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THE OON8TITUTION-THE DNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
A. F. BOHWEIER,
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1897
VOL. LI.
NO. 40
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chapter xnr.
'Now, in the firmt place," said Lord Kil
donan, as soon aa he had closed the door,
"did she, when ahe seat for you thia morn
mention any symptoms which would
upfrjrt my idea about heart disease?"
i "Not ,one, Lord Kildonan, and I think
yon jnay afely dismiss the aotlon alto
gether from yogr mind. Lady KUdonan'a
.physical health appears to pie to be per
fectly sound, and the only thing that
Kfms to lie wrong with br &hghl
ndenry to ennui, and a spirits craving
(for a little more exiitemeot than HI in
itha coon try can give he'- think a shop
ping expedition to Liverpool wojuld make
ter all right again, or the trip to London
he aeenia so anxioua for."
IuJ he ay that to you right out, la
00 many jKords? , ,
1 "Well, yea, a last." "'
I "Ah! It ia generally her health, or my
(health, or something Jike that, and not
-Please take me away, I am dying of diill
neas. ' And ahe is not duU. Tfcot i the
elrangest part of it- She liiiW M
Isrk, day after day. entering into all the
ipleeaorei pf the country aa if there were
to others, id then suddenly there comes
change, nd she gets one of these resl
jese Jits, iu vvWch nothing will please her
tut aomethuig Mm hasn't got and can t
jpi. If you could tl me the reason of
this, and hr to cure hex, fou would do
ue the greatest service any ou hjs ren
dered me yet."
A rinathwaite said he would do his best,
and Je thouglit there was no need for
Ixrd tiluouau to worry hi a-!' over the
natural aaprtces of a lady accustomed i
the lnsinut gratification of hT wishes.
Hut he retneuibered the flashes of fierce,
feverish longing in her eyes, and thought
f Dr. Peele and his secret. After listen
ing to hia assurances. Lord Kildonan saids
i "Well. I should like ( comfort myself
with the belief that you" right. You
will understand my tent better if J show
yw a letter 1 received from her father a
few days before her marriage. There if
roly otie passage I need trouble yoi with;
I have read it again and again."
. There waa little necessity for this ex
planation; the Ustr itself betrayed the
fact. Worn In the ULXa so that it scarce
ly held together, the old letter, wnich Lord
KiUhwiun took from a case in hi b.reast
iKM.ket, ehowed ewideut signs of the olu
feer of times he ha tajien it out to pore
over its meaning. The particular passage
-. which he poinid out to the o&cjor ran
thus:
There are two Injunctions which, be
rore you maw Aphra, I wishMrtij.-ular-'ty
tSn impress upon you. The oitt'ie to
Jet her live always in the country, an
" rangement which will, I Ww, cause you
no inconvenience, as it is direetj in ac-i
cordance with your own tastes. Fross her(
earliest childhood this hss been impressed;
ipon me by the medical wen who have
Mn Anhra. for they point out to ma that
Jier buoyant health and spirits are not
euch a sign of a robust consiuunon as
we should like to think, and that in the
virintod air and distracting excitement or
town, she would pine and dm. 1 beseech
yon not to be coerced by her giri's crav
ing for amusements into doing anything
h hurtful to her as residing in a town'
would be, particularly a great city like
Jxindon or UverpooL The second thing
J oish to Impress upon you is said not iu
Sier Interests, but in the interests of the
estates which will after my death 1 in
your enrei ltuy her everything in the
world she watU, in reason, but pay for
U yourself. Lo aot let her have any
oM.naiul of money, for living in the coun
try where there is aothing to buy. the
reckless generosity of her nature will
.cause her to become the prey of every
-scamp and Idle baggage who chooses to
apt,"1 to ner' Bn1 TOCOUr,: the pauper
ism which t has always been my euJ.-a-ror
ti suppress. I earnestly enjoin you
to follow" my advice in these two things,
sis I believe you will do absolutely In con
sideration of the entire confidence I have
biaced in you. of tne importance of the
trust I make ovit to you, and of the hap
s.isesa I feel lu the knowledge that my
dear child and everything else I care for
an this wrld, will be in the charge of a
nan I respe.-t and esteem aa I do you.
' -That is the passage," said Lord Kil
dotuin, when Armathwaite had got aa far
a this. "1 read it quite simply when I
6rst received It. But since then the fre
quent recurrence of her fits of feverish
melancholy has made me wonder whether
there was not a deeper meaning ia her
father's words -uhether, in fact, the del
Icacy te which he referred waa not really
st disease, which might carry off my wife
sit any moment If she were exposed to the
atrain ef undue excitement. Now, doesn't
it strike you In that light?"
U la certainly a possible Interpreta
tion to put upon it. On the other hand,
yoa must make allowance for the exag
cerated sentiment of a father with an
only child; especially aa you see from th
other flnuse, his far-fetched fear that a
little indiscriminate charity would breed
pauperism, to what wild Ueaa his morbid
sensibility could lead him."
"Yes, yes, that ia true; that notion is
far-fetched, of course. es. After aj
nauae he raised his head. "Dr. Anna-1
thwaite. rou have given me great com-1
furt. Young Diooa line yours is sanguine.
nd you see tnings in a truer, benjrTiier
light than we old fogeys, who croon over
our real and imaginary troubles. iea,
yes; far-fetched, that s what it is far
fetched. I might have bad the sense to
see that for myself."
"And now let me venture upon a word
for yourself, Iord Kildonan. Jet her lady
ifV'P to take you out with her on her long
.drives, and give up your night work, and
fou will be a different man."
"A different man! Ah, it'a too late
rtoo late! And my night work I can't
,give up that! The night is the worst time;
.one lies awake and thinks of one's griev
ances and one's follies. My studies keef
jne occupied; I couldn't give tbem up."
"Not to please your wife?"
Ilia face changed, and he shook his
diead.
"If she wanted me to, yea I would
Abes. But how should she. poor child?
fMie thinks they make me happy, and I
vould cot for the world ondeeive ber.
rince the seizure I had la the antumn, I
-i-an't bear the light and the bass of talk in
the drawing room; so after dinner I come
tore and work until ten, when I take aa
Ibiiur'a rest."
"Ah, we must cure all that. Ask Lady
Kildonan to take yon out with her on her
-drive to-day, and you will Bleep better to
night. I'ai aure." )
"But she finds me such a dull compan
ion. be will be going with one of the goaty eld gentlemen and aeml-lnvalid la
irls, I expect." diea whom the Indisposition of Dr. real
"Ask her, and say I suggested your go- had left for some weeks without the earn
ing. In fact. I woks ta haw a hint it, and fort and excitement of a saadfcal adrlaara
1 think you jyill find she is delighted at
tie possibility bt beipg able to give you
pleasure and da you gnoi at the same
time.
"Yon spoke to her? Ah, I am
And she seemed pleased, did she? Well,
that lias done me good already," said
Lord Kildonan. and hia hand shook with
pleasure s he held that of the young
doctor ia a farewell grip. "i wlsn you
ww going to atay to Jt neighborhood.
he continued. "1 should like see you
again.
"I am quite at your service whenevet
you tit'ase. your lordship. Dr. Peele has
asked me (m stay here and assist him.'
"lie has? Well done. Then I shall
see Foil asain. and before very long. I
think Peele sticks too much to jthe tradi
tionsa little old-fashioned, you know.
He never would make1 any pretense of lis
tening to anything I said about my wile
always ran away, you know. Now, on
likes to be listened to when one baa any
thing on one's mind,
It was a long but a pleassnt walk back
to Hrazksonie. Armathwaite went by
the Icmne&t ,w7, round the head of the
inse Ana inrougn aaespiar, wnu me m
tiiift wish In his heart Xhatiie migot catch
a glimtwe Mrs. .Crosmont, or at bast
that be might pasa w the house where
she lived. For this besittlftii lady witn
her mournful eyes and upbappy history.
he had conceived a devotion as strong as
it wns chivalrous; and regarding blmeelf
as iir jte-aupointed champion, be held a
tixed nu.i ucrs.ULioiis conviction tbet the
service of whlcfe Uf. f'eeie naa spoaen
ui ii ti rendered ber ty hJmself. In
the meantime the feeling she iuspired in
him was so r.vrential that he refrained
fm faking the higher rxad by which he
would hare passed close to her bUe, and
scarcely d&r4 to glance Jhai way when
he reached the point where the higher and
the lower roads met, vVfaifo he reached
liranksome he had to pass the station on
bis way to Dr. Peele's; but no sooner had
he JU.ne so than he retraced bis steps, and
eoiiig' insight through to the platform,
found himself fcpe to face with Alma
Vnititfopt. lf.e raised Lif hat, but showed
no surprhae, an 4 neither dU she.
"Art ypa fuhg Hfty 7'' he asied, la a
low voice, all thought of a4res8iug her
with -jommonplaces dif appearing as h
noted the utter sadness of her expression
"' she answered. "It Is Uncle Ilugb
who Is going, iff husband has sent him
away."
She onld only Just breathe out the last
words, her voice failing her entirely, and
her under lip pitifully quivering. Arma
thwaite flamed Into wrath, and splutter
ed out indignant interjections half aloild.
She lucked up at him and laughed a little.
"We knew 7u would be sorry, too."
she said, holding 6ni her hand to him.
"Uncle Hugh pretends he doesn't care,
and ire sU right, auJ Ned and I shall get
,n better v. !i"n he's away. But we
sha'n't. He's just c.-jne up to say good
by to Willie- J'm rather yelous of Millie
witn him, you Know."
And t-he looked mournfully away iu
At that moment the. elder Mr. Crosmont
came out from the ticket office; be was
ostentatiously cheerful, and resoIvfeAy
l.-u t on making the best of this new turn
of affairs. He made Alma sit down to
rest, while he-carried off the young doctor
for talk. . Uncle luigh was overjoyed
to lcara that Armathwaite tnought of re
maining la the neighborhood, and began
eagerly to explain to him the position of
affalra.
"The fact Is, Ned made op his mind to
;lve me notice to quit a long time back,"
he said. "But I saw bis little game, and
was so lamb-like, for the little one's sake.
that he didn't know where to have me til!
last !cht. when he came home in a vll
lainims tet;per, and pitched into the poor
child for being extravagant. Now you've
seen a good way into the Ins and outs of
things up at Ned's, and I want 70U to be
a friend, as far as you can, to the little
jue while I'm away, so Jt doesn't matter
if I tell you a little more, I don t want
to say a word against my nephew; he's as
good a lad at heart as ever lived, hut be
hasn't been quite at bis best of late, and
he's taken to being so very close-fisted
that it's aii th.e little one can do to man
age with what he gives her. She's never
had a new dress since she was married;
though, luckily. Dr. Peele gave her such
a handsome trousseau that it doesn t mat
ter. But though you can manage like
that to dress on nothing you can't keep a
household going on nothing, and that Is
what Ned seems to be trying to train her
to do. I've pone wnat little I could, I
needn't tell you; tut I'm not a rich man.
and the trifling driblets I've been able
to pay have not been much good. And
new it will be awfully hard for the child
to fight tie debts and the duns alone."
"And what doea he do with his money V
Surely he must get a decent salary from
Lord Kildonan 7 He seems to have, a loi
more confidential work to do than a man
in bis position usually baa."
"Well, be says his lordship bas the de
fect ul bis nation, and expecta blm to
make a great abow on very little."
"But it's enough to lire upon, surely?
It cngbt to be. Look here, there's no
.hom II anifatn't ta cn.
"Why don't you speak to him?"
"I did try last night, and be flew lnt
a rage, and said hia wife's aversion and
Lady Klldonan'a cold coquetries drov
him Boad."
"Lady Klldonan'a coquetries! II said
that. Old he?"
"Yes. I told him she ought te ke astsass
d of herself, and he grew suddenly alat,
is be always does if ber name ia mea
tioned, and be said she waa aa aogal ef
oodness and parity, aad bad stood by hia
again and again. Wat), I could only say
he'd better have stood away from hint,
and after that we both spoke at once, aad
it was all ap with argument; aad the caw
waa I have to go."
When the train had -crawled out of the)
station, Armathwaite spoke to Alma, wbe
remalned atandlng on the platform atar-
Ing hopelessly after It
Will yoe come to Dr. Peele's aad as
Miss Millie?" he questioned, "eh la ao
much distressed at not baring seen 70a
lately."
The suggestion seemed to frighten her:
she declined at once, and bowing to him
wIU a hasty "Good morning." harried oat
at the- station.
CHAPTER XI. tf-
Frank Armathwaite anent the first tea
daya after bis arrival at Branksome in
making the acquaintance of the various
ti.m of the old doctor, wno waa pnpmar,
aud had made himself a great reputation
by his able treatment of that important
class of patients who can afford to nurse
every trilling ailment until imagination
and idleness work it into a serious ma!ady.
the young 1 orkshirema.n Tas received ev
erywhere with the greatest cordiality.
which increased when it became known
that he had already been consulted by
the great people st The Craga. I''rom
thut moment his success was m hia own
bands.
For ten days he saw nothing either of
the Kijdupans or of the Crosmouts, ex
cept for a fleeting glimpse he caught one
evening, wben he was opt fate on his
rouuJs, of the sleigl and its occupants.
It was g bard winter7nnd the frost still
held; and though on bright daya the sun
melted a little of the upper suow on the
more open parts, the great mass of It atill
spread over the hills and choked the val
lys, the ice on the lake grew thicker and
UiliikiV, and at night the hard roads rang
under the tre4 of man or beast. Towards
the end of hia second Wvk ? Branksome,
a little Dote from Lady Kildohaa waa re
ceived, Inviting him to a skating party to
be held on the lake on the following af
ternoon from two till five. There waa a
postscript of course: "Mrs. Crosmont has
tt3 Invited, f .trust to the mutual at
traction to fcrljjg you loth.?
Qu the foliowlpg day heavy sky and
a keen, biKpg wind eeeinpJ t) threaten
the doom of the proposed skating party.
Armathwaite, who waa out early In the
morning, hardly knew whether be moat
wished for or dreaded it. The anxiety h
felt to meet Aima pZQsraont again, to note
the progress of what .was t-f f",r tDf
strangest apt most interesting case, from
a professional point ftf ffpPr that be hud
yet nt?t with, and to arrest the miifd dis
ease which seemed to te hovering over
her, was counterbalanced by a fear which
thia sensible, practical young maq began
to feel, lest the Interest of the case and
the weirdly fascinating personality of th
patient should end by absorbing hia mind
so comnltrtalr as to render insoid and in
supportable the prosaic details of his life
and the rest of the people among wftom
that life was passed.
At S quarter past one, having gobbled
down a cruelly pasty dinner, Pr. Arma
thwaite, Mrs. Peele and Millie were all in
the pony carriage, driving towards th
meeting place, which was the Mereslde
end of the lake, on the opposite shore,
close underneath the hill on which 'iue
Crags stood. The wind had gone down;
the aky was still heavy and threatening,
and a feathery flake or two fell softly In
a weak and wavering way as an earnest
of what might be expected befcre many
hours WPfS over. A small marquee had
been erected pa f ha" shore 0 the lake,
close by (he boat house and landing stage
betopgipg to The Crags; under this shel
ter couple of bright maid servants,
delighted with this tiny break In life's
monotony, were making tea and coffee,
and unpacking consignments of enke and
sandwiches. 'n the shore outside Lord
and I-ady "Kildonan were receiving their
friends as they drove 0''; $bile on the ire
a long row ot chairs were already filled
With rosy-cheeked, smiling girls, having
tefr skates put on. Ned Crosmont drott
up MM f'? ?!fe i,lst ,De doctor's pony
carriage discharged lis foad. Mrs. Peele
shook the husband by both hands, caning
him sympathetically "My poor boy 1-" oitb
a aidelong glance at hia wife, whose wick
ed Loodua-la47 ways had brought such
lines of worry and care into b',3 fac. bh
iid not refuse to shake bands witq Alma,
but she presented her Augers coldly, light
ening her Hps ss she glanced at the tailor
made, fur-trimmed drens of dark greet
cloth which the agent'a wife wor .
fTo be continued.)
Charity ftf Judging Character.
Hasty Judgment of the actions of oth
ers Is dangerous and often uujust- TVe.
measure too much by eom superficial
apjieurauce, and condemn hastily,
when, If we but knew and understood
the motives and reasons, we would
warmly approve. We sometimes any
of some one, "That pain, sorrow or lose
has not deeply affected hlni." But we
do Dot know. It Is like the death of a
few of the soldiers In front of a regi
ment. The broken ranks close up again
into the solid pbalnnx and the loss Is
not apparent. There may be no disor
ganization, no surrender, no craving
Tor pity, no display of despair. It Is like
the calm, dp.zzllng play of the wavee
warmed by the morning's sun after a
night of storm and disaster. There Is
no sign of the wreck; the tide has car
ried the debris away far out on the
ocean; the treacherous water has swal
lowed all signs and tokens of the
night's awfuj work. We see only thf
fairness of the morning, pot the suffer
ing of the night. Let us le pbaritable
In our Judtrmcnt nnd condemn not wher
we do not know. Indies' Home Jour
naL
A Woman's Klre Dopai tmont.
The little town of Nasso. In Sweden,
ts only a little village, and four enor
mous tubs constitute the "wntei
works." One hundred nnd fifty women
make up the Ore department, and one
of their duties t-oiislxts lu always keep
lug the tiilw filled with water. Tin
women are Aiw workers, it Is snUl, nnl
know how to hniwlle a fire with as little
onfiitilou as possilde.
General Sporting Notes,
Hilly Aladdcn linpes to force Chamiio
I itzsimmons intoa liht with Jon tiiMldarc
on the hitter's arrial in this country
tioddurd is now in F.iiKland.
lhe horseman in the vicinity of ,ap
Inicater county, are now construi tini:
iup Kidge, near (iap, what is expected
ill be one of the finest race tracks in thai
lai t ui the State.
Charley Johnson can't find anylxxly in
the Kast to box him ui 11(1 to 1 IS uinds
and he will probaly take a short trip
West-
It is ?njnored that Cnrtwricht, who
graduated from State follepe three years
ago, has retuivd to tukfl a jX'ciul course
ami to be a candidal for 1)10 football
eleven.
Eurtliquake Pilot, the lone pacer, will
pace at Lebanon at thefirst nM'ctinc of the
I uhanon Valley Fair Associatioii,Sept''iii
ber 'Jfl, 3 and October 1.
1. J.Pwyer's great race horso Declare
had to m destroyed. lie got a stone in
l.is hoi.f and his foot sloughed off.
Scpteinlier 14 is the date set for the
Zcipjcr--'nnclly fight in San Francisco.
tieorge Dixon has not signed to lxx
S'olly Smith as yet. A California club
lias onVre-l a f'llHiO purse for Dixon ami
Smith, but Tom U'Buurke is holding out
for more, aud the indications are that lie
will get it.
Tommy White, who is matched to fight
Dave Wallace, at the National Sporting
l.'ltib in November, is doing a I jttle train
ing fur the bout already. White says he
is in fine health and will be n tip-top
ihape when be faces Wallace. 3
A room in the Castle of Simonetta,
near Milan, llalv, has a wonderful echo.
A loud noise, such as a pistol shot, will
be repealed sisty times.
FRAYNE'S FATAL SHOT.
American Parallel la the Hecemt
hootinw en th. Genus ftsr.
The conviction of a. German expert
marksman in a Berlin court of the
crime of "pandering to the public lust
for excitement" was the result of an
accident almost Identical lu every de
tail with a tragedy that occurred some
years ago in this country. About six
weeks ago in a Berlin music ball a
marksman attempted to shoot an apple
from the bead of a young girl. He had
frequently accomplished the feat be
fore with success. Bui through some.
Inaccuracy q alio, the (mllef, instead of,
passing through the apple, struck the
womnq In the head and killed Jier li
Htautly, He waa aentepced for this tq
ix months' Imprisonment, There was
no charge of negllgpnte or criminal l"
tent. Bo the charge that he had nt'
tempted to "pander to the public lust
for excitement" was Invented to fit hh
case. . "
The Fjctjm. pf the American traged;
was Annie Von Viebreq, and fhe wan
who shot her was Frank I, Prayne,
who, when lie retired from the stago,
had made a fortune through bis expert
ness ns a marksman. For many yenra
he bad 'traveled through the United
States acting in a play called f'fej Slo
cum: if waa. a rpilglapd-ready peee,
devised liiefiy u exnililf hs SKilj q
shooting and In the management of
wild animals. He carried a whole men
agerie about with him, nnd this method
of oj:J!;jt)n!J his talents . fiad been
adopted' after 'on iinsupessuf pa recti
ns an actor. His wife, fSlara putler,
who used tg tsintf t hlij plays and t
the part pf Mrs. Siocjim, was for a ion:
time th(t vpiini pp whom his feau of
siiootiug were tried, t'ne of tne best
known of these was mat in which,
standing with his back to her, he shot
an apple from her head, and as in the
6torv of Vll)inin Tell, tills (ncijenf wai
ft ci u. lnf uue 1 11 iW play. " yhen il!
wife died, a young prooklyn glrj
uamet) A"ulp ' Behreii UCF
place q tip company. The apple-shooting
feat was successfully continued fur
three yenrs. It was done every plght
aud frequently twice at the many matl
noes given in the cheap theaters at
which Frayne appeared.
Toward thff end of November. JSS?
the company reached a theater fn 'Cin
cinnati known as the Coliseum'. Jt had
been opruej only wo weeks irhe ''S
SliH'iiui'j was acted there, pn Thanks
giving pay there were more than 2,(KiQ
Ihtsous if f hp f pea ter at Mf r '&a,
luee, 'fhe play progressed to the scene
in h licb iio appje W04 to lft shot fnm
Mrs, Mncuni'a head. The apple wna
placed on the girl's head and Frayne
took aim and fired. As they heard tho
crack of the rifle, the spectators saw
Miss yon Bchren fall to the stage with
. fppt Of Wood o her fqrehpad. The
actor turned anl. seeing what tmd w
eurred, ran to the spot where the girl
lay and fell fainting by her side. The
piirtniV rrippprt mmedately, and the
malinger appeared ltore the "curtain,
to announce that the play would lie
brought to an end Immediately. (Some
pf the audience had supposed' tftat the
scene waa a part of the play. But it
was soon whispered pliout that the girl
had beep killed. The holiday crowd In
tho streeta heard the reiort, and beforo
long several thousand people had gath
ered In front of the building, although
nobody knew certainly of the tragedy
jnslde.
The girl diet within a few mlnutet
after the bullet struck her over the left
eye. Fraypp, who was frantic with pgr
citement, was locked up. The apple
was four Inches abovo ber bead on a
hat, nnd the -Bet-mental use of a defect
ive cartridge wits rhe cause of her
death. Frayne protested that there
was no danger lu the backward shot, ns
It had repeatedly been done without
serious results. The coroner's Jury re
leased ulni and be declared that lie
would never shoot again. But after a
brief retirement, he returned, t'pthq
stage and acted in his drama, for nine
yeara longer, although he never re
peated the backward shot with a wom
an, and lndoed abandoned the play in
which the accident occurred.
It is said of the German that ho was
about to marry the girl he killed, and
the same story was told of Frayne and
Miss Von Behren. He died about sis
years ago, and the shock he received
when ho killed the girl Is said to have
impaired bhj health seriously-
The shot that killed Miss Von Behren
seems to have had a fatal effect on
plays of this class. Twenty years ago
they were highly popular, and they
continued so down to a Tery recent
date. But they have almost wholly dis
appeared from the stage now. New
York Sun.
The Fraternal Orders.
The recently published statistics of
the fraternal and benevolent associa
tions of the United States present souio
facts that may be surprising to per
sons who have never looked Into the
subject. The total membership of these
orders Is 7.350.000, of whch number
about 1,000,000 are Free Masons, more
than 800,000 Odd Fellows and about
600,000 Knights of Pythias, The rest
are scattered throughout many organ
izations, the best known of which are
the Ancient Order of Foresters and the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
The size of this fraternity army ran be
better appreciated when It ts consid
ered that at the last presidential elec
tion the total vote cant In the United
States was about 14,000.000, scarcely
double the size of the fraternity me'-n-bersblp.
Tho development of these fraternal
and benevolent organizations has been
largest In recent years because, of the
extension of what la known as the ?'sys
tern of sick benefits." Members have
been guaranteed a certain means of
support In case of sickness and a pro
portionate return In tho way of life In
surance for the pioney paid In when
they die, and these features have serv
ed to Dooulnrlze the various orucrs t.
n extraordinary decree, fn this re
spect also the organizations hare been
Di marked benefit,
The aid which la given to members Is
n no sens a charity and does not de
preciate the recipient's self-respect,
while at the same time tho public s re.
lleved of many burdens which would
otherwise be Imposed on. It. These or
ders. In caring for their sick and provid
ing tor U families of tfeeir dead, are
.wly doing much of tho work that
formerly was done by the church, only
they have enlarged this work to an Im
mense extent. They are wholesome
factors In every community, and be
sides the direct financial benefits they
distribute they exert a moral Influence
which cannot be overestimated.
DANES IN AMERICA,
They Are' Indaatilons, Fcononical
nd Make Good Citizens.
The State of Iowa has one Danish
settlement of 5,000 people, says a writ
er. Most of these Danes have. b,cen, in
jhe country Jcs than twenty years.
Many pf tbem came without a cent and
hired themselves out q APepteaB farm
prT, : "' "
It has been an Interesting study to
watch the steady rise of these young
men, some of them In time buyius thelt
employers' farms. In Jackson Town
ship. Shelby County, within a radius
of about two miles, can be found five
farms of 200 or more acres each, be
longing to Danes who. twenty years,
ago, vefeVoiialilcred ypry poor, in the
settlement are a number of Danish
farms of over ooo acres each. When we
consider that these men came here un
able to speak our tongue, unfamiliar
.with American customs and laws, un
used fo the proluc.ts of.t'ankee Inven
tive gnluq, hhd withal, lacking the "1-
misUty doiiar and the Pn&tsb, krone,
their success must be declared phe
nomenal. ,. .--i. " "
The secret of their advancement
seems to He Iq their unceasing industry
aqcj rigl(f epoijomj:. Every 'nook and
porner pf their land (a carefully culti
vated. Unproductive 'j,oinU" and
fldges upoq Which so many fanners
shower nothing but curse are treated
to load after load of fertilizing ele
ments. Nothing la wasted. Sometimes,
however, this spirit of thrift reaches a
decree not sanctioned by esthetic hor
ticulture, ji certijlq load, l(:adins
Ib.1x.ugl4 ' the settlement lives a niim
whose borne )ife soenis (o be no, (ess a
''glad, sweet song" from the faot that
Ills front yard la plauted to onions!
No leas rapid has been the reward of
Danish talent engaged In pursuits oth
er than agriculture. Every town of
any size in the district In ouest'on has
flourishing store jianaged by Danish
merchants. ' a aii trades have
some' Danish followers. Many of our
jcachcrs are Danes or Danish-A incrl
Cans, th.e Crusty 'bupunntehdent of
Shelby, foe' example, n, graduate of
the Iowa State' Normal School, being
a pnrto ' ' "
As regards good citlzenship.-no fault
ran lie foupd with the PnniKb, people,
Th"f are a thinking class, as a rule,
nnd know something of current events
and the Issues of the times. The aver
age Dane votes as Intelligently for a
member of Congress as lie votes for a
member of the Danish Rlgsdag. . As to
jiarty'alleglatice, the Danish voters aro
almost evenly divided between tho
Democratic nnd Republican parties.
There are also a few Populists among
then).
Naval Mishaps,
We have a good navy, and we do not
appreciate It. As a matter of fact, ciw
ualtles to our new ariuorclads nud
cruisers have not been particularly fre
quent wben their size and their numlie,
are considered. In this country every
trivial mischance is c.tught up and ex
ploited by the sensational newspapers,
but nothing is said of similar accidents
q foreign navies. Barring the destruc
tion f Admiral Jiniberlyrs fleet by the
Kamoan hurries ue In 1889, which no
skill or foresttfbt could have prevented,
our naval service for many years has
been remnrkablT frvo from really seri
ous disasters.
There Is nothing In otr records to
compare with the capsizing of the Brit
ish frigate Captnln with half a thou
sand men in 1870, or the f.nnl collision
of the British ironclads Vatigutrd and
Iron Duke in 87.Y or tint bf the ;r
pnn 'ironclad Knlsr Wiihelm and
Grosser Kurfurst tho year follow. uk,
when 300 uieu perished, or he loss of
(he British training slil,.s Eurydice and
Atlanta In 1878 nnd ist) with tJ0 pili
cers, sallora and appivmioo boys, or the
sinking of the British flagship Victoria,
with Admiral Tyron, twenty-two offi
cers and 830 sailors, by collision with
the Campcrdown on June 22, 1803, In
tho Mediterranean, or the wreck of tha
Spanish cruiser Rein.i Kegente, on
March 10. 1895, with 420 officers anc
seamen.
The list of minor ncoldents to foreign
paval vessels iu the past few years
would be too long to enumerate. But
the standing of the British Ironclads
Howe and Anson, the flagship A111
phlon and the cruiser Sultan were far
more grave affairs than any such acci
dents which have occurred to any of
our own fceivy vessels within this ik--rlod.
Wo hnve l.ad -jnr fair share f
trouble, perhaps, tnt no more thni
that.
Circnmatanc-s Alter Cnacv.
poctbr "Are you wealthy enough,
madam, to spend the summer iu the
upiier lake regions?"
Madam "We have a Yery small In
come, sir,"
Doctor "On closer examination 1
find that yours Is not a case of hay
fever, but only a bad cold in the head."
Detroit Free Press.
Reitlta!.
"How do you like your wings?"
The angel with the baby stare 1 learn
ed radiantly. "Very much," she re
plied. "They rustle almost exactly likf
a silk nettlcoat." Truth-
Cealda't Came Iowti.
fgeTen dollars for room and break
fast? Great Scott, man, that Is awful
ly steep. And awfully high," said the
victim.
"Yes," admitted the summer land
lord, "it Is ao high and steep that I
don't aee bow I can come down." In
danapols Journal,
Bookkeeper What's all this fuss
about? Do you suppose the old man
suspects me of any crooked work?
Chief Clerk Oh, no. He Isn't to
blame for It. Count Skeeslks bas made
arrangements to marry Miss Aramlnta
and Is having experts to go through the
books to see that there have been no
misrepresentations regarding her
father's wealth. Tbat'a a UV -Cleveland
Leader.
REV. DR. TALMAGE
j Tks Bntfastat DhrisWa
-Discussing; the Relation TtrtMMn Cant.
, tal ami Labor Hams Put l Kvmetllea
Christ Vm the ftreateat FriMut of
the Capitalist anil h.a Tiller, Kto
Text: '.'Whatsoever ye would th:it men
should do, 'i you, do you even so to them."
Untthew yil,. 12,
The greatest war th world has eviftRen
is lietween. enj.ltnl aixl lulxir, Tho stritn Is
pot ilka that whiuh in history la called the
Thirty Years" war, tor it la a war of centur
ies, it is a war af the live otuittuonts. It ts a
war hmisihurl Tho middlu elaisos la
this ouuntry, upon wham the nation hasd
tndit for holding t he halnnoe of power and
for anting- an mediators between the two
extremes, are diminishing, and If things go
on at the same ratio as they aro now going
it will not bo very long before there will he
no middlu class iu this country, liut 1,11 will
lie very rich or very polf, ptlhons .if pau
pers, ftin tha annuity will ba given up to
ynlHhes and linviili,
The antagnuistli! foroes are elosins; In
Upon enoh other. The Pennsylvania miners'
Strikes, the telegraph oierutors' strikes
the rallroa.l employes' striken tt4(, move
ments of the boycottepi ami"-the dyna
miters are cjily aklrtnlshers' before' a gen
rrii eui;nieiiieiit, nr,: if you prefer U, -eupes
through the snfetv vulvas, r ait'lm
risonei fiir- whtuK pimujen the, explo
flon. uofity. V.iii limy poohnooh it; you
(nny say t hut this troul.ln, like an angry
fluid. Will ery Itself to sl.sip; yoc may lw
llttlo tt by culling it 'F.v,rierif.m or social
ism or Kt. Siincnibin or. nihilism ' or. erm
nmuiaii,, but that will not tiinlci. tnet
that it Is the mightiest, i, dur-keat, the
most terrille. huvit tif this cjuitury. 11 t
tin;pt, at paciiinntiiin hnve titH I"H 1 hltl
ures, and muimpoly ia "ur rrnnt jna
(he tripli qntoits. n,or uitlnr, "Otv us
mora iviiis,''' cry th emplovra. "You
hull have less " ny ttto ettpltnllsts. "Com
ihM us t d fewer hours of toll in a day."
You shall toll more hours, "suy thecthers.
"Then under eertain eonditi 1, ro. v-fll not
work nt all," say t l..H. rflu-n, Vim shall
itnrve.". sr,, ftojte. And, ' th .Jtrlcmen
gradually. Using up that Vhch, they ac
cumulated, in Viir Hms. unless thor ba
soma fnllnn,! uhanon w shliii hiVe soin in
this uoMutry t.WKl,0(KthUHry tunns.ii WOtn
pu, Kow, s.nOQ.ono hMnry pnnpln ennuot
ho kept quiet, AU the natmutR of legls
laturus. and all thn eonatabularles of the
cities and ail tho army and navy of the
Unttod Htntes eunnot keep 4,000,00(1 hunt-'
people qutot. What, then! Vl tliH war
Jietween capital nn-l hfl settled by
bum-- -.i,iB Stover. Tho brow of the
oni ln'mes more rigid, the fist of trie
other more clinched.
lint that which lymau, wt?dom cannot
achieve wtlltnihmioaipllshed by Christianity
(f It l given full sway.' You have heard of
medicines so powerful that e.Ra drop will
stop a disease and retuMi a patient, nnd I
have to eU you thu,t one. drop of my text
iropeiIy administered will stop ail these
ftoes of society aud give oo.niieiieui-e and
complete, health t ll slasa.-. y Whatso
ever jwi MQiild that men should do to you.
du you fven so thein.'
1 shiilj (lrst show you bow this quarrel be
tween monopoly and hard work eaiuint lie
HtopKd, Bui. then I will show you how this
Controversy will tie settled.
Futile remedies. In tho first plaen, there
will come no pui-illcation to this trouble
through an outcry against rich men, merely
twuuse they nr- tic.ti. The're isriu meinher
M a tni.l.-s uni-in ,.1, ei,rth that would not
s rloh f h eoul.t be, ttometimes through
a fortunate Invention or through some ni-l-dent
of prosperity a mBn who hip) quthing
pomes to a large, estate, ami we see him
arrogant and enp-fillous and taking eo
pl hy the throat. There is some
thing very mean about human na
ture whon it comes to tho top. Hut it
is no more a sin to lie rteh than It ts a sin
to Ihj poor. There are those who have
gathered a great estate through fraud,
nnd then there ar millionaires who have
gathered their fortunes through foresight
in regard to changes in the markets, and
through brilliant business fneulty, and
every dollar of their estate is as honest as
the dollar which the pliiml,r for
mending n pipe, 'pf the, uittH.u gets for
building if wall. Thnro are thuse who keep
jn oyerty bee.anseof their own fault. They
might have ben well off, but they gave
fiiiiiwivm 10. strung urniK, ortney sutokel
or chewed up thetr earnings, ur they lived
beyond their means, while others ou the
same wages and on tha same salaries went
Oil to competency. I know a man who is
all the time complaining of his poverty and
crying out against rich men, while he him
self keeps two dogs and chews anil smokes
ami is lined to the chtn with whisky and
ber.
Mieawber said to David jupperf1eld:
"Copperlleid. mr liov. il Income t wentv
shilling and slxMnse expene.es; result.
misery, uui. i;oinerueii. mv nov 11 in
come, expenses nineteen BhUUm,.-, and six
pence; result, lutpttiaKi. And thnro are
Vast mMltiidi-aot people who are kept poor
leeausn iney are me vietuns or tnetr own
rovblenee. It Is no sin to, Iih rloh. and
t Ls no sin to bo r.oos. I protest airninst
1hlso,t"ry whle.h i hear against those who,
through economy and self deutnl and assi
duity, have eome to largo fortune. This
bombardment of commercial suooess will
never stop thlsqunrrel between capital and
labor.
Neither will the contest be settled by
cynical aud unsympathetic treatment of
the laboring classes. There are those who
speak of them as though they were, only
cattle or draft horses. Their nerves are
nothing, their domestic comfort is nothing,
their happiness is nothing. Ttjey have UQ
tnore sympathy for tlmm than a bound has
for a hare or a hawk for a hen or a tiger
(or a ealf. When Jean Ynljenn, the great
est hero of Victor Hugo's writings, after a
life of suffering and brave enduranee, goes'
Into incarceration and death, they clap tho
hook shut ami say, "Good for lilml". They
stamp their feet with indignation and say
Just the opposite of "Save the working
classes." They have all their sympathies
with Hhylock, and not with Antonio and
Portia. They are plutocrats, and the(r
feelings are in fernnl. They are filled with
irritation and irascibility on this subject.
To stop this awful Imbroglio between
capital and labor they wfl! lilt not so, much
as the tip end c.f the little, linger.
Neither will there be any pacification o(
this angry controversy (hrough yi'J'vnon.
0od never blessed murder.
The poorest use you can put a man to It
to kill him. Mow up to-morrow all the
eountry seats on the banks ot the Hudson,
aud all the lino houses on Madison Hiiare,
and lirooklyn Heights, and bunker Hill,
and Hlttenhousn .Square, and Beacon street,
and all the bricks and timber and stone
will just fall back on the bare head ot
American labor. The worst enemies of the
working classes In the United States and
Ireland are their demented coadjutors.
Assassination, the assassination of Lord,
Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke tn
I'bieuix Tark, Dublin, in the attempt tq
avenge the wrongs of Ireland, only turned
away from that 11 filleted people, millions oj
sympathizers. The attempt to blow tip the
House of Commons in London hat only
this effect to throw put of employment
tens of thousands of innocent Irish people
In England.
Well, if this controversy between capital
and labor cannot be settled by human wis
dom, if to-day capital and labor stand with
their thumbs ou each other's throat, aa
they do, it Is time for us to look somewhere
else for relief, and it points from my text.
roseate and jubilant, and. puts one hand on
the broadcloth shoulder of capital and puts
the other vn the homespun covered
shoulder of toll and says, with a voice that
will grandly and gloriously settle this and
settle everything, "Whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do you even so
to them" that is, the lady of the house
hold will say, "I must treat the maid In
the kitchen just a-i I would like to be treat
ed If I were down stairs and rc were my
work to wash and 000k and sweep and it
were the duty of the maid In the kitchen to
L reside, in this parlor." The maid In the
itehen must say: "If my employor seems
to he more prosperous than I, that is no
fault of hers. I shall not treat her as an
enemy. I will have the same industry and
fidelity down stairs as I would expect from
mv subordinates It I happened to both
wife, of a silk importer."
The owner ot an iron mill, having taken
a dose of my text before leaving home in
the morning, will go into his foundry, and,
passing into what la called the puddling
riom, he will sou a man there stripped to
the waist and beaweAted and exhausted
with the labor and the toil, and he will say
to him: "Why. It seems to bo very hot in
here. You, look very much exhausted. I
hear yourohlld Is. slok with scarlet fever.
If you want your wages a little earlier this
week, so as to pay the nurse and get the
medicines, just come Into my office any
time."
Iu this country the torch put to the fac
tories that have discharged hands for good
or bad reasons, obstructions on the rail
track in front of midnight express trains,
because the offenders do not like the Tre!-.
dnt of the company, strikes on shipbour-i
the hour they were going to, sail or in the
printing offices the hour the, pa,per wua to
go to pnns, or In, mines t,tvv daj tho eoal
wits to bo delivered, or on, house, soafTol.l
lngs so the builder fails In, kee4ig hia con
tract all these aro only a, hant blow on
the head of American labor and cripple its
arms and lame Us tt and pierce his heart.
Traps sprung suddenly upon employers
gnd violence never took one knot out of the
knuuklo of toll or put one farthing of
wages Into a callous palm. Bitlirlsm will
never cure the wrongs t civilization.
Mark that,
Frederick the treat admired some land
near hi- pnlace. at Potsdam, ami hiir.-s. JvcJ
o get It. It was owned by. t miller. He
offered the miller t.ltr times the value of
the property, 5'he miller would nt take It
Itecuw-ie It was the old homestead, and he
felt about as Nuboth, t about his vine
yard when Aliah eu,todj it. Frederick tha
Groat w.yi r, rough and t'-rriU" man, and
he u-i--rcl the miller lnl lib, pxoi.H, and
the king, with a s.Mok In his hand a stick
with which h aomnttiues struck lil.iolll.iers
of state,- said ta this miller, "Now, I have
ygereit you three times the value of that
property Mid If you, won't sell It I'll take It
anyhow- The miller said, "Yourmaieaty,"
you won't." "Yes," said the kings will
lake H.'1 "Then," suld the traitor. "If your
majesty does take it I will su,e. you, in the
ehancery court." At thai threat Frederick
the Great lel.teii, lus. iutfMn,oiw demand.
And the. most Imperious outrage against
;he, working cisua Will yet cower- liefum
the law. Yiulvwioe. and contrary to tho law
Will nijye- aooumplislt anything, but right
voitsuess and a,Qlordlng to law will accom
plish it.
After awhtle crash goes the money mar
ket, and there is no more diuuaad for the
articles manufacture.' Vv thut iron mill,
and the owner does, 11 huow what to do.
He says: "rihaU ) stop the mill, or shall I
run it n halt time, or shall I cut down the
men'u wagea?" He walks , n0or of his
eouuttng room a'J day, hitrdlv Liiowiug
rr... to do. Toward ever..i ue culls all
the laborers together. They stand all
around, soiue vlth' arms akimbo, some with
folded uriiis, wondering what the boss is
going to do now. The manufacturer says:
"Men, times are very hard. I don't make
$20 where I used a make 1(K. Somehow,
there is no demand now for what we ninnu
facturu, or but very little demamL You
see, I am nt vast expense, audi hnveonllnd
you togcthor this afternoon to see what
you would advise. I don't want to shut
up the mill because that would force you
out of work, nnd you have always been very
faithful, and I like you, and you seem to
like me, and the bairns must be looked
after, and your wife will after awhile want
a new dress. I don't know what to do."
There is a dead halt for a, minute or two.
nnd then one of the. workmen steps nut
from the 'ranks, of his fellows nnd says:
"Boss, you have leen very good to us, and
when you proSiere,i we prosere(l, and now
you are in n tight place and I am sorry, and
we have got to sympathize with you. f,
Jon't know how the others feel, but I pro
pose that we lae off twenty percent, from
jur wagi'S and that when the times get
ood you will remember us and raise them
igain." The workman looks around to his
joinra les nnd t,-uys: "Boys, what do you
iny to this? All iu favor of my proposition
will say aye."
"Aye. aye, aye!" shout 200 voices.
But the mill owner, getting iu same new
machinery, exposes himself very much ami
:akes cold, and it settle p.lo pneumonia
aud he dies,. In Mi pfonesslon to the tomb
arc all the wvirkmon, tears rolling down
their checks and off upon the griiind. but
an hour liefore the procession gels to the
cemetery the wives and the children of those
workmen art at the grave; waiting for the
arrival of the funeral pugeiiut. The minis
ter of religion may have delivered an elo
quent euloglum before they started from
the homo, hut the most impressive things
are said that day by the working classes
standing around the tomb.
That night iu all the cabins of the work
ing people where they have family prayers
the widowhood and the orphanage m the
inaiihioii lire re'neuhred. No glaring pop
ulations look aver the Irou fence of the
cemetery, but, hovering over the scene, the
bcuK.ltxtloii of God aud man is a lining for
the fulililment of the Chrstlike Injunction,
"Whatsoever ye wou.li! that men should do
to you, do yc.u, even so to them."
"I'.h,"- says some man here, "that Is all
t'toptan, that ts apocryphal, that la Impos
sible." No. I cut out of a paper this: "One
of the plcnstuiteat Incidents recorded In a
long time la reported from SliefTteld, Kug
land. The wages of the men lu the Iron
works at Sheffield are regulated by a board
nt arbitration, by whose decision both mas
ters and men are bound. For some time
past tho irou and steel trade has been ex
tremely unprolltable, and the employers
?amiot, without much loss, pny the wages
fixed by the board, which neither employ
ers noretnploycd havethe power ta change.
To avoid this difficulty the workmen In one
of the largest steel works iu Sheffield hit
upon a device as rare as it was generous.
They olTere.l to work for their employers
one week without anv pay whatever."
But you go with me, ami I will show you
-not so far off as Sheffield, Engiaud fac
tories, banking houses, storehouses and
costly enterprises where this Christlike in
junction of my text Is fully kept, and you
could no more get the employer to practice
hu Injustice upou his men. or the meu to
conspire against the employer, than you
could get your right hand and your left
hand, your right eye aud your left eye,
your right ear aud your left ear. Into
physiological antagonism. Now where is
thisto U-gin? In our homes. In our stores,
ou our farms not waiting for other people
to do their duty. Is there a divergence
now letween the parlor and the kitchen?
Then there is something wrong either In
the parlor or the kitchen, srhaps tn both.
Are the clerks iu your store irate against
the linn? Then there is something wrong
either behind the counter or In the private
office, or perhaps in tmth.
The great want ot the world to-day is the
fiilillliiieut of this Christlike injunction,
that whlc.i he promulgated in His sermon
Olivctic. All the political economists un
derthe arehivnult of the heavens in con
vention for lono years cannot settle this
controversy lietweeu mouopoly and hard
work, between capital and labor. During
the Itevoliitionary War there was a heavy
piece of tiintier to be lifted, perhaps for
some fortress, and the corpu;al was over
seeing the work, nud he was giving com
mands to sime soldiers as they lifted:
"Heave away, there! Yo heave!" Well, the
timber was too heavy; they could not get
it up. There was a gcntleu.au riding by
on a horse, nnd he stopped and said to
this corporal: "Why don't you help them
lift? That timber is too heavy for them to
lift." "No,"' he said, "I won't. I am a
corporal." The gentleman got off hi
horse and came up to the place. "Now,"
lie sai.l to the soldiers, "nil together- yo
aeavel" and the timber went to Its place.
"Now," snld the gentleman to tho corporal,
"when vou have a piece of timber too
heavy for the men to lift, and you want
heli. von send to your commander-in-
chief.' It was Washington. Now, that is
about all the gospel I know the gosiiel of
giving somebody a lift, a lift out of dark
ness, a lift out of earth Into heaven. That
Is all the gospel I know-the gospel of
helping somebody else to H'.
"Oh," says some wiseacre, "talk as yon
will, the law of demand an 1 supply will
regulate these things until the end of
time." No, they will not, unless God dies
and the IciMerie of the judgment day are
spiked, and I'luto and Pr.werplne, king
and queen oT the Infernal regions, take full
possession of this world. Do you know who
supply and demand are? They have gone
Into partnership, and they propose to
swindle this earth and aro swindling it.
You are drowning. Supply and demand
stand on the shore, one on one side, the
other on the other aisle oJ the lifeboat, and
they cry out to you, "Vow, you pav us
what we ask yon for get tl ng you to shore
or go to the bottom!" If you can Iwirrow
49000 you can keep from failing in busi
ness. Supply and demand say, "Now, you.
pay us exorbitant usury or you go Into
bankruptcy." This robber firm of supply
and demnnd say to you: 'The crops aro
short. We bought up all the wheat and It
is in our bin. Now, you pay our price or
starve." That is your magnificent law of
supply and demand.
Supply and demand own the largest mill
on earth, and all the rivers roll over their
wheel, and Into their hopper thev put all
the men, women and children they can
shovel out of the centuries, and the blood
and the Ixines redden the valley while the
mill grinds. That diabolic law of supply
aud demand will yet have to stand ailde.
and Instend thereof will come the law of
love, the law of co-operation, the law of
kindness, tho law of sympathy, tho law of
Christ. 'Have you no 1. tea of the coining of
such a time? Then you do not believe tho
Bible. All the Bible Is full of promises on
this sul.j.wt, and as the ages roll on the
time will come when men of fortune will be
giving larger sums ta humanitarian and
evangelistic purposes, and there will be
more James I.enxcs nnd Peter Coopers
and William E. Dodges and George l'ea
bodya. A that time comes there will be
mofo. parks, more picture galleries, more
gnrdons thrown open for the holiday people
and the working classes.
The great patriot of France, Victor Hugo,
died. The 10,000 In his will given to. the.
poor or the ulty was only a hint of the work
he did for all Nations and for all limes. 1
wonder not that they allowed eleven day
to pass lietween his death un.l his burial,
his tw)dy meantime kept under triumphal
arch, for the world 0011M hardly afford to
let go this man who for more than eight
decades had by hts unparalleled genius
hlcssed It. His name shall tie a terror to ail
despots and an ennouragement to the strug
gling. He made the world's burden lighter
and Its darkness less dense and its chol:k
less galling and its thorns of Iniquity in
secure.
But Victor Ttugo was not the ovortowor
lug friend of mankind. The greatest
friend of capitalist and toller and the one.
who will yet bring then together Incom
plete accord was bom one Christmas night
while the curt.-.in i of heaven swung, stirred
by the wIouh angelic. Owner of all things
all the continents, all the worlds and nil
the Islands of light. Capitalist of immen
sity, crossing over to ourooii.Ptioii. Com
ing into our world, not by gate of palace,
but by door of lutru. Spending His llrst
night amoj-.g- the shepherds. Gathering
aftorwai'l around lllrn tho fishermen to lie
H!i. chief attendants. With ail.e
saw nini
chisel and ax and iu a
liente
hop showing
Himself .r.
Owner of
with
tho tradesmen.
things, and V."t ou
hillock hack I
Jerusalem one. lav n "ignmg evervtning 1
others, keeping not so nfu:'!t as a shekel t
pay for his obsequies, by charity buried !
the suburbs ot a city that has cast iiiurV"
Before the cross of such a e-iTiit-iINt n
such a carpenter all nn.11 can a.r.r,l
Shake hands and worship. Here Is til
every man's Christ. None so high but 1
was higher. Nona so poor but ho wn
poorer. At his feet the hostile extremi
will yet renounce their nuim. initios, nn.
countenances which have glowered witit
the prejudices and revenge of centuriei
shall brighten with the smile of heaven n
he commands: "Whnts.sivcr ye w'.uil.l thai
men should do to you, do you even so to
them" , V
INDUSTRIAL.
Iterations were resumed nt the Allan,
tin Mills in Lnwrem e, M.issii husetts.
after a siisis-nsion of four week. This
will employ I2im hands.
Work has also ls-en resumed in Hi
weaving department of the Methuen ( 01
lianv s mills at ixeinueu. 1 uu tiles
raits Cotton Mills, ut Somersworl h
New llamshire, resumed ou full time
after liaviug Ikhiu run folly hours ;
week Bince May.
The Harris Mills, in Providence, It. I
started al ter a shut Ju n of two y.-cks.
The mills employ :tn0 hands.
Tho ljiureuce Cotton Mill, in I .,. It
Mass., started. This is the last mill in
Lowell to resume oicratious, and iu all
of them it is said sufficient orders have
been, received to insure u prosis'i-oiis
season. 2
Manager Voting, of Senator Manila's
coal company, has promised arbitration of
the strike on a waijc basis of ti to ti!l i ts.,
Hn ton, the miners meantime to rcsinm
work at 61 cents, lhe plan has In-i-ii sub
mitted to president Itali-htonl, ami an
early settlement is exjiected.
Bids for the excavation, foundations,
iron work, lirick aivhes, b-rraco an.'
stone aud brick work of the basement .
the new I'nited Slates Mint building 1
Philadelphia were oficlied at the Treasury
lN-paitment. There were e.eutv live
coutiM.tiloi-s. Allen B. Uorke's bid of
Sl2s,llHi was the lowest, uud he wilt like
ly get the contract.
Three hundred table cutters in four of
the largest irlove factories at Clovers
ville, New York, struck for higher wapes
It is thought the Johnstown and .l,.ws
ville factories muy ls closed. :;
Jtorcii.
Denn II0I0, of Rochester Cathedral
England, lu his lin-ture on " I tores tint!
ImjMMitors," did not refer to the tnun
who Is a "hore" licmusc he will talk
when you wish to speak, lmt to tlmsfl
social tiinsiiiltiM's who annoy ami Irri
tate. Said the dean:
"The bore always talks to you nlimil
what you don't understand or dmi'i
like. One of theiu wrote to me soma
time ugo, stating that he had heard
that ninny years ago rhe Ihiii.- stretch
ed the skins of their dead on the cathe
dral doors, and asked for sumo Infor
mation on the sillijit't I replied that I
was too much occupied with the lwntles
and souls of Christians to give min li,
thouglit tu tlio epidermis of the early
Unties. Another wrote me that a mini
In KochcHter owed lilm money, ami ask
ed whether I could not collect It f..i
him. I replied that I wus a dean, iioi
a dun.
"Then there Is the Idle bore, lie Is n
terrible nuisance. I knew one of thoin,
an Idle farmer, who used to call iinm
an Industrious farmer and talk, nml
talk, and talk. Once, after wustlng a
whole afternoon, he got ready to g.
Ills horse was at the door.
"Going through the town? tho In
dustrious farmer asked.
'Yaas.'
" 'Know tho cooper's shop 7
'"Yaas fellow who makes hnrrciR.
'Well, Just stop there ami have two
hoops put around your waist or you'L'
burst with self-importance.' "
Common wilt thai is iix'il flatly in
our (VmmI is iH'iirtl in Oh IhhIv. It uils
liuslioii mi. I t lit assimilation o, Uu JoinI,
anl helps in tit" i'oiiiosil ion of many of
the tissues.
A goldfish will die in niiuly min
utes if laee1 in water wlii li mil a ins
one ier eent. of alcohol. In water whii h
contains twenty iter tent, of alcohol it
i.'-i lit! instantly.
A new magnetic lathe chunk enahles
the oierator to put t-tiiall work in place
without slackening simmnI, the i-ri.int;
ower Ireiiiir; Controlled ut full eeii ly a
fMit lever switch.
f the fifty four trotters in the LMtt
list nil ut four have the I1ok! of ol
Hamliletoiiiaii iu their veins, an. I of the
1 Iti pacers in the 2.U list all hut twenty
three trace to him.
lr. Weinek's threat photographic
alias of the urnou is to le made on stales
of ten to htirtteen feet for the moon's
diameter.
lihinometers ai"C devices to measure
the amount of air a man hreuthes through
his nose, in order that his dot tor may
com mire it tu the amount he should take
ia that way. i
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