S. F. HCHWEISB,
-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT NOP THE LAWS.
VOL. LI.
UTA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20.1897.
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Cli-ar arnl lu-rcM. with the crystalline
deanu-ss and brilitm'ss of atmosphere
pvruKar to Scutluml, the brilliant guuimrr
day ln-iv softly to a i-lose. There was
u- cluiiil iu tlit sultunu blue depths over
ticail, lint u round the sinking sun a few
Beecy iunsyi-s had been turned into crim
son and gold, mid were reflected in gleam
ing ii'ht and trlandu;; blood-red hues
from the bosom of the majestic river, a
It widened between recedius banks t
ward the Northern Sea. A London
teuiuer. making its way up the chauuel
to a I t on the northeastern coast,
whither it was bound, seemed to be
plnUKin into a mystical land of glory as
it tu rued its head toward the burning
west.
So it seemed, at least,
standing on the deck, with her eyes fixed
upon the shore, which was half lost iu a
golden haze. '"We seem to have come to
a city of gold," she said, gtniliLg. to a
gentleman who stood at her side.-
"Soine people have found it so," he an
swered, rather dryly. "A pood many for
tunes have been lost and won in the good
old t..vn of I tiitnlee."
"1 did not mean that," she said, ij a
lowered voice. "I only thought when
I saw the ;;n!ili n light making those hills
and bni'dins look so dream-like and un
substantial of ' I'.nn van's "Pilgrim's
Progress.' and the Celestial City that
!he pilgrims SH ;v from afar." "
Iu the silent evening air, speech some
times travels further than we know.
The girl was quite unconscious that her
clear, fine utterance had reached the ear
of one other person besides her immediate
andif r. A midd.'e-nrred uiau with a grave,
keen f.-n-e, who had been leaning over the
bulwarks, with his eyes fixed abstractedly
on the water, and his head turned away
from the golden glory of the west, was
struck by her words. He changed his
position a little, so that he could see the
girl's fair profile, studied it for a mo
ttent or two wi&h a look of kindly interest,
then rose up and walked away.
"Do yon know who that is?" said Han
ningtci. looking after him with interest.
"Moncrl-fT of Torresmuir; one of the
wealthiest n:. ii iu Scotland. Some peo
ple say. one of the most unfortunate. He
tvif' three or four years ago
ia:!y sad circumstances; she
v:i oi.t of n pony-cart which he
and killed before his evesJ
inly s m is weakly in fa?t.
: of an invalid. He has a young
i i .eve. but no other child.'
'!;. s.nK" said Miss Kaeburn
. s were full of sympathy.
- must have been a great
'. Tvs. ' answered
Iiann.i,.-: ,n, !.;.;ering his black mil
taehe. wish a smile. He found .Miss Ita
ou.us s, :ni.L. -ity adorable, and thanked
'fare tor .iniing ,;m ua board the steam
er from I. ,n .'.)n to Dundee, where ha linit
foil tl in
he was
r in .-Lnrse of a lady with whom
m-.. .milieu, "in real life, tou
I'uow, t he dc
'th of a wife does not always
le
ra " ' IJia IlM-onSOlMtlle. It l wnmr.m.l
mat Mr. and Mrs. Moncrieff did
od very well."
not get
"Oli. th' n. he is more unfortunate than
I thought." sai l the young girl, quickly
"To a worldly man like myself. Miss
Itaebnrn. it does not seem that Mr. Mon
crieff is .inything but a lucky man. He
has a fine estate; he has a splendid in
come ami a magnificent bouse; he has or
n:ay have ail the oflicial county distinc
tions whi.-h he wants; no career is closed
to him; ami, although he has lost his first
wife, whom rumor says that he did not
loe. he is free" and nble to marry again,
nd to marry whom he pleases which
many men are not."
A harsh note was audible in his voice.
The girl kept silent. She was still gazing
toward the west, where the light was
growing taded and dull. It seemed to
her, suddenly, that if she listened long
to Mr. Hannington's worldly wisdom, life
also would fade in brightness as surely
as that western sky. But Hannington
knew wbat.be was doing; he had at
effect to produce.
tm'i . T . M. .
ui am l saying r He brofco nr
with
n accent of sadden aelf-renrnaoh
"Inflicting my hard, worldly maxims up
on you, who are so far above me so far
removed from evil "
"Oh, please, Mr. Hannington, do not
talk in that way!" said the girl, with
drooping head and flushing cheeks. And
yet Stella Kaeburn would not have been
a girl of nineteen if the flattery were
altogether distasteful. Mr. Hannington
knew that well enough.
"I must tell you before we separate,"
be said, in agitated tones, "that since I
knew you I have felt a different influ
ence. I have felt as though a nobler,
higher life were possible. I hay seen
that your standard was higher than mine,
and have wished wished bitterly, and I
feel vainly that I could attain it!" He
toped short as if emotion Impeded his
utterance; and Stella attempted few
words of deprecation.
i "I am not worth such praise. I can only
wish that my own standard were high
er," she murmured.
"Forgive me if I say too much. Stella,
your friend call you, do they not? 1
never hear it .without remembering all
sorts of poetic fancies, lines that poets
have written, and fables that have been '
told about the stars. Will 70a forgive
TbW"
"So long as I have only poetic fancies
to forgive it is not much!" aaid Stella,
lightly. But she rose from her scat a
she spoke and began to move about th
deck, where several other persona were
aitting or standing. Hannington knew
that he had gone far enough. Tho girl
was sensitive, and perhaps, a little proud.
' iu spite of all her gentleness. He hover
ed near her, as she walked, but be did not
speak again till she addressed him. Bat
he knew that silence is sometimes as ef
fective as speech.
Meanwhile Alan Moncneff of Torres
muir. the tall and stately-looking man of
whom Hannington had spoken, went
straight to the captain of the vessel with
a question.
"Who is that young lady with fair
l uair wno sits next but one to you at
table. Captain? he asked carelessly.
"Oh! you mean Miss Raeburn. daughter
of Matthew Kaeburn, of Dundee; Rae
bnrn & Millar: Jute."
Mr. Moncrieff recollected the names of
Kaeburn & Millar. They were reDuted
' to be wealthy men. What a delicate.'
to a girl who wasnower-iiKe race Miss Kaeburn had!
"I suppose," said Moncrieff to himself,
"that she will live and die, be married
and buried, in Dundee." He himself had
a strong dislike to the'great manufactur
ing town, a dislike extending, Dossiblv. to
the manufacturers. "With that sweet
Tace, she deserves a better fate than one
of uninterrupted, commonplace, middle
tlass prosperity. Yet, what eafer and
happier fate could I wish for aer, poor
girl!"
CHAPTER II.
The golden glow was still resplendent
In the west, but the light of day was
aJ- tter
lamps twinkled on the rising banks of the
river.
"We shall land very soon." said Stella
to her companion, as they walked up and
down the deck, stopping now and then
to look at Jhe men piling cargo and lug
gage in readiness for disembarkation, or
at the vessels that passed them by.
. "You have been abroad, I think you
said the other day," remarked Hanning
ton. "I have been at 6chooI in Brussels. In
the holidays I traveled about with Mad
ame Beauvais and the other girls. We
went to Switzerland one summer, to Ger
many another, and to Paris. Then in
winter, to Italy Florence, Venice, Rome.
Oh!" with a pretty smile "I have seen
a great deal of the world."
"And now you are to settle down in
Dundee. Your father's house is at the
west eod of the town, I believe? Yon
will be out of the smoke there."
"Yes, I suppose so. 1 have not seen It.
fapa removed to Tnornbank when I was
away. We bad a dear, gloomy old houso
Ui the Nethergate before."
"And you will be mistress and queen
of Thornhank, I suppose?" said Mr. Han
nington, pensively.
Stella blushed a little. "My aunt lives
there. I think she is queen of the house.
Dear Aunt Jacky! I have not seen hermd
either since 1 was sixteen.
"You will allow me, perhaps," said her
companion, iu a very formal tone, "to
call and inquire how you have borne the
fatigue of your long journey from Brus
sels, and to make acquaintance with Miss
Miss Kaeburn?"
"Miss Kaeburn? Miss Jacquetta Rae
burn!" said Stella, merrily. "You must
remember that is is not Miss Kaeburn;
she is Miss Jaequrtta; she is very par
ticular about the title. I am sure she
will be exceedingly pleased to see you."
"And you," said Hannington, dropping
his voice almost to a whisper, "wiJl you
tie pleased to see me, too, Stella?
bue started and moved a step or two
away from him. They had been standing
still for the last few minutes. The man
followed her closely. He was not going
to let tier escape.
"Forgive me if I have gone too far,'
lie yid. "But will you not give me one
word of comfort? Will you not say that
you will be glad to see me, too?"
There was so mura noise about them.
so much talking, so much shouting of or-
dern. dragging of chains, bumping of
bales and boxes, ' reaking'of maebnery,
that he had to npproach her very closely
to hear the faintly murmured "Yes" that
fell from Stella's lips. Her slim, un
gloved hand hung at her side. It was
easy iu the gathering twilght to take it
unobserved in his own, and to hold it for
minute or two in a very tender clasD.
l'o Stella's simple soul, the action seemed
like a ceremony of betrothal.
Was she very quickly won? She had
known John Hannington for less-than
six-and-thirty hours. She bad come on
board the Britannia with her friend, Mrs.
.Muir, on Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock, and it was now Thursday night.
Mr. Haunington and Mrs. Muir were old
acquaintances, it appeared, and he bad
at once attached himself to them or per
han; it should be said that Mrs. Muil
had at onee retained him in her service.
Kver sine- Jh.it Wednesdav morning h
had been in their eenpany at every pos
sible moment. And the day at sea are
very long! Two whole mornings, after
noons, evenings, had John Hanningtoa
sat at Stella Raebnrn' aide, walked with
her on deck, whispered soft sentence into
her ears under the shade of the ami
great white umbrella; in fact, as Mrs
Mu'rr noted with delight, he had deliber
ately laid himself out to attract the sweet
fttced, serious-eyed Stella, and apparent'
ly he had succeeded.
Of course Mr. Hannington diJ not live
at Dundee. A commercial, ship-building,
jute-weaving town had no attraction foi
him as a place of residence. He was
London man, a man about town, a man
with a small private fortune, recently
impaired by gaming losses, and a reputa
tion that waa not quit flawlesa.
He had friends at u great bona la th
neighborhood of Dundee Lord Bsqn
hart's second son, Donald Vereker, waa
his particular "pal," as he explained t
Miss Raebnrn,' and he had been iavited
to aaenj jraak r tvm tfc JCfewwife
Mrs. 5Juir, came up from the saloon with
many exclamations of relief at the conclu
sion of her voyage. She wss the wife of
a clergyman in Dundee, and an English
woman.
"Stella," she said, "there's your dear
papa. Don't you see bis head in th.
crowd over there by the gangway?"
Stella did see, and made an impulsive
movement forward. Hannington waited
silently until Stella and her father ap
proached them. Mr. Kaeburn spoke to
Mrs. Muir, thanking her for the care
of his daughter, and then Mr. Uanning-'.'-u's
introduction took place. The man
ufacturer gave the young man a pleas
ant greeting, and Btood for a few minutes
ou deck, talking to him; while Stella, with
her hand in her father's arm, and
slight, unconscious smile on her sweet
face, listened to the conversation, and
shyly thought that she had never seen
any one so handsome and distinguished-
looking as Mr. John Hannington.
"We will be glad to see you, sir, if yon
should find your way to Tnornbank," Mr.
Kaeburn said courteously to the younger
man. "Any friend of my daughter or
of Mrs. Muir, either will aye be wel
come. You'll come and take your dinner
with us one day, may be, if you are to
stay long in Dundee, and have the time
to spare.
"1 shall be delighted to come," Han
nington answered quickly. "Any day
that suits you, sir or that Miss Raeburn
likes to fix. You will allow me the pleas
ure of calling to-morrow to inquire after
Miss Kaeburn and then, perhaps "
"Any day," said Mr. Kaeburn, "just
any time you please, you will be wel
come." He gave a stiff little nod, as if
to shew that the conversation waa at an
end. "We must be moving oS, I should
think, Stella, my dear. The carriage is
here to meet us, and your aunt has got
a fine tea ready for you at the other end."
Stella, with her hand resting on her
father's arm, gave a gentle little smile to
ria&&iEgl6Tr. She took her ESndfrom his
arm and gave it first to Mrs. Muir and
then to Mr. Hannington. He held it in
his own for a moment longer than la
usual under ' such circumstances; and
then, as her father's back was turned,
and the lights around them were but dim,
he bowed his head over it and raised It to
his lips.
Stella drew it away, coloring Tiolently,
and as she did so her eyes met those of a
gentleman who must have been a specta
tor of the scene. It waa "Moncriefl! of
lorresmulr, as Hannington had named
him to her; and the keen, cold face was
set in lines of a gravity that waa almost
stern, btella felt as if be had condemned
her for this act of John Hannington. and
she waa conscious of an emotion of shame
and distress, quickly succeeded by some
thing very nice resentment. What right
had this stranger to look at her with
those critical eyes? Stella's nature was
very gentle, but she was not without her
share or pride, which was a little wound
ed by his gaze.
(To be continued.)
Open Air Exercise.
Mr. Sargent, of England, has pub-
fished some remarkable facts showing
the influence of outdoor occupations
exercise in lessening the rate of
mortality, and that of all indoor occu
pations, if long continued, in raising the
rate of mortality among the classes fol
lowing .bem. The greatest longevity
of persons living in the country ap
pears to be almost wholly due to the
Kct that the greater portion of time Is
spent out of doors. Though occasional
ly exposed to all sorts of Inclement
weather, those ruralists attain a much
greater average of longevity than any
class of professional men, tradesmen,
shopkeepers or mechanics who spend
tbe greater portion of their days work-
inj or sitting In a conflned atmosphere.
It Is even shown by Mr. Sargent's splen
tl'd array of etatislcs that the city sea v
mgers and sewer taen, who are daily
exposed to all kinds of foul odors, are
longer-lived than the tradesmen and
professional people, owing, no doubt,
to the vital Influence of the open air In
which they spend most of their time.
Several hundred writers on the sub
ject claim that the Italian, with such
changes as naturally come about In
tbe course of ages, has always been
the language of the common people
living In tbe boot-shaped peninsula.
These writers assert that Latin was
tbe language of literature, tbe law and
the educated classes, while Italian WW
pokea by he pop!e. .
i'or tin davs after the departure
of its mistress. Miss Turner, on a visit,
pet pujr dog in the family of A. V.
Turner, of Tnelforil, Vt. made, a trip to
the railway station every tiny but
one,
While tb9 deatb rata of the Ans
nan cities averages twenty-five per
thou 'ami, the rate of thirty-three great
towns in England acd Wales is only
15.8.
Tspa 1 lias fortj- one cities of over
10,000 inhabitants.
Trade competition in Chicago ba
become, so trenienrtoni Ibat coffins are
now offered at actual cost
The crowtn of the Arcretitioe
Rornblic t-iuce 1861 lias buen remark
able. In I Iiat vear tbe population ws
placid at 1, aul , 1:00, uhilo at present
it i sat t to te 4.U10, l.'Utt.
Two million dollars 1'in ben
bequeathed to the Chnrch of England
and the bocietv for the Propogation of
he Gospel by a Dewsbury cotton
pinner.
' Mexico pays 1:12,000,000 interest a
vesr on tbat portion of her debt held
in foreign countries.
'jpain an! Turkey were once great
nations. Both are to-day on tbe
verge of ctter collapse.
Labor Notes.
it has 60 unions.
it butchers orgaaizod.
r league are multiplying.
beater brewer organized.
aul back men have a union-
rica baa 35,000 union primer.
York has 120,000 unemployed.
Bon baa 411,300 working women.
fietter piiatera were cut to $1.75.
bn bartandere now have m union.
fiuit stationary engineer or
I
Moinea ha a co-operative asso-
BMgo Horseshoe rs Union 1 9a
Id.
gictn typesetters' get 62 cent to
p.
beeota journeymen plumber
Mate union.
Louis iron workers won - a two
strike.
Rochester
Central Labor Union de-
man Js S-cent fare.
A State union label league i talked
of to Minnesota.
Union cigar-packer of New York
niuH not work on Sunday.
St. Louis grocers want jibber to turn
doxn department stores.
The initiation fee of Compact Labor
Club of Marble Worker' Helper is
$50.
St. Paul unionist wt! prosecute an
employer who has a basement bake
bop. A Kansas City clothier give a ton of
coat free with every purchase amoun
ting to $10.
Men whose car have Bat wheel art
tuspended by the Detroit Street Railway
Company.
The initiation fee of the New Yotk
Cloth Hat and Cap Maker' Union has
been raised to $1.
At Rochester a lyceum has been
organized to debate upon matter of
interest to the workingmeo.
Michigan Federation of Labor con
vention decided to organize unions in
small towns and village.
The bakerr of Philadelphia are
working vigorously to have a law passed
by State Legislature abolishing Satur
day night work and (or the better sani
tation of bake shops. . 1
News of New Things.
Rotary blotters have a wheel, on
which the blotting paper is wouud.
and a handle t. operate it.
.1 . 1 j - - 1 1
consists of a cap secured to tbe outer
eud of the hub, being easily: remova-
b'e.
A combination child's carriage and
sleigh ha a pair of runners which can
Le thrown into position below thi
wbeel by a lever.
A new paint consist! of sublimed
lead, oil in excees of that necessary to
form a mixture of proper consistency
and a quantity of water.
Match pouches to fasten to two but
tons on the inside of the coat lapel
and having a rough surface for ignit
ing the matches, have Just come into
use.
A hi n ly package carrier for bicycles
consists of a plate fastened to tbe
handlebar by traps and having snap
hooks to secure tbe cord or string on a
package. 1
Items off Interest.
Each salmon produce about taea y
million egg.
Napoleon III. wrote a life of Caesar
tbat ranks very high.
Bicbelieu, who was a king in all but
name, took to play writing.
The total cultivated area in the Uni
ted Kingdom is nearly SO.OOO.OtX
acres.
Tbe public debt of France istbt
largest in the world and amounts to
about $8,000,000,000.
Ships built of steel are said to be able
to carry 20 per cent mora freight than
tnose of iron.
The present season' crop of cotton
tn Jtgypt promises to surpass all pre
vious years in quality.
- Microscopista say that the stronger
microscopes do not, probably, raven
the lowest stage of animal life. -
Central Park, in New York city, is
two and a half mile long and three-
quarters of a ' mile wide; it covers 86
acies.
In most parts of Syria, Palestine an 1
Arabia fig tree and date palms an
counted, and a tax is levied on each
tree.
About six hundred thousand 'trees
are annually planted by Swedish school
children under tbe guidance of their
teacher.
Arizona has tbe greatest daily changt
of temperature on the earth's surface
There is frequently a change of 80 d.
greet in tbe twelve hoars.
The oldest university in the world is
EI Azhar, meaning "the splendid sit
uated at Cairo. It is tbe greatest
Mohammedan school, and bat clear
records dating 97o. -
riercing the flesh with even tie
finest needle hurts, because the nerve
are so thickly matted just under tbe
skin that not even the finest point cat
be introduced without wounding oce
more. .
Looking glasses were used by Anglo
Saxon women, stung to taeir girdlt a
The same custom obtained in tbe time
of Elizabeth and James I. They
formed tbe center of many fan a
that petiod and later. Before !:,--rat
invented born ws usvt1 and
nieil.
Tbe really well-gowned woman
wears only corsage bouquets of violets
on the street.
He who feels hit own deficiencies
will be a charitable man for hit own
uke.
We most ourselves ascend if we
would lift others, and in thia very up
ward climbing we are taking tbe first
and most essential step in social improvement.
FARfl NOTES.
Never fatten breeding fowls. ''
c ii eat floor is good fee tn ptaltry
aoure.
Keep fresh water before your fowli
soastaotly.
Stock growing involve less labor and
leas machinery.
Ths-Light Brahma make a good cross
to increase size.
Separate all your breeders, and sell all
the surplus stock.
For eggs 'alone, Leghorn ar beat
with Hamburg second.
By working hot athes in th soil U
will drr out and work fine.
Keeping the droppings cleaced up vcili
prevent scaly legs iu fols. m
It is nearly always bait to feed whol
grain to tbe poultry at night.
It is well known that the feeding
alu of hay varies a goad deal.
The cabbage plants will grow mo.4
ocky it the seed are sown thin.
Soot or ashes sifted over tho tomato
tmd will drive out insec: marauders.
Properly managed, the winter season
is most profitable for po'iltry raisers.
No stock on the farm will more gea
crously repay good carat than tne forls.
Peas may be planted as soon as the
ground is opeu enough to recsive the
teed.
The Bush Lima beaa has stool the test
aow of aeverai seasons In many different
Vcalities.
When a very early :rop of potatoes is
desired sprout tbe potatoes used for seed
before planting.
Conover's Colossal, a leading aspara
gus, ha now a rival ia earlinei in th
newer Plmetto.
Farmers who put largely in grass apoa
whicii good stock is kept are constantly
growing richer.
For growing tomatoes under gUs the
temperature should not be less than sixty
degrees at night.
Scald the drinking vessels not lest
than four times a year, and you will find
it a preventive of poultry disease.
Plant mora nut trees. The black wal
aut pays well for tbe space it occupies
ia valuable lumber, as weU as in its
auts.
If jou have a disagreeable fleck biri,
which is fonder of fighting and quarrel
ing than breeding, remove him onc
his room is better than his company.
It Is not often that a hen will want to
set at this time, and if she does it will
require more toaa the average comfort
ab.e quarters if shs hatchej oat her egs
well.
It should bV rcaiembero J ixsti lies at-
tsc ill-fed fowls tint, auUtoatit is next
to imposiible to feed up into a thrifty -condition
fowls that are badly infected
Tbe secret ot success in raising early
broiler for market is not so much in the
hatching as in tbe feeding and can
afterward accessary to secure a vigorous,
thrifty gain.
Ia making a start with turkey it will
always pay to get one of the better
breeds. Tbe bronsj is one of the best
breeds. They are hardy aad grow
rapidly to a good sixe.
Every flower garden ought to have
several varieties of sweet peas, nastur
liuss and thunbergia.aU of which climb
er bloom the first seaion aad ar read
ily propagated from seed.
If you find a b'rd indisposed, retnov
and car for him. If be has no disease,
apparently, remove his tail, one feither
at a time; the lost of hit rudder Kill
generally build a birl up.
Ue all reasonable paint to keep tb
poultry tame. It will be quite advan
tageous when it begins to be necestary
to handle them, a it will ba when the
nans begin to set and hatch out.
' The master's eye alone will stop ths
leaks in farm profits. He must see every
broken rack and windy exposure, like a
misting pane of glass; and find the holes
Its manger or drop, and detect the weak
spot in the floor. The hired man wit
sleep soundly, but th owner of the hors
will hear him if be ata cast ia the stall
Housewives Helps.
The best way to wash bed blankets ii
not to wring theui after the last rins
ing, but to bang them on tbe line anc
let them drip dry. Tbe nap is then
not matted down and the blanket re
tains its beauty and new appearance.
Avoid putting metallic or other arti
eles on or in the piano; such thin gi
'requently cause unpleasant vibrationi
md sometime injure tbe ins'rumeni
The more equal tbe temperature of tb
-00m, the better the piano will stay in
une.
When cayenne pepper is not mixec
with tbe thickening for soup, grind it
down with the back of a spoon and
stir a little liquid to it before it it
hrown into the pot, as it is apt to re.
nam in lumps, and so occasion irrita
ion of the throat when swallowed.
Tbe liver of -the calf is better than
tny other, not even excepting goose
iver. Lamb's liver is also better ft 1
ored, more tender, and lest dry than
that of sheep. Those livers which pre
ent dark atieaks and sandy spots are
in wholesome and unfit to be eaten.
To make a delicate omelet take on
eupful bread crumbs, soak in milk (one
3 ipful) until toft Add three beaten
tgg, one-half ;.teaapoonful salt, one
f.iurth spoonful of pepper. Beat well
ogether, have tablespoonful of butter
ot iu pan, pour cmelet in pan and
ake as other omelets.
Sugar is an ancient luxury. The
Chinese have been eating it for at least
hree thousand years
-Fourteen ear loads of seal skins
passed east over tbe Union Pacific
reeentlr, which i said to be the
most valuable shipment of freigat
over the road in several years.
Be just to your enemies, generous to
your . friends, ana independent of
both.
It it doubtful if there it any man
who has not at tome time in hit life
been a hypocrite.
It it temper which makea the bliss
of home or destroy: comfort,
REV. DR. THJIUL
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Discourse.
Sabject:
The Sons; of the Draib
eras,"
Text: "I was the sonar of the drunkards
Psalms lxix., 12.
Who mid that? Was it David or was It
Christ? It was both. These lteasUnle
Psalms are like a telescope. Pull the instra
imni tn eartain r&nffe. and It shows von aa
object near by. Pull it to another range, and
It will show you objacts far away, usviti
and Christ were both, eaeh In his own time,
the song of the drunkards. Holiness ot doo
I rine an1 life alwavs did exalte wiaked merri
ment. Although David had fully reformed
nn t written a psalmody in whloh all subse
quent ages have sobbed out their penitence,
his enemies Dreferrea to fetoh up his old
career an! put into metric measures sins
lone before fonriv.-n. Christ who commit
ted no sin, was still mora tbe subject of un
holy sonic, because the better one is the more
Iniquity bates htm. Of the best being whose
voico ever moved the air or whose foot ever
touched the earth it might be said:
The byword of ths pacing thron ,
The rulr's scuff, the drunkard's son?.
The earth fitted op for the human rase, in
congratulation the morning stars sang a
sons. The Israelitish army SAfe on the bank
of the 111 Hea and-tha Egyptians clear nn-dt-r
the returned water. Mows saugasong.
On of the most linportnnt parts of this great
old book is Solomon's song. At the birth of
our Lord the Virgin Mury and old Simeon
an I angelia prima donnas in hovering clouds
xaug a song. WbHt enrichment has been
givt-n lo the world's literature and enjoy
ment by the ballads, the canticles, the lis
cantR, the ditties, tbe rouoielays. the epios,
the .lyrics, the dithyrambs! But my text
nails atteuiion to a style of song tbat I think
has never ben discoursed upon. ?ou some
times hear this style of musio when passing
a nloon. or a residence In whloh dissipation
is asoendnnt, or after yon have retired at
night you hear it oomiug out of the street
from those who, having tarried long at their
cups, are on their wav home the ballad ot
the inebriate, the serenade of the alcohol
ized, or what my text calls the song of th
drunkards.
For practical and saving and warning and
Christian purposes I will announce to you
'the -huracteri-dla of that well-known
cadence mentioned in my text. First 1
remark tbat the song ot the drunkard!
is an old soug. Much ot the music ot the
world and of the churoh is old musio.
First came the music of percussion, ths
eiapping cymbal, which was suggested by
a hammer on an anvil, and then the sigh
ing of the wind across the reeds suggested
th flute, and then ths strained sinews of
the tortoise ncross its shell suggested the
harp. .But far back of tbat, and nearly
back as far as the moral collapse of our
first parentage i- tte song of the drunk
ards. That tune was sung at least 4243
years age, when, the deluge past, Noah
came out of tbe ark, and, as it disgusted
with too much prevalence of water, he took
to strong drink and staggered forth, for all
aires the first known drunkard. He sound
ed Ihe first note of the old music of lnebri
acy. An Arab author of A. D. 131Q wrote:
"Noah, biug come out of the ark, ordered
eai-h. of sons to build a house. After
'ward they were oCCOied In sowing and In
plantlog trees, the pippm3 -aad fruits of
which tlit v found in the ark. ThS vine alons
w.is wanting, and they conld not disooverJ
flnHriail than Infnwmajl lham Kfr tha I
Oabriei then informed them that the devil
had desired it, and, Indeed, had some rlghi
to it. Hereupon Noah summoned htm to
appear in the Held and said to him: 'Oh, ac
cursed! Why hast thou carried away the
viDe from me?" Because,' replied the devil,
'It belonged to me.' 'Shall I part It foryouV
said Gabriel. I consent,' said Noah, 'and
will leave him a fourth.' 'That is not suffi
cient for him,' said Gabriel. 'Well, I will
take halt.' replied Noah, 'and he shall take
the other.' 'That Is not sufficient yet,' re
sponded Gabriel. 'He must have two-thirds
and thou one, and when thy wine shall have
boiled on tbe lire until two-thirds a-e gone
the remainder shall be assigned for thy use.'"
A fable that illustrates how the vine has been
misappropriated.
Again, this song ot the drunkards Is an
expensive song. The 3onntags and the
P.irepa Rosas and Nilssons, and the other
renderers of elevated and divine solos re
ceived their thousands of dollars per night
in coliseums and academies of music Some
of the people of small means almost pauper
ized themselves that they might sit a few
evenings under the enchantment ot those
angels of sweet sounds. I paid $7 to hear
Jenny Lind sing when It was not very easy to
afford the 7. Very expensive is such musio,
but the costliest song on earth is the drunk
art's song. It costs ru n ot body. It costs
ruin ot mind. It oosts ruin of soul. Go
right down among the residential streets of
any city and you can tlndonoe beauiifuland
luxurious homesteads that were expended In
this destructive music.
- The lights have gone out In the drawing
room, the pianos have ceased the pulsation
ot tbeir keys, the wardrobe has lost its last
article- of appropriate attire. The Bal
shazzarean feast has left nothing but the
broken pieces of the -rushe 1 chalices. There
it stands, the ghastliest thing on earth, the
remnant of a drnakar.l's home. The cost
liest thing on earth is sin. The most expen
sive of all music Is the song of tbe drunk
ards. It is the highest tariff of Nations not
a protective tariff, but a tariff of doon. a
tariff of woe, a tariff of death. This evil
whets the knives of the assassins, cuts the
most of tbe wcumls of the bospitn', makes
necessary most of the almshouse, causes the
most of the ravings of tbe insaue asylum,
and puis up most of the irou bars of the
penitentiaries. It has its hani to-day on tbe
throat of the American republic It is the
taskmaster of Nations, an I tha human race
crouohes under its auathema. Tha soug ol
the drunkards lias for its accompaniment
the clank of chains, the chattering teeth ol
poverty, ihe rattle of executioner's sraffidd,
the creaking door of the deserted home, the
crash of shipwrecks and the groans ol em-
aires. The two billion twenty million dol
urs which rum costs this country in a year,
In the destruction of grain und sugar, and
the supporting of the paupers, an t the
invalids and the criminals wbich strong
drink causes, is only a small part ot what
is paid for this exp.-a-ive soug of the drunk
ardr. Attain, this song ot the dnin';arJs is a
multitudinous song not a solo, not a duet,
not a quartet, not a sextet, but milliops on
millions are tnis hour singiug it. Uj not
think that alcoholism has this fle.'d all to It
self. It has powerful rivals in tbe intoxicants
Of other Nations hasheesh and arrack, and
pulque and opium, and quavo and mastic
and wedro. Every Nation, barbaric as well
as civilized, has its pet intoxicant. This
song of the drunkards is rendered in Chinese.
Hindoo, Arabian, Assyrian, Persian, Mexi
can yen, all the lausuages. All Zones join
it. No continent would be large enough for
the choir gallery it all those who have this
libretto in their bands should stand side by
side to chant tho international ononis. O.her
throiigs are just learning ihe eight notes of
tnis deathful music, which is already mas
tered by the orchestras in full voice nnder
the batons in full swntr. . All the musicians
assemb'ed at Dusseldorf, or Berlin, or Boston
peace jubilee, ren leriug symphon es, re
quiems or grand marches of Mendelssohn or
Wagner, or Chopin or Handel, were iniig
nlHcaat in numbers as compared with the
Innumerable throngs, hosts besides hosts,
gallery above gallery, who are now pouring
forth the song of the drunkards.
Years ago, stauding before a bulletin
board in Mew York on the night of a Presi
dential election day, as the news cams in
nj the choice of the American people
was finally announced there were people In
tbestreets who sang roistering and frivolous
songs. But in the street one man, in deep,
strong, resonant voice, started, to tha tune
of "Old Hundred," ''Praisj God, from whom
all blessings flow," and oeV-ail up and
oowa the street the voice Joined ia tbe aox
logy. May God speed the day when th
song of rescue and salvation, shall drown
with an overwhelming surge this mighty
song of the drunkards!
Notice that the second noun ot mv text
is in the plural. Not ''drunkard," but
"Jrunkarils." It would be dull work to sing
that song solitary and alone. It isgeuerally
a chorus. They are .ia group. On that
downwarlway t:iere must be companion
ship. Hare nud there is a man so min as
always to drink alone, but generous nvin,
big hearted nvu. drinking at bar or tn res
taurant or ic clubhouse, feel mortifln I to
take the beverage unaacompanlsd. There
mutbesme one with whom to elin't the
rim of the gl.isses, some one's health to pro
hosb. snmj sntim-jnt to toast. There must
be t w. aul still l tter it four, aul still bet
ter it six. to eiva zat to the sout 01 tue
drunkards. Thw win havi eon3 down
coul I mention the name of at leist oni
who belpel them down. Generally It is
some on-j wiio was a little higher up
lo social I iff or In flaviotal resources.
Our friend felt flattered to have an
invitation from one of superior aura's.
E tch one drank not only when he felt like
It. but when the other felt like it. Neither
wante 1 to seem lacking in sociality when
he was invite I. So 100,00'J men every year
are trente i into hell. Tagether are liny
manacled of evil habit, to : (ilur they trav?I
towarJ their doom, together they make mer
ry over the cd war lice and Puritanical senti
ment of those who never indulge, together
they join their vo oes in the song of th
drunkards. If the on proposes to stop, ths
other will not let bi n stop. When men ara
getting down th mnelvej, they do not wauf
th.,i asj.vuiLr.H to turn bui. Tno39 who
turn back will be thi soiff aul carioaturj of
those who keep on, an I there will be con
spiracy to brio ; theji back to the old places
an 1 the rold environ -neat, aad so have them
renew the songot the drunkards.
Ag iln. the son? ot ths urunicans is easily
learn -1. Through what long aul difnmlt
drill one must g to su :eeei as nn elevated
an l inspiring sing.r! E-nma Abbott, nm
the most e niusnt cantatrioes th-it ever en
chanted aoile ni JS ot mailo, told m 01
ocwtn ship's deok. in answer to my question,
'Whither are you bona I?" " amgiugto
Berlin and Pris to stu ly musla." "What:
I said. "Aftr all your world renowns 1 sua
eesses In music, going to study?"
Then sue tol I ma tnrougn wnat nir.ismps.
through what self denials, through what
almst killing latigues, shs had gons in
or ler to be a singer, and that when in her
earlier days a great teacher of music had
toM her there were certain notes she
eould never rea-h, she said,-'! will racb
them," and through doing nothing else
but practice for Ave vears shs did reach
tnem. Oh, how many heroes an I heroines
of musical achievement! There are son-9
which are easy to hear, but most dimcult to
render. When Handel, w.th a new oratorio,
entered a room where a group of musician?
had assembled and sail, "Gentlemen, you
all read music.'" They said, "Yes, we play
in church." Very well," said the great
composer. "Flay this. But the psrlorm
anee was so poorly done Handel stopped his
ears and said: "You play In church! Very
well, for we re a I the Lord Is lorg suffering.
of great kindness and forgiving of inlq-iity,
transgression and sin. But you shall not
play for me." Paramusia, whether lliigere I
on Instrument or trilled from human lips. Is
most difficult. But ono of ths easiest
songs to leara Is the song 01
the drunkards. Anybody gin learn
It. In a little while you can touch the
highest note of conviviality or the low st
note of besottedness. Begin moderate!?, a
sip here and a sip there. Begin with c:arer.
goon with nie nut wind up with cognao.
First take the stimulaut at a weeding, then
take it at me i s. then take it betweei meals,
then all the time keep your pulse under its
stealthy toui-li. In six months the dullest
scholar In this Apollyouio music may become
an expert. "Firsc it will be sounded in a hic
cough. After awhile it will )e heard Ij a
silly hn, ha! Further on tt will become a
vil 1 whoop. Th"n it wld.enable you to run
up and down the live lines ot the musical
soa'e infernal. Tuen you will have mastered
t . 1. -An At , 1. 4 ...... t. ,1 .
The most skilful way is to adopt tbe
.
modern JfieafS-PS glVfr CCO ltlUHcaul IA
your children, saying to yourself, "They
will in after life meet the intoxicants
everywhere, nn I ttey must get used to see
ing them and tasting them and controlling
tbeir appetites." That is the best way ol
teaobing them tha song of tbe drunkards.
Keep up that mode of education, aud i!
you have four boys at least three of them
will learn the drunkards' song and lit
down in a drunkard's grave, and it I evei
laid a wager I would lay a wager that the
fourth will lie down with the other three.
Of if the education of tbe children Iu thfe
music should be neglected, 1t is not too'
late to begin at twenty-one years of age.
The young man will find plenty of young
men who drink. They are in every oircle to
be found. Surely, my boy, you are not a
eoward and afraid of it? Surely you are not
going to be hindered by sumptuary laws or
tbe prejudices of your old father and mother?
They are behiul tne times. Take some
thing. Take it often. Soma of the great
est poets and orators have been noto
rious Imbibers. If you are to enter a parlor,
It makes you more vivacious and Ches
terlieldiau. If you are to transact
business, your customer is apt to buy mora
If you have taken with him a sherry cobbler.
If you are to make a speecb.it will give
you a gdbbar ton .rue. Glusk could compose
bis best musio by having his piano taken
into tbe st2tat M a meadow, and a bottle ot
champagne pi"! on each side of him. The
earlier yoa begin to learn the songot the
drunkards the easier it is, but none of you
are to old to lenrn. You can begin at fifty
or sixty, under prescription of a doctor for
aids to digestion or breaking up of infirm
ities, an I close life by rendering the song of
the drunkards so well that all pandemonium
will encore the performance and want It
again and again.
Furthermore, the last characteristic ot the
drunkard's song is so tremendous that lean
hardly bring myself to mention it. The
druukards' song is a continuous song. O ice
stnrt that tune, and you keep it up. You
have known a hun lrei mn destroyed of
strong drink. You cannot mention five who
got fully st'it-teloa thatroal ant stopos I.
Thegra jeof Grd can do anything, but it
do snot do everything. Religion saves some
Temperance societ i-ssave some. The Bowerv
mission saves simi. The Central raissio V
tiav-s some. But 10),00) who are nuuually
slain by strong .-".rink aie not saved at all.
I have been at a concert which went" on
for two hours an i a half, and many p-ople
ot up an i left because it was too lonir. But
ainety-flve perc.mt. of those who ares n?n
the drunkards' song will to the last breath or
their luogs and the last beat of their hearts
keep on ren lering it. and the galleries of
earth and heaven and hell will stay lille I with
the astounded spectators. It is such a ;on
tinnons and prolonge I song that one fes's
like making the prayer which a reformed
inebriate once made: "Almighty Go J' If
It be Thy will that man should suffer, what
ever seemeth good in Thy sight im.
pose upon me. Let the bretd of af
fliction be given me to eat. Take from
me tbe friends of my confidence. Lot the
cold hut of poverty b 1 mv dwelling place
aud the wasting hand of disease inflict its
painful torments. Let me sow in the whirl
wind and reap iu the storm. Let those have
me in derision who are younger .than L Let
the passing away ot my welfare be like the
fleeting of a etOud. and the shouts of mv
enemies like tbe rushingof waters. When I
anticipate good, let evil annoy me. When I
look foi light, let darkness coma upon me
Let the terrors of death bo ever berore me!
Do all this, but save me, merciful Goa! save
me from the fate of a drunkard. Amen! '
You aeo this sermon is not so much for
cure as for prevention. Stop before you
Starr, if you will forgive the solecism. Tbe
clock of St. Paul's eathe Iral struck thirteen
on midnight, an 1 so saved the life of a sen
tinel. The soldier was arrested aad trie I
for fulling asleep at his post one midnight
But he declared that he was awake at nil 1
night, and in proof that be was awake ho
sai l that he ha I heard the- Uuiisuul occur
rence or the v'.oaic striking 13 initeal
ot 12. llo was laughed to scorn and
sentenced to death. But threa or four per
sons, hearing of the case, came un iu time
to f-wear that they, too, heard tho cloek
strike 13 tha: Barae midnight, and so tha
man's life was spared. My hearer, if you go
on aud thoroughly learn the drunkards'
song, perhaps in the deep midnight of your
soul there may soua 1 so-nething that will
Set effect your moral na eternal rescue,
ut it is a risky perhaps." Itisexrep
tlonal. G ahead on that wrong roa 1. au l
the eioek will more probably striko the 13
that closes your day of opportunity than
that It will strike 13, the saunl of yjar de
liverance. A few Sabbaths ago on the steps of this
church a man whom I had known ia other
years confronted me. At the first glance I
saw that he was tn the flfth and last act of
th ft aged y of intemperance. Splendid
oven ia hb sain. The same brilliant eye,
and th oo ortly manners, an t tha re
mains or tne kh no 1it-'ll: ciu il en low
meats, but a wreck. I hal seen that craft
when it plowed lbs waters, a I sails set an t
running by true eompas); wire an I chh
dren and frienJs on hoard, himself com
manding in a voyage that he expected
would be glorious, putting into prosperous
harbors ot earth an 1 at last puttiug Into tho
harbor of heaven. But now a wreck, towe l
along by low appstites, that ever an I aaoa
run him into tne oreacers 1 wreek or bsdy.
a wreck of mlod, a wreck of soul. "V:iere
is your Wife?" "I do n it know." "Wher
are your children?" "I do n t know.'
"Where Is your Oo !?' "I do not know."
That man Is eomlngto the l ist versj of thit
long cantata, that protr icte 1 tbreno ly, that
terrific song of the drunkards.
But If thes words shiul I cd n t "or yon
"now tbe largest au liena I re ioh I never
see at all I say ir thssn wor Is should come,
though at the ends of ths e-irtli. to any fal
len man. let ms say to hi n: B! the excep
tion to the general rule an I turn and live,
while I recall to y a a sc-ns In Kagiand,
where some one sal I to aa inebriate as he
wasgolnrout orchur;1! w'i- there wis a
great awakening. "Whv dnn't you sign the
pledge?" Hsunswerel, "I have slgnel It
twenty timss an I will n ive-sign it araln."
"Why. then," said the gen'lenm talking to
hlm.'"don't you go up an I kneel at th 'altar,
amid those other penitents'" Hi
took the advice an I went an I knelt.
After awhile a Utile girl. In. rars
and soatel With ths rain look I in the
church door, au I s-vn one said: "Wa it are
you doing here,' little gin?" 8 in said:
'Please, sir. I .heard as my father Is here.
Why. that is mv fnther up there kneeling
now." She went uo au I put hr arms
aronn 1 her father's neck an I said: Father,
what are you doing l;ere?" And he said:
"I am asking God to forgive m-." Said
she: "If He forgives v u, w.ll we be hanpy
again?" "Yes, my dear," "Will we have
enough to eat again?" "Yes, my dear."
"And will von never strike in agiln?"
."No, my ohild." "A'alt hero." said sh,
"till I go and call mother." An I soon the
child came with the mother, an I the mother,
kneeling beside the li'Hbiui. said: "Sav
me too! Save me loo!"
And the Lord hear I the prayer at that
altar, and one of the happiest ho nes in Eng
land Is the home over which that father and
mother now lovingly pres de. So. If Iu this
sermon I have warned others against a dis
sipated life, with the fart that so few return
after thev have once gone astrav. for the an-
counuriiuent of those who woiil I nm to re
turn I tell-vou Oot wants yiu lo come
back, every one of you. au I to co-ne back
now. and more tenderly an I lovin rly than
any motherever lifts I a sick ohild out of a
cradle, and toidea it in ner ar us. and crooned
over It a lullaby and rocked tt to and fro.
tbe Lord will take you up and fold you In
the arms of his Dardonlng love.
There's a wldeness in O 'd's mercy.
Like the wldeness of the sea;
There's a kindness tn his justice, i
Which Is more than liberty.
HOUSEHOLD MATTEB.
CHICKS?? POTPES.
Skin an 1 cut up the fowls into Joints
and put tbe neck, legs and back bones
ia a stew pan, with a little water, an
nion, a bunoli of savory herbs and a
blade of mace ; let these stew for aa
hear, and when done strain o3 the
liquo.-; this is for gravy. Put a layer
of fowl at the bottom of a pie dish,
then a layer of ham, then une of force
meat aad hard boiled eggs, cut in
rings; between the layers put a season
iag of pooa-yiace, nutmeg, popper
and. salt. Pour ia about half a p;jt of
water, border the edge of dish with
pan crust, pat on the cover, ornament
the top and glaze it by brnshin; over
it the yolk of an egg. Bake for about
aahenr aad a half, and when done
poor in at top the gravy made from tht
bones.
qvazbb oxsxn.
"When care is taken in preparing,
this is a handsome and sure dish. Three
eggs, half a cupful of milk, one aud a
half tablespoonfnlsof corn starch, una
teaspoonful of salt, one tablespooaful
of batter. Put the omelet pan und
a sever that will fit closely on to beat.
Beat well together the yolks of the
eggs, the corn starch and the Kelt ;
beat the whites to a stiff froth, aJ d to
the well beaten yolks and corn starch.
Stir all together thoroughly and add
the milk. Put the butter in tbe hot
pan ; when melted pour in the mix
tare, cover and place on the stove
where it will brown but not burn. Cook
about seven minutes, fold, turn on a
hot dish and serve with cream sauce
oared around it. If the yolks and
orzt niarch are thoroughly beaten, and
if, when the stiff whites are added,
hey are well mixed, and the cover and
pan are vary hot, there can hardly t,4
failurs. New York Ledger.
HINTS TO COOKS.
So many housekeepers, both yonn-f
and old, are in doubt aa to tin righ;
time to cook vegetables, aul meats
that the following table is given -.rith
the hope that it may prove or vai.j t j
'tome one :
BAKtNO MEAT4.
Beef Sirloin Ear j Kighl minutes for
each pound.
Beef Sirloin, Well Done Ten tu
taen minutes for each pound.
Beef Kib or Rnrup Ten to fifteea
minutes for each pound.
Beef Fillet Twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
Lamo, WeU Doae-t-Fifteeu minutes
for each pound.
Mutton, Bare Ten to ta tive minute
for each pound.
Mutton, Well Done Fifteen tj
eighteen minutes for each pound.
Pork, Well Done Twenty-five to
thirty minutes for each pound.
Veal, Well Done Eighteen to twenty
minutes for each pound.
Braised Meat Three and ona-hal
to four hours.
Chickens Weighing from three la
five pounda, one to one and one-haU
hoars.
Turkeys Weighing from nine to
twelve pounda. three to three aud one
half hour. .
Fish Of average thicknewt weigh
Ug from six to eight pounds, one hour.
CAKfi AND-PAfjTRy.
Sponge Cake Forty-five to fifty-five
minutes.
Plain Cake Twenty to forty-fly
minutes.
Cookies Ten to twelve minute. '
Gingerbread Twenty to thirty
minutes. "
Plum Puddings-Two and one-quartet
three bourn.
Tapioca or Rice Pudding One hour.
tread Pudding Sixty-live minutes.
Pies vnthtwo crusts Thirty to forty
minutes.
Graham Bolls Half an hour.
Wheat Rolls Ten to eighteen mia
rites. Bread Forty to sixty minutes",
j Biscuit Teu to eighteen minutes.
. L?rJ M,yr of lndon wear
a badge of r.tnv. which contains flil
moDds valued at S00.000