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THE OONHTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE UWH.
B, F. HUHWIR,
MIFFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18. 1897.
VOL. LI.
NO. 36.
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CHAPTER V Continued.)
Then bo was overpowered by physical
nil mental fatigue, and (ell Into a dis
turbed sleep, from which be was roused
hy tbe knocking of a housemaid at the,
door of his room. It was difficult, in the
light of a bright January morning, to
realize all the marvels which had come
nuder his notice since he last saw day
light. He was careful to examine the
bedstead, and found that It waa Gxed to
the floor close to the wall; In tbe center
of the upright frame at the head of the
bed was the usual small embossed Iron
ornnment where the bars crossed; this
was exactly on a level with the head of
the sleeper. In the middle the ornament
w.is hollow, and behind this hollow win
hole in the wall which proved, on care
ful inspection, to be covered with a grat
ing' of the finest wire. This, Armathwaite
hud no doubt, was the opening to a tube,
or a series of tubes which. In. days dating
before the telephone, formed an Ingenious
menus of communication with another
room. . He bud Just resolved, wit limit
much need for deliberation, to keep his
discovery to himself, when he hennl an
. other knock at his door, and the voice of
I'ni le Hugh asking if be was ready for
breakfast.
"My nephew has to bo out early, an6
so lie has breakfasted,' Mr. Crosmont
explained ps they went down stairs. As
they came to the last step of the stair
case. Mrs. Crosmont met them, coming
along the corridor from tho back of the
house. Phe looked very fresh and sweet. !
j "Ned's gone, I suppose? asked Mri
Crosmont.- - - - - --.
"Oh, yes, long ago! He's going to lunrt.
at Tbe Crags, md won't be home till
dinner time," she answered, as she led
the way to the dining room, where break. '
fust was lulil.
Hut uncle and niece questioned Anna
thwalte with much interest as to his ad
ventures In tho Holly Varden room, and j
wore disappointed by his assurance that
he had met with none.
They bad left the breakfast table a no
were standing at the window, looking
through the straggling, thick-growing Ivy
at the snow-laden evergreens, and at tbe
hill on the opposite shore of the lake,
when Uncle Hugh suddenly stopped in
the middle of something he waa saying
to put his head on one side In a listening
ttitnd
pause, during which sort of dead calm
ness bad fallen npon bis niece: "Sleigh,
bells."
Nobody spoke npaln for a moment, na
til the jingling of the bells hnd come quite
rear and stopped. "Hallol" cried Uncle
Hugh, In astonishment "It's stopping
here!"
"They are nt the gate," snld Alma,
quietly. Then In explanation she turned
to her visitor: "It Is Lady Klldonnn tho
wife of my husband's employer. You
will be glad to see her she Is quite a
celebrated beauty."
"I I have seen her," stammered Arm
ithwaite. In spite of himself the blood had rushed
p into bis fare. As Mrs. Crosmont look
ed at him, he saw what seemed like a
film of disappointment come over her
Soft eyes. The next moment she was lead
ing the way to the door, glnncing at the
gentlemen to follow her.
A maid entered and announced that
ladyship" was In the drawing room.
They all" filed out. Alma wulked first,
and had reached the drawing room dor,
talking as she went, when her powers
seemed suddenly to fall her, and falling
abruptly into silence, she stood for n sec
ond looking with Intent, Imploring eyes,
straight up into the young doctor's face.
Then she resumed her self-command, and
tgned to "him to open the door for her,
as Lady Kildonan's bright voice, slngliuj
softly to herself, renched their ears.
CHAPTER VI.
If the morning light Improved Alma
Crosmont, it did more for Lady Klldonan
It transformed her. Every brilliant tint
of her skin, the silvery sheen on her yel
low hair, the luBter of her blue eyes, and
of the even teeth which she showed every
other minute in light-hearted laughter,
gained a new and more dassllng radiance
In the brightness of the sun. She was
kneeling on the floor, placing with two of
the dogs like a merry child; and as she
prong up on the entrance of the mistress
of the house, the retriever bounded and
placed his fore paws against her wolst In
the belief that her quick movement was
but a ruse of the game. She was dressed
as plainly as a man. In a tnllor-ninde
gown of dark-brown cloth, a hnt to match,
with a single straight feather, and an
outer garment reaching almost to her
feet, cut like a man's overcoat, and lined
with durk sable. Tbe cout was unbut
toned and thrown open, displaying the
curves of a toll, slight figure In a perfect
ly fitting dress. Her right hand, from
which she had drawn tho glove while play
ing with the dogs, was white and slim; the
left was covered by a dogskiu driving
glove.
"Down, down, down. Lancer!" she snlo,
is she came forward, brimming over with
smiles. "Oh, Mrs. Crosmont, where do
rou get these heart-breaking dresses
from?" she cried, her tone suddenly
rhanging to mock plalntlvoness ns she
hook hands with Almn, and surveyed the
ruby colored morning gown that lady wore
with hearty admiration. "Yon always
look like a picture; but it's really too hnrd
to bear one's husband always saying,
Why don't yon dress like Mrs. Crosmont V
He insists that you make your frocks
yourself. That's what a man nlways
thinks if one isn't covered with little bits
of fringe and buttons ond bows isn't it,
Uncle Hughr .
And she turned to shake hands with
Uncle Hugh, who wns smiling uiion her
w ith the indulgent manner which wns the
"furt heat departure from absolute ndora
tion that any man had the heart to show
o her.
"I don't think yon make your own
frocks." he snl shaking his head.
flou t Dcfleveyou know one end of a neetnt
from the other."
"That is an Insult. Will yon withdraw
that if I give yon a kiss?"
"Certainly." v I": I V !
"There, then!" '
She kissed him merrily on the forehead,
and as she did so she appeared to notice
for the first time the presence of a fourth
person; Alma began to Introduce the
young doctor, but Lady KUdonan held out (
her hand, and looked at him with arch de ,
Tr. Anuathwulte has met me before,
unluckily," she said, with a mischievous
lau-V "Yen won't aooa tmmt the dis
crimination I showed on oar first meet
ing, will your"
"I shall never forget any Incident con
nected with yon," said he, bowing.
"I am sure that Is meant to be a very
pretty speech: but as about half the things
I do are not much to my credit, I fer
vently hope you wll not keep your word."
Then she turned to Alma, and drawing
that lady's arm In her own. led her to the
sofa. "I've called at this unearthly hour
to ask yon something." aba said, with
ureitv senoiiHueas. passing ner own soil
fingers caressingly over the other lady's
unwilling hand. "I've Just met Mr. Cros
mont in the village, and he tells me yon
are getting quite ill and depressed because
you never go out. And so I've come to
ask you to let me take you baek to Tha
Crags with me to luncheon. We've got a
few people there now, and though I cun't
plead that tncy nre nigniy iniiTesmig.
still vou'll have the satisfaction of giv
ing tliem pleasure, for they've all heard
a great deal about you, and are very nnv
lou to know you."
"Thank you. Lady Kildonnn," snid Ai
ma, with coldness which could not fall to
. in ungracious after the effusive warmth
of the invitation. "It Is very good of yon
to think of me, but I have a very great
di al to do to-day, ond cannot avail my
self of rour kindness."
"Oh, don't be so disngrrcnMet" rricn
I.ndv Kildonan. pouting like a spoilt child.
"Yon never will come and seo me. You
are ns formal us if we were two old dow
agers.". I wish you VVC'dlds't ho "oUend
fully dignified. Yon remind me of whnt
I ought to be witn inose regai airs oi
yours."
"My portion is not the same ns your.
If it were, I should not require regal ulrt
either."
She tried to say this playfully, but Arm
athwalte, who knew more of the situation
than anybody guessed, detected a heart
wrung break in her voice which brought
a lump into his throat. Lady Kildonan,
who seemed bent on conciliating the other
lady, tried a different tone, and spoka
again with a plaintive note In ber voice,
oo.
"Yonr position Is, at any rate, a much
happier one than mine," she said, looking
straight in front of her, with chlld-likt
blue eyes, in a distracting manner. "You
haven't got a husband who thinks of noth
ing but bis books, and looks at yon as It
he thought it a pity you were not bound la
half-calf."
She turned her eyes languidly In the di
rection of the gentlemen, and seeing a
smile on their faces, she fell to laughin;
outright herself.
"Notiody will believe I'm unhappy; ana
really perhaps things might lie worse,"
she snid, good humoredly. "Only the way
in which you glide nlsiut with lournful
eyes gains everybody's sympathy, and
makes mi- seem vulgar and bouncing."
"It is a question of temperament," snld
Almn. quietly, "nnd perhaps nlso of cli
mate. This lake country doesn't agree
with me, and I'm going away shortly foj
change of air."
Armathwnlte, who was talking to M
Crosmont, but with eyes nnd ears on the
alert, saw a fierce light, like a flash struck
from steel, dart out of Lady Kildonan's
handsome blue eyes. For a momeot sh
made no answer; then, with a bright
laugh, she sprang up to go.
"Well, I know it Is of no use for me to
ay anything to you. But whenever you
like to come up to The Crags, we will
welcome you like the flowers In May."
Lady Kildonan then turned to the gen
tlemen. "Uncle Hugh, I know it Is of
no nse to ask you to come to luncheon
withont your 'little one.' I am disap
pointed of my prey for to-day nt nny rate.
Dr. Armathwalte," she held out ber band
to him, "I still hope to see yon at Th
Crogs In a day or two."
"Thank you a hundred time," ssld he.
"But at this very moment I ought to b
on my wsy north. I was detained by an
accident, and then by the kind hospitality
oT Mr. and Mrs. Crosmont I was Just
going to ask for a Bradshaw."
Again his eyes felt Impelled to men.
those of Mrs. Crosmont, who said in
soft voice
"And Dr. Te le 7"
' "Yon are going to see Dr. PeeleT" broke
In Lady Kildonan, brightly. "Then I can
do you a service after all. I am going to
Itranksomo now; I will drive you to th
doctor's. Now, no excuses; I am In a be
nevolent mood this morning, and I abso
lutely must oblige somebody, either with
their will or against it. Qo and put on
your ulster, anil presto! we'll be gone; foi
I've kept my poor ponies waiting too long,
and I enn see thnt I've worn out Mrs
(,'rosmont's patience."
Araiathwnite thnnked her, made a cour
teous Kcecb to his hostess, and went Into
the hall in search of his overcoat.
Then the drawing room door open f..
nnd the ladies came out, followed by ln
cle Hugh, who accompanied Lady Kildo
nan to the gate, and helped her info tha
slelfrh. Arinafhwuite got in beside her,
and noticed ns be did so the figure and
walk of the groom, who was a little slliq
lad of seventeen or eighteen. Lady Kil
donan wns clever enough to perceive th
look of curiosity lu her companion's ryes.
"You look ns if you thought you had
discovcri-d a secret," she said, laughing,
ns she took the reins, and the poiih-s be
gan to descend the hill. "Doctors nre
men to be trusted, we nil know, so I don't
mind confessing that if I have to drive a
loiui way after dusk, and want a mom
muscular protector than poor little Mart's
could prove In an emergency, I get Ned
Crosmont to meet me at Peggy's cottage,
and he borrows Martin's coat and goes
with me, while the lad toasts his toes over
a Jug of beer till we come back again. YoO
sec. In a place like this, all the neighbors
would be agape If poor Nad were recognlz
ed driving me about, although we've been
playfellows ever since we were mites in
tbe nursery.
After drive of about half an hoar
Lady Kildonan, pointing with her whip
to a handsome, modern, warm-looking,
red brick house, built In the Tudor style,
standing half way up a steep hill which
they had Just begun to ascend at a gallop,
said:
"That, oh, stranger, l the pirate's lair!
By which I mean only that Instead of tak
ing you direct to Brankeome, I have
brought yon round the lake to The Crags
to luncheon. And It Is of no nse to try
to protest, because the deed la done."
Instead of driving straight op. to the
house. Lady Klidonan took a road to tbe
right and made a tour of tbe park, brush
ing under boughs bent down with the
weight of snow, which sometimes dis
charged their load on the occupants of the
sleigh; an accident which she bore with
undisturbed good humor, on one occasion
requesting the doctor to take ber hand
kerchief out of her coat pocket and wipe
the snow from her hat with it He obey,
ed very carefully, and then she hold her
face toward him with perfect nonchalance.
A little rivulet of melted snow was trick
ling down slowly from her white forehead.
He wiped the pretty cheek rather uwk
wardly, for she was so very beautiful,
and yet was so straightforward aud sim
ple, that the action perturbed him and
made bia own manner stiff and shy.
"You can see Ned Crosmont's bouse
from here," she sold, watching him.
"What a pretty woman Mrs. Crosmont is,
isn't she?"
"Ye es, I suppose she Is," answered
Armathwalte. "And more Interesting tha
oretty."
"Yea, a little too Interesting poor Ned
has found her. I understand that .
allowances muse be mode tor tbe lifue
woman, as she comes of an eccentric fam
ily. But it la a pity she doesn't put her
fancy and originality into novels or poems
or something of that sort, for a fnuciful
nd original wife becomes rather trying
sometimes. I'm sorry for old Ned. I have
always been very fond of poor Ned," she
continued, frankly, turning to look into
the young doctor's face with a smile. "If
they huil let me, I think I would have
ninrried him once. But papa wouldn't
bear of it He bad great notions about
the rights anil duties of property, and
other things I didn't care a straw about
So he ferreted out a steady going gentle
man of his own age, who might be sup
posed to look well after the family acres,
and I was thrown in to close the con
tract And so Ned married munctiody
else, and I'm dreadfully afraid be isn't
happy, though to do him justice he never
tells me so."
Sbe told it very prettily, with Just &
note or a glance now and then to suggest
a deeper feeling of sadness or regret thnn
wns betrayed by tho words tbemsel'es.
Armathwalte wus touched. No man ould
have listened to her, watched her. ami not
felt thnt it wns un infamous lhinr that
these dazzling charms of youth, beauty
and brightness should be wasted on an
avaricious and Insensible man too old to
please, andtoomii'h absorbed in LI" booka
to value her. But she was too happj hy
nature to indulge in sentiment long. ' (h
1 flourish of her long whip and an en
couraging word to her ponies, she drove on
again, nnd sweeping round the lower side
if the park at a gallop, she pulled up be
fore the door of the house in a very mas
terly stylo of coachmanship, flung the
reins to the groom, and sprang to the
ground as lightly as a bird, almost before
Armnthwaite had time to hold out bia
hand to help ber.
"And now," ahe snld, "for the enchnnt
rd palace of fogydom, and a peep into
Uio realm of dullness."
" She ran up the steps with a laugh, and
introduced him into the boose with avleep
courtesy. Armathwalte fo'lowedj full of
Interest and curiosity.
(To be continued.) "
Not the Same Travelers).
Madam Talleyrand was a striking
rxample of the time-worn theory that
brilliant men usually marry women
of little Intellect.
Tho diplomatist's wife wns very
beautiful, but so utterly Ignorant thnt
she frequently made the most absurd
mistakes. One day Talleyrnud tnvited
tho famous traveler, Denon, to dine at
his house. Before dinner he whl
pored to bis wife:
"My deer. Monsieur Denon Is a fa
mous person, and I wish you to be es
pecially polite to him. Ho may be uho
f ul to me nt court, so ask him nbout his
travels and make yourself agreeable.
Ills wonderful voyages will lutcretit
ymi."
Madam Talleyrand dUl her best to
please her husband, nnd during dinner
devoted herself to the distinguished
piest, who wns sadly puzzled by ber
singular Questions, Tho amiable lady,
whose rending nbout travels and trav
elers had ben confined exclusively to
"Robinson Crusoe," had conceived tho
Idea that ber guest wan that hero, and
much to the astonishment of the com
pany, asked him at last "how he had
left his faithful Friday."
Denon, although naturally embar
rassed for his hostess, was neverthe
less so amazed that he could scarcely
bide his amusement
The story of Madam Talleyrand',
blunder was known all over Parts, and
boenme the subject of great derision.
Even Talleyrand's diplomacy could not
conceal his ixortlflcatlon at this unpar
nlleled display of hrnorance.
Fratts aa Medicine.
Cultivated fruits, such as applet,
pears, cherries, strawberries, grapes,
etc., contain on analysis very similar
proiKrtlons of tbo same Ingredients,
which are about 1 per cent of mallo
nnd other acids and 1 per cent of fjeeh
fornilng albuminoids, with over 80 per
cent, of water. Digestion dcjiends up
on tho action of pepsin In the stomach
upon tho food, which Is greatly aided
hy the acids of the stomach. Fata are
3'iested by these nclds and the bile
from tbe liver. Now, the nclds nnd
,Tcptones In fruit peculiarly assist the
!! of the stomach.
If yon want to know Hit; value of money
go try to borrow some.
Imagination is the stairway which Hie
mind us- when taking the measure of
soine lofty projection.
The Is-st portion of a goixl man's life is
his little, nameless, unrciiicmlicrcil acts
of kilitlnoss ami of love.
A hngo cypress tree in Tale, in the
state of Oaxaca, Mexico, is lit feet in
circiuiifci'em-o.
An Orlando, Florida, citizen, who is
known locally as a success! ul inventor,
has devised an apparatus by means of
which he says he can transport by auction
grain for several hundred milea from in
land fields Co river boats.
According to Trof. lewar,when the
earth freezes and all forms of life disap
iear, thore will float aliovft tho present
ocean of water, long since chanced to ii-c,
an ocean of liquid air 33 feet deep on the
average.
Impure air is not always of the same
weight, there lieinc various grades of
impurity. Hut nn absolutely pure air
always weighs .31 or a grain per cubic
inch. The weighing of air is a goo: I tost
of its purity.
Those who touch each other are some
times farthest apart.
There are at least two cases on record
of five children nt a htrth, viz., a woman
of koniirsluinr. Sentemner 3. 171, nnd tho
wife of Nelson, a tailor, in Oxfonl Mar
ket, in N-tolier. ISW.
We exense our selfishness by assuming
our greater need.
il 5r -JZ?
Save the Tree.
Another warning against the de
struction of forests has recently come
from the Island of Trinidad. The offl
cere of the Boyal Botanic Gardens
there report that the rainfall boa been
steadily decreasing for thirty or more
years, and thnt If the present rate of
decrease should continue, that beauti
ful Island would, wltbln a mensurable
length of time, become as barren as
Saharra. Destruction of forests Is de
clared to be the cause of the decrenss
of rain.
Popocatepetl. R.bb'ta.
One would hardly look for a new spe
:les of rabbit high tip on tbe sides of a
great volcanic mountain. Yet Dr. C.
II. Merriam has recently described Just
such an animal, which wns discovered
at an elevation of 10,1)00 feet, on tho
flank of Piocntepetl. the "mountain
that smokes," near tho City of Mexico.
It Is remarkably smnll, does not Jump
like an ordinary rabbit but runs on nil
fours, possesses no tnil, has short ears,
and lives on the grass covering the
elopes of the mountain below the ro
gic.u of snow and volcanic sand.
UTrct of Ktcctrtrlty on Feedsw
Experiments recently made at the
Massachusetts Agricultural College
tend to prove that clectrlclj exerts nn
appreciable Influence on tue germina
tion of seeds. When a current of the
proper strength Is applied It hnstens
the germination and early growth of
tho sprouts, but its Influence diminish
es aS.the plant increases In size. Reeds
subjected to ft Single application of
electricity show tbe effect for only a
few honrs, but If the currfat Is ap
plied hourly It acts constantly, except
that as the plants mature the beneflcla
effect Is gradually lost.
One of the Nearest Mara.
There are very few stars whose dls
Ance is even approximately known to
astronomers. Moreover, tbe different
estimates of the distances of these few
vary by large amounts. The nearest
known star Is "Alpha". In the constel
lation Centaur. .at Tjslble from the
northern lands oft tha earth, and one
of the next nearest Is a little star In
the northern constellation Cygmis, call
ed "CI Cygnl." The latest determina
tion of tbe parallax of this star by Mr.
II. S. Davis, of New York, makes Its
distance fifty-three millions of millions
of miles. This Is nliout eighteen mil
lions of millions of miles less than the
distance derived from Professor Unit's
measurement somo ten years ago.
A Cartons Villsco of Ants.
Mr. George M.' Brook describes. In
Topnlnr Science News, a singular com
munity of smnll brown ants observed
by him Inhnbltatlng little dome-shaped
structures, made of wood fibre, and
Btnck on the panels of a fence and tho
nclhloring shoots of a Virginia creep
er. These shelters, which presented
the appearance of a little village, were
from a quarter of nn Inch to an Inch
In diameter, and about an eighth of nn
Inch high. On breaking them open
Mr. Brook found them occupied by
nnts. During a shower, he nays, the
little bouses were quite full of nnts.
He saw the Industrious creatures at
work building and repairing their sin
gular shelters. The Virginia crcejier
was luhablted by many aphides, or
plant Uce, which, It Is well known,
furnish a secretion that ants are very
fond of, nnd which Is sometimes liken
ed to the milk of cows. When, wlj-h
the growth of the creeper, the location
In which the aphides abounded was
changed, the nnts obandoned their orig
inal huts and constructed new ones
nearer to their "herd of cows." The
Permanent home of the ants was In
olle of boards several yards away.
An Extraordinary Emotion.
A very singular phenomenon-occurred
last winter In Iceland. Along the
seneoast near tho center of the south
ern shore of the Island, there Is a broad
level region called the Sketdara Sands,
bordered by glaciers descending from
the mountains. A postman crossing tbe
sands was stnrtled by a long, groaning
sound Issuing from tho glacier two
miles away. Then bo saw masses of
Ice sbootlnff Into the air, followed by a
flood of water and Ice pouring across
the sands. Being on horseback he
quickly got ont of the reach of dan
ger. After six days, on again visit
ing tbe spot, he found the sands cover
ed with a "belt of Ice-waves" reach
Ing from, the glacier to the sen, a dis
tance of twenty-five miles. Tbe precise
cause of the eruption, which apparent
ly took place underneath the glacier, is
not known, but according to a report
In Nnture, It Is believed to have some
connection with the great earthquake
hat shook Iceland last summer.
He Saved Ills Master.
A letter to the Philadelphia Times
from Vlcksburg, Miss., reports that a
firm m that city has made a handsome
marble shaft for a river-planter, a Mr.
Phillips, on wbtah Is tbe following In
scription: 'To Bruno, a good dog, a
faithful friend, a wise connsellor, this
monument Is erected by bis grateful
and affectionate master. The story of
the dog Is thus told:
In the spring of 1S04 Mr. Phillips
waa making a circuit of bin plantation
front to see If the levee waa holding
la good condition. Ills dog Bruno ac
companied bun. Aa tbey approached a
certain point Bruno, for aome unac
countable reason, rrfaaed to advanca.
and began to bark and bawl ta a most
distressing manner. Mr. PhUllpa, who
waa very fond of his pet,trM to ererr
war to pacify bfan. iChUe inalattag upon
bia Journey) hurt tae aag re-
to ba conafertod 'WkaWjM
'4 &&WlVw&z-- N
barking Uuuch a stramg way that hll
master at length canclnded to tear bia
to himself, and went oa alaue.
New it chanced that by reasoa of t
little elevation near this point on tht
river-front, tbe portion of levee sur
rounding It waa considered the sound
est on the whole plantation. In view
of this fact Phillips had selected It as
a point of observation from which to
get a bird's-eye view of the place.
Aa be began to climb tbe embank,
meat for this purpose, be was startled
to hear a dog barking close behind hiin,
and to fed Bruno tugging at bia heels.
Fearing tbe faithful animal bad gon
mad. Mr. Phillips tried to kick himof
hoping to mount the levee and so es
cape beyond his reach, bat the dog wai
too quick for him. Springing up an hli
haunches, Bruno grasped the collar oi
his master's loose flannel ahirt, and by
main force succeeded In pushing hint
down tbe embankment
In fact, so sudden waa tho spring ant
so frantic were the dog's efforts tha
man and dog were eight or ten feet
back from the levee before Phillips re
covered his equilibrium. Wncm he did
so. 1le grasped the dog with both hands
around the neck and tried to-chok
him off. '
At that moment he heard a hear
splash, the meonliifr of which be knew
only too well, and looked up to see th
levee and the solid earth npon wblcb
he had htvt a moment before beec
sUDdbng slough off and drop Into tb
maddened, murky water.
Mr. rhllllp's feelings may be bettei
imagined than described when he saw
the ynwnrnjr breach reaching within a
few feet of him, and realized bow
valiantly his brave dog, whose keenest
Instincts bad warned him of approach
ing danger, bad fought to save him
from a watery grave.
Test of Unman Nature.
When Nan sen and his men
frozen into the lee tn the Frain In
September. 1K)3, they bad only to wait,
apparently In the same spot, until the
slowly drifting lee should carry them
somewhere Poleward, they boned, but
possibly not In that direction. Seeing
nothing but the dead lee about them,
feeling no onward movement, they
must simply look in one another's
faces and wait, possibly for ns many
years or months as remained of their
Uvea.
As a matter of fact, the whole conk
pany remained there, frozen In, until
th? 14th of March, 1884, when Nansen
and one of IS:? men left In slodges In
ru adventurous attempt to reach the
Pole, leaving the patient captain and
crew to watt longer stUL " - .
It Is remarked that men of the Latlk
races seldom attempt to find the Pole.
Aa a race.' they bare not the patience
to wait and wait, as an Arctic explorer
must often da Their nature makes 11
necessary for them to go somewhere
and do aornerutng n VHwftae. - - -"-
Americans ayjwar to possess tht
physical patience necessary for these
terrible expeditions, bat It baa been
noticed that the polar expeditions of
onr countrymen bare left behind i.hem
a dlntmatng nnmber of JeaJousles and
hntreds on tbe part of those who bnv
had part In them. In view of this fact,
a remark of one of the members of the
Nansen expedition la worthy of notice.
He bad sakl that he thought Norwe
gians were the fittest of all men to gc
on Arctic expeditions.
'Why Is that so?" he was asked.
'Becanse, he replied, "two Norwe
glnns are capable of living, face to face
on a cake of Ice for three years without
hatlne each other; and I do not be
llere there Is another nation of whon
as much could be said."
If this Is true. It may be well for th
rest of the world to leave the bare
task of Arctic exploration entirely to
the sailors and men of science of Nob
ay.
He KevlveJ Instantly.
It wns a sad scene. The old man lay
on hte bed, and by him sat the faith
ful wife, holding his worn hand In hers
and forcing back tho tears to greet
bia wandering look with a smile. She
spoko words of comfort and of .hope,
rtut he felt the cold hand falling on
him, and he turned his weary eyes uy
to ber pale, worn face.
"Jeannle, dear wife, I am going."
"Oh, no. John, not yet, not yet"
"Yes, dear wife," and he closed his
eyes, "tno ena is near, 'ine worw
the world grows darker around me,
gathering thicker aud thicker, and I
seem to bear sweet music."
"No, no, dear John; that's the bras
hand In the street."
"What?" said the dying man. "Hav
those scoundrels dared to come round
here when they know I am dylngl
Give me my bootjack, I'll let 'em seel"
nnd in a towering rage the old man
Jumped from hie bed, and, before kla
wife could think, be bad opened the
window and hnd shied the bootjack at
tbe band. "I've hit that Dutch leader,
anyway." Paid he, and went back to
bed nnd gobetter. Tld-BMs.
Like Papn'a.
A 6-year-old was seated In a barber!
chair.
"Well, my little man, how would yon
like your hair cut?"
"Oh, Hke papa's; with a little round
bote at the top."
TfMt Bags Protected.
For some time past British eatomolo
gists, or bug-hunt em, hare been exer-
;bw-d over the extermination of certain
Insects tat consequence of the zeal of the
collectors, who roam over the country
with butterfly nets. It would be dim.
jult to protect butterflies and moths by
Legislation, as haa been done for birds.
to an association has been formed un
Jer the awtplrea of the Entomological
Society of Land w Tbe members agree
to leave rare Insects alone for awhile
and to do all In their power to curb the
porting Instinct In others. Tbe Insect
goUector who abides by tt will be more
than human, remarks London Graphic.
Imagine a stamp collector agreeing not
to pick tip a rare specimen from tbe
roadside, yet a almUar temptation wUl
be met and bare to be resisted by tbe
Bisect collector.
Eaay Vtctinae tm Georgia.
A nlaaalbia young man accosted
Georgia farmer one day last week, and
In a very little wbUe Induced btm to
pay $30 for a machine which be aaanred
btm would torn evrl brand msjt $20 bfflt
by almpty tin nkag a oaak.
Table of Interest Te Mu tatle.
Labor Iotes.
Women working in many German fac
tories are forliiihlen to wear corsets dur
ing working hour.
An order has fx-en placed by a firm of
Loudon merchants for the entire hiifter
product of the Iowa Agricultiir.il Collego
amoiiiilin to S'HI ouitds daily.
The Australian legislature has sanc
tioned the building of an aqueduct which
will co t J12,'.ii,ih.( and will supply tlto
I'odI, nr lie gold mines with 5,Iiimi,Mn) gal
lons of water daily. .
Spain, among her desperato resorts to
procure money for the war in Cuhu, has
established a moiiox lv for the side nnd
inanufai turc of gunpowder. In the call
for bids it is announced that none
iiniler $0O,000 a year will bo consid
ered. The Beaufort (S. C.) Knitting Mills Com
pany, anticipating difliculty in procur
ing suitable white help, when It hepin op
eraiions several weeks ago, followed the
examido of the Charleston Cotton Mill,
and havo filled its factory with negro
operatives, chiefly women and girls, with
white foremen and experts.
A summer school for employes of ma
chine shops, and others working on cotton
machine, temporarily out of work, has
been opened under the direction of In
structor Hedriek, of tho l-owcll (Mass.)
Textile School, assisted by Machinist Mu-Ilei-molt.
There are Hti pupils attending.
The term will continue two months. .
In a few commodities has the increase
in production been so great during :"
past decade and a half as in copier. A
feature of this enormous incrraso is that
neurly all of it has come from American
mines. The constantly growing demand
for this metal and the development of
electricity has given a tremendous stimu
lus to copis-r mining, and the richest
mines have Ijcen found right here in
America, says the lloston Commercial
Hiillctin.
Havoc is lielng made of the liest cedar
swamps in the country to supply the in
creasing demand of the loii' distance
electric transmission plants and the tow
er and lighting lines, for poles. One
firm handled ,'si,inhi poles last year, ami
has lieen making large consignments to
Ituenos Ayres, South America and Cana
da, as well as shipments to Texas, l lah
and Colorado. The jxdesare rafted from
the forest lakes in lots of 'Jii.ishi, and
lifted from the water by steam elevators
They are then sorted and placed in sei
arate piles. Those which are not of high
standard are used for fence posts, shin
gles, railroad ties and paving blocks.
The efforts of a London syndicate to
limit the pr.nl net ion of iodine in .lasin
havo not met with the success desi nil, and
tho annotim-cmctit of a new French pro
cess for extracting iodine from seaweeds
promises to further reduce the influence
of the manipulators in the market for
iodine and the resultant products unless
they gain rantrol of it. It looks as though
Japan would soon Is'ci.me a large ex
porter of iodines ns well ns other chemi
cals. The ell'ect of the new process on
prices remains to be seen, but the very
low producing cost in Japan enn hardly
lie overcome, it Is believed, by the
Frenchman's invention or other proba
ble developments of the near future.
Following close nxiu the visit North of
the Southern Yarn Spinners' Association,
to confer with the commission merchant
here with a view to the adoption of new
T.;elhods for carrying on the distribution
of t'neir product, conies the announce
ment of t'nC forming of themerican Spin
ner's Cotton Viisn Kxchaiag, with head
quarters in flosnmafldJletendai to meet
more fully tho wantsoflwtujjo ysm
maker and their custCt"rtrvii is
nwH tha t.mLaii.VjMimiril,-The -new
methodl modeled after that la vogue iir
Manchester, Kngland, and Is tho result oi
extended investigation as to the working
of the plan there for the selling of the
K reduction ol the mills through agents on
mkerage.
A representative of one of our princi
pal American textile centres has just con
cluded a business tour of parts of tho
irient and reports very rapid dovolop
hient of cotton manufacture in Japan,
wi-ticulativ in the art of spinning. The
traveler visited mills in Osaka, the lend
ing cotton manufacturing city of the
Japanese Empire, and discovered vast
Improvement in the condition of the in
dustry, i qieratives, as a rule, lack hmli
skill, but are learning rapidly. The
scale of wages paid is lieiug gradually in
creased., nnd altogether the manufac-
urers ha- hiirh hones of future suc
cess with roe industry. ine i hiiicm
are propressiiie more moderately in col
on proces.-i ng. 1 ney use native conon
almost exclusively, ui in Shanghai tho
spinning industry isyshuwing coiisiderabbi
lUvanccnicnt. v
V
NEWS OF N1AV XATr.NTS.
In a self-closing inksta-nd the mouth
s normally coverel liy a pia; coairoio-n
v a spring arm secured to .in upright
frame, which also serves as a en hick,
the plate moving aside UHin the pressure
of a finder piece.
ROM, PAl'F.U (TTTI'.U.
A new roll paer has mounted iiHn tho
top of the cross piece winch carries ine
first blade standards supisiriinc n cross
oiecn r nrrvina a second blade, and still a
third cross niece suporiiniiosod uimui the
second cutting, carrying another blade.
the whole forming a pyramid wttn inreo
cutters which can be used snugly or to
gether, at will.
HACK-SUPPORT.
Aa Improved Invalid's support consists
of a bracket attached to tho head of the
bed and carrying a pivoted canvas-cover-
od V-shaped arm, which can he adjusted
and clamped at any desired ancle, and
folded out of tho way when not in use.
SUPPLEMENT Al, HANDLE RAR.
new cmmloniental handle bar for bi
cycles consists of a small bar in the rear
of the niain handle bar, to which it is
adjustably attached ly open niouinea
clis. It can be operated with one hand
enables the rider to sit upright at all
times, and can 1 adjusted lor a mgn or
low, forward or rearward hund grasp.
BICYCLE HOLDER.
A device for carrying bicycles at the
rear end oi sircei can ihiimm.i -i m-.
suspension oracucis w nicn, wiicu m i.nK
out from the car, against which they nre
normally folded, support tno tiicycie ny
hook rests at the bottom and sus-iision
hooks at the top.
ELECTRIC FURNACE.
t n elecii-ie furnace, desicned es
pecially for tho production of carbide of
calcium, tho bottom of tho furnace ro
tates, forming a rotary negative. oic, m
pusitivo polo at the top of tho furnace
carrying a series of carbons which can lie
raised or lowereu ai wm.
MARINE MERRY CO ROUND.
A nenr seaside merrv go round has a
turn-table mounted on a tilting platform,
n . i-i i tr on which the machine runs and
. motor for carrying the truck. The
risers are attired in bathing suits, ami
-.knn the machine enters the water, can
bo lifted from or dipped into the water
Kernntelv or carried around in a circle
!f there be a surf.
PAPER TURKS.
A new machine for closing tne ends
of paper "c has rotary cutters which
cut the side of the tulie at one end, and
rotary turners which turn tho cut por
tions into the tulie, forming a donie-
shaped end-
FOLDINO III CYCLE RACKS.
t?..i.i l.i. ccle racks are being manu
factured ' which havo a scries ot vertical
pins set in a frame which is hinged to a
h., nnd held in nositlon hy cross
bars and locking loops at the ends, the
bottom lar of tho frame hein'i cut out
at intervals to receive the wheel wr-.ea
placed In position.
THIMBLE WHICH CUTS THE THREAD
To cut the thread while sewing a newly
devised thimble has a metal projection
on the Ride to cover a small blade set
ia the thimble, the thread being drawn
into the shield and forced against the blade
to cut it. '
nil. Hi!, nwmi
The Eminent Divine's
Discourse.
Sunday
nn t-reaeiies on tho Wonltrrnl rontons
Magnetism of tho Snvlonr The 8or
rows of Jesn. His Miracles and III
Infinite Sympathy tor All Mankind.
Text: "His name shall bo called wonder
ful." iR.iiuh lx., 6.
Tho prophot lived In a dark time. Pot
somn 3000 years tho world had been getting
worse. Kingdoms had arisen and perished.
As the captain of a vessel In distressed
nlief coining anross tho water so th
prophet, amid the stormy timos in which hi!
lived, put the telesnope of prophecy to hit
eye and saw, 750 years ahead, one J.'wus ad
vancing to the msoue. I want to show that
when Isaiah called Christ the Wonderful
bo spoko wisely.
In most houses there Is a picture ol
Christ. Horaetlmes it represents Him with
face effeminate, sometimes with a foes
despotic. I havo soon West's grand skotoh
of tho rejection of Christ. I havo seen the
fane of Christ as cut on an emerald, said to
be hy command of Tiberius Cmsar, and yet
I am convinced that I shall never know
how Jesus looked until, on that swoet Sab
bath morning I shall wash tho last sleep
from my eyes in tho cool river of heaven,
I take up this hook of dlvlno photographs,
nnd I look nt Luke's sketeh, at Mark's
sketch, and John's sketch nnd at Tsui's
sketch, nud I say, with Isaiah, "Wonderi
full"
I think that you nro all interested in tho!
story of Christ. You fool that He Is th-i
only ono who can help you. You havo un-l
hounded admiration for the commander
who helped his passengers oshorn while hi
himself perished, hut havo you no admlraj
tion for Him who rescuod our souls, lliml
en i .oioi ones into tno waters from wbtcli
Ho had saved us? (
Christ was wonderful In tho magnetism,
of His person.
After the hattlo of Antletam, when a gen
eral rode along tho lines, although tho
soldiers wero lying down exhausted, they
rose, with groat enthusiasm and huzzaed.
As Napcluon returnod from his captivity
his lirst step on the. wharf shook nil tho
kingdoms, and 250.000 men joined his
Ptandard. It took 3000 troops to watch Mm.
In his exilo. Ho there havo lioon men of
wonderful magnetism of person. Put bean
mo while I tell you of a poor young man
who e.imo up from Nazareth to produce
thrill such as has never been excited by.
any other. Napoleon had around him tho
memories of Austerlltz and Jona and ISada
too, hut bora was a man who had fought nol
tattles, who wore no epaulets, who bran!
dished no sword. Ho Is no titled man of tad
schools, for Ho never wont to school. Ho
bad prohaMy never soon a prince or shakon!
hands with a nobleman. Tho only extrnor
dlnnry person we know of as being la His
company was His own mother, and sho was
so poor that In the most delicate and solemn
hour that overcomes to a woman's soul sho
was ohligod to He down amid oamel drivers
grooming tho beasts of burden. j
: I Imagine Christ ono day standing In tho
Streets of Jerusalem. A man descended
Ifrom higli lineage u standing beside Ulm
and says: "My rather was a merchant
prince. Ho hnd a castle on tho beach at'
(ialileo. Who was your father?" Christ
answers, "Joseph, the carpenter." A man
from Athens fs standing there unrolling his
P?r!!hn",nt f graduation and says to Christ,
"Whero did yoa go to school?" Christ ans-i
wers, "I never graduated." Ahal The Idea
M such an unheralded young man attempt-1
Ing to command the attention of the worldl!
as wait some uino nsning village on Loi
Lslivyl ftUtTtoa.p to mmimw'"AJQit Es knew i
Yet no sooner does He set His foot In theJL I T I i 11 , I ' i L J
towns or cities of Judtra than everything Is f'ft - J-W-
in commotion, rtie people go ont on a plc
nlo, taking only food enough for the day.
yetaroso fascinated with Christ that, at
tho risk of starving, they follow Him out
Into tho wilderness A nobleman falls down
flat beforo Him ana says, "My daughter is
dead." A beggartries to run tho dimness
from his eyes and says, "Lord, that my eyes
may bo opened." A poor, sick, pontine
woman pressing through tho crowd saysj
'I must touch tho hem of His garment.'
Children, who love their mother bettor!
than any ono else, strugglo to get into Hts
arms, and to kiss His cheek, and to run tholr
fingers through His hair, and for all time
putting Jesus so in love with the little ones'
that thero is hardly a nursery lu Christen
dom from which Ho does not toko ono, say
ing: "I must have them. I will fill heaven
with these. For every cedar that I nlant in
beaven I will havo fifty white lilies. In the
uour wuen 1 was a poor man in Judrea they
were not ashamed of Mo, nnd now that I
havo come to a throne I do not despise
them. Hold ft not back, oh, weeping
iiiowe-r; my u on my warm nenrtt ur such
Is the kingdom of heaven."
V hat Is this coming down tho rand? A
triumphal procession. He Is seated, not in
a chariot, but on au ass, nnd yet tho peo
ple take off their coats and throw thorn in
the way. Oh, what a tlmo Jesus made,
among tho children, among tho beggars,;
among the fishermen, among the plilloso-
fihersl You may boost of self control, but
f you had seen Him you would have put
your arms around Hts neck and said, "Thoui
art altogether lovely."
jesus was wonderful in the onDosltos ano
seomin antagonisms of Hts nature. You
want things logical and consistent, and you.
ay, ' How oould Christ bo God and man at
too same time?" John says Christ was thq
Creator. "All things were mado by Him
and without Him waa not anything made.'!
jnannews says tnai tie was omnlDroaent.
'Where two or throe are met together In
ny name inure am l in tne midst of them.'l
Christ declares His own eternity, "I am A1-)
pha and Omega." How en He be a Hon,
under His foot crushing kingdoms, and yet
a lamb licking tho hand that slays Him? At
wiiBt point no tno tnrone ana tne manger
touohv If Christ was God, why 11 eo Into
Egypt? Why not stand His ground)!
ny, instead ol bearing tho cross, not lift!
up Ills right hand and crush His assassins?'
Why stand and bo spat upon? Why sleep
on the mmmluln K .... u nar,.A V. . J I
palaces ot eternity? Why catch fish
for His breakfast on the beach in the chili
morning, when all the pomegranates are)
His and nil tho vineyards His and all tho
cattle His nnd all the partridges His?
Why walk wncn weary and His feet stono
bruised, when Ho might have taken tbu
splendors of the sunset for His equipage
and moved with horses and chariots of lire?
Why beg a drink from tho wayside, when
out of tiio crystal chalices of eternity Ho
poured the Euphrates, tho Mississippi and
the Amnzon, ami dipping His hands In tbe
fountains of heaven and shaking that hand
over tho world, from tho tips of His fingers
dripping tho great hikes and tbo ocean?,
Why let the Roman regiment put Him to
denth, when Ho might havo ridden down
tho sky followed by nil the cavalry of
heaven, mounted nn white horses of eternal
victory?
You cannot understand. Who can?
You try to confound mo. I am confounded
before you Sienk. Taul said It was un
searchable. Ho went climbing np from
nrguuii-nt to argument and from antithesis
to antithesis Bud from glory to glory and
then sank down In exhaustion as ho saw
far above him other heights of divinity un
sealed and exclaimed "that In all things
He might hnvo the pro-emlnenoe."
gain, Christ was wonderful In His
teachings. Tho people had - been
used to formalities and technicalities.
Christ nt set all their notfons as to how
preaching ought to be done. There was I
this peculiarity about Hts preaching tho
people knew what He meant. His illustra
tions were taken from tho hen calling her
chickens together, from salt, from candles,
from fishing tackle, from a hard creditor
coilaring a detitor. How few pulpits ot
this dny would have allowed Him en
trance? no would have boon called un
dignified nnd familiar in Ills stylo of
preaching. And yet the people went to
pear Him. Those old Jewish rabbis mlaht
hare oreaehod on the side of Olivet fifty
years and never got an audience. TU
philosophers sneered at His ministration!
and said. "This will never do." Tho law
yers caricatured, but the common peoplt
hoard Htm clad I v. Bnnnose rou that ther
were any sleepy people In His audleno.es!
Suppose you that any woman who ev"l j,as4. thing to rc-olve to uive lod as liltl
una nrena wns ignorant oi wnox ne
meant when He compared the kingdom ol
heaven with leaven or yeast? Suppose yon
that the sunburnt fishermen, with fish
scales upon their hands, were, listless
.oia aao spoko i tho klnguoui oft noMwu
as a not? Wo spend three years la eollog
studying ancient mythology, and thres
years In the theological seminary learn
Ing how to make a sormon, and thon ws
go ont to save tho world, and If wo can
not do It according to Claude's "Sermon
izing." or Blair's "Ithntorlo," or Knmes'
"Criticism." wo will let tho world go
to perdition. If wo save nothing
elan, wo will save Claude and
Blair. Wo seo a wreck In sight. Wa
must go out and savo tho crow and pas
sengers. We wait until wo got nn our fins
rap nnd coat and find ourshlnlng oars, and
then wo push out methodically and
scientifically, whllo somo plain shoresman,
in rough fishing smack and with broken
onr lock goes out and gets tho crow and
possongnrs and brings thnm ashore In
safety. Wo throw down our delicate oars
and say: "What a ridiculous thing to sava
men in thnt way! You ought to have dona
it scientifically and beautifully." "Ah,"
says tho shoresman, "if those sufferers had
waited until you got out yonr flna boat
they would have gone to tho bottom."
The work of a religious teacher Is to
savo man, and though every law of gram
marshould bo snapped In the undertaking,
and there be nothing but awkwardness and
blundering In the mode, all hall to tho
man who saves a soul.
Christ, In His preaching, was plain,
earnest and wonderfully sympathetic. Wo
ennnot dragoon men Into heaven. Wo
cannot drive them In with tho hutt end of n
eatoehlsm. Wo wosto our tlmo In trytug
to catch files with acids Instead of tho
sweet honoycomh of the gospel. Wd try
to make crab apples do tho work of potno
granato9. Again Josns was wonderful In nis sor
rows. Tho sun smoto Htm and tho cold
ohilled Him, tho rain pelted Htm, thirst
parched Him and hunger exhnustml Him.
shall I compare His sorrow to tho sea? No,
for that Is something hushed Into a calm.
Shall I compare It with tho night? No, for
lhat sometimes gleams with Irion or kln-
lles with Aurora. If ono thorn should ho
thrust through your templo you would
faint. Hut hero Is n whole crown mado
from tho rhamnus or spina Christ small,
sharp, stinging thorns. The mob mnko a
?roM. They put down tho long beam, and
5n It they fasten a shorter benm. Oot Him
it last. Those hands that havo been doing
kindnesses and wiping away tears hear
:ho hammer driving tho spikes through
them. Those foot that hnvo lwn going
hnut on ministrations of mercy buttered
igninst tho cross. Thon they lift It up.
Look, look, look! Who will help Him now?
Come, men of Jerusalem yo whoso dead
Ho brought to life, yo whoso sick He healed
who will help Him? Who will nctzo tho
weapons of the soldiers? None to help.
Having carried such a cross for us, shall wa
refuse to take our cross for Him?
Shall Jesus bear tho cross alone
And all the world go f roof
No; there's a cross for every one.
And there's a cross for mo.
Ton know the process of lngrafttng. Yoa
Kre a hole Into a tree and put In the
branch of another tree. This tree of the
Irons was hard and rough, but Into the
olea where the nails went there hnd been
rrafted branches of tho tree of life that now
tear fruit for all nations. The original tree
Iras bitter, but the branches Ingrafted were
Iweet, and now all tho nations pluok tho
rait and live forever.
Again, Christ was wonderful In His vie.,
lories.
First, over tho forces of nature. The sea
s a crystal sopulehor. It swallowed tho
Central America, tho President nnd the
Spanish Armada as easily as any fly that
vcr floated on it. Tho Inland lakes are
fully as terrible In their wrath. Galilee,
when aroused In a storm. Is overwhelming.
nd yet that soa crouched In His prosenes
1 HoksdHk feet., lis knew all the waves .
His foot Ian
led water. Modlna .
rreat changes in rheumatlo dn..jBx
ased blood, but when muscles aro ent.
withered no humnn power can restore
them, and when a limb Is once dend it is
lead. Hut hero is a paralytio his hand
lifeless. Christ says to him, "Stretch forth
:hy band," and ho stretches It forth.
In tho eyo Infirmary how many diseases
Df that delicate organ have Is-eu cured?
But Jesus says to ono horn blind, "Bo
jpen," and tho light of heaven rushes
:hrough gates that have never before been
jpenod. Tho frost or an ax may kill a tree.
oat Jesus smites ono dead with a word.
Chemistry can do many wonderful things,
Jut what chemist, nt a wedding, when tho
refreshment gave out, could change a pall
3f water Into a cask of wine?
Behold His victory over the gravel Tha
ilnges of tho family vault become very
rusty because they nro never opened exoept
:o take another in. There isn knob on the
)iitsldo of thesepulcher, but none on tho
:nslde. Hero comes tho conqueror of death,
tie enters thnt realm and says, "Daughter
of Jairus, sit up," and she snt up. To Las
finis, "Come forth," and ho came forth.
To the widow's son Ho snld, "Get up from
that ider," nnd ho goes homo with his
mother. Then Jesus snntche 1 ap tho keys
of death nnd luing them to His girdle and
(Tied until all tho graveyards of the earth
heard Him: "Oh, death, I will be thy plaguel
Oh, grave, I will bo thy destruction!"
But Christ's victories havo only just bo- ,
gun. This world Is His, nnd Ho must have
It. What is tho matter in thin country?
Why all theso financial troubles? Thero
never will bo permanent prosperity In this
land until Christ rules it. This land wns
discovered for Christ, and until our cities
shall be evangelized and north, south, east
nnd west shall acknowledge Christ as King
and Redeemer wo cannot havo permanent
prosperity. What is tho matter with Spain,
with France, with all of tho nations? Ail
the congresses of tho nations cannot bring
quiet. When governments not only
theoretically but practically acknowledge
the Saviour of the world, there will lo
peace everywhere. In that day tho sea
will have more ships than now, hut thero
will not be one "man-of-war." The foun
dries of tho world will Jar with mightier
Industries, but there will be no molding of
bullets. Trlntlng presses will fly their
cylinders with greater speed, but thero
shall go forth no iniquitous trash. In laws.
In constitutions, on exchange, In scientific
laboratory, on earth as In heaven, Christ
shall be called wonderful Let that work
ol tho world's regeneration liegin In your
heart, oh. bearorl A Jesus so kind, a Jesus
so good, a Jesus so loving how can you
help hut love Htmf
It Is a beautiful moment whon two per
sons who havo pledged each otherhenrt aud
hand stand In church anil have the banns of
mnrrlnge proclaimed. Father and mother,
brothers and sisters stand around tho
altar. Tho minister of Jesus gives tho
counsel, the ring is set, earth nnd heaven
witness it, the organ sounds nnd amid
many congratulations they start out on
the path of life together. Oil, that this
might bo your mnrrlngo dayl Stand Up,
Immortal soul. Tlty Is-loved comes to get
His betrothed. Jesus stretches forth His
hand and snys, "I will love thee with an
everla'ting love," and you respond, "My
beloved Is mine, and I am His." 1 put your
hand in His; henceforth bo one. No trouble
shall part you, no time oool your love.
Bldo by side on earth, si. to by side In
heaven. Now let the blossoms of heavenly
gar-fens fill the lioue with their redolenco
and all the organs of Ood peal forth tho
wedding march of eternity. Harkl "The
voice of my beloved, liohold He cometh
leaping upon tne mountains, skipping upon
tho hills."
On forth with a smile on your face.
and yitu will return Is-lieving that most
M-ople are good natured. Wear a frown
and you v.-i!l tind plenty of qunrrclsome
people.
We should manage our fortune like our
constitution; enjoy it when good, have
patience when bud, and never apply
violent remedies but in cases of neces
sity. Teach self denial, and make its prac
tice pleasurable, and you civate for
the world a destiny inoi-e sublime than
ever issued from the brain of Hie wild
est dreamer.
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t is a degrading thing l en joy husks
I ,;u there is no man to giyi
Hem. it
in. it is a
as possible, and not to serve Him till you
must. -
llo that takes no holiday hastens
Ions rest.
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