if fe i 1 11 1 ii i m mi fin B. SOHWEIER, THE OONBTITUTION-THE ONION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWH. 1 1 A VOL. U. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4, 187. NO. 34. A I T- t J CHAPTER II Continued.) lm. bnt anook her bead and twrrgeti him A few seconds later Annathwnite wnltt- to tHke off h, own overcoat, which wu i slowly down the hill, watching the rovered with snow. lib'lits in the- shops and houses, lie pro- I "1 a afraid you mart think m. inna ceipl on in a pleasant eonne of mingled . tic for carrying you off la tola onceremonl exritpment nnd security, until he suddenly j way," ahe aaid kindly, but with a Ixranie aware that the ground was rising. I irreat deal of dignity. I believe some of A few paces further the ascent becnina ' tht villagera declare that thia house wai quite steep, and he could no longer doubt once a lunatic asylum, and I am aura, that. In spite of the lookout he was keen- i after the way In which yon bare been k. u- nau uoni wuat ne una neen warn en not to do. nnd taken the hleher road. There was nothing for it but to go for ward very carefully, and to be specially cautious when the road began to dip again. Whil still on the ascent, he passed vari ous dwellings which, though' he could sea nothing of the building, themselves but an occasional light in the windows, he judged from the gates and the tall snow laden evergreens which formed a screen parallel with the road, to be villas and ornamental cottages. Just as. after a few Tarda of narticn- larly steep ascent, the road took a pretty aharp turn to the left, a long, low-built bouse, standing back only a few feet from the road, but on ground so mnch higher as to give it an imposing appearance of uigiuiy, sprang quite suddenly Intt lie walked past, giving a backward view. Innee at the dreary house, which Interested him and filled him with curiosity to koowVhat people lived there. The descent now be came rcry steep, and Armathwaite Aro ceoded with the greatest caution, peerfW forward luto the darkness, watching ear- eny tor tne Junction with the coach ma he snow was how falling In larger flake.' than ever, and just as he got on to more level ground he slipped and fell Into a deep drift by the side of the road. Arma thwaite soon extricated himself, but the tumble had made him lose his bearings, and it was only by the direction of the Wind that he was able to fix with any cer tainty the course he waa keeping. It ecuicd to be growing darker. Then a crackling on each side of him roused his Attention to the fact that he was among parnely scattered trees, and at the same time the uneven ocrb of the ground told fhim that he waa off the road. lie stopped a momen, nnd proceeded a little way ahead to-'reronnoifer. The ground was Crowing morn broken and more steep, but tie now perceived in front of him a clump of a now-covered bushes and behind that oroethirrjr which be toot for a high black - vall;-he ir-.n.?c.BraigM-f.r thia wall with rapid steps, and had reached the bushes, when a fignre moved quickly out from be hind them, raided a lantern high in the air. and cried: "Stop!" Armathwaite. with a sharply drawn breath, reeled backwards, horror-struck and bewildered. For, by th elight of the lantern, he saw that what he hod taken for a wall was the dark water of the lake. Into which a moment later he would have tumbled. eiiAPTF.rt in. It was some momenta before Frank Armathwaite recovered enough sclf-pos-aessinn to try to thank the unknown lady whose well-timed appearance had sarei' him from 'drowning in the lake. "Yon are on foot ?" she said. Her voi.e was pleasant enough, but entirely human and colloquial, tlie voice of a young, welt ered woman. "I have come from Mercside, madam, but a minute ago 1 lost my wax. I can't thank you enough for " She interrupted him, lowering the l.m . tern she held.juid with a glance directing him to fmm bark and walk with her. "Yes. It was fortunate for yon I was there, certainly." She said this in a low voice, as if talk ing to herself, nnd Frank noticed that stir smiled at- some thought which passed through her own mind. Armwthwnite could only walk by her side in silence, lie scarcity dared to put questions to this strange woman with weird, sad eyea, who, after saving his life, seemed to have tak en possession of him body and aonl, and to deem It unnecessary to enlighten him aa to the disposal she meant to make of either. They left the trees and the un even ground behind them and, the wind being now at their Lacks and the snow therefore less blinding, Armathwaite could distinguish without much difficulty the point at which they reached the level road. "Thia," aaid the lady, Indicating the way from left to right, "la the high road from Mereside to P.rankaouie." She- crossed It without further com ment than her companlou'a polite if rather futile "Oh," Indeed." and they began to re-ascend the steep road on which he had come to-grVef. One thing the young man knew without asking: this mysterious lady who had apparently been on the lookout for human flotsam aud Jets-ui on thia bois terous night, came from the gloomy bouse which bad aroused hia attention half uu hour before. . - Aa he had expected, the lady, who seem ed to think further conversation eupertlu oua. Btopiw-d before the heavy Iron gates and pulled the handle of a long rusty chain which hung beside them. This im mediately set Jangling a bell, the funereal tonea of which struck aa great a chill into Armathwaite as if it had been the passing bell for his own soul. The appearam-e t the door of a young maid servant w ho aeemed struck with amaaement at the spectacle before her, roused the lady from her alMtract! 'C. while an old mastiff ran rn the steps and licked her hand. She - turned to the airanger and aaid very gra ciously! ' "Are yon anxious to get to Pranksome to-night 7 You would hardly be able to see tr. 1'eele Ik? fore morning, and we ehoiild be very happy to give his friend sheltel for the night." Armattvwstte felt so certain that he had not mentioned Vr. I'cvle's name, and therefore so utterly amazed at the Indj's knowingbht destination, Ihnt he sliiin nered aud answered in a low, shy lone with great confusion. She entered the bouse with a grave gesture of invitntiou ss hlra to- follow. J list as the girl uas bout to Jnro away, she asked lu a Imrdo voice: "I. y"V master in?" "Not vet, ma'am," answered she. an - she w.-nt out. closing the door behind her. Armathwaite waa too mnch absorb! by hia Interest in the lady herself to sir amine very minutely the ball In which he He perceived that It was Ion. wMe and lofty, that one wall was well lined with whips and guna and h aug tackle, and that there was hst-and-rost stand ovred with masculine gar nirols. He pfferrd ta hel bis hostess sa f.hm dl-wncntnlMwl herself of her outer c.nneai.w rJa h proved to be anmlatakahly a French cavalry .deaf. Ihe tbanktd t-niiru, jug wm uoi iuii to aRrea wuu them. Did yon not take me for a mad woman?' ahe asked In a suddenly aerloua tone, looking steadily, almost anxiously, b for his anewisr, "No, madam, certainly I did not," said Armathwaite heartily. The lady seemed relieved, and a touch of her old earnest and pensive manner . came back npon her aa. Instead of Im mediately speaking again, ahe fixed in genuously searching eyea npon the strang- er's face, and after gazing at him intent ly for some momenta, withdrew them. leaving Armathwaite, mnch to his own surprise, la the peaceful conviction that ahe waa deeply interested In and satisfied with her own impressions. "Come Into the drawing room." she I aaid when her inspection waa over. I 1 will introduce yon to Mr. Crosmont. My name is Alma Crosmont. Tours la Dr " She paused and looked down, knitting her brows aa if she had forgotten. More astonished than ever, the young York shireman supplied the Information in a low voire. "Armathwaite Frank Armathwaite. She repeated It after him slowly, how ever, aa if the name was new to her. Just in here the hall narrowed suddenly to half Xts first width there was a door on the leVit which the lady opened, and Armt thwaite followed her into a large room. Inan armchair by the fire, with big back to rJie door, sat a middle-aged man, who wasVeading by the light of a candle fixed to hi chair. Aa the door opened, he aaid In a ind voice, "Well, little one, and are you been up to now?" and he . what held out his hand without turning round or pntthg down his book. Armathwaite waa mucyi struck by thia circumstance. There waa a warm, loving sympathy In voice, acti.Vn and manner, which charged the whole yrtmosphere of the old room with the fragrance of home. rye nrowent a gentleman to see yoa. da put down at once, with a rise. The newcomer came foi eSTd, and the lady said, sli.'yt "Dr. Armathwaite Mr. Crosmont." "Not her husband, surely," thought Frnnk. Mr. Crosmont rose, taking off his read- ! ing spectacles hastily, and held out his hand. He was a mnn of middle height. with a beard and a fringe of reddish hair . . . : . .1 II i . i ii e turning rapidly gray, undistinguished fea tures, and mild, dreamy blue eyes. "I daresay yon know Dr. Armathwaite, that a stranger in this part of the world, at this time of the year, is worth a king's ransom," said he. with evident pleasure at the meeting, which was, i,wns also easy to see, quite unexpected on" his side. "Hut If you once let the world know how they tnny expect to be treated here, yon will be overrun with them," said Arriinthwalte, gratefully. Mr. Crosmont glanced inquiringly at the ady, who seemed for the moment rather disconcerted; at least, she answered with her eyea cast down. "I was at the corner of the road by the lnke, when I aaw some one making straight for the water; In another mo ment he would have been lu, would you not?" she ended, turning appeallngly to the young doctor. "Indeed I should," aaid Armatbwnite, earnestly. "I had lost my way altogeth er. You saved my life." "F.ut what were you doing out there by the lake on a night like this?" asked Mr. Crosinont, not at all satisfied. "Oh, never mind, daddy; it waa only one of my pranks; these high winds al ways get into my head, you know, aud blow all the brains away." "Were you waiting for Edwin?" he then asked, in a very gentle and sympathetic tone. She hesitated like a school girl, then raised her head with what aeemed to be an Impulse of straightforward, almost de fiant, honesty. "No." "I I'm, I thought not," muttered Mr. Crosmont, and then he turned again to the visitor. "Do you know the lake country well?" he asked. "It Is rather a risky thing to travel about here at night if you do not." "It la my first visit, and I can't hope to ee much of it, for to-morrow afternoon I must be in Glasgow." The end of the long, wide dining table nearest to the fire was laid for dinner for one person. Waa there some third mem ber of the household whose presence waa a discord? "I'p here in the wilda one must make frienda with the beasts, or be solitary. It's a dnll life, I can tell yoa," spoke the old gentleman, aa the lady left the room. "I hardly think I should find It ao un der the same circumstance For a bach elor living by himself It would be dreary enough. Hut with a charming wife and " "Did yon think the little one waa my wife?" asked Mr. Crosmont, with evident pleasure. "I wish she were; though au tumn and spring don't go well together, t am I'ncle Hugh. She la my niece, my aiece by marriage, and my child by affec tion. I would walk into the bike for bet iiv day. Some day I shall walk her hus band Into the lake. If be doeant look ml," he added in a gruff comment to him-.-lf, which wa. a little embarrassing to his hearer. There waa a pause of a few (eeoiida, during which Mr. Croamnnt re membered that he waa speaking in ra blca. aad explained briefly. In bia usual abrupt manner: "My nephew is !rd Kil donan's agent; he'a a good b.y enough, but he gets his bead a little turned, up at The Craga, between my lord'e conn-leni-i-s on the one hand, and my lady'a on the other. la fact, the big house takea the odor out of the little oue, you aee. I suppose It'a natural enough, but It's a pity; and one can't aay a word to him, because, of ennne. If one doc It Is all teal for his employer's Interests; and they really hare been very kind to blm. Still It's a pity." Armathwaite thought ao, loo, ana ie tilled with compassion for the euft eyed n ife. f.hliard. In the smith ef her beauty nd charm, to fall bach Hn the cum-1 paiiioushlp of a middle-aged relation of her hueUnd ka abe absald bavs been may. . f-VarTl.. enjoying me devotion of the husband him-, self, lie waa trying to evolve a remark which should show enough, but not too much, of the sympathy he felt, when sounds of a man'a angry voice and a man's heavy tread were heard in the hull. "That la my nephew," said Mr. Cros mont, shortly. Armathwaite rose to his feet, feeling very uncomfortable. For he recognized the voice as that of the man who had been driving Lady Kildonan's sleigh when ahe dropped her handkerchief, and whom, from the livery he wore, he had taken for the groom. Little aa he knew of the du ties of an agent to a country gentleman, Armathwaite felt certain that the wear ing of the latter', livery must be leas than optional, and he hud an awkward con viction that he had been an nndeslred wit ness of the fact that the pranks of Mlsa Dighton and Master Ned had not ceased when the former became Lady Kildonan aud the Utter "agent to my lord." CHAPTER IV. The door was thrown open ronghly. ana Mr. F.dwln Crosmont, stalking In with the amiable expression of an enraged bulldog, stopped short on finding himself In th. presence of a stranger, and gave Arma thwaite an opportunity of noting well ev ery detail of hia peraonal appearance. He waa a man of about five feet nine inches in height, so well built and erect that ha would have passed aa handsome. In spits of an ill-featured face, to which promi nent gray eyes, a abort nose, and protrud ing lips gave a canine cast, which waa rendered more unprepossessing by an ex pression which, on thia particular occa sion, waa alternately morose and savage. "Who's this?" he asked shortly, and la the voice of a person who had been pre pared for an unwelcome encounter and meant to make himself aa disagreeable aa he could over it. "And where'. Alma And what'a thia I hear about her going out by herself at this time of night? It's not proier; it's most improper, and I won't have it, and so she must under stand." Armathwaite, who waa watching him steadily, making up hia mind thnt thia was quite the most offensive brute he had ever seen, saw, from a look which passed uddenly over young Mr. Crosmont's face, that the latter bad recognized him, and that the recognition bad the effect of frightening him and calming him down. He fore the irate gentleman had had time to do more than make a half turn to wards the door, Armathwaite hnd reach ed it in two long strides, and looking down with the expression of superb contempt which his superior inches enabled him to assume with particular effect, be said coldly: "You have forgotten to hear my name) it la Francis Armathwaite. 1 am sorry you should think my presence an intru sion. Mr. Crosmont and Mrs. Crosmont were kind enough to take pity upon a traveler and a stranger. I deeply regret that their generous hospitnlity should seem to yoa ill timed, but 1 beg you to receive my thanks for the kindness shown to me by your wife and by thia gen tip man." He bowed and opened the door quickly, but started on seeing Mrs. Crosmont, who en.t-jei very quietly, ylaucliig from hira to her husband as if she apprehended the situation. Armathwaite, eagerly mi the alert to notice the demeanor towards each other of this apparently ill-mated pair. aw that the lady fixed npon her hus band a look so eloquent with dignity. ' pleading and wifely submission, that 1 l.il.... t I . I . .l t . it aeemed a revelation of noble depths in the womnn'a character, and filled him, th. onlooker, with admiration and reverence. "Yes, yes; I beg your pardon," stam mered Crosmont. "You must excuse my hastiness. I am very glad if they have been of any aervice to you. People who come here hove to take the rough that's me with the smooth that's my wife and uncle. Pray stay and dine with me; I shall be heartily glad of your company." (To be continued.) What We Should Drink. We should drink from one-third to two-fifths as many ounces ns wo welpth In pounds, mys Prufussor Allen in the Journal of Hygienes. Therefore, for a man weighing 158 pounds would be re quired from fiftyilx to sixty-four ounces dally, or from one and one-half to four pints. This we regard as a very Indefinite answer. The amount of water required depends on the season of the year, the nniouut of work done, and the kind of food eaten. In hot weather we require more than In cold, because of the greater loss through the skin, though this is In part umde up by the lesser amount passed away through the kidneys. If a man hibors very hard he requires more than If his labor Is light; a man working in a foundry where the temperature Is high and the perspiration profuse not Infrequently drinks three or four gallons daily. If the food is stimulating and snlty, more water Is required than If It is not. Vegetarians nnd those who use much fruit require less water than those who eat salted fish and pork, and often get along with none except what is lu their food. In most cases our Instincts tell na how much water to drliik far better than any hard or fixed rule. For ages Uicy have I "eon acquiring a knowledge of how much to drink and transmitting that knowledge to descendants, and If we follow them we shall not go far out of the way. It is of more use to ns to know that pure water is etwential and that Impure water la one of the most dangerous of drinks, tlmn to know Low much of it Is require,! (Tally.' If one lives In n reglou where the water Is had, it should lie boiled and put away In bottles, well corkel, In an Ice-chest, and. In addition, one should cat all the fruit he can. If fruit agrees. Fruits contain not only pure water, but stilts which are needed to carrying an healthfully the functions of Ufa Photography. A simple method tins lecn Avicd of photographing a Mrson In five different attltildcH all at once, so thut the same picture gives five views of him. A back ground is inndc of I wo plane mirrors, forming between tbetn nn angle of 41 degrees, aud placing the (ersoii at the Junction. Such "nil round" portraits will Im useful In crlinonology and an broMilogy, na well as In ordinary life. lac I'roblem Ki plained. "I wonder." aaid the young man who. Is aide but exceedingly .Mii:nioii4, "why Is It that a genius U not nppre "Utcd until after be U dend." "Perhaps," waa the cold bl.Mi.lisl an swer. "It's because In an many i-sh.-s he Insists an Wing hl frieiKU up ti the time of that ovurrfuc."-Washington. Mar. I lift7' r I U-AE?rJ lis.-i ill ,..f'iSf Woiwt- tone, Trom n mixture of ninornesin nnd Kiwiluat. subjected to a high tcmpern trre nnd g.vut pressure, Ir. Otto I'h-i-it? h-.'.n pr.-ulr.ced a sulmtanco which he riilN "xyolitu." or "wood-stone." It i tin bp rut with ton;, but, It la Raid. iVcs not burn, nnd does not nbsnrlt i inlRturo. The inventor think It ahould 1 i'ove useful na a lmil liug material. rwift-Klyinur Clonda. Mr. Clayton, of the Nine Hill Otaserv niorjr, near Boston, reports thnt obser vations made there show that the aver ape speed with which clouds, between h.OttO aud 0,000 feet high, move la sixty miles an hour In midsummer, and one hundred und ten miles an hour In mid vlwter. The swiftest flight of a cloud yet measured wns liO miles an hour. A Pleeon Race. In France pigeons ore regarded as valuable messcngera In cane of war, rod recently the French Minister of Yar offered n prize for the winner ot a pigeon race from I'erlgueux to Parla, ico miles. No less than 2,74 birda were entered in the contest. The winner made the distance in seven hours thir ty four minutes, an average of over Uiirty-four tu'les an hour. Ice-Wre.blixr Fhlpa. Vice Admiral Muknrow, of tho Hua .sinn navy, lias been studying tho con st ruction and use of powerful Ice breuking ships. At a recent meeting of the Imitcriui Geographlcul Society at St. Petersburg, he expressed h3 belief that with. Wo such ship's, each of ten tliousajiol horse-power, acting together, a line ot free water coffimunicatlon r-ould be hept open iu winter to the port oC St. Petersburg, nnd he Sidded that they courd even force their way through thia glacial ocean If J(he thick ness of th Ice did not exceed twelve feet x X The iniht of the Pan. ' Astronomers know that the sun, ae- rompauled by the earth and thev other r-laotlsujovlng toward a pofiit in 'lii' northern heavens v ith great seed. Just what the velocity Is, however, can pot yet lie told with certainty. Prof. Simon Newcoinb. in a recent lecture, f-a il that It was probably between five ii. ilea and nine miles per second. Tho bright star Alpha I.yrao lies not far from the point toward) which the sun Is moving. Every moment we are get t:ng nearer to the place whore that star now Is. "When shall wo get there? Probably In less than a million years' perhaps In half a million." A Short-Lived Island. In 1R(7 a new shoal wnsvilBcovered I -i the group of the Tonga, or Friendly Islands. In 1877 smoke was seen over the shoal. In lSSo the shoal bad be come a volennlc Island, more than two miles long nnd 240 feet high, and n fu rce eruption was taking place within it. In 18K(i the island hnd begun to shrink In dimensions, although the next year Its highest point was 825 feet iv"7e sea level. In 1SS9 Its height had diminished one-half, and the ocean rlose around It was tnoro than a mile 'eop. In 1802 the Island rose only Miout twenty -six feet above sea level. According to the latest Information, Its complete disappearance, under the ac tion of the waves, will not be long do Lived. Illj-h-Prlcrit Bumblebees. Many years ngo the fanners of Ans tialia Imported bumblebees from Eng land and set them free In their clover I. elds, rtefore the arrival of the bees clover did not flourish In Australia, but rfter their coining the farmers bad no More difficulty on thnt score. Mr. Dar nln hnd shown that bumblebees were the only iusecta fond of clover nctar which possessed a proboscis sufficient ly long to reach tho Uittom of the long, lulie-like flowers, and. at the same t.me, a hody heavy enough to bend down the clover-bead ao that the pollen would fall on the Insect's back, and thus be carried off to fertilize other Powers of th same species. According to a writer In Popular Science News, the bumbleties sent to Australia cost the farmers there about half a dollar piece, but they proved to be worth the I rice. A Sparrow Prlaaa ItannaT Mor.KlcUr Mingaud, a naturalist of Mutes, France, gives, In I .a Revue Scl- i i'.titbiie, an Interesting account of tho musical accomplishments of a sparrow in bis collection of living birds. lie captured the sparrow soon after It hail Is-cn hatched, aud fed It by hand until it could care for Itself. Then he placed It In a cage containing a chaffinch, a geld finch and two canaries. After a time the sparrow learned to warble like the finches and to trill like the canaries, the Imitations being so per fect as to deceivo the ear. In spring Monsieur Miugnud Is accustomed to keep a box of crickets near his blrd Ci.gos. Two days after tho crickets bad been placed near the cage contain ing the sparrow the latter Ix-gan to imi tate their cry, Intermingling It with its r.ougs. Even after the crickets bud loiig been dead tho sparrow remenibcr nl its lesson, and continued to repeat their cry. None of tho other birds at tempted to Imitate the crickets. Singu la ily enough, the epnrrow never utters the tecullar squalling cry of Its own specie .having been removed from Ira i: m ton early, apparently, to have 1. n rtied It. If a baby Is good at all ether times. It la bound to howl when Pa mother and father Invite their unmarried "-tend in to auTx them. sSAS TWISTtHS. A. Few Little Anecdote. To J 4 by Trmtkful WitneM. "I've heard so ui.my incredible stor fra about the cyclooe and its eccen tricities," said the bole-tun looking man lo n party of touriuU ha had joined iu tlie keeping car, "that l'v bceu to Kaji.-.js making some porsu;uil ui vestig:itions in the Interest of science. "I liud that mauy reports from that section liava boen grossly exaggerated. Nothing occurs there thut Is not la nx-coid with our understanding of ttiev terrific outbursts of nature. For Instance, the totnado, often mistaken for the cyclone, has a rotary motion. I have know i It to dip luw enough to bore a well and then bound once more to the region of the cloud.4. This wonderful phenomenon was an accomplished fact hi far less Uiu than It takea me to tell of It. "Au extensive farmer here beard the roar of an approaching storm and Just had time to got h! tenia from hts reaper to a place of safety. The wind caught the reap-er and sent it round and round and 1 round the Immense tract, till the grain waa all cut." "F.ut didn't It blow away?" "Not at alL Tluit would have de stroyed our theory; The circular whirl of the 1rvikstlbla power swept the grain to tho center of the field and luto .-mi Immense stack such as human hands could not have piled "One of the strangest and beat au thenticated tuctdenta I .earned of oc curred where a cyclone struck the base of a niouutaln and went burrow-lug throvgh it. A few feet In the twister cncor.nttred a solid granl'e formation. It was two weeks later when the tun nel waa completed and the terrific wind resumed Its der'Astatlng way on the other side. The turVnel was prompt ly apftropruUMl by railroad com pany." "I had rather an unpleasant exper fence In that section," said one ot the tourist. "I bought a lltW farm tliore, Just to be a landholder. Everythtaig In three counties was plastered thick with mortgages. A cyclone wound them all up Into one great package and pasted thorn down on mW little place. We drIUed and blasted to I get them off, but U was no go. My fuuS- fe- uTort Saced. f4",tX!0.0C0 deep." i ne solemn man or science never turned a hair, but took notes. Detroit Free Prees. Cause and KflVcC "Never tell your dreams" Is an oft repeated bit of nil vice, yet It Is proba ble that few persons do things In their d reams that are more foolish titan some things they do whon they or wide-awake. "I had a very singular dream last night," said a boarder, as be came down to breakfast one morning. "I dreamed I was a spectator at one of those peculiar institutions known ns 'cake-walks.' I was the only white mnn prese-rjt, and was enjoying the novel sensation of watching for the first time a procession of gorgeously arrayed coup.-la making the circuit of a large room in the most stately nnd Impos ing style Imaginable, when suddenly tho master of ceremonies snw me, took me by the arm, led mo to tle center of tlio hall, called a halt, and tlie entire n.sseinlJy gathered nlout me, and be gan to Jabber In an unknown lan guage. "All at once I began to grow tall. I felt myself rapidly expanding In an upward direction. Tlie crowd at my feet seemed to dwindle. My head pushed its way up through the celling, then through the roof, ami probably It would have bumped against the uiorai in another minute If I luuln't wnktvl up. It was a narrow escape." "And you snw and did ail tins at . cake-walk, did you?" asked oue of the regular boarders. "Yes, that's what I said." "H'mphI What hnvo you eaten for supt'or'" "Nothing but a pUite of buckwheat cakes." "That explains It What yon saw In your dream was a buckwlioot cake walk." A Stroke of Diplomacy. Applicant I have called to ask you, madam, to w-e your influence in my be half. I am an applicant for a posi tion In your husband's private office, but I have oue dangerous rival. He seeme to prefer Madame (interrupting) I'm sorry, sir, but I never interfere with my hus band's business. Applicant If I were as pretty as she Is I might Madame She? Applicant Yes, madam; my compet itor la a most bewitching girl.. Madame Just call to-morrow, sir, and I may have the position for you. Washington limes. A Justification. Mother (coming swiftly) -Why, Wil lie! Striking your little obiter? Willie (toggedlyH-Aunt Frstfac made juol . - Aunt Fmstfaee Why, Willie! I said if you did strike her I would never kiaa you again. Willie (still dogged) Well, I couldn't let no chance like dnt slip. Judge. Worried. Wimbledon What's on your mind, old man? Is your wife or uny of your children sick? Hnnklns Heavens, It's a n.oie seri ous matter than that! I'm afraid we're not going to have a bnse-hnll team here this season. Cleveland Leader. Salary of Senators. There is a ouvuion Impression in thi country that the salaries of the I 'id ted States Senators are larger than tlione of fhc Representatives. As a matter of fnit the two classes are paid exact ly the same $,,fs.) a year each, with ullownnee for stationery and mileage. There was formerly a difference In the salaries, the Senators In-lng paid a pet diem for attendance, the amount being somewhat gnutcr than that of the Representatives, but many yenrs ngo this difference was aUdlshed. Cabinet I Ministers receive fx.isio a year iach, nnd this fact is prot-nl.ly tvoponslhh ft r the popular Iduinl.-r, many person? s.ipnoring thnt a Scuitor Is paid a much as a inemU-r of the Cabinet. We wouldii't be a prodigal sou the little veal there l lu It. fot QUEEN ELIZABETH. Christmas Bevels Pefore Her Majesty in Greeawich House. In St. Nicholas there is an accoum cf CbriAtmaa revels before Queen ttlizibeth, the description occurring tn John Bonnet's eerlaL "Master Sky lark " The following Is the passage: The palace corridors were lined with guards. Gentlemen pensioners under r.rin: went flashing to and fro. Now aud then through the inner throng some hau'lsome page with wind-blown hair and rainbow -colored cloak, pushed to the great door calling: "Way, sirs, way for my Lord! way for my Lady of Vlders toner and one by oue, or la blltt.o groups, the courtiersL clad In silks and satins, ve'vets, Jewels, and lace of gold, come .up through the lofty fald'iig-doors to their place In the hall. There, where the Usher of the Black Rod atone1, and the gentlemen of the cham'uer came -and went with golden chains about fielr necks, waa bowing and scraping without stint, and -reverent civility; for men that were wise, and nolde were pnss'ng by, men that were handsome and brave; and ladies sweet as a summer day. and as fair to see as spring, laughed by their sides and chatted behind tbeir fans, or daintily nibbled coinlts, lacking any thing to say. The window were all curtained In, makHig a nlght-tlma In midday; and from the walls and galleries flaring links and great bouquets of candles thro jt aa eddying flood of yeltow light across the aUrrlng scene. From clump to dump of banner-staves and burn ished arms, soikcd abpe the waist coat, garlands of red-berried holly, spruce, and mistletoe were twined iLCTtMC the tapestry, till all the room was bound about with a chain of living Rreeu. There were sweet odors floating through the air, and hazy threads of fragrant smoke from perfumes burn ing in rich braziers; and under foot was the crisp, clean rue tie of new ruslv.s. Master Gyles went to and fro, twist ing the manuscript of the Revel in hts handi, or pouslng kindly to pat some u.it;'iu3 .m. uvwi - OolLy were PrJailfc by turne through n-uony la" the screen at the throng In the audience-chamber. They could see a confusion of fans. Jewels, and faces, an! now and again could hesr a burst of subdued laughter over the steadily Increasing buzz of voices. Then from the gallery above, nil a once there cam- a murmur of In struments tuning together; a voice In the corridor wns heard calling, "Way here way here!" la masterful tonea; the tall folding doors nt the side of the bail swung wide, aad eight dapper pages in white and gold came In with the Masters of Revels. After them came fifty ladles and noblemen clad In white and gold, and a guard of gentle men pensioners with glittering hal berds." There was a sharp rootle. Every head In the audience-chamber louted low. Nick's hmrt s ve a great Jump for tne Queen waa there! She, came with an air that was at once serious and royal, Iicaring herself haugutlly, yet whth a certain grace and spiiKntllnoss tnat b-cauie her Tery well She was quit? tall and well made, anil her quickly changing face was long ami fair, though wrinkled ami oo longer young. Her complexion was vicar ami of an olive hue; her nose was a little hooked; her firm lips were thin; and her small b'.ack eyes, though keen and bright, were pleasant and meiny w'thal Her hair was a cop pery, tawny red, and false, moreover. In her ears bung two great pearLs; and there was a line snii:'l crown studded with diamonds upon her head, besides a necklace of exceeding fine gold and Jewe's about her neck. She was at tired In a white si Ik gown liordered with pearls the size of beans; and over it wo'e a m.intl of black silk, cunning ly slot wlih silver threads. Her ruff wns vast, her farthingale vaster; and ber train, which was very long, waa bornr: by a marchioness who made more ado about It thin Elizabeth did of ruling her realm. Make Yonr Own Cook Book. . A most valuable cook book, which no printed volume can ever supersede, la the Individual work of its owner. It la composed of recipes, tested and true, collected from various places, and con taining directions which the owner un derstands and rules that suit her Indi vidual taste. This cook book may be written on tinted and glazed writing paper, leaving wide margins at the sides. It is a good plan to arrange it In sections, allowing one section for soups, one for fish and crustncea, one for meats and fowln, one for game and one for salads and desserts. A section might also be added for preserve, candles and valuable miscellaneous re cipes, and the whole should be indexed In another final section. It will be found most conyenJeut4 Jiff re each of Uiess gectiohB In Individual covers, at one can then be need without wear up on the others. These covers may ht mnde of white oilcloth, celluloid 01 some glazed material, and may be dec orated if the owner pleases. Kverjthlna tClac Bacon I hear your friend has been rery unfortunate. Kgbert Yes; he failed In business. "What was the cause?" "Expensive wife." "And did he lose everything?" "Everything but the wife." Yon kert Statesman. Teeth that May Take Root. A Russinndontlst bos at length solved tilie problem,of supplying us with false teeth which will grow Into the gunif as firmly as iniMuuI ones. The tceUi are made of gutta porchn, porcelain 01 metal, a the case may be. At the root of the tooth holes are mnde, and a 1st in the Jaw. Tlie tooth Is tlien placed iz the cavity, and In a short time a soft granulated growth finds its way front Uiu Jaw Into the holes of the tooth This growth gradually hardens, an holds the tooth m position. It does not matter In the "enst. according to tliii enterprising Russian dentiHt, whethei tlie cavity In wlrlch the tooth in pfae I 1 r - . k 1 I .a .rr " - iw recently been drawn, or whether I haa been lies lod for .months or ere Fua.lMiit.n riMn ISEV. 1)1!. MMAliii The Eminent Divine's Sunday Discourse. A r-ie. r or Clieerralness Thm TrencrT tions For tti I uro of KuslncM le prejMiou: Cheerful ConverMliiiu .111 liehavior, lrier ChrlMtlan lnv-t. lnent,.nd . ft rent Spiritual Awakening Tsxt: "Wherefore doth a living raai eouipluin?" Laineiitutloiis iil.. 8a. A cheerful interrogatory in tlie most mel aucboly nook of the tiihlel Jeremiah wroti so iimiiy tad-tliim; that w hitvo n wori named after hiiu. und wuen anything ii ltur.-lmri-ed with grief and complaint w call it a jeremiad. Jtut in my textJeru iniuh, as by a xinldeu jolt, wakaus us to a thankful spirit. Our MeaniuKB are ho much moru numerous than our deserts that ho ii surprised that anybody should ever tin iuuit. tlavlug life aud with it a thoiu Saud IlieMMillKB it ollirbt to bunll into i.i-ri.-l. uul silence everytliiioc like criticism of th i ueauugs 01 uo.i. w nereforo doth 1 living uiiui couipmiur While evurythinir in ournational finances, is unguieuiug, lor me last few years tie laud has been net to the tune of '-Naomi.' There has been here ami there a elieertn soloist, but the frraad chorus bos beeu one 01 lauieuittllou, aei-oiupauied by dirges over prostrated com meree, silent manufactories; unemployed mechanism, aud ail those dis orders desurllied by the two short words ' "hard times." Tho fact Is that we have been paying for the bloody luxury of war more than thirty years ago. There were great national ili lien-noes, and wo had not. enough Christian character to settle theuJ by arbitration aud treaty, and so we wend luto battle, expending life and treasure aui well ulgh swamping the natioual finances, aad north und south, east and west, have ever since been paying for those four years Indulgence in burliarism. but the time bus come when this depres-, slon ought to end yea, when it will end ill the people are williug to do two or three things by way of financial medicament, for the people as well as Congress must Join In the work of recuperation. The best politi cal economists tell us that there is no good reason for continued prostration. Plenty of money awaiting investment. The na tioual health with never so strong an arm. or so ciear a nrain. ei we go on groaning, groaning, croaiiinir. as though ;o put this nation upon gruei aud allowed us! put one accent breakfast In six months 1 he fact s, the habit of complaining has become chronic in this country ami afier' all these years of whimoer and waillnir ,,.,,11 oujurgauon we are under inn 11 ilium of snivel that we cap' There arejHrrrTV,. .. , . , . I " " u 11 our umivHiuai and national finances may le cured of their present 1.-, presslon. The lirst is cheerful conversa-i nou huu oenavior. 1 nave noticed that tun people who are most vociferous against tin; uay 10 wne-n we live are those who nr.j In comfortable circumstances. I have made, iuuuiry of those oersous who are vi,,l. i ii iiieir jeremia-ls against these times, and 1 nave asked them, "Now. after all. are von not making a livim-?" After some hesita tion auduoughing and clearing their throat inree or lour limes they suv stmnm.-rini-l v i-e-. Hotliat with a irreat mtiltitii.te of people it Is uot a iiuestiou of getting a IIVUIIUOOU. nut tnevure dlssatisllml I...111.. raey ean t make as much money ns they noun iiku 10 mane. i iev nave ni.lv AUK) iu the hank, whero thev nun I.I hl- to have 401)0. They can clear in a v.-iir only T5WIU, when they would like to cl.-ar viu.wiu, or tilings come out just even. Or 11 iic-ir trade ttiey get (3a day when they wish they could make ft or in. "Oh," says some one, "are you uot aware of tlie fact that there Is a great population out of employment, and there are hundreds op me g.xid families of this country who are, at their wits' eu.f, not knowing which way to turn?" Yes, I know It better than . an v man in private life can know that sad fact, for It comes constantly to my eye mid ear, but who is responsible for tins state of things? Much of that responsibility I put upon men in comfortable circumstances who by an'everiastibg growling keep public eonll dence depressed aud new enterprises from' starting out and new houses from being built. You know very well that one de spondent innu oan talk fifty men into dc spoudeucy, while one cheerful physb-iani can wake up iuto exhilaration a whole asyj lum of hypochondriacs. It Is no kindness, to the poor or tho unemployed for you to join iu this dcplorattou. If you have not' the wit aud the common sense to think of, something cheerful to say, then kecpsilcnt. Now 1 will uiuUc u contract. If the peo ple of the United States for one week will' tulk cheerfully, I will open all tho manu factories, I will give employment to ail the uuoccupted men and women. I will make a, lively market for your real estate that is eating you up with taxes. I will stop tlni long processions on the way to the poor-, house and the penitentiary and I will spread a plentiful table from Maine to California aud from Oregon to .Sandy Hook, ami the whole laud shall enrol aud thunder with natioual jubilee, itut says some one, "I1 will take that contract, but wo can t afn-cti the whole nation." Aly hearers and read-! era, representing as you do all professions,, all trades ami ail occupations, if you should resolve never agaiu to utter a dolorous word about the money markets, but by manner and by voice and by wit and caricature aud, above all, by faith in !od to try to scatter this, national gloom, do you not believe tho In- nueuce would m- instantaneous aud wide spread? The elTit-t would be felt around the world. For Ood'ssake and for the sake of the poor and for the sake ot the cm ployed quit growling. Depeud upon it, if, you men iu comfortable circumstances do not stop complaining, Ood will blast your harvests aud see how you will get along without a corn crop, and He will sweep you with floods, aud He will devour you with grasshoppers, aud He will burn your city. If you men in comfortable circumstances keep ou complaining, God will give you something to eomplaiu about. Mark that! Tlie secoud prescription for the allevia tion of linaucial distress Is proper Chris tian investment, (iod demauds of every individual state ami nation a certain pro portion of tbeir income. We are parsimo nious. We keep back from (iod that which belongs to him. aud when we kcen.bacL -anything from Ood. ht -takes -what we keep back, end- he" takes more. He takes it by storm, by sickness, by bankruptcy, by any oua of the 10,000 ways which he cun em- doy. The reason many of you are cramped n business is because you have never learned the lesson of Christian generosity. You employ au agent. You give him a reasonable salary, ami, lo, you find out thut he is appropriating your funds, be sides the salary. What do you do? lis fdiarge hlra. Well, we are (bid's agents. He puts in our hunds certain mou eys. .'art is to be ours, part is to be His. Suppose we take all, what then? He will discharge us. He will turn us over to financial disasters and take the trust away from us. The reason that great multi tudes are not prospered In business is sim ply because they have been withholding from (rod that which belongs to lliin. The rule Is, give and you will receive, ad minister liberally and you shall have more to administer. I am in full sympathy with the man who was to be baptized by immer sion, and some one said, "You had lM-tt-r leave your pockethook out; it will get wet." "No," said he, "I want to go down under the wave with everything. I want to con secrate my property ami all to (lod." Aad so he was lpti.--d. What we want in this country Is more baptized pocketbooka. The ouly safe investment that a man can make In this world Is In the cause of Christ. If a man give from a sucruhiiii dauce, Ood may or he may not respond with a blessing, but if a mnn give until he feels it, if a man give until It fetches! hi blood. If a mail give uutil his selllshnras cringes and twists and cower under it, ho riti get not only spiritual profit, out ha will get paid back iu bard cash or iu cult .vertlble securities. We often see men who inre tight-fisted who seem to get along IM their investments very prolltably, noit li st audlng all their parsimony. (n$ wlt. punuemj in ruin man a uistory every- thlug goes wrong. Ills health fails, del hrofced . or a r - """so" is domestic! curse smites night shadow of some blm, baoW md klipi ..'i V UM.a his soul and upon his I tne matter? UoU Is nil small heartedncs. untried 10 enent rod, and God worsted him. Ho that one of the re eies for theciireof indivldu il and national II nances Is more generosity. Vhro you liestowed Si on the cause of C'irist give's. Ood loves to bo trusted, and he is v-i-ry apt to trust back again. He says: "That man knows how to handle money. Ib-sliill have more money to handle." And very s-.on the property thnt was on tun marlr.-t f.,r u great while gets a purchaser, ami t!ieb,id that was not worth more than liily cents on n dollar goes to pur, and I lie o,.-iiiin; ,,f a new street doubles the value of his I e, or In any way of n million Ood hie (s.-s him.' Once the mail liinpi out I hat secret an, I he goc on to fortune. There ure men whom I hav" known who for I'-n ywir- ,,ne been trying to pay God - num. - I e-v h:i never Is able to get it I, f.,r ,i ; :,s they were taklngout from onc,id t,f il.,r pockelbook a bill mysteriously so;,ieli..T.'il. some otner fedd of their pocket I k I h.-r.i came a larger bill. You tell me that .Chris-. tiau generosity pays iu the world to come. I tell you it pays now, pays hi hard cash, pays in Government securities. You do not believe It? Ah, that Is what keeps you back. 1 knew you did not believe it. The whole world nnd Christendom is to be re- ' constructed on this subject, and a-1 yu are a part of Christendom l- t the work bc;:in , ill your own soul. -.ut." says seme one "I don't believe that tl ry. he.-.u.se i have been generous and I have been losing liloney for ten years." Then God pr p:uil you, that is all. People rjuoM us a jolce, what isa divine promise, '-Cast thy bread upon the waters, and it will return to tle-e afler many days." What did (bid tii":iii by thai? There is an all usion there. In I ". 1 r v 1 t when they sow tin? corn it is at a lime when the Nilols overflowing lis banks, ami they s,w the seed corn 011 the waters, andasthc Nile be gins to recede this s 1 corn strikes in the earth and comes up a hai-vc-d. and that is the allusion. It seems as if th. y are 1 Urow ing the corn away on Ihe waters. (llt. art--r awhile they gather It up lu a harvest. Now says (iod in Ills word, "Cast thv bread upon th: waters, and it shall coine hack to theo nfter many day-.." It in seem to you that you are thr wing it aw on charitb-s, but it will yiet i a harvi-st green ami gold -n harvest on ear: Ii au t harvest in heaven. If men could npfesaKi&w eiate that and net on that, we wul, navo ko more trouble about individual or na tional finances. Prescription the third, for the cure of nil our individual and national llnauci.il dis- sscs, a great spiritual iiivakcniiic;. It is 110 mere theory. Tho merchants of this country were positively demented with the monetary excitement in 1S57. There never before nor since h,-is Im-cii such a state of liuancial I'.-p.cssion ns th-'ro was at that lime. A revival camo, and 500. (-no pe,eio , fl., rin after tlit rfviva.'i' ttnauclitl iiroiM'rity w hfiv this country. Tho tlnt'st U laritt fortum'p la th lTnit.t lfn mn..) plm IV7. "W "wlint Ikh Ri'lHtun. , iT-r viv:il to 1I0 with mont't.irv I 'ii r v-mi ami revival?" Much to .lo. Tli. n-liir tt Jesus Christ Iwia n lir'"t t ml-viey make m-'n holiest nnl !?'r ;tn-l trtiMi t-l tutr. nii'l iin not hon.-sty an-l Hitiri"ty ati truth t-'llini? nnxiliarl- M of mtrl:il r. hrity? If w oouM have nn nw.i!;niu in t' on nt ry iiri in tho (lays .f .1. m tt ii.tn 1" U'unls of Northampton, n in th-' ilavs lr. Klnloy of lta-;klui; Ki li: ', n in JayHnf lr. (irillln of Iio-tou. the v ntv wul'l r-uso to a higher m-M-il iul witlittrit moral ton" ttm lion. ih'SS (Miterjiriso of the country w u' up. Von say a-Rrt iiwak.'in. inlluence upon the future wrM. ft Iiiih ft flirc.'t in'luencf upon th j walfaro of this worhf. rhrint is no fo- to MicirssfV It is its hect friernl. Anl il j come a K'at nwakiiiim try. anl nil tho tiunkn 1'itlihM ;tor.s ;lf up f"' coin panics nml nt ihops ihoul.; ciopo up tlo nothing hut rrff Hhip of Almiu'htv Coi.. raiTition the lan.i Hnrincinl prosperity ilrcjimcf! of. I'oiiiiii'' lif. tti.it :m7 iH:i' ivi to come. lint, nTl llllll'II fill lllrt fl 1 let your eternal au i have nothing to ? inor money yn lumestly anl A: lack of it Pickups an empty hroml trfj j for clotlies aiel lir n gainst noney, a-l oai une, when I inak'fi me think " woiihl ho an e there iH a unwYU mil t'at we ;a cannot natisfy th" for our ferriair'ar that it cannot ttuloV r our immortal smife Vet there an tn fc pack of homls an ( trale1 off for a maul J though pohl were. latnl where it is so i pavemenrs our oi ii. is tho only salvation. are the only incorruptii you ever ciphered out I ! t . gain, "What nhall it p Hain the whole worhl nit , Vou may wear fine :ipmvi witels of death will'' All the mine "f A! strung inone carcaia". you as much as the , You reniemher, I hii, the shipwreck of th storm came n that trainjied the deck aie thft hatches, aiel iuritlrel voicn deatf; 1 ou the jaw of tie w.H'J the steamer, as im .my mountain. The The lonu coutrh Klar .f th. hiss ofsfcnhirue hi ir of Um1 on the ctupentlous spectaele. t not fo .lown without x funr;erH stood iii lou hi , nit, aiel men unu ( l their hands were hliter- ere straincii. Alter aw tfllt. A fcW p!WSMlXa it RVttt-(towu. The nfr iet W'LS wX. I So there an men wh-1 flue voyage thy are maki Is well till some euro'dv fff Uicy ure iiwiKir 111 sine euro'-lv comes Upon tlieri fhc iM.tt.'Mi of iIh disaster down. The Is strwu wit !i th shatt" Weauso your prow-rtv : -?o? th. no. Then i-t eo, stupendous shipwreek after a worl 1 -4 iod lauie tied it MMMi v II is sailing tu. hut iin' day it it the cry of "Ure! ini-t f itho riH-ks will hum. and t ilatue like masts, and the iu the judt'fiietit hurrjenne many off the .-k. n d (th hcrths, where they ar- no. J-suh. How many sull io d-- will know until it Is aim nin.---1 .oil! tlay: fliip Ank of a w-ri mlllloiiM savedl Somaii uiilliiiv Irt'i'HUrw you r f 'ft u ies ifo. hoiis joh, h'i'ihim' all your care shuts Jfo, do i.t let Voiirsoul l! l,ord Aimiu'tity. thr .Mirt) the M fL-vcrlatiiig covenant , s-ivc your hat d -si l IIV s'li l. m-i pr'Mr-i I I -- " I ' r Will lt . 'i Idleness ll I plide I will! Ii Hid 1h:ni k in and pill 1 1 u. i til -1 V ou m; Kiuie-r, rc-dlei will ! 4-t n-.(. wliat'Vr Vmi i;e d ihoit- I Coin d led ldiide with lli h alwus taUcti lie- I lou'h kIi.i i 'I ll hil tci'esl liit'dii in Iniv if he Ihinks hi- wauls it. He who tsavs u li.il he Iik v what lit: iMi not lik. OpinioitK are inoi l:c iht vi iimiii our lilM'i ty. lie u ho Ii.ik a lhou-iiid Ito-i, uii friend ! sp;ii f. The dH-oi fl-it n.tie to l Ihun lh dix-tiM. Tie man h ran I II ail he riliio , knoun vciy luilo. 1l u I a t. . . . I. ' IU1 liu aim huull learn teji 1 6 i i
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