. ,- ' ' . y. 1 1 B. F. BOHWEIEB, THE OONSTITDTION-THE ONION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Bstttsar evnsi Piutul VOL. LI. MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20.1897. NO. 45 m "bo r ID fr. 1J T i j a a. 1 1 V CHAPTER XXIX. The sun hnd net before Frank Amu thwaite reached Mereside. and a leaden February day vaa ending in raw. wet evening by the time he stood at the door of Ned Croamont'a house. The bell was answered, not, aa he had hoped, by the warm-hearted and trust worthy Nanny, but by the loqimcious lit tle seandul-mongcr. Ajrnes. who started so violently on serving him that it wa evi dent his coming had some special i n ten's t for her. Her constrained answer to his first question maiVe it clear that She had been carefully drilled. "Is Mr. Orosmont at home?" ' "No, air." And Agnes blushed violent ly. Io yon know when he will be In?" I can't say at all, sir." "How is Mrs. Crosmont to-day?" "Quite well, sir. She is writing now In her own room, and pave orders that she was not to be disturbed," giving off the message with the glibness of a lesson. Arinathwaite reddened. "That is all right," he said, stiffly. "Please let her know that I caBed. and am glad to hear she is better." He turned and went down the steps, too anxious"' to feel much mortified by his reception, which had justified his worst fears. He thought it wiser not to linger a moment in the neighltorhood, as It waa plain that Cromont would not see him, and very desirable that the agent should " ' not susitect thnt he was being watched. He therefore rode straight back to Braiik some, and did not leave home again until he learned by the clock that the T:-iO train hud steamed out of the station. Then he got up from the chjiir in whicn be hod been forcing himself to sit very quietly, and telling Mrs. Peele that he was So VrT1" the n'Pht at The Crags by Lord Kil a donan's desire, he left the Indies to their Jar astonishment without giving, thetn time , for comment. n Froru raiiksoine to The Crags was a 1 walk of nearly seven miles, and It was , nine o'clock befor. Frank reached the big red house, and nsked if Ixtrd Kildo nan could see him. He had not long to waif. before he had stood two minutes in front of the great log ur which it was lier ladyship's pleasure to keep always bnrnine in the wide hull fireplace, the old , Scotchman came trotting duwu the gal lery from his study with outstretched band. "I thought." paid Arnrithwnite, some- this an1.' iooii that you did-not look well, and iniht terhaps be threatened to-night .o-Jth another attack like that one you had three weeks ago. So I c-.ime to ask your permission to pass the night here, and see for myself how you got on." "Well, that is very kind of you: hut It's rtrange, too, for I have not felt at all uuwell. Hut, now I remember, I felt no premonitory symptoms of uiy last at tack. Well, you're welcome, at all events, and I hoe your forelxntong may not prove well founded. Come to my study, come; and I'll show you some notes I've taken since you were this afternoon." When they reached the study Lord Kil donan opened a little cellaret which stood unlocked on a shelf in the wall. "You take whisky, doctor'" he said. "I gen erally take a glass of whisky and water about this time in the evening; you won't let me take if alone, will your" "I don't thin I shall let you take it at all, lord Kildonau," said Armarhwaite, aa he took up a tumbler. Into which the elder man hnd poured some of the spirit and examined it narrowly. "I am here as your medical adviser, you know, and you must allow me to taste this." "Certainly," said Ird Kildonan, who thought this was a Joke. Armathwaite raised the glass to his .ipv "They've put it into the wrong decan ter," he said, calmly, though his eyes were bright with excitement; "or, no," he tasttd the spirit again "they've put It Into a decanter that hadn't been proiw-rly rinsed. What Is it they use for washing these things? Vinegar and attud, or some thing of tint sort, isn't It? I can taste the vim-gar; it spoils the flavor complete- ly. Lord Kildonan took up the tumbler, and tasted the contents in his turn. "There fcj a peculiar flavor in It; I've noticed the same thing before. V inegar, do jou say? It doesn't taste like vinegar to me."' "In any case, you had better not drink it. It nviglxt make you sick. Have a fresh t-ottle opened. Lord Kildonau, and don't have tt decanted at all." Ixrd Kildonan rang the bell, and after some delay the uinler-foot man appeared. It was a most unusual circumstance for the master of the house, who was a man of the simplest habits, to require any at tendance so lnte, and the lad seemed very much, alarmed by the summons. The but "ler had gone to bed, he said, and the keys of the cellar were locked up In his pantry. Lord Klldonan, who would not hare brok en a dog's sleep for bis own pleasure, looked ruefully at the condemned decan ter, and would most certainly have con tented himself with the deteriorated spirit but for the presence of the doctor, who, with some astute knowledge of men and manners, said: "You know where the butler keeps that bottle of whisky for his own drinking?" "( h, yes, sir," answered the Ind readily, and immediately fell to blushing furiously as both the gentlemen smiled. "Well, bring it, there's a good lad, Jnst as it is." And the young fellow disappeared with out delay. "I'm afraid Webster will think we're taking a liberty," said Webster's master doubtfully. "If he docs. Lord Kildonnn, yon may be i lire he'll not rest till he has taken ample HMtipensatlon." When the servant reappeared with the whisky, and having put It softly down upon the table, took himself off as noise lessly and unostentatiously as possible, Armathwaite mixed two tnmhlerfuls, the first very strong and the secood very seaa, mci navmi given rtie nrmer to fita tofct.'t.rili the latter for himself. "EX but this is stitf," sjiid the old Sl-oirU.iian. tasting rhe wcKiraHn wirh Mit disfavor. "You have mixed this for a profwwor of iiuiHcine, and not for a Student o' philology, doctor. If I were to drink this off, and then lie down for an bour as ma custom is. I should do na niore work to-night, and there'd he some precious hours wated. An wi these Ut ile whipper-snapper pretenders to science it-..itg a' ,'ooitu us. it ill becoiu. a iii wi" any pretensions to learning U gie hU time to whisky toddy and na to word roots." H gradually emptied the tumbler, and o-iug, as he had predleted. by that timi well disxisel for his usual hour's reose. he excuwd himself to the dH-tor, and re tired to lie don on the hard little sofa iu the ante-chamlMY. As soihi as the (nirtain between the two rooms fell tiehind his host's retiring fig ore, Armathwaite seemed to become a dif ferent man. Looking at his watch, he TimOMwl that if. waa seventeen iniiiutr pusr ten; 3tid springing up liglttly in a state of high excitement, which there waa Do longer any need to conceal, he turned np the lamp and paced the room from end to end with a soft tread, his ears on th alert for any sound. When be came close to the outer door, or to the curtain a Such hung in the doorway of the hmcr room, he would stop and listen; and aa, at last, peeping behind the curtain, he saw Lord Kildouan lying with closed eyes, he step ped softly in and blew out the candles that were burning on the table at the foot tf the sofa. The doctor retreated info the next room, (t was now twenty-five minutes past ten. Faint night-noises, uunoticed by day, but rendered startling m the silence of the dark hours, asmiled the listening ear on all sides. The chirp of a cricket, the tracking of the woodwork, the scurrying of mice, each of those sounds came with almost deafening distinctness to Arma thwaite as he stood by the door, hearing the drawing of his own breath and feeling interested in It, as if it had been that of I tiut. At last in the distance he heard loiiiethuig which no nearer sound could title the creak of a board under a hu auMi tread, followed presently by soft, llow footfalls along the uncarpetcd gal lery outside. He drew back from the Ior. In the bare room there were neither Mirtaina nor screens behind which he rould retreat. On the other hand, the lump, with its drk green shade, cast only i small circle of bright light on the table, tnd a still smaller one on the ceiling liove. He withdrew into the darkest cor ner of tlte room and waited, standing up right and as still as a statue. The door handle rattled and turned, and the door Itself was pushed open so very ilowly that Armathwaite had to battle with an Impnlee to take three strides for ward, pull it towsrdis him an1 i" - itt nitfiMier. At li&A-t a figure ap peared, looking hardly more solid than a ihadow in the gloom that filled every cor ner of the apartment beyond the little ring of rhe lump's light a woman's figure, moving slowly and lightly over the floor towards the inner room. Armathwaite remained motionless until she had drawn the curtain aside on its rings and passed through; then he stepped out from his cor uer and passed to the other side of the room. As he did so he saw in the gloom tlie lady bend down over the head of the ofa and kiss the forehead of the recum bent man. "(rood night, my darling," he .heard Lord Kildonau murmur. And then fol lowed a soft woman's whisper: "(Jood sight." A moment later the curtain mov d again, and the lady returned, passing jlose by where he stood without turning ber head. She crossed the room, opened fhe door, and went out Into the gallery, ind it was not until her footsteps had died way that Armathwaite begun to breathe naturally again. CHAPTER XXIII. Frank Armathwaite woke about eight 'clock nnd shortly afterward Ixtrd Kil 3onan, in his dressing gown, came in from the study with a disturbed face. The old Scotchman told him rbut be had gone to his wife's room to bid her good morning, but did not find her in her room, while he missed from the wardrobe one of her thawls. Anirathwaite tried to convlm-e his host that the lutter'a wife might have run into her boudoir for a novel. With a doubtful shake of the head Lord Kildo uan left the room, but returned ten min utes later looking more than ever bewil-ik-red, with the statement that her lady ihip was safely in bed asleep. He hod no joiibt tbat ehe had been out of rhe house, for her dress waa lying on a chair that lad been empty when he went In the first time. He felt sure, however, thnt she s'ould make some explanation during the lay. This she did. In fact, to her guileless du.s band's satisfaction, by telling him that the had been down in the morning room hunting for a book she had left there when he looked into ber room. She received Armathwaite with looks of both fear and enmity, and managed so as not to leave him alone with her husband for a mo ment. When be was ready to leave The Crags to go on his round of visits to hia patients she followed him almost to the door. They were alone here and Arma thwaite gTRsped the opportunity to say: "Lady KUdonan, listen to me. I am not (our enemy, aa you think. I would suve rou if I could. I can even now if you are ready to save yourself. But yon must work against yourself, and let the good elf conquer the evil now, at once, or it will be too late. One more step in the wrong direction, and no power on earth rair save you. Try, I implore you; I con jure yon, try I" He hissed out these words with almost fiery earnestness close to her indifferent wr. When he had finished, she drew back her head and looked at him with lan guid recklessness, which had a most un happy fascination. "I am not in the mood for great efforts, doctor; neither am I in the mood to he de tained while you wnlsper s-weet nothings In my ear. Your patients must be wait ing. I bave come to see yon off. Pray, let me have that pleasure." As he was returning from his daily rounds, be came face to face with Lord) Kilknan, walking rapidly. Frank waa startled at his apparance. If he had looked changed that morning, now he seemed to be transformed. Hard ly a trace of the Ixrd Kildonan of a week ago was left in this erect, determined old man, with bard, cold eyes, and mouth shut like a hasp. He said very quietly, but in a dry, rasping voice: 'I wish to siieak to yon. It is true, 1 be lieve, that Ir. Peele put '.be greatest con fidence in you?"' "Yes, I think I may say that be did." answered Frank. "He told you all particulars of the cases jnVer his care?" "Yes, that I might take them lip in place of him." "He waa a grvii T. i oi an-of the -it. t- irliloo; be was the family phy sician, and knew all the secrets of the 'iiii!y. us i)e!i men must do." I dare say fie did, your lordship." "You know be did," snapped Lord Kil lomin m a grating voice, turning to look at him with cold, penetrating eyes. "Yes, I know that he did." "And such secrets also passed to yon?" "No, Iord Kildouan." Armathwaite .'(iked at him back with perfectly candid eyes. "They wre to have passed to me, but th-y never reached me." "How waa that?" "He left his writing table to me. and rted in his will thnt aU the pocrs it oiitaiiKsl were to cume to me :'.nt when it came into my hands. tnre were uu docuiiKUis in it of the least Importance. Kirlur Ir. Peele changed his mind at the last, aud destroyed them, or they had been abstracted-be fore the table reached my bauds." "By whom?" "Well, presumably by some person wha believed in a prior right to the doctor! effects." Lord KUdonaa'a Una tightened still snore, "Women are the breed of perdi tion!" he muttered. Then, In a louder voice, be aald: "Ooine to the doctor's bouse; we must have those papers." Frank could only obey, and when they reached Mrs. Peelc's house they com pelled that lady to surrender the packet. "Don't, don't give them up," murmured tho widow, huskily, an she pat the packet with trembling fingers Into Arm ath wake's hand. - But there was a stronger will than hers at work. Aa soon aa the papers rustled in the doctor's nervous clutch, the old Scotchman held out bla own long, lean hand with a look half-ptteoua, ha If -commanding, wWch Frank could not resist. "For heaven's sake, give them up to me!" he said with dry Vpa, In a rattling voice. "For I know that they concern my wife!" Armathwaite yielded them up without a word, and Lord Kildonan. with steps that for a moment tottered, passed, with a cold inclination to the lady, out of the house. (To be continued. NUTRITIOUS NOT PALATABLE. Trials of an American at the Siege or Parla. An artist. In a recent description of life In the students' quarter In Paris, gave an amusing account of an odd American who has lived there for many yearn, and has been tbe companion and friend of his young countrymen aud others who bave been his neigh bors while following the difficult road that leads to artistic success. This oddity, who, from his wide knowledge, baa been nicknamed by tbe students "Dictionary Snyder," was a ri-sUlont of Paris during the slefte. He was very poor; Indeed, be possessed not quite eight dollars In the world when the Investment of the city began; but lie determined that, wltb the exercise of proper forethought, he could make this sum carry hmi through tbe siege. . Of conru he knew IhsA tfrf.-PrVfr.r'fTii 'IMX iVourtfrlBfM H!U ajlndeW It dhl7 to almost fabulous figures; but he laid In, before people had thought of such nn article of diet, or of Its Inevitable rise In value, three bottl of olive olL . Then be bought bread from hty to day, as lie required It; and soaking It iu oil, and adding and stirring In witter until the mess was as nearly combined Into soup as oil and water could be made to combine, he lived upon this nu tritious but unattractive fare uutil the siege was nearly ended. His health did not suffer, but he be came at hurt so desperately sick of bread and oil that be could endure it no longer, and resolved upon a single handed sortie In search of a "fuitmre meal." He left the city secretly and walked boldly up to a German picket, who of course challenged and hnlted htm. but was persuaded, when finally convinced thnt he was no French spy, but only a half-starved American, to be come his accomplice In a harmless ruse. Snyder ran past him and made a dash for camp; tbe sentry, whoxe orders were to allow no one to pass, tired his gun after blm. but In the air; aud Snyder arrived safely among a much-astonished group of amiable Teu tonic soldiers, who gave blm a hearty welcome. They feasted him upon cheese, beer ami fresh bread, and Indeed entertain ed him so well that he forgot the flight of time, and failed to return within an hour, as he bad promised tbe obliging picket to do. Aa a consequence, there was a new man on guard, and Snyder was again halted and detained. But bla plausible tongue convinced the second picket as It had the first, and the ruse was repeated, with the difference that the Ingenious Snyder was this time running for the gate from which he bad originally emerged. The Frenchmen who received him, panting and pursued apparently by rifle-shots, regarded him as the hero of a marvelous escape, and were so moved by admiration of his feat that they, from their own slender re sources, provided him with another good meal the second In one day, and In many weeks, Indeendence can be trusted nowhere but with the people In mass. They aro Inherently Independent of aU but moral law. Near Tool, Rowan county, North Caro lina, several nuggets have been found recently ami fanners have discovered they were the assessors of gold mines. According to Heli Chatelaine, of the 2ihi.(mki,ii(io inhabitants of Africa, uii.OOO, Oou are slaves. Every year row slaves are smuggled to Zanzibar and 11,000 to Ara bia. The Gauls, lo make handles for their ("tone axles, cleft the branch of a tree, placed the stone in it and left it till the wound in the wood had been completely healed. The incessant fogs last rpring have kept the fog bell on Spring l'oint, Port land (Me.) harbor, ringing so hard that its vibrations have cracked the lens in the lighthouse. The phalanx was defeated by the le gion because the former could not be manoeuvred save on Mat, open ground, while the legion could operate in any kind of country. Tho Roman swords, before Cannae, B. C. 23ii, were pointless and sharp nn only one side; after Cannae the shore Sanish sword, for cutting and thrusting was adopted. "Ancient" coins, many of which ante date the Christian era, a re made iu large quantities in London and Inn I sulo all over the world. The blood of Ri.zio, Mary Stuart's favorite, cannot be seen on the floor where he was murdered by Daruley and the other conspirators. What is seen there is a daub of red paint, annually renewed fur the lienetit of gaping tourists. THE INDIAN RISING. Characteristic ef the Tribe la Kerol Against British Power. The Tat ban race Is the term gener tlly used to embrace the various clans now In revolt In northwestern India against British power. Tba men of these clans are all brave and fearless and are bloodthirsty In their tastes. They are impatient of control, devoid of discipline In the Eastern sense of the word, and yet always ready to combine for mischief or against the hated British rule. These clans are numerous. Their names would fill a column, but tbe most Important and powerful In number are the Orukial, the Afritll, tbo Yusufzal, apd tba Wazirl, all inhabiting the Bwat valley anditssurrounding heights, which the bare annexed by right of conquest. For many years these people were kept on a more or less peaceful footing owing lo tbe Influence of Abdul Ghnfur tbe Akboond, who having bnd opportuni ties for studying tbe English, professed a friendly feeling toward them, and succeeded In beeping the warlike In stincts of bis people in check; bat Ab dul died early In 1879, and since his re straining Influence disappeared, the Fathans the Afrldl more especially have given trouble, and It Is this people who are leading tbe rising at the pres ent time. The Afridls are cruel and dishonest and possess the reputation of being tba greatest robbers In India. They are Alt A TRIM WARRIOR. avaricious and unfaithful and mainly ubslst -tiy Imposing , tribute . oa tUai Viwrr.-j'rtR!? fiiii lL..u:-atlie KUyCSS: pass. THE DECOY COW. device Invented for Hunters by Western Grains, As deceptive and dangerous as th proverbial wolf In sheep's clothing Is a patent cow Just invented by a West ern genius. The device presents the perfect outward semblance of a most peaceable and amiable cow, but the fore legs and the hind legs are In fact the legs of two men. They are arm ed with guns, and have a plentiful sup ply of ammunition. The device has a flexible outer shell of canvas or other suitable material, decorated exteriorly to represent ths animal in Imitation of which the decoy Is constructed, and said shell Is adapt ed to be supported or held In Its dis tended position through tbe medium of a collapsible metal framework, which allows the covering and framework of the decoy to be folded Into a small space for transportation. Ia ths sides of the frame, at suitable pointa, aro windows or openings, protected by outward-swinging flap blinds, and through these windows the sportsman In ths rear may discharge his fowling pices when the game has been successfully stalked. For tbe firing of the hunter in the front of the decoy there Is provided a downward swinging portion, which Includes the head and neck of ths ani mal, so that by simply releasing a small catch from ths Inside of ths framework, this swing front portion drops by gravity and thus leaves the Vortsman free. Praiat OIL The first peanut oil factory in the United States will be established In Norfolk. Va., at an early date. The oil Is highly valued In Europe, as It Is stated that fully $5,000,000 worth of peanuts are brought into Marseilles an nually for tbe manufacture of oil, which Is nsed In toilet soaps and for other purposes. The peanut flour Is quite extensively used In Europe and made Into kread, biscuit, etc. It Is one of the favorite articles of food, accord ing to consular reports, in hospitals In Germany. A Mild Critic Poet So you cain't use my verses? Editor Not In their present fcrm. Poet What's the matter, with theml Editor Too-long. Poet What would you suggest that I cut out? Editor Well, the title's all right I'd -cave that. Cleveland Leader. Bhe Had Benson To, "Did you bear that pretty woman just now. Rap? She said she believed In long engagements and short mar lages." "Rather a strange Idea." "Not at all. Rap; she's an actress." Cincinnati Tribons, PATKHT COW POa CHTBnS. 4 KOREAN FAIRY TALK Reads ss Ckaraaimcly aa Oats of Kothss The Koreans have an Interesting end concerning the manner In which Tong-Pak-Buk, the Methuselah of their mythology, got the better of satan. Tong lived 1,000 years and acquired great wisdom. The later years of his Ufa were spent In fishing, but not wishing to diminish the stock of nsbj In the river, be used a straight piece of wire Instead of a hook. Thus he was able to enjoy the excitement and pleasure of fishing for several centu ries without catching a single fish. Rallalng that sooner or later the devil who did death's erranda would be looking him up. he changed his name and abode with each generation and thns eluded him. In the meantime the evil one disguised himself In a flowing Korean robe which covered up hla tail, concealed hla horns nnder a mourner's hat three feet In diameter and wrapped bis legs In carious pad ded stockings, so that he easily passed for a native. He heard that Tong was Ashing In the Han river. So be col lected a quantity of charcoal and washed It In that stream. This of course blackened the water, aad Tong. being surprised and annoyed,, went np to discover the cause. Finding the devil washing tbe charcoal, he asked what he was doing. The devil replied that be was trying to make It white. Old Tong la his astonishment was thrown off his guard and aald: "I bave lived In Korea hundreds of years, and of course have met many fools, but I ever saw a big enough fool to try to wash charcoal white." The devil at once knew his man, ana unfolding his tail by way of exhibit ing his warrant of arrest, seised Tong and hurried him along In the direction of that dark portal through which all mortals must pass. On the way the devil, being In good humor over his success, chatted pleas antly with Tong, who ventured to ask him what he most abhorred and was most afraid of. The devil made a fa tal blunder one which might have been excusable for a mortal, but was most stupid for a devil be told the truth. He said that be hated and fear ed but four terrestrial things a branch of a thorn tree, an empty salt bag, a worn-out straw sandal of an ox, and a particular kind of grass that grows In Korea the foxtail and that when these were put together he could not go within thirty feet of them. In return the devil asked Tong what be most feared. Tong, being wise and experienced, lied and said be was In mortal terror of a roasted ox. bead and mackalee a kind of beer. Shortly after this exchange of con fidence Tong noticed that they were passing a thorn tree, around the roots h foxtail .grass wms mTjTilacm, stile hl,he lantt-w4ch baft curlonslv enough: nnder It waa an old bag and a cast-off ox sandal; so, making a sudden spring from the aids of the devil, he gathered up the bag, the grass and sandal, and hang ing them on a branch of the tree his charm was perfect. The devil could not come within thirty feet Of course the devil used every In ducement to get Tong to come forth, but tbe old fellow stuck to his post At last ti e devil went off and got a roasted ox head and a cask of macka lee, and rolled them in to Tong, confi dent from what he had told him, that Tong would be driven outside the mag ic circle. But when he saw Tong eat ing heartily of the beef and drinking tbe mackalee with gusto, he realised that the gams was up, and despairing ly departed. Tong's long life waa due to the acci dent by which his page In the Book of Fate stuck to tbe next one, so that his name was overlooked. When ulti mately ths complaint was made that Tong had been living too long. It took the registrar of the lower regions 340 years to bunt np hla name In tha archives. Forgiving; Small Injuries. Bow often are our feelings hurt by a rp look, a sarcastic laugh or an ill tempered remark. Our Ignorance la soma common branch may be cxpsssd to laughter, a thoughtless slip of tba tongue. Jeered at or a careless mlstaks be received with derisive laughter. What a feeling of anger surges through one! Mouths may pass, the amused k1 spectator wil have forgotten tbe Inci dent but the scene Is seared on one's memory, perhaps never to be forgotten nor forgiven. These little alights are harder to for give than big injuries, they rankle and sting, and seem to grow to huge propor tions. Being brooded over, they seem like ths deepest Insults. How are ws to treat these mocking foes? First think carefully on both side. The scoffer probably at once forgot tbe Incident Is it worth while then to cher ish a dislike against an unconscious fos who can never make reparation? Might you not have laughed If ths cases bad been reversed? Console your self with the thought that If you have made one such'Nunder be has probably mads ten. Everybody has. Next, maks a resolution to forgive and forget ths slight and .do you be more careful about scorning at other people's mis takes. Ths greatest surgeon may not know who wrote Henry Esmond, nor the greatest artist the situation of Moscow, but are they not great all tbe same? Headed Ber Off. She I see that a young lady down East somewhere was cured of hic coughing by eating Ice cream. He (with great presence of mlnd Yes, but you know the old saying, "What Is one man's cure may be an other man's poison." Cleveland Lead- Tbe World's Brew ot Beer. Ths world's annual brew of beer Is more that 17,700,000,000 quarts. Ger many leads with 6,000,000,000 quarts; the United Kingdom Is second, with 4.900.000.000 quarts, aad the United States third, with 8,300,000,000 quarts Russia Is at the foot af the list, wit about 400,000,000 quarts. Vodka Is morr to ths taste of the Osssaek. Tear hand ia never the worse far do ing yoar own work. AAV tin hj Labor Notes. France has l,7U0,f0ii aeros of s.igar beets. Jatan is buying South Carolina phos phate. Colorado's wheat crop is 5.CC0.U00 Lush els. Russia has Itought the SebastoMl shi biiilding vald. tjueeii Victoria owns a dress uianufae tu ed entirely of spider's welts. llondsville, Mass., mills aie so driven with orders that thev a? runitin'; niuhts. Hop picking in all the yards in fow litx County, Washn., has advanced to $i a box. The Mayo Mills Co., Mayodaa, N. C, will build" an addition il present plant. A plan for connecting South and West Australia by railroad is under considera tion. A woolen mill at Almonte, Out., is to be run by compressed air as the motive tomer. Tbe Ric hmond Cotton Mill, at Colum bia, S. C, started running on full time Septenilter 20. Wheat is now sellingin lis I -a Mar, Idaho, for $1.80 per hundred. That is f 1.U8 s-r bushel. It is rcHrled that Dr. W. II. II. Dunn, ul Lincoln, Neb., will build a hemp mill at Ilavelock. Neb. - A leual working day in Russia after the 1st of nevt January will be eleven hours and a half. The woolen mills at St. Mary's, Mitchell tnd Stratford, Canada, are all reported to le working to their full caiaeitv. The Durham. Out., Woolen Mills Co. has been formed by D. Jamison, M. D. II. I'arker and others with capital stock of t'J'i.WJO. The new equipment of the Aiken Manu facturing Co., at Until, S. '., includes 11? looms, 44 spinning frames and other ma chinery. The 1'ontoosue, Mass., woolen mills will proltably build a largo addition to in crease the capacity of the carding ami ipinning deutrl inelils. We can deliver steel girders from our American mills into Knulanri 1.1 per cent, ;heaer than thev can make them there. The iieople of Lodt. 'lev as. are making arrangements to build a cotton null to Dost $-,u,ouo. W. II. Kruiiihert, of Lodi, is )ne of the promoter. Mexico exMrted to the I'nited Stales last year 4."kmi.imhi ixiiinds of chicle an Bxinlation of the satta tree, which is nsed for chewing gum. Myron F. Thomas, of Cumpcllo, Mass., announces that he will built a now shoe factory at ISrttckloii, and a start will be made on it next week. The Canada in Cotton Mills Company nave decided to sell the whole products f their mills direct to the trade, instead f through an aent. as heretofore. It is almost impossible to secure deep ajater sailors at Sun Francisco. Five pain laden ships have been lying at tnchor in the stream for several days a'aiting for crews. Within six months the Pullman shots at Chicago, III., will le experted to their utmost caacity. There is alreaJv Iimki more men at work in the shotS than at this time last year. No. 1 mill at tho Eagle Phoenix plant, Columbus, Ua.. is now running lay and night with a full force in all ieHtrtuieiits. This arrangement will con tinue for several months. At Montgomery, Ala., the eople's cot ton factory, which recently started up, is ierating lU.IKHt spindles. Alstut .Km peo ple are employed and the product is !,- XXI yards l-r iay. -The McUullin Woven Wire Conutanv. sutgrown its present quarlei-s, will be -i located at r.vansion, in., anu several buildings will be erected. The I'eople's Cotton Factory, laf-sfsnt-goniery, Ala., commenced Oieration September 20. It has 10,000 spindles, and willturn out lfi.tMHl yards of cloth a day, iviug employment to 3ISI ierscins. At Hanover, N. 11., the woolen mills in which machinery has lieen idle are now running on full time, with full comple ments of help, and in many aes with orders sufficient for several mouths. It is restrtod that a new worsted plant will be built in Johnson alstut a mile form Olneyvilln .Square, It. 1., and that the lite has !cen surveyed and staked out. Charles Fletcher is proltably interested. Orders have been received from the treasurer of the Mouadnoek Cotton Mills, Claremont, N. II.. ordering the mills to Mart on full time at once. The plant has been running on half timeforover a year. In Japan it is always the rule of oliie ness to pay a triilo more than the sum mentioned on your hotel bill. To settle the account net would lie considered an insult, or at least a mark of great dis satisfaction. Tho Kussian photographers have a itrange way of punishing those who, hav ing received their photo, do not pay their l.ill 1-V.atr hum the litl'tUreS Hie incline's Ol meif- ie.linque.nU iiide down at the entrant ""-. Household. Pickled Walnu e. 'or these take on humiii.,4 walnuts, ,..o ounce of tlotrea one ounce of allspice, one ounce of nutmeg one ounce of race ginger, one ounco of pep per, one ouee of luise-radish, one-half pint of mustard see I tied in a lag, and four cloves of garlic. Wipe the nuts, prick with a pin, aud put them in a put, sprinkle the spices between, add two tublespoonf uls of salt, boil vinegar enough to cover the nuts, aud tour over llieiu cover tho jar close, and keep it a year, when they will be ready to serve. French Pickles. tine peck of green tomatoes, sliced, six large onions, ouo teacupful of salt thrown on them oxer night. Drain thoroughly, then boil in two quarts of water, and one quart of vinegar, two ftountls of brown sugar, half a iHtund of white mustard, aud one table spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, ginger, ground mustard, and one tablestooitful of cayenne pepper; put all together, aud cook lift ecu uiiuutoa. Virginia Yellow Pickles. Put one peck of small, hard head cabbage, quartered, into a jar, sprinkling each layer with salt, aud add two dozen large onions, also cut up. Let it stand all it ii; lit . then in the morning drain off the brine and equecze the salt well out, then put in a porcelain kettle with an ounce of tumeric; cover with vinegar and lot it Itoil one hour, then add two pounds of brown sugar half ounce of cloves, half ounce of mace, aud the same amount of allspice, four tablesiuonfuU of the Is-st mustard mixed, one ounce of whole black iepier, four tablesMtoiifuls of ground ginger, three of pulverized cinnamon, ami two otim-esof celery seed, lioil until tender, but not soft. Chnw-Chnw. One quart of long pickets, cut lengthwise; oue dozen small, whole ones aud one dozen small onions, one large cauliflower, out) quart small green tomatoes. Put the cucuiiils'rs in the brine aud the rest scald in salt and water. Add pcpier, allspice, ma-e, celery seed, slices of lemon and any other spice liked; two and a half quart of vinegar, two and a half cupfuls of light browu sugar, if you want them sweet. Half a cupful of grated horseradish and a half or two-thirds of a cupful of dour mined thoroughly with the sugar, and six tablestMtnf ills of mus tard. Cook this smoothly in vinegar uutil creamy; then xiur over the whole. Bottle when cold and seal. Grape Catsnp. firape catsup is made by the following recite, which is said te be good: Wild, sour grapes are the best, and to five ouiids of them allow two pounds and a hulf of granulated sugar, a pint of vinegar, one tublc sMtonful each of ground cloves, cinnamon, allspice, icp per and a half teasstonful of .suit. Boil grains in just enough water to keep I hem from burning; strain through a colander; I add the ground spices; boil uutil thick. taeil put lutouoiiies orgias juiv mum wcm. The measure of a it sler is his success in bringiug all nieu to lid to his opinions twenty years later. . DR. TALMAGEL Tho Eminent Divine's Sunday Disc urse. The Proanreaa of Chrlut Walking the Karth , Thronsh Centuries Followed by the Ey of Faith The Olorv In Heaven When Hla SaeriSclal Work Is Knded. Tkxt: "On his head were many crowns." Rev. xix., 12. In watching this march of Christ ws mns not walk Itefore Htm or beside. Htm, for thai would not be reverential or worshipful, tto w walk behind Him. We follow Him while not yet in his toons up a Jerusalem terrace, to a building GOO feet long and 600 feet wide, and undor tho hovering splendor of gate ways, anil by a pillar crowned with a capi tal chiseled Into the shape of flowers and leaves, and near a marble screen until a group of white-haired philosophers and theologians gather around him, and then theltoy bewilders and confounds and over whelms these seholarly septuagenarians with questions they cannot answer, and under His qulek whys and whyfores, and hows and whens, they pull their white leards with omttarrassment and rub their wrinkled foreheads in confusion, and put ting their staffs hard down on the marble floor as they arise to go, they must feel Ilka chiding the boldness that allows twelve years of ago to ask seventy-flvo years of ng such puzzlers. Out or this building wa follow Him intc the Qtiiirantania, the mountain of tempta tion, its side to this day black with , rob bers' dens, Look! Up the able of this mountain come all the forces of perdition tit e(Teet our Chieftain's capture. But al though weakened by forty days and forty nights of abstinence. He hurls all Pande monium down tbe rocks, suggestive of bow Ho can hurl Into helplessness all our temp tations. And now we climb after Him up the tough sides of the "Mountain of Beati tudes." and on the highest pulpit of rocks, the Valley of Hatin twfore Him, the Lako of (iiilileo to the right of Him, and Hii preaehes a sermon that yet will transform the world with Its applied sentiment. Now, we follow our Chieftain on Lake Oalilee. We must keep to the Iteach. for our feet are not shod with thesutmatural, and we remember what poor work Potor made of It when ho tried to walk the water. Christ, our leader, is on the top of the toss ing waves, and it is ubout half past three in tuc morulng, aud It Is tbe darkest time just Itefore daybreak. But by the flashes of lightning we see Hi m putting Ills feet on the crest of the wave, stepping from crest to crest, walking the white surf. The sailors think a ghost is striding the tem pest, but He cheers them Into placidity, showing Himself to be a great Christ for sailors. And He walks the Atlantic, and Paoille, and Mediterranean, aud Adriatic now, nnd if exhausted and affrighted voy agers will listen for His voice at half past three o'clock in the morning, on any sea. Indeed at any hour, they will bear Hia voice of compassion and encouragement. As in December, lssil, I walked on tho way from Bethany, aud at the foot of Mount Olivet, a half mile from the wall of Jerusalem, through the gunlen of Oeth soiiinnn, and under the eight venerable olive trees now standing, their poniologi cul ancestors having been witnesses of the occurrences spoken of, the scene of horror ami crime came back to mo, until I shud dered with the historical reminiscence. - In following our Chieftain's march . tliroiigh the eeutu-tes I uud ntysejf In a abwmJ I tm. -9 T. . , '-- - t i T. .t.n ',..! ' . 1., ..l,.,r.. ,.l...,.l upon a tessellated pavement Pontius Pilate sits. And as omre a year a condemned crtruinrd is pardoned, Pilate lets, the peo ple choose whether it shall be an assassin or our Chieftain, and they all cry out for the lilterntionof the assassin, thus declar ing they prefer a murderer to the Saviour of the world. Pilate tixtk a basin of water In front of these people and tried to wash on the blood of this murder fr.ttn his hands, but he coil hi not. They are still lifted, and I see them looking up through all the ages red with carnage. Still following our Chieftain, I ascend the hill which General Oordon. the great Eng lish explorer aud arbiter, first made a clay model of. It is hard climbing for our Chief tain, for He has not ouly two heavy tim bers to carry on His lutck, the npright and horizontal pieces of the cross, but He is suffering from exhaustion caused by lack of food, mountain chills, desert heats, whippings with elmwood rods, aud years of maltreatment. Now we follow our Chieftain to the shoulder of Mount Olivet, and without wings He rises. All Heaven lifted a shout of welcome. In all the libretto of celestial music it was hard to And an anthem enough oonjtibilaiit to celebrate the joy saintly, cheriihic. seraphic, arehangelic, deiflc. But still we follow our Chieftuin in His march through the centuries, for invisibly He still walks tho earth, and by the eye of faith we still follow Him. I hear His tread in the sick room and in the attodes of liereavemeut. He marches on and tbe nations are gathering around Him. The islands of the sea are hearing His voice. The continents are feeling His power. America will lie His! Europe will be His! Asia will be His! One by oue governments will fall into line and constitutions and literatures wtll adore His name. More honored and wor shiped is he In this year of 1'.I7 than at any time since the year oue. anil the day hastens when nil the nations will join one proces sion, "following the Lamb whithersoever He gocth." Marching onl Marching onl This dear old world, whose back has been scourged, whoso eyes have been blinded, whose heart has been wrung, will yet rival heaven. The planet's torn robe of pain and crime and dementia will come off, and the white and spotless and glittering robe of holiness nnd happiness will come on. The last wound will have stung" tor the last time; the last grief will have wiped Its last tear; the last criminal will have re- I tented of his last crime, and our world, that ins been a straggler among worlds a lost star, a wayward planet, a rebellious globe, u miscreant satellite will hear the voice that uttered childish plaint in Bethlehem. and agonized prayer In (iethsematie, and dying groan nn Golgotha, and as this voles cries. --Come," our world will return froir its wandering never again to stray. March itig on! Marching on! THOUCHT AND ACTION. A Sermon Preached in C'liieago by Kev, John McNeill, tf KllnlurKh, Scotland. Tkxt: "I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies. I made haste and delayed not to keep Thy Coal man. I incuts." Psalm cxix., 55-56. This is the Old Testament story of the prodigal son. What you have iu the New Testament, set forth in wondrous detail by our Lord in His inimitable story, you have condensed into this brief epitome of the exHrience of the man who wrote the Psalm. There, as here, you have the his tory of a man who once lived, and of whom it is implied here, ami expressed there, that he wauilereil on I lie wrong track, t tint tit came to the end of that he came to him aelf, lie wandered hack again, and brought himself into all temKtral and eternal bles sing by his return. It is just, I sometimes think, what urn might have expected to tie seen on tli headstone of the pntdigal son nftor hi died and was buried. We hope he II vet long and did well, and that In the end o: the day he redeemed the follies and disits tera of the early part; then, at last, fllloc with years and honors, he lay down nnc died mid was buried. "Devout men enr ned him to his burial, and made Imnentn tions over him," and we will suppose that as they do iu this country, they put up I headstone and inscription. If so, I ennno think of nn inscription more suitable that our present text: "Here lies a man win thought on his ways, aud turned his feet t Ood s testimonies, and made haste and do laved not to keen His Commandments." ..cts to cnatige tne ngure an entry in the spiritual diary ot the man who wrote the Psalm. It is one of those little auto biographical bits that are one of the ele ments which give to the Psalms their pes annial interest. So here you have a little autobiographical ult one of those things irhleh keep tbe Psalms in a state of great ' -- sa for ail pur hearts. , , . I!! I wonder If we keep a diary? 1! there it. tnvthlng that men want to remember. It Is that tl. i.l la writing oiirdlnrv. Listen to the scratching of the pen behind the arras I Has God had occasion, do you think, to enterlnto the diary of yourspirltnal history such an entry as we find here.by His graee. In the diary or tne man wno wrote nm Psalms? I want to get at the root of the Idea of experimental religion. It Is time the entry was In, for there are black and shameful entries opposite your name and mine to a great extent, and it will need every entry which will avail to redeem the record. That which I have named Is tho only entry that will save it from being s damning Indictment against us in ths day when the judgment is set and the books are opened. The diaries will tte brought out, and our eternal state will be flxed by the record of our diary that God. with impar tial pen. has kept. That will be reading for some of us! This will redeem It this red-letter entry only this: "I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to Thy testi monies. I made hnsio and delayed not to Keep Thy Commandments." Do not let anyone turu away, saying: "t m not included, for I have not wandered; I am not a prodigal." All wo, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way." Home of us go blundering on through the mud and mire of drunkenness, swearing, licentiousness ami open sinning; that Is one way to the far country. Some of us go along the macadamized road of self-righteousness, and church-going, and sermon-hearing; that Is one way to the same outer darkness and the same far country. "I thought on my ways." The beginning lies there. Now, I steak to peo ple who pride themselves, I have no doubt, "that they are thinkers, and they pride themselves that dust is not to be thrown In their eyes, and they examine what is set before them." A preacher of the Gospel asks for nothing better than that. "I speak unto wise men; judge yo what I say, to the law and to the testimony." "I thought on my ways." The beginning lies In serious tuoughtfulness. Religion Is not magic. It Is miracle; but It Is not Jug glery, it Is not witchcraft, It Is not being "hypnotized;" it Is not any of these things. Vou never put your intellect to a higher use than when you turned Its powers upon your own ways, enlightened by the surest guide, the word of God. I rather fear that many people think that, while you need to take your intellect with you when you go to hear a lecture on philosophy, or on science, you can bring your addled head when you come to hear the Gospel. Get rid of that Idea. Bring your host hrulus with you when you come to hear God's word. "I thought on my ways;" that la the beginning of all experimental religion, and that Is the only thing; because It be gins there, therefore, conversions are so uncommon among us. "I thought," thnt is the begiunin?; te. think for ourselves. Do not let me do your thinking for you. No, no; it Is not "I thought on my own sermon," but "I thought on my ways." Iu God's providence I may bo a great help to you, or I may not be, but the thing has to he done by yourselves. It Is your own soul that Is tho Issue at stake, and the thinking that will save It must be done by that soul's powers themselves. I thought on mv ways a mini who thought for himself, that was tho begin ning with him ol nil Ills blessings. Are you doing It? For there Is an essential thought lessness In all our hearts, nV.'ir.illy. as re gards the gospel. Von will get men who sit under the liest preaching intellectually. and from the point of view of interest and of power to awaken the heart and the con science and emotions, nnl tney sir, ana hey sit, and they grow white, and they n,,,t tltuv illu Mltll liMve til, Htl'll Ifhatever onj'Q they were awakened un. to Thnic for tiiemselves about tln'ir eternal drift and destinv. Secondly, he tells us he th-mtit about himself. He censed to think, about other people, and fastened his g.-ie upon his own soul; he communed with his own spirit; he talked to his own heart upon his bed, did this man who wrote, the Psalms. To our selves we ought to be In every sense of the term Interesting creatures. Ami this text helps tho preacher. It relieves him of n great responsibility that ought never to le put ou him. I do not know your ways; vou are a deep mystery to me. You do not know my ways. I can only see the surface current, and the winds that blow nnd curl and crisp the water on the top of it, but of those deep, strong undercurrents that flow through what can I know? Think of your own ways, save your own' soul. Do not expect me to work miracles. I don't know your ways; I don't knowlthe secrets that lie within your ken. If I did. God knows I w-oul.l use them. God knows I would preach tlietn to you; I would spread them out before you till your heart stood still with this thought: "God Al mighty must have told ttiat man all my wiiys." Your own ways! Two or throe channels into which we ma run our Independent thinking: Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going? All that Is covered by the expression, "thinking of one's wavs." Who am I? The Bible and my own conscience give the only and the sure answer to that question. What Is man? Ask philosophy; ask science, and, to their Infinite shame, they are not quite sure whether we are gradually developed, not yet perfectly developed monkeys or donkeys, maybe they don't know which, nor whether we nre going up or back. They have not made np their minds yet. Notice further, thnt our text describes a practical thinker. Ho turned his feet. After all, perhaps, thinking Is not so un common. But practical thinking is very rare, and It Is tho measure of progress of the kingdom of God amongst us. You are, some of yet, concerned about your souls, your presence here Is a proof of that. Perhaps that is what brings you here. You would fain go nwny and cannot. It Is this: Your soul Is in the wrong way, nnd Is wanting to lie put right for eternity. Thnt Is what brought you. Now, this Is what you hnve to do nest de cide for Christ. There is a turning point, and the turning point is now. The turning point Is the Lord Jesus Christ lifted up in the preaching of the Gospel. Turn with Htm, turn at Him, In your thoughts, in your purposes. In your plans, in your opinion of him. Believe In Him and yout soul Is turned. When you have had the common sense tt. believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, from that moment your ways are changed and your destiny determined by the Blessed t me. I think t have used this Illustration Itefore: How, when we took our Sabbath-school children Into the country, and the little ones ran races, I went away down the Held and became ibe turning point. I cried back to the Intending runners that they were to run to me. I was the turning point, and they were to turn round nnd go back agnfn to the goal. Well, so Jesus is the turning point in your life, oh! I wish 1 could till the church with Him, am) make tt impossible for you to niove out of fttis place without saying to Him, "Yes, Lord," or "No, Lord." That is what I am trying to do so to fill your souls with the Image of Him, and the Idea of Him, and the prsenee of your Saviour, a really human being, and yet God having a name like ymi. n being like you, and a personality as you have; not a mere myth or a pliant. on. hut Christ Jesus, who lives, who loves, who wept, who died, who rose, who Is coining ngnin. Montana has a new gambling law. which not only prohibits the shaking of Sice for drinks, but makes playing cards for prize at social t;:il heriiiL's unlawful. Vinecar will nnl splii ioik, so Han nibal could lint thus h;ii' made his v:ty thro!u:li the AIk. .r will n iliv,,v learls. so that the lory ,,f i 'li-,,..tt ra driukini; M-:trU niched in iricear must have lieen a fid ion. The third set. of teeth is growing for Mr. Seott, of Athens, I'enn. .Nine are al ready nut, and three inure are nl nnst in view. II is uc,c is s!l, nnd he n ails without the aid of glasses. ine old lady in l-'.ngiaii'l boasts of having looked mi Kini; ic,,re.. Ill's jubi lee show as well as the two of t.iueen Vic toria. She is Mrs. I'.lunl. mother of the Bishop of Hull, now '.to years ol ae. A mixture of tbi irtv per cent, acetv- lone and seventy Is-en successfully rcilwavs for th" jmm- tent, coal gas has tried on the t;crniau lighting of trains. r i h -J Y ' - - ' 7
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