem that has astounded the
age.. There is no way to get'the wheat out
of tbe straw but to tbrash it. There is no
way to purify the sold but to burn it. Look
at I be people who have always had it their
own way. They are proud, discontented, i
use ess and unhappy. If you want to find
t-heerlul folk, go among those who have been
purified by the fire. After Bossinl had ren
dered "William Tell" the Ave hundredth
time a company of musicians same under hit
Window in Paris and serenaded him. The;
put upon his brow agolden crown of laurel
leaves. But am "d ail the applaoseand en
Ibusiiism EossinHnroed to a friend and said,
"I would give all this brilliant scene for a
few tn 3 ot youth nnd ove. Contrast th
me ancholy feeling ot Bcssini, who had
everything this world cntild piv hm. wtrk
rhe joyful ezaorlenee of IsM Watts, vaos
sorrows were great, when be tarsi
The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweet
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden street.
Then let our sonss abound-
And every tear be dry,
We're marching .through Zmmanuel't
ground
t tirer world on high.
It is prosperity that kill and (r,-.uMj that
saves. While the Israelites were oil the
march amid great privatioi s ami hnrdMiip
they behavotl well. After awhile they prs-ed
for meat, and the sky darkened with u Kreat
fioi-k ot quails, and those quails fell iu reat
multitudes all abont them, and Ihe.I.oraulites
ate and ate and stuffed themselves itnll' thvy
died. Oh, my friends, it is not hardship or
trial orstarvaiion that injuries the sou!, but
abundant supply. It is not the vulture of
trouble that eats up the Christian lire. It is
the quails. It Is the qu1l.. Yon will vet
find out that your mMnigbt wrestle by the
brook Jabbok is with au auge. ot God coma
down to bless and to save.
Learn again that, while our wrestling with
trouble might be triumphant.' we mu-n ex
pect that it will leave its fnarlt upon u.
Jacob prevailed, but the angel toucm d him,
and is thigh bone sprang from its sockets,
and tbe good man weut limping on liU wa
We must carry through this world the mark
of the combat. Whst plowed these prem.n ore
wrinkles in your facer What whitened your
hair before it was time for frost.' What
silenced forever so much of the hdnrily of
your household? Ah, it is bocanst tiie aiisel
of trouble bath touched you that you go lump
ing on Tour way. You need not b s jrunsed
that those who have passui tbr .uirh the lire
do not feel as gay as once theydi.l. Do
not be out of patience with those who co-re
not out of their despondency. Xliev may
triumph over their loss, and yet tlie'ir cait
shall tell you that they have been trouble
touched. Are we Stoics that we can un
moved see our cradle rifled of tbe brilit eyes
and tbe sweet lips? Can we stand uumnved
and see our gardens of earthly d -lixht un
rooted? Will Jesus, who wept Himself, he
angry with us if we pour our tears iio the
graves that open to swallow down what we
loved best? Was Lazarus more dear to Ilim
than our beloved dead to us? No. We have
a right to weep. Our tears must come. V )
shall not drive them back to scald the heart.
They fall into God's bottle. Afflicted ones
have died because tboy could not weep.
Thank God for thesweet, the mysterious re.
lief t bat eomes to ns in tears. Under ihN
gentle rain th flowers of hop put forth
mmr o'oom
., ... v. ...4 -I
uoa pity that irv, wnber-d.
E arched, all conunimg grief that wrings it
Scd, and grinds its tm-th, and biu-s Its
nails into the quick, but cannot weep. Vn
may have found the comfort of .he cross,
and yet ever after show that inthedurk
fiKhl, "i"1 K ln8 brook ,ltbbyk wo
'rouble touched.
ffa'n' Vtske the Idea of the text
?.Dd the approach of the day dawn.
no one was ever more giaa to s -e tne morn.
lug than was Jacob after that nU-ht of strug
gle. It Is appropriate for philanthropist
snd Christians tn ory out wiih liisanei ot
the text, "The day breaketh." Superstition
bas bad its strongest props knocked our. Tbu
shurch of Christ is rising up in its i-trength
to go forth " air as the morn, clear its lh
ion and terrible as an army with banners. "
Olap your hands, all yu people, "tho day
As 1 look around about me I see many who
have parsed through seas of trouole that
earns up higher than their g rdle. ln God's
name I proclaim cessation of bo-tliities. You
nail not always go saddened an t heart
broken. God will bring your itead to 1 lie,
God will siaooh the heart's b ee.liug. I know
He will. Like as a father pitieth his chil
dren, so the Lord pities you. The pains of
earth will end. The dead will rise. The
morning star trembles on a brightening tky.
Ibe gites of the east begin to swing open.
"The day breaketh."
Luther and Melanchthon were talking to
gether gloomily about the prospects of tbe
church. They eould sex no hope of deliver,
anee. After awhile Lutber got up an I taid
to Ueiancbtbon, "Cume, Philip, let ui sing
tbe Forty-sixth Psalm. 'God is our reiuge
snd strength ln every time of tr mule.' " .
Death to many nay, to all is a struggle
and a wrestle. We bave many frh-n is whom
It would be hard to leave. I o ire not how
orlght oar future hope Is. it is a bitter thing
to look Upon tbi fair world an 1 -know that
we shall never again see its blnssom ng
ipring, its autumnal fruits, its pparkllng
treams and to say farewell to those w.th
whom we played is childhood or counseled
in manhood. In that nihr, like Ja
mb, we may have to wrestle, but
God will not leave us unblessed.
It shall not be told in heaven tbat a dy
ing soul cried unto God for help, but was not
iellvered. Tbe lattice r.ay be turned to
keep out the sun, or a book set to dim the
light of the midnight taper, or the Dom may
be filled with tbe cries of orphanage or
widowhood, or the church of Christ may
mourn over our going; but, it Je?us oalls,
111 is well. The strong wrest 1 ng by the
twenty years years and preach this gospl. I
save no grudge against this world. Tbe
Jnlyfau tI bave to fin I with this worl 1 is
that it treats me too well. But when the
rime comes to go I trust to le ready, my
worldly affairs aM settled. If I have wronged
otters, I want then to be sure ot their for
rlvenesa. In that lart wrestling, my arm
Snfeebled with sickness ani my head faint, I
want Jesus beside me. If th-re be hands on
this side ot tbe flood stretched out to hold
log: "Let me
got Let me gol Yhe day
oreaketh.
ft'hy Women Are Afraid of Mice.
In all ages women were supposed to
be more prone to superstition than
men, and who knows but tbe dread
uf a woman on tbe appearance of a
rat or mouse may not be due, id pari
it least, to an anoieut superstition
which bas traveled down the ages
from the time when our remote fore
fathers believed that rats and mice
were tbe souls of the departed?
Numerous are the stories which
made the ancients believe tbat souls
were rats and mice, and some of these
itories are very curious.
"In ThurlDgia, at Saafeld," says
Baring -Gould, "a servant-girl fell
isleep while her companions were
(helling nuts. They observed a little
red mouse creep from ber mouth and
run out of the window.
"One of tbe fellows present sbooa
the sleeper, but could not wake her,
10 he moved ber. to another tilaoe.
Presently tbe mouse ran back to the
Former place and dashed about seek
ing the girl. Not fluding her. it
vanished. At the same moment the
ilrl died."
Starboard and Larboard.
Tbe Italians derived starboard"
from que ta borda. "this side," and
"larboard" from quel la borda, which
Beans "that side.'" Abbreviated,
these two phrases appear as t-ta borda
ind la borda. Their clo-e re-ernb-ance
cau ed so many mistakes that
;he admiralty ordered tbe "larboard"
x be discontinued and "port" mbsti
;uted. . "Port" for "larboard" is
aid to be first used in Arthur Pitt's
"Voyage?," In 158a
People glory ia all sorts cf bravery
eiorpl the bravery they rtiglit tuow on
bdiiaif of their ucarest ccigbbor.
it we wouUI l happy; we tboull
open our ears wbeu anong.the goo a
aud shut tbem. when among the bud.
A joiirl spirit and a oucetful counte
nance shed bapptue-is all sreuuj; wuilo
sadness and gloom cte.tte dismal
melancholy wherever they a-e.
The- multitude u like the feu; it
either bears you np or s.vui'ows you,
according- to the wind.
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